adam wild, bbc news.tigers — this time in europe's champions cup. but that's the sport. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello there. earlier this morning, we had enormous temperature contrasts in scotland. in braemar, we had temperatures of —9 celsius but it was 16 degrees warmer than that over the tops of the scottish mountains in cairnwell. the only difference was elevation. cairnwell is nearly a kilometre higher in the atmosphere, and with high pressure in charge at the moment, air sinks down through the atmosphere and as that happens, it warms up. this layer of warm air, the sunny conditions, pretty widespread across upland areas of the country, whereas lower down, we are stuck under a lot of cloud and mist and that's what many of us have experienced today. overnight tonight, we'll keep those conditions. clearer skies across parts of scotland where it will turn cold. some deeper valleys may get down to —8. with

adam wild, bbc news. t has been reintroduced back to the wild — by the combined efforts of conservationists at chester zoo and experts in mexico. the freshwater fish has now been returned to its native habitat in south—west mexico. victoria gill reports. a little known species with an extraordinary story. the tequila fish is a small freshwater fish that lives in the rivers and lakes of south—west mexico, but it's been missing, presumed extinct, for more than a decade. and it's just one of thousands of aquatic creatures that are facing extinction, but have slipped under the radar. small little things, a bit silver sometimes, a bit of colour when they breed, but not much interest on the global conservation aspect. now, with the help of conservationists at chester zoo, scientists in mexico have reversed that extinction, bringing captive—bred fish back to the wild. the team has now confirmed that the fish are breeding, and that the population is recovering here. they're doing well. they started with the introd

adam wild reports.ing compared to the dazzling drama below. lewis hamilton can't win the saudi street circuit. he can though see it slip away. but that pressure only part of the context. hamilton suggests he isn't comfortable racing in a country so strongly criticised by human rights groups, choosing a game to wear the rainbow flag his helmet. this was qualifying but what happened in the final seconds here may go some way towards deciding the entire season. hamilton first with his last best effort, a flying lap that put him into pole position. now in red bull's max verstappen had little over a minute to go even quicker. he looked certain to do so, until this. commentator: he hits the wall! hermann tilke —— hamilton keeping pole amidst extraordinary drama. just two races left, this season is far from extraordinary drama. just two races left, this season is farfrom over. adam wild, bbc news. three different teams have been top of the premier league table today. but if you don't want to know the details, i

adam wild, bbc news.been hailed as a trans trailblazer, following her death at the age of 86. ashley became only the second briton to undergo male—to—female gender reassignment surgery, in 1960. she then became a prominent campaigner for the transgender community, and was awarded an mbe for her work in 2012. she spoke to the bbc the following year, and took a look back at her career. if you go through life and you meet einstein, you meet sir winston churchill, dali wants to paint you, picasso looks you over three or four times, you know, to know all these people was extraordinary. and why i met them, i will never know. one of hong kong's last remaining pro—democracy publications, stand news, is shutting down, after its offices were raided by more than 200 police officers. seven current and former staff of the online media organisation were arrested. police accuse them of publishing articles which incite hatred against the authorities. suppression of the media in hong kong has increased since mass democrac

adam wild reports. it has been some time since scottish football had a full house for a cup final.aking the most of it. on the field, well, perhaps a little less so. in the first half, chances were few and fleeting. the occasion deserved more. after the break, it arrived, the game flashing into life, paul hanlon heading hibs in front, with a determination matched only by his jubilation. it was a lead that lasted a little over a minute. furuhashi finally taking a celtic chance, the control perfect, the finish unstoppable. if that was impressive, his second was quite exquisite, only one touch need this time, and celtic in front for the first time. they would hang on, if onlyjust head burning and going agonisingly close. this was celtic�*s day, scenes that had... —— scenes that had been a long time coming. —— scenes that had been a long time coming. it could well prove to be a pivotal day

adam wild was watching.t is a sign of how far west ham have come that they welcomed the european champions with a note of optimism and a song from the start. there isn't much between these cross capital rivals geographically or otherwise. it took chelsea's thiago silva to putjust a little distance between them. leading the way in the premier league but in the back here, chelsea suddenly in all of a muddle. a needless penalty. manuel lanzini seeing it away with a confidence that his side cosmic season has rightly afforded. the half—time chat would be about what mason mount managed. his volley was something else. still, back came west ham once more, gerard bowen bringing the sides level for a second time. for teams so close, it would take something special to separate them once and for all. it came from arthur masuaku, a winner for west ham as bizarre as it was brilliant, and those west ham songs of optimism are getting louder. a big day for newcastle united as they finally got their first win of the premier l

adam wild was watching.and a song from the start. there isn't much between these cross capital rivals geographically or otherwise. it took chelsea's thiago silva to putjust a little distance between them. leading the way in the premier league but in the back here, chelsea suddenly in all of a muddle. a needless penalty. manuel lanzini seeing it

adam wild reports. it has been sometime since scottish football had a full house for a cup final. those there were making the most of it. on the field, well, perhaps a little less so. in the first half, chances were few and fleeting. the occasion deserve more. after the break, it arrived, the game flashing into life, paul hanlon heading her bony and in front, with a determination matched only by his jubilation. it was a lead that lasted a little over a minute. furuhashi finally taking a celtic chance, the control perfect, the finnish unstoppable. if that was impressive, his second was quite exquisite, only one touch need at this time, and celtic in front for the first time. they would hang on, if only just the first time. they would hang on, if onlyjust head burning and going agonisingly close. this was celtic�*s day, scenes that had been a long time coming. premier legaue leaders manchester city, as they beat newcastle 4—0 at st james park. it means pep guardiola's side will now spend christmas day top of the table. the struggles continue for newcastle, as they remain 19th in the

adam wild, bbc news.ke something, if it's just for them, it won't be solved, because the welfare, fifa, the primarily, the broadcasters, the business is more important than their welfare. a simple example, this institution here, tell me one argument to take care, to give more welfare to the players for this one. here everyone deciding for themselves, we didn't do it. i think it would be of great help to have five substitutes. this would also increase and improve the situation, the emotional situation within the squad because it's a big difference if you can get five players game time, it's also about game time, and therefore i would be much more in favour of having five subs, as i said. in other countries, they do that. i think we should seriously think about that once again. brazilian soccer legend pele has been discharged from hospital. the 81—year—old has been having more treatment for a colon tumour and was readmitted to hospital earlier this month. sao paulo's albert einstein hospital said he was "st

adam wild takes a look at the highs and lows of a memorable year.re's never been a sporting year quite like 2021. it would, though, take a little time for the volume to be turned up. like everything else, it had to wait. as the year began, the backing track was the sound of silence. fans were still some way behind. covid's cancellations and chaos continued, the pandemic still providing all the background noise. the empty stadia, a stark, constant reminder that no amount of fake sounds or even fake crowds could drown out. that was over here. over there, well, this was how the world's best tennis players were preparing for one of the first major sporting events of the year, the australian open. strict hotel quarantine divided opinion. tennis was struggling to keep calm and carry on. novak djokovic became the men's champion, the first of three grand slams for him this year. naomi osaka, the women's champion, herfirst and final grand slam of 2021. her withdrawal from the others to protect her mental health, the starting point for another of the year's m

adam wild reports. in these most intense moments of the season. not a question of funds and supporting their teams. it's now also a question of how football supports its players. liverpool captain has raised concerns about what has been asked of players. now with the added anxiety of covid—19 he expresses concern that nobody really takes fair welfare seriously. obviously the player welfare from a covid—19 situation, i think everyone in general life is trying to protect himself in their own families but also from a football point of view to deal with the situation when you are going into a game on the 26th and 28th of december with two games it in such a short space of time, and you are worried for their welfare from a football point of view as well. we have a situation at the weekend where one of the players was reluctant to get out of his car because he had some symptoms and he's got a young family so totally understand the situation and how he felt at the time and we've got a major responsibility to listen to the players and deal with every situ

adam wild reports. just two races left and still two drivers could become world champion. but here, there was danger around every corner. this was mick schumacher race per —— mick schumacher�*s race coming to an ending, a crash heavy enough to impact everyone, the aftermath costing hamilton the lead when they got back to the grid. verstappen was at the front this time, but they lasted less than a lap before they restocked. another pause to raise the tension, we verstappen back in front, the pair almost touched. seconds later, they definitely did. oh, they touched and they collided! an incident that cost verstappen the lead, a penalty and ultimately the race. hamilton's victory in the craziest of circumstances. the decision to race in saudi arabia raises ethical questions. this extraordinary season now goes to the final grand prix in abu dhabi and the amazing rivalry will get the climax it deserves. chelsea beat arsenal 3—nil to win the women's fa cup and claim a domestic treble of trophies for the first time. the final was played exactly 100 years after the fa banned women

here's our sports reporter adam wild.rt. there isn't much between these cross capital rivals, geographically or otherwise. it took chelsea's thiago silva to putjust a little distance between them. leading the way in the premier league, but at the back here, chelsea suddenly in all of a muddle. a needless penalty. manuel lanzini seeing it away with a confidence his side's seasoners rightly afforded. much of the half—time chat though would be about what mason mount managed. the cross to him was sublime. his volley something else. commentator: that is one of the goals of the season! i still, back came west ham once more. jarrod bowen bringing the sides level for a second time. for teams so close it would take something special to separate them once and for all. it's gone in! it came from arthur masuaku. a winner for west ham as bizarre as it was brilliant. and those west ham songs of optimism are getting louder.

adam wild, bbc news. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel.e're back with the late news at 10 o'clock. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. now on bbc news, as part of the bbc�*s 100 women series, nomia iqbal speaks to the actress, rebel wilson about life in hollywood and how the pandemic has made the australian change her outlook on life. trying to make your name in hollywood isn't easy, especially if you're a female actress who doesn't look a stereotypical way. enter rebel wilson, who has defied convention to become one of the most famous faces in the industry. she's been a part of some of the biggest comedy films in recent years, including the pitch perfect franchise and bridesmaids. but like many of us during the pandemic, she's been reassessing her life. i've come here to la, where rebel is now based, for this bbc 100 women interview. we talk about why she lost weight, her challenges with fertility, and how she's balancing that with her professional move into becoming a director, and she talks to me about how she's hoping

adam wild reports. in these most intense moments of the season.sh football for now goes ahead and because i had with the full crowd. it's not a question of funds and supporting their teams. it's also a question of how football supports its players. the captain has raised concerns about what has been asked of players. now with the added anxiety of covid—19 he expresses concern that nobody really takes fair welfare seriously. obviously the player welfare from a covid—19 situation i think everyone in general trying to protect himself in general trying to protect himself in their own families but also from a football point of view to deal with the situation when you are going into a game on the 26th and 28th of december with two games it in such a short space of time and you are worried for their welfare from a football point of view as well. we have a situation where one of the players was reluctant to get out of his car because he had some symptoms and he's got a young family so totally understand the situation and how he felt at the time and we've

adam wild reports. the summer of sterling continues! 2021. a cross for sterling! the route to the finals of the euros provoked in english football fans emotions scarcely stirred in a generation. but after such highs, some of the most crushing lows sport could offer. the racist abuse of england players, particularly on social media, prompted a wave of outrage, national soul—searching and calls again for action. people are probably intoxicated a lot of the times, say and do things, just trying to be horrible, because you want to get a reaction out of that person, or you want to get a reaction because you're angry. but at the same time, you know, you being frustrated that shouldn't resort to, you know, negative comments on someone's skin colour. i think what hurt me was that this was a group of players who had brought everybody together for 30 days, or whatever it was, on a brilliant journey. now all of a sudden we're going to allow this division to happen. i wasn't happy about that at all. the racism suffered by gareth southgate's england

adam wild reports.rly as christmas comes around, so do the arguments of beta testing schedule. too many games, too little time. it's the football manager is recurring nightmare. one now complicated further by covid—19. i think that has changed the dynamics. you now have players that suddenly come out of the grip and play is unavailable in your squad get a lot smaller and then players maybe have to play when they are injured by carrying something and that's far from ideal injured by carrying something and that's farfrom ideal and injured by carrying something and that's far from ideal and then you risk long—term damage to players career is. so covid—19 made the dynamically we have to live with for the benefit of everyone.— the benefit of everyone. football does continue _ the benefit of everyone. football does continue for _ the benefit of everyone. football does continue for some. - the benefit of everyone. football does continue for some. the - the benefit of everyone. football. does continue for some.

adam wild reports. in these most intense moments of the season.takes player welfare seriously. obviously the player welfare from a covid—19 situation, i think everyone in general life is trying to protect himself in their own now with the added anxiety of covid—19, he expresses concern that nobody really takes player welfare seriously. obviously the player welfare from a covid—19 situation, i think everyone in general life is trying to protect himself in their own families but also from a football point of view to deal with the situation when you are going into a game on the 26th and 28th of december with two games in such a short space of time, and you are worried for their welfare from a football point of view as well. we have a situation at the weekend where one of the players was reluctant to get out of his car because he had some symptoms and he's got a young family so totally understand the situation and how he felt at the time, and we've got a major responsibility to listen to the players and deal with every situation as it comes your way.

unable to field teams over half the fixtures in the english football league have also been postponed adam wild get a lot smaller and then players maybe have to play when they are injured by carrying something and that's far from ideal and then you risk long—term damage to players career is. so covid—19 made the dynamically we have to live with for the benefit of everyone. football does continue for some. today the league games between liverpool and needs and wants and watford were postponed. 16 of the 20 profanity teams have so far been affected. i think everyone is trying the best in difficult circumstances. the way it is sometimes like a referee decision or something goes your way it does not but i think everybody is doing their best, and i don't think anybody is acting without integrity. plus finance raise questions over competitive advantage. for example, it will be their first game in a database. game in a four days. bradford played last night. and then arsenal take on the walls on the 28th, it will be their second game in a8 hours. the wolves will have nine days off. managers all with sl

adam wild reports. the summer of sterling continues!a cross for sterling! the route to the finals of the euros provoked in english football fans emotions scarcely stirred in a generation. but after such highs, some of the most crushing lows sport could offer. the racist abuse of england players, particularly on social media, prompted a wave of outrage, national soul—searching and calls again for action. people are probably intoxicated a lot of the times, say and do things, just trying to be horrible, because you want to get a reaction out of that person, or you want to get a reaction because you're angry. but at the same time, you know, you being frustrated that shouldn't resort to, you know, negative comments on someone�*s skin colour. i think what hurt me was that this was a group of players who had brought everybody together for 30 days, or whatever it was, on a brilliantjourney. now all of a sudden we're going to allow this division to happen. i wasn't happy about that at all. the racism suffered by gareth southgate�*s england's sid

dhabi next weekend after hamilton won a chaotic saudi arabia grand prix yesterday, a race watched by adam wildanger around every corner. this was mick schumacher�*s race coming to an end — a crash heavy enough to impact everyone, the aftermath costing hamilton the lead when they got back to the grid. verstappen was at the front this time, but the restart lasted less than a lap before they restopped. another pause to raise the tension, with verstappen back in front, the pair almost touched. seconds later, they definitely did. commentator: 0h, they touched and they collided! _ an incident that cost verstappen the lead, a penalty and ultimately the race. hamilton's victory in the craziest of circumstances. i the craziest of circumstances. didn't understand wi bra kes i didn't understand why he hit the brakes quite heavily and then i ran into the back of them and then he may have done so i didn't understand what was going on so i understood afterwards he was going to let us past. i afterwards he was going to let us ast. , ., afterwards he was going to let us ast, , ., ., afterwards he was going to

adam wild takes a close look at the highs and lows of a memorable year.. that was over here. over there, well, this was how the world's best tennis players were preparing for one of the first major sporting events of the year, the australian open. strict hotel quarantine divided opinion. tennis was struggling to keep calm and carry on. novak djokovic became the men's champion, the first of three grand slams for him this year. naomi osaka, the women's champion, herfirst and final grand slam of 2021. her withdrawal from the others to protect her mental health the starting point for another of the year's major sporting narratives. in truth, many were still questioning whether sport should be going ahead at all. rugby union“s six nations did — just about — and despite everything off the field, on it, it was one of the best we've ever seen. an empty twickenham and defending champions england is where scotland began. intimidating, perhaps, but they came with a plan. commentator: he gets the touchdown, australia and silent twickenham, - save only the cheers and

adam wild was tasked with the tricky job of trying to make sense of what was a chaotic amd crazy raceefinitely did. commentator: 0h, they touched and they collided! _ an incident that cost verstappen the lead, a penalty and ultimately the race. hamilton's victory in the craziest of circumstances. the decision to race in saudi arabia raises ethical questions. this extraordinary season now goes to the final grand prix in abu dhabi and the amazing rivalry will get the climax it deserves. cannot wait for it. the new manchester united manager's working his magic already. the much maligned midfielder fred, who's faced plenty of criticism, popping up to score the only goal of the game as they beat crystal palace in ralf rangnick�*s first match in charge. aston villa manager steven gerrard got one over on his former boss brendan rodgers as villa came from behind to beat leicester 2—1 — gerrard said he had to tell his players a few home truths at half—time. it did the trick, as defender ezri konsa scored twice in the second half. you might be impressed by this fancy footwork, dan. tom rogic da

so cynical exploitation of fundamental human rights with wild increasing you divided over the issue i spoke to lauren adams, legal director of the women's liberation front, the organization behind that very little suit. the reason we have, you know, women only presents that we separate by sexes because men posed a danger to women. and there is no evidence that men who identify as transgender, regardless of what they've done to change their bodies, that they've posed less risk to women. i would imagine that in the course of your was, can i know property preparing thought little suit as well. you have spoken to a number of female and mates, and i just wanted to get your kind of general reaction as to what it is that you're hearing from them. we're hearing that they're, they're scared and they feel humiliated. this feels like just adding insult to injury, it's also important to know that many of the men who are transferring over have female co defendants are ex partners where in the women's presence. so just in california there's, i know, 2 women personally and there's a number of other women who i haven't sp

adam schiff continues. he distorted texts. we will weigh in next straight ahead. omega-3 from fish oil is an important nutrient for heart health. qunol's ultra purified omega -3, is sourced only from wild caught ocean fish, not farm raised and comes in an easy to swallow mini pill. the brand i trust is qunol. >> sean: he's back. the liar adam schiff. bringing another schiff show to washington. caught red handed doctoring a mark meadows text message as part of the january 6th sham investigation. it turns out that schiff claimed to have text message evidence from a congressman, jim jordan. text it the former white house chief of staff mark meadows to instruct mike pence to overturn it the election results. that was an utter lie from schiff. he misrepresented and doctored what the message said. it was not from jim jordan but a washington lawyer. there were no instructions coming from jim jordan. just like we have been telling you, this investigation is a sham. has a pre-determined outcome. schiff and company are creating fake text messages to hold meadows in criminal contempt. joe biden's reaction today. i am not sure he knows what day it is. >> what was your reaction? >> i don't know --

let's now check in with meteorologist adam klotz for a fox weather forecast. >> a bit of wild weathertures as you see. warm air in the southeast once again but really cold air back behind it look at fargo fargo negative 22 degrees. wind chill warnings in place because it feels like negative 30, negative 40 across the northern plains stretching into the upper midwest. really frigid air. couple of weather systems we are paying attention. to say one in the southeast. another round of winter weather and heavy rain moving into the west coast. flood alerts in southern california. san diego, running up toker vine and areas a little bit farther inland. i will leave you with those storms in the southeast. we have a decent chance for severe weather today. particularly in areas of mississippi, alabama, stretching up into tennessee. of course, we will be watching those storms as they pop up this afternoon. will, back to you. will: yeah, got to watch those storms. i got fly to nashville for new year's eve very soon. will thanks, adam. we will be telling you how to win big with the fox bet super 6

adams of new york city are saying. paul: how much is this sinking in with democratic consultant politicians ask you wrote a column wilder that horrible incident outside of milwaukee, is the politics really shifting within the democratic party? >> you can see it shifting in front of your face. in san francisco, the d.a. definitely a big time progressive who has rallied for a lot of these policies suddenly is promising prosecutions, you've got officials and l.a. promising to crackdown oakland mayor and portland establishment putting money back into their police department, these are all democrats and the reason they are scrambling is because they understand from elections jason mentioned that voters want something different, they are unhappy they will play political consequences if they don't do something so i think it's going into a political issue across the country. paul: what would be your advice for the republicans giving the advantage here? got about 30 seconds. >> absolutely, people -- i think this is a nice outreach effort for republicans because they want especially in that neighborhood. paul: thank you all. th

wild type and see, does it infect better? reporter: and infectious disease researcher at stanford furiously studies omicron. adamlow companies to test the effectiveness of vaccines by producing engineered pseudo-viruses that mimic characteristics of omicron. >> is efficient and fast, because it is just as fast, as these companies can synthesize dna. reporter: the answers testing provides could be critical for what comes next, if a new or tweaked vaccine were required. the fda could have to decide when it can be released and with how much testing or clinical trial. >> we are in uncharted territory here in terms of that. i can really only speculate. it is up to the fda, how they want to do it. a step back and say, first, we have no reason to believe, at this time, our vaccines will not work against omicron. reporter:reporter: she says it may turn out t cell response, a secondary line of defense by the immune system, may offer protection as well. the search for answers continues at a rapid pace, here in the bay area and around the world. kristen sze, abc 7 news. dan: both researchers tell us teams around the world

adam, everybody takes the weather out on you guys but it's going to be 67 in colorado, what the heck? >> it wilding snow the next week, that will maybe put your mind at ease and see whether sweeping on and. this is the next seven days behind me and you will see the snow in places you typically wouldn't see folks going across the northern tier, the higher elevations he was the fairly heavy snow. it's not going to just stay west, it will drift up to the upper midwest as we continue to track the snow shifting off that direction so heavier snow eventually on the way, that is good news if you're tired of the warm weather piling up in the middle of the country so it coming, don't worry. alicia: okay, thank you so much from good to see you, chris. griff: up next, journal editorial. ♪♪ >> the new strain is cause for concern but not panic. we know, we knew there would be cases of overgrown here in the united states and its here but we have the best tools and vaccines in the world and the best medicine and the best scientists in the world. we are going to fight this. with signs and speed. not chaos and co