spells and temperatures slowly creeping up after that cold start. the lighter wind away from scotland may not feel quite as cold. by friday the showers are going at a north sea coastal areas. all of the snow has been in the north and west, but it will be a dry and clear and sunny day once the fog clears away. into the weekend, that is when the temperatures will be edging up in the north and west. fort william on sunday, warmer than it will be in buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy y fogg . ly |ng e increas hir . s ham king buc by buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy by sunday as well. that s the bbc news on the 18th of january. more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight which is just getting under way right now on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one and it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. good night. thank you, sophie, and welcome to bbc london. the latest on another
stars of the 1950s and 60s, gina lollobrigida, who has died at the age of 95. crawl back into my bedroom, take advantage of my weakness! she was one of the last survivors of the golden age of cinema, nicknamed by italians as la lollo, and judged by some to be the most beautiful woman in the world. she co starred with some of the biggest names in hollywood. later in life she became a successful sculptor and photographer, and made several unsucessful attempts to be elected to parliament. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. freezing bitter cold weather is with us for a few days but we had some lovely sunshine, enjoying views like this snowy skiddaw in cumbria which looks stunning. the other issue we have been covering is the flooding recently and flood warnings are still in force and the problems had not gone away. a lot of trouble on the river severn, avon and for ground water flooding in the river severn, avon and for ground waterflooding in parts the river s
330 suspects, decapitating the mancuso clan, one of the ruthless families making up the ndrangheta. italy s biggest anti mafia trial since the 1980s, ongoing for the past two years, is in a converted call centre to cope with the size. with over 600 lawyers and 900 witnesses, charges include murder, extortion and drug trafficking. one of the 335 suspects is an ex mp. the giant courtroom and hundreds of defendants and lawyers is intended to prove to italians that their state is striking the ndrangheta. but equally, it s only one, albeit powerful clan on trial out of an estimated 150. and while it shows that the ndrangheta isn t untouchable, there s no sense here that this is the beginning of the end of the calabrian mafia. so, for nicola gratteri, the work and the threat doesn t stop.
Crime syndicates. the group is now estimated to control up to 80% of europe s cocaine trade. for decades, one man has been waging war against the ndrangheta, risking his life. now he s taking hundreds to trial, inflicting the biggest blow on the group in its history. it s perhaps italy s most dangerous commute by italy s most threatened target. nicola gratteri has spent his career fighting the country s most powerful mafia, the ndrangheta.
We travel away from calabria to northern italy to find that rare thing an ndrangheta turncoat. with the group founded on blood ties, disloyalty means betraying your own family, and few have dared to do so. luigi bonaventura uses his name but hides his face so he won t be recognized by those he turned against 16 years ago. he s been under police protection ever since. now, testifying in the mancuso trial, he offers a glimpse into the dark world of mafia indoctrination.