jonathan beale, bbc news.is achievement. scotland's peter wright beat michael van gerwen at alexandra palace last night. the 49—year—old says his success proves "you should never give up". our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. peter wright! the cheers turned to tears but finally, peter wright got his hands on the trophy. from his first set of darts at 13, to becoming the oldest first—time winner at a9, last night saw him become £500,000 richer, and realise a lifelong dream. i didn't sleep at all last night. as it settled in, it was terrible. so i've had no sleep. so it's actually sunk in that i am world champion. and i'm just over the moon. 96 players came and two remain. wright knew he had a job on his hands. world number one and reigning champion michael van gerwen had long been a thorn in his side but it was snakebite who looked more comfortable on the big stage. wright had nearly given it all up five years ago and had lost ten major televised finals, but at the 11th time of asking, all that stood

here's our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. where does confidence come from? how you look?—profile recruitment campaigns is aimed at young people, many of whom research suggest lack self—confidence or feel inadequate when comparing the lives to others. you are coming out tonight. the bulk came from the armies £3 million appeal is a confidence last a lifetime. in contrast to the quick fix hits of say social media and fast fashion. take those dusty things of your feet. the army hopes to build on the success of last yea r‘s to build on the success of last year's and saw a record number of application but still on the 10% of those made it through to basic training. come on mate, nearly there. there's been harsh criticism over the decision to outsource recruitment to a private contractor. the army centre dramatically improve the system. the army has also introduced to training programmes to help prepare young people who may struggle with fitness advocacy to meet basic entry requirements. but despite claims of progress, the british army is still well below its target ‘s strength.

jonathan beale, bbc news. some of the other stories making the news this evening.ar's eve. dominic fell, joseph finnis and rachel clark died after their car collided with a lorry in stanwell, near heathrow airport. friends and colleagues have been paying tribute, describing them as "beautiful young angels. " the former nissan boss carlos ghosn — who fled to lebanon earlier this week — says that he alone arranged for his unauthorised departure from japan. in a statement, mr ghosn played down speculation that his wife, carole, and other members of his family, had arranged for him to escape house arrest. he was awaiting trial in tokyo on financial misconduct charges. a welsh conservative assembly member has been suspended from his party. it's understood that nick ramsay, who's 44, was arrested last night following an incident. mr ramsay, who represents monmouth, is the shadow finance minister and chairs the public accounts committee. the foreign currency service travelex has taken all of its sites off—line after being attacked by a softwa re off—line after being attac

carry out surveillance of an area the size of poland injust one trip. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan bealeir italian base. donald trump says he wants the nato alliance to do more. this is one way they can do that. these are the first nato—owned and operated unmanned surveillance drones. the global hawk, based here in sicily, can travel halfway around the world on one tank of fuel. it can stay up in the air for more than 30 hours carrying out surveillance. and here, believe it or not, is the cockpit on the ground at sigonella airbase in a side room with a sensor operator sitting here and over here, the pilot flying the aircraft with just the click of a mouse. how do you fly? based on the ip system. we don't have any control sticks. it's a pretty big leap forward to have our own organic intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance aircraft that we don't have to rely on getting time from somebody else. it's ours so we can task it the way we want to task it. intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance is also about understanding what is going on coastal waters. and we have seen the significant ru

jonathan beale, bbc news.rns, you might have seen alone tumbleweed across a deserted town. what would look like when there is more than one? 0h, look like when there is more than one? oh, my gosh. no way. a us highway had to be closed after piles of tumbleweed buried clouds in washington taste. i cannot believe that can happen but it has. good morning and lovely to have you back. it is great to be back and a fantastic story to tell you. it is basically try and try again. peter 'snakebite' wright had lost ten finals but he managed to defeat the champion to take the title for the first time. against well number one michael van gerwen. he first time. against well number one michaelvan gerwen. he had previously lost ten of the 11 major finals. we will be talking to him later. west ham celebrated the return of david moyes as manager with a 4—0 thumping of bournemouth. sebastien haller‘s goal was the pick of the bunch. the hammers move out of the relegation zone, with bournemouth replacing them. arsenal ended a run

i'm joined by our defence correspondent jonathan beale. we are not told at the moment where he came from, partly to protect the family privacy at this moment. but there's a statement saying he died fulfilling his dream and doing something he loved, joining the marines was something he wanted to do as long as we can remember and we are very proud of all that he achieved. as a few comments from his comrades were all shocked by what has happened and the commandant of the royal marine training establishment says that he was selected by his instructors for leadership and tactical acumen and noting sadly that this will not be realised. a lot of sadness amongst the royal navy, the marines and obviously a life cut short. an marines face tough training what do we know but the incident what happened to him? we know that this was towards the end of his 32 weeks of training, he started it may and this was an assault, what marines are known for, doing an assault on the beach and a landing craft. it was at night and so it was dark, the water would have

jonathan beale, bbc news.even—year—old staffordshire bull terrier. as you can see, he is placid, well kept if a little bit chubby. currently looking after him is will from the rspca. you're not his original owner. tell us what happened to him? i was called a couple of weeks ago to a church in blackpool, where unfortunately, cracker had been found by the staff in the morning, tied to the alter near the church. when they went and got him, they found a rather sad note attached to his collar that just explained the previous owner was in a very difficult time in theirlife, and would struggle to keep cracker and they were worried that if they did so he would end up on the streets with them. obviously having read this, the church got in i went down and went to see cracker. it was clear that he had been through a bit of a time but with a little coaxing around he came with me and got into the van. we have had him now for a couple of weeks. as you can see, he has come out of his shell. he certainly has. it sounds as if

earlier, i spoke to our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. recruits had to be recovered back into the boat. it would have been cold as well at this time of year. it seems that ethan was seen too late, that he was in the water for some time before they recovered him. efforts were made to resuscitate him. he was taken to derriford hospital by air ambulance, but a day later, the confirmation that he had died in that training incident. of course, after every training incident there is an investigation to make sure that all the risk assessments were correct and the procedures were followed, and that investigation is ongoing. so we have a statement from the navy, too. "we can confirm that the royal marine who died was ethan. "thoughts are with the family and friends of recruitjones. "the investigation is still ongoing therefore it would be "inappropriate to comment further", they say. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. the foreign office confirms a plane bringing britons home from the virus—hit chinese city of wuhan will take

jonathan beale, bbc news.illed in a new year's eve crash involving a lorry near heathrow airport were british airways cabin crew. (two of the victims have been named, 25 year old joe finnis and 23 year old dominic fell. a 25 year—old woman is also in a serious condition in hospital. a british airways spokesperson said their thoughts are with their families and friends. nearly a quarter of hospital admissions for eating disorders last year were for patients aged 18 or under, according to new nhs data. the total number of admissions has risen by more than a third across all age groups over the last two years. experts have described the figures as "worrying" and urged the government to invest in early intervention. we can now speak to dr agnes ayton, chair of the faculty of eating disorders at the royal college of psychiatrists. thank you for coming along to talk to us today. so why the increase, 37%. what are the factors behind it? thank you for the invitation. in fa ct thank you for the invitation. in fact nhs

just a note from our defence correspondentjonathan just a note from our defence correspondent jonathan bealeraq and iran. the mod says the security of personnel is constantly kept under review. there are currently 400 british military personnel in iraq providing training and security for those doing the training. there are also two royal navy warships in the gulf and the raf continues to fly operations against so—called islamic state of iraq and syria. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the afghan capital kabul. lyse, looking at the turn of the reaction coming in from various nations, some of whom are allies of iran, others not, it's interesting to see some calling for de—escalation, as one would expect, but others recognising that this escalation that has been going on in recent weeks between iran and the united states has now moved into a different game entirely. no one, most of all the people of the wider region, andi most of all the people of the wider region, and i am in afghanistan, which is also potentially going to be drawn into this expecting escalation, nobody