these were the startling scenes that greeted residents in halifax.property engulfed in flames was reduced to its bare bones. six surrounding houses were evacuated. the shock was palpable. i saw people jumping out of the house. literally, there was no front of the house. from the top floor, i could say it had collapsed and saw someone jumping out. floor, i could say it had collapsed and saw someonejumping out. i heard people saying, get the old lady out who lives next door. and then they managed to get her out and i saw them carrying her over their shoulder. it was just like something out of a horror story. as i went out my door at the back, the flames were coming all along. we have all been evacuated in the immediate area to make sure that it is safe before we go back. it was an explosion that was felt by everyone living in this neighbourhood here in halifax. as you can see behind me, emergency services are continuing to extinguish any small fires that might appear. the family affected are thankfully safe and are currently in hospital being treated w

it was an explosion that was felt by everyone living in this neighbourhood here in halifax. that might appear. the family affected are thankfully safe and are currently in hospital being treated with minor injuries whilst investigations continue into the cause of this explosion. there is a gas main that is still ignited, but we are protecting that. we have got water surrounding the property. we have evacuated nearby properties. you can probably see behind me that the gas services are on scene along with police and health and safety executives. we will not be going from the scene until we are happy it is safe. meanwhile, the community here at come together to raise funds and donate essential items for the family affected. they hope that at the very least, the family can have a comfortable christmas after a traumatic experience. now it's time for a look at the weather with thomasz shafernaker. good evening. it was a chilly day today and more of the same tomorrow. in fact, the week ahead does not look particularly warm either. a few showers in the forecast but also some sunny s

a reasonable man in 1940 i would suggest would want to do what halifax did. man who was different was needed. mr. johnson: spot on. that is the argument of the book. there is a chapter that treats of all the egregious mistakes that he made and do not attempt i don't think it white wash them excessively. because it was called winston churchill and the art of surviving the catastrophic cooker but in america it called playing roulette with history which is why i could not find it immediately. it gives a -- it goes through the abdication and going back on gold, all the -- antwerp. the russian civil war. all of the areas for which he was denounced by his contemporaries and -- contemporaries but he did get a lot wrong. but he got a lot right, too. in the first world war and in -- before the first world war in his humanitarian and progressive reforms and penal system and he was well ahead of his time. but he was fundamentally right in the late 1930's and he called it and spotted it better than anybody else. but you know why i think he did because he was a brilliant

the blast happened at a property in illingworth, near halifax, at around 7.30 this morning.— despite the sputnik vaccine still going through safety and efficacy trials. the firstjabs have been administered in clinics in moscow. it comes as russia is reporting record high numbers of confirmed covid—19 cases. our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford reports. this is one of the moscow clinics that is now rolling out russia's sputnik vaccine to the population. first of all, doctors, medics generally, health workers, teachers and social workers have been invited to receive the vaccine. now, sputnik v is still in an experimental form, more trials for its safety and its efficacy are still under way. but the chief doctor at this clinic has said she is confident it is fine to roll it out now. translation: this vaccine has been officially registered. we have enough research to know that it is 92% effective. and if there is a choice to get sick or have the vaccine, then this is a dangerous disease, the answer is obvious. this is a leaflet that patients are given before they get the ja

the blast happened at a property in illingworth, near halifax, at around 7.30 this morning.turkeys and other captive birds in britain will have to be kept indoors from december 14th to prevent the spread of bird flu. the chief vets for england, scotland and wales made the decision after a number of cases were detected among both captive and wild birds. jon donnisonjoins me now. should consumers be worried? the government says not. it says the risk to people is very low and that people should not be affected in terms of their consumption of poultry products and that includes eggs. bird flu, like human flu is a seasonal thing. there are numerous strains of bird flu and most do not affect people. this particular strain, the nhs is saying is hn 58. there are no cases of that affecting humans in the world. it is a busy time forfarmers humans in the world. it is a busy time for farmers and it could cost them tens of millions of pounds. we have had one farm in north yorkshire this week you had to order 10,000 turkeys because it had to cul. how long has this been bubbling away in th

the blast happened at a property in illingworth, near halifax, at around 7.30am this morning.eleased on bailfollowing his arrest as part of a fraud inquiry. he and four other people were detained as part of a year—long investigation into bribery allegations, linked to the awarding of building contracts in the city. in a statement this afternoon joe anderson says he "will be talking with cabinet colleagues to ensure the challenges our city faces with the covid pandemic continue to receive the focus they deserve." he went on to say he supported the labour party's decision to suspend him while the investigaion continues. russia's coronavirus vaccination programme is under way — despite the sputnik vaccine still going through safety and efficacy trials. the firstjabs have been administered in clinics in moscow. it comes as russia is reporting record high numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. this is one of the moscow clinics that is now rolling out russia's sputnik v vaccine to the population. first of all, doctors, medics genera

the blast happened at a property in illingworth, near halifax, at around 7.30 this morning.and other captive birds will have to be housed indoors from the 14th of december, to prevent the spread of bird flu. the chief vets for england, scotland and wales made the decision after a number of cases were detected. the government say the risk to humans is "very low" and should "not affect the consumption of poultry products". thousands of people have joined more protests in paris to call for a new security law to be dropped. the government has already backtracked on the law's most controversial provision, which would have effectively banned the filming of police officers. the march began peacefully but this afternoon police have fired tear gas and protesters have burned cars and barricades. russia's coronavirus vaccination programme is under way, despite the sputnik vaccine still going through safety and efficacy trials. the firstjabs have been administered in clinics in moscow. it comes as russia is reporting record high numbers of confirmed covid—19 cases. our moscow correspond

inches in vermont are to believe but this is quite the storm now is making its way all the way up in halifax and back out in the atlantic but. westwego when you can see we had our little storm system moving through nothing compared to theirs. but we'll take what we can get now high pressure start to build back in see the storm track lifting well to the north now up in the pacific northwest. tonight though we're going to be dealing some winds outside has been blustery in spots, especially in the north bay and you see some of those winds now to 19 and snow over the mountain top probably going to see some 20 maybe some 30 mile an hour gusts, but down below those winds are going to subside and we're going to be talking about some very cold temperatures freezing night in the all right, let's see where we are we've got the rain yesterday, san francisco now sitting at just over 2 inches for the season that is 31% of normal san jose under an inch that is 22% of normal oakland, almost an inch to have only 26% of normal and how about santa rosa. yeah, just over 3 inches almost 3 inches in the quarter

he's put on a ship for halifax, nova scotia. they're put on planes, and the guards believe that the train is escape proof because the windows have all frozen shut. this is in january of 1941. and so with all those prisoners crammed into this railroad car and each car has a small ineffective and inefficient heater, but it's got one, and with werra scraping on the window as persistently as he does, it's not long with before he opens the window why where we everyone assumed it's escape proof. so his plan s as soon as this train starts slowing down, i'm going to jump. so the train slows down, comes into a small station, and pretty soon it's starting back up again. so as the train pulls away from the station, werra lifters up the window, gets his buddies to give him a boost and he jumps out and falls into a snowbank that breaks his fall. now, the place that is circled, this intersection here, that's where werra jumped out of the train. and you can see where i highlighted or placed in google maps the -- this town of ogdensburg, new yo

that was actually a question neal and halifax was asking, how does the new strain of covid spread morecovid virus, there isa think about the covid virus, there is a spike 13 on the outside of the virus and this is a sort of key and think of yourselves of being a lot and the key can get into the lock and the key can get into the lock and get into your cells and cause infection and it looks of this new variant may be making this a better key, making that spike 13 a much more efficient at getting into your cells and that's lock and getting in to cause infection. understand, 70 questions coming in. i think we know the answer to this one, but i think what it does is illustrate the way people's minds are thinking at the moment. this is from georgia in italy who says i'm currently working in italy and need to get home. home at being the uk. if i fly to france and geta at being the uk. if i fly to france and get a flight from france, can i then get to england? people are trying to think is there a way around the uk arrivals that have been stopped? at the moment, at present, going via paris is

the risk relaxation around christmas and can i worm him that my local hospitals, huddersfield and halifaxchristmas and to thank him for those kind and generous words. as someone who has always warmly appreciated edge energy with which the secretary of state has tried to prevent our hospitals, has successfully prevented our hospitals from being overwhelmed and has also backed this amazing vaccine which is now being rolled out, can i ask the secretary of state in terms of the capacity in hospitals, i understand social distancing requires fewer beds in hospitals at the moment and will hospitals be able to add more capacity as the vaccine roll—out is completed? i certainly hope so. that is one of the things we are talking about with the nhs. for now it is not possible. we have extra emergency capacity in the nightingale, of course, and the testing regime has allowed the nhs to restore many of its services so in places like worcestershire, for instance, they are able to carry on with almost all of the necessary activity, for instance at the electives, cancer work, even through this as i i pay