cup, the premier league returns. on a busy boxing day with the leaders arsenal looking to go eight points clear of manchester city if they beat west ham. it s going to turn much colder for many as this boxing day, showers around as well, which could turn wintry towards north western areas. all of the details throughout the programme. it s monday the 26th december. our main story. police are appealing for information after a gunman shot dead a 26 year old woman in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the shooting in the lighthouse pub in wallasey. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim was targeted. judith moritz reports. late on christmas eve, the lighthouse pub was full of people counting down the minutes towards midnight. it was a lively scene, butjust before 12:00am the pub s neighbours heard a particularly loud noise. i was in bed and i was on phone and i heard a bang, bang, bang, bang fourtimes. i waited, because i thought it was
With both sides needing the win. Will he fill the slot Oncejurgen Klopp goes well take a look at the man being tipped to be the next liverpool manager. All over for Emma Raducanu at the madrid open as shes knocked out in the opening round also coming up on sportsday before 7 rocketing into the next round can the seven time World Champion Ronnie Osullivan make it eight at the crucible . And its 30 years since england lifted the Rugby World Cup for the first time we speak to two of the team that won it. Welcome along, thank you forjoining us. After arsenal put on a five star show against chelsea, its over to liverpool tonight to see if they can keep them company at the top of the Premier League as things stand arsenal are three points clear of liverpool who are at at everton tonight, Manchester City play tomorrow when theyll have two games in hand over the sides above them. Tonights Merseyside Derby is pretty much a must win forjurgen klopp s side if hes to have a chance of leaving them
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. american officials argued such a move would be divorced from reality . every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. there s been a chorus of outrage from other countries, charities and human rights groups. israel has thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas which is classed as a terror group by many western governments in gaza, there s no safe place, says the un secretary general. the health care system is collapsing. hospitals have become battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter and everything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday in the aftermath of an israeli airstrike as the military pushes ahead with its war against hamas. hours later, at the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and had this warning. there is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system in gaza, which wo
challenges? that is what the chancellor meant today. bzierr; chancellor meant today. very interesting. chancellor meant today. very interesting. always chancellor meant today. very interesting. always good - chancellor meant today. very interesting. always good to have you on the show. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let s look at some of the other stories making headlines today. a british pensioner accused of murdering his ill wife has told a court in cyprus that she begged him to help end her life. janice hunter, who was 7a and had cancer, died in december 2021 at home near paphos. lawyers for her 75 year old husband, david, say her death was assisted suicide. exams are getting fully under way for most pupils in england, wales and northern ireland. england s exam regulator quual says the disruption caused by covid will be taken into account in the gcse and a level grades awarded. the regulator says covid cast a long shadow and that students should
to performance where. we do still see a lot of people are around, but they go see a lot of people are around, but they go from smart clothing to performance clothing. we have sto - ed performance clothing. we have stopped you performance clothing. we have stopped you for performance clothing. we have stopped you for so performance clothing. we have stopped you for so long, - performance clothing. we have stopped you for so long, thank| performance clothing. we have - stopped you for so long, thank you for your time. two or three people already knocking and saying, are you open? so we are expecting quite a few people to head into stores like this and others in liverpool. the big question is, what is going to given happen to footfall given the strikes and what is going to happen to sales given the cost of living crisis? a crucialfew happen to sales given the cost of living crisis? a crucial few weeks for retailers. living crisis? a crucial few weeks for retailers. ., , ., , ,