John worboys, the black cab rapist who was almost freed from jail, pleads guilty to drugging four more women so he could sexually assault them. Campaigners win a legal challenge over the British Governments decision to allow arms sales to saudi arabia. And prince harry and meghan are to set up their own foundation after breaking away from the charity which they had run with Prince William and kate. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson remains on course to be the next Prime Minister. In the fourth round of voting by conservative mps for a new leader, he topped the ballot with 157 votes. Michael gove came second with 61 votes whilejeremy hunt secured 59 votes. The home secretary, sajid javid, was knocked out in the lunchtime vote, managing just 3a votes. Voting in the next round is now well underway, and the two mps with the highest number of votes will go forward to a run off of the partys 160,000 or so members. Were expecting the final vote of mps at 6 15pm, and we will, of course, be bringing
Police in australia are investigating why a man deliberately drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians in melbourne, injuring i9 people, four seriously. In a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. In beyond 100 days, Christian Fraser and katty kay will be getting reaction to the news that the Un General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution calling the us to abandon its plan to recognise jerusalem as israels capital. Well be getting the latest from barcelona as the polls close in the catalan regional election. And Rebecca Morelle looks back on the year in science including the end of a 20 year mission to saturn. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello there, im olly foster. These are our sportsday headlines tonight. Its official birmingham will be the 2022 host. But they were the only city on the Commonwealth Games shortlist. And united and city wont cry over spilled milk. The
In new york and became an instant classic. Whats your name, man . Alexander hamilton his name is Alexander Hamilton we we are waiting in the wings for you. And now its in london, as is for a few days the man behind the show, whos been compared to. Well. Are you the 21st century shakespeare . Not even close no, shakespeare wrote a mind altering amount of dramas and comedies and sonnets, worked with other playwrights. Ive written two musicals, so lets, everybody, chill out. Im past patiently waiting im passionately smashin every expectation i recognised in the story of hamilton the story of so many immigrants who are coming to the United States today. And so i used the music that i love to tell their story. A lot has been made of the multiracial cast. This is the story of america then told by america now. Were going to use every tool at our disposal to eliminate the distance between a modern audience and something that happened 200 somewhat years ago. The casting is part of that, and cas
Off tonight with arsenal looking for seasonal jeweller by off tonight with arsenal looking for seasonaljeweller by replacing liveable in the Top Four Champions League places. Seasonaljoy. Liverpool. Six breakfast presenters, what could possibly go wrong . And carol has the weather. The forecast for the next few days is mild. Rain at times. Also windy across the north west. The brightest conditions in the east and north east. Good morning. First, our main story. Hundreds of miles of roadworks have been suspended by highways england as the great christmas getaway begins. Today is predicted to be the busiest travel day of the festive period, with millions of extra vehicles taking to the roads. Theres good news for rail travellers as planned strike action on the west coast mainline has been called off. Our reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn is at the racs headquarters in walsall. How is it looking . It looks like it might be the calm before the storm. Still looking pretty quiet out there. And in
Skating together since childhood, the canadians took a stunning second gold of the games, and are now the most decorated skaters in winter olympic history. David ornstein, bbc news, pyeongchang. Football, and chelsea have drawn 1 1 against barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League tie at stamford bridge. Chelsea were leading until an equaliser in the 75th minute from lionel messi. Natalie pirks was watching the action. Hes barcelonas little magician, lionel messi, scoring goals forfun only never before against chelsea. Commentator heres hazard. Instead, it was the blues creative maestro who almost caused some early damage. Commentator great little turn of pace. You always know barcelona will dominate, and so it came to pass. Messi with a beautiful cross, paulinho wide with the header. The best chances though fell to chelsea, willian becoming all too familiar with the woodwork, not once. Commentator willian didnt need him. But twice. Commentator good position again. 0h, hes h