The headlines australias firefighters in the state of New South Wales are still battling to bring more than a hundred blazes under control. Tesco has suspended Christmas Card production at a chinese factory after a six Year Old Girl in london finds a message claiming that prisoners are being forced to pack them. We were writing in them and about on my sixth or eighth card, there was somebody who had already written in it. The home secretary has met the family of harry dunn the teenager killed in a Road Accident in northamptonshire in august. A man has been arrested in sussex on suspicion of murder after the deaths of two women outside a house in crawley down. The queen attends a Church Service in sandringham while the duke of edinburgh remains in hospital receiving treatment for a pre exisiting condition. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. 1830 sunday sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Coming up Chelseas Premier League win over tottenham is marred by an al
Countries follow suit. Last push for votes. Myanmars leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has rejected claims of genocide against her country at the Un International court ofjustice. Our digital elections reporter Recovery Efforts on new joe tidyjoins me now zealands white island volcano are on hold as seismic hes been looking at how digital activity activity suggests and social media platforms it may erupt again. Are being used during the campaign. The bodies of eight people have yet to be recovered. What s doing well at the moment . And, at the Climate Summit in madrid, Greta Thunberg has called on rich countries to reduce their Carbon Emissions and to help poorer you have probably seen the video countries follow suit. Yourself, it has been changing all morning on and off twitter and shared widely on facebook. The moment when Boris Johnson shared widely on facebook. The moment when borisjohnson was confronted by a reporter this good morning, welcome morning, it did not quite go to to bbc newsro
It, but then you do get the odd little bargain, so you think, 0h, its worth doing, rather than just buying online. Probably still be here on Christmas Eve next year but, again, ill probably do quite a lot of it online. Perhaps not exactly the three wise men, but their last minute present dash is no longer the daft idea it once was. Colletta smith, bbc news, in manchester. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. The weather looking much quieter for Christmas Day tomorrow. The showers we have had today fading away as we get into the night. Still some coming along the breeze across western scotland and north west england. By the end of the night just western scotland this showers still with us. When the easing about, clearing skies, dropping temperature close to freezing. Ground frost in some places going into the morning, one or two icy patches. A few early showers north and western scotland, even these will fade, sunshine around on a dry Christmas Day. Patchy cloud in n
But even small reductions in the calories we consume can make a big impact across the whole population. Experts say this is a simple, cheap measure that could make a real difference to the obesity crisis. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Here is darren bett. The weather looks and feels very different today. At long last, the winds have dropped, and for many eastern parts we had pleasant sunshine after what was a cold start. We are starting to see more showers pushing their way through the english channel, affecting southern coastal counties of england, but at least its a change from yesterday. That band of cloud brought us rain yesterday, and this band will bring wetter weather tomorrow. Today, in between the two in colder air, with some sunshine and showers. They will continue in scotla nd and showers. They will continue in scotland and Northern Ireland, some wintry weather over the hills of scotland, and showers pushing east into england and wales, so more sh
This is bbc news. The latest headlines. The duke of edinburgh has left hospital in time to spend christmas with the queen at sandringham. The queen will use her Christmas Day message to say that the past year has been quite bumpy adding that small steps can heal divisions. Thousands of volunteer firefighters will spend Christmas Day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. And a warning to parents to keep button batteries away from children. Sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres olly foster. The england all rounder ben stokes is a doubt for the first test against south africa. His father ged, who is 64, was taken ill yesterday and is in a Critical Condition in a johannesburg hospital. The four test series starts on boxing day. I just want to throw all our support behind him and his family and just stress the importance of respecting their privacy at this time. But it is really sad news. We are all there for him. You have no idea if he is going