katrina renton that we mentioned _ ahead. katrina renton that we mentioned these _ ahead.e mentioned these weather - ahead. katrina renton that we | mentioned these weather alerts are notjust in scotland, there are notjust in scotland, there are other areas affected? i think we have lost contact, may be the wind and the rain has got into the communications with catriona renton. we have a live page up and running on the bbc news website with the latest on these weather warnings. as i mentioned, edinburgh's fireworks have been cancelled but also elsewhere blackpool have cancelled theirs and london, which of course is the very big one in the uk, the fireworks boss says the big enemy is the wind, but they do still think that it will go ahead. confident was the word, but it would go ahead in london. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. to south korea now. and the latest on the fatal crash. the chief executive ofjeju air — has given a news conference — where he said he was "committed to strengthening the compa ny�*s safety and maintenance procedures". it follows

catriona renton, bbc news, edinburgh.ight declared a "critical incident" because of significantly increased demand across the service and extensive hospital handover delays. demand has been very high, with more than 340 calls waiting to be answered at the time the critical incident was declared. a state funeral will be held forformer us presdient, jimmy carter, on the 9th ofjanuary — part of a national day of mourning for the longest—lived us president. before that, his body will be flown to washington, where it will lie in state in the rotunda of the us capitol from january the seventh. he died yesterday at the age of 100. he served one term as president from 1977 to 1981, and was later awarded the nobel peace prize. a makeshift memorial has been set up at the carter presidential center in his home state of georgia. and this is the scene in washington dc, where flags are flying at half mast. throughout the day, tributes have been paid by world leaders — among them king charles, who said he felt "great sadness" at preside

catriona renton, bbc news, edinburgh. correspondent in edinburgh, lisa summers, gave us this update. i mean, this is a huge event for the city. over the years that they've been hosting it, it's really kind of put edinburgh and scotland on the international map as a place to come to to celebrate the new year. now, we were expecting around 16,000 people to gather in prince's street tomorrow night to bring in 2025. you mentioned the concert in the gardens was due to take place as well as a big fireworks display that would be at the castle and was going to last six minutes. organisers have said because of the bad weather that we've had today and the extreme weather they're expecting tomorrow, they've been unable to continue with the plans to get everything set up for these festivals. and for that reason, they've had to make the difficult decision to cancel events. it's quite early on to do that. we have had the street party cancelled in years gone by — twice in fact, in 2003 and 2006 — because of bad weather. but that all hap

catriona renton, bbc news, edinburgh.to be held for former us presdientjimmy carter on the 9th of january. he died yesterday at the age of 100. he served one term as president from 1977 to 1981 — and was later awarded the nobel peace prize. in washington dc, the nation's capital, flags are flying at half mast. while a makeshift memorial has been set up at the carter presidential center in his home state of georgia. world leaders have been paying tribute to him — among them, king charles who said he felt "great sadness" at president carter's passing. tom bateman reports. joining me now is gina kay abercrombie—winstanley, an american diplomat who served as us ambassador to malta from 2012 to 2016. she met former presidentjimmy carter in gaza while both were serving as election observers for the first general elections in the palestinian territories. hello, welcome to the programme. first off, i would like to get your reaction to this announcement on the carter centre timeline, saying that in recognition of president carter'

catriona renton reports from edinburgh. tonight, a subdued atmosphere. edinburgh to experience it. preparations were taking place today for the famous street party, the concert due to be headlined by texas and spectacular fireworks. that was until this afternoon when organisers announced they have had to cancel the outdoor events on safety grounds after the met office issued yellow warnings for wind and rain. we are deeply _ warnings for wind and rain. - are deeply disappointed. it is not something we take lightly, but again, the weather we have experienced over the last 48—hour and are expected to experience in the next 2a hours meant we were not able to build the infrastructure both for the performances and also the safety and construction. £31 safety and construction. of course people are disappointed, but understand. i course people are disappointed, but understand.— but understand. i didn't know the street _ but understand. i didn't know the street party _ but understand. i didn't know the street party was - but understand. i didn't know the street

sam mohawk works at that renton factory. this is his first television interview.ry when you heard about the lost door plug incident, what was your reaction? >> i was not surprised. i was expecting something to happen. i was happy that it wasn't a catastrophic event that took down an airplane. that, kind of, put visibility, what was going on internally, out to the public. >> mohawk has worked for boeing for 13 years on three different airplane programs. months before the door plug incident, mohawk says he warned boeing and federal regulators about lapses in safety practices inside the renton factory, which makes about 30% of the world's commercial jet fleet. >> the idea is to keep those airplanes moving, keep that line moving at all costs. >> at all costs, even safety? >> unfortunately, yes. >> mohawk says he started noticing problems during the covid, when boeing was ramping up production and dealing with supply chain issues. part of his job as a quality investigator is keeping track of defective airplane parts in what employees call, quote, the parts jail. >> why

get more now from katrina renton. you can see how windy it is here. it's been very heavy rain here this morning as well, although we're getting a little bit of respite from that at the moment. but as you can see, the conditions are not good and that is why organisers here had to cancel their outdoor events. the world—famous street party, the concert in princes street gardens that was due to be headlined by texas the scottish rock band, of course. and of course, those spectacular fireworks that bring in the bells every year. but sadly not this year. now, the last time that this happened, when the outdoor events were cancelled because of adverse weather was back in 2006. so it's not something that happens very often. and of course there's massive disappointment. but organisers here have done this with a heavy heart, but you can see how difficult it would be today to be preparing in these conditions. and, of course, safety has to come first. it looks like the weather will have cleared up quite significantly by midnight tonight. but the problem is today.

from edinburgh, here's our scotland correspondent catriona renton. in the scottish highlands, heavy rain caused the river to rage through carrbridge. flooding followed an amber weather warning for rain in the north of the country which expired late afternoon. network rail had to close the highland mainline as the level of water made it unsafe for trains. severe flood warnings had been issued overnight in the areas around aviemore. lifted as the rain was not as intense as anticipated. around the uk, weather warnings have led to cancellations of outdoor new year's eve parties from bangor to here in newcastle, which would have been the first new year fireworks display at the quayside since 2019, halted by forecast winds of over 50 mph. this morning, we woke up, and the wind direction has changed slightly. and now the debris would go towards the baltic, and despite everything that we've put in place, sadly wejust can't fire the show safely. and here in edinburgh, the world famous street party, live music and fireworks over the castle were cancelled on sa

let's speak to scotland corresponent catriona renton, who's in edinburgh. hello. i wonder if you could start with what exactly has been cancelled?— with what exactly has been cancelled? ., ., ., , ., cancelled? the outdoor events that were due to — cancelled? the outdoor events that were due to take _ cancelled? the outdoor events that were due to take place _ cancelled? the outdoor events that were due to take place tomorrow . were due to take place tomorrow night have all been cancelled. that is the world famous street party. the concert in princess street gardens which was going to be headlined by texas and of course, the spectacular fireworks that bring in the new year every year here in edinburgh, usually. but this year it has been cancelled. preparations were being made right up until the last minute. we only heard it was cancelled around about 3.30 this afternoon and organisers had been hoping the events would go ahead tomorrow night. indoor events will go ahead but it is those world famous street parties that attract people from all over the world, 45,000

our scotland correspondent, katrina renton is in edinburgh with more on the cancellations.ions. still very windy in edinburgh it's still very windy in edinburgh which is why organisers had to cancel sites outdoor events, the world famous street party, the live music in princes street gardens and the spectacular fireworks that people look forward to every year. but it is not to be this year. this is the time that bad weather has caused the outdoor events to be cancelled since 2006. 16,000 people were planning on attending the party tonight, some of them coming here from all over the world and i met some of them in the city centre who have been telling mejust city centre who have been telling me just how disappointed they are, some who have come from australia, malaysia but also they are realistic that it is windy and still one of the best places in the world to celebrate here whether you are inside or outside. people putting a bright look onto it all. there are still yellow weather warnings in scotland, which covers the south and central belt for wind but still a more seriou

our scotland correspondent, katrina renton is in edinburgh with more on the cancellations.nburgh, and that's the reason why organisers had to cancel tonight's outdoor events. the world—famous street party, the live music in princes street gardens and of course, the spectacular fireworks that people look forward to every year. but it's not to be this year. this is the first time that bad weather has caused the outdoor events to be cancelled since 2006. now, 45,000 people were planning on attending the party tonight. some of them come here from all over the world, and i've met some of them in the city centre who have been telling mejust how disappointed they are. some people that have come from australia and malaysia, but also realistic that it's windy and it's still one of the best places in the world to celebrate hogmanay, whether you're inside or outside. so people putting a bright look onto it all. now there are still yellow weather warnings in scotland. now they cover the south and the central belt and that's for wind. but there's still a more serious amber warning in pl

i love it. 0ur scotland correspondent catriona renton is in edinburgh and gave me the latest on the situation's still a little bit blowy here, louisa. in fact, the yellow warning for wind and rain, which caused the things to be cancelled yesterday, is still in place for wind in the central and southern parts of the country. so, it is still windy here. and of course, we've been watching quite enviously the pictures coming in from around the world of landmarks that are being lit up by fireworks as the new year is welcomed in. and of course, we're a little bit disappointed here, because normally the beautiful edinburgh skyline behind me here, it would be part of that, but not this year. 115,000 people have been planning to come to the street party, which was of course cancelled yesterday, as well as the live music and the fireworks, which are always quite a sight to see. we've been talking to some very disappointed people who we've met who have come from all over the world. people come here from new zealand, australia, malaysia, dubai, all sorts of places to come and specifically see and experie

catriona renton reports from edinburgh. music.t people from all over the world come to edinburgh to experience. this was hogmanay last year, and preparations were taking place today for the famous street party, concert due to be headlined by texas and spectacular fireworks. that was until this afternoon, when organisers announced they have had to cancel on safety grounds after the met office issued yellow warnings for wind and rain. a spokesperson for unique assembly said... of course people are disappointed, but understand. no! we were allowed to go to the castle because of the wind. yeah. oh, my gosh! this is what i came for, this weather, i love it. it was a little bit - blustery for the torches, so i understood that. we kind of came here for the party, so... organisers of other events, like the stonehaven fireballs in aberdeenshire, plan to still go ahead. the fireballs are going ahead as planned. the only issue would be for the spectators to come and stand for a couple of hours beforehand. already today, the north of the coun

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katrina renton, bbc news, newborough.e's a lot of weather to come between now and christmas. today we have some blustery _ between now and christmas. today we have some blustery wind _ between now and christmas. today we have some blustery wind and - between now and christmas. today we have some blustery wind and some i have some blustery wind and some larger showers around. we are between weather systems, one clearing to the north—east and another approaching from the south—west. some heavy rain spreading in into wales and parts of the midlands going through the afternoon. further north we keep the sunshine and showers. the cost of uk turning colder after mile start. we cling on to the mild airfurther south but going through this evening and tonight that weather that weather where weather pushing east across england and wales with a strong wind through the english channel for the easing through the second half of the night but staying windy across the north of scotland. some wintry showers as colder air will be digging i

body cam video from the renton police department showing the arrests. investigators say they contacted the man through text messaging and social media platforms, posing as underage boys and girls. one of the suspects had a previous conviction for raping a child. >> so for the overall investigation, we start with that dialog. we make it very clear multiple times that the person is speaking to a minor, whether the 13, 14 or 15 year old male or female. and then that dialog leads to what we call an offer, an agreement. >> detectives say another suspect was an assistant principal with seattle public schools. he has since resigned. other suspects were charged on counts including commercial sexual abuse of a minor and communication with a minor for immoral purposes. and in the state of arizona, five animals have died at wildlife world zoo in maricopa county after contracting the bird flu. health officials say the virus likely led to the animals deaths. the animals who died include a cheetah as well as a mountain lion. a white tiger also tested positive but is

the winds did topple plenty of trees, pulling down wires and snapping a power pole in the city of rentonually ripped off the pole, so it's still attached to the house side. there's a cable line that got ripped out as well, but it's going to need a little tlc. >> we didn't think that this was going to happen because we heard the strong winds are like, oh, we should be okay. but then, you know, just heard that loud snap. and i was like, i can't believe that happened. and we're just glad it didn't, you know, hit the neighbors over there, you know, on the power line instead. >> and in the northwest part of the state, two people went to the hospital after a tree came right down onto their truck on interstate five this morning, photos from washington state patrol shows the trees smashed right through the jeep's windshield there. the two people got lucky and suffered just minor injuries. and in the city of las vegas, a holiday tradition returns, but without a very key component. >> yeah. the nevada ballet theater's nutcracker had its first performances this weekend, but with no live orchestra,

let's speak to catriona renton, whojoins us from edinburgh. it is looking a little bit blowy? fact, the yellow warning for wind 1406