case, i think at this to the west midlands looking for a speaker from the west midlands. yes, this gentleman here was trying earlier and we'll hear from you now and look forward to that finally. >> thank you! yeah, my name is joshua murphy united currently the community's parliament and what brings me to to the west midlands looking for a speaker from the west midlands. this de apart from trying to get into a debate is from the important.it's a bit from both a personal perspective and third world perspective. world e third it comes to standing. encourage people to use the buses more often. to run more often so people can have the best use of them. if we're looking from a personal perspective, however, why do we for the children living on freeits, why don't we have children soor young they're able to go to school for worry about the additional cost of extra for parents who can't drive or disabled. who are children themselves and not by access are supported. at those -- we can look at ll these facts and we need to have a serious conversation with the people that are in char

the guardian shows the midlands, particularly east midlands, particularly east midlands, very, very stronglyrexit. but you go to bristol, classic metropolitan area, slightly higher educated, very, very strongly for remain. talking trash about the east midlands, we won't stand for it! there are lovely people from lee smith and! self praise is no recommendation. let's look at the daily mail. now you have to be in agony to have a hip operation. the article says it all comes down to cost in the end. the nhs is having to try to delay operations because it doesn't have the funding to go through with them. therefore it is making sure that people really, really are in agony before they go for their operation and insisting on weight loss, insisting on stopping smoking, those kinds of measures. in themselves, they good things for general health, but aren't medically releva nt to general health, but aren't medically relevant to having a hip operation, so agaln, relevant to having a hip operation, so again, it is another symptom of that general nhs challenge around finding the resources to meet the medi

whatmore are west midlands police saying?y details yet about what has happened, this is in the town of always, a small town between walsall, lichfield and cannock in the west midlands, officers said they were called at 9:15pm last night to a property in valley view, a residential street with houses and bungalows, presumably one of which was the address to which officers were called and they found a seriously injured little girl who was taken to hospital. sadly, she died later of her injuries. they also have arrested a 54—year—old man, who himself is being treated for a stab wound to the stomach. 0fficers himself is being treated for a stab wound to the stomach. officers say he will be questioned in due course, perhaps he is not well enough yet to a nswer perhaps he is not well enough yet to answer their questions. we have heard from detective inspectorjim colclough of the force's, side unit and he says they are treating what happened as a domestic incident, not looking for anyone else in connection with the girl's death and t

[applause] >> what about the east midlands? the east midlands? what about the young gentleman at the end? yourself? the key to this motion is experience. experience to learn in a different environment. experience to explore new ideas and experience to fail. this is why i have to go against this motion. live in a world of opportunities. our young people be the future. however, it feels to me we have grown lazy. we want to make life easy, but it's not. nobody is going to get you at a hard life. it's not about how hard your hits, it's about getting up and setting up and moving forward. we have been given the foundation of life to shape our future the way we want it. it will be hard and difficult but that is called experience. life isn't always about sunshine and rainbows. life beats us down and we learn from it. we improve ourselves and be a better self. we need to understand the tough and have of rejection the motivation to get up, work hard, and achieve. [applause] i'm looking to call a speaker from the southwest of england. i'm going to call the

what about the west midlands? who have we got from the west midlands? yes, the young man who was waiting. yes, indeed. the chap near to me. the gentleman nearest to me. >> thank you, mr. speaker. so here we are, members of youth parliament for the united kingdom. we have a job to protect young people in our country. i want to agree with the right honorable member of london because we've had a lot of strides towards protecting lgbt communities. but so what if a lot of what has been put into it already? so what if a lot of work has been put into it already. we still of work to do. we still at work to protect young people in our society. we've got work to ensure that the rights of young people in our community is protected. now, we have two choices. we have the option to gain a new right, vote at 16, or options to protect our common rights. you know what? i'd rather give up my right to vote at 16 to ensure that he a person can live without discrimination. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much for that actually speedster i'm sure our frien

[applause] >> thank you what about the east midlands? east midlands. when we got. what about the young gentleman at the end yourself? >> the key is experience. to learn in a different environment and to explore new ideas and experience to fail. this is what i have come to this position to go against the notion. we live in a world full of opportunities and the foundations to allow all people to have a chance to succeed. as young people will be the future bankers, lawyers and leaders. however, it seems to me that we have grown lazy and it life will be easy but it's not. as sylvester stallone said in rocky no one will kick you from the hard life but it's not about how hard you hit but how hard you get hit and stand up and move forward. we are given the [inaudible] of life is to shape our futures the way we want it. sure, it will be hard and will be difficult that is good. experience, life isn't always about sunshine in rainbows. it is only through failure that we can call her salsa success. life is a teacher. [inaudible] work experience takes us away from us and we ne

that's west midlands telling us. six arrests were action. that's west midlands telling us.s. a number of properties are being searched. the arrests were pre—planned and intelligence—led. no threat to the public‘s safety. that's from the west midlands police. five men and a woman from banbury arrested on suspicion of being members of the banned far—right group national action. more on that as it comes in to us. storm eleanor sweeps across the uk causing flooding, damage to homes and destruction to drivers were after gusts of up to 100 mph. nhs england insist there is no crisis in the health service as tens of thousands of nonurgent operations may be delayed until the end of january. donald trump boasts on twitter that his nuclear button is much bigger and more powerful than north korea's. a chef has received death threats after boasting online that she'd deliberately prepared a non—vegan dish for a vegan customer at her restaurant. laura goodman said she'd "spiked" the woman's meal. she's since apologised and denied any animal products were involved. but trading standards of

to death in the west midlands and what police are calling a domestic incident. details. what more and the police saying? we do not know too much more. this busy small—town between walsall and ipswich. officers were called around 9:15pm last night the residential street where they say they found the little girl who was seriously injured, she was taken to hospital but sadly died later on. they have also arrested a 54—year—old man in connection with what happened, he himself is being treated in hospital with the stab wounds. he is in a stable condition and officers say they will question him in due course. it detected homicide unit say they are treating it as homicide unit say they are treating itasa homicide unit say they are treating it as a domestic incident and are not looking for anyone else in connection with the girl's death and the family liaison team are supporting the family of the little girl, who are naturally devastated. no further comment on the potential relationship between the arrested man and little girl. us vice president mike pence is continuing

what about the west midlands? who have we got from the west midlands? yes, the young man waving here in a distinctive manner. the gentleman nearer to me. >> thank you, mr. speaker. here we are, members of youth parliament for the united kingdom. we have a job to protect young people in our country. and you know, i want to agree with the honorable member from london, because we have had a lot of strife towards protecting lgbt communities. but so what if a lot of money has been put into it already? so what if a lot of work has been put into it already? we have still got work to do. we have still got work to protect young people in our society. we have got work to ensure that the rights of young people in our community is protected. now, we have two choices. we have the option to gain a new right, vote at 16 or an option to protect our current rights. and you know what? i would rather give up my right to vote at 16 to ensure that a young person can live without discrimination. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you! thank you, very much, for that excellent s

. >> to oppose the motion, please welcome from the east midland midlands, -- >> work experience changed my life. a phrase not heard often, but a phrase that we would love to hear. i am here not to campaign against work experience, but to campaign for better work experience. let's be honest. work experience as it stands is pretty pathetic. our current system of work experience is everything but what we want it to be. it comprises of menial labor who need to be inspired, to be challenged, to have their eyes opened up to a world full of possibilities. but sadly, work experience as it stands produces dissatisfied, disillusioned and disinterested youth, each coming out with only negatives. i do not want to make tea and coffee ever again. or some may say i never want to work in retail. does this sound familiar? providing quality experiences in the vast fields of sciences, arts and technology will inspire an entire generation. we are the youth of today who have big dreams and high aspirations, who have been let down by poor work experience, being coerced into being tea boys and tea girls all u

now, what about the west midlands? who have got from the west midlands? what about the young person here in the three-piece suit? very smart. let's, lecture from you. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm the number of youth parliament from newcastle. we have been placed to buy hundreds of young people who believe that we were so for the job in making allies better and representative at the highest level. imagine that having this house of commons. imagine people not having voting rights. imagine women still being allowed to vote. yes, you can start breathing again. that all changed in this very premise when modern democracy was born. now imagine a 16 year old working making money, paying taxes, getting married, having children, the country in the armed forces and yet still not having the right to decide who was in government. we are the representatives of the shunt people and have the responsibility to change this. the boat at 16 campaign has gathered such momentum that it's been come was almost debated in parliament. now is when we need to be behind the most. l

an 8—year—old girl has been stabbed to death in the west midlands, in what police are calling a ‘domestict‘. ukip leader henry bolton tells the bbc it is not tried for the party bosman ruling committee tojudge him on his personal life. an emergency meeting on his future is being held this afternoon. it's time the party moves on and the national executive needs to recognise that by pursuing this action against me they are undermining the party further. kyle edmund britain reaches his first grand slam quarterfinal at the australian open in tennis. and the women's march in central london. hundreds of people have been taking pa rt hundreds of people have been taking part in time's up. the protest against discrimination and harassment outside downing street. and in politics europe we look back at the top stories of the week in brussels and strasbourg. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. afghan special forces have ended a siege in a luxury hotel in the capital kabul, twelve hours after it was stormed by gunmen. six civilians — five afghans and one foreign woman — were killed along with all the

a man has been arrested after an eight—year—old girl was stabbed to death in the west midlands. ukip leader henry bolton tells the bbc it's not right for the party's ruling committee tojudge him on his personal life — an emergency meeting on his future is being held this afternoon. i'm not going to let this party be disrupted by internal squabbling, which has exploited my own domestic situation in order to cause problems. britain's kyle edmund reachs his first grand slam quarter—final at the australian open tennis. and a women's march in central london. hundreds of people have been taking part in a "time's up" protest against discrimination and harassment outside downing street. and how predictive analytics can help in emergencies. that's all in click in half an hour, here on bbc news. afghan special forces have ended a siege in a luxury hotel in the capital kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by gunmen. afghan officials say at least 18 people died in the attack, including 1a foreigners. 160 people were rescued from the hotel by the security forces. the taliban says it carried

seth meyers," tonight, ice-t, from "search party" writer and director michael showalter, music from midlandaturing the 8g band with leo gorcey jr. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladi and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody, i'm seth meyers. it's "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] in that case let's get to the news. today was cyber monday, when online stores offered deals for christmas shoppers. it's perfect if you have a lot of people to buy for. and you're not allowed to go to the mall. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] president trump on friday claimed that he turned down being named "time" magazine's person of the year, after the magazine only told him he probably would be selected. luckily, he has a 100% chance of being named person of the year by insane chubby golfer magazine. [ cheers and applause ] president trump today hosted an event honoring native american code talkers, and during his speech alluded to senator elizabeth warren. take a look. >> you were here long before any of us were here, although we have a representative in

and in corby, the midlands, john recorded the moment his house was hit by hail.y more than 15,000 homes have been left without power, the bulk of them in northern ireland. 0n the m25 motorway, traffic was briefly brought to a standstill by a fallen tree. but the full extent of the damage will likely not emerge until later in the morning. and forecasters are warning storm eleanor will continue to bring strong winds until the end of the day. 0ur reporter chris dearden is in portmadog in north wales, where the storm struck in the early hours of this morning. good morning. how have things being? as you have seen in the pictures, there were some big waves on the coast of wales. it is almost four yea rs coast of wales. it is almost four years to the day since a storm surge caused damage to aberystwyth promenade and similar scenes to aberystwyth last night, where the waves we re aberystwyth last night, where the waves were driven high into the air, crashing down to the seafront. also on the welsh coast, in barmouth, we had similar large waves and they went over the harb

i'd like to hear somebody i think at this point from the east midlands. who have we got from the east midlands? the young woman here. yeah. you. just here with the maroon -- yeah. thank you. >> hi. i'm a member of the youth parliament. even the most high performing schools lack the teaching of life skills that will aid us in life beyond our education. life skills like taxes, budgeting, and paying off the mortgage, all key financial education things that could not only just have a positive impact on our economy but also smoothen the bridge between childhood and adulthood. in my town, we have been working with our healthy school's coordinator to help implement curriculum for life in the majority of our campus schools. we think that all local authorities should follow our example and be motivated and supported to do the same by making this a devoted campaign. thank you. >> thank you. now at this point i'm looking for preferably a male speaker. i'm always keen on balance across the country and gender balance as well. i'm really looking for a male speaker from

this hole in the midlands. the best of the sunshine and high september just. their mother cloud elsewhere and outbreaks of rain pushing northwards across scotland —— fair amount of cloud. increasingly strong and gusty winds. could well be gales across northern and north—western scotla nd across northern and north—western scotland this evening. this wet and windy weather will go south overnight, into northern england, northern ireland, wales and the midlands by tomorrow morning. in the south ahead of that rain band, a mild night but to the north, things are beginning to turn colder. this band of rain is associated with a cold front drifting its way southwards. strong and gusty winds ahead but behind the frontal system, some colder air, which would be pushing down from the north—west. monday's forecast like this, we start off with very mild weather across the channel island, the south of england, south wales. largely dry, generally cloudy but some brea ks dry, generally cloudy but some breaks in the south east. eddie bursts of rain in this rain band, 8am likely

the south—west, after a clear start almost southern england, the midlands, wales, northern ireland, wetrst light on monday morning. there could be minor flooding. on monday morning. there could be minorflooding. wet on monday morning. there could be minor flooding. wet and windy on monday morning. there could be minorflooding. wet and windy in on monday morning. there could be minor flooding. wet and windy in the south. strong and gusty winds in the english channel. it will brighten up

sleet and snow in the midlands and some snow in lincolnshire and east anglia. it is 12 in the south west. here it will be rain. windy as well as we head through the afternoon. into sunday night, we push that band of rain and it will be mostly rain by this stage through to the north—east. some rain hangs around in the south on monday. but monday not a bad day. some sunshine. a lot of cloud. some drizzle over the hills in the west. but temperatures beginning to nudge up to six to ten degrees that. is the story, temperatures will climb. with the milder conditions we will see some wet and windy weather at times. lele tao is a chinese internet superstar. she sings, chats, flirts, and plays games with her fans online. in china's multibillion—dollar live streaming industry, she is an online goddess for hundreds of thousands of young men, and they shower her with gifts of thousands of dollars every day. but there is always someone younger and prettier waiting to take her place. and the government is tightening the rules on what is allowed on screen. and now, she has fa

before it got absolutely dark cloud and fog were thickening up across parts of the midlands. that will be part of the problem. anywhere there is a decent speu problem. anywhere there is a decent spell of sunshine through the course of wednesday is the area likely to see some of the worst of the fog as we get into the early hours and indeed not just the we get into the early hours and indeed notjust the early hours. the fog becomes a good deal more extensive in the wee small hours and then just extensive in the wee small hours and thenjust in time extensive in the wee small hours and then just in time for the commute, wouldn't you know it, anywhere from the western side, wales, central

showers into north—west england, but across north—east england, the east midlands, east anglia and theff to a dry start to the day with spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher than it was on wednesday morning. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards across just about all parts of the country. some of them could be heavy, could be thundery with some hail mixed in. some wintryness over the high grounds in the north pennines, the southern uplands, but there will be some spells of sunshine too and temperatures of around 5—10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel i suppose, but it won't be as windy as it was on wednesday. now, during thursday night into friday, the showers will take time to fade away, but in western areas particularly they will ease as the winds ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost because this little bump in the isobars, this little ridge of high pressure will be toppling in during friday morning. so actually after a frosty start for some, we're looking at a decent day. spells of sunshine, bit of patchy cloud and thickening cloud into th

who have we got from the west midlands? yeah. i'm going to call the young woman in the third row back. in the middle of the three people. yeah. let's hear from -- >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm milli from west hampton, and i really believe that curriculum for life is crucial for all young people across the united kingdom. i believe this, because by the time we leave school, we'll all know what factoring numbers is, some of us even what algebra is. but we don't know about domestic relationships. we don't know how to get a mortgage. some of us won't even know what tax is. that's crazy. that's something that as an education system, that should be looked at and that should be frowned upon. countries that describe how people should be treated and how you should treat other people have the best education systems in this world. i don't think that as we go out the four walls of education we should be expected to know how to treat other people and know how to express ourselves in job roles if we're not taught that in school. how is that f

as well. are looking pretty good for most of us. are looking pretty good for most of us. us. the midlandsnd that rain in western scotland too. scotland too. big change on the way tuesday night, into wednesday. tuesday night, into wednesday. and that means that the temperatures are going to drop away on wednesday. are going to drop away on wednesday. most across the hills and the north, hail and thunder as well. hail and thunder as well. wednesday is a cold, blustery day with sunshine and showers. with sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be wintry. the showers will be wintry. best in glasgow, that is peaking and probably cold in the morning. probably cold in the morning. cold on thursday in the north and east of sunshine around as well. east of sunshine around as well. weather, certainly some sun around but it will feel cold in that wind. but it will feel cold in that wind. south around seven or eight degrees celsius. and that is it from me. the headlines. and the threat from kim jong—un. to the united states in a matter of a handful of months. after months of constant criticism

further north, less windy and more sunshine into the midlands, north wales, northern england. we've got this north—easterly wind, bringing further snow showers in scotland and northern england, over higher ground. temperatures dropping to close to freezing in towns and cities by first thing saturday. colder in the countryside. slightly milder, with frost and fog further south. the weekend is dominated by the fact that we've got high pressure building and the wind coming in from the north—easterly direction. through saturday the cold northerly wind will bring more sunshine in scotland, northern england and northern ireland. further south across central, southern england and wales, still cloudy, with a few spots of rain here. highs of 2—7 degrees, so temperatures are dipping. on saturday night we have some cold conditions developing a with clear skies and light winds. perhaps the odd wintry showers around exposed coasts. for most of us it will be a cold and frosty start on saturday. freezing across many northern and western parts in particular. so, high pressure keeps hold of ou

london, midlands. rain lighter.ick in. cold air filters south. the health secretary says sorry to nhs patients who‘ve had their operations delayed because of winter pressures. i want to apologise for the fact that we have had, regrettably, to postpone a number of operations. theresa may rejects claims that the health service is in crisis, but admits the delays are frustrating for patients. we‘ll be looking at the impact on patients and asking what it tells us about the pressures on the nhs. also this lunchtime... storm eleanor has been battering large part of the uk, leaving thousands of homes without power. winds reached 100 miles an hour, bringing down trees and power lines and causing flooding and travel disruption. all of a sudden, the skyjust lit up and these power lines touched each other, and it was just like guy fawkes. it was sparks, it was unbelievable.

that continue southwards through the midlands, east anglia, and the south—east quarter generally.his is where we have the rain and the stronger winds, continuing to push into the south—east. in towards the south—west, a wet start for you as well, as it is across wales. not that he could be cold this morning, though, still quite blustery. —— not particularly cold. as we head into northern ireland, some dry weather for you this morning, but there still are some showers. that is going to change. as we head through the course of the day, what you will find is increasingly the snow showers will come down to lower levels across scotland, and later on in the day into northern ireland. the rain pushes away from the south—east, with its strongest winds, but high but there will be a lot of blustery showers around. already we are in the colder in the north of the country, hence the snow getting into lower levels, but in

further north, less windy and more sunshine into the midlands, north wales, northern england.ch cooler than recent days. that cooling trend continues through into the weekend. we've got this north—easterly wind, bringing further snow showers in scotland and northern england, over higher ground. temperatures dropping to close to freezing in towns and cities by first thing saturday. colder in the countryside. slightly milder, with frost and fog further south. the weekend is dominated by the fact that we've got high pressure building and the wind coming in from the north—easterly direction. through saturday the cold northerly wind will bring more sunshine in scotland, northern england and northern ireland. further south across central, southern england and wales, still cloudy, with a few spots of rain here. highs of 2—7 degrees, so temperatures are dipping. on saturday night we have some cold conditions developing a with clear skies and light winds. the odd wintry showers around exposed coasts. for most, it will be a cold and frosty start on saturday. freezing across many norther

the north and the midlands, the east midlands like here, could see not so much of the benefits of thatal benefits of automation and robots quite you can see businesses like these can become more efficient. there are going to bejob more efficient. there are going to be job losses over the next ten, 20 yea rs. be job losses over the next ten, 20 years. there will be innovations like robots taking jobs away. people are concerned about that. the key m essa 9 es are concerned about that. the key messages ourjobs will be lost but opportunities will be created and we need to prepare people for that opportunity. a lot of opportunity and a lot of things for areas like chester built to have to take into account. it is notjust warehouses, it is retail assistance and insurance brokers as well put up still be opportunity for growth as well. there's quite a bit on that subject on our website so take a look if you a re interested. on our website so take a look if you are interested. regulators are to investigate the audit of carillion, carried out by kpmg. they say the move follows inquiries made sin

showers into north—west england, but across north—east england, the east midlands, east anglia and theith spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher than it was on wednesday morning. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards across just about all parts of the country. some of them could be heavy, could be thundery with some hail mixed in. some wintryness over the high grounds in the north pennines, the southern uplands, but there will be some spells of sunshine too and temperatures of around 5—10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel i suppose, but it won't be as windy as it was on wednesday. now, during thursday night into friday, the showers will take time to fade away, but in western areas particularly they will ease as the winds ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost because this little bump in the isobars, this little ridge of high pressure will be toppling in during friday morning. so actually after a frosty start for some, we're looking at a decent day. spells of sunshine, bit of patchy cloud and thickening cloud into the west later on ahead of this

to turn to snow. —— anywhere from wales, the midlands, and north.ather will turn to rain. significant snowfall over scotland, especially over the north—east and high ground. down to the south—west, more likely rain by the end of the afternoon. temperatures across northern ireland on lifting late in the day. temperatures just want or two degrees the central uk and east anglia. for the south west and south wales, this will all be rain because temperatures will be in double digits. it'll be windy across many parts. into monday we lose most of the rain and what is left of the snow. this band of rain will continue to flirt with southern areas. most spots starting the day on monday above freezing. a milder feel to the weather. apart from this area of rain scraping along the south coast, monday does not look bad. lots of dry weather. some spells of sunshine. large areas of cloud. patchy rain and drizzle for western coastal areas. those temperatures between five to 10 degrees. that is the story for the week ahead. for the most part, mild airdominating. week

a man has been arrested after an eight—year—old girl was stabbed to death in the west midlands.'s been named as mylee billingham. the ukip leader henry bolton has told the bbc it's not right for the party's ruling committee tojudge him on his personal life. an emergency meeting on his future is being held this afternoon. i'm not going to lead his party be disrupted by internal squabbling which is exploited my own domestic situation in order to cause problems. germany's social democratic party has voted to begin formal coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel‘s conservatives. a century from jos buttler helped england's cricketers clinch the one—day series against australia. and more sporting success down under as kyle edmund books his place in the quarter—final of the australian open. hear all about the cricket, the tennis and the rest of day's sport in sportsday at 5.30pm. good evening and welcome to bbc news. at least 18 people have been confirmed dead in an attack by taliban militants on a luxury hotel in the afghan capital, kabul. the gunmen entered the hotel last night,

air in the morning, very mild start once again across southern parts of england into wales, the midlandse where it will be driver the most part, nine or 10 degrees. mid and north wales, some rain coming in, heavier rain over the hills of north—west england. behind that we are into the chillier air where there will be showers around and it's probably just where there will be showers around and it's probablyjust about cold enough to give some snow over the higher ground in scotland. this band of rain continues to push southwards during the day heading across wales into southern england, more in the afternoon, where there will be gusty winds for while. late sunshine in wales through the midlands, sunny skies in the north away from the showers in the north—west. a range of temperatures on monday. still mild in the south, ii or 12 degrees. as the rain clears away the skies clear and it will be quite chilly early tuesday, across more southern and south—eastern areas where in the countryside there may be a frost around. here a bright start with sunshine on tuesday. through the day for many of u

eventually reaching the midlands and eastern parts tonight.lling there. affecting cornwall and devon and slipping across the south coast for a while as the night wears on. rain towards northern scotland. look at those temperatures. a mild team —— theme in the week ahead. orange colours across the rest of the country. monday starting on a fairly mild note. rain in the south clearing away and also clearing away from northern scotland. a fine afternoon. breezy one. a few showers in western areas. sunny spells as well. temperatures in double figures in the south, milder in the north. as we head into tuesday, even milder, possibly the mildest day of the week. we have got south—westerly winds blowing across the country, feeding ina winds blowing across the country, feeding in a lot of moisture. look at those temperatures. double—figure values from most. into wednesday a bit more unsettled with this area of low pressure. a spell windy, maybe even gales across northern and western areas. rain spreading north. some of it will be quite heavy. it will be

, some dense fog potentially, through southern areas but particularly across parts of wales, the midlandsire and the vale of york but not to be excluded further south either where we will keep a lot of showers through the day ahead and quite cloudy skies. as the wind starts to strengthen, it will be quite bitter. the wind is quite a feature further north, but at least with the sunshine here it will be a sparkling start of the day. it will still be cold. wintry showers are still there across parts of north—east england, in scotland, but for western scotland, northern ireland, the lion's share of the sunshine through the day ahead but it does brighten and across much of northern england, north wales, perhaps the north midlands later and of course the fog will lift. the wind strengthens and so with the cloud covering the south and the showers, quite sharp at times, it will feel cold, for example if you are heading off to fleetwood against leicester in london for the fa cup third round, it is going to be quite a bracing wind, particularly by the end of play. for most of us here, 6—8 celsius,

ground of the midlands fora time and over the high ground of the midlands for a time and across theo rain. an improvement in northern ireland in the afternoon, brighter with some sunshine and just a few was less cold. but rather cold for scotland, quite a change from today after the wintry sunshine of today. for the south—west, today after the wintry sunshine of today. forthe south—west, heavy rain moves on about some very mild air, temperatures in double figures was further east it is misty and murky and cold. that will clue eastwards and something drier pushing in from the west. the mild theme stays with us for the coming week. a significant fall of any lying snow. a more mild week, very mild are claimed where you get sunny spells but spells of rain moving in from the atlantic and more quite windy. apart from some showers and western areas on monday we should see some good spells of sunshine, less cold than it has of late, certainly by tuesday. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm: the moment us senators voted to shut down the american national government — after failing to agre

midlands. the sunshine so it takes forever to clear. clear. sunshine, particularly in western areas.nt. because of the weather front. temperatures eight degrees. and feeling cold even in the sunshine. but at least the sunshine helps. another cold night tomorrow night. night. again repeats with some fog and some icy patches. and some icy patches. some rain later that will lift the fog. fog. and as we head into the weekend, there is not a great deal of change. there is not a great deal of change. the weather front grinds to a halt over northern ireland. so grey and cold. cold. so again we have some foggy conditions out there. already. the night and into tomorrow morning's rush. morning's rush. freezing fog and you will be scraping the cars in the morning. scraping the cars in the morning. ” will see you later. tonight at six... at least 15 people dead. leaving dozens trapped. we dug down and found a little baby. i don't know where it came from. we got it out, got the mud out of its mouth. i hope it's ok. they took it right to the hospital. the number of dead could rise. the firefighter

, down into east anglia, two 01’ midlands, down into east anglia, two or three degrees but 12 in the the most part. one double brain scrape into the south of england but generally, a decent day. some styles of sunshine, fairly large amount of cloud around, some drizzle in the hills and coasts in the west and those temperatures will be mild, ex— 10 degrees. the mild air really wins out as we get deeper into the week. double—digit temperatures easily down towards the south, something chilly i suppose further north, but not as cold as it has been. with a milder conditions however in the week ahead we are going to see some styles of wind and rain at times. all weather to come here in half an hour. that's all from me for now. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. the united states government grinds toa the united states government grinds to a halt on the first anniversary of president trump's inauguration as the senate fails to agree on a budget to fund public services.

an eight—year—old is stabbed to death in the west midlands — in what police are describing as a "domestic. heavy rain brings flooding and mudslides to south west england — elsewhere snow and ice cause problems on the roads. and in australia british number two kyle edmund reaches his first grand slam quarter—final. good evening. the authorities in afghanistan now say that m foreigners and four afghan nationals were killed in an attack on an international hotel in the capital kabul. after heavy fighting that lasted twelve hours, afghan special forces took control of the intercontinental hotel, killing the gunmen who stormed it yesterday evening. more than 150 people managed to escape, or were rescued. the taliban says it carried out the attack. our correspondent zia shahreyar reports from kabul. the final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. gunfire and explosions as afghan special forces battled to regain control of the intercontinental hotel. one soldier throws a grenade. he moves away, then the explosion. the room is soon on fire, evidence of the struggle that had taken place. t

it's not a little village station, it's the main station for the midlands, basically, isn't it?of people have been affected. crazy. the fire's now under control. a joint police and fire investigation has been launched. now on bbc news, it's our world. the ball in eastern ukraine, more than 10,000 people have died. now this has become one of the longest conflicts in modern european history. there is no end in sight to the her still tea rs there is no end in sight to the her still tears after separatist rebels backed by russia took over ukraine's donbass region. hundreds of families we re donbass region. hundreds of families were split up, stranded on opposite sides of the border. with destruction all around, one familiar smell of peace time. but life to many here is anything but normal. i lucy ash and i in the town of maryinka, were a bakery is providing hope that missed the trauma of war. —— among. maryinka lies on the ukrainian side of the frontline. before the conflict, nearly 10,000 people lived here. there is only half that number 110w. here. there is only half that number n

most of wales and the midlands. drizzle. m ost pla ces of wales and the midlands. drizzle.ay is looking rather cloudy. misty and murky in the south. cloudy. the best of the sunshine in the north—west. breezy. this weather front will move through tuesday night into wednesday. sunshine appearing behind it to be fairly mild in the south. 9— 10 degrees. still quite chilly in the north. the travel show. this week we are in north—east india. india. i'm on the banks of the mighty river and about to go to a very spiritual place. now there's 150,000 people on that island, and only six ferries a day, each one is really crammed. just looking at the list of prices for all the different categories: passengers, 15 rupees, that's ok, that's reasonable. then you go down, pass the vehicles, animals have today, buffalo has to pay 45. bull, cow, 30. and then the poor elephant has to fork out 907 rupees! perhaps fortunately, none of these creatures were travelling with us today. and incredibly, after a few last—minute panics, we are set to go. i climb onto the corrugated aluminium roof tojoin

and in corby, the midlands, john wright recorded the moment his house was hit by hail.e country more than 15,000 homes have been left without power, the bulk of them in northern ireland. 0n the m25 motorway, traffic was briefly brought to a standstill by a fallen tree. but the full extent of the damage will likely not emerge until later in the morning and forecasters are warning storm eleanor will continue to bring strong winds until the end of the day. andy howard reports from clevedon in somerset. several flood andy howard reports from clevedon in somerset. severalflood warnings andy howard reports from clevedon in somerset. several flood warnings are still in place. from gloucestershire up still in place. from gloucestershire up in that direction behind me to north somerset here and down the coast towards devon and cornwall. that means that flooding is likely and look over my shoulder and you can see why. this is high tide at clevedon. a big one too brought to us clevedon. a big one too brought to us by the first full moon of 2018. add to that 40mph plus winds i'm st

the midlands and the east, a cloudy start. a new light showers.e coming into england and wales and the south—west. most places have a dry day, decent sunshine but a bit more of a struggle across the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east, that clu b relu cta nt to east anglia and the south—east, that club reluctant to break. should do eventually, and by then we will see more cloud probably arriving in northern ireland. temperatures a degree or two lower than today but with light winds and sunshine, should not feel too bad. rain the north—west gets ambushed by this developing area of low pressure, most of the rain as we head into saturday will be coming in across the uk, could be quite heavy rain for a while across the western hills. the rain should ease off of it in the afternoon, may get some sunshine in scotland away from the showers but will pick up stronger winds as well. we are drawing in some mild airoff winds as well. we are drawing in some mild air off the atlantic so while there will be more cloud around, temperatures will be highe

arrested in connection with the death of eight—year—old mylee billingham, stabbed to death in the west midlandsy rain brings flooding and mudslides to south west england — elsewhere snow and ice cause problems on the roads. hundreds of people queue to pay their respects to the singer with their respects to the singer with the cranberries, dolores o'riordan, in her home city of limerick. and victory down under for kyle edmund in australia as he books his place in his first grand slam quarter final. more on that — and the rest of the day's sport in sportsday at 7.30. good evening. the authorities in afghanistan now say that m foreigners and four afghan nationals were killed in an attack on an international hotel in the capital kabul. after heavy fighting that lasted twelve hours, afghan special forces took control of the intercontinental hotel, killing the gunmen who stormed it yesterday evening. more than 150 people managed to escape, or were rescued. the taliban says it carried out the attack. our correspondent zia shahreyar reports from kabul. the final moments of a fight that had lasted all n

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all six are being held at a police station in the west midlands.some of the injured at the manchester arena bombing, has pleaded guilty to stealing a purse and a mobile phone from victims of the attack. chris parker appeared at manchester crown court earlier today. danny savage is outside the manchester arena for us. chris parker became famous after the manchester arena bombing. he was the homeless guy who rushed in to help people, that's what everyone believed because that's what he told eve ryo ne believed because that's what he told everyone in the aftermath of the bombing. but afterwards, when investigators started looking at the cctv, a different story began to unfold. although he did help some people, he undid all of that good by stealing from some of the victims. the cctv showed him going to one woman, pauline healey, repeatedly going to her before he eventually took a handbag with her purse in the hours that followed he used her bank cards in fast food restaurants. today at manchester crown court he pleaded guilty to theft and fraud. he wil

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