this is bbc news, the headlines: russia's defence ministry says at least three service personnel have been killed as a result of a ukrainian drone attack on an air force base in the south of the country. china carries out one of its biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan. the taiwanese defence ministry says it's detected 71 aircraft and 7 warships around the island. the united nations tells the taliban to reverse it's decision on banning afghan women working for humanitarian agencies. five major aid organisations are suspending all their work in the country following the order. in the uk — shoppers are expected to spend less at the boxing day sales as households are squeezed by the cost of living crisis. it comes as disruption is expected on roads around shopping centres

because of the latest round of rail strikes. you are watching bbc news: now on bbc news — it's time for review 2022. it has been a year where we've lost some of the world's biggest names. stars like meatloaf, sporting icons such as shane warne and actors including robbie coltraine and angela la nsbury. and of course her majesty the queen — who died in september. for the next half an hour on bbc news, "we remember": # like a bat out of hell # i'll be gone when the morning comes # oh, when the night is over # like a bat out of hell # i'll be gone, gone, gone every song is a different character and we don't stop.

it's like a symphony. # but when the day is done and the sun goes down # and the moonlight�*s shining through i refused to allow them to use the words icon, legend, star or rock star. i'm just another person. and i have a job. # i don't know anything about you, baby # but you're everything i'm dreaming of # i don't know who you are # but you're a real dead ringerfor love # a real dead ringerfor love # the night we met i knew i needed you so # and if i had the chance i'd never let you go we started at my grandmother's house when i was like ten or ii. i had like ten cousins going,doo—ah, and i was the lead and i was saying,

# why do birds sing so gay? i knew then i could sing. i love performing so much. song: chariots of fire my intention was not to create a symphony orchestra, which i can. it's very easy, but to go further than that and do things that the symphony orchestra can't do. and i think that i succeed to create something like this.

the relaxed atmosphere is long gone, as a more tense and confused air has taken over in the den. out of your 500 members, how many attend per week? you will make my foot itch, mate. i'm not amused. i'm angry. i'm out. # remember my name # fame # i'm gonna live forever # i'm gonna learn how to fly # high! # i feel it coming together # people will see me and cry

# fame! # i'm gonna make it to heaven # light up the sky like a flame # fame! # i'm gonna live forever # baby, remember my name # remember my name is che valentine. i'm a drag artiste, performer, musician, a star. i just took to it immediately. and so, i mean, that day it was like a lightning bolt shot into me. it was like, oh, and i'm like, i'm a drummer. that's what i'm going to do. and that sort of became my armour.

and then ijust fell in love with it. # too much, too young # you've done too much # much too young # now you're married with a kid # when you could be having fun # with me # 0h no,no gimme no more pickney # do you remember the good old days before the ghost town? # we danced and sang, and the music played # in a de boom town suzanne, what exactly are you doing? i'm waiting for mr. hopwood, miss. well, i'm afraid you can't possibly see him now. i'm just about to hold a staff meeting. and why have you still done nothing about that dreadful skirt? don't know, misss. borrow a needle and cotton from the domestic science room. i want that dealt with today. do you understand ? yes, miss mccluskey.

music # as the mirror told its tale # whiter shade of pale...

i'm sitting there with a bag full of dollars, the old bill comes in. what am i going to say? oh, yeah. i always spend my saturdays with scotch harry at one of his little cocktail parties. the law won't come round. what about the other mob then? they got that sort of dough. they're going to be a bit tasty, aren't they? i'll be back soon. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome tojoker�*s wild. a game in which some of the country's top comedians match wits to see who, if anybody, knows all the jokes. i spent my time mainly with people i liked and admired, laughing about something. he's never known to frown. # and everybody says he's the happiest man in town. har har. # tell me lies. # tell me sweet little lies # tell me lies # tell me, tell me lies # oh, no, no, you can't disguise

# you can't disguise # no, you can't disguise # tell me lies # # tell me sweet little lies. i love you... gatting can't believe it. i didn't want it to bounce twice. that was about. it's probably the best ball i've ever bowled. what a wonderful change of pace that was. i was 20 years of age when i first came on the scene, and to achieve some of the things

that i achieved as an individual along the way, you know, thatjust blew my mind. it was more than my, i ever could imagine. that's it. rod marsh takes another catch. england are all out for 305. tudor has gone down for newcastle. radford again. oh, what a goal! what a goal! radford the scorer. here comes lester piggot... oh, this is going to be the try of the championship. doddie weir smashing through. weir has scored. doddie weir is the man who's over. when he goes like that, he's like a mad giraffe, but he's got great skills. i've been involved in sport for a long time and what it does show you is if you've got a bit of spirit, a bit of fight, and my fight is to try

and find a cure for mnd. little trick i learned when i was a school teacher. just go like that. and they'll think you're looking at them. but, you're not. music my name is deborahjames. i am a mum to two kids, and a dog called winston. three years ago, at the age of 35, i was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, and i have been living with cancer ever since. i'm back on treatment and every single time, i'm like, i don't want to be here. like, i don't want to be back on treatment and do you not look at freddie and your kids and just think, it's just not fair. on many levels, this is a thriving, bustling city, doing very good business,

like many others. we've been here for about 20 minutes and people have made us feel very welcome. but there is also a sense that at any point something could go wrong. thank you for letting me into your home in the morning, whether it's in the kitchen or the living room or, as i'm often told, the bedroom. and whether you've been with us for the past 15 years orjust this morning, i hope you find it worthwhile. it certainly has been for me. breakfast back as usual tomorrow from six. till then, have a great day. bye— bye. group hug. can't be anything so bad, can it? what have you done? been out and robbed a bank? no. so where did you get it? it's the christmas club money. what? i'll pay it back, pauline. every last penny. i'll pay it back somehow.

with my nerves, i've got to smoke. you silly little man. i have wronged him. the only way that i am like dot is in my feelings about spirituality. 0nly, they are rather advanced for dot. but apart from that, i'm not really like dot at all, i don't think. it's money you're after, you're looking in the wrong place. confess to jesus. he'll forgive you. well, you see, audrey, i've got a surprise for you. 0h, lovely. i adore surprises. nice ones, that is. where is it? at your place. actually, it was my mother's idea, but i wanted to give you something to show my esteem. and it's at my place?

yes. shall we stroll across and see? you're going to find yourself disengaged if i don't see some evidence that you're going to start expanding this ratty old business. ratty old business? well, nobody�*s marrying me into this sordid little empire. if only you had ploughed a bit more back in. you could have had a row of shops by now. i'm looking for a bit of comfort in my old age, and until i see some signs of it, i'm keeping my bedside to myself. hello, campers. this is radio maplin. don't forget, in half an hour's time, we start the big event of the week — the holiday princess competition around the olympic sized swimming pool. see you all there.. hide hi! hi di ho! do nits get a blessing? are fleas to be excluded?

should we bring along our free range eggs to have the unborn chickens blessed before we go home and scramble them? fora big chap, david, you're being very childish. i'm being childish. i'm not the one who's going to bless the hamster. i mean, for heaven's sake, what if your congregation start eating each other? university challenge tournament. asking the questions. bamber gascoigne. hello and welcome again to the knockout competition on university challenge. let's go straight into the game. here's the first starter for ten. the big one coming up, here's your starter for ten. round 2 minutes to go, and here's the start again. starter for ten. we all thought, i think, that it was the job for about three months. had anyone known that the first round of it was going to last for 25 years, and we were talking about a job for 25 years. i think we'd have all been

so frightened we could hardly have read the card. # we're walking in the air # we're floating in the moonlit sky # the people far below are sleeping as we fly # give me a sign # hit me, baby, one more time # baby, hit me one more time # but i never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

# me be treated like a punk # you know, that's unheard of # you better watch how you're talking # and where you're walking, # or you and your homies might be lying in chalk # i really hate the trip, but i gotta lo # as they croak, i see myself in a pistol, smoke, fool # i'm the kind of g the little homies want to be like, # on my knees in the night, sayin�* prayers in the streetlight # don't turn around # i don't want you seeing me crying # just walk away. # it's tearing me apart that you're leaving # i'm letting you go # and i won't let you know # now i'll take you by the hand # hand you another drink # and drink it if you can # can you spend a little time? # time is slipping away # away from my # stay with me. # i can make, make you glad you came # i got so much love to show you

# come into my life you're patronising me. i'm not. i am not patronising you. we said we were going honest. i think you're an attractive guy. i think you're cute enough to kiss. i mean, if i didn't know you. the chief voted. now, will you please turn the television set on? mr mcmurphy, the meeting was adjourned and the vote was closed. but the vote was ten to eight. the chief has got his hand up. look. no, mr mcmurphy. when the meeting was adjourned, the vote was nine to nine. oh, come on. you're not going to say that now.

music when were you married? well, we leave our personal questions out of this. # music 0ur briefing was to fly across the dam, to drop the bomb as near as possible to the centre of the dam. it was a thrilling experience. i think it was a great raid. i think it was a tribute to all those who took part, particularly those who gave their lives in pursuing their targets.

# when you rush around in hopeless circles, # searching everywhere for something true. # you're at the edge of not believing. # when all the make believe... i thank my lucky stars now that i wasn't a glamour girl. although some people say, well, you were a glamour girl. well, up to a certain point, yes, because that's what the studio wanted you to be. but actually, i was always an actress. # you're at the age of not believing. # and worst of all, you doubt yourself. throw that into the wastebasket. the water pitcher was still full. if sister emily had actually swallowed all those pills, it would have been practically empty. that means the overdose that killed her had to have been injected. mr spock, i haven't done anything like this in years. if it isn't done just right, i could blow the entire

communication system. it's very delicate work, sir. when i told him i was leaving the show, he said, "how can you leave? "there is a door open here that you cannot allow to close "because you have the first non—stereotypical "role in television. and the world is looking." ever hold a ball or glove to your face? yeah. i used to love travelling on the trains from town to town. the hotels. brass spittoons in the lobbies, brass beds in the rooms. it was the crowd. rising to their feet. the ball was hit deep. shoot, i would've

played for nothing. # take a look at me... hello. hi, tony. hi, girls. i'm available.

mr bell. ding dong, you're not wrong. this way, please. it was marvellous, really, to get those sort of roles, and they seemed important then. it was only later that i realised i was getting into a kind of a rut. well, if you're sure. better be griffyindor. rubeus hagrid, keeper of keys and groans at hogwarts. of course you'll know all about hogwarts. sorry, no. no? blimey, harry. didn't you ever wonder where your mum and dad learned it all? oh, that is robbie coltrane, finest gamekeeper in hogwarts last day on harry potter. thanks, hagrid. the legacy of the movies is that my children's generation will show them to their children. so you can be watching it in 50 years' time. easy. i'll not be here, sadly.

don't you think on it for one minute. but hagrid will. yes. yeah, well, i must have a no offence on a day like this. i'm taking too great a liberty on a day like this, you know? no, mr perks, of course it's not a liberty. no. dear mr perks, we love you quite as much as if you're an uncle of our own. hey. 0h. 0h, we're delighted to see you back, madam. we've been trying to get dinner for you. we had a few problems. you know, i don't understand half the things you say these days. nor me. no, fair dues. you had a funny old time of it lately. it was poor old... what's his name? lance. bless him. that barmy old christmas. # in the heat of the night they call me mr tibbs. i'm a police officer. # amen

the winner is sidney poitier. # amen # sing it over. i love your daughter. there was nothing i wouldn't do to try to keep her as happy as she was the day i met her. but it seems to me without your approval, we will make no sense at all. # song:summer nights # song: you're the one that i want

# take a deep breath and sigh goodbye o sandra dee a few moments ago, buckingham palace announced the death of her majesty queen elizabeth the second. the palace has just issued this statement. it says the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen consort will remain at balmoral this evening and will return to london tomorrow.

hello. it is a colder—feeling day today despite more widespread sunshine around. some showers towards northern and western parts and plenty of snow showers moving into scotland giving blizzards and drifting of that snow on the higher ground in the wind, so do check conditions near you before heading out. showers giving some snow to the high ground of northern ireland, northern england, north wales. the driest weather

through east anglia and the south—east of england, feeling chillier than that in the brisk winds, some gales, severe gales in the northern isles. some of those showers will continue into tonight. where you've had them, it will turn icy in places as temperatures drop to give a widespread frost. although temperatures towards western areas beginning to head up later in the night. the wind picking up and we've got some wet and windy and also milder weather moving in for tomorrow. so wet start in northern ireland, rain across all other parts during the day, preceded by snow in scotland, perhaps the higher parts of the pennines for a time, late in the day before east anglia and south—east england sees any significant rain. brightening up to sunny spells and showers in northern ireland, milder eventually, and windier.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm joanna gosling. our top stories: russia says at least three servicemen have been killed in a ukrainian drone attack on an air force base in the south of the country. china carries out one of its biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan. the united nations tells the taliban to reverse its decision on banning afghan women working for humanitarian agencies, after five major organisations suspend their work in afghanistan. we cannot reach the most vulnerable communities if we don't have female staff, and if we are not allowed to have female staff at all levels of our organisation, we cannot continue to operate in the country, as is the current situation.