Hello and welcome to bbc news. The first of the victims of fridays terror attack in Central London has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near London Bridge. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. 25 years old and with the sense of adventure, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. His father said today he was a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that hed helped organise. His killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer prisoners and by a passing policeman in c
Rail passenger groups have criticised a decision by Train Companies to increase fares by an average of 2. 7 injanuary. It means some commuters face rises of more than a hundred pounds in the cost of their season tickets. Rail firms say the extra money will pay for improvements to the network. Heres our business correspondent, katie prescott. Christmas is coming and for commuters on South Western Railway that means almost a month of scenes like these as strikes on the line start on monday. So the news that train fares will rise again next year, above the standard rate of inflation, has not gone down well with these passengers in bristol. I think the rail service probably needs to be improved nationwide before they can think about putting up fares. Ive just come over from cambridge and it would have been cheaper for me to go to paris. Todays announcement means many commuters face an increase of more than £100 in the annual cost of getting to work. For example, a season ticket from eastb
Us mediterranean. The significance for us is we could have a rising which could give us unsettle weather. The trash air rising. A band of heavy rain from the south west and that could be bad. But some configurations have a weakening of rain. That would be the better of the two scenarios. As far as the temperatures go, relatively mild in the south and also mild in aberdeen. Beyond that, into next week, High Pressure still there next week. Low pressure moving High Pressure still there next week. Low pressure moving across High Pressure still there next week. Low pressure moving across the uk and still on the southwards track. Further spells of rain, quite windy at times with the wind is coming in from the south westerly direction. A mild start to the week potentially could turn colder. Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. Prince andrew steps down from royal duties, acknowledging that the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has be
Of a record crowd at wembley. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewersjohn rentoul and penny smith stay with us for that. Good evening. After some of the worst flooding in recent years, residents in parts of Northern England and the midlands, are still being rescued, from areas inundated with water. Some roads remain impassable and Train Services have been affected throughout the day. There are seven severe flood warnings still in place, meaning a threat to life, on the river don in South Yorkshire, which burst its banks. One of the places worst hit is the village of fishlake, where all day, rescue teams have been helping evacuate people from their flooded homes. Heres fiona trott. The village residents are leaving behind. The roads in fishlake are like rivers tonight, unless you have a boat the only way to travel is by tractor. At times like these, the local farmers are happy to help out. Its how emergency supplies have been reaching residents, all of them
Hello. This is bbc news with martine croxall. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. Seven severe flood warnings, meaning theres a danger to life, are still in place along the river don in South Yorkshire. We are near the village of fishlake where dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes. The conservatives lay out plans to train and employ thousands more gps, despite failing to meet a previous recruitment target. Labour and the liberal democrats promise more hours of free child care but providers are sceptical over funding. This week on the film review, mark kermode joins Carrie Gracie to discuss the latest cinema and dvd releases, including the good liar, the irishman and luce. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are broadcaster penny smith and chief political commentator at the independentjohn rentoul. Nice to have you both here. Many of tomorrows front pages are already