To take wickets on the opening day of the fourth ashes test. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The family of a british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt says shes been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller tramadol, which is banned in egypt. She says she was carrying them for her egyptian partners back pain, and didnt realise they were illegal. Ms plummer is to appeal. We will be live with our correspondent in egypt in the next little while. The universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to warn that academic institutions must protect free speech. Hell say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. Some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, as Edward Curwen reports. Time spent at University Must open minds, not close them. Thats the view ofjojohnson, the universities minister, who wil
In pot town and eight below. And 11 degrees for a real temperature and 20 is our High Temperature for later today. That is what were dealing with, happy new year. Lets talk traffic, bob kelly has day off, it has been a rough start this morning, and that is not what we want to hear on this new years morning. It was a horrible accident with overturn cars on route one roosevelt boulevard northbound approaching wissohickon avenue, it is off to the side, hasnt been cleaned up, road closed for mummers new years celebration, broad street all the way to washington avenue, other streets affect, 15th and market, sansom street and pine all in that area this morning as far as, automobile traffic, you wont be able to get through but, of course, if you want to watch parade just bundle up and have a good time this is what new years eve looks like in our area, this was one of our shows that we had, two shows at six and at midnight, one for families and war for people out to dinner and for parties, abs
Are watching that as well. Eagles. I feel great. I feel really confident. Well, if he is confident, im not i am too. Are you though . What a horrible game that was, yesterday. But at least it was freezing cold. So we know who we are going to play in a couple weeks, we will talk to, g. Cobb about that. Good day, everybody. What are you doing. I have a little confetti left over. Good morning, happy new year, mike. Happy new year to you. We can say it all day long. Happy new year. Just dont text it. I feel like you get a million text. I dont want to be rude, but with the texting thing now , i mean people i barely necessity are texting happy new year but appreciate it too good day, everybody it is, january 1st 2018. Do you remember when you had to remember, back when we wrote checks. I still do write checks because i dont like everything auto in the bank account. You have to cross it out or rip it out. Well, seven is easy, just put an eight on a seven is easy. So, this is, good day philade
2018 without breaking the bank. Bucket list trips to finally check off the list, from islands to mountains and the ultimate hidden gem. Were kicking 2018 off right, right here on gma. [ cheers and applause ] if you werent awake, you will be now. Good morning, america and a very happy new year. We want to thank our very festive audience. [ cheers and applause ] and thank you yeah, exactly. We want to thank all of you for joining us on this first day of 2018. We are on tape this morning so we could be home with our families. Some of us recovering. We hope youre enjoying your holiday too, and yes, wonderful audience so youre still with us. [ cheers and applause ] they will be throughout the day. Yes. As you are waking up on this new year for you to help start it right both mentally and physically. Were also going to help you get financially fit which is always good. We have five things that you should do and the tools to use to set yourself up for success. We all need that. Fantastic. Fir
We begin with a developing story out of costa rica where 12 people, 10 of them american tourists, were killed in a plane crash. The single engine charter plane went down in a wooded area shortly after takeoff. Among the americans on board, a family of five from suburban new york, identified as bruce and Irene Steinberg and their three sons. Horrified vacationers saw the plane go down and rushed to the wreckage to try to help. My family and i were having lunch and we heard the plane coming overhead pretty low, so we all left the table to go see the plane pass overhead with our kids. And as it flew over the top of us, it made a really hard lefthand turn and was totally sideways and then nose dived straight into the ground and there was an explosion. A florida couple and their daughter were on board as well as two costa rican pilots. A man with a grudge against police shot five Police Officers killing one of them. 29yearold on the job just for seven months. Abcs Clayton Sandell has more.