hezbollah in lebanon. this is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities. what is left of hezbollah and other terrorist organisations will not be allowed —and i emphasise — will not be allowed to threaten the security of israel again. restrictions on online betting and a tax on casino profits as part of government plans to tackle addiction to gambling. sales targets on electric vehicles could be eased after car manufacturers warn the move away from petrol and diesel is happening too quickly. the social media scams targetting young people with increasingly clever tricks. we hear from a 22—year—old who lost thousands of pounds. in sport. how manchester city blew it - on a night of a champions league action as they squander a three—goal lead against feyenoord, _ leaving pep to ponder the reason

i for his team's latest collapse. i good morning. some heavy rain across the southern _ good morning. some heavy rain across the southern half of the country this morning courtesy of a developing storm. as it pulls away, it will_ developing storm. as it pulls away, it will be _ developing storm. as it pulls away, it will be windy at the back edge, but for— it will be windy at the back edge, but for the — it will be windy at the back edge, but for the rest of us it is a chilly— but for the rest of us it is a chilly start but mostly going to be dry. chilly start but mostly going to be dry i_ chilly start but mostly going to be dry i have — chilly start but mostly going to be dry. i have all of the details shortty~ _ it's wednesday the 27th of november. a ceasefire between israel and hezbollah has begun, potentially ending 13 months of conflict involving lebanon. the agreement — announced by the us presidentjoe biden last night — was effective from 4am local time, which was 2am in the uk. the deal involves hezbollah fighters moving around 20 miles from the israeli border, north of the litani river. israeli troops will then gradually pull out of the country, which they invaded two months ago in response to almost a year of rocket attacks from hezbollah, based in southern lebanon. a un force

would remain in the south, and over time there'd be an increased lebanese military presence there too. if the ceasefire holds, it will end lebanon's deadliest conflict in decades. however it has no effect on israel's conflict with hamas in gaza, where fighting continues. our correspondent nickjohnson has the latest details. a silent sky over beirut and over lebanon's border with israel. a long awaited ceasefire between israel and hezbollah now in effect. it's a deal president biden has been working toward for months. this is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities. what is left of hezbollah and other terrorist organisations will not be allowed — and i emphasise — will not be allowed to threaten the security of israel again. let me be clear. if hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and poses a direct threat

to israel, then israel retains the right to self—defence, consistent with international law. the prime minister, keir starmer, welcomed the ceasefire, describing it as long overdue, and said the uk and its allies will continue to be at the forefront of efforts to break the ongoing cycle of violence in pursuit of a long term sustainable peace in the middle east. israeli troops began a land invasion of lebanon almost two months ago, in response to a year of sustained cross—border rocket attacks from hezbollah, which followed israel's invasion of gaza. hezbollah's leader, hassan nasrallah, was killed in an israeli airstrike on beirut in september. hours before the ceasefire was agreed, the war continued. the lebanese capital came under one of israel's most intense bombardments to date. some beirutis not holding out hope for an end to the fighting. i don't believe in the ceasefire. israel can't be trusted. i don't believe it.

two minutes ago, i saw on the tv that there will be a ceasefire. and a minute ago, as you heard, there was a strike. this is why israel said it needed to act. israelis living in communities close to the lebanese border forced from their homes by hezbollah rockets. rhona and yon left their house in an israeli border village more than 13 months ago. this ceasefire is meant to get them back home, free from the fear of attack. apart from completely erasing these villages and having no people here, there is no real physical thing that can make me feel safe. it's just... ..it�*sjust, you know, hope. with peace in its very early stages in israel's north, debate rages inside israel about what this could and should mean for its war against hamas in gaza. one which shows no sign of ending. nickjohnson, bbc news.

our middle east correspondent lina sinjab is in beirut. lina, what's the situation this morning — and what are the chances this ceasefire will hold? well, the ceasefire started in effect almost four hours ago local time, so we can see movement has started towards the south and southern beirut as well. people are excited and hope that this deal will continue and hold on and people are desperate to go to their villages and homes although the israelis have warned people not to go back yet to the south. we know the lebanese army is preparing to take its own responsibility in this deal and to deploy troops to the south to maintain it free of any armed

hezbollah presence, but the priority for the civilians and residents who have lost their homes and been away from their homes and villages four weeks, they want to go and check on the situation there and are holding high hopes, but also lots of speculation and fear that this might break down any minute.— break down any minute. thank you ve much break down any minute. thank you very much indeed. _ break down any minute. thank you very much indeed. and _ break down any minute. thank you very much indeed. and we - break down any minute. thank you very much indeed. and we will- break down any minute. thank you very much indeed. and we will be l very much indeed. and we will be monitoring the situation this morning as we are on air. the amount that gamblers can place on a single online slots bet will be capped at £5, or £2 for younger adults, as part of a wider government overhaul to tackle gambling addiction. under the plans, companies including casinos and betting operators will also have to pay a share of their profits to help problem gamblers. our reporter poppyjeffery has the details. an estimated 2.5 million people in great britain

have a problem with gambling, according to a recent survey. ryan myers was one of them. he took his own life in 2014, after running up massive debts. since then, his dad has campaigned for reform to uk gambling laws. he'd been in the betting shop all that sunday. he'd been on his way home. he'd gone into a betting shop to put his...try and get his money back, and his card had been declined. and i think that's when he realised that, yet again, he'd spent all his wages for that week. currently, licensed gambling operators are asked to make voluntary contributions towards a fund to tackle problem gambling — with some paying as little as £1 a year. half of all the money generated will go to health—care services in england, scotland and wales, to help develop a comprehensive support and treatment system. 30% will go to prevention — including national public—health campaigns and training for frontline staff.

and 20% will go towards gambling research, to help inform future policy and regulation. the government says it will also introduce stake limits for slot machines — capping prices per spin at £5 for adults over the age of 25, and £2 for 18—to—21i—year—olds. the proposals have been welcomed by ryan's dad. there's so many times were gamblers have turned around and said to people, "i think i've got an addiction," and theyjust turned around and said, "well, just stop." and people think it's that easy. so this is what we need this money for — this is what we need this levy for — so that people can come forward and realise that it's not a stigma to admit you're a gambling addict. the betting & gambling council have supported the plans, but say ministers must not lose sight of the fact that the vast majority of the 22.5 million people who enjoy a bet each month on the lottery, in bookmakers, casinos, bingo halls, and online do so safely.

the proposed new laws will need to be debated and approved by parliament. peppyjeffery, bbc news. us president—elect donald trump has picked a leading covid lockdown sceptic to be the next director of a key us public health agency. jay bhattacharya will lead the national institutes of health, which is the world s biggest government—funded biomedical research body. he became the face of opposition to widespread lockdowns during the pandemic. earlier this month, mr trump announced he wanted robert kennedyjunior — a vaccine sceptic — to run the us health department. one of the fbi's most wanted fugitives has been found in north wales, after being on the run for more than 20 years. daniel andreas san diego, an animal rights extremist, is accused of carrying out two bombings in california in 2003. he was arrested in a remote property

in conwy, and appeared before westminster magistrates to start extradition proceedings. a £200 million rescue package to increase access to nhs dentistry this year is not on track. that's according to the national audit office, which said the target of 1.5 million extra treatments — set by the previous government — is unlikely to be met. the current government said the recovery plan it had inherited was not fit for purpose and it will develop further measures. penalties on car—makers forfailing to produce enough electric vehicles could be reduced. the business secretary jonathan reynolds said he would look again at the rules after the owner of vauxhall — stellantis — announced plans to close its van factory in luton, blaming ev targets. the closure puts 1,100 jobs at risk, as our business editor simonjack reports.

the vauxhall motor company was founded in 1857, and has been building cars and vans in luton for over a century. in recent years it has produced only vans, but soon these production lines may come to a standstill as parent company stellantis plans to shut the plant for good, marking the end of an era and the loss of 1,100 jobs. my grandad used to work there back in the 80s and stuff, so, you know, it provided so many jobs for the town. hundreds of people work there and which my husband is part of it. so it's really, really shocking to hear the news here. just before christmas, _ everyone's getting the bad news. the stellantis boss, seen here at luton in 2018, has warned that requirements to sell more electric cars while consumer demand stalled, was unsustainable. this year, 22% of all cars manufacturers sell in the uk must be pure electric and 10% of vans — targets most will miss.

next year, it's 28% of cars and 16% of vans. 80% must be battery powered by 2030. and the government tonight renewed its commitment to ban sale of all petrol and diesel cars by 2030, with hybrids making up the difference. missing annual targets can result in punitive fines. the mandate is too onerous, and secondly, there aren't enough in the way of incentives to actually encourage people to actually go out and buy electric cars and vans. so that's the big problem. so it's a way of trying to cut costs in order to keep operations in the uk going. the news broke as the business secretary was in front of mps. this is a very difficult day for luton. and he conceded the rules needed a rethink. i think we've got to be willing to do it, not in a way, as i say, which undermines the destination. but let's look at what it is meant and means right now for british vehicle manufacturing, because i don't think right now it's working as anyone intended it to. thank you. he also said it could have been worse. stellantis is investing £50 million in ellesmere port and creating hundreds of newjobs,

but not enough to offset the 1,100 going at luton. some have said the ev rules are a convenient excuse for cost cutting, but the uk is not alone. across europe, car makers fighting new chinese rivals, are shutting factories and cutting tens of thousands ofjobs. that will be little comfort to workers in luton. simon jack, bbc news. let's get more on this from our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, who is in westminster. henry, the government wants to hit green targets without scaring manufacturers away. it's a tricky balancing act. really difficult, and jonathan reynolds, the business secretary, we heard a bit from him there and he last night made it clear that the government is urgently looking at how these ev targets work because it's notjust the how these ev targets work because it's not just the fact that the car manufacturers will miss this year's target of 22% of new vehicles or 10% of fans being electric, but that they start to rise really fast next

year and then the year after that and then ultimately this government is still committed, regardless of any review, they have made this clear, to the ban on all new petrol and diesel car sales by 2030, so what the mitigations might be is something that's very interesting and worth watching in the coming days. it might be do with the credits that car manufacturers can buy from other companies if they don't meet the targets around there but lurking in the background of this are two big questions, one about the consumer demand for electric cars and why it's not going up electric cars and why it's not going up as fast as the government hoped and an even bigger question about the net zero transition and about how the government can encourage or compel the country to get more green without forcing them to do things they do not necessarily want to do. that is the big question in all sorts of walks of life and a crucial

question for many who work in the automotive sector. the bbc has helped to solve a mystery that it first reported nearly 50 years ago...the case of the missing gnomes. the garden ornaments were being abducted — and held to ransom — in the merseyside town of formby. before we get to the culprit, let's take a look how this story was covered at the time. the first victim with a tinny and family. — the first victim with a tinny and family, jeff, barbara and their two chitdreh — family, jeff, barbara and their two children. they live at number 24, gardiner— children. they live at number 24, gardiner road in formby. before a week— gardiner road in formby. before a week was— gardiner road in formby. before a week was out, they had experienced the anguish of a kidnapping. the torment— the anguish of a kidnapping. the torment of a ransom demand. the family— torment of a ransom demand. the family had — torment of a ransom demand. the family had just returned from christmas shopping when gary spotted something wrong. hey, christmas shopping when gary spotted something wrong-— something wrong. hey, look. the unome something wrong. hey, look. the gnome has _ something wrong. hey, look. the gnome has been _ something wrong. hey, look. the gnome has been nicked. - something wrong. hey, look. the gnome has been nicked. yes, - something wrong. hey, look. the l gnome has been nicked. yes, fred, the beloved —

gnome has been nicked. yes, fred, the beloved garden _ gnome has been nicked. yes, fred, the beloved garden gnome, - gnome has been nicked. yes, fred, the beloved garden gnome, who . gnome has been nicked. yes, fred, | the beloved garden gnome, who had done sentry duty for years on the front— done sentry duty for years on the front lawn— done sentry duty for years on the front lawn had been abducted. that bit of bbc archive was played on vernon kay's show on bbc radio 2 on monday. it was heard by relatives of the culprits. twp young brothers who had, many years later, boasted about their exploits at family parties. now they wish they had kept their mouths shut. they were persuaded to make a public confession and — on vernon's show yesterday — this was the moment arthur, now 62, explained what he and his younger brother colin had done. is it true? were you and your brother behind the formby gnome kidnappings of 1977? i'm afraid to say that is true. 0h! laughs what possessed you to do this?

how did it come about? ijust remember walking back- from somewhere to home and walking past a garden that had a gnome in it and looking and thinking, _ "what's that gnome for?" "why do people have gnomes?" and then it just grew out of that. why do people have gnomes? i will take them all. colin and arthur, i sure they feel better for confessing.— sure they feel better for confessina. ~ , ~ confessing. where did they go? where are the gnomes? _ confessing. where did they go? where are the gnomes? let's _ confessing. where did they go? where are the gnomes? let's get _ confessing. where did they go? where are the gnomes? let's get a _ confessing. where did they go? where are the gnomes? let's get a big - are the gnomes? let's get a big reunion on breakfast. here's carol with a look at the weather. are we expecting sunshine and showers because i can see a rainbow? some of us might see that combination but we've also got storm developing _ combination but we've also got storm developing across the strip doors and it's— developing across the strip doors and it's produced a lot of rain through— and it's produced a lot of rain through the course of the night and we have _ through the course of the night and we have a _ through the course of the night and we have a 21 degrees in temperature north— we have a 21 degrees in temperature north and _ we have a 21 degrees in temperature north and south under clear skies in the north— north and south under clear skies in

the north we — north and south under clear skies in the north we are looking at glass karnek— the north we are looking at glass karnak and — the north we are looking at glass karnak and that is in the south where — karnak and that is in the south where we _ karnak and that is in the south where we have all of the rain and we are looking — where we have all of the rain and we are looking at widely 13 or 14 degrees, _ are looking at widely 13 or 14 degrees, so this is the storm carnal so named _ degrees, so this is the storm carnal so named by— degrees, so this is the storm carnal so named by the dutch weather service — so named by the dutch weather service that will develop more fully as it pushes into the north sea and it is producing a lot of rain, showers _ it is producing a lot of rain, showers further north and as we come further— showers further north and as we come further south — showers further north and as we come further south the met office has this morning and we are looking at 30 or— this morning and we are looking at 30 or 40 _ this morning and we are looking at 30 or 40 millimetres of rain, especially— 30 or 40 millimetres of rain, especially so in the areas covered by this— especially so in the areas covered by this yellow warning and already we have _ by this yellow warning and already we have had 40 millimetres of rain in parts _ we have had 40 millimetres of rain in parts of— we have had 40 millimetres of rain in parts of dartmoor and 20 millimetres of rain in parts of sussex, — millimetres of rain in parts of sussex, but this rain, although not as heavy, — sussex, but this rain, although not as heavy, is— sussex, but this rain, although not as heavy, is falling in the areas that— as heavy, is falling in the areas that have — as heavy, is falling in the areas that have already seen a lot of rain and have _ that have already seen a lot of rain and have had issues with flooding. as we _ and have had issues with flooding. as we go _ and have had issues with flooding. as we go through the morning, the rain will— as we go through the morning, the rain will pull away and there will be a _ rain will pull away and there will be a lot— rain will pull away and there will be a lot of— rain will pull away and there will be a lot of cloud left behind in but

for the _ be a lot of cloud left behind in but for the west it will brighten up and for the west it will brighten up and for northern england and scotland and northern ireland, we are looking at sunshine _ and northern ireland, we are looking at sunshine and a few showers coming on across— at sunshine and a few showers coming on across the — at sunshine and a few showers coming on across the south—east of scotland and the _ on across the south—east of scotland and the north—east of england but we could see _ and the north—east of england but we could see some wintry mess above 500 nretres— could see some wintry mess above 500 metres on— could see some wintry mess above 500 metres on the hills of the pennines and the _ metres on the hills of the pennines and the peak district and the southern uplands and into the highlands. southern uplands and into the highlands-— southern uplands and into the hiahlands. ., ,, ., ., , highlands. thank you, carol, see you later. there have been calls for the immediate regulation of so—called calming rooms in special schools, after a bbc investigation revealed cctv showing autistic children being shoved or left alone, sitting in vomit. a police investigation into the footage, recorded at whitefield special school in north london between 2014 and 2017, ended this summer without any charges. the school says new leadership found the footage after the rooms had been shut, and shared it with the police. noel titheradge has this report, which you may find upsetting.

it's footage that's been described as jawdropping. videos obtained by the bbc show autistic pupils being abused and neglected inside so—called calming rooms at a special school. three years ago, we began investigating when 500 hours of cctv was discovered at whitefield school. now, we've obtained the footage revealing the reality of abuse in the rooms before they were shut. jamie went to whitefield school when he was 11. from being a happy, smiley boy, wanting to go to school, to not wanting to go to school. i have just seen the footage, after all this time. you saw them open the door, push jamie, just whack him in his back. he went flying on the floor, left in there, very confused, frustrated, knowing he's going to be in there for a long time. deborah says her son

suffered his first ever epileptic episode after being placed in the rooms. a couple of times i had to go upstairs to the classrooms to take him out when his eyes were rolling. now, something had stressed him out. he'd been terribly stressed out for that to happen. it breaks my heart to know how he must be feeling, how he must have felt, and the effect it's had on him since. she says she can't understand how prosecutors have failed to charge anyone over the abuse. ijust think it's a cover up from higher up, because i don't see how they could get away with this level of abuse of these children, and no—one's accountable for it. the bbc has spoken to 17 of the 39 families affected. they say they've spent years waiting to hear the reality of what their children went through. many of the pupils were nonverbal. but in april we met david, a former pupil who's autistic, and was placed in the rooms for up to three hours at a time. david, how did that make you feel inside, being placed in the rooms?

i was sweating, i was angry, i was upset and they did not listen to me. they was ignoring me. now we've uncovered the reality of the abuse. cctv shows pupils being pushed inside the calming rooms. sometimes staff employ pads used in rugby training. other pupils are left alone in distress while injuring themselves. but we can reveal that a three—year police investigation ended this summer without a single staff memberfacing charges, and we've also learned of other failings across the uk. one autistic child was placed in this cage, while another pupil was pinned to a beanbag. this mp is calling for immediate regulation. quite moved, actually. it's not something you expect any child to be in. this is the sort of stuff that you just couldn't imagine would be going on, you know, at all, in any place, really.

it should lead to change. there's no question about that now. government guidance only says that these rooms need to be used appropriately. is that satisfactory? no. we've got to spell it out. the range of change has to be pretty profound now. clear rules around what cannot happen in calming rooms. and i think in design terms, what should a calming room look like? this is not how any child in britain should be treated. the government says it's looking at ways to strengthen guidance on how calming rooms are used. while the local authority, waltham forest, says it's offered counselling to families. the crown prosecution service declined to comment, while the met says it continues to conduct wider inquiries. but parents of pupils like david say years have been wasted which could have been spent addressing the harm that's been caused to their children. what's happened in that whitefield school destroyed my son's future. calming room? it was a cell. but the only crime david has is special needs. noel titheridge, bbc news.

knol has an article on the bbc news website _ knol has an article on the bbc news website on — knol has an article on the bbc news website on that story that is more in depth. let's take a look at some of today's newspaper front pages. president biden hails historic ceasefire between israel and hezbollah in lebanon, is the headline in the guardian. the paper includes an image of smoke above beirut�*s southern suburbs following israeli air strikes yesterday, which it calls "some of the heaviest to date on the city". the times reports that millions of nhs patients will be offered alternative asthma medication, after it was revealed that the gas used in one blue inhaler has a bigger carbon footprint than a 75—mile carjourney. patients will instead be offered dry powder inhalers. the daily mail reports that ministers have requested an urgent review of the government's net—zero electric car policy and are likely to water down sales targets, after they were blamed

for the decision to close a vauxhall factory in luton next year. some papers reporting on what they call porch pirates, people who nicked packages and parcels from your front door step, apparently millions of pounds, £376 million of stuff has been stolen.— stuff has been stolen. people are orderin: stuff has been stolen. people are ordering for _ stuff has been stolen. people are ordering for christmas _ stuff has been stolen. people are ordering for christmas and - stuff has been stolen. people are ordering for christmas and blackl ordering for christmas and black friday, so be careful. for more than 30 years, sikhs have been allowed to wear turbans instead of hard hats on uk building sites, thanks in large part to a successful campaign, in 1988, led by mohinder singh rayat. mohinder also founded a hardware shop in west london — which was taken over by his son, who has been reflecting on the family's achievements as he prepares for a well—earned retirement. we sell screws, nails, spanners —

you name it, we got it. we just sell general hardware for the local community and builders, and we also do a key cutting service. it's described as a full gold mine. i've always come in here whenever i've needed something, set of allen keys, a hacksaw or something like that. mr rayat's always had it. bye. bye now. thank you. bye. my father, who started this business, came in 1956 from africa. wejoined him later in 1960, and then we worked together. we started a construction company. it was difficult to get a building site job wearing a turban, which wasn't allowed. you had to wear a hard hat. to get that law changed, my father, with the conservative club from ealing, went to the houses of parliament to meet mrs thatcher and william

whitelaw, to tell them that this is necessary, that they have to wear a turban as a part of the religion, as the sikh identity. i helped my father to support this. very proud, and it was a good achievement to get the law change and the freedom for the sikhs to wear a turban on a building site. it means that myself and my children or their children can now wear a turban on a building site and don't have to wear a helmet on a bicycle or a motorbike. and we thank our forefathers for that. and we're a part of the uk society, and uk society has recognised the sikh faith. after serving the local community for the last 50 years, i have now decided to sell my family business and retire and enjoy my life with my family. he's always a smiling face. he'll be missed in hanwell.

he's the store where everybody goes to. i feel proud that my family were part of this campaign that changed the british law. enjoy your retirement. i love the look at that shop. it enjoy your retirement. i love the look at that shop.— look at that shop. it does look areat. look at that shop. it does look great- you _ look at that shop. it does look great. you would _ look at that shop. it does look great. you would love - look at that shop. it does look great. you would love it - look at that shop. it does look| great. you would love it there. look at that shop. it does look i great. you would love it there. i think the shelves would drive me mad. still to come on today's breakfast, you've heard of collecting stamps, coins or postcards. but what about crisp packets? a man from lincoln has amassed a huge collection of packets and memorabilia related to the uk's most popular savoury snack. he's called frank munford and he's from lincoln. they know i'm a collector. they think, "what on earth are you doing that for?" but collector's normally, you collect that? well, i collect coins or banknotes or that sort of thing. there's a packet there. i mean, that's obviously come

out from a hedge bottom or something like that. a monster munch money box that was given to me by walkers. that is niche. if you can beat that, we would love to hear from you. we'll play that report in full at five to eight, but in the meantime we'd love to hear about your unusual collections. send us a picture if you can — all the details are on screen now — and please don't forget to include your name, where you're from, and a few details about your collection. doesn't have to be christmas. frank is auoin to doesn't have to be christmas. frank is going to be _ doesn't have to be christmas. frank is going to be gutted _ doesn't have to be christmas. frank is going to be gutted if _ doesn't have to be christmas. iberia; is going to be gutted if somebody has more crisp packets than him. there is no one friend. i would put money on that. i there is no one friend. i would put money on that-— money on that. i loved his “acket. all the accessories. fi money on that. i loved his “acket. all the accessories. who _ money on that. i loved his jacket. all the accessories. who knew- money on that. i loved his jacket. | all the accessories. who knew you could have — all the accessories. who knew you could have so _ all the accessories. who knew you could have so many _ all the accessories. who knew you could have so many accessories. l could have so many accessories. maybe he got them from gary lineker. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'mjim wheble. one of london's most famous private members' clubs and celebrity haunts, the groucho club, has closed following claims that a "serious crime" took place at the premises. westminster city council said it had

suspended the soho