Ports passengers he couldn't find a hotel have spent the night trying to sleep on the airport's concourse many say nearby hotels were fully booked or that the airlines were too late in telling them not to come to the airport one woman travelling from Canada to Marie via the U.K. Has been a cat week since yesterday morning and has been told her flight would leave until tomorrow afternoon style for the airport have also had their Christmas leave disrupted having been called in to help with the crisis police have so far been able to locate the drone operator officers say shooting it down is now possibility and they are appealing to members of the public who may have taken photographs or video of the drone to send them in the U.S. Defense secretary Jim says resigning it comes after President Trump said he was pulling American troops out of Syria General Mattis is a sick senior figure in the administration to leave in recent weeks William Cohen who was Bill Clinton's defense secretary says the opinion of General Mattis over Syria was ignored but this is just a straw to heavy for him to bear namely to reject the recommendation about keeping sufficient force to really defeat ISIS as opposed to those of false declaration that we won they were defeated and now it is well we're tired of fighting in somebody else's burden the queen has sent a message to the people of Lockerbie on the 30th anniversary of the bombing of an airliner over the tone the atrocity in 1988 was the most deadly terrorist attack the U.K. Has ever suffered all $259.00 people on board Pan Am Flight $103.00 were killed 11 people died in the town today there will be a remembrance service in Lockerbie as well as events in the United States Jim sure the ports the Queen's message to the people of Lockerbie is simple I send my prayers and good wishes to all those who will be marking this solemn anniversary it serves to underline how show. KING The event itself was and how it still affects many of the people caught up in the bombing and its aftermath at a cemetery outside the town people from Lockerbie members of the emergency services and relatives of those who died will attend a service recognizing the strength and compassion of the town in the years after the atrocity a man has been seriously injured in a shooting at Balloch on Loch Lomond side Detectives say the 30 year old man was approached by 2 men on Lynn walk just before 10 to 7 yesterday evening one of the men then shot him in what officers have described as a targeted attack the victim's condition is not thought to be life threatening. The former foreign secretary Boris Johnson is understood to have been cleared of breaking Conservative Party rules after suggesting that women wearing the burka look like letter boxes or bank robbers The Daily Telegraph reports that an independent panel has decided that while the remarks in the paper in August could be considered provocative he was justified in making them here's our political correspondent Nick hurriedly Mr Johnson's comments in the summer sparked futilely from some quarters with the Conservative peer Lord she seen Mr Johnston should be thrown out of the party the Tory chairman Brandon Lewis called for an apology has that the prime minister the party launched an investigation after receiving complaints but Mr Johnson has now been cleared friends of the former foreign secretary said the inquiry found his article force the respect and tolerance for the winning of the Barker the Conservative Party has yet to comment the U.K. Justice Secretary David cork has said he would find it very difficult to stay in the cabinet if to reason may proceed pursued a new deal Bracks that speaking to Nick Robinson for the B.B.C.'s political thinking podcast Mr Cox said a conscious decision to leave the E.U. Without a deal would not be responsible but he added he would be very surprised if the prime minister was prepared to leave the E.U. With our to deal. B.B.C. Scotland has learned more than that the more than double the number of properties are at risk from flooding than previously thought the Scottish Environment Protection Agency says around 2 180000 premises are vulnerable up from 108020158 says the rises largely down to improve modeling and knowledge rather than an increased physical risk Steve McFarland of C.P.I. Is urging people to make basic checks unless you've been on 14 to be affected by flooding there is a tendency not not to prepare or not to think about it but it is just a few moments to spend a bit of time working out what. you know what your risk is on what you can do about it on can of a huge impact on on you know one how you how your your ability to deal with of if if you're a you're in for can of no for that acute happen there's been another sharp drop in the number of karas produced in the u.k. Figure sure output for a November was almost 20 percent lord than the same month last year most of the fall was accounted for in cars dust and for exports with demand in europe and asia declining sharply that's b.b.c. Radio scotland news nerve a sports headline this morning from phil good lad good morning phil morning jelling good morning if he won a day after signing a new 5 year deal at the club cullum mcgregor ses he had no interests the moving from to south tech the 25 year old midfielder who had been monk for the moved to primus ship angry sayed bournemouth but says he feels he can full full his ambitions up park hade manchester united care to take i'm on a chair all the going to shawl shar says he'll get the players enjoying football again falling the sacking of jossy marie new united appoint a they're far more strike or as a caretaker boss and to leave a nd of the season and both edinburgh and glasgow name their sage later for this weekend's 872 rugby cup clash has the 1st of 3 much us between the scottish teams the season fund let's get early morning travel news ny with henri watts and good morning healey not to bad out there at the moment road watch thats may hold you up the lead to that on for the next few days in the highlands you find them on the 82 letter finley now mother will this isn't good warts the result of an ox and how multan roared part of the a 7 to 3 is caused east boned at airball shored their this as a busy junction but keep you updated with thought that is a looking largely fine trains not bad at the moment though that are thought to cancellations because of stuffing issues mostly involving edinburgh service is a do it check ahead and i should be hitting throughout the program still problems at got to week airport if you were planning to go there wait those need to to 95 doubly it b.b.c. Video scott to travel now let's get the well There forecasted of Fallston is with us as balmy outside it's. Only right actually chilly in the north a bit of a frost here but I'm glad to see the weather ticking fairly settled as the run up to Christmas for people getting out and about traveling the length and breadth of the country is one often does so that's some good news today it's fairly Clady for the so some light rain lying across the border area at the moment that will clear and I think a cloud across southern Scotland will lift elsewhere fairly dry start chilly in the north as I just mentioned there with a touch of frost possibly sinister for patches as well and generally quite a lot of dry weather to come today with the best of the sunshine in the east now we see one or 2 shows for western areas at the moment in the become a wee bit more frequent as we head through the day still something brighten between but over Shetland quite a brisk south easterly wind here and keep driving that when driving so frequent heavy showers in here temperatures today highs for and about 8 degrees more for me after half past 6 Thank you Judith You're listening to Good Morning Scotland with him in Miller and chilly in miles in last few minutes we've just heard a flight has taken off from Gatwick airport we'll bring you more on that later in the program but now the U.S. Defense secretary Jim Mattis has become the latest in a string of senior administration officials to resign his abrupt decision came the day after Mr Trump announced he was withdrawing U.S. Troops from Syria a decision which General Mattis is understood to have a paused that speak to the Guardian's Washington bureau chief David Smith thanks for joining us David Smith what do you make of this resignation or or retirement as it's being packaged I think it is one of the most significant Yes the trumpet ministration which is nearly 2 years old no one can really remember a defense secretary effectively resigning in protest of the president's policy is general approach but that is pretty much what. Jim Mattis has done. It was understood for some time that his influence on Donald Trump was was waning and he was increasingly marginalized so he was expected to perhaps step down sooner rather than later but suddenly this very abrupt announcement by Donald Trump that U.S. Troops would pull out of Syria was the straw that broke the camel's back and according to The New York Times Mattis wrote a resignation letter made one last trip to the White House $11.00 last attempt to persuade Trump to change his mind and got nowhere and probably went back to the Pentagon and distributed this lesson and what is it saying the letter room is being praised tonight's as a beautiful and as an expression of American values what's striking is unusually in these circumstances it it offers no praise or thanks to Donald Trump Instead it speaks of the need for clarity with both America's allies and need to give them respect and also to be very clear on who its adversaries are. It says you know we must do everything possible to advance an international order is conducive to our security prosperity and values. And really I think being widely interpreted as a as a rebuke to trump approach to foreign policy some rumors that Jim much else has plans to run for for president I mean is there any truth to that. I would be very surprised if that happens he's more of a a military man a former general than a politician. Hard to imagine him on the debate stage will hold and campaign rallies but of course Trump himself as torsos to never rule anything out anymore or all the old political rules have been broken is there an obvious successor to him as defense secretary. People are talking perhaps about Tom costs and Republican Senator from Arkansas or who is something of a military hole can certainly a trump loyalist if you ask the question a week ago we'd also been talking about Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina but he has been one of the most outspoken critics of this Syria policy saying that it betrays America's allies and strengthens Iran and Russia and the Syrian government itself but there may be some other dark horses we're not aware of yet and I think the general fear in Washington and some people have certainly been shaken by this is that mass this was a voice of wisdom in a break on President Trump he might be replaced by a yes man who will just do the president's bidding even if that involves going to war. David Smith thank you for joining us the Guardian's Washington bureau chief there the time is 13 minutes past 6 that's catch up with the latest business news under Black Sea and under There's been a fall in the number of cars being made in the U.K. Morning here yes production dropped by almost 20 percent in November compared with the previous year that's according to the industry's trade body the Society of Motor Manufacturers it is blamed we could demand in the U.K. And in export markets it also said changes in regulation in the introduction of new models in technology have contributed to the fall exports the Society says fell by almost 23 percent in the very brother thoughts the 4th consecutive month exports of the claims that say it since September new models have been tested under stricter emission standards and that has destructive car production it was also held up in the vendor because car makers are waiting for some updated engines to arrive that can put them in our cars the society motor manufacturers are saying though that these latest figures do emphasize the need to make sure that there are some kind of trade deal when the U.K. Leaves the European Union in March and under some breaking developments in the saga involving the 9 for the world's most famous car industry executive Yes or our guest former car and yet executive and this is a former in the sun chairman Carlos Ghosn You spent the last month in prison in Japan accused of misusing funds and hiding $63000000.00 pounds of income where he was due to be released on bail but he's just been rearrested on fresh charges which means he would probably be spending Christmas in jail this new charge is one of dated breach of trust the Japanese broadcaster and H.K. Says he's been accused of shifting a private investment loss of more than $16000000.00 on to listen in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis Mr Gore and hasn't yet to respond to the latest allegation but he has so far consistently denied all the prior Ike is issues made against Andrew thanks very much more from you in about half an hour's time it's quarter past 6. Let's take this Thursday E.D. Stark's travels to Mexico to find out why football is more than a game everybody is excited it's a big boy those experiences classify disposable to joy as Scotland participate in the Homeless World come from they're involved in some way the small way to disagree it would be the silks up the sights and sounds of the competition I just want to departed to tears as soon as I saw this is going to stay I didn't give it to somebody and discoveries High football can change lives she sure programs him to go back to school one more than again Scotland at the Homeless World Cup Thursday from noon on B.B.C. Radio Scotland Let's take you through the front pages of the papers and pictures from Gatwick Airport featuring on many of the front pages was said a minute ago that we believed a plane had taken off from Gatwick I think it was actually one London papers though Sure well unhappy holiday makers or would be holiday makers on many of the front pages both the Guardian and The Financial Times has the same pictured drawn chaos clothes he's got which is the headline in The Financial Times got we killed sparks call for new controls on drones is the headline in The Guardian and it says that tens of thousands of passengers are stranded military called in to help police in the hunt for the perpetrators and emergency White Hall meeting to determine response on crisis you know the I chaos in the skies as it's headlined there elsewhere. They express just how you can a drone maniac shot Gatwick a question a lot of people have been asking since yesterday and the Times says the Army is called in the stones forced Gatwick shut down and it says that passengers are facing days of chaos I got to wake up her drones forced the closure of Britain's 2nd biggest airport says the army was called in last night as police were left seemingly powerless just. The drones which were still being sighted in and around the area and it says that more than $115000.00 passengers have already been affected and it's thought as many as 35350000 could have the travel plans disrupted in the last days before Christmas and the Daily Telegraph it has evidence from pages well main story eco warriors blame for drone attack that crippled Gatwick is its headline and says that the airport chiefs called for better security as flights are grounded for 24 hours leaving 100000 passengers stranded just 5 days before Christmas and reports that environmental protestors are suspected of orchestrating the drone attack amid questions over higher they could have wreaked havoc for 24 hours the repeated appearance of the drone within gap next one kilometer no fly zone forced more than $760.00 flights to be grounded and the charter plans of tens of thousands of passengers 5 days before Christmas to be ruined yet the Herald has a picture of some board passengers in on Gatwick airport floor and it quotes the airport's chief operating officer this is Chris Woodruff saying that the airport would remain closed and airlines which are wanted to be using Gatwick have said that the drone attack already destructive the travel of more than $100000.00 people the figure includes thousands Sheffield to travel at least 22 cancelled flights to and from Scotland one of the main airlines affected here Easy Easy Jet has been passengers they faced more delays and cancellations at the Scotsman as well leading on this Christmas travel misery 411-0000 in drone chaos with their Again a picture of a very fed up looking passenger at Gatwick Airport also on the front page of the Scotsman a talks about Scotland's health board said being in a critical can. Mission after failing to meet standards this is according to a top N.H.S. Official Paul Gray who's chief executive of the Service told the Holyrood's health committee that 5 boards currently require intervention while one is judged to be on able to deliver effective care and the Scottish government has said the escalating any board on this ratings of the scale is evidence of high seriously it takes performance that delivers for patients the Daily Mail's headline flight where before Christmas is the headline there on the kiosk. The paper also features on its front page a picture of Lauren Wade and the paper asks How could this little girl be starved to death and modern Scotland has got more on the story in the inside pages that leads on this is well the headline here monster moms It says to evil moms were last night facing years behind bars after admitting horrific neglect that led to a girl of 2 starving to death and says Margaret Wade and Marie Sweeney left lice covered Lauren without food in a filthy Glasgow flat a relative has told the paper there the mothers from Hell yeah it's in the front page of The Daily Record this morning as well little Lauren starved neglected and left to die in utter squalor under some of the details that inside the pages of the paper really quite horrific as Gillian was mentioning there the conditions in which the tot was fined and it says at least the prosecutor noted in court that pot noodle appeared to be the staple family diet elsewhere again the P. And J. Has a health story best part of 100 of of 1000000 puns banned by N.H.S. On just 2 doctors this is the chief executive N.H.S. Highland saying that spending almost a 1000000 pounds into locum doctors was a good use of toxic. There is money for the 2 look income Sultans based in Fort William and wick were given salaries of more than 400000 pardons. Arguing in the least the boss argued that doctors were needed to provide 24 hour emergency care the Herald's main story on its front page is on Scott trail the headline sturgeon give us the power to nationalize our railways it says Nicholas Georgian A said she wants the power to nationalize Scotland railways after attacking Scott rails chaotic current performances unacceptable the paper goes on to say that the 1st minister went beyond current S.N.P. Policy which is for a public sector fund China's bid saying Holyrood should have the chance to switch to all state control at present the Scottish Government is responsible for letting the Scot will franchise with the current holder a bell you would you to remain in charge until 2025 however the real infrastructure comes under the Yuki white public body network real mis starts to me the comments during 1st Minister's Questions under the national F.M. And this sorry bricks and mess now Nicholas sturgeon challenging Theresa May with no deal is she things being no longer unlikely and a lot of pictures are on the front pages and elsewhere in the papers as well this morning as the 30 year anniversary of the L