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at the incredible british successes at the incredible british successes at the incredible british successes at the rio olympic and paralympic games. that is gold rush in rio. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has missed her annual christmas day visit to church because of a heavy cold. other members of the royal family, including the duke of edinburgh, attended the service at sandringham without her. in her traditional christmas broadcast, the queen focussed on the theme of inspiration . our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. christmas day service at sandringham church, this year, without the queen. other members of the family including the duke of edinburgh attended, but the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace has described as a heavy cold. after the service the family appeared to be relaxed. the queen s absence is understood to have been precautionary. there is no sense of due concern. also ....
a national day of mourning in russia tomorrow after a military plane crashed, killing all 92 people on board. 11 bodies recovered. a fantastic year for olympians and paralympian ‘s. we look back on 2016. 2016 gold rush in rio. coming four years after a stunning london games, rio 2016 had a tough act to follow. and while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for south america s first ever olympic and paralympic games. there d be plenty of time for selfies after the success, and team gb had big ambitions hoping for their best ever foreign olympics. paralympics gb hoping to better their medal haulfrom london 2012. more on their success stories later, but first to athletics. and super saturday, part two! the stadium erupts! three gold medals for gb! what a night! sydney 2000 heptathlon champion denise lewis was there in rio as mo farah, jessi ....
who left us this year, including david bowie, in review 2016: we remember part ii. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has missed her annual christmas day visit to church because of a heavy cold. other members of the royal family, including the duke of edinburgh, attended the service at sandringham without her. in her traditional christmas broadcast, the queen focussed on the theme of inspiration . our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. morning service at sandringham part of the royal family s christmas day routine. but with one significant absentee this year the queen. while other members of her family, including the duke of edinburgh, gathered at the church, the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace described as a heavy cold. in a short statement, the palace said she would take part in the family s celebrations. her absence from the church service, the first time in many years she hasn t a ....
other members of the royal family, including the duke of edinburgh, this year s traditional christmas day broadcast by the queen put the focus on the theme of inspiration . here it is in full. band plays: god save the queen. there was a time when british olympic medal winners became household names because there were so few of them. but the 67 medals at this year s games in rio and 147 at the paralympics meant that the gb medallists reception at buckingham palace was a crowded and happy event. throughout the commonwealth, there were equallyjoyful celebrations. grenada, the bahamas, jamaica and new zealand won more medals per head of population than any other countries. many of this year s winners spoke of being inspired by athletes of previous generations. inspiration fed their aspiration, and having discovered abilities they scarcely knew they had, these athletes are now inspiring others. a few months ago, i saw inspiration of a different kind when i opened the new c ....
the transport minister says investigators aren t ruling out any possible reasons for the crash that includes terrorism. among those on board were members of the famous red army choir. vigils have been held, this one at the os tan kino tv station to remember the nine journalists who were killed in the crash. the authorities say the location of the wreckage has been pinpointed, and more than a hundred divers were exploring the sea bed. so far, eleven bodies have been recovered. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. this is one of the final images of the tupolev 154 jet. it was taken by a journalist before he boarded the plane. the flight would end in tragedy. the aircraft crashed into the black sea. the russians scrambled helicopters and ships but the search became a recovery operation. there were no survivors. the plane had taken off from a military airfield near moscow. it flew south, stopping in sochi to refuel. the final destination was syria, and russia s airbase ....