difficult and delayed, lots of delays, and british airways, over 70 cancellations to and from london heathrow other airlines, lufthansa, frankfurt, munich, amsterdam klm, and various aer lingus flights from ireland also cancelled i'm afraid. earlier i spoke to nick johnson who was down at one of the biggest transport hubs in the south west of england, to give us a travel update. i am outside bristol temple meads station, one of the major rail hubs for the west and south—west of england. from here, rail services down to devon and cornwall, the midlands, the north and london as well as south wales. most of those services between bristol and cardiff have been delayed, or now cancelled the most of the rest of the day. specific lines themselves, no trains, gwr says, between plymouth and penzance until at least one o'clock today. between bristol temple meads and portsmouth, no services because of debris on the line near westbury. those delays are likely to get worse as we hear about more blockages on the line in the next few hours, gwr, the operator which runs trains throughout this area, has been

difficult and delayed, lots of delays, and british airways, over 70 cancellations to and from london heathrowansa, frankfurt, amsterdam klm, and various aer lingus flights from ireland also cancelled i'm afraid. . ~' , ., ireland also cancelled i'm afraid. ., ~ ., ireland also cancelled i'm afraid. ., ., , afraid. thank you for bringing us u- to afraid. thank you for bringing us up to date. _ afraid. thank you for bringing us up to date, that _ afraid. thank you for bringing us up to date, that is - afraid. thank you for bringing us up to date, that is the - us up to date, that is the travel correspondent, simon colder. we will have extensive coverage of storm darragh for viewers in the uk in 20 minutes' time, so stay with us, if you can. we have some breaking news from syria. rebel advances on government forces appear to be gathering momentum from both the north and the south. a war monitor says rebels are just 20 kilometres from the capital. the speed at which the armed opposition is advancing across the country has astonished everyone, with the syrian army loyal to president assad, simply

around a hundred arrivals and departures have been cancelled at london's heathrow airport — affectingorrespondent simonjones sent this update from heathrow. we've had what travel experts called frantic friday, followed by snarl—up saturday. and i'm afraid for many people wanting to travel today, it has not been a smooth sunday, particularly here at heathrow airport. as you say, around 15,000 passengers hoping tojet off to sunnier climes, many of them, because i have to say it is very cold and windy here this afternoon. well, they will have been disappointed by those flight cancellations. heathrow tell us, because of the strong winds, what they've had to do is effectively reduce the number of flights able to use the airport for safety reasons, and that's why we have seen so many cancellations. i was down at terminal five earlier. it was busy because the vast majority of flights are still managing to take off and land normally, just that extra space between them. but it's notjust places like heathrow that are being affected. we've had problems on the ferries, notably between dover and c

heathrow, another four at gatwick. and there's cancellations also at london city. so if you are flying today, good luck. >> simon calder there speaking to us earlier. well boost growth or get out of the way. that is the message from sir keir starmer to uk regulators. the prime minister, the chancellor and business secretary have all asked watchdogs , including ofgem asked watchdogs, including ofgem and ofwat, to propose pro—growth reforms by mid january. it follows figures that show the uk economy flatlined between july and september. labour, though, says it is pulling every lever to deliver the highest sustained economic growth in the g7. but the conservatives blame the government's policies for stalling progress. gb news can reveal today that 1300 migrants have now crossed the english channel since christmas day, as hundreds more crossed today. it comes as the home office confirmed 305 people arrived yesterday in five small boats. shadow home secretary chris philp has blamed sir keir starmer for scrapping conservative measures like the rwanda plan, saying that la

i was on the bus back from the band from heathrow to london and our saxophone player was called elton i'll have that. middle names are quite useless. no one uses them, do they? >> stephen: lee harvey oswald. [laughter] >> elton: hercules was a horse on a program, very famous program so i chose hercules. >> stephen: didn't change you as a person to have a new name? >> elton: absolutely. it really did. but the sad thing about it was my 1975 when i was elton hercules john, there was still a lot of reg. i craved to find that little boy i used to be. i became elton john the superstar. i paid the price for being so famous and not having, i don't know, not having that foundation. it took over my life. fame is a very weird thing. i enjoyed every single minute of it until i realized that the only thing in my life was fame. i didn't like it. i got very unhappy. my mood shifted. i started doing drugs. and i just thought, where am i? who and why? what have i become? all that changed in 1990 when i did get sober and refound my old self or whatever it was lovely to find that little boy again. but f

but it is notjust here at gatwick, heathrow airport has experienced significant delays and cancellations today and manchesterairport, birmingham, stansted, londoneriencing delays today. the bad news is it is set to continue over the coming hours. we have heard from nats which is the uk's main air traffic control provider which says that temporary air traffic restrictions are in place while there is this low visibility. they are doing this when it comes to safety, and it is in constant communication with both the airports and the airlines in order to try and minimise the disruption. the advice for any passengers intending either travelling tonight or indeed tomorrow is to check with your airline before making the journey to the airport. the met office is advising passengers to allow longer for theirjourney given the weather, but it does say that the fog is expected to start a clear by later tonight. the head of the world health organisation has told the bbc that it was public knowledge he was in yemen on thursday when israel launched air strikes at houthi targets. this footage reportedly captured the incident from inside the airport. dr tedros a

london paddington is closed between 27th and 29th december, which will hit the heathrow express and somengland has the highest rate of train cancellations in britain. mairead smyth is at manchester victoria station for us, and manchester is the worst affected area? iamat i am at victoria station and when it comes to cancellations this station is the worst in britain and staying in manchester, manchester piccadilly is number three on that list and as you say the north west is the worst affected region when it comes to cancellations which of course has such a huge impact on people who rely on trains to travel to work, to study and of course just to enjoy the city of manchester and other towns in the north of england. i have spoken to staff here who have told me that at this time of year this station is particularly busy because people come through manchester victoria to enjoy the christmas markets in the city centre. northern rail are one of the main operators here and they say they are sorry for the service but they are sorry for the service but they are sorry for the service but they are

heathrow is having its busiest day of the winter today. across to londone m25 southampton denote portsmouth. who could forget the m6 in the west midlands, junctions four to 11 are going to be particularly tricky. also the m 53 gets a mention. chester to liverpool. wherever you're going in a car, hope for the best, be prepared for disruption and delays. the same applies to trains. it is disruption and delays. the same applies to trains.— applies to trains. it is truly remarkable _ applies to trains. it is truly remarkable that _ applies to trains. it is truly remarkable that you - applies to trains. it is truly remarkable that you can i applies to trains. it is truly i remarkable that you can keep all those routes in your head even though you're in lovely vienna. i hope you have a lovely time there. thank you so much for being with us. and for anyone in the uk. do pay attention i am recalibrating my weekend having just listened to that. we are here all throughout the christmas period if you do feel the need to stay with us rather than going out and about. m

airlines, but it is notjust here at gatwick, heathrow airport has experienced significant delays and cancellations today, manchester airport, birmingham, london and london city all experiencing delays today. the bad news is it is set to continue over the coming hours. we have heard from the uk's main air traffic control provider that says temporary air—traffic instructions are in place while there is this low visibility and it says they are doing this for safety. it is in constant communication with both the airports and the airlines in order to try and minimise the disruption. the advice for any passengers intending either travelling tonight or tomorrow is to check with your airline before making the journey to the airport. the met office is advising passengers to allow a little bit longer for theirjourneys given the weather, but it does say that the fog is expected to start to clear by later tonight. the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has taken place in delhi. india's first sikh premier died on thursday at the age of 92. mourners turned out across the capital to pay their respects as mamohan singh�*s coffi

passages and stuff coming out from heathrow early this morning, they found that they had passengers struck trains had been cancelled because of communications. here in londonth of wales, got lots and lots of great trains, of trains in weston—super—mare, a large from swansea and cardiff, on a day like this, when lots of people are making long distance journeys, it is a real worry. —— here in london paddington. every day, emergency service phone operators across the uk answer tens of thousands of calls for help. while most callers are respectful, reports of sexist, homophobic and racist abuse towards staff have increased by more than a third since 2019. our reporter daniel 0 donoghue has been speaking to operators at a 999 call centre in manchester. you want to do this, you really want to do this, stupid bleep? yeah, i've got questions to ask, so can you... you little bleep, you little bleep, aren't you? this is a recording of a 999 call received by james just an hour into his morning shift. i took a particular call for a gentleman whose mum had an itch. the gentleman spoke about me arranging a taxi. happens all the time, we remind people that we're not a ta

position when the plane came to crash question with this and other factors like heathrow which is just down the road from us and a londonave a dedicated team that goes out and scatters the birds, disperses the birds. they use things like a gun with a blank senate to scare the birds away. there's a special way they trim the grass so that birds do not want to nest in that area they also waive it. some airports i heard have dogs that run around to disperse birds so they are not around airports as well. bird distress signals or music through speakers. just to make sure there's nothing in that area are crucial plalanding and takeoff. for birds. they'll be a lot in this investigation. some have said it might take up to a month to go through all this evidence and have some answers on this. >> of tragedy in south korea's stephanie bennett thank you very much for the report. present elpresident-elect trumpt waiting until inauguration day to work he's throwing his support behind elon musk right to defend hb one immigration visas which let u.s. companies temporarily higher specialized foreign workers. matt finn is live in west pal

heathrow airport has also been significantly disrupted today with cancellations and with delays, too. luton, stansted, birmingham, londonrports, too, all experiencing delays to short—haul flights of around two to three hours. easyjet, british airways are some of the allies that have had to cancel flights. many flights between london, glasgow, belfast, and edinburgh have been cancelled today. the uk's main air traffic control provider is nats, it says temporary air traffic restrictions remain in place while there is no —— low visibility. and it says restrictions of this sort are only ever applied to maintain safety, and it says it is in touch with the airlines and airports to try and minimise disruption. the advice for anyone trying to travel either tonight or tomorrow is to check with their airline before making a journey to the airport. the met office is also advising travellers to allow a little extra time on the roads and is warning drivers also to leave some extra braking distances in areas with poor visibility. the met office says the folk should lift across the uk later tonight. —— the fog. now it's time for a loo

heathrow airport cancelled 20 flights before eight o'clock this morning and a significant number of more flights have been cancelled there, and there are delays at birmingham airport, london. the uk air traffic controller says temporary air traffic restrictions remain in place because of the low viz ability and it said the restrictions of that kind up only ever applied to maintain safety. it said it is in contact with all the airports and airlines to try and win disruption. the advice for travellers today, though, is to check with their airline before travelling to the airport and leave plenty of extra time for your journey and expect delays. demonstrators have taken to the streets of seoul, a day after mps ousted south korea's acting president, han duck—soo less than two weeks after he was appointed. the vote to impeach mr han was boycotted by the governing party and there were unruly scenes in the chamber as mps surrounded the speaker's chair, shouting and raising their fists. and it's being reported that south korea's suspended president yoon suk yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law

passengers and staff travelling tout heathrow earlier this morning they found they had trains cancelled or delayed for a long time because of communication problems, and here at london have got lots of delayed trains, the train from westen supermare came in late, delays from swansea via cardiff and on a day like this when people are making long distance journeys it is a real worry. distance “ourneys it is a real wor . , ., distance “ourneys it is a real wor . ,, ., ., ., worry. simon... i was going to say simon _ worry. simon... i was going to say simon we _ worry. simon... i was going to say simon we know— worry. simon... i was going to say simon we know more - worry. simon... i was going to| say simon we know more about the cause of this now, don't we? , ., the cause of this now, don't we? , . ,, , the cause of this now, don't we? , . _ , we? there is a system called gsmr which _ we? there is a system called gsmr which stands - we? there is a system called gsmr which stands for - we? there is a system called l gsmr which stands for general system for mobile communications for the railway, and it normally works very well indeed. you will be aware that of course, ra

gatwick, heathrow airport the biggest airport of course in the uk, cancelled 20 flights before eight o�*clock this morning. there were significant disruption there, manchester airport, birmingham and londone problems too. the uk�*s main control provider says temporary air traffic control restrictions are in place, it�*s for the locations with low visibility and it said restrictions of this type are only ever applied to maintain safety. it said its working closely with the airlines and the airports to minimise the disruption, the advice to anyone travelling today though is to check with your airline before travelling to the airport and plenty of extra time for yourjourney. time for your “ourney. thank ou time for your “ourney. thank youvery— time for yourjourney. thank you very much- _ now it�*s time for a look at today�*s sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. australia remain in charge of the fourth test in melboune but india have hope thanks to a superb first test century from nitish kumar reddy. playing only his fourth test match, the 21—year—old hit an unbeaten 105 to drag his side from 191—6 to 358—9 at the close of play. you can see what it meant to his dad here. a special moment.

heathrow airport cancelled 20 flights before eight o'clock this morning and a significant number of more flights have been cancelled there, and there are delays at birmingham airport, londonr says temporary air traffic restrictions remain in place because of the low viz ability and it said the restrictions of that kind up only ever applied to maintain safety. it said it is in contact with all the airports and airlines to try and win disruption. ——and airlines to try and minimise disruption. the advice for travellers today, though, is to check with their airline before travelling to the airport and leave plenty of extra time for yourjourney and expect delays. sir keir starmer has written to the uk's major regulators asking them to submit proposals for reforms that could boost economic growth. the prime minister wants each watchdog to come up with ideas by mid—january. these could include removing regulations and other potential barriers to growth. labour is under pressure after downgraded figures revealed the uk economy flatlined between july and september. the actress olivia hussey, who shot to international prominence as a teenager for her role in the 1968 film version o

heathrow, another four at gatwick. and there's cancellations also at london city. if you are flying today good luck. >> simon calder there speaking to us earlier. well boost growth or get out of the way. that is the message from sir keir starmer to uk regulators. the prime minister, the chancellor and business secretary have all asked watchdogs, including ofgem and ofwat, to propose pro—growth reforms by mid—january. it follows figures that show the uk economy flatlined between july and september. labour, though, says it is pulling every lever to deliver the highest sustained economic growth in the g7. but the conservatives blame the government's policies for stalling progress. gb news can reveal today that 1300 migrants have now crossed the english channel since christmas day, as hundreds more crossed today. it comes as the home office confirmed 305 people arrived yesterday in five small boats. shadow home secretary chris philp has blamed sir keir starmer for scrapping conservative measures like the rwanda plan, saying that labour's approach is an insult to the br

heathrow, another four at gatwick. and there's cancellations also at london city. so if you are flying today, good luck. >> simon calder there speaking to us earlier. well boost growth or get out of the way. that is the message from sir keir starmer to uk regulators. the prime minister, the chancellor and business secretary have all asked watchdogs , including ofgem asked watchdogs, including ofgem and ofwat, to propose pro—growth reforms by mid january. it follows figures that show the uk economy flatlined between july and september. labour, though, says it is pulling every lever to deliver the highest sustained economic growth in the g7. but the conservatives blame the government's policies for stalling progress. gb news can reveal today that 1300 migrants have now crossed the english channel since christmas day, as hundreds more crossed today. it comes as the home office confirmed 305 people arrived yesterday in five small boats. shadow home secretary chris philp has blamed sir keir starmer for scrapping conservative measures like the rwanda plan, saying that la

heathrow, another four at gatwick. and there's cancellations also at london city.o if you are flying today, good luck. >> now a man has been charged with murder after the death of two women on christmas day. officers were called to reports of a stabbing at a block of apartments in santa cruz avenue in milton keynes , just after in milton keynes, just after 6:30 pm. thames valley police said 38 year old joanne pearson and 24 year old teona grant died at the scene. a man and a teenage boy suffered serious injuries in the incident. they are in a stable condition in hospital. police have since charged 49 year old gisele brown of santa cruz avenue, and he will appear at high wycombe magistrates court today. and us president elect donald trump has made a last minute plea to get the supreme court to delay an upcoming nationwide tiktok ban while he works on a political resolution. congress had passed a law earlier this year banning the popular video sharing app as of january 19th. if it is not sold by its chinese parent company bytedance, by then, us officials and lawmaker

heathrow, another four at gatwick. and there's cancellations also at london city.o if you are flying today, good luck. >> it's being reported that sir keir starmer has ordered britain's key watchdogs to remove barriers to growth in a bid to kick start the british economy. it's understood the prime minister has written to the uk's main watchdogs, asking them to come up with ideas for reform that could boost economic growth. he reportedly contacted the companies, including energy regulator ofgem and water regulator ofgem and water regulator ofwat, on christmas eve. a woman has been charged with murdering a father of six on christmas day in staffordshire. police were called to a report of a man in cardiac arrest at about 3:25 am. on wednesday. they said despite the best efforts of medical staff, he died a short time later. 33 year old kirsty careless has now been charged with murdering 31 year old louis price. gb news can confirm that 1300 migrants have now crossed the english channel since christmas day, as hundreds more crossed today. it comes as the home office con

heathrow, another four at gatwick. and there's cancellations also at london city. so if you are flying today, good luck. >> gb news can confirm that 1300 migrants have now crossed the engush migrants have now crossed the english channel since christmas day, as hundreds more made the journey today. it comes as the home office confirmed 305 arrived yesterday in five small boats. 407 made the illegal crossing on boxing day and 451 on christmas day. they take the total number who've arrived in the uk this year to 36,500. that's a 25% increase on last year's total. some breaking news now a woman has been charged with murdering a father of six on christmas day in staffordshire. police were called to a report of a man in cardiac arrest in norton canes at about 3:25 am. on wednesday. they said despite medical efforts, he died a short time later. a 33 year old, kirsty carlos, has now been charged with murdering 31 year old louis price. and more than 70 assaults took place in prisons every day last year, according to new analysis. research by the house of commons library, co

concourse area, and then you can catch a train either to the southwest, either into london onto the elizabeth line, or up to heathrowkend, delivering donated supplies to those sleeping rough over the festive period. cyclists were kitted out with donated lime and forest bikes, and delivered hot food, clothes, toiletries, and even christmas presents to those they met along the way who might otherwise have gone without. so today is a very special day, and this only happens once a year — once every christmas — and everybody gathers together and helps the homeless. they go on a big bike ride. i came here because i thought that i have all this stuff and i have i have everything i need, but other people don't. a cemetery in north london where george michael and karl marx are buried has submitted plans for an £18 million improvement project. highgate cemetery near hampstead heath is hoping to combat the effects of climate change, ash dieback and general decay, so that the site — which has 53,000 graves — can remain an active burial ground. let's take a look at what's happening on public transport now. on the tubes this morn

heathrow airport, where some where some planes struggled to land . the prime struggled to land. the prime minister said the death of a worker on london'szabeth line is absolutely tragic. news. the 61 year old, a customer service assistant, suffered serious head injuries after being attacked at ilford station on wednesday evening and later died in hospital. a 32 year old man has been charged with multiple offences and will appearin multiple offences and will appear in court again next month. sir keir starmer said nobody should have to face any violence at work, and certainly not something as shocking as this. my thoughts are with the victim's family, friends and colleagues at this terrible time and west ham footballer michail antonio is in a stable condition after he was involved in a road traffic incident in essex. the premier league club said in a statement. it said michael is conscious and communicating and is currently under close supervision at a central london hospital. at this difficult time , hospital. at this difficult time, we kindly ask everyone to respect the privacy of michael and his family. the club will make no further c

the boss of heathrow airport says clear direction is needed from government over expanding the airport and building a third runway. speaking to bbc londond of 2025, and if the country didn't want one, they wouldn't build it. what do you want from government — clear direction? clear direction. is this something we strategically want from a transport national strategy point of view? is this what we want? then what can we do to make it happen, what other safeguards we need? i cannot see a company likes ours investing that sum of money without having a clear steer and a clear wish from government that this is strategically the right thing to do. and what if they don't give you clear direction, they don't want the third runway, what then? well, i think then we will not have the runway, because if the country doesn't want it, why would we build it? the government says a third runway must promote growth while remaining in line with existing environmental obligations. a new timetable has come into effect across the railway industry since sunday. the changes see additional services introduced across the south east, with some services having extr