Demanding baby, woken up all hours and nick has the festive forecast for us. Good morning. Storm barbara may be pulling away from the uk, but it remains windy today, tomorrow, and into boxing day as well. The latest on the blustery christmas forecast coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Extensive Railway Engineering works are starting across britain today, with 200 different projects being carried out over the christmas break. Passengers in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the work. One of the biggest stations in the capital, paddington, is closed, with passengers being told to go to ealing broadway. Its where our reporter Jane Frances Kelly is for us this morning. Good morning. Its going to be a good deal busier there than normal. Yes, it is going to be busy. I have seen people turning up with quite heavy suitcases and that is because trains to paddington are terminating here. That is because paddington will be closed for the next six day
Interest rates, the prices in our shops and the strength of the pound will all be closely watched next year. Ill be taking a look at the big stories for our finances in 2017. And carol has our weather forecast. Very similar to what we had yesterday. Starting on a frosty note, with patchy fog, some of which is dense and will be slow to clear. But there is sunshine in the forecast and some rain coming in the north west. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The hollywood Actress Debbie Reynolds has died, just one day after the death of her daughter, the film star Carrie Fisher. She was 84 and is believed to have suffered a stroke. Her career spanned seven decades, but she was best known for her role in the 1952 musical, Singin In The Rain, opposite gene kelly. Our los angeles correspondent david willis reports. Good morning, good morning, its great to stay up late. Good morning, good morning to you. Debbie reynolds, 19 years old, singing and dancing on film for
Im steven wyeth. Late drama in the championship as aston villa deny leeds third place in the table. Ryan giggs is out of the running to become the next swansea manager with Chris Coleman appearing to rule himself out too. And an impressive return for rafa nadal winning his first match since injury emphatically. There was a meeting of two of the championships most prestigious clubs at villa park this evening. Aston villa and leeds share plenty of top flight experience, and both covet a return. As Patrick Gearey reports it took late drama to deny leeds a place in the top three. By by headcount by history, these two clu bs A Re By Headcount by history, these two clubs are among englands biggest. Aston villa were banished from the Premier League only this year. It will be a long past back path. Near misses, will had plenty of those. Villa. There were as a moment seized 53 minutes in although the header was hardly an stop at all. The header was hardly an stop at all. Unstoppable. The ball c
Im steven wyeth. Late drama in the championship as aston villa deny leeds third place in the table. Ryan giggs is out of the running to become the next swansea manager with Chris Coleman appearing to rule himself out too. And an impressive return for rafa nadal winning his first match since injury emphatically. There was a meeting of two of the championships most prestigious clubs at villa park this evening. Aston villa and leeds share plenty of top flight experience, and both covet a return. As Patrick Gearey reports it took late drama to deny leeds a place in the top three. By by headcount by history, these two clu bs A Re By Headcount by history, these two clubs are among englands biggest. Aston villa were banished from the Premier League only this year. It will be a long past back path. Near misses, will had plenty of those. Villa. There were as a moment seized 53 minutes in although the header was hardly an stop at all. The header was hardly an stop at all. Unstoppable. The ball c
Police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a nightclub packed with new year revellers, killing at least 39 people. Funerals have been held for some of the victims. Another 69 people were wounded four of them critically in what the istanbul governor described as a terrorist attack. The attacker left his gun before escaping. The shooting marks a bloody end to a year which saw ankara and istanbul targeted by attacks carried out by the so called Islamic State group, and separately, kurdish rebels. Mark lowen reports from istanbul. The mood was of celebration, one of istanbuls top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. Five, four, three, two. They expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not this. Less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, Bullets Ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. Another camera showed people carolling as the attacker struck before he stormed inside. Inside, his Killing Spree continued turks and foreigners murdere