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west midlands police recorded 22, up from just one. west yorkshire police recorded a9, up from 29.tish transport police recorded 87 incidents, up from eight in the same month a year before. we have seenjewish people who are worried about sending their children to school, about going to synagogue, about wearing anything that might allow other people to identify them as jewish. the pro—palestinian marches in london saw arrests for suspected anti—semitic offences, with the met reporting last month that 19 people had later been charged with anti—jewish hate crimes. in some places, there has also been an increase in anti—muslim hate incidents. hello, you do takeaways? yes. ok, so i come over and take away your life. bleep, bleep. israel for ever. this palestinian restaurant in london received abusive messages in the days after the hamas attack. the situation in the middle east has increased fear in bothjewish and muslim neighbourhoods in britain, every alleged hate crime adding to those anxieties. however, it appears community relations have since started to improve and overall, hate cr

the west midlands police force area _ young people know.n't want to do is have a waiting _ what we didn't want to do is have a waiting list. — what we didn't want to do is have a waiting list, and we have had to. for more — waiting list, and we have had to. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the irish president michael d higgins is expected to be among mourners attending the funeral later of the pogues frontman shane macgowan, at a church service in nenagh in county tipperary. the musician died last week at the age of sixty—five. in the past hour, his coffin has been driven in a horse—drawn carriage through the streets of dublin, accompanied by a marching band and a lone piper. #a # a dirty old town, dirty old town... people in the streets of the irish capital broke into impromptu performances of the pogues�* best known songs, including dirty old town, which we're listening to now, and of course, fairytale of new york. at the funeral, the mourners will be led by his widow victoria m

west midlands police said missiles were thrown at officers.ish side had been told four weeks ago that their ticket allocation would be reduced to just over 1,000 over safety concerns. aston villa said about an hour before kick—off, legia fans engaged in what they described as "planned and systematic violent acts against west midlands police officers". the travelling supporters were subsequently barred from entering the stadium. uefa is now in the process of gathering all official reports from the game before deciding on potential next steps. 0n the pitch, villa had already qualified for the knock out stages, but alex moreno gave them a 2—1 victory to put them top of their group — ahead of last night's opponents. brighton sealed their place in the knockout stages of the europa league, with a 1—0 win over aek athens but their supporters�* joy was short lived after fans were inadvertently affected by tear gas. sussex police said flash bangs and tear gas were used towards the home supporters after the final whistle, which kept fans inside the stad

people in worcestershire has been named bbc sports personality of the year unsung hero for the west midlandsbike park but its popularity has exceeded all her expectations. nick clitheroe reports. it may be a freezing morning in stourport but that has not slowed them down the trails of burlish bike park. when it opened injuly, they were hoping for 1000 riders in the first year. they have had more than 2500 already. but it could have been a very different story. the landowner _ a very different story. the landowner just _ a very different story. the landownerjust said, - a very different story. tue: landownerjust said, do a very different story. tte: landownerjust said, do you want my woodland? he said, if you can get planning permission and get the fundraising needed to turn it into the facility, you can have it and if you can't make a formal facility, then we have to bulldoze it and nobody can ride a bike in here again. nobody can ride a bike in here aaain. , . , nobody can ride a bike in here a.ain_ , ., , , again. kids had been building their own dirtjumps _ again. kids had been building t

east midlands railway, london, north eastern railway, avanti west coast. chiltern great midlands. but i can't understand the motive . understand the motive. >> i mean, ijust don't understand the motive. >> i mean, i just don't get it. what do they think they're doing? cameron just said, oh, or you might have said, oh, they haven't had a pay rise for five years. i know of people haven't had a pay rise for five years. ihadw of people haven't had a pay rise for five years. ihad pay of people haven't had a pay rise for five years. ihad pay cutsyf people haven't had a pay rise for five years. ihad pay cuts over)ple haven't had a pay rise for five years. ihad pay cuts over the who've had pay cuts over the last years because the last five years because the economy stagnant and then economy went stagnant and then we now there's we had lockdown and now there's no growth. no, i mean, the guy came fitted the carpets at came and fitted the carpets at my weeks ago. he my place three weeks ago. he hasn't rise in hasn't had a pay rise in ten years and he's pay taxes years and he's got to pay tax

west midlands police said 46 people were arrested.yor of the west midlands has called for urgent and strong action, what can you tell us?— what can you tell us? yes, and i have been _ what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking _ what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking to - what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking to the - what can you tell us? yes, and i l have been speaking to the police this morning, who say that this was almost unprecedented in recent years the of violence that happened outside the game last night. this was a europa conference league game against legia warsaw and there had been a dispute in the run—up to the game about the allocation of tickets for the polish fans. they were unhappy, and they were even more unhappy, and they were even more unhappy when the authorities restricted that to just over 1000 tickets. but according to police, those were given to legia warsaw in the afternoon yesterday, fans were told to come here to pick them up, but for some reason they were not given to th

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some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands but otherwise, it'scontinue to get brighter and brighter with sunny spells breaking out widely and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland. aberdeen's already had over a months worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the higher scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about — it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6 or 7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday. as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england but also dropping the temperatures progre

is a very worthy winner of the award as bbc sports personality of the year unsung hero for the west midlandsjust a reminder of the top story, it is 1—1 between liverpool and arsenal at anfield which means arsenal will be top at christmas by a point. we will be back tomorrow evening at 6:30pm and 7:30pm but for now, that is all. good night. thousands of people in the uk won't be able to spend christmas in their own homes this year because of safety issues with the blocks of flats where they live. on average, one block a month has been evacuated this year, because of concerns about fire safety or cladding panels. in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster in london, almost 4,000 tower blocks are under scrutiny. phil hendry reports. all wrapped up for christmas, and the hammers ring out. for residents of these south london flats, a white christmas takes the form of protective plastic sheeting, while their cladding panels are stripped and replaced. as first—time buyer sitara sorts out her presents, there's another presence that keeps on giving. talking about workmen stuff straight outside your b

, and to her contribution of £10 billion at today's prices to the motor industry in the west midlandsthat iconic names such as jaguar and land rover still exist. so does the prime minister share my boundless joy that on the road to damascus and in recognition of her great heritage and all that she achieved, another fanboy has joined in her great belief, the leader of the opposition? >> the right honorable gentlemen is a fantastic champion for his area, and because of the pro-business policies of this government, i am delighted to see that jaguar land rover has invested billions of pounds in its move towards electrification in the region. but he is absolutely right, i am always happy to welcome new thatcherites from all sides of this house, but it says something about the leader of the opposition that the main strong female leader that he could praise is margaret thatcher, not his own fantastic deputy. >> question number two. >> this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >>

some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands but otherwise, it's spells breaking out widely and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland. aberdeen�*s already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the higher scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about — it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6 or 7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday. as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day such that by the time

more than a0 people are now in custody, according to west midlands police.nned from entering the ground over safety fears, triggered, seemingly, over restrictions on the numbers being allowed tickets for the game, reduced to just over a thousand. uefa say they're gathering reports before deciding next steps. to the women's game, where it's a big night for england's lionesses, as they welcome the netherlands to wembley in the women's nations league. sarina wiegman�*s side have to win, to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the olympics on behalf of team gb — england currently sit three points behind the netherlands, who are top of the group, and wiegman hopes that her side can use the experience of regularly playing big matches at wembley to their advantage. i think it is really good to have experience. you know, when you have experience, it is not all new. and i think that helps top athletes to perform at the highest level. so lots of players have been there, have done it, i would say. so it is not new. and that absolutely helps. so hopefully, then you

released by 31 forces show incidents peaked in larger urban areas, including in west yorkshire, the west midlandslen significantly over the last decade. our home editor mark easton has this report. stop taking out innocent civilians! killing children every single day! in the weeks after the start of the israel hamas conflict, tensions spilled over into a spike in anti—semitic and islamophobic hate incidents in the uk. this is anti—semitism. data obtained from freedom of information requests show that

west midlands, thanks for that. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> a situation.er have thought it as recently 15 years recently as 15 years ago, a council, the size and magnitude of birmingham. >> think the biggest >> i think it's the biggest local in europe going bust. >> i you couldn't see it. >> i know you couldn't see it. there'll be selling off. a lot of their assets weren't they, and selling off community centres. >> they're not to be sold off. they're by community they're owned by the community aren't residents or residents. >> they are going to really nofice >> they are going to really notice the difference if they pursue this of, what was pursue this rise of, what was it, 9. it, 4.9, 9. >> and birmingham is far from the only council that's gone unden the only council that's gone under. afraid quite more. >> right? still to come is cop 28 on the verge of failure ? this 28 on the verge of failure? this is after the uae ditched a commitment to phase out fossil fuels. >> of course they did . they're >> of course they did. they're one of the ten top oil produc

on the advice of west midlands police .s yesterday . disgraceful scenes yesterday. flares being fired at coppers , flares being fired at coppers, some of whom seem to be engulfed in flames. the fans then proceeded to hurl projectiles into the ground from outside . into the ground from outside. disgraceful scenes was the latest . at latest. at >> yeah, it really disturbing, wasn't it? like something out of a really a film at the kind of the violent scenes that we saw particularly of course those people attacking west midlands police in the last couple of hours. we have had a statement through from aston villa football club who basically said that they've lodged a formal complaint with uefa over the conduct. course , of those conduct. of course, of those legia warsaw supporters, but also warsaw football club also legia warsaw football club as well. they say that in their standard pre pre—operational meeting at 1030 in the morning, where members and representatives of aston villa legia warsaw, uefa , their legia warsaw, uefa,

debate will the prime minister take an interest because the business case shows an uplift for the west midlands of over 100 billion pounds if we pay britain's longest river? >> i praise him for the work and his leadership on this issue in his local area. make sure look at the business case and significant increased funding to over 5 billion pounds. but this is an interesting option and i'm sure he'll take it up. >> mr. speaker what's worse, losing your messages -- [indiscernible] >> eight billion pounds as chancellor, presiding over the standards or clinging on to power when you become even more unpopular than bore is johnson? >> mr. speaker, what matters to me and the british people and that's what we're doing. >> given the appalling report of things hamas and risk to hostages, would he raise this so the international demands access to humanitarian hostages in dpazza? >> the reports of sexual violence are deeply shocking. we have raised our concerns to the united nations and we are engaging with the israeli government to engage what support we can take and we will do everything we can to make

weather has issued a yellow weather warning for the east warning for ice in the east midlands , the west midlandsgland. and much of nonh north of england. and much of north and central wales. pretty much everywhere. from 5 pm. this evening. it comes as a major incident, actually. this is horrible declared by is horrible has been declared by a cumbrian police after heavy snowfall with people urged to only travel if necessary . it is only travel if necessary. it is estimated that 2500 homes in the region are without power now joining me is meteorologist john catley. hello so, john, are you there ? yes, you are, john. thank there? yes, you are, john. thank you very much for joining us. indeed, dawn, i've got so many questions i want to ask you, not least what it's like to have a song sung about you. but evidently i have to talk to you about the weather. john so what is going with the weather? i is going on with the weather? i mean, for that, it's mean, for all that, it's basically winter, isn't it ? basically winter, isn't it? >> well, isn't this the bottom line, really? >> we're at the beginning of

west midland's police say the violence seen before the game last night was unprecedented.police officers were hurt in clashes with fans. one officer was hit by a flare and suffered a concussion. police say the visiting polish club failed to provide enough tickets for their fans. premier league side launched a for appeal against a decision to dock them 10 points for rule breaches. an appeal board will be appointed to hear the case, which should conclude by the end of the season. temperatures could drop as low as -10 tonight with morning for snow and ice in place for eastern england and also parts of scotland overnight. the cold snap has already brought snow to some parts of the country, causing disruption on the roads and some school closures. last night was the coldest night of the year since mid-march. you are live with bbc news. more than 100 hostages held in the gaza strip have been released since they were taken across the border on october 7. in return, israel has released 240 palestinian prisoners, all of them women and children. there are photos of some of the eight

west midlands police disorder. west midlands police saying that five officers were injured after several polish fans were told they wouldn't be allowed into the stadium . train allowed into the stadium. train drivers have been braving the cold to attend picket lines across the country as they begin across the country as they begin a week of industrial action over pay- a week of industrial action over pay. commuters are facing seven days now of travel disruption . days now of travel disruption. know east midlands trains are running today and there's a limited service between london and scotland on lner as left members recently voted to continue walkouts for the next six months. the rail delivery group saying that they should accept an 8% pay offer, but shadow culture secretary thangam debbonaire says the government needs to start negotiating strikes, help . strikes, help. >> none of us know the working people who want to get to work, people who want to get to work, people who want to get to work, people who want to

numbers were actually quite slightly down in greater manchester and the west midlands.d fear in both jewish and middle east has increased fear in bothjewish and muslim neighbourhoods in britain. every alleged hate crime adds to those anxiety. it appears community relations have since started to improve and overall, hate crime appears to have fallen significantly in the last two decades. mark easton, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a british woman and her 22—year—old son have been killed in an avalanche while skiing in france. the mother — who was 5a — and her son, who have not been named, had been skiing off—piste near the swiss border when they were buried by an avalanche. lawyers for the russian opposition activist, ksenia fadeyev, say she's been jailed for nine years for extremism. she had led jailed opposition leader alexi navalany�*s now—banned organisation in the siberian city of tomsk, building it into a powerful voice in local politics. her supporters say she will appeal to the highest

flooding, will the prime minister take an interest because the business case shows the uplift for the west midlands to manage and maintain britain's longest river. >> i think my honorable friend. i praise him for the work and his leadership in this local area. and look at the business, he will know that we have a significant increase for flood defenses, protecting hundreds of thousands more homes but an interesting opportunity to look at it. >> what is worse? losing your messages as a tech pro, losing 11.8 billion pounds to fraud as chancellor, presiding over the biggest fall in living standards in our history, or just really clinging on to power when you could become even more unpopular than boris johnson? >> mr. speaker, what matters to me is delivering for the bridge people and that is exactly what we are doing. >> given the reports of sexual violence committed by hamas in october and the risk that hostages are mistreated as well, will you raise this issue so the international community demand strongly humanitarian access to hostages? >> mister speaker, the reports of sexual violence perpetrated

released by 31 forces show incidents peaked in larger urban areas including west yorkshire, the west midlandsislamophobic offences, which campaigners say is "deeply worrying". however, hate crime overall appears to have fallen significantly over the last decade. a patient with e.coli has died in scotland, after an outbreak that's affected at least 30 people across the uk. health officials warned on christmas eve that some batches of mrs kirkham's lancashire cheeses might be contaminated. the company says that, so far, all tests have come back negative, but as a precaution it is withdrawing all its cheeses from sale. officials say investigations are continuing into any links between the e.coli cases and the recalled cheeses. prices for homes bought with a mortgage in the uk have ended the year 1.8% lower compared to december last year, according to the nationwide building society. and it says prices could fall further in 202a. the lender says consumer confidence remains weak, despite suggestions that the bank of england may cut interest rates next year. 0ur chief economics correspondent dharsh

the uk's west midlands police confirmed that 46 men had been charged for the disturbances.e actions and inactions of aston villa f:c., adverse incidents occurred. by disregarding our constructive feedback, the host club bears full responsibility for the situation." we are just a few weeks from the opening of the transfer window in the english premier league, and a big name playing currently in saudi arabia, has disappointing news for newcastle united fans. ruben neves says he will bejoining the newcastle united on loan, injanuary. the midfielder spoke to bbc sport, after his side al hilal, beat cristiano ronaldo's al nasser, in the riyadh derby. aleksandr mitrovic stole the show with two goals after, compariot sergei milin kovich savich, had broken the deadlock. the second from mitrovic, came in injury time, as al hilal extended their lead, over al nassr, at the top of the saudi pro league, to seven points. i think that as rumours because i played in england before and there was a newcastle rumour before i played here but i am happy in my family and my kids as well and havi

this is the hub, of course, for the coast main line from the west coast main line from london to west midlandsnorth west england. and scotland. things doing okay here, but around the rest of the country, it's a pretty bleak start to december . as it's a pretty bleak start to december. as you it's a pretty bleak start to december . as you say, yesterday december. as you say, yesterday the rmt said emphatically its members had accepted a deal that had been offered by the rail delivery group represent 14 train operators. so that's all oven train operators. so that's all over. i talked to mick lynch yesterday. he says no strikes at all until may or june. and hopefully they won't happen. but we've got here action short of a strike, that means that there's an overtime ban which has kicked in this morning. you evolving train drivers from the aslef union and already we are seeing cancellations building up. not from london, euston yet, although we've had plenty during the week just due to stuff . but the week just due to stuff. but for instance, if you're travelling anywhere on the transpennine express

some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands — but otherwise,ing out widely, and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because, on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland — aberdeen's already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the high scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about, it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy, with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures, but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6—7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday — as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england, but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day — such that by the time we get to t

the west midlands police force area has the highest rate of knife crime in the country.i got by ten, we would still be pretty busy. so what we didn't want to do is have a waiting list and we've had to. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the british prime minister rishi sunak�*s emergency bill reviving his plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda has been approved by parliament, enabling it to proceed to the next stage of the legislative process. the bill, which opened up deep divisions in britain's ruling conservative party, was passed with a majority of 44 in a knife—edge parliamentary vote. our political editor chris mason has more. excuse me, excuse me. the man in the middle. the man of the moment. can you make out the prime minister at the bottom of your screen making his way through the crowd? almost half seven tonight, and result time. the ayes to the right, 313. the noes to the left, 269. the government had won. minister, how big a sigh of relief are you sighing? well, i think the government is pleased to hav

some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands — but otherwise, in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because, on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland — aberdeen�*s already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the high scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about, it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy, with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures, but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6—7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday — as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england, but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day — such that by the time we get to the afternoon, we're looking at temperatures t

some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands but otherwise, it'sells breaking out widely and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland. aberdeen's already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the higher scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about — it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6 or 7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday. as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day such that by the time we g

night was the worst police had seen at a football match in more than 20 years, according to the west midlandsgia warsaw, after violence erupted when about 1,000 away supporters weren't given tickets. all the people arrested were warsaw fans. our correspondent phil mackie is at the ground. this erupted 2a hours ago ahead of aston villa's europa conference league match last night. 1000 legia warsaw fans were gathered here, the club officials had been given them but didn't distribute them and that's why webster midlands police believe the violence began and that led to running battles along this road. some of the pictures show how bad things got. four officers were hurt, one suffered smoke inhalation, two police dogs were hurt, 46 legia warsaw fans were arrested for various offences including violent disorder, weapons offences and assaulting police officers. the good news for aston villa fans on the pitch was that they won the match and will qualify for the knockout stages of the conference week. the bad news is the violence cast a shadow. uefa said it strongly condemns the violence that took pl

our west midlands reporterjack because of storm pier.orm pier. our west midlands reporterjack carson is midlands reporter jack carson is at birmingham's new street station with the very latest . station with the very latest. >> yeah, well , station with the very latest. >> yeah, well, as station with the very latest. >> yeah, well , as storm pier >> yeah, well, as storm pier continues to batter parts of the uk millions today are heading home on the trains and on the roads. i'll have the latest on how that travel chaos is shaping up for you from birmingham . up for you from birmingham. >> prince andrew's alleged links with convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein may come under increased scrutiny with the release of hundreds of files from a defamation case. the documents were filed as part of a lawsuit against the disgraced financier's former girlfriend, ghislaine maxwell, and sir keir starmer has not ruled out launching nuclear weapons to protect the uk if he became prime minister >> speaking exclusively to gb news he said he was keen to i

he also spoke about, - obviously you are based in the west midlands, he addressed london specifically he has put forward will help region? trio. proposals that he has put forward will help region?— will help region? no. i'm afraid i don't think— will help region? no. i'm afraid i don't think they _ will help region? no. i'm afraid i don't think they will. _ will help region? no. i'm afraid i don't think they will. i _ will help region? no. i'm afraid i don't think they will. i think - will help region? no. i'm afraid i| don't think they will. i think there are some slight elements about brownfield which will be helpful but most of the the brownfield site, we have built on. people have been keen to develop unsustainable location for many years. i think it was very much a london centric approach and didn't really address the issues of affordability that we have or the impact that it will have on local councils because homelessness will increase and therefore, that will put pressure on local councils to deliver temporary accommodation and provide funding for that.— provide funding for th

west midlands police say the crash happened in solihull at about 4pm on saturday.te a miracle there that her and her child were not seriously hurt. you're live with bbc news let's take you live to kyiv, where ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy is holding his end of year news conference , as the country's war with russia approaches the two—year mark. it comes after a top ukrainian general warned military operations were being scaled back because of a lack of foreign aid. he contrasted it with the much more complex situation, here he is speaking a little earlier. translation: regarding that reduction in — translation: regarding that reduction in aid _ translation: regarding that reduction in aid if _ translation: regarding that reduction in aid if we - translation: regarding that reduction in aid if we are - translation: regarding that | reduction in aid if we are talking about weapons and if that had an impact, the fact that ukraine didn't have air supremacy, that had an impact on the operation in 2023. we don't control the skies, we don't have enough ammunitio

west midlands police say the violence seen before aston villa's football match last night against legiaay fans. 0ne officer was hit by a flare and suffered a concussion. police said the vistiting polish club had failed to give enough ticket to its fans. temperatures could drop as low as minus ten tonight — with warnings for snow and ice in place for eastern england and parts of scotland overnight. the cold snap has already brought snow to some parts of the country, causing disruption on the roads and some school closures. last night was the coldest since mid—march. in the last few minutes the us house of representatives has voted to expel the republican george santos from converse. they voted by 311—413 tells the congressman who is facing more than 400 federal charges including fraud, money—laundering and stealing public funds. he said that he is being bullied from office. we can now go live to nomia iqbal in washington. that news just breaking in the last half hour. till talk us through it.— talk us through it. well, to begin with, who is _ talk us through it. well, to begin with, who

west midlands police say the violence seen before aston villa's football match last night against legiae officers were hurt in clashes with away fans. one officer was hit by a flare and suffered a concussion. police said the vistiting polish club had failed to provide enough tickets for their fans. temperatures could drop as low as minus ten tonight — with warnings for snow and ice in place for eastern england and parts of scotland overnight. the cold snap has already brought snow to some parts of the country, causing disruption on the roads and some school last night was the coldest since mid—march. you're live with bbc news world leaders have agreed a major declaration on the future of farming and food supplies on the second day of the cop 28 climate summit in dubai. signatories include some of the world's major food producers and consumers. it's the first time the gathering has recognised that what people grow and eat is a crucial factor in global warming. more than a—hundred and 30 countries have signed up, covering 70% of the world's land. the us secretary of state was at the summi

west midlands police say the crash happened in solihull at around 4pm on saturday.der way but incredibly the mother and child, just satisfy at a site by that car escaped safe and unhurt. you are live on bbc news. in the uk, long—awaited guidance for schools in england about children who are questioning their gender has been published by the government — and it says that parents should be informed in all cases — and that schools should not accept all requests for change made by pupils. the guidance focuses on what's called social transitioning — for example when children want to change their names, uniform, or the use of pronouns such as he and she. it also urges schools to preserve single—sex toilets and changing rooms. with more, here's our identity correspondent, lauren moss. my my name is caleb and my pronouns are he and him. you don't want to transit being at the forefront of your mind every time you get to school. supporting transgender pupils like caleb can be a tricky subject that teachers have been navigating for years. it's something he feels his teachers g