sian lloyd, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... british holiday—makers who died in a swimming pool on christmas eve. gabriel diya and his two children drowned at a hotel on the costa del sol. a powerful typhoon tears through parts of the philippines, killing at least 16 people and leaving thousands homeless. firefighters continue to tackle out—of—control bushfires in australia, with a warning that more record—breaking temperatures could be on the way. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. good afternoon. sam curran's been the star bowler on the opening day of the first test against south africa taking 4 wickets as the hosts were left on 277 for 9 at stumps at centurion. a promising start for england who had south africa 111 for 5 at one stage after some indifferent batting. quinton de kock mounted a recovery before curran stopped him just 5 runs short of a century. curran with 4 for 57. earlierjames anderson struck with his first ball and three wickets for stuart broad. it was a hot and gruelling

sian lloyd, bbc news.vous about undergoing procedures. bbc london has been following one of the first patients in the country to be immersed in alternatve reality during his surgery. bhavanni vadde reports from st george's hospital in tooting. austin mills is being prepped for surgery after he was knocked off his bike by a car a few weeks ago. he is wearing a virtual reality headset to distract him as he is injected with a localised anaesthetic, which means he will be awake throughout his operation. many patients don't want to hear anything or see anything in the theatre and even if i tell them that there is going to be no pain, they are very worried about being awake in a theatre environment. so, in the past we would use sedation to make them sleepy or drowsy and with the vr we don't need to do that because effectively with sound and sight gone, and they are in their own little world, they can have nothing at all. there will be some guided meditation while we talk you through some breathing. sure. and a b

sian lloyd, bbc news.hat a number of people have been rescued trying to cross the channel to the uk. the coastguard said it had been co—ordinating several search and rescue operations, involving border force officers and the rnli, off the kent coast near dover. a helicopter and plane were also involved. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is facing a vote for his leadership of the likud party today. the challenge from long—time rival gideon saar is said to be the biggest mr netanyahu has faced in his 20 year—rule of the party. yesterday evening a rocket fired from the gaza strip, interrupting a likud party rally in the border town of ashkelon. the prime minister and his wife were escorted from the stage, after sirens went off. the seychelles off the coast of east africa is setting itself up as a hub for marine preservation. the first—ever large—scale coral reef restoration project was set up there and now they are transplanting what they call "super coral". with over half of the world's reefs a

sian lloyd has been finding out about some of the changes that have taken place.ing, very pleasant, and they'll say, "what do you do?" and i'll say, "well, i'm a judge," and quick as a flash, they'll say, "do you work in family?" it tells you a lot, doesn't it, about subconscious assumptions that are still being made that we need to battle against. this piece of art is an emblem of how the change has happened and how the future has got to be different because law has to reflect the world that we live in, and it's getting there. the first ever artwork commissioned to celebrate women's contribution to the legal profession, marking the centenary of them being allowed to practise law. unveiled in the supreme court, a legacy to those who paved the way, part of a campaign to inspire future generations. i think it will give the courtroom a different feel, an altogether different atmosphere. a new atmosphere of a more egalitarian and modern approach. this is how it looked 100 years ago — not a woman in sight. times have changed. mrsjustice carr has recently been promoted

sian lloyd, bbc news, shropshire.acism within a hardcore group of fans, but the club has been trying to change its image, and its new owner has taken on unruly fans. our sports correspondent, alex ca pstick, reports. match night at the teddy stadium, home to beitarjerusalem, one of the biggest clubs in the country, with a loyal, passionate following. they come from all corners of the land, with a hardcore of fans who go by the name of ‘la familia'. they're raucous, but they've also earned a notorious reputation for being racist — proud their team is the only one in israel's top division that has never selected an arab player. their behaviour was a huge problem, but this man took them on — his style, confrontational. the way that i chose was to sue personally for damages, of damaging the reputation of the club. i've zero tolerance for racism, absolutely zero. the scale of the challenge was laid bare when fans disrupted a pre—season open day at the training ground. these protests aimed at new signing ali mohamed, a chri

she spoke to our correspondent, sian lloyd.an area at the centre of a child sexual exploitation scandal going back decades stopping the extent of the abuse still isn't non—stop girls who we re abuse still isn't non—stop girls who were trafficked and sold for sex and the surrounding area and were taken further afield copy for men have now been sentenced to between four and a half years and eight years in prison for their part in the rape and indecent assault of a girl who was aged just 13 at the time. it has taken 17 years before she felt able to talk about what happened to her. my to talk about what happened to her. my life was ruled by them every day getting picked up, taken here, there, and everywhere. meeting so many men, i can't even put a number on it. it was living how. and she believes that young girls are still being abused in telford. it makes me feel sad that some girl on many girls could be out there now feeling the way i did, going through what i did. i know how it feels and i know how scared they must feel, but the

sian lloyd, bbc news, shropshire. possess military—style semi—automatic firearms. new zealand swiftly banned the weapons after the mosque attacks in christchurch earlier this year when a gunman killed 51 people at friday prayers. there was a nationwide amnesty for those willing to hand in their guns. so far, more than 50,000 have been destroyed. from christchurch, danny vincent. a community struggling to grieve. this is not only a place of worship but also the scene of an attack that shocked the world. friday prayers bring a moment of reflection. but also pain. what happened here changed new zealand. with unity came a warning of the need to guard against extremism. on the 15th of march, a lone gunman walked into this mosque armed with semiautomatic military—style weapon. he killed 51 people and injured dozens more. new zealand is now determined to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. and this is what they are doing about it. new zealand plans to destroy nearly all high—powered semiautomatic assault rifles.

sian lloyd, bbc news, shropshire. at two mosque in christchurch in mosque —— march. a nationwide and if the hissing of a 50,000 firearms destroyed across the country since that. and events has more. a community struggling to grieve. this is not only a place of worship, but also the scene of an attack that shocked the world. friday prayers bring a moment of reflection, but also pain. what happened here changed new zealand. with unity came a warning of the need to guard against extremism. on the 15th of march, a lone gunman walked into this mosque, armed with a semi—automatic military—style weapon. he killed 51 people and injured dozens more. new zealand is now determined to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. and this is what they're doing about it. new zealand plans to destroy nearly all high—powered semi—automatic assault rifles. centres like this one have been set up across the country, and tens of thousands of gun owners have been forced to hand in their firearms as part of an amnesty. in the centre we

let's go straight to cardiff, and my colleague sian lloyd has been keeping an eye on the events across. how do you measure some of these chains that have taken place overnight? what would you pick out for us? bore da, huw. we are virtually the last people still standing here, because all the counts here have finished and we have all the results. as we two were saying, those north—east seats are very symbolic. we were talking about them just before midnight, when we were discussing the exit poll. some of those seats have been conservative in the past, the vale of clwyd, and wrexham does stand out because it has never had a conservative mp. reeta also mentioned ynys mon, and it is worth pointing out that that has been a three—way marginal for quite some time, and actually it was held by the conservatives back in the 19805. that was keith best. so only now we have the only labour seatin only now we have the only labour seat in north wales in deeside, where there had been lacklustre. but again, it is a lever voting area, and those seats were marginal. some of them on very tight margins. we

she spoke to our correspondent, sian lloyd.ken further afield. four men have now been sentenced to between four and a half years and eight years in prison for their part in the rape and indecent assault of a girl who was aged just 13 at the time. it has taken 17 years before she felt able to talk about what happened to her. my life was ruled by them, every day getting picked up, taken here, there and everywhere. meeting so many men, i can‘t even put a number on it. it was a living hell. and she believes young girls are still being abused in telford. it makes me feel sad that some girl or many girls could be out there now feeling the way i did, going through what i did. i know how it feels and i know how scared they must feel but they must tell somebody. the help is there now, not like it was back then. an independent inquiry is scrutinising both the extent of child sexual exploitation in this area and how the authorities responded. it is expected to take at least 21 months. in a moment we‘ll have all the business news, but firs

with that in mind, let's go to cardiff to the national counting centre and my colleague sian lloyd isng a part of labour's redwall. they voted overwhelmingly to leave the european union and it is in those leave seats which have been marginal, like wrexham, like the vale of clwyd, that we have been thinking could potentially change hands. now, those seats have been forecast in the past to change from red to blue, but they have not in fa ct red to blue, but they have not in fact done so. however, we are hearing this evening that changes could be afoot, and we have heard from the vale of clwyd that the conservatives are feeling confident there. you mentioned your birthplace of bridgend. i grew up in wrexham, there has never been a conservative mp and wrexham. if there is a conservative elected this evening, it certainly will be a first, and it could be a first female conservative mp in wales as well. also, bridgend was mentioned. that, as you say, has been labour since 1987. madeline moon there, and i can tell you that mark drake fed, the first minister of wales, he was actually out on t