the five—time olympic gold—medal winning cyclist, sir bradley wiggins, has retired from the sport. e tour de france in 2012, issued a statement via his facebook page saying he had been "lucky enough to live a dream." with me is our sports news correspondent richard conway. earlier our sports news correspondent richard conway told us more about sir bradley's statement. a reflects on 2012 when head much success a reflects on 2012 when head much success but a said 2016 is the end of the journey. he reflected on the success he has had over his career. he is one of britain's most decorated olympians, eight medals, five of which are gold, the first briton to win the tour de france. he is one of the country's most decorated sportsman but he has now decided this is the end of the road for him and he's going to end his career for him and he's going to end his career as for him and he's going to end his career as a for him and he's going to end his career as a professional cyclist. middle aged people are putting themselves at risk of serious health problems unless they take action to change t

joining me now is brendan gallagher who co—wrote bradley wiggins‘ autobiography.a unique personality. he's a little bitjekyll and hyde. he's a little bitjekyll and hyde. he can be wonderful to interview but also stonewall. he's a dreamer, very much a dreamer, he says that in his statement. he was an endlessly interesting guy to write about. this translated itself well to the glory years. there are many, many dimensions to him. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s cycling correspondent alistair bruceball and i began by asking him if the timing of the announcement had been a surprise. you felt it couldn't go on. you have two wonder eventually how you continue to have the motivation, when you've done what he's done in his career. the titles he is one, the medals, the world hour record he's got. it must be difficult to get out of bed and find a reason to go on. he's done everything he wa nted go on. he's done everything he wanted to do and achieve his childhood dream, so he's decided to bow out. could you give us some context into those allegations? people might be sick to de

gold medallist and olympic champion, bradley wiggins. he is the u:k.' decorated olympian winning eight medals over 16 years. in 2012 he became the first briton to claim the tour de france title. achievements which took him on a path to the palace. but after so much success over the yea rs, but after so much success over the years, sir bradley wiggins's remarkable career has finally come toa remarkable career has finally come to a halt, saying that he has fulfilled all of his childhood dreams and aspirations. it is easy sitting here with the glory of winning but when you're out there, at any moment you think you idiot, why do you carry on. i always wanted to go out on the top. bradley wiggins kindled his love of cycling at his local club in london and aged 12 he knew what he wanted to achieve, telling his teachers that one day he would be an olympic champion. he delivered on a promise, winning his first gold medal at the athens games in 200a. all at a time when british cycling success was far from normal. and his personality intertwined with the love of

five—time olympic champion and tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement fromling, aged 36. one woman has died and several people have been injured, after a series of crashes in ice and fog on the aao in oxfordshire. also in the next hour... health officials warn of a "middle—aged health crisis" in england. people aged between a0 and 60 are advised to change their lifestyles, as eight in 10 are overweight, inactive or drinking too much. harrison ford has led tributes to star wars co—star carrie fisher, who has died at the age of 60, calling her "one of a kind". in halfan in half an hour, i will be looking back at a momentous year in science, which saw tim peake returning to earth after a six—month stay in space. that's coming up in half and oui’. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the american secretary of state, john kerry, has mounted a passionate defence of the decision by the obama administration to allow the un security council to pass last week's resolution declaring israeli settlements illegal. he said the move was aimed at preserving the possibility

gold medallist and olympic champion, bradley wiggins!ame the first briton to claim the tour de france title, achievements which took him on a path to the palace. but after so much success over the years, sir bradley wiggins' remarkable career has finally rolled to a halt, saying he has fulfilled all his childhood dreams and aspirations. it's easy sitting now with all of the glory, to say, yes, let's do it all again, but when you're out there, i wouldn't like to think at any moment, why did you carry on? i always wanted to go out on top, and it has been an incredible year. wiggins kindled his love of cycling at his local club in south london. at the age of 12, he knew what he wanted to achieve, telling his teachers that one day he would be olympic champion. he delivered on that promise, winning his first gold at the 2004 athens games. all at a time when british cycling success was far from the norm. and his personality, intertwined with a love of mod culture, helped him to transcend and popularise his sport. his retirement comes at a time

the paper also features cycling champion sir bradley wiggins announcing his retirement. , and the paper also has an exclusive interview with labour leader jeremy corbyn, in which he accuses the prime minister of acting like henry viii. the government is considering plans to give child offenders lifelong anonymity, according to the times. and it also covers transport disruption across the uk due to freezing weather also features. the mail claims that people are wasting time putting christmas cards and wrapping in the recycling bin, as lots will end up in landfill. the daily express warns of deadly weather conditions over the new year, while highlighting an article on why nigel farage is the man of the year. and finally, the sun warns of a crisis in the nhs, with waiting times of a month to see the doctor. nhs hospitals have made more money than ever from parking charges and fines. figures from 89 health trusts across england suggest £120 million was raised from parking fees last year. that is up 5% on the year before. there has been sharp criticism of the charges from pati

the five—time olympic gold medal winning cyclist, sir bradley wiggins, has retired from the sport. lso won the tour de france in 2012, issued a statement via his facebook page saying he has been ‘lucky enough to live a dream'. earlier richard conway told is more about the statement. he reflects on 2012, the london 0lympics we have so much success, but he says 2016 is the end of the road for this chapter. he says kids from kilburn don't win 0lympic goals and tour de france but they do now. he reflects on the success he has enjoyed over the career. he was one of britain's most decorated 0lympians. five gold medals, the first briton to ever win the tour de france. first briton to win three 0lympic medals at the same games in 2004. he is one of the country's most decorated sportsmen. but, he has decided that this is the end of the road for him and he will end his career as a professional cyclist. middle aged people are putting themselves at risk of serious health problems unless they take action to change their lifestyles, according to health officials. public health england says 80% of

gold—medallist and olympic champion, bradley wiggins! the uk's most decorated olympian, winning eight medals over 16 years. in 2012, he became the first briton to claim the tour de france title, achievements which took him on a path to the palace. but, after so much success over the years, sir bradley wiggins' remarkable career has finally rolled to a halt. saying he has fulfilled all his dreams and aspirations. when you are out there, you always wa nt to when you are out there, you always want to carry on. i always wanted to go out on top, it has been an incredible year. wiggins kindled his love of cycling at his local club in south london. at the age of 12, he knew what he wanted to achieve, telling his teachers that one day he would be olympic champion. he delivered on that promise, winning his first gold at the 2004 athens games. all at a time when british cycling success was far from the norm. and his personality, and mod culture, helped him to transcend and popularise the sport with cycling officials praising him and encouraging th

sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement from cycling at the age of 70. tim: u.s. secretary of state john kerry with just a few days left in office delivered a passionate speech on the u.s. middle east peace process. the central point was that the only way to achieve peace was a two state solution. he said continued israeli expansion was endangering that. that is why the obama administration allowed the u.n. security council to pass the resolution declaring israeli settlements illegal. prime minister benjamin netanyahu criticized the speech as biased against israel, focusing excessively on settlements. our correspondent reports from jerusalem. reporter: a bitter row between outgoing and incoming u.s. presidents, this time over israel. theld trump claiming country is being treated with disrespect and telling it to be strong until january 20, when he takes office. the speech by secretary kerry angered the president-elect. theaid a chance with palestinians for peace was slipping away. ground,s on the violence, terrorism, incitement, settlement expansion, the endless e

for much of his career. “— with bradley wiggins for much of his career. —— coach. with bradleyecommending riders take because of various conditions they might have? well, i think if you take it right back, from the inception in 2010 and coming over to take over bradley's programme at the end of 2010, the first thing we said was he had to create in british cycling was zero tolerance to any performance enhancing drugs and we have done that better than anybody. we run the clea nest that better than anybody. we run the cleanest pro team in the world, the cyclists always have their doors open to see how we came and worked and operated and in the case of bradley or anyone else in the system, it wasn't something i really cared about because i knew we were operating a very clean environment. but with something like... if a rider was taking such a powerful drug, it would be clear there was a medical leave, so as head coach, you would be consulted to say this rider has a particular need, whether it is in or out of competition, for this particular drug. was it a conversation you were part

bradley wiggins is a gold medal winner and olympic champion! re joined by his team—mate rob hayles. you know the man better than any other people. because of the personality he has, because the profile he has, one of the questions iam profile he has, one of the questions i am always asked about bradley wiggins is what is he actually like? what is he actually like? it depends on what day of the week you are talking! brad is quite shy which is one of the reasons why, when he comes out of his shell, he is truly out there. he is one of those riders you want him alongside you. you know that as long as he is on his game, then the shore he will help you attain his best performance. he is an incredible bike rider and athlete. 2012 was absolutely phenomenal and certainly helped increase the profile of cycling as a sport. people love lists, the greats. in any sport they love to know who is the greatest. where does he sit, do you think? it is a difficult one. you look at the greatest bike rider of them all, eddie mair works, brad greatest bike rider of the

on the road, and on the track, sir bradley wiggins dominated his sport like few others.6 years. in 2012, he became the first briton to claim the tour de france title, achievements which took him on a path to the palace. but, after so much success over the years, sir bradley wiggins's remarkable career has finally rolled to a halt, ina in a statement, he said... wiggins kindled his love of cycling at his local club in south london. and at the age of 12, he knew what he wanted to achieve, telling his teachers he would one day be olympic champion. he delivered on that promise, winning his first gold at the 200a athens games, all at a time when british cycling success was far from the norm. and his personality, intertwined with a love of mod culture, helped him to transcend and popularise the sport his retirement comes at a time of heightened scrutiny into his career, though. earlier this year russian hackers revealed wiggins had been given powerful steroid injections before three key races, including his 2012 tour de france win. this substance involved is banned under norma

and mps claims questions are left unanswered after the retirement from cycling of sir bradley wigginsas made a winning start to his latest comeback from injury. it was an emphatic victory, too, against tomas berdych at an exhibition tournament in abu dhabi. a wrist injury had troubled nadal throughout 2016, but there were no signs of rustiness. this was the first point back on court. it set the spaniard on course to take the first set 6—0, and he completed the job in the second. nadal will play milos raonic in the semi—finals. earlier, david goffin beatjo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets too. the belgian will now face andy murray tomorrow lunchtime. murray has his sights set on success in the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, which begins in mid—january. murray has lost there in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well there in the past and it hasn't happened for me, so i need to do something a little bit different this year. but i love the conditions there, i enjoy the tournament a lot. i'll be going in hopefully playing

the paper also features cycling champion sir bradley wiggins announcing his retirement.dley's retirement also makes the guardian front page, and the paper also has an exclusive interview with labour leader jeremy corbyn, in which he accuses the prime minister of acting like henry viii. the government is considering plans to give child offenders lifelong anonymity, according to the times. and it also covers transport disruption across the uk due to freezing weather. the mail claims that people are wasting time putting christmas cards and wrapping in the recycling bin, as lots will end up in landfill. the daily express warns of "deadly" weather conditions over the new year, while highlighting an article on why nigel farage is the man of the year. and finally, the sun warns of a crisis in the nhs with waiting times of a month to see the doctor. we will go through all of those in a bit more detailed in the next few minutes. let's start off with jeremy corbyn comparing theresa may to henry viii. yes, i quite like he does this, bear this in mind in the context, labour strategi

let's get a few more details about sir bradley wiggins's retirement.sir bradley wiggins on his facebook page saying he has been lucky enough to live a dream and the bill his childhood aspiration of making a career out of the sport. but coming he says this is enough, he reflects on 2012, the london 0lympics we have so much success, but he says 2016 is the end of the road for this chapter. he says kids from kilburn don't win 0lympic goals and tourde from kilburn don't win 0lympic goals and tour de france but they do now. he reflects on the success he has enjoyed over the career. he was one of britain's most decorated 0lympians. five gold medals, the first briton to ever win the tour de france. first briton to win three 0lympic medals at the same games coming thousand and four. he is one of the country's most decorated sportsmen. but, he has decided that this is the end of the road by him and he will end his career as a professional cyclist. everyone will wa nt to professional cyclist. everyone will want to know what he does next. he has a professional cy

concerning sir bradley wiggins and his use of therapeutic use exemption is, tue.ms about that mysterious package, as well, delivered to team sky, in 2011. more on that through the afternoon. but now we're going to turn our attention to the work of another commons committee actually because the number of lives lost because the number of lives lost because of suicide in england is unacceptable according to mp5. it remains the biggest cause of death in men under 49. in a report, the health select committee says a government prevention strategy for england in 2012 didn't result in any improvements. it's due to be updated early next year. our health editor hugh pym reports. i'm joined from our westminster studio by the chair of the health select committee, dr sarah woolaston thank you for being with us. you say in your report suicide is preve nta ble in your report suicide is preventable and much more should and could be done to support those at risk. what would you like to see done? we would like to see them in preventing the strategy because the strategy that they pr

sir bradley wiggins the first british cyclist to win the tour de france retires from the sport saying he had been lucky enough to fulfil his ‘childhood aspiration‘ people between the ages of forty and sixty are being advised to change their lifestyles to avoid type two diabetes. public health england says eighty per cent of that age group are overweight and inactive german police have detained a forty—year—old tunisian man in connection with the fatal lorry attack on a berlin christmas market last week. now on bbc news, it's time for reporters. welcome to reporters. i'm phillipa thomas here at the bbc‘s headquarters in london. in this special edition of the programme, we're looking at some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. coming up: stand—off in the skies above the south china sea. rupert wingfield—hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. you can't make no mistakes. it will cost you your life. ian pannell reports from barack obama's former hometown and finds gun crime is

but, after so much success over the years, sir bradley wiggins's remarkable career has finally rolledof cycling at his local club in south london. and at the age of 12, he knew what he wanted to achieve, telling his teachers he would one day be an olympic champion. he delivered on that promise, winning his first gold at the 2004 athens games, all at a time when british cycling success was far from the norm. and his personality, intertwined with a love of mod culture, helped him to transcend and popularise the sport. his retirement comes at a time of heightened scrutiny into his career, though. earlier this year, russian hackers revealed wiggins had been given powerful steroid injections before three key races, including his 2012 tour de france win. the substance involved is banned under normal circumstances, as it can be performance—enhancing. but wiggins legally and legitimately applied for a medical exemption, he says, to treat hayfever. this wasn't about trying to find a way to gain an unfair advantage. this was about putting myself back on a level playing field, in order to compet

but it's certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wa nted that bradley wiggins would push into him making this decision now? potentially. —— potentially been a bit of a push. will we see him racing in six months? who knows. there has been another high—profile retirement in the world of sport, with tennis player ana ivanovic ending her career at 29. the serbian won the french open in 2008, and after struggling to repeat that success, she mounted a comeback last year and reached the semi—final at roland garros again. she married manchester united's bastian schweinsteiger this summer. andy murray says he will plan differently at the australian open next month, to do all he can to win the first grand slam of the season. murray has reached the final in melbourne five times, but this time he'll go into the event as world number one. i've played really well there in the past and it hasn't happened for me, so past and it hasn't happened for me, soi past and it hasn't happened for me, so i need to do something a little bit different this year. what i love the conditions there,

the next day, all the focus was on one man, sir bradley wiggins.st decorated 0lympian of all time? the british quartet of wiggins, london gold medalists ed clandy and steven burke and 0wain doull trailed all the way till the closing stages. britain? australia? certainly gb in record time! another day, another gold. this time a successful defence of the women's team pursuit as laura trott, alongside joanna rowsell shand, eleanor barker and katie archibald became the first british women to win three 0lympic golds. not to be outdone by his fiance, jason kenny retained his 0lympic crown in the individual sprint. beating compatriot callum skinner into silver. becky james put more than two years of injury and illness behind her to take silver. while mark cavendish's status as one of the all time greats on the road is undisputed, at his third 0lympic games an olympic medal was still a big hole. many doubted the omnium would change that. how wrong they were. after all the effort... mark cavendish has an olympic medal. silver. the sixth and final day brough

would have wa nted way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire.ly. will we see him back in six months racing? bluenose? —— who knows? tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says they‘re well—placed to attack the top four in the premier league, after moving to within a point of their north london rivals arsenal. they beat southampton 4—1 last night — harry kane had gone three league matches without a goal, but he put an end to that. and dele alli scored twice, as southampton finished the game with ten men. spurs stay fifth — they‘re ten points behind leaders chelsea. the top sides all won the game and for us it is important, we are still fighting. we are in a good position. we are in a position to attack in the second part of the season. celtic manager brendan rodgers said he couldn‘t ask any more of his team, after they went 16 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. they beat ross county 2—0 last night, while second—placed rangers were held to a 1—1 draw at st johnstone. a defensive blunder allowed steven maclean to score the equalise

the next day all of the focus was on sir bradley wiggins. britain's most decorated olympian of all time? the british quartet trailed all the way until the closing stages. willoughby australia? will closing stages. willoughby australia ? will be closing stages. willoughby australia? will be great britain? it is great britain a world record time! another day another gold for great britain. a successful defence of the women's team pursuit as laura trott alongside her teammates came the first british woman to win freely big gold medals. not to be outdone by his fiancee, jason kenny retained his olympic crown in the individual sprint defeating his compatriot and into silver. becky james put over two years of injury and illness behind her to take silver. while mark cavendish‘s status as one of the all—time greats on the road is undisputed, and his third olympic games, an olympic medal was still a big hole in his cabinet. and many doubted that would change. howell wrong they were. —— how wrong they were. the sixth and final day predictably provided

it's certainly not the ideal way bradley wiggins would have wanted to have retired.making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? who knows? andy murray is in abu dhabi for his first event of the new season, he'll face david goffin, who beatjo—wilfried new season, he'll face david goffin, who beat jo—wilfried tsonga new season, he'll face david goffin, who beatjo—wilfried tsonga earlier. the belgian, ranked 11th in the world, beat his french opponent in straight sets. the first grand slam of the season. the australian open. that begins in mid—january. while murray has lost in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well in the past and it hasn't happened for me. i need to do something a little bit different. this year. i love the conditions there. i enjoy the tournament a lot. you know, i'll be going in hopefully playing well, with a lot of confidence, because of the way i finished 2016. former world champion ricky hatton has called for more support for boxers once buried careers have ended. h

bradley wiggins may have retired yesterday but but mps on the culture sport and select committee sayt the package —— that the was not enough evidence that it did not contain a legal decongestant. one of his former team—mates says his achievements in cycling won't be repeated. he agrees his use of performance enhancing drugs from medical reasons have cast a shadow. it is a real shame that all this has come right at the end of his career and there is a cloud and it is understandable. in terms of the rules of the sport he has broken none. the world governing body have said there is nothing to answer for. but there is still obviously a question of has it been ethical and i think that is a separate issue, but it is certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire. has that been potentially a little bit of a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? who knows? former world champion ricky hatton has called for more support for boxers once their careers are over. hatton said if there were a professional boxing

but it's certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire.? potentially. will we see him back racing in six months? who knows. onto football now. tottenham are just a point behind their north london rivals arsenal in the premier league table, after winning 4—1 at southampton. harry kane had gone three league matches without a goal, but he put an end to that last night. and dele alli scored twice, as southampton finished the game with 10 men. spurs stay fifth, they're 10 points behind leaders chelsea. the top sides all won their games, so that was important. we're still fighting, we're in a good position. we're in a very good position to attack the top four in the second part of the season. ahead of the old firm derby on new year's eve, celtic have stretched their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to 16 points. they beat ross county 2—0 last night, while second—placed rangers were held to a 1—1 draw at st johnstone. a defensive blunder allowed steven maclean to score the equaliser for the home side. there were also wins for motherwel

it's certainly not the ideal way bradley wiggins would have wa nted the ideal way bradley wiggins wouldbeen potentially a push to him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back racing in six months? who knows? tennis and andy murray is in abu dhabi for the first event of the new season, facing david coughlan, who beatjo—wilfried tsonga. season, facing david coughlan, who beat jo—wilfried tsonga. the season, facing david coughlan, who beatjo—wilfried tsonga. the belgian ranked 11th in the world finished his opponent in straight sets. the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, begins mid—january. while murray has lost there in the final five while murray has lost there in the finalfive times, he while murray has lost there in the final five times, he goes while murray has lost there in the finalfive times, he goes in while murray has lost there in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this year. final five times, he goes in as world number one this yearlj final five times, he goes in as world number one this year. i played really well there in

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the package was handed over during the criterium du dauphine, an event won by sir bradley wiggins.r—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're cooperating fully and look forward to the report. 2007 champion raymond van barneveld is into the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch 12th seed lostjust two legs to englishman robbie green — averaging nearly 100 in the process. he'll play alan norris in round 2.

in the uk that a package delivered to his team at the 2011 criterium du dauphine, won by sir bradley wigginsnt. a british newspaper allegation had put team sky under pressure to reveal the contents of the package, but they couldn't until now because of an ongoing uk anti—doping investigation. brailsford told a culture, media and sport select committee that the package contained fluimucil, a substance not banned by authorities. there's always listens to be learned and you've got to start with yourself. i've looked at myself long and hard in the mirrorand yourself. i've looked at myself long and hard in the mirror and thought about this carefully in terms of how i've personally handled the situation and i think i could have done a lot better quite frankly and i would like to think in performance terms we've done pretty well, but on this occasion the way i managed this, like i said, i would start with myself first and not look at anybody else. we run a fantastic operation, we've got fantastic people. they are of the higher standards and they've got great integrity and they've quite frankly don'

in the uk that a package delivered to his team at the 2011 criterium du dauphine, won by sir bradley wigginsd the house of commons select committee that it was a decongestant. a british newspaper allegation had put team sky under pressure to reveal the contents of the package, but they couldn't until now, because of an ongoing uk anti—doping investigation. in hindsight, dave brailsford regrets how he handled the situation. there are always lessons to be learned and you have to start with yourself and i have looked at myself long and hard in the mirror and yourself and i have looked at myself long and hard in the mirrorand i have thought about it very carefully in terms of howl have thought about it very carefully in terms of how i handled personally the situation and i think it could have been a lot better. i would like to think in performance terms we have done quite well but on this occasion and the way i have managed this i think, like i say, i will start with myself first and not look at anyone else. we had a fantastic operation, fantastic people, they are the highest standards, they hav

the package was handed over during the criterium du dauphine, an event won by sir bradley wiggins.d an over—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're co—operating fully and look forward to the report. 2007 champion, raymond van barneveld, is into the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch 12th seed lostjust two legs to englishman robbie green, averaging nearly 100 in the process. he'll play alan norris in round two. that is it for now us. from all of us, good night. hello. a fairly quiet spell of weather for many parts of the british isles in the first part of december. wouldn't you know it, when you are thinking of travelling up and down the country, it looks as though especially in the north things will be unsettled. they have been unsettled of late. that is because we have had the weather front moving in the atlantic ushered along by gale force winds. miserable. through the rest of the night, it goes south and east, the weather front, bringing night, it goes south and east, the weatherfront, bringing wet night, it goes south and east, the wea

and i think that is a separate issue, but it is certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins wouldf a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? who knows? cash as swansea city continue their search for a new manager, west ham boss slaven bilic says bob bradley wasn't given a fair chance. the american was in charge forjust 11 games and 85 days, before he was sacked after swa nsea's boxing day defeat to west ham. bilic has felt the pressure of speculation over his own job, so has sympathy for bradley. it isa it is a short amount of time. basically, it depends totally on luck. what people are expecting from you to make something in a couple of months' time. and that is not preseason, that is straight, you have a game in two days and you have a game in five days, you know? he did not have any chance, to be fair. but i think he was lucky to win a few games, and all that. daryl gurney is through to the pdc world darts championship quarterfinals after a tense 11—3 win over mark webster at the ally pally. the northern irishman, who had

the package was delivered during the criterium du dauphine — an event won by sir bradley wiggins.old mps yesterday it contained an over—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're co—operating fully and look forward to the report. that's all the sport for now. let's return now to our main story — yesterday's deadly attack on a christmas market in berlin. the german prosecutor is giving a press conference following last night's attack — let's listen in. translation: the event reminds you of what happened in nice and again, the choice of a name which have a lot of symbolism, like christmas market. these kinds of things are reflected in the past calls of islamist terror organisations, who have called for that kind of attack. we don't have a video yet where anybody says they did it, so we cannot give any conclusive state m e nts cannot give any conclusive statements about the background. at the moment, the investigation is going on, together with the federal home and office and the berlin police. there is a criminal technical investigation that is looking at the lorry sp

five—time olympic champion and tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement fromoman has died and several people have been injured after a series of crashes in ice and fog on the a40 in 0xfordshire. also in the next hour — health officials warn of a "middle—aged health crisis" in england. people aged between 40 and 60 are advised to change their lifestyles, as eight in 10 are overweight, inactive or drinking too much. harrison ford has led tributes to star wars co—star carrie fisher,

the package was handed over during the criterium du dauphine, an event won by sir bradley wiggins.ir dave brailsford told mps yesterday it contained an over—the—counter decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're cooperating fully and look forward to the report. 2007 champion raymond van barneveld is into the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch 12th seed lostjust two legs to englishman robbie green — averaging nearly 100 in the process. he'll play alan norris in round 2. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thank you for watching. good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are miranda green from the ft and christopher hope, who's chief political correspondent at the daily telegraph. good to see you both. hello. wait until you have finished the papers. you will not be saying that when i am finished with you, mate! the daily mirror has the banner headline, "truck killer could strike again". it quotes a source in the german police as saying the killer is still armed and

britain's most decorated olympian sir bradley wiggins has announced his retirement from professionalycling. the 36 year—old has won eight olympic medals, five of them gold, as well as the tour de france in 2012. a woman has been killed and a dozen people have been hurt this morning after a number of collisions in ice and fog on the aao in oxfordshire. around 20 vehicles were involved. now on bbc news, rebecca morelle looks back on the year in science, from british astronaut tim peake‘s adventures in space, to a discovery that will transform our understanding of the universe. that's review 2016: the year in science. from the mission of a lifetime, this was the year british astronaut tim peake spent six months in space. to a colossal feat of engineering. in 2016, the world's largest radio telescope was unveiled. we also learned about the secret life of seals and what they get up to underwater. and saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique. human organs are growing inside these pigs. this was also the year a global climate deal came into force but the election of donald trum

they have in hearing from sir dave brailsford, team sky boss, and various allegations about sir bradley wigginse us have we learned anything new from these hearings, richard 7 have we learned anything new from these hearings, richard? , colledge main issues under discussion, with some of the leading figures past and present from british cycling. chief amongst them this question of medical package that was delivered to tea m medical package that was delivered to team sky in 2011. it was reported that this was a medical package delivered, the contents of which have always remained something of a mystery. sir dave brailsford, who is currently giving evidence to the committee, was asked about this by the daily mail a few weeks ago. he was unable to provide a satisfactory a nswer was unable to provide a satisfactory answer as to why the package was delivered. today he has told mps that the contents of that package was a non—prescription decongestant, he said that was part of a regular trip, someone coming out on a logistics trip, it is regularly available in france as well, which is where it was flo

the package was handed over during the criterium du dauphine — an event won by sir bradley wiggins.decongestant, fluimucil. team sky say they're co—operating fully and look forward to the report. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. damien, many thanks for that. a planned strike over pay by around 1,500 baggage handlers and check—in staff at 18 uk airports has been suspended. employees of swissport had been due to walk out on december 23rd and 2ath. but the union unite said agreement had now been reached on an improved pay offer. a court has ruled that doctors should stop providing life support treatment to a policeman who was left in a coma after a road accident. paul briggs suffered a brain injury in a motorcycle crash last year while serving with merseyside police. his wife wants him to be allowed to die. but doctors had said there was potential for mr briggs to emerge from his minimally conscious state. daniel boettcher has more from the old bailey. thejudgment here the judgment here today follows a hearing at the court of protection in manchester three wee

sky have been responsible for some of the big wins in british cycling over the years, with sir bradley wigginsreported that a package was delivered to them at the end of a race, and the contents of that package will yet to have been disclosed. uk anti—doping is currently conducting an investigation into that. speaking this morning to bon howdon, the president of british cycling, they said they were unable to speak about it because uk anti—doping had denied them permission to do so. that was disputed by the committee. some terse exchanges, and as you can hear now between bob howdon and damian collins, the chair of the committee, in the end what they have decided to do is eventually the right to the committee and give them information about what exactly was that package. but we are certainly not aware of any doping products that would be in there. it has not come across our viewpoint. i didn't say it was doping products, ijust wanted to see if you knew what was in it, because i find it extraordinary that you don't necessarily know what evidence british cycling has given to you get with regards t