our headlines today. a man remains under arrest on suspicion of murder after two women were found dead at a house in milton keynes on christmas day. investigations are continuing into a plane crash in kazakhstan on christmas day that killed 38 people. and did you hit the boxing day sales this year? figures suggest suggest fewer of us headed to the high street this year, preferring to shop online instead — i'll have the details. in sport... could boxing day have gone any better for liverpool? they beat leicester to go seven points clear at the top of the premier league just hours after their nearest rivals lose at home. and good morning, it's another mild, murky day and we have some extensive mist and fog. that will be slow to clear but i will bring you all the detail throughout the programme.

it's friday the 27th of december. our main story. a 49—year—old man is being held on suspicion of murder after two women died from suspected stab wounds. it happened in the bletchley area of milton keynes on christmas day. a teenage boy and a man were seriously injured in the same incident, and a dog was also killed. our reporter zoie o'brien is at the scene. what more can you tell us? good morning. we are coming up to 36 hours since police were first called here to santa cruz avenue on the willow lakes development in bletchley and still a police presence. as you can see over my shoulder, the cordon around the apartments and offices remain unseen. we know they were called at around 6.30 on christmas day to

reports of a stabbing. two women were pronounced dead at the scene, one was 38 years old and another was 24 one was 38 years old and another was 2a years old. two males were taken to hospital, teenage boy and the man in his late 20s. we are being told their condition is stable. thames valley police launched a double murder investigation and yesterday they were very keen to speak to the public. dci stewart brand when saying he his condolence to the family and friends of the two women but we reassure the public that whilst this may be very concerning, the parties were known to one another and they are not looking for anybody else at this moment in time. the 49—year—old man remains in custody. already some floral tributes have been left at the and people in this area just saddened and shocked at what happened. of course, at any time it would be concerning but on christmas day as

well. yesterday they told colleagues they never expected this kind of news in this area. somebody left a teddy dressed in a santa outfit as well. police can apply for up to 96 hours to question a murder suspect. so we are expecting updates in the coming hours and days. zoie. so we are expecting updates in the coming hours and days. zoie, thank ou ve coming hours and days. zoie, thank you very much- _ there are a number of investigations into the plane crash in kazakhstan? investigations are continuing into a plane crash in kazakhstan on christmas day that killed 38 people. a number of military experts have accused russia of shooting down the plane, mistaking it for a ukrainian drone, but the kremlin is advising against speculation while the official investigation is ongoing. here's our correspondent ellie price. the moment emergency services arrived at the wreckage site. the scale of the destruction clear... ..now the rescue mission has turned

into an investigation into what happened. this footage was taken on board before the crash, though it's not clear how long before. the passengerfilming notices some damage under the wing. back inside, despite oxygen masks and life jackets being visible, those on board seem calm. experts will now try to piece together these clues. there are various reports. one is a bird strike, that the plane crashed after hitting a flock of birds. a second theory is that because the plane may have been diverted, the russians were not sure what the aircraft was. and this is an area that has experienced drone strikes from ukraine, and as a consequence, anti—aircraft fire may have been directed towards this aircraft. at this point, i think we just don't have the facts.

but russia has warned against promoting what it described as hypotheses about the cause of the crash, with president putin simply paying tribute to those who lost their lives. translation: the plane crashed. there are people killed, there are many injured. i would like to express my condolences to the families of the casualties and all the injured, and let's hope for their recovery. 38 people died in the crash. azerbaijan marked it with a day of national mourning. and now more details of the victims have been released. the bodies of some returned to baku, their loved ones, only at the beginning of their grief. ellie price, bbc news. the united states has said israel the united states has said israel must comply with its obligations must comply with its obligations to protect civilians, to protect civilians, after an air strike on yemen's after an air strike on yemen's international airport, international airport, which killed two people. which killed two people. said about this? the attack was witnessed by the head the attack was witnessed by the head of the world health organization, of the world health organization, who said he and other un staff came who said he and other un staff came close to being injured. close to being injured. our correspondent emir our correspondent emir nader is injerusalem. nader is injerusalem. emir, what have the israelis emir, what have the israelis

said about this? we had a statement from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, saying their campaign against the houthi rebel group in yemen isjust getting started. we are getting very strong messages out to the israeli government about how they intend to pursue and escalate their campaign against the houthi rebel group with the minister of defence saying they intend to go after and hunt

the minister of defence saying they intend to go af sent id hunt the minister of defence saying they intend to go af sent by 1unt the minister of defence saying they intend to go af sent by the houthi missile strikes sent by the houthi rebels towards israel has really escalated, as has israel's response. overnight we had one missile fired by the houthi rebel group towards israel after that series of air strikes that took place yesterday by israel, hitting those various public infrastructure facilities in yemen. the united nations secretary—general is calling for restraint. he is saying there was on public infrastructure in yemen is especially alarming, given yemen is a country suffering very much. around 80% of the country is dependent on aid. itjust shows you to what extent this war in gaza are still reverberating around the region and the houthi rebel group said they will continue their campaign with solidarity with the palestinian people.— campaign with solidarity with the palestinian people. thank you very

much. two people have died in separate incidents while taking part in an annual yacht race from sydney to hobart, on tasmania. both crew members, who were on different yachts, were hit by a boom. several yachts have already retired from the race due to bad weather. rail passengers are being warned of major disruption at london's paddington station for the next three days — with great western railway services starting and ending at london euston instead. it's to allow for major works to prepare for hs2 services. a deactivated first world war machine gun is among the items lost or stolen from ministry of defence facilities over the past two years. figures uncovered by the liberal democrats show more than 700 phones, computers and usb sticks also went missing. the government says it has robust policies and procedures to prevent losses and thefts. the number of people heading to the shops on boxing day fell by up to 10% compared with last year, as several major chains chose to remain closed —

and online spending increased again. sarah's been looking at the numbers. i suppose technology, weather, people being tired, staying away from the shopping centres? good morning. yes, good morning. now this is the first time since the pandemic that boxing day footfall has dropped. initial data shows it was down 7.6% from last year across all uk retail destinations. that figure was close to 10% when it came to shopping centres. it might be partly because some major retailers including next, marks and spencer and john lewis closed the majority of their stores yesterday. it was predicted that shoppers would spend an average of £236 each in the boxing day

sales this year, but that the majority of purchases would be made online. it was just the main ones, wasn't it. it was 'ust the main ones, wasn't it. ,_, ., , it was 'ust the main ones, wasn't it. . next it was 'ust the main ones, wasn't it._ next was l it. tesco was closed. next was closed. it. tesco was closed. next was closed- we _ it. tesco was closed. next was closed. we came _ it. tesco was closed. next was closed. we came two - it. tesco was closed. next was closed. we came two years - it. tesco was closed. next was i closed. we came two years ago, it. tesco was closed. next was - closed. we came two years ago, it was a bit quiet _ closed. we came two years ago, it was a bit quiet and _ closed. we came two years ago, it was a bit quiet and it _ closed. we came two years ago, it was a bit quiet and it was - closed. we came two years ago, it was a bit quiet and it was then. . was a bit quiet and it was then. probably more online shopping. the sales are _ probably more online shopping. the sales are a — probably more online shopping. the sales are a bit better online as well, _ sales are a bit better online as well, ratherthan sales are a bit better online as well, rather than insure. sales are a bit better online as well, ratherthan insure. it sales are a bit better online as well, rather than insure. it looked fairly quiet. _ well, rather than insure. it looked fairly quiet, but _ well, rather than insure. it looked fairly quiet, but it _ well, rather than insure. it looked fairly quiet, but it hasn't - well, rather than insure. it looked fairly quiet, but it hasn't been - well, rather than insure. it looked fairly quiet, but it hasn't been all| fairly quiet, but it hasn't been all bad news. footfall on christmas eve was i8% higher in all uk retail destinations compared to last year. sarah, thanks very much. the national

storm darrah tore down more than 30 the national mature trees as it ripped through bodnant gardens in north wales earlier this month. this place has one of the national trust's, one of the uk's finest collections of trees. ned lomax is head gardener here at bodnant. a big fan of douglas fir up here and they've alljust come down one by one like dominoes. he says many of the lost trees are 150 years old or more. they've weathered quite a few storms, and it comes just two years after storm arwen, which caused even more damage. we're seeing storms like this far more frequently. it seems they're more severe and they come more close together as well. we used to call them once in a generation storms. so the garden team, who have worked here for many years, remember similar storms back in the �*80s.

and then these two, arwen and darrah are so close together, three years apart has really sort of knocked us sideways. and it isn'tjust the loss of important trees to the garden, clearing up the mess will cost thousands of pounds and will take months. avebury manor in wiltshire, is still closed after heavy rains in january caused it to flood for the first time in 300 years. it isn't just storms that are reshaping national trust estates. this year, 2024 is set to be the hottest on record globally, but here in the uk we haven't seen the kind of record heat we got back in 2022. warm and wet! that is the hallmark of 2024's weather here in the uk, and it's another year that has seen a blurring between the seasons. so the transitions in temperature and weather between say, winter and spring and spring and summer have become less

pronounced, says the national trust. ben mccarthy is in charge of nature conservation at the trust. generally, what we're seeing is a trend away from these big seasonal kind of triggers for nature and the ecosystems that it forms working well. but we're also seeing really strange weather patterns. for example, we had snow a few weeks ago, followed by days of kind of balmy weather in kind of the low kind of teens. and if you're an animal going into hibernation, this causes chaos to your kind of natural rhythms. the damage here at bodnant should have been cleared by the summer. the question now is what to plant in place of the lost trees. the gardeners here say the priority is trees that will be able to withstand the climate in 150 years' time. different species better able to cope with the weather extremes we can expect then.

justin rowlatt, bbc news, north wales. britain's longest—serving royal mail postman is preparing to work the final shift of a 60—year career this weekend. robert hudson started in december 1964 — as a messenger in london's whitechapel delivery office, distributing telegrams. he's spent the last a0 years at the docklands delivery office. robert, who is known as rocky, says he's looking forward to spending more time gardening and with his family thatis that is a long career. here's sarah with a look at the weather.

the fog has been quite intense? it has come a good morning. i really murky day out there, thick cloud politically over the higher ground so any hills and around coast we have mist and fog as well. this is the picture in the west midlands, dudley this morning. many others waiting up to this kind of scene. if you have travel plans bear that in mind. visibility is reduced on the roads and it could be quite slow to clear today and fog. for some of us, over higher ground it will all day. things look mostly dry again, little bit of drizzle coming out of the cloud in places but high—pressure dominating. we have this wave in front sitting across the north of scotland but south of that we are still in that very mild air. cold air lingering in the far north up towards the northern isles. for most, this blanket of cloud persist through the day particular to england and wales and we have that

extensive mist and fog as well. some breaks in the clouds are brightening up breaks in the clouds are brightening up a little bit, north east scotland, north—east england, part of northern ireland and east wales could see glimpses of blue sky. if you see a bit of sunshine coming through it could live temperatures to 11 through it could live temperatures to ii or 12 in the north. but under the mist and fog, only seven to nine, so cooler than recent days. this evening and overnight it is dry for many of us, this wave of weather from bringing a bit of rain across central scotland and into the north of northern ireland. it is a frost free nightly temperatures remaining between four and 9 degrees. like today, some of the mist and fog in the south could be slow to clear so some murky conditions on saturday. a bit of brightness in parts of wales, north—east england and central and northern scotland. so the north of this weather front will see some sunshine and a few showers moving in. across the north of scotland, seven or 8 degrees and mile that way you have the cloud and drizzly rain to be part of northern ireland and

southern scotland. towards the south it is pretty great, only around seven to 9 degrees. the second half of the weekend and we have this weather front putting in a little bit further south across parts of scotland and tapping up as well so more rain for sunday across central and western parts of scotland. a slightly brighter picture, so we will see the cloud and fog breaking up will see the cloud and fog breaking up a bit quicker during sunday. so perhaps a touch warmer than the next few days, ten or ii perhaps a touch warmer than the next few days, ten or 11 degrees. that weather front will pop up again on monday so heavy rain and brisk winds for part of scotland, could be some snow on the highs ground and for northern ireland, the weatherfront will bring outbreaks of rain later in the day. much of england and wales staying dry, ten or ii wales staying dry, ten or 11 degrees, some sunny spells but temperatures and low it, 2 degrees. that is a hint of something that will change a little bit through the middle of week. the mild air luckley away and something a little bit colder working on as we head towards

new year's eve and it could be fairly unsettled. back to you. let's take a look at today's papers. the daily mirror reports on the stabbings in milton keynes which left two women dead. a man and a teenager were also seriously injured in the incident. reports of a row between reform uk and the conservative party leads the i. the paper says leaders nigel farage and kemi badenoch accused each other of inflating membership numbers, after reform claimed to have overtaken the conservatives. the times leads with comments from the former conservativejustice secretary, david gauke, about sending criminals to open prisons to ease overcrowding. mr gauke, who is reviewing sentencing policy for labour, says he is taking lessons from spain. and the guardian features an image of a rather brave woman enjoying a boxing day dip in the firth of clyde.

it has been mild, but that will still be very, very cold. the time is approaching 6.20. 20 years ago, sally shearing and her partnerjonathan were holidaying in thailand when their resort was hit by the boxing day tsunami. sally's life was saved by two strangers, butjonathan died. now she's preparing to cycle 500 miles around thailand, to honour his memory and raise money for orphanages built in the aftermath of the disaster. breakfast�*s jayne mccubbin went to meet her. they call it james bond island because it was used in the james bond films. so it's absolutely beautiful. he was just the most amazing guy. my family adored him. he adored them. and hejust, he was like the missing piece. early on boxing day morning

2004, something strange was happening on phi phi island. the sea was drawing back. by the time sally and her boyfriend jonathan went to the beach, the tide had all but vanished. i said tojonathan, i said, "that's strange." i said, "the tide looks really far out." everyone was just sort of stood around and like looking. and i remember thinking, this is really strange. obviously i hadn't heard of the word tsunami ever in my life. and then i heard what i thought was thunder, like this huge roar. the next thing i knew, the windows had crashed in. it was almost like being in a washing machine. that's the only way i can sort of describe it, but obviously with all this debris and i remember thinking, if i can just hold my breath, then i'll die and it'll all be over.

at least 8,000 people die after a powerful earthquake hit south asia. it triggered giant waves which hit india, sri lanka, the maldives, thailand... and then this man reached out, grabbed my arm and literally pulled me. and then within a matter of probably about five or ten minutes, i heard screaming. sally's memories, 20 years on, are still vivid in many areas. a second wave was more deadly than the first, and after her life was saved by a thai man, it was saved once again by a swedish man who said they must run to safety. he managed to get me down the stairs onto the beach, and then we ran. and there was this pregnant woman lay at the bottom of the steps, and she had a slab of concrete across her legs, and she was screaming, you know, please, will somebody lift this concrete off me? please lift this concrete off me! the guys i was with tried to, but they couldn't. and as they were doing this, the water was getting closer and closer and they were just saying, we've got to run, we've got to run.

if you want to save yourself, then you need to, you need to run. as news reached the uk, sally's father boarded a plane to travel to thailand to join the thousands looking for loved ones. he found sally in a hospital. he found jonathan in a makeshift mortuary days later. i suffered a lot with survivor's guilt. i imploded, and, you know, i hurt a lot of people in that process. i remember my mum saying to me, "you've still got a life and you need to live it. you've almost been given a second chance." and so, to mark the 20th anniversary of the worst natural disaster in living memory, sally is going back to thailand. i'm going to do a cycle ride,

800km in eight days, and i'm doing it for a charity called hands across the water. it's going to be the biggest physical and mental challenge i've ever done in my life. the charity she's supporting built orphanages across thailand after the tsunami. i really want to be able to give something back to the people of thailand and to say thank you for saving my life. and i guess you will be holding jonathan in your heart when you're doing it. very much so, yeah. so it's a way of remembering what an amazing person he was. 1439 00:23:46,590 --> 00