this really is a big dealfor tadcaster.ain bridge swept away in the floods of 2015. for the last hour, it has been like one of those home makeover programmes with a rushing against the clock. the roads service here was not here 30 minutes ago. it has literally just been here was not here 30 minutes ago. it has literallyjust been completed. it is still soft. we saw the council the stamping on it to see how soft it is. it is going to be open in the next few minutes. hundreds of people from tadcaster, including some local schoolchildren, are ready for the real opening. children from the town's three primary schools will be the first to walk across with local councillors to head across from the east side of tadcaster over to the west side of the town. it has not been all doom and gloom over the last few months. although the bridge was swept away, there was a temporary footbridge put in place in february, last year, just a few weeks after the first one went. 0ver there is the footbridge that has just about get this town together

the way it a lwa ys enter and leave tadcaster the way it always has.omise the blue skies throughout the day. behind me you can see that i'm focused very much on this area of low pressure, because the circulation is already very wet, through the irish sea to the midlands. some fine prospects in northern and eastern parts, but the wind is also a factor tonight and overnight. 50—60 miles per hour gusts. as the skies clear, if you are posting tomorrow, watch out for are posting tomorrow, watch out for a bit of ice. that could be an issue. —— if you are up first thing tomorrow. northern ireland with brightness and also a good part of england and wales. bart bles south—eastern quarter, they have their own low pressure to contend with —— apart from the south—eastern quarter. passing rain, no one keeps if any great length and there will be sunshine, but it is pretty cool both day and night. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: a soldier opens fire and seriously wounds a machete—wielding attacker at the louvre museum in paris. the attacker shouted allahu a

, but the people of tadcaster, who have had to put up with disruption and inconvenience for such a longime. i am sure that those people will all welcome the return of the bridge, and we commend all those who have ensured that that has happened. john woodcock: the news revealed yesterday that toshiba is reviewing its investment in the moorside nuclear power plant, which puts a huge question mark over not only 21,000 jobs in cumbria but the future of our nation's energy security. what will the prime minister do personally to ensure that the deal stays on track? p.m. may: i assure the honorable gentleman that both the business secretary and i have involvement in a number of deals and possible deals around the nuclear industry. both i and the business secretary are involved in these, and we are keen to ensure that those jobs are brought to the united kingdom and that such deals are kept on track. i assure him of the government's commitment. jo churchill: this week the danish drug firm novo nordisk invested £115 million in the uk to further research into type 2 diabetes. will the prime minis

after 12 months, a town reconnected as tadcaster bridge reopens.ing news coming from sheffield. roger dodds has been sentenced to 16 years. roger dodds he worked for sheffield city council has been sentenced to 16 years in prison having admitted four counts of indecent assault. these are historical cases and involve the use of his victims in council offices for over two decades. he also was pleading guilty to indecent assault ona pleading guilty to indecent assault on a young boy. he is now aged 81 and he worked for sheffield city council for and he worked for sheffield city councilfor some 40 and he worked for sheffield city council for some 40 years. in the 19705 council for some 40 years. in the 1970s who was responsible for providing grants to colleges and university students and used his position to abuse teenagers and if forced teenagers to undergo section lacks. let's get the background of this. 1980, olympic gold for seven cove. celebrating in his parents front room a sexual predator. at this time roger dodds was secretly abusing young men

live to our correspondent danny savage who is in tadcaster for us now. on the bridge. an hour ago, there was a bit of a delay as finishing touches we re bit of a delay as finishing touches were being put on. now traffic flowing over again for the first time in 30 months and this is the river wharf which caused all the problems all those months ago. looking benign today but there is a footbridge which was putting in february last year which is redundant now. that will disappear in the next few weeks and not be taken away because everybody will be expected to use this bridge which has been restored after the last 30 months. that is talked to a few of the gentlemen involved in this project. john smith, you are the head of bridges in north yorkshire and you are from the county council, very quickly 13 months, watts was the delay, because it is such a bespoke bridge? we had to get the temporary bridge in which the curse a month. then we had to find out what went wrong with the bridge because we could just pile into it, we had to make sure it was safe and then

danny savage, bbc news, tadcaster.ng the sale of produce. the shortage is due to bad weather particularly in spain where there's been snow and now the worst rainfalll for 30 years. tesco and morrisons are limiting customers to three iceberg lettuces and morrisons are reported to be preventing shoppers from buying more than three heads of broccoli. frankie mccamley reports. they are part of our staple diet and we have them with almost every meal. so for many, vegetables are not considered a luxury. but with poor growing conditions in southern europe the iceberg lettuce is the latest vegetable to fall victim to the shortage. it was chris yates last month. so much so that supermarkets have been selling out and are now restricting the number we can buy to two or three. the russians are not targeting us when we go for our weekly shop, let's face it you can get through three lettuce in a number of days? what they are trying to do is stop small businesses from buying in bulk when they are facing shortages. and for weeks some

. —— the bridge in tadcaster. two major supermarkets are rationing some vegetables because of a shortage caused by bad weather in southern europe. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a royal marine commando from northern ireland has pleaded guilty to hoarding explosives and making bombs. 31—year—old ciaran maxwell was arrested last year after police found two arms dumps in county antrim. unknown to the marines, while serving he had also been preparing for acts of terrorism, including compiling a list of targets, to be used by dissident republicans. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the story. he was a member of the uk's elite royal marines unit a0 commando, after passing the gruelling 32—week training course. but today, ciaran maxwell and admitted that for five years he was also helping dissident republicans in northern ireland to build up hidden stockpiles of explosives, weapons and ammunition. ciaran maxwell grew up in larne, some 20 miles north of belfast, a largely unionist town with some st

come to tadcaster.t the future. people get concerned. we have spent £a0,000. future. people get concerned. we have spent £40,000. what about the environment agency? zero. really. tadcaster‘s future starts today. there was a admission that while a6 million had been invested in the area, nothing had yet been set aside for the town who was torn into. —— torn in two. you‘re watching breakfast. still to come this morning: the benefits of running in the countryside are many, but so are the dangers. we‘ll look at the scheme urging runners to wear id tags in case they become ill in isolated spots. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m alex bushell. the fire brigades union is claiming that there are delays in responding to an emergency because of a glitch in the new system which sends engines to fires. they say the system — known as vision ads — has ‘compromised public safety‘ — as it regularly crashes. the london fire brigade says the system has led t

instead of waving to each other from a passing car, people of tadcaster have stopped and talk to eachopen. to get us back as one community instead of divided isjust get us back as one community instead of divided is just amazing. get us back as one community instead of divided isjust amazing. the footbridge will soon disappear and residents hope the rebuilt road bridge will be strong enough to stand the force of any future flooding. this is bbc news at 5. the headlines: a serving royal marine commando has admitted former sheffield council boss who forced teenagers to engage in sex acts has been jailed for 16 yea rs. an update on the market numbers for you. here's how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states, this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. 0n on bbc 0n bbc news now, i look ahead to sportsday. plenty coming up tonight with the davis cup to look forward to. and we're live from twickenham as the six nations gets under way tomorrow. looking ahead to the weekend's premier league action. we hear the thoughts of matt elliot as the former leicester a

, but also the people of tadcaster, but also the people of tadcaster who have had to put up with thist. not only does it put a cloud over jobs in cumbria, but also over the future of our energy and security. what does he do personally to make sure the deal stays on track?” what does he do personally to make sure the deal stays on track? i can assure the honourable gentleman that in relation to a number of deals and potential deals around the nuclear industry, both i and the business secretary are involved in these and are very keen to ensure that these jobs are brought to the united kingdom, and we do see these deals keeping on track. so i can assure him that the government's commitment is there. this week, the danish drug firm invested 115 million in the uk, in order to further research into type two diabetes. with the prime minister join two diabetes. with the prime ministerjoin me in welcoming the investment, welcoming those academics and scientists, many from the eu and around the world, who will appreciate that the surety she spoke of earlier? but also work with me to ensure that

tadcaster was split in two by floods on boxing day 2015.n a year since they could only cross via a temporary footbridge. getting ready to reopen the bridge now. we will bring you more as the bridge is reopened. in the meantime, the weather. quite coincidentally, there we were in tadcaster. where do you think that is? bradford, how beautiful is that? what a glorious day so far. the isle of wight there. you are much closer to this area of low pressure, which has produced wet and windy fare and increasingly cold weather behind this weather front which has got out of the way to the far west of cornwall. we will come back to that in a moment. further north, it is notjust yorkshire that is bathed in sunshine. northern parts of scotland. further east, it will stay bright for the afternoon. cloud filling in all the while, because the low pressure is drifting further north and spreading eastwards as well. it's very windy. this is the other half of the story about the area of low pressure. yes, it is opening the door to cold air, but the strong winds

a bridge in the north yorkshire town of tadcaster, which collapsed at the height of the christmas floodsing by walking from one side to the other. police could scarcely believe their luck when they found a burglar dangling out of a bathroom window in radcliffe, near bury. sean crawshaw got stranded as he tried to break into the house. 0fficers cautioned him as he hung out the first floor window. it took fire crews 20 minutes to free crawshaw who has now been jailed for two years. former shadow chancellor and strictly star ed balls has been in his old seat of normanton today giving children a gangnam style masterclass. he even persuaded his wife and local mp yvette cooper to join in. pupils at normanton common school were expecting a political talk when ed and his professional dance partner katya jones surprised them. he‘s in leeds tonight performing with the strictly tour. well, i hope all of those lifts go very well for him. let‘s take a look at the weather with helen. it will be wet and windy, like in weymouth and many southern counties. these gusts of 50 or 60 mph, giving nasty condit