the suspects are from crawley in west sussex and police are searching a house in the town.ings of drones over the last three days led to the cancellation or delay of a thousand flights, affecting more than 140—thousand passengers. today the airport has remained open but a backlog of flights has meant continuing problems for travellers. jenny kumar reports. tonight, police activity at a house near gatwick airport. officers have searched inside the property and examined the vehicles parked in the drive. this comes after sussex police confirmed last night that a man and a woman had been arrested in connection with illegal drone activity. at gatwick today, vogt have been getting back to normal after three days of disruption, but there is a backlog to clear up and frustration amongst passengers. we fly off today to france skiing in the apps —— alps. taking the giveaway properly for first white christmas and it has been really anxious times for us. i only had a couple of weeks at home so it has cut my trip short by a day which is really upsetting when you don't get to see family

police investigating drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today — but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. is durable. it goes against your human rights, ithaca? —— it is horrible. it goes against your human rights, doesn't it? a row over the money for donald trump's border wall results in a partial shutdown of the us government. retailers pin their hopes on super saturday to boost christmas shopping sales in what's been described as unprecedented levels of discounting after a disappointing year for the high street. also coming up this hour, transforming the lives of hundreds of babies while still in the womb. surgery for unborn babies with spinal defects is to be made routinely available on the nhs in england. a 47—year—old man and a 54—year—old woman from crawley police investigating the three days of chaos at gatwick caused by drones are questioning a 47—year—old man and a 54—year—old woman from crawley in west sussex. this afternoon police have

police are also searching a house in crawley in west sussex.to the cancellation or delay of 1000 flights, affecting more than 140,000 passengers. the airport's remained open, but there are still some delays. jenny kumar reports. police activity at a house near gatwick airport. officers have searched inside the property and examined vehicles parked on the drive. this comes after sussex police confirmed last night that a man and a woman had been arrested in connection with illegal drone activity. well, tonight there's a small police presence outside the property that was searched earlier today. meanwhile gatwick airport say measures are being taken to keep the airfield safe and to keep flights running. at gatwick flights have been getting back to normal after three days of disruption, but there's a backlog to clear and frustration amongst passengers. we fly off to france today, skiing in the alps. the kids, taking them away properly for a first white christmas, and yeah, it's been really anxious times for us. i only had a couple of weeks at home

police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. we don't have a very long holiday so it is frustrating to miss out on some of it. it is frustrating that this happened at all. a row over the money for donald trump's border wall results in a partial shutdown of the us government. a dream start for ole gunnar solskjaer in charge at manchester united winning 5—1 against cardiff. and in half an hour, we look at how the social media giants came underfire in review 2018: the media year. it's just been announced that the former liberal democrat leader, lord paddy ashdown, has died at the age of 77. mr ashdown began his career in the military as a royal marine and then went on to lead the liberal democrats for 11 years from 1988. in november this year, lord ashdown revealed he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer. we can speak to the current leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, who i

police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley meanwhile the airport has so far run a full service today — but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. a row over the money for donald trump's border wall results in a partial shutdown of the us government retailers pin their hopes on ‘super saturday‘ to boost christmas shopping sales — in what's been described as unprecedented levels of discounting, atfer a disappointing year for the high street hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and jeanette kwa kye. hello there, these are our headlines this evening. manchester city are stunned at home, the champions beaten by crystal palace...are the omens good for liverpool? there's a dream start for the caretaker ole gunnar solskjaer‘s manchester united win 5—1 at cardiff and there's a big night ahead for british boxing but with two fights on at the same time, the fans have to make a choice the mac georgia 50,000 watts one and the other, the other side also coming up in the programme... e

police investigating the drones at gatwick search our house in west sussex following the arrest of a man and woman from crawley. good evening. it has been announced that the former liberal democrat leader lord paddy ashdown has died at the age of 77. he began his career in the military as a royal marine and led the liberal democrats for 11 years in 1988. in november, this year, he revealed he had been diagnosed with ladder cancer. —— bladder cancer. wejoin diagnosed with ladder cancer. —— bladder cancer. we join sir vince cable now. a very sad evening for the party and you yourself personally. talk to us about what sort of figure lord ashdown was. well, he was a very formidable man. it is very sad that we have lost him. he was politically active and really very dynamic and full of ideas, right to the end. he was a big figure at our party conference only a few months ago. going back to the beginning, he was mr action man, he was ex—military, full of drive, full of ambition, full of energy, and that is how he led the party and he let us from a very low base in the mid—19 80s to a posit

police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man a woman from crawley. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, the education editor at the sunday times, and martin bentham from the evening standard. good evening to you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the death of lord ashdown features on the front of the sunday times which has paid tribute to him, saying he made the liberal democrats a "formidable force". the sunda express fronts with a picture of the couple who are being questioned in relation to the gatwick airport chaos. that couple also feature in the daily mail with a rather blunt headline: "are these the morons who ruined christmas?" government ministers are reportedly scrambling to protect britain against similar attacks in the future that's in the telegraph. the independent has a story about the key policies may make has reportedly had to put on hold because of brexit, such as obesity, helping abuse victim victims and venting ex

police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex following the arrest of a man a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today — but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. now on bbc news, it's the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello, and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media over the past 12 months, a golden age of tv and audio and the increasing impact of data on all our lives. this has been the year of the techlash, a global backlash against silicon valley's biggest companies prompted by controversies over privacy, misinformation, foreign interference and much else besides. and one company has been in the spotlight and feeling the heat more than any other. facebook‘s worries morphed into constant woe. revelations emerged about a british data firm c

police investigating drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and, the airport has so far run a full service today — but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. is durable. it goes against your human rights, ithaca? —— it is horrible. it goes against your human rights, doesn't it? a row over the money for donald trump's border wall results in a partial shutdown of the us government. retailers pin their hopes on super saturday to boost christmas shopping sales in what's been described as unprecedented levels of discounting after a disappointing year for the high street. also coming up this hour, transforming the lives of hundreds of babies while still in the womb. surgery for unborn babies with spinal defects is to be

police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man suffer delays and cancellations. it's horrible. it goes against your human rights, doesn't it? a row over the money for donald trump's border wall results in a partial shutdown of the us government. retailers pin their hopes on "super saturday" to boost christmas shopping sales in what's been described as unprecedented levels of discounting after a disappointing year for the high street. and a dream start for 0le gunnar solskjaer in charge at manchester united and winning against cardiff. we'll have the latest on that and all the rest of the day's sport

sudz cleaners in lancing, west sussex, one of 200 cri5p packet recycling point5 launching today acrosse shocking. local volunteers like sue are helping to run this scheme. we collect them from the drop—off point5, box them up, send them off. we're running out of space in landfill. we need to recycle more. in5ide mo5t cri5p packets is a silvery film that's made of plastic. it keeps the cri5p5 fresh, but it's hard to recycle. crisp packets have been found intact after 33 yea r5. so campaigners say that, if nothing is done, in 33 years' time, there will be 200 billion of them in landfill and in the ocean. why has it taken so long for a major manufacturer like yourselves to embrace recycling in this way? crisp packets have been challenging to recycle within our current waste system, both in terms of collecting them and segregating them and then giving them a market. we have a target by 2025 for all of our packaging to be recyclable, compo5table or biodegradable. however, that's proving a really difficult challenge to crack. some campaigners have been so exasperated, they've been putting cr

police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a mannd a woman from crawley. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, the education editor at the sunday times, and martin bentham from the evening standard. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the death of lord ashdown features on the front of the sunday times. the paper has paid tribute to him, saying he made the liberal democrats a formidable force. the sunday express leads with the chaos at gatwick, with the front page featuring a photo of the couple being questioned by police. that couple also feature in the mail on sunday with a rather more blunt headline — "are these the morons who ruined christmas? " ministers are reportedly scrambling to initiate measures to protect the uk against similar drone attacks in the future. that is in the sunday telegraph. the independent leads with a story about the key policies that theresa may has reportedly had to put on hold because of brexit, policies such as fightin

sudz cleaners in lancing, west sussex, one of 200 crisp packet recycling points launching the scheme like sue are helping to run this scheme. we collect them from the drop—off points, box them up, send them off. we're running out of space in landfill. we need to recycle more. inside most crisp packets is a silvery film that's made of plastic. it keeps the crisps fresh, but it's hard to recycle. crisp packets have been found intact after 33 years. so campaigners say that, if nothing is done, in 33 years' time, there will be 200 billion of them in landfill and in the ocean. why has it taken so long for a major manufacturer like yourselves to embrace recycling in this way? crisp packets have been challenging to recycle within our current waste system, both in terms of collecting them and segregating them and then giving them a market. we have a target by 2025 for all of our packaging to be recycla ble, com posta ble or biodegradable. however, that's proving a really difficult challenge to crack. some campaigners have been so exasperated, they've been putting crisp packets in postboxes,

research institute at the lse, has just returned from the conference, and we can speak to him now from west sussexers, there was applause at the end of that conference in poland as this deal was agreed but how significant do you think it really was? it was important. it was a step forward because as you say you have to go back to paris and the agreement there to hold the temperature increase average over 150 or so years ago to know more than 2 degrees. in fact, well below 2 degrees. at the same time, they set out targets for 2030 as to what their emissions would be, country by country, voluntarily, as you said. if you add it up, they are not consistent with holding well below 2 degrees, actually, they look more like three degrees. so, they recognise that and they agreed that, five years from then, meaning 2020, they would raise their ambitions so that they were close to consistency or should find consistency with a temperature target. this was a major step to the route to 2020 and it said if we put in what we are going to do, this is how we will measure it, this is how we will check it. the next s

suds cleaners in lancing website —— west sussex, launching across the uk.te shocking. local volunteers like sue are helping to run the scheme. we collect them from the drop—off points, we block them up, send them off. we are running out of space in landfill. we need to recycle more. inside most crisp packets is a silvery film that's made of plastic. it keeps the crisps fresh but it is ha rd to recycle. it keeps the crisps fresh but it is hard to recycle. crisp packets have been found intact after 33 years. so, campaigners say that if nothing is done, in 33 years' time there will be 200 billion of them in landfill and in the ocean. why has it taken so long for a major manufacturer like yourselves to embrace recycling in this way? crisp packets have been challenging to recycle. within our current waste system, both in terms of collecting them and segregating them, and then giving them a market. we have a target by 2025 for all of our packaging to be recyclable, compost a bull or biodegradable. however, thatis a bull or biodegradable. however, that is proving

children's laureate becomes a cbe in the new year's honours list, and joins us from her home in west sussextime to speak to is. you had an mbe anyway, so does this feel significantly different? yes, it does. i have jumped significantly different? yes, it does. i havejumped over on stage. it is very exciting. very gratifying to be honoured in this way. i am just pleased for the whole world of children's literature, because often we ta ke children's literature, because often we take a bit of a back seat, and there are other authors, philip pullman, i knows he has received an honour, so it is good for the world of children's books. in part, thanks to the word that you have done, but is children's literature enjoying a good time at the moment? well, in a way, i think it always has, because thatis way, i think it always has, because that is one of her talents as a nation. we are the country that has produced lewis carroll, edward lear, so many wonderful writers, and now, of course, we have harry potter. sometimes, i think that these writers do not get the recognition they deserve, so it is nice

sudz cleaners in lancing, west sussex, one of 200 crisp packet recycling points launching today acrosshem in landfill and in the ocean. why has it taken so long for a major manufacturer like yourselves to embrace recycling in this way? crisp packets have been challenging to recycle within our current waste system, both in terms of collecting them and segregating them and then giving them a market. we have a target by 2025 for all of our packaging to be recycla ble, com posta ble or biodegradable. however, that‘s proving a really difficult challenge to crack. some campaigners have been so exasperated, they‘ve been putting crisp packets in postboxes, addressed to manufacturers. this new scheme will also allow people to download a free—post label, so packets can be returned officially, as long as they are in an envelope. they‘ll end up at this site near blackburn. the process for crisp packets is we shred it, we wash it, we dry it, and we either turn it into flakes or into pellets. they can be turned into sort of outdoor furniture that‘s weather resistant, like, picnic tables, park benche

genuinely fair funding for schools in west sussex.ut. but i do agree with him, but i agree that if there is any vote of no—confidence in this house, it should be with the leader of opposition. i associate myself with the remarks of the prime minister on the remarks of the prime minister on the atrocity of lockerbie, and i wish you and everybody merry christmas, time to be spending with friends and family. i look forward to it on the isle of skye. mr speaker, the british chamber of commerce, the cbi, the ef, the federation of small businesses and the institute of directors, they represent hundreds of thousands of businesses, and today they have said their members are watching in horror at the actions of this government, watching in horror, mr speaker. this prime minister and the conservative party are not fit the government. with 100 days party are not fit the government. with100 days left on the clock, this government has failed businesses. it has failed members of this house, and it has failed citizens right across the uk. will the p

throughout the country, devon, dorset, west sussex, dorset, people are looking at what their local authoritiesthe budget in 2018. we are asking the court to declare that it is unlawful with the aim of increasing funding rarity so needed. families in bristol. this is what watkins. scott, you work for the charity seeability. scott, tell me, when you went to special school, what did your teacher tell you? remake my teacher told me i would never get a job, i would never live independently and would never have a family. --my teacher told me. and now today i have family, i have a job and i've just taken a promotion. and i live independently in a 3—bedroom house and my mum believed in me. fantastic! you keep up the good work. he is advising government. jane is keeping our guests government. jane is keeping our gu ests well government. jane is keeping our guests well fed and watered. i think we are now 300th cup of tea. let me introduce some more guest. tv presenters, a vocal coach. vic goddard, head of the passmore academy, a mainstream school which has a higher than average sent intake. —— send. you

shower showing up across the west, splashes of blue, heavy and laundry across kent and sussex. ould always stay dry compared to the west. temperatures at 6-11d. compared to the west. temperatures at 6—11d. starting to come into shot by the end of the day, more cloud spreading into devon and cornwall and the channel ireland and south wales, outbreaks of rain. linked in to this weather system which three thursday night brings wet and windy weather across england and wales. the heavy rain clearing from the south east corner and east anglia first thing, leaving a trail in weather front, northern england first thing, leaving a trail in weatherfront, northern england and scotla nd weatherfront, northern england and scotland and northern ireland, a damp day with rain and drizzle. north of it, a frosty start, but a dry and bright today, sunshine for the midlands and wales and the south and heavy showers from the west. temperatures again around 7—11d for many but milder across the south at 12, 13. if you many but milder across the south at 12,13. if you are many but milder across the sou

police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex following the arrest of a mannd a woman from crawley. now on bbc news, one of the highlights of 2018 from our documentary series, our world. earlier this year, katie razzle travelled from france to reunion island, with two women searching for the families they were taken from as children more than 50 years ago. they were taken from their island home as children and moved thousands of kilometres to france. now, france is facing up to a scandal that rocked more than 2000 children of everything they knew. 0ur story starts in central france, just outside the city of limoges. marlene moved to the area more than 50 years ago as an orphan from the tiny island of reunion in the indian ocean, after french social services sold her a lie. did you ever see your sister again? unlike marlene, marise was too young to choose her new french life her biological mother had put her into care in reunion when she was just a month old. marise was resettled by social services to marise is one of the newest members of a group that has bee