My not so perfect life. Thats in meet the author, in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Snow and ice are causing more disruption in parts of the uk today. A yellow warning is in place for snow and ice in parts of Northern England, the north midlands and scotland throughout the day. Glasgow airport says operations have restarted after being temporarily suspended earlier. The met office says delays to road, rail and air travel are likely and is warning of possible power cuts. Anisa kadri reports. Snow can look so pretty sometimes but we all know the chaos it can cause. Flights were temporarily suspended at Glasgow Airport after heavy snowfall overnight. Things are operational again but they have apologised for any disruption and the advice is to check with your airline for updates. Snowfall of five centimetres to ten centimetres is expected in parts of Northern England with up to 15 centimetres possible over Higher Ground and subzero temperatures have been recorded overnight with lows of 12 degrees celsius in northern scotland. They have been bracing themselves in leeds when the gritters have been scattering salt to try and stop accidents on the ice. If you are in one of those Severe Weather regions consider whether yourjourney is necessary. If you have to go out then proceed with caution, reduce your speed, keep a good grip of the Steering Wheel and drive very steadily and do not brake or accelerate sharply and be aware of those black ice out there as well as snow and floodwater. In england and wales there are warnings of downpours and thunderstorms. The met office said delays to road, rail and air travel were likely and warned of possible power cuts. Our correspondentjudith moritz is in huddersfield. It looks beautiful but causes a lot of problems. Yes, we do say it every year, snow in winter and we talk to you from huddersfield at the reason we do that is because with impressive precision and the forecast did predict that the snow would hit areas like this and settle on areas like this on the Higher Ground. Just outside huddersfield area a cross ground. Just outside huddersfield area across the Trans Pennine routes the usual routes have been closed, the usual routes have been closed, the woodhead pass, those sorts of iu ns we the woodhead pass, those sorts of runs we expect to close in these conditions and runs like this, minor roads around these Trans Pennine areas, these you can see the cars areas, these you can see the cars are either not going anywhere are very slowly and with enormous care. The postman has left his van at the bottom of the hill, doing it on foot. The major route around this pa rt foot. The major route around this part of the world, the motorways nearby have been free flowing, gritters predicting what would happen and working last night to keep those roads open. I drove over this morning from manchester and it was quite heavy around 9am but the road continued to move with disruption at a minimum and because it is the middle of the holidays, people are off work and schools are closed so that has eased things. As well the li in terms of the conditions, forecasters say around the north of england the snow would probably stop or ease of mid morning arrowed iiam, probably stop or ease of mid morning arrowed am, that is what happened around here. It has settled but it is not continuing at the moment to fall particularly heavily around the north. I do not want to speak too soon, have we got away with it . Not as bad as it could have been but people also enjoying it. We have seen plenty of fun out and about, sledging and throwing snowballs and building snowmen, it looks great and for now you had in the report about Glasgow Airport, that has been some of the most serious disruption has beenin of the most serious disruption has been in scotland but thats now europe and adam will be some knock on effects more generally. Think started to get back to normal. Thank you. We will keep you up to date with any developments and that is much more information on the website and in terms of local disruption your local bbc Radio Station always has the latest information. A fire has swept through an Apartment Building in new york killing at least twelve people including a one year old baby. The Emergency Services said at least 15 people were also injured some of them critically. Jon ironmonger reports. It is new yorks deadliest blaze for decades. Fire broke out on the first floor of the 5 storey Apartment Building and spread rapidly, sparking panic among residents in a busy corner of the bronx district. Fire crews arrived at the scene within three minutes, but it was too late for many of the residents. Those who managed to escape described the chaos as people rushed to flee the smoke. The fire truck wasnt even here yet when all the smoke and stuff was coming out at first. They werent even here yet. They started to get everybody out but people were on the fire escape already, trying to get down on their own, that is how fast it was moving. At least 12 people were rescued from the building as firefighters plucked residents from this fire escape. Outside in the bitter cold, locals huddled under blankets. Speaking after the fire had been brought under control, new york mayor bill de blasio called it an unspeakable tragedy. In the middle of the Holiday Season is a time when families are together. Tonight here in the bronx there are families that have been torn apart. This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter of the century, based on the information we have now. This will rank as one of the worst losses of life to a fire in many, many years. The Fire Department said it was too early to comment on the cause of the blaze and the search of the building is continuing, while the mayor has warned the death toll could rise further. We will speak to cbs correspondentjohn schiumo who is in the bronx for us. Apple has apologised to its customers after it admitted slowing down older iphones in order to protect their batteries. The company said it would never intentionally shorten the life of any apple product and said it would offer replacement batteries at a discounted price. The groundswell of anger from customers grew so the groundswell of anger from customers grew so large that apple had to respond. I do not think the issued an apology for what he did but the way they did it, not telling your customers what you were doing in the background is a real no no especially when you are making a product that so many of us rely on day to day what we saw was every time apple did a update of the software when changes to the operating structure would occur, there would be a massive spike on google people searching sly fun. Slow iphone. It did not stick to long for these programmers to debunk what was going on. The apology is well received, the 30 for replacing the battery i think is going to be fantastic because iphone customers will be able to extend the life of the battery and i think other manufacturers will respond in kind as well. Whats talk but more about that terrible fire in the bronx in new york. Lets go to the scene and join john. Bring us up to date in terms of what the authorities are saying about the casualty figures, the numberof about the casualty figures, the number of people injured. Still the catheter figure remains at 12, confirmed to be dead the casualty figure. We know a little bit more about their ages, a one year old and about their ages, a one year old and a two year old and a seven year old. The investigation is still a very active scene behind me, fire marshals are here trying to figure out exactly what sparked this blaze. We do know there was an open violation in the building, a p pa re ntly violation in the building, apparently the Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide detector on the first floor where defectives and it was an open violation against the building meaning it has two at some point fix it. It is unclear that it was fixed when the blaze broke out but the fire marshals are trying to figure out exactly how this fire started and try it spread so fast. And what are the people you have been able to talk to saying about the speed of the response, the way in which those who are now homeless and being looked after and clearly very cold temperatures . The first to the response, the Fire Department was seen the response, the Fire Department was seen within three minutes so i have had very few if any complaints about the response. This is a very densely populated area he then the bronx and the Fire Department is just up the block and within three minutes. As for those who are displaced, this is a very typical building, a five Story Building housing 25 apartments which is uninhabitable at this point but the city is doing its part to make sure those who are displaced have a home. There is a city bus but over there in case someone needs to stay warm inside and i can report to you that the boss is empty right now which means people have found homes elsewhere. The red cross was here helping that process unfold and also new york city has a right to shelter and asa new york city has a right to shelter and as a result people were taken to homeless shelters if they had no other place to go. Thank you for that update. We will talk to you over the day. 12 people confirmed as having died in that fire including three children. The head of the nhs in england is considering making mobile alcohol recovery centres known as drunk tanks a permanent feature across england, to ease pressure on accident and emergency units and ambulance services. Simon stevens said too many resources were being taken up by people whod drunk too much alcohol ending up in hospital, particularly during the festive season. Adina campbell reports. Binge drinking at its worst a big headache for police and a burden for the nhs. It is estimated up to 15 of attendances at Emergency Departments in the uk are alcohol related. At this time of year that number is significantly more with as many as 70 of attendances at a e because of drinking. The uks first mobile drunk tank was introduced in bristol three years ago and there are have been others in manchester, cardiff and newcastle. A supervised area in a city centre, it offers those who have had too much to drink a chance to be checked over by medical staff and sleep off the alcohol. Keeping them away from a and e or a police cell. And now nhs england says it is considering routine use of the facility. We think that these facilities do have the potential to take the pressure off a e departments. But we are interested in looking at them further and seeing the results over the winter before making a decision about rolling them out more widely. If there are patients that we can manage elsewhere, we find alternative services, and this is one potential possibility. Nhs england says it is monitoring new Year Celebrations to see whether the scheme should be extended to other areas. And it will make a decision early next year. It is the final day of trading for 2017 and the ftse 100 it is the final day of trading for 2017 and the ftse100 is expected to end the year on a record high. Markets close officially at 12 30pm and lets speak to our business correspondence. Not much trading left, talk us through what you might expect. Based on the current trajectory we are heading for an all time record high of the ftse. A few minutes ago it was just over 7600, a lot of green on the boards today, heading for a record for not just year but all time. I am showing you to individual stocks is, both up today but both have two very different yea rs today but both have two very different years and they catch the mood of what happened in the ftse 100. Anglo american is a mining giant over the world and downs most of its money and dollars or euros which is a stronger currency than the pound and that is why the overseas companies and the ftse has done very well over the last year. Glaxosmithklin have had a bad here, they were down 15 or so and today having a good day, other thing up and also helped by the fact they are ina lot and also helped by the fact they are in a lot of dollars and bring it back into pounds. The dowjones has had an unbelievable year of 26 for the major index, a lot of that is down to the donald trump tax bill which was enacted, the build up for the tax cuts and then announced a study last week. 2017 as a whole, financial watchers look back and say good use, look at the green but what does it mean for real people . But then our pensions are invested . The vast majority of people will not benefit from this, they do not have huge share portfolios. You are right, some Pension Savings are unwittingly invested in these shares and they will have benefited over the last year but most people will not have consciously got out and bought stocks like Anglo American glaxosmithklin so they will not see much of a difference. The ftse100 is up 7 . Interest rates, if you put cash in your deposit account, anything over 0. 5 , you would be pretty pleased so had to put it in a tracker, what it has done over the last year if you put £1000 into the ftse100 you would be £72 wealthier at the end of the year will stop not at the end of the year will stop not a huge amount of money and most people will not see the benefit from that but it is good that stocks are going up. If you are invested in that and have a pension fund which tracks that, the vast majority will not. Thank you. The headlines on bbc news there are warnings of delays to road, rail and air travel and possible power cuts because of snow and ice. Glasgow airport has now reopened after snow caused it to suspend all flights. At least 12 people are dead including a baby after a fire at an apartment block in new yorks bronx district. Apple apologises for deliberately slowing down ageing iphones it says the move was intended to prolong the life of the phones. Sport now and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres reshmin. Englands chances of victory in the fourth ashes test were hampered by rain in melbourne overnight australia were still 61 behind and two wickets down when the players came off for the second and final time. After the close however, the main talking point centered around pictures and insinuations in the australian media of a potential ball tampering story involving James Anderson. Patrick gearey has the latest from the mcg. England denied by english conditions and melbourne. It only took two wickets before the rain came down, cheryl is turning to storms after 3pm and no more play. England will be consoled by the fact they are the only realistic side with a chance of winning and they will avoid the 5 0 whitewash. The ending is only lasted one ball before James Anderson was out, Alastair Cook 244 not out, batting through the innings and defeated, the first irishman to do that than 20 years and delicate score any test match. England took to gillian wickets, and then they got the crucial period of play, bombing to david warner and steve smith the best australian batsmen. The tactic was to dry up the runs and that was effective but neither of them were out so they will be there on the final day of play as there on the final day of play as the biggest obstacles to an england victory. There was one other line to emerge from the play, both sides had been warned about throwing the ball back deliberately into the pits to scuff it and generate reverse swing at some money are still in media made more serious accusations againstjames made more serious accusations against James Anderson and made more serious accusations againstJames Anderson and his treatment of the ball. England refugee is about his accusations and i asked Trevor Bayliss what he thought. As soon as i saw the headlines i rushed into the umpires and they said there was nothing to worry about, it was a beat up. And they said there was nothing to worry about, it was a beat uplj and they said there was nothing to worry about, it was a beat up. I am assured that beat up as australia and for made up and this was an example of england bashing so an element of spice going into an intriguing final day. Everton manager sam alla rdyce admitted today that his club are in desperate need of a new striker his comments come in the midst of stories linking the club with a host of names, including the turkish forward, chenk tosun of besiktas. We will be actively looking for a front man in this window because i need more goals. If we are tojust maintain our position because we have started to struggle to create chances and scored goals in recent matches so it is still one of the major problems we have. Novak djokovic says he is terribly disappointed to postpone his return to tennis on the advice of his medical team. The former world number was due to make his comeback at an exhibition match in abu dhabi this afternoon and he will be replaced at the event by none other than andy murray, who is also making his long awaited comeback from a hip injury. Djokovic hasnt played since pulling out of his wimbledon quarterfinal against Tomas Berdych with an elbow injury and his participation in next months Australian Open is now in doubt. Muray will take on Spains Roberto Bautista agut in abu dhabi at 3pm uk time. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. A huge fire at an office and restaurant complex in indias Financial Capital mumbai has killed at least 14 people and injured several others. The blaze at the kamala mills compound, is reported to have broken out in a restaurant and spread quickly. The complex housed a collection of derelict Industrial Buildings which had been transformed into a hub of upscale restaurants and offices. Most of the victims are