the bbc's africa correspondent alastair leithead spenty six weeks traveling the congo river. jerome adams alastair: the congo is one of the world's fastest flowing rivers and could power afroea to the hydrctric potential was harnessed. the democratic republic ic the congo isin natural resources. yet it's people are poor. it has the largest continuous rain forest outside the amazon and is home to animals nowhere else on earth. we havcome in search of eastern low land gorillas. families a used to humans and can be visited, if you can find them. there is no path to follow. we have to cut through the deep rain forest. i think we are getting close because we can hear -- a couple of times that the guys are trying to pick up the trail. it is tough going. after three hours, we got our first glimps just a few meters ahead. the young ones caught us by surprise coming so close. the masks we are wearing protects the gorillas fromur germs. there are probably fewer than 5000 of them lt. but few tourists bring their money here. there is a struggle between reserving nature and c in the countr

alastair leithead, bbc news, in the democratic republic of the congo., here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. good evening. there was just the one game in the premier league today but it was the highest scoring so far this season. match of the day has the highlights after the news and sportscene has details of today's scottish premiership match. but if you want the results now, then here they come. tottenham beat everton 6—2 at goodison park despite going 1—0 down. harry kane and son heung—min both scored twice. spurs remain third, six points behind the leaders liverpool. rangers came from behind to beat stjohnstone 2—1 at mcdiarmid park. alfredo morelos scored both their goals, the winner coming in the 88th minute. rangers are one point behind leaders celtic, who they play next weekend. 1a years after their relegation from the premier league, could leeds united be on the way back? exactly halfway through the championship season, they're top of the table, after a thrilling comeback to beat aston villa. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. tw

alastair leithead, bbc news, in the democratic republic of the congo.ect the latest artwork by banksy, which has appeared on a garage wall in port talbot. the image, called season's greetings, has now been covered in a protective screen. last night a man tried to damage the mural, but was chased away by police. we will have a look at the weather in a moment. but stay with us, because at 11:30pm we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, tony evans, author and columnist for the evening standard, and the economic advisor ruth lea. that is coming up after the headlines. now it is time for a look at the weather. thank you very much, very good evening to you. i can't give you any snow, unafraid, in the christmas week forecast, but there is good news in that there is no really severe weather on the way. if you are on the move, the only thing you have to watch out for could be some lingering fog patches. for most of the time it is a dry week with light winds, and tonight the frost actually becoming quite expensive as the rain eases. y

well, the bbc‘s alastair leithead has been travelling the congo river — as you can see in this graphicen headed east. this report is from a pygmy village called boyanga. act as kilometres from the sea and four ours‘ drive from the nearest town, people lead a very traditional way of life. this is a boyanga village, and these pygmy hunters are going through their good luck ritual. -- going through their good luck ritual. —— four hours' drive. the bloke holes and you smoke to get out the animals. this was originally the personal colony in the belgian congo, with that rubber in the forest. this white sap from the rubberfines forest. this white sap from the rubber fines could be forest. this white sap from the rubberfines could be made into tyres and pygmies were made to collect it. —— robber precedent. he says what our ancestors went to was unbearable. they were not paid for the work of the dead. many of them died through the beating. some who didn't collect enough rubber had their hands cut off. 10 million people died under the regime of king leopold ii. with independence in 1960 came ret

the latest of alastair leithead's special reports from the drc.stay with companies for insurance and mobile phones for years are actually losing out, by around £900 a year. that's a verdict of the competition watchdog. more from simon gompertz. the loyalty penalty can grind off your hard—earned cash without you noticing. nick near doncaster found he was paying more than £1000 a year more than he needed to for house insurance. we were paying £1929.82 a year. loyal for 21 yea rs, the cost had tripled. shopping around got him a policy for less than £500. it's an easy way for them to make more money, so they'lljust constantly put the price up. insurers say they're taking action against the loyalty penalty. the provider santander explains nick made claims, though he says he only ever got £200. at doncaster market nearby, such explanations from insurers, also mobile phone and broadband providers and banks, get short shrift. what would happen to you if you charged your loyal customers more than someone who just came in for the first time? i wouldn't last

the bbc‘s africa correspondent alastair leithead has spent nearly six weeks travelling the congo rivercould power africa if its hydroelectric potential was harnessed. the democratic republic of the congo is rich in natural resources, yet its people are poor. it has the largest continuous rainforest outside the amazon, and is home to animals found nowhere else on earth. we have come in search of eastern lowland gorillas. four families are used to humans and can be visited if you can find them. there is no path to follow, we have to cut through the deep rainforest. i think we are getting close, because we can hear, a couple of times we've heard them. but the guys are still trying to pick up the trail. it is tough going. through here. after three hours, we got our first glimpse, just a few metres ahead. the young ones caught us by surprise coming so close. the masks we are wearing protect the gorillas from our germs. this is the silverback. it is incredible. there are probably fewer than 5,000 eastern lowland gorillas left but few tourists bring their money here. there is a struggle betwe

elections in the democratic republic of the congo this weekend, the bbc‘s africa correspondent, alastair leitheadd mineral riches, hasn‘t become the beating commercial heart of africa. in this, his final report, alastair journeys to the far east, which has been the worst affected by war. he visits beni, where an outbreak of ebola is getting out of control, as well as the displacement camps of kalemie. we are flying with united nations peacekeepers into one of the most dangerous towns in the country, beni in north kivu. you‘re on patrol with us, with the united nations forces here, going out into quite a dangerous area. there is ebola nearby and also there is a very strong militant group that, over the last few days, has killed probably dozens of civilians. un troops meet local leaders to assess the danger and show they have a presence in the area. from here, you cannot find anybody. even the people who are there, just when it is four, they start going, all of them. the un isn‘t popular because, despite their guns, a militant group is still killing civilians. they are wondering, how can the enemy