As scores of fires burn out of control across australia. A heatwave sees temperatures exceed a0 degrees in every state. The search continues for father of four and firefighter Anthony Knott whos now been missing for 10 days. Join us in half an hour to look back at the year that was in the world of brexit. A court in cyprus has convicted a british teenager of falsely claiming she was raped by a group of israeli tourists six months ago. The 19 year old said she had been attacked in a hotel in ayia napa. She was arrested after police said she withdrew her accusation. Earlier we heard from our europe correspondent, kevin connolly. He explained the background to thejudgment. This revolves around a judgment on this young woman as a witness. The districtjudge in famagusta Michalis Papathanasiou has said that he has found her to be an unreliable witness and that in retracting her allegation of rape, she was effectively, in so doing, admitting that she had made up the allegation in the first pl
Where hundreds face chrstimas out of their homes after last months flooding. The professional footballers assocation has called for a government inquiry into racism in the sport, after the chelsea player, antonio rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. Our sports correspondent, joe wilson, is at tottenhams stadium. The stadium behind me is a gleaming addition to the british sporting landscape in itself, an advertisement to the power and wealth of the premier league. But, farfrom futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that in fact things are going backwards. Professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, he has heard monkey chants. Not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe, this was Chelseas Antonio Rudiger, at Tottenham Hotspur, in englands capital city. Famed, theoretically, for its diversity. Rudiger himself posted several tweets expressing his d
As Fallon Sherrock becomes the first woman to beat a man at the pdc World Championship at ally pally. Why dennis the Shetland Pony is in the front line in the battle against loneliness this christmas. Good morning. We have some dense fog and icy patches to watch out for this morning. Generally speaking, eastern areas will be drier and brighter in the west, it will be wet and increasingly windy stop i will have more details in 15 minutes. Its wednesday 18 december. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing a wait of months to have their faulty and potentially dangerous washing machines replaced. Whirlpool recalled 500,000 appliances yesterday because of a fire risk, but customers are struggling to get information because of problems with its website. The company was already dealing with problems with its dryers as dan johnson reports. More than half a million of these washers are at risk of sparking a fire if a part in the door lock overheats. It has happened to 79 machines already. Th
Prime minister will change the law to guarantee the brexit transition phase isnt extended. American plane maker boeing says it will temporarily stop making its 737 max planes. The aircraft has been grounded since march after two deadly crashes killed 346 people. It comes as us regulators say they wont approve the aircrafts return to service before 2020. Pulling its most profitable plane from the skies has already cost boeing more than 9 billion and that figure continues to rise as almost 400 new planes remain in storage. Shares in the company fell over 4 as the companys board met all day on monday. Lets go live to seattle now and talk to peter lemme, aviation expert and a former boeing engineer. Peter, just put in perspective for us peter, just put in perspective for us how big a blow this is for boeing . This is a huge blow. It hasnt happened for a generation. Inaudible. Involving two tragedies, almost 13 months of agony. And for boeing and for the us economy, that in perspective as w
That the 98th archbishop of york is to be stephen cottrell, currently the bishop of chelmsford. And in sport, Manchester City assistant coach and pep guardiolas right hand man, mikel arteta, is expected to hold further talks with arsenal about taking over as their new manager. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, is planning to make it illegal for parliament to extend the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. Hell add a clause to his Withdrawal Agreement bill, which will go before mps on friday. Under current plans, the uk ceases to be an eu member on january the 31st. There will be a transition period until the end of 2020 where the existing arrangements between the eu and uk continue, while the two sides negotiate a new relationship. As it stands, that transition period can be extended by up to two years but the Prime Minister plans to remove that option. The amendment would fulfill a promise the Prime Minister made during the Electi