look at the possible causes. good morning from durham police headquarters. we are here as part of a series on policing britain. i live in the call centre where they are dealing with the 999 called this morning. more on that a bit later on. in the sport, head injuries in by on. in the sport, head injuries in rugby union must be taken more seriously, according to a review into an incident involving wales international george north, which has made nine recommendations to change the way concussions are handled. and carol has the weather. this morning across england and wales we have some patchy fog and some frost. some of that will be slow to clear but most will see a dry day with some sunshine and just a few showers. scotland and northern ireland, still very windy, especially across scotland, with some showers, some of which will be wintry. more in 15 minutes. 0ur our main story: german security services are facing questions about why they ended a surveillance operation on a sus
to help treat an inherited form of blindness. also: a rise in violent crime committed by the over 65s. offences ranging from minor assault to murder have increased by nearly 80% since 2012. good morning and welcome to bbc news. german security services face growing questions about why they ended a surveillance operation on a suspect who s now the subject of a europe wide manhunt for the berlin lorry attack. anis amri was known to have ties to a radical islamist group. a big police operation has been going on this morning near the dutch border, where agents from special units have been searching a refugee centre amri stayed in. let s go to berlin now. and robert hall is following events for us. what is the latest about the search for anis amri? good morning. what you see behind me is that search continues is an indication of the level of concern gci’oss indication of the level of concern across germany now. the workers from the civil defence team putting concrete barriers ar
containing the three other victims who died. the prosecuting qc said mr potter s laurie continued to career down the lane in western village out of control, and these are pictures from the time of the crash. because on the 9th of february last year. by the time the lorry came to a stop, four people had suffered fatal injuries, the four year old girl who had been crossing the road with her grandmother and three men who had been travelling together in the same car. this is a picture of the four year old victim, who died as she was crossing the road with her grandmother, margaret rogers, who was also injured. and three other victims as well, 59 year old robert parker, philip allen, who was 52, and stephen vaughan, who was 34. let mejust and stephen vaughan, who was 34. let me just repeat the findings of the court today, at bristol crown court, haulage boss matthew gordon and his mechanic, peter would, both haulage boss matthew gordon and his mechanic, peterwould, both found guil
to their norfolk estate, as both have been suffering from a heavy cold. doctors involved in trials of a new multiple sclerosis drug say it s a landmark development in treatment of the disease. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the last hour angela merkel has been meeting the federal prosecutor foran been meeting the federal prosecutor for an update on the hunt for the suspect who attacked the market in berlin. iam standing berlin. i am standing in a market that has been silent for days and now has come back to life. it is busy with people giving a real impression of how vulnerable this public events are at this time of year and how vulnerable the crowds were on monday night. we hope we will hear from the german chancellor and when she comes out of the briefing we will go straight to that, but there is a huge research across europe and beyond. a huge search across. they are looking for possible links to anis amri, including evidence from the lorry which may have sp
stormy weather in the run up to christmas, storm ba ba stormy weather in the run up to christmas, storm baba is set to hit on friday with scotland getting the worst of the wins. barbara. doctors involved in trials of a new multiple sclerosis drug say it s a landmark development in treatment of the disease. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. that get straight to berlin for the latest on the attack on the market there. the mood is sombre here at there. the mood is sombre here at the christmas market in berlin. normally there would be christmas music playing but that is silent. people have been coming to lay flyover lay flowers and light candles and also buy food and drink ina sign candles and also buy food and drink in a sign that life goes on. in the last hour we have been hearing from chancellor merkel who said she was proud of the way that germans have reacted to this attack and she stressed what she said was the importance of unity and solidarity at this time. tr