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bradley wiggins may have retired yesterday but but mps on the culture sport and select committee say that the package that the was not enough evidence that it did not contain a legal decongestant. one of his former team mates says his achievements in cycling won t be repeated. he agrees his use of performance enhancing drugs from medical reasons have cast a shadow. it is a real shame that all this has come right at the end of his career and there is a cloud and it is understandable. in terms of the rules of the sport he has broken none. the world governing body have said there is nothing to answer for. but there is still obviously a question of has it been ethical and i think that is a separate issue, but it is certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire. has that been potentially a little bit of a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? who knows? former world champion ricky hat ....
and first pictures of a rare giraffe born at chester zoo discovered by staff when they arrived on boxing day morning. if hit him with a right hand! and in half an hour we celebrate the lives of those who left us this year including muhammed ali in review 2016: we remember part one. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. let s get more now on our top story this lunchtime the announcement that a ceasefire will come into force in syria at midnight. the russian president vladimir putin said that the syrian government and the armed opposition are ready to start fresh peace talks. the deal was brokered by russia and turkey, who are on opposing sides in the conflict in syria. mr putin said they had signed a number of documents outlining the details of the deal. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and armed opposition on a cessation of fire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second document is ....
in this special edition of the programme, we are looking back at some of the best report from our network of correspondents around the world. i am a heroin addict. i have overdosed four times. my sister saved me. america s addiction. the epidemic of heroin and painkillers creating a new generation of users and killing tens of thousands of people. the drug they called the devil has hit hardest in smalltown america, taking hold in areas like this that have already been ravaged by years of economic decline. we are hearing outgoing fire. the troops are trying to gauge how much resistance is in these villages. we join the kurdish forces on the frontline of the battle for mosul as the iraqi city waits for deliverance from so called islamic state. also, before and after. fergus walsh reports on the pioneering surgery without couples that has queue with this man s tremors. i am in antarctica following a team of scientists setting up remote cameras in penguin colonies. and a yea ....
local media say shots were fired during new year celebrations at the reina nightclub. it s thought that more than a0 other people have been wounded. the attack happened in the ortakoy district during new year s celebrations. between 500 600 people were in the club at the time. istanbul s governor says it was a terrorist attack. we will hear more from the governor shortly. these live pictures, still outside the club. we believe the incident is over. ambulances have been ferrying the injured away over the last few hours. as you can see, quite a crowd of people outside. it is one of turkey s most popular nightclubs. apparently be shooting happened at about one o clock in the morning local timejust happened at about one o clock in the morning local time just an happened at about one o clock in the morning local timejust an hour after the new year had been welcomed in in turkey. some reports, unconfirmed, that the gunman entered the nightclub dressed as santa claus. there ....
scotla nd anyone who owns an airgun in scotland will now need a licence. the legislation, which came into effect at midnight, was introduced after a toddler was killed by an airgun in 2005 in glasgow. people in england and wales can own the weapons without any kind of documentation. these are the guns that by january 1 will be illegal unless their owners have a licence. already 11,000 people have applied for an air gun certificate and anyone with a gun licence already can add air weapons to that. but thousands of air gun owners have missed the deadline of october 31 to apply for a permit. anyone who applied for a certificate before october 31 is ok because they applied early. unfortunately, those who applied after that will have to wait some time before it is processed. they will have to make alternative arrangements for the safe storage of their airguns. registered gun dealers like this one in inverness are providing a safe house for air weapons whose owners want to ke ....