They beat burnley 4 1 in the premier league last night to close the gap on leaders liverpool to eight points. And well try to solve the mystery of the secret santa delighting residents of a leicestershire village by leaving presents in random locations. And no surprises weather wise today, rain back at times, drier for england and wales, ill have the full details coming up. Its wednesday the fourth of december. Our top story the Prime Minister borisjohnson will urge the leaders of the 29 nato states to show a one for all and all for one unity as they begin a summit in hertfordshire today. The meeting marks natos 70th anniversary, but it comes amid tensions about the future of the alliance. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Not every military alliance gets to celebrate its 70th birthday with the queen at Buckingham Palace, but nato leaders past and present have been keeping her realm safe since just before she ascended the throne. Behind last nights smiles, though, the
Police in australia are investigating why a man deliberately drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians in melbourne, injuring i9 people, four seriously. In a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. In beyond 100 days, Christian Fraser and katty kay will be getting reaction to the news that the Un General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution calling the us to abandon its plan to recognise jerusalem as israels capital. Well be getting the latest from barcelona as the polls close in the catalan regional election. And Rebecca Morelle looks back on the year in science including the end of a 20 year mission to saturn. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello there, im olly foster. These are our sportsday headlines tonight. Its official birmingham will be the 2022 host. But they were the only city on the Commonwealth Games shortlist. And united and city wont cry over spilled milk. The
For the troubled retailer. Birmingham. Cheering and, birmingham is confirmed as host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. It will be the most expensive sports event in britain since london 2012. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is that the forced resignation of damian green, one of theresa mays closest allies in government, has prompted a furious response among a number of conservative mps. They have renewed their condemnation of former Police Officers who revealed that pornography had been found on damian greens parliamentary computer, nine years ago, before be became a minister. Scotland yard says it has asked the information commissioner to investigate the retired officers and whether Data Protection laws have been broken. That decision has been welcomed by theresa may, whos on a visit to poland. Our political correspondent, ben wright, reports. Sacked from the cabinet and out the door. The third senior minister to leave theresa mays team in less than two months. Reporter why did you lie
In new york and became an instant classic. Whats your name, man . Alexander hamilton his name is Alexander Hamilton we we are waiting in the wings for you. And now its in london, as is for a few days the man behind the show, whos been compared to. Well. Are you the 21st century shakespeare . Not even close no, shakespeare wrote a mind altering amount of dramas and comedies and sonnets, worked with other playwrights. Ive written two musicals, so lets, everybody, chill out. Im past patiently waiting im passionately smashin every expectation i recognised in the story of hamilton the story of so many immigrants who are coming to the United States today. And so i used the music that i love to tell their story. A lot has been made of the multiracial cast. This is the story of america then told by america now. Were going to use every tool at our disposal to eliminate the distance between a modern audience and something that happened 200 somewhat years ago. The casting is part of that, and cas
David Benavidez is looking forward to his co-feature fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk next month in their battle for the WBC interim light heavyweight title on