Over one month to go until deal Winter Olympics in south korea, i will be checking out some of our biggest medal prospects. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol were found in her suitcase. Daniela relph reports. Laura plummers family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. But today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three year sentence injail in egypt. Her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. Laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. In her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. She s
Yearin companies. Thats review 2017 a year in business. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. 111,000 properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales , after power lines were brought down overnight. Birmingham airport closed for a time to allow for slush and snow to be cleared from the runway. And collisions on the m1 and m25 caused by treacherous driving conditions left parts of both motorways closed. 0ur news correspondent joe inwood is here. Pretty chaotic overnight in parts of the country. Those hoping to travel and many people are today what do they face . Fairly widespread disruption, treacherous conditions. The most severe incident was the one on the m1, a jackknifed lorry by junction 19, which closed large sections of the motorway. We understand the lorry has been cleared. But delays will go on for a long time because of diesel on the road. Nearby, the a14, reports of multiple
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
Young Willie Lincoln who dies of fever in that year and goes and gets buried into a crypt his fater visits him. His father is the president abraham him. His father is the president abra ham lincoln who him. His father is the president Abraham Lincoln who is grief stricken. In the cemetery there are ghostly voices having a conversation that tells the story of this book. It sounds complicated and its marvellous. With me is George Saunders. Congratulations. Thank you so saunders. Congratulations. Thank you so much. You had a vision for this book 20 years ago. You are an established story writer, what took you so long . My stories are a little dark and cynical and sci fi and i just couldnt see anyway to approach this serious material. I tried it a couple of times, it didnt work. I thought either dont do it or wait until you have enough life to do it justice. Is it as an american taking on lincoln taking on god . It is. Everyone knows and loves lincoln. That was part of the reason i waited
Of Amazon Studios, roy price, resigns over allegations of sexual harassment. Well find out later how much wages are going up, but with prices now rising at their fastest rate in five years it means were all likely to feel a bit worse off. In sport, the biggest away win for an english club in Champions League history. 7 0 for liverpool. Manchester city win too, while spurs draw with reigning champions real madrid. Andy carroll has the weather. Good morning. Rain today across south Eastern England. For the rest of us, quite a bit of cloud around, but equally there will be sunny spells as well. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The nhs is failing to meet Key Performance targets in hospitals across the uk according to a major analysis of data by the bbc. The research looked at how often Health Organisations achieved targets for Cancer Treatment, accident and emergency, and planned operations. It found that nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland ha