japan's main stock market index has plunged amid us uncertainty after wall street suffers its worst christmas eve on record. pope francis delivers his traditional christmas message to the world from st peter's square as religious ceremonies get underway around the world to celebrate christmas day. hundreds turn out to see the royal family as they arrive at sandringham for church this morning, but prince phillip and camilla are not attending the service. now on bbc news — stephen hawking, aretha franklin, tessa jowell and ken dodd — just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2018: we remember. oh, it's doddy. hiya, doddy. # happiness, happiness. # the greatest gift that i possess. i always go up on the stage

and think, "mind you, what a beautiful day." what a beautiful day for doing this. what a beautiful day for bouncing up and down in a big barrel of blancmange. how tickled i am by all this goodwill. what about you, missus? have you been tickled by goodwill? there was a showbusiness ken dodd, a thinking ken dodd, and hopefully there's an amusing ken dodd. i hope so anyway. # happiness! happiness! she sings there was television on and there was the group and freddie. they said, "what do you like more of spain?" and he was answering montserrat caballe. she is the best. that's why i listen to it.

# barcelona! # it was the first time that we met. he was a little shy at the beginning to sing with me. # the moment that you stepped into the room you took my breath away. # barcelona! # when we meet again someday. do you drink? not on duty, miss. do you smoke? not on duty, miss. well, do you mind if i smoke? of course not, miss. thank you so much. in movies, the way you begin, that's how you go on.

if you start off playing one kind of part, that's the kind of part you'll always be asked to do. in the end they almost don't give you a script. theyjust say be in it, you know. you practically wear the same costume. i'm blue. i'm beautiful. i'm the best. the funny thing is you can be much more round the corner with jokes with children. you can say something that's very tongue in cheek or very camp to a child and it will get the joke and a listening adult may not. the villain loses? that can't be! and the big bad wolf fell down the chimney? that's ridiculous. i am a villain and i always win. almost always. i have been invited to a royal garden party. ooh, a royal garden party! what's that, geoffrey?

# postman pat, postman pat, postman pat and his black and white cat. who else lives in the countryside? a postman. he travels around. he meets a lot of people, a friendly character. i thought this sounds quite likely. i don't think anybody‘s done it. ok, you go back to kendal and write an outline for 13 episodes. # a really happy man. tell you what. move it towards me a little bit. right, to you. to me. out. to me. steady. right, right. perfect. a frame should do it. you'll wear it out. nonsense. stupid thing. you could saw a bit off the cue. yawns. here is an illustrated

summary of the news. it'll be followed by the latest film of events and happenings at home and abroad. in those early days, newsreaders were never seen because it was feared that our facial expressions might not always look impartial. and worse still, that we might turn the news into a personality performance. police reinforcements have been brought to downing street tonight as the crowd outside number 10 built up to about 300. we are three friends, we're also bloggers, we all have one thing in common. we all have or we have had cancer. i'm basically writing down my whole life in a book for my little boy freddie, who is three. ijust really hope that through his life he will come back to that book and take comfort from it and feel

like he knows the kind of person that his mother was. # another mother's breaking heart is taken over. # the violence causes silence. # we must be mistaken. # you got me wrapped around yourfinger. # do you have to let it linger? # do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger? # you know i'm such a fool for you. # you got me wrapped around yourfinger. # do you have to let it linger? # do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger? the games of the 30th 0lympiad

in 2012 are awarded to the city of london. i am tessa jowell, 0lympic minister. what gives a life meaning is not only how it is lived but how it draws to a close. i hope that this debate will give hope to other cancer patients like me so that we can live well together with cancer, notjust dying of it. i will faithfully

execute the office of president of the united states, so help me god. read my lips. no new taxes. i can report to the nation, aggression is defeated. the war is over. # bring back nelson mandela. # bring him back home to soweto. # i want to see him walking hand in hand with winnie mandela. wilkins scores!

normally as a player you have one thing that you can do quite well and i would like people to say i could pass the ball well. whether it was sideways or forward, i'm not too sure. that was my philosophy of the game. keep the ball, make the opposition work, so that when they receive the ball, they're tired because they've had to work hard to get it back. don't give the ball away cheaply. ray wilkins scores for england. he's taken it well on the chest. lovely control by cyrille regis. what a great shot!

what a goal. cyrille regis! armfield, a perfect interception. people look back and say remember the world cup squad. it's not the same as being in the xi that played in the final. the point was it's better that they won. i had a moment of mixed joy and anguish, and my mind took over. it raced well ahead of my body and drew me compellingly forward. i felt that the moment of a lifetime had come. i collapsed as i crossed the tape, but then i recovered sufficiently to hear him announcing, "in a time which, subject to ratification, will be a new world record, three..." and after that the noise of the crowd obliterated the remainder

of his announcement. music: chariots of fire. one, two, three, four, hup, two, three, four. # it's a long way to tipperary # it's a long way to go # it's a long way to tipperary

# to the sweetest girl i know # goodbye, piccadilly. ..#. i said, "i am the pilot". they didn't believe me and they actually went in the aeroplane and searched it to find a pilot. and they came back and said, "there's nobody there. you must be". i flew 400 spitfires and occasionally i would take one up and go and play with the clouds, which was so delightful and lovely. the crew of apollo 12, the second manned landing on the face of the moon. five, four, three, two, one... zero. all engines running. commit. lift off. i can see the surface. i think probably i'm the luckiest guy you've ever met because i lived my whole life just doing things that i

thought would be the most fun to do. in the ready room, near launching pad 19, they get into their spacesuits, the final mission briefing behind them. the commander, john young. roger all. i'm sure looking forward to getting people off this planet because i think it will be very helpful to get the future done right for the kids of tomorrow, our children and grandchildren. that would be a lot of fun. music: nights in white satin by the moody blues. # i will take the stars out of the sky for you

# stop the rain from falling if you ask me to # i'd do anything for you, your wish is my command # i could move a mountain when your hand is in my hand #. # you've got wonderful arms # you've got charm...#. i remember ringing up dave and i said, "let's go out for a pint. i've got an idea of writing songs about things that i know about and singing in my own accent". # now i don't mind having a chat # but you have to keep giving it that #. # now if you think i don't mean what i say, and i'm only bluffin' # you got another think comin', i'm tellin' you that for nothin'. # cos darlin' i'm leavin', # that's what i'm gonna...do—oo—oo#. # and if i start a commotion

# i run the risk of losing you and that's worse # ever fallen in love with someone ever fallen in love # in love with someone # you shouldn't have fallen in love with?#. # i can't be a man with all the powers i possess # cos girl, you're the key to my happiness # and oh, ooooh # i can't get next to you #. painters paint their environment and their times but they don't illustrate it. if they do, it becomes literary and sentimental. certainly, i used to take great big handfuls of paint and swoosh them, yes, and they were very physical. and to make it work, you simply wind the cube,

and now, you'll see it slowly unwind, so if i put the radio on... you see, it produces that volume of sound. so i can't go in there. i can't go in there? i want to come in. # practical cats, dramatical cats # pragmatical cats, fanatical cats #. it's only by doing it flat out that you suddenly find a release happening. suddenly, something happens to your spirit. suddenly, a lead can do something it never did before. you don't find that by saving for the performance. ever. # allegorical cats, metaphorical cats # statistical cats and mystical cats # political cats, hypocritical cats # clerical cats, hysterical cats # cynical cats, rabbinical cats # jellicle songs forjellicle cats jellicle songs forjellicle cats # jellicle songs forjellicle cats # jellicle songs forjellicle cats #. i was never actually told that i had

only two years to live but i could see the doctors didn't think my prospects were good. too often, they are told that these are stupid questions to ask but this is said by grown—ups who don't know the a nswe i’s , and don't want to look silly by admitting they don't know. as you can imagine, i am very excited. i have been wheelchair—bound for almost four decades. and the chance to float free in zero g will be wonderful. i just came to see if you're all right, not scared by the lightning and winds and everything. i just came to see if you're all right, not scared by the lightning

and winds and everything. that's all right, thanks, alice. i'm not. neither am i. she screams. may ijust say that i think you look gorgeous in that frock that you were wearing the last time you were here. yes, right, 0k. here she is. loads of love. abyssinia! who is it? the bishop. it's one of those key moments in life when it's possible that you can be really genuinely cool and i utterly adore you. i think it was the nicest 12 weeks i've ever had. i cried at the end because i'd loved it so much. i just laughed for 12 weeks. # she may be the reason i survive # the why and wherefore i'm alive. the one i care fo the rough and ready years. # me, i'll take her laughter and her tears. # and make them all my souvenirs. # for where she goes i've got to be. # the meaning

of my life is she. # she! # 0h, she. look up there. what the hell's that? easy, miss. i've got you. you've got me? who's got you? he is exactly like you in every way. except one eighth your size. breathtaking. i shall call him mini—me. i'm going to play the nice guy

but deep down i'm gonna be evil. music: lawrence of arabia — theme. # spider—man, spider—man. # does whatever a spider can. i would be writing these stories, along with the artists we would be working with, and we would all be hoping somebody would buy the comic books so that we could keep ourjobs and pay the rent and not be thrown out in the streets. invitation, sir? i should be on that list. name? stan lee. yeah, nice try, buddy. nice try. no, really. i'm stan lee. you know, i guess one person can make a difference.

straighten out, straighten out. all right. i got it straight. oh, my god. bring it around. it really doesn't take a rocket scientist to be an actor. you just have to try and make it real. what do you do except drive fast? have fun. is this fun? driving? driving, talking to me. well, they're both a challenge. you come into my house,

my party, to tell me about the future and the future is tape, video tape, and not film that has amateurs and not professionals? i'm a film—maker. that is why i will never make a movie on video tape. # wake me up when it's all over. # when i'm wiser and i'm older. # all this time i was finding myself. # and i didn't know i was lost. dale winton! hello! thank you, thank you so much.

hi there. welcome to supermarket sweep. forget blake. you have control of the liberator now. there is no more powerful ship in the galaxy. you have 0rac. avon, don't you see what that means? at this moment we can take history and shape it in our own image. the daleks have secured the self—destruct chamber. the station is safe. excellent. the daleks have taken the doctor prisoner. this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. it also tells you to get yourself a solicitor pretty damn quick. happy christmas, ange. seven years i've been waiting for you to make your fortune, half a fortune, to get a job even.

i've had jobs. yes, 273! 0h, stop it, elsie. you shouldn't laugh at people. i can't help it. i'd never come out if i looked like him. i want you to get up out of your seat right now and say i want my sin forgiven. i'm looking forward to death because i want to go into that glorious new world where i believe everybody that knows christ is going to go. i'm going to have all the answers that now i would like to have answers to. i love you but i'm the man

and you are the woman and i'll make the decision concerning my life. you better think about what you're saying. you better to think about the consequences of your actions. 0h, shut up, woman. # you better think. think! # think about what you're trying to do to me. think. think, think. # let your mind go, let yourself be free. # let's go back, let's go back. # let's go way on, way back when. # i didn't even know you. # you couldn't have been too much more than ten. # when combing my hair now. # wondering which dress i'm going to wear now. # i say a little prayerfor you.

# oh, yes, i do. # you make me feel. # a woman. # yeah! # oh, yeah! merry christmas! it's been a cloudy start to the day. as we go through the afternoon it's also going to remain fairly cloudy for most of us. we've had some fog this morning, some of it is still clinging on and some of it will last all day.

if that happens for you, it will hold the temperature down. but the high—pressure is still firmly in charge. bit of a weather front moving from the west to east across scotland, introducing some light and patchy rain. but not much of a breeze today at all. fair bit of cloud this afternoon, some brighter breaks when we lose the rain across north east scotland. we will see some sunshine and parts of north—east england also seeing some sunshine. the same too through parts of east anglia and the south—east, the midlands and north east wales. but for the rest of us, it will remain cloudy but milder than it was yesterday with temperatures between about six and 12 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight it's going to remain fairly cloudy but where the cloud breaks across north east scotland, it could well be cold enough for you for a touch of frost. the other thing happening is there'll be some patchy mist and fog forming. most of the fog will be in the hills and a weather front it will be introducing some rain across the northern and western isles and also in north—west scotland. so that's how we stop boxing day, with this cloud and rain. but once again, for most of the uk, it it's going to be

a fairly cloudy picture. the second half of the day starts to see some of that cloud break—up, particularly across southern counties and we'll see some sunshine developed. some sunshine develop. but here, temperatures about ten to 12 and in the north, ten to 12 so a milder day than christmas day. as we head into thursday, we still have wednesday's front moving round the north of scotland. moving into the west at times, introducing some light, patchy rain. hardly an isobar in the charts, that means it's not going to be windy. so thursday we start off once again with a fair bit of cloud around. we have a weather front producing some patchy rain across northern and western scotland but you can see more breaks developing on thursday, meaning we will see more sunshine. but not quite as mild, temperatures in the south nine to about 11, tens and 11 as we push further north. into friday and the weekend, still a lot of settled weather to be had. now, overnight friday into saturday, we'll have some rain

which will clear, leaving us with a mostly dry day on saturday and mild. this is bbc news. the headlines at midday. rescuers in indonesia say they're worried about disease spreading following the tsunami on saturday which has killed more than 420 people. 150 remain missing. actor kevin spacey is charged with sexual assault in america and releases a video addressing allegations made against him. japan's main stock market index has plunged amid us uncertainty after wall street suffers its worst christmas eve on record. pope francis delivers his traditional christmas message from st peter's square as religious ceremonies get under way around the world. hundreds turn out to see the royal family for church at sandringham, but prince phillip and camilla did not attend the service this year. coming up on bbc news, we look back

at this summer's world cup in russia. a brilliant tournament that had it all, the glory of