big ben strikes midnight. it s europe s biggest fireworks display and as the countdown began, more than 100,000 people watched along the river thames as the london skyline lit up and the sounds of big ben chimed. you can actually smell the gunpowder the air, you can smell it. it is fireworks night here. big ben, the chimes have rung and we are now officially in 202a. the best show on earth. amazing, indescribable, no words. so worth it, i am loving it so much. this is my first time for london, coming here and seeing this. i i love it, it is so good. this year s theme is unity, a message played from the king. 0ur society is woven from diverse threads. and the london mayor, who thanked those working in the nhs, the police and the fire service. he said the event took months to organise. we have planned this sincejuly. there is a team of 75 who have been working over the last four days. one of our strengths as a city and country is our diversity. we will be celebrating our dive
The bbc s star football presenter, gary lineker, has been suspended over comments he made criticising the british governments asylum policy. Ina in a tweet he compared the language of the uk government with germany in the 1930s. Britain will pay france hundreds of millions of dollars over the next three years for a new Detention Centre and more patrols to help clamp down on migrants crossing the channel in small boats. Saudi arabia and iran have agreed to re establish diplomatic ties seven years after riyadh s embassy in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. The gunman opens fire at a Jehovah Witness Hall and the german city of hamburg. Seven People Killed including an unborn baby. At ten oclock well be here with a full round up of the days news. First. The chef, the model the missing millions vt a Global Pandemic and a national emergency. From this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. You must stay at home. An economy grindin
keeping an eye on this area of rain and hail snow. keeping an eye on this area of rain and hailsnow. pushing into keeping an eye on this area of rain and hail snow. pushing into northern ireland and wales. many will be drive for much of the day, and sunshine the further east you are. temperatures 3 7 c. this band of rain will turn increasingly into snow as it pushes into parts of northern england and scotland over tomorrow evening. this is the big picture for sunday. the frontal system is bringing the overnight snow and it will pull away and then there is another one extending across the uk and this one will be bringing strong winds and milder air and some heavy rain. some snow over the hills of scotland, but the main theme on sunday is things will be turning very much milder. weill. theme on sunday is things will be turning very much milder. well, that is all from us- turning very much milder. well, that is all from us. the turning very much milder. well, that is all fro
as part of the transition to the single news channel operation we are making some necessary operational changes. there is nowjoint output across bbc news and bbc world as we work to a phased launch of the new channel in the spring. we will continue to deliver the best bbcjournalism to audiences in the uk and around the world across all our platforms. well, instead, we re delighted to talk about this issue to richard eyre, who s a former controller of editorial policy, former deputy chief executive of bbc news. he s also been a member of the bbc trust and of the ofcom content board. welcome to newswatch, richard. now there used to be two bbc news channels. now there s essentially one with the uk opt outs, is that right? that s right. let me give you a health warning first. i haven t spoken to anybody in the bbc about this. i m as clueless as maybe some of the staff are about what the new channel will look like when it s launched in about four weeks time, i think. but you ca
the bbc s star football presenter, gary lineker, has been suspended over comments he made criticising the british government s asylum policy. ina in a tweet he compared the language of the uk government with germany in the 1930s. britain will pay france hundreds of millions of dollars over the next three years for a new detention centre and more patrols to help clamp down on migrants crossing the channel in small boats. saudi arabia and iran have agreed to re establish diplomatic ties seven years after riyadh s embassy in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. the gunman opens fire at a jehovah witness hall and the german city of hamburg. seven people killed including an unborn baby. at ten o clock we ll be here with a full round up of the days news. first. . .the chef, the model & the missing millions(vt) a global pandemic and a national emergency. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home.