in another blow to the high street, mothercare will stop trading tomorrow — with the loss of 2800 jobsour business correspondent, emma simpson has the details. from kirkcaldy in fife and wolverhampton to walton upon thames in surrey, debenhams is pulling out. not much left for bargain hunters, though. 50 stores are to go, the first wave this month, the rest in 2021, a restructuring to save the rest of the business. this is altrincham, one of six to close today. will you miss it? no. i'll be honest. i don't ever go in, really, no. everything's online. once our generation has gone, in another 30 years there'll be no shops. this town was named england's best high street after its successful regeneration, but it has now got

for mothercare the challenges were too great. it has been closing all of its 79 stores this week, including this one here in norwich. tomorrow it will disappearfrom this one here in norwich. tomorrow it will disappear from the high—street and retail parks altogether, after nearly 60 years of trading. now it's time for the travel show. this week on the show, i'm in northern spain. i look ready, ifeel ready, i'm ready. taking to space, kind of. and spending a night on mars. right now, we can resemble all the conditions that we're going to find on planet mars right here on planet earth. chinese new year is fast approaching. we have some travel tips for you. this water is cold! my face is so numb! welcome in iceland. and cat moh's taking an icy dip between the north american and eurasian tectonic plates. it's so clear down here. it's amazing. and the colours totally pop. no—one would have believed, in the last years of the 19th century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's. since hg

for mothercare, the challenges were too great.ho are going to lose theirjobs and got to find new ones. here are some of them heading home for the last time in norwich. another household name that will disappear, after more than half a century on the high street. emma simpson, bbc news. five prison officers had to be treated in hospital after an attack at bristol prison. an inmate was being segregated yesterday after threatening staff when he attacked them with a home—made weapon, knocking one unconscious. the ministry ofjustice said the incident had been referred to the police. tracey miller reports. staff at bristol prison have praised the bravery of their colleagues after an attack by a prisoner that left five officers needing hospital treatment. one was left unconscious, another with a damaged eye. it happened yesterday, when they tried to move a prisoner who was allegedly making threats towards them. i've been told by the prison officers association that, as staff opened the cell door, the prisoner attacked them with a home—ma

for mothercare, the challenges were too great. it's been closing its remaining 79 stores all week. some of them, heading home for the last time in norwich. another household name that will disappear after more than half a century on the high street. emma simpson, bbc news. a 100—year—old giant tortoise credited with virtually saving his species from extinction — is being released back into the wild. the male tortoise, diego, is believed to have fathered around 800 baby tortoise after he was recruited onto a captive breeding programme in the galapagos islands. the park service believes he was taken from the galapagos 80 years ago by a scientific expedition. diego is currently in quarantine before his return to espanola in march. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. probably the kindest link she has ever given me. bless you for a bit of self—esteem for once. one of those days across northern britain. it was both wet and windy, where is it now? it is a slight out of scotla nd it now? it is a slight out of scotland and northern ireland but somebody has to got it get

from mothercare, the challenges were too great. will disappear from the high street and retail parks altogether, after nearly 60 years of trading. emma simpson, bbc news. let‘s go back to our top story now and iran‘s admission that it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran by mistake. rana rahimpourfrom the bbc‘s persian service is here. what do you make of the way in which iran‘s story has changed over the course of 2a hours? iran‘s story has changed over the course of 24 hours? since the news of the passenger plane that was crashed came out, on wednesday, the reigning authorities have been in denial and for the last four days they said it must have been a technical problem —— the iranian authorities. overnight in iran they announced it was an unintentional mistake and they take responsibility. that is very unusual for the iranian authorities, very unusualfor for the iranian authorities, very unusual for them to take any responsibility at all. the fact that they are now taking responsibility in the view of many iranians

for mothercare, the challenges were too great.k, including this one here in norwich. by the end of tomorrow it will disappear from the high street and retail parks altogether, after nearly 60 years of trading. the spokesperson for the family of harry dunn has told us they are certain the american woman charged in connection with his death will return to the uk to face justice. the us state department said it was ‘highly inappropriate' for britain to apply for the extradition of anne sacoolas the wife of an american intelligence officer. ms sacoolas returned to the us claiming diplomatic immunity following a road accident in august. the home office says the matter is now "a decision for the us authorities'. the dunn family lawyer gave his reaction a little earlier. no doubt in my mind whatsoever, 100% she is coming back. the only thing i can't tell you is when. now, if this administration chooses tojust ignore the extradition request or reject it out of hand, i don't think there is anything any of us will be able to do. but let me

for mothercare, the challenges were too great. all its remaining 79 stores this week including this one here in norwich. tomorrow it will disappear from the high street and retail parks altogether, after nearly 60 years of trading. emma simpson, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's john watson at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the first of the day's premier league games has just kicked off — crystal palace up against arsenal, with the latter a point behind in the table. and it's arsenal who lead — pierre—emerick aubameyang the scorer after 12 minutes. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says he's not motivated by records, even though they could make history today. a win at tottenham later would take them to 61 points after 21 games — two more than manchester city managed at the same stage of their remarkable title winning campaign two seasons ago. idid not i did not think about it, the only thing i can say if we were worried about any kind of record we would have not won the number of games that we've won so far. that's it. w

weekend for two high—street favourites as debenhams begins a programme of store closures and the last mothercaret jurgen klopp's charge

for mothercare, the challenges were too great. it's been closing its remaining 79 stores all week.e going to lose theirjobs and have to find new ones. here are some of them, heading home for the last time in norwich. another household name that will disappear after more than half a century on the high street. emma simpson, bbc news. football, and in england s premier league the spoils were shared in the early london derby. it finished 1—1 between crystal palace and arsenal, and once again var proved the main talking point, as patrick gearey reports. nestling in south london's streets, selhurst park's a reminder of football as it was — intimate or claustrophobic, depending on your view. the kind of place arsenal might find uncomfortable, but under new manager mikel arteta, there are signs of a new energy that flowed through pierre—emerick aubameyang's early goal. after such a breathless start, arsenal slowly exhaled. palace gradually forced them back untiljordan ayew tried his luck, an equaliser in slow motion that owed much to a deflection. arsenal now became too keen. initially, a

the mothercare, the challenges were too great.stores this week, including this one here in norwich. by including this one here in norwich. by the end of tomorrow it will disappearfrom by the end of tomorrow it will disappear from the high street and retail parks altogether, after nearly 60 years of trading. the us state department has rejected britain‘s request for the extradition of the american woman charged in connection with the death of the teenager, harry dunn, who was killed in a road accident in northamptonshire. the state department described the request for anne sacoolas — the wife of an american intelligence officer — as "highly inappropriate". she returned to the us claiming diplomatic immunity following the crash in august. the home office says the matter is now "a decision for the us authorities". the northern ireland assembly will sit at stormont later today, following a deal to restore the devolved government after powersharing broke down three years ago. the assembly will elect a speaker, a first ministerfrom the

debenhams will close 19 stores by the end of this month and mothercare will disappear from the high streeterrorism police from scotland yard are investigating an assault on five prison officers by two inmates at whitemoor top security jail. it's understood one prison officer was stabbed and slashed with a blade during the attack. here's our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. we hear of troubles in prisons, how different is this one? how significant is it? the two inmates involved were wearing fake suicide vest and had armed themselves with improvised weapons. 0ne vest and had armed themselves with improvised weapons. one of the inmates is convicted of terrorism, the other is a muslim convert who is inside for a crime of violence. in all, five prison officers were involved in the assault, but one of them, who appears to have been the target of the attack, he has serious injuries not said to be life threatening but nevertheless he was slashed and stabbed with the bladed weapon. whitemoor a prison housing some of the country's most dangerous offenders including a number of people convict

, and mothercare was a regular weekly fixture for my eldest. watching breakfast last week, you may have seen the story of a brave group of students who rescued a mother and baby from a canal. the teenagers used the cpr techniques they had learnt at school to save the pair. from september, first aid lessons will be a compulsory part of the national curriculum. brea kfast‘s tim muffett caught up with the boys at their school in widnes. cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cpr. it is taught at this school in widnes, in cheshire, and earlier this week, some of its students told brea kfast this week, some of its students told breakfast how they had used the skills they had learned to save this woman and her baby daughter. just a normal day with our mates, trying to play football, and then all of a sudden this girl ran over, upset and distressed in a way. so it was like, we went over and seen just two people in the water, struggling to cope for any longer. i thought i can swim, soi cope for any longer. i thought i can swim, so i can help out, and then the

meanwhile, the baby clothes retailer mothercare is closing its final stores — after it fell into administration going, jamie, how are some able to survive and others are some able to survive and others are not? yes, firstly, clearly a terrible loss, 3500 jobs. the british retail consortium has said that over the next decade, a further 900,000 jobs are likely to go. what we are seeing, really, are trends that have been going on for quite a while. that inability of some of those, i suppose, while. that inability of some of those, isuppose, more while. that inability of some of those, i suppose, more established firms not reacting to the sort of needs of shoppers and consumers today. so, you know, specifically, people are trying to shop more frugally. they are probably buying less and better, and obviously doing more shopping online. that is competing as well. the other thing that we really see coming through and the work that we do as shoppers are seeking experience. and if you look at some of the results coming out from black friday, there is an increase in people buying packages around experien

they were made of must break so the they were they weren't much losses in mothercare but in enters the we see that we witnessed that the reaction of fear from here from the people around that those buildings that have collapsed were already damaged before so this was this was in the making and in a way that i should say with the buildings that have collapsed were over the problematic but of course when we are walking in the streets we see the cracks on the on the faces of the buildings which means they are damaged but of course the level of the damage is not known for now experts are working on to figure out the level of the damages but people are afraid people are scared they took to the streets last night as soon as they heard. a $6.00 magnitude of earthquake which is a very strong earthquake especially to this region but we have heard to geologists say that the risk is gone there will not be any other. such a strong earthquake in the area but of course the aftershocks continued some people spent the night in their cars or in the streets some of them stayed in their homes feeling tha