. >> and today, as justin welby's final day as the archbishop of canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handung step down over failures in handling a church of england abuse scandal. almost two months after announcing his resignation, he will officially quit the role at midnight tonight. it follows an independent review that concluded john smith, a barrister and christian camp leader, might have been brought to justice if archbishop welby had reported him to the police in 2013. the archbishop has made few public appearances since mid—november, and did not give the traditional christmas day sermon from canterbury cathedral. and weather warnings across the country persisted this morning as many commuters suffered travel disruptions from severe weather. major roads were closed, railway lines blocked and manchester airport's runways were closed early on this morning because of snow, but have since reopened. travel disruptions are due to flooding and thawing snow and heavy rain. as it stands, there are 60 flood warnings in place and 260 flood alerts. this comes after most of

in other news, today, as justin welby's final day as the archbishop of canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handung step down over failures in handling a church of england abuse scandal. almost two months after announcing his resignation, he'll officially quit the role at midnight tonight. it follows an independent review which concluded that john smith, a barrister and christian camp leader, might have been brought to justice if archbishop welby had reported him to the police in 2013. the archbishop has made few public appearances since mid—november and didn't give the traditional christmas day sermon from canterbury cathedral. elsewhere, police say a man's body has been recovered from an area of flooding in north yorkshire. police believe the man may have entered the water in the last 24 to 48 hours. the man is described as white in his early 50s to 60s with short brown hair, and he was wearing a multi—coloured knitted jumper. batus. two major incidents have been declared and more than 100 people have been rescued as floodwater. inundates, lincolnshire and leice

and today is justin welby's final day as archbishop of canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failuresling a church of england abuse scandal. almost two months after announcing his resignation, he'll officially quit the role at midnight tonight. it follows an independent review which concluded that john smith, a barrister and christian camp leader, might have been brought to justice if archbishop welby had reported him to the police in 2013. the archbishop has made few public appearances since mid—november and did not give the traditional christmas day sermon from canterbury cathedral. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour. >> thank you tatiana. now to the story that's shaming britain. the ongoing scandal into grooming gangs, rape gangs. keir starmer brushed off the need for a full public inquiry earlier today into these rape gangs as jumping on the bandwagon of the far right. but what do survivors and their families make of this astonishing allegation? we can now speak with our national reporter, charlie peters, who's be

today is justin welby's final day as the archbishop of canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failureshandung step down over failures in handling a church of england abuse scandal. almost two months after announcing his resignation, he'll officially quit the role at midnight tonight. it follows an independent review which concluded that john smith, a barrister and christian camp leader, might have been brought to justice if archbishop welby had reported him to the police in 2013. the archbishop has made few public appearances since mid—november and did not give the traditional christmas day sermon from canterbury cathedral. and police say a man's body has been recovered from an area of flooding in nonh from an area of flooding in north yorkshire. police believe the man may have entered the water in the last 24 to 48 hours. the man has been described as white in his early 50s to 60s, with short brown hair and stubble. he was also wearing a multi—coloured knitted jumper that says two major incidents have been declared and more than 100 people have been rescued as floodwaters inundate lin

justin welby is spending his final day as archbishop of canterbury.resignation last year because of his failings in the handling of a church of england abuse scandal. during evensong, he will lay down his bishop's crozier, a ceremonial long staff, in a symbolic act marking the end of his ministry. the fbi says a man who killed 1a people in new orleans was in the city for at least two days in the months before the new year's day attack. the fbi said shamsud—dinjabbar — a us army veteran — had used smart glasses to record videos of parts of the city. ukraine has launched a new offensive in the russian region of kursk. it first carried out a surprise incursion there five months ago. the russian military has played down the scale of the latest attack, saying efforts to repel the advance are continuing. confidence among uk firms has slumped, as more than half expect to put up prices in the next three months. that's according to the british chamber of commerce, which represents about 50 thousand companies. it says its members are facing a pressure cooker of