samantha fenwick, bbc news.oups warned the move will have serious consequences. almost a third of people in britain are expected to head to the boxing day sales today is retailers attempt to make up four—week pre—christmas trading. and the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, commissioned a review into the plight of persecuted christians around the world, saying britain‘s effo rts around the world, saying britain‘s efforts do not match the scale of the problem. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s mike bushell. good morning. a great day for gathering the family and going to a local match today. the busiest day of the football year. premier league leaders liverpool are looking to protect their advantage at the top of the premier league. they are four points of manchester city in second. the liverpool boss has been urging the liverpool crowd to create a special atmosphere at home to newcastle today but says the crowd must not let the christmas period affect them. everybody is on a christmas

samantha fenwick, bbc news.haling next year — conservation groups warn the move will have serious consequences. almost a third of people in britain are expected to head to the boxing day sales today, as retailers attempt to make up for weak pre—christmas trading. and the foreign secretary commissions a review into the plight of persecuted christians around the world, saying britain's efforts so fardo world, saying britain's efforts so far do not match the scale of the problem. sport and for a full round up, let's go to the bbc sport centre. here is mike bushell. good morning. hgppy here is mike bushell. good morning. happy christmas. yes, happy christmas. good morning. the busiest day of the football year. premier league leaders liverpool are looking to protect their advantage at the top of the premier league. they are four points of manchester city in second. you're then klopp has urged his fans not to be scared of the journey ahead in the second half of the season. jurgen klopp. the two most times recently tha

samantha fenwick, bbc news.cage injapan were rehomed in doncaster over the summer. they'd never seen soil or grass before and had a pretty extraordinary journey, traveling over 5,000 miles to yorkshire wildlife park. their keepers wanted to make sure this christmas they got a proper treat. fiona lamdin has more. this is what life looks like now for riku and kai, two brown bears living in yorkshire. acres to explore and lakes to swim in. but, just four months ago, it was a very different story. they were two of four brown bears living in a japanese museum, in cages so small they could only take a few steps, and this had been their home for almost 20 years. but relocating them across the world was quite some mission. the eldest bear is sedated by vets, and despite prods from his next—door neighbour he remained asleep. huge sheets of ice, fans and watermelon kept the bears cool in 43—degree heat. two flights later, they arrived in the uk. i met them on their first day in yorkshire. they had never seen grass before,

samantha fenwick, bbc news. interesting issue.. still to come this morning: a real christmas superhero. "wander woman" phoebe smith willjoin us fresh from a 100 mile trek along hadrian's wall to raise money for homeless people. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning. this is breakfast with rogerjohnson. a summary of this morning's main news. it is thought that 18 million people will hit the shops today, with some analysts predicting bigger than usual discounts in the boxing day sales. retailers will be looking to make up for weak trading in the lead at christmas. research says men will be the biggest spenders. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has ordered a review looking at how britain can help persecuted christians around the world. he said the uk could and must do more to help the estimated 215 million christians who face discrimination or violence. there are people in very poor countries themselves very poor, and can suffer terribly from no other reason than their faith. terribly from no other reason than theirfaith

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