knowing what we did, but with hindsight, that is the moment we should have done it, three weeks earlier, and it would have saved many, many lives. alistair darling, the labour politician who was chancellor during the 2008 global financial crash, dies at the age of 70. members of the rmt union except a pay deal ending their involvement in a long running series of rail strikes. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. the pogues frontman shane macgowan has died at the age of 65. he was discharge from hospital last week. his wife confirmed he had died in social media. macgowan fronted the pogues from 1982 until their break up in 2014. the band are best known for the christmas hit song fairytale of new york. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. # it was christmas eve, babe # in the drunk tank # an old man said to me. # happy christmas, your ours, i pray god it s our last. fairytale of new york, a bleak, drink sodden duet
couple of times today. we ve also seen chan tien, the female panda. a big moment for people getting this final opportunity to say goodbye to these two giant pandas. all final opportunity to say goodbye to these two giant pandas. these two giant pandas. all right, lorna, these two giant pandas. all right, lorna. thank these two giant pandas. all right, lorna, thank you these two giant pandas. all right, lorna, thank you very these two giant pandas. all right, lorna, thank you very much - these two giant pandas. all right, l lorna, thank you very much indeed and chris fawkes has the weather forecast. how chilly is it for those pandas in scotland? pandas in scotland 7 chilly pandas in scotland? chilly for them, chilly for us. we ve got temperatures will be below freezing and snow fall affecting north east england and eastern areas of scotland and this was cornwall just earlier this morning, with some quite thick snow on the ground. take a look at this chart. you can see ho
all of politics. it s a friends. we are having tributes from all of politics. it s a you friends. we are having tributes from all of politics. it s a you say - friends. we are having tributes from all of politics. it s a you say that - all of politics. it s a you say that he was a gentleman. was he a friend of yours? he was a gentleman. was he a friend of ours? ., ., . .,, of yours? no, we won t close friends- of yours? no, we won t close friends. but of yours? no, we won t close friends. but when of yours? no, we won t close friends. but when he - of yours? no, we won t close friends. but when he was - of yours? no, we won t close friends. but when he was in i of yours? no, we won t close - friends. but when he was in office, and i was a backbench mp, and a major issue, you always got a courteous and informed response. he was very much in command of his brief. we did not agree on many many issues, but our exchanges were never anything other than courteous and bus