Ofa the well wishers who bagged the shot of a lifetime how she did it. Well meet the 11 year old boy whose runs to raise funds for the hospital which treated his younger brother have attracted celebrity support. In sport, avoiding an ashes whitewash is englands task now. But australia have dominated the opening day of the fourth test in melbourne david warner with a scintillating century. Some parts of the uk officially had a White Christmas, but what can we expect this boxing day . Philip has all the weather for us. Good morning. Yes, at last at least for some there was a White Christmas. I will have the details on whether many more of you will see something a bit like this injust many more of you will see something a bit like this in just a few minutes. Thank you, phil. Good morning. First, our main story. The universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to give his clearest warning yet that academic institutions must protect free speech. Hell say students must be able t
Universities and student groups have banned speakers because of their views because they promote extremism. In some cases debate is being stifled. A new regulator is being stifled. A new regulator is being given powers to uphold freedom of speech. Jo johnson wants universities to open minds, not close them. He has criticised the practice of no platforming, when student unions and other University Groups ban speakers with what are seen as offensive or unacceptable views. Its vital we uphold this principle of legal freedom of speech because it is the real underpinning of how we progress of society, how we deepen our stock of knowledge, how we remain innovative and ultimately how we also resist injustices, how the rights of minorities to stand up and be counted and not suppressed are upheld. The minister wants young people to hear and challenge controversial opinions, a view shared by the vice chancellor of the university of buckingham. Universities must be about letting dialogue and deba
And it is going to disrupt industries and create unemployment on a scale that we havent imagined before. Ifill plus, scaling back on the nuts and bolts that hold us together, when federal funds grow scarce. Stopgap solutions to maintain safe sidewalks, roads and bridges. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the u. S. Senate sent legislation to the president today authorizing a threemonth pat
And it is going to disrupt industries and create unemployment on a scale that we havent imagined before. Ifill plus, scaling back on the nuts and bolts that hold us together, when federal funds grow scarce. Stopgap solutions to maintain safe sidewalks, roads and bridges. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the u. S. Senate sent legislation to the president today authorizing a threemonth patc
Story. In galaxy of charities to be thankful for this season theres one that comes with a twinkle. Makeawish. This year grant the most wishes we ever have in our history. History that started 35 years ago. For me it has never left. Ahead on sunday morning the story behind this very wellknown wishing well. And the child who started it all. Osgood chris rock is a come wick a voice and style all his own, now putting his personal stamp on very own film as mo rocco will be showing us. All my black friends have a bunch of white friends. All my white friends have one black friend. For nearly three decades chris rock has been making us laugh. He can hardly believe it. I thought i would do couple of things then be the funny guy at ups or security at the airport. Really . In a heartbeat. Later on sunday morning at the apollo with chris rock. Osgood songs with music and words by the beatles have been heard enjoyed by millions of fans for half a century. Now many of those words can be seen as well