james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis.t the first tuna auction of 2019 at tokyo's toyosu fish market. from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports. many traders were expecting a new record to be set at this year's opening tuna auction and they were not disappointed. the price paid for this 278 kilo prize by kiyoshi kimura was far higher than his own previous record. he is known as japan's tuna king and the price he pays at the annual new year's auction bears only a vague relation to the actual price of tuna. on a normal day a similar sized fish would sell for around £45,000. today's record is in part about status and it creates a lot of publicity for mr kimura and his sushi empire, but it is also a reflection of the scarcity of large blue fin tuna. they are officially listed as an endangered species. last year catches off the coast ofjapan were significantly down and since the middle of last year, prices in tokyo have climbed by more than a0%. in china, the city of harbin is kicking off its annual winter festival with the wor

james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis.ars passed into the andaman sea. many thousands are still without power, and holiday makers hoping to leave the tourist areas are being warned of long delays, due to a backlog of flights. nick marsh has more. as the rain subsides, the clean—up begins. it's calm now in southern thailand, but this place bore the brunt of the region's worst tropical storm for three decades. it's thought at least two people were killed by storm pabuk, with homes wrecked and hundreds of thousands left without power. many, though, are simply grateful it wasn't worse. translation: the roofs and some rooms were gone. the house is filled with mud. coming back from town, i was thinking the house is completely wrecked. then i saw some roofs were still there. i was relieved. further north, the main tourist islands of koh samui and koh phangan were spared the worst of the wind and the rain. flights and ferry services there are starting to resume — but only very slowly. thousands of holiday—makers who had been place

james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis.cuted in welsh courts over the last year. let's take a look at some of those pictures. operation snap was rolled out across wales to process footage being offered to police to combat bad driving. more than 2,300 videos were sent in with police calling the public response exceptional. action was taken in more than 630 cases. a japanese restaurant owner has paid a record $3.1 million dollars for a single pacific blue fin tuna fish. the new record was set at the first tuna auction of 2019 at tokyo's toyosu fish market. from tokyo, rupert wingfield hayes, reports. many traders were expecting a new record to be set at this year's opening tuna auction — and they were not disappointed. the price paid by kiyoshi kimura for his 278 kilo prize was far higher than his own previous record. he is known as japan's tuna king and the price he pays at the annual new year's auction bears only a vague relation to the actual price of tuna. on a normal day a similar sized fish would sell for around £45,000

james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis.d independence, ending moscow's authority after more than three centuries. the move has provoked a furious response from russia. from kiev, jonah fisher reports. was this the moment that split the global 0rthodox was this the moment that split the global orthodox church? in st george's cathedral in istanbul, the ecumenical patriarch bartholomew signs what's known as a thomas. the document recognises ukraine's 0rthodox document recognises ukraine's orthodox church for the first time as separate and outside russian control. a relationship that has lasted centuries ended with the stroke of a pen. watching on, and enjoying a rare moment of success, was ukraine's president, petro poroshenko. he's called this the final step in ukraine's independence from russia. glory to god, without this will this would not have been possible. i say thank you to metropolitan bartholomew, to his face. the big questions are about what happens next. the russian 0rthodox what happens next. the russian orthodox

james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis.by the consumer group, which. the airline had to cancel scores of flights last summer — because of a series of strikes. rya nair has called the research irrelevant because it says it's carrying more passengers than ever. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. ryanair is by far europe's largest low—cost airline. but the consumer group which said it was by far the worst rated short—haul airline in an annual survey, which asked nearly 8000 of its members about recent experiences on 19 different airlines. which said ryanair‘s overall score was dismal, with the airline was my reputation declining significantly over the past year. 2018 wasn't a good year for ryanair. multiple strikes by its staff across europe men huge disruption for hundreds of thousands of passengers over the summer. the airlines werejudged on criteria such as boarding, seating, customer service and value for money. thomas cook and wizz air also came out badly. easyjet was somewhere in the middle. and jet2 near

james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis.ohn watson at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's fa cup third round weekend, a chance for lower—league sides to spring an upset as the premier league teams join the competition. 22 matches today, some of which are underway. and we've had the first use of var in this year's competition at old trafford, where manchester united were eventually awarded a penalty for this challenge against championship side reading. juan mata stepped up to make it 1—0 to ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side. west ham are in front against championship side bristol city. marko arnautovic heading in. after winning gold at last yea r‘s commonwealth games, england's netball team are hoping for an even better 2019 with all eyes firmly focused on the world cup which starts injuly. in the meantime, the superleague season begins today with all ten teams competing in birmingham. london pulse will be making their debut, led by the england captain ama agberze. our reporter kate grey has been to meet them. for yea rs for

james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis.the metropolitan police that a woman was found with stab injuries and two men with last loans. they have been taken to an east london hospital for treatment and the woman who is aged in her 30s is said to be in a critical condition. but the men's injuries are not life—threatening. so that is police investigating a stabbing at leyton in east london, a woman in critical condition on hospital. more on that when we get it. the headlines on bbc news... police name the man who was fatally stabbed on a train in surrey — as 51 year—old lee pomeroy. a man's been arrested in connection with the murder. the police watchdog begins an inquiry — after a 31 year old man is shot dead by armed officers in coventry. amid the government shutdown, president trump threatens declaring a national emergency, in order to build a border wall without congressional approval. thousands of people in southern thailand are emerging from shelter — after the region's worst storm in 30 years passed into the andaman sea.

tens of thousands of people climb ben nevis every year. is relatively straightforward, but some, including the two students who died recently, attempt the rock faces and gullies on the northside, which, even in the best weather, are never free of risk. many new climbers use professional guides. this group is returning from the mountain after a training day. it's horrible to hear of accidents and fatalities in the mountains, especially because it's such a life—affirming thing to do. despite all of our best efforts, we can't control everything. it is a risky environment and sometimes things go wrong fairly randomly. experienced climbers know and accept the dangers of scaling britain's highest peak. those with less experience may not be so aware that this place can be beautiful and deadly. james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis. thousands of anti—government demonstrators have marched through hungary's capital budapest to protest against the policies of the far right government of viktor orban. the demonstrations began in december against a law that

james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis.ast year. police received more than 2000 films, and the incidents caught on camera include having pets on drivers' laps. a similar scheme is now being set up in england, as rebecca john reports. dangerous overtaking. a familiar theme in the footage being sent to police by drivers, cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians across wales. recorded on dashcams and mobile phones, more than 2300 films were sent to police over the last year. and action was taken in more than 650 cases. as well as dangerous driving and using a phone behind the wheel, two drivers were caught with dogs on their laps. it's working well and that it is letting us get more of what is out there. and that policing unit deals with many fatalities. i've seen quite a few submissions come through that could so easily have resulted in one of those fatalities. operation snap was rolled out in 2017 after a successful pilot scheme in north wales. it aims to tackle bad driving and reduce the time it's previously taken to process

mountaineers warn of the risks of winter—climbing following two deaths in a fortnight on ben nevis.ick off third round weekend in the fa cup with a thumping 7—0 win over league two tranmere. ona on a cloudy but quietly started the weekend, although the details coming shortly. —— cloudy but quiet start to the weekend. good morning. it's saturday the 5th of january. police investigating the stabbing to death of a man on a train in surrey say they have arrested the man who they believe is their main suspect. a 51—year—old man was killed on the journey from guildford to london yesterday. officers say they're providing his 14—year—old son who witnessed the incident with "as much support as possible". just after seven, assistant chief constable sean o'callaghan from british transport police gave us this update. i can confirm in the last one hour we have arrested who we believe to be the suspect in relation to this violent offence and another person involved as well. those arrests have taken place in an address in the surrey area this morning. we are still appealing for witnesses to come f

a woman has died after falling more than 150 metres, around 500 feet, from ben nevis on new year's dayhe plunged to her death. she is the second person to have died on britain's highest peak in recent weeks. shares in apple have fallen. in a letter to investors, apple's ceo tim cook blamed a challenging commercial environment in china which has seen lower—than—expected revenue from sales of new iphones. charities are calling on the government to do more to help cancer patients who are in financial crisis. research by macmillan cancer support suggests the majority of people living with cancer are on average £570 a month worse off as a result of their diagnosis. many people stop or cut down on work, which of course means their income goes down. there can also be extra costs such as trips to the hospital, higher heating bills and more help needed around the home. the government says it is rolling out a "recovery package" to support people with cancer, and over 300,000 people will benefit every year by 2020. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. # given all my love, bab

a woman has died after falling around 500 feet from ben nevis on new year's day., was climbing with three others when the accident happened at around 10:30 in the morning. it is the second death on britain's highest peak in recent weeks. the foreign secretary says a post—brexit britain could learn lessons from the economic model of singapore. speaking at the start of a three—day tour of asia jeremy hunt praised the country's "long—term" approach to economic development. our political correspondent nick erdley is here. what exactly did he say? the foreign secretary is in asia trying to shore up secretary is in asia trying to shore up the uk's international role after brexit. much of that is based on what he calls soft power, the idea economic intellectual powers can be used to dry and improve the uk as it tries to defend democracy over the next few years. but the singapore model is one that some brexiteers in the tory party are keen on. they like the idea of slashing taxes after we leave the eu to dry and attract investment and they hope stimulate the economy —— tr

a woman has died after falling 150 metres from ben nevis on new year's day —— copenhagen.. thejohn person to have died in recent weeks. the john lewis partnership person to have died in recent weeks. thejohn lewis partnership — the retail chain which ownsjohn lewis and waitrose, saw an 11% rise in sales in 2018 compared with one year earlier. the department store saw strong sales on christmas eve as customers bought last—minute gifts. in the previous weeks, sales across the partnership fell 5% compared to 2017. now, president trump has said the us government could be shut down for a long time as the ongoing row about the mexico border wall wombles on. a meeting called by the president to discuss how to fund the war broke without agreement. i spoke with our reporter anthony zurcher, who said the shutdown could have in implications for government workers. we are reaching the point where they will start missing paycheques and i will start missing paycheques and i will have a real effect on the people who are living close to the bone financially speaking. but i think what you'

i on ben nevis, there you go. you need to do some training.going to climb 3400 minchins. that is going to be what is going to spur me actually, i would judge it by the number of minchins that we our everyday, did 1000 minchins today. do whatever it ta kes, 1000 minchins today. do whatever it takes, whatever it takes. so great, great good luck to you and i am excited to be watching and. thank you, i will be coming into breakfast and saying hello. excellent, i look forward to calling in your tent at really, really annoying moments of the night. that is your forte, isn't it? good luck. theresa may's hopes of securing support for her brexit deal now rest on coming up with a big change to the controversial plan to avoid a hard border in northern ireland. so let's head to ireland now. our correspondent chris page is just outside dundalk in the irish republic, not far from the border. what are the major talking points there this morning? good morning to you. yes, hello. this brexit process is affected somewhat by what happens in this country and of c

a woman has died after falling around 500 feet from ben nevis on new year's day.r a commuter train crashed on a bridge in denmark. it's believed the passenger train was forced to brake sharply after being hit by an item blown from a freight train during a heavy storm. ashleyjohn baptiste reports. this morning, during rush hour, this commuter train running on denmark's great belt bridge was hit by an object from another train, causing a number of people to lose their lives. danish police say six people have been killed and 16 were injured in the accident, but investigations are still at an early stage. translation: we still don't know exactly what happened but what we can say about the reason for the crash is that there was a freight train and something fell from it. there was another train coming in the opposite direction and it collided with the freight, causing a serious accident. local media reports suggest that a tarpaulin from this freight train carrying beer hit the commuter train during a heavy storm, forcing it to brake suddenly. there was a strong wind he

the incident was reported to police after the woman fell while climbing on ben nevis. in a prison in england, as part of the government's programme to reduce drug—related violence. it can detect packages hidden inside a prisoner's body, as our home affairs correspondent danny shaw explains. stand up onto the two black marks. that's it. spin around and face me. just place one hand on to that. using x—ray technology, making prisons safer. this is the first body scanner to be installed as part of the government's programme to reduce drugs and violence in ten of the worst affected prisons in england. nearly finished. it can detect packages hidden inside a prisoner's body. this is an image of an inmate found with concealed drugs on the first day the device was deployed. you can see the straight edges, which shouldn't be inside the human body. the scanner operates in a similar way to a standard hospital x—ray machine, but the level of radiation is a00 times lower. leeds is one of ten prisons that are being given investment to reduce drugtaking and violence by next summer. bu

a woman has died after falling around 500 feet from ben nevis on new year's day.bing with three others when the accident happened ataround 10:30am. it is the second death on britain's highest peak in recent weeks. missed gp appointments are costing the health service in england more than £200 million every year. nhs england says about one in 20 slots are wasted due to people not turning up. the british medical association has urged patients to "play their part" to help the nhs cope with rising demand. figures suggest that british manufacturers are stockpiling goods to protect themselves against the risk of a no—deal brexit. according to the monthly purchasing managers survey, industry activity grew at its fastest rate in six months to december, partly because companies were stockpiling. a suspect arrested over a "frenzied" knife attack on three people in manchester on new year's eve has been detained under the mental health act and is now in a secure medical unit. the 25—year—old is being held on suspicion of attempted murder as part of a counter—terror investigat

a woman has died after falling 500ft from ben nevis on new year's day.as been detained under the mental health act. the 25—year—old was arrested after the attack at the city's victoria station. police say a counter—terrorism investigation is still ongoing. ben ando has the details. still shouting in arabic, the 25—year—old suspect is put into a police van. last night, doctors ordered him to be detained under the mental health act. earlier, a couple in their 50s had been stabbed on the tram platforms at manchester's victoria station. both are recovering in hospital with injuries described as serious but not life—threatening. also on the platform was a bbc producer. he was backing towards me and he had a kitchen knife in his hand, and it was a black handle with a long blade, and i thought, this is not good. but then police used pepper spray and a taser to bring the man down. 0ne officer was stabbed in the shoulder. move away now! the police say they have no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved and although they're treating it as a terror attack, ar