hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste have been removed from bhopal chemical factory in india — a0 years after one of the world's deadliest gas leaks. the rapper stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months, after pleading guilty to using his mobile phone while behind the wheel. we visit a site in the south of england where hundreds of dinosaur foot prints were found. scientists hope to understand more about how they moved around millions of years ago. the proportion of patients in england being diagnosed with cancer at an early stage has risen to its highest ever level, according to new nhs figures. the latest data on 13 of the most common cancers, such as breast, prostate and lung cancer, shows that nearly three in five patients are now being diagnosed at the earliest stages of the disease, when it is far easier to treat. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports:

in a bradford city centre car park this van represents the latest front in the battle against cancer. this is trevor. the use of mobile scanners like this is just one way the nhs is trying to catch more cases of liver and lung cancers earlier, when they're much more treatable. this liver scanner is open to anyone who's passing. no appointment needed, just walk in. the vans that house the scanners are sent to places where they can catch the attention of the most people — shopping centres, football grounds, supermarkets. you've got a nice healthy liver there. and for oluwuasina, it's been a positive experience. it's convenient for me because it'sjust right here in a car park. and also, it's always good to have a medical check if you have the opportunity. sometimes we are always busy with whatever we are doing in our day to day lives and we forget about our health.

it's very, very important to have a medical check. so it's an opportunity, which i grab with my two hands. the latest data on early cancer diagnosis suggests that over the past year, nearly 60% of the most common cancers were diagnosed at an early stage. that's an increase in detection rates that corresponds to an estimated 7,000 more patients. and in total, more than three million people were seen for urgent cancer checks over the last year, a big increase when compared to before the pandemic. liver scanning vans are especially important, as cancer can develop long before symptoms become obvious. the problem with liver disease is that it is asymptomatic for a really long time, so people, even with quite advanced disease, may have no idea that they have liver disease. the purpose of this scan is to allow us to detect that before it becomes symptomatic. liver disease becomes symptomatic at a really advanced stage, by which time it's really too late to offer many treatments. we don't want to meet people at that stage. we want to meet people

at a much earlier stage, where we can offer them as many treatments as possible. spotting cancers early is a big step towards successful treatment. but in october, just 68% of cancer patients were seen within 62 days of an urgent referral, well below the target of 85%. so the challenge facing the nhs this coming year is to improve treatment times for those who are diagnosed. dominic hughes, bbc news. officials in india have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory in bhopal — which was the scene of one of the world's deadliest gas leaks, a0 years ago. thousands of people died after poisonous fumes leaked from the union carbide factory in 1984. the site was closed — but toxic material had remained there, with claims it was polluting ground water in nearby areas. it could still take months before the waste is finally treated and destroyed. 0ur correspondent arunoday mukharji reminded us of the events that unfolded.

just last month, it marked the 40 just last month, it marked the a0 year anniversary of one of the world's worst industrial disasters because, in the first few days of the tragedy, left over 3500 dead and over the course of the next several years around 15,000 more were presumed dead because of certain health complications. activists point out that these figures, the realfigures could be much higher and the after effects, because of the kind of contamination at the ground water and environment suffered, are still seen in a lot of families and down the generations. that is why this is still very much a ongoing issue with activist continuing to raise their voices which is why you soul a court in the central indian state actually point out and say, why haven't officials done anything about what is still sitting there?

the court referred to the authorities calling this an act of inertia saying that what authorities were simply waiting for another tragedy to happen? that is when they set a four week deadline and you saw this convoy of 12 tracks, i am not sure if you are able to see those visuals but a convoy of 12 trucks essentially with those big containers backed with toxic waste being moved to a location 200 kilometres away from where the tragedy happened. 0ne from where the tragedy happened. one of the officials overseeing the operation said india had never witnessed a movement of toxic material of this scale ever. what is now happen is in the next month they're going to incinerate this, bit by bit, to understand what kind of environmental impact it might have. there have been some concerns that just the act of destroying this could also lead to environmental challenges. ajudge has branded the british rapper and songwriter, stormzy, a "dangerous and irresponsible"

driver — and banned him for nine months — after he admitted using a mobile phone while behind the wheel of his rolls royce. 0ur reporter steve knibbs gave us more detail from outside the court. very disappointed press pack this morning because stormzy did not show up in person. there were assorted photographers and journalists and camera crews here this morning but it soon became clear that stormzy would be pleading guilty to the mobile phone offence. 0riginally he pleaded not guilty see of e was expected to stand trial. the court was told that earlier this year he was stopped by an off duty police officer, driving his rolls—royce. the off—duty officer tapped in the window and told him to get office phone. we heard in court today that, last year, two police officers stopped stormzy driving his lamborghini because they were concerned that his windows were too tinted and when they put a special device onto the windows they found they were only letting a% of lighting when the legal minimum was 70%. stormzy had already

pleaded guilty to that charge so, today, he was sentenced under his real name. in the districtjudge was told that stormzy already had six points on his licence because of two previous speeding offences and he had his licence more points today. thejudge said it he had his licence more points today. the judge said it would if you have totted up 12 points on your license it leads to an immediate driving ban and the judge said today he would impose an immediate driving ban on the singer of nine months. it was also ordered to pay costs of £2010. his defence said that his client accepted all responsibly depress actions and apologised to the court today but the districtjudge said that stormzy driving and his behaviour behind the wheel was irresponsible and dangerous.

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fossilised bones aren't the only way of studying dinosaurs. preserved footprints can also offer an insight into their lives. now some of the biggest trackways ever found in the uk have been discovered in 0xfordshire and scientists are hoping it'll help them understand even more about how dinosaurs moved around. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has more. following in the footsteps of a jurassic giant. this is where a dinosaur walked 166 million years ago, its footprints revealing the comings and goings of a prehistoric world. but it wasn't alone. different trackways crisscross this entire site. they were discovered on the floor of a limestone

quarry in 0xfordshire by one of the workers. so i was basically clearing the clay and i was hitting a hump. so, like this here? yeah, yeah. as it turned out, it was this front bit i was hitting and i thought it was just an abnormality in the ground. but then it got to another about three metres long, it was hump again. and then another three metres, hump again. and when i got out and examined it, it looked like footprints. and the weird thing about it was, when you sit there, it was like, i'm the first person to see them. yeah, it was a bit... yeah, a bit of a tingling moment, really. over the summer, scientists, students and volunteers joined the dig. they discovered about 200 footprints, some stretching for 150 metres, making it the largest tracksite ever found in the uk and one of the biggest in the world. this is the first trackway that was discovered here. it was made by a sauropod, a huge long—necked dinosaur,

but the team quickly realised it wasn't the only one, and they found footprints from two more sauropods, as well as from a smaller, meat—eating two—legged dinosaur called a megalosaur, and they think that there are plenty more of these waiting to be discovered here. the area was once a tropical lagoon, and the tracks were made as the dinosaurs walked across the mud. but something happened that stopped the footprints from being washed away, possibly a storm that covered them up with sediment, perfectly preserving them. so the really lovely thing about a dinosaur footprint, particularly if you have a trackway, is that it is a snapshot in the life of the animal. you can learn things about how that animal moved. you can learn how fast it was moving. you can learn exactly what the environment that it was living in was like. so, tracks give us a whole different set of information that you can't get from the bone fossil record. we're coming up to a

dinosaur crossroads. what you have here are footprints from a sauropod, and you can actually see as it pressed down into the mud how it created this ridge here. there is also a footprint from a smaller, two—legged, meat—eating dinosaur called a megalosaur. and it was moving in this direction. the question is, which one walked through here first? and scientists think it was the sauropod, because you can see how the smaller megalosaur footprints slightly crushed down this ridge as it was walking through. at the oxford university museum of natural history, a megalosaurus specimen is one of the world's most important fossils. megalosaurus was the first dinosaur ever named anywhere in the world. so this exact fossil, this is the real one in my hands, this fossil started all of the last 200 years of dinosaur science. the whole animal would have been between six and nine metres in length.

and in life, this animal would have had these impressive serrated teeth all the way along its jaw bone. these were agile, carnivorous predators. they were the largest predatory dinosaurs in thejurassic period in britain. the future fate of the trackways hasn't yet been decided. the quarrying will go on here for several years. but palaeontologists think there are more footprints. echoes of our prehistoric past just waiting to be discovered. rebecca morelle, bbc news, 0xfordshire. let's speak to kirsty edgar. she's the research co—lead and professor of micropalaeontology, university of birmingham. thank you very much indeed for being with us. how important you think this discovery was? rank it in terms of other discoveries of a similar kind. that is a tough question. in terms of size, it definitely is the largest we have ever found in the uk. but it is actually one of the largest dinosaur

track sites in the world as well so, in that respect, there are lots of opportunities to find out what dinosaurs were doing in this sort of 166 million years ago. a tiny snapshot into that time window. and it really does give a kind of don't make you feel you are there with them. so it must be very thrilling as an expert in this field when you see these tracks. ~ , , ., , this field when you see these tracks. ~ ,,., , .., tracks. absolutely. i can safely say _ tracks. absolutely. i can safely say i _ tracks. absolutely. i can safely say i visited - tracks. absolutely. i can safely say i visited all i tracks. absolutely. i canl safely say i visited all the dinosaur track sites in the uk at this point and this is certainly the most impressive in terms of the size of the footprints. they are like baby bathtubs. and also, in terms of just the scale of the side. it really is an amazing thing. what does it tell you? when you saw that for the first time. what came into your mind is a picture of what they were doing? picture of what they were doinu ? ,, ., picture of what they were doin. ? ,., picture of what they were doinu? i. picture of what they were doinu? , ., doing? so, you can see, from the video. _ doing? so, you can see, from the video, that _ doing? so, you can see, from the video, that the _ doing? so, you can see, from the video, that the vast - the video, that the vast majority of the dinosaurs were travelling in a north direction. you can tell which direction. you can tell which direction they were going. sevenin direction they were going. seven in had they are a lovely

one day through the med jurassic coastal living settings i think something like the florida keys today. having a day out. the florida keys today. having a day out-— a day out. and we saw a bit about what _ a day out. and we saw a bit about what the _ a day out. and we saw a bit about what the dinosaurs . a day out. and we saw a bit - about what the dinosaurs were, in that report but tell is a bit more. what sort of creatures these were. yes. you've heard _ creatures these were. yes. you've heard about - creatures these were. yes. you've heard about the - creatures these were. yes. | you've heard about the first names dinosaur and that was one of the reasons the site was special last year, it was 200 years and is the first was described. that was a meat—eating predator about nine metres long but actually, most of the tracks are from a sauropad, about 18 metres and length and ten tonnes. do think there are more _ length and ten tonnes. do think there are more of _ length and ten tonnes. do think there are more of the _ length and ten tonnes. do think there are more of the sort - length and ten tonnes. do think there are more of the sort of i there are more of the sort of tracks to be discovered around the country, around the world? absolutely? i think as more people find out about them, start to recognise them, more are being reported. the site

during covid as people were exploring the coast of the uk. lots were being found on the coast in particular where there is erosion and block spelling out and the public, indeed, reporting them.— out and the public, indeed, reporting them. keep your eyes 0 en. reporting them. keep your eyes epen- that _ reporting them. keep your eyes epen- that is — reporting them. keep your eyes open. that is the _ reporting them. keep your eyes open. that is the message. - open. that is the message. thank you very much indeed. congratulations and thank you very much indeed for talking to us about that discovery and, just as say, if you are in the uk, you can see more in the dinosaur trackways on digging for britain. it is on bbc two and the bbc iplayer from wednesday the 8th of january. well worth a look. a new year's day dip is a tradition for many but the annual swim in the east yorkshire town of hornsea was called off yesterday due to sewage levels in the sea. yorkshire water apologised for what it calls �*sewage overflow events' which are used to relieve pressure during heavy rainfall. while the swim was cancelled,

dozens still turned out in their swimming gear to raise money for the town's rescue boat. paul murphy has this report. hornsey�*s sea swim is one of the highlights of the local calendar. it raises valuable funds for the town's inshore rescue. but after sewage discharge alerts overnight, organisers said there would be no swimming in the sea, in the interests of public safety. we'd been watching the weather very closely because there's been storms, there's been big seas, it's not been very good. and finally, we thought this can go ahead, we're absolutely fine. and we get up this morning to the news that yorkshire water have had to release — well, have released some sewage into the sea, so it was so, so disappointing. the fire service stepped in to offer an alternative experience to the freezing north sea. but there's been disappointment in the town that the first day of the year has been marred by a pollution incident. yeah, it is a real disappointment and a big disappointment with yorkshire water as well, because it's something that the whole

community looks forward to every year. we've got ao—odd haunted orphans turning up, so hopefully we'll all in for good fun. do you think yorkshire water owes the town an apology? i think the yorkshire water, the woman that gets this, is it the ceo that gets all this money for her bonus? i think she needs to pass some of that over, over here to hornsea. yorkshire water has apologised for the discharge from its overflow pipe, and said this was done to prevent sewage backing up and flooding homes and gardens. in 202a, there were 31 similar sea sewage alerts in hornsea alone. this wonderful seaside town, you know, everyone's so sad. it's not good, it's not good enough, really, but what will happen after this? i don't know. i really don't know. i think it's a regular occurrence, so obviously it needs addressing. so, hopefully, the right people, the right professionals will address it and sort it out. yorkshire water has said it's investing heavily to prevent

incidents like this, but it is an embarrassing start to the year for a company that claims its cleaning up its act. paul murphy, bbc news, hornsea. from art, to magic and music too, bradford will take centre stage this year as the uk's city of culture. a year long programme of events will feature the likes of artist david hockney and magician dynamo, who are both from the city, and will aim to try to challenge perceptions — as our media and arts correspondent, david sillito has been finding out. thanks for that — making a show of me. well, it's your own fault. we don't want no negative talk. and he rode up, who else was it going to be? - southampton? uk city of culture is southampton? | don't make me laugh! what's up with southampton? i don't know, i've never been.

but i'll tell you somethingl for nowt, it's not bradford. yes, bradford. and this, the recording of a bbc sounds radio play, extolling its virtues — a topic on which this cast has opinions. i was saying to somebody the other day, it's mad when you walk through the city of bradford and you get so used to seeing everything. and if you look up, the buildings are stunning. everywhere you look in the city, if you look up and you go into little germany... yeah. ..which is amazing. little germany is being used by 0prah winfrey's latest film. it's been used for peaky blinders because itjust looks so stunning and beautiful. the people that designed and built these buildings looked to places like, you know, florence. i don't think people realise that you can compare bradford with florence, but that vista. oh, it's fantastic, yeah. and to show me around,

i met tim smith, a local photographer. and this is little germany — victorian splendour, built by german wool barons who settled here. many are now converted into flats and if you're used to london prices, these aren't. the views across the city. that staircase! 25 grand. you'll be in a place and it'll just look like a bookshop or you'll walk down the street and it'll look like any other street. but the trick is, is to look up and then you see the splendour of the victorian architecture that bradford is all about. and the city as a whole, i don't know, over the last 20 or 30 years, the kind of public perception of those who have never been to bradford is not always a positive one. can we have it up a bit louder? but the hope is city of culture might help change that. this is actor and writer natalie davies, here in rehearsals for her new play about local nightlife, and she's thrilled by this chance to talk about the positive side of the city.

i'm very lucky. i've worked in television, i've worked in film, i've worked in theatre, radio, the lot. but every time i go on to a set orany time i'm in a room, i always champion bradford. i always talk about my roots and where i'm from because it's important. you seem to be quite excited by this. right now, we're on the right platform and, you know, outsiders are seeing this and seeing, actually, this is actually a great place. and the thing about bradford is anybody from anywhere can come to bradford and feel like they belong. and you can see that here in the kitchen of akbars. it's like the united nations here. and of course, if you're going to be talking about bradford culture, something that's gone around the world, we've got to talk about this. the naan tree. the giant hanging naan — a very yorkshire approach to mopping up a curry. the idea behind it was to save

space and as you know, in the restaurant industry, especially in akbars, space is money. we're like, it's like the real estate. you rather build upward than outwards. some people call it elephant ears, some people call it a christmas tree. but this is family now. and now its worldwide. you seem proud of bradford. i am very proud of bradford. i was born and bred here. it's a fantastic place to live in. fantastic place to eat in. and, you know, you get to meet fantastic people. it's places like this which show the true spirit of bradford, you know, and shows us in a good light. why do you say that? you know, with all the negativity, publicity that, you know, you see throughout. what do you mean, negativity? you know, negativity. you know, you hear all all sorts of stuff in the news about how, what bradford is like. but bradford's the best place to come — notjust as visiting bradford but for the food. and remember, it's a part of the world that's given us david hockney, jb priestley, the brontes and this music.... it's delius, also from bradford. but some hope this will be more than just a year of shows and events. i mean, you went to school across there, didn't you? idid! so this is your neck

of the woods. this is, yeah, this is buttershaw, wibsey down there. this is kat rose—martin, an actor and tv screenwriter. city of culture, what would you say is the main ambition they should have? i think it's about growing what is here. growing the talent that is here. using local talent? the local artists, exactly. using them, developing them, nurturing them, growing them, building their confidence. you've got ambitions for bradford, haven't you? huge ambitions. this is my home. but i want to make my career here, too. i want to build a shondaland in bradford, a tv studio, theatre plays, and i would love if bradford 2025 can support those artists so that i've got people to employ, so that we make emmy—winning television in 10, 20 years time. and, of course, many have doubts about the whole idea, but it is happening. events are about to begin and maybe the beginning of a new chapter. david sillito, bbc news, bradford. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. some proper winter weather is now with us over the next few days, but it could cause us a few issues here and there. certainly much colder for all, but a bit more sunshine through today and tomorrow. frost and ice will be the main risk through the night and into the morning rush hour, but potentialfor some disruptive snowfall this weekend, as i'll show you shortly. now, the reason for the change is that we've now got air flooding down from the north all the way from the arctic. the blue colours indicating

that colder air in place for all of us this afternoon. many, dry and sunny. a few sleet and snow flurries in northern ireland, a covering of snow, maybe, in the north york moors and further snow showers in the north of scotland. but as i said, for most, dry but much colder 1—5 celsius on the thermometers, it's going to feel colder in the wind and marked wind chill with a subzero feel out there for most through this afternoon. now into tonight, the chill returns, of course, more widely. risk of frost and ice, especially slippery conditions where we see sleet and snow push across scotland, later into northern ireland and the far north of england. with clear skies, when they happen in between, down to,5 in the grampians and the highlands,, 6 through some rural parts of southern england and south wales, where it will be a sunny day on friday. a bit more cloud elsewhere. a few showers around and rain and sleet along the coast in north wales, north west england, northern ireland, a bit of snow over the hills. most snow in northern scotland, but still, for many, a dry and bright afternoon,

at least not as windy as today. so the wind chill won't be quite as marked, but some will stay subzero throughout. frost and ice again an issue for saturday morning, as well as some dense freezing fog. a bright start for many, a few showers in the north and west of scotland, again wintry in nature, but cloud amounts will increase from the west through the day. that will suppress the rise in temperature and later on, as this weather system comes in, we could see some snowfall briefly for southern england and south wales before it turns back to rain. and this is the key to the weekend, what happens with this area of low pressure? the northern edge will see some snowfall, on the southern edge, we will see some rain. potentially some disruptive snowfall in the hills of northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland, could see as much as a foot of snow in places, but there will be some big contrasts. so this is why it will be crucial to where that low pressure goes. low single figure temperatures in the north, double figure temperatures in the south. sojust to sum up, this is how it looks through the weekend into the start of next week. mainly rain across the south of england and wales. there's that snowfall for a time before it turns back to rain, with a risk of flooding in northern england and north wales and then

snowfall quite widely on sunday in scotland. take care.

and as a tesla cybertruck explodes outside las vegas's trump hotel, investigators are looking for any links between the two incidents. we'll be live in the us with the latest. also on the programme: cold weather warnings are issued as the clean—up begins after heavy

rain and flooding hits a swathe of north west england. new figures from the nhs show more people are now having their cancers diagnosed in the earliest stages. and walking with dinosaurs — a new collection of footprints in 0xfordshire is the biggest ever uncovered and could teach us new details about how they moved around. and coming up on bbc news — can the teenage dart sensation luke littler go all the way this year, as he storms into the semifinals of the world championship? hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. president biden has said the former us army employee who drove into crowds of people in new orleans was inspired by the islamic state group. 15 people were killed when the pick—up truck drove around