esyllt carr, bbc news. this bring you up—to—date with the story about.rson in the uk to have a liver transplant to treat advanced bowel cancer — is now free of the disease. bianca perea was first diagnosed with the condition three years ago, and while the unconventional treatment won't work for everyone, doctors are delighted with bianca's positive outcome. nickjohnson has more. with bianca's positive outcome. this is bianca perea. with bianca's positive outcome. just 29 at the time, she'd been diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer, which had spread to her liver. these pictures show the chemotherapy taking its toll on her body. bianca first spoke to bbc breakfast in 2022. to find out that diagnosis, and then to find out also that it had spread to my liver and how much it had spread, and was actually quite surprising. because if i can explain, like, the day before i'd played netball, i'd been to the gym. i'm a trainee solicitor, so i'd been to work. i wasn't ill. following targeted drug therapy and chemotherapy, bianca underwent surgery to remove the cance

esyllt carr, bbc news.c options. you can get more on that and all of the news today on the bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news. coming up shortly we willjoin nicky campbell and his bbc radio 5 live phone in. but first let's get a check on the weather. hello. it has been a cold, frosty start to the day and we're going to see this cold snap continuing right through the middle of next week. so some potentially disruptive weather on the way into the weekend. sharp frosts, risk of some icy conditions and for some of us, some disruptive snowfall, especially late saturday into sunday. cold air mass with us at the moment, the winds coming in from the northwest. so they're bringing some snow showers to northeast scotland, brisk breeze down the east coast of england and a few more showers filtering in for western scotland, northern ireland, northwest england. so some icy stretches around. quite a bit of sunshine for most of us, a relatively calm sort of day and temperatures generally about two to six degr

esyllt carr, bbc news.ns 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 hab

esyllt carr, bbc news.clear—up, including finding a home for the christmas tree. in bristol, some trees are being dropped off at noah's ark zoo farm, where they'll be put to good use you can see here, good morning, chris, your ahead of animals here at noah's ark. tell us why the bears love these trees so much. the bears are very inquisitive _ these trees so much. the bears are very inquisitive species, - are very inquisitive species, they— are very inquisitive species, they are _ are very inquisitive species, they are built to explore. having _ they are built to explore. having such a large number of trees— having such a large number of trees donated to good to means that we — trees donated to good to means that we can put lots in and create _ that we can put lots in and create this really unusual space _ create this really unusual space for them, make create this really unusual space forthem, make it create this really unusual space for them, make it really interesting, fill it full of trees— interesting,

esyllt carr, bbc news. meghan markle is presenting a new lifestyle show on netflix.d reports. i've always loved taking something pretty ordinary and elevating it. last year was a difficult one for harry and meghan's fledgling media empire. this, it seems, is how they hope to turn their fortunes around. i'm going to share some little tips and tricks. this trailer, released by the streaming giant netflix, is for her new series with love, meghan. she will, we're promised, reveal how even the most minute details can help add beauty to our lives. but not every project harry and meghan have embarked on has lived up to the hype. hey, it's me. i'm just excited to be myself and talk and be unfiltered. the couple's $20 million podcast deal with spotify ended afterjust 12 episodes, with an executive from the company reportedly calling them "grifters". their documentary about the world of polo received a lukewarm reception. while harry's eye—opening memoir, spare, was a bestseller, it also further damaged already frayed relations with his family. questions about how harry and me

esyllt carr, bbc news.e weeks old, this little girl experienced water for the first time at the metro richmond zoo in virginia. it's now running a poll to decide what she's going to be named. it's currently between poppy and hammie may and the winning name will be announced on monday. three weeks old. she is very cute. what name _ three weeks old. she is very cute. what name would _ three weeks old. she is very cute. what name would you _ three weeks old. she is very cute. what name would you go - three weeks old. she is very cute. what name would you go for? - three weeks old. she is very cute. what name would you go for? i i three weeks old. she is very cute. | what name would you go for? i will have to think— what name would you go for? i will have to think on _ what name would you go for? i will have to think on that. _ what name would you go for? i will have to think on that. hammie may just sounds wrong. let's go for poppy. just sounds wrong. let's go for po - . ~ ., ., just sounds wrong. let's go for

esyllt carr, bbc news.ng in forjames lee williams, better known as drag queen the vivienne, who has died aged 32. the vivienne won the first series of rupaul�*s drag race uk in 2019, as well as going on to appear in many musical theatre and tv productions. the show paid tribute to the star's legacy saying it will live on as a beacon of creativity and authenticity. here's the vivienne speaking in 2019 after the series win. it's just absolutely crazy, isn't it? a dream come true. um, 12 years of working in dive bars and everything like that has all come to fruition, and now i've got a crown. drag royalty, isuppose! two films emerged as the big winners at the golden globe awards — the first major honours of hollywood's awards season. your english? no, i am your english? no, lam not your english? no, i am not english. why? _ your english? no, i am not english. wh ? ., , , your english? no, i am not english. wh? ., ,, your english? no, i am not english. wh? ., , ., your english? no, i am not english. wh? ., ., ,