It, but then you do get the odd little bargain, so you think, 0h, its worth doing, rather than just buying online. Probably still be here on Christmas Eve next year but, again, ill probably do quite a lot of it online. Perhaps not exactly the three wise men, but their last minute present dash is no longer the daft idea it once was. Colletta smith, bbc news, in manchester. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. The weather looking much quieter for Christmas Day tomorrow. The showers we have had today fading away as we get into the night. Still some coming along the breeze across western scotland and north west england. By the end of the night just western scotland this showers still with us. When the easing about, clearing skies, dropping temperature close to freezing. Ground frost in some places going into the morning, one or two icy patches. A few early showers north and western scotland, even these will fade, sunshine around on a dry Christmas Day. Patchy cloud in n
This is bbc news. The latest headlines. The duke of edinburgh has left hospital in time to spend christmas with the queen at sandringham. The queen will use her Christmas Day message to say that the past year has been quite bumpy adding that small steps can heal divisions. Thousands of volunteer firefighters will spend Christmas Day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. And a warning to parents to keep button batteries away from children. Sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres olly foster. The england all rounder ben stokes is a doubt for the first test against south africa. His father ged, who is 64, was taken ill yesterday and is in a Critical Condition in a johannesburg hospital. The four test series starts on boxing day. I just want to throw all our support behind him and his family and just stress the importance of respecting their privacy at this time. But it is really sad news. We are all there for him. You have no idea if he is going
There wasnt really the religious nuance, but what you see at that moment is people saying, actually i live here, this is my country, i belong here, im going to spend the rest of my life here and my children are going to grow up here, so if i dont like something im going to raise my voice. The festival is hosting a series of events, with contemporary authors reflecting on the politics of writing three decades on from Salman Rushdies controversial novel. Would your books, which are about muslim dating and putting a mosque in a british village would those have been published, 30 years ago, and would they have created a reaction if they were . No, i dont think they would have been published and certainly not a book about a mosque in a village, because that conversation wasnt even happening and i dont think we were part of things in that way. I think a writer should be allowed to write whatever they want to write about, that is just categorical. What i do think, though, is that you have a r
Against the usa, the current holders of the womens world cup. It was a dramatic final ten minutes, with england 2 1 down, then missing a penalty, which was awarded thanks to help of the video assitant referee. It means the usa become the first side in womens world cup history to make three successive finals. Lets cross to lyon now and speak our Sports Editor dan roan. Dan, what a match talk us through the key events. England came into this game full of confidence and momentum. Phil neville had said they were here to win it now but they knew that they we re win it now but they knew that they were up against the dominant force in womens game in the us, three times formerly champions and the reigning champions, too. And it was the us who got off to a very good start indeed, as you can seat now. Christen press and ben brought him to their side, scoring with a thumping header to give them an early lead within ten minutes. Not the start the england then had been looking for. It was the first
Is all coming up and we want to hear from you. Right now, here is the news. England will attempt to make footballing history this morning by defeating australia and reaching their first womens World Cup Final. The lionesses only defeat under their manager Sarina Wiegman came against australia in a friendly in april. The rate of inflation was down to 6. 8 injuly, down from 7. 9 injune. According to figures out today. The office for National Statistics said the drop was because of the falls in gas and ultra the prices. New questions have been raised why Andy Matheson spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not permit was not granted an long ago is 2009. Documents show the real attacker was potentially identifiable only four years after he was convicted. More than 100 people are now known to have died in hawaii, Recovery Teams in the island of maui are searching the town of lahaina. It isa it is a rivalry recently played out in cricket. We had the womens ashes, the mens ashes, netball,