time for in europe in a long time for now, in europe in a long time for now. he's _ in europe in a long time for now, he's busy _ in europe in a long time for now, he's busy making christmas dreams come true. spreading festive cheer for dreams come true. spreading festive cheerfor some in need. plenty of build up to the boxing day games over on the bbc sport website. but for me and the team, all that leaves me with his time to tell you merry christmas, all the best, we will be back with you on boxing day, but until then, good night. a consultation with the motor industry on the phasing—out of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 because of climate change has been

started by the government. the ban on sales of these vehicles had been extended to 2035 under the previous conservative government, but labour said it would restore the 2030 deadline in its election manifesto. marc ashdown reports. one in four cars sold in the uk right now is electric, but there remains a strong dose of scepticism from some about the idea of switching. i'm living in a block of flats and we really don't have an option to charge electric cars there just yet. we have family in scotland so i need to make regular trips to scotland so it wouldn't be suitable for me. when you get outside of london, there's not that many charging. stations, so that's probablyl the reason i wouldn't get it. and also the price point is crazy. - solving some of those issues is what the government wants from an eight—week consultation, canvassing views from the industry about how policies can be shaped to help make electric vehicles cheaper and easier for manufacturers to build, and for drivers to buy and run.

under the zero emission vehicle mandate, 22% of cars and 10% of vans a manufacturer sold in 2024 had to be electric, with big fines for those who failed to comply. next year the target ramps up to 28% for cars and 16% for vans. and by 2030, 80% of cars and 70% of vans sold must be fully electric. the automotive industry is broadly on board with trying to meet the 2030 target, but some big names have been making some big noise recently about the difficulties they are facing, and the trade body for motor manufacturers say they want to see urgent resolution to help car—makers boost sales and to bring in some bold incentives to encourage drivers to go electric. there is some concern, however, that wider green targets could be undermined if sales rules for manufacturers end up being watered down. you would actually remove the competition that is driving manufacturers to reduce the cost of their evs as they compete for ev sales, which means prices would likely go back up, which would make evs more expensive for more people and would actually keep people driving more expensive and dirtier petrol and diesel cars for longer. car manufacturing has seen

a steep decline in recent months, with electric vehicles worst affected. the government promises to bring clarity to how it plans to stay on track and deliver cleaner roads. marc ashdown, bbc news. new data has shown the most popular searches on the nhs website last christmas — included alcohol poisoning and rabies. inquiries about burns and scalds also rose during the festive period, as our health correspondent dominic hughes explains. coughs and colds, flu and the norovirus vomiting bug — the chance of catching a winter virus is the less—welcome part of the holiday get—together. should you be unlucky enough to fall ill over christmas, nhs england is urging people

to use its website or app for any non—urgent medical advice across the festive period. but the data on what people looked for last year on the nhs website reveals some more surprising searches. across christmas and boxing day, there was a surge of online searches for medical advice — particularly around norovirus, the second—most—searched—for health condition last year, onlyjust behind covid—19 — the equivalent of around one inquiry every nine seconds. there was also a lot of interest in chest infections — well over 17,000 searches — and for nearly 12,000 unfortunate people, the festive period involved finding out more about diarrhoea and vomiting. some people clearly overdid the festivities. compared to a typical 48—hour period, there was a 60% rise in the number of searches for advice around alcohol poisoning. more surprisingly, there were over 1,500 visits to pages with information on rabies — up 123% compared to normal —

and seeking advice on burns and scalds online increased by 50%, compared to the week before christmas. the nhs website holds a range of information, but if it's an emergency, the advice remains clear — contact 999. dominic hughes, bbc news. now to the sport of motor—racing — but not as you know it! car "spinning" is a unique southern african motorsport which is growing in popularity. originating in townships during the apartheid era, it involves driving cars at speed in circles and performing stunts in and out of the vehicles. thousands of fans attend meetings and it's now getting more investment and recognition — as bbc sport africa's ian williams has been finding out. it's obvious where spinning gets its name. burning rubber with eye catching stunts. it drives fans in south africa wild. when i saw spinning, i easily fell in love with the with

the spinning sport. you're controlling a car that's not in control. sam tuben, better known as sam sam is one of the country's top spinners. so much so that red bull have recently signed him up to be their first spinning athlete. i was 12 years old when i started spinning, and my father is the one who bought the spinning car and he supported me. but at the same time, he used to be scared when i get in the car. i mean, like a 12—year—old kid who can't even reach the pedals. just like sam sam, kayla oliphant, whose nickname is the queen of the smoke and whose signature move is called the suicide slide, had her first spinning car bought by herfather. spinning became a family thing. it's a south african culture as well. we come to enjoy ourselves with a lot of of our family members all ages, races and faces. spinning may now be a family friendly sport that attracts thousands of spectators, but it hasn't always been that way. it began in the townships in the 1980s, when criminals would show off stolen cars and celebrate the lives

of the recently deceased. there's always been the stigma that spinning is for gangsters. but you know that perception through these years has changed. recognised as an official code by motorsport south africa in 2014, it's become so popular that it's got the country's sports minister ina spin. a former gangster who spent time behind bars, gayton mckenzie used to be a spinner himself. he believes it has the potential to rival football and rugby. �*ve been to empty rugby games, empty cricket games. i've not been to an empty sporting event. and as government, we should do what our people love. our people love spinning. it's a working class sport that attracts all ages mothers, fathers, grandparents, they all come. and i'm going to make sure spinning take its rightful place. the sports ministry has announced investment

of around $270,000 to promote spinning. unlike other motor sports, fans point out that it's less expensive and therefore more accessible, and mackenzie says it can also cut crime. let me use an example. they're shooting all day, every day, but when there's a spinning event, the shooting subsides or it stops. over the last decade, spinning has grown so rapidly that it's now touted as a vehicle for improved social cohesion. the way ahead might not be totally clear, but those backing it certainly see its potential. ian williams, bbc news. the very last episode of the hit bbc comedy gavin and stacey will air tomorrow evening here in the uk. the cast filmed the final scenes in wales over the last few months, and our entertainment correspondent colin paterson was given special access. it really sort of can't carry on after this. it just can't. it's full of love and fun,

and i hope it will be a really nice christmas present for people. and action! the heard is applied hair by hair. tell us where we are, ruth. we are in the glorious makeup truck, which is a little haven. so how many tattoos do you have to get done a day? normally, just two. so i have this one, the dragon one. a new one for the last christmas special was the neil the baby tattoo. it's got his date of birth on there, which is oh—8, oh—8, oh—8. playback! 0h, james corden. how does it feel to be filming the finale? on one level, it's amazing and it's so joyous. and we've cut there! every day has just been so great, and then you've got this overwhelming feeling that hits you probably everywhere — it certainly hits me,

like, every couple of hours — where you start going, oh, god, you know, we're not going to be doing this again. i knew, when i got the call, that they both were sure that they'd got it right, and that this was the story that they wanted to tell and would be the appropriate story to tell for a finale. there's always been that sense of, oh, my gosh, there might be more, there might be more. but now, knowing that this finally is the last one sort ofjust makes you savour everything just all the more, and it'sjust so special and so lovely. so, this is the home of pamela and michael. it is meant to be in essex... she whiseprs: ..but it's not really in essex. it's in a place called dinas powys. and, er, we've always used this house. let me show you round. lots of stuff has happened in the hallway. yes, loads. all of the greetings, when the welsh family first came up. do you know, i've no idea -

what my name means in welsh. why? because i don't speak the lingo, darling. - no, in welsh, pam means why... oh. - ..or brick. very lucky to be able to choose to end it, rather than to be told, no, sorry, we don't want any more. so, er, yeah, ithink it's lovely to be able to say a very healthy farewell to it. it can't carry on after this. we can't see a way how it could. why? well, you'll have to wait and see. you'll have to wait and see. for our viewers in the uk, you can watch gavin & stacey: the making of the finale on the bbc iplayer now. and the last episode — gavin and stacey: the finale — is on bbc one at 9pm on christmas day. i'm back in a few minutes with the main news of the day. first though, here's louise lear with the christmas weather... good evening. christmas eve ushered in some calmer weather after the wet and windy weather that we had at the weekend. you can see the remnants still sitting by the side of the road in northern ireland.

blue sky and sunshine here, though. however, it was a slightly different story in newquay and cornwall. a lot of low cloud, damp, misty, murky. it didn't deter some from taking an afternoon walk on the beach. and that cloudy, murky story will continue into christmas day for many of us. but it will also continue to stay mild for this time of year. and that's because we're under this influence of high pressure. the wind direction is south—westerly, feeding in that cloud from the ocean, and thick enough for some drizzle. this weather front here still continuing to produce some outbreaks of rain and still windy. so through this evening, we'll have some showery rain into the far north west of scotland with gusts of winds 40—50 miles an hour. we keep that blanket of cloud, though, preventing temperatures from falling too far, so it will be a very mild start to christmas morning for early risers. temperatures sitting at around 7—10 celsius. again, the cloud thick enough for some drizzle, misty, murky first thing in the morning.

hopefully that will lift, and we'll see, once again, some breaks in the cloud from time to time. more persistent rain into the western isles and northern isles and the far north west of scotland. here it stays windy. but on the whole it's a quiet story for christmas day, temperatures around 11—13 degrees. not as mild as today, but nevertheless, that is pretty good for this stage in december. now that mild air is going to stay with us all the time, the cold air starting to sneak in from the back door. but it will take its time in arriving. so as we go into boxing day, there'll be little in the way of change — spot the difference. we're trying to see breaks of the cloud and some blue sky from time to time, and our weak weather front sinks its way down across the borders into the north of england. temperatures, again, staying in double digits. moving out of thursday into friday and the start of the weekend, we will start to see a change because weather fronts will start to push that a little bit further across the country. the wind direction swings around to a north westerly, and that is going to gradually start to introduce some cooler air as we head towards the new year. so you'll start to see that some showers could turn a little wintry in the far

north and east of scotland.

live from london. this is bbc news. protests break—out in syria calling for protection of minorities, after the burning of a christmas tree near hama. the syrian armed group that toppled assad's regime absorbs different factions into the country's defence forces. president—elect trump vows to pursue the death penalty for violent criminals after president biden commutes 37 federal death sentences. american airlines has resumed us flights, after grounding all its aircraft briefly due to a vendor technology issue. and pope francis holds a special christmas eve ceremony — opening the holy door at the vatican to mark the beginning of thejubilee for catholics around the world. protests have erupted in syria over the burning of a christmas tree in a christian—majority town near hama. demonstrators took to

the streets of the capital damascus, calling for the new ruling faction,