:00:00. > :00:00.German police are looking for up to seven Syrian and Iraqi men
:00:00. > :00:11.after the New Year's Eve terror alert in Munich.
:00:12. > :00:13.They say they received "concrete" information that extremists
:00:14. > :00:16.from so-called Islamic State were planning attacks
:00:17. > :00:22.New guidance on safe drinking levels, expected to include
:00:23. > :00:28.recommending no alcohol at least two days a week.
:00:29. > :00:31.A gunman opens fire at a restaurant in Israel, killing two people
:00:32. > :00:38.And after the flood, the clean up for some,
:00:39. > :01:09.Police in Germany say last night's terror alert in Munich was based
:01:10. > :01:13.on concrete information about a planned suicide attack.
:01:14. > :01:16.Officials say a tip-off from the French intelligence service
:01:17. > :01:19.suggested that there were up to seven suspects,
:01:20. > :01:23.including Syrians and Iraqis linked to so-called Islamic State.
:01:24. > :01:31.Minutes before midnight and German security forces
:01:32. > :01:38.usher people away from Munich's busiest railway stations.
:01:39. > :01:41.Intelligence received just hours earlier suggested a group
:01:42. > :01:45.of between five and seven Iraqi and Syrian
:01:46. > :01:50.suicide bombers would attack New Year's crowds here.
:01:51. > :01:52.With the level of detail, including names, coming
:01:53. > :01:55.in from two separate foreign countries, German officials today
:01:56. > :02:02.It was on information, and we have to do our
:02:03. > :02:07.And we have to guarantee the security and
:02:08. > :02:14.Today, the stations were open again, a police presence visible,
:02:15. > :02:16.although authorities now say they can't be
:02:17. > :02:19.sure if the attackers really are in the city or even
:02:20. > :02:24.New year celebrations had been the focus
:02:25. > :02:29.It wasn't only Germany, with the closure of
:02:30. > :02:34.Two days ago, Turkey arrested two men in Ankara,
:02:35. > :02:38.said to be planning a suicide attack on celebrations.
:02:39. > :02:39.The Belgian capital, Brussels, cancelled
:02:40. > :02:44.its fireworks after a group of men were arrested,
:02:45. > :02:47.also said to be plotting to strike targets.
:02:48. > :02:49.And in New York, the FBI arrested one man
:02:50. > :02:54.said to be planning a knife attack on a restaurant yesterday,
:02:55. > :02:58.to demonstrate his support for so-called Islamic State.
:02:59. > :03:00.Paris had also cancelled its usual fireworks,
:03:01. > :03:02.instead projecting a video onto the Arc de Triomphe,
:03:03. > :03:04.amid tight security, a message, the city's
:03:05. > :03:06.mayor said, that Paris was still standing after the devastating
:03:07. > :03:11.In his new year message, France's president warned
:03:12. > :03:15.that the terrorist threat was still at its highest level.
:03:16. > :03:29.In central London, 3000 police were on duty,
:03:30. > :03:35.But last night's celebrations passed without incident.
:03:36. > :03:38.Europe has been on edge, and while the New Year passed
:03:39. > :03:40.peacefully, concerns for the year ahead will still remain.
:03:41. > :03:49.In a major rethink of the guidance on alcohol consumption,
:03:50. > :03:52.it is believed that people are to be advised to avoid alcohol
:03:53. > :03:59.The daily limit for the amount men should drink is also expected to be
:04:00. > :04:03.lowered to the same level as that for women.
:04:04. > :04:06.It follows a review which has been carried out by the Chief Medical
:04:07. > :04:15.A new year, and even in busy pubs and bars
:04:16. > :04:22.Yeah, I suppose try and cut down little bit on the drink, save money.
:04:23. > :04:25.Cut down on alcohol and possibly go to the gym.
:04:26. > :04:33.Many will have overindulged over the Christmas period but medical
:04:34. > :04:34.experts agree heavy drinking is increasingly
:04:35. > :04:40.Liver disease, of course, is one of the major consequences
:04:41. > :04:43.of alcohol excess, and we've seen liver disease rise to be the fifth
:04:44. > :04:49.most common cause of mortality in the UK.
:04:50. > :04:51.The top four causes, such as heart disease and cancer,
:04:52. > :04:53.the rates of mortality are dropping, whereas liver disease
:04:54. > :05:03.The new guidelines are expected to recommend at least two days
:05:04. > :05:06.per week without alcohol, advice already given in Scotland,
:05:07. > :05:08.and a maximum of three units consumed on any one day,
:05:09. > :05:12.which, for the first time, would bring men's daily limits
:05:13. > :05:20.The current guidelines on alcohol consumption were last revised
:05:21. > :05:23.in the mid-1990s but have been criticised as confusing
:05:24. > :05:26.and ineffective, with research suggesting many people just don't
:05:27. > :05:34.I think sometimes we get caught up in the moment,
:05:35. > :05:37.and when you are out with friends and it is a release,
:05:38. > :05:40.a relax, but sometimes you just need to maybe take a step back.
:05:41. > :05:42.But then what is two units, what is six units?
:05:43. > :05:45.Most people are reasonably clued up but you have to let people
:05:46. > :05:49.I don't necessarily think there is a whole lot more
:05:50. > :05:51.the Government needs to do, the industry needs to do.
:05:52. > :05:53.People need to have freedom to make their own decisions.
:05:54. > :05:56.The country has a little bit of an alcohol problem, I think,
:05:57. > :05:59.in terms of the damage it does to society in numerous ways.
:06:00. > :06:03.The new drinking recommendations are due to be published this month,
:06:04. > :06:05.just in time to reinforce those new year resolutions.
:06:06. > :06:08.Sarah Campbell, BBC News, Richmond, Surrey.
:06:09. > :06:10.A gunman has opened fire at a restaurant in Israel,
:06:11. > :06:12.killing two people and wounding several others.
:06:13. > :06:14.Hundreds of police are searching the area in Tel Aviv
:06:15. > :06:17.but detectives say the motive for the attack is unclear.
:06:18. > :06:31.You may find some images in Kevin Connolly's report disturbing.
:06:32. > :06:39.Video cameras captured the moment of the shooting, the killer calmly
:06:40. > :06:44.raising his weapon and opening fire. In an area of Tel Aviv filled with
:06:45. > :06:52.packed bars and cafes, it was a terrifying moment. And I hid myself
:06:53. > :06:58.under the bar, and I heard and I waited until it finished. But it was
:06:59. > :07:03.like horrible. Very scary because it happens all over the world. The
:07:04. > :07:10.gunman escaped on foot and a huge manhunt began. The security forces
:07:11. > :07:15.quickly sealed off the scene. Working to save the seriously
:07:16. > :07:18.injured inside the shattered bar. The painstaking work of piecing
:07:19. > :07:25.together a picture of what had happened began immediately. Armed
:07:26. > :07:29.police units have been combing Tel Aviv. It is not clear if there have
:07:30. > :07:34.been credible sightings of the gunman since the attack. The motive
:07:35. > :07:37.for the shooting, for now, isn't clear. It may have been
:07:38. > :07:41.straightforward criminality, or it could have been a hate crime, if the
:07:42. > :07:46.gunman believed the bar was popular with the Tel Aviv Gay community.
:07:47. > :07:50.There is growing speculation that police have now identified a
:07:51. > :07:54.suspect, deepening suspicions that this attack was linked to a recent
:07:55. > :07:58.increase in tension in the long-running dispute between Israel
:07:59. > :08:01.and the Palestinians. Kevin Connelly, BBC News, Tel Aviv.
:08:02. > :08:03.Firefighters in Dubai have spent the day dousing a blaze
:08:04. > :08:05.which engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper last night.
:08:06. > :08:07.At least 15 people were injured, although none of them
:08:08. > :08:09.seriously, at the Address Downtown hotel.
:08:10. > :08:16.Investigators are still trying to identify the cause of the fire.
:08:17. > :08:19.Newly released documents show that a number of prominent figures wrote
:08:20. > :08:21.letters in support of a bishop under investigation over allegations
:08:22. > :08:29.George Carey, who was then Archbishop of Canterbury,
:08:30. > :08:31.was among those who defended Peter Ball during the inquiry.
:08:32. > :08:33.Ball was jailed in October for misconduct in office
:08:34. > :08:46.Aged 83, Bishop Peter Ball is the most senior Anglican
:08:47. > :08:51.clergyman to have been convicted of sexual abuse.
:08:52. > :08:54.But it was more than 20 years before he finally admitted
:08:55. > :09:00.Famous for dressing in a monk's habit in the 70s, 80s and 90s,
:09:01. > :09:02.he groomed and exploited the young men who followed his teachings.
:09:03. > :09:09.Police investigated in 1993 but he wasn't charged.
:09:10. > :09:11.Instead he was given a caution, after 2000 letters, some
:09:12. > :09:13.of which have now been released by prosecutors,
:09:14. > :09:23.In a letter to police, the then Archbishop of Canterbury,
:09:24. > :09:27.George Carey, wrote that on hearing the allegations that Ball
:09:28. > :09:44.The archbishop said he didn't want to interfere.
:09:45. > :09:52.But he said he felt justified in pointing out the..
:09:53. > :10:01.Another letter came from a senior judge.
:10:02. > :10:03.Phil Johnson accuses Ball of indecently assaulting him
:10:04. > :10:29.The form Archbishop of Canterbury says he does not wish to influence
:10:30. > :10:30.events. Then why write letters? Have a Lord Justice who is supposed to be
:10:31. > :10:33.impartial. With no prosecution,
:10:34. > :10:35.Ball's victims were left in limbo. One of them, Neal Todd,
:10:36. > :10:38.deeply damaged by his experiences, took his own life in 2012
:10:39. > :10:40.and never saw justice. Flood warnings remain in place
:10:41. > :10:44.across the UK as more rain River levels are high in Shropshire,
:10:45. > :10:48.Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and in York, with many
:10:49. > :10:51.residents clearing up Nick Higham takes a look at one plan
:10:52. > :11:02.to help prevent future flooding. Christmas ruined, and homes
:11:03. > :11:05.and lives as well. In York today, they were still
:11:06. > :11:08.clearing up after the floods. I don't know if in time to come,
:11:09. > :11:12.depending on how our insurance claim goes, anger will appear,
:11:13. > :11:16.but so far it's a little bit of sorrow for the people that aren't
:11:17. > :11:21.as well protected and didn't manage to get their valuables upstairs
:11:22. > :11:23.and have lost irreplaceable things In Castle Douglas in Dumfries
:11:24. > :11:31.and Galloway, there was still It's been quite horrendous,
:11:32. > :11:37.actually, and exciting. And we've lived here for 15 years
:11:38. > :11:41.and we've never seen the loch come The forecast for Saturday and Sunday
:11:42. > :11:47.is not right good. Not so much wind but a lot of rain,
:11:48. > :11:50.unfortunately, and there is just Across much of central
:11:51. > :11:56.and north-east Scotland So what else can be done to prevent
:11:57. > :12:02.such floods in future? One place that hasn't flooded
:12:03. > :12:05.in the past few days is here, the North Yorkshire
:12:06. > :12:08.town of Pickering. That's thanks to a new ?2 million
:12:09. > :12:11.flood prevention scheme Pickering Beck flooded the town four
:12:12. > :12:17.times in eight years, causing millions of pounds'
:12:18. > :12:20.worth of damage. The solution, this new dam,
:12:21. > :12:22.designed to hold back the water and slow the flow,
:12:23. > :12:27.completed in October. It passed its first
:12:28. > :12:30.test this Christmas. When I turned on the news and saw
:12:31. > :12:33.this absolute devastation, right across the North of England,
:12:34. > :12:36.and I thought, well, this is just a little ray
:12:37. > :12:39.of sunshine in an absolutely massive black cloud covering the whole
:12:40. > :12:43.of northern England. Mike took this photo showing
:12:44. > :12:46.the catchment behind the dam starting to fill up,
:12:47. > :12:49.as it is designed to. Scientists have also built dams
:12:50. > :12:53.of woody debris to hold up the water in the stream, and planted more
:12:54. > :12:58.trees to soak up the rain. Pickering's protected,
:12:59. > :13:00.and there is less risk But getting landowners to agree
:13:01. > :13:05.isn't always easy and experts say even schemes like this could be
:13:06. > :13:09.overwhelmed by massive rainfall Nick Higham, BBC News,
:13:10. > :13:18.Pickering, North Yorkshire. The Archbishop of Canterbury has
:13:19. > :13:20.called on the nation to welcome refugees, offering
:13:21. > :13:22.hospitality and love. He delivered his new year message
:13:23. > :13:24.from a community in Kent that has helped refugees both
:13:25. > :13:27.at home and across the Channel. Justin Welby filmed his message
:13:28. > :13:41.at Marsh Academy, a school Away from the cameras,
:13:42. > :13:49.he met one boy, who had come here alone as a refugee,
:13:50. > :13:51.aged just 14, fleeing war in North This is just one example of the many
:13:52. > :13:57.desperate journeys children are making on their own
:13:58. > :14:01.to save their lives. This school represents the best
:14:02. > :14:04.of what we can do in this country. It teaches and equips
:14:05. > :14:10.people and demonstrates our ability to live up to our long established
:14:11. > :14:19.tradition of warmth and hospitality. The Archbishop's message comes
:14:20. > :14:22.at the start of a year which is likely to
:14:23. > :14:24.see many more people fleeing persecution,
:14:25. > :14:26.war and poverty, risking In 2015, just over a million
:14:27. > :14:32.refugees and migrants reached Europe, hoping
:14:33. > :14:36.to begin a new life. Justin Welby points out that Jesus
:14:37. > :14:39.himself started life He tells us to be those who welcome
:14:40. > :14:46.the alien and stranger, In today's world,
:14:47. > :14:55.hospitality and love are our most formidable weapons
:14:56. > :14:58.against hatred and extremism. offered asylum to those fleeing
:14:59. > :15:14.persecution and that offering such Now it's time for the
:15:15. > :15:19.news where you are.