Well bring you reaction to the decision. Storm caroline brings strong winds to scotland, causing transport disruption. Dozens of schools have been closed and, the richest youtuber in the world is a 26 year old man from aldershot. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Brexit talks over the irish border are intensifying as negotiators on both sides push for a breakthrough on a post brexit plan to push negotiations forward in a way which satisfies the european union, ireland and the democratic unionist party. Earlier an announcement that European Council president donald tusk will make a statement on brexit early on friday morning fuelled speculation that the Prime Minister had made progress on the wording but a uk government source has stressed that no agreement had been reached. There is speculation that the Prime Minister will meetjean Claude Juncker tomorrow. And leaving talks in westminster this evening, the dups westminster leader nigel dodds refused to comment when questioned if there had been progress. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo is in westminsterfor us. So, a flurry of manoeuvring. What are we to make of what is going on . There seems to be some kind of movement tonight. There have been intensive talks going on behind the scenes between the uk, the uk and ireland, the uk mission, and with the dup here, to try to find this crucial form of words that is acceptable to the dup about the irish border after brexit, how aligned britains regulations will be after brexit. The dup saying it will not entertain any thing that separates off Northern Ireland from the rest of the uk but it does appear to be some movement tonight. We understand from sources there is some new language being put into a d raft some new language being put into a Draft Agreement that has been put to brussels, to the irish government, that has been shared with the dup this afternoon. So, certainly, some positive nod squirt some hint there is movement, but nothing confirmed yet from the government. All they are saying that number 10, is there has been progress but no agreement has been progress but no agreement has been progress but no agreement has been reached. We have heard from the european commissions chief spokesman within the last half an hour or spokesman within the last half an hourorso, spokesman within the last half an hour or so, saying jean Claude Juncker has been on the phone with theresa may and the irish Prime Minister. There is progress going on. Expect talks to continue through the night and a possible meeting between theresa may and john cord juncker tomorrow morning. Dashes or jean Claude Juncker tomorrow morning. So far, where we are, a little bit of movement but nothing confirmed. Speculation that the Prime Minister might be going back to brussels tomorrow. They have to resolve the question of the irish border before they can get to the stage of moving onto the next stage of walks. We are still quite a long way of getting down to the nitty gritty of trade talks. Way of getting down to the nittygritty of trade talks. The dramatic collapse of the talks, the deal on monday, that was only to get the eu to agree to move the talks on to the next phase. The British Government, all the time wanted trade talks going on at the same time settling the divorce matters. The fact it has taken this long to get the next stage is not what the uk wanted at all. Next week there is a summit, and meeting of eu leaders and that is when they will have to decide whether enough progress has been made and whether talks can turn to trade. Earlier this week, they we re to trade. Earlier this week, they were supposed to be the deal all hammered out for eu leaders to look and give the green light on thursday it is cutting it fine now. We are less tha n it is cutting it fine now. We are less than a week away from this summitand less than a week away from this summit and there is no text that has been agreed by all sides to put to eu leaders in orderfor them to decide upon next week. The Prime Minister already trying to juggle the competing demands of the irish government, of the dup, of eu leaders. She has also got pressure piling in from both sides within her own party. Absolutely. It feels like theresa may is fighting on all fronts she has an exceptionally difficult task, trying to please all camps. The brexiteers were disappointed to hear that the sniff of compromise that potentially britain would be closely aligned with the eu after brexit, that was what was suggested by the draft deal the dup eventually rejected. And remain as urging her to take her time, a group of mps in heroin parties saying taken the time do not be swayed by the hard brexiteers in your own party. Her own party. She needs the support of the dup and then get the eu side on board as well. A tall order. Many thanks for the latest from westminster. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 1i0pm this evening in the papers. Our guestsjoining me tonight are michael booker, Deputy Editor of the daily express and lainy malkani, journalist and author. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, says hes to visit the iranian capital, tehran, very shortly. He will urge the release on humanitarian grounds of dual nationals including Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman who has been held there since april last year on charges of trying to overthrow the regime which she denies. Our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, has been giving us the latest. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson announced his borisjohnson announced his imminent visit himself that he made clear it was planned and that the urging of release is not the sole purpose of the visit. He said he would be raising other issues. In this case, it is right, borisjohnson had to apologise to parliament for using average earlier to a committee which appeared to suggest she might have beenin appeared to suggest she might have been in iran is not simply to see herfamily, which been in iran is not simply to see her family, which is been in iran is not simply to see herfamily, which is of course been in iran is not simply to see her family, which is of course what her family, which is of course what her husband has always said that she denies all the charges against her. So, mrjohnson will be raising her case and a number of other consular cases of people who do not want their names publicised because they think it might make it more difficult to get them home. He made clear, in remarks this morning, that he has no expectations of a breakthrough. He said these cases are breakthrough. He said these cases a re often breakthrough. He said these cases are often very difficult. On the other hand he will stress to the iranians that britain is firmly behind, for instance, the continuation of the Nuclear Agreement with iran, to which of course britain is a signatory, along with france, germany and others, and contrast that with the american position but donald trump ozma position. He has largely walked away from the iran deal. Donald trumps position. He wants to improve relations with iran and hopes as part that he might be able to secure some releases. There were concerns those comments from Boris Johnson in front of a committee he suggested that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe was their teaching journalism and that has made her case worse. Yellow rag is seems clear those additional charges frame before mrjohnson spoke to the Parliamentary Committee got into water. It seems clear. Parliamentary committee got into water. It seems clear. The fact is he had to move eventually to make clear that he did not want anything he had said to be misunderstood. He argues he is making the case there is nothing wrong with training jealous but that is not what she was there to do. Nazanin zaghari ratcliffes husband, richard is here now. Thank you for coming to talk to us. Just tell us first of all what you are hoping that borisjohnson can achieve on this visit. It is very timely he is going. He is going to iran this weekend. For him to be there and be able to press her claims and to say, the British Foreign secretary, the British Government cares very deeply can only be a good thing for her. Hopefully the court case will not go as badly as we are fearing that is almost the most timely thing he could do. Beyond that, identify and expecting him to be able to bundle it when she comes out with him that it when she comes out with him that it can any be a good thing he is there pushing impressing and making clear it would be great if she could be home for christmas. You had been hoping to build to travel out there with the foreign secretary. I disappointed you have not been able to do so . Behind closed doors, he had said a couple of weeks back he was keen that he would need to check with the advice of the Foreign Office officials and the iranians. My Office Officials and the iranians. My understanding from the Foreign Offices that he felt it was too political me to go. I had a bag packed just in case. Top priority is doing all he can to bring her home. Those comments from borisjohnson in front of the committee when he suggested that she was there to teach journalists when she has made it clear she was there on holiday, do you think that made her situation worse . Are you confident that Boris Johnsons is it will actually improve matters and could lead to her release . This was used to justify why she was being held and that was why he quit it in parliament. He needs to make clear that she was there to visit her family. Just being there and standing upfor family. Just being there and standing up for her, it can only be a good thing. Have you spoken to Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe recently . I spoke to her on tuesday and sunday. Sunday she was upset and cried most of the phone call. On tuesday, she felt a bit reassured. She is hopeful his visit can unlock something. Also with an eye on the court case on sunday, really worried about what that will mean. Tell us about what that will mean. Tell us about the court case. What to expect will happen . What will she be charged with when she in court . What i expect is hard. She should be in front of a judge. A lawyer has not been approved. Who knows how saturday goes with the foreign secretary, whether the court case gets postponed . Secretary, whether the court case gets postponed . What secretary, whether the court case gets postponed . What has happened in Previous Court cases, she has been for a couple of hours. Questions are asked. She is often not allowed to speak. At the end, she might be allowed a minute or two macro. A week or so allowed a minute or two macro. A week or 0 passes allowed a minute or two macro. A week or so passes and then the sentence comes. Im not expecting it to bea sentence comes. Im not expecting it to be a fun experience was that she is living in fear of having to see thejudge again. It brings back is living in fear of having to see the judge again. It brings back the memory of all the time in solitary confinement and all the nightmares. Hopefully she will not have to go through all of that. What charge will she be facing on sunday . M will she be facing on sunday . M will be spreading propaganda against the regime. That is the overall charge. It could be that she once worked for the bbc, she works for the reuters foundation, it could be that the foreign secretary has confirmed and all the stuff in the media. Any of that could come. In an ideal world you would hope the foreign secretary could press for her to be released. Are you hoping and expecting he would be able to perhaps get this case postponed or an old . I am hoping he can press for her release. Im not sure what impact that could have on her case. We have had contradictory things. She has been brought for a medical assessment and on the other hand she is being taken to court. In terms of what happens afterwards, i am hoping he does his best and that we get to see how things go afterwards. Have you spoken to him recently . see how things go afterwards. Have you spoken to him recently . I had a phone call from him a few days before. We will see. He promised. The Foreign Office promised. The Foreign Office promised when he was back, get a full briefing as to how it is going. There was suggestion that the british gum push for diplomatic protection. Is it your understanding thatis protection. Is it your understanding that is now off the agenda . M protection. Is it your understanding that is now off the agenda . It is not off the agenda. There needs to be more evidence in this area and this area and then we will put the recommendation towards the foreign secretary. It is an ongoing process. You are confident that this visit will help your wife, will help the prospects of her release. Do you have any concerns that given the whole history of this case the arrival of the foreign secretary could simply rampart the atmosphere around all of this and make the situation even worse . Around all of this and make the situation even worse . |j around all of this and make the situation even worse . I guess we will see how it goes. Im confident it isa will see how it goes. Im confident it is a good thing him going and im glad he is taking the time. Fingers crossed it leads some positive. Thank you very much for coming in and to us. As the nhs prepares for what could be the toughest winter in years new bbc research has revealed the pressure faced by a and e departments across the uk. The number of patients waiting over four hours has more than doubled in the last four years. In the last year alone some three million patients had to wait more than four hours. The head of the Royal College of emergency medicine said the service was stretched to its very limits. Our Health Editor hugh pym has this report. Many hospitals are struggling to cope with the a e workload, but this one, luton and dunstable, has consistently hit its four hour waiting time target for five years so whats the secret . It is about getting the whole Health Economy involved, and that includes primary care, community care. A Senior Consultant told me it was all about managing patients as they moved from a e into the hospital to ensure there were enough free beds for new arrivals. We have a team of people who are dedicated to this process and serve only this Emergency Department to get them through the hospital and the system and back out, so we can see new arrivals and new emergencies. It sounds simple, but its taken this hospital time and a lot of hard work and with the right leadership to ensure that patients are brought into the hospital and through it, and then back home again, as efficiently as possible. But across the uk its been a lot more challenging. Over 3 million patients who visited uk a es waited over four hours in the last 12 months, according to bbc research 120 more since four years earlier. By comparison, the number of visits has only risen byjust over 7 , to just under 27 million. The ability of our system to cope, it has stretched us to our very limits, so there is no more capacity in the system. Staff are working really hard, our nurses, our doctors. Haley from south wales endured a lengthy wait for treatment afterfainting and banging her head. She felt unwell and was advised to go straight to a e. We phoned 111 first, just for some advice, and they were like, no, you need to go to a e. So we headed down, waited about an hour, then there was a tally to say seven hour waiting time. About another hour or two passed and they said, no, six and a half hours waiting. But i got checked over and i was able to go home. So about five and a half hours, six hours, in total. Scotland has seen the best a e performance in the uk and is close to the 95 target for patients treated or assessed in four hours. England is behind, followed by wales and then Northern Ireland. So, mr pollard, are you ready to leave today . Back in luton theyre working hard to move patients home when safe to do so, so freeing up beds for new arrivals, with senior social care experts working in the hospital assessing their needs. Every single ambulance thats called out. The department of health covering england says more money has been allocated for social care and the nhs. Health leaders including here in luton have prepared for winter, but even so there are warnings nationally that the service will be sorely tested. Hugh pym, bbc news. If you want to find out what waiting times like your hospital service, go to the bbc nhs tracker page on the website. Put in your postcode. The headlines on bbc news a Government Spokesperson says brexit talks are ongoing after the theresa may spoke to the irish Prime Minister and the president of the european commission. Foreign secretary Boris Johnson european commission. Foreign secretary borisjohnson says he will go to iran very shortly and urge the release of british citizen Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. A final report into last yea rs zaghari ratcliffe. A final report into last years ramco crash in croydon which killed seven passengers, concludes a driver probably fell asleep. Tram crash. Ina probably fell asleep. Tram crash. In a moment, commentary becomes yours tea in a moment, commentary becomes you rs tea culture in a moment, commentary becomes yours tea culture 2021. We will bring you the latest reaction. Europes city of culture. Now for the sport. For the fifth time, ronaldo has been named the best player, the winner of the ballon dorfor player, the winner of the ballon dor for the player, the winner of the ballon dorfor the second year player, the winner of the ballon dor for the second year running. Player, the winner of the ballon dorfor the second year running. He beat lionel messi to the accolade. That means ronaldo now beats Lionel Messis five wins. Last season he helped by a madrid to win the Champions League and the first la liga title since 2012 the bank his team mates at the awards ceremony. There are two macro english sides in Europa League action. Everton had already been knocked out but they got theirfirst already been knocked out but they got their First Group Stage win at the last time of asking. They opened the last time of asking. They opened the scoring midway through the first half. Another goal from the scoring midway through the first half. Another goalfrom a brilliant long range strike. Everton gave debuts to five youngsters. A late third goal ensured Sam Allardyces side avoid finishing bottom of their group. Arsenal are also in action for the big kicked off around 15 minutes ago. Of course they are already comfortable winners in the group. It is currently 1 0 to arsenal. The got the goal a few moments ago. Arsenal are all over their opponents at the moment. Arsenal have not been asked to stage any matches at euro 2020. Instead it is wembley adding yet more. Their tally is now seven. In a statement tonight, the bubble association of wales says it is extremely disappointed announce that wales has never staged a euro World Cup Final and this was its only chance to do so. And this was its only chance to do so. It adds the concept of taking u efa so. It adds the concept of taking uefa 2022 Different Countries were supposed to allow smaller countries like wales to have the unique opportunity. This has been coming for some time that brussels were going to lose out. Their stadium still is not under construction. They gave the authorities time to get their house in order and stop building it. They have made the decision to take three group games and one round of 16 game away from them. Where was going to go with the big question. Cardiff and wales very interested. Stockholm in sweden also very keen to bring the games to their shores. In the end uefa has decided to go in wembley. Wembley ready has to macro semifinals and final. That will now have those additional games. Delight for the Football Association in london. Wales today saying it is extremely disappointed by the decision. They had hoped they would get those games and this euro for europe as it has been built is now in its final shape, we think. Those additional games leaving brussels and coming to london. The fa cup match between brighton and Crystal Palace next month could be the first competitive game in inge and to use video match officials. It is highly likely to feature video assistance which basically allow video footage to be bute and referees can overturn their own decisions. Allow video footage in order that referees can overturn. The former World Champion shaun murphy eased past mickey waldon to get into the next stage. Martin gould has also booked his place. Ronnie osullivan is also an accident might. They are just back from mid session break. 0 accident might. They are just back from mid session break. O sullivan was trailing but has come back to square the game at 2 2 after trailing 2 0. That is all the sport now. We will have more for you at 10 30 p m. Join me now. We will have more for you at 10 30 p m. Join me for that. Seven people were killed and more than 60 injured when a tram in croydon crashed just over a year ago. Today an investigation found the driver possibly dozed offjust before the accident. The tram went around a tight bend three times faster than the speed limit. Our transport correspondent Richard Westcott reports. Going three times the speed limit around a 90 degree bend, costing seven people their lives. Today the final report into the croydon tram crash found that the driver probably dozed off at the controls. Well, you can seejust how tight this bend is. The tram was meant to be going around it at 13 miles an hour one three, a snails pace, like we are now. It actually went around the bend at nearer 45 miles an hour, and one of the survivors was standing exactly where i am standing now, just checking his phone. The injury i sustained on the tram that dayjust changed my life. It is more than a year ago, but for taiye the memories are fresh. Ijust put my phone away, and i held onto the pole in front of me and i said, god, please save my life. And i closed my eyes. There were some people still screaming and shouting under the tram because they were trapped. Please dont step on me i am still alive. Investigators found other worrying facts. Another tram nearly derailed on the same cornerjust nine days before, but it wasnt investigated properly. In fact nine drivers admitted they had used emergency or heavy braking on the same bend but were worried about reporting near misses. It also talks of inadequate speed signs. Half of the passengers were thrown out of the tram through smashed windows and doors it was the main cause of injuries and deaths. Investigators say tougher glass could save lives in future. Since the accident, new speed signs have gone up and there is a new system that vibrates the seat if the driver closes their eyes for more than a second or so. Marilyn logan lost her husband philip in the accident. She is furious at the failure to act on previous speeding problems. Very, very angry because these procedures should be there to protect the public, and that is not protecting the public. The Company Controlling the trams says its putting things right. Theres a number of Lessons Learned that we immediately put in place after the events, and that is better monitoring of our drivers, greater education of our drivers in terms of well being, and working with transport for london to make sure that the network is safer. The croydon driver is still being investigated by police. Richard westcott, bbc news, croydon. Commentary will be the next uk city of culture. It beat paisley and swa nsea. Of culture. It beat paisley and swansea. The announcement was made in hull during the one show. The winner is. Commentary. Coventry. Congratulations. How do you feel . We feel amazing. It is incredible. Thank you. What is the biggest thing on your wish list question what you have the £3 million grant. We will celebrate youth and diversity. We are so excited for everybody to be sent to coventry. A lot of excitement we can speak to Andrew Dickson who advised that bid and also on winning hull in 2017. Thank you for talking to us. A lot of excitement. What wallace mean for coventry . For a city like coventry, it is about changing perceptions. It was once the capital of england. It isa was once the capital of england. It is a great, medieval city. It is also a modern, young and diversity. 35 years ago the specials did ghost town. Now it will be a city that welcomes the world. It has great culture and great arts, a real vibrancy here. We are open for business now. This city has the best transport museum in the uk. We have Warwick Arts Centre and the Belgrade Theatre which has won awards for its diversity. It has great and innovative arts organisations like the shop front theatre. Just on our doorstep is shakespeare. The rsc is coming back to coventry with a major new production at coventry cathedral. They will do the entire works of shakespeare streamed in locations like the forest of arden, london road cemetery. Our uk cities of culture is going to embrace the whole of the uk and celebrate everything distinctive about coventry. Everything about post brexit modern britain. Coventry. Everything about postbrexit modern britain. You mentioned the specials. Many people watching will say, i cant quite think what the Cultural Heritage of commentary is. Philip larkin was born. Dallas a bit more about the cultural history of the plays. Tell us a bit more. You mentioned philip larkin. George Eliot Middlemarch will stop lets talk about george shaw, the turner prize winner. This is a place that has been reinventing itself, a great wave of creativity will stop has a great arts school at Coventry University and a fantastic arts centre at warwick university. The great Cultural Heritage. It invented theatre and education and invented town twinning and community schools. It invented most of the bicycles and ca rs we it invented most of the bicycles and cars we drive about in. The city has mixed digital and innovation with culture. It is a city of peace and reconciliation after the great bombing 70 years ago. Giving you we re bombing 70 years ago. Giving you were involved in hulls bid in 2017, what difference do think an award like this really makes to a city . Weve been in hull along with other great cities like paisley, sunderland, stoke and swansea. You can see what it has done for hull. It has done something for the confidence of the people, its done a lot for the economy. Its transformed the public realm of the city. And completely changed perspectives. This was a city were when people we re this was a city were when people were sent to silence. It was a city of silent monks but it is a city that will not be silent anymore. Its a city that will shout about itself. Its a city that people are welcome to come to now and certainly in 2021, when we expect about 2. 5 million visitors. Thank you very much. We will hear a lot more about coventry in the coming years. Now, there is some bitterly cold weather on the way, Tomasz Schafernaker has the details for us. We have had winds in scotland, 90 miles an hour. Here is storm caroline. Now, snow and ice will be the problems through friday, saturday, and sunday. So what to expect this evening and tonight . Snow for parts of scotland and Northern Ireland, north and the north west. Northern wales and into the midlands. The south west as well. But here a mix of rain and sleet. Cold air and some areas below freezing. Screaming cold winds through the course of the day in the north. Gales blowing out in the northern isles. Drifting with the snow in scotland. 10 to 20cms in some areas. The midlands up to 5 and 10cms. Cold there, minus five in newcastle tomorrow. Cold there, minus five in newcastle tomorrow. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines a Government Spokesperson says brexit talks are ongoing, after theresa may spoke to the irish Prime Minister and the president of the european commission. And the president of the european commission. Foreign secretary borisjohnson says he will go to iran very shortly and urge the release of british citizen, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. A report into last years tram crash in croydon that killed several passenger, concluded that the driver probably fell asleep. Protests and violence in parts ofjersalem, the west bank and gaza following President Trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as israels capital. Palestinians have clashed with Israeli Security forces during protests across the west bank it comes less than twenty four hours after President Trumps controversial decision to recognise during protests across the west bank it comes less than 2a hours after President Trumps controversial decision to recognise jerusalem as israels capital. The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement, hamas, has called for a new uprising. President trumps move has been criticised by china, the eu and britain, as yolande knell reports from jerusalem. Palestinians today preparing their own message for President Trump, venting their anger over his recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. Clashing with Israeli Soldiers in the west bank. Meanwhile in gaza, the Islamist Hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, upped the ante demanding a new uprising, or intifada. So far, fiery rhetoric hasnt ignited protests on a grand scale, but these palestinians in ramallah really fear their chances of having an independent state, with eastjerusalem as its capital, could now be stamped out. Hes making it only one side, and theyre taking the opinion of the israelis. This has ended the two state solution, you know, the dream for us as palestinians. Palestinians see the changes in us policy onjerusalem as a huge setback. Donald trump may say he is still committed to helping them end their conflict with israel, but here they say he is no brokerfor peace. Meanwhile injerusalem the israeli Prime Minister was jubilant. Translation President Trump on himself forever with the history of our capital. His name will now be proudly displayed among other names in this citys glorious history. Many israelis share his gratitude that the president has delivered on that the president has delivered on a long time promise, recognising, he said, the reality on the ground. Translation trump is a man who was sent from heaven to say the right things at the right time. But there are also concerns about violence. On one hand i think he needed to do that. On the other, i am a realist. This contested city is at the heart of divisions between israel and the palestinians which President Trump insists he wants to mend. With more demonstrations planned, hopes of that seem remote. Yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. The Us Democratic senator al franken has announced he will step down over allegations of Sexual Misconduct. More than 30 of his democrat colleagues had called for the resignation of mr franken, who had been seen as a rising star in the party. Addressing the senate, he said hed been shocked by the accusations from a number of women, some of which he denied. Today i am announcing that in the coming weeks, i will be resigning as member of the United States senate. Iof member of the United States senate. I of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assaults, sits in the oval office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. Senate with the full support of his party. Its the the largest and most expensive warship ever built for the royal navy and today the queen commissioned hms Queen Elizabeth at a ceremony in portsmouth. The ship, which Wont Take Part in military operations until 2021, cost more than £3 billion pounds and has become the flagship of the fleet. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has more. A day of pride for the royal navy and for the nation. The queen has already named her. Today she made her first visit on board to commission hms Queen Elizabeth into service. Almost lost in the cavernous hangar, still waiting for aircraft. But for the queen, this ship already holds a special place in her heart. As the daughter, wife and mother of naval officers, i recognise the unique demands our nation asks of you, and i will always value my special link with hms Queen Elizabeth, her Ships Company and their families. A true flagship for the 21st century. The raising of the white ensign means shes now legally recognised as a royal navy warship. Over the past few months, hms Queen Elizabeth and her 700 crew have been testing her at sea. Shes the first of two new carriers. Russia has already described her as a large convenient target, but the government insists she will be a potent weapon and symbol of British Military power. This isnt just the largest warship ever built for the royal navy, its also the most expensive, costing more than £3 billion. The f 35 jets that will eventually fly off her will cost billions more and this at a time when the defence budget is under severe pressure, with the prospect of further cuts. Today the only cuts being made were to the elaborate cake, made to mark the occasion, but the navy is having to consider axing other ships in the fleet. They still believe its worth it. We knew this ship was coming and her sister ship, prince of wales, and the f 35s they will operate so we have been on a long, complicated, but committed journey to get to this point and the commissioning of the ship is a key milestone in thatjourney. Work on the ship began before the youngest crew member was even born. But, like the queen, shell be expected to offer decades of loyal service. Built for the next 50 years. Jonathan beale, bbc news, portsmouth. The number of suspects arrested in terrorism investigations has reached a record high, according to new home office figures. 400 people were held for terror related offences in the year to the end of september, a jump of 5a percent compared with the previous year. The increase was partly due to arrests made following terrorist attacks in london and manchester. Police say a man, found strangled along with his daughter at his south london home, was a convicted sex offender. The bodies of noel and marie brown were found on monday. Detectives are investigating a link with the sex offence, which happened in 1999, but say they had no evidence revenge was a motive for the murders. A fast moving wildfire in Southern California has hit the us states main coastal highway and reached the pacific ocean, according to firefighters tackling the blaze. Tens of thousands of homes including some mansions belonging to celebrities have been evacuated in an area north of los angeles. James cook reports. The American West was never really tamed. The weather here was always wild and dangerous, and after years of drought it now seems worse than ever. This is the largest and most destructive of the blazes, in Ventura County north of los angeles. Last night it looked as if a volcano was erupting, the hillside glowing like lava. And with daylight the damage became clear. The tinder dry ground turned to ash. Swathes of Southern California now look like this. The fire swept through here rapidly, charring everything in its path and turning this area into a wasteland. It only consumed vegetation here, but now down in the valley below they are worried about homes. In the exclusive Los Angeles Suburb of bel air yesterday, they attacked the fires aggressively, working hard to save scores of homes. The house will be on fire soon. Im like, what are you talking about . You said it was far away last night. Hes like, well, go look outside. I go over here a whole mountain was on fire. Im like, oh, my god this is insane. Celebrities such as the musician Lionel Richie and the socialite paris hilton were among those forced to flee. A vineyard belonging to media mogul Rupert Murdoch was scorched. Every firefighting aircraft in the United States has been summoned to california, and they are making a big difference. We are not quite out of the woods yet but here in daylight we will do everything we can to hit it hard, fast and safely, and then we will look to see by the end of the day what we can do in terms of providing information to let you know the status of the incident. In times of crisis come extraordinary moments of compassion. Here, a man runs to rescue a rabbit. He seems in distress, but one little life has been saved. At least four major fires are now burning across the state. The effort to contain them has been heroic and, in many places, successful. But more fierce winds are forecast and worst may be to come. James cook, bbc news, ojai, in california. A wind speed of 116 miles an hour has been recorded in the cairngorms as storm caroline sweeps across scotland. Severe gales and snow storms have led to travel disruption; air, rail and Ferry Services have been cancelled. Dozens of schools in the highlands and islands were closed. Further warnings of Severe Weather including snow, ice and wind have been issued for tomorrow and saturday across much of scotland, Northern Ireland, wales and parts of northern and western england. Catriona renton reports. Throughout the day storm caroline made its mark around scotland. From mallaig on the west coast of the highlands to mcduff in aberdeenshire. In the Orkney Islands a bus was blown from the road. And when looking from the window, this is what you saw. This was caroline. When it arrived it caused disruption. Here in uist the schools we re disruption. Here in uist the schools were closed, as were many in the highlands and all in orkney and shetland. Many of the children travel distance to school. Some in high sided vehicles like buses. So it is very much a case of safety first and it was important to take the decision early so people know what to do. Electricity engineers were on tsar in the country. Earlier in the day in the country. Earlier in the day in the western isles, some power was down. But as the storm moved north, thousands were affected in caithness, orkney and shetland. For those trying to travel, some were unable to set sail and trains were cancelled. The new queens ferry crossing withstood the high winds as it was built to do. But the travel situation is being closely monitored. It looks like there will be sleet and snow this even, then a drop in temperature. That give as different challenge. We have the Response Team in here. The good news for those being battered by the wind and the rain is that caroline will soon move on but the weather is set to remain poor. Storm caroline is on the way out but it will be windy with gales. The attention is turning to the snow showers and the risk of ice almost anywhere across the country. That will lost through the course of the weekend. So now winter has well and truly arrived and with more bad weather coming on the way, it wontjust be those on the high seas looking for shelter from the storms. Polands ruling party has named its finance polands ruling party has named its finance minister Mateusz Morawiecki as the countries new Prime Minister following the resignation of beata szydlo. She has held the premiership since 2015 and despite no official reason being given poor relations with countries such as germany, and growing tensions with the eu are believed to be a factor. The headlines on bbc news a Government Spokesperson says brexit talks are ongoing, after theresa may spoke to the irish Prime Minister and the president of the european commission. Foreign secretary borisjohnson says he will go to iran very shortly and urge the release of british citizen, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. A final report into last years tram crash in croydon which killed seven passengers concludes that the driver probably fell asleep. An update on the market numbers for you heres how londons and frankfurt ended the day. And in the the United States this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. There are calls tonight for a crackdown on excessive pay for University Bosses and the government agrees. Bath Spa University is the latest to be caught in the controversy after it emerged that its vice chancellor received a pay off amounting to 808 thousand pounds. A pay off amounting to£808,000. Universities ministerjo johnson promised a new regulator promised a new regulator the office for students will tackle the issue. Heres our education editor, branwen jeffreys. Bath spa is one of the smallest universities, proud of a tradition of art and design, but it onlyjust gets into the top 100 despite the efforts of its last vice chancellor, professor christina slade. The new residences will be built on glorious parklands just outside the city of bath. We are ready for the future. Bath spa gave professor slade a golden goodbye, today it said £429,000 was value for money the total of more than 800,000 her legal entitlement but universities face growing pressure to explain. I do find some of these very large figures hard to understand but there may be a justification. Im not convinced that the right benchmark is chief executive salaries in the private sector. I think universities are still different in many key respects from private sector companies. Sunshine and higher pay, thats what australian universities offer to run an elite institution, around half a million a year, so does that competition for vice chancellors justify high pay here . If you look at australia, in the elite group of eight universities in australia, which are their top internationally ranked universities, three of them in the last few years have appointed vice chancellors who have come out of the british system. From next year, universities in england will have to justify higher pay, all while trying to continue to make the case for high tuition fees. Universities talk in terms of global competition but for many students there are more everyday concerns how to find the money for their living costs, what kind ofjob they might get to pay off their large tuition fee loans. We cant get distracted from the the poorest students are graduating with £57,000 worth of debt, that students on average are having to feed themselves on £25 a week, and students now in winter are choosing between heating and eating. Even if we concentrate now on vice chancellors pay, thats still not going to get to the heart of the problem of our Higher Education system. Bath spa is just the latest record in this row. Universities want the government to focus on their future funding, not their pay. Dantdm has been named the highest earning youtuber of 2017 making £12. 3 million this year, according to forbes magazine. The 26 year old, from aldershot, started off making videos of himself playing minecraft and pokemon. Hes got more than 16 million subscribers and has had more than 10 billion views of all his videos. A few days ago i set myself a challenge to create a halloween scheme and this is what i came up with. Its not very good. Why dont you . Lets with. Its not very good. Why dont you . Lets check with. Its not very good. Why dont you . Lets check it out today. I told you to use. Lets see what comes up. Told you to use. Lets see what comes up. I havent checked any of these. Just do a great job. So im going to fix this today. Im totally aware of contradictions i expect if a relationship. But when it comes to you, i know exactly what i want from you, if you like the video subscribe. Go ahead and click that button and hit the bell so you can be notified. There are some highly successful you tubers and joining me to explain this world is aj brinnand. Co editor of teneighty uk, an online magazine dedicated to youtube and internet culture. Staggering to discover that dan tdm made £12. 3 million. How did he do it . Dan is being very smart. Many of the you tubers are being these days. Many put adverts against their videos but now they are getting smart, signing book deals, making films, going on tours. That is how dan managed it, going on a world tour. Selling venues, writing novels, he is doing a lot to solidify his place at the top. He is talking about video games, we saw the super woman, its a slightly different approach . The joy of you tubers is that literally anyone can upload anything. On there is a diverse range. There is super woman. There is a toy reviewer. This is the forbes list of the top you tubers . Thats right. There is a toy reviewer. He is less than ten yea rs toy reviewer. He is less than ten years old. He is really young. He is on the list. Then a list of daily vloggers who talk about their lives. So there is a niche for everybody. What is the secret to being a successful you tuber . If i could tell you that, i would not be sat here, i would tell you that, i would not be sat here, iwould be tell you that, i would not be sat here, i would be making videos myself. I was hoping for a few tips absolutely. I work with you tubers every day. But there are things that you can be doing. Consistency is key. When people find somebody that they like, they want to watch more of it. So by uploading the consistent videos, you are uploading what they want. Being personable. And on you tube you can find the weird, the whacky, people that you can connect with. And they are tapping into trends and many and they are tapping into trends and ma ny followers and they are tapping into trends and many followers are pretty young . Absolutely. The young demographic is growing on you tube. Even with things like the you tube kids app. Aimed at very young children. It gets the brand in their mind and as they grow up and tastes change, they find other you tubers and you tube is pushing Family Friendly content. It is the way that the industry is going. Many thanks for joining going. Many thanks forjoining us this evening. Lets return to the news that coventry is the city of culture. Beating paisley, stoke on trent and sunderland, all in the running for the title. The announcement was made in hull during the one show. This was the reaction from the team representing coventry in hull for that announcement. Unbelievable. We are just over the moon. This process has been incredible at bringing the city together like nothing else has. In the last 24 hours we have been unequivocally dated with messages of support from people across the city. How hard work has it been . Its been a lot of hours . It is a lot of hours, for people working full time it isa hours, for people working full time it is a lot of hours. I work at the Belgrade Theatre, so i have myjob at the theatre, and pulling together on the coventry city of culture. So people put in hard work and long hours but it is the most exciting kind of work. So it has been rewarding today. Making it all worthwhile. How pleased are you now you know it is happening in 2021. You have four yea rs of is happening in 2021. You have four years of build up. Its a massive time ahead . There is more hard work to come but we are so prepared for it. It has been hard work to here but we are willing to put more in to make this happen. Laura, you have been spear heading the bid, what can we expect from coventry city of culture . Our bid has been about youth and divert and communities so. Our bid could not happen anywhere else but coventry. 2021 will be incredibly special for us. We are doing a huge programme of events, including build up and we cant wait. World heritage status, conferred by unesco, is usually awarded to buildings or sites of special importance. But now the renowned art of pizza making in naples has been honoured. Pizza makers in naples say theyll celebrate by giving out free pizza as James Reynolds has been finding out. You might not think that pizza here in naples needs unesco protection. There are plenty of people queueing up. But its now of the worlds intangible heritage. If i can get past here, i want to show you how its done. This is the pizza maker. Unesco decided what hes doing here. Have a look at how hes kneading the dough. What hes doing here is unique to naples. It may be copied across the world, but it started here first. They speak italian. Hes very happy. Obviously, a leading question. Then have a look here at what happens to the worlds intangible heritage. It goes into the oven for about two minutes. It may be intangible but, in the end, you can eat it. James reynolds in naples, hoping to sample some World Heritage pizza. James reynolds with the pizza makers of naples. Now there is some seriously Winter Weather on the way. Lets find out the details with Tomasz Schafernaker. The winds are dying down. We had gusts of 90 miles an hour in exposed places. But the snow could be the problem. Here is storm caroline. Pulling into the norwegian sea. The winds have been improving but snow and ice are a problem tonight and tomorrow. And sunday so. A period of some pretty, tricky weather to come. So through this evening, the snow showers for scotland and Northern Ireland, the north west of england, wales, maybe the south west and possibly the midlands too. These are snow showers it is not a weather front. It is little areas of snow. It could be heavy for a time. Maybe 20 miles across. They miss some towns, not others. So a large variation between the snow amounts that we get. Here up to 10cms. Maybe as high at 20cms. Over the north of scotla nd as high at 20cms. Over the north of scotland there. It will feel cold, below freezing right across the country during the course of the day. Wrap up warmly. Hello, im ros atkins. This is outside source. Yesterday america recognised through slim as the israeli capital. Today, this followed. More than 30 palestinians are wounded in gaza and the west bank in protests follow President Trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Meanwhile israels Prime Minister has said others will follow americas lead. I have no doubt once the American Embassy moves tojerusalem, or even before, there will be a movement of many other countries embassies. As expected, democratic senator al franken confirmed hell resign because of Sexual Misconduct allegations. But he went on the attack. I am leaving one