:00:08. > :00:13.More disruption and misery after powerful gales and heavy rainfall
:00:14. > :00:17.hit the UK for the second time this week. Flooding and landslides have
:00:18. > :00:25.left people stranded and thousands of homes are still without power.
:00:26. > :00:28.Have the council been around since? The Prime Minister made storm
:00:29. > :00:33.victims in Kent who complained to the little is being done to help
:00:34. > :00:36.them. We need the council to get around with Skip so people can get
:00:37. > :00:42.carpets and furniture removed, we need to get the power back on and we
:00:43. > :00:47.need to learn the lessons. Greenpeace in Russia following an
:00:48. > :00:54.oil drilling protest arrived back in Britain after 100 days in jail.
:00:55. > :00:58.And England come late to the Ashes party with a much better performance
:00:59. > :01:18.on the second day of the fourth test.
:01:19. > :01:24.Good evening. Powerful gales and heavy rain have returned to the UK,
:01:25. > :01:30.leaving nearly 20,000 homes without power and many rail services
:01:31. > :01:34.cancelled and roads closed again. The Met Office says gusts of over
:01:35. > :01:37.100 miles an hour have been recorded in North Wales and there are still
:01:38. > :01:41.more than 30 flood warnings across the country. Today, David Cameron
:01:42. > :01:47.said there needed to be a better response the next time properties
:01:48. > :01:51.are threatened. Slicing across the sea, gale force
:01:52. > :01:56.winds slammed into the back hall Promenade today, blasting the beach
:01:57. > :02:02.and gusting through the town. -- Blackpool Promenade. The emergency
:02:03. > :02:08.services in north-west England saw a surge in weather-related callouts.
:02:09. > :02:13.We have been dealing with roof tiles, slates which have become
:02:14. > :02:18.loose, unsafe chimneys, signage on shop fronts. The South of England is
:02:19. > :02:23.still dealing with the effects of the storms earlier this week. In
:02:24. > :02:27.Maidstone, floodwaters have receded but not disappeared. In nearby
:02:28. > :02:31.Yalding, the Prime Minister spent the morning visiting people who were
:02:32. > :02:35.flooded before Christmas. One angry resident told Mr Cameron that
:02:36. > :02:44.nothing had been done to them. We need electric. From Monday we have
:02:45. > :02:49.been trying to contact the council, nothing. He said the priority should
:02:50. > :02:55.be to help people recover from the effects of the floods. A lot of
:02:56. > :02:59.things need to be fixed. We need the insurance companies to get around,
:03:00. > :03:03.we need the council to get around with skips so people can get carpets
:03:04. > :03:07.and furniture removed. We need to get the power back on and then we
:03:08. > :03:11.need to learn the lessons. We are seeing these events take place more
:03:12. > :03:15.often. The high winds have brought power lines down. In Northern
:03:16. > :03:21.Ireland, 20,000 homes had to be reconnected overnight and this house
:03:22. > :03:24.in Mayobridge caught fire when an electricity pole fell onto the roof.
:03:25. > :03:33.There has been widespread disruption on the realm network. This
:03:34. > :03:39.photograph is of crowds at Carlisle. Passengers at Victoria Station in
:03:40. > :03:44.London were also in for long waits. There are no seats here, standing
:03:45. > :03:50.for three hours is bad. I am tired, I have been since 7am. I tried to
:03:51. > :03:56.get a coach and the only one I could get was 7am. I have been here five
:03:57. > :04:01.hours already. Network Rail defended the way the system had been running.
:04:02. > :04:04.It would be ridiculous to put passengers on trains and get them
:04:05. > :04:10.stuck and stranded, and turn to the emergency services, when everybody
:04:11. > :04:15.is so stretched at the moment. It is absolutely the right thing to do.
:04:16. > :04:20.What I did last weekend and in the June storm was to check that the
:04:21. > :04:26.network was safe before we let it run. The holidays have been a
:04:27. > :04:29.wash-out for this family in Surrey. Their home flooded on Christmas Day
:04:30. > :04:33.and they are spending the rest of the year dealing with the damage.
:04:34. > :04:37.For some, this will be a Christmas they would rather forget. It has
:04:38. > :04:41.been so windy in Blackpool today that the central pier was closed and
:04:42. > :04:46.the ambulance service took calls from people who had literally been
:04:47. > :04:52.knocked off their feet. But the good news in this region is that things
:04:53. > :04:57.are set to improve. The high winds are forecast to die down after
:04:58. > :05:01.midnight. As usual, the BBC website has
:05:02. > :05:09.details of all of the weather for your area.
:05:10. > :05:13.Four Greenpeace activists and a freelance journalist detained in
:05:14. > :05:16.Russia three months ago after a protest against oil drilling in the
:05:17. > :05:21.Arctic have been re-knighted with their families. They arrived in
:05:22. > :05:25.London this afternoon -- reunited. This report contains some flash
:05:26. > :05:33.photography. CHEERING
:05:34. > :05:36.A long but welcome journey ends. British environmental campaigners
:05:37. > :05:39.arrived back on home soil after the Russian government drops charges
:05:40. > :05:45.against them and allow them to leave. They are free but defiant.
:05:46. > :05:50.Our mission is to save the Arctic and stop oil exploration going on
:05:51. > :05:59.there. We have never enjoyed quite so much media. Full of guns, there
:06:00. > :06:07.is just relief. -- for loved ones. How is it to see your son? Great,
:06:08. > :06:11.fantastic, really happy. This homecoming also means an end to more
:06:12. > :06:18.than 100 days under arrest, and the full fury of the Russian
:06:19. > :06:20.authorities. The protesters were among 30 arrested in this dramatic
:06:21. > :06:25.encounter with Russian authorities in September. After Greenpeace tried
:06:26. > :06:29.to stop oil drilling in Arctic waters. They were charged with
:06:30. > :06:37.hooliganism and faced several years behind bars. Then, a few days ago,
:06:38. > :06:46.exit visas were granted after Russia's parliament approved an
:06:47. > :06:52.amnesty bill. That move also brought freedom for members of the punk
:06:53. > :07:01.band, Pussy Riot, jailed for singing protest songs, and for the tycoon,
:07:02. > :07:06.Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Someone do if Greenpeace was wise to go up against
:07:07. > :07:11.President Putin. Others note it comes just weeks before Russia hosts
:07:12. > :07:14.the Winter Olympics. In London, the activists say they will continue
:07:15. > :07:19.their protests against Arctic oil drilling but they might reconsider
:07:20. > :07:26.future tactics. Right now, international politics takes second
:07:27. > :07:28.place to family reunions. A former Lebanese government
:07:29. > :07:32.minister has been assassinated in Beirut. The hammer chatter was
:07:33. > :07:39.killed in a car bomb this morning. -- Mohammed
:07:40. > :07:50.he was a staunch critic of the Syrian regime. Our world affairs
:07:51. > :07:57.correspondent has sent this rig bought.
:07:58. > :08:01.The festive season came to a violent end in Beirut, just after 930 this
:08:02. > :08:07.morning. In a country that has seen much violence, the glitzy renovated
:08:08. > :08:12.heart of the capital had been spared so far. Cars were set ablaze,
:08:13. > :08:17.windows of French restaurants and designer boutiques shattered.
:08:18. > :08:24.Teenagers enjoying the sun and posting pictures, moments before a
:08:25. > :08:30.car park behind them exploded, wrecking their young lives. We were
:08:31. > :08:36.inside and we felt glass breaking and coming in. Then we heard the
:08:37. > :08:42.sound. We waited until it was over, then we went out and saw this. The
:08:43. > :08:46.target was this man, Mohamad Chatah, once an ambassador to the US and a
:08:47. > :08:53.finance minister, a father of two, he was a voice of moderation in a
:08:54. > :08:58.polarised country. He was also an adviser to the former Prime
:08:59. > :09:03.Minister, Saad Hariri. Both were vocal critics of Syria's government
:09:04. > :09:08.and Hezbollah. The Lebanese Shia militant group has been sending
:09:09. > :09:13.fighters to Syria for months to support President Bashar al-Assad.
:09:14. > :09:16.Libya is deeply divided over the war next door. Sunni militants have been
:09:17. > :09:30.crossing into Syria as well to help the rebels. At the sight of the
:09:31. > :09:33.bombing, Mohammed -- Mohamad Chatah's friends page tribute. --
:09:34. > :09:53.paid tribute. He was an advocate of Lebanon is also still haunted by a
:09:54. > :09:58.long string of unresolved assassinations. In the past, the
:09:59. > :10:02.finger has been pointed in many directions, including at Syria.
:10:03. > :10:09.Whoever was behind this powerful car bomb this morning, one thing is
:10:10. > :10:17.certain: LeBron on's own fate is increasingly tied to the outcome of
:10:18. > :10:26.the war raging across the border in Syria -- Lebanon on's own fate.
:10:27. > :10:30.Walthamstow coroners Court in east London heard how the Syrian
:10:31. > :10:36.authorities believe Abbas Khan killed himself. His family insist he
:10:37. > :10:39.was murdered. A postmortem examination carried out in London
:10:40. > :10:44.has yet to establish the cause of death. We turn to sports now and
:10:45. > :10:49.Cardiff City have sacked Malky Mackay, their manager who took them
:10:50. > :10:56.into the Premier League. It comes a day after a 3-0 home defeat by
:10:57. > :11:00.Southampton and follows a long running public row with the owner,
:11:01. > :11:04.Vincent Tan. It has been the most public and
:11:05. > :11:09.prolonged of sackings. For Malky Mackay, yesterday's defeat proved
:11:10. > :11:12.the final whistle. Last week is billionaire boss Vincent Tan sent
:11:13. > :11:19.him an e-mail attacking his management and telling him to resign
:11:20. > :11:25.or else he would fire him. That prompted protests against the owner
:11:26. > :11:31.and a brief pre-. -- brief repressive. He admitted the strain
:11:32. > :11:35.was getting to him. There are certain things within my control and
:11:36. > :11:42.certain things with out. This is not the first time that Vincent Tan has
:11:43. > :11:46.felt the fury of the fans. He changed the colours from blue to red
:11:47. > :11:49.last year. Now he has sacked the man who guided them into the Premier
:11:50. > :11:53.League and the supporters are less than impressed. It is not about
:11:54. > :11:57.results. Things are going on behind the scenes, he is making the club
:11:58. > :12:04.look like a farcical circus and I am fuming. There was only going to be
:12:05. > :12:10.one winner. As soon as he announced he had to resign. One of football's
:12:11. > :12:17.most fragile partnerships has finally snapped. Leaving a club in
:12:18. > :12:21.turmoil. Play will resume shortly in the
:12:22. > :12:24.fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne. England will hope to consolidate on
:12:25. > :12:31.a good performance in the second day. England's bowlers got them back
:12:32. > :12:38.into the game, restricting Australia to 164-9 at the close.
:12:39. > :12:43.A generation has passed since Australia's greatest fast bowler
:12:44. > :12:47.struck fear into English hearts, but it felt like the MCG had gone back
:12:48. > :12:54.in time. Mitchell Johnson evokes memories of Dennis Lily interface
:12:55. > :12:59.and pace. Tim Dresner did not know what had hit him. English hopes
:13:00. > :13:07.hinge on Kevin Pietersen. Having barely added to his overnight 67
:13:08. > :13:12.came this. One moment of madness. England's tale had been blown away.
:13:13. > :13:20.It seemed inadequate but England's bowlers had other ideas. Suddenly
:13:21. > :13:26.Australia knew they were in a fight. When Michael Clarke's judgement
:13:27. > :13:29.deserted him, the hosts were 62-3. Chris Rogers propped up the innings
:13:30. > :13:34.but England had remembered how they used to win Ashes series. Three
:13:35. > :13:39.wickets fell quickly as the tourists took control. Brad had in has been a
:13:40. > :13:45.thorn in the side all series, again threatening to rescue his side, but
:13:46. > :13:52.he could do nothing about Bresnan and broad's flurry of late wickets.
:13:53. > :13:58.England had fought back, if only the series was still alive. After
:13:59. > :14:02.England's best day on tour, they may have the chance to secure a morale
:14:03. > :14:14.used in consolation win. The Ashes are long gone -- a morale boosting
:14:15. > :14:15.consolation win. You can see more