to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds for a sexually explicit photos. we ve just had an update on that story and we can cross to our culture correspondent. lizo, what is the update? cross to our culture correspondent. lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that i lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that detectives lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that detectives from h lizo, what is the update? we ve just been told that detectives from the l been told that detectives from the metropolitan police s specialist crime command met with representatives from the bbc on the morning of monday the 10th ofjuly, that s today. the meeting took place virtually. they are assessing the information discussed at the meeting and further inquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed. there is no investigation at this stage. that follows from what we heard
millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at least seven people dead. we are in a war. this is a war with mother nature and she has been hitting us with everything she has since the late hours of thursday and into friday, saturday and now on chris
in the light of her faith, in his first christmas message. it is in the life giving light and with the true humility that lies in our service to others, but i believe we can find hope for the future. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents, and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at l
bbc sport centre. marc is there with the latest. thank you, matthew. we will start with football. manchester united manager erik ten hag says his squad are together , dimissing suggestions he has a split dressing room. united are seventh in the premier league and bottom of their champions league group. adding to the mix, the club took the unusual step of excluding four media organisations from their scheduled news conference on wednesday after reacting furiously to reports up to half of the squad were either unhappy with ten hag or his training and tactics. they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. i think we have another relationship and they can give that to us beforehand. we have a normal and a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always, in every team, players who are less playing, less happy, but this is no different as normal. we have seen our first premier league sacking of the season. we
were wearing poppies. it s an important day to remember those who died, but amongst them were 10,000 palestinians whojoined the british army. the atmosphere as the rally began was relaxed and good natured but from early in the day, police have been concerned about what they categorised as a right wing counter protest. there were scuffles a short distance from the cenotaph. the met commissioner sir mark rowley paid a visit to his command team as riot squads in the field worked to keep the two protest groups apart. here in the met police s operations centre, officers are monitoring every aspect of the protest and they ve got fixed cameras and also they ve got evidence gatherers, officers on the ground, who are taking pictures they can beam back live from the scene so the commanders here can decide where to deploy and when to arrest. we watched as the senior commanders instructed their teams in the field to arrest some of the counter protesters. from what we can see they came in