Custody and will appear at the crown court on the 20th of december charged with murder. London zoo is closed following a large fire and will reopen tomorrow. An aardvark was killed and four meerkats are missing. Staff are in shock. And theresa may has released a christmas message thanking the armed forces for their work. She said troops are making the world superbike combating terrorism at home and abroad. The world safer. Now lets cross to the sports centre. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me 0lly foster and katherine downes. Its a blue, blue christmas. Have Manchester City already wrapped up the title . Theyve won again. Exeter chiefs are also top of their premiership tree. All the days rugby union results are coming up and festive cheer may be lacking in the england camp, but the man in charge says the current crop of cricketers have what it takes to salvage some pride from this ashes series. Good evening. We are going to get straight into the football, nine matches in the prem
Important distance. I have been there before, and you cant control your destiny, and you play relaxed. And when you play relaxed, the best qualities are coming. Sol and when you play relaxed, the best qualities are coming. So i think they have their destiny in their hands. But we want to win matches, we wa nt hands. But we want to win matches, we want to finish the best we can. Meanwhile, Manchester United target Alexis Sanchez wont be joining rivals manchester city. The club have decided not to pursue their interest in signing the arsenal forward, as the 29 year old would be too expensive, although united and now chelsea are in the running to sign the chile international. Ryan giggs says he is so proud to be named as the new manager of the Wales National team. The 44 year old signed a four year deal to replace chris coleman, who stepped down after wales failed to reach this years world cup. Giggs captained his country, and won 64 caps, but his only managerial experience so far was a b
The government says there have been no reports of serious disruption to public services, following the collapse of the huge Construction Firm carillion, which has gone into liquidation. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Americas auto giant showing a Technology Driven future at the opening of the detroit auto show. And israels Prime Minister visits india, could this be a new era of co operation . Good morning asia. Hello world. It is tuesday. Glad you could join us. We started the programme with the treat auto show and big trucks and smart cars are set to dominate this annual north American International auto show. Americas three auto makers have enjoyed three show years of strong sales, but they are also ina race of strong sales, but they are also in a race to stay ahead of foreign competition, at least when it comes to building high tech autonomous vehicles. All the stories from detroit. This is a self driving vehicle, tested by ford to deliver pieces.
Religious education. How a quarter of secondary schools in england are failing to provide religious education lessons, despite it being a legal requirement. Lewis hamilton wins the Singapore Grand Prix and boosts his chances of winning this years drivers championship. And in half an hour, here on bbc news, Laura Trevelyan speaks to former world tenis number one, maria sharapova, about her career and route back to redemption. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The home secretary amber rudd has announced that the Terror Threat in the uk has been lowered from critical to severe. That means an attack is highly likely rather than imminent. The decision has been taken after detectives investigating the bomb attack on a london train on friday have made a second arrest. The 21 year old man was detained at hounslow in west london late last night. Detectives are continuing to question a teenager who was arrested in dover in kent. 30 people were injured when the device detonated at Parsons G
Held later this evening. Lewis hamiltons wins the Singapore Grand Prix and boosts his hopes of winning this years formula one championship. And Manchester United have taken the lead against premier league rivals everton with a stunning first half goal. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The home secretary amber rudd has announced that the Terror Threat in the uk has been lowered from critical to severe. That means an attack is highly likely rather than imminent. The decision has been taken after detectives investigating the bombing on a london train on friday have made a second arrest. The 21 year old man was detained at hounslow in west london late last night. Detectives are continuing to question a teenager who was arrested in dover in kent. 30 people were injured when the device detonated at Parsons Green station. Jane Frances Kelly reports. The investigation has widened. Police are searching an address in surrey close to Heathrow Airport. Following the terror attack at Parsons