mil of an impact as storm arwen did last week. �* g ., , of an impact as storm arwen did last week. . many households are only just getting back to normal — 11 days after storm arwen. that brought down trees and led to over a hundred thousand properties losing power — particularly in cumbria and parts of lancashire. mairead smyth has been in wray castle near windermere this morning. yes, the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for later today. some bad weather is expected on the back of storm barra. not as bad as storm arwen, the damage that was caused last week, knocking off electricity and bringing down thousands of trees where i am now up in cumbria. i'm joined now byjohn moffitt who is from the national trust. we are here today to assess the damage. we can see right away one of the trees that has come down. tell me about this one. this was actually a british irish champion tree. it is quite a rare variety of beech and it was the biggest one we had in the country in terms of its girth, and it came down on the friday night, saturday morning. today we are going to find out

storm arwen was battering the uk this time last weekend.t quieter. we have got been driving on colder air. also, these shower clouds have been pushing on. some of the wettest weather has been in this coral of cloud here. another area of low pressure moving its way into the north sea at the moment. south of that, along more south parts of the uk, this is where we see the best of the weather. but we have got wetter weather coming into another england, and still a mixture of rain and snow across south easterly areas of scotland. these are the late afternoon, end of the day temperatures. a wintry mix through the night across south—eastern parts of scotland. likewise across northern england. some rain moves southwards across other parts of england, out of the west we see breaks in the cloud and the shower is becoming fewer. it stays quite windy overnight. generally speaking, temperatures should be a few degrees above freezing. this note of high pressure improving the weather across northern and western areas during tomorrow, but lower pressure i

thousands of people in the north of england, scotland and wales had a more immediate problem — storm arwenravel disruption, damage and loss of power. last friday, scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, was in the eye of the storm in stonehaven. but there are very treacherous conditions out on the roads with those gusting winds, falling debris, the red alert, of course, meaning there is a potential risk to life, and the police in scotland tonight saying that if you live in any of these affected areas, you should not head out onto the roads. so, why had lorna gordon and her camera crew ventured outside herself to bring us that report? long—term newswatch viewers will be familiar with that question, posed here sarah harris. susan penny echoed that. other viewers had a different concern about the bbc�*s coverage of storm arwen, outlined here by wendy appleby. well, we put these points to bbc news and they told us... thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see, hear or read on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, email... or you can

the army are being brought in to help people in scotland in the aftermath of storm arwen. thout power — nearly a week after the storm hit. in a moment we'll speak to fiona trott in cumbria, but first ben philip is in aberdeenshire, where about 120 military personnel are being drafted in to help the recovery effort? what will they be doing? aberdeenshire council confirmed that that number is up to more than 113 military personnel who will be arriving here in north—east scotland following a formal request for assistance to the uk government. we are being told they will focus on door to door welfare checks in more remote communities, particularly for vulnerable residents. just a short time ago we saw a minibus of soldiers depart from here in the aberdeenshire village. some residents have been without power for six nights which is obviously less than ideal given the amount of snow we have had here overnight. we have been told that personnel will be deployed to 11 locations across the region, that includes huntly, and stonehaven. the latest update from ss sienna says that more t

the energy regulator ofgem launches a review into the response to storm arwen — as repair works continueoman has beenjailed for life for murdering her partner's six year old son after months of abuse. emma tustin has been told she will serve at least twenty—nine years in prison for killing arthur labinjo—hughes at their home in solihull. the boy's father, thomas hughes, has been jailed for twenty—one years for manslaughter. thejudge at coventry crown court said it had been one of the most distressing cases he'd dealt with and described the couple as "spiteful and sadistic". phil mackie was in court. are you going to play for england, arthur? this is how his family want him to be remembered. after when i've played for liverpool, i will play for tottenham. as a football loving six—year—old and not the emaciated child who was so sick he could barely stand up. his killers, emma tustin and thomas hughes, were supposed to be looking after him. arthur was told to sit on the thinking step. he threw himself all over the floor, he's banged his head off the radiator, he's hit me, he's kicked me in

deployed to northumberland to help people whose homes are still without power eight days after storm arwenrents of a teenager accused of the fatal shooting of four us high school students using a gun bought by his father appear in court, where they have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges. and coming up at 5.30: as part of the bbc�*s 100 women series, nomia iqbal speaks to the actress rebel wilson about life in hollywood and how the pandemic has made the australian change her outlook on life. gps in england have been told they can defer some of the services they provide to patients so doctors can focus on delivering covid booster jabs instead. routine health checks for the over—75s and minor surgery could be affected. 75 new cases of the omicron variant have been identified in england, that brings the total number in the uk to 134. the government has also launched a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. so, while there's been concern about temporarily suspending some health checks, the royal college of gps spokesperson dr steve mo

the army is being brought in to help people in scotland in the aftermath of storm arwen. s are still without power — nearly a week after the storm hit. 0ur reporter ben philip has been in aboyne in aberdeenshire, where help is being called in from the military... aberdeenshire council confirmed this morning that that number is up to more than 130 military personnel who will be arriving here in north—east scotland, following a formal request for assistance to the uk government. we are being told that they will focus on door—to—door welfare checks in more remote communities, particularly for vulnerable residents of the community. in fact, just a short time ago we saw a minibus of soldiers depart from here in the aberdeenshire village of aboyne. of course, some residents in this region have now been without power for six nights, which is obviously less than ideal, given the amount of snow that we have had here overnight. we are being told personnel will be deployed to 11 locations across the region — that includes to alford, huntley, fraserburgh and stonehaven. the latest upd

. aha, county council declaring storm arwen a major incident.— a major incident. a season of goodwill, what _ a major incident. a season of goodwill, what could - a major incident. a season of goodwill, what could be - a major incident. a season of| goodwill, what could be more rewarding for our soldiers than being out in local towns and villages helping those genuinely in need. : : :,, , villages helping those genuinely in need. a ., ., ., need. across scotland and northern encland, need. across scotland and northern england, freezing _ need. across scotland and northern england, freezing temperatures - england, freezing temperatures are persisting. in all around 5000 homes are still cut off. northern power grid says it still has a 700 engineering jobs, grid says it still has a 700 engineeringjobs, repairs grid says it still has a 700 engineering jobs, repairs like this one to do, before it can fully restore the power across the north—east of england and that's why it is still saying it could be the middle of next week before things get back to normal. meaning fo

deployed to northumberland to help people whose homes are still without power — eight days after storm arwenbritain is witnessing a spike in anti—semitism — one charity estimates 2021 could be �*the worst year on record.�* dontae sharpe spent 26 years in a us prison in north carolina for a murder he did not commit. after proving his innocence, we follow dontae as he demands justice. people really don't know how going to prison for something you didn't do, a crime you didn't commit, especially for a long, long time... ..what it does to a person. i was accused of killing a white man in a drug deal gone bad. this is a case they're going to be teaching in law school 100 years from now. what could dontae have become? it was a travesty ofjustice. it took 26 years to make it partially right. i was exonerated on august 22nd, 2019. a lot of people think the ultimate goal is just getting exonerated and getting out of prison, getting your freedom back. it's a lot more than that. sometimes i wake up just crying. i just cry. people think that when you get exonerated, the fight is over. it'sjust beginning

, thousands of people in the north of england, scotland and wales had a more immediate problem, storm arwent travel disruption, damage and loss of power. last friday, scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, was in the eye of the storm in stone haven. but lorna gordon, was in the eye of the storm in stone haven.— lorna gordon, was in the eye of the storm in stone haven. but there are very treacherous _ storm in stone haven. but there are very treacherous conditions - storm in stone haven. but there are very treacherous conditions out - storm in stone haven. but there are very treacherous conditions out on l very treacherous conditions out on the roads with those gusting winds, falling debris, the red alert, of course, there is a potential risk to life, and the police in scotland tonight saying that if you live in any of these affected areas, you should not head out onto the roads. so, why had learned gordon and her camera crew ventured outside herself to bring us that reports? long—term newswatch viewers will be familiar with that question posed here sarah harris. susan penny echoed that. othe

still reconnecting a week after storm arwen hit the uk, thousands are spending their eighth night withoutt drought in years streching across a huge swathe of east africa — tens of millions of people are facing severe food shortages. and the royal shakespeare company leads tributes to sir antony sher, who has died of cancer at the age of 72. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: lewis hamilton's performance in f1 practice ramps up the pressure on world—title rival max verstappen. good evening. a woman has beenjailed for life for murdering her partner's six—year—old son, after months of abuse. emma tustin has been told she will serve at least 29 years in prison for killing arthur labinjo—hughes at their home in solihull. the boy's father, thomas hughes, has been jailed for 21 years for manslaughter. the judge at coventry crown court said it had been one of the most distressing cases he'd dealt with, and described the couple as "spiteful and sadistic". as our home editor mark easton reports, arthur's death raises yet more questions about whether enough is being done to protect

first, storm arwen wreaked havoc on large parts of the uk. n a moment, we'll speak to danny savage, who's near barnard castle in county durham but first, james shaw in south lanarkshire. what's it like there at the moment? do you know when storm barra hit earlier on today, it was around about 11 o'clock here in the south of scotland, alongside the m74. there was horizontal snow because of the strong winds and it appeared to be building up on the motorway and around it as well. really harsh conditions on this particularly high part of the m74, which is a key route connecting england, glasgow and carlisle south of the border. but now, it appears that storm barra has passed. the wind has died down, the snow has stopped falling sometime ago, but they have to assess what damage there has been. threes have fallen on roads —— trees. one has fallen on the west coast mainline between england and scotland. at the moment, no services are running on that section of the west coast. so, there has been impact on schools. but if you compare it to storm arwen

first storm arwen wreacked havoc on large parts of the uk. e are weather warnings for snow and strong winds in some areas. several hundred homes are still without power, 11 days after arwen hit. in a moment we'll speak to danny savage in county durham but first chris page, who's in newcastle in county down. chris, what are conditions like there? , . ., chris, what are conditions like there? , ,, ., . chris, what are conditions like there? , ,,., ., ,, there? yes, storm barra is still roarina. there? yes, storm barra is still roaring- for _ there? yes, storm barra is still roaring. for most _ there? yes, storm barra is still roaring. for most of _ there? yes, storm barra is still roaring. for most of the - there? yes, storm barra is still. roaring. for most of the morning there? yes, storm barra is still- roaring. for most of the morning we have been pelted by horizontal rain as well as the strong winds. i am glad to say it is a little dry are now at least, with high tide here in newcastle and county down are showing there is another particular

as work goes on to get power back after storm arwen, the met office has now issued a new weather warningis, bbc news, northumberland. time to catch up with all the day's sports news, including lewis hamilton's great day on the racing track. here's karthi gna nasegaram. hello, thank you very much. it has been one of the most intriguing seasons in formula one's history and it will all come down to the final race next weekend. lewis hamilton and max verstappen are now level on points after hamilton won today's chaotic and controversial saudi arabian grand prix. adam wild reports. just two races left and still two drivers could become world champion. the battle between lewis hamilton and max verstappen, the rivalry for the ages. but here, there was danger around every corner. this was mick schumacher race per —— mick schumacher�*s race coming to an ending, a crash heavy enough to impact everyone, the aftermath costing hamilton the lead when they got back to the grid. verstappen was at the front this time, but they lasted less than a lap before they restocked. another pause to raise the tensi

the army is called on to help in the wake of storm arwen.eople will have no electricity in scotland and northern england. and, it's nearly time for boxing day — we talk to the stars of the new british christmas rom—com. and coming up on the bbc news channel... he has his work permit, but ralf rangnick won't be in the dugout for manchester united against arsenal tonight. instead michael carrick takes charge for the last time.

the army are being brought in to help people in scotland in the aftermath of storm arwen. erialised, so it has been a bit grim. i tested positive for covid last friday, so i have not been very well at all, so on top of that and the cold, it was not great. how on earth have you been coping with coronavirus and no heating for, what, three days? as i say, tuesday morning we got the heating back on and i think that was only because there were a couple of residents, definitely residents on this estate, who were ringing the utility company that looks after here to find out what was going on because it was more than just me who was isolating here and affected by covid, but initially they were told we were basically in the same boat as everyone else and they were able to go to hotels and stay with relatives, that was the message that was played on the utilities phone lines if you rang or on their website, but i'm not in a position to be able to do that because i would be breaking the covid rules, so i have to stay in a freezing house, much the same as other people who are isolating

are facing a second weekend without power in parts of scotland and northern england, following storm arwenatures forecast in some areas over the next 2a hours. meanwhile the energy regulator, ofgem, says the cap on the maximum amount of compensation customers can claim from suppliers has been lifted. our correspondent peter harris sent us this update on the situation from rothbury in northumberland. this is a slowly improving situation. across scotland and northern england, you are now down to about 5000 houses in all that don't have power at the moment. what we see here in northumberland today is the army out in rural communities, this is in response to yesterday's announcement that northumberland county council had declared storm arwen a major incident. it has become quite sporadic now, so they are going up ruralfarm tracks, looking for the odd house without power, even when the wider area around it is much improved. they are offering supplies as well asjust simple moral support. we're not out of the woods here yet, certainly in northeast england, northern power grid say it could be the

because i mentioned storm arwen. rapidly on international travel to protect their people. so will the prime minister finally convene a four nation cobra meeting to tighten travel restrictions, or will he continue to ignore the scottish government, the welsh government, and his own sage advice is, and imperil the health of the public of these islands? i imperil the health of the public of these islands?— these islands? i think the right honourable _ these islands? i think the right honourable gentleman - these islands? i think the right honourable gentleman and - these islands? i think the right honourable gentleman and i . these islands? i think the right | honourable gentleman and i and these islands? i think the right - honourable gentleman and i and of course we want to work closely with him and there will be abundant opportunity to consult our activity. he is simply wrong about what he says about the steps the government has taken to prevent the seeding of this variant from abroad. we were the first country to re

people in the north of england are preparing to spend a sixth night without electricity — after storm arweneft infrastructure badly damaged. energy networks say at present there are around 30,000 households still without power. 15,500 of those are in the north—east of england, 7,000 in the north—west, and 7,500 in different regions of scotland. power has now been restored to almost every home in wales — as our correspondent fiona trott reports. another day and another problem. if we can move all this here... engineers from across england trying to restore power in northumberland. we've been without power since about, oh, seven o'clock on friday night, and we've coped, but boy am i glad to see these people, and apparently they're from bedford as well. in neighbouring county durham, a visit from the energy

and it's not what those without power or working to restore power after storm arwen want to hear, bute to freezing, just a hint of frost here and there. there'll be early rain across eastern england clearing away to sunny spells, but then this curl of rain and hill snow through scotland, northern ireland, pushing into more of northern england, wales and the midlands as we go on through the day. north west scotland starting to brighten up in the afternoon, just a few showers. the far south of wales and much of southern england, a lot of the day is going to be dry. it's blustery wherever you are. these are average speeds. some stronger gusts around particularly western coasts, 40—45 mph or so, so a risk of gales here. so, it will feel colder than these temperatures might suggest, which are already down compared with what we had on friday. saturday evening and night, its central and eastern parts of england with outbreaks of rain. some snow to the higher parts of the pennines and peak district. a few showers in the west, but some clear spells, too, and where you have the clear spells, a

and, orphans of the storm, the seals swept away from their mothers during storm arwen now being nursed back to health. hello and welcome. south africa has recorded a sharp increase in coronavirus infections which have doubled across the country since monday. health officials say the newly discovered omicron variant may be fuelling the surge, although it isn't clear how many of the new cases it accounts for. 8,500 covid infections have been registered in south africa in the last 2a hours. officials there say omicron is "rapidly becoming the dominant variant", after the country became the first to detect the highly mutated new variant last week. since then omicron has been identified in two dozen countries. on wednesday the united states identified its first omicron case. the centre for disease control is reportedly looking at a number of other potential cases. in europe, portugal has at least 13 omicron cases, the united kingdom has more than 20, spain, germany and austria have fewer than 10 cases between them, but as in the united states, the expectation is there are far more omicron c

a week ago, it was storm arwen battering the uk, today, the weather hasn't been as bad. areas and another area of low pressure. and a bit like arwen, this one is moving southward over the north sea but this one is nowhere nearas north sea but this one is nowhere near as deep, the wind is nowhere near as deep, the wind is nowhere nearas near as deep, the wind is nowhere near as strong. but near that area of low pressure, we have seen the wettest of the weather today, not just rain, some snow, particular in higher parts of scotland and will continue to see this wintry mix in scotland. perhaps in northern england as well, over the hills. and out towards the west, we do see some clearer spells and those showers are becoming fewer but the wind is blowing strong enough, generally speaking, to keep temperaturesjust above freezing. will be a chilly start during tomorrow morning and some clouds across england and wales, especially eastern areas, becoming drier in the day and across western parts, it brightens up, the winds drop, with lighter winds developing in northern ireland,

as work goes on to get power back after storm - on to get power back after storm arwen, the met officeuesday. —— storm barra. peter harris, bbc news, northumberland. at least 14 people are now known to have died after a volcano erupted on the indonesian island ofjava. officials on the island say dozens more have been injured, with many suffering severe burns from the huge ash cloud which escaped mount semeru and engulfed surrounding communities, damaging buildings and killing livestock. pope francis has criticised what he's described as the " narrow self—interest" of european countries in the way they deal with migrants. the pope was speaking on a visit to a refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos, where he warned the treatment of migrants in the mediterranean could lead to the "shipwreck of civilisation". from lesbos, the bbc�*s special corresponmdent fergal keane reports. they embrace the man and the message. because at this moment, he is their most passionate advocate. pope francis arrives at the time of renewed political crisis in europe over the issue of migration. since his la

business secretary kwasi kwarteng has visited the north east of england where power cuts from storm arwensted more than a week. residents say it's unacceptable. one of the big issues we have is the response of the company in trying to identify people who are affected by this, especially vulnerable people. pope francis holds a mass at megaron concert hall in greece after visiting a migrant camp on the island of lesbos. sam kerr for chelsea, what a goal! to seal the fa cup victory. chelsea are fa cup champions after beating arsenal at wembley, a match delayed by the pandemic. and coming up at 4:30pm, we have a wide—ranging interview with poland's prime minister, mateusz morawiecki, in a new episode of the interview. good afternoon. the government has defended the further tightening of travel restrictions. from tuesday, anyone coming to the uk will have to show a negative test for coronavirus, taken in the 48 hours before they set off. ministers say the move is necessary, because of the new omicron covid variant which has been linked directly to foreign travel. but industry groups say it's a

we will get the latest on storm arwen. seventh day without electricity following storm arwen say they feel "abandoned and forgotten". almost “1,000 homes are still off in the north—east and cumbria. electricity companies say engineers are continuing to work around the clock to reconnect customers. andrew hartley reports from north northumberland. life in the dark. no power, water, phone or internet. joanne, a nurse who lives in the remote cottage is struggling to cope. i am sleeping in here which isn't ideal. eating what i can in here, boiling pans of water on the log burner. you know, you can only take so much. do you know what, i burst into tears, i am not afraid to say. i haven't slept well because of the cold and because i am on the sofa. we metjoanne earlier in rothbury, a community centre where volunteers are laying on food. it is her first hot meal for a week and she is angry with her local mp, anne—marie trevelyan. you know, it is awful. she should be here. she should be sitting down at a table, getting people to c

deployed to northumberland to help people whose homes are still without power eight days after storm arwene parents of a teenager accused of the fatal shooting of four us high school students using a gun bought by his father are detained by police. and coming up at 2.30pm, the bbc speaks to anas haqqani — a leading figure in the haqqani network, part of the taliban in afghanistan. gps in england have been told they can defer some of the services they provide to patients — so doctors can focus on delivering covid booster jabs instead. routine health checks for the over—75s and minor surgery could be affected. 75 new cases of the omicron variant have been identified in england; that brings the total number in the uk to 134. the government has also launched a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. megan paterson reports. at this medical centre on merseyside, the demand for boosterjabs is high. staff here have seen nearly 800 walkins a day over the last week. we are doing over 30,000 booster vaccinations since september but people are still c

nearly 20,000 people still have no electricity in scotland and northern england in the wake of storm arwencalled in to help. and the duchess of sussex wins her privacy case against the publisher of the mail on sunday, after it printed parts of a letter she'd written to her father. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, manchester united's interim manager watches on at old trafford as they take on arsenal in the premier league. good evening. germany has announced major restrictions on anyone who's not vaccinated against covid—19, banning them from restaurants, bars, cinemas and many shops, in an attempt to fend off a fourth wave of the virus. and the chancellor angela merkel says vaccines may become compulsory from february. here, as it emerged that a covid jab may be needed every year, the government confirmed it's ordered 114 million more doses from pfizer and moderna. the deal allows for vaccines to be modified to tackle new variants, if necessary. cases of omicron have now been confirmed in 2a countries. another ten cases were reported in the uk today, taking the total to a

are facing a second weekend without power in parts of scotland and northern england, following storm arwenelves for almost freezing temperatures forecast over the next 2a hours, and the army and the british red cross have been distributing emergency aid in some areas. 0ur correspondent peter harris has been giving us the latest from cramlington in northumberland. yes, so the soldiers are here now as you can see in this fire station, receiving their briefing, and shortly, they will be moving off to some of those communities in south northumberland that remain without power for an eighth day. the total as of now is round about 5100 homes in north—east england still without power. the arrival of the soldiers follows northumberland yesterday declaring a major incident. that follows neighbouring county durham, which did that on thursday, and the reason for doing that is it unlocks further support and it's felt it necessary to get the army in and to get people out on the streets because they can't be sure from the northern power grid when exactly all of those homes will have their power reconnec

thousands of people are still without electricity, seven days after storm arwen.n court for the killing of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes in solihull. alec baldwin says he does not feel guilt over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of his film, rust. i feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and i cannot say who that is, but it's not me. an independent report, looking at disorder on the day of the euro 2020 final, has called it a day of "national shame" for england. the report�*s author, baroness louise casey, said there was a series of "very near misses" at wembley stadium which could have led to a loss of life. she said there�*d been a collective failure by organisers, security firms and the police which allowed 2,000 ticketless fans, and "drunken thugs", to make their way into the stadium. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, is outside wembley stadium. remind us what happened that day. it was a very difficult day for people like me, who have been to hundreds of matches here and had never quite seen anything qui

the continuing impact of storm arwen.s are still without power because of catastrophic damage to the electricty network. parts of aberdeenshire have the been worst affected areas — with parts of the north of england also suffering. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng says energy companies are working to restore power. a dedicated team of engineers is working around the clock to restore the network. i'm satisfied that these operators are sharing their resources through mutual aid agreements and through putting engineers to the worst affected areas, and i'm extremely grateful to emergency responders who have also been working very hard to keep people as comfortable as possible, providing torches, blankets and other necessities. and in the next hour i will talk to someone who was badly affected by storm arwen. we will keep you across all of that. the government has outlined more details of its 10—year plan to reform the social care system in england. the plan includes £300 million in housing investment to help people with

deployed to northumberland to help people whose homes are still without power eight days after storm arwensidents on the indonesian island of java flee a vast plume of ash as an active volcano erupts for the second time in a matter of months. and in half an hour here on bbc news, click talks to the musicians creating soundscapes for electric cars. concerns have been raised over plans to temporarily suspend routine health checks for patients aged 75 and over at doctors�* surgeries in england. the move is designed to free up time for the campaign to offer all adults coronavirus boosterjabs by the end of january. the british medical association has insisted gp practices will continue to keep their sickest patients safe. but some campaigners claim the plan could backfire and put the health of older people at risk. it comes as the government also launches a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. megan paterson reports. at this medical centre on merseyside, the demand for boosterjabs is high. staff here have seen nearly 800 walkins a day over t

the army's involvement follows northumberland county council declaring storm arwen a major incident.eason of goodwill, what could be more rewarding for our soldiers than being out in local towns and villages helping those genuinely in need. across scotland and northern england, freezing temperatures are persisting. in all around 5,000 homes are still cut off. northern power grid says it still has a 700 engineering jobs, repairs like this one to do, before it can fully restore the power across the north—east of england and that's why it is still saying it could be the middle of next week before things get back to normal. meaning for those enduring the longest wait it's an ongoing ordeal. distraught, it's terrible, it's awful, really awful. the wind, the rain, and then to top it off we got snow as well so we couldn't get out. you know, it was just awful. northern power grid says its engineers now have a clearer picture of the repairs needed. the long wait for power goes on. peter harris, bbc news, northumberland. now on bbc news, it's the travel show. coming up on this week's show: we

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with hundreds of homes still without power 11 days after storm arwen, brace yourself for storm barra,ith weather warnings in place across the uk. we are told that wins in exposed coastal areas like this could get up to around 75 mph, also heavy rains and some localised flooding very popular. the grandad of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes has said his killers should never be freed. the boy was killed last year by his own father thomas hughes and his partner, emma tustin. people were flagging up there were problems. and social services got involved but said there was nothing to worry about. and australian actor rebel wilson talks to the bbc about fame, fertility and food. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a whistle—blower who worked on the british operation to evacuate people from afghanistan has told mps that only a tiny fraction of those who asked for help received it. raphael marshall — who resigned from hisjob in september — told the foreign affairs committee in written evidence the process was "dysfunctional" and "chaotic" and it was clear that

one of the biggest storms to hit the uk in 2021 came at the end of november, as storm arwen brought damaging falling trees caused widespread disruption, with this one narrowly missing a drinker as it crashed into the back of a pub in wales. tens of thousands of trees came down in the worst affected parts of scotland and north—east england and power was lost to more than 200,000 homes. now to some of your weather watcher pictures, showing the snow that followed storm arwen, which was unusually heavy and widespread for the time of year, particularly across northern england, and compounded the problem for those people that had lost power and heat to their homes. but despite the cold end to the season, overall the uk had its third warmest autumn on record, and the warmest in northern ireland, in a year that northern ireland also recorded its highest temperature on record back injuly. hearing no objections, it is so decided. applause. still to come on weather world, cop fallout — was the applause justified ? we hear from some of those who were in glasgow, as world leaders haggled over plans to fi

a review into the response to storm arwen is launched by 0fgem to make sure those affected get the bestl shakespeare company has announced that the veteran actor sir antony sher has died of cancer at the age of 72. we start with breaking news this hour — a father and his girlfriend have been sentenced over the torture and killing of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes. the boy was starved and beaten by emma tustin who has been sentenced to life with a minumum term of 29 years at coventry crown court. arthur's father thomas hughes has been given 21 years behind bars after being convicted of his son's manslaughter. it comes after little arthur suffered an unsurvivable brain injury on 16 june 2020. the judge said arthur led a lonely and solitary life and was subjected to the most unimaginable suffering. let's talk to our correspondent outside court helena wilkinson — and just a warning some of the details you'll hear from helena are quite distressing. just tell us what the judge has said with this sentencing. the just tell us what the “udge has said with this sentencing. the sentencing took

but this has been a brutally hard week for many here, and seven days on from storm arwen, its impacting felt. have you got your power back on again? no, it's not on yet. we went off on friday. on friday, the day of the wind. 0h, aye, there have been trees blown down a lot before but i mean, this is the worst i've seen. for some, no power meant no water either so bottled water was brought in for drinking and at night, this family huddled together for warmth. like many we spoke to, they were disappointed at the information they'd received. you just felt like crying sometimes. you just couldn't. .. i think it was the false promises as well, we kept getting e—mails of them saying it will be on at six o'clock, it will be on at 12 o'clock. and then last night, the army came, two army blokes came, but that was the first people that's been to check that you're all right. there's nobody. you've just being left to fend for yourself. people here rallied around to look out for each other. this farm are receiving hot food from a good samaritan determined to help. we rely on good friends and good

our headlines today. 15,000 uk households wake up after a seventh night without power due to storm arwen — the military are drafted in to help. the stepmother and father who tortured and killed six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes face court for sentencing. cheering. the conservatives hold their seat in the old bexley and sidcup by—election, but with a massively reduced majority. someone is responsible for what happened and i can't say who that is, but i know it's not me. alec baldwin says he does not feel guilt over the fatal film set shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. another stunning record for ronaldo. he's the first player in history to score 800 goals for club and country, as his double helps manchester united fight back to beat arsenal, in front of new boss ralf rangnick watching from the stands. good morning. the show must go on. theatre is back for christmas and it is the most lucrative time of the year. i am at manchester's palace theatre ahead of tonight's performance of white christmas. and colder conditions are still with us in the east. milder air on the way today b

while some areas continue to recoverfrom storm arwen, the next named storm barra is about to push in.ht, many will fade, but with clearing skies there could be the risk of ice in some spots with temperatures widely dropping to freezing or below. it will be a very cold start to tuesday morning, the first signs of storm barra there across ireland as we head into the morning. so the main message for tuesday and into wednesday is those widespread gales, and the potential for blizzards later across northern areas. all the weather warnings on the bbc weather website. this may turn briefly to sleet and snow over higher ground in the morning, but the winds strengthen across these western areas through the day. a bright and sunny start for scotland and england but the rain spreads in with strengthening winds, and into southern scotland readily turning into snow. it will be a cold day for the most part, given the strength of those winds. the stronger winds transfer northwards and eastwards, and there could be a problem with snow, the snow becoming confined into the grampians as we head into wed

some 4000 homes are still without power for a second weekend following storm arwen, which swept acrossundred in scotland are still waiting to be re—connected to energy supplies. our correspondent peter harris reports from northumberland. in the nick of time, the pub has its power back. last night, a heavy snowfall left villagers snowed in, but at least they�*re now warm after a week—long ordeal. it�*s very eventful, long, but i said yesterday there was a few of us in the pub, and i said i feel like we all live together now because we�*ve spent that much time together in this pub. throughout the power cuts, the pub in northumberland had been a refuge to huddle together. the last emergency food drops were arriving today, but being reconnected is a relief. beautiful, because i could get a shower last night! which we haven't been able to. and then, of course, they had the food, so we came over and the snow... just came suddenly down and that was it. nightmare. - total nightmare. if it wasn't for here, coming over here i and that, it would be totally... not everyone is so lucky. across engl

with hundreds of homes still without power 11 days after storm arwen, brace yourself for storm barra,ather warnings in place across the uk. we are told that wins in exposed coastal areas like this could get up to about 75 mph today. and also heavy rain, some localised flooding very possible. at 9:30am we will have a full weather forecast with carol kirkwood. the australian actress rebel wilson talks to the bbc about fame, fertility and food. a whistle—blower who worked on the british operation to evacuate people from afghanistan has told mps that only a tiny fraction of those who asked for help received it. raphael marshall — who resigned from hisjob in september — told the foreign affairs committee the process was "dysfunctional" and "chaotic," and it was clear that some of those left behind were murdered by the taliban. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, who was foreign secretary at the time, has denied the government was being slow to make decisions. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. kabul airport last summer as thousands sought to flee the advancing taliban

we have a storm in scotland, nowhere near as potent as storm arwen last week.. we still have the remnants of a weatherfront close to eastern counties of england. it is here where we are likely to see the most breezy conditions, with cloud and outbreaks of rain. further west compared with saturday, fewer showers and more sunshine. the wind is falling a bit lighter late in ve day but it's not going to be a chilly dash back it is going to be a chilly dash back it is going to be a chilly day. as for next week, the weather symbols for the capital city �*s summit up. it is going to be quite disturbed, with rain at times and we could see stormy weather arrive of the atlantic next week. this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the euro 2020 final between england italy turned into a day of �*national shame' for england, after trouble at wembley stadium which �*could have led to a loss of life.�* a new report into the disorder ahead of the match says there was a collective failure by organisers, security firms and the police. if y

as work goes on to get power back after storm arwen, the met office has now issued a new weather warninghigh after indian security forces have killed at least 13 civilians in a botched ambush near the myanmar border. on saturday, an army patrol opened fire on a group of miners returning home in nagaland after mistaking them for militants. angry villagers have set fire to vehicles belonging to security forces following the incident. 0ur south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan gave us more details. on saturday evening, a group of coal miners were returning from the northeastern indian state of nagaland which borders myanmar, and the indian army says it was acting on a specific intelligence input and they asked a van to stop, but they did not stop till they opened fire. they later realised there were six civilians killed in the incident. angry civilians then targeted army camps. that resulted in the further loss of blood they ordered an inquiry in this incident will be investigated. the indian government is also expressing shock and at the same time ordered an investigation. fresh violence ha

the army's involvement follows northumberland county council declaring storm arwen a major incident.son of goodwill, what could be more rewarding for our soldiers than being out in local towns and villages helping those genuinely in need. across scotland and northern england, freezing temperatures are persisting. in all around 5000 homes are still cut off. northern power grid says it still has a 700 engineering jobs, repairs like this one to do, before it can fully restore the power across the north—east of england and that's why it is still saying it could be the middle of next week before things get back to normal. meaning for those enduring the longest wait it's an ongoing ordeal. distraught, it's terrible, it's awful, really awful. the wind, the rain, and then to top it off we got snow as well so we couldn't get out. you know, it was just awful. northern power grid says its engineers now have a clearer picture of the repairs needed. the long wait for power goes on. peter harris, bbc news, northumberland. now on bbc news — 100 women in conversation. nomia iqbal meets actress, prod

as work goes on to get power back after storm arwen, the met office has now issued a new weather warningg on plastic debris in an area of the ocean that�*s been called the great pacific garbage patch. many of the creatures are coastal species living thousands of kilometres from their usual habitats, on a patch halfway between the coast of california and hawaii. it�*s estimated that 80,000 tonnes of debris are distributed over 1.6 million square kilometres. dr linsey haram is the lead researcher who carried out the work at the smithsonian environmental research centre. she told me what had been found. these were discovered by our collaborators and citizen scientists in the great pacific garbage patch. they were small debris items. up to large abandon fishing nets. all sorts of species — crabs and barnacles, both native oceanic species in coastal species. fiend barnacles, both native oceanic species in coastal species. and how do they form- _ species in coastal species. and how do they form- ? _ species in coastal species. and how do they form. ? most _ species in coastal species. and how d

deployed to northumberland to help people whose homes are still without power — eight days after storm arwenrents of a teenager accused of the fatal shooting of four us high school students — using a gun bought by his father — appear in court where they have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges. and residents on the indonesian island of java flee a vast plume of ash — as an active volcano erupts for the second time in a matter of months. now on bbc news, it's time for the media show, with katie razall. hello. what is the relationship between journalists and their audiences? this week, some reporters covering the omicron variant say they've received a torrent of abuse from people angry about the government's response and blaming the journalists. nothing new in much of this, of course. people have been shooting the messenger for centuries. but have we reached a new low? because one newspaper group even announced they've had to disable reader comments altogether on their coverage of the tragedy in the english channel. so, does trolling mean the end of the reporter—reader relationship as w