The number of new cars registered in the uk last year was the lowest for 30 years, but sales of electric vehicles continued to grow rapidly. Welcome to bbc news. Prince harry reportedly claims he was physically attacked by his Brother William during a row over his marriage to meghan. The guardian has obtained a copy of spare, the highly anticipated book from the duke of sussex, days before its due to hit the shelves. Aru na iyengar reports. There is stringent prelaunch security around this book but the guardian has published extracts of a copy of spare it has viewed. In the book, prince harry describes a meeting in 2019 at his home in london with Prince William to discuss their faltering relationship. A furious row broke out, according to the book, during which Prince William, now the prince of wales, described meghan, the duchess of sussex, as difficult, rude and abrasive. Harry accused his Brother Of Parroting The Press narrative about his wife. The row escalated, and then, according to the book, william grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and knocked me to the floor. Harry claims he was left with a visible injury to his back and says, i landed on the dogs bowl which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out. William left and then returned, looking regretful and apologised, according to the book. Harry says he did not initially tell his wife of the row, but phoned his therapist. Prince harry has said in a recent itv interview that he wants to get his father and brother back. His latest salvo is unlikely to heal the rift. The scene is one of many intensely private events and conversations recorded in spare. Since their split from the royal family, harry and meghan have been putting forward their side of the story. Buckingham palace has remained silent. Aruna iyengar, bbc news. With me now is our royal correspodent nick witchell. Morning to you. We know historically, traditionally at the royal family does not like to make its inner workings public. We do know that there are difficulties in the relationship between harry and his brother. This seems to take it a whole new level. It his brother. This seems to take it a whole new level. Whole new level. It does, the suggestion whole new level. It does, the suggestion and whole new level. It does, the suggestion and we whole new level. It does, the suggestion and we only whole new level. It does, the suggestion and we only have| whole new level. It does, the suggestion and we only have one side of the story from harrys book, apparently, that that was this physical altercation. Apparently, that that was this physicalaltercation. I apparently, that that was this physical altercation. I think the first thing to say is that there is no comment either from Kensington Palace where william is based or buckingham palace. Isuspect palace where william is based or buckingham palace. I suspect that will be the position over the next few days as we see the Television Interviews that harry has done with itv and with cbs in america and of course when the public book is published. The bbc has not seen a copy of this book but i think it is beyond doubt that the guardians new york correspondent has got a hold of the copy of the book, does despite all the huge security the publisher has branded that it ironic its the guardian, nota paper has branded that it ironic its the guardian, not a paper no Difference Row that got a hold the book and these are genuine extracts for it. And its very striking that this suggestion, although it is only one side of the story, that is physical altercation between the two of them backin altercation between the two of them back in 2019 when william referred to megans behaviour is rude and abrasive. And he said that william grabbed me by the collar ripping my necklace and making the floor. Its terribly sad, isnt it . Terribly sad that it should have come to that apparently and there is no denial. The fact that there has been no denial of this specific factual suggestion of an occasion, i think we must subdue date might assume that this is an accurate account. I think its interesting that the new york correspondent who is the one person who has actually read the book and is sharing his analysis of its contents in a public forum. He says at one point in his report this morning that harrys resentment of being the spare the title. Which as you say is the title of the book and its his inability or refusal to accept the reality that he was a younger brother. Well, thats how the british Hereditary Monarchy works. And it isjust again the british Hereditary Monarchy works. And it is just again so sad because he could have had or they could have had such a hugely influential role but within the british monarchy regardless of his position on the line of succession battle gone by the way and we have these increasing details of the resentment playing out. Because that is what this is all about, his resentment, his anger which has led him and his wife to exit from the royal family. Him and his wife to exit from the royal family royal family. Playing out so ublicl. Royal family. Playing out so publicly. Where royal family. Playing out so publicly. Where do royal family. Playing out so publicly. Where do you royal family. Playing out so| publicly. Where do you think royal family. Playing out so publicly. Where do you think this leaves harrys desire to build bridges with his brother and father, the question is asked of the end of the question is asked of the end of the report there. I the question is asked of the end of the report there. The report there. I think everyone must form the report there. I think everyone must form their the report there. I think everyone must form their own the report there. I think everyone must form their own opinion the report there. I think everyone l must form their own opinion about that but it is not a good way to seek to repair a relationship, is it, really . To put this all out into the public domain. I think another striking account in this report from the correspondence to read the book is that harry recounts an anguished meeting with charles and william after the funeral of Prince Philip are back in april 2021. Charles, he says, stood between his warring sons looking up at our flushed faces. Please, boys, harry quotes his father as saying dont make my final years a misery. Well, the publication of this book in these interviews and details certainly will be making that family feel enormously sad. I will be making that family feel enormously sad. Will be making that family feel enormously sad. I wonder what the ublic enormously sad. I wonder what the public reaction enormously sad. I wonder what the public reaction will enormously sad. I wonder what the public reaction will be. Enormously sad. I wonder what the public reaction will be. Will enormously sad. I wonder what the public reaction will be. Will it public reaction will be. Will it make the royal family seem more like average people to members of the public . I average people to members of the ublic . , ~ average people to members of the ublic . ~. , public . I mean, ithink On Generational public . I mean, ithink On Generational grounds, public . I mean, i think on i generational grounds, many public . I mean, i think On Generational grounds, many people will have great sympathy with harry and feel he was put upon and wasnt treated fairly or reasonably either for him or his wife, but i think there is also very considerable sympathy and fellow feeling, actually, for the rest of the royal family, for the king, for william and catherine, who are on the receiving end of all of this but are choosing not to respond, and the overall feeling will be one of sadness. ~ overall feeling will be one of sadness. , ~ ,. , overall feeling will be one of sadness. ~ ,. The Labour Leader, sir keir starmer will be delivering his new years speech a little later this morning. In it, hes expected to promise a decade of National Renewal if labour wins the next general election. It follows a speech from Prime Minister rishi sunak yesterday, in which he promised to halve inflation, cut nhs Waiting Lists and tackle small boats crossings by the next election. This morning sir keir starmer is expected to say that a future Labour Government wont be able to spend its way out of what he calls the mess created by the conservatives. The Labour Leader will acknowledge the need for investment to improve Public Services but will warn voters, and his own party, not to expect big increases in public spending, saying labour wont be getting its Big Government chequebook out again. Sir keir starmer is also expected focus some of the speech on the Current Crisis in the nhs. Im joined by our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. Good morning to you. Hot on the heels of rishi sunak� s speech and an opportunity to compare and contrast the visions of these two leaders. Yes, exactly. And i think very clearly an opportunity for the two leaders to try and set out their own stall. Rishi sunak is a very new Prime Minister and try to do that yesterday to give a bit of vision and give those five pledges, five targets he was talking about. Today you have keir starmer, who has been leader of his party for a bit longer. He cemented control over his party and now wants also to do the same sort of thing and also to distance himself from his recent labour past. Those around him say this is clearly a message that he is breaking with thejeremy corbyn approach, that this idea that there will be not be promises of big spending, they said they tried it before and it didnt win an election so what keir starmer wants to do is say that he sees damage done to the Public Services by the conservatives who like the nhs and the answer is not big spending but it is investment and then he wants to say that there should be the harnessing of private business to come into, come into partnership with government so a pro business message there. But keir starmer wanting to set out what he sees as a positive message that he is not painted as someone who was sort of got a negative doing down the countrys image but wants to say that he would have this decade of renewal. So looking ahead to an election coming in the next couple of years. find in the next couple of years. And civen the in the next couple of years. And given the gap in the next couple of years. And given the gap in in the next couple of years. And given the gap in the polls currently, some are saying that keir starmer simply has to keep things steady and sound capable but i am guessing labour, after 12 years out of power, will not want to risk that. , ~ of power, will not want to risk that. , ~. , that. Now, i think there are certainly that. Now, i think there are certainly a that. Now, i think there are certainly a feeling that. Now, i think there are certainly a feeling that that. Now, i think there are l certainly a feeling that labour that. Now, i think there are certainly a feeling that labour have this very considerable lead in Opinion Polls suggesting that nearly half people would vote labour and 20 point lead over the conservatives being suggested but i think what labour� s is concerned about is that those polls indicate that the turn of the conservatives is cementing a support to labour and that is their concern. I think that is where you see this message from keir starmer about not unleashing spending, a sort of careful, considerate managing the economy message, which in away compliments rishi yesterday. Rishi sunak saying similar things about bringing debt down about growth by the end of this year. In a way, they are kind of constant pleading for similar voters and in a similar area pleading for similar voters and in a similararea so keir pleading for similar voters and in a similar area so keir starmer is trying to lay out today a response to what the government said yesterday. To what the government said yesterday to what the government said esterda. , ~ ,. , yesterday. Damian, thank you very much. We yesterday. Damian, thank you very much we will yesterday. Damian, thank you very much. We will have yesterday. Damian, thank you very much. We will have the yesterday. Damian, thank you very much. We will have the speech yesterday. Damian, thank you very | much. We will have the speech live are you at 10am. Thousands of Train Drivers are going on strike in england today, adding to huge disruption to rail services. The walk outs by members of aslef will mean less than 25 of trains will run. The union has warned it may step up its Strike Action unless rail bosses come up with a better pay offer. Heres our transport correspondent, katy austin. If another day, more extensive disruption on the railway. The Train Companies affected by todays strike are either running very limited services or no trains at all, as more than 12,000 drivers walk out. Their union aslef argues members need a pay rise as the Cost Of Living increases. Its leader said no offer had yet materialised from Train Companies. We dont want to inconvenience people, we dont want to hurt businesses, weve been left with no choice. At this moment in time, weve got stronger mandates than we had before. The branches and the people that im visiting are telling me we are not going hard and fast enough. So there is a vast will amongst our membership to continue. The group that represents the operators argues with Passenger Numbers lower than before the pandemic, what it calls sensible and reasonable reform is needed to fund a pay increase. I think we are getting closer, i think we have done work with aslef that can get us there. But it does mean that both sides have got to start having meaningful discussions. So i do think we are closer but there is still further work to be done. We are not asking people to do longer hours and receive less pay for it. Were just asking people to be more flexible. The Department For Transport said unions should step back from Strike Action so the damaging dispute could end. Another national 48 hours strike by members of the rmt is due to begin tomorrow in their dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. Meetings are expected between the Rail Minister, employers and both aslef and rmt leaders on monday to try to work out a way forward. Without a breakthrough, there could be more strikes to come. Katy austin, bbc news. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett is at Paddington Station in central london. Good morning to you, feel. Bring us up good morning to you, feel. Bring us up to date on the impact of this action by aslef. Its up to date on the impact of this action by aslef. Up to date on the impact of this action by aslef. Its obviously very significant action by aslef. Its obviously very significant. Across action by aslef. Its obviously very significant. Across the action by aslef. Its obviously very significant. Across the country, i action by aslef. Its obviously very. Significant. Across the country, one in four trains are operating. From here, Paddington Station, one of the bigger stations in london there is just an Hourly Service on the Great Western line to bristol. The first Arrival Train came injust western line to bristol. The first Arrival Train came in just after 9am. The first departure was after 7 30am. You can get an idea that thats the limited service. In other parts of the network in the country no trains on avanti west coast, no Cross Country trains, no trains on the Trans Pennine Express Network either. The disruption to passengers is quite severe and remember, this is quite severe and remember, this is the third day of industrial action. We had a two day strike by members of the rmt, network rail and 14 members of the rmt, network rail and 1a Train Operating Companies and i was on tuesday and wednesday. Today is the turn of Train Drivers, around 12,000 of them, affiliated to aslef and then another or strike gets under way and that is another 48 hour strike. Very severe disruption, part of the network to shut down altogether and disruption will continue until at least sunday. Normal service will not be resuming until monday. And that will be when the Rail Minister is due to sit down with Rail Companies and the unions to try and thrash out a some sort of a deal to prevent further industrial action down the line. In a deal to prevent further industrial action down the line. Action down the line. In terms of lookin action down the line. In terms of looking for action down the line. In terms of looking for that action down the line. In terms of looking for that resolution, action down the line. In terms of| looking for that resolution, theo, is there any sense that the rmt or aslef are closer to that one than the other or are at the page essentially . The other or are at the page essentiall . ~ j , essentially . Well, theyre basically in the same essentially . Well, theyre basically in the same page, essentially . Well, theyre basically in the same page, they essentially . Well, theyre basically in the same page, they want essentially . Well, theyre basically in the same page, they want more | in the same page, they want more money, the rmt is also concerned about proposed changes to working conditions and protecting jobs. Aslef is looking to limit changes to Rostering Patterns and a kind of thing. You have to remember these are separate disputes. In the case of the rmt, its members, of network rail and 1a of the rmt, its members, of Network Railand 1a train of the rmt, its members, of network rail and 1a Train Companies have at least had offers of more pay, even if those offers, more Strings Attached but they say could cannot accept. In the case of aslef, the general secretary says he has had no offers at all and in fact, that union is willing to step up industrial action if it doesnt get some kind of progress. I think the rmt is further down the line, if you like, but there is no sign of an impending agreement and there would have to be Radical Change next week for that to take place. In the case of aslef, is if anything worse. There is talk with stepping up industrial action rather than stepping back. Yes, these unions are broadly in line with one another. 0ne broadly in line with one another. One does seem to be further down the Negotiation Path than the other but at the moment, its not looking like theres a great deal of progress being made. That may change next week when we have those meetings between the Rail Minister, unions and employers. Between the Rail Minister, unions and employee between the Rail Minister, unions and emlo ers. ,. , and employers. Theo, thank you very much. And employers. Theo, thank you very much they and employers. Theo, thank you very much they will and employers. Theo, thank you very much. They will get and employers. Theo, thank you very much. They will get there and employers. Theo, thank you very much. They will get there and and employers. Theo, thank you very | much. They will get there and london paddington. The funeral is taking place for Pope Benedict xvi at the vatican. Pope francis is presiding over the ceremony for his predecessor if who died on new years eve at the age of 95, nearly a decade after he resigned as head of the Roman Catholic church. This is the scene in st Peters Square. The vatican has said some 200,000 people filed past the former pope lying in state before the doors were closed. Tens of thousands of people are expected in st Peters Square we arejoining our we are joining our colleagues we arejoining our colleagues now we are joining our colleagues now on bbc world news. Speaks in latin we have heard from pope francis who in a most bleak and intriguing way discussed his predecessors time in office but without mentioning his name until right at the last moment. It was a most unusual homily at a funeral. The bread and wine have been consecrated. We havejust funeral. The bread and wine have been consecrated. We have just been through that passage of the mass and from now on, much of it is in its essence, very grand, but in its essence, very grand, but in its essenceit essence, very grand, but in its essence it is the mass that catholics will attend every sunday. We are going from our father to communion and after that the coffin which is now resting on the steps outside saint peters which will be taken in for burial. Sing hymn commentator we hear the our father which will be familiar for other non christian viewers. Sing hymn if pope speaks in latin Priest Speaks In Latin welcome back to realm. Im here with this bbc special as we cover the funeral of Pope Benedict xvi and we have been looking down on saint peters basilica and listening to the homily that pope francis delivered just a short time ago, trying to make sense of that and reflect on what the current pope was saying about his predecessor and to help us do that im delighted to say that with is Patricia Thomas from the Associated Press. Thank you for being with us today. You are a good person to speak to but because you have been in rome for more than 30 years now. You have been more than 30 people trips and we look down on the solemnity of this occasion but as a person, Pope Benedict, what was it like for you . He as a person, Pope Benedict, what was it like for you . It like for you . He was solemn, shy, timid, very it like for you . He was solemn, shy, timid, very different it like for you . He was solemn, shy, timid, very different from it like for you . He was solemn, shy, timid, very different from francis. Timid, very different from francis to cover on the papal plane. Francis comes back and gives a freewheeling press conference. He had limited questions ahead of time and we will come back and read five responses to questions that were prepared. Very much more restrained with the press as he was with Everything Else in his life. There were other interesting and exciting moments on trips with him. I was with him on the lawn of the white house when he went to visit George W Bush and it was his birthday so they sang happy birthday to him and he was quite pleased with that. It i was with him in auschwitz and it was very deeply felt moment and i work on the tv side of Associated Press and i am very conscious of visuals and as he was speaking in Auschwitz Rainbow came up over his head and it was just very moving, moving visual and then i was in regensburg where he delivered a very strong and powerful speech that was interpreted by the muslim world are saying muslims are violent and i dont think that was his intention at all but he was such a deep thinker and theologian that he had written it himself and he one delivered that way and even though the press corps got a copy of it at five in the morning alarm bells were going off, we were saying is we put it out loud the people would see the simple assigned bouts and he went ahead and he had to pay the consequences of that because there was violence and protests after it. A reflection of his character that he saw this as something of a theologian that he could talk about and views upon but may be in our modern new cycle, it was something that took him by surprise. Can i ask you, what do you think will be the next few months and years for the church . The fact that Pope Benedict has now died. What will it mean for pope francis in his papacy . I has now died. What will it mean for pope francis in his papacy . Pope francis in his papacy . I think come in a way. Pope francis in his papacy . I think come in a way, its pope francis in his papacy . I think come in a way, its a pope francis in his papacy . I think come in a way, its a relief pope francis in his papacy . I think come in a way, its a relief for come in a way, its a relief for pope francis. Having two pubs, even one was an emeritus pope, it was difficult for pope francis. He has another pope living in the vatican walls and he led a quiet life as promised but there were still a group of people out there of the more Conservative Branch who were devoted to benedict and in the past few days they have been interviewed saying that he was my pope and i think francis, although he will never say this, perhaps a bit relieved and may be will go on now. He has also 86 so benedict has opened up the opportunity for him now to resign as well. There is the monastery now within the vatican walls that empty that could become a papal retirement home. Francis has said he would resign if he felt he couldnt do thejob said he would resign if he felt he couldnt do the job any more. Trisha, thank you very much for your insight and we will continue from our point here to watch the Funeral Service of benedict xvi which continues here are saint peters basilica. Studio thanks to nick beek in rome and our colleagues there and goodbye to beat viewers on bbc world and we will continue to reflect throughout the day and the Funeral Service for Pope Benedict xvi. The us has the us House Of Representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. President biden said having a congress that cant function is embarrassing for the country. Republican Kevin Mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. After three consecutive rounds of voting on tuesday and three more on wednesday, mr mccarthy fell short of the 218 votes he needed to clinch the job. Until the house has its Presiding Officer in place, the body is not swearing in its new members or moving on with its legislative business. The california congressman insists he can eventually win over his detractors, and he remains the favourite to get the famous gavel in his hands. Lets speak to cbs news correspondent jarred hill whos in new yorks. Hello to you. Americans are familiar with Kevin Mccarthy in this ongoing saga, but for everyone else, just tell us a bit more about him and why we have the situation. We have the situation. Kevin mccarthy we have the situation. Kevin mccarthy is we have the situation. Kevin mccarthy is a we have the situation. Kevin mccarthy is a republican we have the situation. Kevin i mccarthy is a republican from california, which has already put him in the minority within his own party as it is or estate. Usually its a more left leaning state. He has been in leadership for a couple of years and so this is going into this bout a few months ago, he was really considered to be a shoe in for this speakership if republicans did end up winning the house, which they did, but we started to see and hear more rumblings from more members of the Republican Party saying that they were opposed to Kevin Mccarthy for a number of reasons, including then believing that he was not conservative enough and also believing that he was not hard enough on democrats when he was in the leadership as a Minority Leader in the party there in congress and now we are at this place in which there are a couple of things that this faction of more conservative republicans say they are looking for. They say they want, one of them is more of a check and balance over what the speaker or whoever the speaker may be does in congress. They want to be able to make it easier to oust the speaker if that person do something they dont want to do. Mccarthy has made a number of concessions in trying to go with a number of the things they have been looking for in these lawmakers are saying thats not enough and also now there is a bit of personal back and forth with some of personal back and forth with some of the members that are looking for apologies from mccarthy and his supporters and we are saying that these numbers are looking for at personal gifts in these negotiations. Personal gifts in these negotiations. Personal gifts in these negotiations. Personal gifts in these neuotiations. ,. , negotiations. For these more conservative negotiations. For these more conservative republicans, negotiations. For these more conservative republicans, do| negotiations. For these more i conservative republicans, do we negotiations. For these more conservative republicans, do we need more trumping republicans in what is the solution to this . Is more trumping republicans in what is the solution to this . The solution to this . Is interesting because they the solution to this . Is interesting because they are the solution to this . Is interesting because they are more the solution to this . Is interesting because they are more trumping l because they are more trumping republicans but former President Donald Trump put out a message asking for the entire Republican Caucus and the house to vote for Kevin Mccarthy. You have some of President Trumps most strongly supporters saying that President Trump needs to tell mccarthy that there are not in a vote for him to become the next bigger. Whatever happens next is going to be a question. There will be more votes but as of now mccarthy says he is not dropping out of the running. We have seen republicans nominated a couple of other people along the way and so far none of them have nearly enough votes to win so we continue with the stalemate. There have been some negotiations Behind Closed Doors late at night to see if there can be in agreement and we will have to see if that works. To see if that works. Jarrod, thank ou ve to see if that works. Jarrod, thank you very much to see if that works. Jarrod, thank you very much for to see if that works. Jarrod, thank you very much for bringing to see if that works. Jarrod, thank you very much for bringing us to see if that works. Jarrod, thank you very much for bringing us up. To see if that works. Jarrod, thank. You very much for bringing us up to date. The Retail Giant Amazon is to cut more than 18,000 jobs, as the Cost Of Living crisis sees customers cut back on spending. Its the latest Big Technology firm to unveil major lay offs. In a letter to staff, the companys Chief Executive, this andyjassy, did not specify where affected employees were located, but he said the firm would communicate with organisations that represent employees where applicable in europe. The Retail Giant Next has warned that it will increase prices by 8 for its Spring Summer range as rising costs bite, even though their shops have reported a sales boost over the christmas period. The High Street Giant posted a 4. 8 rise in sales for the nine weeks to december 30th, better than the expected 2 fall because of the rise in the Cost Of Living. Shoppers flocked to buy warm weather gear during the cold snap in december, and next said it now expects full year sales of £4. 6 billion, up 6. 9 on the year before. Emma simpson, our business correspondence, joins me now. Lets talk about, first of all, that predicted rise in costs for the spring and summer range, 8 , that tells you what next thinks about the direction of travel. Yes, actually tempted guided that these Price Increases were going to come into effect, they guided in september that, come into effect, they guided in septemberthat, because come into effect, they guided in september that, because of all the cost pressures in the supply chain that we have been talking about for months, that these would be reflected in higher prices in the shops next year. But as for its trading performance, it has clearly had a very decent christmas indeed, putting it into the winners camp for the nine weeks to the end of december, sales up nearly 5 , much better than expected, because it thought sales were going to fall 2 . And i think that is a bit of a sign that consumers are still willing to spend, and next has been seen as a bit of a bellwether for the high street, but it is one of the strongest performers, so perhaps you cannot read too much into next� s results in particular. And i think what is interesting is, of course, retailers faced a whole host of challenges this festive period, of course the backdrop is the Cost Of Living crisis and the squeeze on consumers, but we had train strikes, royal mail strikes, and what next is good at is being a multichannel retailer. In other words, good at is being a multichannel retailer. In otherwords, being good at is being a multichannel retailer. In other words, being able to offer shoppers online, click and collect, and in store shopping, and i think the retailers who were able to do that this christmas might have fared a bit better. Interestingly, next said that its stores sales were particularly strong. Now, it has a lot a lot of modern stores and out of town retail parks where footfall has been pretty decent, so i think it has reaped the benefits of that. But of course it is pretty cautious on the outlook for this year, saying sales will fall, and so will profits, just because of all the Pressure Bearing down. Emma sim son, the Pressure Bearing down. Emma simpson. Thank the Pressure Bearing down. Emma simpson, thank you the Pressure Bearing down. Emma simpson, thank you very the Pressure Bearing down. Emma simpson, thank you very much. I the Pressure Bearing down. Emma i simpson, thank you very much. Time now for a look at the weather, waiting to tell us the news is carol kirkwood. A mile start to the day for many because we have got a lot of cloud around and a weak weather front producing light rain moving eastwards. We also have another weather front coming in, eastwards. We also have another weatherfront coming in, bringing heavy rain in across Northern Ireland and scotland through the course of the day. Wind is freshening and strengthening to the west of the day, ending the day with gales across north west scotland. Behind that, it should brighten up later on, around the midlands, for example, with highs of 7 13. Through this evening and overnight, the rain clears scotland, moving south across england and wales, some of it heavy, windy wherever you are, and the strongest winds across the north and the west. Although temperatures are lower than last night, they are still higher than we would expect at this stage in january. Through tomorrow, we start the day with frequent showers and gales also severe gales across the north of scotland, easing through the day, lastly from the northern isles, then a lot of dry weather, showers, and then later more in the south west. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines a leaked copy of prince harrys autobiography says he accused his brother, Prince William, of physically attacking him. Thats according to the guardian newspaper. Labour leader sir keir starmer will promise a decade of National Renewal if his party wins the next election. Well bring you his speech live from ten oclock this morning. More disruption on the railways in england as Train Drivers at 15 companies go on strike, organised by the aslef union. Less than a quarter of services are expected to run. Thousands of mourners are at the vatican for the funeral of the former Pope Benedict xvi. Sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre with mike. Good morning. While problems mount for the premier league bottom club, southampton, the table looks much brighter now for Nottingham Forest after their first win away from home in the premier league for 2h years. And they did it at bottom club southampton, whose new Manager Nathanjones is still waiting for a first point, and who says he was to blame for this latest defeat. It was taiwo awonyi who inflicted more pain on the saints, but it is enough to lift forest out of that Relegation Zone and up to 15th, such is the tight situation near the bottom of the league. Its going to be step by step. All were trying do is to grow our way of playing, our identity, you saw Magnificent Togetherness tonight for a group thats been put together in the summer, you know . Normally, thats what you see from a group thats been together for three orfour years. So some real good, positive behaviours from the game that we will try and build on, for sure. Kept going, they kept working hard, and it kept going, they kept working hard, and it is kept going, they kept working hard, and it is up kept going, they kept working hard, and it is up to us to change it, the blame and it is up to us to change it, the blame solely lies with me in terms of i blame solely lies with me in terms of i set blame solely lies with me in terms of i set them up, i ask them to do certain of i set them up, i ask them to do certain things, and then we go from there certain things, and then we go from there but certain things, and then we go from there. But tonight we have got to ive there. But tonight we have got to give ourselves better opportunities of winning the game, because you cannot of winning the game, because you cannot gift of winning the game, because you cannot gift sites, regardless of who it is, a cannot gift sites, regardless of who it is, a goal. Cannot gift sites, regardless of who it is, a goal, and we have done that in pretty it is, a goal, and we have done that in pretty much every game we have played in pretty much every game we have played so in pretty much every game we have played so far this season. It was also a significant night for assistant referee Bhupinder Singh gill, who became the first sikh punjabi to run the line in premier league history. Hes from a refereeing family. Brother sunny has reffed in the Football League this season. Their fatherjarnail was also an efl referee. Wolves had looked set to move out of the bottom three as well. They were doing superbly and were leading at aston villa until this, until this, an equaliser from danny ings, in the 78th minute in the midlands derby, which keeps wolves next to bottom. Now west ham and leeds players wore black armbands after the death of the west ham co chairman david gold. Flowers were placed in the seat where he would have sat, as his team drew 2 2 at leeds. Rodrigos second half equaliser, leaves west ham 17th, just above the Relegation Zone on goal difference. Away from the scrap near the bottom, spurs blew away their recent problems with their first win since the league restarted after the world cup. Harry kane scored twice as they thrashed Crystal Palace 4 0 to remain in the hunt for the Champions League places. He also set up son heung min, making the pair the premier leagues greatest double act, with 37 link up goals. Cristiano ronaldo should use his platform to speak about human rights issues in saudi arabia. Thats according to amnesty international. Ronaldo was officially unveiled by new club, al nassr, earlier this week after signing a lucrative deal reportedly worth more than, £177 million per year. He called saudi arabia an amazing country during the ceremony. Amnesty say ronaldos signing is part of a wider pattern of sportswashing. Novak djokovic is also continuing his build up to the Australian Open at the Adelaide International but faced more of a challenge against Quentin Halys than he probably anticipated. Djokovic was was 5 2 down in the opening set against his french opponent, ranked 64 in the world, before rallying to take that 7 3 in a tie break. Halys pushed the 21 time grand slam champion hard in the second too, but djokovic ultimately had too much and now moves into the quarterfinals. The serbian will play Denis Shapovalov on thursday. Just difficult to play in this kind of court that is really fast, it kind of favours the server. If you are serving well, it is tough, you know, to break a serve of a big server like him, so two tie breaks were probably the most realistic score from todays much, just glad to overcome a tough challenge. Just one final tennis line to bring you, and in the last few minutes, Emma Raducanu has been forced to retire from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland. The 20 year old had won the opening set against viktoria kuzmova, but after losing the second then stopped in the decider after suffering an ankle injury. Thats all the sport for now. A man from barrow who was falsely accused of multiple rapes has said that he feels like hes got his life back, after his accuser was found guilty this week of perverting the course ofjustice. Eleanor williams had claimed she was the victim of a Grooming Gang that had been trafficking her for sex across the north of england. But a jury convicted her of making it up. Phil mccann reports. Sincejordans life was ruined by Eleanor Williams lies in 2019, hes moved out of barrow and become a dad, but at least until now, he hasnt been able to move on. Its been hell with my mental health. I didnt want to have a bond with my son when he was first born, because i was scared that people were going to grow up, when he grew up, people were going to be like, your dads a rapist. Eleanor williams painted a dark, fictitious picture of what went on on the streets of barrow after dark, where she said a gang was forcing her to go from house to house to have sex with different men here and across the north of england. In 2019, she went to the police and amongst others, she accused jordan of raping her, assaulting her and threatening her. He was charged and spent ten weeks on remand in prison. The charges were dropped, and he was released, but rumours of his arrest spread around his town, and the next year, williams took to facebook, without naming him, to tell her story. It absolutely destroyed the town, and its a very long list of all the stuff ive had, ive had threats of my son being trafficked, my missus being raped in front of me. Ive had her children offered to be trafficked. Its unbelievable. The police found williams had created a false snapchat account and used it to send threatening messages to herself injordans name and his alibis held up. This is him in a police van getting a lift home from a night out at the exact time she said he was raping her. This week, she was found guilty of perverting the course ofjustice. Ive never felt happiness like it. As weird as it sounds like, itjust feels like a big chunk of my lifes back, that was took away and just put in a corner. And nowjordan is finally able to do this. Like the shops only around the corner, i wouldnt walk there on my own, but now i feel like i can do that. You wouldnt go to the shop around the corner on your onw . No. This verdict� s just turned me into a completely different person already. I have a completely different outlook on life now. Its just mad how one day can change my life. Butjordan has a lingering question. I want to know why she did this, notjust to me, to everyone. Phil mccann, bbc news. In the uk, someone under the age of 18 loses a parent every 22 minutes. Now campaigners are calling for children to be taught in school how to deal with the grief of losing a loved one. The National Association of funeral directors, which says its members often have to act as counsellors, is trying to get the matter debated in parliament. Their campaign is being supported by a remarkable 12 year old and herfamily, as phil mackie reports. I was ten when my mum passed away and eight when she got diagnosed with cancer. This is immy leith. From there, it got progressively worse. Shes 12 now and was 10 when she lost her mum, kerry, to cancer. Yeah, that was two years ago, nearly three. What kind of impact did it have on your family after . It was difficult. Shes talking to her friends at 0ldbury Wells School about her bereavement. Would it have helped if, like, more people spoke about it and stuff . I i think it probably would have been better to talk about my feelings more. Nobody really said anything about it. Everybody just was, if anything was mentioned about it, everybody was really supportive and nobody said anything. It was incredibly difficult for the rest of the family, too. Sister rebecca, brotherjosh and dad richard. Not long before kerry died, they went to gretna green to get married. I think we look at grieving as a process you can use to move away from that really tragic event and start to figure out what the rest of your life is without that person there. Is there a good age at which this conversation can be had . If youd have asked me that when kerry passed away, id probably given you a different answer. I was frightened at that point about what to talk to them about. What kind of conversation do you have . And we were really lucky thatjohn kind of walked into our home that morning, notjust as a person whod come to collect a body, but he took the kids aside and said, you know, this is about you. Youre at the centre of this. So this is the room here that we arrange funerals in. Hes talking aboutjohn adams, who not only helped organise kerrys funeral, but also gave them bereavement support. To open up and communicate. And we have various things we can offer younger families as well. He lost his own mum at 12 and is leading a campaign for this type of discussion to happen in every school. Its about showing people that go through a loss, showing them that they are not on their own. Its about helping to instil some compassion and empathy into classrooms across the uk, helping teachers with signposting and tools, and knowing how to communicate with children, and also about giving tools to young people to see them through the rest of their lives as well. How are you feeling, like now . Are you coping with it a lot better than you did before . Like, just being able to talk to people about it has helped so much more than before. Back at school, its been a good chance for the children to discuss a really difficult subject. So how does it feel for you guys to listen to this, and how has it been just like asking questions about it . Its a bit weird sometimes. I feel like sometimes were invading your privacy or whatever. It felt strange to talk about it, because obviously its| personal towards you. And obviously we all know how it feels to lose someone. Dealing with their mums death was the worst thing imaginable. They were lucky they have each other. But think lessons at school will leave other children better prepared for bereavement. Phil mackie, bbc news, shropshire. New car sales in the uk fell last year to their lowest level in three decades. Industry data shows demand was hit by Parts Shortages and covid linked supply chain woes. Was hit by Parts Shortages meanwhile, demand for electric vehicles continues to grow and they accounted for almost a fifth of new car sales in 2022. Joining me now is mike hawes, the Chief Executive of the society of Motor Manufacturers and traders. Thank you for your time today. Hearing about supply chain issues, but presumably the Cost Of Living crisis has had an impact as well . Well, perhaps not yet, because we have had this supply chain issue, it has been constraining the provision of new vehicles, so demand has been there, a degree of pent up demand because we have had three pretty awful use of the pandemic depressing the ability to buy cars, and now the supply chain, so we know demand is there. The inability to meet that demand has been the biggest problem over the past year. Whether the impact of, you know, the recession we are about to go into, what impact that will have, is more for the next few months. That will have, is more for the next few months few months. Lets talk about the boost in sales few months. Lets talk about the boost in sales for few months. Lets talk about the boost in sales for electric boost in sales for electric vehicles. Tell us about that, what is the story behind that . Because, you know, clearly people are looking to transition to that cleaner, greener choice, and where people want to buy an electric vehicle but they havent, what is stopping them from doing so . It is they havent, what is stopping them from doing so . From doing so . It is a very good question from doing so . It is a very good question. What from doing so . It is a very good question. What we from doing so . It is a very good question. What we have from doing so . It is a very good question. What we have seen i from doing so . It is a very good i question. What we have seen over from doing so . It is a very good question. What we have seen over the past years is the shift away from more traditional engines, petrol and diesel, into electrification. Petrol is still by far the biggest driver of new vehicles, but for the first time over the past year pure Battery Electric Vehicles surpassed diesel, which has been on the wane for a number of years, so it is now the second most popular type of powertrain for a vehicle. The majority of these purchases of electric vehicles tend to be business and fleet buyers, because there is an incentive around company car tax, for instance, but increasingly private buyers are also buying. The biggest obstacle everyone sites, and you saw some new data over the christmas period, is infrastructure. Can i be sure there will be infrastructure where i am going . Will it be working, and will it be free . Nobody wants to queue, you want to Access Charge as quickly as possible. If you can charge at home, that is great, but not everyone does, and on longer journeys you need that on road charging. 50 journeys you need that on road chariiin. , journeys you need that on road charuain. ,. , journeys you need that on road chariini. ,. , charging. So nothing essentially new there, we charging. So nothing essentially new there. We have charging. So nothing essentially new there, we have been charging. So nothing essentially new there, we have been talking charging. So nothing essentially new there, we have been talking for charging. So nothing essentially new there, we have been talking for a there, we have been talking for a while, havent we, about infrastructure and confidence that it will be there in sufficient numbers of Charging Points to allow people to get where they want to go without long queues at cetera. So what is going on behind the scenes to try to address that . Yes, if you have got a driveway, great, maybe you can retrofit a Charging Point, but what is happening with new builds . Are they having Charging Points installed as a matter of course . And if you dont have a driveway, what do you do . If you dont, driveway, what do you do . If you dont. You driveway, what do you do . If you dont. You are driveway, what do you do . If you dont, you are depending driveway, what do you do . If you dont, you are depending on driveway, what do you do . If you dont, you are depending on on l dont, you are depending on on Street Parking or what we call destination charging, be it a supermarket, Motorway Service area, a specific charging hub. They are beginning to emerge, but they are not keeping pace. The government last year announced a strategy for infrastructure that said the uk needed somewhere between 300000 and 720,000 public charge points. By contrast, germany think they need 1 million, so the government target is only 300,000, but we are not even meeting that, so as the increase in electric vehicles on the road improves, the demand is going to increase even more. The Charging Point industry wants to build a head of demand, but it is playing catch up. We need to see greater Investment Notjust In The South East but across the country, because it needs to be a national shift. , ~ because it needs to be a national shift. , ~ ,. , because it needs to be a national shift. ~ ,. , y because it needs to be a national shift. , ~ ,. ,. The funeral is taking place for Pope Benedict xvi at the vatican. Pope francis is presiding over the ceremony for his predecessor who died on new years eve at the age of 95, nearly a decade after he resigned as head of the Roman Catholic church. This is the scene in st Peters Square. The vatican has said some 200,000 people filed past the former pope lying in state. Tens of thousands of people are there now. Bbc world for further coverage of the funeral mass. He is there to give a final blessing and say few words, placing his hand upon the coffin and bowing his head in prayer and recollection. figs upon the coffin and bowing his head in prayer and recollection. In prayer and recollection. As we know, in prayer and recollection. As we know. On in prayer and recollection. As we know, on several in prayer and recollection. As we know, on several occasions, in prayer and recollection. As we | know, on several occasions, pope francis has said that he used to visit benedict often. He has called him a grandfather, and in the most recent interview, he actually did not hesitate to call Pope Benedict a saint. And we see here are some of his fellow countrymen, who have come to bid their pope, benedict, farewell. And he called those meetings with Pope Emeritus Benedict personal, fraternal and affectionate. A final farewell between pope francis and the pope who accompanied his pontificate in prayer. As we see the image of his coffin being born into st peters basilica, we bring this live broadcast of the celebration of the solemn requiem mass for popa Pope Emeritus Benedict xvi to a close. We will return tomorrow morning for the solemnity of epiphany that begins about 10am rome time. Solemnity of epiphany that begins about10am rome time. On solemnity of epiphany that begins about 10am rome time. On behalf of vatican media, a warm thank you to all of our media partners. Catholic television, catholic faith network. Studio very moving moments when pope francis said a final goodbye to his predecessor there, francis himself clearly having some difficulty in standing, and a wheelchair was brought up to him as soon as he had blessed the coffin. But you got a sense, i think, of the closeness of the two. Also seeing that sort of moment at which some of the young seminarians and deacons broke into applause, as indeed did many of the crowd. There is a kind of personal informality behind great occasions like this, despite the music, despite the setting, despite the magnificence of all those Glorious Robes and things. There was, i think, Glorious Robes and things. There was, ithink, in Glorious Robes and things. There was, i think, in this Service Today a personalfeeling, a sense was, i think, in this Service Today a personal feeling, a sense of real affection for Pope Benedict. 0ne a personal feeling, a sense of real affection for Pope Benedict. One of the many paradoxes about him was that he combined his rather scary reputation for being a hardliner on matters of doctrine with being personally extremely charming and warm. I interviewed him once back in the 1990s, when he was in charge of the 1990s, when he was in charge of the propagation of the doctrine of the propagation of the doctrine of the faith, and i went in expecting a fearsome opponent in the interview, and he couldnt have been more charming and warm and slightly giggly. Charming and warm and slightly giggly, which was very disarming. At the same time, it should be said, has been clearly formidably clever, with a mind that was really sort of whip smart. With a mind that was really sort of whip smart with a mind that was really sort of whi smart. �. ,. ,. , whip smart. And a shy man, a timid man at the whip smart. And a shy man, a timid man at the same whip smart. And a shy man, a timid man at the same time, whip smart. And a shy man, a timid man at the same time, not whip smart. And a shy man, a timid man at the same time, not in whip smart. And a shy man, a timid man at the same time, not in any. Whip smart. And a shy man, a timid l man at the same time, not in any way flamboyant, perhaps did not entirely enjoy large public occasions. I think that is one of the great marks of contrast with his predecessor, you saw of contrast with his predecessor, you sanohn paul ii in front of a crowd, and he was probably seen in the flesh by more people than any other leader in history, and he kind of fed off the energy of crowds, you know, he absolutely loved it, and they could tell, and the energy bounced back from them. It was a kind of rock star phenomenon, and i think benedict was perhaps a bit uncomfortable at times and certainly didnt have that kind of electric connection with a large gathering. 0n the other hand, casting my mind back to his visit to britain, we saw his skill in a rather different way on public occasions. You probably remember that the visit was preceded by a lot of very hostile press, and a generalfear that by a lot of very hostile press, and a general fear that he would by a lot of very hostile press, and a generalfear that he would be by a lot of very hostile press, and a general fear that he would be a crusty old man, telling us to behave better. But in fact, he was extremely warm, attracted great crowds, and the visit was rather a success, and you saw come up with some of those events, his ability, i think, to command a sense of stillness, if you like, and prayer fullness, which was very different to john fullness, which was very different tojohn paul, but was quite effective as well. Studio and saying goodbye to bbc world for the moment, that coverage of the funeral of Pope Benedict xvi. The time is 9 56am. We will have that keir starmer speech coming up for you very soon, but right now it is time for the weather with carol kirkwood, good morning. The met office has just confirmed that 2022 was the uks hottest year on record. Today we have started on a mild note as well, and it is going to be cloudy for most with splashes of rain, but heavy rain coming into the north west accompanied by stronger winds later in the day. You can see we have a line of rain, a weak weather front Pushing Northwards and eastwards, a lot of cloud around that, and as we go through the day, you will find a brighter start in the north and east being eradicated by cloud ahead of this weather front moving in. At the same time, and system bringing heavy rain across Northern Ireland and also scotland, and the winds are strengthening in the west. Later there will be gaze across north west scotland. We could see some Late Afternoon brightness, somewhere like the midlands, temperatures today 730 , the midlands, temperatures today 7 30 , so higherthan the midlands, temperatures today 7 30 , so higher than the average temperatures for the stage in january. Through this evening and overnight, the low Pressure Driving are it moves across the north west of scotland, so the rain clears, but gail or severe gales in the north and west, Heavy Rain Crossing england and wales, again winding around this band of rain. Temperatures are lower than last night, but still higher than our average overnight temperatures for january. Heading into tomorrow, we start with frequent showers and still gales all severe gales across the north of the country, slowly easing through the day, lastly from the northern isles, than most enjoying a dry day with sunshine, but more Cloud Building across the west, and we will see more frequent showers across south wales and south west england. The wind is also going to pick up, temperatures of 813 going to pick up, temperatures of 8 13 degrees. 0n going to pick up, temperatures of 8 13 degrees. On saturday, this one front from the west crosses eastwards, but hot on its hills is another area of low pressure, and one look at the isobars tells you it will not only be wet but windy. 0n will not only be wet but windy. On saturday, rain crossing from the west towards the east, there will be a dry and brighter interlude following behind, but also some showers as well, and the wind picking up. If anything during the course of saturday, it is going to be cooler than it is going to be on friday, we are looking at 9 11. Remember that low pressure coming in from the west, it will bring further unsettled conditions, a lot of showers, some merging to give longer spells of rain, and on the mountain tops we could see some of that falling as sleet or indeed some snow. It is going to be windy with temperatures of 8 10, so a little bit cooler. This is bbc news with the latest headlines. A leaked copy of prince harrys autobiography, says he accused his brother, Prince William, of physically attacking him. Thats according to the guardian newspaper. Labour leader, sir keir starmer, will promise a decade of National Renewal if his party wins the next election well bring you his speech live within the next half an hour. Last year was the uks warmest year on record according to the met office, the average annual termperature was more than ten degrees celsius for the first time. Thousands of mourners pay their respects to the former pope, benedict xvi. And more disruption on the railways in england as Train Drivers at 15 companies go on strike, organised by the aslef union. Less than a quarter of services are expected to run