will be more sunshine than yesterday. for scotland and northern ireland, more of a breeze and cloud. later, the rain will turn more persistent in the north—west and by the time we get to the end of the night, this is where it will be, with blustery winds around it. we will see some mist and fog forming and some frost. some of that will lift. parts of the south—east and east anglia could hang onto it, not just overnight but into tomorrow as well. tomorrow for england and wales, a lot of cloud and brighter breaks. for scotland, the rain since south. some brighter breaks across northern ireland. unseasonably mild across the fog. we are back on air live onjanuary three. over the festive period you can watch a programme featuring some of the stories we have brought you this year. this is bbc news with gavin esler. singin‘ in the rain star debbie reynolds has died aged 84 after suffering a stroke, just a day after the death of her daughter carrie fisher. the head of the royal college of gps has warned patients could be waiting more than a month to see a doctor this winter. nhs england says it is boosting funding for the sector. australian police say they have dismantled an international drug ring and 15 men have been arrested. now on bbc news, as part of a look back at big stories of 2016, we follow the story of the team of refugee olympic athletes. all eyes are on rio as the world's most elite athletes hope to make their country is proud. and for the first time, the international olympic committee have announced that there will be a new team created for refugee athletes. we will welcome these refugee athletes to the olympic games, with the olympic flag and with the olympic anthem. we are all touched and moved by the magnitude of the current worldwide refugee crisis. 43 refugees have been identified as hopeful. only ten will be selected. i will be following the journeys of some of those athletes in germany, kenya and here in brazil. this is not just about winning medals, kenya and here in brazil. this is notjust about winning medals, but kenya and here in brazil. this is not just about winning medals, but a chance to reclaim their identity and save theirfamilies. chance to reclaim their identity and save their families. through sport peace can be achieved. last year, germany received almost half a million asylum applications. but officials said at least a million people have arrived, seeking refuge across the country, including here in berlin. many of them from syria, forced to leave because of the civil war. yusra mardini and her sister ended up yusra mardini and her sister ended up in yusra mardini and her sister ended upina yusra mardini and her sister ended up in a refugee camp on the western outskirts of berlin last september. she inspired me from the first time. she inspired me from the first time. she told me about her dream of a gold medal at the olympics and i said, were! look at your best times, you did not practice for two years. she said, i can do it and the year will give me time to practice. we started really slow in the first weeks. now we are started really slow in the first weeks. now we are on a started really slow in the first weeks. now we are on a normal level. she has each week around about 30 hours of training and intensive weeks, more. what is the goal for rio? for rio, it is a goal to weeks, more. what is the goal for rio? for rio, it is a goalto be there, to take part and to swim her personal best. that is a realistic goal. whilst yusra's father is not her official coach, he still comes to the pool every day. tell me how difficult it was to train in the war. after much persuasion from his daughters, he eventually agreed to the girls leaving syria. yusra was just 17 years old at the time. in kenya, tegla loroupe is putting her runners through their paces. most of them are refugees. she held time trials in the country's two largest refugee camps and selected the fastest to develop them into elite athletes. it is early morning. rebecca and the other athletes are preparing the training camp for an important visit by the ioc. she is one of 30 people living here. most of them have left their families in the refugee camps, and have since had little contact with them. my goal is to make sure i succeed in life so i moved my family to somewhere they can feel safe, somewhere they can feel safe, somewhere my siblings can go to good school and also this running thing. i will work harderfor school and also this running thing. i will work harder for it, maybe it can take me somewhere. to have a refugee status is not easy. you're a nobody. as an athlete i realise there is so much i can do for people instead ofjust enjoying life. it helps that the new president of the ioc, thomas back, who is a friend of mine, he loves this idea to set up this camp. she told me this is when she went to the refugee camps, hoping that out of the hundreds of thousands of people, she could find a handful within raw talent to turn them into top runners. “— talent to turn them into top runners. —— a handful with enough raw talent to turn them into top runners. the ioc finally arrive with athletics kenya to assess their progress, and to start short listing athletes for the refugee team. they have been in there for about two hours now in a closed meeting. we don't know the outcome of what will happen, but everyone isjust don't know the outcome of what will happen, but everyone is just waiting in the sun, waiting to see what happens. whilst the meeting goes on, rebecca tells me about her past.|j was born in a refugee camp in ethiopia. later we went back home and war broke out where my dad was killed. where is your mum? my mum is in south sudan. i don't know exactly where she is. what happened when she went away and i was with my grandmother and siblings. we run away together so we don't know where she is. was that hard leaving her? it was really hard and as for some yea rs it was really hard and as for some years back we thought she was actually dead. rebecca was one of 4 million people forced to flee because of the sudanese conflict. she has been living here in the largest refugee camp in the world. the majority of the refugees are from somalia and with south sudanese, we are the minority and most of us are christian, so we are really facing challenges due to the religious differences and also the al—shabab. it is really horrible for us. sometimes, a lot of bombing and sometimes they will come and threaten our people in the community, especially when you have a shop. many ladies from refugee camps, they end up giving up on life. every time we wake up we think we have to thank god, at least we have seen a new day. it is the day after the ioc visit and rebecca and the others are training hard. they have been told that as it stands, no one's running times are good enough to qualify for the refugee team and they have a week to resubmit new ones. rebecca must shave four seconds off her personal best if she is to qualify. qualification, we are struggling for them to qualify, but the last group to be selected will be the best to go to rio. these people, if they we re go to rio. these people, if they were in their countryside training, they could run better. we are not going to rio to run for medals, we're going to rio to show that through sports, peace can be achieved. with the help of a scholarship given by the international olympics committee, yusra mardini is able to swim and go to an elite sports school based at the olympic park. her english and german have improved, and she is ever more determined to make it onto the refugee team. it is sunday. a rare day off from training. after my mum had three german lessons with her, and she said she is the same age, you want to meet with her. we went to a 60s diner. we had a hamburger and since then we were friends. you can move his eyes. what did you think of each other when you first met? she is crazy like me. i thought she is crazy and i would have a lot of fun. for the short time she is learning german... sometimes it is hard to pronounce some words. that is a famous shopping street. yusra is settled in germany but she misses syria. she tells me about the day she left. yusra told me the engine had stopped and the overcrowded boat was sinking. so she and her sister had to get out and swim, whilst others bailed water from the boat. after three hours in the water, yusra and the others made it safely to lesbos. from greece they made their way like the thousands before and after them to europe. it took them 25 days to get to germany. in brazil, yolande mabika and popole misenga are within reach of the olympics. they are refugees living and training in rio dejaneiro. they both came from one of the areas worst affected during the congolese civil war. when they came to rio in 2013 for the world judo championships, they escaped from the team and made a bid for asylum. a local charity stepped in to help them continue their training here in brazil. they train in a favela west of rio. the facilities are basic. but their coaches are among the best. one of the biggest challenges was having to change their approach tojudo. that was the last day yolande saw her family. she does not even know if they are still alive. popole is now married with a one—year—old son. he is the stepfather to his wife's three children. now they both have just one mission. make it onto the refugee team and, perhaps, theirfamilies back home will know they survived. with just weeks to go, training has intensified. she does on average 240 lengths per day, including one hour in the gym on top of homework and school. there is little time for much else. it is quite great coming here to watch yusra train because now, when i see her like everyone else, on the tv, i think i will feel proud watching what she has achieved and how far she has come. for the past seven months, the ioc has been following the progress of 43 refugee athletes around the world. like yusra, they have all somehow overcome huge personal adversity and found hope along the way. now, ten will go to rio to represent the 59 million people who have been forced to flee their homes. yusra mardini. popole misenga. yolande mabika. they have qualified for the olympic games. rebecca did not make the team. she remained four seconds short of the qualifying time. but five runners from the kenya group have been selected. and their coach has been chosen to lead the team of refugee olympic athletes to rio. good morning. we've had a lot of frost and fog around this morning. the fog now starting to lived for many but not all. still some dense fog patches lingering for some for much of the data. prone areas are east wales, the midlands and the vale of york. if you're travelling, ta ke vale of york. if you're travelling, take extra care. temperatures in parts of mid wales as low as minus seven. it is still cold, still frosty. watch out for the ice risk we've had all morning. in northern ireland some bright spells and sunshine, the same across scotland. out towards the north—west, particularly the outer hebrides, thicker cloud some showers. you will find a weather front is not too far away and as it advances the cloud will thicken with persistent rain and strengthening winds. for the rest of scotland and northern ireland, there will be a bit more around this afternoon, cloud. if you're stuck under an area with lots of fog, and bridges will struggle to break freezing. as cloud comes of fog, and bridges will struggle to breakfreezing. as cloud comes in from the west pushing eastwards, a lot of that will stick. meanwhile the weather front across scotland is making slow progress across the north, getting into the highlands by the end of the night. that will be the end of the night. that will be the case tomorrow as it continues to sink slowly southwards. for northern ireland, some brighter skies. for england and wales, quite a lot of cloud around, some brightness but again you might find some pockets of fog lingering across the southeast and east anglia. it's going to be a generally mild day anyway. then for new year's eve, that weather front sinks that bit further south taking rain with it and windy conditions. there will be a quite a bit of cloud around. as this front continues to descend on south, what you will find is that behind it we start to pull in colder air. as we head into new year's day if self, the timing of the weather front coming south could change but this is the current timing we think, moving across england and wales and heading down towards the south—east through the day. behind it, brighterskies, some sunshine and showers. increasingly the showers will be wintry and we could see some lower levels as well. you can always keep up to date with the weather forecast where you are or where you want to be, by going online. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10.00am. the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, carrie fisher. she's believed to have suffered a stroke. her daughter dying yesterday, and todayit her daughter dying yesterday, and today it is unbelievable. what are the odds of this happening? it was incredible. sad. gps‘ leaders warn that patients could be forced to wait more than a month to see their doctor this winter. a police investigation is underway after two bodies were discovered at a flat in st austell in cornwall. detectives are treating it as "unexplained". also: the birds migrating earlier as global temperatures rise. a study finds some species are missing out on vital resources like food and nesting places as a result. and in half an hour victoria derbyshire takes a look back at the exclusive interviews and films which have featured on her programme in 2016.