for belfast, plymouth, single digits for belfast, plymouth, single digits for the time being. frontal system still running across the north west on saturday, bristol wins as well. further south and east we are looking at a lot of dry weather. england died well should be largely dry on saturday. cloud around but sunny breaks, largely fine for northern ireland, rain clipping into the north—west. eastern scotland dry, the western side seen outbreaks of rain. all of us just about by this stage in double figures. it stays very mild as we go into sunday, we should see more sunshine developing cross england, wales, the south and east of scotland. still some outbreaks at times, temperatures of ii—ilidc in one or two places. as we head into the last couple of days of 2019, most will see dry weather, some rate of the north—west, it will stay fairly

mild. —— some rain into the north—west. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines: spanish police have named the three british holidaymakers who died in a swimming pool on christmas eve. gabriel diya and his two children drowned at a hotel on the costa del sol. a powerful typhoon tears

through parts of the philippines, killing at least 16 people and leaving thousands homeless. as bushfires rage out of control in australia, there's a warning that more record—breaking temperatures could be on the way. israel's prime minister faces a political fight, as his likud party decides who will lead them into the country's third general election in a year. more than 11 million people tuned in for the return of gavin and stacey, making it the most watched christmas day programme of the decade. and after the sport, our media editor, amol rajan, sits down with the editor of private eye, ian hislop, to take a look back at 2019. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chetan pathak. sam curran stars for england, taking four wickets on day one of the opening test in south africa. chelsea lose at home again, as southampton leave stamford bridge with all three points. and clan des 0beaux makes it back—to—back wins in the king george vi chase with victory at kempton. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chetan pathak. sam curran took four wickets and james anderson made an instant to the first test in south africa.

anderson, england's leading wicket taker, struck with the first ball of the day in centurion, as patrick gearey reports. in centurion, a nod to a man who has gone well beyond 100. a man who has gone well beyond 100. test match 150 forjimmy anderson. he's always had that knack. he spent four months fighting back from injury and won't care if the radar was out, as long as the batsman is. he set the tone and spoils with stuart. the catcher, ben stokes, the sports personality of the year, who spent some christmas visiting his father in hospital. the series is meant to mark the start of england's future, the likes of sam curran, freshfaced but fierce. this blend had south africa at 111—5. time for others to lead. quinton de kock is a master of the counterpunch. with every run, the day seemed hotter, the afternoon longer. fine if you're in your boxing day chair,

but as another centurion centurion looked like he would be saluted, curran stopped de kock. south africa got more troublesome runs. south africa lost their ninth wicket in the closing minutes, but they aren't yet all out. england finishing boxing day with leftovers remaining. patrick gearey, bbc news. we would probably have liked to bowl them out before the close, but to keep them under 300, hopefully we can get the last week it quickly in the morning. if we get them under 300, we will be batting nicely, we are confident we can get a first—innings lead, so i think quinton de kock played beautifully, it would have been nice to get him early, but that is the way cricket works, all in all i think pretty pleased. in the premier league, mikel arteta could only manage a draw in his first game in charge

of arsenal, while carlo ancelotti got his everton career off to a winning start. earlier, spurs came back from a goal down to beat brighton despite yet more var controversy. here's natalie pirks. it never rains, it pours. yesterday, jose mourinho‘s dog died, and tottenham were still reeling from allegations of racism in the crowd during their defeat to chelsea last weekend, but there is no let—up for footballers at christmas. tottenham's subdued fans had something to cheer. kane putting it away! 0rdid he? var deemed harry kane offside by an armpit. the boos were ringing out on boxing day. the mood was going to get worse when pascal gross‘s cross found webster's hand. brighton have the lead. that was pedestrian tottenham's wake—up call. tenacious harry kane soon had his customary boxing day goal. spurs going level.

spurs were at the races, and the comeback was complete with a fantastic team effort. super sub eriksen‘s floated cross, a great cutback, and a cheeky finish from alli. 2—1 the final score, a nice way to end christmas. the end of the decade is ushering in the start of a new hero at everton. manager carlo ancelotti had an immediate effect. bernie's resistance was broken by calvert—lewin‘s flying header. goodison park erupted, and ancelotti is starting as he means to go on. arsenal didn't get the same new—manager bounce. a lot of possession but only one point. a second—half equaliser, their first shot on target against bournemouth. no time to reflect for mikel arteta, as they play again on sunday. new arsenal boss mikel arteta said he was pleased with the way his players reacted after going a goal

down at bournemouth. there are no negotiable is at this club, so many standards that have to be done in that pitch, and today i think we have done all the things that i'm going to start requiring from now on, because we have to keep improving, the reaction after they lose the ball, how they control the transitions, their spirit, their reaction at half—time, the character they showed going 1—0 down, it is tough because they are in a difficult run, i really liked all of that. in the premier league since 2011 as southampton moved three points clear of the relegation zone with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. chelsea never got going, and it was the visitors who took the lead with this brilliant strike from michael 0bafemi just after the half—hour mark. and then, with 20 minutes remaining, a superb team move saw the ball break for nathan redmond, who wrapped up the win. it moves southampton up to 14th.

you need a team that is really fighting, with a lot of passion, and i think today we saw... i don't want to pick one player out, because i think we had every player on the pitch today doing a massive performance, and yeah, it was maybe the best game this season, it may be since i am here, because it was a clea n since i am here, because it was a clean sheet, chelsea are winning, having a few chances more, so it was good. and aston villa beat norwich city 1—0 to get their first win in six games. conor hourihane scored an hour into the game, just eight minutes after coming on the pitch. norwich have now gone six games without a win and are bottom of the table. elsewhere, jordan ayew scored a last minute winner as crystal palace beat west ham 2—1. sheffield united stay sixth, behind tottenham, after being held to a one all draw by bottom place watford. in the 5:30 kick off manchester united have come

from behind to lead newcastle 4—1, martial, greenwood and rashford with the goals. celtic remain five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a 2—1win at st mirren. the opening goal came just after the 20—minute mark thanks to callum mcgregor. celtic doubled their lead ten minutes later after a good finish from james forrest. st mirren got a late consolation, but it wasn't enough. in the edinburgh derby, hibs beat hearts 2—0. martin doyle scored both goals in the first half at tynecastle, volleying the first just six minutes in, with the second on the half—hour mark. that makes it back—to—back derby wins for the first time since the 19705. hearts remain at the bottom of the scottish premiership table. meanwhile, alfredo morelos got the only goal of the game

as second place rangers beat kilmarnock1—0. declan gallagher's dramatic injury—time winner got motherwell a 2—1win at ten—man ross county, they stay third. wins too for aberdeen and stjohnstone. former manchester united and sweden striker zlatan ibrahimovic is in talks with ac milan about a return to the italian side. ibrahimovic is a free agent after leaving la galaxy. other clubs are interested in the 38—year—old, but confidence is growing in italy that ibrahimovic will return to the club where he spent two seasons from 2010. the seven—times champions league winners are enduring a poor season and are 11th in the table after losing their last match 5—0 at atalanta. clan des 0beaux has won the king george vi chase for the second successive year at kempton. ridden by sam twiston—davies, the 11—2 shot beat off competition from the favourite cyrname to romp home by over ten lengths. it's trainer paul nicholls' 11th win

in the boxing day race. in rugby union, cardiff blues beat dragons 16—12. shane lewis—hughes celebrated a new contract with cardiff by scoring their first try ten minutes in at arms park. jarrod evans added the extras to give them a 7—0 lead. taine basham responded with a try for dragons just before half—time, but it wasn't enough to beat the blues. another sporting boxing day tradition is the sydney to hobart yacht race. over 600 miles to tasmania, and blue skies when they left from sydney harbour overnight, with little smoke from the bushfires that have been raging in new south wales. comanche grabbed the early lead after a slow start. very calm winds currently with the winner set to be crowned late tomorrow night or early saturday morning. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. but now it's time for ian hislop in conversation with amol rajan.

hello. ian. come in. good to see you. now, you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a private eye cover like those? well, this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. um, she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think "how can we pay tribute to mrs may?" so i thought, "perhaps a blank page will be good" and so we have the theresa may memorial issue — her legacy in full. and a little thing at the bottom, saying, "er, thank you". which, again, seems quite cruel, but was quite funny at the time. do you ever keep tabs on how each of those sell? yeah. yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular! and nigel farage? nigel farage. this is great. he's always good. partly because he always does

photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. i mean, he does thejoke for us. and you sometimes jump on anniversaries too. yes. essentially, the joke is essentially, thejoke is boris saying he has been caught out, she is saying a floppy disk or hard drive. there is a properjoke here, with boris in to saying to his new

girlfriend, i don't lie to women any without saying, except the queen. that is not a legal problem, that is a supreme court judgment, that is not a legal problem, that is a supreme courtjudgment, this is oui’ a supreme courtjudgment, this is ourjob, the facts. and you sometimes jump on anniversaries too. this is when boris became prime minister, which many people equate with an event as unlikely as landing on the moon. but he did, and there's this brilliant picture of him just going into number ten, so we did it as the lunar landing, a souvenir issue — one small step for man and a giant leap in the dark for mankind! and put it in black and white. and in terms of your annual, when you've got a year to get through — you've done many of these annuals, of course — when you've got to curate a year, what you were saying a moment ago is whatjournalism is about, what is your starting point with thinking about how we deal with this? do you just think "let's get the bestjokes" or do you think "we really to reflect the yea r"? i try and get the bestjokes, and if we've been dull about a particular subject or have not covered it well, i try and leave it out.