Wins in a row as they beat neighbours united at old trafford. Jose mourinho says his sides title hopes are probably over after losing 2 1 as city extend their lead at the top, and continue to break premier league records. And it is Christmas Carol season, of course, but does singing make you feel better . This week we will be looking at whether it is really good for you. And carol can tell us whether the cold spell is set to continue. Good morning. Once again this morning we have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in east anglia and the south of england. It will also be windy today. More showers in the north and west of the uk. Some of those will be windy. In between we have dry, crisp and sunny weather. Wherever you are it will feel cold with the risk of ice. Our main story this morning, snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have in train and plane cancellations and drivers have been warned icy conditions are making r
Licence to fight as soon as january. The british boxing board of control will review his case after he served a ban for doping. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Its being seen as a big blow and personal embarrassment for President Trump. For the first time in 25 years, the Democratic Party has won a senate seat in the deeply conservative us state of alabama. President trump had publicly backed the republican candidate, roy moore, despite allegations of past Sexual Misconduct with teenage girls. The result reduces President Trumps majority in the senate to the slimmest possible margin, as david willis reports. It was a stunning political upset. Doug jones, a former federal prosecutor, is the first democrat to be elected to the senate in this conservative Southern State in a quarter of a century. His victory reduces the already razor thin republican majority in the senate to just one seat. As dr king liked to quote the moral arch of the universe is long but it bends tow
Time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im jessica creighton, heres whats coming up tonight. Questions for four time Tour De France winner, chris froome, after he returns a drugs test with twice the permitted level of an asthma drug. England captainjoe root calls on a big performance from his players ahead of the must win third ashes test. It is an opportunity to create history. It is a real chance to flip the dynamics of the cds on its head. Series. And united and city are given extra time to provide their version of events in the aftermath of the manchester derby. Good evening. Well bring you the latest from perth ahead of that big ashes test shortly, but first, cycling, where its been another day of controversy in the sport. Team sky and chris froome are under scrutiny because its been revealed that froome returned an adverse drugs test following his win in this years vuelta. He went on to win it. Ours sports editor, dan roan, is at team skys headquarters. What exactly d
Child to die as a result of mondays house fire in greater manchester. Chris froome the four time Tour De France winner is being investigated over excessive use of an asthma drug against anti doping rules. And the comedian peter kay has cancelled his first stand up tour for eight years due to unforeseen family circumstances. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is tonights vote at westminster on the governments main brexit legislation, where the government is facing the real possibility of defeat. The house of commons will vote on an amendment that would empower both houses of parliament to approve any brexit deal before it can come into force. The Prime Minister theresa may insisted again today that parliament would get a meaningful final vote before the uk leaves the eu in march 2019 but some conservative mps want a guarantee written into the eu withdrawal bill. The former attorney general Dominic Grieve is leading the demands for a vote on any final deal before it is finalised. Our chief Pol
To get a bit more mild . Isli and we will get the weather. Going to get a bit more mild . Isl am going to be talking about the sport, seemed to be having some problems, we will talk about the controversy around Chris Brennan after double the amount of illegal asthma drug was found in his un, chris brunt says he has not broken any rules but the world governing body of cycling has demanded some answers. Lets see what the weather is doing. We got there eventually. The cold has gone, this is the hard work of those beautiful crafted snowmen, it is less cold out there, in fact its turned to rain, some of it quite heavy, but things could be tricky as we go into the evening, more from me coming up in less than half an hour. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im ben brown. He was the candidate endorsed by President Trump, despite facing a string of allegations of Sexual Misconduct, one of them against a 14 Year Old Girl. Well now roy moore has narrowly lost a Crucial Senate race in alabama a