a british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt has been sentenced to three years in jail. laura plummer, who's 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with tablets of the painkiller, tramadol. the universities minister, jojohnson, has warned academic institutions they could face fines if they fail to protect free speech, within the law. there has been a lower turnout than expected at the boxing day sales. the research group springboard believes there was a 4% drop in the number of shoppers — up to midday today — compared with last year. a police officer and a 61—year—old woman died in a crash on christmas day. the 46—year—old officer was responding to an incident when the marked bmw 3 series he was driving was in collision with a citroen c3 on the a57 in sheffield. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm marc edwards. kane is able.

he hits his eighth hat—trick of 2017 and breaks the record for the most premier league goals scored in a calendar year as tottenham thrash southampton. england's misery continues down under. they have it all to do after david warner hits a century on the opening day of the fourth ashes test. and might bite wins the day's feature race, the king george the sixth, to give trainer nicky henderson a big—race double at kempton. hello and welcome to sportsday. what a year it's been for harry kane, his hattrick helping tottenham hotspur thrash southampton 5—2 at wembley today. and it sees the spurs striker breaking records both at home and across europe. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching. boxing day is a time when most struggle to move from our sofas, but there was no such christmas

slump for harry kane. when danny rose was fouled just outside the box, christian eriksen‘s ensuing free kick landed plumb on harry's head. here goes eriksen. it's in! alan shearer‘s premier league goals record had stood for 22 years. kane was engulfed as his achievements sunk in. but the game was yet young, and there was another record for the taking. lionel messi has scored 5a goals for club and country this year. one more would take kane to 55. and kane! beautiful from tottenham. dele to son to kane for the tap—in. teamwork makes the dream work. spurs were 4—1 up before kane put the cherry on the icing on the cake. he was once labelled a one—season wonder. he will! hat—trick, harry kane! his eighth hat—trick of 2017 tells you otherwise. the game was a cracker, 5—2 the final score, but one man shone brightest.

with the world cup looming, england fans will be praying kane's world—beating form continues. natalie pirks, bbc news. it has been amazing, a fantastic year and one that i'm very proud of. compared to these amazing players, it is what it is all about. it is an unbelievable display by the team and a great result. and the hat—trick as a great result. and the hat—trick as a great result. and the hat—trick as a great feeling to end the year. there was late drama at old trafford asjesse lingard rescued a point for manchester united — their match with burnley finished 2—2. jose mourinho‘s team were behind within 3 minutes of kick—off equalised in the 90th minute. that means united trail neighbours city by 12 points and pep guardiol‘s team have a game in hand. 5159. ¥9llé£2hete wasafiaaflaic!

wins for chelsea and watford as well. fi’f: i;;z§;§;;¢;js;, * " 7 ’ ' ' just before half time. that one the only scottish premiership game today, with five more to come tomorrow. middlesbrough have appointed former stoke and west brom boss tony pulis as their manager to succeed garry monk. pulis was sacked by the baggies in november after a run of 10 games without a win. the 59—year—old welshman will watch

boro‘s boxing day home championship game against bolton from the stands, with craig liddle taking caretaker charge. ”12555155? zgg fé $1 3 a ltjegms, tg'bg'goiflg frm‘n bad:’:.:”i'f: 'f.:::. . to worse for england's cricketers whe are twins ts. aveig a gerigg— ~ ~ ~ , . having surrendered the ashes in perth — a century from david warner and another great performance from captain steve smith left australia on 2411—3 at stumps on day 1 of the 11th test. patrick gearey was watching. england were always going to be in for a hard slog. they have to field ona for a hard slog. they have to field on a pitch that suited the batsmen on a pitch that suited the batsmen ona on a pitch that suited the batsmen on a warm day in melbourne. david warner made it look like any total would be possible to australia. they had 100 by lunch thanks to him.

england tightened things up and then frustrated warner as he neared his century on 99. he blinked and it seemed he had given tom curran his first test wicket on replay but it was overruled. what i did go soon to james anderson and after tea stuart got his first wicket i more broad got his first wicket for more than 400 deliveries. he nearly got with his next. shaun marsh another with his next. shaun marsh given not out lbw, the review went with the umpire call. a key moment and then steve smith stabilised things. he remained unbeaten and england must worry that they are perhaps unbeatable. well james anderson and david warner where the key players of the day. the contrast in emotions. i was disappointed with the way i played the shot, i have played it many times in my career.

we spoke about being cautious of the horizontal cut shots and making sure of communicating. and we had two of them in the same over, one potentially dismissing me. quite annoyed. and then getting recalled was fantastic. but yes, a bit of a roller—coaster of emotions between those two deliveries. we did not start very well, we did not adjust quickly adapt to conditions of the picture above and when you bowl at someone picture above and when you bowl at someone like shane warne, on a pitch like that, you do not bowl to your best and he will hurt you. so we regrouped at lunch and decided it was a really slow pitch, really try and slow so we thought just try and bowl straight. we went slightly wide. and the second session i

thought we dragged it back really well. we stuck to our plan much better. and i thought we deserved the couple of wickets that we got. we could have got more throughout the day, but no pace in the pitch and it was really difficult to create the chances. whether it's slow pace to the test match, the side that makes the most mistakes could well end up losing it and england unfortunately have a record of making a lot more of those than a straighter. —— than australia. there are three boxing day matches in rugby union's pro 14— all derbies. in limerick, four time champions leinster have gone top of pool b beating munster by 32 points to 24. it's leinster fifth win in six games against their celtic rivals and they sealed it with this try from jordan larmour. cardiff blues beat the dragons 22—17 at rodney parade — they did have to withstand a second—half fightback, but this try from tom james proved to be the winner. it's now 18 games since dragons last won a welsh derby.

and scarlets are currently leading by 5—3 to the 0spreys. might bite held on in an exciting finish to win the king george the sixth chase at kempton park. nico de boinville's mount led the way throughout the race. leading going into the final fence, the 6—4 favourite had to work hard on the run—in. 50—1 shot double shuffle came second while tea for two was third for jockey lizzie kelly. the win gave trainer nicky henderson a big—race kempton double after buveur d'air triumphed in the christmas hurdle earlier on the card. luvo manyonga's rise to success in athletics, is remarkable. despite struggling with a drug addiction earlier in his life, the south african is now focussing on breaking the long—jump world record. we caught up with him as part of the bbc‘s "becoming a world champion" series. for the qualifications i did not

jump for the qualifications i did not jump so welland for the qualifications i did not jump so well and i was thinking, what is going on. i could not produce the big jumps. everyone was putting in a great effort to win a medal. my coach is the guy who started everything and always believed in me that i could be the best in the world. sometimes i think about him and i dedicate the medals to him. and also my family and my country. whatever you're struggling with, you

just have to accept it. and do not be afraid to ask for help. i want to make changes in the world, not only where i'm coming from. to show that people can train after being addicted. you can make it. you just have to work on that thing. notjust with yourself but with other people. i have been recognised as the best long jumper in 18 years, a great honour. and to break a world record in my personal best. but firmly that is not the thing i'm chasing, i'm chasing the perfection of the technique. when that comes then the results come automatically. a near collision between two of the favourites marked a dramatic

start to the annual sydney to hobart yacht race. a tack from wild 0ats, the eight—time winner, brought it to within a few metres of comanche, and after a protest, they could receive a time penalty later on. it didn't hamper comanche too much, though — she leads as they continue to sail down the east coast of australia. and it is now to have annealed to liverpool at anfield against swa nsea. liverpool at anfield against swansea. roberto firmino with the goal. that's all from sportsday but we'll continue the sporting theme after this by taking a look at some of the best british prospects at next year's winter olympics in path to pyeongchang. it takes a special kind of athlete to succeed at the winter olympics.

traditionally, british success has been sporadic at best. but in recent years, team gb has finallyjoined the party. lizzie yarnold is the olympic champion! there were four gb medals during sochi 2014. that could be upgraded to a record haul of five. british athletes are winning more major medals now than at any point in history. there is every chance that pyeongchang 2018 in south korea could be great britain's best ever games. one of britain's best medal prospects is elise christie, competing in three events. since the last games, she has become a world champion. she is looking to put her 0lympic demons firmly behind her after a devastating sochi 2014. 0h, they've gone down,

they've all gone down! i can't believe it! christie's been penalised again. it's been tough. i can't even describe how hard it was. i suffered a lot after it, in my normal life too. i had a crash at the games. i received a lot of death threats and online abuse from the south koreans. it changed me as a person. you know, i lost a lot of confidence from it. but since then i have actually had a massive turnaround. christie, the first british woman to win a short track world title! people became fans and they were really sorry for how people had treated me. and actually the majority of the south koreans really support me. i think it's nice to see how much i've moved forward since then. i'm a totally different skater.

i've developed so much. i don't know how i'll survive if it happens again and i have a terrible olympics and i mess it up. when i go to the olympics, i'm hoping to win a gold medal. i definitely want it more than anything else. but at the same time, part of me does need it, just with what happened in sochi and to get redemption for what mistakes i made. if i won a gold, it would be incredible, indescribable. the british bobsleigh four—man team finished fifth, an agonising 0.11 seconds from the medals at sochi 2014. but they are in line for an upgrade to bronze following the disqualification of two russians for doping offences. corruption on an unprecedented scale. 1,000 russian athletes are accused of doping.