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for the first time in almost 30 years, the queen has missed the christmas day church service at sandringham. buckingham palace say she s still recovering from a heavy cold. later today, in a pre recorded christmas broadcast, she will speak of drawing strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. morning service at sandringham part of the royal family s christmas day routine. but with one significant absentee this year the queen. while other members of her family, including the duke of edinburgh, gathered at the church, the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace described as a heavy cold. in a short statement, the palace said she would take part in the family s celebrations. her absence from the church service, the first time in many years she hasn t attended, is understood to be a precautionary measure. there is no sense of undue concern. also abs ....
at the incredible british successes at the incredible british successes at the incredible british successes at the rio olympic and paralympic games. that is gold rush in rio. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has missed her annual christmas day visit to church because of a heavy cold. other members of the royal family, including the duke of edinburgh, attended the service at sandringham without her. in her traditional christmas broadcast, the queen focussed on the theme of inspiration . our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. christmas day service at sandringham church, this year, without the queen. other members of the family including the duke of edinburgh attended, but the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace has described as a heavy cold. after the service the family appeared to be relaxed. the queen s absence is understood to have been precautionary. there is no sense of due concern. also ....
in review edition of dateline london. what a year it has been. brexit, donald trump‘s victory, the rise of populist movements, the migrant crisis, wars across the middle east and the possibility of a new cold war in europe. our top team of year end reviewers are alexander nekrassov, a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, mina al 0raibi who is an iraqi journalist. and thomas kielinger of die welt. well, in britain, across europe and in the united states it has been a tumultuous year. the brexit vote, donald trump‘s victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. all have shown countries divided within themselves. scotland, post industrial areas of northern england and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the united states. how significant has 2016 been in terms ....
our top team of year end reviewers are alexander nekrassov, a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, mina al oraibi who is an iraqi journalist. and thomas kielinger of die welt. well, in britain, across europe and in the united states it has been a tumultuous year. the brexit vote, donald trump s victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. all have shown countries divided within themselves. scotland, post industrial areas of northern england and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the united states. how significant has 2016 been in terms of these major political events? the deep social and cultural divisions between so called populist movements and their critics. i mean, that has been the story of most of the big democracies. really big divisions, hasn t it? yes ....
tributes to the character actor liz smith who has died at the age of 95. does this then play cassettes as well? no, it isjust cds. does this then play cassettes as well? no, it isjust (05. have you got cassettes as well? well? no, it isjust cds. have you got cassettes as well? no. in the next half an hour, join me nick miller for weather world as we hitch a ride on snowdon‘s mountain railway. the tourists may have gone, but it s still a busy time of year. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the children s commissioner for england says the vast majority of young carers receive no support from local authority social services. anne longfield says four out of five are going under the radar . the local government association said funding cuts meant councils were being forced to make difficult decisions. helena lee reports. this is daniel, one of thousands of young carers in england. he s ten and lives with his mum, florella, who has a brain tumour. daniel is her main ca ....