at six: a rare red weather warning as the uk braces for yet another named storm. preparing for the worst — there could be winds of up to 90 miles an hour for parts of wales and south west england, presenting a danger to life. and there are warnings of strong winds and heavy rain for other parts of the uk. also on the programme: islamist rebels continue their advance on syria's third largest of city of homs. in their sights, the capital, damascus, and president assad. the new york manhunt widens, with police collecting more than 200 cctv images of the suspect in the murder of a top businessman. and, after a tough year, the princess of wales is at westminster abbey tonight, hosting her annual carol service. and coming up on sportsday later

in the hour on bbc news another century from harry brook in new zealand has given england the edge in the second test. good evening. large parts of the uk are braced for the arrival of storm darragh, with amber weather warnings in place meaning widespread disruption, all the way along the west coast of the uk, from southern scotland to cornwall and northern ireland. the storm is also expected to bring heavy rain over the weekend gci’oss other areas. the most serious threat is to south wales and the bristol channel, where a rare red warning for strong winds has been issued, meaning there's a danger to life. gusts of around 90 miles an hour are expected, beginning in the early hours of tomorrow morning. nickjohnson will be reporting from western—super—mare, but first to tomos morgan,

who's in porthcawl. tomos, this is the fourth named storm in just a few weeks, and parts of wales are still recovering from storm bert. yeah, parts of the south wales valleys were ravaged by by capnext on byjust valleys were ravaged by by capnext on by just two valleys were ravaged by by capnext on byjust two weeks ago, and they have had to make preparations for tomorrow. you can see that on welsh towns like where i am in porthcawl are having to make the difficult decision to miss out on a pay day tomorrow in the run—up to christmas, cancelling and closing ahead of tomorrow, and we can feel that in porthcawl it has been getting progressively worse throughout the afternoon. the coastline is braced for gusts of up to 90 mph, as you mentioned, the met office warning of large waves, flying debris and possible damage to buildings from the early hours. from penarth... to porthcawl, along the welsh coastline, businesses have been

making plans in preparation for the bad weather. at the moment the plans are to be here, because we've got deliveries for our customers and stuff like that. some of them are elderly so we need to get out to make sure they are getting stuff. other than that, that's all that's on the cards at the moment. although towns on welsh coastlines are familiar with bad weather, having to close shops and cafes on a saturday so close to christmas will undoubtedly affect businesses. it's normally park run on saturday morning, but they'd cancel that as well, so there won't be many people about, i don't think. it's been just two weeks since storm bert ravaged parts of the south wales valleys, causing severe flooding. residents and politicians were angry that stronger warnings weren't issued early enough. tomorrow's met office warnings in wales include an amber for rain, and a rare red warning for wind across the west and south coast, as well as the bristol channel. and they basically mean danger to life, big impacts, but not just that — it also expresses certainty, so that means the met

office is confident that these severe conditions will be affecting. as wales get ready to defend itself once more, the miserable weather in the run—up to the festive period continues. local charity christmas events have been cancelled up and down the country in world, and the football association of wales has already postponed all games tomorrow. and the young be —— rugby union have also postponed all community games. the yellow warning, as you can see, has kicked in here, the rain coming down, the wind. yellow warnings across most of the uk. and there is no let up in wales in the near future. �* �* , ., ~ no let up in wales in the near future. �* �*, ., ~ ., future. all right, let's talk to nick johnson. _ hejoins us from weston—super—mare in somerset, also in that

red wind warning zone. that's right, clive, and if you look at a map of the red warning zone, that area butts up the bristol channel. that means weston—super—mare and other towns along this exposed coastline are likely to feel the full force of that red warning. that warning itself is not due to come into force until 3am tomorrow, but in the last hour or so, the wind and rain are really starting to pick up. nevertheless, people in weston—super—mare are still going about their friday evening. an ice rink behind the camera is still open, beach—side bars and restaurants still have people in. but even and somerset police say people should stay away from the coastlines throughout the day tomorrow. without high level of wind comes the inevitable travel disruption. gwr, which runs train services throughout this area and south wales, has warned passengers to expect disruption over the weekend and to leave plenty of extra time for the journey. also with the high winds, it will be inevitable that there will be full on trees,

fallen power lines, that will impact further on the transport situation. bristol and cardiff airports also warned of delays across the weekend and urged passengers to check before coming to the airport.— coming to the airport. clive. stay safe, coming to the airport. clive. stay safe. both- _ tens of thousands of people are fleeing the syrian city of homs, as rebel islamist fighters close in. and the speed at which the armed opposition is advancing across the country has astonished everyone, with the syrian army, loyal to president assad, simply falling away. the civil war began in 2011, but rebels, with links to al qaeda, were forced into retreat five years later. now they're back, and injust ten days have taken the whole of syria's second—largest city, aleppo. another major city, hama, fell yesterday, and now their sights are on homs. success there could see the main road from the capital, damascus,

to the syrian coast cut — the stronghold of president assad. he's seen this lightning loss of territory because backers like russia, iran and hezbollah are currently fighting other conflicts. with all the latest from the turkey—syrian border, here's hugo bachega. the rebels�* advance has been swift and astonishing. yesterday, they captured hama almost unopposed. there were celebrations as they entered the city. "i can't describe my joy," this man says. "we wish that every honourable syrian can experience these happy moments." the rebels said they wouldn't stop there, and they didn't. gunfire. today, they continued to make progress towards homs. they still haven't taken the city, as the military tries to slow their progress. the civil war in syria started in 2011, when president bashar

al—assad crushed protests against his regime. a rebel stronghold, homs was under siege for three years. and the last opposition forces left the city in 2015 under a deal brokered by the un. if the rebels take homs, damascus, the capital, would be quite an easier target. the syrian army has folded. the state capacity has been degraded a great deal. the writing is on the wall. frozen for years, the front lines in syria are changing fast. this is an insurgency led by islamist rebels from a group known as hts. they have their roots in al-qaeda but are trying to rebrand themselves as a nationalist force. from their base in idlib in the northwest, they launched a surprise lightning campaign last week. they took aleppo, the country's second—largest city, and continue to push south.

this is their leader, abu mohammad al—jolani. in this interview to cnn, he said the goal was to top ——to topple the assad regime and bring syrian refugees back home. translation: people will return to their homes. - many refugees in turkey will likely return as well as a significant number of refugees in lebanon and jordan. even refugees in europe may return to rebuild their country. they are vowing to reach damascus, and bashar al—assad is struggling to stop them. in the past, he relied heavily on russia and iran to fight the opposition. but both allies are preoccupied with their own affairs. the rebels have the momentum, and the regime in powerfor 2a years is increasingly under threat. the rebels have faced very little opposition in this offensive so far. the syrian military is demoralised and exhausted after more than 13

years of conflict, but this could change. iran says it will send missiles, drones and advisers to help president assad in the response against this insurgency. now the rebels continue to advance. in the past, the president used brutality to curb the opposition. he is much weaker now, but that could change. clive. hugo thank you. the archbishop of canterbury, who's stepping down, has had to apologise after his farewell speech in the house of lords yesterday was branded as tone—deaf. justin welby was found by an independent review to have had a "moral and personal responsibility" to have done more to stop a prolific child abuser, who ran camps for young evangelical christians. but the archbishop's speech yesterday was criticised by abuse survivors. aleem mcbool is here. what has he said today? i mean, you talk there about _ what has he said today? i mean, you talk there about the _ what has he said today? i mean, you talk there about the very _ what has he said today? i mean, you talk there about the very serious - talk there about the very serious

background to why he resigned. he had a couple of weeks to think about this farewell speech in the lords that he gave, and yet, as you rightly say, abuse survivors felt the tone was all wrong. he started by cracking jokes about feeling pity for his diary secretary. he then did say his head had to roll because of the report that came out, but he said he hoped not literally, then he told a joke about the previous archbishop whose head was cut off in the 14th century and his head was used as a football by peasants. so, abuse survivors said they were deeply upset by that speech. they thought the tone was frivolous, and so the archbishop has now apologised. he said, i would like to apologised. he said, i would like to apologise wholeheartedly for the hurt that my speech has caused. it didn't intend to overlook the experience of survivors or to make light of the situation. he then

apologised for doing just that. more than that, three bishops felt that they also had to apologise for the remarks yesterday. three lead safeguarding bishops wrote to some abuse survivors, and in their note that we've seen, it says, both in content and delivery, the speech was utterly insensitive and made light of the events surrounding the archbishop's resignation. they said they deeply regretted that that had caused further harm. so are very embarrassing episode in what is already a pretty undignified exit forjustin welby. mil already a pretty undignified exit forjustin welby.— already a pretty undignified exit forjustin welby. all right, thank ou. families of children operated on by a disgraced surgeon, have called independent reports into their care the "final insult". yaserjabbar, a former surgeon at london's great 0rmond street hospital, carried out procedures such as leg lengthening and straightening. but some cases linked to his work, resulted life—long injuries and even amputation. great 0rmond street has apologised for what happened to the children and said the independent reviews followed nhs guidelines.

this 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. bunty was referred to yaserjabbar for surgery to lengthen her leg because of a bone condition. in may 2020, after a series of failed operations, her lower left leg was amputated. he would tell me every operation was a complete success. i've done this, i've done that. and then... none of them worked, none of them worked, and it ended up with him amputating her leg. so this is when ella's legs were at their worst. claire's daughter ella has a rare bone condition which led to referral for a series of operations to realign her knees as she grew up. the first operation worked, but then she switched to yaserjabbar. this is how mrjabbar's surgery has left her~ _ she went from walking for miles to, "mummy, i can't walk round "the supermarket. " and it was at that point we had to make the choice to get a wheelchair for her, because she just refused to walk through pain.

concerns about jabbar led to a damning report from the royal college of surgeons. he's no longer practising in the uk. the report found some of the surgery had been inappropriate and incorrect, and the working environment was toxic. in response, the hospital commissioned independent reviews for all of jabbar�*s 723 patients. so far, around 10% of families have had their personal reviews back, but several are unhappy. it's just a smoke screen to cover up what really went on, and i don't know... as i say, the guy that wrote that one, he hasn't considered bunty at all. he's just looked at a load of x—rays. we've never been called in once. we've never been interviewed. an independent report should cover everybody. our review itself, i feel, missed out a lot of important information about ella's personal journey. i don't feel that mine was a true reflection of ella's story, so what am i now waiting for?

because... what's the next step? no one has told us what happens now. in a statement, great 0rmond street hospital said: we want every patient and family who comes to our hospital to feel safe and cared for, and we are deeply sorry. we commissioned an independent review of patient care which is in line with nhs england guidelines. we completely appreciate that for families who have experienced pain and distress, these findings may never feel adequate. you are the one who has seen them suffering... claire says she knows of other families who share her concerns. for both claire and dean, there will always be a lingering sense of guilt. when you sign a consent form for your child to go down for surgery, you hand that child's life over to a surgeon. you give their life over to someone else. and then, as a parent, you lie in bed and you think, was i right to do that? have i made a mistake? ifeel like i've failed her as a dad sometimes. should have got onto him earlier,

should have pulled her out, should have got a second opinion, maybe took her somewhere else. we just put our trust in him and it's been completely thrown back in our faces. hugh pym, bbc news. the time is 6:16. our top story this evening: a rare red weather warning for winds of up to 90 mph, as the uk braces for yet another named storm. and coming up: the unwelcome legacy of storm bert for a street in wales — this sinkhole is getting bigger. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... ange postecoglu says he's taken some direct feedback from the fans onboard, but has no intrest if they don't back him as spurs maanger. police in new york have been scouring cctv footage, and have gathered more than 200

images, of the man they believe shot and killed the boss of a major health insurance company. brian thompson was arriving at a conference at the hilton hotel, when he was shot in the back. nada tawfik has the latest from new york. these are the clearest pictures of the suspected gunman. the image caught on surveillance camera shows him standing at the check—in desk at a hostel, where he reportedly shared a room with two other men. in a flirtatious moment, he pulls down his mask to show the receptionist his smile and reveals his full face. the breakthrough here at the american youth hostel on the upper west side has provided new leads into the murder of united health care ceo brian thompson. these brothers from italy say they were staying on the same floor as the suspect. it was a weird coincidence that it was exactly that night. it feels a bit crazy still, but the next day, the whole night, we had a police officer staying on our floor for our safety,

or we don't know, maybe he was also waiting for him to come back. we now know that the person of interest in this case checked into this hostel using a fake id, after arriving here on a bus from a state south of the city ten days before the shooting. this has now turned into a multistate manhunt. the fatal shooting of brian thompson in midtown manhattan just as he was about to give an investor talk felt like a scene out of a hollywood movie. it's led other major corporations to re—evaluate their safety. no one is going, like crazy, thinking that immediately, you know, this is an attack against all ce05, but it is making everyone re—evaluate. new york officials insist the investigation is on the right track. for now, though, the suspect is still at large and his identity unknown. well, the big question now is whether the suspect is still in the city or if he left the same way he

came, by bus. local police departments, dozens of them across the country, have been given those surveillance photos to help assist with the nypd. but crucially, investigators still don't have the bike that he made his getaway on, that great backpack he was wearing all the gun that he used to shoot brian thompson. an inquest has found the death of a six—day—old baby boy at london's chelsea and westminster hospital in 2016 was contributed to by neglect. an earlier inquest found that hayden nguyen died of natural causes, but his parents have spent the last seven years and spent £250,000 trying to overturn that finding. here's michael buchanan. hayden nguyen died after a series of errors, a failure to provide basic medical attention. his parents came to surrey coroners court today to hear the coroner conclude that their son would have survived if he

received appropriate and timely medical support. a bittersweet conclusion for them after a seven—year legal battle. we couldn't have asked for a more fairly—run inquest, and it's like night and day to ourfirst experience. hayden nguyen died at the chelsea and westminster hospital in west london in august 2016. an investigation by the hospital found eight errors in his care, including failing to act on signs of septic shock and on abnormal test results. an inquest in 2017 at westminster corners court however decided that the hospital's failures were not responsible for hayden's death. the coroner concluded he'd died of natural causes, infuriating his parents. having to live with the injustice has been really difficult, which is why the fight for hayden's second inquest and making sure that we correct the record has been not really a choice for us.

the family therefore embarked on an unusually lengthy and costly legal battle. they successfully persuaded judges to order a second inquest into hayden's death, which concluded today following a three—week hearing. so far, the couple, who work in social media and software development, have spent £250,000 in their quest forjustice. the cost doesn't compare to the injustice. i think it's incumbent on us to do it, because i do know there are other families out there who can't necessarily afford to do what we did. it's been tiring to be in battle mode for years. it definitely is draining. the chelsea and westminster nhs trust said they were deeply sorry for the loss of baby hayden. his parents now hope to finally be able to grieve for the son they should still have. michael buchanan, bbc news. an alternative healer has been jailed for ten years, for the manslaughter of a diabetic woman at his slapping therapy workshop.

hongchi xiao had promoted the slapping of patients, or them slapping others, as a "cure" for diabetes, at a week—long retreat in wiltshire in 2016. he'd congratulated danielle carr—gomm, when she stopped taking her insulin, but she died three days later. a warning, duncan kennedy's report, contains footage of people being struck. those behind it claim it can cure the most serious illnesses. but the court heard slapping therapy has no basis in medicine. thank you all for coming here. hongchi xiao claimed it could deal with everything from heart disease to cancer, but he had no medical training. danielle carr—gomm from east sussex, had type one diabetes. you can see the bruises from the slapping on her arms as she praises xiao, who's standing behind the camera. you're definitely a messenger sent by god, that i'm sure of. but later, after she stopped taking her insulin, danielle died.

she had been persuaded by hongchi xiao that slapping would cure her. he was convicted of her gross negligence manslaughter. during sentencing today, the judge said he'd feared xiao would go back to slapping after his release from prison. there is a significant risk that, yet again, history may repeat itself. this constitutes a significant risk of serious harm to members of the public. hongchi xiao had earlier been convicted in australia of the manslaughter of a six—year—old boy in another slapping workshop. danielle's family say his methods have now been exposed. we hope that the good that will come out of this is that it will warn others to be very careful before venturing down the path of this sort of alternative therapy. hongchi xiao's techniques have many followers, but he failed to care for someone

who swapped mainstream medicine for his radical alternative. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a giant sinkhole that forced residents from their homes in merthyr tydfil, in wales earlier this week, has got even bigger. now, with storm darragh expected to bring more wet and windy weather, residents hoping to return to their homes this weekend have been told they'll have to wait a little longer. here's hywel griffith. day by day, the problems deepen, as everyone searches for a solution to this spreading hole. the first cracks emerged on saturday. by sunday, 29 homes were evacuated. an army of engineers moved in to stop water flowing underground. idris had been told he could return home today, but storm darragh has sunk those plans. homes are still without power. they have said a couple of days,

but you never know, do you? so you've got to prepare, perhaps for the worst. preparing for the worst. you seem to be taking this in good humour. i think what you have to realise is that when people were evacuated, there was nobody who was seriously injured. so, yes, we haven't got a house, a bungalow to live in, we are not in our usual place, but we are all safe. the scale of this operation is staggering, but what they are trying to do keeps changing because of the weather. initially, these cranes were brought in to lower a little digger into the hole to clear it out. but the high winds put paid to that and now they are trying to get a pipeline in there to cope with all the water they expect to flow over the weekend. it's yet another headache for the council as they try to reassure people their houses are secure. i think for residents looking at it as well, they will be thinking their properties are going to go, or, you know, it's got to be in the back of their minds.

not least for the owners of this house, the bungalow at the brink with a disappearing driveway. ruth and simon had been renting it out to friends. as the last couple of days, the sinkhole has gotten i larger, hasn't it? mm—hmm. and the water is coming in. so there is that fear...? there is a fear. ..it could all fall in. it could. i think that is, you know, anyone would fear. i think the neighbours feel exactly the same. the hope is some of those neighbours will return before christmas, but the crater has already ripped up many festive plans. hywel griffith, bbc news. batsman harry brook was outstanding for england once again, as the visitors took the upper hand on the opening day of the second test against new zealand, in wellington. after losing early wickets, he went on to reach 123, to add to the century he made in the first test. england were eventually bowled out

for 280, with new zealand in reply struggling, on 86 forfive. the princess of wales is hosting her annual christmas carol service at westminster abbey this evening. it's been a tough year after cancer treatment, while the king is still under the care of cancer specialists. here's daniela relph. with her children at her side for the carol service she is so involved in putting together, this was a hugely significant moment for the princess of wales after a difficult year. at the entrance to westminster princess of wales after a difficult year. at the entrance to westminster abbey the family hung messages on a abbey the family hung messages on a tree, dedicated to those who have tree, dedicated to those who have shown them empathy, love and them 7 them empathy, love and kindness, themes of this year's shown them empathy, love and kindness, themes of this year's event. , ., , ., 1600 event. , ., , 1600 event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 cuests event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 cuests event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 guests have — event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 guests have — guests have been _ event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 guests have been invited _ event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 guests have been invited for - guests have been invited for readings from richard e grant and event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 guests have - invited _ event. everyone is wearing red! 1600 guests have - invited for - guests have been invited for readings from richard e from paloma faith. everyone invited guests have been invited for readi paloma| richard e guests have been invited for readi paloma faith. rd e guests have been invited for readi paloma faith. everyone invited has supported someone in their own from paloma faith. everyone invited has supported someone in their own community. every guest also received community. every guest also received a letter from the princess with a letter from the princess with their invitation. in it she spoke of their invitation. spoke of

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them this year. with the royal family at trooping the colour but there have been very few public appearances since the princess was admitted to hospital at the start of the year, followed by treatment for cancer. in october, with the prince of wales, she visited southport to meet those who were helping the community recover. privately, she also met the families of the children killed. all of whom have yes, it is important because the weather warnings fi’oi of he met yes, it is important because the weather warnings fi’oi of the liet also met the families of the children killed. all of whom have been invited to the carol service at been invited to the carol service at the abbey. this christmas especially the abbey. this christmas especially the abbey. this christmas especially the royal family has the abbey. this christmas especially the royal family has the abbey. this christmas especially the royalfamily has much to the abbey. this christmas especially the royal family has much to reflect the abbey. this christmas especially the royalfamily has much to the abbey. this christmas especially the royal family has much to reflect on from a personal perspective. this on from a personal perspective. carol service is designed as a designed as a celebration of those people around carol service is designed as a celebration of those people us who help us through the darkest carol service is designed as a celebré help >f those people carol service is designed as a celebré help us hose people carol service is designed as a celebré help us through >ple carol service is designed as a celebré help us through the darkest us who help us through the darkest times. times. daniela relph, bbc news, westminster abbey. daniela relph, bbc news, westminster abbey. time for a look at the weather, time for a look at the weather, here's thomasz. here's thomasz. yes, it is important because the yes, it is important because the

weather warnings from the met weather warnings from the met office from a scale of red to yellow represent different things. so the red represents notjust impact but how bad the conditions are going to be. it also reflects the likelihood, so the red warning high—impact, highly likely. this is for wales and also areas around the bristol channel stop the red warning, which is quite