. five—time olympic champion and tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement from cycling, aged 36. one woman has died and several people have been injured, after a series of crashes in ice and fog on the aao in oxfordshire. also in the next hour... health officials warn of a "middle—aged health crisis" in england. people aged between a0 and 60 are advised to change their lifestyles, as eight in 10 are overweight, inactive or drinking too much. harrison ford has led tributes to star wars co—star carrie fisher, who has died at the age of 60, calling her "one of a kind". in halfan in half an hour, i will be looking back at a momentous year in science, which saw tim peake returning to earth after a six—month stay in space. that's coming up in half and oui’. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the american secretary of state, john kerry, has mounted a passionate defence of the decision by the obama administration to allow the un security council to pass last week's resolution declaring israeli settlements illegal. he said the move was aimed at preserving

news. the headlines at 6:30pm. britain's most decorated olympian, sir bradley wiggins, has announced his retirement from professional cycling. the 36—year—old has won eight olympic medals, five of them gold, as well as the tour de france in 2012. 80% of middle—aged people in england are overweight, don't exercise or drink too much, experts have warned. public health england says the medical system is facing a crisis because of unhealthy lifestyles. a woman has been killed and a dozen people have been hurt this morning after a number of collisions in ice and fog on the aao in oxfordshire. around 20 vehicles were involved police in germany say they have around 20 vehicles were involved. police in germany say they have detained a ao—year—old tunisian man in connection with the lorry attack on a berlin christmas market earlier this month that killed 12 people. will someone get this walking carpet out of my way. friends and family pay tribute to the star wars actress carrie fisher, who died four days after suffering a heart attack on a transatlantic flight. now time to catch up

sir bradley wiggins — britain's most decorated olympian — has announced his retirement from cycling. he won eight olympic medals, including five golds, and was britain's first tour de france winner. and a woman is killed as 20 cars are involved in a series of accidents in fog on an a road in oxfordshire. how four in every five middle—aged people are overweight, drinking too much or not doing enough exercise. good evening. britain's most decorated olympian and tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling. in a statement this afternoon he said he had been lucky enough to live a dream and make a career out of a sport he fell in love with when he was 12. it ends a stunning career which also brought him world championships and many other honours. but it follows questions about medical treatments he received in training. this report from our sports correspondent richard conway. on the road and on the track sir bradley wiggins dominated his sport like few others. gold medallist and olympic champion, bradley wiggins. he is the u:k.'s most decorated o

this is bbc news. the headlines at five: britain's most decorated olympian, sir bradley wiggins, announces his retirement from cycling. the 36—year—old — who also became the first british cyclist to win the tour de france — said he had been lucky enough to fulfil his "childhood aspiration." public health england warns of a "middle—age health crisis" — with eight in ten people aged between a0 and 60 either overweight, inactive or drinking too much. german police have detained a ao—year—old tunisian man in connection with the fatal lorry attack on a berlin christmas market last week. one woman has died and several people injured, afterfour separate accidents involving more than 20 vehicles on the aao in oxfordshire. a search operation is continuing off the kent coast for two crew members missing after a fishing boat capsized in the english channel. also in the next hour: fans and friends pay tribute to the actress and author carrie fisher. the hollywood star — best known for her role as princess leia — has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest. the fiveâ€

the 20th of january. britain's most decorated olympian and tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling. in a statement today he said he had been lucky enough to live a dream and make a career out of a sport he fell in love with when he was 12. it ends a stunning run of success, which also brought him world championships and many other honours. but it follows questions about medical treatments he received in training. this report from our sports news correspondent richard conway. on the road and on the track, sir bradley wiggins dominated his sport like few others. gold—medallist and olympic champion, bradley wiggins! he's the uk's most decorated olympian, winning eight medals over 16 years. in 2012, he became the first briton to claim the tour de france title, achievements which took him on a path to the palace. but after so much success over the years, sir bradley wiggins' remarkable career has finally rolled to a halt, saying he has fulfilled all his childhood dreams and aspirations. wiggins kindled his love of cycling at his local club in sout

this is bbc news, the headlines at four. the five—time olympic champion cyclist sir bradley wiggins announces he has retired from the sport. the 36—year—old, who has also won the tour de france, said he had fulfilled his "childhood aspiration" of making a career out of cycling. people aged between a0 and 60 are being urged to drink less alcohol and lose weight, after a warning from public health england that they're facing a ‘health crisis'. german police have detained a ao—year—old tunisian man in connection with the fatal lorry attack on a berlin christmas market last week. one woman has died and several people are injured, afterfour accidents involving 20 vehicles on the aao in oxfordshire. a search operation is continuing off the kent coast for two crew members missing after a fishing boat capsized last night. also in the next hour, fans and friends pay tribute to the actress and author, carrie fisher. the hollywood star, best known for her role as princess leia, has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest. the five—time olympic gold medal winning cyclist, sir b

this is bbc news. the headlines at seven: britain's most decorated olympian, sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement from cycling. the 36—year—old — who became the first british cyclist to win the tour de france — said he had been lucky enough to fulfil his "childhood aspiration." relations between the us and israel sour as the israeli prime minister accuses the us secretary of state, john kerry of bias overjewish settlements the us secretary of state, john kerry, says a two—state solution is the only way to achieve peace between israel and palestinian, but warned the plan was in "serious jeopardy." one woman has died and several people have been injured, after a series of crashes in ice and fog on the aao in oxfordshire. and in the next hour, health officials warn of a "middle—aged health crisis" in england. people between the ages of a0 and 60 are being advised to change their lifestyles to avoid type two diabetes. public health england says eighty per cent of that age group are overweight and inactive. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we're going to take you right

and tour de france winner, sir bradley wiggins, has retired from cycling. in a statement this afternoon, he said he had been lucky enough to live a dream from a sport he fell in love with when he was 12. while the announcement ended a stunning career, which brought the briton multiple honours, wiggins has recently faced repeated questions about medical treatments he received when in training. our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. on the road, and on the track, sir bradley wiggins dominated his sport like few others. gold—medallist and olympic champion, bradley wiggins! he is the uk's most decorated olympian, winning eight medals over 16 years. in 2012, he became the first briton to claim the tour de france title, achievements which took him on a path to the palace. but, after so much success over the years, sir bradley wiggins' remarkable career has finally rolled to a halt. saying he has fulfilled all his dreams and aspirations. when you are out there, you always wa nt to when you are out there, you always want to carry on. i always wanted to go out on top,

with bradley wiggins for much of his career. “— with bradley wiggins for much of his career. —— coach. with bradley wiggins for much of his career. -- coach. what would you reasonably known as head coach about medication the riders might be on, what doctors were recommending riders take because of various conditions they might have? well, i think if you take it right back, from the inception in 2010 and coming over to take over bradley's programme at the end of 2010, the first thing we said was he had to create in british cycling was zero tolerance to any performance enhancing drugs and we have done that better than anybody. we run the clea nest that better than anybody. we run the cleanest pro team in the world, the cyclists always have their doors open to see how we came and worked and operated and in the case of bradley or anyone else in the system, it wasn't something i really cared about because i knew we were operating a very clean environment. but with something like... if a rider was taking such a powerful drug, it would be clear there was a medical leave, so as head coach, yo

could be linked to the truck attack. sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement from cycling at the age of 70. tim: u.s. secretary of state john kerry with just a few days left in office delivered a passionate speech on the u.s. middle east peace process. the central point was that the only way to achieve peace was a two state solution. he said continued israeli expansion was endangering that. that is why the obama administration allowed the u.n. security council to pass the resolution declaring israeli settlements illegal. prime minister benjamin netanyahu criticized the speech as biased against israel, focusing excessively on settlements. our correspondent reports from jerusalem. reporter: a bitter row between outgoing and incoming u.s. presidents, this time over israel. theld trump claiming country is being treated with disrespect and telling it to be strong until january 20, when he takes office. the speech by secretary kerry angered the president-elect. theaid a chance with palestinians for peace was slipping away. ground,s on the violence, terrorism, incitement, settlement exp

from the uk's leading gp. in sport, sir bradley wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling, after a career during which he won five olympic golds and the tour de france. lawyers for a group of children who lived in the calaisjungle refuge camp launch a legal challenge accusing the british government of breaking its promise to take a fair share of the most vulnerable. interest rates, the prices in our shops and the strength of the pound will all be closely watched next year. i'll be taking a look at the big stories for our finances in 2017. and carol has our weather forecast. very similar to what we had yesterday. starting on a frosty note, with patchy fog, some of which is dense and will be slow to clear. but there is sunshine in the forecast and some rain coming in the north—west. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just one day after the death of her daughter, the film star carrie fisher. she was 84 and is believed to have suffered a stroke. her career spanned seven decades, but she was best kn

... five—time british olympic champion and tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement from cycling, aged 36 it has just got to be the way to do it. jordan harrison is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. —— george harrison. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better! this is bbc world news. i'm tim willcox. the latest headlines... john kerry sets out the us vision for the middle east, saying the only way to achieve peace is with a two—state solution. israel's prime minister has hit back, saying the secretary of state's speech was biased against israel and that he'd barely touched on the root of the problem. could the russian plane that crashed over the black sea on sunday, killing 92 people, have suffered a problem with its wing flaps? the russian defence ministry says salvage teams have recovered a second flight recorder. the tupolev—151i came down in good weather two minutes are taking off from sochi

champion and tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement from cycling at the age of 36. president—elect donald trump has gone head—to—head with the outgoing us government over its treatment of israel. mr trump tweeted that israel was being treated with total to disdain and disrespect. john kerry has warned settlement building by israel in the west bank has threatened hopes for peace. our correspondent reports. tonight, another angry intervention by president—elect trump, this time over middle east peace. on twitter, he complained the us was treating israel with total disdain and disrespect. he told it to stay strong until the 20th of january when he takes office. a statement by us secretary of statejohn kerry brought on the row. he criticised israel, accusing its government of undermining their chances of a peace agreement with the palestinians. we have to be clear about what is happening in the west bank. the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two—state solution, but his current coalition is the most right—wing in israeli history with an a

unanswered after the retirement from cycling of sir bradley wiggins. rafael nadal has made a winning start to his latest comeback from injury. it was an emphatic victory, too, against tomas berdych at an exhibition tournament in abu dhabi. a wrist injury had troubled nadal throughout 2016, but there were no signs of rustiness. this was the first point back on court. it set the spaniard on course to take the first set 6—0, and he completed the job in the second. nadal will play milos raonic in the semi—finals. earlier, david goffin beatjo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets too. the belgian will now face andy murray tomorrow lunchtime. murray has his sights set on success in the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, which begins in mid—january. murray has lost there in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well there in the past and it hasn't happened for me, so i need to do something a little bit different this year. but i love the conditions there, i enjoy the tournament a lot. i'll be going in hopefully playing well with a lot

bradley wiggins retires from cycling at the age of 36. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got underway with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow, in holland, we're gonna use money we picked up in belgium today, then we'll be in france, and again it'll be the same money. it has just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in his 0xfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. this is bbc news. i'm mike embley. the latest headlines: us president—elect donald trump has launched a scathing attack on the un — saying it has caused problems rather than solved them. us secretary of statejohn kerry has said israeli settlement building in the west bank threatens hopes for peace in the middle east. israel's accused him of bias. more on that now — our washington correspondent laura bicker explained more about the timing of the secretary of state's interv

bbc news. some breaking news, coming through from sir bradley wiggins announcing his retirement. he hasjust made that announcement on social media. to give you a couple of comments from a statement he is put out... "i've been lucky enough to live the dream and the feel my childhood aspiration of making a career out of aspiration of making a career out of a sport i fell in love with out at the age of 12." 2016 is the end of the age of 12." 2016 is the end of the road for this chapter, onwards and upwards." he says, said bradley wiggins announcing his retirement in the last few moments. we will talk more about his remarkable career and hear more about what he might do next. we will discuss all that with oui’ next. we will discuss all that with our sports corresponded to willjoin us our sports corresponded to willjoin us later in this half—hour. middle aged people are putting themselves at risk of serious health problems unless they take action to change their lifestyles, according to health officials. public health england says 80% of a0 to 60 year olds are overweight, drinking to

later from another investigation. one way would be for bradley wiggins's medical records to be available to see whether that corresponds with his medical records. do you think that those records. do you think that those records should be made available to uk a.d. to satisfy themselves that what the doctor is saying is correct? your macro man standing is that they have been made available. if for any reason they wouldn't be, would you urge bradley wiggins and those doctors to make them. your macro my understanding is that they have been. if that were the case, would you see that they should be made available so that there can be i'io made available so that there can be no doubt? i act resolutely agree. should anything untoward have taken place at that time, which would also struck me that... the whole point of therapeutic use exemption city make sure that there is analytical finding in subsequent tests, then of course it is covered by a tuv. if bradley has taken something that you shouldn't and he was tested shortly afterwards and my understanding is that it would create an anom

any prospect of a deal. sir bradley wiggins has announced that "2016 is the end of the road" for his cycling career after winning eight olympic medals and the tour de france. 80% of middle—aged people in england are overweight, don't exercise or drink too much, experts have warned. public health england says the medical system is facing a crisis because of u nhealthy lifestyles. the aao in oxfordshire has reopened following a series of collisions in icy weather in which a woman died and more than ten people were injured. hello, and welcome to our look at what's in tomorrow's papers. with me are laura hughes, political correspondent at the daily telegraph, and tom bergin, business correspondent at reuters. welcome to you both. thank you for being with us. let's start with a look at tomorrow's front pages. the telegraph focuses on the business rate rises due next year, calling them "crippling." the paper also features cycling champion sir bradley wiggins announcing his retirement. sir bradley's retirement also makes the guardian front page, and the paper also has an exclusive intervi

the headlines on bbc news. sir bradley wiggins the first british cyclist to win the tour de france retires from the sport saying he had been lucky enough to fulfil his ‘childhood aspiration‘ people between the ages of forty and sixty are being advised to change their lifestyles to avoid type two diabetes. public health england says eighty per cent of that age group are overweight and inactive german police have detained a forty—year—old tunisian man in connection with the fatal lorry attack on a berlin christmas market last week. now on bbc news, it's time for reporters. welcome to reporters. i'm phillipa thomas here at the bbc‘s headquarters in london. in this special edition of the programme, we're looking at some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. coming up: stand—off in the skies above the south china sea. rupert wingfield—hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. you can't make no mistakes. it will cost you your life. ian pannell reports from barack ob

home side. there were also wins for motherwell and partick thistle. sir bradley wiggins' achievements in cycling will not be repeated, that's according to one of his former team—mates. wiggins is the most decorated british olympian, with five gold medals in his total of eight — the most recent coming in the team pursuit in rio. but speaking to me earlier, his former team—mate rob hayles said the questions over his use of performance enhancing drugs for medical reasons had cast a cloud over the end of wiggin's career. over the end of wiggins' career. it's a real shame that all this tue has come right at the end of his career. there is a cloud and it is understandable. in terms of the rules of the sport, he has broken them. the uci, the world governing body wada said there is nothing to a nswer body wada said there is nothing to answerfor, but body wada said there is nothing to answer for, but there body wada said there is nothing to answerfor, but there is body wada said there is nothing to answer for, but there is still a question of, has it been ethical? i think that's a separa

focus was on one man, sir bradley wiggins. could he become gb's most decorated 0lympian of all time? the british quartet of wiggins, london gold medalists ed clandy and steven burke and 0wain doull trailed all the way till the closing stages. britain? australia? certainly gb in record time! another day, another gold. this time a successful defence of the women's team pursuit as laura trott, alongside joanna rowsell shand, eleanor barker and katie archibald became the first british women to win three 0lympic golds. not to be outdone by his fiance, jason kenny retained his 0lympic crown in the individual sprint. beating compatriot callum skinner into silver. becky james put more than two years of injury and illness behind her to take silver. while mark cavendish's status as one of the all time greats on the road is undisputed, at his third 0lympic games an olympic medal was still a big hole. many doubted the omnium would change that. how wrong they were. after all the effort... mark cavendish has an olympic medal. silver. the sixth and final day brought more gold. trott inked her name

from mps about what was in a package delivered to sir bradley wiggins at team sky in the weeks before the 2011 tour de france. spurs are just a point behind arsenal in the premier league — dele alli scored twice as they beat southampton 4—1. rangers trail celtic by 16 points in the scottish premiership — they were held to a draw at stjohnstone, while celtic beat ross county. i'll be back with more on those stories just after 11:30am. dozens of children who lived in the calais "jungle" camp have launched a legal challenge against the home office over its handling of asylum applications. lawyers representing 36 children say the government broke its promise for britain to take in its fair share of child refugees. they say hundreds have had their applications turned down without good reason. the home office says it will not comment on current legal proceedings. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent elanor garnier, and asked her to explain what the plaintiffs are trying to claim. we are talking about very specifically child refugees who had been living in the so—cal

certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire. has that been potentially a little bit of a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back racing in six months? who knows. onto football now. tottenham are just a point behind their north london rivals arsenal in the premier league table, after winning 4—1 at southampton. harry kane had gone three league matches without a goal, but he put an end to that last night. and dele alli scored twice, as southampton finished the game with 10 men. spurs stay fifth, they're 10 points behind leaders chelsea. the top sides all won their games, so that was important. we're still fighting, we're in a good position. we're in a very good position to attack the top four in the second part of the season. ahead of the old firm derby on new year's eve, celtic have stretched their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to 16 points. they beat ross county 2—0 last night, while second—placed rangers were held to a 1—1 draw at st johnstone. a defensive blunder allowed steven maclean

for sport. for a full round—up, here is tim hague. sir bradley wiggins may have retired yesterday but mps on the culture media and sport select committee said british cycling has shown proof a package delivered to him before the 2011 tour de france contained a legal decongestant. wiggins and team sky have tonight any wrongdoing and while one of wigan ‘s former team—mates says his achievements in cycling would be repeated, he agrees the questions over riggins's use of performance enhancing drugs for medical reasons have cast a shadow. it's a shame this tue has come at the end of his career and there is a cloud. in terms of the rules of the sport, he's broken none. the world governing body has said there is nothing to answer for. there is still a question of, has it been ethical? that's a separate issue. it's certainly not the ideal way bradley wiggins would have wanted to have retired. has that been potentially a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? who knows? andy murray is in abu dhabi for his first event of the new s

! the next day all of the focus was on sir bradley wiggins. could he become britain's most decorated olympian of all time? the british quartet trailed all the way until the closing stages. willoughby australia? will closing stages. willoughby australia ? will be closing stages. willoughby australia? will be great britain? it is great britain a world record time! another day another gold for great britain. a successful defence of the women's team pursuit as laura trott alongside her teammates came the first british woman to win freely big gold medals. not to be outdone by his fiancee, jason kenny retained his olympic crown in the individual sprint defeating his compatriot and into silver. becky james put over two years of injury and illness behind her to take silver. while mark cavendish‘s status as one of the all—time greats on the road is undisputed, and his third olympic games, an olympic medal was still a big hole in his cabinet. and many doubted that would change. howell wrong they were. —— how wrong they were. the sixth and final day predictably provided more gold as lau

issue, but it is certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire. has that been potentially a little bit of a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? who knows? former world champion ricky hatton has called for more support for boxers once their careers are over. hatton said if there were a professional boxing association in place, others may be able to avoid the depression that hit him when he retired. hatton fell into heavy drinking and drug—taking, and tried to take his own life on several occasions. he said boxers who retire tend to spend the rest of their lives on their own. england all—rounder david willey was in good form for perth scorchers, as they beat melbourne renegades by four wickets in their latest big bash match. willey took 2—15, as melbourne got to 148 from their 20 overs. and perth looked to be cruising towards their target, with former england batsman ian bell making a rapid 22. but there was a batting collapse, it went down to the last ball with perth needing three to win

bradley wiggins. sir dave brailsford told mps yesterday it contained an over—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're co—operating fully and look forward to the report. 2007 champion, raymond van barneveld, is into the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch 12th seed lostjust two legs to englishman robbie green, averaging nearly 100 in the process. he'll play alan norris in round two. that is it for now us. from all of us, good night. hello. a fairly quiet spell of weather for many parts of the british isles in the first part of december. wouldn't you know it, when you are thinking of travelling up and down the country, it looks as though especially in the north things will be unsettled. they have been unsettled of late. that is because we have had the weather front moving in the atlantic ushered along by gale force winds. miserable. through the rest of the night, it goes south and east, the weather front, bringing night, it goes south and east, the weatherfront, bringing wet night, it goes south and east, the weather front, bringin

that a package delivered to his team at the 2011 criterium du dauphine, won by sir bradley wiggins, contained a decongestant. a british newspaper allegation had put team sky under pressure to reveal the contents of the package, but they couldn't until now because of an ongoing uk anti—doping investigation. brailsford told a culture, media and sport select committee that the package contained fluimucil, a substance not banned by authorities. there's always listens to be learned and you've got to start with yourself. i've looked at myself long and hard in the mirrorand yourself. i've looked at myself long and hard in the mirror and thought about this carefully in terms of how i've personally handled the situation and i think i could have done a lot better quite frankly and i would like to think in performance terms we've done pretty well, but on this occasion the way i managed this, like i said, i would start with myself first and not look at anybody else. we run a fantastic operation, we've got fantastic people. they are of the higher standards and they've got great integrity and they've qui

. the package was handed over during the criterium du dauphine, an event won by sir bradley wiggins. sir dave brailsford told mps yesterday it contained an over—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're cooperating fully and look forward to the report. 2007 champion raymond van barneveld is into the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch 12th seed lostjust two legs to englishman robbie green — averaging nearly 100 in the process. he'll play alan norris in round 2.

. that's the stark warning from the uk's leading gp. in sport, sir bradley wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling, after a career during which he won five 0lympic golds and the tour de france.

his team at the 2011 criterium du dauphine, won by sir bradley wiggins, contained a decongestant. he has told the house of commons select committee that it was a decongestant. a british newspaper allegation had put team sky under pressure to reveal the contents of the package, but they couldn't until now, because of an ongoing uk anti—doping investigation. in hindsight, dave brailsford regrets how he handled the situation. there are always lessons to be learned and you have to start with yourself and i have looked at myself long and hard in the mirror and yourself and i have looked at myself long and hard in the mirrorand i have thought about it very carefully in terms of howl have thought about it very carefully in terms of how i handled personally the situation and i think it could have been a lot better. i would like to think in performance terms we have done quite well but on this occasion and the way i have managed this i think, like i say, i will start with myself first and not look at anyone else. we had a fantastic operation, fantastic people, they are the highest stand

confidence, because of the way i finished 2016. sir bradley wiggins may have retired yesterday, but mps on the culture, media and sport select committee say that british cycling hasn't shown proof that a package delivered to him before the 2011 tour de france contained a legal decongestant. wiggins and team sky have denied any wrong doing. and while one of wiggins' former team—mates says his achievements in cycling won't be repeated — he agrees that the questions over his use of performance enhancing drugs — for medical reasons — have cast a shadow. it is a real shame that all this tue has come right at the end of his career and there is a cloud and it is understandable. in terms of the rules of the sport he has broken none. the world governing body have said there is nothing to answer for. but there is still obviously a question of — has it been ethical? and i think that is a separate issue, but it is certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire. has that been potentially a little bit of a push into him making this decision now? potentially. wi

over during the criterium du dauphine, an event won by sir bradley wiggins. sir dave brailsford told mps yesterday it contained an over—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're cooperating fully and look forward to the report. 2007 champion raymond van barneveld is into the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch 12th seed lostjust two legs to englishman robbie green — averaging nearly 100 in the process. he'll play alan norris in round 2. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thank you for watching. good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are miranda green from the ft and christopher hope, who's chief political correspondent at the daily telegraph. good to see you both. hello. wait until you have finished the papers. you will not be saying that when i am finished with you, mate! the daily mirror has the banner headline, "truck killer could strike again". it quotes a source in the german police as saying the killer is still armed and at large. t

2011. the package was delivered during the criterium du dauphine — an event won by sir bradley wiggins. sir dave brailsford told mps yesterday it contained an over—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're co—operating fully and look forward to the report. that's all the sport for now. let's return now to our main story — yesterday's deadly attack on a christmas market in berlin. the german prosecutor is giving a press conference following last night's attack — let's listen in. translation: the event reminds you of what happened in nice and again, the choice of a name which have a lot of symbolism, like christmas market. these kinds of things are reflected in the past calls of islamist terror organisations, who have called for that kind of attack. we don't have a video yet where anybody says they did it, so we cannot give any conclusive state m e nts cannot give any conclusive statements about the background. at the moment, the investigation is going on, together with the federal home and office and the berlin police. there is a criminal technical investigation tha

. britain's most decorated olympian sir bradley wiggins has announced his retirement from professional cycling. the 36 year—old has won eight olympic medals, five of them gold, as well as the tour de france in 2012. a woman has been killed and a dozen people have been hurt this morning after a number of collisions in ice and fog on the aao in oxfordshire. around 20 vehicles were involved. now on bbc news, rebecca morelle looks back on the year in science, from british astronaut tim peake‘s adventures in space, to a discovery that will transform our understanding of the universe. that's review 2016: the year in science. from the mission of a lifetime, this was the year british astronaut tim peake spent six months in space. to a colossal feat of engineering. in 2016, the world's largest radio telescope was unveiled. we also learned about the secret life of seals and what they get up to underwater. and saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique. human organs are growing inside these pigs. this was also the year a global climate deal came into force but the election of donal

winner sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement from cycling, aged 36. one woman has died and several people have been injured after a series of crashes in ice and fog on the a40 in 0xfordshire. also in the next hour — health officials warn of a "middle—aged health crisis" in england. people aged between 40 and 60 are advised to change their lifestyles, as eight in 10 are overweight, inactive or drinking too much. harrison ford has led tributes to star wars co—star carrie fisher,

2011. the package was handed over during the criterium du dauphine — an event won by sir bradley wiggins. sir dave brailsford told mps yesterday it contained an over—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're co—operating fully and look forward to the report. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. damien, many thanks for that. a planned strike over pay by around 1,500 baggage handlers and check—in staff at 18 uk airports has been suspended. employees of swissport had been due to walk out on december 23rd and 2ath. but the union unite said agreement had now been reached on an improved pay offer. a court has ruled that doctors should stop providing life support treatment to a policeman who was left in a coma after a road accident. paul briggs suffered a brain injury in a motorcycle crash last year while serving with merseyside police. his wife wants him to be allowed to die. but doctors had said there was potential for mr briggs to emerge from his minimally conscious state. daniel boettcher has more from the old bailey. thejudgment here th

big wins in british cycling over the years, with sir bradley wiggins and chris froome amongst them. back in 2011, it has been reported that a package was delivered to them at the end of a race, and the contents of that package will yet to have been disclosed. uk anti—doping is currently conducting an investigation into that. speaking this morning to bon howdon, the president of british cycling, they said they were unable to speak about it because uk anti—doping had denied them permission to do so. that was disputed by the committee. some terse exchanges, and as you can hear now between bob howdon and damian collins, the chair of the committee, in the end what they have decided to do is eventually the right to the committee and give them information about what exactly was that package. but we are certainly not aware of any doping products that would be in there. it has not come across our viewpoint. i didn't say it was doping products, ijust wanted to see if you knew what was in it, because i find it extraordinary that you don't necessarily know what evidence british cycling has

hearing from sir dave brailsford, team sky boss, and various allegations about sir bradley wiggins. our sports news correspondent richard conway gave us have we learned anything new from these hearings, richard 7 have we learned anything new from these hearings, richard? , colledge main issues under discussion, with some of the leading figures past and present from british cycling. chief amongst them this question of medical package that was delivered to tea m medical package that was delivered to team sky in 2011. it was reported that this was a medical package delivered, the contents of which have always remained something of a mystery. sir dave brailsford, who is currently giving evidence to the committee, was asked about this by the daily mail a few weeks ago. he was unable to provide a satisfactory a nswer was unable to provide a satisfactory answer as to why the package was delivered. today he has told mps that the contents of that package was a non—prescription decongestant, he said that was part of a regular trip, someone coming out on a logistics trip, it is regularly availab