Author Sophie Kinsella about her book my not so perfect life. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill children from a rebel held suburb close to the syrian capital, damascus. Its been reported that four patients were taken out of ghouta overnight. Another 25 are expected to be evacuated in the coming days, although hundreds more need urgent treatment. Some 400,000 residents have been besieged by Government Forces since 2013. Matthew thompson reports. A wave, a smile. And for eight year old imjy a chance, at least, at life. 29 seriously ill civilians are due to be evacuated from this besieged suburb of damascus. Many others were not so fortunate. Eastern ghouta is one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the forces of president bashar al assad. It has been under siege by Government Troops since 2013 and as peace talks in geneva have faltered, the humanitarian crisis has escalated. Food and fuel shortages have led to rampant inflatio
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The use of steroids in gyms. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Snow and ice are still causing disruption for many people in parts of the uk, with thousands of homes without power and dangerous conditions on the roads. The runway at Stansted Airport was closed twice during the day, with a number of flights cancelled and there are currently yellow weather warnings for icefor parts of scotland, all of wales, the south and east of england, and the midlands. Lets go to kenilworth in warwickshire and our correspondent phil mackie. Well we had the snow and the floods today and also power cuts. Across the central swathe of england, it is a day to heed the warnings. Horn blasts. The motorway at a standstill. Its always busy here anyway, but throw in five centimetres of snow, and youve got chaos. On the a14, things were even worse. This lorry span out of control, leaving drivers stranded. Good morning. Its just gone past ten oclock in the morning. As you can see, were stationary here on the
Welcome to bbc news. Aid workers and syrian volunteers have begun to evacuate dozens of critically ill patients from a rebel held suburb near damascus. The first of the critically ill patients were taken out of the Eastern Ghouta overnight by the International Committee of the red cross and syrian arab red crescent. But hundreds more are in need of treatment. Lina sinjab reports. A moment of relief for imji. The seven year old is suffering from haemophilia. She is amongst the first four patients to be evacuated from the besieged Eastern Ghouta region. But many are still waiting. Three month old karim was hit in a mortar strike during shelling by Government Forces in october. He was only one month old when he lost his left eye. His skull was broken and his mother is gone forever. A Worldwide Campaign started in his support. Civilians and World Leaders joined the call for his evacuation. He needs critical medical attention, so he doesnt lose the sight in his right eye. Translation karim
Dijk willjoin liverpool when the transfer window re opens for £75 million a world record for a defender. And at 11 30 well bring you the paper review, with the independentsjosie cox and tom bergin from reuters. A very good evening to use and welcome to bbc news. The met office has issued 15 snow or ice warnings tonight, covering Northern Ireland, all of wales, and most areas of england and scotland. It follows a day of disruption in much of the uk with dangerous conditions on major roads and the rac warning that things could get worse. The runway at Stansted Airport was closed twice during the day with a number of flights cancelled. And thousands of homes have been left without power, as our correspondent phil mackie reports. Horn blasts. The motorway at a standstill. Its always busy here anyway, but throw in five centimetres of snow and youve got chaos. 0n the a14 things were even worse. This lorry span out of control, leaving drivers stranded. Good morning. Its just gone past ten oc