0:00:06 > 0:00:12A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has claimed
0:00:12 > 0:00:14the lives of at least 40 people. capital, Kabul, has claimed
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The Islamic State group says it carried out the attack on a Shia
0:00:17 > 0:00:19cultural organisation in the west of the city.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23We report from the scene.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29This is the building where the explosion happened
0:00:29 > 0:00:31and you can see the building has been almost completely destroyed.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33More than 80 people were injured.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35There were women and children among the casualties.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Passengers stranded at Stansted overnight have criticised
0:00:37 > 0:00:43the airport's response to the freezing weather conditions.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45How the NHS in England raised more than £174 million in hospital
0:00:45 > 0:00:52parking charges last year.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55That is down the ground, beautiful from Alastair Cook!
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And an unbeaten 244 from Alistair Cook puts England
0:00:57 > 0:01:07in control of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Good evening.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has claimed
0:01:24 > 0:01:27the lives of at least 40 people and injured more than 80 others,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30with women and children among the casualties.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33The Islamic State group says it carried out the attack
0:01:33 > 0:01:35which targeted a cultural organisation and news agency
0:01:35 > 0:01:37in the western part of the capital.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42In recent months, so-called Islamic State has attacked many
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Shia Muslim targets in this area of Kabul where the majority
0:01:44 > 0:01:46of the city's Shia population lives.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Our correspondent in Kabul, Zia Shahreya,
0:01:49 > 0:01:55has just sent this report.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01The force of the explosion is clear to see. Among the rubble, relatives
0:02:01 > 0:02:09desperately search for their loved ones. But there was little left
0:02:09 > 0:02:14behind. The bomb went off inside this building, a cultural centre and
0:02:14 > 0:02:19also home to an Afghan news agency. Students had been marking the 30thth
0:02:19 > 0:02:25anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The bomber
0:02:25 > 0:02:33apparently has entered through that way inside this hole where the
0:02:33 > 0:02:38seminar was happening and the hall was full of people, students, male
0:02:38 > 0:02:42and female, from different universities here. TRANSLATION:I
0:02:42 > 0:02:46saw many dead in the area, I was looking for my cousin but could not
0:02:46 > 0:02:49find his body and I'm not sure what happened to him. The number of dead
0:02:49 > 0:02:55people has increased.After the explosion, ambulances took the
0:02:55 > 0:03:01injured to the hospitals nearby. This man one of dozens badly hurt in
0:03:01 > 0:03:07the explosion will stop some of the wounded were taken in for surgery.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12TRANSLATION:A total of 35 dead were registered here and 20 others
0:03:12 > 0:03:17wounded. There are men, women and children among the injured.For some
0:03:17 > 0:03:26waiting outside for news it was all too much. Back in the area, to the
0:03:26 > 0:03:31west of the capital, where the bomb went off, armed guards patrol. The
0:03:31 > 0:03:35initial blast was followed by two other explosions but nobody was hurt
0:03:35 > 0:03:41in those. So who was behind the attack? So-called Islamic sect has
0:03:41 > 0:03:45claimed responsibility, saying it targeted the centre with a suicide
0:03:45 > 0:03:49bomber and other bombs. It has behind a number of other attacks on
0:03:49 > 0:03:55Shia targets in the country in recent months. The President's
0:03:55 > 0:03:59spokesman called it an unpardonable crime against humidity and pledged
0:03:59 > 0:04:01to destroy terrorist groups.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Freezing temperatures around the UK have been causing travel
0:04:05 > 0:04:08disruption for a second day.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Around 100 passengers were stranded at Stansted Airport after a number
0:04:12 > 0:04:13of flights were cancelled yesterday.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And drivers are being warned of icy conditions in many areas.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Our correspondent Anisa Kadri has the latest.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Hanging around for a flight longer than you expected.
0:04:25 > 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 > 0:04:37More than 12 hours after Sarah's flood to Stockholm was meant
0:04:37 > 0:04:40to take off from Stansted, Sarah was still here
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and will now fly tomorrow.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I only found out literally I think it was three hours after my flight
0:04:46 > 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 > 0:04:56so it was literally like going backwards and forwards
0:04:56 > 0:04:58between the one person who was there kind of thing.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I just ended up lining up for like ten hours
0:05:01 > 0:05:02to try to get a new flight!
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Did you get any sleep at all?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05No.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09I think I've been awake 25 hours now.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12You only need to head to social media to get an idea
0:05:12 > 0:05:15of the frustration some people here felt last night.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18One person tweeted it was a shambles, another posted a picture
0:05:18 > 0:05:19of people sleeping on seats.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Stansted Airport says it has cleared the backlog of stranded passengers
0:05:22 > 0:05:27and things are returning to normal.
0:05:27 > 0:05:33They say there still could be delays because of the weather.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35And the weather has been causing problems elsewhere, too.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38In the Cairngorms, three climbers had to be rescued after getting lost
0:05:38 > 0:05:39in blizzard conditions.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43The rescue took five hours.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46The wintry weather is not going away as we are being told to make
0:05:46 > 0:05:48sure our vehicles are safe for the road.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Check your tyres, make sure you've got some good tread
0:05:51 > 0:05:53and they are well inflated, that should keep you safe
0:05:53 > 0:05:56on the road, because they keep you gripped to the road, after all.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58And pack accordingly so have your own winter break down
0:05:58 > 0:06:01kit with plenty of spare warm and dry clothing, a flask,
0:06:01 > 0:06:10some snacks, a shovel and certainly a fully charged mobile phone.
0:06:10 > 0:06:18Today in Inverness people were enjoying the snow
0:06:18 > 0:06:21but there is more on the way for Scotland and the Met Office
0:06:21 > 0:06:26is warning that tonight could be the coldest night of the year.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29A 44-year-old man accused of stabbing a woman to death
0:06:29 > 0:06:31in a supermarket in Skipton has appeared in court.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Neville Hord appeared at Leeds Crown Court and spoke only
0:06:33 > 0:06:36to confirm his details.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38He's charged with the murder of 30-year-old Jodie Wilsher
0:06:38 > 0:06:42who was attacked at the Aldi store where she was working.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Police in north London say a woman who was found dead in Finsbury Park
0:06:45 > 0:06:48yesterday may have been murdered on Christmas Eve.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50The body of the woman, thought to be in her 20s,
0:06:50 > 0:06:55was discovered in an outbuilding next to a sports pitch.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59The United Nations special envoy to Syria has warned that children
0:06:59 > 0:07:02could be being used as "bargaining chips" as medical evacuations
0:07:02 > 0:07:05continue from rebel-held areas of Damascus.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07More people have left today after 12 people were allowed
0:07:07 > 0:07:13to leave eastern Ghouta.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Aid agencies allege those released, including critically-ill
0:07:16 > 0:07:20children, are being exchanged for captured government workers.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24NHS hospitals in England made a record £174.5 million
0:07:24 > 0:07:27from car parking charges in the past financial year.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32The figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information
0:07:32 > 0:07:34request, showed more than half of Hospital Trusts also
0:07:34 > 0:07:36charged for at least some of their disabled bays.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Our correspondent Phil Mackie has the story.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44A hospital visit can be upsetting, even traumatic, and that's before
0:07:44 > 0:07:46you pay for your parking ticket.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49NHS hospitals in England made over £174 million in fees last year.
0:07:49 > 0:07:56That's a rise of 6% on the year before.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01And nearly £1 million came from fines which was an increase of 32%.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03The Hospital Trust which make the most money was the Heart
0:08:03 > 0:08:06of England which runs three hospitals in Sutton Coldfield,
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Solihull, and here in Birmingham.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Last year its income from car parking was £4.8 million.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14It's shocking actually because I come quite a lot
0:08:14 > 0:08:22with my son and the amount we have to pay, it's really bad.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I don't mind paying a small fee but I've had occasions where I've
0:08:25 > 0:08:27spent £20 in one day.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29It's the hassle of visiting hospital on a regular basis,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31it's just another hassle.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34No one from the Heart of England Trust was available today
0:08:34 > 0:08:36but they have given a statement saying they know that parking costs
0:08:36 > 0:08:39can be a financial burden to patients and visitors.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42They say that fees have gone down in the past year and the money
0:08:42 > 0:08:44they make is reinvested in, among other things, utility bills
0:08:44 > 0:08:46and the maintenance of car parks.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Fees have already been largely abolished in Scotland and Wales
0:08:50 > 0:08:54and campaigners think it is time they were listed elsewhere, too.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56You might have to make 50 trips to hospital if you are
0:08:56 > 0:08:58receiving cancer treatment.
0:08:58 > 0:09:05Sometimes you need to be there all day which means you might
0:09:05 > 0:09:09have to pay £25 or £30 just to cover the cost of your chemotherapy
0:09:09 > 0:09:09on that particular day.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12So it has a really big effect on people.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Today's figures will only raise pressure to cap or end
0:09:14 > 0:09:16charges in the future.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20A British medical team is flying to Bangladesh to help hundreds
0:09:20 > 0:09:22of thousands of Rohingya refugees who've fled violence
0:09:22 > 0:09:25in their home country of Myanmar.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28More than 40 doctors, nurses and firefighters from the UK
0:09:28 > 0:09:30will spend six weeks in Bangladesh tackling an outbreak of diptheria
0:09:30 > 0:09:36in the refugee camps.
0:09:36 > 0:09:3975% of the people who have been infected with diphtheria are under
0:09:39 > 0:09:43the age of 15 so we need to act fast.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46We have to try to treat these kids and stop the disease spreading.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49It is going to be tough.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Every year thousands of planning permissions are granted
0:09:54 > 0:09:57for new homes but the properties are not actually built.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59There are currently 684,000 valid permissions that haven't yet
0:09:59 > 0:10:01been put into effect.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has set up an urgent review
0:10:03 > 0:10:06to understand the reasons.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09So, in the midst of an acute housing shortage, why is the process
0:10:09 > 0:10:13of building much-needed new homes proving to be so cumbersome?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15My colleague Sophie Long has been to Clacton in Essex
0:10:15 > 0:10:17to try to find out.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Clacton-on-Sea.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Like many towns across the country, they need to build hundreds
0:10:25 > 0:10:27of houses here to provide homes for those that don't have
0:10:27 > 0:10:32them in a way that is sympathetic to those that do.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Well, this is a site that got planning permission two
0:10:34 > 0:10:37years ago for 300 homes, but as you can see, nothing
0:10:37 > 0:10:39is being built yet...
0:10:39 > 0:10:41One problem is that developers are not building on land
0:10:41 > 0:10:44where permission has been granted.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47What needs to happen is a fundamental look, I think,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49at planning and how it works, because the planning system,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51the planning laws are not working.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53You can't blame developers who are exploiting loopholes
0:10:53 > 0:10:54that they manage to find.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57The loophole they found here is that they can land bank,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59they can get permission on land with no intention of developing
0:10:59 > 0:11:02at any time soon, get the permission, put it in the bank,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06go on to the next site, get permission for that one.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10The developers say they find that accusation staggering,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14that they would be building here now but this is a textbook example
0:11:14 > 0:11:16of local planning issues stopping house-builders from building
0:11:16 > 0:11:19the homes that the country needs.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22"We have," they say, "been thwarted by over two years
0:11:22 > 0:11:24of council bureaucracy, very poor decision-making
0:11:24 > 0:11:28and planning red tape."
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Building is happening, but not on the scale needed
0:11:31 > 0:11:33to solve the housing crisis.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Developers say they are not the ones dragging their feet.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Overall, the system is just too cumbersome, there are too
0:11:41 > 0:11:43many things that get put through the planning system
0:11:43 > 0:11:46that don't need to go through the planning system.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49That means that once you've got an initial consent,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52you still need to do a lot of work before you can get on site
0:11:52 > 0:11:56and start development.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Nearly everyone agrees there's a housing crisis and more
0:11:58 > 0:12:01homes need to be built.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03The question is how and where - unblocking the problems
0:12:03 > 0:12:10in the planning process has now become a national priority.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13A couple of miles along the coast is Jaywick Sands.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Developers don't want to build here.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16It is the most deprived place in England.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Transport links are poor, and unemployment is high.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23But the need for new housing is clear.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26There's a lot of houses what's empty, what could be done up
0:12:26 > 0:12:30for people who ain't got housing and everything.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Houses are being built where there's money to be sold,
0:12:33 > 0:12:40so the developers make their money back for expensive homes,
0:12:40 > 0:12:41they're not putting money for affordable living,
0:12:41 > 0:12:42I don't think.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45The council says it is now taking the lead, and community activists
0:12:45 > 0:12:47are hopeful that change is ahead.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49We've been talking about this for about four or five years,
0:12:49 > 0:12:50nothing has happened.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53My view is everybody should have a decent place to live,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56you know, the social housing has got to happen, council housing
0:12:56 > 0:12:58is there as part of it, everybody wants that social housing,
0:12:58 > 0:13:02and starter housing, stuff like that.
0:13:02 > 0:13:09The problem is that local authorities and developers
0:13:09 > 0:13:12have different priorities.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15But the need to find common ground and get more new homes built quickly
0:13:15 > 0:13:17now has a new sense of urgency.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Sophie Long, BBC News, Clacton-on-Sea.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25The football club currently at the bottom of the Premier League,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Swansea City, has just appointed the former Sheffield Wednesday
0:13:28 > 0:13:33manager Carlos Cavahal as their new boss.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35The Portuguese becomes Swansea's fifth permanent manager in the space
0:13:35 > 0:13:38of two years and he replaces Paul Clement who was sacked
0:13:38 > 0:13:43earlier this month.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46The cricket news, and an unbeaten 244 by Alistair Cook has helped
0:13:46 > 0:13:50England to take control of the fourth Ashes Test.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52They finished the third day on 491-9, a lead
0:13:52 > 0:13:55of 164 over Australia.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Cook's double century was the highest score by a visiting
0:13:57 > 0:13:59batsman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02And he's now sixth in the all-time list of leading Test scorers,
0:14:02 > 0:14:09as our correspondent Patrick Geary reports.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12For England, finally, belatedly, serenity at the MCG but those
0:14:12 > 0:14:14who have followed them here are always wary
0:14:14 > 0:14:16of a wave around the corner.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Followed by unwelcome ducks.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Imagine the ripples caused by Joe Root's misplaced hook.
0:14:22 > 0:14:2761, out, missed out.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Dawid Malan's error was even stranger, given LBW,
0:14:29 > 0:14:30he chose not to review.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34The hotspot showed he had hit it, a lifeline ignored.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Jonny Bairstow came and went, then Moeen Ali under pressure,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41trying to be carefree and ended up careless.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46In contrast to the muddled minds, the clarity of Alastair Cook.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Beyond 150, fortunately just beyond Steve Smith,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51the second time he dropped him.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Cook took over the management of the innings, driving
0:14:54 > 0:14:56England into a lead, pushing onto a remarkable
0:14:56 > 0:15:01double century.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04He found a loyal lieutenant in Stuart Broad, first brave
0:15:04 > 0:15:09then bold, making a 50 that infuriated the Aussies.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13By close, their total was nearly 500, Cook had scored more than any
0:15:13 > 0:15:17visiting Test batsmen here and had been at the crease in the Melbourne
0:15:17 > 0:15:18heat for 10.5 hours.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Surrounded by doubts about his future.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Do you ever doubt yourself going into the match?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22100%.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23For 12 years.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I continue to doubt myself.
0:15:25 > 0:15:34The longer it goes, the harder it becomes.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38I suppose that is why I am quite proud, last night
0:15:38 > 0:15:40going in again and delivering a performance like
0:15:40 > 0:15:41that was pleasing.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44It is a shame it is four weeks too late.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Afterwards we heard England's players applaud Cook
0:15:45 > 0:15:47in the dressing room, a tribute to his resilience,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49fitness and concentration.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52On day four, over to the bowlers to turn this tireless effort
0:15:52 > 0:15:54into a first victory of this Ashes series.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Patrick Geary, BBC News, Melbourne.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02The immense power of social media was once again in evidence
0:16:02 > 0:16:07this Christmas time, when a welder from south-west London
0:16:07 > 0:16:09left his Christmas wage packet in a local pub,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11The Alexandra in Wimbledon.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14More than a million people responded to an appeal on Twitter and Facebook
0:16:14 > 0:16:17and identified Mariusz so that the pay packet
0:16:17 > 0:16:19could be returned yesterday, six days after he lost it.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Our correspondent Chi Chi Izundu takes up the story.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31This is the story of a welder, a pub and lost wage packet. Last Thursday
0:16:31 > 0:16:35after a few hundred people have been here at The Alexandra pub
0:16:35 > 0:16:38celebrating their Christmas parties, at the end of the night a small
0:16:38 > 0:16:42brown envelopes stuffed with cash was spotted on the floor.The only
0:16:42 > 0:16:46reason I realised it was a wage packet was because I used to get
0:16:46 > 0:16:49paid in a similar packet when I first came to the country.All they
0:16:49 > 0:16:55had was the name Mariusz and £600. The landlord and his wife posted a
0:16:55 > 0:16:59picture on social media which is reposted by author JK Rowling and
0:16:59 > 0:17:04hundreds of thousands around the world joined in.We did not find him
0:17:04 > 0:17:07straightaway and a couple of celebrities retweeted it and it went
0:17:07 > 0:17:13bonkers. My phone was like a frizz buzzing! Has we were getting
0:17:13 > 0:17:18messages from all over the world, so much interest trying to find this
0:17:18 > 0:17:23guy, people contacting as saying at we found them? From Canada and
0:17:23 > 0:17:28America and Australia, everywhere. And then what happened.Lo and
0:17:28 > 0:17:32behold, yesterday, he walked in the door and said hello, I'm Mariusz and
0:17:32 > 0:17:37I believe you've got my money!It was like the biggest anti-climax in
0:17:37 > 0:17:42history, he just wandered in! Mariusz explained he took out his
0:17:42 > 0:17:45phone to take pictures of his Christmas party and that is probably
0:17:45 > 0:17:49when his wage slip fell from his pocket and under this chair and he
0:17:49 > 0:17:55did not notice until about a day later. He had not seen the social
0:17:55 > 0:17:59media posts, it was his son who alerted him to them and he may have
0:17:59 > 0:18:03kept the loss quite from his wife to have, as he called it from a stress
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Christmas!He came in yesterday and got it.In a show of gratitude, he
0:18:08 > 0:18:12gave lobby a generous tip. -- Knobby.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel and we're