At the world darts championship. We have had more rain on already saturated ground. Plenty of Flood Warning and plenty of mist and fog. Essentially, a day of sunshine and showers. More detail on that in the next half hour. Its sunday the 22nd of december. Our top story the authorities in australia are warning people its still not safe to return to areas devastated by wild fires, even where the flames appear to have been extinguished. The countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who was criticised for going on holiday during the crisis, has now conceded that Climate Change could be have contributed to the fires. Our sydney correspondent, Shaimaa Khaliljoins us now from balmoral in New South Wales. Good morning. We can see behind you, these fires still have a hold on the countryside . Good morning. Balmoral has been one of the worst hit villages from saturdays fires and many people have been told it is still extremely dangerous for them to come back and you can see why. Just behind me, l
Hello. This is bbc news, with ben brown. The headlines australias Prime Minister apologises for holidaying in hawaii as wildfires continue to sweep across three states. I get it that people would have been upset to know that i was holidaying with my family while their families were under great stress. Tesco suspends Christmas Card production at a factory in china following allegations of prisoners being forced to pack them. The parents of harry dunn the teenager killed in a Road Accident in northamptonshire in august are due to meet the home secretary today for talks. Nearly 90 flood warnings are in place across the midlands and south of england after another day of heavy rain. A nativity scene by banksy appears at a hotel in bethlehem in the west bank. And coming up well take a look at the sunday papers with our reviewers anne ashworth, property and personal finance commentator, and the independents features writer, james rampton. Before the papers sport, and for a full round up, from
A catastrophic fire warning is issued for parts of eastern australia including sydney amid record breaking temperatures following months of severe drought. These are very difficult and trying times, were now up to day 105 of this bushfire emergency across New South Wales and the community really is going to have to stay alert and understand what theyre going to do if threatened by fires. The government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist, cobham, by an american company. A man who confronted the fishmongers hall attacker, with a narwal tusk, describes his deep hurt that he couldnt save the two people who died. Prince philip has spent day in hospital in london, to be treated for whats being described as a pre existing condition. Nearly 90 flood warnings in place across england and the situation could get worse, with heavy rain forecast overnight. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me Lizzie Greenwood and gavin ramjaun. Th
For sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. In half an hours time, beyond 100 days looks into one republican senators blistering attack on president donald trump. Bob corker says the president is utterly untruthful and isnt a good role model for children. At 8 30, well be talking to personal finance expert Jasmine Birtles about the rent to own retailer brighthouse, whove been ordered to pay customers millions of pounds in compensation. And in the papersjust after 10 30, well be talking tojohn rentoulfrom the independent and dia chakravarty from the telegraph about tomorrows front pages. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh woozencroft. Our main headlines 2015 World Champion Stuart Bingham will miss two of snookers biggest tournaments after being suspended for breaching betting rules. Is David Unsworth the right person to replace Ronald Koeman at everton . H
Rail companies franchises according to mps on the transport committee. Their report criticises Whitehall Forfailing to hold Rail Companies to account. The government says its already implementing many of the mps recommendations. Heres our Business Correspondent joe lynam. If youre a regular train user, youll know all about the disruption at southern rail, the above inflation ticket rises and carriages bursting at peak times. How do you feel about rail franchises, though . I live in halifax so i always get the Northern Line to manchester or to leeds and its always late. Theres, like, two carriages for a million people. Its very expensive, thats why i dont normally use them because i can drive much cheaper. I think there should still be franchising but it needs more regulations in place to punish the train companies. I tend to travel on virgin, i tend to prefer them over the other ones. They tend to be very reliable. The Transport Select Committee which oversees the government says that