Science with me. Good morning. Happy christmas and welcome to bbc news. The Foreign Office says its helping a british woman, after three members of the same family drowned in the Swimming Pool of a Holiday Resort in spain. Its thought a nine Year Old Girl got into difficulties in the water, and her 16 year old brother and theirfather died after trying to help her. Nick quraishi reports. The Christmas Holiday that turned to tragedy in one of spains top tourist destinations. Police divers are visible next to the pool which claimed the lives of the three family members. Its understood a nine Year Old Girl first got into difficulty in the water. Her 16 year old brother and father, who was 52, then jumped in to try to save her. Why none resurfaced from one of the many pools here is now the subject of a major investigation. Hotel firm clc world resorts, which runs the complex, released a statement. It said. The firm says its helping the authorities fully with their investigations into the de
Good morning. Merry christmas. The queen will lead members of the royal family for the annual festive Church Service at sandringham this morning. Yesterday, the duke of edinburgh rejoined his family after spending four nights in hospital. Prince george and Princess Charlotte will attend the service for the first time. Prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month, has attended an Early Morning service with Prince Charles. Charlotte gallagher reports. The brothers walked side by side into the charge for the 9am service. Charlotte gallagher reports. Prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights in a Central London hospital. He walked out unaided and without a stick. A huge relief for his family that hes home to spend Christmas Day with them. This hasnt been the smoothest year for the royals, something the queen appears to acknowledge in her christmas message, describing 2019 as quite bumpy. Later today, the royal family will attend chur
Coming up the latest gossip about brexit from westminster and brussels in brexitcast. Thats in half an hour on bbc news. The kenyan Long Distance runner, Eliud Kipchoge has made history in vienna this morning, becoming the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. The 34 year old covered the 26. 2 miles course in one hour 59 minutes and a0 seconds. But that time will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition. Another reason for it not being recgonised, is the team of rotating pacemakers that he used, who were guided by a laser in the road, which kept them within the two hour time limit. Ade adedoyin reports. 15 seconds. Eliud kipchoge came to vienna with his sights set on one thing. Running the quickest marathon ever. And from the word go, he was on track and well ahead of pace. The Detailed Planning was paying off. Special shoes propelled him further forward with each pace. They calculated the optimum course and weather, t
Would you fancy eating food like this during a hospital stay . Celebrity chef prue leith has been called in by the govt to improve the food thats served to patients. It seems to me so obvious that if youre in a hospital you need to be fed healthily food is medicine. But its notjust about health, its about pleasure. I mean, why not take the opportunity of lunch or supper to give patients, who are not having a joyous time in hospital, no ones there voluntarily, a bit of pleasure in their lives . You know, to put a smile on their face. The boss of one of the biggest suppliers of hospital food will tell us why he thinks frozen food is safer and better for patients. And could a daily pill save your life . New Research Suggests the so called poly pill, containing four medicines could cut heart attacks and strokes by a third. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victorialive. If youre emailing a
West and slowly north and east so theres more cloud across scotland and Northern Ireland and the far north west of england, some of it rain bearing, north west of england, some of it rain hearing, with strong winds across the rain bearing, with strong winds across the hebrides and irish sea coast towards Northern Ireland. The winds, lighter the further south and east you are. It is going to be a warm afternoon, 27, maybe 28 degrees. Further north, the low 20s and the high teens well you have those clouds and outbreaks of rain. We will continue to see those weather fronts push across the north west of the uk where we see the rain lingering on. Further south and east, clear skies and lighter winds. And fairly warm compared to what we have had of late. The warm airgets what we have had of late. The warm air gets imported across our shores over the weekend pushing that low pressure to the north of the uk. It looks like for many this weekend it will be hotting up, with strong sunshine and t