bob stewart, many thanks for sharing your memories there of lord paddy ashdown. ord paddy ashdown has died at the age of 77. we will have more throughout the evening on bbc news but now it is time for the weather. the day has been dry and bright for many. some showers around which will continue to fade but ahead of us for the day on sunday, looming masses of cloud, weather fronts bringing a different day for many. already as we approach midnight the cloud and rain is gathering in the south—west, towards northern ireland as well. little wind to drive it in, so we will have some fog in scotland and also some frost. temperatures above freezing with the onset of more cloud which will sit on hilltops tomorrow. some heavy rain for a time in the south and across northern areas, may be southern scotland before later clearing northern ireland and southern scotland but leaving cloud. the best sunshine in central and northern scotland. much milder under the gloomy skies and more rain further south. the outlook is more cloud for the next couple of days. there is more on the w

the news that has just come out that lord paddy ashdown has died after a short illness. ook back now at lord ashdown‘s life and career with our chief political correspondent vicki young. this is how most people will remember paddy ashdown, the action man, the party leader with the least affection for westminster. long before he fired his first political salvos he was a military man, a marine seeing active service in borneo and melayu, as documented at the time. and this post, 20 three rd 23—year—old marine tenant ashdown from somerset has local forces as well as marines under his command. he excelled as a member of the elite special boat squadron, and spoke fluent mandarin chinese. he spent time to northern ireland during the worst of the troubles. after a period as a diplomat and sometime on the dole, paddy ashdown got involved with the liberals, elected mp for yeovil in 1983. later in 1988, after the painful merger with the sdp that formed the liberal democrats, he became leader. i say to the millions out there who are concerned about poverty and about unemployment, com

on to the sunday telegraph, a story on which we've been leading this evening, the death of lord ashdown, paddyeristic photo on the front, martin. he was a majorfigure for quite a photo on the front, martin. he was a major figure for quite a long time in british politics. it actually seems hard when you look at him standing as the leader in 1999. he was a majorfigure in standing as the leader in 1999. he was a major figure in that period, leading the lib dems to a very successful result in 1997. of course in one way he was unlucky i suppose because although the tories were in disarray, at the same time he was confronted with the labour party and tony blair, who were very popular. perhaps the lib dems would have been more successful if labour hadn't moved into the centre ground, into the lib dems field. but he's been a majorfigure and the lib dems field. but he's been a major figure and some of your reports talked about his greatest legacy possibly being over bosnia. as your correspond was talking about, he's remained very interested in that, and was still concerned right until his death, u nfor

lord ashdown, who's died at the age of 77. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. there have been numerous tributes throughout the evening to paddyyou are, do you think mattiello politicians on all sides are united in tribute tonight to lord ashdown, not just are united in tribute tonight to lord ashdown, notjust his fellow liberal democrats, the other former leader nick clegg describing him as the reason he went into politics and became a liberal, the labour leader jeremy corbyn saying he'll be greatly missed and theresa may has said paddy ashdown dedicated his life to public service. lord ashdown hudson racing sorry politician, not just that accomplished and colourful career before he was elected to parliament and took his party from the margins to becoming a significant force in british politics, but also he was known to pretty much everyone here and perhaps more importantly to people in the country as a whole for all the trappings and titles that came with his success, simply by that childhood nickname of paddy. lately it is felt that politicians couldn't find very much to agree on and might struggle to put their differences

the former leader of the liberal democrats lord paddy ashdown has died at the age of 77.e led the liberal democrats for over a decade and was the first leader after the party merged with the social democrats in 1988. he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina, following the war which saw the break—up of yugoslavia. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today — but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. now on bbc news, it's the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello, and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media over the past 12 months, a golden age of tv and audio and the increasing impact of data on all our lives. this has bee

the headlines at 11:00pm: the former leader of the liberal democrats lord paddy ashdown has died at the age of 77. he led the liberal democrats for over a decade and was the first leader after the liberal party merged with the social democrats in 1988. he was a very formidable man. it is, you know, very sad that we've lost him. he was politically act with and really very dynamic and full of ideas, right to the end. he also served as international high representative to bosnia—herzegovina following the war which saw the break—up of yugoslavia. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, sian griffiths from the sunday times and martin bentham from the evening standard. stay with us for that. good evening. the former leader of the liberal democrats lord ashdown has died after a short illness. he was 77. he served in the royal marines before turning to politics, first with the liberal party in the 1970s, then becoming the

lord paddy ashdown, former liberal democrat leader and former high representative to bosnia herzegovina77. in november this year, lord ashdown revealed he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, reflects upon his life. this is how most people will remember paddy ashdown — the action man, the party leader with the least affection for westminster. long before he fired his first political salvos, he was a military man. a marine, he saw active service in borneo and malaya, as documented at the time. newsreel: at this post, 20 yards from the border, 23—year—old marine lieutenant ashdown, from somerset, has local forces as well as marines under his command. he excelled as a member of the elite special boat squadron, spoke fluent mandarin chinese. he spent time too in his native northern ireland during the worst of the troubles. after a period as a diplomat, and some time on the dole, paddy ashdown got involved with the liberals, elected mp for yeovil in 1983. later, in 1988, after the painful merger with the sdp that formed the liberal democrats

the headlines: the former leader of the liberal democrats lord paddy ashdown has died at the ageof 77l 1999. he also served as international high representative to bosnia after the war. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. we don't have a very long holiday

first the headlines: the former leader of the liberal democrats lord paddy ashdown has died at the age of 77. he led the liberal democrats for over a decade and was the first leader after the liberal party merged with the social democrats in 1988. he was a very formidable man. it is, you know, very sad that we've lost him. i mean, he was politically active and really very dynamic and full of ideas, you know, right to the end. he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina following the war which saw the break—up of yugoslavia. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, the education editor at the sunday times, and martin bentham from the evening standard. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the death of lord ashdown features on the front of the sunday times. the paper has paid tribute to him, saying he made the liberal democrats a formidable force. the

tributes have been paid this morning to the former liberal ebutt —— mecca liberal democrat leader lord ashdown, paddyollowing a short illness. he was an inspiration to so many people, including his friend and former deputy prime minister sir nick clegg, whojoins us now. thank you forjoining us. how important a political figure was lord ashdown to you? to me? to me personally, he was, i think, lord ashdown to you? to me? to me personally, he was, ithink, by lord ashdown to you? to me? to me personally, he was, i think, by a long way, probably the most important friend and mentor or that i had important friend and mentor or that ihad in important friend and mentor or that i had in my time in politics. i don't think i would have joined politics if i wasn't inspired as a young man by the stand that he took. i remember very well the very principled and courageous stand he took on an issue which may sound rather obscure now but at the time, certainly wasn't, which was about the rights of people in hong kong to have british passports. i think, you know, i'm not alone. a lot of people we re know, i'm not alo

tributes have been paid to the former liberal democrat leader, lord ashdown, who died yesterday at the age of 77. paddyty for more than a decade until 1999 and is credited with making the lib dems a significant third force in politics. theresa may said the former royal marine had dedicated his life to public service. our political correspondent jessica parker has more. the military man turned diplomat and politician. paddy ashdown cut an impressive figure, and a popular one. his success in building up the liberal democrats after its painful merger in the late ‘80s means he leaves an undoubted legacy. the action man, unafraid to push political boundaries. come and join us. he never had the slightest sign of cowardice. he faced each situation calmly and in the light of the facts and so on, and with a determination to have the best possible outcome. that courage, and a passion forforeign affairs, could cause some concern amongst colleagues. he took a great interest in the balkans, even when he was leader, and i used to try quite a lot of the time to persuade him not to go, because he exposed himself to ri

lord ashdown. the former lib dem leader paddy ashdown dies at the age of 77. it was quite a shock.but only in october and it was sadly very quick. some lovely pictures and tributes in the papers to date, including in the observer and a lovely spread of him in the marines. warm and heartfelt tributes and you get the feeling that he was somebody... the famous picture of him with tony blair and john major, which the mail on sunday have pictured. something cutting across the rivalries. he had a better political fight with john major but actually he had a huge number of friends in the political establishment and beyond. and a different type of politician. a rounded man with an incredibly varied life. a soldier, diplomat. he had an incredible life. he didn't just go from a policy unit to the house of commons and he was the youngest commander of the sbs and he was unemployed for a while. he worked in a sheepskin coat manufacturers. he was a diplomat, a spy' manufacturers. he was a diplomat, a spy, he spoke fluent mandarin. how many politicians these days have that hinterland? i also say t

he says "in government paddy ashdown was my opponent in life... " i think, overall, ithink, overall, lord lord ashdown will be remembered as a dedicated, dynamic, passionate man. the longest serving leader of the liberal democrats. but so much more besides. thank you very much indeed, jessica parker there. we'll be getting more reaction to lord ashdown‘s death throughout this morning's programme — including from nick clegg and vince cable. at least 62 people have died and nearly 600 more have been injured after a tsunami hit the coast of indonesia. it's thought to have been caused by an undersea landslide following eruptions from the krakatoa volcano. the tsunami hit the coast on the sunda strait, which separates the islands of java and sumatra. the country's disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged and at least 20 people are still missing. let us talk to rebecca. she joins us. let us talk to rebecca. she joins us. what more can you tell us. i don't think you are actually at the site, but you are in the region, what more do you know? that is right. we are heading

paddy ashdown at the age of 77. well, tributes have been pouring in for lord ashdown from across the political spectrum.ormer liberal democrat leader tim farron wrote on twitter: home secretary sajid javid wrote: labour leaderjeremy corbyn said: now on bbc news — one of the highlights of 2018 from our documentary series our world. with sweden's reputation as a model society under scrutiny, gabriel gatehouse visited the country on the eve of september's election to find out why. music sweden. for decades, people have been coming here to try to learn the secrets of this country's multiple success stories. in openness and transparency, innovation and new technologies. in healthcare, welfare, and gender equality. but lately, there has been a growing chorus of sweden's sceptics. you look at what's happening last night in sweden... sweden. malmo is now the rape capital of europe. they paint a picture of a country where openness and liberalism have created a nightmare that now threatens the very existence of those values themselves. two contradictory narratives. they can't both be true. so what's really going

our top stories — the death of paddy ashdown, former head of the liberal democrats and the party's longest—serving leader. one of the many colleagues paying tribute to lordr vince cable, whojoins us now. thank of your time this morning. our condolences on a sad mourning for you. all of paddy ashdown‘s family and colleagues. and your reaction to this sad news? it is, as you say, very sad. it is a mygov a shop. only a few weeks ago at the party conference he was buzzing with life -- it is conference he was buzzing with life —— it is something of a shock. he contracted a serious illness, bladder cancer, and suddenly died rather quickly. it is a big loss. he was a phenomenally important in the development of our party. he took us from virtually nothing in the mid—19 805, when support had collapsed, into being a serious third force in british politics with a major breakthrough in the 1997 election, particularly. i think it has gone on to bea particularly. i think it has gone on to be a majorfigure in british public life. and respected right acro55 public life. and respected right across the spectrum because of his commitment to international cau5e5. a5 commit

paddy ashdown, the former leader of britain's liberal democrats, has died. after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lords to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. the head of a un observer team has arrived in yemen to monitor a ceasefire in the port city of hudaydah. the retired dutch general, patrick cammaert, —— dutch general, patrick cammaert, arrived in the country just hours after the mission was unanimously approved by the united nations‘ security council. caroline rigby has more. for the first time in years, a glimmer of hope for peace in yemen. the un team deployed to oversee it arrived on saturday. headed by retired dutch general patrick cammaert, the group of observers are tasked with helping to implement and monitor hudaydah‘s ceasefire, a fragile truce which came into force on tuesday following talks in sweden between delegations from the yemeni government and houthi rebels, a precursor to more significant negotiations scheduled for the new year. translation: today we met general patrick, the head of the committee. we welcomed him and informed him of the president's instructions to

paddy ashdown, the former leader of britain's liberal democrats, has died. after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lorddown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. a partial us government shutdown is now set to last until at least thursday. earlier, the us senate ended talks to resolve an impasse over the budget without agreement. democrats are refusing to give in to president trump's demands for $5 billion to build a border wall with mexico. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london, where our panel take a look back at the big global stories of the past 12 months. hello. welcome to dateline. for the last two programmes of the year, we're in a seasonally reflective mood. next weekend, we'll look forward to what 2019 may bring. today, though, a reminder of the things we've loved and loathed about 2018. if there's a theme, it's leadership and why it's been lacking. with me to discuss the year almost gone, the usjournalist stephanie bakerfrom bloomberg news, suzanne lynch — washington correspondent for the irish times, marc roche, belgian—born british resident writing for

paddy ashdown, the former leader of britain's liberal democrats, has died. after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. now it's time for the latest in technology and gadgets — with a festive flavour. it's our clickmas special. this week, it's a festive feast of fun with music, magic and. . . meditation. yes, it's clickmas! it's the 2018 clickmas special, the gang is all here. hello! welcome, welcome. spence, i've got your first christmas present and what a corker it is. this is the world's first flexible phone. look at that! you can have it on this way or around here and itjust flips, it knows which way you are holding it and it's built on android. this is a brand—new operating system on top of it called water and it's built by a small chinese form called royale, you might not have heard of it. it is the first phone they're released. there you go. the idea is you have a tablet you can use or you can fold it into a phone. you can work as on a tablet or fold it back to a phone. when can we get this? it's a good question. if you'

paddy ashdown, the former leader of britain's liberal democrats, has died. after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. now on bbc news, westminster in review. hello and welcome to westminster in review, as we take a look back at an extraordinary and tumultuous four months. on this programme — brexit divisions deepen and theresa may faces a vote of no confidence in her leadership. the number of votes cast in favour of having confidence in theresa may was 200, and against was 117. mps react furiously when the prime minister presents her brexit deal. it is the political equivalent of being asked to jump out of a plane without knowing if your parachute is there and attached. and that's not all. the government comes under fire over its new benefits system. the chancellor unveils his budget. and mps are forced to take a long, hard look at themselves after a damning report on harassment and bullying. the report is clear that there needs to be a complete change in leadership at the most senior level, including you, mr speaker. it has

the headlines at 10pm: the former leader of the liberal democrats lord paddy ashdown has died at therats for over a decade and was the first leader after the liberal party merged with the social democrats in 1988. he was a very formidable man. it is dairy sad that we've lost him. he was politically active and really very dynamic and full of ideas, write to the end. —— it is very sad. he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina following the war which saw the break up of yugoslavia. from across the political spectrum, tributes have been paid to lord ashdown including from former prime ministers sirjohn major and tony blair. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley.