0:00:04 > 0:00:06Tonight at 10pm:
0:00:06 > 0:00:08A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has claimed
0:00:08 > 0:00:11the lives of at least 40 people.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The Islamic State group says it carried out the attack
0:00:14 > 0:00:15in the west of the city.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16We report from the scene.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21This is the building where the explosion happened that
0:00:21 > 0:00:27you can see that the building has been almost completely destroyed.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29More than 80 people were injured.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33There were women and children among the casualties.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Weather experts say they're expecting further disruption
0:00:34 > 0:00:37in many parts of the UK, because of ice and
0:00:37 > 0:00:40heavy snow tonight.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43How the NHS in England raised more than £174 million in hospital
0:00:43 > 0:00:48parking charges last year.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And an unbeaten 244 from Alistair Cook puts England
0:00:50 > 0:00:57in control of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Good evening.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has claimed
0:01:22 > 0:01:25the lives of at least 40 people and injured more than 80 others,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27with women and children among the casualties.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30The Islamic State group says it carried out the attack,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32which targeted a cultural organisation and news agency
0:01:32 > 0:01:36in the western part of the capital.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39In recent months so-called Islamic State has attacked many
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Shia Muslim targets in this area of Kabul
0:01:42 > 0:01:44where the majority of the city's Shia population lives.
0:01:44 > 0:01:53Our correspondent in Kabul, Zia Shahreya, has sent this report.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55The force of the explosion is clear to see.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Among the rubble, relatives desperately search
0:01:57 > 0:02:02for their loved ones.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07But there was little left behind.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The bomb went off inside this building, a cultural centre and also
0:02:10 > 0:02:15home to an Afghan news agency.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Students had been marking the 38th anniversary of the Soviet
0:02:17 > 0:02:21invasion of Afghanistan.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24The suicide bomber apparently has entered through that way inside this
0:02:24 > 0:02:28hall where the seminar was happening and the hall was full
0:02:28 > 0:02:35of people, students, female and male, from different
0:02:35 > 0:02:39universities in Kabul.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41TRANSLATION:I saw many dead in the area.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I was looking for my cousin but I could not find his
0:02:44 > 0:02:46body and I'm not sure what happened to him.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48The number of dead people has increased.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52After the explosion, ambulances took the injured
0:02:52 > 0:02:57to the hospitals nearby.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01This man, one of dozens badly hurt in the explosion.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Some of the wounded were taken in for surgery.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06TRANSLATION:A total of 35 dead were registered
0:03:06 > 0:03:09here and 20 others wounded.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14There are men, women and children among the injured.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19For some waiting outside for news, it was all too much.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25Back in the area, to the west of the capital,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28where the bomb went off, armed guards patrolled.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31The initial blast was followed by two other explosions
0:03:31 > 0:03:34but no one was hurt in those.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36So who was behind the attack?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37So-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39saying it targeted the centre with a suicide bomber
0:03:39 > 0:03:43and other bombs.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45It has behind a number of other attacks on Shia targets
0:03:45 > 0:03:50across the country in recent months.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52The President's spokesman called the attack an unpardonable crime
0:03:52 > 0:03:57against humanity and pledged to destroy terrorist groups.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02Zia Shahreya, BBC, Kabul.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Weather experts say they're expecting further disruption
0:04:04 > 0:04:08in many parts of the UK because of ice and heavy snow tonight.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11The AA said conditions for many drivers today were appalling,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15while passengers who were stuck at Stansted last night have
0:04:15 > 0:04:19complained about the airport's response to the weather,
0:04:19 > 0:04:24as Anisa Kadri reports.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Hanging around for a flight longer than you expected.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It's not much fun, especially when the queues are just getting
0:04:28 > 0:04:31longer and you find out your flight is now not just delayed,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35it's cancelled.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38More than 12 hours after Sarah's flight to Stockholm was meant
0:04:38 > 0:04:40to take off from Stansted, Sarah was still here
0:04:40 > 0:04:44and will now fly tomorrow.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48I only found out literally I think it was three hours after my flight
0:04:48 > 0:04:50was supposed to leave that it was cancelled,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53and there was no boards to tell us that it was delayed or anything
0:04:53 > 0:04:55so it was literally like going backwards and forwards
0:04:55 > 0:04:59between the one personnel who was there kind of thing.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I just ended up lining up for like ten hours
0:05:01 > 0:05:04to try to get a new flight!
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Did you get any sleep at all?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07No.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12I think I've been awake 25 hours now.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15You only need to head to social media to get an idea
0:05:15 > 0:05:17of the frustration some people here felt last night.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20One person tweeted it was a shambles, another posted a picture
0:05:20 > 0:05:22of people sleeping on seats.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Stansted Airport says it has cleared the backlog of stranded passengers
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and things are returning to normal.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31But they say there still could be delays because of the weather.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34And the weather has been causing problems elsewhere, too.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37In the Cairngorms, three climbers had to be rescued after getting lost
0:05:37 > 0:05:39in blizzard conditions.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41The rescue took five hours.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46The wintry weather is not going away as we are being told to make
0:05:46 > 0:05:49sure our vehicles are safe for the road.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Check your tyres, make sure you've got some good tread
0:05:51 > 0:05:54and they are well inflated, that should keep you safe
0:05:54 > 0:05:57on the road, because they keep you gripped to the road, after all.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59And pack accordingly, so have your own winter break down
0:05:59 > 0:06:02kit with plenty of spare warm and dry clothing, a flask,
0:06:02 > 0:06:12some snacks, a shovel and certainly a fully charged mobile phone.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Today in Inverness people were enjoying the snow
0:06:14 > 0:06:19but there is more on the way for Scotland and the Met Office
0:06:19 > 0:06:21is warning that tonight could be the coldest night of the year.
0:06:21 > 0:06:28Anisa Kadri, BBC News.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30NHS hospitals in England made a record £174.5 million
0:06:30 > 0:06:32from car parking charges in the past financial year.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34The figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information
0:06:34 > 0:06:36request, showed more than half of hospital trusts also
0:06:36 > 0:06:40charged for at least some of their disabled bays.
0:06:40 > 0:06:48Our correspondent Phil Mackie has the story.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51A hospital visit can be upsetting, even traumatic, and that's before
0:06:51 > 0:06:52you pay for your parking ticket.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55NHS hospitals in England made over £174 million in fees last year.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00That's a rise of 6% on the year before.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04And nearly £1 million came from fines which was an increase of 32%.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08The Hospital Trust which make the most money was the Heart
0:07:08 > 0:07:10of England which runs three hospitals in Sutton Coldfield,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Solihull, and here in Birmingham.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Last year its income from car parking was £4.8 million.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19A bit shocking actually because I come quite a lot
0:07:19 > 0:07:24with my son and the amount we have to pay, it's really bad.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27I don't mind paying a small fee but I've had occasions where I've
0:07:27 > 0:07:30spent £20 in one day.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32It's the hassle of visiting hospital on a regular basis,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36it's just another hassle.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40No one from the Heart of England Trust was available today
0:07:40 > 0:07:43but they have given a statement saying they know that parking costs
0:07:43 > 0:07:45can be a financial burden to patients and visitors.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49They say that fees have come down in the past year and the money
0:07:49 > 0:07:51they make is reinvested in, among other things, utility bills
0:07:51 > 0:07:53and the maintenance of car parks.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Fees have already been largely abolished in Scotland and Wales
0:07:55 > 0:07:59and campaigners think it is time they were lifted elsewhere, too.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02You might have to make 50 trips to hospital if you are
0:08:02 > 0:08:04receiving cancer treatment.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Sometimes you need to be there all day which means you might
0:08:06 > 0:08:10have to pay £25 or £30 just to cover the cost of your chemotherapy
0:08:10 > 0:08:11on that particular day.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15So it has a really big effect on people.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Today's figures will only raise pressure to cap or end
0:08:18 > 0:08:20charges in the future.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25Phil Mackie, BBC News, Birmingham.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28A woman who was found dead in an outbuilding in Finsbury Park
0:08:28 > 0:08:30in north London has been named by police.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Officers say 22-year-old Iuliana Tudos died as a result
0:08:32 > 0:08:35of a stab wound and a head injury.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37It's thought she was killed on Christmas Eve.
0:08:37 > 0:08:44A murder investigation has been started.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Every year, thousands of planning permissions
0:08:45 > 0:08:47are granted for new homes but the properties
0:08:47 > 0:08:49are not actually built.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51There are currently 684,000 valid permissions that haven't yet
0:08:51 > 0:08:53been put into effect.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has set up an urgent review
0:08:55 > 0:08:57to understand the reasons.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00So in the midst of an acute housing shortage, why is the process
0:09:00 > 0:09:03of building much-needed new homes proving to be so cumbersome?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05My colleague Sophie Long has been to Clacton in Essex
0:09:05 > 0:09:11to try to find out.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Clacton-on-Sea.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Like many towns across the country, they need to build hundreds
0:09:16 > 0:09:19of houses here, to provide homes for those that don't have
0:09:19 > 0:09:23them, in a way that is sympathetic to those that do.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Well, this is a site that got planning permission over two
0:09:26 > 0:09:28years ago for 300 homes, but as you can see,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30nothing's been built yet.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32One problem is that developers are not building on land
0:09:32 > 0:09:35where permission has been granted.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The loophole they found here is that they can land bank.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40They can get permission on land with no intention
0:09:40 > 0:09:43of developing it any time soon, get the permission, put it
0:09:43 > 0:09:46in the bank, go on to the next site, get permission for that one.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49The developers say they find that accusation staggering,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53that they would be building here now but this is a textbook example
0:09:53 > 0:09:56of local planning issues stopping house-builders from building
0:09:56 > 0:10:00the homes that the country needs.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02They say:
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Building is happening, but not on the scale needed
0:10:14 > 0:10:15to solve the housing crisis.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Developers say they are not the ones dragging their feet.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Overall, the system is just too cumbersome.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25There are too many things that get put through the planning system
0:10:25 > 0:10:30that don't need to go through the planning system.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32That means that once you've got an initial consent,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36you still need to do a lot of work before you can get on site
0:10:36 > 0:10:38and start development.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Nearly everyone agrees there's a housing crisis and more
0:10:40 > 0:10:41homes need to be built.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46The question is how and where.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Unblocking the problems in the planning process has now
0:10:48 > 0:10:51become a national priority.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54A couple of miles along the coast is Jaywick Sands.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Developers don't want to build here.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58It is the most deprived place in England.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Transport links are poor and unemployment is high.
0:11:00 > 0:11:07But the need for new housing is clear.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10There's a lot of houses what's empty what could be done up
0:11:10 > 0:11:13for people who ain't got housing and everything.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The council says it is now taking the lead and community activists
0:11:16 > 0:11:19are hopeful that change is ahead.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22We've been talking about this for four or five years
0:11:22 > 0:11:23and nothing has happened.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26My view is that everybody should have a decent place to live in.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28The social housing has got to happen.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Council housing is there, part of it, everybody wants
0:11:30 > 0:11:32that social housing.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36And starter housing, stuff like that.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38The problem is that local authorities and developers have
0:11:38 > 0:11:41different priorities.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44But the need to find common ground and get more homes built quickly
0:11:44 > 0:11:48now has a new sense of urgency.
0:11:48 > 0:11:55Sophie Long, BBC News, Clacton-on-Sea.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58The former footballer George Weah has won the Liberian
0:11:58 > 0:11:59presidential election.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Mr Weah played for a string of football clubs, including
0:12:01 > 0:12:02AC Milan and Chelsea.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05He entered politics after his retirement in 2002 and will succeed
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected
0:12:06 > 0:12:16woman president.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Apple apologised to customers tonight after admitting slowing down
0:12:25 > 0:12:30older iPhone models to protect their batteries. Apple said it would never
0:12:30 > 0:12:33intentionally shorten the life of any product and said it would be
0:12:33 > 0:12:37offering replacement batteries at a discounted price.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41The cricket news, and England go into the fourth day of the fourth
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Ashes Test in a few hours' time in the driving seat,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45thanks to an unbeaten 244 by Alistair Cook.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47England finished the third day on 491-9,
0:12:47 > 0:12:48a lead of 164 over Australia.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Cook's double century was the highest score by a visiting
0:12:51 > 0:12:53batsman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55And he's now sixth in the all-time list of leading Test scorers,
0:12:55 > 0:13:04as our correspondent Patrick Geary reports.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07For England, finally, belatedly, serenity at the MCG but those
0:13:07 > 0:13:09who have followed them here are always wary of a wave
0:13:09 > 0:13:12just around the corner.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Followed perhaps by unwelcome ducks.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17So imagine the ripples caused by Joe Root's misplaced hook.
0:13:17 > 0:13:2161, out, missed out.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Dawid Malan's error was maybe even stranger, given LBW,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27he chose not to review.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29The hotspot showed he had hit it, a lifeline ignored.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Jonny Bairstow came and went, then Moeen Ali, under
0:13:31 > 0:13:33pressure for his place, tried to be carefree
0:13:33 > 0:13:34and ended up careless.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36In contrast to the muddled minds, the continuing
0:13:36 > 0:13:38clarity of Alastair Cook.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Beyond 150, then fortunately just beyond Steve Smith,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44the second time he dropped him.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Cook took over the management of the innings, driving
0:13:48 > 0:13:50England into a lead, pushing on to a remarkable
0:13:50 > 0:13:51double century.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53He found a loyal lieutenant in Stuart Broad.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57At first brave, then bold, he made a 50 that infuriated the Aussies.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00By the close, England's total was nearly 500.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Cook had scored more runs than any visiting Test batsman
0:14:03 > 0:14:06here and he had been at the crease in the Melbourne heat
0:14:06 > 0:14:08for ten and a half hours.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11All surrounded by doubts about his future.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Did you ever doubt yourself going into this match?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Yeah, 100%.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I've doubted myself for 12 years.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I'll probably continue to doubt myself.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Obviously the longer it goes, the harder it becomes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25I suppose that is why I can be quite proud.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I was proud last night, going to the well again
0:14:27 > 0:14:30and delivering a performance like that was pleasing.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34It is just a shame it is three and a half, four weeks too late.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Afterwards we heard England's players applaud Cook back
0:14:37 > 0:14:39into the dressing room, a tribute to his resilience,
0:14:39 > 0:14:40fitness and concentration.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43On day four, it's going to be over to England's bowlers to turn Cook's
0:14:43 > 0:14:47tireless effort into a first victory of this Ashes series.
0:14:47 > 0:14:54Patrick Geary, BBC News, Melbourne.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The immense power of social media was once again in evidence
0:14:57 > 0:14:59this Christmas time, when a welder from south-west London
0:14:59 > 0:15:01left his Christmas wage packet in a local pub,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04the Alexandra in Wimbledon.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07More than a million people responded to an online appeal
0:15:07 > 0:15:09and identified Mariusz so that the pay packet could be
0:15:09 > 0:15:13returned yesterday, six days after he lost it.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Chi Chi Izundu takes up the story.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21This is the story of a welder, a pub and a lost wage packet.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Last Thursday, after a few hundred people had been
0:15:24 > 0:15:26here at the Alexandra pub celebrating their Christmas parties,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29at the end of the night a small brown envelope stuffed with cash
0:15:29 > 0:15:34was spotted on the floor.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37The only reason I realised it was actually a wage packet
0:15:37 > 0:15:39is because I used to get paid in similar wage packets
0:15:39 > 0:15:41back when I first moved over to this country.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44All they had was the name Mariusz and £600.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Landlord Mick and his wife posted a picture
0:15:46 > 0:15:48of the envelope on social media.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50That was reposted by author JK Rowling and then hundreds
0:15:50 > 0:15:52of thousands around the world joined in the search.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55We did not find him straightaway and then a couple of celebrities
0:15:55 > 0:15:58retweeted it and it went bonkers.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02My phone was like a fridge, it went bzz bzz bzz!
0:16:02 > 0:16:04We were getting messages from all over the world.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06So much interest trying to find this guy, people
0:16:06 > 0:16:08contacting us saying, have you found him?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Keep us posted.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12What's happening?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15From Canada and America and Australia, everywhere.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17And then what happened?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Lo and behold, yesterday, Mariusz walked in the door and said hi,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23I'm Mariusz and I believe you've got my money!
0:16:23 > 0:16:26It was like the biggest anti-climax in history,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30he just wandered in and said, I think you've got my money!
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Mariusz explained that he whipped out his phone to take pictures
0:16:32 > 0:16:35of his Christmas party with his colleagues
0:16:35 > 0:16:38and that is probably when his wage slip slipped out of his pocket
0:16:38 > 0:16:41and under this chair.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44He didn't notice until about a day later.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Mariusz hadn't seen the social media posts.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48It was his son who alerted him to them.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51And he may have kept the loss quiet from his wife
0:16:51 > 0:16:55to have, as he called it, a stress-free Christmas!
0:16:55 > 0:16:57He came in yesterday and got his money.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59And in a show of gratitude, he gave Nobby a generous tip
0:16:59 > 0:17:02to see in the new year.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Chi Chi Izundu, BBC News.