dan johnson, bbc news.me how it felt to have claimed the world record. it's been a crazy 12 hours. we got in late last night. we really didn't let ourselves believe that we won the race, got the record, until we crossed the finish line. it's an evil game, rowing, and we just didn't want to believe it until it happened. when we crossed the line and got to see the support that was here in antigua, as well as family and friends, it was overwhelming. it's been a crazy 12 hours but we reallyhappy and proud. you have absolutely smashed the record by six days. george, sitting next to dickie, what sort of time did you think it was going to take? sorry, i didn't quite hear that. what time did you think he would complete the racing? we are real amateurs at this and have no real experience. to set any kind of objective parameters as to what we were expecting was always going to be a stab in the dark. the aim was to do our best. we have given everything we have, every second. all of our resources and effort to preparin

dan johnson, bbc news.ied aged 80, she made her name in the 80s and the abbot show playing characters like blunder woman. russ abbot called her a huge comic talent, les dennis said she was a lovely fa m ily talent, les dennis said she was a lovely family friend. a number of her friends lovely family friend. a number of herfriends and lovely family friend. a number of her friends and fellow celebrities have paid their respects and twitter. the author michael moran said she was one—of—a—kind, gone but not forgotten, posting a picture of her alongside russ abbot in her standout role. actor and songwriter bobby crush tweeted, such as sad news, my wonderfulfriend bella emberg is passed away, we have been chums since we acted together in the summer show in 1981, jenna milly nice woman and despite her fears onstage characterisations, a gentle soul. john challis, known for his role in 0nly soul. john challis, known for his role in only fools and horses tweeted a picture commenting on the side news. and bobby davro

dan johnson has more. and here they go! months ago, now not only challenge winners but the first to cross the atlantic in less than 30 days. it feels overwhelming. the challenge, as we said before, is just relentless, never ending pain, just rowing, the whole thing, and coming first is something that is beyond our wildest dreams. they left the canary islands 3,000 miles away and faced 40—foot waves, scorching sun and howling winds, not quite the apocalypse but a test of endurance for the four oarsmen. surviving on rations, producing their own water, taking it in turns to eat, to sleep, and to row. it's amazing to complete the row. we set out as a charitable initiative, for two charities, mind, and spinal research. the mind research is commemorative of my mum and her struggle with her mental health. to do it in such justice and in such style and with such great support and great success is amazing. just making it to the caribbean is a fantastic achievement but they have raised more than a quarter of a million and have rowed

dan johnson, bbc news.est contractor as talks continue over the future of the troubled company. it comes as the government's warned by lib dem leader sir vince cable that it should not bail the company out. the government can'tjust do financial bail out. the shareholders and big banks have got to take a hit, they can'tjust offload the losses onto the taxpayer. "this is not a drill" — panic in hawaii as people are mistakenly told they face an imminent missile strike. no more extra charges to be levied on anyone using credit or debit cards to pay for goods. and exeter chiefs score six tries against montpellier, to keep alive their hopes of reaching the quarter finals of the european champions cup. good evening. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has warned the government not to agree to bailout the construction company carillion with tax payers money. there are fears the firm, which has debts of £1.5 billion, could collapse after creditors rejected a possible rescue plan. carillion employs

dan johnson reporting. have launched an initiative to tackle sexual harassment in workplaces. the campaign is called time's up and includes hollywood stars such as meryl streep and jennifer lawrence. it will provide legal support for women and men who suffer abuse. let's get out the new year weather prospects. here is matt taylor. if it is not raining with you yet, it will do. one exception will be the far north of scotland. rain spreading east. it will not rain all day long. the rain will linger longest in east anglia and the south—east. brighter skies this afternoon in many parts before more rain arrives in wales later. fairly mild for the time of year and a mild night to come because of storm eleanor, set to strengthen the winds for all but the northern half of scotland, wild —— widespread gales.

dan johnson, bbc news. now it‘s time for the weather with phil avery. enough to romp away with a prize. it has been went through the western end of cornwall, over 30 millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours, and it is still raining, and through the course of the night i think some of the rain will begin to peter away at last, at last. and not particularly cold and was the cloud pops. if it breaks will end up with a touch of frost and maybe a little bit of fog as well. early rises will still see the re m na nts of well. early rises will still see the remnants of saturday‘s rain across the western areas at a much more dry day, and a brighter day for some. still a lot of clout around. temperatures a fraction back perhaps the england and wales were to have been of late, maybe one degree or too high a further north. none of which should get in the way of the football. perhaps the pick of the match their depending on your colours, but liverpool versus sydney catches the eye. it and windy later because our head of the weather front we have strong winds especia

dan johnson, bbc news.g is needed because the french daily staple is envied around the world, and its excellence should be preserved. it comes after the un‘s cultural agency awarded a similar status to italy‘s naples pizza. now it is time for an update on the weather with phil avery. hello, i‘d expect your impression of the weather today depends on where you were, in the north—west where it was gloomy or if you had the good fortune to be a bit further to the north and east, you can‘t get much further than that but at least you got the sunshine. elsewhere, cloudy but at least it was dry, relative to those who had to endure bad weather front, which didn‘t go very far very fast and won‘t go very far very fast through the rest of the night. what will happen if the rain will tend to lose its intensity. there have been some quite heavy bursts of rain along the length of this, particularly towards the southern end. overnight, and optically cold but if the cloud breaks you might end up with a touch of frost. it wil

dan johnson, bbc news.vied around the world, and its excellence should be preserved. it comes after the un‘s cultural agency awarded a similar status to italy‘s naples pizza. now, time for an update on the weather with phil avery. the weather has been dominated by this weather from which hasn‘t gone very far very fast. 0vernight what i think will happen is the rain will tend to die out in some locations, perhaps the high ground in the north holding onto it for a length of time. if the cloud breaks, you may end up with a touch of frost, but not a particularly cold night if you do keep the cloud. that rain, what is left of it, dissipating away through the course of the day. generally speaking, a cloudy day. the best of the breaks perhaps out towards the west. a lot of cloud around. temperature is a fraction back on where we have had them of late. late in the day, a spell of quite wet and windy weather, initially into the north—western quarter of scotland, but through the night and on through monday we pushed

dan johnson, bbc news.alks aimed at securing the future of the troubled engineering company carillion resume later. the firm builds roads, schools and hospitals and parts of the high speed rail line, hs2, but has soaring debts and large hole in its pension fund. the government says it's working on contingency plans should it collapse. our business correspondent, joe lynam, reports. carillion is probably the biggest british company you've never heard of. it is an engineering, construction, and outsourcing giant which maintains dozens of schools, and prisons, and mod facilities. it is also building parts of hs2 and the royal liverpool hospital thanks to pfi contracts. but it also owes the bank more than £1 million, and that is why there are crucial talks today about what might happen if carillion is placed into administration. so, what are the options if, and that is a big if, carillion cannot find a solution with the banks? the government could deal out the company and essentially nationalise it with the mor

kentucky state representative dan johnson killed himself last month after he was accused of molesting a 17-year-old girl during a sleep over in 2013. >>> time is 4:14. last night a federal judge in san francisco temporarily blocked president trump's decision to end the daca program, the program that protects young immigrants from being deported and the judge requested the -- to block the trump administration from ending that program while various lawsuits are heard in court. the judge's ruling came hours after the president sat down with democrats and republicans at the white house to talk about immigration issues. now, california senator diane finestein released a transcript of a closed door senate interview on the controversial trump-russia. fusion gps cofounder simpson testified in august. he said the author of the docier, spy steel took his -- the political candidate was being blackmailed. last week top republicans asked the justice department to investigate steel claiming he may have made false statements. senator finestein says she released the document because quote inwee endo

dan johnson reports.ht—hand man, driving the right—wing america first politics that put trump in the white house. but like so many advisers steve bannon didn't last long. he is not a racist, i can tell you that. he's a good person, he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but, we'll see what happens with mr bannon. quite. well, he found himself outside the big white house tent, and now he's taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump jr and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic. " predictably, the president's spokeswoman didn't agree. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one that i'm pretty sure we have addressed many times before, and if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon, i'd refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a "total farce. " so i think i would look back at that. if anybody has been inconsistent

dan johnson reports. you are all still here!s only been leader since last september, and it emerged henry bolton left his wife for a former glamour model 30 yea rs wife for a former glamour model 30 years younger. now, the mail on sunday has published a text message exchange involving her. in it, she wrote meghan markle had a tiny brain and would taint the royal family and that black people were only. when a reply was sent suggesting the comments made the racist, she said s0 comments made the racist, she said so what? she did not want other races invading her culture. in a statement, she said this. she then said this. ukip confirmed he has been suspended. the party leader said last night he did not want to comment. dan johnson, bbc said last night he did not want to comment. danjohnson, bbc news. talks aimed at securing the future of the troubled engineering company carillion resume later. the firm builds roads, schools and hospitals and parts of the high speed rail line, hs2, but has soaring debts and large hole in its pension

dan johnson, bbc news. to the loss of a stretch of coastal walk in portreath in cornwall. let's cross to our correspondentjon kay who's in portreath in cornwall. until the early hours of this morning there was a complete harbour wall, you would not have been able to see those people behind the fence because the wall was in front of it. you can see a large section of the wall has come crashing down during the storm last night. and in the early hours of this morning, leaving a gap, a rather worrying gap here in portreath because potentially it could mean that as the next high tide comes in this evening at around six o'clock, it potentially could come through that gap. and you can see it is notjust people up there being cleared away when that happens but quite a few houses here right in the shadow of the beach and the harbour wall. and they're evacuating these properties and telling people to go to nearby community centre and ta ke refuge to go to nearby community centre and take refuge for a couple of hours d

dan johnson reports.fter nearly 60 years flying above london's grosvenor square, the stars and stripes were lowered this week ready for the opening of the new us embassy. it is a $1 billion building on the southbank, and donald trump was due to officially open it next month. now, we know he won't. some sources say the president did not wa nt to sources say the president did not want to be associated with 0bama period project, late and over budget. 0thers suggest he just didn't fancy the long journey. what about the so—called special relationship? theresa may was the first world leader to reach out, and a return trip, a state visit, no less, was promised soon. but... donald trump's early decisions, like the ban on travellers from certain muslim majority countries, cause protests here and calls to ban him. a petition with 1.8 million signatures. it shouldn't be a state visit as it will be embarrassing to the queen and also to the rest of the queen and also to the rest of the uk. then the president strained

dan johnson reports.kip leader since last september, and it emerged just a few days ago that henry bolton had left his wife. forjo marney, a former glamour model, who is 30 years younger. this morning, the mail on sunday has printed text messages sent by jo marney. in them, she said that meghan markle had a tiny brain, that she would taint the royal family and that black people were ugly. when a reply was sent suggesting that these comments may be racist, she said, so what? and that she didn't want other races invading her culture. in a statement, jo marney said... ukip confirmed jo marney has been suspended. the party leader said last night that he didn't want to comment. the hollywood actor, mark wahlberg, has given the money he earned — for re—shooting scenes in a film — to a fund that supports people who've experienced sexual harassment. the scenes had to be filmed again, after kevin spacey was dropped from the project following sexual assault allegations. it emerged that mr wahlberg was paid more tha

dan johnson reports. outside the paris ritz, after a gang armed with taxes carried out a violent raid. it isn't just the christmas taxes carried out a violent raid. it isn'tjust the christmas lights that sparkle here. there werejewels isn'tjust the christmas lights that sparkle here. there were jewels on display to match the wealth of the guest of one of the world's most exclusive hotels. the robbers arrived in place vendome on scooters at around 6pm in the evening local time, smashing windows on the ground floor of the hotel. it is estimated they took jewels worth 4 floor of the hotel. it is estimated they tookjewels worth 4 million euros, but police officers interrupted the raid and the rest in three of the five men. paris has seen this before. in october 2016, us reality tv star kim kardashian had a gun pointed at her head as a gang sold 10 million euros worth of her jewellery. only gang sold 10 million euros worth of herjewellery. only one piece was ever seen again. it is not clear how much was recove

dan johnson reports. ukip leader since last september, and it emerged just a few days ago that henry bolton had left his wife. forjo marney, a former glamour model, who is 30 years younger. this morning, the mail on sunday has printed text messages sent byjo marney. in them, she said that meghan markle had a tiny brain, that she would taint the royal family and that black people were ugly. when a reply was sent suggesting that these comments may be racist, she said, so what? and that she didn't want other races invading her culture. in a statement, jo marney said... ukip confirmed jo marney has been suspended. the party leader said last night that he didn't want to comment. talks aimed at securing the future of the troubled engineering company, carillion, resume later. the firm builds roads, schools and hospitals, and is involved in the high speed rail project, hs2, but has debts and a large hole in its pension fund. the government says it's working on contingency plans, should the company collapse. our b

dan johnson, bbc news.ennis, today, because, johanna konta says she has recovered from the hip injury that disrupted her preparations for the australian open which starts on monday in melbourne. the british number one, who is seeded ninth, plays american madison brengle in the first round, and is aiming to reproduce the form that took her to the semifinals two years ago. iam coming i am coming into this year with slightly different challenges than i was at the end of last year so i feel actually very conscious of really appreciating being back playing and almost, almost being grateful for the challenges that i have now and almost working through the challenges that i faced at the end of last year and trying to really just get end of last year and trying to reallyjust get back into the match routine of things and trying to get back at playing at the level i want to be playing at consistently. the players steered clear of the controversy about a controversy around a name of a court. controversy about a contro

dan johnson reports. it was a wild, wet and noisy night in the name of storm eleanor.the channel islands, jersey's seafront took a pounding under strong winds and surging tides. ireland felt the storm's force first. this is galway, on the west coast, where high seas meant flooding. eleanor also took power from thousands of homes. the storm then swirled across the uk. huge waves in anglesey. hailstones in blackpool. and here's what people were dealing with this morning. trees down, bits of buildings crashed through cars, some vehicles off the road altogether. today has been really hazardous on the roads. we had a record number of call—outs earlier this morning, from cars being damaged from debris falling from trees, branches etc. other the cars just wouldn't start because of all the rain, with wet engines, flat batteries. in terms of breakdowns, it's been busy, but also in terms of driving conditions. many roads have been closed or blocked with fallen branches. aberystwyth was one of many places clearing up this morning. so was belfast, where falling trees caused all so

local authorities may reduce the number of collections because of the costs. 0ur correspondent dan johnsonnoisy, dirty reality of recycling our rubbish. but the hidden story has been the thousands of tonnes of waste that we have been quietly shipping to china for decades. and now that is going to stop. we have to work out now what we're going to do with our rubbish before it all starts piling up. it could be a huge problem. all that wrapping paper, so much christmas waste. it is the season to throw plenty away. and this is the kind of place it goes — sorted, sifted, separated so it can be recycled. this is the same process on the other side of the world. is the same process for decades, china's been a global dustbin, taking huge quantities of taking huge quantities of our rubbish and recycling it. it's become a massive, complicated business, and now, china has said no more. it's got enough waste of its own to deal with, so now we have to work out what we're going to do with our rubbish. if you take packaging, for example, we're collecting about 1.2 million tonnes of plastic packaging every

dan johnson reports.hand man, driving the right—wing america first politics, that put trump in the white house. but like so many advisers steve bannon didn't last long. he is not a racist, i can tell you that, he is is a good person, he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but, we will see what happens with mr bannon. quite. well he found himself outside the big white house tent, and now, he is taking carefulaim. he white house tent, and now, he is taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trumer and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. predictably the president's spokeswoman didn't agree i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this

dan johnson, bbc news.ommended improvements be made to safeguarding children in wolverhampton, following the murder of a two—year—old boy in 2016. but it found that the brutal killing ofjeremiah regis—ngaujah by his stepfather, who used extreme physical punishment on the child, could not have been predicted. sima kotecha reports. two—year—old jeremiah regis. to those who knew him, happy, smiling, contented. but at home, he was being beaten by this man, chevaze mcgregor. in november 2016, an inflicted regime of brutality eventually killed the child. in this cctv footage, the 27—year—old is seen losing his temper. jeremiah‘s mother was sindyann regis, a woman who had been hit by previous partners. today's serious case review said that more questions should have been asked about who she was involved with. it says the response to prevent repeat victimisation was less effective. women who have been subjected to domestic abuse are vulnerable to two kinds of repeat victimisation — by the same person or by future p

the scene, but the pair who escaped made off with an estimated £3.5 million worth ofjewels, as dan johnson out a violent raid. it isn'tjust the christmas lights that sparkle here. there are jewels on display to match the wealth of the guests at one of the world's most exclusive hotels. the robbers arrived in place vendome on scooters at around six in the evening local time, smashing windows on the ground floor of the hotel. it is estimated they tookjewels worth 4 million euros. but police officers interrupted the raid and arrested three of the five men. paris has seen this before. in october, 2016, us reality tv star kim kardashian had a gun put to her head as a gang stole 10 million euros—worth of her jewellery. only one piece was never seen again. —— ever seen again. it is not clear how much was recovered from this latest raid. police are still searching for two of the men involved. don johnson, bbc news. video bloggers, or vloggers as they're known, can do big business online on sites such as youtube. some of the most famous post videos which are watched by millions and millions of peop

dan johnson reports.and it emerged just a few days ago that henry bolton had left his wife for a former glamour model who is 30 years younger. now, this morning, the mail on sunday has printed text messages sent by miss marnie. in them, she said that meghan markle had a tiny brain, that she would taint the royal family and that black people were ugly. when a reply was sent suggesting that these comments might be racist, she said so what? and that she did not want other races invading her culture. in a statement, she said... ukip confirmed she has been suspended. the party leader said last night he did not want to comment. ukip's mep for the west midlands, bill etheridge, told me his leader should quit. all around this country, there are ukip activists and supporters who are looking to us to take a lead to try to push brexit forward, to try to focus on the issues that actually got elected and that we are renowned for. and whilst this is happening, we have a leader who has been preferably, as it appears, co

that was dan johnson. breaking news.h the business news with jamie, first our headlines. —— moment. campaigners say rail commuters face being "priced out of work" as rail fares rise to their highest in five years. iran‘s supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country, that have left 22 dead, his first comments since the demonstrations began. parents are being urged to reduce the amount of sugar their child consumes by giving them no more than two low calorie snacks a day. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. if you travel regularly by rail this will hardly need mentioning, the biggest increase in railfares in five years came into force this morning. annual season tickets are going up by 3.6%. average fares will go up 3.a%, which means they‘re rising much faster than wages. there have been protests at several stations by angry commuters. british manufacturing had a good 2017, with output reaching four year highs. but by december that growth was slowing — slightly. one of the in

dan johnson reports.ght—hand man, driving the right—wing america first politics, that put trump in the white house. but like so many advisers steve bannon didn't last long. he is not a racist, i can tell you that, he is is a good person, he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but, we will see what happens with mr bannon. quite. well he found himself outside the big white house tent, and now, he is taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump jr and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. predictably the president's spokeswoman didn't agree. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. so i think i would look back tharkts if anybody has been inconsistent it has been

kentucky state representative dan johnson killed himself last month. he was accused of molesting a 17-year-old girl during a sleep over in 2013. it's 5:23. there's two after ri rican-americans on the senate judiciary committee. democratic senator harris of california and booker that handles judicial nominations and harris and booker are both attorneys before being elected to the senate. senator harris was the attorney general and booker was the mayor of new york, new jersey. >>> this morning at 10:00, governor brown will unveil his proposed state budget. california is projected to have almost $20 billion in reserves. whie the state's economy is strong, analyst say the governor cannot over spend because of new cost for california. president trump's tax overhaul will lead to less federal revenue. that will cause congress to cut funding for social services and that means the state has to set aside more money for programs like medicare. last year's budge he was $183 billion. >>> it is 5:24. a state lawmaker wants to make it's why for people who have mariju

dan johnson reports. this before. in october 2016, us reality tv star kim kardashian had a gun pointed to her head as a gang stole £9 million worth of herjewellery. only one piece was ever seen again. it's not clear how much was recovered from this latest raid. police are still searching for two of the men involved. dan johnson, bbc news. in the last hour, some of the uk's biggest retailers, such as m&s, tesco and john lewis, have been reporting how they did over the christmas period. ben's here with all the details. some good, some bad? yes, coincidentally, our graphics could it really helpful eat, marks & spencer, house of fraser less than the others. tesco said that sales we re the others. tesco said that sales were up by 2.3%, just for the christmas bid, the bits that most of us are keeping an eye on, sales up nearly 2%. we talked a bit about rising prices for food nearly 2%. we talked a bit about rising prices forfood lately, and they have said they will work with suppliers to reduce food inflation.

dan johnson, bbc news.an interview with the author and was asked, what do you say to the president about the cease and desist letter and the response was simply, where do i send the box of chocolates? that was from jon sopel. as far as the president is concerned, he has had nothing to say about it today. all he has been talking about is about the economy, the dowjones talking about is about the economy, the dow jones index talking about is about the economy, the dowjones index going from 18,589 to breaking the 25,000 mark. he says, let‘s make america great again, that is the agenda, jobs, jobs, jobs. that is the theme from the white house. no response. now the white house. no response. now the book is on sale in the book stores of the united states. we will have more throughout the afternoon. a serious case review has recommended improvements be made to safeguarding children in wolverhampton, following the murder of a two—year—old boy in 2016. but it found that the brutal killing ofjeremiah regis ngaujah by

dan johnson reports.early 60 years flying above london's grosvenor square, the stars and stripes were lowered, ready for the opening of the new us embassy. it's a billion—dollar building on the southbank and donald trump was due to open it next month. now we know he won't and early this morning, he posted his reasons on twitter: but did the prospect of protests like this also put him off? this was the response to his ban on travellers from certain muslim countries. a petition drew 1.8 million signatures with calls to ban him. it shouldn't be a state visit because it would be embarrassing to the queen and the rest of the uk. theresa may was the first world leader to reach out to the new president and a return trip, a state visit, was promised soon. but then the president strained the special relationship by sharing online far—right videos from the group called britain first. when theresa may condemned, he then retorted. just last weekend, she confirmed the invite still stands. he is taking decisions in the

dan johnson has more. here they go! the end of an epicjourney, rowed in record time.even been on a rowing boat 18 months ago. now not just now notjust challenge winners but the first across the atlantic in so many days. it feels overwhelming. the challenge as we said before was relentless, never ending, pain. just rowing, the whole thing and coming first was something beyond our wildest dreams. they left the canary islands 3000 miles away. a real test of endurance, surviving on rations, taking it in turns to eat, sleep and grow. it's amazing to complete it. we set out as a kind of charitable initiative in the first instance, for two charities, for mind and spinal research. for me the mind and spinal research. for me the mind element is commemorative for mum who struggled with mental illness. to bring that to fruition, complete it and do it thatjustice and do it in such style with such great support and success is amazing. just making it to the caribbean is a fantastic achievement, but they've raised more than £250,000 and rowed their way into the record books. we will

dan johnson at charing cross.hmed has spoken to the norwegian prime minister in davos and earlier shared her thoughts on brexit with us. norway have some influence over those brexit negotiations. a big message from the prime minister of norway, who is here today, she said that britain should push for the softest brexit with the european union, the closest type of trade relationship once we have left the european union. saying that it was important because the two, the country and the rest of the european union were so intertwined economically. i spoke to her a few minutes ago. we hope that there will beaan minutes ago. we hope that there will be a an agreement that we will call a soft brexit. an agreement that will not put large barriers for the trade inside europe again. that we hope they will find a good solution. then we are both working well with the british and with the eu on that. the eu are understanding that we are integrated in the single market. that three countries outside the eu who are following all o

at the scene but the pair who escaped made off with an estimated £3.5 million worth of jewels as dan johnsonmed with axes carried out a violent raid. it isn'tjust the christmas lights that sparkle here. there are jewels on display to match the wealth of the guests at one of the world's most exclusive hotels. the robbers arrived in place vendome on scooters at around six in the evening local time, smashing windows on the ground floor of the hotel. it is estimated they tookjewels worth a million euros. but police officers interrupted the raid and arrested three of the five men. paris has seen this before. in october, 2016, us reality tv star kim kardashian had a gun put to her head as a gang stole 10 million euros—worth of her jewellery. only one piece was never seen again. it is not clear how much was recovered from this latest raid. police are still searching for two of the men involved. don johnson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather forecast, helen is here, happy birthday for bbc weather. absolutely, 63 years since we first we nt absolutely, 63 years since we first went on air, janua

warning that local authorities could reduce collections because of the costs. 0ur correspondent, dan johnsoncould have been shipped to china for recycling, not just been shipped to china for recycling, notjust going into landfill. things like plastic bottlings would be shipped over, processed, would be made into new products and sold back to us even, but now china has said no more it has enough plastics and waste of its own to deal with. it cannot take ours, this centre already deals with its own recycling here. it is run by a private company and the boss is estelle. you are already dealing with your recyclable plastic, what are you doing differently we don't send any of the plastic to china, we keep it here in the uk. what do you do differently? we transform it back in to other stuff and to give you an example, here, what looks like waste to you, for me is a resource, we transform, it wash it, sort it into high quality pallet, we are back in to things like that, so a milk bottle, so things like that, so a milk bottle, so everything you put in your recycling bin can be transformed into somet

dan johnson has more. that's it, lads, you've done it!urney done in record time. the four 0arsmen hadn't even been on a rolling boat 18 months ago. here they go! now they've not only won this year is athletic challenge, they are world record holders. the first to make the crossing in under 30 days. they left the canary islands one month ago, facing 3000 miles of blood and blisters, sweat and tears. producing their own freshwater on—board, surviving on rations and taking it in turns to eat, sleep and a row, their motivation was personal. it's amazing to compete and we set out as amazing to compete and we set out as a kind of charitable initiative in the first instance for two charities, for mind, the mental health charity, and spinal research. for me the mind element is commemorative. my mum had in a mental illness all alive and i a lwa ys mental illness all alive and i always felt a need and desire... i have this initiative and desire to do something to commemorate mum and to bring it to fruition and complete it and to bring it to fruitio

dan johnson has more. and here they go!an epicjourney road in record time, four man who had not even been in a rowing boat 18 months ago not only challenge winners but the first to cross the atlantic in less tha n the first to cross the atlantic in less than 30 days. it feels overwhelming. the challenge as we said before is just relentless, never ending payment, just rowing, the whole thing, coming first is something that is beyond our wildest dreams. they left the canary islands 3000 miles away and faced 40 foot waves, scorching sun and howling winds, not quite the apocalypse but a test of endurance for the four 0arsmen. surviving on russians, producing their own water, taking it in turns to eat, to sleep, and to i’ow. in turns to eat, to sleep, and to row. it is amazing to complete the role. we set out as a charitable initiative, for mind, and spinal research, the mind research is commemorative of my mum and her struggle with her health. to do it such justice and do struggle with her health. to do it suchjustice and do it

dan johnson reports.ly been ukip leader since last september, and it emerged just a few days ago that henry bolton had left his wife. jo marney, a former glamour model, uelese 30 years younger. this morning, the mail on sunday has printed text messages sent byjo sunday has printed text messages sent by jo marney. sunday has printed text messages sent byjo marney. in them, she said that megan markle had a tiny brain, that megan markle had a tiny brain, that she would take the royal family and that black people were ugly. when a reply was sent suggesting that these comments may be racist, she said, so what? and that she didn't want other races invading her culture. in a statement, jo marney said... ukip confirmed jo marney has been suspended. the party leader said last night that he didn't want to comment. talks aimed at securing the future of the troubled engineering company carillion resume later. the firm builds roads, schools and hospitals and parts of the high speed rail line, hs2 — but has soaring deb

thank you, dan johnson.o stand down in the wake of his girlfriend making racist remarks about meghan markle. nigel farage said in the daily telegraph that mr bolton could use the occasion to force ukip to reform. police in yorkshire looking for a missing schoolgirl have found a body in a river. ursula keogh, who's from halifax, was last seen on monday afternoon dressed in her school uniform. police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death, but are continuing to establish the cause. her family have been told. legendary south african jazz trumpeter hugh massa kaler has died in hospital in johannesburg. trumpeter hugh massa kaler has died in hospital injohannesburg. he was 78 and had been receiving treatment for prostate cancer. a leading anti—apartheid campaigner... that's a summary of the latest bbc campaigner... news — more at 10.30. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. time now

ok, dan, thank you for that update, dan johnson.uch control over news providers in the uk. fox has been trying to buy the 61% of sky that it does not currently own. media editor hamill roger was talking us through the details. —— amol rajan. this is a complicated story, this is a significant moment but not the end of the story. this is the second time the murdoch family has bid for full control of sky, that was scuppered by the phone hacking deal. this has been mired in a regulatory process. the former secretary of state referred it to 0fcom, like the competition and markets authority, said broadening standards is not an issue, but they have concerns about media plurality, and now they have come to the same view, but there are ways around it to do with the editorial independence of sky news. the weird thing is that there is a consultation, three weeks, a new secretary of state giving a statement about this this afternoon, but it could all prove redundant, because there is a separate regulatory process because rupert murdoch has deci

dan johnson reports.tjust the christmas lights that sparkle here. there are jewels on display to match the wealth of the guests at one of the world's most exclusive hotels. the robbers arrived in place vendome on scooters at around six in the evening local time, smashing windows on the ground floor of the hotel. it is estimated they tookjewels worth 4 million euros. but police officers interrupted the raid and arrested three of the five men. paris has seen this before. in october, 2016, us reality tv star kim kardashian had a gun put to her head as a gang stole 10 million euros—worth of her jewellery. only one piece was ever seen again. it is not clear how much was recovered from this latest raid. police are still searching for two of the men involved. don johnson, bbc news. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — putting a prince on the spot, why may 19th is turning out to be a clash of royal proportions for prince william. theresa may has pledged to improve britain's environment but how practical is it

dan johnson reports.s ahead, wales would become the second part of the uk to effectively banned smacking, by removing the defence of reasonable punishment. after a decision to change the law in scotland last year, the government in wales believes it is now long overdue. and that many more parents now will say that many more parents now will say that the approach to positive parenting, not using physical punishment, is what they do as a matter of course. but i think it will make that the absolute norm right across society, to show that physical punishment of children is not only not necessary, but shouldn't be allowed. so there will bea12 shouldn't be allowed. so there will be a 12 week consultation for people across wales to have their say. no, i don't think it is appropriate to smack children, because i don't think it is productive, really. i don't think that stops them from their having a certain way. a little tap like that on the hand i don't think is terrible, but no, not... not, you no, a big whack.

dan johnson reports.due, and that many more parents now will say that the approach to positive parenting, not using physical punishment, is what they do as a matter of course. but i think it'll make that the absolute norm, right across society, to show that physical punishment of children is not only not necessary, but shouldn't be allowed. so there will be a 12—week consultation for people across wales to have their say. no, i don't think it's appropriate to smack children, because i don't think it's productive, really. i don't think that stops them from behaving a certain way. a little tap like that on the hand i don't think is terrible. but no, not — not, you know, a big whack. if you're teaching them not to be violent, or hit people, you shouldn't it them, i guess — hypocritical. a move to ban smacking already has the support of the children's commissioner in wales, and charities like the nspcc. the 16—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after shop worker died from his injuries. poli

dan johnson has this report. it was a wild, wet and noisy night in the name of storm eleanor.s is galway on the west coast where high seas meant flooding. eleanor also took ourfrom meant flooding. eleanor also took our from thousands of homes. the storm then swirled across the uk. huge waves in anglesey. hailstones in blackpool. and here is what people were dealing with this morning. trees down, bit of building crashed through cars, some vehicles off the road altogether. 0n crashed through cars, some vehicles off the road altogether. on one high spotin off the road altogether. on one high spot in gardening, winds reached 100 mph. —— northern england. it has been hazardous on the roads, we have had a record number of call outs this morning, debris falling from trees, branches etc. wet engines, flat batteries, cars wouldn‘t start. in terms of brea kd owns wouldn‘t start. in terms of breakdowns it has been busy but also in terms of driving conditions, many roads have been closed or blocked with fallen branches. in cornwall, part of this harbour wall was taken by the sea. building

dan johnson reports.ears flying above london's grosvenor square, the stars and stripes were lowered, ready for the opening of the new us embassy. it's billion—dollar building on the southbank and donald trump was due to open it next month. now we know he won't and early this morning, he posted his reasons on twitter: but did the prospect of protests like this also put him off? this was the response to his ban on travellers from certain muslim countries. a petition drew 1.8 million signatures with calls to ban him. it shouldn't be a state visit because it would be embarrassing to the queen and the rest of the uk. theresa may was the first world leader to reach out to the new president and a return trip, a state visit, was promised soon. but then the president strained the special relationship by sharing online far—right videos from the group called britain first. when theresa may condemned, he then retorted. just last weekend, she confirmed the invite still stands. he is taking decisions in the best intere

did say it was not because of those strained relations we were hearing about in the report from dan johnsonustomers is to not travel to or travel from nottingham station. passengers advised to check with east midlands trains. an 18—year—old from the scottish highlands has died after contracting the flu virus. bethany walker was airlifted to hospital in inverness from her home but her illness had developed into pneumonia and staff are unable to save her life. there has been a sharp rise in the number of flu cases seen by gp‘s, 5000 people admitted to hospital with flu in the first week of january. people admitted to hospital with flu in the first week ofjanuary. this winter has proved tougher than any previous. we as doctors put patient ca re previous. we as doctors put patient care at the centre of our focus and it is our number one priority. this winter we have seen an unprecedented levels that care being compromised, delays in treatment, not being able to see patients in a timely manner. we decided it was time to speak up and raise our concerns. the role played by the media is to be exami