look, i'm a londoner. monologue. look, i'm a londoner. i in london. i'm born i was born in london.i'm not going people going to have people talk down the the world. i the best city in the world. i will people will absolutely have people criticise sadiq khan. >> is the best city >> why is it the best city things have gone since things have gone wrong since bofis things have gone wrong since boris in 2016? boris left in 2016? >> he left the mayoralty of london in a great in a great position and it has fallen position and now it has fallen and that is a shame. but i'm not. i'm not going to have you talk down. is it the best london? even london? well, you're not even from here. don't, don't don't talk down. why is it the best. >> talk down. >> don't talk down. >> don't talk down. >> my place of birth the >> my place of birth and the best where best city in the world where people the world people from across the world want to come live and make their lives here and contribute to this country. >> the lifestyle as , >> the lifestyle in london as, uh, darren alluded to, you can't afford hom

the most iconic part doesn't _ london eye. the most iconic part doesn't get — london eye. of about 30 people _ tomorrow. we have a crew of about 30 people working over the two locations since the 27th of december. we have got over their standard _ december. we have got over their standard equipment to load. almost 50 kilometres of cables and why the need to— 50 kilometres of cables and why the need to be _ 50 kilometres of cables and why the need to be connected and 4500 individual— need to be connected and 4500 individual firing cues i need to be wide _ individual firing cues i need to be wide and — individual firing cues i need to be wide and antacid. we are in a fairly good _ wide and antacid. we are in a fairly good piece — wide and antacid. we are in a fairly good place at the moment. it does -et good place at the moment. it does get pretty— good place at the moment. it does get pretty stressful. this is my idih _ get pretty stressful. this is my idth year— get pretty stressful. this is my 14th year doing london years eve and aim at_ 14th year doing london years eve a

look, i'm a londoner. monologue. look, i'm a londoner. i in london. i'm born i was born in london.i'm not going people going to have people talk down the the world. i the best city in the world. i will people will absolutely have people criticise sadiq khan. >> is the best city >> why is it the best city things have gone since things have gone wrong since bofis things have gone wrong since boris in 2016? boris left in 2016? >> he left the mayoralty of london in a great in a great position and it has fallen position and now it has fallen and that is a shame. but i'm not. i'm not going to have you talk down. is it the best london? even london? well, you're not even from here. don't, don't don't talk down. why is it the best. >> talk down. >> don't talk down. >> don't talk down. >> my place of birth the >> my place of birth and the best where best city in the world where people the world people from across the world want to come live and make their lives here and contribute to this country. >> the lifestyle as , >> the lifestyle in london as, uh, darren alluded to, you can't afford hom

remember, london is successful because of london. it's london. >> but you can't, you can't with you. it's a but you can't, you can't take away, you cannot take away the fact. >> right. i'll give you the point that industrial strategy this country has has been woeful. you'll be on woeful. if you if you'll be on london. but you cannot take away the london is have the fact that london is have hustled make london hustled to make london successful. is a fact. it successful. that is a fact. it is come on. listen. it's is one. come on. listen. it's one of the most. it's one of the most parts of the most productive parts of the country. because country. and that's because people harder. people work longer and harder. you around it. you can't get around it. >> i need to go to a break in a second, but mean, i can't let second, but i mean, i can't let that go by. london not that go by. london is not successful just because londoners hustle so many industrial and cities industrial towns and cities across and my across this country, and my heart

i live in london but i'm from er -t. hours. i live in london but i'm from egypt- what— hours.n but i'm from| egypt. what about yourself, are you looking _ egypt. what about yourself, are you looking forward to the fireworks? yeah, _ looking forward to the fireworks? yeah, i'm — looking forward to the fireworks? yeah, i'm excited. how looking forward to the fireworks? yeah, i'm excited.— looking forward to the fireworks? yeah, i'm excited. how far have you travelled? — yeah, i'm excited. how far have you travelled? are _ yeah, i'm excited. how far have you travelled? are you _ yeah, i'm excited. how far have you travelled? are you really _ yeah, i'm excited. how far have you travelled? are you really excited? i travelled? are you really excited? six hours — travelled? are you really excited? six hours here.— travelled? are you really excited? six hours here. . , _ , ., ,, six hours here. happy new year. see, there are lots — six hours here. happy new year. see, there are lots of _ six hours here. happy new year. see, there are lots of people from - six hours here. happy new yea

pilot: in a few minutes, we will land at london heathrow airport. >> in a few minutes we'll land in london'seathrow airport. >> we don't know why and who was behind it. >> american intelligence expert paul joyal eventually recovered from his near fatal shooting. in january 2015, he traveled with us to london to tell us the story of what happened to an important contact of his just a few months before joyal was shot. he was >> he was a law enforcement officer. work for the equivalent of the fbi. >> in counter terrorism? >> anti-corruption was what he was most interested in. >> his name was alexander litvinenko. sasha, to his friends. but his interest in fighting corruption had made him a lot of enemies. including in his own agency, the kgb, which was renamed the fsb. litvinenko was forced to flee russia with his wife and son. and seek asylum in london, where he quickly caught the attention of agents of the british intelligence service mi6. trenear - harvey was a former mi6 mi6 analyst -- the british wanted to for a find out what he knew about his former colleagues in the russian secret servic

first london.n the last three years, the average number of net additional dwellings provided by the mayor of london has beenjust 38,000. that's 15,000 fewer homes every year than the mayor's own target in his london plan. not only that, but it was over 63,000 homes lower than actual need last year, as calculated by the standard method, the target setting process by which we hold other local leaders to account. this is a significant effect on the availability of homes for those who wish to live and work in the capital. london's house prices remain the most expensive in the uk, at an average of £537,000, on average. london has the lowest level of homeownership in the country, the highest number of renters and the greatest number of people in temporary accommodation, including over 80,000 children. we are pumping billions of pounds of central government money into building affordable homes in london but the mayors approach is frustrating delivery and i'm strongly in favour of affordable and social hou

today we're taking a closer look at 3 of london's best known attractions, the 1st of the london. what's it really like? it's very crowded, and there are long queues, but it's worth it. standing 135 meters tall. the london eye is one of europe's biggest barriers we'll expect a long wait before getting on the millennium with us. it's also known was 1st open to the public in 2000. it was only supposed to stay up 5 years, but has remained an operation to this day because of popular demands must see how you come with a family and it's easily 2 or 3 engine problems isn't continued to over agents. you're really going to, yeah, it's just you on the view is very nice. so if you did 2 phase, i want like a month to come here to talk to see or use a ramos for good in that i think it's a bit too much for the views are fantastic, but they don't come cheap. a one person ticket costs up to 40 pounds and fast track tickets or even more expensive. so if you're short on money or time skip the london i, the next london's ultimate landmark tower bridge. does it meet our expectations? it does though,

huge protesters are gathering in the uk capital, london to show solidarity with palestinians to condemn the israely genocide in gaza. any one in syria sign economic between the two countries. 6:30 pm's capital, this is pr news, thanks for joining us. there are no signs of a let up in israel's relentless strikes on gaza st as regimes attack keep taking their to as the civilian population. according to the health ministry in case at least 71 palestinians were killed, some 160 wounded in fresh israelments of the strip, over dozen people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded war plane targeted a home in a refugee camp in the city of khan unis, at least four other people lost their lives in attack a home in central gaza, another five palestinians were murdered and several oters. wounded in the israel city south of the coastal. health officials say many hospitals have stopped functioning across gaza due to the relentless israely attacks. the remaining ones are struggling to cop with an overwhelming number of injured people. the deathle from more than two months of israeli air attacks top

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ellie price, bbc news, st pancras, in london.ople die every year from lightning strikes in bangladesh. that's in comparison to fewer than 20 people annually in the us, which has almost double the population. lightning is now considered a natural disaster in the country alongside cyclones, floods and earthquakes. officials say climate change is leading to an increase in extreme storms, driving up the number of lightning strikes. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from bangladesh. a day of celebration turned into a lifetime of grief. mamun was due to get married when a storm struck. his family took shelter under a tin shed. it was hit by lightning. instead of his wedding, mamun was arranging funerals. translation: i ran to the river bank and found bodies lying everywhere. l i was at a loss. i couldn't even decide who to go to first. all the dead and injured were my close relatives. when i found my father's body, i simply burst into tears. lightning is a big killer in bangladesh, claiming more lives than floods annually.

i celebrating christmas here or in london? , ., ., london? i will be going away somewhere _ london? will be going away somewhere hot. the - london? i will be going away| somewhere hot. the weather london? i will be going away i somewhere hot. the weather is london? i will be going away - somewhere hot. the weather is too cold here _ somewhere hot. the weather is too cold here and in london. it will be nice to _ cold here and in london. it will be nice to have — cold here and in london. it will be nice to have christmas away with the family~ _ nice to have christmas away with the family~ i'm _ nice to have christmas away with the family. i'm looking to it. i'm looking to it. this is how xabi alonso's bayer leverkusen stayed four points clear in bundesliga. they also won 3—0 against eintracht frankurt. they have played one game more than bayern. leverkusen have gone 211 games unbeaten in all competitions this season — that equals a german record that stretches back to 1982. we're reaching the sharp end of the nfl season. the san francisco 49ers clinched the nfc west with their sixth w

london, where the preparations are underway. incredible, naturally. _ under way. it is quite incredible, naturally. to _ under way. it is quite incredible, naturally, to think— under way. it is quite incredible, naturally, to think that - under way. it is quite incredible, naturally, to think that what - under way. it is quite incredible, naturally, to think that what we | will see tomorrow evening when london's skyline idlib in colour with the fireworks... when london's skyline is lit up in colour with the fireworks all starts here on these barges in the east of london in the docklands. you can see behind me all the preparations arejust you can see behind me all the preparations are just being put in place. there are thousands of shells, there are controlled firing panels, there are wires, so it's really interesting to see it all happening behind the scenes. it's a very meticulous operation and i am joined by the event director. just talk me through the numbers. how many fireworks and how long has it all taken? we have about 12

shabir resby, political analys out of london. and don debor, activist and commentator out of new york, thank you both for being with me, well let's start it off with shabir in london, i mean did you think that the world would still be watching this genocide and not stopping it almost two and a half months after it started? h good evening, thanks for the invitation, firstly condolences to all the marters family. in gaza, the west bank and lebnon, plus also our supplications and prayers for those who have survived and are in you know bad bad shape at this moment. look, the question is really quite pertinent that we are almost 90 days, as you said two and a half months, very close to 90 days of this brutal, barbaric and really barren. of any humanity that this particular conflict has sort of progressed, and the reality is that on the one hand you've got israel and the... entity and sponsors in washington and london, paris and the european union, which are really allowing this genocide to take place in front of our eyes in real time, which is quite sort of unique in many senses, that even

so if you're short on money or time skip the london i, the next day london's ultimate landmark tower bridge. does it meet our expectations? it does though, for a great deal of tower bridge, consider going to nearby london bridge or the river bank tower bridge is steeped in history. it was built almost 130 years ago with a pioneering design. it can lift up, allowing ships to pass through. while at the same time, pedestrians can still cross overhead. you can learn more about its special history by visiting the bridge museum. so where do you, from instance outbreaks as a number of different aspects from what you can see and what you can do. first of all, you get to go up into the, into the bridge yourself, which many people are surprised to find is a steel bridge and saw this wonderful strong structure. but then also you get to come off onto the high level crisis that puts you about $33.00 mates us about the roach, about 43 meters across the river. and we have a wonderful gloss floor, which is uh, i said to me just 6 and you can walk across that you can watch the river below are you fro

greg mckenzie, bbc london.he said it wouldn't take long before he makes a statement following the high court ruling in central london that saw prince harry awarded over £140,000 in relation to allegations of phone hacking against the mirror group newspapers. 0f hacking against the mirror group newspapers. of the 33 headlines that were up for contention, the prince was found to have won 15 of those allegations in those claims. piers morgan was the editor of the daily mirror between 1995 and 2004, and thejudge mrjustice mirror between 1995 and 2004, and the judge mrjustice fancourt ruled morgan knew about phone hacking and was involved during his time as editor of the daily mirror. for his part piers morgan has repeatedly denied involvement in phone hacking. we have lost the image of the door. we have lost the image of the door. we can show you the live page were all of the information is collated, the insight, analysis and reporting from our correspondence who have been following the twists and turns of this cas

yes i go to london. >> london?don. >> within minutes, majid and his friends are around the latest lorry to arrive . but the driver lorry to arrive. but the driver sees them and tries, telling them there's no point in climbing aboard. as he's heading to belgium , it's clear they to belgium, it's clear they don't believe him. and as he pulls out of the lorry park , pulls out of the lorry park, unbelievably just visible on the roof. here is 15 year old majid . roof. here is 15 year old majid. when we catch up with the lorry on the motorway , the driver has on the motorway, the driver has discovered majid and another migrant pulling over as they jump migrant pulling over as they jump . off they're dicing with jump. off they're dicing with death . migrants have been death. migrants have been injured and killed on these roads, but that doesn't put them off. and they're more determined than ever to reach the uk . mark than ever to reach the uk. mark white gb news calais extra ordinary footage. >> they're really, really st

live from london.the conflict could go on for several months. authorites say a 17—year—old british boy who disappeared in spain six years ago is found in france. president putin advises — that the war with ukraine will continue until russia achieves its aims — in his first major news conference since last year's invasion. eu leaders agree to open membership talks with ukraine and moldova. hello, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start in the uk. as britain's health service heads into its most difficult time of the year, new figures show improvements compared to this time last year — but patients needing emergency care are still facing long waits in england. 30% of patients waited longer than the target four hours in accident and emergency last month, while last week, more than a third of patients arriving at hospital by ambulance waited more than 30 minutes — instead of the target 15 — to be handed over to a&e. but the waiting list for treatmen

in colour with the fireworks all starts here on these barges in the east of london in the east of londong panels, there are wires, so it's really interesting to see it all happening behind the scenes. it's a very meticulous operation and i am joined by the event director. just talk me through the numbers. how many fireworks and how long has it all taken? we have about 12,000 individual fireworks on these individual fireworks on these three barges and the london eye. the most iconic part doesn't get rigged until 6am tomorrow. we have a crew of about 30 people working over the two locations since the 27th of december. we have got over 30 tonnes of equipment to load. almost 50 kilometres of cable and wire that need to be connected and 4,500 individual firing cues that need to be wide and tested. we are in a fairly good place at the moment. it does get pretty stressful. this is my 14th year doing london new years eve and aim certainly, the last ten or 15 minutes before the midnight moment tomorrow, i am going to be quite nervous. you can't afford to have a bad day at the office, can you? no,

, ., , ., ., ., , london? they told us about two hours before the train _ london?he train was _ london? they told us about two hours before the train was due _ london? they told us about two hours before the train was due to _ london? they told us about two hours before the train was due to leave. - before the train was due to leave. up before the train was due to leave. up until that point all morning it had been showing is still running. there was no one there, no one to help us, and travelling with a disabled friend as well so we had quite a stressful morning. we were in the eurostar terminal in paris for about three hours, alongside lots of other passengers as well who were in the same position with no help at all. we still don't really have a resolution to that, but i contacted eurostar and the best they could offer me was four days from now as an alternative train booking. and clearly that wasn't good enough for you because you wanted to get back tomorrow? we for you because you wanted to get back tomorrow?— for you because you wanted to get back tomorrow? we

live from london. this is bbc news.itary says it has begun to withdraw some troops, especially reserve units, from the gaza strip. the us navy says it has sunk three boats in the red sea after they attacked a container ship off the coast of yemen. the queen of denmark announced she will step down after 52 years on the throne. president putin says russia will not back down in ukraine as moscow carries out more drone attacks. and their sister by seeing in 2024, the latest city to welcome in the new year. hello, i'm nicky schiller. let's go live to dubai in the united arab emirates where they are welcoming in 2024. the centre piece is the burj, the world's tallest tower. the display has taken ten months to plan and includes 15,682 fireworks that are being fired from 365 positions. the show also includes over 6,600 lights. they will bounce of the tallest tower in the world. it has taken them ten months to produce this display which they say, the dubai officials, the brightest, biggest and most colourful fireworks show that

trafalgar is the place to be in london at christmas. what _ place to be in london at christmas.as. what do you think of the tree? i what do you think of the tree? i think it's really cool. i look forward to looking at it all decorated.— forward to looking at it all decorated. , ., . , decorated. the finishing touches will be applied — decorated. the finishing touches will be applied in _ decorated. the finishing touches will be applied in the _ decorated. the finishing touches will be applied in the coming i decorated. the finishing touches l will be applied in the coming days and its christmas lights switched on in trafalgar square this thursday. it was dubbed the wagatha christie trial and became one of the most sensational trials of recent times — a dispute between formerfriends and footballers' wives coleen rooney and rebekah vardy over allegations the latter leaked stories about her to the press. in her new book coleen shares her experience of the trial and for the first time, she also opens up about her husband wayne's infidelity along with coping with miscarriages. she's

invited to shoot some over the london. invited to shoot seme heeps _ over the london. over the london. invited to shoot some hoops at the home of- some hoops at the home of the british basketball league champions. 20,000 children who played basketball in schools across the country next to the charity and green sport every single week and now completely teamed up with the alliance for even more children and let's find out what today's players think. i let's find out what today's players think. ., , ~ think. i really like basketball because l — think. i really like basketball because i want _ think. i really like basketball because i want to _ think. i really like basketball because i want to try - think. i really like basketball because i want to try a - think. i really like basketball because i want to try a new. think. i really like basketball- because i want to try a new sport. is my passion i been playing here. i is my passion i been playing here. i like basketball because the peace of mind in— like basketball because the peace of mind in a _ like basketball because

on the spotlight, like to introduce my guest to the program, shab resv, political analysts out of london and don debar, activist and commentator out of new york, thank you. both for being with me, well let's start it off with shabir in london, i mean did you think that the world would still be watching this genocide and not stopping it almost two and a half months after it started? hello, good evening, thanks for the invitation, firstly condolences to all the marters, families in gaza, the west bank and lebnon, plus also our supplications and prayers for those who have survived and are in a bad bad shape at this moment, look, the question is really quite pertinent that we are almost 90 days, as you said two and a half months, very close to 90 days of this brutal, barbaric and really barren of any humanity that this particular conflict has sort of progressed. "and the reality is that on the one hand you've got israel and the zionist entity and sponsors in washington and london, paris and the european union, which are really allowing this genocide to take place in front of our eyes in real

i grew up in london. i'm a londoner by birth. done with the low traffic neighbourhoods is disgusting. he has i have personal has made an i have a personal thing i call thing about this. i had to call an ambulance for my daughter when she was a newborn and when the arrived the ambulance arrived she stopped people stopped breathing and the people who came the ambulance said who came with the ambulance said if wasn't ltn, we would if it wasn't an an ltn, we would have here about four minutes have got here about four minutes faster been faster and that could have been the difference between and the difference between life and death. these ltns are not. death. so these ltns are not. and is i like green and my issue is i like green policy, but ltns, um, low traffic neighbourhoods aren't a green they make people green policy. they make people drive longer, more round the houses is the same houses and ulez is the same thing. people end taking thing. people end up taking silly they end making silly routes. they end up making silly routes.

certainly london was ve , agree with that? certainly london was very. very — agree with that?ndon was very, very much at the - agree with that? certainly london i was very, very much at the forefront in the _ was very, very much at the forefront in the early— was very, very much at the forefront in the early stages of the pandemic, i in the early stages of the pandemic, i know— in the early stages of the pandemic, i know the _ in the early stages of the pandemic, i know the mayor of london was repeatedly consulted by advisers in number— repeatedly consulted by advisers in number ten. repeatedly consulted by advisers in numberten. there repeatedly consulted by advisers in number ten. there was a lot of traffic— number ten. there was a lot of traffic between them and sadiq khan. i traffic between them and sadiq khan. ithink. _ traffic between them and sadiq khan. i think, from traffic between them and sadiq khan. ithink, from memory, he was traffic between them and sadiq khan. i think, from memory, he was invited to a meeting — i think, from memory, he was invited to a meeting o

the london _ iconic symbol of the country. the london eyeball set the sky alight.eyeball set the sky alight. let's talk— london eyeball set the sky alight. let's talk to some of those lucky enough — let's talk to some of those lucky enough to— let's talk to some of those lucky enough to get tickets.— let's talk to some of those lucky enough to get tickets. happy new year. how enough to get tickets. happy new year- how long — enough to get tickets. happy new year. how long have _ enough to get tickets. happy new year. how long have you - enough to get tickets. happy new year. how long have you been - year. how long have you been waiting? — year. how long have you been waitina? �* year. how long have you been waitina? ~ ., year. how long have you been waitina? �* ., ., , . ., waiting? about four hours. we got here at half— waiting? about four hours. we got here at half five. _ waiting? about four hours. we got here at half five. you've _ waiting? about four hours. we got here at half five. you've got - waiting? about four hours. we got here at half five. you've got y

leave london, dach was not afraid for himself.is disappearance will find themselves without communication and support. how he will be met in the ussr, the intelligence officer prefers not to think. skurt of people was shot, that is, against the backdrop of all this tragic slaughter, moskvych has no complaints, no suspicions related to the defector, none. on the contrary, his work in britain is highly appreciated. upon his return, arnold dech received a fantastic description: an ideal person, an ideal recruiter. ideal workers and so on and so forth, the word ideal was everywhere, but the joy of returning to moscow quickly fades away, almost everyone with whom deitch once worked, or was arrested or shot, the hardest thing to take is the news of what happened to his supervisor, theodore malley. with him, deitch supervised the cambridge five from 1936 and recruited new agents from oxford. a few weeks before arnold returned to the ussr. smile at the weightlessness of the water and surrender, my half, my half, how i miss you, level with

in london, a large fireworks display will light up the thames. transmitted the famous bongs to the nation to herald the new year. our reporter meghan owen is in east london where the final preparations are under way. it's quite incredible, actually, to think that what we will see tomorrow evening when london's skyline is lit up in colour with the fireworks all starts here on these barges in the east of london in the docklands. you can see behind me all the final preparations arejust being put in place. there are thousands of shells, there are controlled firing panels, there are wires, so it's really interesting to see it all happening behind the scenes. it's a very meticulous operation and i am joined by the event director, darryl fleming. darryl, just talk me through the numbers. how many fireworks and how long has it all taken? we have about 12,000 individual fireworks on these three barges and the london eye itself. we don't get the chance to rig that until tomorrow at six o'clock, so the most iconic part of the structure doesn't get rigged un

london. it never rains here. >> mean , i don't know london.ns here. >> a white an , i don't know london. it never rains here. >> a white christmas, know london. it never rains here. >> a white christmas, but)w london. it never rains here. >> a white christmas, but i'd about a white christmas, but i'd certainly like wet christmas certainly like a wet christmas as alcohol is concerned . as far as alcohol is concerned. >> i can remember the 1981. i was nine years old and it was just the best as a nine year old kid, to see a white christmas. >> where were you? where was i? sussex. bet that was beautiful. >> actually, i'll just never forget as a kid that feeling of the when i was, oh my the moment when i was, oh my god, it's snowing. it was actually and, know, god, it's snowing. it was actuaif( and, know, god, it's snowing. it was actuaif( would and, know, god, it's snowing. it was actuaif( would render know, god, it's snowing. it was actuaif( would render those iow, god, it's snowing. it was actuaif( would render those off, even if it would render

my the decision to come back to london.daughter grew up identifying as british but i want to for her to have the lived palestinian experience. but i think us being in palestine when the war started, when the genocide started, it's like, is that the lived experience i want her to have? comes as a package, being palestinian it's a big package it is inherent pain and trauma two generations.— inherent pain and trauma two uenerations. , , ., ., generations. they see even london has not always _ generations. they see even london has not always felt _ generations. they see even london has not always felt like _ generations. they see even london has not always felt like a _ generations. they see even london has not always felt like a safe - has not always felt like a safe place to be palestinian. in the last eight weeks. place to be palestinian. in the last eight weeks— place to be palestinian. in the last eight weeke— place to be palestinian. in the last eight weeks. sometimes i feel like if ou are eight weeks. sometimes i feel li

this is my 14th year delivering london.lly cope 0k. the same company looks after displays across the uk, including hogmanay celebrations in edinburgh. preparations on the day itself are often close to the wire, with the london eye rigged just two hours before the display starts. with everything set, the sky a blank canvas, the teams will be hoping it all runs like clockwork. meghan owen, bbc news. if you are celebrating, happy new year to you. this is good news as well. a british army officer is believed to have become the fastest woman to ever complete a solo ski expedition, to the south pole. captain preet chandi or "polar preet" as she's become known, covered the 1130 kilometres in a record time ofjust over 31 days. here is a new year resolution for you. something you don't see every day. this is the moment a meteor went flying over england in the early hours of yesterday. footage posted on social media showed what appeared to be a shooting star, which could be seen from locations including kent, london and birmingham. h

in london, a large fireworks display will light up the thames.1923, bbc radio transmitted the famous bongs to the nation to herald the new year. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen is in east london where they're getting ready for the countdown. it's quite incredible to think that what we will see tomorrow evening when london's skyline is lit up in colour with the fireworks

and of course many tours inbound into london to celebrate _ many tours inbound into london to celebrate year. it is very celibate — celebrate for new year. it is very celibate -- — celebrate for new year. it is very celibate —— disappointing for eurostar _ celibate —— disappointing for eurostar. it was not their own making, — eurostar. it was not their own making, it _ eurostar. it was not their own making, it was because of problems with the _ making, it was because of problems with the tunnel under the river tharnes— with the tunnel under the river thames caused by infrastructure failing _ thames caused by infrastructure failing overnight. we thames caused by infrastructure failing overnight.— thames caused by infrastructure failing overnight. we believe it was caused by a — failing overnight. we believe it was caused by a burst _ failing overnight. we believe it was caused by a burst pipe _ failing overnight. we believe it was caused by a burst pipe that - failing overnight. we believe it was caused by a burst pipe that feeds i caused by a burst pipe that feeds the fire safety system

-- locking down london. i don't recall a i down london.as to provide him with best economic evidence, advice, analysis and it was a relevant consideration for him that there was this situation in the gilt market and it was right he was aware of that. and of course, with regard to london, we took the advice of sage and close schools notjust in london, but across the entire country on the same day that advice came to the committee. yes. country on the same day that advice came to the committee.— came to the committee. yes, the decision was _ came to the committee. yes, the decision was then _ came to the committee. yes, the decision was then announced i came to the committee. yes, the decision was then announced on | came to the committee. yes, the i decision was then announced on the 18th to take effect from the 20th. in your statement, so that we can understand and it is a matter of huge public interest, we can understand the nature of the impact of the lockdown decision, have you set out and we will have your statement at page 53 at parag

but in east london, it is in terms of east london, it is in terms of east london, it is in incrediblyristian church or a political party, that's kind of how i spend my free time. those are all very diverse, but i don't quite agree. >> but ben did ask a legitimate question, which was if you have different communities living side but not talking to side by side but not talking to each other, that's not a model for diversity. >> that's just people living in different groups doing their own thing. the other point, and i don't think it's about immigration keeping immigration because i'm keeping that topic, but that as a separate topic, but wherever communities wherever you've got communities living together and if community grows and obviously we've seen an influx ukrainians , which an influx of ukrainians, which you in you welcome very much in the last months, is there has to last 18 months, is there has to be adequate infrastructure , be adequate infrastructure, schools, transport and particularly gp places and so on and so on. >> so what do you think? i mean, why it okay, my question to

even if you're not in central london. already central london.minutes 5:00. uh, 21 minutes after 5:00. uh, coming time for the coming up, it's time for the great british debate this hour . great british debate this hour. and asking new year's eve and i'm asking is new year's eve a damp squid? uh we'll also be discussing trains as they've been cancelled the uk . been cancelled across the uk. strikes are continuing. is it time for nationalise the railway? stay tuned. that's on the >> michael portillo, gb news. >> michael portillo, gb news. >> britain's news channel . >> britain's news channel. >> britain's news channel. >> good afternoon . 25 minutes >> good afternoon. 25 minutes after 5:00. if you've just tuned in, where have you been ? you've in, where have you been? you've missed two out of 2.5 hours. that's fine because actually you get another hour of me because after this the saturday after this i'm on the saturday five, better make sure five, so you better make sure you with but nana you stay with me. but i'm nana akua. live on tv, online, a

in london, the fireworks display later is over in minutes, but is months in the making.g days on the final touches. 10,000 fireworks are loaded onto three barges ready to head down the thames to the london eye, where they'll be set off at midnight. we've got over 30 tonnes of equipment that gets loaded onto the barges, 50 kilometres of cable and wiring, 11,500 cubes that are all need to be wired in and tested already for the midnight moment. preparations on the day itself are often close to the wire, with the london eye rigged just two hours before the display starts. with everything set, the sky a blank canvas, the teams will be hoping it all runs like clockwork. rachel mcadam, bbc news. spectacular fireworks in sydney. spectacularfireworks in sydney. we are very much looking forward to celebrations in london as well. thanks for staying with us. this is bbc news. hello. 2023 is finishing on an unsettled note. it's a day of sunshine and showers today. the showers will be heavy with some hail and thunder at times as well. we have the same area of low pressure with us toda

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