but increasingly brexit is affecting the whole conduct of government across whitehall.e are seeing that in infrastructure itself, with the misguided decision to bail out the east coast rail franchise which will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions. if we had proper conduct of government, as happened before brexit, no way would whitehall have allowed a ha rd brexit, no way would whitehall have allowed a hard right minister to have agreed the bail out of private rail companies as has happened. u nfortu nately, rail companies as has happened. unfortunately, mice —— my position has become unsustainable because of this. in the letter to the prime minister you said, i would like to thank you for courtesy in our personal dealings. you also said on twitter, i meant what i said in my resignation letter about the pm's courtesy, which makes it sad that number ten sources up to dirty tricks, tomorrow's times will make clear why chris grayling's conduct gave me no choice but to resign. what have number ten been doing?|j assume what have number ten been doing?” assume the prime minist

christmas day as whitehall pays six and £50 for a move -- £650.ops in afghanistan who feel this has been a forgotten conflict. it is in its 17th year and we have rather taken our attention away from it. they have christmas dinner on friday. it has snowed in afghanistan, they ponder, and troops from the yorkshire regiment have been reduced to swapping the stars on the american trees for yorkshire flags —— they point out. basically saying the americans have been giving great things the christmas. theresa may has made a speech praising the troops, but it seems they have been given very little money individually. and of course on top of that the nice bit is that theirfamily top of that the nice bit is that their family and friends have sent loads of presence but the country has done little for them for top 500 troops have been given £500 for this elevation is but whitehall staff are being sent for presentation skills training ata being sent for presentation skills training at a cost of £650 a day which rather dwarfs the £500 for 500 troops. it doesn't

i think unfortunately as i say in my letter it has been a kind of nervous breakdown across whitehallstainable. but the phrase spin doctor was invented to the new labour government, wasn't it? there was always spin going tricks if you like. there was a substance in those governments, real substance, making britain better. i think people would accept that those years of government britain was better at the end of the donor was before. the big with brexit which is we're co nsta ntly with brexit which is we're constantly now rubbing up against, it is going to make britain worse off, not better off, and notjust... you don't know that for sure. off, not better off, and notjust... you don't know that for surem off, not better off, and notjust... you don't know that for sure. it is my strong view. it is your strong view but a lot of people would say we haven't left it and you have written it off, you accepted this job in charge of infrastructure, advising on infrastructure, already knowing that the government was committed to brexit. why would you do that since you are so at odds?” launched

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the former labour cabinet minister says brexit has "infected" the entire conduct of whitehall.d before he was pushed, but lord adonis insists it was his choice to go. it would speak volumes about how they value independent advice if they were indeed proposing to dismiss me. the whole point about the national infrastructure commission is that it's an independent body giving advice to the government without fear or favour. one of the really depressing things about the government at the moment, which i think is unfortunate reflection of the brexit malaise sweeping whitehall, is the government has become hypersensitive to any criticism, anyone who criticises them on brexit or anyone else. even if they are supposedly independent advisers. they get attacked. so michael heseltine, who was on my commission, he got sacked, even though it is an independent commission, because he opposed brexit. now they say they were thinking of dismissing me for expressing perfectly legitimate concerns. our political correspondent, emma vardy, explained how lord adonis did not hold back in his comments.

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the moment, which i think is unfortunately a reflection of the brexit malaise which is sweeping whitehall. is the government has become hyper—sensitive to any criticism. thousands of iranians take to the streets of tehran in a show of support for the government after two days of opposition protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest "inheritance boom" of any post—war generation, but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. captain steve smith scored yet another century as australia batted out the final day to save the fourth test against england in melbourne. the draw means england avoid a whitewash. and in half an hour here on bbc news, dateline london looks ahead to the world in 2018 — in britain, the rest of europe, the us and around the world. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the former beatles drummer ringo starr, barry gibb of the bee gees, and the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg, have all been knighted in the new year honours list. starr said it was "great" to be acknowledged for his music, while gibb said the knighthood was as much his brothers‘ "as it is mi

eu powers in whitehall is notan anti— retained eu powers in whitehall is not an anti— de— pollutiontead one of the clearest indications yet that the government is not coping with the task of brexit. —— anti—devolution. the government said we has not had the ministerial had space or bandwidth to engage with the consequences of brexit for the established, get still young, devolution settlement is now in place. but does she accept that those powers are not being ripped away because they are not there for the devolved administration. whether you think thatis administration. whether you think that is right or not, just as a matter of law, those powers are vested in the eu, and therefore, if they come back to the devolved administrations, that is an additional power, not one that has been taken away. the reality is that this will be called a power grab. i did not hear the phrase today, but it will be. and i is a very good. it isa it will be. and i is a very good. it is a power it will be. and i is a very good. it isa powergrab. it will be. and i is a very good. it is a power grab. of cour

this was, therefore, in the view of whitehall officials and in the view of the second opinion that theresarom her own advise on these issues, those two things were breaches of the ministerial code. and, as such, i think that meant theresa may was left with not much alternative but to get him to depart. laura, in your report, you underlined again at the close collaboration and friendship between theresa may have damian green over many years. so what kind of blow is this dude mrs may and indeed to the government? this is interesting, had this happened a couple of months ago, or perhaps even a couple of weeks ago when things felt much rockier around westminster, the government felt much more fragile and vulnerable, this could have felt like the finals piece pulled out before the whole thing came tumbling down. i think since the conclusion of phase one of the brexit talks, no 10's view, and i think it is agreed with, not by everyone certainly in whitehall, but it is quite a commonly held view now, that the government although not the silly strong, if not necessarily full of authority, has at l

has a say in my letter, has been a nervous breakdown across whitehall and i am afraid it my positionovernment, there was a lwa ys the labour government, there was always spin going on, tricks, if you like. there was real substance in those governments making britain better. i think people accept that those years of government, which was better at the end of it. the big problem with brexit, which is what we are rubbing up against, is it will make britain worse off, not better off. you don't know that for sure. the majority of people who voted... lot of people will say we haven't even left yet and you are already writing it off. you accepted thisjob, in charge of infrastructure, advising on infrastructure, advising on infrastructure already knowing that the government was omitted to brexit. why would you do that when you are so at odds? i launched it when david cameron was prime minister. it was before brexit. i stayed in thejob, hoping minister. it was before brexit. i stayed in the job, hoping theresa may would adopt a sensible approach. the right approach was to stay within the unio

he quit yesterday suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. thousands of iranian government supporters are attend ing officially—sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti—establishment protests. now on bbc news. sir bruce forsyth, sir roger moore, glenn campbell and john noakes — just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2017: we remember. # deep down in louisiana cross to new orleans. # we're back up in the woods among the evergreens. # there stood a log cabin made of earth and wood. # where lived a country boy named johnny b goode.# # 0h, maybelline...#. half of the young people go to school so that's why i wrote about school, i wrote about cars and most of all — the people, if not now, they'll soon be in love. # it's a jumping little record i want myjockey to play. # roll over beethoven, i got to hear it again today #. and you, monsieur, are the famous simon templar. but what about brother vincent? supposing he notices something he thinks clinton should know about. mr...? bond. ja

he quit yesterday suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. of iranian government supporters are attend officially—sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti—establishment protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post—war generation — but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. more for you at the top of the hour. now on bbc news — the travel show. india. a vast country, home to over a billion people, birthplace of illustrious ancient civilisations and today, a fast emerging global power. 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. heading off the well worn tourist path, we're on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. travelling from one of the driest places on earth. it is quite incredible the sand. it's just crystal, ha rd cysta ls. incredible the sand. it's just crystal, hard cystals. white salt. you can probably taste it. to one of the wettest. these are areas really for the adven

for now whitehall student rent attending class in the section of williamstown middle school, holly glenn elementary, which is also in the monroe township district remains closed for mold and unclear when holly glenn will reopen. >> california under fire once again. a raging wild fire is burning in the state, this time, northwest of los angeles. now, so far, more than 150 structures have burned in ventura county. cbs news correspondent chris martinez takes us to the inferno. >> firefighters battled raging flames just inches away from homes in ventura county, the winds whipped blaze igniting vegetation that fire officials say hasn't burned in decades. >> i live in ventura most of my life. i've never seen anything like this, it just brings tears to my eyes. >> desperate homeowners used garden hoses to help save their property. >> my mom and dad's house. they lived here for seven generations. >> but many battles are being lost. >> good friends up the street lost their homes, and i'm just so sad for them. >> flames devoured dozens every homes and businesses, and thousands more are threatened.

there is a this is germantown pike at whitehall road in east he wrr soon. otherwise, not much.bit every construction i95 northbound, should be out of here by about 6:00. rahel, jim, b pat. good news from the traffic department. sports this morning, not so much. now f headlines from across our region. >> former new jersey state trooper has been sentenced on charges he tampered with evidence. and falsified records to cover up the fact he conducted improper stops of female drivers. thirty-eight year old marquis was sentenced to three years of probation, perform 50 hours every community service and pay a $5,000 fine. >> on the front page of the reading eagle, reminder to bring your pets indoors, temperatures continue to drop. new animal cruelty protections signed into law this summer by governor tomol cannot be tethered for more than 30 minute when the temperatures drop below 32 degrees,. >> in the burlington county times willingboro board of education recreation club and common heroes are teaming up to raise money to buy coats for children in need. the goal to raise about $an00ry.

whitehall elementary school will reopen in january. mold concerns closed every school in the monroe township public school for a week back in october. all but two, whitehall elementary and holly glen elementary opened the following week. holly good friend will remain -- holly glen will remain closed. >>> we know more about this fireball. a hamilton township police officer recorded this video. a viewer also caught the flashing light. it was a meteor, probably about the size of a baseball. >>> the eagles say one of their offensive weapons is on track to play sunday the rams in los angeles. zach ertz was back on the practice field yesterday. but only on a limited basis. ertz left sunday's game against the seahawks with a concussion, didn't return. he still needs to be cleared, however, in order to play. count on us to get you ready for the eagles/rams match-up. starts sunday morning at 9:30 with "game day kickoff." that's followed by "eagles game plan" at 10:00. right here on nbc10, the official station of the philadelphia eagles. >>> eag

classes will resume at whitehall elementary school in monroe township january 2nd. school district officials say the clean up at the school will be complete by then. for now, though, whitehall student will continue to attends class in a section every williamstown middle school. holly glenn elementary, which is also in the monroe township school district, remains closed due to mold. unclear when holly glenn will reopen. >> u.s. supreme court hearing a case that could make sports betting legal in the garden state. new jersey voters approve resolution in 2011 to allow gambling on sports. since then the effort has been tide up in court. governor christie had front row seat inside the courtroom as the justices heard arguments. >> new jersey wants to appropriately regulate sports gaming, and here's why. we want to do it because six a % of the people of the state of new jersey voted they want to do it. >> and we already have a long experience of over 40 years, of casino gaming in our state, where we've shown we can very appropriately regulate gambling in the state. >> the

the former labour cabinet minister says brexit has "infected" the entire conduct of whitehall.nded angrily to the resignation, with the former conservative leader iain duncan smith accusing him of "pontificating." lord adonis spoke earlier to my colleague shaun ley. i have a right to give my opinion. i have been doing that. i was actually appointed as a government adviser to give independent advice. one of my great regrets is that the government, which said it wanted independent advice, then decided they did not like the advice if it was truly independent. i am afraid that is part of the malaise which is sweeping whitehall, a hyper—defensive government which has got its back against the wall in the mishandling of brexit, which is turning into a very serious national crisis. is not mr duncan smith though, and others, entitled to say that there is more than a whiff of partisanship in what you write? i read your resignation letter and it talks of the european union withdrawal bill as the worst legislation of my lifetime, i feel duty bound to oppose it relentlessly from the labour

we didn't get a great deal from mr dodds as he was chased down whitehall by one of my eager collea geaten the questions, but it does tell you that he was in the building, he was in conversation with the conservatives about trying to find some sort of solution, and he clearly wasn't sufficiently aggrieved at how that conversation had gone that he wanted to come out of the building and start sounding off about potential red lines from his party's perspective being ridden roughshod over. we know that arlene foster, the dup leader, was more than willing to do that the other day, appearing publicly while the prime minister was in conversation withjean—claude prime minister was in conversation with jean—claude juncker in brussels. what we do know is, the conversation is continuing, and it doesn't look like there will be any breakthrough this evening. by sunday? what do you think? it's tricky, isn't it? it is possible, because, remember, the european union's barrier that the uk has to ove 1120 m e union's barrier that the uk has to overcome is sufficient progress on the attempts to unpick t

i think it caused a fair bit of nervousness in whitehall.n. which should hopefully pave the way for some kind of deal. theresa may wants a trade deal to be done by the time we leave in18 deal to be done by the time we leave in 18 months' time, 15 months' time. the eu has said, it's something you can finalise after you've left. so there is this is still a big gap between getting to this stage, it's been the easy part even though it seemed difficult. this will be really tough. they say in i they praise theresa may's role in ending the stand—off but it's been a gruelling six months. where do you think theresa may is that all of this? it feels like longer than six months. where she is is where we always knew she would be. having to agree to the framework that the eu has set. she could have done that a long time ago. we could have saved ourselves nine months and had nine months more to negotiate. i think it's been mismanaged by the conservative government. of course now we are looking at, yes, the eu is saying we're not going to start talking abo

saw the westminster leader of the dup, the northern irish party, nigel dodds emerge from talks at whitehallhis afternoon he very much avoided answering any questions or giving anything away. however, tonight, there certainly have been signs that we are moving towards some potential conclusion. we know that theresa may has spoken to the irish leader and also to the president of the european commission. there have been positive noises coming out of europe. i've been told by other sources that there are serious proposals now on the table that in london, brussels and westminster most people are pretty content with. the question is, however, what will the dup make of this? are they ready to say yes? i understand there are plans in place for, if it all works, for the prime minister to fly to brussels very, very early tomorrow morning, to be able to sign on the dotted line, to dot the is, cross the ts to get this agreement going, but that will only happen if the dup is finally willing to give her the green light. we've been here before and they put a spanner in the works in other occasions and the

and conduct u nworthy of across whitehall and conduct unworthy of her majesty'sgovernment.our peer. how damning do you think all of this will be for the government? not terribly, for all the reasons you say. he is a labour peer. he was a transport secretary in gordon brown's government. for many months, he has been a vociferous critic of brexit, far more outspoken than even his own party. he says in the letter that as the eu withdrawal bill arises in the house of lords over the new year, he will oppose it relentlessly from the labour benches there. so it didn't fit well, being a government adviser. but by saying this in this letter, it is odd how it has come out because he was intending it to come out tomorrow with an article that was due to be published in the times, but it seems that perhaps number ten jumped published in the times, but it seems that perhaps number tenjumped have the gun on this and have released a d raft copy the gun on this and have released a draft copy of this letter earlier this evening, perhaps trying to dampen the impact it might have. nevertheless

with me are pauljohnson, deputy editor of the guardian, and lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent atald trump's recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital and his plans to move the us embassy there from tel aviv. the paper also looks at the growing pressure theresa may is facing to strike a deal over brexit. brexit is also on the front page of the i which takes a look at the ins and outs of the talks, from philip hammond and the divorce bill, to david davis and his lack of impact assessments. the telegraph sastean claude juncker fears the uk government might collapse next week, if a breakthrough in the brexit talks isn't found. the metro leads with the story of a man arrested after a brawl in a westminster bar on the parliamentary estate. the mirror leads with reports of a plot against prince george with a story about a man who's appeared in court accused of allegedly urging jihadis to attack the young prince at school. the financial times reports on plans by a uk shopping centre owner to mitigate against a high street slowdown, as retail sales shift online. the times has the story

i'd remember the cabinet secretary jeremy heywood was proud of the fact that half of all whitehall departments female permanent secretary. i think it has fallen back since then. some progress has been made recently in breaking into the topjobs. for been made recently in breaking into the top jobs. for women. been made recently in breaking into the topjobs. forwomen. but been made recently in breaking into the topjobs. for women. but there hasn't been a woman cabinet secretary yet. no, no, indeed. let's move secretary yet. no, no, indeed. let's m ove o nto secretary yet. no, no, indeed. let's move onto the front page of the guardian, they've got an interview with the eu's brexit negotiator and he's dropped a bit of a grenade on an important day for theresa may. theresa may has hosted the first brexit war committee, ten key cabinet ministers have spoke about their vision for the trade deal and they hope the uk can get with the eu. michel barnier have come out and said that under no circumstances is the uk going to get financial services as a bolt on to a trade deal, services make up 80% of the u

a crash involving 40 cars closed a stretch of highway for seven hours yesterday in whitehall, michigan, west of grand rapids. the good news, no one seriously hurtet one driver who was stuck in the ditch took video of the incident. speed was a factor in the chain reaction crash that happened in another zero visibility. >>> well, michigan is just one of many states gripped by brutally cold weather right now. new york city health officials say times square will be around 11 degrees with a windchill that will feel like zero. in the meantime erie, pennsylvania, digging out from 5 fweet of snow is expecting 18 more inches. chicago, you see there completely frozen with a high today of 6 degrees. officials here tonight are concerned about the homeless. >>> new details in the hoax emergency call that resulted in a police officer killing a man in kansas. los angeles police arrested this guy, 25-year-old tyler barrise. two people reported a shooting and hostage situation on thursday. officers then swarmed the address. police fatally shot a man at the home when they thought he was reaching for a g

classes will resume at whitehall elementary school on january 2nd. officials say the clean up at the school will be complete by then. for now whitehall student lent continue to attend class in section every williamstown middle school. holly glenn elementary, also in the monroe township district remains closed due to mole. it is unclear when holly glenn will reopen. >> as the two chambers of congress begin to recognize sallyann each of the tax plans , we know that the clock is particularring. >> yes, it is, senate has nine sessions left before it adjourns for the year, cbs news business analyst jill schlessinger says big difference that is need to be resolved, and joins us live from new york, good morning, jill. >> good morning. >> jill, what are some of the hurdles to harmonize these two plans? >> well, you know, the senate plan would eliminate the affordable care act individual mandate, while the house maintains that penalty for not caring insurance. now, here is the thing. taxing it would save over $330 billion, but it would leave 13 million people

this at the junction with whitehall and then in the ensuing chaos, it's alleged he was planning to getpepper spray and a knife and kill the prime minister. now, in the court documents it actually says, "with a view to try to kill the prime minister, the right honourable, theresa may mp." in the dock with him is his co—defendant, mohammed aqib imran. he is 21. a british pakistani. he is facing charges of preparing terrorist acts unrelated to downing street. these involve foreign travel and rahman, the first defendant is accused of helping imran in that endeavour. now both these men were arrested last week — one in birmingham. one in london. there were no pleas today because this is a first appearance. they have been remanded in custody and their next appearance will be at the old bailey on 20th december. june kelly with the latest on that case today. a man from lancashire has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences — including sharing the address of prince george's school with potential attackers. husnain rashid — who's 31 — was remanded in custody. it's alleged he used an enc

watch for this disabled vehicle -- should be clear by now, east noritton at whitehall pike. back to you. >> thank you. >>> potentially deadly danger. the threat you can't see that's hiding inside your home. >>> and is saving money one of your new year's resolutions? the best time to book your holiday travel plans to cut down on costs. >>> sharing their story. a group of women who claim the president sexually harassed them are coming forward to speak publicly. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> alarming statistics about the number of children hurt by something in nearly every home in

whitehall, 38. allentown, 37. that's good, above freezing. a few showers, sprinkles that are showing up on radar. there's the snowflake activity we've been tracking through the poconos. light snow in the mountains this morning. so far, quiet for the rest of the area. there's a chance of light showers coming through as rain this morning. the temperatures climbing into the 40s this afternoon for the neighborhoods that are still into the 30s. look at this -- the snow extends into the ohio valley, that's going to miss us. look at the snow showers. they dragged out, they're stretched, thin, wind that's doing that. it's a strong wind dumping out of canada. then very air that's going to be here into tonight and tomorrow. clear skies farther to the west. cold weather will be with us. feels like temperatures tomorrow, by 5:00 tomorrow morning, in the 40s now in philadelphia. it will feel like 5 degrees tomorrow at this time. 2:00, 2 for pottstown and allentown also 2. south jersey, morris river and buna feeling like single digits to start with tomorro

into lehigh county, looking at 16 for you in allentown and whitehall. 14 in walnut port, 15 by the river in easton. a northerly breeze today at 5 to 15 miles per hour. the feels-like temperatures, 13 now in philadelphia. 13 in trenton. you want to have the hat, gloves, scarves, winter coat, and sunglasses here for today. you need a lot of the works here as you head out the door. any flurries to the south and east are light. most not reaching the ground. the south is dealing with another winter weather system. and we may have a winter weather system to deal with here by saturday. here's the future tracker showing the potential for snow. a brief brush on friday to the north. look at the storm system for saturday. this is saturday morning into saturday afternoon and evening. that would depart in time for our new year's eve, leaving us frigid. i'll be back with the full ten die forecast in a few minutes. over to you. >>> she went the whole night without falling. i knew she was due at some point. >> she was due. falling in love. a couple speaks about their viral proposal on the ice. >>> and o

l lenhartsville, 10. 13 in whitehall. into north hampton county, 11 in easton.s 12 degrees in bethlehem. so no matter where you go in the lehigh valley, a tough start to your day. here's the feels-like temperatures this morning. notice the slight improvement. there are not any below zero windchills in the suburbs anymore, nor south jersey. again, you kind of have to take the improvements as they come. what you need to know today, you may see a stray snowflake north and west of the city. this is the one we were advertising yesterday. you may see a stray flake. this would not be a bifg deal. looki lo -- a big deal. there are shots of arctic air and packets of snow. there will be a packet of snow that comes in here tomorrow. old man winter is not relaxing, blowing that cold air into our region. here's what to expect -- average this time of year is 42. we are subpar for the game for the next several days. yesterday we -- wednesday we saw 27. 22 on thursday. 25 for today. and really no improvement for the upcoming weekend. i have a look at the dangerous cold for new

remember the analysis are spread out over whitehall, the ownership of the information is all over whitehallust to be clear, has the government undertaken any impact assessments on the impact of leaving the eu for different sectors... what we do have, the treasury has an od are forecast, which has an indication... even that is pretty crude. —— odr. that is pretty crude, it is done from the average of all the external forecast. there is no systematic impact assessment. so, the arts to the question is no, the government has not undertaken any impact assessments on the locations of leaving the eu for different sectors of the british economy. so there is not one, for example, on the automotive sector. is there one on aerospace? not that i'm aware of. financial services? it is going to be no, to all of them. doesn't it strike you as rather strange, given the experience around the committee that you have, the government into takes impact assessments on all sorts of things, all the time, that on most fundamental change we are facing as a country, you have told us, the government has not undertaken

he quit yesterday, suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. thousands of iranian government supporters are attending officially—sponsored rallies across the country after two days of anti—establishment protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post—war generation, but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. now on bbc news, one of our programme highlights from the past 12 months. africa is in the midst of a baby boom. the median age across the continent isjust 19. in september, alastair leithead investigated the potential positives of this "demographic dividend" and the possible pitfalls in africa's population explosion. the population of africa is set to double by the year 2050. to 2.5 billion people. the young are moving from the countryside to the towns. unfortunately for us, in the last two, three years it's been a deluge. but many end up in slums and cities are struggling to cope. an industrial revolution could transform african countries and lift millions out of poverty. every year, to sustain growth,

to lehigh and north hampton counties, good morning to you up there, 21 in whitehall. 21 in allentown and bethlehem. temperatures about 20 degrees. wind will not subside today. the wind that's out there will be here this afternoon. that will allow temperatures to feel like the teens. that's how it feels across the area right now. high temperatures around 30, give or take a degree or two. feeling like teens. overnight, temperatures falling into the teens. maybe even single digits north and west. so why do we have such cold air? we have a funneling of cold air straight from the arctic. right up from the north pole, the delivery of cold air will not stop here for quite some time. we'll get another shot of colder eric shots of it here over the next couple of days. one arriving tonight and tomorrow. another batch arriving later in the weekend, into early next week. look at the numbers. mind-blowing cold. 25 below zero. that's nothing to joke about. we have the snow potential on the map here. one storm systems slides south. another weak system moving toward the great lakes. nothing joining

whitehall is 38. 36 in allentown. a little bit colder in walnut port.ou might see snowflakes or a raindrop or two. very light precipitation. now it's showing up in montgomery county. upper montgomery county, a few raindrops. it's showing snowflakes over the lehigh valley. they're not reaching the ground. falling into drier air. the light snowflakes are actually evaporating before they get to the ground. scattered, light flakes. this is swinging through this morning and will be out of here this afternoon. there is much colder air on the way. elves will love it. the rest of us probably will be sick of it. it's going to last into the end of the weekend. snowflakes dragged out by the gusty winds that will roll in later today and tonight. no big snowflakes, but there's a chance in the ten day for a little snow. not much. 7:00 this evening, temperatures start falling. it will feel like 22 degrees in philadelphia. by 11:00 tonight, feels like it's the single digits in suburbs and wilmington as that wind whips up and the cold air dumps into the area. that's the

authorities received information about a plot at park land high school in south whitehall township last week. allentown police along with the district attorney's office and the fbi worked to track down two 15-year-old boys. the boys remain in juvenile detention. both are expected at a juvenile court hearing on thursday. >>> a trial challenging pennsylvania's congressional district boundaries got under way in harrisburg today. a state court is hearing a lawsuit from voters who say the republican drawn map is too partisan and violates the state constitution. a separate challenge is awaiting a decision in federal court. these gerrymandering cases are proceeding as the u.s. supreme court considers new standards for drawing political district lines. >>> governor tom wolf and representative mary jo daily spoke out today against pennsylvania state senate bill three. this happened in conshohocken. the controversial measure would ban abortions after 19 weeks of pregnancy. wolf calls the legislation an attack on women's personal freedoms. the governor vows to veto the bill if it reaches his desk.

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the moment, which i think is unfortunately a reflection of the brexit malaise which is sweeping whitehall the streets of tehran in a show of support for the government, after two days of opposition protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest "inheritance boom" of any post—war generation — but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. captain steve smith scores yet another century as australia bats out the final day to save the fourth ashes test against england in melbourne.

he quit yesterday suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. thousands of iranian government supporters are attend officially—sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti—establishment protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post—war generation but not until they are into their 60s, according to the report. now on bbc news, film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting the crackers from the turkeys — in review 2017: the year in film. hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. i'm mark kermode and we're here at the cinema museum in south london. over the next half an hour, i'll be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2017. and what a year it's been. as always, the film year began with the oscar circus which back in february became the scene of one of the most astonishing debacles in awards history as la la land, which had already picked up gongs for best director, best cinematographer, best music, best original song, best pr

the westminster leader of the dup, the northern irish party, nigel dodds, emerged from talks at whitehall much avoided answering any questions or giving anything away. however, tonight, there certainly have been signs that we're moving towards some potential conclusion. we know theresa may has spoken to the irish leader and also to the president of the european commission. there have been some quite positive noises coming out of europe. i've told by other sources there are serious proposals now on there are serious proposals now on the table, that in london, brussels and westminster most people are pretty content with. the question is, however, what will the dup make of this? are they ready to say, yes. i understand there are plans in place for them if it all works, for the prime minister to fly to brussels very, very early tomorrow morning to be able to sign on the dotted line, to dot the eyes, crossed the tees and get this agreement going. —— .de nazanin. they are very much using this moment to get the maximum leveraged they can. there certainly is progress. evenif can. there certainly

calling for a coup against the government in whitehall and the prime minister in ten downing street of course not yes there is violence on both sides but i would suggest that most of the violence comes from something that was never. gone away and that is monopolies that control seventy percent of the capital and economic power and venezuela wanting to get rid of a government that is not a socialist government it's a social democratic up and there's done some very interesting and quite. significant things for poor people who were regarded in the pasta as white south africans used to regard the majority in the country and as for the most pressing issue of twenty seventeen the environment it's very sad because it's horrible. you know extreme measures and to have a president who doesn't believe in climate change and on the climate change is very frightening and people have to speak up and we have to take matters into our own hands and things we can do with providers and. do whatever we can to. note that consumer boycotts are arguably the real way to affect change is one of the most revolut

we cannot whitehall say to bring you the best coverage on espanyol arabic english as i just mentioned there and a very warm welcome to peter schmeichel a legend reminded now neil i did score against him for nothing in forest against manchester united although he did obviously revenge in the nineteen ninety six if i coped final on a serious point of course there's been lots of scandals around faith in the last several years and there's been a new wind of change it's come true including fatma some more of the first woman the first black woman and the first african to hold the position afifa secretary-general to sit down to chat with her in moscow yesterday. well let's say what we experience during this. twenty seventeen. configuration. very strong signal on what a world cup. by russia could be so tell us what pleasantly surprised you about the confederations cup when i came for the first time in russia it was in july last year. one month after my assignment and definitely like every african. i was just feeling to be treated differently and i was ready to. think differently about africa

as i said, there is this wider whitehall inquiry into damian green's behaviour, not about historicalegations, but about recent allegations, whether he behaved appropriately for example towards a young female journalist, right now we can not say when that inquiry reportst right now we can not say when that inquiry reports t will be soon, that damian green is safe in hisjob. what we can say is he and allies do not believe there is reason for him to resign on basis of new allegations today. thank you very much. prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle are on their first joint official public engagement since announcing theirs. the couple spent half an hour chatting to crowds in nottingham who had gathered to see them, before their visit to a world aids day charity fair hosted by the terrence higgins trust. the prince and his bride—to—be chose nottingham for their first walkabout because it's a city close to harry's heart as helena lee now reports. a big moment for this newly engaged couple and a big moment for nottingham. a city proud to welcome them on theirfirst nottingham. a city p

street, at thejunction other words a bomb — at the gates of downing street, at the junction with whitehallto get into downing street, equipped with a suicide vest, a pepper spray and a knife, and kill the prime minister. now, in court documents it actually says "with a view to trying to kill the prime minister, the right honourable theresa may mp." in the dock with him is co—defendant, mohammed aqib imran, 21a pakistani, he is facing charges of preparing terrorist acts unrelated to downing street, involve foreign travel and he is accused of helping imran in that endeavour. both men were arrested last week, one in birmingham, one in london. there we re birmingham, one in london. there were no pleas today because it is a first appearance. they have been remanded in custody. their next appearance will be at the old bailey on december 20th. thank you, june. a man from lancashire has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences — including sharing the address of prince george‘s school with potential attackers. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is here. what more can you tell us? t

but in whitehall, they are likening the deal to churchill and el alamein.s the end of the beginning. nick's with me now. nick, what's the mood in downing street tonight? it is absolute delight. i think it is stunned relief. we have done it and this prime minister has at last achieved success. when the prime minister left for brussels, she did not know how this was going to go down politically with her back benches and with the dup. arlene foster had not wholly signed up to this. but talking to the brexiteers who have been critical of this deal, they said this evening they are not planning to rock the boat. but they do have what is described as, residual anxieties in two areas. one, these very limited circumstances the supreme court will refer to the european court ofjustice over citizens and this regulatory alignment is related to northern ireland. whatever that proves to be. what happens now? adam fleming in brussels has got a leak of the draft conclusions for the european council meeting in brussels on thursday and friday. good news and bad news. the good