the plane was owned by syd ney on board. sydney seaplanes, operating for many yea rs sydney seaplanes, operating for many years ferrying sightseers around syd ney‘s years ferrying sightseers around sydney's landmarks and the hawkesbury river region which is nestled among a national park and wilderness area. the company said that its pilots were some of the most experienced in the world and the company also saying that for now all of its services will be suspended. so that full—scale investigation by the transport safety bureau will begin in the morning and the job safety bureau will begin in the morning and thejob of safety bureau will begin in the morning and the job of that investigating team is to piece together exactly what caused this tragedy that has cost the lives of six people. thank you for that. phil mercer in sydney. criminal gangs who claim benefits under a false identity are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. the department for work and pensions says it will use sophisticated compute

plane crashed into the water. the plane was returning from a waterfront restaurant to rose bay on syd neyrant to rose bay on sydney harbour, a journey that would normally take around 20 minutes. the aircraft is owned by sydney seaplanes, which provides flights around some of the city's most popular tourist attractions, including the opera house, the harbour bridge and to the north, the hawkesbury river. the company said ina hawkesbury river. the company said in a statement that its pilots are some of the most experienced in the world, and that all its flights had been suspended until further notice. air crash investigators will arrive at the sight of the accident early on new year's day to try to establish how and why a routine sightseeing flight could end in catastrophe. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. new year celebrations have begun around the world as we welcome in 2018. new zealand was the first to see fireworks, before sydney harbour was lit up in a blaze of colour. five, four, three, two, one. once again, sydney set the standard for new year fireworks. again, sydney set the standard

with this deal potentially syd ney service.ey would also gain control in —— the controlling interest in another streaming service, hulu, in addition to the one it is launching for itself. it would be taking on the amazon and netflix types on two fronts. i guess the other thing is what it might mean for fox because they would be selling off a lot of deadbeat assets. potentially fox studios are some of the crown jewels. maybe rupert murdoch is going back to his first love, the news business. looking forward to a potential megadeal in the industry. the south korean president, moon jae—in is in china improving relations. china was upset so it banned travel agencies from selling packaged tour is and that really hurt south korean businesses because visitors from china made up nearly half of tourists last year. china partly lifted the ban last month but the damage has been done. the tourist industry is estimated to have lost $6.5 billion. earlier, i spoke to an economist who said the economy of south korea continues to do pretty well

what about a recent case of more than 20 south syd ney recent case of more than 20 south sydney is aa sydney is a christian women arrested at a gathering in khartoum by the public order police because they we re public order police because they were wearing trousers and skirt and we re were wearing trousers and skirt and were therefore an affront to public decency. i remember very well john sullivan was talking about wearing trousers and when we left our office we left a journalist wearing trousers and she was talking to me andi trousers and she was talking to me and i told you this is an example. these women were arrested. they write cases, accorded nature of the note to oppression of women in initiative said women have been sentenced to flogging because of the affront to public decency. sentenced to flogging because of the affront to public decencylj sentenced to flogging because of the affront to public decency. i read that press release and i dealt with the number but i cannot deny there may be sometimes problems in the indie since the cold by the police at this is one of the iss

always setting the bar for displays with fireworks over the iconic syd ney with fireworks over the iconichered on the shore to watch several tonnes of pyrotechnics light up the night sky. there is going to be a rainbow theme as part of this display to mark australia passing same—sex marriage laws. just about to hear the countdown now in sydney.

we now get to syd ney to boosting win, either.e series, and we will all hope it is a little more exciting than this one. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on bbc news throughout the evening. firefighters have been tackling a major blaze in a tower block in manchester's northern quarter. the fire spread to multiple floors of the 12—storey building onjoiner street. police closed part of the road, and manchester fire and rescue service is asking people to avoid the area, and to keep their doors and windows shut if they are nearby. our correspondent mark edwardson sent us this report from the scene. this is church street in manchester. it's at the southern edge of what is called the northern quarter, an up—and—coming part of manchester city centre. the fire broke out this afternoon. firefighters were called afternoon. firefighters were called after people reported flames licking out of the building from the windows there. the first thing we knew was when ourfriends, there. the first thing we knew was when our frien

we know go to syd ney to boosting win either.ey to see a thing that can pick up their first victory of the series. we will all hold it is a bit more exciting than this one. i'd love to keep winning. i'd say we probably let ourselves down a little bit in the first innings. we were in a pretty good position after the first day, three down, then we lost 74 80. from then we were probably behind the game. 350 was not enough in the first innings. credit to england. i thought they bowled really well. the main focus of this group is to win this week and go to sydney and win this week and go to sydney and win there. that mentality wasn't ha rd win there. that mentality wasn't hard to get the guys in the right frame of mind for that. they have a lot of disappointment coming away from perth. you can see the way they we nt from perth. you can see the way they went about training that they are desperate to prove a lot of people wrong and make sure that we get something good out of this tour. staying with cricket, the england women skipper hea

we find out in may whether we are going to syd ney in may whether we are going to sydney next year, butwill be around the time of the royal wedding, so you never know! all the best and good luck. happy customers, because you had a photo take within the trophy too. annabel, back to you. tonight is a celebration of sport but, as we mentioned, it's also a celebration about professional athletes winning medals but also those that don't always get mentioned and recognised. the volu nteers mentioned and recognised. the volunteers at grass roots levels. tonight we celebrate them as well and particularly a very special coachin and particularly a very special coach in crosby. i'm pamela and i'm in liverpool to say thank you to a special lady for her contribution to grass roots netball. let's go and meet her. you have been pretty amazing, doing so you have been pretty amazing, doing so much for grass roots netball. this is so great. 0h, so much for grass roots netball. this is so great. oh, my god. i've come the say thank you so much for everything you are doing and all the girls here look like t

that don't take into account the people in the region who are locked into a conflict whose end is syd neyreature was a therapod like tyrannosaurus rex. it may have been the first dinosaur to adopt the lifestyle of a modern day water birth. any moment, the news at one. first, the weather forecast. good afternoon. storm caroline continues to dominate the weather story, not necessarily due to the storm force gusts of wind that are still a threat across the far north—east, but because once this front passage through, it will open the floodgates were bitterly cold airto the floodgates were bitterly cold air to spread down across the country from the arctic. in wintry theme looks likely over the next few days. before that, let's look at the rain. some of that quite heavy in the selbys at the moment. behind it, decent spells of sunshine. a rash of showers continue through scotland and northern ireland, turning increasingly wintry through the latter stages of the day. the temperatures fall away. storm force winds ease, but gale force gusts through the night will blow some of the snow around, so b