cup, the premier league returns. on a busy boxing day with the leaders arsenal looking to go eight points clear of manchester city if they beat west ham. it s going to turn much colder for many as this boxing day, showers around as well, which could turn wintry towards north western areas. all of the details throughout the programme. it s monday the 26th december. our main story. police are appealing for information after a gunman shot dead a 26 year old woman in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the shooting in the lighthouse pub in wallasey. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim was targeted. judith moritz reports. late on christmas eve, the lighthouse pub was full of people counting down the minutes towards midnight. it was a lively scene, butjust before 12:00am the pub s neighbours heard a particularly loud noise. i was in bed and i was on phone and i heard a bang, bang, bang, bang fourtimes. i waited, because i thought it was
social media star. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s bumper weekend of football with one of the highlights being the manchester derby in the premier league with plenty at stake for both united and city. good evening. the manchester city footballer benjamin mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, after a six month trial at chester crown court. jurors failed to reach verdicts on two other cases, meaning he will now face a re trial later this year. another man was also found not guilty of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, reports. and it came to mendy! oh, what a clearance. he was the millionaire footballer who had the world at his feet. but what now for benjamin mendy? it s a brilliant strike from mendy. cleared of the majority of charges against him, but facing a retrial on two others a jury couldn t decide upon. so, come to the darkness. mendy lived
we follow one family s battle. global tributes to lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis, who s died suddenly at the age of 5a. and we speak to eric cantona about his new exibition on sportsman who ve changed the world, and how the premier league has lost its soul. i feel that if i was in england today i would support a club in the second division, i think. and stay with us here on bbc news channel for continuing coverage and analysis with our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. after months of intense fighting, russia says it s captured the eastern ukrainian town of soledar. the area s been pounded for weeks by russian fire, as you can see here. in fact, it s seen some of the most intense battles of the war. ukraine denies russia has full control, saying its forces continue to resist. it s the first ukrainan town russia has claimed to have captured sincejuly after six months of military setbacks. the next target of the russian offensiv