Rushing towards us over the hill, and basically, every minute it was probably another kilometre closer. Eventually, it just hit probably another kilometre closer. Eventually, itjust hit our fence and we were there at the house. The government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist cobham by an American Company. A man who confronted the fishermongers hall attacker with a narwal tusk describes his deep hurt that he couldnt save the two people who died. Prince philip spends the night in hospital in london, to be treated for whats being described as a pre existing condition. And coming up in half an hour, lucy hedges rounds up some of the travel shows best adventures from 2019. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Emergency services in austrialia have described conditions as catastrophic as hundreds of fires burn across the country, threatening every major city. Firefighters in New South Wales issued the highest possible warning, telling some people its now too late
That. We have a squad and we are putting our best chances to put win the game forward. We will use the confidence that we have got from the confidence that we have got from the last two performances. We will try to get that win. The british sprinter a british winter has failed a drug test. He has asthma. He is 28 and won gold as part of the relay team. He broke his elvis motorbike crash broke his pelvis. The wicketkeeper has let to the aid of wicked captain joe the wicketkeeper has let to the aid of wicked captainjoe root the wicketkeeper has let to the aid of wicked captain joe root after an australian said he looked soft. Of wicked captain joe root after an australian said he looked softlj think ridge is doing a really good job as captain. I think root is doing a really good job. You only grow by learning. The england all rounder ben stokes is returning home to uk for family reasons after a months long spell with canterbury. He flew out just a months long spell with canterbury. He fl
That, sunny spells, but expect a good deal of cloud, some drizzle, brighter breaks involved in scotland as well. Christmas day, wet weather still around across southern scotland, northern england, wales, western england, mild to the south but turning colder in the north. Hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak, our latest headlines a devastating Tropical Storm has torn through the southern philippines, triggering flash floods and landslides. More than 130 people are known to have died. London zoo is closed until further notice following a large fire. An aardvark was killed, and four meerkats are missing. The zoos director general said staff were in shock. A man has appeared at York Magistrates Court charged with the murder ofjodie willsher at an aldi supermarket in skipton. Hes been remanded in custody and will appear at Leeds Crown Court on the 28th of december. Californians Deadly Wildfires now the largest in state history, scorching an area greater than new york city, brussels an
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Christmas messages. The Prime Minister highlighted the courage and dedication of the Emergency Services who responded to the Grenfell Tower fire and terrorist attacks in manchester and london. The messages also call on people to look out for Vulnerable People including the homeless over the festive period. Plans to scrap the armys crest and the slogan be the best have been halted by the defence secretary, gavin williamson. According to the mail on sunday, a leaked internal Army Document suggested the slogan was regarded as dated and elitist. The mod says mr williamson believes the army to be the best of the best and had put the proposals on hold. Rail passengers are being warned they could face disruption as network rail carries out its biggest ever christmas engineering programme. 260 projects across england, scotland and wales will lead to numerous station closures over the festive period. Many of britains mainline routes will also be shut or running reduced services over the coming