I couldnt sing the carols because i dont sing carols in english. I only sing carols in spain. I do enjoy watching good shows done by great people. It feels like the most christmassy thing ive ever done in my career. We can do something good for somebody else, and how christmassy is that . We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather, heres darren bett thank you very much. Its another mild day to day. The best of the weather it continues to be across the eastern side of the uk, where weve had lovely blue skies but further west the weather is changing because the cloud is rolling in. We are going to find the wind starting to pick up and weve already got some showers affecting wales, the cloud increasing in Northern Ireland, scotland, down the western side of england, with some sunshine further east, but out towards the west that cloud is going to bring some rain into Northern Ireland by the end of the day. Is that rain moves e
Wed love to hear your thoughts on the tier review. Are you hoping your area is moved down a tier . What effect would moving up a tier have on you . Should the government be reviewing the tiers at all . Do get in touch with me on twitter Annita Mcveigh and use bbcyourquestions, and ill try to read out some of your comments. The french president Emmanuel Macron tests positive for covid 19 after showing symptoms and will isolate for seven days. The World Health Organisation is given the green light to visit wuhan in china to investigate the origins of the virus. 32 years after the lockerbie bombing, authorities in the us are understood to be preparing fresh charges. And toy shops in britain face stock shortages beause of delays at uk ports. Some orders will now miss christmas, costing businesses thousands of pounds in sales. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Coronavirus appear
Good morning. Are we all going on a Summer Holiday . Its been a terrible year for travel, but businesses have told breakfast bookings are being boosted by the vaccine. What do you need to consider before you spend your money . Good morning. Weve got three zones of weather. In the east, cloud and rain. Behind that, a drier and brighter slot with sunshine. In the west, more rain later. Full Weather Forecast in ten minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday, 9th of december. Our top story. Borisjohnson will fly to brussels this afternoon for face to face talks with the head of the European Commission, in whats being seen as a last ditch attempt to make a breakthrough in trade negotiations. The two sides have until the end of the month to agree on a new relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit. Our Political Correspondent, jessica parker, has more. Borisjohnson is going to brussels, that as negotiations have stalled, and phone calls with the European Commission president ursula von de
But theres still a lot of work parts of east anglia to be done and a lot of discipline and the southeast of england. But that will tend to lift to be maintained. As that rain comes in, the Prime Minister will travel washing things away, to brussels tomorrow for dinner the rain could be quite heavy for a while. With the president of the European Commission to try and unlock showers then do follow on behind, post brexit trade talks. But we will get some clearer skies for Northern Ireland, wales and the southwest. Maybe a few pockets of frost, today, news that the uk and eu have but generally speaking, reached agreement on how rules it should be frost free by the end of the night. In the brexit withdrawal deal will be implemented the wetter weather from earlier particularly in relation in the night will move away from east anglia, to Northern Ireland. And then we will have a few showers, but those showers will be Rugby World Cup winner diminishing, and for many, Steve Thompson and seven o
Great western rail changes its timetable and stops selling advance tickets, sport now, and a full round up after a covid outbreak among staff. From the bbc sport centre. The level of new Coronavirus Infections in wales could be twice good afternoon. What was previously thought after a delay in reporting more former Rugby Union Players thousands of positive tests. Havejoined legal action against the games authorities more former Rugby Union Players for alleged negligence. Havejoined legal action against the games authorities its after nine recently retired International Players came forward accusing them of negligence to say theyre suffering permanent brain damage over head injuries. Caused by repeated blows to the head. 0ur sports news correspondent Chris Mclaughlin has more. This is something we were expecting, these nine former players and the legal firm representing them sometimes we didnt even have a loaf of bread in the house. Its have today officially embarrassing to say, but we