kevin fitzpatrick.king on the nationality of another eu country since the brexit referendum. figures obtained by the bbc reveal almost 13,000 britons claimed citizenship of one of the 17 member states which responded to a freedom of information request. fewer than 2,000 did so in 2015. the figures don't include most people who are already entitled to an irish passport, as our political correspondent chris mason reports. cheering and applause. it is two years since this moment, the eu referendum and victory for the leave campaign. since then, there has been a big rise in the number of uk citizens getting a new nationality. the figures obtained by the bbc were collated from the european union and individual national interior ministries or statistics agencies. they show that seven times more british people took up the nationality of another eu country in 2017 after the referendum than in 2015, the year before it. it is really a sense of still having the door open and being able to get up and go if you real

kevin fitzpatrick.ns acquiring the nationality of another eu country since the brexit referendum according to data obtained by the bbc from 17 eu member states. the rise is thought to be down to britons who meet the criteria seeking to keep the legal rights attached to european union membership. matt cole reports. it's two years since this moment. the eu referendum and victory for the leave campaign. since then, there has been a big rise in the number of uk citizens getting new nationalities. in 2017, 12,994 uk citizens obtained the nationality of one of the 17 member states from which the bbc has received figures. this compares with 5,025 in 2016 and 1,800 in 2015. it's really a sense of still having that door open and being able to get up and go if you really want to. most of the people we know getting citizenship in other eu countries have no intention of living there, it is just knowing the fact that they have that citizenship in their back pocket. the most frequent new nationality was german, with

our news correspondent, kevin fitzpatrick sent this update from winter hill. were right across this top area and you could see that it was really spreading across that valley. in the time we have been here the fire had spread across that badly, but about 20 firefighters marched in a line there, a couple with pipes, a couple with beaters, and they got on top of this section of the blaze. this is one of two front lines. there is another front line on the other side of the hill and this isjust another front line on the other side of the hill and this is just the bottom section of this front—line. the fire goes after two miles along this area of the mower. you can see further up on the hill the clouds are bigger and they have got a lot bigger in the last 20 minutes, so even though they are on top of this one, further up they are on top of this one, further up the hill there is a big blaze to deal with. the priority is to stop jumping across the road which is a natural break. it sounds like more could be on the way today. 30 miles east in saddleworth that big fire

fantastic what they're doing but the conditions are really difficult up there. 0ur correspondent kevin fitzpatrick is in stalybridge this morning. lots going on, firefighters regrouping. it's now about containing the blaze, isn't it? low yeah, they think they have control of the fire but that's been helped bya of the fire but that's been helped by a cold night and a low a breeze. as with yesterday, when the ground heats up and the breeze picks up there could be in real trouble, that's when things picked up yesterday. this is the control area for the bottom of saddleworth moor. you can see the firefighters milling around. we've had about 55 working through the night to keep on top of the blaze. as you said, the army are 110w the blaze. as you said, the army are now on the way, the first 30 soldiers are expected to arrive in just over an hour. we've got a tune up just over an hour. we've got a tune up helicopter on its way later on as well. the plan with them is to give logistical help, which is going to help get the firefighters up to the ha rd to help get the firefighters up to the hard to reach l

thursday, a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. 0ur reporter kevin fitzpatricknow you have been covering the story for us now all week. it is the story for us now all week. it is the latest with what is happening? well in this part of the world, there are often northern fires every summer there are often northern fires every summer but there has not been anything on this scale in living memory. saddleworth, more than 30 miles from here, the fires have been raging since sunday night, the army was brought in on thursday to try and help fire crews get a hold of that and they think they have managed to do so but the smog over the hill in bolton, a lot of it is from saddleworth and the stage is sickening, this is spread across the north—west. —— stench. the hope they are on top of it. the big concern is the fire in bolton and you can see behind me how fast it is spreading across the grass he. the challenge is that it is 85 firefighters up on these hills in the last couple of days trying to contain it. the wind isa days trying to contain it. the wind is a huge problem

thursday, a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. 0ur reporter kevin fitzpatrick still see, kevin, it is a very sunny day again and the fire brigade is behind you and there is also lots of smoke. what is happening? you might need to move? rings are looking a bit better. they are coming through and we will have to move. we will move onto grass here. we willjust let the fire brigade to do theirjob and we will get out of the way for now. things are looking a bit better. about an hour ago the flames were right across this top area and you could see it was spreading across that valley. in the time we have been here the fire had spread across the valley. 20 firefighters marched in a line—up there, a couple with hosepipes and a couple with beaters, and they manage to get on top of this section of blaze. this is one of two front lines. there is another front line on the other side of the hill and this section of this front line. the fire goes up to two miles along this area. you can see further up along this area. you can see further up on the hill that the clouds are big

thursday, a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. 0ur reporter kevin fitzpatrickkevin, i can see the smoke looming behind you. it is still very much a blaze. you are wearing protection around your neck, face mask, because it must really be strong, the smell of the smoke there. it is, we are not downwind of it thank goodness but when we are up on top of the hill one hour ago it was sickening to taste, the smell is into our clothes already and you can feel it on the back of the throat and it shows no sign of backing down, the wind is causing problems of the fire as it spreads quickly and on saddleworth moor, it has been raging since sunday night, spread across a huge area, seven square since sunday night, spread across a huge area, seven square miles. ali was brought in on thursday to try and exhaust —— the army was brought in on thursday to try to give the exhausted fire crews a break. they are expected to be there over the weekend and in coming days the army is extending their stay in the hope preventing the fire reigniting which is entirely possible. but this is

thursday, a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. 0ur reporter kevin fitzpatrickmorning we have seen how much smoke there is behind you. you have already got a face mask which you have removed so you can talk to us, so have removed so you can talk to us, so you have removed so you can talk to us, so you can have removed so you can talk to us, so you can be heard, so give us the latest. this is the front line of this fire on winter hill in bolton and it is spreading incredibly quickly. you can see up there as it spread across dry grass, that stretch of the front line goes for a couple of miles and there is another fire on the other side of this hill. 0ne fire on the other side of this hill. one of the problems is there is no water they can access. the fire engines have been going up and down, ferrying truckloads of water, they spray it on the hill and then they have to go down and get some more. the priority is to ensure that by the time the fire gets to this road, which acts as a natural firebreak, they should be on top of it. if a fire is very active, there is no