rain. after an incredibly dry period of course. but look at this, intense rain about two or three inches falling injust a rain about two or three inches falling in just a few hours. but the good news is that it's clearing away and for the coming for five days, high pressure is building in which will ensure some dry weather. good news at least for the clean—up but it might also produced some rain gci’oss it might also produced some rain across the caribbean. as for europe, another storm coming through the bay of biscay today which will head gci’oss of biscay today which will head across the pyrenees towards the alps tomorrow. so we could have further snowfall and windy weather as well. in contrast in uk, a very quiet speu in contrast in uk, a very quiet spell of weather and also brighter. much brighter for many spell of weather and also brighter. much brighterfor many parts. but not all, we've had some rather stubborn fog and this was belfast just a couple of hours ago. that will not clear northern ireland com pletely will not clear northern ireland completely before darkness falls. we still have leaden skies further east, grey and damp and the rain has been quite persistent. overnight the main hazard is the fog. it could turn out to be freezing fog with some icy patches as well. particularly across the severn valley, parts of wales, north—west england and again northern ireland. as for the rest of scotland, we hope the rain will clear away from the mainland. but it will be a very chilly start in the morning. then further south are not as helpful for some sunshine tomorrow as the fog will be more widespread. affecting some major motorway networks. further east we still have the re m na nts of further east we still have the remnants of a weather front, hill fog here. not as breakfast today but some persistent drizzle around. we will see some sunshine further west. five or 6 degrees. but again the sunshine will compensate. temperatures around seven or 8 degrees. feeling colder weatherfog lingers. another repeat performance tomorrow night, some icy patches and fog around. and we have to wait until next week to clear that out of the way. looking promising, and the weekend looking drive for most if a little bit grey. and just again a reminder for tomorrow morning of some dense fog around. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — children's hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins with the latest sport on bbc news. sport on bbc news. one of the top bosses of british cycling has admitted that chris froome's failed drugs test has been a blow — both to the governing body and to the rider himself. the ceo of british cycling, julie harrington, also admitted that she doesn't know if froome would be selected to represent great britain while under investigation. harrington's comments come on the day that british cycling appointed a new independent chairman — the house of fraser boss, frank slevin. of course it is a blow to the reputation, and that of the rider. it has been a challenging time for chris and cycling in general to deal with that. he has an opportunity to prove why it took place. chelsea's drew spence has been recalled to the england women's squad for the first time. england are preparing for the shebelieves cup in the united states in march. along with spence — gilly flaherty, rachel daly and ellen white also return, for the 10—day training camp in spain. she is returning for the first time since accusing sampson of making racist remarks. the fa have yet to appoint a permanent manager, with mo marley still in interim charge. after the tournament in the us, england will resume their world cup qualifying campaign against wales in april. after the poor ashes series, england's cricketers begin their one—day campaign with a match against a cricket australia 11, in sydney tomorrow. that's ahead of the first one day international on sunday, and wicket keeperjoss buttler says the players remain positive. i think the guys will dust themselves down. the guys who are here seen in good spirits. they will be looking forward to the white ball arena and the freedom it brings. former world number one, novak djokovic, says he intends to play in the australian open for now. djokovic — who has dropped to number 14 in the world — returned after six months out with an elbow injury — to beat dominic thiem at the classic. he'll be chasing a record seventh australian open, title if he competes at the tournament, which begins on monday. the elbow and needed more time to recover. i'm getting my elbow into matchplay. today was our best of three match, the first of those i have played since wimbledon last year. i'm happy with the way it went. and some good news for british tennis. heather watson is through the last eight at the hobart international. that's after a straight sets win over australian jamiee fourlis. watson will next face world number 55 donna vekic from croatia. amir khan says he's targetting winning a world title, after signing a deal to fight for eddie hearn's matchroom promotion company. the former world champion will make a return to the ring after nearly two years out when he fights in liverpool, on 21 april. his opponent is yet to be announced. khan has linked up with promoter eddie hearn on a three—fight deal. hearn says he's aiming for a british mega—fight with kell brook at the end of the year. the former liverpool goalkeeper tommy lawrence has died at the age of 77. the scotsman was bill shankly‘s first—choice keeper during the 1960s. he twice won the league with the club and the fa cup once, during that time. he made 390 appearances for liverpool, before making the switch to tranmere rovers in 1971, where he stayed for three years. he was also capped for scotland three times. tommy lawrence, former liverpool goalkeeper, who has died at the age of 77. that's all the sport for now. we will shortly be going to westminster to join we will shortly be going to westminster tojoin norman we will shortly be going to westminster to join norman smith. before that, we are straight down to business. british industry is experiencing a sustained recovery — that's according to the latest official figures. with manufacturing output hitting its highest level in ten years. cold weather in november boosted energy exports whilst a weaker pound after the brexit vote helped boost sales of british made goods overseas. the uk's second largest supermarket sainsbury‘s says overall sales were up 1.1% in the last three months. the firm, which also owns argos, said higher grocery sales made up for a fall in general merchandise and slower clothing sales. a highly critical report by the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says passengers on thameslink, southern and great northern services have suffered the worst disruption of any rail franchise. it says the country's largest operator has not provided value for money for the travellers in kent, sussex, cambridgeshire and norfolk. the uk's second largest supermarket, sainsbury‘s, says its profits could come in higher than expected, after record sales during christmas week. the chain says overall sales were up 1.1% over the last three months, as higher food sales compensated for lower sales of non—food items, especially at argos — the chain it now owns. the supermarket‘s chief executive mike coupe said it was feeling the pressure from competitors and it needed to adapt to its customers needs. we had a very good christmas. our operational standards were great and we serve our operational standards were great and we serve oui’ customers operational standards were great and we serve our customers brilliantly well. we saw growth in our food business, but we also group our market share in clothing. we think oui’ market share in clothing. we think our results are pretty good. we saw growth in our food our results are pretty good. we saw growth in ourfood business. but we can't get away from the fact there isa can't get away from the fact there is a lot of competitive pressure out there and we need to adapt our business to our changing customer needs. we're investing in convenience shops and we are moving argos shops into sainsbury‘s shops, so we can serve our customers wherever and whenever they want. we are also investing in online. now, they may be out of the reach of you and i, but a report out today suggests that the market for superyachts is booming. and one particular winner in the global race to attract the billions spent on boats is the british yachting industry. our business correspondent kim gittleson is at the london boat show. kim — exactly where are you? iamat i am at the top of a princess yacht, quite an impressive structure. the cheapest of these comes in atjust under £300,000. so this could be a great purchase if you have a spear couple of hundred thousand pounds lying around. superyacht are missing. and told it has to be bigger than 2a metres. there was supposed to be one here, but it was sold two weeks ago. showing there is a lot of demand. the uk is doing well in this sector and attracting buyers. why is that? the report this morning says that sales of the british vessels increased to £3.i billion. one of the key drivers is international buyers. the pound has weakened as a result of brexit, meaning the boat here are a little cheaper for meaning the boat here are a little cheaperfor someone in meaning the boat here are a little cheaper for someone in europe meaning the boat here are a little cheaperfor someone in europe or america. this is what the chief executive told me earlier. brexit gave a bit of a boost. the market has settled down now. we are believing to be seeing sustained demand in all markets. even in the uk. we would like to believe it is because of the quality and performance of our super yachts.|j have performance of our super yachts.” have to tell you, i've been touring some of the yachts year. the interiors are pretty impressive. they are also bigger than my flat. if you have a few hundred million to spear, maybe it would be a great purchase, but for now, they do something fun to look at. thank you. in other business news... discount supermarket lidl says its sales hit a record in december, up 16% on the same period in 2016. customers bought about 600 tonnes of brussels sprouts, 17 million mince pies and more than 800,000 litres of champagne and prosecco. the chain opened nine stores during the holiday period, bringing the total outlets to 693. the chancellor, philip hammond, and the brexit secretary, david davis, are making separate visits to germany today, to try to build support for a trade deal between the uk and the eu that includes financial services. they say it makes no sense to put in place unnecessary barriers to trade in services or goods. and the 5p charge for plastic bags in large shops in england is set to be extended to cover nearly all carrier bags, as part of new plans for the environment. since being introduced in large shops in england in october 2015 the 5p charge has cut plastic bag use by nearly 90%. karelian employee 43,000 people around the world. they are in trouble. their share price has fallen 90% sincejuly. the meeting creditors today. we will be talking about them throughout the afternoon. iam back about them throughout the afternoon. i am back in an hour. the headlines now on bbc news: mudslides and flooding kill at least 13 people in southern california. authorities say they expect the death toll to rise. cancer patients face possible delays to their treatment at an oxford hospital because of a shortage of staff, a leading doctor claims. uk manufacturing output reach at its highest level in ten years, recording a seventh consecutive month of growth. let's get more now on the nhs dominating the first prime minister's questions of this year. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said there's evidence of a crisis in the health service, but theresa may insisted it's "better prepared than ever before". our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster with the latest. thank you. first pmqs of the latest. thank you. first pmqs of the year. turned out it wasn't much ofa the year. turned out it wasn't much of a thriller in manila. a bit of argy—bargy over the nhs. theresa may argy—bargy over the nhs. theresa may a little bit wrong—footed by a question on brexit, asked what marks out of ten she would give for her handling of it. let's listen to some of the exchanges over the state of the nhs this winter. she told the house the nhs was better prepared for winter than ever before. so what words of comfort does the prime minister have 2—d 17,000 words of comfort does the prime minister have 2—d17,000 patients waiting in the back of ambulances in the last week of december? is it that nothing is perfect, any chance? affiliates that the nhs is under pressure overwinter. it is regularly under pressure wintertime is. i have been very clear. i apologise to those people who have had operations delayed. so what are we to make of pmqs today? i'm joined by three learner done judicious observers. from labour, the conservatives and the snp. do you think she has taken her eye off the ball when it comes to the nhs because of, bluntly, brexit?” ball when it comes to the nhs because of, bluntly, brexit? ithink we can walk and chew gum at the same time. we are still very much concentrating on those. it is getting a bit predictable at pmqs. jeremy corbyn says there is not enough money, theresa may says they are putting in more money than ever. i think people are getting bored of it. the prime minister says, you're in charge in wales, why are you doing better in wales? we all know the nhs is under pressure. isn't there a limited mileage of saying it is in crisis? in my constituency, people were sleeping on the floor is. we heard questions today about the restriction of chemotherapy for terminally ill cancer patients in oxford. we heard the restriction on pain help for people in hull. this is happening across the country. 50,000 people have had their operations cancelled. they deserve answers. labour's panacea is only a little bit more money, all—male little bit more money, all—male little more than the government is already proposing. jeremy corbyn seems to revert to slogans about money allegedly being siphoned off to the private sector. money is being siphoned off to the private sector. we want the nhs to be publicly owned and publicly delivered. we think that bringing a profit motive into primary care services, which have always been poorly funded and done well in the past, we know we don't have enough district nurses, we know we have 40,000 nurse vacancies. these other problems the government needs to be getting to grips with. once again, the government failed to give answers. in scotland, social care and the nhs are already combined. that is clearly where politicians in england want to go. how difficult is it to do that, in terms of separate budgets? nothing in these matters is ever easy, but it is about the political determination, the will and working together. in scotland, we have better results. we have faced twice as many per head of population flu cases over the winter period and we are dealing with a better. the british red cross are seeing there is a humanitarian crisis in the nhs in england and wales. the bbc did a survey last year of everybody across the uk and their satisfaction with the nhs and scotland came out the best. theresa may kind of dodged the question she was or was not doing on brexit. how many marks out of ten would you give her? i think it is more like who wa nts to her? i think it is more like who wants to be a millionaire. when you get to 32,000, you can't slip back. ten out of ten so far, but there is a lot more to do. ten out of ten? how do you work that out? we got that deal. there will now be a standstill transitional period were basically life carries on as its? we need to ensure there is no cliff edge. that is what the chancellor and business have set. farmers have said that. we want to ensure we have an orderly transition. that is what the eu have warned today. in the financial times, the eu the eu have warned today. in the financialtimes, the eu is the eu have warned today. in the financial times, the eu is advising businesses to prepare for an ordeal scenario. that will cost jobs and livelihoods and cost of living. i don't think that is what anybody who voted we've voted for. what is happening with the labour party? your position seems to shift week to week. i have been voting consistently to remain in the customs union. i think we need to be ina customs union. i think we need to be in a position where we stay in the customs union and stay in the single market. the deal before christmas contained more fights than my christmas stocking. we now see this week with the letter from david davis, how dare they put pay for an ordeal brexit, that's exactly what the hardliners in his own party have been warning about and calling for for the last year. i think we have bigger issues to decide. the chemicals regime, defence and aerospace. i will put an amendment down when the brexit bill comes back oi'i down when the brexit bill comes back on the four of the house next week. how will you square your leader or john mcdonnell on this? they seem to be of the view that you have to leave the customs union.” be of the view that you have to leave the customs union. i think the wrong and i thinkjeremy is in listening mode on this. those of us have advocated staying in the customs union will continue to put forward our case. if it comes down toa forward our case. if it comes down to a choice of destroying our public services, which we passionately want to protect, saving the nhs, i think our leadership will get into —— will make the right decision.” our leadership will get into —— will make the right decision. i voted to remain, but my constituents 1462% to leave. we got past the first difficult stage. there is more work to be done. there was a positive article in a newspaper in frankfurt from the chancellor today. saying this is what we need to do to ensure we trade together. let's talk about the other event, or nonevent, the reshuffle. how does it work? either smoke signals? does she get you on the phone? what happens? i've been continually on the front bench for well over 11 years. the chief whip tipped me a wink that the prime minister might want to see me in the morning and it might not be good news. i said, morning and it might not be good news. isaid, i know why morning and it might not be good news. i said, i know why i am here, so news. i said, i know why i am here, so don't feel embarrassed. we had a cordial chat about one or two other things. we shook hands and left on good terms. how do you take it? there was a lot made about the cult of old male ministers. do you resent its? we have more than 300 tory mps, most of whom want to be ministers under our 80 jobs on the front bench. i am well past my quarter. it is like a football team. sometimes you put on the bench and you might come back in, possibly. do you support theresa may and her desire to promote more young women? or do you think it is in danger of tokenism? these young women seem to be given roles in the back office. i think it has been a bit of a re—shambles. she ended last year with damian green's resignation. she began this year with justine greening's resignation. she is certainly not in control. two weeks to sack toby young —— she was too weak to sack toby young and too weak to...i weak to sack toby young and too weak to... i don't think it is a government that looks like britain. does having more women in front line posts change the dynamic?m does having more women in front line posts change the dynamic? it gives different voices and different perspectives. she was reasserting her power, refreshing her government and having more diversity. cheese filled on all counts. jeremy hunt was not willing to go and ended up with a bigger brief. and really sad. justine greening was the first lgbt cabinet six to a. it just justine greening was the first lgbt cabinet six to a. itjust became a complete fudge. at the end of the day, this is the prime minister who seems to be completely dismayed, all over the place, having more women in politics and power, we've had the bbc scandal this week with carrie gracie, we need more women and people with different backgrounds in all aspects of public life. it's really important we do that. government, public or private sector, it's important we all do that. as an honorary member of the old get club, i think i should be wa ry old get club, i think i should be wary as well. but that is our take on the first pmqs of the year. time for a look at the weather. fog will be the main issue for the next couple of days. the fog has relented a little to give us some sunshine today. this is how it looked this morning in manchester. we will have a repeat performance tonight. we have had some sparkling weather across parts of wales, southern england in the north—west of england. across northern ireland, the fog has been reluctant to clear. it will become more of a problem tonight, more of a widespread problem tonight. we have a week weather from close to the east coast which willjust weather from close to the east coast which will just about weather from close to the east coast which willjust about hinder a frost forming here. the rain will ease a little. elsewhere, it will be cold enough for some frost in rural parts, possibly even some freezing fog. that will be the main hazard tomorrow morning. notjust fog. that will be the main hazard tomorrow morning. not just for england and wales, but parts of northern ireland and southern scotland. it should be a little brighter. a widespread frost. a cold start with the frost over parts of north—west england in particular. there could be a few holes at lower levels to allow the fog to form. affecting the major motorway networks tomorrow morning. and very slow to clear away. little energy in the sunshine at this time of year. in other areas, and might not clear. when it does, there will be some sunshine. you can see the weather front still with us further east. it might not be quite as wet as today, but i'm quite grave. not especially cold, but it is a repeat performance for tomorrow night and into friday. frosti ness for tomorrow night and into friday. frostiness fog around. we need more ofa frostiness fog around. we need more of a breeze to pick up. it will for northern ireland on friday. the potential for some northern ireland on friday. the potentialfor some rain northern ireland on friday. the potential for some rain coming northern ireland on friday. the potentialfor some rain coming in. the weather front will die a death and we have to wait until the beginning of next week to get a strong winds to blow the fog away. it will not happen on this weather front as it fizzles out. just to remind you, fog is the big problem as we go through tonight and tomorrow morning. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. a race against time — as rescue workers in southern california search for survivors after mudslides and flooding which have left 13 people dead. we got down and found a little baby ina we got down and found a little baby in a cave. we got it out, got the mud out of its mouth. riding high — uk manufacturing output expands at its fastest rate for 10 years. a man whose body was found buried in a garden was allegedly killed by his daughter several years ago. a woman has been arrested after confessing to police. i told them things i wouldn't even tell my own family. there's always someone tell my own family. there's always someone there to talk to or even just make you laugh... ‘we're not going soft‘ — the army's response to criticism of its 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