social media posts, and even reports in china s censored news outlets, suggest a surge in cases following the lifting of restrictions. health officials have reported no new deaths for a third day running. a french serial killer who s been convicted of two murders, and linked to 20 others, is on his way back to france. charles sobhraj says he feels great after being released from jail in nepal. the 78 year old whose crimes were dramatised in the tv series the serpent served 19 years for killing two americans in 1975. british youtubers ladbaby have gained their fifth consecutive uk christmas number one, beating a record set by the beatles. mark and roxanne hoyle now have more christmas number one singles than any act in uk chart history after topping this year s countdown with a cover of do they know it s christmas to raise money for uk food banks.
they ve only gone and done it again. ladbaby are number one! the moment that ladbaby found out that they had beaten the beatles. # it s christmas time # let s come together forfood aid.# this is lad baby s fifth christmas number one. the fab four only had four. and celebrations have begun. where is the fifth one? it s on its way, is on its way down to us. i don t think they knew if we were going to get it right until the last minute. i think it s in traffic- on the motorway, actually! it s leaving london like everyone else, probably, yeah. # feed the uk.# bob geldof gave them permission to change the words of band aid s do they know it s christmas to make it about the uk s cost of living crisis. this is no all star singalong. those are all lookalikes. the only famous name, money saving expert martin lewis. and he got the bono line, i so what an incredible thing. and he did show mark up- with his singing because he s a lot
i was like, stop showing me up here. # tonight we re reaching out and helping you.# # feed the world.# having a christmas number one may not be quite what it once was. the original band aid sold 1 million copies in a week. ladbaby have managed 65,000. # i need some love like a never needed love before. #. but it s still a huge achievement. the spice girls only had three christmas number ones. the same total as cliff richard. even the x factor only managed cloud in a row. they have beaten that total too. how nice is it now that the history books are tied to food banks? that is what is so special about what we ve been doing. charity wins! colin paterson, bbc news, nottingham.
better at singing than mark! i was like, stop showing me up here. # tonight we re reaching out and helping you.# # feed the world.# having a christmas number one may not be quite what it once was. the original band aid sold i million copies in a week. ladbaby have managed 65,000. # i need some love like a never needed love before. #. but it s still a huge achievement. the spice girls only had three christmas number ones. the same total as cliff richard. even the x factor only managed cloud in a row. they have beaten that total too. how nice is it now that the history books are tied to food banks? that is what is so special about what we ve been doing. charity wins! colin paterson, bbc news,
# feed the world.# having a christmas number one may not be quite what it once was. the original band aid sold 1 million copies in a week. ladbaby have managed 65,000. # i need some love like a never needed love before.#. but it s still a huge achievement. the spice girls only had three christmas number ones. the same total as cliff richard. even the x factor only managed cloud in a row. they have beaten that total too. how nice is it now that the history books are tied to food banks? that is what is so special about what we ve been doing. charity wins! colin paterson, bbc news, nottingham. it s been a whirlwind year of news, from the war in ukraine, to the queen s death and multiple changes in downing street.