:00:21. > :00:25.The Army is tonight on standby in Cumbria, with six inches
:00:26. > :00:28.of rain forecast to fall over Christmas night into Boxing Day.
:00:29. > :00:31.People in the county have been warned to prepare for
:00:32. > :00:36.The Government's crisis response committee COBRA will meet tomorrow
:00:37. > :00:41.Parts of Cumbria have been flooded three times in the past month,
:00:42. > :00:44.as our correspondent Danny Savage reports from Kendall.
:00:45. > :00:47.River levels have been up and down for weeks now in Cumbria,
:00:48. > :00:49.but more wet weather means they're set to
:00:50. > :00:53.rise sharply again over the next couple of days and cause more
:00:54. > :00:59.So they're putting out the sand bags again.
:01:00. > :01:05.I would rather be chastised for getting things in place and it
:01:06. > :01:08.not happening, for somebody who says it's not going to happen
:01:09. > :01:13.They've only just finished stripping out these
:01:14. > :01:18.Possessions that were saved are once again at risk.
:01:19. > :01:21.They've never known a month like it here.
:01:22. > :01:24.For people that don't live in Cumbria, how bad has
:01:25. > :01:34.We're watching the river go up and down
:01:35. > :01:39.People are getting back on their feet a little bit.
:01:40. > :01:44.The Government's emergency response committee will hold a COBRA meeting
:01:45. > :01:47.on Christmas Day to discuss the situation, such is the level
:01:48. > :01:52.I think we need to be seriously worried.
:01:53. > :01:55.Although this river seems quite low now, if you had another 60,
:01:56. > :01:57.80, 100 millimetres of rain, it could come
:01:58. > :02:03.That's not just true here, it's true in Keswick,
:02:04. > :02:08.And for so many people hit by flood soing far,
:02:09. > :02:11.the festivities are the least of their concerns.
:02:12. > :02:14.The reality of Christmas is they're just
:02:15. > :02:17.bearing through it and probably looking forward to Christmas
:02:18. > :02:22.Their focus is getting long-term accommodation and getting
:02:23. > :02:28.So from tomorrow, once again, attention will
:02:29. > :02:30.be focussed on river levels here in Cumbria.
:02:31. > :02:33.It seems for people living here, there's just no let up.
:02:34. > :02:36.More rain is the last thing Cumbria needs
:02:37. > :02:41.The misery of flooding is set to continue.
:02:42. > :02:46.A woman in her 70s has died, after a car ploughed into a coffee
:02:47. > :02:47.shop in Westerham in Kent this morning.
:02:48. > :02:50.Five more people were taken to hospital -
:02:51. > :02:53.four with serious injuries and one with minor injuries.
:02:54. > :02:55.The car remained embedded in the window of Costa coffee
:02:56. > :02:58.all day, before being taken away for examination
:02:59. > :03:04.Tonight, the car was pulled out of the cafe.
:03:05. > :03:06.It will be thoroughly examined by the police for any clues
:03:07. > :03:11.And this was the scene soon after the crash.
:03:12. > :03:14.The car had embedded itself right inside the cafe,
:03:15. > :03:19.I actually heard that big bang outside
:03:20. > :03:25.One of the Costa staff asked me to see a woman behind the counter.
:03:26. > :03:34.She didn't reply back, but I can see clearly she is dead.
:03:35. > :03:38.Hours later, the car remained lodged in the coffee shop.
:03:39. > :03:41.Two people on board were cut free by the Fire Service.
:03:42. > :03:48.A woman in her 70s was declared dead at the scene.
:03:49. > :03:50.The car first lost control up the street there.
:03:51. > :03:53.These flourescent markers show its path
:03:54. > :04:04.It was full of people kicking off their Christmas eve.
:04:05. > :04:06.A total of five people were taken to hospital.
:04:07. > :04:09.Two men and two women were seriously injured,
:04:10. > :04:14.The police investigation is ongoing, but it appears to be
:04:15. > :04:19.We had a coordinated approach, to deal with
:04:20. > :04:21.the casualties first, that was our main priority
:04:22. > :04:24.to save life and make sure that there weren't any more
:04:25. > :04:29.Once that was done, we got a count and helped
:04:30. > :04:35.We then slow the scene down to carry on with the investigation and get
:04:36. > :04:42.A few of its residents, who popped into a coffee
:04:43. > :04:45.shop on Christmas eve, will be spending Christmas Day in hospital.
:04:46. > :04:51.Two Burmese men have been convicted - and sentenced to death -
:04:52. > :04:54.for murdering two UK tourists in Thailand.
:04:55. > :04:58.The bodies of backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller
:04:59. > :05:01.were found on an island beach in September last year.
:05:02. > :05:03.From Thailand, Jonathan Head reports.
:05:04. > :05:06.Arriving at court to hear their fate - two young Burmese men charged
:05:07. > :05:11.with a horrific crime on a holiday island.
:05:12. > :05:15.David Miller and Hannah Witheridge had been doing what so many young
:05:16. > :05:18.Britons do at their age - backpacking through Thailand.
:05:19. > :05:21.Their battered bodies were found last year on this beach
:05:22. > :05:27.From the start, the police investigation was marred
:05:28. > :05:41.When they detained the two suspects, they were put
:05:42. > :05:47.They both also retracted their earlier confessions,
:05:48. > :05:49.saying they'd been threatened and beaten.
:05:50. > :05:52.There were many doubts expressed about the prosecution case,
:05:53. > :05:55.not just by the defence lawyers but also by international forensic
:05:56. > :05:58.experts, in particular about the central piece of evidence,
:05:59. > :06:01.the police DNA tests, which they said were unreliable.
:06:02. > :06:04.None of that was sufficient to sway the judges, who insisted the tests
:06:05. > :06:09.were up to international standards and enough to justify a guilty
:06:10. > :06:17.The emphatic outcome of this drawn-out trial gave some
:06:18. > :06:21.satisfaction to the family of David Miller, who attended the hearing.
:06:22. > :06:24.We believe that the result today represents justice
:06:25. > :06:30.It is our opinion that the evidence against Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin
:06:31. > :06:38.It was a very different experience for the mothers of the two convicted
:06:39. > :06:45.Now, they plan to appeal against the verdict,
:06:46. > :06:57.Europe's migrant crisis has been one of the defining stories of the year,
:06:58. > :07:00.with more than a million people making their way
:07:01. > :07:02.through the continent, in search of a better life.
:07:03. > :07:06.16-year-old Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager who escaped the Syrian
:07:07. > :07:12.Our special correspondent, Fergal Keane, first met her
:07:13. > :07:14.in September on the Serbian-Hungarian border.
:07:15. > :07:23.In a new country, it is a season of change.
:07:24. > :07:30.Three months after reaching Europe, Nujeen Mustafa has found a new life.
:07:31. > :07:35.Germany is as I expected her to be, beautiful.
:07:36. > :07:40.My life is as regular as I wanted her to be.
:07:41. > :07:45.The girl who is waking up early and going to school every day,
:07:46. > :07:54.This was how she arrived, suffering from
:07:55. > :08:00.Her epic journey from the Middle East made in a wheelchair
:08:01. > :08:05.I first met her in September, stranded on the closed Hungarian
:08:06. > :08:11.I'd love to be an astronaut, to go out and see and find
:08:12. > :08:22.And on she travelled, across European borders.
:08:23. > :08:37.No. They said to some camp or something.
:08:38. > :08:45.Or where they're going to send you after this?
:08:46. > :08:54.Onto Germany and the reunion with a beloved brother,
:08:55. > :09:07.Nujeen shares this flat with her older sister.
:09:08. > :09:10.She dreams of walking and has started
:09:11. > :09:16.Her parents are still living as refugees in Turkey,
:09:17. > :09:19.where they fled to escape the fighting.
:09:20. > :09:22.If I asked you what your Christmas wish is, what is it?
:09:23. > :09:37.Nujeen has come this far by force of her own
:09:38. > :09:40.personality, the love of family and the kindness of strangers.
:09:41. > :09:45.There's no telling what she may achieve in the years to come.
:09:46. > :09:54.And finally, people from across the world have come
:09:55. > :09:57.to Bethlehem in celebration of Christmas.
:09:58. > :10:00.Festivities went ahead in Manger Square, despite high
:10:01. > :10:03.security following recent violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
:10:04. > :10:06.Meanwhile, midnight mass has been celebrated at the Vatican in Rome.
:10:07. > :10:08.Thousands gathered in St Peter's Square to celebrate Christmas.
:10:09. > :10:11.Inside, Pope Francis called upon Catholics around the globe
:10:12. > :10:13.to show compassion towards one another
:10:14. > :10:20.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:10:21. > :10:37.From all of us here, have a wonderful Christmas.
:10:38. > :10:40.A very merry evening to you. I'm sure it is quite merry for some of
:10:41. > :10:42.us