hello. this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines at 2:30pm... president putin says he will resist calls to retaliate against america's expulsion of 35 russian diplomats. the us has accused the kremlin of hacking the emails of senior democrats and then publishing them during the american presidential campaign. a nationwide ceasefire appears to be largely holding in syria, although some clashes have been reported. islamic state fighters and militants linked to al-qaeda are not part of the deal. a survivor from a capsized boat off the coast of kent has spoken of how he survived, a second was rescued but died later. now on bbc news, just a few of those who left us this year and whose lives are celebrated in review 2016, we remember: part two.

i only do the music i would like to do. just with the limits of my talent i am obliged to do my own kind of song. i loved his car, which he wore like a snail shell everywhere. if we sold 400 books of poetry in canada we considered ourselves to be well on

oui’ considered ourselves to be well on our way to immortality. but i could not pay the rent. in hindsight it seems like a mad decision that i would rectify my economic situation by becoming a singer. you can go to a party and say to somebody, have you seen this trick? and they will say to you, even if you were just and they will say to you, even if you werejust average, and they will say to you, even if you were just average, they will say, how did you do that? and you grow a little. i did not go far! all you have got to do is keep an eye on the queen. there it is, with the corner bend. it does not matter what you do with these, so, where is the queen, for £10? £10. £10, that's it, and it is a black three. ladies and gentlemen, please

welcome, debbie mcgee. what first attracted you to the millionaire, paul daniels? i once saw david copperfield, she made the statue of liberty disappear. i have seen your paul do the same thing with the eight clubs. if on earth you are ugly then in heaven you will be beautiful. great news for that: the front. 1991, turkey, 1992, turkey, 1993, morecambe. but it is not a patch on turkey. what did i say? it's not got

the same atmosphere. what did i say? it's not got the same atmosphere. ben, let's go down to the stream and give our feet a nice treat, soak them in the cool water. ben, you don't know what you're missing. ben, i never thought i'd see the day you didn't want to go in the water. you just don't know what you are missing. # do you remember the 21st of september? # love was changing the minds of pretenders # while chasing the clouds away... # come on, children, come on # the mirror stares you in the face and says, # "baby, uh, uh, it don't work" # you say your prayers

though you don't care # you dance and shake the hurt #. what are you going to do after the war, case? i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. so help you god? so help me god. may i congratulate you, sir? # for the land of the free... we are doing everything we can. each day brings another reminder of this very long goodbye. # me and mrsjones, # we got a thing going on #. # someone is knocking at the door # somebody is ringing the bell what do you think i am?

now look here, my good woman! i could not go on dropping my trousers, couldn't go on repeating myself forever. i wasjust repeating myself in farce, coming in the same doors, doing the same jokes. he's pinched me braces! i began looking around for something else to do. brian rix!

by sheer miracle, i saw the advertisement for secretary—general of mencap in the guardian one day, applied for the job like anyone else, and eventually, after a great deal of doubt in behalf of the society, on behalf of the society, i actually got the job. doctor henryj heimlich, a leading specialist in oesophagus surgery, has devised a simple first—aid procedure, the heimlich manoeuvre, which has proven successful in saving the lives of choking victims. # i'm running down the road trying to loosen my load # i got seven women on my mind # four that wanna own me # two that wanna stone me # 0ne says she's a friend of mine # you can't hide your lying eyes...#. we enjoyed what we were doing,

we were serious about our work and the songs and about where we wanted to take the band. but along the way we really rocked and had a good time. # and still those voices are calling from far away # wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say...#. when you have a record like hotel california, you join a fraternity were only a few people who understand what it you join a fraternity of only a few people who understand what it is like to have a mega record. then you need to get your head around how to make a record after that. # living it up at the hotel california # what a nice surprise, bring your alibis...#. i have the most stylish corner of the filthy storeroom out back. that and one plate of beans, $10 a day. yeah, things get hard when you find out you are on the run.

there's a dry wash south of town, pick me up there. there may be another attempt on his life. i'll be back in the morning with my people. thank you, doctor. knowing thrush as we do they're going to keep after it. fortunately, dr true anticipated that. he said his enemies would have to hunt down the four winds to find his formula. and one more word. daughter. he is flying east. 2000 miles approximately. there is an envelope with the logo of one of moslov air, one of the few airlines flying into dagestan. # take good care of my baby...#. i think the things i look back on with pride are some of the songs. i still love take good care of my baby, run to him, and the night has a thousand eyes. # remember, when you tell those little white lies

# that the night has a thousand eyes #. when a group has an instant hit, it is very nice for them, because they don't need to worry about selling records, and for disc jockeys, because they know immediately to play it. ladies and gentlemen, the brand—new one, straight in at 12. # she ain't got no money # her clothes are kinda funny # her hair is kinda wild and free # oh, but love grows where my rosemary goes # and nobody knows but me...#. # oh, oh i'm trapped # like a fool i'm in a cage # i can't get out # you see i'm trapped # can't you see i'm so confused? # i can't get out # you see i'm trapped # like a fool i'm in a cage i can't get out # you see i'm trapped # can't you see i'm so confused? # i can't get out #. i wanted to make

a glittery, disco record. and i wanted to work with stock, aitken, and waterman. # i, get to know your name #. i am so lucky to have that, i realise it now, as my knees get stiff and my teeth are falling out, you know what i mean? # you spin me right round, baby, right round # like a record, baby, right round, round, round #. i am glad i did something that has gone down in history. i look down on him because i am upper—class. i looked up to him because he is upper—class. but i look down on him because he is lower class. i am middle—class. i know my place. there you go, four candles. no, fork handles. there you are. four candles. no, fork handles. no, handles for forks. i didn't make this story up.

i read it in an old reader's digest in between an article called having fun with a hernia, and a story about a woman who brought up a family of four with one hand while waiting for directory enquiries. i said to her, "excuse me". am i doing a lot of swaying? i think i am. i think i'll sit still for a moment. name. ronald goliath corbett. matt rampage, that is you, isn't it? possibly. volume the first. in which huntkin and ganderbolt travel to the land of growlocks. grollocks, mother. language, timothy! it is good night from me... and good night from him! do you mind if i have a smoke? what do you mean, smoke? have a smoke, like.

have you got any pot on you? no. i know where i can get you some, though. i don't want any! have a chair, fletch. thanks very much. this is a problem. i want those pills back where they belong. in your pocket, like? dear me, no. in the doctor's office. i didn't know you shared my views on the evils of drugs. it's not that, exactly. it is just that despicable pilfering of this nature is making a mess of my own pill—peddling operation. these are my mops. brushes. brushes and mops. that's right. what do you want me to do with them? i think you know well enough what to do with them, father. look for dust and dirt. # tin in the office cupboard # labelled, "lorraine," # because i've gone and got engaged again...#. i knew i was funny.

i thought i could be funny, and i could play the piano. i thought, somehow, i will do something with this, but i did not know what it could be. # i'll be back at social security, queueing up to be abused # to be listed on a card index, one singer, slightly used #. hello. i'm looking for me friend. at another sort of swapping party, i ended up in a back bedroom with a man who owned a diy shop. and he ripped off all his clothes and said, "what would you like me to do?" i said, "well really, i'd like you to insulate the loft and lag the hot water tank". i went into the wvs centre today. it was more curiosity than anything. the lady who seems to run the centre, very tall, quite imposing, she sort of swept me up and i ended up making about 60 cups of tea. they did well out of you, then, didn't they? i liked her though, she knew what she wanted. # let's do it, let's do it

# i really want to run amok #. have you seen it on the trolley? two coffees, no sweet. two coffees, no sweet? that's right. now what was i... have you seen it on the trolley? # let's do it tonight...#. if marjorie were to let her concentration lapse forjust one second i could literally... # let's go, because i know # just how i want you to behave # mot meekly, not bleakly, # beat me on the bottom with a women's weekly # but let's do it...# have you ever been three weeks late? yeah, i have, actually. did you find out what it was? yeah, i was pregnant. no, i'm kidding! i'm kidding! it is over my head, too dangerous! my mother first realised i was an actor when an uncle of mine went to see a film called the inn of the sixth happiness. he rang my mother up and said, "that son of yours is in a film." my mother did not believe them.

she had to be dragged to see the film. she said, "yes, he looks familiar!" inspector clouseau's residence? because the prisoner is close to child, the imperial japanese army shall be... with the explosion of television, the world became smaller. and because it became smaller, there was room for much more international types of entertainment. that is where i dived in. i just got lucky. how come you have a name like entwistle? i changed my name, didn't i? from mcintyre. i was forever being mistaken for a scot. what are you then? a yorkshireman, what else? you're five minutes late! i thought you were all listening to the archers, or something.

that was a very short bit of football, or a very short first half. yes? he says, we appear to have lost that film. you are telling me! we will try to find it. i was totally changed by the experience of it. i went there and it was such a dreadful shock. i hope i shall never see anything like this again... you have much more humility after that kind of experience. you cannot go around being bombastic anymore. it calms you down, it makes you realise what some other people have to put up with in life. now coming to the last moment of apollo 13, as it begins its re—entry.

the best thing we can do now isjust listen and hope. it needs to be edited and refined over time, you have to be very self—critical. .. i was a woman who did strange stuff. there's a definite stigma to a woman's thing. to be accepted as an architect, i am not sure it is fully done. not here, not in this country, i am still considered to be on the margins. i don't mind being on the edge, actually. it is a good place to be. i've just about had enough of you. go that way. you will be malfunctioning within a day, you near—sighted scrap pile. and don't let me catch you following me, begging for help, because you won't get it. # there's a star man, waiting in the sky...

# he'd like to come and meet us but he thinks # he'd blow our minds... # there is a star man waiting in the sky, # he told us not to blow it # because he knows it is all worthwhile... roger, 05... a fluid body shift occurs, that is something that as i understand goes away over a couple of days, you get back to normal again... put your awareness to the back of your head. just concentrate on feeling the inside of the back of your head. you should notice, with a little practice doing this, a definite shift in awareness. # ground control to major tom... # take your protein pills and put your helmet on...

i am only using rock and roll as a medium. i want it to be the instigator of new ideas, to turn people on to new things and perspectives. i was never that confident of my voice as a singer. i would like to kind of portray the song. # ziggy played guitar...# i felt really comfortable going on stage as somebody else. it seemed a rational decision to keep on doing that. # fame... # we can be heroes... i got besotted with the idea of creating character

after character. # let's dance... nothing will prepare you for the first dramatic performance in the man who fell to earth. i don't need any help! i've practised walking for years. # look up here, i'm in heaven... # i've got scars that cannot be seen... # i've got drama that can't be stolen...

# everybody knows me now... # ziggy played... # guitar...# in the first part of review 2016: muhammad ali, terry wogan, and prints, among those remembered, at a 30p.m. tomorrow. we have had some problems again

today caused by faulkner. the worst of the fog has been across central and eastern england, a few problems on the roads, cancellations and flight on the roads, cancellations and flight delays at some airports, gatwick and heathrow for example, one of our weather watchers spotted the fog, it is still very murky here, and as we go through this evening, the first part of the knife, fog will continue to cause issues, they could be further localised transport disruption mainly across central and eastern england, east anglia, but overnight the worst of the foggy weather will become confined to eastern parts of east anglia and the far south—east of england, to the west, cloud flowing but a mild night compared with recent nights, temperatures in double figures across parts of scotla nd double figures across parts of scotland and northern ireland, here in scotland we have a band of

rain, and on new year's eve this band of rain will move southwards, slowly, and the wet weather will arrive across scotland, the central belt, then more readily in northern ireland, through the afternoon, england and wales, dry weather, after a murky start in the south—east will tend to be a bit less murky as the breeze picks up, through the evening time, our band of rain will continue to trickle southward in the run up to midnight, it means if you are looking for fireworks around midnight in wales and northern ireland, look at the sky and you might well get a face full of rain, to the south and east it is relatively mild cloudy, to the north, scotland, northern ireland, temperatures dropping away, temperatures dropping away, temperatures only a few above freezing, you need to wrap up warmly, and new year's day this cold air will work its way southward, we will start the day with some rain, starting the new year with rain across east anglia and south—east england and that might be there for much of the day, but elsewhere, decent sunshine coming through, showers in the north of scotland, and snow over some of

the higher scottish hills in the north, a sign of cold weather, perhaps, just around the corner as we work into the rest of january, that visual weather. this is bbc news — i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3pm: president putin says he will not expel anyone in response to president 0bama ordering 35 russian diplomats out of the us for alleged hacking. mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. a postmortem examination into the cause of george michael's death had proved inconclusive. further tests will now be carried out. drivers are told to take care in fog and freezing conditions, as a coach overturns on the m40 in 0xfordshire injuring 17 people. clinging on for life — the only survivor of a boat that capsized off kent recounts his 11—hour ordeal. also in the next hour: the ceasefire in syria appears to be largely holding. there's been calm on the front

lines, but there are reports of sporadic clashes and some air raids. and learner drivers could soon be allowed on motorways, in a move ministers hope will make roads safer.