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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
He was speaking as guest editor of radio 4s today programme this morning. And Southamptons Virgil Van Dijk will become the worlds most expensive defender when the january transfer window opens, as liverpool have announced they will be signing him for £75m more than £20m higher than the current record. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejosie cox, Business Editor at the independent, and tom bergin, Business Correspondent for reuters. It is not just it is notjust business news, folks, there is a lot of variety so stay with us. Tomorrows front pages, starting with the i hasJeremy Corbyn declaring hes ready to fight an election at any time, and will around in 2022 if the government survives a full term. The times claims the metropolitan police is failing to protect vulnerable children. The Financial Times reports that companies have made a record amount from floating on stock exchanges, mainly because of deals in the us and
My not so perfect life. Thats in meet the author, in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Snow and ice are causing more disruption in parts of the uk today. A yellow warning is in place for snow and ice in parts of Northern England, the north midlands and scotland throughout the day. Glasgow airport says operations have restarted after being temporarily suspended earlier. The met office says delays to road, rail and air travel are likely and is warning of possible power cuts. Anisa kadri reports. Snow can look so pretty sometimes but we all know the chaos it can cause. Flights were temporarily suspended at Glasgow Airport after heavy snowfall overnight. Things are operational again but they have apologised for any disruption and the advice is to check with your airline for updates. Snowfall of five centimetres to ten centimetres is expected in parts of Northern England with up to 15 centimetres possible over Higher Ground and subzero temperatures have
Working from the control room to make sure that that impacts not too severe. Drivers are advised only to travel if necessary. Judith moritz, bbc news, wakefield. Now, its time for the weather. After today brought snow for some of us, the weather is going to turn progressively less wintry. A band of rain pushing northwards and east was during the night. Some snow for high ground of wales, Northern England and maybe low levels in Northern Ireland. A mild night to the south but Northern Areas across scotland, north east england, it will turn cold enough for frost and perhaps icy stretches into tomorrow morning. A cold start in the north and then this band of wet weather turning to snow over high ground in scotland, bright sky is falling behind. A bit of rain into the far south west later, a blustery day and three in aberdeen and 13 in london. Into new years eve, a band of the very wet weather in the south east at first, strong wind with Gale Force Winds for ireland and scotland and things