Mikel arteta, as their next manager. It is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. One of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today well ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. Iamat i am at Somerset House. Indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. Outdoor, rain, particularly in Eastern England. Yourforecast coming up. Its friday the 20th of december. Our top story the Prime Ministers brexit divorce deal will be put before Parliament Later. It comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. Today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. Officially known as the eu Withdrawal Agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. This week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what Boris Johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay. Now, with a majority of 80,
Is feeling like it was just a publicity stunt. On the uk government site. A man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. All thomas cooks stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 20,500 jobs. Coming up, ive been speaking to some of the People Living in one london borough thats been hit hard by knife violence. And also coming up, well speak to a former sun journalist about Coleen Rooney accusing rebeka vardy of using her private instagram to obtain stories about her,and selling them to tabloid newspapers. The fighting in syria has taken a new turn with turkey launching airstrikes and us allies accusing america of betrayal. Turkey has begun a major offensive against Kurdish Forces who control the north east of the country. The kurds are currently involved in joint military operations with american troops in syria and have played a key role capturing thousands of is fighters. Its unclear what will now happen to those fighters. The
The row continues to escalate, matches in china under threat. Matches in china under threat, huge market and huge revenues at stake. The global sporting market is delicately balanced. And finally professional sports men and women often go into different careers after they retire from competing but i bet you didnt see this one coming. The former chelsea and arsenal goalkeeper, petr cech, is now an ice hockey player thats right, the 37 year old, whos still a performance advisor at chelsea, has swapped the pitch for the rink. Hes signed for guildford phoenix until the end of their season. Cech said itll be wonderful to play the sport he grew up watching as a kid. And thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the economics commentator, grace blakeley and the political commentator, giles kenningham. Its great to see you both. Pleasure david frost is the uks brexit negotiat
Gunshot. A man opens fire outside a synagogue in germany at least two people have been killed. Mps are to sit in parliament on a saturday to try to find the way forward on brexit before october 31st. And the social media spat that has seen Colleen Rooney turn online detective. And coming up on bbc news, scotland set up a Rugby World Cup showdown with japan, with a comfortable bonus point win over russia in shizuoka. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at six. All 555 thomas cook stores that were closed when the company went bust last month have been saved bought by hays travel, a firm set up a0 years ago and based in sunderland. The move could save up to 2,500 jobs, as the husband and wife who set up hays say they plan to re open theirformer rivals shops immediately. For them, and many thomas cook employees, its been an emotional day. Colletta smith reports. For the last two and a half weeks, nicola and her colleagues have been living a nightmare. Theres been lots of tears, lots
Sign weather to come from friday. Low pressure firmly in charge. The winds are not blowing across the front but running parallel to it and that means the france become slow moving. Friday, heavy persistent rain in the forecast. Met Office Warning already in force. Rain enough to cause localised surface flooding. Mild to the south of our front with highs of 18 degrees. Further north, we have the fresh air with temperatures 12 13 celsius. Mixed weather fortunes this weekend. England and wales will see the most rain. Scotland and ireland with a mixture of rain and sunshine. Saturday, the weather front bringing the rain through friday is still that through friday night and saturday. More weather to come, this time across southern areas. The rain joining back up north across wales, the midlands and the Northern Counties of england by the end of the day. Scotland, pro disguise but a few heavy showers through saturday. The second half of the weekend sees more rain around. Again, notice, some