it isa it is a fresh start for some of this morning. a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest across scotland, northern england. wherever you are it will be blustery. details coming up later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 12thjuly. further allegations have been made against the unnamed bbc presenter who s been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs. another young person has told bbc news they were sent abusive messages by the male star, while the sun newspaper claims the presenter broke covid restrictions to meet another individual he met on a dating site. charlotte gallagher has the latest. another day of damaging headlines for the bbc and a male presenter who is still unnamed. this morning s front page of the sun bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger . this individual has told the newspaper the presenter travelled to another county to meet them in february 2021. this was during the third national lockdown. the sun says
various small are towns scattered across the reykjanes peninsula. the town of volga is just north of the eruption, and the plumes of fire are very visible during night time. the eruptions glow could also be seen from the capital reykjavik, which is only a 45 minutes drive from the eruption site. by the autumn of 2023, southwest iceland was experiencing increasing earthquake activity. come november, emergency precautions commenced. this is grindavik, the small town in iceland, which has been evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption. thousands of tremors have rocked the region in the last few days, like this one. you need to stay tough in these situations and that part is pretty much exhausting. there s no relaxing now. translation: this is| a very strange feeling. i ve been tearful. it s been a long 2a hours. even though it s been a very difficult time, it s heart warming to see the solidarity in times like this. this is an unprecedented situation. since the 25th of octobe
live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. we ll bring you two first half goals from anfield as liverpool and arsenal fight it out to be top of the premier league at christmas. another day to forget for manchester united as west ham pile the pressure on erik ten hag. bath go top of the gallagher premiership with a bonus point win over harlequins. also coming up on the programme tonight. can anthonyjoshua deliver tonight, as his journey on the road to redemption and potentially fighting deontay wilder continues? of fighting deontay wilder continues? course i am ter to of course i am tense because i want to perform, i want to win. i ve got that urge to win and i want to hurt my opponent as well. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. there were high hopes of a christmas cracker at anfield where liverpool and arsenal are fighting it out for top spot in the premier league. with the second half about to get underway, it s i i. the opening goal came afterjust thre
think? that is what we are doing. in other news, here is the news with. train drivers who are members of the aslef union are on strike today. 15 train companies are affected with some operators running no services at all. it s the first of three rail strikes this week, with further action on friday and saturday. one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence says regulation of the technology needs to be ramped up . professor yoshua bengio says his feelings about al are similar to how scientists felt about the development of the atom bomb. parents on universal credit will be able to claim hundreds more to cover childcare costs from the end of next month. the government announced in spring that people with one child would be able to getjust over £950 while those with two or more children could get up to £1630. officials in southern russia say a drone has hit an oil refinery a day after an attack on moscow. vladimir putin yesterday accused ukraine of trying to fri
hello, thank you for being with us. negotiations are continuing at the united nations in new york to agree a new resolution on gaza. a vote had been expected in the last hour but it s been postponed as diplomats try to agree a form of words that the united states may sign on to. on a visit to israel, the us defense secretary lloyd austin has reaffirmed support for its ally but demanded the country do more to protect civilians. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. greipel hugo bachega. there was criticism of the israeli military in gaza by the defense secretary lloyd austin, alongside the israeli defense minister when they gave a statement earlier today but i think he gave a hint of the frustration at the high number of civilian casualties in gaza, frustration there microphone that s already been as addressed by the by that administration. he said he had discussions with the israeli leadership about how to reduce harm to civilians but he said he had not travelled to isr