the party has started here in edinburgh. wejust had a rendition of auld lang syne that eve ryo ne rendition of auld lang syne that everyone sang along with. the key moment of tonight was the fantastic firework display from edinburgh castle. this year it featured some specially commissioned music from knight works, a local scottish band. don't take my word for it, let's have a look at the firework display from edinburgh castle. clock chimes midnight. there you go. that is how they do fireworks in edinburgh. the partying is still going on and it will probably go on into that we small hours. it has been a fantastic night. from us here in edinburgh, back to you in the studio. that is how 2018 has been welcomed in by london and edinburgh. a happy new year to you and now we cross over to our colleagues for the rest of the news. you are watching bbc news broadcasting to viewers around the world and here in the uk. as the world and here in the uk. as the world celebrate the arrival of 2018 with fireworks and light shows, global lead

and the duke of edinburgh on the front page there as well. it is 6:15 am, good morning. you're watching breakfast. the main stories this morning: thousands of people gathered to watch spectacular firework displays in london and edinburgh despite warning about bad weather and travel problems. australian police have confirmed that the british head of the giant, compass, catering group died, with four members of his family in yesterday's plane crash outside sydney. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. the first one of 2018. happy new year. this week is looking pretty u nsettled. year. this week is looking pretty unsettled. more on that in a moment. today, a lot of wind. rain at times. improving to the afternoon. low pressure a cross improving to the afternoon. low pressure across the north of the uk. this will bring wet weather through the english channel. fairly strong winds across southern counties of england. the extent of the rain, south wales, towards the m4 corridor. going east. to the north, dry weather with sunshine this morning. wet and windy weather

midnight firework show from the banks of the river thames, and hogmanay celebrations went ahead in edinburgh, despite earlier travel and weather concerns. new york is one of the latest cities to toast 2018 with events in times square. los angeles and vancouver have to wait another two hours before the year changes. the five british citizens who died when a seaplane crashed in australia on new year's eve have been named. richard cousins, the chief executive of the world's biggest catering group compass, died in the crash, along with his sons william and edward. mr cousin‘s fiancee emma bowden and her 11—year—old daughter also died, as did the australian pilot. the bodies of the victims have been recovered. scores of people were left stranded in liverpool and forced to spend the night in emergency accommodation after a fire destroyed more than 1,000 cars parked close to the city's arena. no—one was hurt, but residents in nearby apartments were evacuated as the fire service tackled the blaze which it describes as one of the worst it had ever dealt with. britain's trains are the oldest s

but a chilly story here, just 3 degrees in edinburgh. and then overnight, the showers clear, the isobars open and, with clear skies, temperatures are going to dip away significantly for early tuesday. the first day back at work in the new year, have the ice scrape or the de—icer ready, because it looks like we could see a fairly widespread frost. clear skies short lived though. another area of low pressure swinging its way from the atlantic, through the day. rain, some snow for the hills of northern england and the mountians of scotland. briefly rather mild though to the far south. another area of low pressure comes wheezing in overnight tuesday, into wednesday. very squally winds in association with this low. windy day across the board on wednesday, with some heavy and thundery showers possible too. temperatures typically around average for the time of year, somewhere between the 6—10 degree mark. perhaps a little bit chilly again first thing on thursday as the winds fall light during the small hours of thursday. but into the day, a

michael buchanan, bbc news, edinburgh. mark e smith — the singer and songwriter who founded the fall, has died aged 60. he was the driving force behind the band and the only constant memberforfour decades. # hit the north! # 95% of hayseeds (hit the north!) are corn—pones guaranteed # hit the north # mark e smith, who died today. for the first time ever, researchers in china have successfully created two identical monkeys by somatic cell nuclear transfer. researchers at the chinese academy of sciences institute of neuroscience in shanghai, named the newborns zhong zhong which means "chinese nation" or "people" and hua hua. they used the same technology that was used to clone dolly the sheep back in 1996. earlier our medical correspondent fergus walsh joined me to explain exactly what scientists have achieved. the same technology used in scotland back in the ‘90s more than 20 years ago to produce the world's first cloned mammal, dolly the sheep. since then we have had cloned pigs, cats, dogs, rats, mice, 23 different

but a chilly story here, just 3 degrees in edinburgh. and then overnight, the showers clear, the isobars open and, with clear skies, temperatures are going to dip away significantly for early tuesday. the first day back at work in the new year, have the ice scrape or the de—icer ready, because it looks like we could see a fairly widespread frost. clear skies short lived though. another area of low pressure swinging its way from the atlantic, through the day. rain, some snow for the hills of northern england and the mountains of scotland. briefly rather mild though to the far south. another area of low pressure comes wheezing in overnight tuesday, into wednesday. very squally winds in association with this low. windy day across the board on wednesday, with some heavy and thundery showers possible too. temperatures typically around average for the time of year, somewhere between the 6—10 degree mark. perhaps a little bit chilly again first thing on thursday as the winds fall light during the small hours of thursday. but into the day, a

after 70 years of public service, the duke of edinburgh, britain's longest—serving royal consort, hung up his hat and retired from royal duties. prince george had his own milestone moment — his first day of school. and flexing their royal muscles in an effort to put the issue of mental health firmly on the national agenda. after weeks of fevered speculation came confirmation that prince harry, the fifth in line to the throne, was engaged to the american actress, meghan markle. the happy couple appeared in the grounds of kensington palace, which will be her new home. this was only the second time they had appeared together for the cameras. reporter: harry, when did you know she was the one? the very first time we met! later, in a candid interview with the bbc‘s mishal husain, they revealed they'd met on a blind date set up by a mutual friend. in early november, while preparing a roast chicken dinner, harry popped the question. it was just an amazing surprise. it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. he got on one knee. of course. was it an instant yes from you? yes, as a matte

from aberdeen to edinburgh and glasgow, rain. to edinburgh and glasgow, rain. strengthening winds. decent day, some spells of sunshine, i is between six and 10 degrees. i is between six and 10 degrees. will be strong, touching gale—force in places. in places. in scotland, it will feel cold with the strength of the wind. the strength of the wind. change for freddie, cloud and rain will spread from the west. will spread from the west. is something colder —— change for friday. a reminder of our main story... including five murders — is spared decades behind bars. he offered to testify against his former associates. and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. 00:29:16,849 --> 613566586:35:35,789 this 613566586:35:35,789 --> 1227133172:41:54,729 is 1227133172:41:54,729 --> 1840699758:48:13,668 bbc 1840699758:48:13,668 --> 2454266344:54:32,607 news, 2454266344:54:32,607 --> 3067832931:00:51,547 our 3067832931:00:51,547 --> 3681399517:07:10,486 latest 3681399517:07:10,486 --> 4294966103:13:29,426 headlines. transition period for the uk. two

michael buchanan, bbc news, edinburgh. mark e smith, the singer and songwriter who founded the fall, has died aged 60. he was the driving force behind the band and the only constant memberforfour decades. # hit the north! # 95% of hayseeds (hit the north!) are corn—pones, guaranteed # hit the north.# mark e smith who died today. the former labour cabinet minister baroness tessa jowell will lead a debate in the house of lords tomorrow arguing that people should be given the chance to pursue all options to try to beat their cancer. she's given her first interview since she was diagnosed last may with a severe form of brain cancer. passion, determination, a sense of mission, that is what tessa jowell displayed as the minister who helped bring the olympics to london. now she is showing all that and more as she speaks publicly for the first time about the brain tumour she discovered she had last may. it came with absolutely no expectation. no warning? absolutely none at all, i did not have a single apparent symptom. her sympt

but a chilly story here, just 3 degrees in edinburgh. and then overnight, the showers clear, the isobars open and, with clear skies, temperatures are going to dip away significantly for early tuesday. first day back at work in the new year, have the ice scraper and the de—icer ready, because it looks like we could see a fairly widespread frost. the clear skies short lived though. another area of low pressure swinging its way from the atlantic, through the day. rain, some snow for the hills of northern england and the mountains of scotland. briefly rather mild though to the far south. another area of low pressure comes wheezing in overnight tuesday, into wednesday. —— whizzing. very squally winds in association with this low. windy day across the board on wednesday, with some heavy and thundery showers possible too. temperatures typically around average for the time of year, somewhere between the 6—10 degree mark. perhaps a little bit chilly again first thing on thursday as the winds fall light during the small hours of thursday.

and in edinburgh, the traditional hogmanay celebrations went ahead, despite the arrival of storm dylan in parts of scotland. and in half an hour... a virtual reality trip to the bridge of the starship enterprise and much more as click takes a look back at the year in tech. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chief executive of the british catering company compass — and four members of his family — have been killed in a seaplane crash in australia. local police confirmed that richard cousins, who was 58, was on board the plane which crashed into a river 30 miles north of sydney yesterday. he died with his two sons, edward and william, who were in their 20s, his fiancee, emma bowden, and her 11—year—old daughter, heather. the australian pilot, gareth morgan, was also killed. phil mercer reports from sydney. the wreckage of the seaplane lies 30 metres below the surface of the hawkesbury river. 0ne metres below the surface of the hawkesbury river. one of the victims was the british businessmen richard cousins, the chief executive of the world's largest catering company, com

but a chilly story here, just 3 degrees in edinburgh. and then overnight, the showers clear, the isobars open and, with clear skies, temperatures are going to dip away significantly for early tuesday. the first day back at work in the new year, have the ice scrape or the de—icer ready, because it looks like we could see a fairly widespread frost. clear skies short lived though. another area of low pressure swinging its way from the atlantic, through the day. rain, some snow for the hills of northern england and the mountians of scotland. briefly rather mild though to the far south. another area of low pressure comes wheezing in overnight tuesday, into wednesday. very squally winds in association with this low. windy day across the board on wednesday, with some heavy and thundery showers possible too. temperatures typically around average for the time of year, somewhere between the 6—10 degree mark. perhaps a little bit chilly again first thing on thursday as the winds fall light during the small hours of thursday. but into the day, a

but a chilly story here, just 3 degrees in edinburgh. and then overnight, the showers clear, the isobars open and, with clear skies, temperatures are going to dip away significantly for early tuesday. the first day back at work in the new year, have the ice scraper and the de—icer ready, because it looks like we could see a fairly widespread frost. the clear skies short lived though. another area of low pressure swinging its way in from the atlantic, through the day. rain, some snow for the hills of northern england and the mountains of scotland. briefly rather mild though to the far south. another area of low pressure comes whizzing in overnight tuesday, into wednesday. very squally winds in association with this low. windy day across the board on wednesday, with some heavy and thundery showers possible too. temperatures typically around average for the time of year, somewhere between the 6—10 degree mark. perhaps a little bit chilly again first thing on thursday as the winds fall light during the small hours of thursday. but into t

midnight firework show from the banks of the river thames, and hogmanay celebrations went ahead in edinburgh, despite earlier travel and weather concerns, as simon clemison reports. it was one party big ben really couldn't miss. bong! chiming for new year, despite being silenced at the moment while repairs are carried out. cue 12,000 fireworks. whatever you did to finish 2017, whatever you are doing to start 2018, there are these 11 minutes and 15 second in the middle here in london when you look up and forget to breathe. the soundtrack dominated by female artists. the centenary of women beginning to get the vote — one way this year will be defined. any thoughts about what 2018 might hold for you? yeah, it's gonna be the best year ever! why is that? just a levels, we're gonna get our careers. we're gonna get into university! to university! gonna be good. do you want to get my kilt? yeah! in scotland, storm dylan had been an unwelcome party guest during the day but given the importance of hogmanay, it would take a lot to spoil the evening celebrations, even though winds of more than 70 mile

temperatures in aberdeen, three degrees, four there in edinburgh. some sunny spells. showers into north—west england, but across north—east england, the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east, should be getting off to a dry start to the day with spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher than it was on wednesday morning. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards across just about all parts of the country. some of them could be heavy, could be thundery with some hail mixed in. some wintryness over the high grounds in the north pennines, the southern uplands, but there will be some spells of sunshine too and temperatures of around 5—10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel i suppose, but it won't be as windy as it was on wednesday. now, during thursday night into friday, the showers will take time to fade away, but in western areas particularly they will ease as the winds ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost because this little bump in the isobars, this little ridge of high pressure will be toppling in during friday morning.

a big win to gloucester and a narrow home victory for edinburgh. and one other rugby line, stuart hogg will be fit for the start of the six nations next month. he narrowly missed a spot the glasgow's european cup match this sunday. scott and's verse six nations experience against wales on the third of february. now the tennis and the australian open sta rts the tennis and the australian open starts next week and the argument over the name of one of its arenas continues after the former great dilly jinking continues after the former great dillyjinking once again called for the margaret court arena to be renamed after the winner made homophobic —— homophobic content is full -- homophobic —— homophobic content is full —— comments. she has one more grand slams singles titles than anyone else but the court at melbourne park named after her, margaret court is an australian sporting icon but her opposition to same—sex marriage and views on the lg bt same—sex marriage and views on the lgbt community put the name of the arena in question. if

showers packing in across scotland but look at the temperatures, five and six degrees in edinburgh and glasgow. we didn't get anywhere near that even through the middle of the afternoon on sunday. northern ireland, starting off mainly dry — pretty cloudy, but some sunny breaks, and we'll see some sunny breaks developing across wales, and the west midlands, as well. rain in the south will disappear into the near continent very quickly through the morning. we'll keep some showers going across northern scotland. but generally speaking, not a bad day. the cloud breaking up to give some sunshine, and those temperatures much higher than they were on sunday — in many places at 6—11 degrees. during monday night, things are pretty quiet. the south—westerly winds continuing to bring the milder air in our direction. 3—9 degrees, those are your starting temperatures for tuesday morning. and really, on tuesday, it is all about us being in the thick of this mild air, pumping all the way up from the south—west. tuesday the mildest day of the week for many of us, but that doesn't mean it'l

temperatures in aberdeen, three degrees, four there in edinburgh. some sunny spells. showers into north—west england, but across north—east england, the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east, should be getting off to a dry start to the day with spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher than it was on wednesday morning. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards across just about all parts of the country. some of them could be heavy, could be thundery with some hail mixed in. some wintryness over the high grounds in the north pennines, the southern uplands, but there will be some spells of sunshine too and temperatures of around 5—10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel i suppose, but it won't be as windy as it was on wednesday. now, during thursday night into friday, the showers will take time to fade away, but in western areas particularly they will ease as the winds ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost because this little bump in the isobars, this little ridge of high pressure will be toppling in during friday morning.

showers packing in across scotland but look at the temperatures, five, six degrees in edinburgh and glasgow. we didn't get anywhere near that even through the middle of the afternoon on sunday. northern ireland, starting off mainly dry — pretty cloudy but some sunny breaks, and we'll see some sunny breaks developing across wales, and into the west midlands as well. rain in the south will disappear into the near continent very quickly through the morning. we'll keep some showers going across northern scotland. it will be windy here. but generally speaking, not a bad day. the cloud breaking up to give some sunshine, and those temperatures much higher than they were on sunday — in many places at 6—11 degrees. during monday night, things look pretty quiet. the south—westerly winds continuing to bring the milder air in our direction. some outbreaks of rain pushing into western areas. 3—9 degrees, those are your starting temperatures for tuesday morning. and really, on tuesday, it is all about us being in the thick of this mild air, pumping all the way up from the south—west. tuesday

in today's scottish cup fourth round action, the edinburgh derby went the way of hearts. they won 1—0 at tynecastle thanks to a scrappy 86th—minute goal, christophe berra's downward header was just touched on by substitute don cowie and despite a valiant hibs effort to keep the ball out, it spun over the line. the only other game in the cup today between fraserburgh and rangers was postponed due to a frozen pitch. this is the fifth round draw in full, holders celtic hosting partick thistle. hearts, after victory at hibs, havea thistle. hearts, after victory at hibs, have a home tie against albion rovers or stjohnstone. brora rangers of the highland league travel to take on kilmarnock. watford have appointed javi gracia as their new manager following the sacking of marco silva. marco silva became the eighth premier league sacking of the season after the club blamed a run of one win on 11 matches and everton‘s unwarranted approach for silva in november. javi gracia last managed rubin kazan and his signed an 18 month deal. results today have seen the holders saracens q

if you commute into london from swindon, it's now £300 more expensive, and the glasgow—edinburgh commuter goes up by £136. different parts of the country, but most people have similar gripes. it's pretty disgusting. well, you're not even guaranteed a seat. so, i think it's wrong. i travel around cardiff quite a lot using the train, i find that quite convenient, and i find it quite affordable to do that. it compares quite well with the bus and it compares quite well with driving. better service, please, more trains and there'll be more people, wouldn't there? this is where a lot of the money is going. london bridge hasjust had a £1 billion makeover. and there's a whole new line snaking under the city, crossrail, although critics argue too much is spent on london. the government says it's investing record amounts to improve the trains, but it's also changing who foots the bill. a smaller proportion now comes from the taxpayer, which means more has to come from ticket sales. well, for every £1 that a passenger pays in fares, 97p goes directly into running and improving the railway. but al

facebook messages from you one from james he cried he says just so alex salmond's dressed in a kilt site edinburgh castle i have to see jeans i checked the date of your tricks i was consensual still walking around in that kilt that cleave gottman a suit a sweet. face that message just says it takes a brave man to imitate the late great ricky fulton wealth on alex. layers of scotland schemes also says. great memories of a great man and ricky fulton wasn't a bad either those of you who saw our christmas hope when issues will have seen alex achieve it to the late great ricky fulton and his piece the reverend former first minister reverend jolie that's going to particularly well in fact it's had over one hundred fifty thousand views on facebook which is probably why tom he says in a facebook message is like a fine wine his comedy skills mature with age so i think alex should keep practicing last week's show was a bite kind of europe and elizabeth reese again tweets excellent insight for sure emphasis on kind of europe really interesting this is followed up by mubarak who says i agree he was unaware th

we are based in glasgow and edinburgh. people are directed to us. we join edinburgh. people are directed to us. wejoin up edinburgh. people are directed to us. we join up the dots. thank you very much for chatting to us this morning. just working away getting things ready to open up for brea kfast things ready to open up for breakfast and lunch. schemes like this, especially what we were talking about in hospitals, they are finding their way down to england and wales. there was a hospital in london looking at that work. we have the figures and we will give them see you later on. this works with the backdrop of decreasing violent crime. thank you. it is time to get the news, travel, and weather wherever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. a former prison officer at belmarsh who was sent to prison for being the paid source for a daily mirror reporter is fighting to clear his name at the european court of human rights. bob norman claims he was a whistleblower, but was jailed for 20 months for misconduct in office. his lawyer says the paper

europe's challenge cup tonight, with a big win for gloucester in the lot and a narrow home victory for edinburgh against stade francais. one other rugby line tonight — scotland full—back stuart hogg will be fit for the start of the six nations next month. hogg hasn't played since injuring his hip during the scots' autumn series. he narrowly missed a spot on the bench for glasgow's european champions cup match with leinster this sunday. scotland's first six nations fixture is against wales on 3rd february. the australian open starts next week and the row over the name of one its arenas continues, after the former tennis great billie—jean king once again called for the margaret court arena to be renamed after the 2a time grand slam winner made homophobic comments. king says as a gay woman herself, she would refuse to play on it. austin halewood reports. she's won more grand slam singles titles than anyone else. with a court at melbourne park named after her, margaret court is an australian sporting icon but her opposition to same—sex marriage and views on the lgbt community have bought the

but a chilly story here, just 3 degrees in edinburgh. and then overnight, the showers clear, the isobars open and, with clear skies, temperatures are going to dip away significantly for early tuesday. first day back at work in the new year, have the ice scraper and the de—icer ready, because it looks like we could see a fairly widespread frost. the clear skies short lived though. another area of low pressure swinging its way in from the atlantic, through the day. rain, some snow for the hills of northern england and the mountains of scotland. briefly rather mild though to the far south. another area of low pressure comes whizzing in overnight tuesday, into wednesday. very squally winds in association with this low. windy day across the board on wednesday, with some heavy and thundery showers possible too. temperatures typically around average for the time of year, somewhere between the 6—10 degree mark. perhaps a little bit chilly again first thing on thursday as the winds fall light during the small hours of thursday. but into the d

in today's scottish cup fourth round action, the edinburgh derby went the way of hearts. they won 1—0 at tynecastle thanks to a scrappy 86th—minute goal, christophe berra's downward header was just touched on by substitute don cowie and despite a valiant hibs effort to keep the ball out, it spun over the line. the only other game in the cup today between fraserburgh and rangers was postponed due to a frozen pitch. the fifth round draw is on the bbc sport website. watford's marco silva has become the eighth premier league manager to be sacked this season. perhaps rather surprisingly, with watford tenth. the club blamed everton‘s unwarranted approach for his services in november as the part of the reason in their decsion. the spaniard javi gracia, who last managed russian club rubin kazan, is expected to replace him. results today have seen the holders saracens qualify for the quarterfinals of rugby union's european champions cup, with welsh side scarlets earning a home tie in the last eight. wasps had hoped to qualify, but despite victory, missed out to la rochelle.

the virgin team has said they could take passengers from london to edinburgh in 50 minutes. but making this work in the real world will mean running several of these pipes alongside each other under long distances, perhaps under ground. that is going to prove pretty challenging. at the giants c.e.s. tech show in las vegas. hyperloop's chief executive was pushing the message that this technology is ready and just needs someone to push the button. >> i have 200 of the most brilliant engineers from industries from around the world who've committed themselves to bringing something new and important to the planet. we can go 500, 600 and 700 miles per hour. that's not what worries me. the biggest challenge is to find governments and regulators that want to rapidly introduce this technology. >> even if some governments do share that vision, they'll face the challenge of finding the money and the public support to build in kind of structure many miles across or under their countries. "bbc news," nevada. >> and that's the way it's looking this hour. don't forget, you can get in touch

manchester it is freezing, belfast three and edinburgh six. three and edinburgh six. more cloud here and it is coming in from the atlantic. from the atlantic. the cloud across parts of northern ireland. ireland. that will continue through the course of the day. the course of the day. and northern ireland, england and wales, it‘s going to remain dry. wales, it‘s going to remain dry. and devon, introducing drizzle later on. on. england, but in between, there will be sunshine at times. be sunshine at times. through the afternoon, the rain will start to appear across scotland. start to appear across scotland. falling as snow on the mountains. will be stronger touching gale force with exposure as it swintion south. with exposure as it swintion south. at the same time we‘ve got the cloud and rain moving north—east wards. and rain moving north—east wards. the two more or less meet and continue their decent southwards. continue their decent southwards. the north with those wintry showers falling to lower levels. falling to lower levels. which will pull away from the south east and

and hull was even on show at the world's largest arts festival, the edinburgh fringe. we are here representing hull, which is the uk city of culture this year. the proms came here outside london for the first time in more than 80 years. and hull hosted the first ever uk pride parade, marking 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. we're bust to bust. yes, bust to bust, yeah, after all these years. cheering and applause. as part of lgbt 50, radio 2 to brought the i feel love concert to town. today, i feel really reflective and i feel i kind of stand on the shoulders of great people who have done — you know, like, marc almond's here. i mean, that'sjust like, he's an amazing artist an amazing advocate for lgbt people. alison moyer, amazing. so it's just why would i not say no to be in the company of those people? hello from hull, the 2017 city of culture. hull took over the airwaves again in september with contains strong language, a festival celebrating poetry and spoken word. what is exciting is to see the hull acts and the hull language taking

temperatures in aberdeen, three degrees, four in edinburgh. some sunny spells. showers in north—west england, across north—west and east anglia and the south—east, a dry start to the day with spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher than it was on wednesday morning. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards across just about all parts of the country. some of them could be heavy, thundery with hail mixed in. some wintryness over the high grounds over the north pennines, the southern uplands, but there will be spells of sunshine too and temperatures around 5—10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel i suppose, but it won't be as windy as it was on wednesday. during thursday night into friday, the showers will take time to fade away, but in western areas they will ease as the winds ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost, this bump in the isobars, this ridge of high pressure will be toppling in during friday morning. after a frosty start for some we are looking at a decent day. spells of sunshine, bit of patchy cloud and thicken

storm dylan had brought winds of up to 70 mph but it wasn't enough to dampen spirits for hogmanay in edinburgh. in sydney, the harbour bridge lit up in rainbow colours, a tribute to the year australia voted to legalise same—sex marriage. around the world, cities celebrated the start of 2018. hong kong erupted. athens glowed. and moscow sparkled. in new york, thousands watched in times square as the new year's eve ball dropped. in rio, more than 2 million people gathered on copacabana beach, welcoming in 2018 with high hopes of a bright year to come. caroline davies, bbc news. that's it from me. the next news on bbc one is at 6.30, bye for now. hello. the first day of the new year has brought sunshine in between the rain and that will be the story through the rest of the week. it is going to be a windy week. n'gales are likely and when the rain arrives it may be heavy. this was taken in kent, where it has been wet all morning. there is more rain to come. this lovely picture taken in belfast with sunshine ahead of the showers. those have been developing on gusty winds across northern ireland.

the virgin hyperloop team says they could take passengers from london to edinburgh in 30 minutes, or cut the journey from new york to boston in under half an hour. but making this work will mean running several of these pipes alongside each other over long distances, perhaps underground, and convincing governments that that is realistic is going to prove, well, pretty challenging. at the giant ces tech show in las vegas, the hyperloop chief executive was pushing the message that this technology is ready. it just needs someone to push the button. >> i have 200 of the most brilliant engineers from industries around the world who have committed themselves to bringing something really new and important to the planet. we can go 500, 600, 700 miles an hour. that is not what worries me. the biggest challenge ahead of us is to find governments and regulators that want to rapidly introduce this technology. reporter: even if some governments share that vision, they will face another challenge, finding the money and the public support to build this kind of structure many miles across or under t

in the scottish cup fourth round, it is the edinburgh derby between hearts and hibs. rangers were due to play fraserburgh of the highland league but the match has been called off because of a frozen pitch. there will be a new name on the masters trophy this evening with mark allen taking on kyren wilson. neither player has reached this stage before. allen knocked out two—time winner john higgins in his semifinal, having already beaten ronnie o'sullivan. wilson defeated world no 3 judd trump to make his first masters final. the final is just getting underway at alexandra palace. these are live pictures. you can follow the action on bbc two or the bbc sport website. in netball, scotland havejust beaten northern ireland 52—31 in their final world beaten northern ireland 52—31 in theirfinal world cup beaten northern ireland 52—31 in their final world cup qualifying match in perth, scotland. both teams had qualified for the 2019 world cup in liverpool and head of the match but this is scotland victory means they will top their group. that's all the sport for now. n

that, yes, i can walk in a room of parkinson's people and i can smell it, both in perth, glasgow, in edinburgh. can you smell it other places, though? yes, i have. ethically, i cannot tell somebody, because, um... the test isn't there yet. we're going to be there soon, but it isn't there yet. can you give me an example, then? there has been...queries as i've walked past people, especially one in tesco's. but he was a complete stranger. i've been lucky that i haven't come in contact too often. there was a woman who was saying she had problems, she'd been to the doctor for this and that, and i'm thinking... she sniffs ..and i got nearer this person and nearer this person, and i knew she had parkinson's. you knew she had parkinson's. yes. from what she was saying to her friends about what was happening to her, and i got close enough. but, ethically, you think you can't do anything? well, we had the discussion, if... ..you were her gp and this woman turned up and said, "the woman who can smell parkinson's tells me "i have parkinson's," it's not going to bode well for them, and it wasn't going to b

that, yes, i can walk in a room of parkinson's people and i can smell it, both in perth, glasgow, in edinburgh. can you smell it other places, though? yes, i have. ethically, i cannot tell somebody, because, um... the test isn't there yet. we're going to be there soon, but it isn't there yet. can you give me an example, then? there has been...queries as i've walked past people, especially one in tesco's. but he was a complete stranger. i've been lucky that i haven't come in contact too often. there was a woman who was saying she had problems, she'd been to the doctor for this and that, and i'm thinking... she sniffs ..and i got nearer this person and nearer this person, and i knew she had parkinson's. you knew she had parkinson's. yes. from what she was saying to her friends about what was happening to her, and i got close enough. but, ethically, you think you can't do anything? well, we had the discussion, if... you were her gp and this woman turned up and said, "the woman who can smell parkinson's tells me i have parkinson's," it's not going to bode well for them, and it wasn't going to bode

midnight firework show from the banks of the river thames, and hogmanay celebrations went ahead in edinburgh despite earlier travel and weather concerns. new york, los angles and vancouver are some of the latest cities to toast 2018. the five british citizens who died when a seaplane crashed in australia on new year's eve have been named. richard cousins, the chief executive of the world's biggest catering group, compass, died in the crash along with his sons william and edward. mr cousin‘s fiancee, emma bowden, and her 11—year—old daughter also died as did the australian pilot. the bodies of the victims have been recovered. the incident is... talks for itself. this is people that have come over on holiday to visit australia, they we re on holiday to visit australia, they were in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, and for this to happen to them at a place like that is nothing more thanjust happen to them at a place like that is nothing more than just project. scores of people were left stranded in liverpool and forced to spend the night in emergency accommodation after a fir

that, yes, i can walk in a room of parkinson's people and i can smell it, both in perth, glasgow, in edinburgh. can you smell it other places, though? yes, i have. ethically, i cannot tell somebody, because, um... the test isn't there yet. we're going to be there soon, but it isn't there yet. can you give me an example, then? there has been...queries as i've walked past people, especially one in tesco's. but he was a complete stranger. i've been lucky that i haven't come in contact too often. there was a woman who was saying she had problems, she'd been to the doctor for this and that, and i'm thinking... she sniffs. ..and i got nearer this person and nearer this person, and i knew she had parkinson's. you knew she had parkinson's. yes. from what she was saying to her friends about what was happening to her, and i got close enough. but, ethically, you think you can't do anything? well, we had the discussion, if... you were her gp and this woman turned up and said, "the woman who can smell parkinson's tells me "i have parkinson's," it's not going to bode well for them, and it wasn't going to bo

nine o'clock in the morning, soggy for glasgow and edinburgh, but mild. northern ireland, northern england, patchy rain. coming further south, pledge of dry weather with cloud, drizzle over hills and coasts. —— plenty. but look at the starting temperatures, ten or 11 degrees. where we keep the cloud across central and southern areas through the day, despite the cloud, looking at 12-13 the day, despite the cloud, looking at 12—13 degrees. but to the east of high ground, where we get shelter and the skies brightened, highs of 14 and the skies brightened, highs of 1a or 15 degrees. all the while the wind continues, rain falling across central and southern scotland. into sunday night, the weather front has been meandering across scotland, it finally pushes southwards, taking rain with it, and during monday, yes, heavy rain, but behind it some colder air from yes, heavy rain, but behind it some colder airfrom the yes, heavy rain, but behind it some colder air from the north—west. yes, heavy rain, but behind it some colder airfrom the north—west. so t

and hull was even on show at the world's largest arts festival, the edinburgh fringe. we are here representing hull, which is the uk city of culture this year. the proms came here outside london for the first time in more than 80 years. and hull hosted the first ever uk pride parade, marking 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. we're bust to bust. yes, bust to bust, yeah, after all these years. cheering and applause. as part of lgbt 50, radio 2 to brought the i feel love concert to town. today, i feel really reflective and ifeel i kind of stand on the shoulders of great people who have done — you know, like, marc almond's here. i mean, that's just like, he's an amazing artist an amazing advocate for lgbt people. alison moyet, amazing. so it's just why would i not say no to be in the company of those people? hello from hull, the 2017 city of culture. hull took over the airwaves again in september with contains strong language, a festival celebrating poetry and spoken word. what is exciting is to see the hull acts and the hull language taking

temperatures in aberdeen, three degrees, four there in edinburgh. some sunny spells. showers into north—west england, but across north—east england, the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east, should be getting off to a dry start to the day with spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher than it was on wednesday morning. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards across just about all parts of the country. some of them could be heavy, could be thundery with some hail mixed in. some wintryness over the high grounds in the north pennines, the southern uplands, but there will be some spells of sunshine too and temperatures of around 5—10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel i suppose, but it won't be as windy as it was on wednesday. now, during thursday night into friday, the showers will take time to fade away, but in western areas particularly they will ease as the winds ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost because this little bump in the isobars, this little ridge of high pressure will be toppling in during friday morning.

but a chilly story here, just 3 degrees in edinburgh. and then overnight, the showers clear, the isobars open and, with clear skies, temperatures are going to dip away significantly for early tuesday. the first day back at work in the new year, have the ice scrape or the de—icer ready, because it looks like we could see a fairly widespread frost. clear skies short lived though. another area of low pressure swinging its way from the atlantic, through the day. rain, some snow for the hills of northern england and the mountains of scotland. briefly rather mild though to the far south. another area of low pressure comes wheezing in overnight tuesday, into wednesday. very squally winds in association with this low. windy day across the board on wednesday, with some heavy and thundery showers possible too. temperatures typically around average for the time of year, somewhere between the 6—10 degree mark. perhaps a little bit chilly again first thing on thursday as the winds fall light during the small hours of thursday. but into the day, a

showers packing in across scotland but look at the temperatures, five and six degrees in edinburgh and glasgow. we didn't get anywhere near that even through the middle of the afternoon on sunday. northern ireland, starting off mainly dry — pretty cloudy, but some sunny breaks, and we'll see some sunny breaks developing across wales, and the west midlands, as well. rain in the south will disappear into the near continent very quickly through the morning. we'll keep some showers going across northern scotland. but generally speaking, not a bad day. the cloud breaking up to give some sunshine, and those temperatures much higher than they were on sunday — in many places at 6—11 degrees. during monday night, things are pretty quiet. the south—westerly winds continuing to bring the milder air in our direction. 3—9 degrees, those are your starting temperatures for tuesday morning. and really, on tuesday, it is all about us being in the thick of this mild air, pumping all the way up from the south—west. tuesday the mildest day of the week for many of us, but that doesn't mean it'l

temperatures in aberdeen, three degrees, four in edinburgh. showers in north—west england, across north—west and east anglia and the south—east, a dry start to the day with spells of sunshine, cool and fresher than it was on wednesday. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards a cross bring this cluster of showers eastwards across all parts of the country. some of those could be heavy, thundery with hail mixed in the. some wintry nest mixed over the high brown is, but there will be spells of sunshine too and temperatures around 5— 10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel but it won't be as windy as that was on wednesday. thursday night, the showers will ta ke thursday night, the showers will take time to fade away but in western areas they will ease as the wind to make ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost, these isobars, this reach of high pressure will be toppling in by friday morning. after a frosty start for some we are looking at a decent day. spells of sunshine, patchy cloud and thickening cloud

crossrail coming, of course here thameslink, great north rail in manchester and edinburgh glasgow electrification. up and down the country huge investment. people will start to see the ben get. some are saying they feel like they are heard this for a long time. of course but i think that you know, these projects take a long time to deliver. i am projects take a long time to deliver. iam hugely projects take a long time to deliver. i am hugely grateful to passengers for their patience during times of disruption, but rome wasn't bill built in a day. day. they take a number of years to complete. they take a number of years to complete. in other business news. the owner of poundland — steinhoff international — says its financial results for the last two years are wrong and will have to be restated. its shares have slumped 63% after it said in december that it launch an investigation into accounting irregularities. the co—op plans to open 100 new food stores this year, creating 1,600 jobs. that'll involve an investment of £160m and the renovation of 150 existing outlets. more than 20 of the new

contributions to scotland story thank you finally a message from chip lead low he says hello alex i'm from edinburgh i've watched every episode of your show as it comes on more thank you jake i'm proud of your show and how it deals with its issues by asking and often post sides of a story and like most news broadcasters keep up the good work upright scotsman and supporter of the alec salmon shield thank you very much indeed and now let's hear from lloyd taffeta weekly who's going to state his case on the council of europe. of all the aspects of your reform that have been generated by breck's it the most incredible is the hostility to the european court of human rights and they fear that the u.k. government shares the subversion. this is frankly ridiculous this strasberg court is no spinoff from the european union but established by the european convention on human rights it's a mess were drafted in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight long before the was born and one of its early supporters was winston churchill those basic human rights go to the core of european civilization they are to protect in

temperatures in aberdeen, three degrees, four there in edinburgh. some sunny spells. showers into north—west england, but across north—east england, the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east, should be getting off to a dry start to the day with spells of sunshine, cooler and fresher than it was on wednesday morning. through the day will bring this cluster of showers eastwards across just about all parts of the country. some of them could be heavy, could be thundery with some hail mixed in. some wintryness over the high grounds in the north pennines, the southern uplands, but there will be some spells of sunshine too and temperatures of around 5—10 degrees. a fairly chilly feel i suppose, but it won't be as windy as it was on wednesday. now, during thursday night into friday, the showers will take time to fade away, but in western areas particularly they will ease as the winds ease as well. it could turn cold enough for a touch of frost because this little bump in the isobars, this little ridge of high pressure will be toppling in during friday morning.