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:00:00. > :00:00.Police in Munich hunt for up to seven

:00:07. > :00:09.Syrian and Iraqi suspects thought to be behind last night's

:00:10. > :00:15.A gunman is on the run after opening fire in a bar in Tel Aviv,

:00:16. > :00:20.Dubai authorities try to establish the cause of a huge skyscraper fire

:00:21. > :00:24.last night which left 16 people injured.

:00:25. > :00:27.Tributes for the singer Natalie Cole, daughter

:00:28. > :00:29.of Nat King Cole, who has died aged 65.

:00:30. > :00:40.Also in the next hour, we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages.

:00:41. > :00:47.Team reports that President Barack Obama is to impose new controls on

:00:48. > :00:51.firearm sales. In Sportsday, we will show you what

:00:52. > :00:55.happened today's matches in the championship, and also look ahead to

:00:56. > :01:03.tomorrow's second test in Cape Town, where England are respected to bring

:01:04. > :01:05.James Anderson back into the side. -- thou are expected to bring him

:01:06. > :01:13.back. Good evening and

:01:14. > :01:15.welcome to BBC News. Police in Germany say last night's

:01:16. > :01:18.terror alert in Munich was based on concrete information

:01:19. > :01:21.about a planned suicide attack. Officials say a tip-off

:01:22. > :01:24.from the French intelligence service suggested that there

:01:25. > :01:26.were up to seven suspects, including Syrians and Iraqis linked

:01:27. > :01:28.to so-called Islamic State. Our security correspondent

:01:29. > :01:36.Gordon Corera has more details. Minutes before midnight,

:01:37. > :01:38.and German security forces usher people away from Munich's

:01:39. > :01:44.busiest rail stations. Intelligence received just hours

:01:45. > :01:47.earlier suggested a group of between five and

:01:48. > :01:50.seven Iraqi and Syrian suicide bombers would attack

:01:51. > :01:55.New Year's crowds here. With the level of detail,

:01:56. > :02:00.including names, coming in from two separate foreign

:02:01. > :02:02.countries, German officials today It was on information,

:02:03. > :02:13.and we have to do our And we have to guarantee

:02:14. > :02:16.the security and Today, the stations were open again,

:02:17. > :02:26.a police presence visible, although authorities

:02:27. > :02:28.now say they can't be sure if the attackers really

:02:29. > :02:30.are in the city or even New year celebrations

:02:31. > :02:33.have been the focus It wasn't only Germany,

:02:34. > :02:36.with the closure of Two days ago, Turkey

:02:37. > :02:46.arrested two men in Ankara, said to be planning a suicide

:02:47. > :02:48.attack on celebrations. The Belgian capital,

:02:49. > :02:51.Brussels, cancelled its fireworks after a group

:02:52. > :02:54.of men were arrested, also said to be plotting

:02:55. > :02:57.to strike targets. And in New York, the

:02:58. > :03:03.FBI arrested one man said to be planning a knife attack

:03:04. > :03:05.on a restaurant yesterday, to demonstrate his support

:03:06. > :03:07.for so-called Islamic State. Paris had also cancelled

:03:08. > :03:09.its usual fireworks, instead projecting a video

:03:10. > :03:13.onto the Arc de Triomphe, In his new year message,

:03:14. > :03:16.France's president warned that the terrorist threat

:03:17. > :03:21.was still at its highest level. We're not done with terrorism.

:03:22. > :03:26.The threat is still there. It's even at its most strong.

:03:27. > :03:29.We regularly foil attacks. In central London, 3,000

:03:30. > :03:36.police were on duty, But last night's celebrations

:03:37. > :03:44.passed without incident. Europe has been on edge,

:03:45. > :03:46.and while the New Year passed peacefully, concerns for the year

:03:47. > :03:48.ahead will still remain. And we'll find out how this story

:03:49. > :03:57.and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30

:03:58. > :03:59.and 11:30pm this evening My guests joining me tonight

:04:00. > :04:05.are political commentator Miranda Green and Chief Political

:04:06. > :04:07.Correspondent for the Telegraph, Christopher has a front-page story

:04:08. > :04:20.in the Telegraph tonight. A gunman has opened fire

:04:21. > :04:23.in a restaurant in Israel, killing two people and wounding

:04:24. > :04:25.a number of others. Hundreds of police are searching

:04:26. > :04:27.the area in Tel Aviv. Detectives say the motive

:04:28. > :04:29.for the attack is unclear. You may find some images in

:04:30. > :04:37.Kevin Connolly's report disturbing. Video cameras captured

:04:38. > :04:40.the moment of the shooting, the killer calmly raising his

:04:41. > :04:45.weapon and opening fire. In an area of Tel Aviv filled

:04:46. > :04:48.with packed bars and cafes, I hide myself under the bar,

:04:49. > :04:56.and I hear and I am waiting that it's finished,

:04:57. > :05:03.but it was horrible. It's scary, because it is happening

:05:04. > :05:05.all over the world. The gunman escaped on foot,

:05:06. > :05:13.and a huge manhunt began. The security forces quickly

:05:14. > :05:16.sealed off the scene, working to save the seriously

:05:17. > :05:22.injured inside the shattered bar. The painstaking work of piecing

:05:23. > :05:25.together a picture of what had Armed police units have

:05:26. > :05:30.been combing Tel Aviv. It's not clear if there have been

:05:31. > :05:34.credible sightings of the gunman The motive for the shooting

:05:35. > :05:40.for now is unclear. It may have been straightforward

:05:41. > :05:44.criminality, or it could have been a hate crime if the gunman believed

:05:45. > :05:47.the bar was popular Here at the scene, there

:05:48. > :05:53.is growing speculation that police have now

:05:54. > :05:56.identified a suspect, deepening suspicions

:05:57. > :06:00.that this attack was linked to

:06:01. > :06:01.a recent increase in tension Authorities in Dubai have begun

:06:02. > :06:10.an investigation into how a huge fire broke out in a 63-storey luxury

:06:11. > :06:13.hotel close to where crowds had gathered to watch a New Year's Eve

:06:14. > :06:15.fireworks display. The fire started on the 20th floor,

:06:16. > :06:18.and within minutes there was a stampede as flames ripped

:06:19. > :06:20.through the building. This morning, after

:06:21. > :06:30.last night's inferno. How everyone managed

:06:31. > :06:31.to escape from the 63-storey

:06:32. > :06:35.building is remarkable. Last night, the luxury

:06:36. > :06:41.Address Downtown Hotel The fire started on the 20th floor,

:06:42. > :06:45.less than three hours before the city's planned firework

:06:46. > :06:54.display and metres away from the Burj Khalifa,

:06:55. > :06:56.the world's tallest building. There was panic inside,

:06:57. > :07:02.as fire alarms went off. One man was trapped on his 48th

:07:03. > :07:05.floor balcony for two hours when rescue teams took

:07:06. > :07:17.him to safety. A jazz band had been performing

:07:18. > :07:25.at the hotel at the time. I cannot explain to you how

:07:26. > :07:27.frightening it was. My husband was tearing my hand

:07:28. > :07:31.to get down the stairs We actually broke through

:07:32. > :07:37.a barrier to get out. Emergency services got

:07:38. > :07:39.to the scene within minutes. It wasn't long before the whole

:07:40. > :07:52.building was engulfed. A British tourist carried his

:07:53. > :07:54.mother, who uses a wheelchair, on the 15th floor waiting to see

:07:55. > :08:01.what to do, so I put my mum on my back and carried

:08:02. > :08:03.her down 15 flights. It was lucky for us

:08:04. > :08:06.she was only on the 15th floor, or I might have been

:08:07. > :08:09.struggling by the end of that. We still don't know

:08:10. > :08:11.what caused the fire. Dubai's spectacular fireworks

:08:12. > :08:13.display did go ahead nearby. It will be these images

:08:14. > :08:16.the city wants to remember, A little earlier, I spoke

:08:17. > :08:25.to Robert Solomon. He's the division manager

:08:26. > :08:28.for building and life safety codes at the US-based National Fire

:08:29. > :08:30.Prevention Association - they develop fire safety codes

:08:31. > :08:32.for US buildings and their standards I asked him if he was surprised

:08:33. > :08:37.by the ferocity of the fire. You don't anticipate

:08:38. > :08:41.seeing a fire like that race vertically up the exterior of

:08:42. > :08:50.a relatively new building in 2015. What do you think

:08:51. > :08:55.might have happened? In terms of a cause and origin,

:08:56. > :08:58.the local authorities But once they establish that,

:08:59. > :09:05.then the mechanism of what caused that fire to move vertically,

:09:06. > :09:08.both up as well as down towards the ground level,

:09:09. > :09:10.as I understand, So the authorities

:09:11. > :09:18.will have to look at things like what we call

:09:19. > :09:20.the cladding, the exterior surface Was it some type of

:09:21. > :09:26.weather-resistant barrier, with synthetic materials in it?

:09:27. > :09:31.Was there an installation problem? What kind of fire testing

:09:32. > :09:34.did the assembly go through Those are the questions that

:09:35. > :09:40.will be on the table. Are standards generally regarded

:09:41. > :09:42.as being high in Dubai? if you look at the spectacular

:09:43. > :10:01.architecture, certainly, one of the things that

:10:02. > :10:03.the individual building owners and the government want

:10:04. > :10:05.is a high-quality building. But probably number one,

:10:06. > :10:08.they want a safe building. So yes, the construction

:10:09. > :10:10.and designs we've seen in the region have been

:10:11. > :10:18.of very high calibre. In a rethink of the official

:10:19. > :10:27.guidance about alcohol consumption, it's thought people will soon be

:10:28. > :10:30.advised to avoid alcohol The daily alcohol limit for men

:10:31. > :10:34.is also expected to be lowered, bringing it into line with that

:10:35. > :10:37.recommended for women. The changes follow a review carried

:10:38. > :10:40.out by the Chief Medical Officer A new year, and even

:10:41. > :10:50.in busy pubs and bars, Cut down on alcohol,

:10:51. > :10:53.and possibly go to the gym. but medical experts agree heavy

:10:54. > :11:06.drinking Liver disease, of course,

:11:07. > :11:09.is one of the major consequences of alcohol excess, and we've seen

:11:10. > :11:12.liver disease rise to be the fifth most common cause of

:11:13. > :11:17.mortality in the UK. The top four causes,

:11:18. > :11:20.such as heart disease and cancer, the rates of mortality are dropping,

:11:21. > :11:22.whereas liver disease The new guidelines are expected

:11:23. > :11:31.to recommend at least two days per week without alcohol,

:11:32. > :11:33.advice already given in Scotland, and a maximum of three units

:11:34. > :11:36.consumed on any one day, which, for the first time,

:11:37. > :11:38.would bring men's daily limits The current guidelines on alcohol

:11:39. > :11:46.consumption were last revised in the mid-1990s, but have been

:11:47. > :11:49.criticised as confusing and ineffective, with research

:11:50. > :11:51.suggesting many people just don't It's a release, it's a relax,

:11:52. > :12:03.but sometimes you just need But then, what is two

:12:04. > :12:07.units, what is six units? Most people are reasonably clued up,

:12:08. > :12:10.but you have to let people The country has a little bit

:12:11. > :12:15.of an alcohol problem, I think, in terms of the damage it does

:12:16. > :12:18.to society in numerous ways. So more guidance,

:12:19. > :12:23.I think, is useful. The new drinking recommendations

:12:24. > :12:26.are due to be published this month, just in time to reinforce those

:12:27. > :12:28.new year resolutions. Sarah Campbell, BBC

:12:29. > :12:34.News, Richmond, Surrey. Newly released documents show that

:12:35. > :12:37.a number of prominent figures wrote letters in support of a bishop

:12:38. > :12:40.who was under investigation in the 1990s, following allegations

:12:41. > :12:43.of sexual offences. George Carey, who was then

:12:44. > :12:46.the Archbishop of Canterbury, was among those who

:12:47. > :12:47.defended Peter Ball. Ball was jailed in October

:12:48. > :12:50.for abusing 18 young men Here's our Home Affairs

:12:51. > :13:01.correspondent Tom Symonds. Aged 83, Bishop Peter Ball

:13:02. > :13:03.is the most senior Anglican clergyman to have been

:13:04. > :13:05.convicted of sexual abuse. But it was more than 20 years

:13:06. > :13:08.before he finally admitted Famous for dressing in a monk's

:13:09. > :13:18.habit in the '70s, '80s and '90s, he groomed and exploited the young

:13:19. > :13:21.men who followed his teachings. Police investigated in 1993,

:13:22. > :13:25.but Ball wasn't charged. Instead, he was given a caution

:13:26. > :13:27.after 2,000 letters, some of which have now been

:13:28. > :13:30.released by prosecutors, In a letter to police,

:13:31. > :13:36.the then Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, wrote that on hearing

:13:37. > :13:38.the allegations that Ball The archbishop said

:13:39. > :13:53.he didn't want to interfere. But he said he felt justified

:13:54. > :14:04.in pointing out the.. Another letter came

:14:05. > :14:15.from a senior judge. Phil Johnson accuses Ball

:14:16. > :14:16.of indecently assaulting him It's highly worrying that these

:14:17. > :14:24.letters even exist and were sent. You've got the former

:14:25. > :14:27.Archbishop of Canterbury, who says "I don't wish

:14:28. > :14:30.to influence events." Well, if you don't wish

:14:31. > :14:32.to influence events, You have a Lord Justice

:14:33. > :14:44.who is supposed to be impartial. With no prosecution,

:14:45. > :14:46.Ball's victims were left in limbo. One of them, Neal Todd,

:14:47. > :14:48.deeply damaged by his experiences, took his own life in 2012

:14:49. > :14:51.and never saw justice. Flood warnings remain

:14:52. > :14:56.in place across the UK, as more rain is forecast

:14:57. > :15:02.for the new year. River levels are high in Shropshire,

:15:03. > :15:04.Worcestershire, Gloucestershire - and in York, where many

:15:05. > :15:06.residents are clearing up Nick Higham has been looking at one

:15:07. > :15:10.plan aimed at helping A Christmas ruined,

:15:11. > :15:16.and homes and lives as well. In York today, they were still

:15:17. > :15:20.clearing up after the floods. I don't know if in time to come,

:15:21. > :15:24.depending on how our insurance claim goes, anger will appear,

:15:25. > :15:27.but so far, it's a little bit of sorrow for the people that aren't

:15:28. > :15:30.as well protected and didn't manage to get their valuables upstairs

:15:31. > :15:32.and have lost irreplaceable things In Castle Douglas in Dumfries

:15:33. > :15:40.and Galloway, there was still It's been quite horrendous,

:15:41. > :15:48.actually, and exciting. And we've lived here for 15 years

:15:49. > :15:51.and we've never seen the loch come The forecast for Saturday and Sunday

:15:52. > :15:56.is not right good. Not so much wind, but a lot of rain,

:15:57. > :16:00.unfortunately, and there is just Across much of central

:16:01. > :16:07.and north-east Scotland, So what else can be done to prevent

:16:08. > :16:14.such floods in future? One place that hasn't flooded

:16:15. > :16:17.in the past few days is here, the North Yorkshire

:16:18. > :16:18.town of Pickering. That's thanks to a new ?2 million

:16:19. > :16:21.flood prevention scheme Pickering Beck flooded the town four

:16:22. > :16:27.times in eight years, causing millions of pounds'

:16:28. > :16:29.worth of damage. The solution, this new dam,

:16:30. > :16:32.designed to hold back the water and slow the flow,

:16:33. > :16:37.completed in October. It passed its first

:16:38. > :16:39.test this Christmas. When I turned on the news and saw

:16:40. > :16:43.this absolute devastation, right across the North of England,

:16:44. > :16:49.and I thought, well, this is just a little ray

:16:50. > :16:51.of sunshine in an absolutely massive black cloud covering the whole

:16:52. > :16:54.of northern England. Mike took this photo showing

:16:55. > :16:56.the catchment behind the dam starting to fill up,

:16:57. > :17:00.as it is designed to. Scientists have also built dams

:17:01. > :17:04.of woody debris to hold up the water in the stream, and planted more

:17:05. > :17:08.trees to soak up the rain. Pickering's protected,

:17:09. > :17:11.and there is less risk But getting landowners to agree

:17:12. > :17:15.isn't always easy and experts say even schemes like this could be

:17:16. > :17:17.overwhelmed by massive rainfall Nick Higham, BBC News,

:17:18. > :17:30.Pickering, North Yorkshire. The headlines on BBC News: Police

:17:31. > :17:33.in Munich hunt for up to seven Syrian and Iraqi suspects thought

:17:34. > :17:37.to be behind last night's A gunman is on the run after opening

:17:38. > :17:42.fire in a bar in Tel Aviv, Tributes for the singer

:17:43. > :17:46.Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat King Cole,

:17:47. > :17:49.who has died aged 65. And coming up: President Obama

:17:50. > :17:52.is set to make a new push to tackle US gun violence in his final

:17:53. > :18:02.12 months in office. A holidaymaker has drowned

:18:03. > :18:04.after trying to rescue one of his dogs from

:18:05. > :18:06.the sea in Cornwall. The man got into difficulties

:18:07. > :18:09.while walking on Portmellon Beach It's understood the victim's

:18:10. > :18:13.stepdaughter entered the water to try to save him,

:18:14. > :18:16.but was unable to do so. Our Correspondent Hamish

:18:17. > :18:21.Marshall has more. This has been described

:18:22. > :18:24.by police as a tragedy. It was New Year's Day morning at 11

:18:25. > :18:29.o'clock when a man and his family were walking with the

:18:30. > :18:34.dogs on this slipway. It is believed the man

:18:35. > :18:38.went in to try to help his dog, which had

:18:39. > :18:40.got into difficulties or was getting its ball,

:18:41. > :18:43.and he slipped and went into the water, which

:18:44. > :18:45.you can see behind me. The man's stepdaughter went

:18:46. > :18:47.in to try to help him, but she herself got

:18:48. > :18:50.into difficulties and she had to be He was in turn rescued

:18:51. > :18:53.by a coastguard helicopter which only started service

:18:54. > :18:56.at nine o'clock this morning after it had taken over

:18:57. > :18:59.from the Royal Navy. The man was winched from the sea,

:19:00. > :19:04.but he was dead on arrival We have been told the man

:19:05. > :19:09.was in his seventies and on holiday here in Cornwall,

:19:10. > :19:11.like many people But we haven't been told

:19:12. > :19:14.which part of the country A man has died after being attacked

:19:15. > :19:22.by his own dog in Preston The 22-year-old was treated

:19:23. > :19:25.by paramedics at the scene, Earlier, Ben Ando brought us up

:19:26. > :19:30.to date with the developments. The Ambulance Service was called

:19:31. > :19:35.to a house on Dundonald Street in the Fishwick area

:19:36. > :19:38.of Preston at around quarter They found a man who had clearly

:19:39. > :19:42.suffered serious injuries. They fought to save his life,

:19:43. > :19:45.but were unable to do The police say the dog was taken

:19:46. > :19:52.away and has been put down by a vet. I have spoken to them and they say

:19:53. > :19:55.they are not asking for any other witnesses at this

:19:56. > :19:57.time to come forward. Police have released CCTV footage

:19:58. > :20:01.of the last confirmed sighting of a woman who went

:20:02. > :20:03.missing on Boxing Day. 59-year-old Sally Allan was seen

:20:04. > :20:06.walking on Newcastle's Quayside early that day, wearing pyjamas

:20:07. > :20:08.and a waterproof jacket, having left her home

:20:09. > :20:11.in Ponteland in Northumberland, Her family say they are mystified

:20:12. > :20:18.by her disappearance. NatWest says some customers have

:20:19. > :20:21.been experiencing problems A NatWest spokesperson said

:20:22. > :20:25.the company was working In June last year, RBS was forced

:20:26. > :20:30.to apologise after 600,000 banking payments were delayed

:20:31. > :20:32.following a problem The bank was also fined ?56 million

:20:33. > :20:40.after a computer failure in 2012. President Obama has made fighting

:20:41. > :20:43.gun violence his chief resolution for 2016 in a New Year's Day

:20:44. > :20:47.address, calling it a major piece of "unfinished business"

:20:48. > :20:49.for his administration. In his weekly radio address,

:20:50. > :20:52.Mr Obama said he would meet the Attorney General, Loretta Lynch,

:20:53. > :20:54.on Monday to discuss Last month, we remembered the third

:20:55. > :21:02.anniversary of Newtown. This Friday, I'll be thinking

:21:03. > :21:06.about my friend Gabby Giffords, five years into her recovery

:21:07. > :21:10.from the shooting in Tucson. And all across America,

:21:11. > :21:12.survivors of gun violence, those who lost a child, or parent,

:21:13. > :21:17.or spouse to gun violence, are forced to mark such awful

:21:18. > :21:23.anniversaries every single day. And yet Congress still has not done

:21:24. > :21:27.anything to prevent what happened to them from happening

:21:28. > :21:33.to other families. Major restrictions on private cars

:21:34. > :21:35.are being introduced in the Indian capital to curb alarming

:21:36. > :21:38.levels of pollution. In a two-week experiment,

:21:39. > :21:41.Delhi's roads are open to vehicles with odd and even-numbered licence

:21:42. > :21:43.plates on alternate days. Here's our South Asia Editor,

:21:44. > :21:49.Charles Haviland. This is what pollution

:21:50. > :21:58.in Delhi looks like, the result of many factors

:21:59. > :22:00.including coal-fired power stations, the burning of crop waste,

:22:01. > :22:03.the proximity to a desert and the sheer number

:22:04. > :22:05.of vehicles in its The World Health Organisation

:22:06. > :22:10.now says The World Health Organisation now

:22:11. > :22:12.says it's the world's That has grave implications

:22:13. > :22:15.for the health of those Little wonder the city

:22:16. > :22:20.authorities want to act. Today, New Year's Day,

:22:21. > :22:22.vehicles with an even number on their plate,

:22:23. > :22:25.like this one, are supposed to stay off the streets, while on even

:22:26. > :22:27.dates like Saturday, it is the others that

:22:28. > :22:29.must languish at home. Volunteers are boosting

:22:30. > :22:31.the campaign, and it has If the number of cars

:22:32. > :22:36.on Delhi's roads get halved and people go for measures

:22:37. > :22:47.like using public transport, it should definitely

:22:48. > :22:51.create some difference. It has fallen to the police,

:22:52. > :22:57.many in masks, They say there are

:22:58. > :23:03.surprisingly few violators. But the scheme has its pitfalls

:23:04. > :23:06.and critics, who are unhappy about the many exemptions

:23:07. > :23:07.given, including to VIPs, judges, women driving

:23:08. > :23:09.alone and motorbikes, Two wheelers, because of their sheer

:23:10. > :23:19.numbers, are also major contributors Therefore, if you are letting them

:23:20. > :23:22.off, the whole effectiveness of the programme

:23:23. > :23:24.will be compromised. Others, like this man,

:23:25. > :23:28.say it would be better to force all cars away from petrol

:23:29. > :23:36.or diesel to cleaner fuels. Or, like this man,

:23:37. > :23:38.that only common people will suffer, as the rich can

:23:39. > :23:43.just buy a second car. Delhi's chief minister

:23:44. > :23:59.said he was overwhelmed He pulled his own car ride to work

:24:00. > :24:04.with four others. There are results in this two-week experiment will

:24:05. > :24:06.emerge on Monday, once everyone gets back to work.

:24:07. > :24:09.Syrian refugees living in camps in Lebanon are facing the first

:24:10. > :24:12.Heavy snowfall and cold conditions have hit the Bekaa Valley,

:24:13. > :24:14.where more than 350,000 Syrians are living.

:24:15. > :24:15.The UN Refugee Agency has provided heaters,

:24:16. > :24:20.The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on the nation to welcome

:24:21. > :24:23.refugees by offering hospitality and love.

:24:24. > :24:26.Justin Welby delivered his New Year message from a community in Kent

:24:27. > :24:28.that has helped refugees both at home and across the Channel.

:24:29. > :24:34.Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports.

:24:35. > :24:36.Justin Welby went to film his message at Marsh Academy,

:24:37. > :24:40.a school in his own diocese of Canterbury.

:24:41. > :24:43.There he met some of the students, including a 14-year-old boy who had

:24:44. > :24:48.come here as a refugee, fleeing war in North Africa.

:24:49. > :24:50.Although the boy didn't want to be filmed.

:24:51. > :24:52.This is just one example of the many desperate journeys children

:24:53. > :24:57.are making on their own, to save their lives.

:24:58. > :25:02.This school represents the best of what we can do in this country.

:25:03. > :25:09.It teaches and equips people, and demonstrates our ability to live

:25:10. > :25:15.up to our long-established tradition of warmth and hospitality.

:25:16. > :25:18.The Archbishop's message comes at the start of a year

:25:19. > :25:20.that is likely to see many more people fleeing persecution,

:25:21. > :25:28.In 2015, just over 1 million refugees and migrants reached

:25:29. > :25:32.many risking all on their perilous journey, in the hope of starting

:25:33. > :25:39.He tells us to be those who welcome the alien and stranger,

:25:40. > :25:45.In today's world, hospitality and love are our most formidable

:25:46. > :25:50.weapons against hatred and extremism.

:25:51. > :25:53.The Archbishop says that England has offered help and asylum to those

:25:54. > :25:58.seeking refuge against oppression and tyranny through the centuries.

:25:59. > :26:05.This year, there is likely to be no shortage of chances to do so again.

:26:06. > :26:17.The singer Natalie Cole has died in Los Angeles at the age of 65.

:26:18. > :26:21.Natalie Cole won six Grammy awards for her album Unforgettable,

:26:22. > :26:23.which paid tribute to her father Nat King Cole.

:26:24. > :26:29.It included reworked versions of some of his best known songs.

:26:30. > :26:31.Jazz singer Tony Bennett, who collaborated with Natalie Cole

:26:32. > :26:57.on a number of occasions, paid this tribute:

:26:58. > :27:08.The new year may have started relatively quietly, but it is

:27:09. > :27:11.downhill as we move towards the weekend, but because an area of low

:27:12. > :27:14.pressure is pushing across the country, bringing bands of

:27:15. > :27:19.persistent rain and strong to gale force gusts of wind. So it will be a

:27:20. > :27:28.wet and windy night. With the cloud, wind and rain, it will not be as

:27:29. > :27:34.cold as New Year's Eve. But it will be a wet and windy affair, with

:27:35. > :27:38.gales likely across coasts, and bands of persistent rain driving

:27:39. > :27:42.from the south-west into the north-east, grinding to a halt

:27:43. > :27:45.across eastern Scotland. Still some persistent showers or longer spells

:27:46. > :27:50.of rain across the south-east into the Midlands. A drier interlude for

:27:51. > :27:55.the South West and Wales, along with Northern Ireland, by the middle of

:27:56. > :27:59.the afternoon. Still some persistent rain potentially across parts of

:28:00. > :28:03.north-west England and eastern Scotland. Here, the rain will be

:28:04. > :28:09.fairly relentless throughout the afternoon and overnight. No

:28:10. > :28:12.surprises to hear that the Met Office has issued an amber weather

:28:13. > :28:16.warning. Be prepared for some disruption in eastern Scotland, due

:28:17. > :28:20.to the intense and long grain over the weekend. We could see as much as

:28:21. > :28:24.200 million metres of rain falling to higher ground before the weekend

:28:25. > :28:27.is through. As one area of low pressure moves away, only to be

:28:28. > :28:30.replaced by another from the Atlantic, it will bring wet and

:28:31. > :28:35.windy weather across the south-west of England and Wales, along with

:28:36. > :28:40.Northern Ireland, but it moves through here. The exception is that

:28:41. > :28:43.once it gets to eastern Scotland, it will sit here for some time and the

:28:44. > :28:52.rainfall totals will start totting up. As we move into Monday, we will

:28:53. > :28:56.start to see a subtle change. Windy, and the showers easing in the

:28:57. > :29:01.north-east. It will feel noticeably cooler. Closer to the low pressure

:29:02. > :29:04.to the south and west, it is still unsettled, but eventually, the low

:29:05. > :29:11.pressure will drift off to the near continent, allowing the warmer air

:29:12. > :29:15.to drift south. For the early half of next week, it will feel colder,

:29:16. > :29:18.but it will be a little quieter as the low pressure drifts off and

:29:19. > :29:21.receive drier weather taking over for a change.