To keep across the Weather Forecast. Disruptive snow in the forecast. It is already selling in some places. I well hear why. Well than why. Well than just braggingfriahtsi well than just braggingislets at sta ke. Well than just braggingislets at stake. Todays derby in manchester is the biggest game in the premier league so far this season. Good morning. First, our main story. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is due to meet the iranian president , hassan rouhani, this morning on the second day of his visit to the country. Hell continue to press for the release of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe a british irainian aid worker whos been held prisoner in the country since april 2016. She denies charges of trying to overthrow the iranian government. But she faces the possibility of a further Court Appearance today after mrjohnson appeared last month to contradict her claim she was on holiday in iran at the time of her arrest. Iam sure i am sure it will make a difference. Im sure him being ther
Millions of shoppers across the country have headed to the high street today for the traditional boxing day sales. In some places the queues began to form outside stores in the early hours of the morning, with Research Suggesting that one in three people went in search of a bargain today. But some retailers have reported large numbers of people deciding to look for bargains online today instead. And analysts say that footfall in high streets and Shopping Centres across the uk has been lower than expected. Duncan kennedy is in southampton. It is looking rather quiet tonight, duncan. Yes, its around about six oclock, things are starting to wind down but managers in centres like this one are saying they had the high footfall day, in other words there are plenty of people coming into Shopping Centres like this one across the country, but have they been spending . It is raining here in the south and other parts of the country but we are told that has not stopped millions of people coming ou
Terror attack from metropolitan police shortly. We will go straight to that. In the meantime, lets cioss to that. In the meantime, lets cross to sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday with me tim hague. The headlines this evening. Theres no roy of the rovers start for hodgson. His new palace side have now lost their first five premier league games and fail to score again. Scoring, not a problem for Manchester City though. They go clear at the top, as Sergio Agueros hatrick helps them to a 6 0 win at watford. And Sebastien Vettel is sensational in singapore. He takes pole position ahead of tomorrows grand prix, but championship leader Lewis Hamilton can only manage fifth. Also coming up in the programme another huge fight night in las vegas approaches. We bring you all the build up to saul alvarez versus Gennady Golovkin two of boxings biggest punchers. We begin with the days football and roy hodgsons return to management with Crystal Palace began in defeat to southampton. If the for
Improving day, starting with the showers in the cell. These should ease and inland just one crew showers open up. These are hit and miss and many will avoid altogether. Temperatures 15 18 degrees. A bit cool on the east coast at times, a breeze. A cool breeze on the east coast on monday, but most are avoiding the show was altogether. Temperatures put i7 avoiding the show was altogether. Temperatures put 17 degrees. Avoiding the shoppers. A bit cool in the north east. This is bbc news. The headlines at 7 30pm police are investigating whether more than one person was involved in the Parsons Green bomb attack after an 18 year old man was arrested in the departure area at the port of dover. At this stage, we are keeping an open mind as to whether more than one person is responsible for the attack and we are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry at great pace. Detectives are searching a house in sunbury on thames in surrey in connection with the attack on the london underground. Residents in s
Prime minister shinzo abe has declared victory after japans general election. His liberal Democratic Party and its Junior Coalition partner are forecast to secure 310 of the a65 seats in japans lower house of parliament. Mr abe said his imminent task would be to deal firmly with north korea, which would require strong diplomacy. Hes now on course to becomejapans longest serving Prime Minister since the second world war. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest from tokyo. His report contains flash photography. Shinzo abe took a gamble and it has paid off. This summer, the japanese Prime Ministers Approval Rating plunged to less than 30 . Now he has won a big victory four more years in power. This victory makes mr abe japans most successful post war politician. He was assisted to his win by typhoon lan which helped keep nearly half of japanese voters at home. But by far his biggest help was division and incompetence in japans opposition parties. Last month, this woman, the popular governor