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power has now been restored to almost every home in wales — as our correspondent fiona trott reports.nother day and another problem. if we can move all this here... engineers from across england trying to restore power in northumberland. we've been without power since about, oh, seven o'clock on friday night, and we've coped, but boy am i glad to see these people, and apparently they're from bedford as well. in neighbouring county durham, a visit from the energy minister, greg hands. but when you've been without energy for six days the frustration starts to show. the government has said we will stand behind assistance, we are working closely with the british red cross and making sure that that assistance gets to people. i do think you are kidding yourself. the red cross? i don't see the red cross here, 0k? you can mention whatever you like at your level... yeah.

power has now been restored to almost every home in wales — as our correspondent fiona trott reports. day and another problem. if we can move all this here... engineers from across england trying to restore power in northumberland. we've been without power since about, oh, seven o'clock on friday night, and we've coped, but boy am i glad to see these people, and apparently they're from bedford as well. in neighbouring county durham, a visit from the energy

fiona trott, bbc news, northumberland.bbc news, in a special bbc 100 women interview, author chimamanda ngozi adichie discusses the responsibilities of being seen by many as a @feminist icon@. of being seen by many ——as a "feminist icon". welcome to this bbc 100 women special interview with the nigerian writer and feminist chimamanda ngozi adichie. you may know her from her 2012 ted talk we should all be feminists orfrom her words being sampled in the beyonce song flawless but her books have been translated in over 30 languages. her newest essay deals with a very personal grief of losing her father. her mother also unexpectedly died in the past year. she tells us why she has chosen to be so open about this time in her life. i also ask her about the controversial comments she has made about trans women in the past and we discuss how she copes with the very public consequences of being one of nigeria's most famous voices. chimamanda ngozi adichie, thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us here on the bbc�*s 100 wo

fiona trott, bbc news, cumbria.d a 30% stake in the cambo field, off the west coast of shetland, which has faced sustained criticism from environmental groups. our climate editorjustin rowlatt is with me — what's behind shell's decision? well, shell says after what it described as comprehensive screening it has decided the economic case doesn'tjustify it going ahead. it also said it was worried about delays with the project and opposition had become a focus on the run—up to the glasgow climate conference and they argue they are opening new oilfields that would last 25 years, not compatible with the low—carbon objectives, so it had become a serious reputational issue for shell, but let's be clear cambo oil field for shell, but let's be clear cambo oilfield has hundreds of millions of barrels of oil which as of today are worth $70 a barrel. another less high—profile —— and other less high—profile —— and other less high—profile companies are not likely to be as squeamish as shell, so this project is not dead in the wat

fiona trott, bbc news, northumberland.ournaments in china. the move is in response to concerns about the wellbeing of the chinese player peng shuai, who disappeared from public view for three weeks after accusing a top chinese official of sexual assault. the wta chief, steve simon, said he had "serious doubts" about claims that she was "free, safe and not subject to intimidation". students at 58 universities in england, scotland and northern ireland are facing three days of disruption because staff have started a strike over pay, pensions and working conditions. the university and college union says workloads have become �*unmanageable', and it's warned that further walk—outs may take place next year. some students have expressed anger, that having paid thousands in fees, their learning is being disrupted again, after 18 months of online learning because of the pandemic. our education editor branwenjeffreys has the latest. # working nine to five # what a way to make a living #. fed up with their workload, angry about pay a

fiona trott, thank you.cause of pressures in the social care system. pas, as they're known, help with vital day to day tasks — but with more than 100,000 vacancies in the care sector, many disabled people are finding it difficult to get the suppport they need. 0ur disability news correspondent nikki fox reports. when you have a disability, independence is crucial, and it usually requires a bit of support. one option is to take control yourself. like thousands of other disabled people, i employ personal assistants like holly to help me do the things that i can't, like get my battered old scooter out of the back of our car. if i didn't employ pas, there is no way i would be able to work to the extent that i do, let alone have a life. did we have any more adverts? sian uses pas too. the 18—year—old a—level student gets funding from her local authority for support throughout the day and night. but at the moment, she's struggling to recruit the full team she desperately needs. we advertise, and it is a very good

fiona trott reports. urgent help to the most vulnerable in the community, this fire station in ulverston has turned into an emergency hub. pylo ns pylons in cumbria still lying on the ground six days on. preparing them as a massive task. h. preparing them as a massive task. m, ., preparing them as a massive task. ., ., , ., ., task. the scale of devastation is something _ task. the scale of devastation is something we _ task. the scale of devastation is something we never- is something we never experience, definitely not in the 15 years that i've worked in the organisation. you would have to get back to the great storm of 87. we've had over 900 instances. this is one incident where you have eighteenths master of paris.— master of paris. this family can't wait — master of paris. this family can't wait for _ master of paris. this family can't wait for repairs. - master of paris. this family can't wait for repairs. they | can't wait for repairs. they have five children, three are disabled, and five—year—old

power has now been restored to almost every home in wales — as our correspondent fiona trott reports.t. their work is welcome, and it comes with an unexpected reward. we have been without power since about, oh, seven o'clock on friday night, and we've coped, but boy am i glad to see these people, and apparently they are from bedford as well. i think they deserve some beer. working to restore electricity here is taking a long time. now the distributor is offering financial support. what we have announced today is a package of measure for our domestic customers, asking customers to get in contact with us on our dedicated storm support line or email such as we can help them and agree on what we can do with them. things like reasonable price of accommodation, hot meals, or even if they've sorted out their own portable generator, to get them back on. five miles away at this farm, they have 300 cows to milk, twice a day, and are relying on one generator. we have to have electricity to run the machines to milk the cows, and it won't wait. otherwise they get very uncomfortable, health problem

fiona trott is in newcastle for us this evening. week, just over 5% of trains have been cancelled across the uk. lner, which runs services on the east coast main line including newcastle has cancelled 16 services a day. that's not surprising. the rail delivery group which represents the rail delivery group which represents the uk train companies says nearly 9% of staff are off sick, due to covid. to put that into context, one train driver can do ten services per day, so it has a real knock on affect. it's not just staff. passenger numbers are also down. some services have been cancelled because of that. the numbers are thought to be at about half of pre—pandemic levels. so, that's why the rdg says today's announcement of reduced isolation will help the industry. one thing it can't help though is planned strike action. cross country says where you can, alter your plans and avoid travel on christmas eve or new year's eve. and of course for all services across uk — the advice is check before you travel. our top story this evening. uk h

fiona trott reporting there. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there.hese down the eastern coasts of england and scotland could be wintry. snow to lower levels even across northern scotland, and a few showers for northern ireland heading into wales and the south west. some of these wintry as well. where we keep the showers through the night, this is where we're more likely to have some icy conditions into tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning will start much colder than this morning, widespread frost, lowest temperatures in scotland. it won't be long before we see the back of the showers in the south wales, south west england. should turn drier in eastern scotland, but showers continue across easternmost parts of england into east anglia. many other areas dry, quite sunny, except for northern ireland, where we've got more cloud coming in here quite quickly, and that will arrive into western scotland during the afternoon. ahead of that, in the cold air, despite the sunshine, the temperatures could be no higher than 4—5. hello, this is bbc news. the headline

fiona trott reports from cumbria. food. any areas that we find that they do need, whether it's support, whether it's re—accommodation, we are managing that as a team and delivering what they need to support their welfare. in scotland, 130 military personnel have been brought in to help 12 villages in the grampian region. they're not in the business of repairing infrastructure or whatever else. theirjob is to get out to those communities and just say, "look, you're not forgotten about. here's what's going on." because a lot of people are without communications, and that's quite unnerving, i think, for those communities. in rural cumbria, they say military assistance would have been welcomed days ago, but now it's too late and once again it's the community that's filling in the gaps. well, in county durham, a major incident has been declared this evening, almost a week after storm arwen. more than 10,000 homes and businesses are still without electricity in the region. stuart whincup has the latest from middleton in tee

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