and after three months of spewing lava and ash, the volcanic eruption on la palma, finally comes to an end. the queen has spoken movingly in her christmas day message about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip. she said there was one familiar laugh missing and expressed empathy with other families who d lost loved ones this year. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. windsor castle on christmas morning. the royal standard signifying that the queen was in residence. merry christmas. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall joined the congregation at st george s chapel for morning service. the queen, though, did not attend as a precaution against covid, according to officials. from the very first moments of the queen s broadcast, there was a keen sense of the loss she has felt over the death of prince philip last april, after their 73 years of marriage. although it is a time of great happiness and good cheer for many, christmas can be har
premier league officials will meet clubs later to consider pausing the season over the festive period, after a number of matches were cancelled because of covid cases. 19 year old tennis star emma raducanu has been named bbc sports personality of the year, following an incredible year that saw her become britain s first women s grand slam singles champion in 44 years. borisjohnson is facing calls to bring in tighter measures over the christmas period to stem the rapid rise in cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus. scientists say urgent action is needed to stop a rapid influx of patients into hospital. but the prime minister is facing strong oppostion on further restrictions from within his own party. the prime minister is reportedly meeting advisers today and civil servants have prepared a menu of three options for covid restrictions ranging in severity. yesterday there were 82,886 new coronavirus cases recorded in the uk and over the last week, a record number of daily
the whole of the final a session to salvage an unlikely draw. they resumed on 82 for 4 and quickly lost ollie pope and ben stokes. buttler dug in and resisted for over 200 deliveries, but he lost chris woakes and ollie robinson before the tea break and then the cruellest of blows for england buttler out for 26. so australia need just one more wicket for victory. stuart broad and james anderson at the crease in adelaide. with the covid crisis deepeding, six games postponed in the premier league this weekend, the liverpool managerjurgen klopp s implored the premier league to ease the busy festive fixture schedule ahead of a meeting between the league and the 20 top flight clubs later. liverpool drew with tottenham yesterday, andy robertson put them 2 1 ahead. spurs capitalised following a mistake by liverpool goalkeeper allison. that was just before robertson was shown a red card for this challenge. klopp pretty angry with the decisions that went against his side who could ha
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the daily mirror columnist, susie boniface alongside ali miraj, columnist at the article. tomorrow s front pages starting with. let s take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages already in, starting with the mirror. it reports cabinet secretary, simon case the man tasked with investigating whitehall christmas parties steps down, after allegations that his own office held a virtual festive bash. the telegraph also leads with this, saying the prime minister s bid to move on from the tories by election defeat has been derailed by the fresh leaks. the times says the inquiry into those parties is now in disarray as simon case steps back from the investigation. former ethics chief at the cabinet office, sue gray will take over. the i reports that omicron cases are getting out of control with variant cases doubling every one and a half days in london, the north east, west mid
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