Demanding baby, woken up all hours and nick has the festive forecast for us. Good morning. Storm barbara may be pulling away from the uk, but it remains windy today, tomorrow, and into boxing day as well. The latest on the blustery christmas forecast coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Extensive Railway Engineering works are starting across britain today, with 200 different projects being carried out over the christmas break. Passengers in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the work. One of the biggest stations in the capital, paddington, is closed, with passengers being told to go to ealing broadway. Its where our reporter Jane Frances Kelly is for us this morning. Good morning. Its going to be a good deal busier there than normal. Yes, it is going to be busy. I have seen people turning up with quite heavy suitcases and that is because trains to paddington are terminating here. That is because paddington will be closed for the next six day
Demanding baby, woken up all hours and nick has the festive forecast for us. Good morning. Storm barbara may be pulling away from the uk, but it remains windy today, tomorrow, and into boxing day as well. The latest on the blustery christmas forecast coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Extensive Railway Engineering works are starting across britain today, with 200 different projects being carried out over the christmas break. Passengers in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the work. One of the biggest stations in the capital, paddington, is closed, with passengers being told to go to ealing broadway. Its where our reporter Jane Frances Kelly is for us this morning. Good morning. Its going to be a good deal busier there than normal. Yes, it is going to be busy. I have seen people turning up with quite heavy suitcases and that is because trains to paddington are terminating here. That is because paddington will be closed for the next six day
The status quo guitarist rick parfitt has died. The 68 year old was taken to hospital in marbella in spain after suffering a severe infection. The musician had been admitted on thursday due to complications to a shoulder injury. In her christmas message, theresa may has called for britain to come together as it prepares to leave the eu. Meanwhile, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has pledged to end rough sleeping in its first term in power. Carrie fisher, who played Princess Leia in the star wars films, is in Intensive Care after suffering a heart attack during a flight. The 60 year old went into cardiac arrest minutes before her plane landed in los angeles. Now on bbc news, sportsday. Hello, im olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines this evening. Theres no stopping celtic, they stay 1a points clear of rangers in the Scottish Premiership. Saracens are still top of the Rugby Union Premiership after they beat newcastle. But its not a great christmas for the vunipolas. Mako joins
The status quo guitarist rick parfitt has died. The 68 year old was taken to hospital in marbella in spain after suffering a severe infection. The musician had been admitted on thursday due to complications to a shoulder injury. In her christmas message, theresa may has called for britain to come together as it prepares to leave the eu. Meanwhile, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has pledged to end rough sleeping in its first term in power. Carrie fisher, who played Princess Leia in the star wars films, is in Intensive Care after suffering a heart attack during a flight. The 60 year old went into cardiac arrest minutes before her plane landed in los angeles. Now on bbc news, sportsday. Hello, im olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines this evening. Theres no stopping celtic, they stay 1a points clear of rangers in the Scottish Premiership. Saracens are still top of the Rugby Union Premiership after they beat newcastle. But its not a great christmas for the vunipolas. Mako joins
Of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a lorry into a Christmas Market in berlin this week. The interior Ministry Said one of those detained was amris nephew. 24 year old anis amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of friday morning. Bethany bell reports. This is anis amri, the man suspected of being behind the attack on a berlin Christmas Market. And now, authorities across europe and the middle east are trying to piece together his extremist connections. Now a clearer picture of his network is emerging. Officials in tunis say he was connected to a militant cell, which included his sisters son. Amri is thought to have sent his nephew money to help him come to germany. The nephews now in custody in tunisia. Two others have also been arrested. The spanish authorities are investigating whether amri may have had links to an extremist in spain. In tunis today, hundreds of people took to the streets to demonstrate against extr