my grandfather captain edwin raworth left the new raf in 1921.i've had is a photograph of him with one of his aeroplanes and his lucky black cat, but i really feel now that i've got a much better sense of what he must have been through as a teenager. the fear he must have felt, the horror of it all, and it does explain why he never talked about it to anyone. and he never got in an aeroplane again. hello. the weather is not expected to throw anything particularly dramatic at us over the next few days but that's not to say there won't be some contrasts. look back at thursday and you'll find that sunshine brought temperatures up to 13 degrees in parts of northern ireland. but parts of the west country stuck underfog did not get above four degrees. and for friday, many of us start the day with some cloud or indeed some fog. it should turn brighter for many as the day wears on. there's also a bit of rain around through the morning across parts of scotland, that will clear eastwards quite quickly. and then here, we should see some sunshine developing,

my grandfather captain edwin raworth left the new raf in 1921.a photograph of him with one of his aeroplanes and his lucky black cat, but i really feel now that i've got a much better sense of what he must have been through as a teenager. the fear he must have felt, the horror of it all, and it does explain why he never talked about it to anyone. and he never got in an aeroplane again. hello. as we head into the final 2a hours of 2018, the weather is looking pretty quiet with high pressure dominating. this was the scene as the sun set on sunday in st andrews, beautiful colours there. and as we head through the final day, that high pressure keeps us largely dry and settled during new year's eve, quite a bit of cloud on offer. there could be a bit of rain in the north—west, particularly for north—west scotland. now, here is the area of high pressure that's holding onto our weather, here's the weather front approaching from the north—west. fairly tightly packed isobars in the north, so quite a windy spell of weather developing for northern parts of

on a former raf base in cambridgeshire, rows of family homes, but no families.ocal councillor john morris, it beggars belief. i mean, it could be really nice. it could be a really nice family home, this. yeah, it's a crying shame. i mean, locally, we've got 3,500 households on the housing register. more than 20 years ago, the military sold off almost all its family homes and agreed to rent them back, occupied or not. it's difficult to find the words to describe what a bad deal the mod have actually entered into. and there are many more across the uk, from cambridgeshire to west london, and canterbury in kent. here, vandals got to work as soon as the soldiers and theirfamilies moved out. the mod says it has to keep renting these properties in case it needs to move a military family in at short notice. but if you keep a place like this for too long, this is what can happen. someone has broken in and ripped out most of the piping and a lot of the electrical cabling. now, if you look in there, you can see that if a family is ever going to move back into this place,

kabila stepping down after seventeen years in power the elections were delayed by two years and the raf has been plagued by violence a peace pact to defuse tension between political parties collapsed after the opposition refused to sign the deal. the country's top appealed for calm following weeks of political unrest two people were killed during protests on friday. you know that eleven electoral commission need to tell the truth we are not people you can just stricken foo are going to be the contrast of votes and then in burnie and over there they are not voting. commission needs to take the time to explain to us what happens if a large part of the population can't vote are they going to know the election over there be country near a teacher in the months in between there is total confusion with their calendar and they can take this well beyond. head on al-jazeera the u.k. government on alert after a jump in the number of migrants crossing the sea from france we report from both sides the english channel.

he had a rather low opinion of both the raf and of the u.s. air force, unjustifiably so. i mean, he'd actually been helped hugely in the desert by the desert air force of the raf. and in this particular case,, he was determined to impose his plan even though both eisenhower and the british chiefs of staff had told him that the air force had to have the final say in the planning of any airborne operation for obvious reasons. but lord montgomery was going to have none of that. so when browning was called out from england on the 10th of september -- and this was the day the notorious day when montgomery started sort of, basically, almost yelling at his supreme commander, general eisenhower, and eisenhower actually had to put his hand on his knee and say steady on, monty, you've got to remember i'm your boss. anyway, fortunately there weren't any me too problems in those days. [laughter] putting a hand on the knee or anything like that. montgomery was put back in his box slightly, but he was determined this was one way of getting ahead of the americans, because if he got acro

so, whether it's the enhanced air—policing mission the raf have just spent three months taking part inof romania, or a joint uk and us marines training exercise in norway, just 100 miles away from the russian border, they tend to be justified in the same way. and deter russian aggression. we're here doing the same thing. for seven decades, it lived under communist rule, and it's still trying to adapt to being a capitalist country. and, to be honest, it's been a long, hard slog. whilst here in the capital, moscow, there are plenty of displays of wealth, even though russia's got twice as many people as the uk, it's got less cash. much less. per person, russia has around a quarter of the money the uk has, and it means people have to be creative to get by. how would you describe what you do for a living? what's the closest you've ever come to falling off? so, there are things like this all over the world, urban exploring and stuff, but roofing seems to be especially popular in russia? you guys are like celebrities. why do you think what you do has captured the imagination of young russian

an raf chinook helicopter was sent to cumbria, it patrolled the frozen uplands, dropping in on isolatedme, it wasjust to check all was well, but others were fast running out of fuel and needed help. what's been the reaction when you drop in? i think they're quite surprised but pleased to see us, we're here to reassure them that help is on its way. we are working with the police and the mountain rescue. what are you giving them? food from one of the leading supermarkets and also wood and coal. the helicopter stopped forjust a few minutes at each location, before setting off again, leaving residents grateful. it's a bit of excitement really, and a bit unusual, we'd never dreamt that that was going to happen. and it's a lifeline for us, really, we haven't had any contact for over a week now. it means that we can heat the place to temperatures that we want and need. but in many rural areas, it was the farmy army who kept roads open and kept suppliers coming through. it wasn't bad news for everyone, though, the ski slopes at the cairngorms in scotland had weeks of good conditions. it was wor

whether it's the raf or perhaps owing to the police, you do have to shoot this down. and that and we need to make sure the public is kept safe and that is the public is kept safe and that is the priority and we are working together to open the airport as quickly as we can. baroness sugg aviation minister thank you very much. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. slightly later than usual. well the row over whetherjeremy corbyn called the prime minister a "stupid woman" during pmq's dominates many of the front pages this morning. the daily telegraph describes it as an "end—of—term panto" for mps. continuing with the panto theme, the guardian also reports mr corbyn's denial with the headline "oh no, he didn't". and the times also covers the row over the labour leader's comments. speaking to the bbc radio 4's today programme, the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, defended mr corbyn. i've knownjeremy a long time. he's a very honest man, and if he has anything to say sorry for, he will

drastic measures were needed and this raf helicopter was sent to cumbria, it patrolled the frozen uplandsted communities. and for some it was just to check all was well, but others were fast running out of fuel and needed help. what is the reaction when you drop in? quite surprised, but we are here to reassure them that help is on their way. we are working with the police and the mountain rescue. what are you giving them 7 and the mountain rescue. what are you giving them? food from one of the leading supermarkets and also wood and coal. the helicopter stopped for just wood and coal. the helicopter stopped forjust a few minutes at each location, before setting off again. leaving residents grateful. a bit of excitement, really, a bit unusual, we never thought that was going to happen. it is a lifeline for us, really, we haven't had any contact for us, really, we haven't had any co nta ct for for us, really, we haven't had any contact for over a week now. it means that we can heat the place to the temperatures we want and need. but in many rural areas it was the barmy army who kept roads op

we had american naval airmen going over with lend lease aircraft and flying with the raf. it was an american who found the bismarck and was almost blown out of the sky. bismarck anti-aircraft fire and brought in what eventually resulted in the destruction of the bismarck. he was unafraid of using subterfuge and constitutionally dubious means to get aid to the chinese and british. the antiwar forces were organized, passionate, and powerful and also had the majority of american opinion behind them. a group of yale students formed what became the committee for america first. the organization's platform called for no intervention, no arms for foreign nations. build up e should solely american home defenses. founders and leaders and members of that group included at yale, brewster who would be president of yale during the vietnam war, and later, the ambassador to supreme court e justice, connor stewart, founder of the peace corps, future president gerald ford, at harvard, the son of ambassador joseph kennedy, joseph kennedy junior the head of the chapter there. john kennedy sen

funding for his border war with mexico now he's demanding almost six billion dollars to build the wall at raf spending bill passed by the house of representatives on thursday allocated the funds for it but it's expected to be rejected in the senate if no deal is reached parts of the u.s. government will begin to close at midnight eastern time on friday. border security and the republicans in the senate as you know are taking it up today and it's really up to the democrats totally up to the democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown. it's possible that we'll have a shutdown i would say the chances are probably very good because i don't think democrats. care so much about maybe this issue but this is a very big issue it's an issue of crime in our meeting in the old the law office president trump said quote if we don't get what we want president trump will shut down the government i am proud to shut down shut it down said president trump i'm not going to blame you meaning democrats i will take the mantle of shutting it down those are president trump's words and nothing he says or does tod

on a former raf base in cambridgeshire, rows of family homes, but no families.. it could be really nice, it could be a really nice family home, this. it's a crying shame. i mean, locally, we've got 3,500 households on the housing register. more than 20 years ago, the military sold off almost all its family homes and agreed to rent them back, occupied or not. it's difficult to find the words to describe what a bad deal the mod have entered into. and there are many more across the uk, from cambridgeshire to west london, and canterbury in kent. here, vandals got to work as soon as the soldiers and theirfamilies moved out. the mod says it has to keep renting these properties in case it needs to move a military family in at short notice. but if you keep a place like this for too long, this is what can happen. someone has broken in and ripped out most of the piping and a lot of the electrical cabling. now, if you look in there, you can see that if a family is ever going to move back into this place, it is going to cost the taxpayer thousands of pounds to put right. an

so the 25% that shifted into e raf, we' -- eraf, we're doing the math and saying the figures through both of those combination figure up the 33%. >> and if i could add to your suggestion about changing that mix, for example, lowering eraf and just giving it to a school district as straight property taxes wouldn't really benefit the school district unless you exceed that threshold of 500 -- of the lcff limit because as excess eraf, the school district's unentitled to keep that, to make that basic aid. but if it came as the other form of property tax, it would have to exceed a total revenue limit for the school district to be able to retain that, which it's not likely to happen. >> why would it change the overall amount if we had a -- so if we had a greater percentage of it coming -- i guess it would still require us going back to the state and making a legislative change to increase the amount that we would receive overall, whether it's to eraf or -- or -- or changing the percentages. one way or another, we'd have to change the state law to do that. why is it so much lower than anywhe

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on social media, tributes were paid, including this one to mrs collison, here in an raf uniform, sittingrby school. she was lovely, could not meet a nicer woman. she was always smiling and adored her children and her husband. over the weekend, prayers were said for those who died and for those who survived, and the local church will remain open during the day between now and christmas day for those wishing to pray or leave messages of condolence. ben ando, bbc news. the co—founder of the popular app hq trivia, colin kroll, has been found dead in his apartment in new york after an apparent drug overdose. the 3a—year—old, who also co—founded the video platform vine, was found by police on sunday morning after his girlfriend reportedly asked them to check on him. for the first time in 52 years it won't cost you a penny to cross either of the severn bridges as toll charges have been scrapped from this morning. it's thought that scrapping the toll will benefit communiters, businesses and the welsh economy by around one hundred million pounds a year. some drivers will save up to £1400 a year.

when i was younger, my dad had a book about a polish squadron that worked with the raf.at the end of the war, as i recall, they were disbanded and really not recognized at all. that seems to be a trend with the poles and the english, at least in those situations. you hear me? can that's absolutely true. in fact, it is a tradition, it seems, in england, because not only sosabowski, but squadron invited poles were not to purchase a bit in the 1946 ve day celebrations despite the fact that they fought everywhere. they were also -- for example, thatrits refused to admit had beene and had -- by the soviets and not be nazis. it took them until gorbachev we did it ands, yeltsin handed over the evidence for the brits to say, yes, actually, the soviets did commit this crime. and it was only in 2003 that tony blair did apologize to the invited to beg celebration. it was only in 2006 that they were able to participate in the commemorations. >> the next question, halfway back. >> i would like to accept dr. crane's challenge. as an attorney, i would love to argue the point, but the c

when i was younger, my dad had a book about a polish squadron that worked with the raf.at the end of the war, as i recall, they were disbanded and really not recognized at all. that seems to be a trend with the poles and the english, at least in those situations. you hear me? can that's absolutely true. in fact, it is a tradition, it seems, in england, because not only sosabowski, but squadron invited poles were not to purchase a bit in the 1946 ve day celebrations despite the fact that they fought everywhere. they were also -- for example, thatrits refused to admit had beene and had -- by the soviets and not be nazis. it took them until gorbachev we did it ands, yeltsin handed over the evidence for the brits to say, yes, actually, the soviets did commit this crime. and it was only in 2003 that tony blair did apologize to the invited to beg celebration. it was only in 2006 that they were able to participate in the commemorations. >> the next question, halfway back. >> i would like to accept dr. crane's challenge. as an attorney, i would love to argue the point, but the c

there must be other options you may consider using, whether it is the raf or perhaps saying to the police are working closely with the police on that. we need to make sure the public are kept safe, which is the priority, but we are working together in order to open the airport as quickly as we can. sussex police have sent out a statement asking if anyone knows who is responsible, call 999. we will keep you updated on the latest. the headlines on bbc news... all flights in and out of gatwick airport have been suspended after two drones were seen flying near the runway. 10,000 passengers have been affected. almost 600 homeless people died in england and wales last year — a rise of 24% over five years according to official figures published for the first time. the work and pensions secretary amber rudd says a second brexit referendum will become a "plausible" option if the deadlock in parliament over theresa may's deal can't be broken. in sport, the metropolitan police are working with arsenal to find out who threw a bottle at spurs player delle alli during his side's league cup win at the e

on social media, tributes were paid, including this one to mrs collison, here in an raf uniform, sittingth her at a nearby school. she was lovely, could not meet a nicer woman. she was always smiling and adored her children and her husband. over the weekend, prayers were said for those who died and for those who survived, and the local church will remain open during the day between now and christmas day for those wishing to pray or leave messages of condolence. ben ando, bbc news. for the first time in 52 years it won't cost you a penny to cross either of the severn bridges as toll charges have been scrapped from this morning. it's thought that scrapping the toll will benefit communiters, businesses and the welsh economy by around £100 million. some drivers will save up to £1,400 a year. our wheels correspondent is there. many people crossing this morning regularly make this trip every day for work purposes. there was a huge queue of traffic for that influx of vehicles not paying at 6:30am. 1.5 million vehicles cross the bridge into wales every month, so it's a huge saving for all those

occasional revolts were invisible to the world there was a desperate search for taste treats included stew raf receive saffron, rat, beatles, silk worm larvae. no pet was safe. a which areished pooch was left behind and strangers took it away and i understood they were going to kill it. the dog was said to taste if the flesh was beaten and softened before the animal wag killed. in the relatively rich south, almost everyone has enough to eat but the diem promotes catholics in overwhelmingly buddhist dust --ist country and ruled with abysmal incompetent, ho chi minh secured the ownership of vietnamese nationalism, heroic stature as victor of the french. the cruelties cruelties and bacs were concealed from the world by censorship. the low slowly started in south with so-called viet cong taking this place of the viet menh. the new rulers presented pleasant hot station to the diem regime rather been big driven by hanoi or beijing as washington delude it itself. in 1926 the north vietnamese, leveled no longer ledty the aging hoe which i minimum provided serious backing. in 1964 the u.s. decided unle

my dad had a book squadron three hope -- 303 which is about a polish squadron that fought with the rafery gallantly. at an the end of the war, as i recall they were disbanded and really not recognized at all. so that seems to be a trend with the pols and the english in those situations. >> that is absolutely true. and in fact it is a tradition, it seems in england. because it's not only squadron 303, the pols were not invited to participate in the 1946 ve day celebrations just by the fact that they were in everywhere you can think of. because this might be offensive to stalin. they were also, for example the brits refused to acknowledge that the slaughter had been committed by the soviets and not the nazis . they accepted that the soviets had committed the crime it took until gorbachev said yes, we did it and yeltsin handed over the evidence for the brits to finally see yes, the soviet did commit this crime. and it was only in 2003 that tony blair apologized to the pols for not having been invited to the celebrations and it was only 2006 that they participated in the celebrations of th

. —— raf uniform. she was lovely, could not meet a nicer woman.dored her children and her husband. over the weekend, prayers were said for those who died and those who survived, and the local church will remain open during the day between 110w remain open during the day between now and christmas day for those wishing to pray or leave messages of condolence. donations to chester zoo following a large fire over the weekend have now reached nearly £120,000. the number of animals killed in saturday's blaze at the monsoon forest habitat still remains unknown. bosses at the site, which has now reopened, have praised the hard work of keepers and thanked the public for their support. will be live there a little bit late on this morning. —— we will. from today, the directors of firms who make unsolicited phone calls can be fined. it comes after the passage of new laws. previously, some had escaped penalties by declaring ba n kru ptcy escaped penalties by declaring bankruptcy and then setting up a new firm. have you been injured at work 01’ firm. have you b

not in any way decrying the excellent work done by the police and by the aviation authority, and they rafdoesn't seem to be a plan. there doesn't seem to be a plan. we have had days of destruction which could have been avoided because clearly the technology exists. it is now being used. they would not be allowing aircraft to fly out of gatwick and into gatwick unless they were confident the drone was not going to present a threat. and they haven't, as far as we know, got hold of the drone or the drone operators. the threat is still there. these are things that have been available and should have been deployed. they should have been deployed. they should have been deployed. they should have been deployed at gatwick and all other airports for some time. we have heard of some of this technology that is out there in the industry. whose responsibility was it to pay for that? should it be the government? should it be the airport authorities? i don't know who would have paid for it. i would guess the actual paying for the equipment would come down to the airport authorities. it is really the res