greater manchester police declared a major incident — with bolton, wigan and stockport among the placess. our reporterjessica lane has more from stockport. here in stockport, which is in greater manchester in the north west of england. like you said, they say that a month's worth of rain fell in about 48 hours. it started on new year's eve, late afternoon and then just did not stop. and of course, that meant that lots of the waterways became overwhelmed and led to flooding. this is an old converted mill here in stockport. it's now got about 200 flats inside and as we understand it, the waterjust came in to this ground floor here. you can't really see through the windows because of the condensation, because of all that water. but you might be able to make out there the line that's going across the windows. we think that's where the water came to. i have been in and had a little peer in through the window, and that would have been a lobby area. and you can see bits of furniture have just been knocked over by the amount of water here. and the flooding here at this building was one of six m

greater manchester police declared a major incident — with bolton, wigan and stockport among the places month's rain in 48 hours. police say it's a time of great distress and disruption. our reporterjessica lane updated us on the situation. here in stockport, in greater manchester in the north west of england. they say a month's worth of rain fell in about 48 hours. it started on new year's eve late afternoon and then just did not stop. of course, that meant that lots of the waterways became overwhelmed and led to flooding. this is an old converted mill here in stockport. it now has about 200 flats inside and as we understand it, the waterjust came into this ground floor here. you cannot really see through the windows because of the condensation, because of all that water, but you might be able to work out that line that is going across the windows. we think that is where the water came to. i have gone in and had a look through the window and that would have been a lobby area. you can see bits of furniture have just been knocked over by the amount of water here. the flooding here at thi

some breaking news coming from greater manchester police in the uk, news that a man has been chargeded at the royal oldham hospital on saturday. an object, story of the weekend, a 37—year—old has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article, thatis possession of a bladed article, that is just in from greater manchester police. back to los angeles, let me show the live pictures. we are expecting an update from the authorities who are worried about the wind speeds picking up about the wind speeds picking up tomorrow and wednesday. but we are expecting to hear the very latest on those wildfires here in the next few minutes. don't go away. hello there. the weather story across the uk is on the change, but perhaps not where you would think. just take a look at this dramatic temperature contrast from first thing this morning. we had 1a degrees in highland scotland — that runs the risk of some rapid snow melt and maybe some localised flooding. by contrast, —1. we are was still sitting in the cold air across the far south—east. but the wind direction has changed. it'

greater manchester police declared a major incident after widespread flooding. workers had to free people trapped in their homes, and vehicles were left underwater. eunice miller reports. >> heavy rain and winds as we begin the new year and widespread flooding. in greater manchester, a major incident was declared. more than 200 apartments, and psychomotor residents trapped without running water or power. ell: what was a car park is now essentially a river. that was well to wake up to, to be honest. >> the cars were largely submerged, so naturally that throughout a number of challenges for us, to work in those conditions. >> major words have -- roads have been flooded. some have had to be rescued. part of the m56 and m60 had to be closed. support is being given to anyone here who needs emergency accommodation. efforts are running high. this is the river bank in north yorkshire. flooded despite defenses being in place. >> there is nothing you can do. it just comes through the floor, and it is just awful. yunus: across the region, motorists have had to abandon thei

greater manchester police declared a major incident after widespread flooding. hello.rleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos supporting islamic state hours before the attack. the man has been identified as 42—year—old shamsud—dinjabbar — a us citizen and army veteran from texas. the attacker was killed in a shootout with police in which two officers were injured. authorities say the attack was an act of terrorism, and jabbar wasn't the only one responsible.

magistrates�* court tomorrow following the incident at around 11.30 in the evening on saturday, greater manchester police currently still receiving treatment at the same hospital. deputy superintendent matt walker said the forces priority said the force�*s priority "remains supporting her, herfamily, and her colleagues at this difficult time". video shows the protesters and spray painting 1.5 is dead over the grave in reference to the world exceeding 1.5 degrees. they said he would be turning in his grave because of the sixth mass extinction taking place, a westminster abbey spokesperson said the grave is being cleaned and they don�*t expect any permanent damage. here in england a leading obesity expert has warned that weight loss drugs could bankrupt the national health service if they were prescribed to all the patients who are eligible for them. 3.4 million people in england are understood to qualify — but there are warnings it would cost around £10 billion a year if they were all treated at once. here�*s our medical editor fergus walsh. ray is 62 and has battled with his weight for most of his life.

greater manchester police declared a major incident after widespread flooding — with bolton, wigan andkers had to free people trapped in their homes, and vehicles were left underwater. yunus mulla report. heavy rain and wind to bringing in the new year, and widespread flooding. in greater manchester, a major incident declared. meadow mill in stockport has more than 200 apartments. outside, vehicles were submerged in water. inside, residents like ell henderson, trapped without running water or power. we woke up, i think it was about 6:30am this morning, just a complete swimming pool outside. what should be the car park is now essentially the river mersey. that wasn't a nice thing to wake up to on the 1st ofjanuary, to be honest! when we got here the water was three _ when we got here the water was three or— when we got here the water was three or four feet deep and the cars were — three or four feet deep and the cars were submerged and that creates— cars were submerged and that creates a _ cars were submerged and that creates a number of challenges for us _ creates a number of challenge

in 2022, an independent report found that greater manchester police and oldham councilfailed to protectxual exploitation. this report heard from one child who was abused at the age of 12. she went to oldham police station to report being sexually assaulted. this was in october 2006, but she was told to go away and come back when she was not drunk. years of missed opportunities followed, but the report said there was no evidence of a cover—up in oldham. those that are spreading lies and misinformation... for six years, independent councillor brian hobin led calls for a national public inquiry into what happened in oldham. calls rejected. but when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats... today, the fallout reached the prime minister. but in my book, a line has been crossed. what's your reaction to that? that's...that's besmirching people like myself who have been fighting for this for so long and classing us like he does, too many times, as far right people. we've got people in this town that are survivors, that have been through horrendous crimes, that have been through ho

in 2022, an independent report found that greater manchester police and 0ldham councilfailed to protectn. this report heard from one child who was abused at the age of 12. she went to 0ldham police station to report being sexually assaulted. this was in october 2006, but she was told to go away and come back when she was not drunk. the report also found there was no evidence of a cover up. those that are spreading lies and misinformation... for six years independent councillor, brian hoban, has led calls for a national public inquiry into what happened in 0ldham. and he's still waiting. it's important in my time because we've got people in this town that are survivors, that have been through horrendous crimes, that have been through horrendous situations, and they deserve justice. they need their voices heard and they need answers, and they need people brought to book. in 0ldham from 2009 to 2010, most alleged offenders identified by gmp were british men of pakistani and bangladeshi heritage, but eastern european and white british men were also accused of abuse. and as a british pakista

in response to our report, greater manchester police said it's working with survivors to bring offenders by sexual abuse or violence, details of help and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. newnight is on bbc two shortly, and paddy 0'connell can tell us what's coming up. paddy? rachel reeves has flown to china but all the turbulence is back here, and half the county council elections in england could be delayed, nigel farage tells us they should go ahead. an international bowls tournament begins today in norfolk but has become an unlikely source of controversy. last week, organisers barred israel's three athletes from attending, citing challenges caused by pro—palestinian protests. but in the face of significant criticism, there was a sudden u—turn. 0ur sports news correspondent, laura scott, reports. the bowls world championships on the coast of norfolk. far from the peaceful images that might conjure up, the build—up has been dominated by geopolitics, protests and accusations of anti—semitism.

greater manchester police declared a major incident and more than 80 flood warnings remain in force acrosslmost all of england and wales. nearly 37,000 people crossed the english channel in small boats in 2024, according to new figures from the home office. the figure is the second highest on record, and an increase of 25% on the previous year. 2024 was also the deadliest on record — with at leat 77 people dying as they attempted the crossing. the south korean corruption agencies as will enforce a warrant to impeach the president before it expires on 6january. the president was holed up in his home for his attempt to impose martial law. a local news agency in south korea says that the warrant could be a tutored in the coming hours. —— executed. you're live with bbc news. another developing story out of las vegas, where a tesla cybertruck explosion outside the trump hotel there has killed one person and injured seven others. the company's ceo, elon musk, said on tesla: ——said on x: effectively saying this was not a fault with the vehicle itself. local officials have yet to confirm the cause

. >> yeah, she was in she was working for greater manchester police at the time. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah. >> and was one of the a lot of pubuc >> and was one of the a lot of public servants came forward not not just in the police but in other parts of social care and things like that. some of them, some of them were incredibly they were sent on diversity training when they when they said, oh, we've got these pakistani muslim gangs that are targeting white and sikh girls. sure they were. they were sent on diversity training because the diversity training seems to be there to reinforce to instruct people what the correct opinions are rather than to actually improve, you know, any, any of the issues. >> it's a mind game, really. and when you get into the detail of all this, you find so much from victims who were told they were being racist by even calling it in the first place. >> i'm going to read this. why don't you just read out some of her stuff? and i think this paragraph is particularly strong is we all know what's going on, but i don't trust a single one of those who, to date, have b

incident has been declared in greater manchester, after several communities before us to evacuate the homes. how long have you, raymond high wins. rescue teams and police were deployed off the houses were flooding. costs of much have also been weather warnings in the north west and in wales often ended a months worth of rain fell in just 2 days. that's it for me down in georgia much more information. of course on websites. i'll just say, well, don't come there. it is on your screen. this continues here on, i'll just say rough popped up for hotels such and such so much and tracking on the is there any sign of relief for the millions of palestinians and gaza for now stuck between an outgoing fighting administration and an incoming trumpet industries. now that americans have decided to put forth back in the white house, what kind of country in the world expect the quizzical look of us politics. the bottom line, the control of the holiday and under control of the region around. and that's why it was such a lucky thing if you're walking around and a root was not to be in the line of fire from the holiday at the bottom of the day. incomplete tubes, the devia

being surrounded by police near his home in the town of sits in the dies from his injuries on the way to hospital and the u. k. a major incidents has been declared in greater manchester, that's off to several communities. forced to evacuate that homes following heavy rain and high wind rescue teams and police were deployed off. the houses were flooded and calls with some mugs. that's it for this show, but the good news is, nick is back in just a couple of minutes, but another for both. and so stay with us. they swore a note to defend the american constitution against all enemies. and the last 4 years on from the 2021, a tax on the capital building which is 0, examines the role of military veterans installed right on the goods that the coolest. and the potential threat again, stolen on al jazeera, abandoned as a child by his own cristella news. nothing of his life in the republic of home. that of default, he is living in switzerland. cristo follows a fascinating paper trail that leads from his adopted husband to the country if he's bad. and the most unexpected re union witness in earlier on o d 0 we are to see the status of legend some clothes ruined the stories of ci

across greater manchester, commissioned by labour mayor andy burnham, which reported that girls in rochdale were "left at the mercy" of paedophile gangs for years because of failings by senior policeses. one day, we went in and there was, like, 30, a0 men sat there waiting for us. 30 to a0 men? yeah. they gave us a litre of vodka with no mixer and ten fags. said, "go and sit down in the other room and drink that." then they had another bottle of vodka inside the room. then we sat and drank, and then it started. then they took one of us, and then they took the other one of us, and then me. and it was like one in, one out. everybody knew. what do you mean, everybody knew? i wasn't quiet about it. like, i told everybody. what did you tell them? i'm hanging around with older men and i'm getting drunk with older men. like, they knew. you told teachers? yeah. since the start of this year elon musk has posted on the platform he owns, x, 90 times about the issue of these gangs, in support of a new public inquiry into what happened and whether suspects — who were mostly of pakistani heritage — weren't investigated to begin with because council officials and police officers were afraid of b

incident has been declared in greater manchester in the united kingdom after several communities were forced to evacuate the homes fully heavy rain and wins a rescue. teams and police were deployed of to houses were flooded and calls to most under water. i've also been weather warnings in the northwest and in wales. often nearly a months worth of rain fell into hey, there are now. is there a female styles of mexico's national sport? so i'm about to show of very happy stuff. it's 2025, but primarily title i was also and the funds for production coming up the the $50.00 for this page that big. thank you very much. indian head coach scouts. i'm going to be a, has he back after pulled stuff they've changed and then these teams kemp ahead of the final test against australia. however, he's stopped short of consuming with captain rubbish shauna will play instead. me saying that he's yet to finalize the team selection. there's been speculation that the album form batsmen will not carry on as test captain off of this series show. i'm also did not attend the latest news conference india trail, the series to one often using the last match. the face begins on friday and the te

originally, the former greater manchester police detective has uncovered widespread abuse in rochdalend she had no faith that the prime minister wanted to get to the truth and find out once and for all, holding those responsible and fully accountable. joining me now is donna jones, the police and crime commissioner for hampshire and the isle of wight. donna, thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. really appreciate your your time on this story. now. it's a story that's been going on for decades. for decades we've had inquiries, we've had probes, we've had all sorts of things. nothing's been done, though. so do we now, once and for all, need an all encompassing inquiry to get to the bottom of this and finally hold those responsible to account. >> well, good afternoon, and thanks for having me on to talk about such an important topic once again on gb news. and well done to gb news for keeping with this really, really important national story. you know, i did, i was on gb two days ago talking about the need for a national inquiry, but actually i just want to caveat why support

greater manchester police said people became trapped in their homes without running water, while othersere rescued from cars stranded in floodwaters. meanwhile, a three day snow warning has been issued for almost all of england and parts of scotland this weekend, as the met office has warned rural communities communities could become cut off. and to scarborough now, where brave people have been ringing in the new year's day by jumping in the freezing cold sea. the 2025 new year's day dip has over 150 dippers, helping raise thousands of pounds to help those most in needin of pounds to help those most in need in the scarborough community. thousands turned out on the south shore to see scarborough's mayor welcome the dippers, before the town crier sent them away to the cold north sea. our yorkshire reporter, anna o'reilly, is on the beach in scarborough. >> the new year's day dip in scarborough, where 150 swimmers have taken to the north sea. here you may be able to see the crowds that have turned out. hundreds of people have come to the beach here to encourage people to take the dip. and

greater manchester police has said it's believed a member of the public attacked the staff at royal oldhamospital with a bladed article or sharp instrument, which was not a knife. the force added the woman, who is in her 50s, suffered serious injuries and remains in hospital for treatment and her injuries are believed to be life changing. in other news, reform uk leader nigel farage has accused the health secretary of attempting to conceal the reality of grooming gangs after he claimed the public discourse could risk vilifying certain communities. wes streeting had said the rhetoric around grooming gangs risked causing a second new zealand mosque massacre. mr farage told the telegraph that mr streeting remarks were insulting. that's now as labour mp dan carden has broken ranks from sir keir starmer, joining andy burnham in his calls for a national inquiry into the scandal. fury over grooming gangs has reignited in recent weeks after labour blocked a national inquiry, backed by kemi badenoch and tech billionaire elon musk. science secretary peter kyle told gb news earlier today labour are d

the former detective constable, who resigned from greater manchester police over the way they treated vulnerable grooming gang victims in rochdale, told gb news that the inquiry chose to prioritise the voices of officials over survivors, while labour mp dan carden has become the latest mp to break ranks with the prime minister to call for a grooming gangs inquiry. he's urging the prime minister to use the full power of the state to deliver justice. a government spokesperson from the home office issued the following statement. no child should ever suffer sexual abuse or exploitation, and it's paramount that we do more to protect vulnerable children, which is why we are working at pace, they say across government to drive forward real action. in other news, the government will mainline ai into the veins of the uk, with plans being unveiled today by sir keir starmer. the prime minister is set to promise investment, jobs and economic growth due to a boom in the sector. it comes as his government battles against allegations they are mismanaging the economy. the government's announcement cl

stabbed the a&e worker with a sharp instrument, not a knife yesterday, according to greater manchester police. the woman, who is in her 50s, suffered serious injuries and remains in hospital for treatment. her injuries are believed to be life changing. a north yorkshire police officer has died after she was struck by a lorry while helping at the scene of a road accident. pc rosie pryor was standing on the verge of the a19 at bagby, near thirsk, with the driver and passenger of one of the cars involved when the lorry collided with them yesterday morning. miss pryor and 41 year old ryan welford, from knaresborough, both died at the scene. the 65 year old lorry driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. he's been released under investigation. a teenage boy who was a passenger in mr wolford's car is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. the uk health security agency has extended its cold weather alert for all of england until tuesday. amber alerts will now run until january the 14th, meaning a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 or over and with

this forced greater manchester police to hold its entire investigation into grooming gangs.t then took two years for starmer's cps took two years for starmer's cps to review its original decision on that case and charge the suspects a further year later. sir keir finally decided to do something and implement reforms at the cps. but how have those reforms gone? well, the warwick academics final findings report slammed lawyers at the cps for still using victim victim blaming language about rape complainants and failing to take seriously child sexual assault allegations. to this day, this is 2020 for everybody. it's as clear as day to me that keir starmer is incompetent, negligent and utterly ineffective. under his watch, the cps allowed child rapists to roam free in our country and innocent victims were denied justice. not 1499 00

greater manchester police declared a major incident after widespread flooding. hello.'m sally bundock. we start in the united states, where president biden has said the man who drove a pickup truck into a crowd in new orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos supporting islamic state hours before the attack. the man has been identified as 42—year—old shamsud—dinjabbar — a us citizen and army veteran from texas. the attacker was killed in a shootout with police in which two officers were injured. authorities say the attack was an act of terrorism, and jabbar wasn't the only one responsible. this picture from social media, checked by our team at bbc verify, shows law enforcement, many heavily armed, surrounding a white pickup truck in the aftermath of the incident. a flag for the islamic state group was found in the vehicle, along with potential explosive devices. tom bateman reports. new orleans at new year's eve. this part of the city is its best—known — a tourism and nightlife hotspot. just after 3:00am, chaos unfolds. the first signs of panic as police raced to t

. >> but maggie oliver, the former greater manchester police officer who was the one who was instrumentalin uncovering widespread abuse in rochdale, says, and i quote, sir keir starmer is as guilty as anyone over your failures to address the rape gangs. when he was director of public prosecutions, he was asleep at the wheel. maggie oliver was at the centre of this and she's been highly critical of the prime minister. so you must admit he didn't do enough. >> i actually genuinely don't think that's a fair criticism. as director of public prosecutions, keir opened up a number of historic cases where perpetrators thought they'd gotten away with it. he opened up historic cases to go after those people. he put in place specialist rape prosecutors to build the evidence base, to make sure that convictions, which are notoriously hard to achieve in this area, actually came to pass. one of the reasons keir starmer came into government, into politics is because he recognised that the courts can only do so much. the police and the courts need labour powers, the courts need labour powers, the tools an

a former greater manchester police detective who exposed failings in investigating grooming gangs accused knee—jerk reaction. we need a thorough, honest, deep dive into the reasons why, and an honest acknowledgement that we have failed generations of children. it isn't a local problem, it's a national problem. this is not going to go away, and i, for one, am going to carry on telling the truth until this is solved and children's lives are safer. the government insists it's been working on its response to child sexual abuse behind the scenes for months. but the issue has now been thrown into the spotlight once again. and there are victims and survivors who wantjustice, and to know that others won't have to go through what they did. hannah miller, bbc news. henry is live for us in westminster where this issue continues to dominate politics. the first week back after the new year. henry, this question about whether the government will hold a national public inquiry into these gangs, is there any chance they will change their minds? i there any chance they will change their minds?— their mind

greater manchester police said 445 people had been evacuated from a hotel in didsbury, and it would continueflooding situation and ensure displaced residents were supported. we can speak tojessica lane in stockport. good morning. as i understand it, the area immediately behind you was one of the places where vehicles were underwater? that is riuht. where vehicles were underwater? that is right. yes. — where vehicles were underwater? trust is right. yes, here there was really bad flooding. the water yesterday was waist high. and the cars you can see in this car park were practically underwater. you might be able to see what has been left now is this thick mod which is obviously going to be very damaging. thankfully for everyone here the water has started to go down. this building here, it is an old converted mill, it has now got about 200 flats inside. and yesterday, the 400 people who live here were trapped inside. they had no water, they had no power. the police had to come down. they called in the fire service. they called it mountain rescue. at one point of the fire service said they were

today i'll be joined by greater manchester council, a whistleblower who claims that he was investigated by police when he raised concerns about failures to tackle this issue, particularly along the lines of the ethnicity of those in question. and it will be freezing cold this winter. according to the uk health security agency, who have warned that the imminent cold snap could put the elderly at risk of death. we'll speak to some old people about what they're doing to keep warm. of course, after losing their winter fuel allowance. and today, nigel farage and his reform mps head to leicester for the insurgent party's sold out east midlands conference. farage is set to blast kemi badenoch crazy reform conspiracies and our political editor, chris hope, will be live from leicester and he'll be joined by the red wall rottweiler. and that's mr lee anderson. and meghan markle has released a new netflix show, another one, as she rebrands herself as a hyper stylised tradwife, while the nurse that aptly named with love meghan, which has already been slammed by royal fans and will find out why. and that's al