too busy but walking through the station there are a lot of people inside, what s on families and young children and suitcases, people standing around wondering what to do, services to paris and amsterdam and brussels and disneyland paris to and brussels and disneyland paris to a lot of children inside and families wondering what to do next. a busy period, wanting to go on holiday on new year s eve and visit family and your and as i was walking through the station announcements that would not be any trains before midday at the earliest and suffer 14 trains cancelled, none running midday and they said if anyone was hoping to get a last minute ticket do not bother because every train is full. they are working on the issue and anyone is affected they can get and anyone is affected they can get a full refund or exchange the ticket but for a lot of people inside they want to get to where they are going and we have been hearing from simon calder who has been in the station talking
this was the view across the israel lebanon border earlier today where we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky as hostilities continue in that border area. so, let s start this hour by hearing from israel s prime minister. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false reports that claimed the united states has prevented us from operational activities in the region. this is not true. israel is a sovereign country. our war decisions are based on our operational considerations. this is the live scene over the israel gaza border, where we ve seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman says it s expanding its ground operations in the southern and northern parts of the gaza strip. reuters is
good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for informati
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