Holywell in flintshire. We see why it hurts, and what traders can do about it. They all say that they are for the businesses and that and yet theyre not helping us at all. Theyre making it harder for us to get to them. Because if we run out of change or need to do a bank for cash and that, you cantjust nip to the bank any more. Youve got to physically go to a town somewhere else. Hello, happy new year. Hopefully. But who will it be a happy new year for . Thats where we start tonight as we take advantage of the fact that 2018 is still in its warm up phase to look at politics here, and how it might evolve. As always, the big battle is the one between the conservatives and labour and rarely has the choice between them been as stark. So how a minority conservative government gets on, and whether labour can threaten it is an obvious issue for the year ahead. But in some ways, a lot of the action in politics these days is within the two main parties. They both have huge great cracks down the
And louise has all the weather, and we are keeping an eye on storm eleanor . Yes, storm eleanor arrives through the night tonight, but this week we have cloud and rain, we have deals, hailand have cloud and rain, we have deals, hail and snow. Happy new year more detail coming up. Also coming up no more than two low calorie snacks a day parents are urged to reduce the amount of sugar that Young Children consume. Thats what the Health Experts say but how do you persuade them to ditch the mars barfor an apple . Tweet us. Hello, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Many of us are back at work today after the christmas break, and if that wasnt bad enough, those of us travelling by rail have been hit with the largest fare rise in five years. Campaigners warn the rise, of more than £100 for some season Ticket Holders, is pricing ordinary people off the railways, but the rail delivery group, which represents train operators, says higher fares will lead to Better Services. Our transport cor
The north sea and winds will gradually ease but we have some windy conditions today across the southern half of the country storm eleanor. Iwill southern half of the country storm eleanor. I will have your full forecast at 6 15am. And a special report on how the opening of the uks first dedicated Treatment Centre for people with rare genetic conditions could change the lives of people like james. Conditions could change the lives of people like james. Over the last three orfour people like james. Over the last three or four years we have noticed a huge difference from bandages to experimental treatments and research thatis experimental treatments and research that is going on. Whether we streamed it, downloaded it or bought a cd, we consumed nearly 10 more music in 2017 than the year before. Ill have the details shorlty. In sport, Manchester City are back to winning ways and are 15 points clear at the top of the table once again. They scored after just 39 seconds last night, comfortabl
Pulled out of the Australian Open because of this long term hip problem. He is contemplating surgery now. What effect could it have on his future career . We will talk to you later. In the weather, darren, its been wet and windy and now its going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to look at the extreme weather we have been seeing in north america in the next hour. Here at home we are going to replace the cloudy wet and windy weather with something much colder as the weekend goes on. More later on. Thank you very much. Also coming up. The real italian job, a multiMillion Pound heist at the doges palace in venice. Thieves made off with several treasures owned by a member of the qatari royal family. Hello, this is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. No change for five years thats the message to britains farmers many of whom were getting increasingly worried about what brexit will mean for them. The environment secretary michael g
Following an incident outside a bristol nightclub. What a great shot and tributes for Cyrille Regis, the man who led the way for black footballers in britain who died at the age of 59. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Cabinet ministers have tonight been holding an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the financial collapse of carillion. The firm had government contracts across school catering, hsz, the nhs and prisons, and its demise has left its own employees and many more who work for it indirectly facing a worrying future. Carillion itself employs almost 20,000 workers in the uk. The company has a50 government contracts a massive portfolio. It sub contracted thousands of small firms to do some of that work. Carillions demise has raised questions for government about the way Public Sector projects are handed out to private sector businesses. Heres our business editor, simonjack. This bypass near aberdeen is in scotla nd this bypass near aberdeen is in scotland was my biggest const