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david sillito, bbc news. now, are we in for a white christmas? has a look at the weather. hello there. we've got typical festive fare to come over the next few days. i'll show you that in a moment. today was another mild one, temperatures widely in double figures. there was even a bit of sunshine coming through the cloud as well. different story in scotland where we've had a wintry scene across northern parts of the mainland. the snow that was falling here has since turned to rain. and it's quite misty and murky, very wet at the moment. but the rain will ease off in scotland and northern ireland. the main rain band pushing down towards southern parts of england and across the northern isles. it'll be followed by some clearer spells for northern parts of the uk and a few showers. and it's going to be a mild start to sunday morning, christmas eve, but it's going to be a windy day for all of us on christmas eve, particularly so over and to the east of the pennines, could be quite difficult for driving high sided vehicles up and down the ai. very win

david sillito, thank _ with presenters as necessary. palm trees have lined the seafront in torquay in devon, england's riviera. but without warning the council has suddenly cut them down. the council says it's part of a restoration project to mark the centenary of the town italian gardens next year. but some of those palms have stood there for 50 years, and locals are livid. our correspondentjenny kumah reports from torquay. newsreel: how's this for climate? palm trees have long been a familiar sight in torquay. they have helped the area market itself as the english riviera for decades. so, all this is maintained by the local council... this summer, this youtuber filmed how the gardens recently looked. this is them now. as far as i'm concerned, when i regularly walked healthy to me, and that is through here, the palm trees looked perfectly healthy to me, and that is what torbay is known for. i hate to see trees cut down anywhere, anywhere, because they are such a beautiful thing. it is sad and i hope they do something that makes up for

david sillito reports. welcome to the golden globe awards! the oscars, is at the moment trying to reinvent itself after a scandal over a lack of diversity. there's also another problem for awards shows — a lack of viewers. in recent years, as the gap between critical acclaim and box office success has grown, tv audiences have turned off. however, this year, something's changed. hi, barbie! hi, ken! barbie, the story of a plastic doll�*s existential crisis, has come to the rescue of another institution with its own existential crisis. along with another huge success... oppenheimer. barbie. oppenheimer, the third biggest movie in the world, is onlyjust behind the number one box office hits on the list of nominations, meaning that most people in the tv audience will have at least heard of the frontrunners. and with new owners of the globes who have links to the hollywood reporter newspaper, the message is that after lockdown and actors' strikes... hollywood is back. that's the big news today. it feels like being here for the golden globe announc

david sillito, thank _ can afford to produce.st iceberg. it covers 1,500 square miles — twice the size of greater london. the iceberg broke from the antarctic coast in 1986, and has spent much of the time since stuck fast to the sea floor. but the past year has seen the frozen block move rapidly across part of the southern ocean. the uk's only giant pandas have set off for china believed it mega leaving edinburgh zoo but that they were loaded on a cargo plane in a specially built crates for the flight and it brings their 12 year loan to scotland to an end after a breeding programme failed to produce a curb. —— produce a cub. it's the garden ornament that turned out to be an unexploded missile. for more than four decades, jeff and sian edwards from milford haven in wales lived with the 64—pound naval artillery shell, thinking it was a harmless "dummy", until a police officer turned up on their doorstep last week. here's hywel griffith. oblivious to the jeopardy amongst their geraniums... it was sat here right in front of your wind

our media correspondent david sillito reports. has been a landmark case, prince harry said his life had been blighted by illegal press intrusion and today the judge, mr justice frankel, ruled that yes, his phone had been repeatedly hacked by mirror group newspapers. 0utside court, a statement was read out on the half of the duke. today's ruling is vindicating and affirming. i've been told slaying dragons will get you burnt, but in light of today's victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press, it is a worthwhile price to pay. the mission continues. thank you very much. 33 mirror group articles had been presented to court. 15, thejudge said, had been sourced by illegal activity. hacking, he said, had been widespread and habitual 1996 and 2011, habitual between 1996 and 2011, and he concluded that a former editor of the mirror, tv presenter piers morgan, had known about the practice. piers morgan has repeatedly denied involvement. referring to one story and about the writer 0mid scobie, mrjustice fan

david sillito, bbc news.f volunteers to raise puppies — a story we've been following over the last year. since we first reported on it, hundreds of people have applied to help foster guide dog puppies. our correspondent sean dilley — who has been helped by a guide dog himself — has been finding out how they're already changing lives for the better. hello. reintroducing rebel. oh, that's marvellous. marvellous. oh, now, rebel is on the good list, isn't he? he's on the very good list. and by summer 2024, it's hoped he'll be on the guide dogs ready to train list. he's an absolute little treasure, really. earlier this year, injune, we met the niblock family from suffolk. they had just welcomed retriever lab rebel. we're hoping he's a rebel with a cause, though. hello, you. they volunteered to raise a guide dog puppy after bbc breakfast shared my last working walk with guide dog sammy. sammy is more important to me, and he always will be. they were among thousands who stepped forward after we highlighted pandemic

david sillito, bbc news. in the next hour i will be speaking live to a pantomime dame.c news website and app. and it's quite a remarkable story. a mother from alabama in the united states with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days. kelsey hatcher delivered one daughter on tuesday and a second on wednesday after a total of 20 hours in labour. experts say it's a "one in a million" pregnancy. a double uterus affects 0.3% of women. kelsey and husband caleb called them "miracle babies", thanking the medics at the university of alabama hospital. the girls are described as fraternal twins — with rare separate birthdays. speeding motorists in florida have had a holiday surprise after being pulled over for driving too fast. this is 0fficer grinch and any motorist breaking the speed limit by a few miles an hour was offered a challenge — either accept a speeding ticket or take a bite of onion. the initiative was inspired by the onion—loving fictional character created by dr seuss. those stopped are also offered lessons on safer driving. we end this half hour on th

david sillito, bbc news.ng pulled over for driving too fast. this is officer grinch and any motorist breaking the speed limit by a few miles an hour was offered a challenge — either accept a speeding ticket or take a bite of onion. the initiative was inspired by the onion—loving fictional character created by dr seuss. those stopped are also offered lessons on safer driving. we give our violators a choice, because it is the holiday season, if they are going a few miles over, no more than five, we give them a choice. something tells me it is the christmas season. hello there. it's been quite a wintry scene across northern parts of scotland today. we had some snow falling this morning. that is continuing to turn back to rain. quite a bit of rain actually coming in over the hills of scotland and we're drawing in these milder winds, as well. there's still quite a temperature contrast in scotland even this evening, where that colder air is still in the far north—east, but otherwise, as you can see, temperatures wi

david sillito — bbc news. hello.e the picture behind me. on top of that, shower clouds are expected as well. some of the showers could be heavy, the odd crack of thunder and additionally it will be quite windy around south western parts of the uk, but it's going to be relatively mild first thing. now, the satellite picture shows fairly clear weather as we're in between weather systems, or we were during monday. but now the clear skies are giving way to this area of low pressure, which will be moving across the uk during the course of tuesday and will continue to affect our weather at least for a time on wednesday. so the forecast then through the early hours, we will have had some rain across northern ireland, south western scotland, the north of england too rain the north of england too, rain elsewhere, but also one or two clear spells and really quite mild in the south. 11 degrees in plymouth, about that in london. but for the most part, it's about 5—8 degrees. so certainly no frost first thing. and the forecast th

david sillito — bbc news. that is it for newsday.gle. we will show you a post next formally known as twitter by the boss of epic games. thank you so much bored watching. —— for watching. they will bring a lot of proud and shells are expected as well. some shells could be heavy and windy. relatively mild first thing. now the satellite picture shows fairly clear weather as we're in between weather systems, or we were during monday. but now the clear skies are giving way to this area of low pressure, which will be moving across the uk during the course of tuesday and will continue to affect our weather at least for a time on wednesday. so the forecast then through the early hours, we will have had some rain across northern ireland, southwestern scotland, the north of england too rain elsewhere, but also one or two clear spells and really quite mild in the south. 11 degrees in plymouth, about that in london. they'll be slow—moving, very little wind to push them around. but just to the south, around the southwestern approaches cornwall, d

david sillito reports. welcome to the golden globe awards! after a scandal over a lack of diversity. there's also another problem for awards shows — a lack of viewers. in recent years, as the gap between critical acclaim and box office success has grown, tv audiences have turned off. however, this year, something's changed. hi, barbie! hi, ken! barbie, the story of a plastic doll�*s existential crisis, has come to the rescue of another institution with its own existential crisis. along with another huge success... oppenheimer. barbie. oppenheimer, the third biggest movie in the world, is onlyjust behind the number one box office hits on the list of nominations, meaning that most people in the tv audience will have at least heard of the frontrunners. and with new owners of the globes who have links to the hollywood reporter newspaper, the message is that after lockdown and actors' strikes... hollywood is back. that's the big news today. it feels like being here for the golden globe announcements, after our strike, after everything that the tow

david sillito, bbc news. talks with israel about moving to what it describes as a more precise phase of military operations have been �*constructive�*, with further diplomatic efforts taking place on friday. president biden spoke by phone to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu — and his national security adviser jake sullivan had face—to—face talks with him. it's understood the us leadership discussed a scaling back of israel's high intensity military operations in gaza, but with no specific timetable. mr biden said he didn't want israel to �*stop going after hamas�*, but he also wanted it �*to be focused on how to save civilian lives. mr sullivan spoke to the media early on friday. what i'm going to say is at a basic level, we do believe the palestinian authority needs to be revamped and revitalised, needs to be updated in terms of its method of governance, its representation of the palestinian people and that will require a lot of work by everybody who is engaged in the palestinian authority, startin

david sillito bbc news. pulled over for driving too fast. this is officer grinch and any motorist breaking the speed limit by a few miles an hour was offered a challenge, either accept a speeding ticket or take a bite of onion. the initiative was inspired by the onion—loving fictional character created by doctor seuss. we leave you with these visuals. hello there. they form high between 13 and 19 miles above ground, two to three times the height aeroplanes fly at. temperatures down to —78 or lower. normally that really cold air is locked around polar regions but can wobble southwards and at the moment it is over the uk. for the next week or two if you have not seen some of these clouds you have a chance. the best chance before sunrise or just after sunset. back to the weather. mild air across most of the uk for saturday but cold air across the north of scotland. rain turning to snow and could cause issues on saturday morning with two to ten centimetres of snow. larger amounts over hills. if you are planning

david sillito bbc news.r being pulled over for driving too fast. this is 0fficer grinch and any motorist breaking the speed limit by a few miles an hour was offered a challenge — either accept a speeding ticket or take a bite of onion. the initiative was inspired by the onion—loving fictional character created by dr seuss. they're also offered a lesson on safer driving. we give our violators a choice because it's the holiday season, if they are going just a few miles per hour over the speed limit, no more than five, what we will do is give you a choice of the citation or an onion. plenty more any time on our website. stay with us for more news on bbc news. bye for now. hello. it is a fairly unsettled spell of weather in store in the run—up to christmas. the next few days are looking relatively mild and cloudy. today, we've had some snow across parts of scotland. that's going to turn back to rain gradually. it's looking fairly damp in the west, brightest towards the east. but here's this band of cloud — you c

david sillito, bbc news.ormer editor, piers morgan, made a statement in the past hour. he said he never hacked a phone, or told anyone else to. the judgment finds there is just one article relating to the prince, published in the daily mirror during my entire nine—year tenure as editor, that he thinks may have involved some unlawful information gathering. to be clear, i had then and still have zero knowledge of how that particular story was gathered. all these other claims against the daily mirror under my editorship were rejected. with regards to the judge's the references to me in hisjudgment, i also want to reiterate, as i've consistently said for many years now, i've never hacked a phone or told anybody else to hack a phone, and nobody has produced any actual evidence to prove that i did. —— other references to me. i wasn't called as a witness — it's important for people to know this — by either side in the case, nor was i asked to provide any statement. i would've very happily agreed to do either or both

here's our media correspondent, david sillito.k case, prince harry said his life had been blighted by legal press intrusion and to thejudge blighted by legal press intrusion and to the judgejustice fancourt ruled, yes, his phone had been repeatedly hacked by the mirror group newspapers. outside court a statement was read out on the half of the duke. the statement was read out on the half of the duke-— of the duke. the ruling is vindicating _ of the duke. the ruling is vindicating and _ of the duke. the ruling is vindicating and affirming. of the duke. the ruling is l vindicating and affirming. i of the duke. the ruling is - vindicating and affirming. i have been told slaying dragons will get you banned but in light of today's victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press, it is a worthwhile price to pgy- press, it is a worthwhile price to pay. the mission continues. thank you very much. 33 pay. the mission continues. thank you very much-— you very much. 33 mirror group articles have _ you very much

david sillito, bbc news, kirrin cottage. david, very concerned about the ginger beer situation.s saturday on cbbc and bbc iplayer — and between christmas and new year on bbc one. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. after some disrupted snow and some low temperatures this week, we see a change in the weather. we start off on a cold note but as we head through the midweek period, it is going to become wetter and windier, but also milder as the weather comes back in from the atlantic. what's happening at the moment is that low pressure is driving our weather and today it will be slowly moving northwards. there is a lot of cloud and rain associated with this, some hill snow, but even some of that snow is getting to lower levels at times and it will be cold today and also blustery. the strongest winds will be with exposure, west wales, the southwest and channel islands, where we could have gusts to gale force. we have got the cloud, the rain and hill snow across england and also wales. some of that getting down to lower levels at times. some snow

david sillito, bbc news.ould like to apologise and ericjust after 2pm in which we said prince harry had won his phone hacking case against the publishers of the daily mail, it was the daily mirror and not the daily mail, it is worth making that clear before we move on. —— apologise for an error we made. the daily mirror's former editor piers morgan made a statement in the past hour. he said he never hacked a phone — or told anyone else to. the judgement finds there is just one article relating to the prince published in the daily mirror during my entire nine—year tenure as editor that he thinks may have involved some unlawful information gathering. to be clear, i had then, and still have, zero knowledge of how that particular story was gathered. all his other claims against the daily mirror under my leadership were rejected. with regard to the judge's other references to me in hisjudgment, i also want to reiterate, as i've consistently said for many years now, i've never hacked a phone or told anybody else to

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david sillito, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's simon king.e, currently —5 but, in contrast, in the south—west of england, with cloudy skies, that mild air moving into cornwall, so temperature here about ten. but that milder air comes with rain, quite significant rain in south—west england, wales and northern ireland, spreading north and east as it hits cold air for the there could be some significant snow in the central lowlands tomorrow morning and some frost in the far north—east of scotland but generally speaking a milder night than last night to dip mostly frost free and temperatures three to 11. it will be a very wet day on thursday, potentially some disruption from snow early on, but that will turn to rain you can see the bright green, really quite heavy rain to northern ireland, western areas. 0n really quite heavy rain to northern ireland, western areas. on top of that, strong winds for all of us, gales run i was to close, severe gales run i was to close, severe gales in the of scotland. it will be a mild day. you can see the yellows,

david sillitoe, bbc news, kirrin cottage. the story of the weather now! here's simon king. yes, and five might go on a wintry adventure in cumbria this weekend! mixture of rain, sleet and snow. through the week, it will get a bit less cold. i will start with a temperature anomaly. the blues is where it has been colder than average, the white to red, warmer than average. through the week, we start to see the oranges come back to the map, so we lose the very cold air and sea temperatures rising. today, this area of low pressure has brought quite a bit of rain, especially towards parts of wiltshire, dorset, somerset. that heavy rain moved eastwards, will stay cloudy and quite showery for many parts of england and wales. still quite a bit of snow over the higher ground of scotland and northern england. showers coming in here, but sunny spells for much of scotland and northern ireland. maximum temperatures this afternoon 6-8. maximum temperatures this afternoon 6—8. through this evening, we continue with that cloud. outbreaks of patchy rain across many parts of england and wales

our media correspondent david sillito looks back at his life. i used to think nurses were women.re men. i used to think poets were boring, until i became one of them. this is benjamin zephaniah. benjamin zephaniah... i love me mudder and me mudder love me. we come so far from over de sea. he rose to fame in the �*80s. his dub poetry rooted in the rhythms, language and street politics of his home, handsworth, in birmingham. his words were political, musical, radical. he turned down an obe, saying they'd obviously not read his words about empire. when he began, he could barely read. by the end, he had 16 honorary doctorates. and for one friend and fellow poet, his passing, a terrible loss. he was incredibly friendly, approachable, kind on a personal basis. he could talk to us about things that matter and the things that mattered to him, which is the oppression that he himself experienced but he sees and saw around him in the world and he could express that to almost any age of person in very direct terms. he also appeared more recently in peaky blinders. dearly beloved, we are gath

david sillito reports. i used to think nurses were women. i used to think police were men.came one of them. this is benjamin zephaniah. benjamin zephaniah... i love me mudder and me mudder love me. we come so far from over de sea. he rose to fame in the �*80s. his dub poetry rooted in the rhythms, language and street politics of his home, handsworth, in birmingham. his words were political, musical, radical. he turned down an obe, saying they'd obviously not read his words about empire. when he began, he could barely read. by the end, he had 16 honorary doctorates. and for one friend and fellow poet, his passing, a terrible loss. he was incredibly friendly, approachable, kind on a personal basis. he could talk to us about things that matter and the things that mattered to him, which is the oppression that he himself experienced but he sees and saw around him in the world and he could express that to almost any age of person in very direct terms. he also appeared more recently in peaky blinders. dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join together in holy matrimony...

david sillito reports. pantomime is a uniquely british and enormously popular tradition.y of preservation? the british government will next year sign up to unesco's convention for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage which means the un body will provide guidance, oversight and recommendations on how to preserve designated cultural traditions. the government now wants to know what people think should actually go on the list. cheese rolling, for instance, is uniquely british but its popularity would suggest it is probably not in need of preservation. whereas many local crafts are in steep decline. the question is which ones would merit being added to the list? france, greece and spain all have dry stone walling on their list. should it be on ours? belgium has added beer making. argentina and uruguay have tango. should we include a dance? maybe morris dancing or the highland fling. are they cultural treasures? the government would like to know. following the pandemic, charities training guide dogs have faced a shortage of volunteers to raise puppies, a story we've been

david sillito looks back at his life. i used to think nurses were women.until i became one of them. this is benjamin zephaniah. benjamin zephaniah... i love me mudder and me mudder love me. we come so far from over de sea. he rose to fame in the �*80s. his dub poetry rooted in the rhythms, language and street politics of his home, handsworth, in birmingham. his words were political, musical, radical. he turned down an 0be, saying they'd obviously not read his words about empire. when he began, he could barely read. by the end, he had 16 honorary doctorates. and for one friend and fellow poet, his passing a terrible loss. he was incredibly friendly, approachable, kind on a personal basis. he could talk to us about things that matter and the things that mattered to him, which is the oppression that he himself experienced but he sees and saw around him in the world and he could express that to almost any age of person in very direct terms. he also appeared more recently in peaky blinders. dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join together in holy mat

david sillito reports. i used to think nurses were women. i used to think police were men.. benjamin zephaniah... i love me mudder and me mudder love me. we come so far from over de sea. he rose to fame in the �*80s. his dub poetry rooted in the rhythms, language and street politics of his home, handsworth, in birmingham. his words were political, musical, radical. he turned down an obe, saying they'd obviously not read his words about empire. when he began, he could barely read. by the end, he had 16 honorary doctorates. and for one friend and fellow poet, his passing, a terrible loss. he was incredibly friendly, approachable, kind on a personal basis. he could talk to us about things that matter and the things that mattered to him, which is the oppression that he himself experienced but he sees and saw around him in the world and he could express that to almost any age of person in very direct terms. he also appeared more recently in peaky blinders. dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join together in holy matrimony... in a statement, his family said he was a tr

our media correspondent david sillito looks back at his life. i used to think nurses were women.n zephaniah. benjamin zephaniah... i love me mudder and me mudder love me. we come so far from over de sea. he rose to fame in the �*80s, his dub poetry rooted in the rhythms, language and street politics of his home, handsworth, in birmingham. his words were political, musical, radical, reflecting racism and what life was really like on the streets. it was also highly acclaimed — the recipient of 16 honorary doctorates and for one friend and fellow poet, his passing is a terrible loss. i think what marked benjamin out was his very unique personality, he was... his roots, so proud of his roots. and he was a kind, funny person. he also appeared more recently in peaky blinders. dearly beloved, we are gathered here today... in a statement, his family said he was a true pioneer and innovator, who has left the world a joyful and fantastic legacy, the poetry of benjamin zephaniah. i am not the problem. if you give me a chance, i'll teach you of timbuktu. i can do more than dance. i am not th

david sillito, bbc news.lack of rain in spain is causing pain for consumers across europe. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm alice salfield. a 42—year—old woman has died and two others — including a teenager — have been wounded in a shooting in hackney last night. it happened in vine close, in a small housing development in a cul—de—sac in a very quiet, residential part of east london ataround 6.30pm. the metropolitan police said a murder investigation had been launched but so far no one had been arrested. the 16—year old boy and 20—year old man's conditions are being assessed in hospital. and less than an hour after that incident in hackney — a 17—year—old boy was stabbed to death in sutton high street in south london, outside the station. the metropolitan police says there've been no arrests and officers are urgently trying to trace his family. sutton railway station remains closed this morning. the numbers of older people renting privately is rising a

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david sillito reports.hereas many local crafts are in steep decline. the question is which ones would merit being added to the list? france, greece and spain all have dry stone walling on their list. should it be on ours? belgium has added beer making. argentina and uruguay have tango. should we include a dance? maybe morris dancing or the highland fling. are they cultural treasures? the government would like to know. david sillito, bbc news. have you done any of those things? no. she's rolling? morris dancing? no. she's rolling? morris dancing? no. ijust think i would be a lot of limbs. ., please, rescue us from this lack of decorum on the sofa. there is a smattering of snow? we do have snow around there and this is the picture in aberdeenshire at the moment. most of us will not be looking at a white christmas more like a green grey christmas more like a green grey christmas but wintry weather across the far north of the uk at the moment that will stick around over the next few days. a mix of rain and snow

david sillito, bbc news, kirrin cottage. i love that. that is great.morning from bbc london. growing numbers of children are now living far below the poverty line, leaving social workers and doctors struggling to cope. that's according to research by the charity the childhood trust, which suggests more than 105,000 children in london are in what's known as deep poverty — where the household income isn't enough to cover the basics. there are calls for more support forfamilies. the government says it's providing record cost—of—living support and increasing benefits. train passengers across the east and in london can expect disruption to services for much of this week due to industrial action. members of the drivers union aslef are staging a series of walkouts and banning overtime until next weekend. it's in a row over pay and conditions. rail operators are warning customers to expect significant timetable changes and cancellations. we do have some days where we are having earlier close—downs and later start—ups the next day. so please do head to our webs

david sillito reports. welcome to the golden globe awards.e's also another problem for award shows — a lack of viewers. in recent years, as the gap between critical acclaim and box office success has grown, tv audiences have turned off. however, this year, something's changed. hi, barbie. hi, ken. barbie — the story of a plastic doll�*s existential crisis has come to the rescue of another institution with its own existential crisis, along with another huge success. oppenheimer. barbie. oppenheimer. oppenheimer — the third biggest movie in the world is onlyjust behind the number one box office hit in the list of nominations, meaning that most people in the tv audience will have at least heard of the front—runners. and with new owners of the globes, who have links to the hollywood reporter newspaper, the message is that after lockdown and actors strikes... hollywood is back. i mean, i think that's the big news today. it feels like being here for the golden globe announcements, like, after a strike, after everything that the town has been throug