i am here in dorset where the school of your 150 million year old sea monster is going on public display. new tax rules mean leading online platforms will have to hand over details of people who make money from so called side hustles on top of their regular income. i ll explain who s affected and how. in sport, ready, set, and taking aim 16 year old luke littler becomes the youngest ever player to reach the semi finals of the world darts championship, and has his sights set on a spot in the final later. and we have a drier week this week. for the time being today we could see more disruptive rain and strong winds across the country. good morning. it s tuesday, the 2nd of january. routine school inspections won t take place for the next couple of weeks, while more training is given to 0fsted assessors to protect the wellbeing of school staff in england. in his first interview, sir martyn 0liver told the bbc that the organisation could also be far more empathetic, following t
goalless at half time at the london stadium. a win for brayton could see them move into sixth place and they would leap frog the hosts in the process. staying with football, staying with english robot because wayne rooney us says he does not believe 13 weeks was sufficient to oversee changes at birmingham city. following his sacking by the championship club earlier on tuesday. he has been dismissed after just 15 games in charge following a dismal run of four. birmingham in the top six when he took over, but after just two wins the top six when he took over, but afterjust two wins come the club are now down in 20th place with just six points clear of the relegation zone. in a statement. he admits that results had not been at the level he wanted to be. the january transfer window may have only recently open, manchester united looked busy already after donny van de beekjoined eintracht frankfurt on loan, another of their players could be heading to germany. sancho being linked w
of the audacity, the accuracy. keep up, he hasjust won. 6 2, simple, staggeringly simple. so far, no opponent can live with luke littler and there is just one match to come. it terrorised the oceans millions of year ago, and now the skull of a giant sea monster, discovered in dorset, has gone on display for the very first time. the two metre long fossil belongs to a pliosaur, one of the most fearsome predators that ever lived. and this computer generated image shows what it would have looked like. the fossil was discovered where else on thejurassic coast in dorset, and has now gone on display nearby for the first time. time for a look at the weather. darren s here. hello, the weather is coming down a bit, the winds have dropped but earlier we had a gust of 81 mph at exeter airport and in the strong winds drove into the south east where we had a gust of 69 at heathrow. it will take a while longerfor heathrow. it will take a while longer for the flood waters to recede, we h
especially what is happening on the battlefiled in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counter offensive. kyiv says it is quote shifting to offensive actions in some areas. hanna malyar ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut as the epicentre of hostilities , and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the south. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it s thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. its defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc we ll hear from our verified team shortly. here s a map showin
to internal security. my guest is greek migration minister notis mitarachi. has his government lost the confidence of the greek people? notis mitarachi in athens, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. the whole world has watched with a great deal of concern and sympathy the unfolding of this disaster in greece. 57 lives lost in that terrible train crash. do you believe it s going to be seen as a turning point in greece, that business as usual will no longer be accepted? it s obviously a devastating event. the level of grief in the greek people, the greek government, is enormous. 57 people, particularly young people, lost their lives in this accident. multiple causes. there is an independent review under way by specialists. there is the prosecuting authorities now questioning both what happened on the day and more importantly, what have been the systemic mistakes over the years that led to the fact that the railway system has not been completely upgraded by the time it shoul