:00:22. > :00:28.Good afternoon. More than 50,000 homes in southern
:00:29. > :00:30.and eastern England are still without power this morning,
:00:31. > :00:36.following storms which swept across the country earlier this week. Kent,
:00:37. > :00:39.Surrey and Sussex are worst affected by the power cuts, which engineers
:00:40. > :00:44.warn could continue for several days. There are still 102 flood
:00:45. > :01:05.warnings in place in England and Wales, and 15 in Scotland. Ben
:01:06. > :01:10.Geoghegan is in Leatherhead. Ben. The river behind me is still flowing
:01:11. > :01:12.forcefully, it burst its banks yesterday which meant that some
:01:13. > :01:18.people they have spent Christmas Day clearing up.
:01:19. > :01:23.For some people in Surrey, Christmas Day began knee deep in water. In
:01:24. > :01:29.Leatherhead, the river burst its banks, the water. In Leatherhead,
:01:30. > :01:33.the river burst its banks, the waters Christmas Day should be a day
:01:34. > :01:37.for relaxing with family and friends. Instead, for some people,
:01:38. > :01:43.it has been spent clearing up the mess. At this local pub, they were
:01:44. > :01:49.preparing for a party. Instead, they have been pumping out water from the
:01:50. > :01:53.seller. Filled up with six feet of water.
:01:54. > :01:58.We had to shut down. This part of Surrey has suffered a double whammy,
:01:59. > :02:01.not just floods but power cuts. Across the UK, 50,000 people were
:02:02. > :02:08.still without electricity this morning. It will be like a 1940s
:02:09. > :02:14.Christmas, with candles. A shock to the system. You don't
:02:15. > :02:20.expect it. We have had a lot of rain. It is not good for Christmas
:02:21. > :02:24.Day. We have been without electricity for 48 hours on and
:02:25. > :02:31.off. It is very frustrating. Lots of candles and tortures.
:02:32. > :02:35.In different parts of England, fire fighters broke their strike, because
:02:36. > :02:41.of the Christmas storms, and helped to evacuate people at risk. It
:02:42. > :02:44.hasn't been a white Christmas but a wet one, and for some it may turn
:02:45. > :02:49.out to be a Christmas they will want to forget.
:02:50. > :02:55.There has been a steady trickle of people down here to watch and
:02:56. > :02:59.monitor the fast flowing river. The good news is there hasn't been any
:03:00. > :03:04.rain, so the risk of flooding may begin to disappear. The bad news is
:03:05. > :03:08.the energy companies say if people had not been reconnected to the
:03:09. > :03:10.electricity grid today, they are not likely to be reconnected until
:03:11. > :03:15.tomorrow at the earliest. This morning, Pope Francis began the
:03:16. > :03:18.Christmas Day messages with a call for humility and peace. The
:03:19. > :03:20.Archbishop of Canterbury has also given his first Christmas Day
:03:21. > :03:26.sermon, highlighting what he described as the "injustices" facing
:03:27. > :03:37.Britain's poor. Our religious affairs correspondent, Robert
:03:38. > :03:40.Piggott, was watching. Crowds packed Saint Peters Square in
:03:41. > :03:46.Rome to hear Pope Francis deliver first Christmas day address of his
:03:47. > :03:49.pontificate. He urged Roman Catholics to pray for peace in the
:03:50. > :03:53.Middle East where Christian minorities were among those
:03:54. > :03:59.suffering from the effects of violence and oppression.
:04:00. > :04:03.TRANSLATION: We asked the Lord to spare the beloveds Syrian people for
:04:04. > :04:10.their suffering. And to enable the parties end the
:04:11. > :04:16.conflict, and put an end to all violence and guarantee access to
:04:17. > :04:21.humanitarian aid. In his first sermon as Archbishop of
:04:22. > :04:25.Canterbury, Justin Welby told Anglicans to challenge the greed and
:04:26. > :04:30.selfishness which contributed to poverty in England. Where people are
:04:31. > :04:35.measured in their work only by what they can produce, what economic
:04:36. > :04:39.value they have, then Christ is denied and our own humanity is
:04:40. > :04:43.corrupted. He said no society could be truly
:04:44. > :04:48.happy while misery and want persisted.
:04:49. > :04:51.The Queen is celebrating Christmas with members of her family this
:04:52. > :04:54.morning in Sandringham. Her Christmas Day speech, broadcast at
:04:55. > :04:56.3pm this afternoon, will look back on royal events of the year,
:04:57. > :05:05.including the birth of Prince George. Jenny Hill is in
:05:06. > :05:09.Sandringham. There was a much larger crowd than
:05:10. > :05:15.usual at Sandringham to greet the Royal Family. Many people wanting to
:05:16. > :05:19.catch a glimpse of the five-month old Prince George. They were
:05:20. > :05:23.disappointed. His parents certainly worth here, breaking with royal
:05:24. > :05:29.tradition, walking hand in hand up the path to the church. Members of
:05:30. > :05:33.the crowd has said to us the Duchess indicated Prince George is doing
:05:34. > :05:41.very well and has already opened if you Christmas presents this morning.
:05:42. > :05:53.The Queen, as always, arrived by car. This year, accompanied by her
:05:54. > :05:55.granddaughter, Zara. The next news on BBC One is at
:05:56. > :06:18.3.10pm. Goodbye for now. Good afternoon. At least Christmas
:06:19. > :06:22.Day is not a stormy one. Unfortunately, some of us are still
:06:23. > :06:25.dealing with the problems after the storm. This afternoon, we have if
:06:26. > :06:26.fuchsia