underwater motorways heavy rain and floods put the brakes on the christmas getaway. buckingham palace confirms that the duke of edinburch is in hospital. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with connie. waiting for announcement from arsenal? we re waiting for confirmation that mikel arteta is the new arsenal manager. up until this week he was assistant coach to pep guardiola at manchester city and in the last hour or so he s confirmed that arteta has left the club and he s in london. chris has all the weather parts of the country flooded? we will be looking at how much rain has fallen over the last couple of days, bringing flooding seems like these, but also crucially as the christmas holiday getaway gets under way, we will be looking at what the weather has in store over the next few days. thanks, chris. also coming up. three, two, one and lift off! a new era in human space flight. could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space? hello, everyone
as well. for friday, more rain around. that rain will be pushing its way northwards. we will probably start to see it s getting into scotland, particularly eastern areas, but it could push a bit further west in scotland as the day goes by. temperature is beginning to drop closer to normal across many of these western areas, but it is still relatively mild for east anglia and south east england. now, for the weekend, areas of low pressure will tend to get steered close to southern england, but there is uncertainty about whether the rain really gets in across southern england or whether it stays across the english channel. it is only a small difference, really. but the key thing is if we do see some more rain coming into southern england, and again will bring the risk of some further flooding issues. otherwise it is a day of sunshine and some showers. temperature wise, we re looking at highs of six or seven for the northern half of the uk but nine to 11 celsius across much of e
# i hearjerusalem bells are ringing.# as for coldplay, they have a lot to work out. their last tour used 32 trucks and there was the carbon cost of flights for over 100 crew members. but the band famous for their song yellow are serious about going green. colin patterson, bbc news, jordan. that s it. newsnight is getting under way on bbc two with emma barnett. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday i m connie mclaughlin. the new tottenham manager jose mourinho says he won t make the same mistakes this time that he made at previous clubs. move over, andy. great britain s other murray, jamie, helps them reach the quarter finals of the davis cup. and we ll also hear from antony joshua, who s philisophical about that shock defeat to andy ruinr, as he prepares for their huge re match. welcome to the programme. he s had some interesting press conferences in the premier league over the years there was the speci
raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. coming up on afternoon live: all the sport. it s a big night for england. the match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1,000th international fixture. there s no raheem sterling, remember, but can they qualify without him? thanks, connie, and nick miller has the weather. more rain falling where it is just not needed. how much and for how long? plus going in search of snow. i have also found some in africa. thanks, nick. also coming up: as we get the first glimpse of this year s john lewis christmas tv ad, we ll look at what the others are like and ask whether the millions of pounds spent on on them is money well spent. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. one senior doctor has warned emergency care is imploding. the government s target is for 95% of a&e pati
a court hears details of the final moments ofjodie chesney‘s life, who was stabbed in london. four people are accused of murder. the rugby world cup gets off to a flying start, with a win for the host nation, japan. and at 8.45pm, find out ifjason solomons thinks brad pitt s new astronaut film is out of this world. that and more coming up in the film review. good evening. welcome to bbc news. millions of people including many children, have been taking part in demonstrations around the world, demanding tougher action on climate change. huge crowds gathered in cities in more than 150 countries, calling for governments and businesses to do more to save the planet. the teenage activist greta thunberg, who protested alone outside the swedish parliament last year to draw attention to climate change, is tonight leading a march in new york. our correspondent sarah campbell has the latest. what do we want? climate justice! when do we want it now? now! the arctic could melt. many an