this is bbc news, our latest headlines: 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 for having nearly 300 tramadol tablets in her suitcase. the universities minister, jojohnson, has warned academic institutions they could face fines if they fail to protect free speech within the law. south yorkshire police say an officer has died in a car crash which happened near sheffield last night. the 46—year—old man died along with a 61—year—old female passenger of another car when their vehicles collided. 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 bosing day last year. more headlines from me at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting the crackers

from the turkeys, in review 2017: the year in film. as always, the film year began with the oscar circus which back