earlier on, we spoke to the water safety manager at the rnli, ross macleod. so the conditions, as has been well reported, are pretty treacherous all around the coast at the moment with the red, orange and yellow wind and rain warnings. driving a little bit too quickly perhaps. and then you lose grip on the roads. and that could be very, very dangerous. so if you can, stay at home — that is the message, or postpone your journey until the worst of the weather has passed. earlier on, we spoke to the water safety manager at the rnli, ross macleod. he explained what he is witnessing at the moment. so the conditions, as has been well reported, are pretty treacherous all around the coast at the moment with the red, orange and yellow wind and rain warnings. so it's definitely a weekend for putting up the christmas decorations, spending time with family and certainly not taking any unnecessary risks around the coast. there's big seas out there, so people are at risk of getting swept into the water. and at this time of year, the water can be quite treacherous. so we're

earlier i spoke to water saftey manager at the rnli, ross macleod. witnessing at the moment. the conditions, as has been well reported, are pretty treacherous all around the coast at the moment with the red, orange and yellow wind and rain warnings, so it's definitely a weekend for putting up the christmas decorations, spending time with family and certainly not taking any unnecessary risks around the coast. there's big seas out there, so people are at risk of getting swept into the water and at this time of year the water can be quite treacherous, so we're really encouraging people to avoid the coastline for the next 48 hours or so, but also if you do find yourself down there and you do find yourself in difficulty, there's a couple of key things to remember. the first of which is if you find yourself in difficulty in the water, remember to float to live. so this is where you tilt your head back in the water, put your ears in the water and just rest and relax as best you can, to try and relax your breathing and either float until help arrives or you

i've also been speaking to the water safety manager at the rnli, ross macleod.ing at the moment. the conditions, as has been well reported, are pretty treacherous all around the coast at the moment with the red, orange and yellow wind and rain warnings, so it's definitely a weekend for putting up the christmas decorations, spending time with family and certainly not taking any unnecessary risks around the coast. there's big seas out there, so people are at risk of getting swept into the water and at this time of year the water can be quite treacherous, so we're really encouraging people to avoid the coastline for the next 48 hours or so, but also if you do find yourself down there and you do find yourself in difficulty, there's a couple of key things to remember. the first of which is if you find yourself in difficulty in the water, remember to float to live. so this is where you tilt your head back in the water, put your ears in the water and just rest and relax as best you can, to try and relax your breathing and either float until help arrives or you feel you

so, the rnli is the charity that saves lives at sea, so for us, we are ready 24/7, 365 days a year, buticted bad weather, obviously our volunteer crew will be slightly more ready and primed ready to go. but of course prevention is far better than curing these situations, so again just encouraging people to do what they can to prevent that accident from happening and if they are going to be making trips or spending any time anywhere near the coast, it's taking the right precautions, and i'm sure not many people are thinking of going to sea over the next few days but if you are, things like wearing a life jacket like i'm wearing today here at the survival centre in poole is a really sensible move and making sure that you've got a means of calling for help, so you can get that call into the coastguard should something go wrong. our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath is in cardiff and explained why we are seeing so many storms. it's very complicated in relation to climate change, we know that there may be some impact on the jet stream, we know that the oceans of the world are getting w

members of the public held up their phone lights to help the rnli rescue the dj and the dog.i'm gavin ramjaun. ending the year with defeat: england's cricketers are humbled by new zealand — who ease to a huge victory in the third and final test. number one: fifa name vinicius junior and aitana bonmati as the best men's and women's footballers in the world. and the perfect record: chelsea women make it six wins from six in the group stages of the champions league — and extend their unbeaten run to 16 matches. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. while they'd already clinched the series against new zealand, england's men will perhaps feel glad the year is almost over after capping off their busiest year of test cricket with a humiliating and humbling defeat in hamilton. needing a very unlikely 658 runs to win, the tourists resumed day 4 on 18/2 but lost wickets at regular intervals, eventually bowled out for 234, giving the home side a huge 423—run win. a disappointing test, but a 2—1 victory for england in the three—match series. we know we just didn't play anywher

earlier on, we spoke to the water safety manager at the rnli, ross macleod.he moment. so the conditions, as has been well reported, are pretty treacherous all around the coast at the moment with the red, orange and yellow wind and rain warnings. so it's definitely a weekend for putting up the christmas decorations, spending time with family and certainly not taking any unnecessary risks around the coast. there's big seas out there, so people are at risk of getting swept into the water. and at this time of year, the water can be quite treacherous. so we're really encouraging people to avoid the coastline for the next 48 hours or so. but also, if you do find yourself down there and you do find yourself in difficulty, there's a couple of key things to remember. the first of which is if you find yourself in difficulty in the water, remember to float to live. so this is where you tilt your head back in the water, put your ears in the water, and just rest and relax as best you can. to try and relax your breathing and either float until help arrives or you feel you

while presenting his capital breakfast show, north said a big thank you and a massive shout out to rnliiswick. those are the latest gb news headlines. >> more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> well he's back. nigel farage is just off the plane from mar—a—lago, where he's been meeting and mixing with the team around donald trump, the future president of the united states. last week, property tycoon nick candy joined the reform uk team as the party's treasurer, following reports that elon musk, the world's richest man, is looking at donating $100 million to reform uk. joining me now in the studio are our panel tonight, ranil jayawardena, the former conservative cabinet minister, and lord glasman. of course, the labour peer. to you first, ranil jayawardena, to what extent are your colleagues in parliament worried about this guy, nigel farage, and what he might do at the next election? >> well, look, i mean, i think nigel has succeeded in getting elected to parliament, which has lon