and unfortunately cancel people for new year s eve. omicron is causing chaos in the airline industry 6,000 flights cancelled around the world over the christmas weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. the former archbishop of cape town, desmond tutu, the leading anti apartheid campaigner who helped bring down white rule in south africa, has died at the age of 90. desmond tutu was uncompromisingly opposed to violence and was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1984. after nelson mandela became president, he headed the truth and reconciliation commission, investigating the crimes of white rule. nomsa maseko looks back at his life. he was first and foremost a priest, not a politician. but for the best part of half a century, he was the face of reconciliation and south africa s moral compass. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral. the system of this country is evil. desmond mpilo tutu remained outside of party politics, but he used the church as a platform for protest
bank holiday weekend is never good. where skies are clearing overnight it will turn chilly and a touch of frost and mist and fog. but some changes for scotland and northern ireland, turning wetter and windier and no problem with frost or fog. this low pressure is working its way into scotland and northern ireland through the day on saturday. here it is going down hill, wet and windy with heavy rain. in england and wales, although it is a chilly start a glorious day and more sunshine around, particularly in the south east. some cloud in the afternoon. it will turn cloudy in northern and western parts. 18 or 19 in the south. but cooler further north, because of the cloud, wind and rain. on saturday night that low pressure and this front drifts south, but it will weaken. the rain get into much of england and wales and with a big blanket of cloud across the country, there will be no problems with frost and a mild night. into sunday, we have low pressure fizzling out in southern a
bringing gales and heavy rain. as the rain moves through, temperatures will drop, so it will feel chilly despite there being some sunshine as the rain band moves eastwards. you can see this complicated weather story. low pressure to the north. the heaviest rain is across southern scotland, northern western england and wales. lots of heavy showers behind that rain across scotland and northern ireland. but in the south east, we are still mild, cloudy and dry at the moment, but that rain will push its way eastwards as the afternoon wears on. there could be heavy bursts for a while. it stays blustery for all areas, gusts in excess of a0 mph in the windiest spots. but the windiest weather will be associated with that weatherfront across the south east. plenty of showers, some of them thundery, for western scotland. temperatures will be lower in the afternoon than what we have had in the last couple of days. it stays blustery this evening and overnight, further showers rattling int
forever, forever, forever. and the stars come out to celebrate james bond on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. after a bruising week for the prime minister, which included a row about a possible squeeze on benefits and a u turn on tax, liz truss has given her first speech as leader to the conservative party conference and insisted we must stay the course . the address was interrupted by greenpeace protesters, but the prime minister went on to defend her determination to cut taxes in order to stimulate growth; she said she had a clear strategy to get britain moving, and that while not everyone would be in favour of her plans, everyone would benefit. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas has this report. she entered with the deliberate stride of someone trying to recover an already faltering premiership. morning. exactly one month into the job, she has been blamed for economic t