his solo route around the world had taken him from brest, past the cape of good hope and cape horn.homas coville had devoted the past ten years of his life to breaking this record. but he didn'tjust break it, he smashed it, taking eight days off the previous one set in 2008. he said he now had just one desire, to sleep and to let his mind rest. daniela relph, bbc news. the music world has been paying tribute to the british singer, george michael, who died on christmas day of heart failure. he was 53. the singer sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning nearly four decades. his partner, fadi fawaz, says he will never stop missing him. 0ur arts editor will gompertz looks back at george michael's life. # wham bam, iam a man # wearing a bikerjacket and a white tee, george michael takes his first steps into the limelight as one half of the pop duo, wham!. # if notjust stop, don't stay there and rot # back then, he had big hair and a perma—tan — it was his idea of early ‘80s glam. the reality was a little different. so they stuck us in this hotel that couldn't have been more

his solo route around the world had taken him from brest, past the cape of good hope and cape horn.y with unusually good weather. thomas coville had devoted the past ten years of his life to breaking this record. but he didn'tjust break it, he smashed it, taking eight days off the previous one set in 2008. he said he now had just one desire, to sleep and to let his mind rest. daniela relph, bbc news. back now to our top story. the 75th anniversary of the bombing of pearl harbor and a visit to hawaii by japan's prime of pearl harbor and a visit to hawaii byjapan's prime minister. i've been talking to the director of the japan studies programme ofjohns hopkins university, professor kent calder, who told me about his family connection with the attack on pearl harbor. my harbor. father's uncle was the commander of my father's uncle was the commander of the west virginia. prime minister abe will be visiting exactly the ship that was right behind the ship that my uncle commanded and he sadly was killed that day by a bomb frack went on the west virginia. was killed that day by a bomb frack

coville set off from brest in france on the sixth november, and will rarely have slept for more than between the colin tizzard—trained stars cue card and thistlecrack took place in the big race of the christmas period, the king george vi chase at kempton. it was the younger of the two, the 11—10 favourite thistlecrack, with jockey tom scudamore on board. he took it ahead of last year's winner, cue card. john hunt describes the closing stages. a truly astonishing win on only his fourth start over fences for thistlecrack for colin tizzard and tom scudamore. a quite wonderful moment. that's all from sportsday. good night. good evening. after a mild and windy day for many on christmas day, boxing day has been turning much quieter and colder. those temperatures really dipping outside at the moment, particularly across england and wales so a sharp frost developing. in the north—west, scotla nd developing. in the north—west, scotland and northern ireland, more ofa scotland and northern ireland, more of a breeze continuing so not as cold. in our towns temperatures above freezing generally bu

coville set off from brest in france on 6th november, and will rarely have slept for more than threecolin tizzard—trained stars cue card and thistlecrack took place in the big race of the christmas period — the king george the sixth chase at kempton. it was the younger of the two, the 11—10 favourite thistlecrack, with jockey tom scudamore on board who took it ahead of last year's winner, cue card. john hunt describes the closing stages. he is over safely, thistlecrack! a brilliant hurdler, surely crowned as a brilliant chaser. what a win, tom scudamore waving at the crowd. meanwhile, the other top—class horses behind him are fighting desperately for second place. cue ca rd desperately for second place. cue card and the others, they were the bit part players. it was a truly astonishing win on only his fourth start over fences for thistlecrack for colin tizard and tom scudamore. before we go, an update on the score in the last premier league game of the day, still 0—0 between hull city and manchester city. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout t

coville set off from brest in france on, the sixth november, and will rarely have slept for more thandar. steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase, at kempton starts at 3.15. last year's winner, cue card, one of the sport's long—term stars, faces his up and coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you can keep up—to—date with football as well. go to final score. don't forget the football. i told you there was a love of sport. russia is holding a day of national mourning for the 92 people who were killed when a military plane crashed in the black sea. authorities in russia say they've located the site where the plane came down yesterday, soon after it took off from sochi, heading to syria. the first of the bodies have this morning been airlifted to moscow. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg reports. across russia they prayed for the dead — for the 92 victims of yesterday's plane crash. there was a special service today in every orthodox church in russia.

his solo route around the world had taken him from brest, past the cape of good hope and cape horn.nusually good weather. thomas coville had devoted the past ten yea rs of coville had devoted the past ten years of his life to breaking this record, but he didn'tjust break it, he smashed it, taking eight days of the previous one set in 2008. he said he now had just one desire, to sleep and to let his mind rest. daniela ritorto, bbc news. and finally, to some pictures we think you will love. newborn giant panda twins at a safari park in china's guangdong province started to meet with visitors from today. a campaign to name the panda twins is currently under way. i'm sure we will see more of them! thanks very much for much for watching us on bbc news. after the fairly windy spell of weather that many saw over the festive period, things are turning colder and much quieter. here's the scene in highland scotla nd here's the scene in highland scotland on monday, some snow over higher ground. some sunshine to see out boxing day across the isle of wight. high pressure is dominating the weathe

coville set off from brest in france on, the 6th november, and will rarely have slept for more than threefor now. we will be back in the next hour. 50,000 people in england at risk of type—2 diabetes could be helped by an nhs programme that's being extended from today. the advice on better nutrition and exercise has already helped 20,000 people. it forms part of a package of new measures to curb type—2 diabetes, including funding for more specialist nurses. millions of bargain hunters are expected to head to the boxing day sales today, although retail analysts say extended discounting earlier this month may mean the shops won't be as full as last year. we will find out later. meanwhile, the former governor of the bank of england, lord king, has suggested britain would be better placed to make trade deals with countries outside the eu if it left the single market completely. our economics correspondent, andrew verity, reports. after one day's respite, 1a million of us are expected to hit the shops today, drawn in by the theory that goods are significantly cheaper than they were two days ag

the new record—holder said of from brest implants. —— set off from france.r is one of the sport's long—term stars. it will be a big race. that is the sport. you can follow the news of the racing and other sports news on the website. i'll be back in one over. russia is holding a day of national mourning for the 92 people who were killed when a military plane crashed in the black sea. authorities in russia say they've located the site where the plane came down yesterday, soon after it took off from sochi, heading to syria. the first of the bodies have this morning been airlifted to moscow. our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg reports. across russia, they prayed for the dead for the 92 victims of yesterday's plane crash. there was a special service today in every orthodox church in russia. this is a day of national mourning. as a sign of respect, russian flags were flown at half—mast. this is thought to be the last picture of a chicken of the aircraft. a a few others later it crashed into the black sea. the search operation continued today. not for survivo