he won the final at palace yesterday. let's return new to the weather situation here in the uk now. amber and yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place this weekend, with heavy snow and icy rain forecast. the warning covers most of wales, across the pennies and up into the north of england. for more on this now — i'm joined by our weather presenter louis lear. when it's amber, you know it's serious. , ., serious. yes middle tier that means we — serious. yes middle tier that means we are _ serious. yes middle tier that means we are confident - serious. yes middle tier that l means we are confident there serious. yes middle tier that . means we are confident there is going to be disruption. we been forecasting this for a few

days. and the first amber warning will come to force at 6pm this evening. it's a very messy picture. i have some graphics will hopefully help. we have this amber warning, the middle tier. one starts at six o'clock and that is for snow and ice. the one further north is just and ice. the one further north isjust for snow, and ice. the one further north is just for snow, that starts at 6pm this evening that at 6pm this evening and that runs throughout tomorrow. what runs throughout tomorrow. what exactly are _ runs throughout tomorrow. what exactly are we — runs throughout tomorrow. what exactly are we going _ runs throughout tomorrow. what exactly are we going to - runs throughout tomorrow. what exactly are we going to see? because it's notjust snow is it, it's something cold freezing rain? it's a problem we have at this time of year because we have some very mild air. let's have a look at the pressure chart to illustrate what is happening. at the moment we are in this cold out together that is sitting across the country. there is a weather front that

is pushing across. anywhere with yellow is warm air. is the two air masses collide, that's where we have the issue. that's going to be snow on the northern edge. we could see snow in london for a time but it turns back to rain. and that's the potential for freezing rain across the north and the midlands. that's where the precipitation falls and freezes instantly on the surfaces, and in some ways that can be more dangerous than snow because you can't see it. it looks like black ice, doesn't it? why is this happening now, because it has been quite mild for some. because it has been quite mild for some-— for some. it's january. we had this cold arctic _ for some. it's january. we had this cold arctic air. _ for some. it's january. we had this cold arctic air. this - this cold arctic air. this unfortunately, at this time of year, whenever you get subfreezing temperatures you are going to get another issue when another weather front comes in. i also want to point out, because it's not covered in the amber warning, that we

have other warnings out. ijust want to go through the snow accumulations. the front actually moves into southern scotland during tomorrow, may be the high ground of northern ireland, we could see as much as 20 centimetres. it's not out of the question that if you are a plate you could see a few centimetres in the south—east but we we are inspecting that to turn into rain. the but we we are inspecting that to turn into rain.— to turn into rain. the far south of _ to turn into rain. the far south of the _ to turn into rain. the far south of the country - to turn into rain. the far south of the country is l to turn into rain. the far - south of the country is going to be spared the worst of it. scotland will turn bitterly cold, but far south will turn 13 degrees. cold, but far south will turn 13 degrees-_ cold, but far south will turn 13 degrees. january we were lulled into _ 13 degrees. january we were lulled into this _ 13 degrees. january we were lulled into this false - 13 degrees. january we were lulled into this false sense l 13 degrees. january we were | lulled into this false sense of security. lulled into this false sense of securi . . ., ., , security. the cold weather is back next — security. the cold weather is back next week. _ security. the cold weather is back next week. you - security. the cold weather is back next week. you need i security. the cold weather is i back next week. you need your bi back next week. you need your his coat. _ back next week. you need your his coat. at _ back next week. you need your big coat, at least. _ the cold weather may have you dreaming of a getaway

to warmer climates, but experts are urging people to be vigilant against scammers who may be offering deals and prices that are too good to be true. it's a big problem, in 2023, action fraud receieved more than 6.5 thousand reports of holiday related scams. that includes ticket and rentalfraud. victims lost a total of nearly £12.3 million across the year. that s an average of more than £18,000 pounds per victim. georgia poncia has spoken of those who have fallen victim to scammers. are you on the lookout for a cheap holiday? tasha was. i suddenly died inside because it was a week to go and we had nowhere booked. she found an advert for a holiday home on social media and she spoke to the person who posted the advert, asking to see his id and proof that he owned the property. she paid a deposit of £280 upfront, with the rest to be paid on arrival. but closer to the holiday, he went quiet. i suddenly thought, "oh, no, what's happened?" tasha got in touch with the local pub and asked

them about the property. it turned out that the person she had paid did not own the house and the current owners regularly have people turning up thinking they'd booked a holiday let. my heart sunk and i just felt so disappointed with myself. i cried. i didn't know what to do. and it's notjust fake holiday homes that fraudsters are selling, its flights as well. ali tried to book flights over the phone through a travel agent that he'd found online. but after giving over his card details, he realised that they'd taken hundreds more than he was quoted on the phone. that's when i realised that this was a scam. i felt very stupid not checking their website or their numbers beforehand. i saw that the money had gone to a company called booking.com, which obviously is a very well— known travel agency website, so they had taken the name of booking.com as well. booking.com says that no

legitimate transaction will ever require a customer to share sensitive information like credit card details via e—mail, text or phone. some people only realise they have been scammed at the very last minute. kent trading standards told us about one man who got here, to heathrow, before finding out that his tickets were fake. hi, good afternoon. how can i help you? copycat scams are impacting travel agents, too. almost every other day we are facing scams. . zulfiqar has even started a facebook group warning people of the risks and how scammers operate. when someone is scammed, we have lost a client, - that client has lost trust. on travel industry, so we're really worried about that. if you're looking to book a holiday, book it through a reputable site. if possible pay for a credit card, and if you do feel that you've been conned, then contact your bank straight away. fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated methods to try and scam consumers. so, the message is clear —

if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. georgia poncia, bbc news. a record number of electric cars were sold in the uk last year, but the total still fell short of the government's target. a trade body is now calling for more government support, as our reporter esyllt carr explains. whether it's flashy advertisements or big discounts, enticing people to buy a new electric vehicle is a key challenge for car makers. the greatest on electric. # ain't seen nothin' like this. ..# ., ., ~ ., ., but while the latest figures suggest a positive direction of travel, the industry body behind them says it was a challenging year. the society of motor manufacturers and traders says around 382,000 pure electric vehicles were sold last year. that brought the overall proportion sold to nearly a fifth at i9.6%. but in theory, that's below

the government's mandate requiring car makers to ensure that pure electric vehicles made up 22% of their sales in 2024, or risk hefty fines. there are flexibilities in that target — car makers could include reduced emissions from other types of vehicle or buy credits from other manufacturers to avoid penalties. but with the target set to rise to 28% this year and keep going up, there's concern it will only get tougher. we've come closer than we thought we were going to come but we've still a shortfall, and some of that is understandable, given the economic backdrop, some of the nervousness people may have around evs and, undoubtedly, there is still concern about, "can i charge it wherever, whenever i need to, especially "when i'm on a long road trip?" some uk car makers insist that stalling private demand and stretching ev targets have been a factor in some decisions to cutjobs. in november, vauxhall announced it was closing its luton factory soon after ford made hundreds ofjob cuts in the uk.

a consultation with the secretary is already under way. the government says it's invested more than £2.3 billion to support both industry and consumers to make the switch to electric. esyllt carr, bbc news. over the past century, tens of thousands of ponds have been lost in the drive for more efficient farming, meaning the loss of valuable habitats for rare species. but in essex, 400 of them have been restored by conservationists and farmers over the past year, and our reporter richard daniel has been to find out how. in a field near wethersfield in north essex, andrew hull is hard at work digging a new pond. and this isn't his first. we must be pushing 50, 60, maybe 70 ponds. some small like this, some large lakes. a huge amount. i'm very lucky to create such a large network of ponds in an area which i live in. in the post—war period, as farming intensified,

thousands of ponds were filled in or became overgrown. this one has just been saved by the landowner. here in essex, we've created and restored coming up to 400 ponds now, working with landowners, and just within a five—kilometre radius of this pond, we've actually restored and created 80 ponds. so you can see there'll be a stepping stone effect of these habitats being brought back. clean, fresh water is really important for birds, all species of birds and other farm wildlife too. but particularly for turtle doves, as they're what's known as an obligate granivore, they only eat seeds, so they need access to clean, fresh water. well, these ponds, they give a huge amount of benefit - to all sorts of species that need water. - so your farmland, birds, _ amphibians, mammals come down to drink at these ponds. so they are vital areas - of water across a landscape that's otherwise quite dry overthe summer. - emma gray runs a group of 70 farmers taking part in the project. we know that farmers have got the equipment they need to restore ponds.

they've got diggers, they've got excavators. so really we brought them together and gave them the do's and don'ts of pond restoration. so get the light in, get some vegetation away from the bank. and the results speak for themselves. 400 down, some 3,500 to go. richard daniel, bbc news. young patients at birmingham children's hospital will take centre stage at a fashion show to celebrate their stoma bags. it can be challenging to find something fashionable to wear, as not all clothing is suitable for those with ostomy bags — such as items with high waists or a more baggy fit. our reporter amy cole has been to meet some of those taking part. what do you think about this one? that one looks nice. like most teenage girls, daisy loves fashion and experimenting with clothes. when she was nine years old, she had surgery following years of suffering with a painful bowel condition called ulcerative colitis.

daisy ended up with a stoma — that is an opening in the abdomen where body waste can be excreted, and she now has to wear a stoma bag. she is under the care of birmingham children's hospital, and will be part of a special summer event to raise awareness of young people who have them. she says she is not embarrassed by hers. i literally wear bikinis on holiday. i can wear whatever i want. obviously sometimes if i need to empty my stoma, it can change the way an outfit might look, but no. personally, i don't struggle. so you are keen to work with the fashion students to design an outfit that would show your stoma bag off? yes. i want to talk about having my bag on show because i think that's important. maybe design the bag as well. i have done that previously, i put feathers on it for a dance thing i did for the hospital. yeah, it saved my life at the end of the day, so why would i not be proud of it? in march last year, fashion students from south & city college in birmingham partnered with the hospital to design a range of

outfits for children with complex mobility issues. the young patients then modelled the so—called adaptive clothing, which included features such as magnetic buttons and a special fashion show was its success, andrea jester, the surgeon behind the initiative, is providing planning another show, but the focus this time is on stomas. we have a lot of children in the hospital that i see walking in the hospital with a stoma bag. my husband is also a colorectal surgeon, so we talk about it and we talked with the colorectal nurses about the needs of these children. i could see that they can't wear clothing that other children would wear — high waist, low waist baggy clothing. and a lot of those children would love to wear very fashionable clothes, but can't. and she wants to change that. another of her patients is 12—year—old evie rose from birmingham. she took part in last year's fashion show and is keen to keep building her confidence.

i don't want to hide it away, because i want people to know. like, my friends and family know, but ijust want people that i make friends with, like, in the future to know that i have one. in just over a week's time, evie rose, daisy and all the others involved will start working on their outfits for an event they hope will be inspirational. a burnley businessman whose first film took netflix by storm is banking on its sequel being a success too. bank of dave tells the real—life story about how dave fishwick took on the banks and won, and now its sequel sees him tackle a new rival, payday lenders. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson visited the set. cameras set. and action. on the set of bank of dave 2.

cut there. the bank of dave. yeah, it's catchy, very catchy. the first film was a huge word—of—mouth hit on netflix at the start of 2023, which led to a sequel and the real—life dave, dave fishwick, was there to show us around. thank you so much. it's just awesome. you enjoying yourself today? i've been enjoying myself ever since we started the first one, i've never stopped enjoying myself. it's just what a bonkers experience to have one movie made about your life, but two?! right, rock on! the original film was all about dave's attempts to help the people of burnley by taking on the banks and trying to set up his own. this time, it deals with when he went after payday lenders. and here we are on the film set, look, there's costumes going by, yeah, yeah. that's mine, that dress! how much are you enjoying being part of the movie business? well, it's absolutely fabulous. just to be around the team, i mean, there's 160 people turn up, there's wagons and trucks and things. they're at my house at 6am

in the morning, so i'm just getting out of bed, i'm putting on my underpants and downstairs, "action!" action! and taking on the part of dave once again, rory kinnear. i've returned to previous characters on james bond and on tv but it is very nice to be able to slip into a character that you've already done the work in terms of creating and so, yeah, it feels nice and easy to get back into old dave fishwick. dave and bond, slightly different. only slightly! for the day's filming, the first direct arena in leeds was doubling as a concert venue in america. that's a wrap. and we caught up with dan fogler, best known for fantastic beasts and where to find them. he'd just shot his final scene. wow, i don't often speak to someone the moment they finish filming for good. how are you feeling? i know, fresh off the set! i'm still on the set! yeah, i'm feeling good. that was the wrap, that your final scene? that was it, man. we did it, we had

a lot of fun here. i get to play detective this time so if they take my badge, i've still got my badge, it's very exciting. dan, thank you very much for speaking to us. all right, thank you dave 2. are you straight back to the states now? yes! go get your plane. ok, here i go. also joining the cast this time, chrissy metz, a double golden globe nominee for the tv show this is us. she plays jessica, a crusading journalist. we are trying to take the loan sharks down and i have done a couple of stories and a couple of articles on them, so i have a bit of a history, so he's brought me over to take the bad guys down. # pour some sugar on me...# just like in the first film, - a def leppard concert plays a crucial part, and in real life, they're one of chrissy�*s favourite bands. i literally saw them in concert and i told them yesterday when i met them. i was like, "hi, my name's chrissy and i love you guys and ijust saw you in nashville," and they were like, "oh." i love to embarrass myself, so...

i'm not sure about the rules of the set, are we allowed to keep talking when they're shouting like that? i don't think so. really? i think we should... whispers: should we go quiet? yeah, yeah, yeah. i like the fact there's all that drama and we had to shut up, they filmed about four seconds. people don't understand what it takes to make a movie. theyjust don't get it. at which point her co—star jo hartley, who plays dave's wife, arrived on set. we've got to get out of here. excuse me. are you interviewing...? oh, my gosh! the most amazing woman, jo hartley. i've become obsessed with. wait, let me try to do your accent. hiya, hiya. hiya. then dave managed to introduce us to def leppard. in many ways, it reminded me a lot of my favourite british i movies which is things - like the full monty, obviously, and things like brassed off, - and there was a great welsh one about a bingo hall, called i house, and they're all very kind of british low—budget but good feel—good - factor movies, you know, i couldn't believe it. - we hear that there's - going to be a bank of dave 2, we were just like this, i

"please, you know, can we be in it again?" because it was such an honour to be in the first one. - i think you have to go and get ready. and i can't wait for bank- of dave three, four and five! and as joe elliott says, it does seem unlikely that this will be the end of the story. will there be a bank of dave 3, do you think? a trilogy now? i'm sure dave will be already giving us the ideas and the treatments. i'm surprised if he hasn't already written it himself. colin paterson, bbc news, leeds. cut, great. bank of dave 2 lands on netflix, next friday, january 10th. teenage sensation luke littler has become the youngest ever world darts champion, after cruising to victory over michael van gerwen in the world darts championship final at alexandra palace in london. the 17—year—old threw 12 180s in the match, to claim the £0.5 million prize. littler shot to fame last year when he finished runner up in the event aged just 16,

but the teenagerfrom warrington, in the north—west of england, pulled through as the favourite to go one better this year. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was there. cheering and applause. first came the cheers, then came the tears for a destiny realised atjust17. it felt like i was at home. just settled so well throughout the tournament and tonight i just didn't feel any nerves up until the last leg, when i started shaking a bit. i said, "you've not shook all game, don't do it now". it was the fairy tale final all fans wanted — the experienced icon versus the new idol. and it was the nuke who settled quickest. misses from van gerwen were proving costly and littler was making hay. commentator: he is finding double ten - tonight, luke littler. mvg was left in shock as with his trusty double ten,

littler raced into a four—set lead. one of the greatest players to ever throw a dart is getting a hiding from the 17—year—old at the moment! van gerwen wasn't going to take this lying down, though. was a comeback on the cards? the dutchman had pulled it back to 6—3 but the crowd rose to their feet, sensing something special. littlerjust needed to hold his nerve. just one dart for sporting immortality. from magnetic darts in a nappy to the midas touch at the palace, and it only took him 17 years. as soon as the winning double went in, ijust...i couldn't believe it. i was fine and then, when ijust looked up and looked into the crowd and everyone was on their feet, that's when the tears came and i looked over to my family, they were in tears as well and ijust... iknew "it�* , s mine" as the palace packs up for another year, littler

says his most pressing ambition is to sleep. after that, though, there's no limit to what he can achieve after a night where a prince became the king. natalie pirks, bbc news, alexandra palace. phil barrs is a darts journalist and was at the final to take in the atmophere. electric night from start to finish. you just sensed there was something brewing in the air. early on, we got to the palace around 4.30pm, and already there was this expectation of something special that was going to happen. it was a truly historic night last night. what's your view of the talent that luke littler has? he's a generational talent. um, obviously we've been around for a long time, and we saw this 13 or 14—year—old kid coming through the junior ranks, posting huge averages, and we knew he was special. but i don't think we quite understood how special until this time last year. and then his first year on tour, he hasjust gone on to produce stuff that i say only

generational greats can. so this is his first world title. i mean, what does he need to do to keep going in this vein? because the pressure will mount, even though he seems to take it all in his stride. of course the pressure will mount. he's played in two world championships and got to two finals, so the strike rate of getting to a final is is incredible. but look, the standard across the whole field is so good right now. everyone keeps on about phil taylor's records. i don't think he'll get close to those just because of the strength in depth. but can he go and win double figures? i think he can. what does this mean for the sport more generally? i think its huge for the sport because this time last year darts was like a middle, middle age sport, if you will. but we've seen over the year and the rise of luke littler. the demographic has changed. we've seen younger fans coming in and he's captured an audience that i don't think anyone else could. so the rise of darts over the last year has been astronomical, and i'm

expecting the same, if not better, this year just because of this. and he is a boy. he is. i mean, yeah, not 18 yet, but there is a lot of money involved in darts these days. you can win some really big prizes. oh, look, the prize money is huge and we're expecting it to go up soon as well. barry hearn, who obviously, um, runs darts, starts, has always said he wants the prize money to be £1 million to the winner, and he says that's close. so we're expecting it to go up and up. and it was frowned upon for so many years. but it is a professional sport now. you can earn a living from being a professional darts player. and obviously we're all getting very excited about the fact that somebody so young has done so well. but how do those more seasoned darts players view somebody coming into the sport and really showing them all the way home? oh, look, they've embraced it because they're getting more exposure from luke as well. but yes, all eyes are on luke, but the rest of the sport is getting the exposure from it as well.

so they're embracing luke being a part of this. and it's great to see. and in terms of children watching, what's your advice to them if they're inspired by luke littler? just follow your dreams. and luke has shown there's a pathway that if you believe in yourself and you put the dedication in and you're hard, then you can do it. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. well, after a cold and frosty start, the weather story is on the change. in fact, the met office has issued amber weather warnings because we are likely to see some significant disruption later on today for both snow and ice. there are two main areas snow and ice, across wales and the midlands, that comes into force from 6:00 pm this evening and snow then from 9:00 pm this evening across northern england. now we're all in this cold arctic air at the moment.

but this dividing line, the yellow, is a mild southwesterly airflow. and when this weather front collides into that cold air, we are going to see some snow on the leading edge and possibility of some freezing rain as well. it will be rain across southwest england as we go through this afternoon. ahead of it, a veil of cloud keeping things on the cold side. best of the sunshine this afternoon, perhaps into the far northeast, but here those temperatures struggling to climb above freezing. so as we go through the evening and into the overnight period, that rain potentially could turn to snow across southern parts of wales, maybe towards the southeast of england. for a time the heaviest of the snow across wales, through the midlands, up through the peak district and across the pennines, where we could see as much as 40cm of snow to higher ground. but of course there will be accumulations at lower levels. it is starting to drag in much milder air. so just look at this 12 degrees across the southwest. but we keep that cold air

in place further north. so that means the spell of snow to begin with during the morning, and it will gradually push its way into the scottish borders. and maybe the higher ground of northern ireland could see a few snow showers for sunday. it stays cold and crisp, with a few scattered showers into scotland, much milder behind that weather front. cloudier conditions but double digits by the middle part of the afternoon. a real shock to the system now as we move out of sunday into monday, the mild air is going to be pushing out of the way over to the near continent. a northerly wind remains in force, so if you have that brief milder snap, it's not going to last. the cool air is set to return as we go through the week ahead, which again means that there could be a chance of further wintry showers to come. keep watching the forecast. take care.

live from london, this is bbc news. the king is "deeply saddened" by the death of 31—year—old british man edward pettifer in the new orleans vehicle attack on new year's day. the met office has issued weather warnings for snow and ice in various parts of the uk, which could affect travel over the weekend. in the next few hours funeral services honouring former us presidentjimmy carter will begin, following his death at age 100 last sunday. ajudge has ordered donald trump to be sentenced in his hush—money case in new york — but signals he won't send him to prison. teenage darts' sensation luke littler makes history — becoming the youngest ever

world darts champion at age 17. hello, welcome, iam hello, welcome, i am martine croxall. vigils are taking place in new orleans on saturday for the victims of the new year's day vehicle attack. it comes as king charles says he is deeply saddened by the death of edward pettifer, one of those killed in the attack. edward is believed to be the stepson of tiggy legge—bourke, now tiggy pettifer, who was nanny to princes william and harry. the 31—year old british national from chelsea was among at least 14 people killed when a truck ploughed into people celebrating new year on bourbon street. our correspondent frances reed has more. palace sources have said that the king has been informed of the death of edward pettifer in new orleans, and that he is deeply saddened, and that he has been in touch with the family to share personal condolences. the bbc understands that mr pettifer was the stepson of tiggy legge—bourke. she is also known as alexandra

pettifer, who was formerly a royal family assistant.