hello, and welcome to bbc news. new year celebrations are taking place across western europe and africa. crowds are in the streets of capitals from warsaw and stockholm in the east to brussels, paris, madrid and also edinburgh and london, where 2023 is now an hour old. it s the first time since the pandemic began that large scale events have taken place. greg mckenzie has been soaking up greg mckenzie has been soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest fireworks display in the entire europe having taken placejust a few minutes ago. an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the bogs of the big ben started as did the fireworks over here at the london eye. iconic around the world. a12 minute spectacular extravaganza. i am actually speechless having watched it right here and just behind us are hundreds of thousands of people who managed to get tickets and now you can hear the
Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has said he wont be rushed to making a decision about the h52 high speed rail link, after widespread reports that he is planning to axe the birmingham to Manchester Leg of the project. He told the bbc today he wants to take time to consider what to do next. Lets get the latest now from our Political Correspondent nick eardley at the conservative Party Conference in manchester. Talk about hst has dominated conference this week. The Prime Minister wants conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to talk conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to talk about minister wants to talk about long term decisions at this conference, trying to tell us across the country that he is prepared to make big, difficult decisions, but these conferences see the normal intensity of politics dialled up. Every single comment you make is scrutinised for what it might or might not mean. What has been fascinating over
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
Stop residents in carlisle are bracing themselves. Im thinking the worst really. The water has breached the citys Flood Defences. Ijust need to speak to this old couple. Weve got a drain in our back garden. Its coming up through the drain in our back garden rather quickly i dont want you to stand out in the cold. All right. Some people are grabbing what they can and leaving. Not much we can do really. Just get out. Methodist Ministerjohnny Gios captures life as a modern day noah on his phone. This is absolutely bonkers. The floodwater on Sandilands Road is three foot at least. Were at a house in Sandilands Road where were going carry two children to the church for safety. Are you ready, chris . This is the showing Community Coming together, isnt it . Yeah. Unbelievable. Never ever seen anything like this. Stay away from kendall, thats all i can say. 30 miles away sue cashmore has retreated upstairs. Well, here we are, a repeat of 2009. Just five foot of water in the house at the moment
Been, a bit of sunshine to the east of Northern England, any sunshine in scotla nd of Northern England, any sunshine in scotland and Northern Ireland, given the persistent rain in the highlands working towards the clyde valley. Breezy with it, temperatures in double figures, five or six celsius where the mist and low cloud lingers. Heading out this evening, the heaviest of the raid will clear from the north, leaving a good divide, cold conditions with one or two wintry conditions in the north, milder but cloudy in the south. Many here will be dry to see in the new year. Overnight rain and hills there we re year. Overnight rain and hills there were gradually clearing, but quite a cloudy and that they are wales, central and Southern England. The best of the weather in scotland and Northern England, but one or two wintry flurries can be expected. Bye for now. Hello, this is bbc news with me, gavin esler. The headlines at 10 30 after a glittering year for british sport, more than a hundred