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the us director of national intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that official agencies may have leaked unconfirmed claims that russia had compromising material on him. in a statement, james clapper said he had called the president elect to say the leak had not come from the intelligence services. this morning, that was flatly denied by the president elect himself. the kremlin said they hoped that donald trump and mr putin would give along and there would be more mutual respect between the two countries. christian fraser reports. eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. never before has an incoming president been warring on so many an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. not you, not you. your organisation is terrible. your organisation is terrible. let s go. go ahead. quiet. quiet. he is in conflict with the press, the ethics committee, pharmaceutical and defence industries, some of his own s ....
we will be talking to our correspondents in different parts of the country to give you the latest on heavy winds and snow sweeping across the uk. and we ll meet the 72 year old female rally driver, who is coming out of retirement to drive the original car in which she competed in the world rally cup almost 50 years ago. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello, i m olly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight: a real gentleman and a fantastic football person tributes are paid to graham taylor, who has died at the age of 72. dimitri payet goes on strike at the hammers, saying he wants to leave the club the manager says his star player won t be sold. and konta keeps on winning four days before the first major in melbourne, she s into the sydney international final. good evening. the former watford, aston villa and england manager graham taylor has died at the age of 72. his family say he had a suspected heart attack ....
good evening, it s 5pm, the main stories. severe flood warnings are in place along much of england s east coast, with thousands of homes at risk, as snow and strong winds continue to hit the uk. the risk of high tides and storm surges has led to the warnings which mean there is a danger to life. this is the environment agency map and as you can see, there are dozens of locations at risk. down the east coast and down towards the south east. evacuations are under way injaywick in essex, and great yarmouth in norfolk. in total there are 17 severe flood warnings in place across england and wales. there are also 90 warnings where flooding is expected and immediate action is required. and 64 alerts where flooding is possible and individuals should be prepared for rising water levels. ben brown is in great yarmouth. people here in great yarmouth busy as you can see behind me, collecting sandbags. the sand and bags provided by the council. people have to come here with spades ....
round. there is a world title fight to look forward to in new york. that is all coming up in sportsday with me, olly foster, at 6:30pm. now, it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have la la land which everyone is talking about. live by night, the new film by ben affleck. and manchester by the sea, with the standout performance by casey affleck. la la land. you have seen this. fantastic. a swooning tribute to classic old hollywood musicals. emma stone and ryan gosling of the star crossed pair who meet in an la traffic jam. star crossed pair who meet in an la trafficjam. a wonderful song and dance number. he is a jazz player, she is an aspiring aspect as actress. they hate each other when they meet but they will possibly become more. i got a call back. what? come on. borrowed tv show. congratulations. i ve will like i sai ....
renewed at old trafford, as manchester united face liverpool. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs, as it s emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. that means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm, as hospitals and accident & emergency departments struggled to cope. nhs england says eight of the trusts overall issued the highest level of alert, meaning patients‘ safety could be put at risk. hugh pym reports. how do you feel now? is still sore but better. another day, another a&e patient. a fractured wrist is dealt with. patients are waiting and nhs staff doing the best they can under pressure. the story at northwick park hospital in london is the same as across the service. things are quiet today but they ....