behind—the—scenes at buckingham palace. a new documentary gives an insight into the first year of king charles�* reign. it used to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year. this morning, we're live on the high street to see if the boxing day sales still pack a punch. it's one of the busiest football days of the year but will manchester united end their poor run of form? they host high—flying aston villa at old trafford tonight, with the pressure building on erik ten hag. plus there may be more wet and windy weather to come this christmas period. today a drier day with plenty of sunshine for most. a full full cast here on breakfast. hgppy happy christmas. it's boxing day, the 26th of december. our main story. aid agencies have renewed calls for a ceasefire in gaza after the hamas—run health ministry said hundreds were killed in airstrikes over the weekend. israel's prime minister benjamin

netanyahu said his army will "deepen" its fight against hamas in the coming days. meghan owen reports. there's a constant stream of casualties entering the al—aqsa hospital in gaza. with no fuel, no water and minimal supplies, it's overloaded. ijust left the resuscitation room where a nine—year—old boy named ahmed was being treated basically with sedation to ease his suffering as he dies. he was crossing the street in front of the shelter where his family is staying, when the building beside him blew up. we're seeing kids like ahmed dying unnecessarily because of bombing and fighting and because the health system doesn't have the capacity to even come close to managing these kinds of complex cases. aid agencies in gaza have reiterated their fears

for civilian safety, after hundreds were killed in major strikes over the weekend. following reports of one attack on al—maghazi refugee camp, the israeli military told the bbc that it's committed to taking feasible steps to minimise harm to civilians. but the war is not close to being over. benjamin netanyahu has vowed to intensify the fight against hamas. after visiting troops on the ground in gaza, he faced the families of hostages heckling their prime minister at the israeli parliament, with demands for the immediate release of their loved ones. his answer? translation: we won't succeed at releasing all the hostages - without military pressure, operational pressure, political pressure. and that is why there's one thing that we will not do — we will not stop fighting. but at a time when so many around the world are celebrating as the year draws to a close, there's no sign of such respite for the people of gaza — or those trying desperately

to save them. meghan owen, bbc news. our correspondent shaimaa khaliljoins us from jerusalem this morning. good morning. thank you forjoining us on this boxing day morning. benjamin netanyahu saying the israeli defence also deepen its moves against hamas in the coming days. bring us up to date with the very latest this morning. that days. bring us up to date with the very latest this morning.- very latest this morning. that is riaht, very latest this morning. that is right. two _ very latest this morning. that is right, two parallel— very latest this morning. that is right, two parallel pictures - very latest this morning. that is right, two parallel pictures in i very latest this morning. that is i right, two parallel pictures in gaza at the moment. he had seen the humanitarian situation and how much pressure the al—aqsa hospital is under. refugee teams are still struggling to get to people under the rubble. benjamin netanyahu had a trip to gaza, visiting troops. he

reported back to his party saying, i have been speaking to soldiers, some of whom have said they want to continue fighting till the end. the end of the elimination of hamas in bringing the hostages back. really interesting to see that hostage families were heckling him... there was a demand for the immediate release of israeli hostages in her muscat 30 —— hamas captivity in gaza. it is not close to being over but in israel's northern border, on either side of the border with israel and lebanon, families have been evacuated. we have also been hearing that soldiers israeli soldiers and the israeli army has been receiving fire from his brother

operatives are members. the defence minister was visiting troops in the northern border. he said they are striking has blowhard, including targeting infrastructure.- striking has blowhard, including targeting infrastructure. thank you very much- — us armed forces have carried out airstrikes in iraq against what they call "iranian—sponsored militias." they said the strikes were in response to an attack on the erbil air base in northern iraq, which injured three us military personnel, leaving one in critical condition. mile—long queues, stampedes at opening time and chaos at the tills — that's certainly how the boxing day sales used to be. but with so many pre—christmas discounts and online deals, are people still heading out to the high street in search of a bargain? our business correspondent theo legget reports. christmas is done. the leftovers are in the fridge and, on the high street, the sales stickers are out in force.

the boxing day sales were once a major annual event, eagerly awaited by bargain hunters. but, in recent years, pre—christmas discounting events, such as black friday, have stolen some of that cachet. it's also possible these days to shop online and find hefty reductions throughout the festive period. some high street retailers won't be opening today. they include big names, such as marks and spencer next and john lewis. but experts say enticing offers shouldn't be hard to find. a lot of people spent less this year on their christmas shopping because of the cost—of—living crisis. as a result, retailers have a lot more stock on their hands. so the good news for you and me is that there will be bigger discounts post—christmas. the question is whether people will actually have money to spend. polling from barclays suggests they will. it's predicting shoppers will spend an average of £253 each over the coming days. that would be the highest level in four years. but, for high street retailers, there's another major challenge. many consumers now prefer

to do their shopping online from the sofa. so persuading them to surrender their phones and tablets and rush into the town centre is not going to be easy. theo leggett, bbc news. if you are watching bbc one yesterday afternoon you may well have seen the king's speech. the king used his christmas speech to emphasise the importance of "universal" values shared between major religions. in his second christmas broadcast, recorded in buckingham palace, he also spoke of protecting the environment and caring for the most vulnerable. at a time of increasingly tragic conflict around the world, i pray that we can also do all in our power to protect each other. the words ofjesus seem more than ever relevant — do to others as you would have them do to you.

that was the king is speaking yesterday in his address. tonight, new footage of king charles — filmed over the last year — will be aired in a bbc documentary. it includes the king with his grandchildren rehearsing for the coronation, and informal moments with the queen. our royal correspondent daniela relph has more. the coronation rehearsals inside westminster abbey. an important practice for all the family. wow. look at that! and a greeting from a grandfather and father, as well as a king about to be crowned. what struck me particularly is how extraordinarily affectionate they are. they're clearly a very close family. you know, of all the generations. and, in a sense, you felt you're part of a family occasion as well as, you know, a royal occasion and a national occasion. for the first time, the programme will show the intricate preparations and alterations that were made to the crowns used during the coronation. and, on the big day,

after the service, cameras filmed the welcome back at buckingham palace. three cheers for his majesty, the king and her majesty, the queen. hip, hip. hooray! the programme is not a critical eye over the royal family's year. there is no mention of the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan, nor prince andrew. it is instead a view of some of those moments we don't normally get to see. ijust love the way the sun comes through the cotinus. it's marvellous, isn't it? the king and queen are here at balmoral and some time away from public duty. where's your ball, beth? there we are. they chuckle. don't leave it. all busy eating grass, what are you doing? she loves eating grass. for those who know them best, amidst the noise of coronation year, a reminder of something very personal. she is his rock, and i can't actually emphasise that enough. she's somebody who is completely

loyal and she isn't somebody who has huge highs and lows. he brings to her everything. i'm not talking about all of this, but, you know, he has such a knowledge and interest in so many different things, which she wouldn't really have been open to if she hadn't met him. it's lovely to bounce on that bridge. every child that comes here, they rush there and bounce about on the bridge for hours. all access to the royal family is carefully managed. but here the curtain is slightly lifted on some of the more private moments of a very public year. i knew that would be... yes. daniel relph, bbc news. charles iii: the coronation year airs tonight on bbc one and bbc iplayer at 6.50pm.

almost 2,000 people braved the cold weather for the annual porthcawl christmas morning swim. it was the biggest turnout ever for the fundraising event, which has been running since 1965. this year's theme was pantomime, with entrants dressing up as characters such as mother goose, snow white and captain hook. our sally made her big debut on strictly come dancing's christmas special last night — and if you don't want to know what happened then stop listening now!

# once again as in olden days...# she teamed up with graziano to perform a festive foxtrot — and it really impressed the judges. let's hear what they had to say. this is perfect for me. i love this. great... i mean, the dance is difficult enough without the snow. i and then you came down, you looked amazing, - and the lifts were... you did this little thing _ where you looked over your shoulder as he was putting you down. i mean, every time i get picked up by graziano, l i look over my shoulder like this. heel turn. heel turn on christmas! applause. off you went. it was... it was so beautiful _ and sophisticated and elegant. you were the perfect christmas present. l aw. thank you. anton du beke. ten!

she also received two nines from the otherjudges — scoring 38 overall. not bad. and she was dancing in the snow. apparently yesterday was officially a white christmas. is that the aforementioned snow? it is. that the aforementioned snow? it is, indeed. that the aforementioned snow? it is, indeed- happy _ that the aforementioned snow? it 3 indeed. happy christmas. good morning to you. if you needed proof it was a white christmas yesterday, here the scene from aberdeenshire. a slight coating of snow made it officially a white christmas. pretty bizarre fulsome of you. the day started on its warmest note on record. it was the warmest christmas day we have had in seven years. today not as mild as yesterday. a little chillier but when they of fine weather in what has been a grey and wet run—up to christmas and will be in the run—up to new year. most of you will have reasonably dry

conditions with sunny spells. prost across the north of scotland with the risk of ice. we are between a departing weather system which brought rain yesterday and one which will approach tomorrow with strong winds. icy conditions to start the day. a mix of rain, sleet and snow. north wales through to the north west midlands around merseyside, greater manchester, they will gradually fade. there rush hours into the morning and afternoon. the perfect day to walk off christmas excesses. rain by the end of the afternoon. channel islands and cornwall. temperatures down a bit on yesterday. tonight after a clear start to quickly get down to “4, —5 in aberdeenshire. temperatures will rise as rain and hail snow pushes into the northern half of the country. these are the temperatures with double figures in the south.

close to freezing in the north of that these weather fronts will bring it weather. strong winds wrapped around the weather system. let's focus on the snow. particularly in the north, 15 centimetres, may be more, blown around by strengthening winds. maine elsewhere at times tomorrow but parts of east anglia and the south—east you mightjust about stay dry. some of the rain will be heavy if you are on the move and it will be a windy day, may be brightening up across the west later. all of us a windy day on wednesday. wins could top 60 mph in the north and on the channel coast. overall reasonably mild. that will be tempered by the wind. the wind will strengthen further fulsome. particularly in the far north of scotland. very windy around irish sea coast. quite a disturbed night. on thursday if you are doing your

travels, quite blustery. not as windy as yesterday. there will be batches of showers, some heavy and and we longer spells of rain hill snow into the west of scotland. temperatures above where we should be for the time of the year. looking at another try a slot, saturday is the best bet. more wet and at times windy weather to come to see out 2023. back to you. for windy weather to come to see out 2023. back to you.— windy weather to come to see out 2023. back to you. for most of us the only christmas _ 2023. back to you. for most of us the only christmas they _ 2023. back to you. for most of us the only christmas they flex - 2023. back to you. for most of us the only christmas they flex we i 2023. back to you. for most of us | the only christmas they flex we are going to see out on your tie. absolutely. thought i would make the effort. in early 2022, the singer tony christie announced he was living with dementia. he said it wouldn't hold him back, and ever since he's been raising awareness to help others. tim muffett caught up with tony and his wife sue, to reflect on the year they've had. so good to see you both again.

oh, it's good to see you. 2023, what a year it has been! it's been very busy, hasn't it? fabulous year. i thought i was... going to rest a little. going to rest a little but it's been really busy. it's great. i love it. have you been surprised by the reaction to your talking about your diagnosis with dementia? i really have, yeah. it feels like you've got your head around it and are looking forward to the future. i met a lot of people who've got it and they're worried about it. and i'm not worried about it. no regrets at all? you're happy that you've been so open about it? absolutely — not ashamed of it. people stop me and say, thank you for what? thank you for doing it and admitting you've got it. and they said because my my wife or my husband or my parents or whatever, they're now not ashamed of it because of what tony said on television life. i acknowledge it is there. and i make, you know, you make silly mistakes. you forget names and you forget things that you know...

and luckily i've got a... a wife with a bad memory because i forget things as well. you must be very proud. i'm very proud. yeah. he's... he just gets on with life as usual. and you can do that, i mean. you know, i think the earlier it's caught, the better chance you have. he's doing really well on his meds and, well, he'sjust singing better than ever. # travel down the road and back again.# in the summer, tony was joined by celebrity friends... # and float away.. ..to record a song. # the milky way.# thank you for being a friend. the new version of thank you for being a friend for national thank you day injuly. i know how important music is to people, who sufferfrom dementia. people remember songs more readily than they remember almost anything else. so, you know, it's a battle.

some people are fighting at the front line, but it may be a battle we're all fighting eventually. so i'm happy to lend a hand. # take a bow.# it was like a dream. really was. really, really proud of it. # thank you for being the friend. # i want to thank you.# and i think what was so nice about the recording as well was that the carers who took part as well and they sang on it and they clearly were loving being there, meeting you. # thank you for being a friend.# we did the song, basically, for the carers, didn't we? they were the heroes. they never, ever get any thanks. well, they're getting it now. they're getting it now, which is great. # i'm taking you home, home, home...# tony has a new album out in february, which is more of a country music feel than anything he's done before. and next year, a tour will include gigs in the uk, ireland, germany and australia. # find a way.# but, for now, it's off

to lambeth palace in london — the official residence of the archbishop of canterbury. # show me the way to amarillo.# there's a christmas celebration for the together coalition, which aims to bring communities and people closer. # sha—la—la—la, la—la—la—la. ..# tony knows the power of music, like nobody else, and he knows that music brings people together and creates moments ofjoy and is a thing that can keep people with you even when you have dementia. and it's notjust the power of music, sometimes it's the power of speaking out. how important is the work that tony's done in raising awareness about dementia and other good causes? well, particularly around dementia, you have to be very brave, which he is, and you have to make yourself very vulnerable,

which you do. but my own experience of doing the same thing on depression is that it absolutely transforms the atmosphere where, you know, you get away from the sort of poor old bloke sort of stuff to seeing that you're still a fully signed—up member of the human race and you really matter. and it'sjust there's an illness, and that's life. yeah. and, you know, it'sjust amazing what you do. so thank you very, very much. it's a great pleasure. don't ever, ever be ashamed of it. there's nothing to be ashamed of. you've got your lovely wife sue with you throughout the journey. happy new year.

we wish tony and his wife all the very best. when you were stocking up on all those fridge items ahead of christmas, butter was probably a staple. well, you might have noticed it's fluctuated in price significantly over the last year — more than some other groceries. our cost—of—living correspondent, colletta smith, has been finding out why. newsreel: the new butter-pat maker i has a plunger which, when pressed, l ejects a neat pat of butter. here in the uk, we've always consumed a lot of butter. these butter flowers are simply cubes of dry bread or cake, - decorated with butter, . coloured with a harmless vegetable dye. but recently we've had to spread it more thinly. over the last year, butter has seen biggerjumps in price than almost any other basic product. it's in almost everyone's fridge, and, of course, it's an ingredient in so many

other things, too. it's been slipping around in price all over the place. so i'm going on a journey from the milking parlour to the supermarket shelf to find out what on earth has been going on. in the rolling dorset countryside, there are 1,000 cows to milk on this farm each day, and that doesn't come cheap. fertiliser prices has gone up, feed prices have gone up, and feed and fertiliser would be two of our main inputs to the farms. to cover those costs, george was getting 50p a litre in the first few months of the year. that's when butter prices reached a peak — shoppers were having to pay the extra. i know that's unfortunate for the consumers, and i do appreciate that — but it had to happen to cover those costs. but, as some of those key costs have begun to fall, he's only getting around 35p a litre now. with the prices now, we're probably just about breaking even. so the dairy farmers take their cut to cover costs and make some profit,

too, as the milk is sent on to the next part of the process. it's a 60—mile journey to westbury — the arla butter factory. they're the uk's biggest dairy co—operative, making more than 200 million packets of anchor, yeo valley, and supermarket own—label butter each year. cream will be pumped at 16,000 litres an hour into the churn, and then the churn has a beater section in the top which instantly turns the cream into butter. it then feeds down into our separator, which separates the buttermilk away from the butter, before it's then sent off to the butter filling lines. they're squirting them in and then putting their lids on. absolutely. this is a fully automated process. and this is the final product — but it's not the end of the production costs. our utility costs have increased by 75%. packaging costs have increased around about 25%. we're continually looking at, from a site perspective,

how we can mitigate those costs, but there's a limit in what we can actually do. has it put people off buying butter? i think they've adapted how they've bought butter — they've maybe traded down into lower—cost options and they're maybe going for different pack sizes. did you ever think you'd see a day where lurpak was being security—tagged and butter was reaching the kind of prices that it has been? a lot of people have lost a lot of sleep over it. those costs do need to be...do need to be passed back. so there's, you know... there is... unfortunately, there's no other option. this is 95,000 blocks of butter, packed and loaded, heading off to a supermarket near you. and it's here that the final layer of cost is added to the price we pay. jed's a former buyer for asda. how much is added on to

those those packets? each retailer has different profit margins that they make. the national minimum wage has gone up by... well, by next april, it will have been up by over 28%. that has an impact on the retailers, on the manufacturers, and that all has to be recovered. as a percentage, they make less than 4%. but there is some good news for shoppers — butter prices have started to slither down again. but with high costs at every point in the process still, they're unlikely to fall fast. colletta smith, bbc news. now we know why the price of butter has fluctuated. we were talking about the rising cost of breakfast cereal as well. we should be talking about the sport. the price of manchester united has gone up as well. they bought it. 700 million and have sold a quarter of it for

over 2 billion. this news broke on christmas eve. an interesting time to be a manchester united fan. said jim ratcliffe said it has finally been agreed. the saga has been going on for a long time. the backdrop to their game today. a huge day for football, boxing day, very traditional indeed. five premier league matches today, including manchester united in action for the first time since that news was announced on christmas eve that sirjim ratcliffe is buying a 25% stake in the club, a deal worth more than a billion pounds — which — pending approval — will see him take control of football operations. he's promising over £200 million of new investment. the multi—billionaire founder of the ineos petro—chemicals group is a lifelong fan of the club. it's hoped by many supporters that it might mean the end of the controlling interest of the glazer family. the glazers have still got

a controlling interest. they are very clever business people and jim ratcliffe knows this deal isn't ideal, but he felt that it's the only deal that he could get done. it's a very complicated one. is it better than nothing? i would like to think that yes, it is. i'd like to think that this heralds a brighter future for manchester united. second—placed liverpool travel to turf moor to take on burnley, who ended their winless run with a 2—0 victory at fulham at the weekend — and liverpool bossjurgen klopp says they're are a team better than their position shows at the moment. i think burnley could have easily have much more points because they had so many good spells in the games where they then don't finish the situation off from the young players in some positions. so i knew before that they are much better than the position and the points they have. we all know if you win, once you have the chance to play three days later again and you will want

to win again, and that's exactly what we expect. and fresh from that victory over newcastle — luton are in action against sheffield united in a match that could have major ramifications in the fight against relegation. luton manager rob edwards believes that some of his side's critics were harsh, in dismissing their hopes of staying up this season. being honest, i probably would have written us off as well from outside, but i think there's ways of doing that. i think some people were disrespectful with how they did it, and that angered me a little bit. but i don't use that and i don't you know, in the end i can't affect what other people think. talk, write, say, whatever, it's down to us to to get results. elsewhere, newcastle take on nottingham forest in the lunchtime kick off, whilst theres a game of significance down at the bottom with luton taking on sheffield united. that match will be referee'd by sam allison, who becomes the first black referee in 15 years, to take charge of a top flight game in the premier league. nesta mcgregor has more, on why it's taken so long. multiforme, the referee, by the way, multiforme,

the referee, by the way, sam allison — he was going to be in charge at the weekend. does the name sam allison mean anything to you? sam allison? no. not to me, it don't. yeah — first black referee after 15 years. today, sam allison becomes the second—ever black referee in the premier league when he takes charge of sheffield united against luton town. but sam allison's appointment has led some football fans to wonder why his announcement is such big news. this shouldn't be, like, shocking, as in it should be the normal already. why does it matter?! if he's black, green, what have you — as long as he's bloody good! terrestrial television - might not have screened... the league's first black referee was uriah rennie, from 1997 to 2008. back then, ian wright was one of the stars of the league — scoring goals, rather than analysing them. he says he's surprised at the lack of progress 15 years on. i think that referees are a species that's in trouble — you know, when you look at what they go through at grassroots level. so the conveyor belt of people coming through — you know, asian and black referees are out there. we need to find out where the blockage is.

according to the football association, there are 32,000 referees working at all levels of football in england. just over 8% of these identify as black, asian or mixed heritage. but that representation drops the 2.5% when you reach the men's professional game. rodney hinds is co—founder of the football black list — a leading voice in celebrating black excellence in football. i've been in and around people that want to officiate. they do so at grassroots level. they're prepared to do the hard yards, and then...blockage. the need for black officials within our national game — very, very important. marks given by fa—appointed observers is one factor we've been told affects a match official�*s progression. referees we spoke to say this grading system could be one reason why some are finding it difficult to climb the ladder. ashley hickson—lovence left the game in 2019 after five years as a level—four referee. level four in the refereeing ladder is known as the black man's graveyard. i was doing everything i can to come across as professional as i can the next day — especially if i had an observer, you know? and i started to hear certain things that would imply that there was more

at play here than just my ability to referee on the football field. little comments started to add up. so comments a little about my hair, which was a high top at the time. it's a sort of amalgamation of the comments and the marks and the stories and the anecdotes and all of it combined — because there's more at play and you can feel it, you know, you can feel it in the atmosphere. you know — as a person of colour, you do know. a spokesperson for the fa told us that... "recruitment, retention and development of referees from all backgrounds is fundamental to our new strategy, and we want to ensure that everyone can feel valued and supported at all levels of the game." and with these positive changes being made, this season ashley has returned to the game he loves. the fa are doing really good things and, you know, the appointment of sam allison just epitomises some of the changes that are taking place and some of the positive steps that are happening.

well, the bramall lane pitch is being made ready for match day, and when sam allison makes the very short walk from here to that centre circle, it will mark the end of a long wait and potentially new beginnings for black and ethnic minority referees in england. how long will it be before the next generation make that same walk? well, all parties involved will be hoping it's a lot sooner than 15 years. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. and away from football, there's been a rather frutrating start to the traditional boxing day test match down under, with rain interupting the first day between australia and pakistan in melbourne. pakistan won the toss and put the hosts into bat first — reaching 114—2 before the bad weather set in. australia lead the three match series 1—0. that's all the sport for now. i will be back later. i will have the headlines for you at seven o'clock. time now for all the highlights from this year's sporting calendar with review 2023 — the year in sport.

2023 was a remarkable year for sport. up here, an historic treble. down under, a women's world cup. england and australia couldn't be separated in the ashes, whilst cricket, rugby union and netball all had world cups of their own. golf came togetherfor the solheim and ryder cups. but the start of this sporting year was, for some, less a beginning and more a resumption. football had onlyjust returned after its unprecedented winter world cup break. also resuming, returning, the australian open once more welcomed novak djokovic, a year on from his deportation over his covid vaccination status. still no vax for novak but here he was, back and unbeatable. his was a 22nd grand slam title. for irina sabalenka, a first.

saudi arabia's bid to become a major player in global sport was laid bare. cristiano ronaldo becoming a figurehead for the fledgling football league. before the end of the year, they had all but been awarded a world cup. there was shock, too, injanuary, after buffalo bills' damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during an nfl game. the world watched on, as he would eventually make a recovery. here, rugby union's six nations, well, that was all about ireland. it is time for the six nations, and no better place to start than in cardiff. james lowe, all the way! a cruel knife to the heart of wales. the number one side on the planet against the reigning grand slam champions. oh, my goodness! breathtaking! absolutely breathtaking! thunderous six nations spectacle. all eyes on ross byrne as he gets us under way in rome. _ the quest for the slam is still alive. _

and it has been many, many a long year since both scotland and ireland met at this stage of the championship with so much to play for. a slam on the line for ireland, pride on the line for england. bundee aki for robbie henshaw! the start of the celebrations in dublin. a fourth grand slam for ireland. england's men never really got going in that tournament. but the women were once again unbeatable, a grand slam in front of a world record crowd, the fifth six nations title in a row. their cricketing counterparts could not quite emulate their success. they reached the semifinals of the t20 world cup in south africa, beaten by the hosts, who were in turn beaten to the trophy by australia. down under, in february, st helens were pulling off an almighty shock, beating nrl champions penrith in rugby league's world club challenge. lebronjames became the nba's all—time leading points scorer. at old trafford, manchester united's

proposed takeover became one of the more protracted sagas of the year. the club did win the efl cup. celtic won the scottish equivalent before rangers won it back. whilst arsenal claimed the women's league cup. by april, protests were very much part of the sporting landscape. the start of the grand national was delayed as more than 100 were arrested at aintree. derek fox, aboard corach rambler, came home first. fewer than half finished as arguments over animal welfare continue. a protest too on the table at sheffield. i've never seen anything like this. the world snooker championship this time a target. the headlines, though, were eventually written by luca brecel. and we are under way! the london marathon returned to its traditional spring setting. more runners than ever before, and faster. course records in the men's

and wheelchair events. another historic occasion for women's football. there were more than 77,000 at wembley for the women's fa cup final, a world record for a women's domestic game. sam kerr helping chelsea to the first half of their double. the second followed just days later. chelsea are wsl champions! a domestic double for them. in scotland, celtic�*s men went one better with a treble. having already won the league cup, they took the scottish premiership with four games to spare, leaving them clear to focus on victory in the cup final against inverness caley thistle. celtic, the treble winners! whilst here, at manchester city, something very special indeed was happening. it had been a long time in the making, but pep guardiola's side finally achieved their dream. the first part, a fifth premier league title in six years. manchester city are

champions of england again! their dominance of the domestic game without question. still, to underline it, they went to wembley to prove their point against their nearest rivals. city and united face off in the endgame. and there is a good try! 0h, incredible! it is the fastest that has ever been scored in an fa cup final. gundogan, he got it, and he's got another one! manchester city have done the double! one to go. city's continental challenge would come soon enough but byjune, they weren't the only brits abroad. 20,000 west ham fans were in prague for a europa conference league final against fiorentina. it was at times ugly, always dramatic, and ultimately, a triumph. it feels the best feeling i think i've ever had watching a football match. no words can describe how awesome this is feeling.

i think i'm dreaming. ijust can't believe _ west ham have won something! inspiration perhaps for istanbuljust days later, the champions league final. city! manchester city beating inter milan by a single goal to complete an historic treble. and not even the manchester weather could spoil that homecoming party. it is just unbelievable. even now, it doesn't seem real. the best time to be alive, the best time to be a city fan. living the dream. love it! away from football, and in rather drier surrounds, more records. novak djokovic winning his 23rd grand slam singles title in the paris springtime. back here, saracens' comeback was complete, crowned premiership champions at twickenham. just down the road, a dazzling moment in the gold cup. frankie dettori riding courage mon ami to victory in the jockey�*s final royal ascot meeting. the start of the sporting summer,

though, was dominated by one of the oldest and fiercest international rivalries. the ashes was ultimately dampened by this manchester weather. still, it was quite a summer. well, here we go, the ashes is about to begin. what an atmosphere already here at edgbaston. all the talk over the last few weeks, it is all gone, now. there you go. bazball�*s off and running! oh, my word! day one of the ashes, - brilliant hundred from joe root. 0h, here we go! ben stokes does the unexpected. and listen to khawaja celebrate that. - oh, it's over! the aussies, incredible victory here at edgbaston! well, what a game of cricket. well, what a special occasion, the lords ashes test match.

there it is. steve smith reaches his 32nd test century. jonny bairstow has come out of his ground. - carey has thrown the ball at the stumps. l well, that is an - astonishing dismissal. even in the long room, members engaging with the australians as they walked off. you have to think about the whole spirit of the game and, would i actually want to win a test match like that? and when i think about that, it is a no. i thought it was totally fair. that's the rules. you know, you leavej it up to the umpires. the crowd, wound up by that bairstow dismissal. stokes for a hundred! well, that is absolutely incredible. that is the one! stump out of the ground. australia win to go 2—0 up. highly charged atmosphere before the start of this third test match. it is now or never for england.

two down in the series. got him! listen to the crowd! goes high. it goes long! it is a maximum! mark wood! the ashes are alive! a fantastic game of test match cricket. j it is a wonderful ground here now at old trafford. the sun isjust starting to shine. calls of, "catch it!" and he has got him! stuart broad! he joins an elite club. will the time be a factor? here at the oval on test five, the clouds are around. there is a bit of green grass. stuart broad, who hasjust announced his retirement, this will be his last match for england. i it has been such an incredible ridel and a pretty long run, to be honest. just listen to this reaction. a legend of the game.

walking away from the playing side i of the game with the memories i have got and how much i'm enjoying it makes me feel pretty special. i there you go, stuart broad with a six! that is what the crowd wanted, brilliant. he has done it, the fairy tale ending he was hoping for! stuart broad! one of the greatest series, if not the greatest series of all time. for the women, a different ashes format, the same drama, the same outcome. please welcome - australia and england! beaumont brings up a double century. eight wickets for ash gardener, and that is the match! they pick up four points in this multiformat series.

and australia have won the game. and england will now need to win every single game in the rest of this women's ashes if they are to get that trophy back. england have won this game! the ashes series is still alive. england have won the game! they are still in the ashes! australia have lost a bilateral series for the first time in six years! blue skies over bristol, | england looking to keep their women's ashes series alive. england have won! england have beaten australia again! england, two wins away from regaining the women's ashes for the first time in close to a decade. and she has bowled her! australia retain the ashes! the series can still be drawn at taunton on tuesday but england's dreams of winning it for the first time in almost a decade have gone. in the air, should be

a catch and it is! - england have won! england win the od! series. the women's ashes is drawn. it is an extraordinary achievement. this has been the best ashes series for women. australia retaining both ashes trophies. a rivalry that was also played out at netball�*s world cup in south africa. australia would eventually take that trophy home, too, beating england in the final. they have done it! the tour de france was won byjonas vingegaard, again. demi vollering won the women's event. at hoylake, a genuine surprise. just a quiet brilliance. brian harman, without a win on tour in six years, now the open champion. the women's event was won by another american, lilia vu, her second major victory of the year. with the paris olympics and paralympics just a year away, the city readied itself by hosting the para world athletics championships. ten gold medals for great britain

including a 13th and 14th title for hannah cockroft. whilst back home, the event that perhaps more than any other signifies the british summer. a quiet corner in south—west london is now staring. london is now stirring. terrific vibe everywhere, lovely summer scene, isn't it? wolverhampton's boy wonder is the wimbledon champion! i neal skupski, overcome by the enormity of this achievement. hewett and reid secure a fifth doubles title together. vondrousova is the unseeded champion! the new king of centre court, carlos alcaraz of spain! the end ofjuly saw the start of perhaps the biggest

sporting event of the year, although the much anticipated women's world cup began on a sombre note. a deadly shooting in host city auckland just hours before the opening match. the tournament ended with one of the year's most controversial sporting moments but in between, it was, thankfully, the football that wrote the headlines. it is a belter of an opening match to kick us off. and it is wilkinson! that was sensational. the roar around stadium australia. steph catley scores! welcome to the fifa women's world cup! come on! england's attempt to lift the biggest prize of all starts here in queensland. stanway with a second chance. england make a winning start, just. they made hard work of haiti. by close of play, one of these two nations could be through.

it is lauren james! 0h! that is absolutely sensational! sarina wiegman�*s side know that a point will win them the group, come what may. collected by alessia russo! what a start for england! carter's ball in. laurenjames! what a goal! it is a stunner! six for england. centre stage and in the spotlight tonight. it has finished in brisbane! morocco are through to the last 16! look at that! just look at that! and there! has it gone over the line? high drama! it is confirmed! the united states. of america are out!

sarina wiegman�*s ever evolving england face their next hurdle at this era—defining women's world cup. this is knockout football. it is all or nothing. laurenjames is in trouble, here. it is penalties in brisbane. kelly... smashes england through! yes! it is another tricky assignment for the lionesses. colombia, the lowest ranked side left in the competition. oh, it is over mary earps and it is all the way in! the goalkeeper has lost it! and it's there! lauren hemp! russo! they have turned it around! another setback overcome. spain's first senior women's world cup semifinal. in the way, sweden. carmona. oh, it is off the bar! it's in! spain are world cup finalists. anticipation has been building for this semifinal in both hemispheres.

taken down by alessia russo. great play. ella toone! oh, wow! sam kerr on the charge. she goes for it! 0h! how about that? australia draw level! lauren hemp! what a pass that is! it is russo! and england are heading for the world cup final! history beckons. it is spain against england to compete for the right to be called the world's greatest. off the bar! how close can you get? this is dangerous. it is1—0, spain! carmona. jenni hermoso.

saved! it is heartbreak for the lionesses. it is really hard to take i but we gave everything. we can hand on heart. say we gave everything. we never gave in and yeah, sometimes, it is hard - to take but it's football— and we are absolutely heartbroken. it is spain, champions of the world. spain's win was undoubtedly extraordinary but almost immediately, talk turned from lifting the trophy to what happened amongst those celebrations. a kiss by the then—spanish football federation president luis rubiales on player jenni hermoso sparked global outrage. he would later be banned from football for three years. managerjorge vilda was sacked amidst the scandal. as the lionesses returned home, heading off was men's captain harry kane, his transfer to bayern munich one of the more eye—catching of a summer of spending that included jude bellingham moving

to madrid and lionel messi making miami his new home. rugby league's challenge cup was returning to its traditional home, leigh winning at wembley. wow! for the first time, the women's final was also held there, st helens the first to lift the trophy. whilst they were enjoying their day in the sun, over in the budapest heat, britain came away from the world athletics championships with two gold medals. world champion josh kerr! josh kerr in the 1500 metres was stunning and katarina johnson—thompson in the heptathlon was simply something else. here we go! august also saw glasgow host the biggest cycling event ever held. britain finished top of both the cycling and para cycling medal tables at the inaugural world championships. at flushing meadow, novak djokovic took the men's title. but for once, his record—extending

feat was not the headline, as home favourite, teenager coco gauff, secured her first grand slam. daniel dubois left devastated after a controversial heavyweight title defeat to oleksandr usyk. whilst golf remains embroiled in acrimony, in september, the sport did enjoy two of its most spectacular events. welcome to the 2023 solheim cup! what a superb day it has been so far for team usa. they have swept the foursomes. she's got an ace! are you kidding me? europe, europe, europe! she has done it! 8-8.

needs to find something in answer. cor—whee! to retain the solheim cup on home soil! and that is what it means! welcome to the marco simone golf club for the first day's play- in the 2023 ryder cup. right at it! what a shot. what a roar! glorious shot from rory mcilroy. every single match won by europe. oh, he has! it rattles into the back. this is just magnificent. patrick cantlay! he did it! laughter. there is nothing like

the ryder cup, is there? there really, really isn't. 0h, he will be so excited if he does, and he has! brilliant stuff. well, that is it. europe are the winners of the ryder cup 2023. team europe! come on, boys! 2023 was a tumultuous yearfor rugby union. the crisis in the club game deepening asjersey reds and london irish folded. but september brought brought the start of the world cup. ireland had arrived at the tournament the number one side in the world. victory over defending champions south africa in the group stages raised expectations further. england's build—up was dominated by the absence of captain owen farrell. the opening games bringing more problems. they would, though, make it through, as would wales. but scotland were out before the quarterfinals. then it was, in truth, where the tournament really caught light. for all of us, i think

it is like a dream come true, a childhood dream, getting out to a world cup with your mates, seeing wales play in the quarter final. it would be right up there, you know, it is such an important match for us. but the highest hopes were extinguished. wales knocked out by argentina. before ireland lost a classic against the all blacks. england were the only home nation to make it to the semifinals, although few gave them too much chance against south africa. i wouldn't put my mortgage on it but why not, yeah. i think everyone is writing us off too early. i think we are not as bad as everyone is making. to england's credit, they got within a point. heroic defeat, but defeat nonetheless. the final was another epic. south africa somehow again finding enough to see off old rivals new zealand. champions for a record fourth time. here in october, manchester and football was in mourning as it said goodbye to an england icon. sir bobby charlton passed away,

prompting an outpouring of tributes. just days later, one of the year's most shocking sports stories, as ice hockey player adam johnson died following an incident during a match in sheffield. october was a busy month for rugby league. wigan were once again crowned super league men's champions. the cherry and whites are on top. york valkyrie triumphing in the women's competition. the domestic season then made way for autumn internationals. england's men's series clean sweep over tonga the headline act. max verstappen was once again crowned world champion in what was the most one—sided formula 1 season in years. the twists and turns? well, they were saved for antwerp. jake jarman taking gold at the gymnastics world championships. but all the attention was back on simone biles. four gold medals making her the most decorated gymnast the sport has ever seen. november brought the climax

of the cricket world cup. defending champions england, by their own admission, were dismal, whilst india's dream of lifting the trophy on home soil was dashed in the final by australia. an incredible year for their cricketers. a remarkable year for sport. and the winner of the 2023 bbc - sports personality of the year is... from nottingham, mary earps! cheering and applause. for me, ifeel like this is, you know, the ultimate all—round sporting accolade. and i think, us as lionesses and obviously, united as well, we have had an incredible couple of years but this is just... yeah, wow.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson. our headlines today... aid agencies in gaza warn of desperate conditions for civilians, as the israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu vows to intensify the war against hamas. behind—the—scenes at buckingham palace. a new documentary gives an insight into the first year of king charles�*s reign. it used to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year. this morning we're live on the high street to see if the boxing day sales still pack a punch. it's one of the busiest football days of the year. but will manchester united end their poor run of form? they host high flying aston villa at old trafford tonight, with the pressure building

on erik ten hag. if you are looking for the right weather to enjoy some fresh air, today's the day. most places dry and of wet and windy weather tomorrow. i will have the full later on. —— the forecast. it's boxing day, the 26th of december. aid agencies have renewed calls for a ceasefire in gaza after the hamas—run health ministry said hundreds were killed in airstrikes over the weekend. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his army will "deepen" its fight against hamas in the coming days. meghan owen reports. there's a constant stream of casualties entering the al—aqsa hospital in gaza. with no fuel, no water and minimal supplies, it's overloaded. ijust left the resuscitation room where a nine—year—old boy named ahmed was being treated basically with sedation to ease his

suffering as he dies. he was crossing the street in front of the shelter where his family is staying, when the building beside him blew up. we're seeing kids like ahmed dying unnecessarily because of bombing and fighting and because the health system doesn't have the capacity to even come close to managing these kinds of complex cases. aid agencies in gaza have reiterated their fears for civilian safety, after hundreds were killed in major strikes over the weekend. following reports of one attack on al—maghazi refugee camp, the israeli military told the bbc that it's committed to taking feasible steps to minimise harm to civilians. but the war is not close to being over. benjamin netanyahu has vowed to intensify the fight against hamas. after visiting troops on the ground in gaza,

he faced the families of hostages heckling their prime minister at the israeli parliament, with demands for the immediate release of their loved ones. his answer? translation: we won't succeed at releasing all the hostages - without military pressure, operational pressure, political pressure. and that is why there's one thing that we will not do — we will not stop fighting. but at a time when so many around the world are celebrating as the year draws to a close, there's no sign of such respite for the people of gaza — or those trying desperately to save them. meghan owen, bbc news. our correspondent shaimaa khaliljoins us from jerusalem this morning. morning to you. bring us up—to—date with the latest, please. we morning to you. bring us up-to-date with the latest, please.— with the latest, please. we have got essentially two _ with the latest, please. we have got essentially two parallel _ with the latest, please. we have got essentially two parallel situations i essentially two parallel situations in gaza. you saw from that report

the continuing struggle by rescue teams to try to pull bodies from under the rubble after the israeli air strike. under the rubble after the israeli airstrike. most under the rubble after the israeli air strike. most hospitals in gaza are extremely stretched because there is lack of fuel, lack of water and minimal supplies... there is lack of fuel, lack of water and minimalsupplies... continuing and minimal supplies... continuing people and minimalsupplies... continuing people are coming in with severe injuries. also the context, when you hear prime minister benjamin netanyahu saint when this war is nowhere close to ending, we will keep fighting. he was in gaza on the ground with their troops. he came and reported back to his party and said we have to keep fighting. this bill is the families of the hostages with anger. when they hear him and said we have to keep fighting. this builds the families of the hostages with anger. when they hear him in a here has bella saying... excuse me,

how must saying there will be no deal they know they were not the loved ones anytime soon. this is why he was being heckled. you can see continuing pressure on the netanyahu government. the northern border is very tense. we had from the defence minister who was on the northern border with troops, reporting they had received fire on operatives, that they are targeting them hard with infrastructure. the fallout from the war is making is a very volatile areas in the region more tense. no one wants to see an expansion. allies of israel said they want to see a scaled—down military operation but not what the israeli leadership is saying right now. . ~' israeli leadership is saying right now. ., ~ , ., y israeli leadership is saying right now. ., ~ , . us armed forces have carried out airstrikes in iraq against what they call

"iranian—sponsored militias." they said the strikes were in response to an attack on the erbil air base in northern iraq, which injured three us military personnel, leaving one in critical condition. mile—long queues, stampedes at opening time and chaos at the tills — that's certainly how the boxing day sales used to be. but with so many pre—christmas discounts and online deals, are people still heading out to the high street in search of a bargain? our business correspondent theo legget reports. christmas is done. the leftovers are in the fridge and, on the high street, the sales stickers are out in force. the boxing day sales were once a major annual event, eagerly awaited by bargain hunters. but, in recent years, pre—christmas discounting events, such as black friday, have stolen some of that cachet. it's also possible these days to shop online and find hefty reductions throughout the festive period.

some high street retailers won't be opening today. they include big names, such as marks and spencer next and john lewis. but experts say enticing offers shouldn't be hard to find. a lot of people spent less this year on their christmas shopping because of the cost—of—living crisis. as a result, retailers have a lot more stock on their hands. so the good news for you and me is that there will be bigger discounts post—christmas. the question is whether people will actually have money to spend. polling from barclays suggests they will. it's predicting shoppers will spend an average of £253 each over the coming days. that would be the highest level in four years. but, for high street retailers, there's another major challenge. many consumers now prefer to do their shopping online from the sofa. so persuading them to surrender their phones and tablets and rush into the town centre is not going to be easy. theo leggett, bbc news.

nowhere has better captured the stampedes of the boxing boxing day sales in london and oxford street. our reporter vishala sri pathma is out on oxford street in london this morning. very quiet at the moment, generally a quiet morning on oxford street. six weeks ago we had black friday sales. coupled with online means boxing day and sales don't really hold the same weight it once did. selfridge's behind me, and iconic still, people from around the world come here to visit selfridge's, it will be opening shortly. as we just heard, the likes ofjohn lewis, marks & spencer, next were everyday high street names will not be opening. they will be selling their discounted range online. polling

from berkeley suggests shoppers will spend an average of £253 each over the coming weeks. a record for four weeks. retailers had a strong november as well according to official data. challenges still remain for the sector. they will be battling with the likes of higher energy bills and generally higher cost of living. they will have to work a lot harder to get consumers to spend with them. if work a lot harder to get consumers to spend with them.— to spend with them. if you are headin: to spend with them. if you are heading out — to spend with them. if you are heading out to _ to spend with them. if you are heading out to the _ to spend with them. if you are heading out to the shops, i to spend with them. if you are heading out to the shops, you| heading out to the shops, you might be going to a shopping centre out of town where parking is not a problem. the careful where you park. government figures show drivers are being hit with 36,000 parking tickets every day by private companies operating in this country. the rac foundation has analysed the data. it says betweenjuly the rac foundation has analysed the data. it says between july and

september three .3 data. it says betweenjuly and september three .3 million data. it says between july and september three .3 million tickets were handed out in britain, up 16% compared with the same period last year. the king used his christmas speech to emphasise the importance of "universal" values shared between major religions. in his second christmas broadcast, recorded in buckingham palace, he also spoke of protecting the environment and caring for the most vulnerable. at a time of increasingly tragic conflict around the world, i pray that we can also do all in our power to protect each other. the words ofjesus seem more than ever relevant — do to others as you would have them do to you. tonight, new footage of king charles — filmed over the last year —

will be aired in a bbc documentary. it includes the king with his grandchildren rehearsing for the coronation, and informal moments with the queen. our royal correspondent daniela relph has more. the coronation rehearsals inside westminster abbey. an important practice for all the family. wow. look at that! and a greeting from a grandfather and father, as well as a king about to be crowned. what struck me particularly is how extraordinarily affectionate they are. they're clearly a very close family. you know, of all the generations. and, in a sense, you felt you're part of a family occasion as well as, you know, a royal occasion and a national occasion. for the first time, the programme will show the intricate preparations and alterations that were made to the crowns used during the coronation. and, on the big day, after the service, cameras filmed the welcome back at buckingham palace. three cheers for his majesty,

the king and her majesty, the queen. hip, hip. hooray! the programme is not a critical eye over the royal family's year. there is no mention of the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan, nor prince andrew. it is instead a view of some of those moments we don't normally get to see. ijust love the way the sun comes through the cotinus. it's marvellous, isn't it? the king and queen are here at balmoral and some time away from public duty. where's your ball, beth? there we are. they chuckle. don't leave it. all busy eating grass, what are you doing? she loves eating grass. for those who know them best, amidst the noise of coronation year, a reminder of something very personal. she is his rock, and i can't actually emphasise that enough. she's somebody who is completely loyal and she isn't somebody who has huge highs and lows.

he brings to her everything. i'm not talking about all of this, but, you know, he has such a knowledge and interest in so many different things, which she wouldn't really have been open to if she hadn't met him. it's lovely to bounce on that bridge. every child that comes here, they rush there and bounce about on the bridge for hours. all access to the royal family is carefully managed. but here the curtain is slightly lifted on some of the more private moments of a very public year. i knew that would be... yes. daniel relph, bbc news. charles iii: the coronation year airs tonight on bbc one and bbc iplayer at 6.50pm.

our sally made her big debut on strictly come dancing's christmas special last night — and if you don't want to know what happened then stop listening now! # once again as in olden days.# she teamed up with graziano to perform a festive foxtrot — and it really impressed the judges. let's hear what they had to say. this is perfect for me. i love this. great... i mean, the dance is difficult enough without the snow. i and then you came down, you looked amazing, i and the lifts were... you did this little thing _ where you looked over your shoulder as he was putting you down. i mean, every time i get picked up by graziano, l i look over my shoulder like this. heel turn. heel turn on christmas! applause. off you went. it was... it was so beautiful _

and sophisticated and elegant. you were the perfect christmas present. l aw. thank you. anton du beke. ten! anton du beke. ten! she also received two nines from the otherjudges — scoring 38 overall. it was won byjamie it was won by jamie borthwick from the he is tipped for a part in the full strictly at the end of the year. almost 2,000 people braved the cold weather for the annual porthcawl christmas swim yesterday. having said it was cold, it was relatively mild but i bet the water was bracing. it was the biggest turnout ever

for the fundraising event, which has been running since 1965. this year's theme was pantomime, with entrants dressing up as characters such as mother goose, snow white and captain hook. plenty of people not even bothering with fancy dress, going in in swimming costumes. lots of christmas day dips in other parts of the country as well. everyone has my full admiration. country as well. everyone has my fulladmiration. it country as well. everyone has my full admiration. it was a white christmas, was it not? for some it was. you can imagine the childish leaps of delight in the afternoon as we saw scenes like this form across parts of scotland. prove to was a white christmas fulsome. a contrast to what was for many of us the warmest christmas day. in years. if you saw wintry flakes full. it has led to a chilly day to come

today. if you want to get out and enjoy the fresh air today is the day to do it. most places dry with a fair bit of sunshine across the country. nice to go weather in the north of scotland. this weather system brought cloud and rain yesterday. at the moment most hard drive. i spoke with a few showers around. a mix of rain, sleet and snow. rain showers in northern ireland. one or two in north wales and the midlands. most places will stay dry through the rest of the day. even showers in northern scotland become fewer in number. cloud amounts will increase in the south. reigning took formal and the channel islands, isles of scilly later. temperatures here many single figures elsewhere. the cloud and increasingly windy weather will push north. we will have seen temperatures dropping down to “i! —5

in parts of scotland before the weather front centre. as in parts of scotland before the weatherfront centre. as it in parts of scotland before the weather front centre. as it hits the cold air we are set to see snow. only part of the story. a windy day for all. only part of the story. a windy day forall. barrett only part of the story. a windy day for all. barrett in mind if you are on the move. over 15 centimetres on the hills in scotland. driven around by winds. atrocious conditions on some of the roads. elsewhere outbreaks of rain. he might stay dry some of you until into the afternoon. brightening up across western areas later. windy for all of us. gail is possiblejust western areas later. windy for all of us. gail is possible just about anywhere. wins for a time in the english channel and increasing across the far north of scotland. temperatures tomorrow, looking mild but you have to factor in the stronger winds. but you have to factor in the strongerwinds. it but you have to factor in the stronger winds. it will be a windy night wednesday into friday. around irish sea coast he'll be a wild

night into thursday. the strong winds continuing for many. not quite as strong as i have seen. a bit more sunshine around compared with wednesday that plenty of showers but at some of the shower is heavy and thundery. the cold weather is a worrying time for people suffering homelessness. recent figures suggest more than 300,000 people in england are facing some form of homelessness over christmas. to ease the problem, charities are opening special hubs to offer support — and fiona lamdin�*s at one of those it looks festive. there is a serious message to all of this. in it looks festive. there is a serious message to all of this.— it looks festive. there is a serious message to all of this. in the next few hours but _ message to all of this. in the next few hours but this _ message to all of this. in the next few hours but this place _ message to all of this. in the next few hours but this place will i message to all of this. in the next few hours but this place will be i few hours but this place will be completely full. normally a concert

venue. forthe completely full. normally a concert venue. for the entire week this has given itself over to become a homeless shelter. all sorts of people experiencing homelessness. while they are here they can eat do their laundry. over that there will be haircuts, a pampering session. there will be arts and crafts. round here they can queue up and had their breakfast and lunch. all of these lovely people here to look after them. good morning. happy christmas. how many people did you see? bbout how many people did you see? about 200 --eole how many people did you see? about 200 people throughout _ how many people did you see? about 200 people throughout pop—up centre yesterday _ 200 people throughout pop—up centre yesterday. an amazing atmosphere. people _ yesterday. an amazing atmosphere. people often feel excluded at this time of— people often feel excluded at this time of year. we create a community where _ time of year. we create a community where people can come and be included — where people can come and be included and we can really create the festive experience will take for granted _ the festive experience will take for ranted. , ., ., , ., the festive experience will take for

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one in one hour yesterday afternoon. people are queueing in the rain. definitely an increase in guests this year because of the cost of living crisis. notjust those rough sleeping are those who are safer surfing as well. some are in private rental but cannot afford to feed themselves this christmas because of inflation and the cost of things. they are spending christmases with us instead. ~ . , they are spending christmases with us instead. ~ ., , , ., they are spending christmases with us instead. ., they are spending christmases with us instead._ we i us instead. what is your plan? we are setting — us instead. what is your plan? we are setting up _ us instead. what is your plan? we are setting up breakfast. - us instead. what is your plan? we are setting up breakfast. there i us instead. what is your plan? we | are setting up breakfast. there will be bacon bats, sausages, eggs. t, chocolate. people can have anything they want. chocolate. people can have anything the want. �* ., , they want. around the corner they are not just _ they want. around the corner they are notjust making _ they want. around the corner they are notjust making food - they want. around the corner they are notjust making food for- they want. around the corner theyl are notjust making food for people to eat here. round the corner they have a pantry going on. good morning

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with them. it is what christmas is about. , . , ., ., about. this centre is open today and 0 en the about. this centre is open today and open the rest _ about. this centre is open today and open the rest of _ about. this centre is open today and open the rest of the _ about. this centre is open today and open the rest of the week— about. this centre is open today and open the rest of the week and i about. this centre is open today and open the rest of the week and open | open the rest of the week and open till saturday. we will be here throughout the morning saying what they have in store. thank you very much indeed. with the wonderful people at the centre doing so much for other people this christmas. next year, girls aloud are going on a massive reunion tour — bringing their 11—year break to an end. cheryl, kimberley, nadine and nicola will hit the road in may, playing shows in memory of bandmate sarah harding, who died of breast cancer in 2021. our music correspondent, mark savage, went to meet them. # you're gonna make me, make me love you # nothing at all nothing that i do # promise i made, promise i made, started to fade # started to fade...# you had a christmas album?

we did. do you remember any of the songs? we don't. i do. not tonight, santa. white christmas. i want to kiss you so is on our christmas playlist. do you remember? # bish, bash, bong. # woo.# you do remember it? it reminds me of you. how does it start? it actually sounds like something from bfg. # bish, bash, bong. # whoo. # it's just another # doo, doo, doo, doo # family, baby. no, i have kind no recollection. i'm going to miss you so under the mistletoe. that's the line. # ooh, ooh, ooh. # i'm going to miss you so... no, that's not right. i'm hearing their vocals in my head. oh, well. i do remember it. iremember it. irememberdoing it. we did it. we're were shooting in the kitchen. the kitchen. we all had like... i remember all of that. i remember shooting that. but...

so what does christmas mean to you? you know, what's interesting,, for me is this time of year still, after all these years, has a nostalgia about when we first... it was so powerfully... such a massive impact on my life in that moment when we got that christmas, when we got in the group and then we got the number one. i think it's so ingrained in us that it's never left. # the sound of the underground # the beat of the drum goes round and around # into the overflow # where the girls get down to the sound of the radio.# you were the first reality show christmas number one, so you've a lot to answer for. i know because sometimes you put on like, "can you play a christmas playlist?" sound of the underground comes on and you're like, wild. as children, what are your favourite christmas memories? santa isjust magical, isn't it? the whole. .. the whole thing of... there'sjust the smells, the cinammon, it's cosy. i used to watch santa claus the movie, like every christmas eve with my sisters and my brother.

yeah. yes. home alone. yeah. all the things like that. the music of that... the buildup is the best part. totally. do you have a favourite christmas song? i like george michael — last christmas. # last christmas, i gave you my heart. # but the very next day you gave it away.# rule — driving home for christmas. i like that, yeah. that's an unexpected answer. that's a good one. i actually i think, again, it's because we would be driving backwards and forwards in the beginning to home. yeah. and that song would always make us feel like, "oh, my god, i'm literally driving home for christmas." it's just... the ones of that time i are the most nostalgic. that were big when we were kids, but now- actually some of them seem a little bit somber, and you're like, - not really very upbeat - for christmas, but it's actually the ones that make you feel nostalgic, like the pogues l and all that. and if you could pull a christmas cracker with anyone in the world,

who would it be? these lot. aww! aww, cheryl! i'll get you some crackers. over the pret christmas sandwich. yeah! let's get some crackers. and some christmas sandwiches. make the wish come true. thank you. well, have a great one. thank you. and you. talking to girls aloud going back on stage in the new year. they managed to get a bit of wham! in there. he would not expect to have to avoid in a package with them. this guy has bought a stake in the club. clu b. of club. of this club. of this has been going on for a while in terms of a deal being agreed, finally agreed on christmas eve. good news for manchester united

fans. they're not doing too well at the moment, fair to say. a lot of focus on old trafford, big round of premier league games as well as efl games. lots of football today. five premier league matches today, including manchester united in action for the first time since that news was announced on christmas eve that sirjim ratcliffe is buying a 25% stake in the club. he's promising over £200 million of new investment. the multi—billionaire founder of the ineos petro—chemicals group is a lifelong fan of the club. the club's us—based owners retain a majority shareholding and most of the voting power, but ratcliffe's ineos group will take control of football operations. he's a man who knows what he's doing, according to those who've worked with him. my experience ofjim is that he's a very switched—on guy. he understands sport and — to your point — football, we all know it's pretty dynamic, right? the results coming and going and potentialfor lots of personnel changes. my experience ofjim is that if he picks a team, picks the right people, he'll back them all the way and i'd expect to see that if that's the case with man united. on the field, it's not been

the best season for united — they've already lost more matches than they did the entirety of last season, leaving them eighth in the premier league and they welcome aston villa to old trafford this evening. manager erik ten hag knows he needs to put things right to retain the support of his own fans. we have to put things right. we have to do things different. and i really... we really appreciate all the time they're supporting us, even with the setbacks we have during this season. they all the time behind us and we are really appreciating that. but, of course, we need any help. but first of all, the team and i have to do it. second—placed liverpool travel to turf moor to take on burnley, who ended their winless run with a 2—0 victory at fulham at the weekend — and liverpool bossjurgen klopp says they're are a team better than their position shows at the moment. i think burnley could have easily had much more points because they had so many good spells in the games where they then don't finish the situation off from the young

players in some positions. so i knew before that they are much better than the position and the points they have. we all know, if you win once and have the chance to play three days later again and you will want to win again, and that's exactly what we expect. there are three other premier league fixtures on boxing day. newcastle united host nottingham forest, looking to bounce back from their surprise 1—0 defeat at luton last time out. they'll be looking to continue theirformidable home form. eddie howe's side have won seven straight at stjames' park, and will be looking to continue that against a forest side under new management, in nuno espirito santo. and fresh from that victory over newcastle, luton are in action against sheffield united in a match that could have major ramifications in the fight against relegation. luton manager rob edwards believes that some of his side's critics were harsh, in dismissing their hopes of staying up this season. being honest, i probably would have written us off as well from outside, but i think there's ways of doing that. i think some people were disrespectful with how they did it,

and that angered me a little bit. but i don't use that and i don't — you know, in the end i can't affect what other people think. talk, write, say, whatever — it's down to us to to get results. a full complement of fixtures to feast on in the efl, but there's just one game in the scottish premiership this boxing day. leaders celtic travel to dundee — with the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the table to five points ahead of rangers. after today though rangers will have two games in hand on their rivals, with the top two facing each other on saturday. and away from football there's been a rather frutrating start to the traditional boxing day test match down under, with rain interupting the first day between australia and pakistan in melbourne. pakistan won the toss and put the hosts into bat first, they're currently 162—3. australia lead the three match series 1—0. that is all the sport. more later on, see you then.— that is all the sport. more later on, see you then. look forward to that. i'll be back with the headlines at 8:00. but for the next 20 minutes or so, we're returning to a story we've featured on breakfast before.

right now in a kitchen in lancashire, preparations are being made for a festive lunch for 200 people later today. it's the third time it's been held — for families who're struggling at christmas. it's being hosted by the family of laura nuttall, who started it to help others while herself undergoing treatment for brain cancer. laura campaigned for better brain cancer treatments, but died in may. i've been talking to herfamily about laura's legacy. i can't believe that, at the age of 19, i've been told to prepare to die. my name's laura and i'm currently working through a bucket list that i never wanted to have. when i was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year, i had no idea that it could affect someone like me. to be told there are just no options can't seem to be right. we've seen changes and advances in so many of the other cancers. brain tumours still lag way behind.

the survival rate's one of the lowest among all of the cancers. i want that to change, even if it turns out to be too late for me. please help by sharing this video. please, be the difference. that one's mine. is it on a cloud? that one's laura's. five years after laura filmed that, her family are spending their first christmas without her. it's going to be difficult but we are taking every step as it comes, really, so christmas is the first christmas without laura, but, you know, it is what it is and we are moving forward. this year's just been a series of firsts. obviously, it will be up until may, so there's a lot of little anniversaries that have happened, and i'm sure they have for everybody, but for us it's our first time, so this is our first christmas and it will be tricky, but we'll cope.

a year ago, with laura's health failing, they brought their family christmas forward. we had our fake christmas in november, which was actually really lovely, and we had so many presents and cards sent. we still had our ukrainian guest living with us at the time, as well. we had a big christmas with all the family. and it was really lovely, it was really special, and she really enjoyed it. she did. she really loved christmas, didn't she? yeah, well, it's her birthday, as well, on the 23rd. so we've always managed to keep them separate, but she loved, she did love winter and the time of year. so we've set up a foundation in laura's name. it's called the be more laura foundation, and what we are going to do is fund research projects specifically into glioblastoma and brain cancer. we are really interested in trying to help move things forward because treatments for this disease haven't changed in decades, so actuallyjust raising the word

and the issue of glioblastoma, it's actually really important because lots of people haven't heard of that term at all and it does seem to be that there is more and more people being diagnosed now. and we've just lost benjamin zephaniah and annabel giles recently, they were all brain cancers and brain tumours. and i think there is definitely... there is definitely questions to be asked about why it seems to be more common now, and we really need more research as to why some people are just randomly getting brain tumours. because we can't really change it unless we know why it's happening. in laura's case, she was passionate about trying to find a cure for what she'd got. you know, and i think that drives us because she's not here to do that, so we need to carry that on. "plot twist," were laura nuttall�*s first words on hearing she got brain cancer. she'd got brain cancer. who would expect it in their life plan? so laura became a champion for research while living her

own life to the full. as soon as we found out we were like, right, we need a bucket list! what's going to be on that? it's like... it's crazy thinking about these things, like what you want to do before you die, like when you are 19. you don't... you don't think about that sort of stuff. laura's tumour, glioblastoma multiforme — the most aggressive form of brain cancer — was caught by a routine eye test during herfirst year at university in london. how soon, she asked, would she be back at uni? the doctor said she wouldn't. but laura liked to prove people wrong. given a year to live, laura drew up a bucket list and got stuck in. she ran the great north run. she carried the commonwealth games baton. she fired live rounds with greater manchester police. she met the former first lady michelle obama.

hi. let's have a look at the pressure chart for today. and last year, she got to present the weather on north west tonight. # baby, i know dreams tend to crumble at extremes. a pair of eyes out the window. 0k. what are we looking for? pirates, anything. and when she didn't get to join the navy, as she had planned, instead she got to captain a ship. laura nuttall. cheering. and then there were lifetime goals — while enduring all her treatment, laura did go back to uni — manchester this time. and last summer she graduated with a 2:1. get you now! how does it feel? it feels good. remember that doctor who told her it'd never happen? she sent him this. although brain cancer is rare — accounting for only about 3% of all tumours — it kills more people under the age of a0 than any other cancer. and the treatments for it have

changed little in decades. so laura used her bucket list to capture media attention, and raise awareness to help others. yeah, we'll be slowly ticking off the bucket—list items and having more wonderful days like today's been. when she was diagnosed and she realised how hard people had to fight to get diagnosed, often — how many times they were back and forth to the gp and how underfunded this cancer was — she basically said, "no, i'm happy to be used and abused — just share the story, get it out there as far as possible, make people aware of how bad this situation is." so we consciously made an effort to make as much noise as we could about it. unlike some other cancers, primary brain tumours almost never spread to other parts of the body. but some, like glioblastoma, grow extensively within the brain, making removal with surgery impossible, and other treatments very challenging. tumour tissue that can't be removed grows back quickly — often with fatal consequences.

this is considered to be an incurable disease, but something is only incurable until we find a cure. thankfully, these tumours are rare, but the flip side of that is it means that we don't have as much material from patients. but with enough funding, we are going to be able to make those advancements, and i do believe that there is going to be, yeah, huge leaps in our ability to handle this disease. a new treatment for patients - with lower—grade brain tumours has suddenly had a very dramatic effect in delaying the progression - of those tutors. and for the more malignant, - higher—grade tumours in the brain, surgical techniques, i chemotherapy changes — i think there's immunotherapyj treatments around the corner. so things have moved on, - theyjust haven't moved on as far and as fast as we would have liked them to. _ but advances also won't happen without places like this. in line with her wishes, laura's brain is here with a thousand others at the manchester brain bank. it's one of ten in the country supplying tissues to scientists round the world.

it's already played a crucial role in enabling new treatments for illnesses like dementia and parkinson's disease. now scientists can see the impact on laura's brain of the treatments she received. what we do here at the brain bank is really the very ground floor of the type of research that needs to be done. but you can't build on research unless you've got that ground floor. so having these brains and allowing researchers to be able to access these brains means that things will move forward instead of stagnating. she was given 18 months to live — well, 1a to 18 months, max — and she lived nearly five years. did something work? we don't know. but that's what we want to do, is try and get people to do more research out there to discount certain things and include others and say, "well, we haven't looked at this, let's look at this." because, you know, i mean, maybe laura was on that particular drug,

and did it do her any good or not? we don't know. i'm sat here now, she lasted five years, but was given a year to 1a months — what made that difference? we don't know. will the minister show the courage and leadership so epitomised by the life of air marshal walker and properly resource and fund less—survivable cancers? brain tumour research was mentioned in parliament earlier this month — and so was laura. the honourable gentleman makes a very important point. my own 23—year—old constituent laura nuttall from barrowford died in may, five years after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma, having been given just a year to live. part of that commitment will be spending a pot of money allocated to brain cancer research — only a small amount of which has already been spent. brain tumour research has a very small field of research as it's a very specialist area. we're really keen to appeal to the research community to come forward. the money is still available, so we want researchers to come forward with refundable bids.

of all the bids that have come forward that have been fundable, we have funded those projects. so we're really keen for more academics, more researchers to come forward with proposals to do research in this area. laura actually did work experience in andrew stephenson's office. when i knew laura before her diagnosis, it was clear that she was motivated, it was clear she was ambitious. it was clear that she was very, very intelligent. i had no idea how truly resilient she would prove to be — having been given an absolutely devastating diagnosis, she then went on over the following years to achieve great things. these words were from a letter that laura wrote to our local primary school. "be kind, be brave, be silly, be honest." and i think that sort of encapsulates everything that she stood for and everything that she tried to get out of life. any progress is too late for laura, but herfamily�*s focus is now on others. her sister gracie designed these t—shirts to help spread the word on brain tumour research.

i was driving to my friend's house and there was a man in the middle of stockport wearing one of the t—shirts and i was like... and it was right at the start, as well, and i had no idea who he was. and i was like, "that's mental!" thank—you note. we've got people in new zealand, people in australia, america — all over the globe that are wearing those t—shirts. and it's a great conversation—starter — people are coming up to them and going, "what — tell me about your t—shirt, tell me about what's on it, tell me about that message." so laura's legacy is — it really is carrying on globally, which is all we could ask for, really. the money raised goes to brain tumour research — but importantly for the family, each t—shirt or bag sent out also gets packed with simple information on brain—cancer symptoms to look out for. and itjust basically details what you should keep an eye out for, and details the symptoms for different age groups, as well. so it's always a good opportunity tojust include them because you never know who might

read one of these at a time when they're worried about somebody having headaches or having some problems with balance or dizziness. and it just gives you that confidence to go to your doctor and say, "i'm not happy with this situation and i really want it to be investigated further." so anything that we can do to spread the word, we're going to do that. we think that's really important, don't we? claudia laird works as a nurse on a children's cancer ward. she was diagnosed with a brain tumour after her mum recognised the symptoms. she'd been given an information leaflet while out christmas shopping by laura's mum, after laura had become a young ambassadorfor the brain tumour charity. when i was in hospital the first time, i remember coming out and thinking, "this is why i want to be a nurse," because i now want to give back and give that care to young people and do whatever i can, really, to help people. there's a big stigma around it not being for young people, really, i think — when you think of brain tumours, you don't really think of young, fit, healthy people like myself,

which is why it was so hard to get the diagnosis in the first place. and if i can do anything, just want to help other people get that diagnosis. in terms of the signs and symptoms of a brain tumour, it's a tricky one because ultimately a lot of the signs and symptoms are something that people could think could be something else. so you could have continuous headaches, nausea, dizziness. it could be, you know, you're feeling off balance, things like that, blurred vision. so if those symptoms are coming up, please do check the charity website for the most accurate up—to—date information. reach out to your gp, make that appointment and, you know, we have a support line — so if you're unsure on anything, make the call because we're there to support the community. molly, hannah and emmeline shared theirjourneys with laura. i was diagnosed when i was 16 years old. i was 15 when i was diagnosed. i was diagnosed when i was 20,

in my second year of university. she kind of had two sides to the laura that i knew. there was the side where she was kind of raising awareness — the side that you saw on the news, handing out all of the awareness cards. and then there was the other side that i saw at kind of the meet—ups where we'd be sharing our stories and our experiences and kind of what life was like for us at that point. ijust admired her so much for... it's hard to say it without crying! tearing up, yeah. yeah, the fact that she... sorry, one second, i'm going to drink a bit of tea. yeah. have a bit of tea. yeah, um, the fact that she'd have this plan... ..and, like, really stuck to it as much as she could.

applause. the treatment i had to have was to go to jacksonville in america for proton—beam therapy. so we were out there forjust over two months, had the treatment, came home, and a month later i got the all—clear. i've been in remission since 2016. we don't really like to say that we're cured because we're not — it's more of a sort of "we're stable" in a way. instead ofjust... because, you know, we're not cured. we're... but we're... we're doing 0k. i'm doing 0k. i haven't had to have any extra treatment. they keep a close eye on my tumour because there were some bits- that they couldn't fully get out - without taking away complete sensory aspects from my right side - and possible movement, as well. so there's still a little bit, but so far it's i

been behaving itself. come on! # beyond the finish line. # i'm gonna make it mine. # you think you've got it all figured out? # you think you're so damn special. # what's that all about? # watch this space and you just wait... a year after laura graduated, this summer, youngest sister gracie completed her degree in film production. gracie nuttall. cheering. while she says attention has rightly been on her parents, she has lost her sister. laura was the best big sister. she was everything you'd want, and some of the things you wouldn't want! she was really, really kind. she was always looking after me. she was mean sometimes, but she was... she was just a typical big sister, yeah. she was fantastic.

and especially this time of year, like, we had so many little traditions and so many things that we'd do over christmas that it's really hard not to miss her when everything's kind of going on for christmas and all the songs and everything. it's... it's quite painful. you're having to kind of value every minute and...and kind of make the most of all the time with your sibling, but it's really hard to try and put yourself forward and make sure that you're also being taken care of. and i think, as a sibling, people tend to just kind of gloss over you and go, "how's your mum, how's your dad, how's your sister?" and you kind of don't really exist any more. and you're sort of having to do this... ..kind of mediating with everybody and trying to make sure that laura's happy and that mum and dad are ok and you kind of get forgotten about a little bit. i think that's so common in all siblings and the term "a glass

child", which i showed my mum about — it's a really good way of describing what that feels like, i think. vocalising. last month, gracie posted a video talking about losing her sister on tiktok. it struck a chord, and has been watched almost 30 million times. gracie was invited onto the bbc breakfast sofa to talk about it. this is obviously something that affects young people, but there's very little out there. so it's obviously coming up to nearly six months now. she met callum fairhurst from the charity sibling support. they hit it off immediately... when you came in here, you said this morning, you two have been having a real laugh this morning.

because you haven't met — is this right? — you haven't met before today. but you have something very much in common. callum, you lost your brother, liam. hello, i'm callum. and i'm gracie. ..and have now started collaborating on a podcast about sibling loss. ..speaking all about the lows. and the highs. of the people we love dying. we sat down and we started talking and we've both got a very similar sense of humour. a lot of kind of dead—sibling jokes that my mum was, like, rolling her eyes at. but i made a joke and went, "0h, we should have a podcast!" because everything we were saying, we were just, like, kind of coming off each other all the time. and i said it as a joke, and then they both kind of looked at each other and were like, "yeah, we should actually do that." so it was literallyjust plumbed in the premier inn, having breakfast afterwards, really, and then we picked a day and now we've recorded some. barrowford is about five miles from burnley — it's only a small town, so many people here would have known laura, and they've supported herfamily

in recent years. a road here now is in the process of being renamed after her, and here in the park, just down the hill from her family home, a bench has been placed in her memory. and that support is continuing. on saturday — which would have been laura's 24th birthday — the be more laura foundation was officially launched. three, two, one — go, go, go! although the fundraising events — like this festive fun run last weekend — are well established, and the foundation has already provided funding for a clinical trial. we all feel for what the nuttall family have had to go through — particularly this christmas more than any. how they manage to keep the strength and do it is incredible. so the least we can do as a community is give them a hug, put an arm around their shoulder and support them along the way. now we want to try and help them raise as much as we can to get the new foundation going,

and then we can support other families in the same situation. you know, when one of your own gets into trouble, you know, _ it was just a case of everybody wanted to rally around - and do something. and i think that's quite - a common thing with clubs — that sort of thinking of wanting i to help — and what better way to do it than mulled wine and mince pies on a december morning? - i'm part of this running club. and immediately laura was diagnosed, they wanted to do something — they wanted to get involved — and there's nothing they could do to make laura better so they set up the doing it for laura trust, really, and they started raising funds to help laura get the treatment that she needed in germany. and that all began with this race five years ago. so, yeah, it feels like we've come full circle, really. love and compassion in adversity. but although the circle may have been closed... ..the legacy of a young woman

taken too soon means this story is far from over. laura was a large part of this house. you know? and many times i'll go in her room and i'll talk to her in her room. and to me, she's still there. er... i know she's not, but to me, ifeel she is. and we went on holiday in summerand... the last thing i did before we went out the door was i went in her room and said, "right, come on." and... and when we went abroad, laura was there with us, as far as i was concerned. and... and that was — that's ok. so, yes, i know she's died, but she still feels very much a part of the family.

live from london, this is bbc news. the us carries out airstrikes in iraq against what the pentagon describes as facilities operated by "iranian—sponsored militias". reports of one dead and 2a wounded. the un's humanitarian agency in the palestinian territories again warns that civilians in gaza have nowhere safe to go, as israel's bombing intensifies. and cameras follow king charles

for a bbc documentary broadcast on tuesday. we have a special preview coming up. today it's the uk's boxing day sales. so will it be mile—long queues and chaos at the tills? we take a look. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. us armed forces have carried out airstrikes in iraq against what it called "iranian—sponsored militias". the pentagon says it's in response to an attack on the erbil airbase that injured three us military personnel, one of them critically. in a statement, us defence secretary lloyd austin said that military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups in iraq.