draws up north sea fishing quotas by fish type and country.aul joy: what aggravates us is the share we have in our own waters. we are fishing in british waters, which was british territorial waters, and have to throw back fish because our counterparts, the european fishermen, they do not. they do not have to throw back. reporter: that's why nearly all british fishermen voted for brexit. they want to regain control over their own waters and decide how much to fish. they also want to banish other european fishermen from british waters, like this dutch vessel. dutch captain guido betsema spends 80% of the year fishing exclusively in british parts of the north sea. guido betsema: if i can no longer fish there, i'll have to find other areas. i'd have to compete with my dutch colleagues and share a tiny fishing area. reporter: brexit puts about 50% of the dutch fishing fleet in peril, says pim visser, who represents the dutch fishing industry. he thinks this is unnecessary because strict e.u. regulations now ensure there's enough fish for all. visse

it's a normal deployment by a russian warship that is coming to the north sea. onal law. it is demonstrating the right of innocent passage. we do this in the black sea and the baltic sea all the time. the russians have said, it's christmas, we will have to be at sea, so let's get somebody else to look at us as well. and you expect somebody to look at them as well. i would hope this country would send a warship out to look at any warship that comes out to look at any warship that co m es close out to look at any warship that comes close to us, other than our nato allies. it's also an opportunity to look at our brand—new frigate, it's the latest russian frigate, it's the latest russian frigate, it's the latest russian frigate, it has systems and other equipment on it we want to have a closer look at. ordinarily, we wouldn't get that close. what about the wider picture, if there is one, because you might say there isn't, but what about relations between russia and the uk, which are not exactly great at the moment. does that add to the potential significance of somet

a royal navy frigate spending christmas day escorting a russian frigate through the north sea, one of several russian ships to pass close to the uk in recent days. how on mother managed to get the best snap of the royal family. and australia's batsmen get the better of england's bowlers yet again as they take command on the opening day of the fourth ashes test. and sir bruce forsyth, liz dawn and sir roger moore — just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2017: we remember — that's in half an hour. hello. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to give his clearest warning yet that academic institutions must protect free speech. he'll say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, edward curwen reports. time spent at university must open minds, not close them. that's the view ofjojohnson, the universities minister, who will today set out a firm defence of free sp

and on the tanker movement around the north sea, 21 very large tankers expecting to be taking on oilfromrent fields including a couple of very ones. two to three weeks to get this sorted, but if this becomes a prolonged period and a prolonged problem for the company, then that could see prices rising potentially and that could lead to more inflation. the international energy agency is not much concerned about this, they said there are other sources of oil but can feed into the world market so prices will not necessarily spike is resolved. the main concerns are for the tankers, these companies operate with very thin margins and also those companies pumping oil including some of the big oil companies that have big deep pockets and can handle that kind of disruption as they have to close down because there‘s nothing to ta ke close down because there‘s nothing to take all and gas away from their platforms. but much tougher for those smaller companies without those smaller companies without those deep pockets. they will find problems of cash flow are much more ofa problems of cash flow are mu

a royal navy frigate spent christmas day escorting a russian warship through the north sea — one of severalussian ships to pass close to the uk in recent days. it was officially a white christmas in the uk for some, with areas of cumbria and the south of scotland recording light snowfall. how a mum from norfolk managed to capture the perfect image on her phone ahead of all the official photographers waiting to snap the royal family. and australia's batsmen put the hosts in control in melbourne, as england's bowlers struggle to take wickets on the opening day of the fourth ashes test. in half an hour, join me, sarah campbell, as i look back to the photocall held here at kensington palace that introduced prince harry's bride—to—be meghan markle to the world's media. that's in the royal review, 2017. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to warn that academic institutions must protect free speech. he'll say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. some universities and student

the price of brent crude oil has hit its highest level in two years after a key pipeline from the north seaas shut due to safety fears. and the markets across europe are on central bank watch with the fed meeting starting today. we also have the european central bank the bank of england as the week progresses. and we'll be getting the inside track on how artificial intelligence is helping to ‘drive‘ the self—driving car revolution. and as world leaders meet to talk about climate change what steps do you think they should take? fewer flights, less driving, perhaps laced meat? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. get in touch with your top tips or ideas when it comes to making us all a bit more environmentally friendly. let's start in paris, on this day, in 2015, a landmark deal to tackle climate change was agreed by almost every nation on the planet. now, two years on, national leaders are meeting back in paris to discuss the deal and how to pay for it. the deal commits 195 countries to keep the rise in global temperatures to less than 2 degrees c

we can see it from the bank in the north sea over scotland.s this crack -- describe to us the nature of this crack in large diameter pipeline. morning, matt. simply, this is a 36-inch pipeline. we have a hairline crack that is long atve to six inches the base of the pipe. that is what we found over the routine maintenance process we did over the weekend -- just before the weekend. sure now thatbe nothing has leaked out of the pipeline? that there hasn't been any via -- environmental contamination? tom: absolutely, we know for sure there has been no impact on the environment. we discovered the cracked through a routine process where we send a device along the line, that detected the crack from the inside. we been excavated the pipeline out, found the crack. we dug it out, found it at the base where it was sitting against a piece of rock. we can see visually there is no leakage from it. we reduced the pressure on the ipe over the weekend. it went from 10 millimeters to 16 millimeters, the crack, so it spread an inch or two. at that stage, we dec

strongest winds head out into the north sea as storm dyla n head out into the north sea as storm dylanternoon but we will have fairly blustery conditions nationwide. heavy and thundery showers, snow on the mountains of scotland and quite a range of temperatures between six in the north and i2 a range of temperatures between six in the north and 12 in the south. we can see how the showers continue to rattle a number risk winds. not as cold as it has been over recent nights. new year's day, further outbreaks of rain will move in over southern england, could bring in localised flooding. still quite a range in temperatures but things turning for a time at least a little bit cooler. further bouts of heavy rain and the variations in temperatures from day—to—day. that is your weather. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: reports of growing violence in towns and cities across iran, as anti—government protests gather momentum for a third day. beatles' drummer ringo starr and bee gees' singer barry gibb receive knighthoods, while strictlyjudge darcey bussell is made a dame, in the new year hon

the forties pipeline carries about 40% of north sea crude oil.e price of crude oil as well. the financial times is reporting that the world's largest listed oil and gas group, exxonmobil, is to start publishing reports on the possible impact of climate policies on its business. the decision is being seen as a success for investors who have been pushing for improved disclosure on the risks it faces. singapore's has just launched its first electric car—sharing scheme the latest transport innovation aimed moving away from pollution causing fossil fuel powered vehicles. bluesg has launched the service today with 80 electric cars and 120 charging points across the island. sharanjit leyl has been out taking a look. this is one of about a fleet of 80 electric powered cars in singapore. if you are over 21 with a driver ‘s licence, you can hop into one of these and go to the next charging point. there are about 30 charging stations. they may not look like much, there are only about two cars plugged in. you have your powerpoint plugged in. you have your po

on top of that explosion the most important north sea gas and oil pipeline has been shut down in order to repair a crack to the pipe and to top things off there's a severe cold snap here at the moment so that's paralyzed travel in some parts of the country so gas is very much in demand people need heating and prices for suppliers have surged in the fair is at this moment though that price increase could be passed on to consumers which would be at this time of year a very bitter pill for people to have to swallow so this perfect storm of just three variables just goes to show you how vulnerable the energy supply to europe can be at a time like this now the issue with the austrian facility is that it happened to be the main entry point for russian gas into europe russian gas accounts for about a third of the overall gas supplies to the continent and there had been a new pipeline in the pipeline so to say the nord stream to that was meant to create another way for russian gas to get to germany and the rest of europe but that project has been put on ice due to mainly. political obstacles s

wintry showers along the north sea coast and northern scotland. in northern ireland this evening. many places will become dry. the confirmation of lying snow and wet weather, it means ice will bea and wet weather, it means ice will be a major concern on untreated roads and pavements. temperatures fall quickly, we lose the showers, clearer skies in northern ireland and scotland. most showers down the eastern side of england. a cold night. look at that, -12 england. a cold night. look at that, —12 in the countryside, especially with a covering of snow. potentially it could get very icy. heading into tuesday, we lose the showers on the western coast. those on the eastern coast will be blown offshore. wetter weather arriving. in the west, we see highest temperatures. tomorrow is dry, cold and sunny. this weather front may bring a bit of snow later tomorrow over the hills of scotland, northern england, and the threat of icy conditions. more significantly on wednesday, we are drawing in atlantic air, temperatures will be higher, it will be cloudy and sh

coming in off the north sea coast. two showers through south—west wales and south—west england. good deal of dry weather in the story. as clear skies will allow temperatures to fall away. a cold night to come and frost for many. looks like we'll see temperatures down a couple of degrees below freezing. the exception northern ireland, wales and south—west england. here there will be more in the way of cloud and showers around, not too many in the south—west first thing, but they will become widespread into the afternoon. a cold start into the london area and to the midlands. hopefully sunshine if you are up and off early. scattering of charge through wales and north—west england, and one or two showers into northern ireland and will west facing coasts of scotland. the majority of scotland should be dry with sunshine around after a wintry week, i'm sure it'll come as welcome news. a cold day. despite the frost, plenty of sunshine. temperatures still struggling here. the exception, again, through northern ireland, wales and south—west england, where we keep showers 6—8d. only aroun

on christmas day, hms st albans was sent to escort a russian warship through the north sea as it passeds. defence secretary gavin williamson said he will not "tolerate any form of aggression". a british woman being held on suspicion of drug—smuggling will appear in court in egypt later this morning. laura plummer was arrested in october when officials found 290 tramadol tablets in her suitcase, which are legal in the uk, but not in egypt. the shop assistant from hull says she was carrying the pills for her egyptian partner, who suffers from back pain. millions are expected to head out to the boxing day sales, marking the start of a what has traditionally been a crucial period for retailers across the uk. our reporterjohn mcmanus is on oxford street in london. the queues are definitely forming? they have started to arrive, as you can see behind me, and there are queues that way as well. there are crash barriers in place at selfridge's. they haven't been needed yet but perhaps they will come into their own in an hour when the doors open. but we do know that these boxing day sales seem to

of defence says a royal navy frigate spent christmas day escorting a russian warship through the north seathe navy said several russian vessels had passed close to the uk in recent days. voters in liberia are choosing a new president today in the decisive second round run—off between the current vice—president and a former world footballer of the year, george weah. now on bbc news, weather world. the team looks back at the big meteorological events of 2017, but things are not quite as they seem. this time, we've come to a winter wonderland. or have we? look very closely in the next half—hour, because all is not as it seems. so... let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. welcome to weather world! also on the programme: 2017's biggest storms. tropical deluge, floods that carry a house and everything in it. safe from the storm, near impossible escapes. and even record rain cannot stop another wildfire crisis in california. humber, west or south—west, five or six... plus, we celebrate 150 years of the shipping forecast, its distinctive tones loved by sailors and landlubbers alike. and, weather,

now showing signs of wanting to get off into the north sea, leaving behind, as i say, a day with a goodffer than we've seen of late. a peppering of showers across the northern half of britain. but already we've seen a transition from a really decent start to the day across the south west, into one of quite a bit of wind and cloud and rain as well. and that will gather all the while across the south—western border, gradually wanting to push further north and eastwards through the rest of the afternoon. further north than that, after quite a showery started to the day with a wee bit of snow across the higher ground across the north of england, through northern ireland and southern scotland, well, i think the showers just tending to fade somewhat. so there will be a wee bit more sunshine, doing nothing for temperatures. and then in the far north of scotland, those showers turning increasingly wintry as the air gets pretty cold, certainly as the sun goes down. and that cold air begins to interact with all of this moisture. and look at this, southern and central parts of the pennines, into t

it is specific to the north sea.nce this crack gets fixed, will it sharply come back down? will: it's hard to say. it comes against a background of a strong market for brent in particular. demand is good from asian likemers who buy grades brent. was positivesion for investors. there is a list background against all of this. we may get some selloff. it's not the only thing in the market right now. mark: thank you for joining us on this extraordinary 24 hours in the energy market. coming up, it is battle of the short -- charts. we will find up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: it is time now for our a battle of the charts. we look at some of the most compelling charts of the day and what they may mean for investors. you can always access these charts on the bloomberg. kicking things off, our federal reserve expert. wax i want to look at the yield curve, which has been flattening a lot. if you take a look at the white line, this is what we love. if you look at the blue line, something interesting emerges. these are ove

after a crackng was discovered in a pipeline system in the north sea.xpected to take two weeks to repair. why is this so important? just put it into perspective for us. >> well it transports a quarter , of the u.k.'s oil and gas production. what is really important is that it provides brent crude oil. they look at several grades including brent. that means more than two thirds of the global oil is being priced from $40. mark does that mean looking for : alternatives to the north the -- to the north sea supply? >> yes. that particular grade is being bid up. >> the costs have to be enormous. do you have an estimate? is this a force majeure insurance situation? >> it is a force majeure insurance situation. we don't have a feel for the actual numbers, because it depends on the alternative arrangements. most have additional cost with them. it is impossible to put a figure on that, but it is a force majeure situation. >> and the u.k. inflation , unexpectedly fell, forcing bank of england governor mark carney to explain why price growth is so far above its tar

we will keep some wintry showers around the north sea coast and coming into wintry scotland. es. for most areas it will be a dry and sunny day. western parts will see the wind picking up and cloud coming in. rain particularly in northern ireland. in the west we will see higher temperatures. for many it will be dry, cold and sunny. still the threat of more ice as we head into tuesday evening and tuesday night. this is bbc newsroom live, our latest headlines. snow and ice across the uk are causing dangerous driving conditions and disruption all round the country. more than a thousand schools are closed, and hundreds of homes are still without power as temperatures continue to drop. two days of hearings into the grenfell tower disaster, in which 71 people died have got under way. the metropolitan police are investigating offences including misconduct in public office, breaches of fire safety regulations, manslaughter and corporate manslaughter. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of russian troops from syria, after an unannounced meeting with syrian

windy weather across the northern half of the uk in particular, as the storm moves out into the north seae winds will ease through the afternoon. after a speu ease through the afternoon. after a spell of sunshine we will see more of these showers packing in from the west, they could be quite heavy. still gusty winds around, a range of temperatures like today, six in scotland, 12 across southern areas of england. moving on a fewer hours to see in the new year, there will be some showers around, but the winds will be much lighter by this stage in scotland and it will be starting to turn chilly. for the first day of the new year, there is a chance of rain running east across southern parts of england, they could be quite heavy, strong winds in the channel. elsewhere, some sunshine and showers, chilly are perhaps on new year's day, but nothing desperately cold. as we look ahead into the early part of next year, you will find stronger winds bringing in showers and longer spells of rain, it will be cold a briefly at times, still some frost but very unsettled. of people recognised in the new yea

the gains coming off to operate discovered a crack in the north sea. to take two weeks to repair. why is this so important? >> it transports a quarter of the uk's oil and gas production. 450,000 barrels a day. what's really important is it provides brent crude oil. that means more than two thirds of the global oil is being priced from 40. mark: does that mean looking for alternatives to the north sea supply? >> yes. that particular grade is being bid up. it is then feeding to the futures prices. matt: the costs have to be enormous. do you have an estimate? is this a force majeure insurance situation? >> it is. we don't have a feel for the actual numbers, because it depends on the alternative arrangements. most have additional cost with them. it is a force majeure situation. >> in the uk, inflation unexpectedly accelerating to the fastest pace in more than 5.5 years, forcing mark carney to explain why price growth is so far above its target. he sits down and gets out a pen and says he has to write a letter to philip hammond. what does he say? >> well, o

windy weather across the northern half of the uk in particular, as the storm moves out into the north sea, winds will ease through the afternoon after a spell of sunshine we will see more of these showers packing in from the west, and they will be quite heavy as well. still some gusty winds around, a range of temperatures like today,. moving things on a fewer hours to see in the new year and there was to be some showers around at the winds will be much lighter by the stage in scotland and it will be starting to turn chilly for new year's eve. for the first day of the new year there is a chance of rain running eastwards and it could be quite heavy. strong winds through the channel, and elsewhere some sunshine and a few showers. chilly on new year's day but nothing desperately cold. as we look ahead into the early part of next year, you will find some strong winds and you will find some strong winds and you end showers or longer spells of rain. it will be cold briefly at times. still some frost around and very unsettled. hello, good afternoon. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: more th

this week also another thing to report a hairline crack shut down a key pipeline network in the north sea to economists keith boy field told us he thinks that by restricting russian gas supplies the u.s. is simply trying to seize a larger share of the european gas market u.s. producers are looking to their own bottom line and that they would like to you know export. liquefied natural gas to europe because they see a commercial opportunity there so you could argue that strategic. sort of view about the future of gas supply your. commercial incentive as well or but they're certainly look looking to increase their exports of liquefied natural gas and looking at their fracking capacity and so they're looking across the world including europe to export that gas that they're producing in the states. say goodbye bit of breaking news coming through a lot about one of our top stories now the organization for islamic cooperation meeting today calling on the world we are now to recognize east jerusalem as the capital of the state of palestine adding that the u.s. should withdraw from the peace proce

my word it has been windy around about that system which quits the scene into the southern north seaal problem tonight with ice because that's as cold as it's going to get in the major towns and cities with lying snow and out in the countryside it will be colder. so if your surface is not treated for thursday morning, you will have to contend with ice on what's going to be another glorious day. no doubt about it. but you will lose your sunshine across the far south—west because we have got weather fronts coming in from the atlantic and they herald the change as we get towards friday and on towards the weekend, getting close to new year. there, oui’ getting close to new year. there, our weather system is running in from the atlantic. some doubt about the low pressure and how deep it is, but what you will notice is that you will get more cloud, more wind, more rain, but it will be much, much milder, 12 or 13 celsius. see you later. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 10am: snow and ice affect travel across the uk. stansted airport closes its runway. motorists are warned

it's come down to the north sea. she's perfectly entitled to do that under international law. the same, in the black sea and the baltic all the time. i think what's happened the russians have said it's christmas, we are going to have to be at sea, let's get somebody else to look at us as let's get somebody else to look at us as well. wye hope this country would send a warship out to have a look at any warship that comes close to us, other than nato allies of course, it's also a great opportunity to have a look at a brand new frigate, it's the latest russian frigate. it's got systems and other equipment on it, we want to have a close look at. ordinarily, we wouldn't get that close i would think. the russians want to say to the world, look, we are a great power again now, we are intervened in syria and the president in particular wants to show the russian flag around the world. there is no better way of doing that of course than in actually putting your navy to sea. it's appeared on all sorts of tv and news channels and the fact of tv and news channels and the fact of life is th

to extend production cuts into two thousand and eighteen but it also comes just a day after the north sea forties pipeline system shut down for repairs according to an operator spokesman it could be weeks before it's back up and transporting four hundred fifty thousand barrels of oil per day again that's a problem to about forty percent of the u.k.'s total oil production and since october nearly one million barrels of oil a day have been wiped from the market due to production disruptions in the u.s. u.k. venezuela and iraq.

this is a normal deployment by a russian warship that is coming down into the north sea. is demonstrating the right of innocent passage. we do this in the barents sea, black sea and the baltic all the time. i think the russians have said, it's christmas, we will have to be at sea, so let's get somebody else out to look at us as well. i would hope this country would send a warship out to look at any warship that comes close to us, other than our nato allies. it's also a great opportunity to look at our brand—new frigate, it's the latest russian frigate. it has systems and other equipment on it we want to have a closer look at. ordinarily, we wouldn't get that close. the russians want to say to the world, we're a great power, we have intervened in syria, we want to show the russian flag around the world and there is no better way of doing that than putting your navy out to sea. it has appeared on all sorts of tv and news channels. the fact of life is the russian navy is on the up at the moment, getting increased levels of expenditure. they want to show they can go anywhere t

the winds will drag in showers of the north sea. towards the south—east of england. showers likely to run down through the welsh coast and into the south—west. sandwiched in between a two, chilly start, but hopefully some sunshine. that'll be the order of the day. with that wind direction coming from the north it'll drag showers of the north sea. one or two dangling down through wales and south—west england. between the two, quieter, dry, with such i'm coming through. temperatures not particularly warm. 3—7d at the best. that will lead to a cold night friday to saturday morning. a widespread frost is likely, so a pretty chilly start if you're up and off early for the start of your weekend. cold air stays with us one more day. the first half of the week stays cold, wind direction changes to south—westerly, mild asset to arrive through the second half of the weekend. we start cold and frosty on saturday. more cloud into northern ireland, wales, south—west england, it will produce showers here but not as cold. seven or 8 degrees. under

on christmas day, hms st albans was sent to escort a russian warship through the north sea as it passed waters. defence secretary gavin williamson said he will not "tolerate any form of aggression". a british woman being held on suspicion of drug—smuggling will appear in court in egypt later this morning. laura plummer was arrested in october when officials found 290 tramadol tablets in her suitcase, which are legal in the uk, but not in egypt. the shop assistant from hull claims she was carrying the pills for her egyptian partner, who suffers from back pain. a tropical storm that was threatening southern vietnam has weakened and is expected to dissipate within the next 48 hours. yesterday, hundreds of thousands of people were told they may need to evacuate their homes as forecasters warned that up to 200 centimetres of rain could fall. a 20—year—old man will appear before magistrates this morning charged with murder after a fatal stabbing in a restaurant in middlesbrough on christmas eve. efreeqi mohamed siddig is accused of killing 41—year—old mazhar ali from stockton—on—tees who died

a royal navy frigate spent christmas day escorting a russian warship through the north sea — one of severalsian ships to pass close to the uk in recent days. tottenham's harry kane sets a new record for the most premier league goals in a calendar year, as he scores against southampton this lunchtime. and in half an hour, we will be taking a look back at an incredible year here in hull, the uk city of culture. from the royal ballet to world—class theatre and the most talked about artists. we will have all the highlights. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt says she's been sentenced to three years in jail. laura plummer, who's 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller tramadol, which is banned in egypt. our cairo correspondent hanan razek explained the latest a short while ago. we know that laura plummer has been sentenced to three years in prison here in egypt for bringing tramadol and naproxen into the country as she entered in october. she has been sentenced for smuggling drugs. what we understand

the industry terms of the global market is actually quite small if you recall we're still have a north sea pipeline outage of the forty's field which has taken off about four hundred thousand barrels a day of oil supplies but what's really important to remember in libya is that it shows the instability in the market with the supplies and that it any time we could have a terrorist attack impacting significant amount of oil is ultimately a national issue for libya because you have so much oil production in both the eastern and western parts of the country and it just shows you how the infrastructure is susceptible to these type of disruptions and outages that could really take significant quantities of oil off the market that the libyan government really needs to finance their budget we have seen the end of the cheap oil and i do expect that oil prices are going to drift higher in two thousand and eighteen production continues to decline but on a global basis demand continues to rise as the economies around the world are continuing to grow and that's how things are looking so far this mornin

the forties pipeline carries 40% of north sea oil and gas. a crack was discovered last wednesday.oil from the north sea is exported, the shutdown is not expected to have a major impact on domestic supplies. the french president, emmanuel macron, says he believes president trump will bring the us back into the paris deal on combating climate change. earlier this year, donald trump announced he would pull the united states out of the global pact on emissions signed by barack obama. speaking ahead of a new climate summit in paris, president macron condemned america's decision to withdraw for the deal. the us did sign the paris agreement. it's extremely aggressive to decide on his own just to leave, and no way to push the orders to renegotiate because one decided to leave the floor. i'm sorry to say that. it doesn't fly. so sorry but i think it's a big responsibility in front of the history, and i'm pretty sure that my friend president trump will change his mind in the coming months or years. well roger harrabin is with me. so he's pretty confident that president trump will change his

now rolling into the north sea, things are calmer behind that system if you are calmer behind that systemo celebrate the new year. through the course of the night, a few showers packing in towards the west. still breezy as well. we have a deep blow to the south of the british isles on new year's day. it looks like the worst of it will run through the channel, but nonetheless, it could be a stormy start to the new year in southern counties. the persistent rain could head for north than this picture suggests. certainly a wet start for southern england and potentially south wales. further north, sunshine, further north still, as showery picture for northern ireland and southern and western scotland. in the north—east, a chilly start. this rain ploughs off into the continent through the morning pretty quickly. showers will push into north wales in northern england through the second half of the day. some heavy ones in southern scotla nd the day. some heavy ones in southern scotland and northern ireland. overnight, into tuesday, there is a ridge of high pressure, and that will allow temperatur

yes it was it was a good year the price for brant to the north sea kind of oil for example went up by about seventeen percent since the beginning of the year to this two year high that we are seeing now and part of the picture is the overall demand in the world increasing price sensitivity decreasing as the world economy improved and demand increased but part of the picture that has to be taken with a grain of salt is also that the suppliers held back they went off the gas pedal a little with the production in order to drive up prices there was a supply glut and part of that supply glut has been taken out of the market so that's also the other side of the picture really where the un the markets see the all price going in the next year. i'm hearing sixty to eighty dollars now one has already passed the sixty dollars mark i heard a lot of these forecasts before sixty was reached but people do see the effect of the world economy improving they do see producers continuing to hold back with over supplying that is keeping the market in such a condition that higher prices can be pushed throu

through the rest of the day, the strongest winds will edge added to the north sea leaving us with a blusteryay, heavy and thundery showers, temperatures between six and i2 degrees but those words could cause real problems for northern ireland and scotland through the morning. that is your weather. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. beatles drummer ringo starr and bee gees singer barry gibb receive knighthoods, while strictly judge darcey bussell, is made a dame, in the new year honours. firefighters in manchester say a fire at an apartment block in the city centre is under control. crews had been tackling the blaze in the residential building in the city's northern quarter. one person has been taken to hospital. anti government demonstrations in iran have turned violent in a number of towns and cities across the country after three days of protests, despite warnings from the authorities. in the us, the trump administration has warned iran that the world was watching its response to the unrest. millennials will benefit from the biggest "inheritance boom" of any post—war generation, but i

different story in the north—east of england, showers coming in off the north sea coast.ers through the deja vu also one or two showers through wales and into the south—west of england. this is where we will have some clear skies and a frost forming through the night. we will keep a scattering of showers through northern ireland into the far north of scotland. a touch frost, then, first thing in the morning which temperatures falling below freezing. a cold start if you are up early on saturday. with the exception perhaps of the south—west of england, where there will be a bit more cloud. but it will be frosty elsewhere. so, a frosty start, with some showers across north wales and into northern ireland. here, not quite as cold. generally in scotland, not a bad day, really. it's going to be cold but predominantly dry. and we will continue to see some sunshine. so, the frost will lift, but look at the difference in the story where we have got the cloud. here, temperatures will hold up to around 6-8 temperatures will hold up to around 6—8 degrees. elsewhere, temperatures are

the british defense ministry says one of its frigates is schools had a russian warship through the north sea on christmas day the admiral called is just one of several russian vessels that are being tracked in recent days the role navy saying there's been an upsurge in russian warships passing through british water is . liberians are voting today in a runoff poll to choose a new president former international football the george way facing vice president joseph walk by in the poll with analysts expecting tight to come the winner will succeed president ellen johnson sirleaf is stepping down after twelve years as africa's first elected female leader. now there's been a second day of on rest in peru over the release from jail of ex leader a battle for him already the former president who's now in hospital was granted a medical pardon off the serving less than half of a twenty five year sentence given to him for corruption and human rights abuses his controversial release comes by order of the current president paid through could shinseki. protesters and police kirsch on the streets of lima the

north—westerly wind. further south, it was milder, temperatures sitting at around eight or 9 degrees, but the winds, gales at times, brought some pretty rough seasinds will start to fall light as we go through the night. we've still got some showers to move their way down from the north—west and as they do so, skies will clear and we could see some icy stretches first thing across northern england and scotland. here, temperatures perhaps sitting at around freezing. further south and west will see four or 5 degrees, but still some showers first thing in the morning. so we start of friday morning on a slightly quieter note in scotland. there will be fewer showers around and perhaps showers chiefly along the east coast, due to a subtle change in wind direction. though showers will be driven in along the north sea coast across parts of eastern england. further west will see one or two showers running down through west wales and south—west england as well. but, generally speaking, there'll be fewer showers further inland, one or two across the south—eastern corner and as we go through the day, that northerly wind will drive in the showers across the

the strongest of the winds will blow into the north sea as we go through the afternoon but we will seeving in, across most areas, coming in big bands, some of them heavier thundery. mild in the south, cooler conditions hanging on in the north of the uk. that is storm dylan out of the way and as the countdown to the midnight celebrations and new year's day, you can see plenty of showers, it will stay blustery, not as cold, temperatures between 4—7 at midnight. on new year's day, heavy rain comes into the south of england, localised flooding from this, because the weather has been wet over recent days. another stronger weather system coming into scotla nd stronger weather system coming into scotland could bring blustery winds and further outbreaks of rain. it sets the tone for the weather coming this way next week. strong winds that time, spells of heavy rain and there will be swings in temperature as we see the weather fronts going through followed by cooler conditions for a time and then a repeat performance with heavy rain. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7.00pm. beatles drummer ri

british defense ministry says one of its frigates a schoolteacher a russian warship through the north sea on christmas day. is one of several russian vessels tracked in recent days the royal navy says there's been an upsurge russian warships passing through british water is. liberians are voting today in a runoff poll to choose a new president for international football but george waya faces vice president. with analysts expecting a tight outcome the winner will succeed president ellen johnson sirleaf who's stepping down after twelve years as africa's first elected female leader. in yemen the saudi backed strikes on the outskirts of the capital and fresh fighting elsewhere have left over one hundred people dead over the past three days pro-government forces are pushing forward in an offensive against two thieves rebels in a bid to breach the country's second largest port. authorities in vietnam have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from low lying land on the mekong delta this is tropical storm tembin moves across the country's southern tip the storm of the last the philippines wh

now it is rolling off into the north sea and things are a little calmer if you are heading out to celebraterse of the night we will see showers packing in towards the west, still a breezy story as well. as for new year's day, this deep low, this time to the south of the british isles, to concentrate on. it looks like the worst of it will run through the channel, but nonetheless, for southern counties of england could have a stormy start to the new year, intensity winds along the south coast, hats persistent rain a little further north than this picture may imply. some uncertainty. but it is a wet start for southern england and potentially south wales, too. further north, sunshine. for northern ireland and southern and western scotland, quite a showery picture. for the north east, clear skies and sunshine, but also a chilly start, too. the area of low pressure to the south moves off to the continent quickly. sunny skies through the afternoon. showers will push on to north wales and northern england through the second half of the day. also some heavy ones for scotland and northern ireland. fu

the sleet and snow showers will be close to the north sea coast on saturday, where the winds will ber. elsewhere, sunshine. but by sunday, we have a problem. a cold and frosty start, and we bring an atlantic weather system into the uk with the moisture into the cold air. there is uncertainty about how quickly this will move across the uk, but some of us are likely to see snow as it runs into the cold air. there is a risk of significant snow in places, particularly across northern parts of the uk. for sunday, this is a case of watch this space and we will keep you updated. there will be further similar problems into next week, because the weather pattern stays the same. the jet stream is lurking to the west of us, but much of the uk will be on the northern side of the jet stream. that is the cold side. so cold air is in place for most of us, just mild flirtations at times with the south and south—west. along the jet stream, we will see further weather systems from the atlantic. it's mild to the south and south—west. elsewhere in the uk, in the cold air on the northern side of the jet