Syrian children are allowed to leave a rebel held area of damascus. Tesco investigates after customers complained that their christmas turkey was rotten or had gone off. And england have had their best day on their ashes tour of australia so far. Alistair cook completed his first ashes century in 7 years. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. Thousands of homes and properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales, after power lines were brought down overnight. Theres been disruption for passengers at birmingham and sta nsted airports, and collisions on the mi, m25 and a number of a roads caused by treacherous driving conditions have caused major delays. Viewers have been sending in pictures from their area , georgina tweeted this photo from the departure lounge at stansted airport, which has suffered delays due due to a closed runway, but has now reopened. But the weather hasnt be
Phil has the rest of the weather for the uk. A very good morning. A cold, bright day to many cup parts of the British Isles but in the nicks, snow has been falling and continues to fall in some areas. In the mix. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of homes are without power in england and wales, as overnight snowfall has brought down power lines. Western power says 14,000 properties are affected, from cornwall to sheffield. Meanwhile, parts of the mi, m5 and m42 motorways are also affected by snow. And some flights were diverted from Birmingham Airport after the runway was shut for a short time. Lets get more from our news correspondent andy moore. This really has happened in the last few hours but its causing a lot of chaos in certain areas. Overnight, an unusual combination of heavy rain turning to snow and that has caused quite a few problems. First of all, with the western Power Distribution company dealing with lots of different problems across the south west and midla
Education is often regarded as more important for boys. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill children from a rebel held suburb near 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 are in urgent need of treatment. Some 400,000 residents have been under siege by Government Forces there 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. Foo
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Aid workers and syrian volunteers have begun to evacuate dozens of critically ill patients from a rebel held suburb near damascus. Last week, International Aid agencies made an appeal to president assad to allow the evacuation of seven children with cancer. The first of the patients were taken out of Eastern Ghouta overnight by the red cross and the syrian arab red crescent. More patients should be evacuated in the coming days as part of a deal between the government and rebels. But hundreds more are in need of treatment. The medical situation for People Living in Eastern Ghouta is desperate after four years under siege. Martin patience reports from beirut. Seven year old imjy is preparing for a shortjourney, and it will almost certainly end up saving her life. She is suffering from haemophilia, but last night she was among four critically ill patients to be evacuated to damascus for life saving treatment. This is what shes leaving behind. Eastern ghouta is one of the last remaining re