in west sussex, the m23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks.p near to guilford, causing major disruption along the main railway line. what i would like to do is to take the opportunity to say a massive apology to our passengers who have been disrupted. notjust as a result of guilford, but across the whole of the south—east. at this time of year, i know how important the railway is, and i can but apologise. i'm really sorry. the environment agency has issued about 80 warnings across england, where flooding is expected, as well as more than 200 alerts that warn of possible flooding. the big christmas getaway not off to the best start. tolu adeoye, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: 3.5 years after the eu referendum, mps finally back a brexit deal, with a majority of 124. the duke of edinburgh is admitted to hospital in london for treatment for what buckingham palace describe as a pre—existing condition. the death of harry dunn, the teenage motorcyclist hit by a car in august. now, extradition proceedings begin, after an american woman is charge

in west sussex, the m23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks.lford, causing major disruption along the main railway line. what i would like to do is to take the opportunity to say a massive apology to our passengers who have been disrupted, notjust as a result of guilford, but across the whole of the south—east. at this time of year, i know how important the railway is, and i can but apologise. i'm really sorry. the environment agency has issued about 80 warnings across england, where flooding is expected, as well as more than 200 alerts that warn of possible flooding. the big christmas getaway not off to the best start. tolu adeoye, bbc news. the new governor of the bank of england has been named as andrew bailey. he'll replace the current head mark carney, who'll step down in march after seven years in thejob. the bank is responsible for setting interest rates every month, in an attempt to keep the cost of living stable. it also supervises the financial system, making sure it's well run, and that banks don't run out of cash. and it issues uk b

asimilar watcher in west sussex a bit earlier on.t couple of days, better news, particularly where we have had the flooding across central and southern england, things are turning drier and milder through the final few days of 2019. this evening, still some patchy rain lingering for the south—west of england and south wales for a time but, for most of us, a spell of dry weather before the next area of wet and windy weather moves in across northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland first thing tomorrow. a milderfrom the west, scotland first thing tomorrow. a milder from the west, temperatures around 11 overnight for parts of devon and cornwall. still chilly in the east but a frost free start of us. the east but a frost free start of us. things turn milder through friday is a warm front pushes eastwards a cross friday is a warm front pushes eastwards across the uk, which will introduce south—westerly winds bringing mild air through the day on friday and that will be staying with us over friday and that

this is west sussex, outbreaks of rain infact this is west sussex, outbreaks of rain in fact there hasngs will eventually turn drier. and also milder as well. for some of the flood affected regions that will be good news. still about 30 flood warnings across england. patchy rain for many of us across the afternoon, especially the south—west and south wales. driest in the south—east of scotland. —— north east. eventually the wet weather when he's away lingering for longest in the south—west but then later more rain and strengthening wind moves in across the north—west of the uk. most us are frost free nights, enough cloud, just a bit of chilly in the east, things turning milder as the warm front pushes its way eastwards a cross as the warm front pushes its way eastwards across the uk. it will be bringing this milder air, the wind coming in from the south—west of that when direction setting with us over the next three days so it will be quite a mild end to 2019. thankfully, today is looking drier across the bulk of england and wales, perhaps patchy rain across northern england. scotland

the m23 in west sussex was closed for a time after being completely flooded.rn england being inundated, with roads and railways affected. our correspondent tolu adeoye reports. across the southeast of england today, the evidence of heavy rainfall overnight. flooded roads causing disruption for drivers on one of the busiest travel days of the year. in buckstead in east sussex, one couple told us how they were unable to leave their home because of the water. it was quite forceful, and it got up to the height of the brickwork there. you can see it, it's about 18 inches — two feet deep, and when i was wandering around the garden trying to rescue things, obviously, it was up over my knees and quite strong. we are raised above ground, and we have three steps, but it was actually lapping the top, almost going over the top steps. so it was about three inches from the kitchen door. much of the disruption has involved routes heading for gatwick, the country's second busiest airport. in west sussex, the m23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. and t

in west sussex, the m23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks.ain railway line. what i would like to do is take the opportunity to say a massive apology to our passengers who have been disrupted. not just as a result of guilford, but across the whole of the southeast. at this time of year, i know how important the railway is, and i can only apologise, i'm really sorry. the environment agency has issued about 80 warnings across england, where flooding is expected, as well as more than 200 alerts that warn of possible flooding. the big christmas getaway, not off to the best start. a funeral and a memorial service have taken place today, for the 2 victims of last month's terror attack, near london bridge. jack merritt and saskia jones, were stabbed to death by the convicted terrorist, usman khan, when they attended a conference at fishmonger‘s hall, next to the bridge. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. at the cambridge university church of saint mary the great, jack merritt‘s mother and father and girlfriend, leanne o'brien.

in east and west sussex. affecting some quite important parts of logistics, in terms of gatwick, the roads around it. i think people getting away from christmas, try to getting away from christmas, try to get away for christmas, it must be so get away for christmas, it must be so stressful. and still is. were you affected by it at all? ijust hate the rain! we have had enough! it has not stopped yet. more to come. if you are interested, the weather forecast is coming up shortly for forecast is coming up shortly for for now, thank you to yasmin and to lucy. we are back at half past 11pm. will be back after the weather forecast. and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. i shall see you shortly. don't go away. good morning. i'm sure the weather wish on most people's christmas lists is for a dry christmas period. it does look as though things are a little bit more optimistic until then, —— optimistic for some been till then, it seems like this. flooding rains have b

the m23 in west sussex is closed and the brighton mainline is blocked.he country. sport, and now for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. we‘re poised for an announcement today on who will be appointed the new manager of arsenal. their former captain mikel arteta is set to be given the job. he‘s said his goodbyes at manchester city, where he‘s been the assistant coach for three years, but city are said to be furious at the way arsenal have gone about their business. we will bring you the news as soon as we get it. christmas is always the busiest time of year for football. there‘s a big london derby on sunday between chelsea and tottenham — fourth v fifth — and we have a sneak preview of an exclusive bbc interview for you now, as chelsea‘s manager frank lampard has been talking to gary lineker about his first season in charge and the prospect of facing his former boss jose mourinho in the dugout. what will be like, sat on the opposite dugout, will it make any difference that it‘sjose mourinho? of course it well. i think it will be spec

the 23 in west sussex was closed for hours after being completely flooded.uthern england being inundated. with roads and railways affected, our correspondent reports. across the southeast of england today — the evidence of heavy rainfall overnight. flooded roads causing disruption for drivers on one of the busiest travel days of the year. in buckstead in east sussex, one couple told us how they were unable to leave their home because of the water. it was quite forceful, and it got up to the height of the brickwork there. you can see it, it's about 18 inches — two feet deep, and when i was wandering around the garden trying to rescue things, obviously, it was up over my knees and quite strong. we are raised above ground, and we have three steps, but it was actually lapping the top, almost going over the top steps. so it was about three inches from the kitchen door. much of the disruption has involved routes heading for gatwick — the country's second busiest airport. in west sussex, the m23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. and this is

this picture was taken by a weather watcher in west sussex a bit earlier on. of the uk but the rain will be easing and over the next couple of days, better news, particularly where we have had the flooding across central and southern england, things are turning drier and milder through the final few days of 2019. this evening, still some patchy rain lingering for the south—west of england and south wales for a time but, for most of us, a spell of dry weather before the next area of wet and windy weather moves in across northern ireland and western scotland first thing tomorrow. milderfrom the west, temperatures around 11 overnight for parts of devon and cornwall. still chilly in the east but a frost free start for most of us. things turn milder through friday as a warm front pushes eastwards across the uk, which will introduce south—westerly winds, bringing mild air through the day on friday and that will be staying with us over the next few days. quite a cloudy day for most places on friday, patchy rain at times for northern ireland and northern england and p

southern counties including west sussex have been badly affected and there are also warnings across easternarning of more heavy rain is in place across southern england until noon on sunday. motorists embarking on the christmas getaway are being advised to check their routes in advance, with warnings of potential travel delays and flooding with up to 30mm of rain forecast. the met office have issued a yellow weather warning for the south of england. the environment agency warns of more rain to come. today, we have got a relatively dry period. but we have more rain coming tonight, possibly up to another20mm. although the situation is getting better today, we will see it getting worse overnight and into tomorrow morning. and then after that we have more rain on sunday and more rain on monday. it is not going to get any better. i think the key thing here is it is not going to get to the severe situation where we have a significant numbers of properties. it will remain high until christmas. but after that we have a dry period. hopefully things will calm down. meanwhile, the met office has confi

this picture was taken by a weather watcher in west sussex a bit earlier on. and over the next couple of days, better news, particularly where we have had the flooding across central and southern england, things are turning drier and milder through the final few days of 2019. this evening, still some patchy rain lingering for the south—west of england and south wales for a time but, for most of us, a spell of dry weather before the next area of wet and windy weather moves in across northern ireland and western scotland first thing tomorrow. milderfrom the west, temperatures around 11 overnight for parts of devon and cornwall. still chilly in the east but a frost free start for most of us. things turn milder through friday as a warm front pushes eastwards across the uk, which will introduce south—westerly winds, bringing mild air through the day on friday and that will be staying with us over the next few days. quite a cloudy day for most places on friday, patchy rain at times for northern ireland and northern england and particularly for scotland, where it wil

in pulborough in west sussex, the sand bags are being put to the test.d a chance. we have got more rain on sunday, and more rain on monday as well, so it is not going to get any better. i think the key thing here is it is not going to get to the severe situation, where we have got a significant number of properties... it is going to remain high until christmas, but after that we have got a dry period, so hopefully things will come down then. but this was the sight that greeted motorists near the m25 near chertsey in surrey. a tornado sucking up things from the ground and throwing them around. it left a trail of damage to these houses. residents say they couldn't believe what they were seeing. with christmas approaching, millions of people will be taking to the roads in the coming days. they are set to endure what police are calling miserable driving conditions, hoping theirjourneys don't end like this. james o'hara, bbc news. heavy rains and floods have seen roads and airports closed on the mediterranean island of corsica. ferry services to mainland fran

this is the picture in west sussex, a lot of cloud around producing outbreaks of patchy rain across muchtern half of scotland. over the next few days, things will be turning drier, especially for parts of england and south wales. this afternoon, patchy light rain across northern ireland, the far south—west of scotland, northern and eastern england, more rain pushing in from the south—west later, mild, the driest weather across north—eastern scotland. into this evening and tonight, the rain will start to ease away from england and wales, but more patchy rain across northern ireland and western scotland overnight. most of us frost free, temperatures down to two degrees in eastern parts, but from tomorrow temperatures on the rise, a warm front moving eastwards across the uk, introducing this milder air, so this is going to be sticking around for the next few days, southerly or south—westerly winds bringing in this much milder air. also a lot of cloud through the day tomorrow, but tha nkfully cloud through the day tomorrow, but thankfully a drier day for much of england and wales, patchy rai

a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women were killed in a village in west sussexer a disturbance outside a house in crawley down this morning. a man was found seriously injured at the same address. we've been getting the reaction of one local resident. i just know there was a couple of casualties, someone airlifted to hospital, seriously injured, that is as much as we know at the moment. you know, just really quite shocked. everyone that we have spoken to that we know is equally shocked, so, to see the police presence here is something, we have lived here over 20 years and we have seen nothing like it. the queen has attended church at sandringham for a carol concert. she was joined by edward, sophie and their son — but without the duke of edinburgh who has spent a second night in a central london hospital. prince philip, who's 98, is being treated for a pre—existing condition, on the advice of his doctors. our correspondent tolu adeoye is in sandringham and earlier gave us this update. no updates at all from the palace today, we have not heard from them since frid

police and emergency services in crawley town in west sussex have apparently cordoned off a house.will bring you more on that incident as soon as we have it. —— crawley down. now victoria derbyshire now takes a look back at the exclusive interviews and films which have featured on her programme in 2019. hello. welcome. over the next half an hour we'll bring you some highlights from our programme over the last year. we start with a group of men who appeared on our show in february. they are part of a collective known as 56 black men and they are trying to challenge the perceptions and prejudices that many young black men face in britain today. it was the first time so many of them had come together. the beauty of the campaign is it changes the narrative and allows you to understand we are just as intelligent and we have the ability to articulate ourselves just as well as anybody so it's changing the expectation of what we should be based on appearances. in 2019 it isn't an accurate measure of what someone should be like based on the way they look. anyone can look any way and be any

in west sussex, the 23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks.r to guilford, causing major disruption along the male railway line. what i would like to do is ta ke line. what i would like to do is take the opportunity to say a massive apology to our passengers who have been disrupted, notjust as a result of guilford, but across the whole of the southeast. at this time of year, i know how important the railway is, and i can't help but apologise, i'm really sorry. the environment agency has issued about 60 warnings across england, where flooding is expected. as well as 200 alerts which one of possible flooding. the big christmas get not off to the best start. services have been held for the two people killed in the terrorist attack at london bridge last month. the funeral of jack merritt, who was 25, took place in cambridge, and a memorial service was held for saskia jones, who was 23, in stratford upon avon. they were stabbed to death by convicted terrorist usman khan during a conference organised by cambridge university. our home affairs correspo

arrested on suspicion of murder after two women were found dead and a man seriously injured in west sussexnce outside a house in the village of crawley down this morning. 80 flood warnings are still in place across england following heavy rain. yalding in kent is one of several places under water, forcing this caravan site to be abandoned. drivers are being warned not to drive through standing water or ignore road closures. prince philip remains in a london hospital after being admitted on friday to be treated for a "pre—existing condition", according to royal officials. earlier today, the queen went to church at sandringham in norfolk with her youngest son, prince edward and his family. the home secretary has met the father of harry dunn — the 19—year—old who died in a car crash outside an raf base in northamptonshire in august. priti patel said she wanted to reassure the family — who want to see the driver charged over the crash, anne sacoolas, to be extradited from the united states. duncan kennedy reports. the home secretary arrived in harry dunn's home village to brief his family in p

a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after 2 women died in a village in west sussex.bance outside a house in crawley down this morning. a man was found seriously injured at the same address. we've been getting the reaction of one local resident. i just know there was a couple of casualties, someone airlifted to hospital, seriously injured, that is as much as we know at the moment. you know, just really quite shocked. everyone that we have spoken to that we know is equally shocked, so, to see the police presence here is something, we have lived here over 20 years and we have seen nothing like it. tottenham's premier league win over chelsea appeared to be marred by racist behaviour from the crowd. the referee stopped play in the second half after an object was thrown on to the pitch and he was approached by blues defender antonio rudiger. an address made over the public address system then warned "racist behaviour is interfering with the game". we will have more on this later on bbc news. the queen has attended church at sandringham, for a carol concert. she was joined

low lying areas in surrey and east and west sussex, were also under water, for a time.askia jones were stabbed to death by the convicted terrorist usman khan, while attending a conference in a building next to the bridge. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more details. at the cambridge university church of st mary the great, jack merritt‘s mother and father and girlfriend, leanne o‘brien. his body in a wicker coffin, in keeping with the ethical life he‘d tried to lead. jack merritt was 25 years old and had a masters in criminology from cambridge. in the service, his friends and family recalled a compassionate young man who felt compelled to help people, and whose politics was love, not hate. it is a tragedy, jack‘s death, but his life, as his father said in the service, his life was a triumph, and we have to hold onto that and jack‘s legacy of commitment to those on whom society is all too happy to turn its back. jack passionately believed in others, and so should we. in stratford—upon—avon, at the holy trinity church, where william shakespeare is burie

theirjourney in a plane originally built in 1943 started and finished at goodwood aerodrome in west sussexing history, a flight around the globe marking british engineering prowess a nd globe marking british engineering prowess and a partnership of man and machine that serve the cause of freedom during world war ii. no wonder emotions were running high at goodwood today, particularly for the pilot mattjones who is child, arthur, was born during the journey. as we came across the channel and saw the white cliffs it was another emotional moment and we had trouble keeping control with tears running down my face over what we had done and we were coming home and how it must have felt in the day for those quys must have felt in the day for those guys doing the same thing. two greatest symbols of freedom in the world. flying in carefully planned stages, the silver spitfire covered well over 23,000 miles above some of the world's most iconic landscapes. it defied typhoons and mechanical issues to become a star wherever it landed. the longest leg was a 3.5 hour 830 mile trip across the saudi arabia

theirjourney, in a plane originally built in 1943, started and finished at goodwood aerodrome in west sussexine which serve the cause of freedom during world war ii. no wonder emotions were running high at goodwood today, particularly for a pilot mattjones, whose son, arthur, was born during hisjourney. pilot mattjones, whose son, arthur, was born during his journey. as we came across the channel and saw the white cliffs — again, another very emotional moment. i had trouble keeping control with tears running down my face about what we've done, and we were coming home, and how it must‘ve felt back in a day for those quys must‘ve felt back in a day for those guys doing the same thing. to greatest symbols of freedom in the world. flying in carefully planned stages, the silver spitfire covered well over 23,000 miles above some of the world's most iconic landscapes. it defied typhoons and mechanical issues to become a star wherever it landed. the longest leg was a 3.5 hour, 830 mile trip across the saudi arabian desert. it's quite noisy, the cockpit is exceedingly noisy, and we have no heating or

suspicion of murder after two women are found dead outside a house in the village of crawley down, in west sussex august. it is very, very difficult in terms of what they are going through right now. all our sympathies and thoughts are with them. australia's prime minister apologises for holidaying in hawaii as wildfires continue to sweep across three states. the queen attends a church service in sandringham while the duke of edinburgh remains in hospital receiving treatment for a pre—exisiting condition. now on bbc news, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s media editor, amol rajan, to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. hello. ian. come in. good to see you. now, you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a private eye cover like those? well, this was when theresa may, who — do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. um, she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think "how can we pay tribute to mrs may?" so i thought "perha ps a blank page will be good" and so

issue between gatwick and brighton issue between gatwick and brighton is because of flooding in west sussexger travelling near guildford and we passenger travelling near guildford and we have passenger travelling near guildford and we have some passenger travelling near guildford and we have some pictures passenger travelling near guildford and we have some pictures of passenger travelling near guildford and we have some pictures of that. passenger travelling near guildford and we have some pictures of that. a lot of disruption for people who are trying to get away for the christmas brea ks trying to get away for the christmas breaks or making their way to and from work. have you been able to talk to any passengers who have been left frustrated by this? the passengers here luckily are still able to get to gatwick that i have spoken to, and you can still do so from london bridge but some trying to get to brighton are very frustrated that can't happen. we know the train operators have said that there will be disruption for some time on that line and they're telling people they should not trav

temperature is full and overnight and a beautiful weather watchers to ascend in this morning from west sussex it, look at isobars. the wind will strengthen later with some parts of the southwest and english channel having gales. first thing, a bit of brightness and the cloud moving in followed by the rain but the sunshine prevailing the longest in north—east scotland. the rest of scotland, fairly cloudy with showers and the rain moving across southern areas. rain continuing to push out of northern ireland through the day, followed by a lot of cloud and some showers and the rain getting in across eastern england with some hill snow. in northern england in some of the heavier bursts, particularly in the north—east, we might see some of that at lower levels for a time and it won't last and we don't expect it to settle because milder air is coming in behind this band of rain, as well as showers and temperatures, ten and 11 in the south—west, still pretty cool elsewhere. as i mentioned, the wind strengthening in parts of southern wales, south—west england, the english channel and the channel islan

in pulborough in west sussex, the sand bags are being put to the test.what police are calling miserable driving conditions, hoping theirjourneys don‘t end like this. james o‘hara, bbc news. dozens of pesto products are being recalled overfears they may contain traces of peanut without listing it on the label. the products, all made by sauce maker sacla, also include own—brand jars of pesto from supermarkets waitrose and aldi. the food standards agency has issued an allergy alert, warning that 25 products may be affected. mp5 have called on whirlpool to offer refunds or "swift compensation", as it recalls 500,000 washing machines. the machines — sold under the hotpoint and indesit brands — have been identified as potential fire hazards. whirlpool is to begin the recall in the second week of january. but mp5 says the delay means customers have been "severely let down". the duke of edinburgh has spent a second night in hospital in london. he‘s receiving treatment for a pre—existing condition, after being admitted on the advice of his doctor. simon jones is

theirjourney in a plane originally built in 1943 started and finished at goodwood aerodrome in west sussex 12. but with that cloud and outbreaks of rain in southern england and cloud moving into northern wales, northern england and the midlands. the wins go back to north and north—westerly and it will cool off in the northern half of the uk, further south holding onto values of 11, 12 or 13. into the weekend it is largely dry on saturday, rain on saturday night and on sunday it is sunshine and blustery showers. this is bbc news, i‘m reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 5pm. with voting taking place in the general election this time next week, political parties make their final push. party leaders are out across the country, reminding voters of their key pledges. people can‘t make decisions and businesses can‘t invest and there‘s about £150 billion worth of foreign investment that will come into this country as soon as we get brexit done. we are very clear we have a totally funded and costed manifesto, the only party that has in this election, and it will give real hope and opportunity to ev

start the day, showers and his anglia and the south—east, one or two across essex and sussex and kent, some shelter westore frequent than sunday and the winds will be august was the west, covering of snow over the grampians and the highlands. temperatures this weekend between 4—10 for most, they will drop rapidly once the sun has set, and ice risk in scotland and northern ireland, and outbreaks of rain into tuesday morning, keeping temperatures up but elsewhere again, and ice risk, frost chance and greater chance of —— fog patches as we start tuesday. again today in east anglia the south—east and they could be outbreaks of rain coming and going all along, exactly how quickly that will clear away is uncertain. fog patches lingering elsewhere, most will have a dry day on tuesday, a few showers here and there but actually not about afternoon, even though it will feel cold. critically cold night on tuesday and wednesday, a pressure ritual settling down temporarily, keeping things largely dry as we start wednesday but with some frost and fog around, it will take a while to shift. during the day, parts of eas

a rotter around the blue mountains west of sydney and northern sydney around the hawks free area and down on the south coast of new south wales around joe spy in sussex inlet there with a number of blazes continuing to burn threatening properties right across as far grounds can you give us an idea of how bad the damage has been over the past 24 hours look at this stage we're still trying to ascertain the damage certainly of the last 12 hours where were you saying reports of widespread property loss especially through the blue mountains and in some south western sydney around the the. area and the human heart eyesight will assess those overcoming dies we are largely talking in excess of $23.00 to potentially even 50 harms destroyed unfortunately we still have one person which is unaccounted for and hopefully tomorrow will form some some good news but certainly you know a grim harvest if for a number of reports from from that area in north western sydney secondly huge pressure on the firefighters not to mention the people whose whose homes are being affected by this is there any relief in sight a whole. ulick think fully this in the is always a catastr

today, the cloud is low across the west, so we do have some mist and hill fog patches around, some drizzle, too. on the satellite picture, some breaks coming into sussex there has been some brighter spells, thatis there has been some brighter spells, that is about as bright as it gets today. outbreaks of rain pushing instruments, damp and drizzly in scotland, there will also be the risk of some drizzle around western coast in hills. stays mild for most of us. overnight, we will stay cloudy. outbreaks of rain pushing back across scotland for a time, we will start to see the weather turn murky into the hills of northern england, so they cambrian fells, the pennines, and across england, we will see murky conditions spreading further eastwards as well. a mild night and start to the day on saturday, with winter coming from a long way south. we have a weather front into the north—west, bringing the risk of further outbreaks of rain. the wettest weather will a lwa ys rain. the wettest weather will always be in western scotland, particularly for the highlands and western isles, the rainfall totals tending to mount up. otherwise, away from the north—west corne

elsewhere in sussex there are problems around crowborough and in the south—west, the line between exeterhad flooding. a very busy day, the mix of normal commuters trying to get to work and if you are struggling in but also of course a busy day at the airports. the busiest day of the winter at heathrow and manchester airports and we have problems caused by the weather there, not too much disruption in the sky is so far i'm glad to say but if you are trying to get to gatwick by road or rail, allow loads of time. simon, thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that as the day progresses. australia's prime minister, scott morrison, has cut short his holiday as extreme heat and fires ravage parts of the country. he's been under huge pressure to return from hawaii, as new south wales, the most populous state, declared a seven—day state of emergency. two volunteer firefighters have been killed in a road crash near sydney. temperatures have hit the forties and could spike again. tim allman reports. the fires continue to rage. the bush continues to burn. among those paying the ultimate price,

here is east sussex this morning, a better brightness but showers drifting towards the south—east, some quite heavy and thundery in seven parts, especially south wales and the south—westher south. still some showers tonight, one or two in the north, ten or 11 further south. still some showers tonight, won a two mist and fog patches, some frost, present, temperatures getting down to about two to four celsius. the only way to experience —— the only white christmas you might experience might be some frost on the ground. dry and sunny for most others. —— most of us. hello, this is bbc news with geet guru—murthy. the headlines... the duke of edinburgh has left hospital where he was being treated for what officials described as "a pre—existing condition". the queen will use her christmas day message to say the past year has been "quite bumpy", adding that "small steps" can heal divisions. thousands of volunteer fire fighters will spend christmas day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. a warning from nhs england to parents — keep button batteries — the type found in toys, festive lights, and musical christmas cards — away from children. in a year that saw t

sussex overnight. that will be on and off. some of the pod will lift, we will see it brightening up, a few showers in the west, the showers in the this will be dense and some could be freezing. around about freezing temperatures. some frost around. tomorrow we start with the fog. some will be slow to clear, some will drift north. in the west, rain and strong winds, 45 — 55 miles an hour and with exposure it could be 75 miles per hour. by the time we get to thursday, we're looking at rain and showers. later on the day, it will start to dry up. it will turn milder. temperatures into double figures for many of us during the course of thursday but it does not last. by the weekend, we start to see them sleep once again. it is lovely here this morning. if it does not make you feel christmassy, nothing will. thank you very much. 55 feet high, the christmas tree. a ruling at the high court yesterday could have big implications for the people who run our post offices. ben's here. this is one of the most incredible stories i have covered. it all centres on new accounting software introduced by the post office in 2000. it was supposed to s

sussex and kent. it is patchy and a lot of it will lift into some hill fog or more fog. some rain coming in in the south—westotland, some sunshine and sunny intervals across east anglia. windy across the north and the west, especially the northern and western isles. temperatures only reaching 4 degrees in glasgow and edinburgh today. 0vernight, the cloud moving north—eastwards. some clear skies across eastern scotland and eastern england for a time. it is clear you need to wrap up warm because it will bea need to wrap up warm because it will be a cold night. some of this cloud in the west will be thick enough for some drizzle. 0ne in the west will be thick enough for some drizzle. one or two holes in the fog and mist around the london area. the same across scotland, a lot of cloud but a way to the east and still the northern and western isles. through the rest of the night, the cloud continues to push across night, the cloud continues to push a cross m ost night, the cloud continues to push across most areas. temperatures will rise. there will be patchy fog as well. in ten years day, transient high pressure