By this weather watcher from north yorkshire. Now, it does look as though when we go through the night tonight the isobars are set to squeeze together. The winds will increase before the arrival of these weather fronts which will bradley bring in some rain. We keep a lot of cloud through the night does mike crook will gradually bring in some rain, we keep a lot of cloud through the night. The winds will continue to strengthen, we are sitting across them out out of the time being, the cold air waiting in the winds and that was slipping as these cold fronts slipped east. One front sweeps this way south east, and will be replaced by yet another. So by the middle of the afternoon it looks like the winds would be a feature, gusting in excess of 50 60 miles an hour on exposed coasts and there will be some show outbreaks of rain in the north west and out weather fronts living south out of the Scottish Borders into north wales. Ahead it stays cloudy
and blustery, but the strongest of the winds always to the north and west. That said, its a mild afternoon with temperatures widely into double figures. 10 12 degrees is the overall high. As we move out of thursday into friday, those weather fronts slipped their way south and east. The rain really starting to egan. The isobars open up, the winds fall lighter and chilly air descends across the country. Friday was started with some cloud and low, but apache wrangler in the south east. That will ease by lunchtime. Sunny spells into the afternoon, a few blustery showers in the north west but this temperatures a little cooler than they have been. When looking at highs of 7 9d. As we look into the weekend, High Pressure will build from the south west with weak weather fronts toppling across the top. So we good deal of dry weather gcioss top. So we good deal of dry weather across the uk that weekend. Saturday is the best the sunshine for england and, cloud to the north west and
temperatures again 6 9d, may be double figures into the far south west. It stays dry for the second half of the weekend, potentially a touch milder as well. Take care. For the bad example i gave yesterday. Hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First the headlines bushfires have killed at least
eight people in south eastern australia since monday and destroyed more than 200 homes. Two men and a woman, who all worked for british airways, are killed after a lorry collides with a car in stanwell in surrey on new years eve. The mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus back calls for tourists to boycott the country. In their new year messages, the Prime Minister says brexit will mark a new chapter forthe uk, while the archbishop of canterbury urges people to heal the divisions of recent years. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the writer and broadcaster, dawn foster, and sunday times journalist, katherine forster. Welcome to you both. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. The metro leads with protests to be held nationwide as railfare rises come into force that will see some commuters paying more than £100 extra this year. The ft headlines a warning from economists that any bounce to the uk economy following borisjohnsons decisive election victory could swiftly fizzle out as uncertainties over brexit continue to curb business investment. The guardian features a striking photograph of the australian bushfires, saying the devastation has prompted new questions over the government in australias stance on Climate Change. The daily express says people in their 60s will deliver more than half of all employment growth in the next 10 years. The paper says employers are being urged to end age discrimination against those who have more to offer. The daily mail leads with a warning that the number of teenagers and Young Children admitted to hospitalfor eating disorders has soared in the past decade, according to new figures. And the times says sales of red meat
fell more by value than any other category in supermarkets last year, down by £185 million, as more people move towards a vegetable based diet. Lets begin with the situation in australia and the guardian is where we began and australia burns as debate rages over pms Climate Change stands. This is a picture that several pages of god for, of this kangaroo leaping in silhouette in front of this burning town. This kangaroo leaping in silhouette in front of this burning townm this kangaroo leaping in silhouette in front of this burning town. It is an incredible photograph and it sums up an incredible photograph and it sums up what is happening. Three peoples bodies were found in this town. 17 people known to have died and 140 fires raging and australia has had its hottest ever they can and, ok, they have always had fires but the
scale dont forget we are only at the beginning, there are still three months of summer to come dash so this is absolutely horrific and it seems as though the Prime MinisterScott Morrison is getting a lot of criticism. Basically what he has said australia is are very resilient that he has made no link to Climate Change so he has come into a lot of criticism and australia is quite relied on mineral and fossilfuels as part of its wealth. Ad explores a lot of coal as well. That has been a lot of coal as well. That has been a lot of coal as well. That has been a lot of wealth for them. And exports. He surely has to change that stance . Absolutely. It is clear he is focusing on trying to keep business happy. Businesses do not wa nt business happy. Businesses do not want to change and cut their bottom line and for businesses to change, it will cost a lot of money but,
again, if the entire world wants to survive, if you want to stop these things happen, businesses will have to change a lot. We can recycle and individuals are doing small things, it does not matter because it is the Big Companies that need to change and they will not change unless politicians put pressure on them. wealth is created by taking Raw Materials and adding values to them by extraction and burning staff, it isa by extraction and burning staff, it is a huge economic model that has beenin is a huge economic model that has been in existence for many, many yea rs. Been in existence for many, many years. It has to be altered and change and it does not happen quickly even if everyone is crying out for it. But you can create green jobs, look at alternatives, wind farms, et cetera, they do not appear out of nowhere, you need people to build them and run them so you can
make newjobs that help the environment and help individuals and the economy but you need to change the economy but you need to change the balance of it. Speaking of the economy, in the ft, any boost to the economy, in the ft, any boost to the economy likely to fizzle out. This isa economy likely to fizzle out. This is a survey the ft carries out an a rather gloomy outlook despite Boris Johnson talking about this becoming the decade of prosperity. Boris johnson has been clear about wanting to get brexit done and it is clear it will be a long process. Johnson and the conservatives have said that after exit happen, there will be a big boom and make brilliant trade deals and benefit the economy. Economists are saying, we need to pause because there is a big risk that any boost from the election is temporary and, until the trade deals are agreed and details flashed out,
nobody is sure what will happen. Flashed. Everybody comes back in january and we could still end up with a no deal brexit and it all depends with what happens with the details of trade deals. This is the uncertainty businesses have been saying has been stymieing them for the past three years. I suggested that the amount of money the government is talking about investing in Infrastructure Projects will help but not enough. Yes, that certainly will have a big effect. Some talk about up to £80 billion in infrastructure, specifically in the north of england which i would say is longer, long overdue and it has a pelleted transform peoples lives, increase productivity et cetera but, of course, there is more uncertainty because, ok, we are now certain we
are going to leave the eu and we have this transition phase where everything will continue pretty much as is but we really do not know what our relationship Going Forward will be because it has to be negotiated. I know number ten do not want any mention of brexit. It is like they do not mention the war in Fawlty Towers but there is the withdraw agreement to be done. It was wrong to call it a deal because it implies we are further up the road. We are at the end of the beginning and also, in terms of timing, we are overdue and other global slowdown recession. They do come along fairly regularly. We have not had one since 2008, a lot of countries have used all the best tools in their armoury then. I am
all the best tools in their armoury then. Iam not all the best tools in their armoury then. I am not entirely sure what we have when the next one hit, which it will. Irrespective of brexit. The article say Interest Rates are not likely to change as well. They are not. Nobody has exited the eu so thatis not. Nobody has exited the eu so that is new territory. An interesting point as well when they say Consumer Spending may be helpful and households should have a boost and households should have a boost and a little bit more money but they will not feel it. So even if households are earning a bit more and bills are lower they will not feel the benefits because people they do not believe they are earning more. It is about how healthy you feel. And then we are told not to spend because that encourages Global Warming so without spending where does that leave Global Warming. An
we also have spent too much on credit cards. Households heavily indebted. The daily mail, a surge in child anorexia and a lot of blame late at social medias feed. Child anorexia and a lot of blame late at social medias feedlj child anorexia and a lot of blame late at social medias feed. I think quite rightly. Admission for eating disorders have, for those aged 18 and under, have more than doubled from 1700 in 2010 to 4500 last year. That is a big number. Children under 13, it has tripled. Astonishing. Social media is getting quite rightly and quite a lot of the blame. There are these pro anorexia websites and you do think the social Media Companies have massive power, massive wealth and they are sitting on their hands not doing much at
all. And at a time when Mental Health services are absolutely stretch. Absolutely. Childline say a huge uptake in young people contacting them. They contacting cello when they are desperate and when they have nobody else to talk to. They may not want to talk to their parents, worried they might get in trouble, so childline is the only place to go to. If you are an adult, you can go to your doctor but if you are a child, you feel more nervous and if you do not have a Good Relationship with your parents, you may not come forward so for a lot of these children, if they do not call childline, they will go online and they will find these webpages that encourage them not to eat and how to deal with hunger pains. Whenl eat and how to deal with hunger pains. When i was a child, if i wanted to look at websites, i would
have to go on a computer at home. It was a lot is it to supervise but it is so much easier to access these websites and children who are very, very vulnerable are being prayed on other people who encourage this sort of behaviour. And children have all got telephones. There are screens everywhere. You cannot possibly know what they are looking. It is difficult to keep a grip on it. Rail rip off, the 2020 addition, implying it happens every year. New year, new horrible rise in ralph s. It is getting worse and worse. A statistic i looked at the other day. Rail prices. In the last decade, they have risen by 46 so twice as fast
as wages and every year, they announce the rise in train fares. £1 amount to travel or more it is costing us now. Why would you not drive . It is often cheaper to do that and it is all hurting the environment and some think needs to be done. Where we are meant to be and how we are meant to be travelling but if the pound in your pocket went often. If youre paying for a service, you expect to get the service and you expect it to be decent and people have been packed m, decent and people have been packed in, long waits, it is very poor and paying through the nose for it. Job room for older workers, whether
these jobs are the kind they want to be in, whether they want to be working or having to work is not quite answered. As an older worker. I do not think you fall into this category. Not quite over 65. They will deliver more than half of all employment growth in the next year. 10. 4 million over 50 employed in the uk, nearly a third of the total workforce. I think this is great. I just believe total workforce. I think this is great. Ijust believe that, ok, not everybody wants to carry on working out of choice, sometimes it may be economic and you cannot afford to retire and the pension age is rising but if you have the time and skills, why shouldnt you work at any age. Soi why shouldnt you work at any age. So i think age discrimination is still very, very common and accepted and seen as ok. There was a University Professor who had his complaint upheld that he had been a victim of ages. We may see more of this. I think people want to work if they want, they should have those wishes upheld. When it comes to age discrimination commissioner it will be very, very hard to take people to court, legal aid has been slashed a lot. Unless you have the money to take them to got yourself, you may be forced out. So i think aged as should be taken more seriously. I think over 65 have a lot to give, so they should be supported in that. And with the times, sales of beef and pork loans as britons dues vision. More people
encouraged to go meet free. Alcohol free what choose vegan. Encouraged to go meet free. Alcohol free what choose vegan. When you going to supermarkets now there are so many different things. I tried a vegan version of a slum kebabs, very good. And a vegan sausage hugely popular. Vegan version of a vegan. I found out popular. Vegan version of a vegan. Ifound out i popular. Vegan version of a vegan. I found out i was anaemic. Popular. Vegan version of a vegan. Ifound out i was anaemic. I think its good for the environment, probably for our waistlines, as well as it involves a kind of proper nutrition. You cantjust remove something without replacing it, but a lot ofjobs depend on the meat industry. Thats true. I think in the future there will be a lot of people on this planet, and actually, in the west we have largely eaten
far more redmeat than is either good for us or sustainable. Sol far more redmeat than is either good for us or sustainable. So i think, ultimately we may have meat produced in factories Going Forward. Food is changing. For the planet, in factories Going Forward. Food is changing. Forthe planet, it is more and more popular, too. Two of my boys are vegetarian, but still say they will eat the porkpie. Flexitarian. But every little bit helps. A new way to kill pain . Tell us helps. A new way to kill pain . Tell us about theirs. There are this is rather fabulous. Scientists at Deakin University in beijing have done some experiments and have proved if you do acts of kindness, good things to help other people, you will feel pain less scientists at peking university. They had Cancer Patients asked to cook or clean the ward. It lessened the pain that they reported, and there are various other examples. Its head, doing good will reduce stress and reduce your Blood Pressure and increase your longevity. There are a number of different experiments they have carried out that all come up with a similar sort of carried out that all come up with a similarsort of finding. Carried out that all come up with a similar sort of finding. Its really fascinating. If you do good deeds, if you spend your time helping other people, when it came to regular health checks, they said even when they use a thicker needle for blood tests they found people who had done good deeds actually felt a lot better. It makes sense that if you doa better. It makes sense that if you do a good deed you get more endorphins and i can help pain, but as somebody who has a lot of chronic pain, if you spend your time doing something in your mind is preoccupied, you are thinking about how much pain you are in. I have a
blood test with my doctor tomorrow, so im going to see if i buy a homeless person alone is, ill see if my blood test hurts a bit less than normal. Im sure it will, and there will be a grateful person on there will be a grateful person on the receiving end. A fascinating story. A nice way to end. Thats it for the papers tonight. Dont forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. Its all there for you seven days a week at bbc. Co. Uk papers. And if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. Thank you dawn and catherine for coming in, im sure we will see you plenty in 2020. Coming up next, i have to ask . What is coming up next . Its a sport, thank you nick, the voices in my head. Have a good night. Bye bye. Hello, this is sport today,
live from the bbc sport centre. Coming up on this programme there were nine matches in the premier league today. Leicester have cut liverpoolslead to ten points by beating newcastle 3 0 at stjames park. It was a comfortable win, carelessness by newcastle defender florian lejeune, allowed former teammate ayoze perez to open the scoring. Then moments later the frenchman gave the ball away again. James maddison with a spectacularfinish. Hamza choudhury completed the victory late on with the first senior goal of his career. So they stay second but a long way behind liverpool, who play tomorrow, but do the foxes think they can catch them . When i thinking about it to be honest. Everyone else is probably thinking about it more than ourselves. We just concentrate on ourselves. We just concentrate on our game, increasing our performance level, increasing how we play, the ability to play and like i said, improving our game idea and for that thats our focus. The champions manchester city
are still third, a point behind leicester. Gabrieljesus scored twice in their 2 1 victory over everton, richarlison pulled one back but that was the first defeat for Carlo Ancellotti as everton boss. Its a very happy new year for david moyes, hes started his second spell in charge of west ham with a 4 0 win over bournemouth. Captain mark noble scored twice but the pick of their goals came from Sebastien Haller as they went into the break 3 0 up. Felipe anderson also scored. Moyes kept west ham up in 2018 before being replaced by Manuel Pellegrini who was sacked on saturday. Mikel arteta has his first win as arsenal head coach, they beat Manchester United 2 0 in the evening kick off at the emirates stadium, nicolas pepe gave them the lead inside ten minutes after some good work from kolasinac. And their second came before the break, sokratis reacting quickest when the ball fell to him in the box. That was the gunners first win in six matches. Some other results for you, brighton drew 1 1 at home Chelsea Aston Villa are a point above the relegation zone following their 2 1 win at burnleynorwich are still bottom of the table after a draw against palace. Tottenham went down 1 0 at southampton. Watford beat wolves 2 1. There was a huge game in the championship, leeds are still top of the table on goal difference from West Bromwich albion after a 1 1 draw at the hawthornes. And it was a bittersweet afternoon for west broms semi ajayi, he scored both goals. He gave the baggies the lead in the second minute of the match after some head tennis in the leeds box, the ball just crossing the line. And it was ajayis own goal after the break that saw leeds come away with a point, he unwittingly deflected patrick ba mfords header past his own keeper. Leeds stay top then and both sides are nine points clear of brentford
and nottingham forest. Englands cricketers are having a tough time of it, jofra archer is a doubt for the second test against south africa which starts in cape town on friday. The fast bowler bowler has a right elbow injury. He took six wickets in the first test which england lost he was also one of the 11 players affected by a sickness bug. The rest of the squad trained this morning, archer was there but didnt bowl. Identikit changes anything. For me, at least. You know, ithink identikit changes anything. For me, at least. You know, i think the stuff that happens between jofra archer, he also was fast. It doesnt really change much. You never really know, maybe the pace will be nice to face. I think its so different, we will have to wait to see what happens, but no, it doesnt change much for me, personally at least. Peter snakebite wright has become pdc world darts champion for the first time. He beat the reigning champion Michael Van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace this evening. It was a very one sided final, the dutchman, who was chasing a fourth world title, was always on the backfoot as wright closed out the match seven sets to three. He lost to van gerwen in the 2014 final but the 49 year old is finally world champ, and £500,000 richer. Thats all the sport for now. As we go through the day today were going to see increasing wind and there will be some rain around for some of us, for all. The list of the rain some of us, for all. The list of the rain most of the rain is likely to be the far north west. These weather fronts, well behind to be the far north west. These weatherfronts, well behind it, introducing something a little bit cooler. That is going to arrive on friday. Ahead of it with a southerly flow, it means today is going to be quite a cloudy start and a relatively mild one. That is going to be the theme throughout the day. The first touch of rain pushes its way to scotland and Northern Ireland during the morning and then it will be replaced by another one as we move into the afternoon. The wind is really by a feature here, just in excess of 50 miles an hour on exposed coasts. So that rain pushes its way into north west england under way, but for much of england and, yes its going to be a blustery afternoon, but it should be relatively dry. And relatively mild for the time of year. So temperatures will probably pick widely into double digits, 10 12 degrees. Now, as we move into thursday and friday, those weather fronts push their way south and east. Thats going to allow the door to open to this cooler weather, but the isobars wont open up, so lighter winds on friday. We could start off cloudy and damp in the south east early on but that is as a way quite quickly. There will be some brighter, sunnier weather around, i suspect, some brighter, sunnier weather around, isuspect, on some brighter, sunnier weather around, i suspect, on friday. Some brighter, sunnier weather around, isuspect, on friday. So despite it being a little bit cooler, im sure they will come as welcome news was that a few scattered showers in the far
north west, here at 6 8d, further south, size of a possibly ten or 11. Highs of possibly ten or 11. Weather fronts always threatening across the tops, so well have more cloud here and if you outbreaks of showery rain up into the far north west. Generally speaking saturday is going to be a dry, sunny day across eastern scotland, england and, cooler with 6 10 degrees are high. Thursday, almost a case of spot the difference, a little bit milder along west facing coasts, here it is likely to stay rather cloudy. Thats it, take care