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british and irish lions captain sam warburton has been awarded an 0be. phil taylor yet. phil taylor trying to get to the semifinals of the pdc world darts championship. all eyes on the weather in melbourne, with the final day's play due to get under way in the next twenty minutes in the fourth ashes test. rain played a big part on day four. australia will resume on 103—2 in their second innings, trailing england by 61 runs. patrick gearey is in melbourne for us. good morning to you. as good as it is to see you, i'm sure lots of viewers are looking above your head at the sky. what's the forecast? as you can probably tell, it is a beautiful morning, pleased to report in melbourne. 40% chance of a shower sometime in the afternoon. nothing like the rain we had on day four which took the players off after three o'clock when showers turned into storms alarming england no further progress in the australian second innings. they managed to take two wickets, cameron bancroft and khawaja. the key batsmen are in, david vaughan and steve smith. that will be the key f

in the world of sport, sam warburton, who has captained wales and the british lions, is made an obe. honoured are ordinary people doing extraordinary work, like efe ezekiel, who acts as a mentorfor young people. of course, young people are everything to me. i'm passionate about them and passionate their life, their well—being and their welfare, so for me to be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever, so i'm in complete gratitude and appreciation. the majority of honours do go to people who are not in the public eye but who have given exceptional service. and in 2018, the honours committee say they will be looking to particularly recognise individuals who were involved in the response to, and the aftermath of, the london and manchester terror attacks, and the fire at grenfell tower. lizo mzimba, bbc news, buckingham palace. also on the list is the first british astronaut helen sharman who joins the order of st michael and st george — one of the highest honours — for services to education in science and technology. and she's with me now. congratulations, and its s

british and irish lions captain sam warburton has been awarded an 0be. test series against world champions new zealand during the summer. a full list of all the sports stars honoured can be found on the bbc sport website. phil taylor is true to the pdc world darts xavi chip after beating gary anderson. it is his farewell tour. he will face the qualifier, jenny lewis in the semifinals. —— championship. in the other semi—final, michael van gerwen will continue his quest for back to back world titles after beating compatriot raymond van barneveld in a classic quarter—final. finishing 5 set to 4. five sets to four it ended and the dutchman will take on 20th seed rob cross next. there was one premiership rugby match this evening, and wasps won 31—25 away at bath. the visitors made a great start and were 19—0 up, but this score from gaby lovobalavu proved the difference in the end. wasps edging a bonus—point win to move ahead of saracens into second in the premiership. cardiff city slipped to a third consecutive defeat, losing 1—0 at home to preston in the cha

women's welker producer men trolling accountants, but the story of the year featured the british and irish lions to face these guys, the world champions, the all blacks. new zealand, beauty and plenty of beaches. nothing serene about what greeted the british and irish lions. sam warburton had to recover from injury first. irish lions. sam warburton had to recoverfrom injury first. six irish lions. sam warburton had to recover from injury first. six tough challenges to get them warm came and went, before the two giants finally went, before the two giants finally went head to head. the all blacks, ready for the tourists and up for the challenge. the comeback, with a little help from sonny bill williams. his early departure helping the rampaging lions get back on level terms. helping the rampaging lions get back on levelterms. we helping the rampaging lions get back on level terms. we have got to head to auckland and it is one each. we didn't even celebrate when the final whistle went, we only won one half of rugby. 80 minutes, winner takes all. the all black where in charge early but owen farrell

in the world of sports hamilton, who has captained wales and the british lions, is made an 0be.eing honoured are ordinary people doing extraordinary work, like happy to act as a mentor for young people. of course young people are everything to me, i am passionate about them and their life, their well—being and their welfare so permit be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever, so i am in complete gratitude and appreciation. the majority of honours to go to people who are not in the public eye to have given exceptional service. and in 2018 the honours committee said they will be looking to particularly recognise individuals who were involved in the response to and the aftermath of the london and manchester terror attacks and the fire at grenfell tower. what and the fire at grenfell tower. what a list! we'll be speaking to the youngest recipient of the british empire medal at 8:20, and to the author michael morpurgo, who has been knighted — that's just after 9:00. wintry weather will continue to dominate the weekend for many parts of the uk with the met offic

in the world of sport, sam warburton, who has captained wales and the british lions is made an obe.a mentorfor young people. of course young people are everything to me. i am passionate about them and their life and their well—being and welfare. for me to be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever. so i am in complete gratitude and appreciation. the vast majority are people who aren't in the public eye but have given great service. and in 2018 the honours committee say they are looking to particularly recognise individuals who are involved in the response to and the aftermath of the london and manchester terror attacks and the fire at grenfell tower. lizo mzimba, bbc news, buckingham palace. a reminder of our top story. thousands of anti—government protestors have ta ken to the streets across iran. it's the country's most serious show of dissent for years. the authorities have warned that the demonstrators will be firmly dealt with. stay with us on bbc news. hi there. it was scotland and northern england that bore the brunt of the snowy weather. bringing locali

brilliant capped by the captainm the world of sport, sam warburton, who has captain wales and the british lionsple doing extra ordinary work, like ezekiel a cts extra ordinary work, like ezekiel acts as a metaphor young people. of course young people are everything to me. i am passionate about them and their life and their well—being and their life and their well—being and welfare. me to be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever. —— for me to be recognised stock i am in complete gratitude and complete asian. appreciation. the vast majority are people who will answer the public eye but have given great service. in 2018 they say they are looking to particularly recognise individuals who are involved in the response to and the aftermath of the london and manchester terror attacks and the fire at grenfell tower. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: cleaning up the tons of rubbish and pollution on the paradise beaches of bali. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we will u

coming up on sports day on bbc news, british and ireland lions captain sam warburton will miss the sixations. the wales international had knee surgery ruling him out of the tournament. good evening. stage one is done. next stop — the beginning of talks about our future relationship with the eu — including trade. after through—the—night negotiations, a deal was struck first thing this morning between the uk and the eu on key areas including the irish border and the divorce bill, which downing street says will amount to between 55—59 billion. now, the uk can at last move on to the next stage of talks. but the head of the european council sounded a warning — so much time has been devoted to the easier part of the negotiations, he said, now comes the hard part. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. while most of us slept, when hardly a soul was stirring, the residents of downing street were up. late—night calls. then, at 4:07am, onto the plane. theresa may, travelling... while jean—claude juncker was pacing, waiting, in so many ways, for the uk. and then, touchdown. ready? ready

in the world of sport, sam warburton, who has captained wales and the british and irish lions, is made honoured are ordinary people doing extraordinary work, like efe ezekiel, who acts as a mentorfor young people. of course, young people are everything to me. i'm passionate about them and passionate their life, their well—being and their welfare, so for me to be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever, and in 2018, the honours committee say they will be looking to particularly recognise individuals who were involved in the response to, and the aftermath of, the london and manchester terror attacks, and the fire at grenfell tower. lizo mzimba, bbc news, buckingham palace. firefighters have been tackling a blaze in a 12—storey block of flats in manchester city centre. the fire spread to multiple floors of the building onjoiner street. police closed part of the road, and manchester fire and rescue service is asking people to avoid the area, and to keep their doors and windows shut if they are nearby. 0ur correspondent, mark edwardson, sent us this report from the sce

yes, from the women's cricket world cup to the british and irish lions tour of new zealand and everything'll have it all over the next half an hour. some huge nights across the world, and plenty of them in this stadium behind us. the world athletics and para athletics championships came to london this summer. the quickest, the strongest, the best in the business. and for us, the last chance to see some of them compete. he's stood like a colossus over this sport for so long. the cameras trained on one man. a moment of history, they hope. one more time for mo farah. two of the sport's most iconic faces bid farewell this summer. britain's shining knight, sir mo farah, at it again in london. gold in the 10,000 metres, but his final outing delivered a surprise — silver! but his status, secure. there's no place like home. i really enjoyed the journey, and it's this moment that makes it special and you won't forget. while farah will return in the marathon, usain bolt said goodbye for good. but a golden farewell it wasn't to be. commentator: and coleman's still got the lead, and gatlin wins it! l

in the world of sport, sam warburton, who has captained wales and the british and irish lions, is madese being honoured are ordinary people doing extraordinary work, like efe ezekiel, who acts as a mentorfor young people. of course, young people are everything to me. i'm passionate about them and passionate their life, their well—being and their welfare, so for me to be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever, and in 2018, the honours committee say they will be looking to particularly recognise individuals who were involved in the response to, and the aftermath of, the london and manchester terror attacks, and the fire at grenfell tower. lizo mzimba, bbc news, buckingham palace. i'm pleased to say i'm joined now by paralympian athlete stefanie reid, who has been made an mbe in the new year's honours. congratulations. how does it feel? my congratulations. how does it feel? my cheeks are hurting because i have been smiling. it's quite overwhelming, just listening to the response of other people, even, it feels really good. how on earth did you keep it quiet? you fin

a blow for british and irish lions captain sam warburton.

in the world of sport, sam warburton, who has captained wales and the british and irish lions, is made mentor for young people. young people are everything to me. i'm passionate about them, their life, their well—being, their welfare. for me to be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever. i'm in com plete of the greatest honours ever. i'm in complete gratitude and appreciation. the majority of honours to go to people who aren't in the public eye, but who have given exceptional service. and in 2018, the honours committee say they will be looking to particularly recognise individuals who are involved —— were involved in the response to and the aftermath of the london and manchester terror attacks, and he fired grenfell tower. lizo mzimba, bbc news. in iran, thousands of people are attending pro—government rallies, following two days of anti—establishment protests. state television has shown crowds of supporters in the capital tehran. the anti—government protests saw people demonstrating against what they say is corruption, and falling living standards. 0ur persian se

a blow for british and irish lions captain sam warburton.he wales international will miss next year's six nations, after having knee surgery. warburton was already out of action after undergoing an operation on his neck. he says he made a decision with the welsh rugby union and his club side cardiff blues to take a proactive approach, so he's fully fit when he returns to action. it's expected to take him four to six months to recover. another player who's likely to miss the tournament is scotland prop wp nel. he's battling to get back into action after suffering a fractured arm during last month's international with samoa. nel is expected to miss 12 weeks, so could make the latter part of the six nations. in the european champions cup, montpellier came from behind to beat glasgow, which ends the scottish side's hopes of progressing from the pool. 29—22 the final score in scotstoun. both sides came into the match without a win in pool 3 of the competition. it's the match that every football fan this season has been waiting. the manchester der

begin the competition against scotland in cardiff and they are already without the fellow british and irish lionsst it from sportsday. just a reminder of the big wins in the premier league for burnley, crystal palace and chelsea. and tyson fury, he is free to resume his career. you can find all of those stories on the bbc sport website and up. coming stories on the bbc sport website and oming up stories on the bbc sport website and up. coming up injusta stories on the bbc sport website and up. coming up injust a moment, it's the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe watts, political editor of the independent. and caroline wheeler, deputy political editor of the sunday times. tomorrow's front pages... the mirror leads with the miraculous story of a three week old baby girl —— born with her heart outside her body. the first baby in the uk to survive this rare illness. ‘tories go green' — the i looks at the conservative governments new climate change policies in what they call a push to win back younger voters and broaden the

to return to the top story, british and irish lions captain sam warburton will miss next yea r‘s captainmiss next year's six nations after an operation on his knee. that's all from sports they, more sport on bbc news to the weekend, see you in a bit. well and welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow morning. with me, helen brand, obe, chief executive of the association of chartered certified accou nta nts. association of chartered certified accountants. and sebastian payne, correspondent at the financial times. welcome to you both. before i speak to them, let's take a look at some of tomorrow's front pages. the daily mail calls people to rejoice. we are our way. the telegraph hails the price of freedom from all the stories about brexit you'll be surprised to hear. the express talks ofa surprised to hear. the express talks of a huge brexit at last. mae bounces back, that's what the times i’u ns bounces back, that's what the times runs with. the 2—1 headline, britain sets course for a soft brexit. the financial times i

and in rugby union, the british and irish lions captain sam warburton will miss out on playing for wales had surgery on a knee injury. he was already out of action after a neck operation and says he has made a decision with the welsh rugby union, and his club side cardiff blues, to take a proactive approach, so he is fully fit when returning to action. it is inspected he will take 4—6 months to recover. that is all the sports are now. don't forget, get in touch with me and the team on twitter. goodbye. more snow on the way tonight for some parts of the country, through saturday, and a significant snow threat through central parts of the uk on sunday. let's look at the here and now, these are the snow showers falling in these particular streets, coming in from the north—west, moving ina coming in from the north—west, moving in a south—easterly direction. some areas have seen snow shower after snow shower, others have had nothing but sunshine. the snow has been very hit and miss across the country. some of us have had ten centimetres, others nothing. through tonight, the showers, wintry on

in the world of sport, sam warburton, who has captained wales and the british and irish lions, is madeeing honoured are ordinary people doing extraordinary work, like efe ezekiel, who acts as a mentorfor young people. of course, young people are everything to me. i'm passionate about them and passionate about their life, their well—being and their welfare. so for me to be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever, so i'm in complete gratitude and appreciation. and in 2018, the honours committee say they will be looking to particularly recognise individuals who were involved in the response to, and the aftermath, of the london and manchester terror attacks, and the fire at grenfell tower. lizo mzimba, bbc news, buckingham palace. firefighters have tackled a blaze in a 12—storey block of flats in manchester city centre. the fire spread to several levels of the building before being brought under control. a dozen fire engines were deployed. one person has been taken to hospital. younger people will enjoy the biggest "inheritance boom" of any post—war generation accordi

based on two state with jerusalem at the capital of both the state of israel and the state of british and irish lionspect the international consensus on jerusalem, until the final status of the oldest city is resolved to direct negredos between the parties and hope the parties can engage in meaningful direct negredo with the support of the international community. a new portrait of the duke of edinburgh, which will go on public display next year, has been unveiled. painted by artist ralph heimans, the duke is shown in the imposing setting of windsor castle wearing the sash of the order of the elephant, denmark's highest—ranking honour. the duke has a close association with the nordic country as he was born a prince of denmark, as well of greece, before becoming a naturalised british subject in the 1940s. the portrait will go on public display in both the uk and denmark next year. now new studies have found that single can even help people with hearing impairments communicate more effectively, fee by from the charity creative futures takes them through the various exercises. and with this computer pro

we‘ll start with rugby union, because the british and irish lions captain sam warburton has undergoneon. it‘s expected to take him 4—6 months to recover. the premier league could go head—to—head with the likes of strictly and x factor. fighting for prime—time viewers on a saturday evening. the round of matches is part of a new broadcast package from the 2019 season. it‘s one of a number of new options, including the possibility rights will go to on—demand and digital providers. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, said the changes may be a risk. well, what the premier league are trying to do is to make sure that if you love watching it and if you are entranced by title races and trivia challenges that football will be on ata time challenges that football will be on at a time when you want to watch it. notjust on saturday tea—time or sunday lunchtime, but more in the mid week, and perhaps, most co ntroversially of mid week, and perhaps, most controversially of all, there will be live tv matches in the premier league available on saturday evening. i still think, league available on sat

we start with rugby union, because the british and irish lions captain sam warburton will miss out onations. he has had surgery on a knee injury. wales international was already out of action because of a neck injury and says he has made a decision with the welsh rugby union and his club side cardiff blues to ta ke and his club side cardiff blues to take a proactive approach, so he is fully fit when returning to action. it is expected that he will take 4—6 months to recover. scotla nd months to recover. scotland have a proper thing to return from a fractured arm which happened in the match with samoa last month. he is not expected to play for 12 months, but could make the latter part of the competition. in tonight's action in the european champions cup, glasgow are 10—5 up against montpellier. both sides are yet to win in pool three of the competition, despite strong records in the mystical british and. vern cotter is in charge of montpellier tonight. the premier league could go head—to—head with the likes of strictly come dancing and x factor, fighting for prime—time viewers on satur

this man was hired by the british and irish lions to bond the team on their visit to new zealand.and?m was the singing that dittert! when we we re was the singing that dittert! when we were five metres out, you could hear the crowd singing tom and stuff, and that lifts you that extra 10%. went the going gets tough and they start the song and it goes on stage, itjust leaves they start the song and it goes on stage, it just leaves you they start the song and it goes on stage, itjust leaves you up. in the end, wales lost the match. but that didn't stop singing. you can see the singing continues well into the night, in this land of the song. we lost the game, but we won a lot. this tip typifies it. this is the spirit, wales together. really fantastic. and itjust went on and on, literally the singing never stopped, into the early hours of the morning. that sense of belonging, togetherness. behind-the-scenes, and they are singing the players into they are singing the players into the stadium. well, now, especially in wales, it has a very official role. they know that as part of team man

this man was hired by the british and irish lions to bond the team on their visit to new zealand.ugh, and they start the song and it goes around the stadium, it just lifts you up. in the end, wales lost the match, but that didn‘t stop the singing. you can see the singing continues well into the night, in this land of the song. we lost the game, but we won a lot. this typifies it. this is the spirit, wales together. really fantastic. wonderful, the power of singing. so many examples, not just wonderful, the power of singing. so many examples, notjust in wales. 1995, sorry, 2005, liverpool and istanbul in the european cup final, 3-0 istanbul in the european cup final, 3—0 down, the crowd played a part in bringing them back into the game. england and tonga in the rugby league world cup. there were 19 points down. it definitely has a major impact and is now part of team management in lots of places. thank you very much we will see you later on. time for the weather. good morning. smartening yourself up there. just buttoning himself up nicely ready for action. it makes me wonder what y

this man was hired by the british and irish lions to bond the team on their visit to new zealand.d it! when we were five metres out, you could hear the crowd singing, and stuff, and that lifts you that extra 10%. when the going gets tough, and they start the song and it goes on stage, itjust lifts you up. in the end, wales lost the match, but that didn't stop the singing. you can see the singing continues well into the night, in this land of the song. we lost the game, but we won a lot. this typifies it. this is the spirit, wales together. really fantastic. and they will be doing it all again in the six nations. and it is fascinating to think it is such an integral part of the team, and part of match day. as the team are arriving, they have a song. and hiring hayden to take the lion '5 to actually get the whole group together, to bond them for the home nations. are just coming together when he sings, it is lovely. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. it is becoming more mild? that's right. that's the trend. through the weekend the trend taking place. today is another

this man was hired by the british and irish lions to bond the team on their visit to new zealand.and it goes around the stadium, it just lifts you up. in the end, wales lost the match, but that didn‘t stop the singing. you can see the singing continues well into the night, in this land of the song. we lost the game, but we won a lot. this typifies it. this is the spirit, wales together. really fantastic. evidence that it can give the players maybe 10%, another player was in egypt could be worth a point to match. —— was saying it could be worth eight points in a match. let‘s get more on this now with professor in sociologyjohn williams from the university of leicester. asa as a liverpool fan, you were there in istanbul several years ago when singing had a massive impact on the result of that european cup final. yes, i think it did, at half—time we we re yes, i think it did, at half—time we were 3—0 down, playing probably the best tea m were 3—0 down, playing probably the best team in europe at the time. it looked like we were facing humiliation and we have a song, you will never wa

lion. two giveaways this last week, one, this splendidly, ridiculously, honest david davis, acknowledges to the committee, they haven't done the work to assess the potential impact on the britishons of brexit. that is strange enough, you wonder what they have been doing for the last ten months. but even more bizarrely, the cabinet is yet to have a discussion on what britain wants brexit to be. they can't agree, it will be civil war. you know why david davis can say he doesn't believe in it, public opinion, if it goes wrong, it won't be his fault, it will be remainers fault, the eu's fault. i think it is the french's fault. i get e—mails every day saying france watns our death. we should move it out from britain, britain, britain and get the framework wider. the german head of the social democratic party said yes, it is time for france and germany to work together. if you want to move the project forward, it'll be easier without britain and they will be happy to see the back of us. that is where we came in, the whole point was we were going to prevent germany and france doing deal. how is that working out for you. that's all we have time for this week. many thanks to my guests.

whatever fancy words, but if it conveys the effect on british business of the single market and the customs union, let's grab it, cz, rub out the red lionsions. officials are in co nsta nt round of negotiations. officials are in constant contact. pretty upbeat from him. sir keir starmer, who asked that question said, what an embarrassment, and said it had given new meaning to the phrase "coalition of chaos", the alliance between the government and dup. that is the latest from the commons. in a moment, the news in one. first, the weather. good afternoon. a fairly cloudy and quiet sort of day weather—wise, but things turned much more active later in the week. storm caroline has been named by the met office. it sits out in the atlantic at the moment but will approach northern parts of the country on wednesday night and into thursday. storm caroline had the potential to bring gusts of more than 80 miles an hour. strongest for the north of scotland with significant travel disruption likely. here and now, cloudy through this evening, and tonight, driver many places, drizzly rain in the north and west, persistence and north—west scotland, where

fehear the soundtrack of "lion king" and cry every time one where he sings to his father, it kills me. >> i agree my "check please," i feel like i always talk about a britishtical story. a former world soccer player of the year, george weah, is the new liberian president won overnight. he got massive 61% -- 62% of the vote he played for clubs like monaco, chelsea. it was ac milan that he really made his name out of the late 1990s. george weah. as i said, he was the former world player of the year turned president of liberia so that's -- >> the white house actually c congratulated liberia on the results of this election. >> been great having you here. >> my pleasure. >> arsenal is your team i'm told. >> they are. >> they're doing okay, not great. >> we won last night but that was rare recently. >> all right have a great new year's. good to be with you. >> happy new year. thanks for watching. "closing bell" is next