Troops were helping to combat Islamic State in the middle east and in the fight against terrorism in the uk. Strange lights in the sky spark fears of a ufo invasion over arizona well reveal the truth about what happened in the next half hour. Sir bruce forsyth, liz dawn and sir roger moore just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2017 we remember thats in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the philippines, its reported that at least 130 people have been killed by a Tropical Storm. Two days of heavy rain have led to flash flooding and mudslides. The rescue effort is being hampered by roads which are blocked or have simply been washed away. A state of emergency has been declared in several areas on the worst hit island of mindanao. Howard johnson reports from the philippines capital, manila. High winds and heavy rain have been battering mindinao as Tropical Storm vinta makes its way across the country. Local reports say a f
Custody and will appear at the crown court on the 20th of december charged with murder. London zoo is closed following a large fire and will reopen tomorrow. An aardvark was killed and four meerkats are missing. Staff are in shock. And theresa may has released a christmas message thanking the armed forces for their work. She said troops are making the world superbike combating terrorism at home and abroad. The world safer. Now lets cross to the sports centre. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me 0lly foster and katherine downes. Its a blue, blue christmas. Have Manchester City already wrapped up the title . Theyve won again. Exeter chiefs are also top of their premiership tree. All the days rugby union results are coming up and festive cheer may be lacking in the england camp, but the man in charge says the current crop of cricketers have what it takes to salvage some pride from this ashes series. Good evening. We are going to get straight into the football, nine matches in the prem
Twe nty20s, have had the ashes, and now to the twenty20s, a tri series for england against australia and new zealand. They lost their opening match to the aussies this morning. I will tell you more about how that happened later on. Sarah has the weather and it is not cricketing weather . M later on. Sarah has the weather and it is not cricketing weather . It is certainly sunny for many, but those temperatures are nothing to write home about. We still have quite a lot of lying snow around. Things are going to turn a little bit milder tomorrow. I will bring you all the details in about 30 minutes. Also coming up, do you remember this . Its been nominated for one of the tv moments of last year well be meeting Professor Robert kelly, whose distraction there was a surprise appearance at the royal courts ofjustice this morning as a judge heard arguments for and against the release of serial sex attacker the so called black cab rapist, john worboys. Standing in the caged in dock of court 5 wa
Ten thousand years ago. Well be talking about the appearance of cheddar man. And at 5 30 the musician and producer will. I. Am will be here to talk about his new adventure novel and taking questions from students. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that victims of the convicted sex attacker john worboys have been given permission to challenge the decision to release him from jail. The fulljudicial review hearing will take place in the high court on 13th of march and worboys will stay in prison until then. Last month the parole board was criticised when it announced he would be freed after less than ten years in prison. Police believe he may have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. Driven into the royal courts ofjustice in a high security van, the black cab Rapistjohn Worboys was led to the cells in handcuffs by four prison officers as his victims started their legal battle to prevent his release from prison. Worboys
At tomorrows 0peneing ceremony. She will be keeping warm, because this is the scene this afternoon. 20 this is the scene this afternoon. 20 degrees, making it one of the cold est 20 degrees, making it one of the coldest Winter Olympics on record. And well find out how theyre putting the sparkle back into blackpools famous tower ballroom. And carol has the weather. This morning, a cold start in the south east, temperatures as low as minus six. Scotland and Northern Ireland brighter with showers in the north and west. Good morning. First, our main story. The Workplace Culture at westminster is in need of urgent reform. Thats the view of a Cross Party Group of mps who will publish a review into bullying and sexual abuse later this morning. According to a leaked version of the report, almost a fifth of people working in parliament have witnessed or experienced Sexual Harassment in the past year. A new, independent complaints procedure is expected to be recommended to tackle the problem, as