On a cornish beach. Rescuers struggle to cope with the number of seal coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Arsene wenger must watch from the stands again as arsenal play chelsea in the efl cup semifinal first leg at stamford bridge. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. At least 15 people have been killed by mudslides and flash floods in southern california. Rescue workers are now mounting a desperate search for survivors, fearing that hundreds of people might still be trapped. Many of those affected now are the very same people who last month fled from wild fires. The extreme weather has hit carpinteria, Santa Barbara and montecito, from where our correspondent, james cook, reports. Coast, ordeal by the elements continues. First, they enjoyed the largest buyerin first, they enjoyed the largest buyer in the states history. Next came torrential rain, more intense than anyone here could remember. Then, within minutes, destruction, caused by an unstoppable wall of mud and debris
And, the latest production secrets from the director who brought us wallace and grommit. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. The var experiment continues. Chelsea and arsenals efl cup semifinal is the second club match in england to use the new system. Good evening. Manufacturing output in the uk is growing at its fastest rate for a decade after recording a seventh consecutive month of growth in november. Performance has been boosted by the weak pound and by the revived state of the Global Economy. But in the same period construction output fell by the biggest margin for the past five years reflecting the subdued nature of the domestic economy, as our economics editor kamal ahmed explains. The sound of better economic news, and the manufacturers which are making the goods a faster growing world is demanding. The weakness in the value of the pound makes everything britain sells abroad more competitive, and firms that export are taking advantage. So this machine actually is a high en
In sport, no fa cup finalfor of a plane parts made in belfast. In sport, no fa cup final for yeovil town, beaten 4 0 by Manchester United, Alexis Sanchez the new signing instrumental but tonight Newport County have the chance for an upset when they take on totte n ha m. An upset when they take on tottenham. And susan has the weather. Good morning, we will be up against the cloud this weekend, some pretty grey prospects for most of today. A windy story. More details coming up. Thank you. 0ur our main story all current rape and Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are being reviewed as a matter of urgency. The announcement from the director of Public Prosecutions follows the recent collapse of several high profile trials after vital evidence had not been shared with defence lawyers. Its believed a number of cases could be stopped asa a number of cases could be stopped as a result. Adina campbell has more. Ina move in a move seemed to help rebuild trust in the justice system, every r
Royal highness is, my lords, ladies and gentlemen and everybody watching at home. A very warm welcome to the British Film Academy awards, baftas annual selection of excellence in film. Original music and make up and hair now is surrogate parlour in and gemma chen. Is take a look at the nominations are. Sergei. Lets take a look at the nominations. And the bafta goes to. The shape of water. Applause. Quite a venue for music. Thank you, it is marvellous. Your film is unique and the poetry that you have given us is amazing. For music, there is a very good bonding between music and poetry, so thank you very much. Is marvellous. Also, my agent, thank you. With their incredible skill and attention to detail, the great hair and make up team will bring the look of the character to life. Is look at the character to life. Is look at the nominations. Lets. And the bafta goes to. Darkest hour. 0h oh my goodness. Well, from all of us, thank you. Thank you to my lovely tea m us, thank you. Thank you
Downsizing. Earlyman, and interestingly, we have got downsizing. Ea rlyman, the and interestingly, we have got downsizing. Earlyman, the latest offering from Aardman Animations, a lwa ys offering from Aardman Animations, always a treat. And last flag flying. It looks intriguing, your first choice, that is what i would say. Intriguing is exactly the word. This is something a bit different. The best way to describe it is it ta kes the best way to describe it is it takes riffs from the incredible thinking man and combines it with a bit of Inconvenient Truth and the american satire spanglish. The earths resources have been depleted and process has been discovered to shrink people down to five inches. You can save the planet, you become and use less resources. Everyone has agreed it is a good idea. But the reason people are doing it is because the lifestyle you get offered if you agree to become small is more extravagant than you get in the big world. So the decision. Downsizing takes press