good afternoon. liverpool are not the first team to suffer at the hands of lionel messi. he has now scored 600 goals for his club. we will be looking at some of them later! we will be looking at some of them later! the weather: it is looking like being the last of the very mild days. a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers and things will turn colder as we head on into the bank holiday weekend. thanks, stav. also coming up: dogs at the paw ling stations voters take their pooches to the polls as local elections take place across england and northern ireland. welcome to afternoon live. i m simon mccoy. the government says it s not planning to call in the police over the leak from the national security council which led to the defence secretary, gavin williamson, being sacked last night. labour want a criminal investigation into whether the leak was a breach of the official secrets act. mr williamson has strongly denied being the source of newspaper reports about the potential
the sense of loss here is as profound as anywhere. today s other news russia begins a day of national mourning for those who died when a military plane crashed into the black sea. the former governor of the bank of england, lord king, suggests the uk would benefit economically by pulling out of the single market completely, when it leaves the eu. also this hour the tills start jingling as shoppers head to the high street for the boxing day sales. these were the scenes in london as bargain hunters turned out to bag cut price deals but footfall may be down due to pre christmas discounts. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one of the biggest pop stars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, george michael, has died. he was 53, and is believed to have had heart failure. he rose to fame as one half of the group, wham! and went on to have a successful solo career. he sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. nick quraishi looks back at his life. # you put the boom b
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Blue singer Duncan James finds himself in a hospital bed again in order to receive an urgent medical attention after a recent operation took an unexpected turn.