of the israel gaza war. iam in i am in north yorkshire, where police say they were staggered to find an 11 year old boy behind the wheel of a car towing a suspected stolen caravan. and get me to the train on time one couple s rather unusual wedding day. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. it could be a championship winning weekend for unbeaten ireland. we will be at twickenham ahead of their six nations match against england. good evening. his actions cost more lives than they saved that s the conclusion of a report into a british spy who operated at the highest levels of the ira during northern ireland s troubles. violent conflict lasted for 30 years between loyalists, who wanted to remain part of the uk, and republicans, who wanted a united ireland. the ira killed people suspected of leaking secrets to the security forces. the troubles ended with the good friday agreement in 1998. today s report is about freddie scappaticci codenamed stakeknife
here in the uk the final few rail services will be departing over the next hour as more rail strikes begin. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than 250 million people are facing life threatening conditions as plunging temperatures, blizzards and icy winds grip much of the united states and canada. 19 people have been killed so far. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the storm extends from quebec to texas. sancha berg reports. a blinding snowstorm in buffalo. this is what zero visibility looks like. driving was banned. no planes could land or take off. this northern part of new york state has been hit hard by the bomb cyclone, an enormous winter storm. while further south, there have been floods. we ve had ice, flooding, snow, freezing temperatures and everything mother nature could wallop at us with this weekend. the storm had already swept across the country forcing traffic off the road, bringing down power lines, with temperatures
candidate s campaign team in the run up to sunday spresidential election. and three men appear in court charged with the murder of businessman guy hedger, shot dead at his home near ringwood in dorset. tend to cross for sportsday. time to cross. welcome to sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me olly foster and james pearce. these are our headlines this evening: wasps and exeter claim home semi finals on the final day of rugby s premiership season. five goals for manchester city as they beat crystal palace to go third in the premier league. and the teenage motor racing driver who s vowed to drive again despite losing both his legs. good evening, we ll have all the results and reaction to today s football in just a moment, but we re going to start with rugby union. it s the final round of matches in the regular season in the english premiership and the pro 12. there was a lot at stake in the premiership, with three teams still able to finish top, and european qual
Few travellers about, you can see| few travellers about, you can see them behind me with their suitcases, but i wouldn t say it is swarming with people, perhaps people have taken on that advice that has been doing the rounds to travel as early as possible, if indeed you need to travel at all on a day like christmas eve, when there are rail strikes as well. and we are expecting services to wrap up earlier than usual today, the last train from here i am told, the last passenger train, train from here i am told, the last passengertrain, is train from here i am told, the last passenger train, is to reading at 3.56 and a lot of people use this station to get towards the west of the uk, we met people on their way to devon, to swansea, to the cotswolds, some tourists told me that they did not realise there was industrial action happening so they felt quite lucky that they happened to arrive on time for their train, because they said very easily, it could have gone the other way. and more peop