‘ across england and wales, to the day across england and wales, the rain easing off for a time midday, but later on we will see another pulse of heavy rain pushing back into wales, southern england and the midlands. whereas further north, northern scotland probably staying drier and brighter. a few showers for northern ireland from time to time. it is a mild start to the day and a mild day throughout, really, the temperature is barely budging from what we have in the first part of the morning. highs of around 10— 13 degrees with a brisk, southerly wind. through the course of the night our first pulse of rain pushes northwards but more wet weather working across england and wales during the second part of the night as well. it is going to be a mild night, but the rain is increasingly cause for concern. areas that perhaps giving us most concern at the moment are into southern england and wales, with the prospect of localised flooding building and on account of the fairly persistent bursts of heavy rain and the ground being completely saturated. we could see some localised disruption o

for england's new faces emerged. a young side that lost to the netherlands in the semifinals of the nations league. thenin semifinals of the nations league. then in october they stood up to racist abuse in bulgaria. they won the qualifier 6—0 and reached euro 2020. while mounted, a famous win in cardiff and sealing a place at another major tournament. and it is in europe where two english teams made their mark. the champions league brought two miracle semifinals. and one familiar name on the trophy. and chris millar, a host of the extra inch vodkas. the trophy. and chris millar, a host of the extra inch vodkaslj the trophy. and chris millar, a host of the extra inch vodkas. i am a presenter at the liverpool fan channel. i travelled to barcelona for the first leg and i had seen that liverpool probably one of the better problems i have seen that season and somehow came away 3—0 down. to anfield we were so downhearted. then the coaches turn up downhearted. then the coaches turn up and the songs come out. being insid

england need another 255 to win — what would be england's highest successful chase. rory burns is unbeaten on 77, alongside first innings top scorerjoe denly on 10. play resumes at 8 in the morning. so a day of mixed emotions for england. our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew is in south africa — and admits england do have the slightest chance of victory. halfway through, we thought we had no chance of winning the match at all, they looked beaten and exhausted, they dragged themselves off the field with uncertainty about who was ill and it's come to the stage win at the end of the day they have given themselves a glimmer of hope. you have to be honest and say, it's still highly unlikely they will score all of these runs to win. if you lose one wicket, you might lose two or three, but we must also not forget that they have lost their she two or three, but we must also not forget that she south africa have lost their last five test matches and that can sometimes be very hard to come back and counter and if you are not entirely convinced yourself, if you see the ru

powell will combine the role alongside his coaching position with england. den haag are currently second bottom in the dutch league. they're currently on a winter break, pardew‘s first game will be against the bottom side in the division onjanuary 19th. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other headlines. macclesfield have been given the go—ahead to play grimsby on boxing day — their last home match was called off because their ground didn't have a safety certificate. they've also been docked 6 points for not paying wages and failing to fulfil another fixture. the juventus striker mario mandzukic is close to signing for qatari side al—duhail. he's been linked with a number of prmier league sides. alexandra bell is considering legal action against uk athletics after being overlooked for funding for the tokyo olympics. she was the top british woman over 800 metres at the world championships but wasn't selected for the world—class programme. australian open organisers have increased the prize money to more than £38m with the biggest gains in

england were 103 runs behind on a pitch that was only going to get worse. to have any chance, they needed to bowl out south africa as cheaply as they could. this tookjamie anderson five balls. stuart broad got a second. thenjofra archer added some fresh terror. south africa, four down at the close. england clinging to hope. their path back in this match is to a long, dark tunnel. patrick gearey, bbc news. there's more on the bbc sport website, including all the build—up to manchester city's premier league game at wolves this evening. but that's all for now — huw. we're back with the late news at 10.30pm. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. let's get more now on the news that the retiring president of the supreme court, lady hale, has criticised the lack of resources for legal advice. lady hale says cuts to legal aid in england and wales have caused "serious difficulty" for the justice system and highlighted the family courts as a particular issue. earlier i spoke to richard miller, head of the jus

let's get more on england and joe root now from the former england opener nick compton. evening, nick, the knives have been out for root, his form, his captaincy. will this quieten people up a bit? it was definitely needed from joe, he needed to show some form. he's not been as consistent as we would have liked and going back to when he was appointed captain, the one fear was appointed captain, the one fear was are we taking away from joe root the batsmen? if you look at the batting line—up it isjoe root the batsmen we need and we need him to be more consistent what she has not been. i think the knives will still been. i think the knives will still be out in terms of his captaincy. there are questions about his leadership, some saying he is quite reactive and others saying it's impacting on his batting. for him, knowing him, it's obviously a great stamp of his character, there is no doubt he's got the class and ability to be one of the greats that england has produced but we need him to be more consistent and this 200, the old—fashioned nature more consistent and thi

i am an england which is a shame. i am an england fan and i am very hopeful. they need to get three wickets very quickly. if they are chasing anything around 330, it will be too hard, i think. a busy period for football over the festive spell. it was another dramatic night in the premier league and one that will give liverpool fans more reasons to believe the 30—year wait for a league title could nearly be over. that's because wolves fought back from two goals down to beat ten—man manchester city. pep guardiola's side are now 1a points behind the leaders who have a game in hand. patrick gearey reports. fights with wolves rarely end well. was this the exhausted end of a title defence? 1a points behind liverpool. the last thing manchester city needed was this — goalkeeper ederson sent off inside 12 minutes. then it got confusing. first, var saw this as a foul on riyad mahrez. city penalty, raheem sterling to take. but wait. the man behind the monitor spotted gold shirts in the area. retake, stirling again. and again. one out of three would do. you could he

they are testing the england batsmen, how ha rd testing the england batsmen, how hard was it for them? you speak a lot about bowling partnerships and they did that. they bowled four or five maidens straight up. that is just fantastic. dom sibley, opening batsmen for england came in the tour of new zealand and did make a great impression out there, just four in the first innings here, do we need to stop being concerned for his place in the team just yet, only his third test? i wouldn't think so, they normally give people a good one. he didn't get himself out. i wouldn't be too concerned, but he does need to get a score just for his own confidence. after the -- afternoon session getting under way in about 15 minutes. joe denly and joe root still at the crease and they were looking more assured at they were looking more assured at the end of the morning session, what do they have to do after lunch, do they just need to do they have to do after lunch, do theyjust need to do what they have been doing? just keep doing what they have been doing. it will be tough after lunch and they will hav

england and wales. outbreaks of rainfor for england and wales. outbreaks of rain for scotland but patchy compared to the rain further south. look at the temperatures though, widely into double figures, ii—i2dc. let's in this forecast by looking at the jet stream. notice let's in this forecast by looking at thejet stream. notice how let's in this forecast by looking at the jet stream. notice how we start to get these tips in the jet stream which means we will probably see changes day by day so spells of rain then drier that colder. a northerly wind pull stand once again. all change as we look further ahead. tonight at ten, tributes to 23—year—old saskia jones, killed in the london bridge terror attack. her family says she was a wonderful influence on many people's lives. the cambridge graduate was killed while working as a volunteer at the prisoner rehabilitation conference, attended by her attacker. remarkable images reveal the bravery of members of the public taking on the convicted terrorist. it

she has previously coached in england as head coach of england women's academy. most recently she was coach of the perth scorchers in the women's big bash league in australia — taking the team to the final in 2017 and 2018 — she lost both games. keightley officially begins her role injanuary and speaking to henry moaran she says she can't wait to get started. i love what i do, love cricket. i am very passionate. i love to be involved and to get the opportunity, which do not get very often internationally. i cannot wait. i am so internationally. i cannot wait. i am so excited. i think we have got a great bunch of players who i know love playing for england and they wa nt to love playing for england and they want to do well for their country and for themselves as a team. so, moving forward i am just so excited to be involved and have the opportunity to work with a group of players at this level. trevor bayliss, eddiejones, what is it with australians teaching the international team? with australians teaching the international team ? is with australians teaching

we hearfrom england's danni wyatt who scored a half century on her 100th odi during england's win over pakistan it's been almost four months now since he was expelled from the efl, and the fans have been in disarray since. tonight, they are coming together to call —— discuss their future. they've reformed to call themselves bury afc and have a bid from businessman robert benwell to buy gigg lane. bury were expelled from the english football league in august. the group are hoping to start again at the bottom of the footbal [in the nwcfl, which runs divisions at the ninth and tenth tier of english football, and has submitted a proposal under the name bury afc. earlier i spoke to him from very afc and asked what they hoped would come out of this meeting. we wouldn't start off in the football league, or reinstating the football league, or reinstating the football league, or reinstating the football league, basically, what it would be is, it is a phoenix club but either way, if it was to be liquidated, whether it was his version of it or whether it was the one that we've been working on

patchy cloud in north—west england and western scotland. icloud spilling in toward south—west england and northern ireland. light wind feeling cold compared to today but expecting some fog to develop after dark. may be dense in places before turning windier and wetter again on boxing day. hello, this is bbc news with julian worricker. the headlines. prince philip is discharged from hospital after four days. the duke is now spending christmas with the queen in sandringham. the queen will use her christmas day message to say the past year has been "quite bumpy" — adding that "small steps" can heal divisions. the wildlife victims of australia's bushfires — helped by the firefighters working around the clock. five children are amongst eight people killed in airstrikes in syria, after a week—long government offensive in the mainly rebel—held province of idlib. pilgrims from around the world are in bethlehem for christmas eve celebrations. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the england all—rounder

quite a mild christmas eve across southern england, still on the cool side across northern england, northern ireland and into scotland. briefly, on christmas day, things are looking mainly dry underneath a brief ridge of high pressure. but another atlantic system approaches from the south—west and that is set to deliver wetter, windier conditions on boxing day, maybe some snow too over northern hills. to sum up the christmas outlook, briefly dry, particularly in christmas day, overnight fog and frost, but wetter and windier by boxing day. good afternoon. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has defended his government's record on tackling climate change as bushfires continue to rage across parts of the country. under pressure for taking a holiday while the bushfires have been burning, mr morrison conceded there was a link between global warming and weather events but said it's not credible to make a direct connection to any single fire event. our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. it feels like a deserted war zone,

same story, same england. south africa with their tails same england. south africa with theirtails up, same england. south africa with their tails up, bowlers charging in and hitting hard, but england dug in. joe denly and joe root standing firm and beginning to build. a promising partnership undone by a poor shot. joe root was gone and england straight back under pressure. luckily, they have a man who thrives on just that. enter ben stokes, verse six of the innings, the attack taken to south africa. backed up with exactly the same, the ball after. england back in the max and a sense of control and calm about them as joe denly and a sense of control and calm about them asjoe denly reached his half—century. but that didn't last long. he was caught behind before jonny bairstow was the next to go. if that one was a good ball, this was just a poor shot. if that one was a good ball, this wasjust a poor shot. ben if that one was a good ball, this was just a poor shot. ben stokes, gone on 35 and england on the ropes at the time. austin hayward, bbc news. the

on saturday, we start with showers across england and wales, pushing into northern england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland through the day, and will often be a lot of cloud around, limited brighter spell. later in the afternoon, outbreaks of rain arriving southern areas of england, pushing into wales, the midlands and east anglia overnight, up to 30mm of rain in the forecast, we could see further disruption due to flooding and to transport lines in the run—up to christmas. 0n and to transport lines in the run—up to christmas. on sunday, rain clearing away from the east quickly and being left with bright skies, scattered showers and temperatures around eight celsius. looking ahead to the christmas week, we start with these showery conditions, temperatures running close to normal for many for the time of year, it will turn drier, some mist and then wetter later in the week. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm annita mcveigh live at westminster where mps prepare to vote on the prime minister's brexit plan — for the uk to leave the e

england has never lost a test match whenjoe england has never lost a test match when joe root england has never lost a test match whenjoe root has scored 100 back rain until eight wickets mean they still have plenty of work to do. england will start day for trailing by 106 runs england will start day for trailing by106 runs in england will start day for trailing by 106 runs in that test match. carl frampton is back to winning ways after beating tyler mccreary in las vegas overnight. frampton floored the american twice en route to a dominant points victory. it was his first bout since losing a world title fight tojosh warrington last december — and tees up another shot at the world title next year. world number one judd trump is through to the third round of snooker‘s uk championship — and moves a step closer to completing the triple crown. he thrashed china's mei xiwen 6—1 to go through. victory at the tournament for trump would see him become the first player since 2003 to win the uk championship, the world championship and the masters title in the same season. china's number

england resumed on 269/5. they are moving along nicely. joe root is well—placed, he is unbeaten on 215. england 437—5. ollie pope unbeaten on 67 as well. new zealand are 1—0 up in the two—match series. pakistan will head out for day four of the second test against australia, shortly facing a second consecutive innings defeat. mitchell starc took six wickets as pakistan were dismissed for 302 in their opening innings before being forced to follow on in adelaide. yasir shah had provided some fight with his maiden century on day 3, but eventually fell for 113 with babar azam making 97. pakistan reached 39 for 3 in their second innings, still 248 runs behind. world number one judd trump is through to the third round of snooker‘s uk championship and moves a step closer to completing the triple crown. he thrashed china's mei xiwen 6—1 to go through. victory at the tournament for trump would see him become the first player since 2003 to win the uk championship, the world championship and the masters title in the same season. china's n

he had with en was fantastic for england. when bob retired, he was second only to dennis in terms of wickets taken second only to dennis in terms of wickets ta ken and second only to dennis in terms of wickets taken and test match cricket. so he will always go down as one of england's greatest ever fast bowlers. you've worked with a great many bowlers, where would he rank? he would be right up there, you know, jimmy anderson now, modern—day greats, you know, bob, without a shadow of a doubt would be up there with them. one of the greatest this country has ever produced. you know, someone country has ever produced. you know, someone that played the central contract, so not only did he charge in and both faster england, but he did the for workshare for many years in county cricket, and was a fantastic servant to the game of cricket in england generally. welcome he was probably quite well—known for his grumpy demeanour, but he was fondly known for it. wasn't he? absolutely. you know, those who saw him do the verdict in the d

for england, new faces emerged. a young side lost to the netherlands in the semifinals of the nations league. then, in october, they stood up to racist abuse in bulgaria. they won the qualifier 6—0 and reached euro 2020. wales made it two — a famous win in cardiff against hungary sealed a place at another major tournament. and it's in europe where two english teams made their mark. the champions league brought two miracle semifinals. and one familiar name on the trophy. i'm chris millar. host of the extra man hotspur podcast i travelled to barcelona to the new camp for the first leg and i'd seen in liverpool probably one of the better i have seen that season and somehow came away 3—0 down. to anfield, we were so downhearted. then the coaches turn up and then the songs come out. being inside the ground for that game is an experience of a lifetime. it is something i will never forget. if you could bottle that feeling, you would have georginio wijnaldum's third goal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. and then trent

the official rout forgetting news out from the bank of england is via bloomberg. at the bank of england put in place some time ago a backup in case the video link via bloomberg failed, they put ina backup link via bloomberg failed, they put in a backup audio feed. it's that backup audio feed that people have been managing to hack into, they have been putting microwave pieces of equipment on top of buildings, and they've been tapping into an audio feed that was designed as a backup. the bank of england as soon as they discovered this or were alerted to it stopped it so it can no longer happen. that's how they did it. so it is this digital age again, some people make millions out of it by able to do does make being able to do speed trading. high—frequency trading, getting vital information seconds before it is in the public domain. it boggles the mind. it's also something that happens in sport, other areas as well. . information is happens in sport, other areas as welll information is proving to be extremely lucrative. in sports they sand watchers out to people ar

quite mild across southern england, scotland, and even northern england. the christmas day, a brief ridge of high pressure keeping is mainly dry. look at was not to push on from the south—west through boxing day. wet, windy weather and potentially some snow over the higher ground of wales, northern england, and into scotland. we sum up the christmas outlook from christmas eve into boxing day. briefly drier. overnight fog and frost, could be murky in places on christmas day morning. christmas day mainly dry but turning wet and windy as we go into boxing day. maybe was no over higher ground in the north. back to you. we will leave you to get your shoes and socks off and keep counting. roger johnson has the answer already. can you believe it. it was a good guess. you know me. now on breakfast, private eye's editor, ian hislop, joins the bbc‘s media editor, amol rajan, to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons, and satire. hello. you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a cover like those

as england follow suit, it is not clear how many will benefit. the competition watchdog has begun a full—scale investigation into amazon‘s bid to buy a stake in the food delivery firm, deliveroo. the competition and markets authority said amazon had failed to address concerns that the deal "could be bad for customers, restaurants and grocers". the us coastguard is searching for a helicopter which has gone missing in hawaii. tourists were amoing the seven people on board the flight which didn‘t return from a trip over the island of kuaui. a boat and an aircraft are being used in the search but the coastguard says weather conditions are challenging — with low visibility and blustery winds. astronomers are warning that their view of the universe is under threat because of the prospect of thousands of new communications satellites being launched. they will create broadband networks that can reach every corner of the globe, but scientists say there‘s evidence that these groups of small satellites, known as constellations, are already causing

the next governor of the bank of england. let me first start by thanking the current governor, mark carney, for his distinguished six and a half years of service. mark has led to the bank with conviction, with rigour and intelligence through some of its most challenging times in modern history. he has shaped and led policy debates here in the uk and internationally on issues as wide—ranging as financial stability and climate change. thank you, mark, for your leadership. the appointment of mark's successor is one of the most important decisions i will make as chancellor. the governor is responsible for keeping prices low and stable, for making sure that banks are well run and for securing the stability of our financial system. so this appointment is about finding the right person for the job, not just for the next few years, but for the long—term strength of the economy. our search for the new governor has been robust, transparent and exhausted. i would like to thank the team involved. the two permanent secretaries, and th

with the captain gone, england put up little resistance. a difficult week on and off the field for the captain. we had to deal with a lot of things outside the game itself, but we stood up, especially in the last two days, and we've really come up and shown a lot of character. it's very frustrating that's all we've got to take from the game. england move on to cape town for the second test on friday. over half of england's touring party have come down with this flu—like lurgy — as they've described it — since they've been in south africa. whilst head coach chris silverwood didn't blame the defeat on it, he conceded it didn't exactly help. now i have never been involved in the build—up to a game like this before when you are told on the morning that your players are falling over. yesterday joined josh showed a lot of courage and there are players showed a lot of courage and there a re players left showed a lot of courage and there are players left back at the hotel. what can you do to try and believe that your? is that possible? you

sunny spells for england and wales outside of the mist and fog. temperatures again, temperatures 6—8 degrees. as we head to the middle part of the week, a weakening weather front heads into the north—east from the atlantic. the centre of the high drifts further in to continental europe but still light winds and clearer skies overnight to bring a pinch of frost for england and wales and probably mist and fog and low cloud, quite a dull day for some. not a great deal of rain on the weather front as it pushes across scotland towards cumbria. quite milder here but cold where it stays grey across central parts of england. by the time we get into thursday, the winds should be pushing away that mistiness and greyness and fog and instead, an active weather front will bring heavy rain into the hills of western scotland. some patchy rain elsewhere and dribs and drabs into northern ireland, the far north of england still dry and bright further south with sunshine but windy weather together with that rain in the north—west. keeping the temperatures up a

just like the other matches, dominant from england, hitting 170-3, dominant from england, hitting 170—3, heather knight top scoring with 43 runs. pakistan could only muster 144—5, another impressive bowling performance from sarah glen. herfirst tour bowling performance from sarah glen. her first tour with england, bowling performance from sarah glen. herfirst tour with england, she took two wickets today and capped up —— and caps off an excellent couple of weeks. here in malaysia, it is very much a job well done. we haven‘t been put on the loads of pressure but i think we‘ve done what we set out to do, come to white wash and win every game, and we talked about our batting group scoring big scores, getting 100s, and as a bowling unit, we wanted to take bowling unit, we wanted to take bowling wickets, take the other team out, and we‘ve done that outstandingly, can ask for more. the new head coach takes over in the new year, and her first new head coach takes over in the new year, and herfirst assignment new head coach takes over in the new year, and her first assignment wi

the headlines: england footballer, martin peters has died at the age of 76. a catastrophic fire warning is issued for parts of eastern australia, amid record—breaking temperatures, following months of severe drought. these are very difficult and trying times, we're now up to day 105 of this bushfire emergency across new south wales and the community really is going to have to stay alert and understand what they're going to do if threatened by fires. the government a pproves threatened by fires. the government approves the takeover of the uk defence company, cobham, by an american firm. the man who was involved in the london attack describes his regret that he couldn't save the people who died. the duke of york is in hospital being treated for a preexisting condition. almost a hundred flood warnings are in place in the south of england and heavy rain is forecast overnight. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood and gavin ramjaun. the headlines this evening: martin peters — one of the heroes of 1966

probably more showers more widely for england and wales. view a showers were scotland and northern ireland, they went a bit lighter and still largely driver noticed england down towards lincolnshire. another chilly day to come on sunday. that is the weekend and will continue into the first couple of couple of days of next week. colder air across the uk. they went becoming lighter over it next week, a greater risk of some frost overnight. milder air week, a greater risk of some frost overnight. milderairwaiting week, a greater risk of some frost overnight. milder air waiting in week, a greater risk of some frost overnight. milderairwaiting in the wings. that'll change the about the pattern for this dry and colder weather at the start of the week, to something milder, wetter and windier for midweek and onwards. a former prisoner who tackled the london bridge attacker tells the bbc he was prepared to die to protect others. john crilly used a fire extinguisher on usman kahn, even though he thought khan was wearing a live suicide vest. do you th

scotland is moving away from england and wales or to put it a different way, england and wales over the last nine years has moved away from scotland. they are in many ways, certainly politically, they are unrecognisably different. england is pursuing this brexit with a big tory majority. scotland voted snp overwhelmingly. that dynamic... and remain. i think at some point, if the snp sweep the board again, people in england keep predicting that the snp‘s moment has passed and they do well again. i think they will do well again at the scottish parliamentary elections. there comes a point where you have to concede the referendum and i think you will have no choice but to do so at some point. but not in 2020? not in 2020 but sometime in the period of this westminster parliament. what about the irish point that maria raised? you have under the existing terms of the withdrawal agreement how we have seen it a semi border in the irish sea. some say that drift towards the island of ireland uniting economically will mean a constitutional political drift. the people who were pro—remain and wer

so a wet evening in northern england. wherever we are seeing the rain and england and wales there could be some problems asa wales there could be some problems as a result. there is a met office yellow warning for rain. there may bea yellow warning for rain. there may be a bit more flooding, with several spells of rain to come across southern parts as we'll see in the moment. the rain reaches into northern ireland, pushes across scotland, there's a lull to the south of that then another spell of rain perfeeding into parts of england and wales. there is no frost overnight. the next area of rain looks to be confined mostly to england and wales tomorrow. it may start to push towards south—east scotland, may be eastern parts of aberdeenshire during the day. a few showers in western scotland. a lot of dry weather in scotland, foggy and northern ireland to start the day, some of that may linger in some spots and the rain lingering through central and eastern parts of england, only slowly clearing later in the day. it may brig

northern england. heavy showers, temperatures in double figures in the south, typically 4—6d in the north. sunny spells, wintry showers in western scotland. kirsty winds out there, 40—50 mile an hour gusts. it will feel chilly. heavy showers rattling through. thunderstorms and hail in the south. ice likely through northern england and southern scotland in particular. in the north, some icy stretches. temperatures freezing through tonight. it should stay frost free in the south, and through the week ahead, still looking unsettled. sunshine and blustery showers. wednesday is the driest day of the week. things turn mild with rain towards the end of the coming week but on monday, plenty of showers in northern ireland and western scotland, falling as snow over high ground. in england and wales, a decent day. try with sunshine. cloud in the south—east that arrives later on. temperatures of 4—10d on monday. this area of low pressure brings this weather front close to the south—east. through monday a

perhaps the north—east of england. that cloud will tend to fill in as we head into wednesday and it will be a cloudy day for the first day of the new year. maybe some sunshine in north wales, north—east england, more especially the released on wind in scotla nd especially the released on wind in scotland and later in northern ireland. double figures in the north west of scotland so to in this south—west of england which should be brighter than today. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: thousands of people head to the beach and take to boats, seeking refuge from bush fires in australia. helicopters and the navy are deployed to help. jasper, put your blanket up. a crew battling the fires in new south wales recorded the moment when their truck was overrun. they sheltered inside as the fire front passed through. former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon from japan, despite being barred from travelling as he awaits trial. thousands of iraqi militiamen have attacked the american embassy in baghda

and wales and south—west england. temperature is very similar to today. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news, with shaun ley. the headlines: a ‘catastrophic fire warning' is issued for parts of eastern australia, including sydney, amid record—breaking temperatures, following months of severe drought. the government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist cobham by an american company. a man who confronted the fishermongers' hall attacker with a narwhal tusk describes his "deep hurt" that he couldn't save the two people who died. prince philip spends the night in hospital in london, to be treated for what's being descrived as a pre—existing condition. now on bbc news, it's the travel show. lucy hedges rounds up some of the team s best adventures from 2019. hello and welcome to this, the last travel show of 2019, so what better time to take a look back on the past year on the programme? here's a taste of what's coming up. 0h, oh, my days! condors get this view. condors and us. it's incredible. tha

at the bank of england, there is a split. the majority think policy should stay on hold, but two policymakers think interest rates should be cut. talking about jay powell, the focus will be on bailey steering the ship in an economy that is looking quite weak. callnk the first port of will be to make sure the economy stays in a relatively robust shape in the near term. as we approach the second half of 2020, we will be looking at what is happening with the brexit negotiations, is the u.k. facing another cliff edge, and what is the shape of that relationship in terms of financial services? senior u.k.ansen, economist. let's bring in gideon rose, "foreign affairs" magazine editor. we want to start with what is going on in europe, the u.k. picking andrew bailey as their next boe governor. i wonder your thoughts as he comes into this position. gideon: the big question is now that brexit is going to happen, what will happen next? a dog often chases a car but they do not usually catch it. how this will play out will be very interest

currently, there are 205,000 abortions performed last year in england and wales. what impact could something like this have on a figure like that? it could have a significant effect. we also knew that it is not the teenage pregnancies that are going up, that has actually gone right down, it is women in their later reproductive years who are telling us that they find it difficult to access contraception, who than finding themselves with than finding themselves with an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy and they are requesting an abortion. there is a clear theme to this, that if we make access easier for women, we do ensure that they don‘t have so many problems to deal with. as you rightly said, it does reduce the amount of services we are using, and that would reduce our costs. one key source of renewable energy is offshore wind turbines. they produce electricity which is now often cheaper, but much of their potential remains untapped. as part of our series ‘climate defenders‘ alongside the climate conference, freya cole has been to denmark to meet an inventor

temperatures in england and wales three to six but for the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, it's colder, cold enough for some patches of frost and therefore a risk of a few icy patches through the night. the week ahead we start off with that sunshine and showers theme, quite cool weather and dry on wednesday before milder air works in later in the week with outbreaks of more general rain on the way. monday, sunshine and showers once again that the showers will be less frequent with the wind is not as strong and bigger gaps in between the showers, more in the way of sunshine. the exception to that theme will be in western scotland where the showers merged together to give longer spells of rain, yes. cold enough for some snow in the scottish hills as well, things could turn quite icy here. monday night and tuesday, this area of low pressure pushes north out to france, bringing rain to central and eastern areas of england. west of england, wales, northern ireland and scotland, sunshine and showers, although the showers will be fewer and further between and more dry we

one of england's world cup winning heroes. martin peters, who scored their second goal in the final, has died at the age of 76. a ‘catastrophic fire warning' is issued for parts of eastern australia, including sydney, amid record—breaking temperatures following months of severe drought. these are very difficult and trying times. we are up today 105 of the bushfire emergency across new south wales and the community is going to have to stay alert and understand what they are going to do as they are threatened by fires. the government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist, cobham, by an american company. a man who confronted the fishmongers hall attacker, with a narwal tusk, describes his "deep hurt" that he couldn't save the two people who died. prince philip has spent day in hospital in london, to be treated for what's being described as a pre—existing condition. there have been reports of a tornado in surrey — and almost 90 flood warnings remain in force with forecasters warning of more rain and

england dominant to take a 2—0 series lead. natalie sciver, one of the well‘s best boundaries, showing exactly what she can do with the bat. we knew we needed to push the limits of how many we could get. i am happy that i was able to get to three figures and it was a bit of a nervous time towards the end, when i did not know whether i was going to be able to get it because fan was heading it so well. she came in with great intent and pleasant great shots, as well. i am pretty disappointed for her, as well, not being able to get 100 on her 100th cap. the bowlers were disciplined and we managed to keep going in the field, which after a long day is pretty difficult out here in malaysia. three centuries already on the stir for england, to any first match. one today, england on top in the series. the question is whether they can make it a clean sweep. two days now until the final match of these 31—day internationals, england in front of a new coach lisa kightly will be desperate to impress once again. sri lanka reached 263—6 o

the wet and in the south—west of england. that rain on the south—west on that weather front will run away fairly quickly, and we have still got that fairly brisk airflow quickly, and we have still got that fairly brisk air flow as we head into the weekend. that means some spells of sunshine, but it will also mean so spells of sunshine, but it will also mean so much those will be accompanied by blustery winds. it will be cold enough for some snow on the hills. and you can see that across scotland. most of the showers on saturday for scotland and northern ireland. very few until right at the end of the day in england and wales, but signs of wetter weather riding. a cold day, temperatures five to 7 degrees. that's where the front climbing and the west is going to sweep across mainly england and wales on saturday night, and it is going to bring some snow. a few centimetres over the hills of wales, and likely and northern england. as it clears a bit, it is going to turn icy about the money. more showers are for england and wales

in the midlands, northern england. 0ne fog patches in the midlands, northern england. one or two coastal showers for north—east england, parts of northern ireland, and the north—east of scotland. inland, most places r looking dry. the mist and fog patches are slowly lifting and clearing away. a lot of blue sky, a lot of sunshine as we move into the afternoon. mainly fairly light winds, but it will be breezy around some coastal parts of northern scotla nd some coastal parts of northern scotland and eastern england in particular. here are the top temperatures we are likely to see today. pretty chilly. around three degrees in edinburgh. nine towards plymouth. as we in the day we have clear skies, a cold, starry night ahead. temperature is dipping down quickly again, but it lit was the southern half of the uk. that is where we will see the laws of the temperatures denied. further north, cloud and spots of drizzle pushing on. keeping temperatures not quite as cold as they were last night —— tonight. additionally for england and wales. into tonight, high pressure, yo

across england and wales, yes, a lot of cloud, mist and murk to start. the odd spot of drizzle, but it should be basically a dry day. and i'm hopeful that cloud will break up to some extent — particularly across parts of north wales, and merseyside and parts of north—east england as well. rain will feed into parts of northern ireland. some particularly heavy rain across western scotland. but for the north—east of scotland, with some shelter from the mountains, well, here, a fighting chance of seeing some brightness. and for the moray coast, we could see temperatures up to 13 degrees. but generally speaking, 10, 11 or 12 — that is above where we should be at this time of year. at least for a time — across the west and the north of scotland. further south, northern ireland, england and wales, predominantly cloudy, but an increasing chance of seeing some breaks in that cloud by the end of the night. it is going to be another mild night as well — temperatures typically between 7 and 10 degrees. and some really mild air is heading our way for sund

but they from the cricket, england 27-2 but they from the cricket, england 27—2 reply to south africa 284. that is everything from the bbc sport centre, more after 10am. thank you. having to leave a child in hospital is tough for any parent — particularly at this time of year. to ease the strain, a third of neo—natal units in the uk have signed up to a new mobile phone app — which allows nurses to provide family members with regular updates, throughout the day and night. katherine da costa reports. hey, mr! it's hard being a new mother. you've got all the hormones, but then having them in this unit as well, it is even more difficult. victoria's triplets were born nine weeks early at the princess anne hospital in southampton. while eli and leo were able to go home five weeks later, little 0scar spent an extra month in the neonatal unit. the first time i met them they were all in incubators, obviously covered in tubes and wires and they were so tiny and looked so fragile. it's hard. everybody else gets to take their babies home, and ours have to stay here and you have to leave the

highways england says contractors are working ha rd to clear england says contractors are working hard to clear it as soon as possible. much of the disruption on the transport network is for those heading for gatwick. passengers heading for gatwick. passengers heading to gatwick from london victoria are some of the lucky ones as there are still direct trains running but anyone coming from brighton is being asked to find alternative means of transport and to allow extra time. normally come on the busiest friday before christmas, we expect there to be problems at the airport and there are but this time it is on the trains because it the severe flooding. it is very difficult to get to orfrom flooding. it is very difficult to get to or from britain's second busiest airport this morning. the met office has issued severe weather warnings for heavy rain, saying what on road will cause delays in some areas into saturday and sunday. the big christmas getaway not offer the start. tolu adeoye, bbc news. the parents of harry dunn are meeting officials from the crown prosecution service to find out

we are in england. ifi we re ireland. we are in england. ifi were prime minister i would cut school down to four days per week. were prime minister i would cut school down to four days per weeklj would make children's parliament because they did a voice. would help the elderly because they are our key to the past. i would have better health care to prydie cure for cancer, because many of my family members have suffered with cancer. ifi members have suffered with cancer. if i was prime minister, i would help homeless people. give them food, water, close on the bed, because you never know if you are going to become homeowners all of a sudden. i would focus online crime and gangs, these are extremely dangerous our communities. and gangs, these are extremely dangerous our communitieslj and gangs, these are extremely dangerous our communities. i would try and save the planet, and try to persuade people to use public transport so less pollution travels through the air. cutdown plastic waste. build more parks and increase oui’ waste. build more

the morning to wales and west in england. they will push eastwards. this is our trough and because those showers are really organised, it does mean most areas will see at least a downpour or two at some point. a colder day as well with temperatures between 5— nine celsius. through wednesday night we will continue to further showers coming and going across the north of the uk. an early frost that eventually it turns milder towards the south—west, meaning the frost will mainly affect the eastern side of the uk here on thursday you have the best chance of seeing a bright start. further west, a band of rain bumps into the cold air and it brings a short—lived spell of snow to the higher hills of northern england before the milder air changes it back to rain. eventually milder in the south—west with temperatures of 11 but the far north of bingen and scotland, in the cold airand it has of bingen and scotland, in the cold air and it has further wintry showers from time to time. friday and into the weekend, a brisk run of west