Underwater motorways heavy rain and floods put the brakes on the christmas getaway. Buckingham palace confirms that the duke of edinburch is in hospital. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with connie. Waiting for announcement from arsenal . Were waiting for confirmation that mikel arteta is the new arsenal manager. Up until this week he was assistant coach to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and in the last hour or so hes confirmed that arteta has left the club and hes in london. Chris has all the weather parts of the country flooded . We will be looking at how much rain has fallen over the last couple of days, bringing flooding seems like these, but also crucially as the Christmas Holiday getaway gets under way, we will be looking at what the weather has in store over the next few days. Thanks, chris. Also coming up. Three, two, one and lift off a new era in human space flight. Could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space . Hello, everyone this is afternoon liv
As well. For friday, more rain around. That rain will be pushing its way northwards. We will probably start to see its getting into scotland, particularly eastern areas, but it could push a bit further west in scotland as the day goes by. Temperature is beginning to drop closer to normal across many of these western areas, but it is still relatively mild for east anglia and south east england. Now, for the weekend, areas of low pressure will tend to get steered close to southern england, but there is uncertainty about whether the rain really gets in across southern england or whether it stays across the english channel. It is only a small difference, really. But the key thing is if we do see some more rain coming into southern england, and again will bring the risk of some further flooding issues. Otherwise it is a day of sunshine and some showers. Temperature wise, were looking at highs of six or seven for the northern half of the uk but nine to 11 celsius across much of england and w
Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. The supermarket giant halts production at a chinese factory over claim prisoners were full to to work against their will will. Why india is becoming a stop off for major artists like u2 when they go on tour. Good morning and welcome to this monday edition of Asia Business report, live from singapore with me, mariko oi. Lets begin with allegations of falsely labour because british supermarket chain, tesco, has decided to suspend production at a factory in china after a six Year Old Girl from south london found a message inside a christmas card, allegedly written by prisoners in shanghai. The message said, please help us and notify Human Rights Organisation dobbie Katie Preston has more. It was 6 Year Old School Girl Florence Widdicombe whod sat down at home to write christmas cards to her friends and family when she discovered that one of the cards had already been written in. We were writing in them and about on my sixth or e
I hearjerusalem bells are ringing. As for coldplay, they have a lot to work out. Their last tour used 32 trucks and there was the carbon cost of flights for over 100 crew members. But the band famous for their song yellow are serious about going green. Colin patterson, bbc news, jordan. Thats it. Newsnight is getting under way on bbc two with emma barnett. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday im connie mclaughlin. The new tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he wont make the same mistakes this time that he made at previous clubs. Move over, andy. Great britains other murray, jamie, helps them reach the quarter finals of the davis cup. And well also hear from Antony Joshua, whos philisophical about that shock defeat to andy ruinr, as he prepares for their huge re match. Welcome to the programme. Hes had some Interesting Press conferences in the premier league over the years there was the special one. The special one time
Raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Its a big night for england. The match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1,000th international fixture. Theres no Raheem Sterling, remember, but can they qualify without him . Thanks, connie, and nick miller has the weather. More rain falling where it is just not needed. How much and for how long . Plus going in search of snow. I have also found some in africa. Thanks, nick. Also coming up as we get the first glimpse of this years John Lewis Christmas tv ad, well look at what the others are like and ask whether the millions of pounds spent on on them is money well spent. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treat