hull city are also out of the bottom three after they beat swansea city 2—1.or his side. rangers have moved into second place in the scottish premiership after a 1—nil win over dundee at ibrox. vaclav cerny scored the goaljust after half time. that win coupled with aberdeen's 3—1 defeat at home to hibernian means rangers overtake aberdeen who drop to third. in the other match st mirren won 2—1 at ross county. celtic have an 8 point lead at the top. they travel to dundee united tomorrow. now let's turn to rugby union and bristol bears turned on the style in a breathless encounter with leicester tigers this afternoon, 12 tries. 78 points on a record breaking afternoon at welford road, with the bears running out 54—24 winners. craig templeton watched this one. the away dressing room has felt a lot like home for bristol recently and one went on their travels will give them ten in a row a premiership record. it was in full voice and leicester tigers roared early through the area but were silenced in dramatic fashion. first by gabriel who scored twice to put them in

and south of wales, got lots and lots of great trains, of trains in weston—super—mare, a large from swanseaare making long distance journeys, it is a real worry. —— here in london paddington. every day, emergency service phone operators across the uk answer tens of thousands of calls for help. while most callers are respectful, reports of sexist, homophobic and racist abuse towards staff have increased by more than a third since 2019. our reporter daniel 0 donoghue has been speaking to operators at a 999 call centre in manchester. you want to do this, you really want to do this, stupid bleep? yeah, i've got questions to ask, so can you... you little bleep, you little bleep, aren't you? this is a recording of a 999 call received by james just an hour into his morning shift. i took a particular call for a gentleman whose mum had an itch. the gentleman spoke about me arranging a taxi. happens all the time, we remind people that we're not a taxi. it must have frustrated him. he just started hurling abuse at me. you horrible, dirty bleep! i'm going to, i'm going to tell you one more time... blee

because of fallen trees and speed restrictions, and there is nothing going west of cardiff towards swansearthen or west of plymouth towards penzance. no trains at all all day on those networks. north wales, nothing running on the line from chester to holyhead, but if you did manage to get to holyhead, it wouldn't do you much good, if you were aiming for ireland because there are no ferries sailing today as far as i can see, anywhere on the irish sea. further problems at the airports. my goodness. it has been a horrible day for lots of people. just checking belfast city airport, it has not seen a plane in or out all day. bristol airport has been heavily diverted, the first plane in this morning, ryanairfrom venice, ended up in stansted, and there are an awful lot of people getting used to some strange surroundings. air canada from calgary, american airlines from dallas, delta air lines from atlanta, all diverted from heathrow because of strong winds there. they have been diverted through to brussels, and they will be getting back to heathrow, but anybody waiting to fly to those locations is

elsewhere there were wins for bristol city, oxford united, stoke, swansea and cardiff.to the bottom of the table. that's six defeats in their last seven league games now. celtic have extended their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to ia points after a 4—0 win at home to stjohnstone. kyogo furuhashi scored twice for brendan rodgers' side. second—placed rangers had to come from behind to draw 2—2 at motherwell, a great individual goal from ta—wanda mas—wan—hee—say put the home side 2—0 up. but while motherwell had two second half goals disallowed, rangers substitute hamza igamane scored twice to ensure it finished all. aberdeen blew their chance to leapfrog rangers into second place. kevin holt scored a 94th minute winner as dundee united beat them 1—0 at tannardyce. the dons haven't won in eight games. united are three points behind them. elsewhere, ross county and hearts also drew, while there were wins for hibs and dundee. in the rugby premiership, exeter chiefs got their first win of the season as they beat gloucester 22 points to 15. they're now off the bo

coast of wales from chester across to holyhead in anglesey, or in south wales from cardiff across to swanseaing there are problems on the cardiff to manchester line, severe disruption there, and great western railway, who possibly have had more problems than anyone else, other passengers have, nothing running on the local wines in devon and cornwall and nothing going west of plymouth to penzance. furthermore, if you are travelling on that line, great western railways urges you not to, you should expect to be delayed because of speed restrictions. that is the story across the country, putting in restrictions in case they encountered debris that has been blown onto the track or indeed trees and there are loads of these mile away from here. lots of problems to portsmouth.— here. lots of problems to portsmouth. good to talk to ou, portsmouth. good to talk to you. thank _ portsmouth. good to talk to you. thank you _ portsmouth. good to talk to you, thank you very - portsmouth. good to talk to you, thank you very much, i you, thank you very much, simon. let's get the latest on how the roads have b

nothing going west of penzance, nothing going west of penzance, nothing going west of cardiff to swanseawall branch lines are also closed. the other problem is speed restrictions, but if you're going by train to date there is a very good chance there will be speed restrictions put in because of the risk of daybreak being on the lines of fallen trees. that means for the line from bristol into london, you've got delays typically of 45 minutes because the trains are going slower which is in turn leading to extra cancellations. right up and down the country, lner, northern, or reporting problems in locations and i'm afraid while the talking about flooding, with the build—up of water, we could see over the rest of the day and into sunday and maybe even the start of next week, problems on some of the lines. , , , next week, problems on some of the lines. , , ., the lines. just tell us about how long — the lines. just tell us about how long these _ the lines. just tell us about how long these disruptions| how long these disruptions could continue for. qm. how long these disruptions could contin

in swansea, the occupants of this car were fortunate to get out unscathed. flights were cancelled.storm darragh remain. persistent rain has triggered flood warnings right across wales. falling on already saturated ground, the fear is that river levels will rise quickly. at builth wells, cars were close to being submerged as the river wye burst its banks. tonight, flood warnings remain in place. thousands of people are still without power. it looks like the worst part is over, but there's still very, very high winds, more rain to come, and people should be very, very careful. as the fourth named storm of the season keeps sweeping through, people around the country are left to count the cost. hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. five years after a devastating fire ripped through notre dame cathedral in paris, it reopened in a lavish restoration ceremony on saturday evening. the colossal project — costing more than $700 million — has been completed in the timeframe promised by french president emmanuel macron. world leaders descended on paris to mark the reopening. [000:22:26;00] [000:2

in swansea, the occupants of this car were fortunate to get out unscathed. flights were cancelled. risks from storm darragh remain persistent. rain has triggered flood warnings right across wales. falling on already saturated ground, the fear is that river levels will rise quickly. cars were close to being submerged as the river wye burst its banks. tonight, flood warnings remain in place. thousands of people are still without power. it looks like the worst part is over but there is still very, very high winds, more rain to come, and people should be very, very careful. as the fourth named storm of the season keeps sweeping through, people around the country are left to count the cost. hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. south korean prosecutors arrested former defence minister kim yong—hyun sunday over his alleged role in president yoon suk yeol�*s martial law declaration. this comes as opposition mps vow to push for impeachment after yoon narrowly survived an attempt to oust him by just a handful of votes. tens of thousands of people had gathered outside the country's parliament,

in swansea, the occupants of this car were fortunate to get out unscathed. flights were cancelled.s may have eased but the risks from storm darragh remain persistent. rain has triggered flood warnings right across wales. falling on already saturated ground, the fear is that river levels will rise quickly. cars were close to being submerged as the river wye burst its banks. tonight, flood warnings remain in place. thousands of people are still without power. it looks like the worst part is over but there is still very, very high winds. more rain to come, and people should be very, very careful. as the fourth named storm of the season keeps sweeping through, people around the country are left to count the cost. hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. five people have died and three others injured, when large explosions rocked a residential building in the dutch city of the hague early this morning. its thought others may be trapped in the wreckage. anna holligan reports. at the end of an exhausting day, a sign of hope. but the mayor warned chances like this are slim. most people were asle

and still to come, we'll meet the pianist from swansea who is bringing christmas concert joy to thoseben rich. at the weather. we've at the weather. seen some strong wind across some we've seen some strong wind across some parts of the uk today and actually strong wind may disrupt some travel plans between now and christmas. a week to go until the big day course and this is what the weather has in store. it is changeable tomorrow, it will be colder and friday bring some rain and then over the weekend that is when we see some strong wind which could bring some disruption. i christmas itself things are quieter and milder, more details later in the programme. there are nowjust a few days left to apply for pension credit in order to receive winter fuel payments, after the benefit became means tested earlier this year. if approved, claimants are entitled to up to £300 to help with energy bills, but not everyone who's entitled looks set to receive it. as ben boulos now explains. winter fuel payments are means tested only from this year. the chancellor said the government needed to save mone

sunderland are third, after coming from 2—0 down to beat swansea city 3—2.ion to all of those results over on the bbc sport website. next tonight to cricket, where england have already won their test series in new zealand, but they are hoping to make it a 3—0 clean sweep. on the opening day of the final test in hamilton, their bowlers have been chipping away, leaving the hosts hanging on in theirfirst innings, asjoe lynskey reports. at 2—0 up in a three—match series, england now can take things at their own pace. they put new zealand into bat, but it brought a quiet morning. on a flat pitch, the home side went past 100. without a wicket by the lunch break, england tried to find the answers. commentator: it's gone! gus atkinson got the first, and then new zealand couldn't stop them. 0h! kane williamson was out despite a lunge towards the stumps. the mood of a test match had turned on the breakthrough. now, england looked to set up the clean sweep. just two away teams have won 3—0 in new zealand, and right now, it's the tourists who look most at home. this was

but a young pianist from swansea wants to show that hospices can also be places ofjoy.es — and this christmas its won the backing of one of the world s biggest classical stars, asjon kay has been finding out. one day i went on a walk around the hospice and ifound an one day i went on a walk around the hospice and i found an old piano covered in covers and books. even though there were notes missing, i wheeled the piano to my mum's bedside and i began to play. it had this transformative impact. it was a moment that wasjust meant for impact. it was a moment that was just meant for mum and impact. it was a moment that wasjust meant for mum and i but i had families and patients coming up to me and thanking me. even the staff were saying how beautiful it was to hear music. i knew then we had done something very special. afterjoe's mum died he started contacting other hospices to see if they would like him to play music for patients. they love the idea. soon he was taking fellow students from the royal academy of music to hospices all over the uk. # up she rises early in the

elsewhere, wins for bristol city, norwich, preston, and swansea...at edinburgh rivals hearts 2—1 at tynecastle. .. hibs took the lead early on thanks to an own goal from kye rowles after a lengthly var check. hearts were back on level terms on the stroke of half time... another own goal, this time from rocky bushiri sending his attempted clearance beyond his own goalkeeper. but substitute gayle sealed the game with a lovely finish withjust over 10 minutes remaining. the win sends hibs up to seventh, while hearts stay 10th. and there is still one match ongoing in the spl where st mirren are leading rangers by one goal to nil at half time thanks to an oisin smyth penalty. in the rest of the day's games, celtic got back on track, with a win over motherwell. 4—0 the score. it took them just before half time to make the breakthrough though. it's seven matches without a win for aberdeen — they were thrashed 4—0 by kilmarnock. ross county ended a wait of 15 months for an away victory — they beat dundee 3—0... with dundee united beating stjohnstone. let's ha

wales, from chester right across to holyhead in anglesey, or in south wales, from cardiff across to swanseawales also warning that there's problems on the cardiff to manchester line, severe disruption there. and great western railway, who possibly have had more problems than anyone else, or at least their passengers have, nothing running on the local lines in devon and cornwall and nothing going west of plymouth to penzance. furthermore, if you are travelling on that line, and great western railways urges you not to, then you should expect to be delayed because of speed restrictions. and that's the story pretty much across the country, putting in restrictions in case they encounter debris that's been blown onto the track or indeed trees. and by the way, there's loads of those about a mile away from here at london waterloo. lots of problems getting to portsmouth. that was simon calder at waterloo station. let's get the latest on how the roads have been affected from rac spokesperson simon williams. the impact of the storm on drivers isn't too bad in many ways, because lots of drivers are hee

wales, we have got lots of delayed trains, the train from westen supermare came in late, delays from swanseadistance journeys it is a real worry. distance “ourneys it is a real wor . , ., distance “ourneys it is a real wor . ,, ., ., ., worry. simon... i was going to say simon _ worry. simon... i was going to say simon we _ worry. simon... i was going to say simon we know— worry. simon... i was going to say simon we know more - worry. simon... i was going to| say simon we know more about the cause of this now, don't we? , ., the cause of this now, don't we? , . ,, , the cause of this now, don't we? , . _ , we? there is a system called gsmr which _ we? there is a system called gsmr which stands - we? there is a system called gsmr which stands for - we? there is a system called l gsmr which stands for general system for mobile communications for the railway, and it normally works very well indeed. you will be aware that of course, railways have lots of course, railways have lots of cuttings, tunnels and you have to have a dedicated system so signallers can talk to drivers and so on, that didn'

and in other news, whole city taking on swansea and two goals— one.s are up to second, 8 points behind leaders celtic. their rise though is at the expense of aberdeen who have been in freefall, losing again today, beaten by hibernian. premiership leaders and a breathless competition, no fewer than 12 tries on a record—breaking day in bristol running out before 24 winners and watch this. the away dressing room has felt a lot like home for bristol recently and one more victory on their travels will give them ten in a row to the premiership record. in full voice and leicester tigers roared early through and then silenced and dramatic fashion. first by gabriel who scored twice by bears and a dominant position and then by bristol in complete control. so much so that by the time gabriel went over, they had six first tries and i4 gabriel went over, they had six first tries and 14 the first half points. leicester then showed some christmas spirit by gifting bristol another and the recipient and then finishing things off in style in the distance between him an

gwr expects to run trains between swansea and london, they still need to do several checks on the linee information is on the national rail website, so the advice again, do check your journey before website, so the advice again, do check yourjourney before you leave this morning. in terms of the roads overnight the severn bridge, one of the main bridges licking with them wales reopened, and in terms of the power cuts, the latest information from the energy networks association was around 7pm yesterday, seeing 180,000 people still without power but we expect that to be a much improved situation this morning, so after the damage of storm darragh, things are getting very much back to normal this morning and improving through the day. normal this morning and improving through the day-— normal this morning and improving through the day. the rapperjay—z has been accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13—year—old girl alongside sean "diddy" combs at a party in the year 2000. the lawsuit — which was initially filed in october against mr combs — was refiled last night, naming his fellow rapper.