The north sea and winds will gradually ease but we have some windy conditions today across the southern half of the country storm eleanor. Iwill southern half of the country storm eleanor. I will have your full forecast at 6 15am. And a special report on how the opening of the uks first dedicated Treatment Centre for people with rare genetic conditions could change the lives of people like james. Conditions could change the lives of people like james. Over the last three orfour people like james. Over the last three or four years we have noticed a huge difference from bandages to experimental treatments and research thatis experimental treatments and research that is going on. Whether we streamed it, downloaded it or bought a cd, we consumed nearly 10 more music in 2017 than the year before. Ill have the details shorlty. In sport, Manchester City are back to winning ways and are 15 points clear at the top of the table once again. They scored after just 39 seconds last night, comfortably beating watford. Good morning. First, our main story. Health chiefs in england have insisted theres no crisis in the nhs, despite their decision to extend the postponement of all non urgent operations and routine outpatient appointments until the beginning of next month. Officials say they have taken early action to ease winter pressures and avoid last minute cancellations. But senior doctors say pressure escalated rapidly over the festive period. Its estimated 55,000 patients could be affected. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym has more. Ambulance siren. There is always great pressure on the nhs in the new year. But the strains seem even bigger this year. Two Ambulance Services in england, covering the north east and east, are on the highest state of operational alert, asking families to use their own transport to bring patients into hospital where possible. The trust running scarborough and York Hospital said that the high numbers of patients and staff were under considerable pressure. There area number of under considerable pressure. There are a number of Emergency Departments around the country and thatis departments around the country and that is the worst i have seen. I just want to do a good job. I want to do the best i can for the patients i am seeing. I want to do the best i can but i am not being given the resources to do thatjob properly. Twitter carried reports from some staff at other hospitals. 0ne emergency doctor in stoke city personally apologised to local people for what he called third world conditions due to overcrowding. Nhs england has told hospitals to postpone or nonurgent operations and outpatient appointments to the end ofjanuary, an escalation of measures announced just before christmas. In that time hospitals wont be paralysed for putting patients in mixed sex wards. This is planned response to winter that we knew was going to be difficult and we are managing that in the way that we expected and we are taking early action. We are not waiting to have to respond to a problem. The authorities in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland have said they are facing high demand from patients and more on Frontline Services with flu cases on the increase, the worry now is that a predicted outbreak may become a reality. Storm eleanor has battered the country overnight. Winds gusting up to 84 Miles Per Hour have caused flooding, damage to buildings and travel disruption. Hundreds of homes across Northern Ireland, wales, the midlands and South West England are without power. Fallen trees have also closed a number of roads, with motorists being advised to avoid all but essential travel. Jon donnison reports. As storm eleanor whipped in from the atlantic, the republic of ireland was the first to take a pounding. In galway theres been severe flooding. Though some are still prepared to take their chances. In the uk, the met Office Issued an amber weather warning for parts of the country. This is anglesey, in wales. Waves driven by winds gusting up to 130 kilometres per hour. Horizontal hail was what greeted anybody foolish enough to brave blackpools promenade. Weve got a hell of a storm here. And in corby, the midlands, john recorded the moment his house was hit by hail. Across the country more than 15,000 homes have been left without power, the bulk of them in Northern Ireland. 0n the m25 motorway, traffic was briefly brought to a standstill by a fallen tree. But the full extent of the damage will likely not emerge until later in the morning. And forecasters are warning storm eleanor will continue to bring strong winds until the end of the day. 0ur reporter Chris Dearden is in portmadog in north wales, where the storm struck in the early hours of this morning. Good morning. How have things being . As you have seen in the pictures, there were some big waves on the coast of wales. It is almost four yea rs coast of wales. It is almost four years to the day since a storm surge caused damage to aberystwyth promenade and similar scenes to aberystwyth last night, where the waves we re aberystwyth last night, where the waves were driven high into the air, crashing down to the seafront. Also on the welsh coast, in barmouth, we had similar large waves and they went over the harbour and caused localised flooding in the town. There are 36 Flood Warnings in place around wales, 30 flood alert as well, including a Flood Warning in porthmadog, where we are this morning. Further inland we had reports of a tree landing on a roof in cardiff, and a roof partly torn off in barry, and we hope to get more details on that this morning. In general, travel disruption has been felt on major roads around wales. We have had restrictions on some of the major Bridge Crossings like the second severn and britannia bridge here in the north of wales as well, and Ferry Services across the irish sea in most cases cancelled. 0ne irish sea in most cases cancelled. One man described the journey he took from aberystwyth to the south of wales as rather like a steeplechase, in other words having to dodge obstacles above ground just to dodge obstacles above ground just to make his way from a to b. Police are dealing with fallen trees all over the place. 0ne control room turned around and said when we asked where the problem was that it was everywhere. A lot of damage overnight and as it gets lighter the full extent of the damage will become clearer. And people must stay in touch with their local radio stations to find out whats going on. Thank you. President trump has threatened to withhold Financial Aid to the palestinians because he says they are no longer willing to talk peace. Last month, the palestinian president , mahmoud abbas, said he would reject any peace plan from the us after mr trump recognised jerusalem as israels capital. In a series of tweets, mr trump also boasted to the leader of north korea about Americas Nuclear button. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has more. Another twitter tirade by donald trump. The president questions why the us should continue to provide aid to countries that show no respect in return and dont reciprocate. 0n the middle east, he tweets the status ofjerusalem, which the us now recognises as the capital of israel, will no longer be part of future negotiations. Us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, confirmed that us aid to the palestinians was in jeopardy. We very much still want to have a peace process. Nothing changes with that. The palestinians now have to show their will, that they want to come to the table. As of now they are not coming to the table but they ask for aid. In another tweet, the president turned his attentions back to north korea. Apparently responding to a new year message from kim jong un in which he said the countrys Nuclear Weapons could reach anywhere in the us. Mr trump tweets. It marks a new tone and new level of rhetoric in the Nuclear Crisis with north korea. Officials in peru say at least 48 people were killed when a coach plummeted down a cliff on a dangerous stretch of road near the capital, lima. A total of 50 five people were on board the bus which landed upside down on a deserted beach. The accident happened on the notorious devils turn bend of the pacific coastal road as sarah corker reports. The blue bus landed upside down on a rocky beach, next to the Pacific Ocean. More than 50 people were on board when it crashed. Witnesses say the coach collided with another vehicle and then went over the edge of this cliff, plummeting more than 100 metres. It happened on the notorious devils turn of the pasamayo road, 50 kilometres from the coachs final destination, lima. The rocky site is difficult for rescuers to reach. Survivors were winched up by rope, and some airlifted to local hospitals. Translation they told us the bus had fallen off the cliff, here in pasamayo. It was an accident. We thought that my niece had left around that time in the bus. She went with her boyfriend. The two of them were in the same seat. The Pacific Ocean road is often listed among the worlds most dangerous roads and, despite the sheer drops, its largely unprotected by safety fences. Police say the death toll is likely to rise. The United States says it plans to call an emergency session of the Un Security Council on iran, where Anti Government protests have continued for a sixth day, leaving at least 22 people dead. Washington has dismissed as ridiculous a claim by irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei that the countrys enemies orchestrated the unrest. The iranian government has warned it will organise counter rallies in areas where demonstrations have been strongest. A man is due in court charged with murdering a woman whose body was discovered in a disused building in Finsbury Park in north london last week. 22 year old Iuliana Tudos went missing after visiting frinds on Christmas Eve. 31 year old kasim lewis will appear before magistrates in wimbledon later. An irish footballer has scored his first big victory of the year by winning the lottery. Preston north ends kevin 0connor was visiting family in ireland when he found out he had won a Million Euros. His uncle had bought him the ticket earlier in the month. Kevin says he has no immediate plans for the money and his main focus was helping his team climp up the league. How about giving the uncle some money . That would be nice. What do you think . It is a nice start to the new year. What about that . Not bad at all. I used to do that. I would put lottery tickets into friends birthday cards. Did you . As far as i know, no one has won. Have you lost contact with them . Some of them suddenly have a nice car . What have you got for us . It is all making sense for Manchester City. No hangover for them. They are back to their winning ways. Leaders Manchester City made it a 20th premier league win of the season last night, as they beat watford 3 1. Raheem sterling scored afterjust 39 seconds as pep guardiolas side once again go 15 ponts clear at the top. Tottenham are back upto fifth following a 2 0 victory at bottom of the table swansea. Delli alli rounded off the victory, and the defeat leaves swansea four points from safety. Can england finally get a win down under . Spinner mason crane is drafted in for his debut in the final ashes test in sydney starting this evening. And andy murray says he may need surgery on his long term hip injury after withdrawing from the Brisbane International. Hes not played competitively sincejuly, and says surgery was a secondary option, but something i may have to consider. Lets hope not. He said it has been quite a moralising for him. Yes, it is a real worry. Thank you. Heres matt with a look at this mornings weather. All eyes are on you this morning, trying to assess just how bad the storm is. Is the picture . Good morning. A nasty storm. A wild night. In populated areas, very windy. 90 Miles Per Hour in bangor in Northern Ireland and even in london, to the south of dorset, in the last few hours. A trail of damage across the country. High seas in the uk. Coastalflooding damage across the country. High seas in the uk. Coastal flooding which damage across the country. High seas in the uk. Coastalflooding which is still ongoing. Storm eleanor. Some good news. It is pushing off into the north sea. That means the wind will is down. Ease. It will remain strong and gusty, the wind, through this mornings rush hour. Showers rattling across the south. 5060 showers rattling across the south. 50 60 Miles Per Hour gusts. Cloud and rain in the midlands. It will go down through the morning rush hour. Starting to ease in western scotland and Northern Ireland for the time being. Some of the calmest conditions in the north east of the mainland of scotland. Frost and fog to begin with. Light winds here. Some of the dry to bright as conditions. Driest and brightest. Western scotland and Northern Ireland will have the strongest winds through the afternoon. Cold in the wind the further north you are. Tonight, showers in scotland. Frost in northern and mainland scotland. Elsewhere, cloud and rain in western england and wales and Northern Ireland late in the night, keeping temperatures up. Chilly in the north and east of the uk tomorrow morning. The morning, low pressure. Mild weather. After heavy overnight rain, surface water around in the morning. Things brightening up with sunny spells. 12 13. The north of the uk, rather cold through thursday. The rain band could bring sleet and snow. Part of scotland will be dry and bright and cold. Further south, cooler on friday. Sunny spells. Cold airtakes cooler on friday. Sunny spells. Cold air takes hold for all of us as we get to the weekend. Thank you. Lets take a look at todays papers. The storm was overnight. The first super moon. I love this picture. A rather wonderful picture. We talked about this on breakfast. Rail prices. 0utcry over rail prices. The minister has taken flight, they say. He says it was preplanned. Price rises announced some time ago. Yes. I was talking about yesterday. Everyone. It is amazing how many people are talking about it. I was walking through and someone had to Say Something to me about it. They trust you, steph. The mail. The guardian as well. If anyone actually. This is about the pressure on the nhs over the christmas period. Some surgeries are being delayed until february, now, and it is on the guardian as well. If you have been involved in these situations, let us know this morning. We will be talking about it this morning. A real squeeze on accident and emergency in particular. The telegraph. The front page. You have a great system of filing over there. Anyway. Women who flock to britain to give birth could be cheating the nhs out £60 million per year. The mirror. Dentists denied nhs care are being treated by charity. The telegraph. This is a still from a new documentary on the bbc which is, in which, the queen shares childhood memories of her coronation. Bear in mind how rarely the queen talks to camera. You just hear the occasional bit of her talking to other people. It should be interesting. What have you got . In my filing system i have good news about manufacturing at the end of the year. A lot of analysis of annual figures. Good morning, everyone. The guardian says britains manufacturing finished 2017 on a positive footing, the strongest growth in three years. They say this is a resurgent year. A picture of someone making a bicycle. Something we successfully exported. More figures coming out. Also, guess what i am going to talk about. Easter shops have already got easter shops have already got easter eggs. I saw an advert for it. No. It happens too quickly Christmas Trees are still up i still feel christmassy. Christmas trees are still up i still feel christmassylj Christmas Trees are still up i still feel christmassy. I have tinsel up over the fireplace. It is 0k. What tinsel up over the fireplace. It is ok. What have you got . There is a lot on andy murray after the rather emotional and heartfelt message he put on instagram yesterday about possibly needing surgery on a hip injury. It has been a long term injury. It has been a long term injury he has suffered with. He has not played for six months. You just wonder, after getting to the number one position in the world last year, how much he is suffering at the moment. And talk about playing through the pain barrier, we have this in the telegraph. Interestingly, it is about bowling. James anderson, the england player, talking about how it is very rare for him not to ball without paying. He says it is sometimes difficult letting on a t shirt and brushing his teeth. Bowl without pain. Letting on a t shirt and brushing his teeth. Bowl without pain. We are hearing more and more of the toll it takes on professional athletes. He says you have to manage your body and your injuries. The new year, going back to the gym. Anyway, i like this. This is proof you do not need to go to the gym, you can access at home. A rather wonderful lady, a mother, trying to lose weight after the birth of her daughter to be she has become the strongest woman. She goes to the gym and trains hard, obviously. But she does weightlifting with her daughter, as you can see. |j does weightlifting with her daughter, as you can see. I do not do any cooking. So you cannot do any weightlifting while doing the cooking. I