the build—up to the celebrations in edinburgh. minutes, we are hearing reports of a fire at the liverpool echo arena. it is being described as a majorfire in the multistorey car park. it is thought that 150 cars are inside the car park, it is described as a major fire and if you are in the area you might know that it is currently staging the international horse of the year show this tweet shows that the horses have all been moved inside the arena for safety. you can see that they are inside. there were a lot of people due to be there. we are hearing that people who have parked there are going to have to get public transport home and mike atherton tomorrow. some unclear details but that is the information we have been sent thus far. merseyside fire and rescue were called at around a quarter to five this evening. a fire at the liverpool echo arena and as far as we can tell it is purely in the car park but nonetheless it is being described as a major fire. we will keep an eye on that. such a busy night of the year and there is an ong

what is the situation in edinburgh? yes, that is correct in edinburgh.ich take space in the middle of edinburgh, 75,000 people, but you cannot get into the arena u nless but you cannot get into the arena unless you have got a ticket. there are very few remaining. the ticket allows you to enjoy all the live entertainment and have the best view of the fireworks that come off the castle at midnight. it is always a spectacular night, and we are grateful to you because you have got a long night ahead of you. thank you for talking to us this morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: new year celebrations are expected to go ahead in edinburgh tonight and in other cities despite winds of 80mph threatening to cause disruption. three days of growing anti—government protests in iran have turned violent. two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. storm dylan is approaching the uk. we have been discussing all morning how big the problems could be. i get the sense fro

of edinburgh.h. new year celebrations have begun around the world as we welcome in 2018. new zealand was the first to see fireworks, before sydney harbour was transformed into a blaze of colour. richard lister‘s report contains flashing images. once again, sydney set the standard for new year's fireworks. 1.5 million people lined the harbour front for a dazzling, deafening celebration. the rainbow theme was a tribute to australia's legalisation of same—sex marriage. two hours earlier, auckland, new zealand, was the first major city to celebrate 2018. its sky tower lit up like a giant roman candle. that's the unmistakable sound of north korea joining the celebrations with, what else, but a display of rocket power. perhaps the most unusual display, though, didn't involve fireworks at all. in dubai they lit up the world's tallest building with lasers. the burj khalifa became a shimmering canvas, visible up to 60 miles away. while midnight swept around the world, new york was gearing up for its celebra

with this torchlit parade, hogmanay is already under way in edinburgh.nd isles, on a longboatjourney, and we're here to basically warm things up a bit. in london, as in scotland, security is key but despite four terror attacks this year, there will be fewer officers on duty for tonight's huge fireworks display, but the met insists the numbers are right. people will be remembering those who have died and those who were injured in those attacks. we have been policing at "severe" for quite a long time now and our experience of doing that means our tactics and our way of mitigating those threats has developed along the way. but, will people be able to get there? delays and cancellations are expected on south western railway and crosscountry because of the strike. south western says it thinks it will be able to run three—quarters of trains. the only question remaining, the weather. edinburgh has already enjoyed some fireworks but gusts of 80 miles per hour are predicted across areas of scotland and northern ireland. the warnings of the met office drop off by

now, to andrew black in edinburgh. the party has kicked off in the centre of edinburgh. this is princes street, the main shopping street, and some 60,000 people will be here to enjoy the festivities, which will end as usual with a spectacular fireworks display, launched from the ramparts of edinburgh castle. people have been enjoying live music. on security, as jonathan mentioned, it is much the same up here as in london — no specific threats to events tonight but police are on duty and they are remaining vigilant for anything which might happen. 0ne remaining vigilant for anything which might happen. one good piece of news tonight is the weather, because this is scotland and went on and it's not normally that great, but it looks quite good. the weather is decent, and everyone is having a great time, and i think we are in store for a great night ahead. great time, and i think we are in store for a great night aheadlj think they already are! in football, arsene wenger reached a milestone by taking charge of arsenal... m

in edinburgh, hogmanay celebrations have already begun.rganisers say tonight's main event will go ahead as planned despite the arrival of storm dylan. good morning. its northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england that will bear the brunt of the damaging winds from storm dylan. i will show you the full forecast in the next 15 minutes. good morning — it's sunday 31st december. new year's eve. also this morning: two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in iran as anti—government protests spread across the country. a tax threat to internet firms. the security minister says facebook and google could face penalties — if they don't do more to tackle terrorism. in sport, more misery for mourinho, claiming his manchester side were denied a clear penalty. good morning. first, our main story. winds of up to 80 mph and a series of rail strikes are threatening to cause disruption as the uk prepares to see in the new year. the met office is warning of flying debris and damage to buildings as storm dylan hits northern ireland an

there will be big crowds in london and edinburgh. jonathan blake is in london for us.on's spectacular fireworks display. the crowds here on the victoria embankment and on the bridges are building as the 100,000 people who have tickets for tonight ta ke people who have tickets for tonight take their place in the viewing area is. it's a huge event, and requires a huge security operation. it is tight, as you would imagine. the metropolitan police say there is no specific threat to the celebrations tonight but they're asking people to be vigiland, tonight but they're asking people to be vigil and, people have had bags searched and they‘ re be vigil and, people have had bags searched and they're asking people to report anything they see as suspicious. armed officers are on patrol and we are told undercover officers are in the crowd. we are told there will be 11 minutes and 15 seconds of fireworks. there will be three barges on the river with 30 tonnes of equipment setting off 50,000 individual explosions, with a the london eye the centrepiece. the soundtrack features female

we have a warning in place for hogmanay, and edinburgh isa warning in place for hogmanay, and edinburghe at this time of year, 150,000 people aren't you to participate in a three—day hogmanay festival that sta rts three—day hogmanay festival that starts tomorrow, things like a torchlight procession, a street party, a nine minute firework display, everything that depends on it not being too windy. so organisers will have a keen eye on the weather forecast over the next couple of days. i have been told they are expecting the wins to die down during the course of hogmanay, so down during the course of hogmanay, so hopefully we can enjoy new year without too much trouble from the weather. indeed, lisa, many thanks, lisa summers there. anti—government protests have spread to more cities in iran, despite a crackdown by the authorities. thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest over rising prices, corruption, and the cost of iran's military involvement in regional conflicts. wyre davies reports. these are extremely rare sights. cities across iran hit by large and sometimes viole

engagement of prince harry and meghan markle, to the retirement from royal duties of the duke of edinburgh, sarah campbell looks back on the key events in review 2017: the royal year. reporter: congratulations from all of us! how are you both feeling? thrilled! this was the year in which prince harry introduced his new leading lady, the american actress, meghan markle. the fact that i fell in love with meghan so incredibly quickly, was sort of confirmation to me that everything, all the stars were aligned, everything was perfect. after 70 years of public service, the duke of edinburgh, britain's longest—serving royal consort, hung up his hat and retired from royal duties. prince george had his own milestone moment — his first day of school. and flexing their royal muscles in an effort to put the issue of mental health firmly on the national agenda. after weeks of fevered speculation came confirmation that prince harry, the fifth in line to the throne, was engaged to the american actress, meghan markle. the happy couple appeared in the grounds of kensington palace, which will be her new hom

further north, sunshine but a chilly story, three in edinburgh. into tuesday, noticed the isobars over that little ridge of high pressure, and that will allow temperatures to come down, probably giving the chilliest night of the week ahead. a patchy frost first

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there is a more fundamental point, i understand artistic license, implying that the duke of edinburgh's father blamed him for the death of his sister in a plane crash is not an inaccuracy or playing with history or received wisdom, that is just a playing with history or received wisdom, that isjust a lie playing with history or received wisdom, that is just a lie and that is wrong and someone of the... it is not true and any amount of artistic license does not change the fact that this is notjust on true but deeply hurtful to the duke of edinburgh. who will not watch this and when asked, don't be ridiculous will be the answer! he is immune to sensory will be the answer! he is immune to sensory branding! it is a version of history that is demonstrably not true. we will leave it there for the moment. that's it for the papers this hour. thank you, tony and caroline. you'll both be back at 11.30pm for another look at the stories making the news tomorrow. coming up next, it's meet the author. writer and historian norman davies talks about his new book beneath another sky: a globaljourney int

edinburgh went down to 1a men.ill keep you updated. and one other pro 1a result for you. earlier, benetton beat zebre 27—111. connacht face ulster later. it‘s been a difficult winter so far for english cricket fans. they‘d have been hoping to be able to look forward to the boxing day ashes test, but australia have already wrapped up the series. plenty of questions have been asked on the topic of where england go from here. 0ur man in melbourne is patrick gearey. in the days since the defeat in perth in the third test when england lost the ashes, the question has been, where do they go now? the answer, geographically at least, is melbourne, the mcg, this cathedral of australian sport ahead of the boxing day test. there has also been debate around the reasons behind this ashes defeat. england have lost eight test matches in a row on this sure.. some say there is to be widespread changes in management. the managerfaced widespread changes in management. the manager faced if widespread changes in management. the manager

in edinburgh, preparations for hogmanay are firmly under way.ople are expected in the scottish capital. 0ur correspondent andrew black is in edinburgh. and it's the second day of preparations? it is indeed. things already well underway on princes street, at the centre of edinburgh. just out of shot we have a special kids' hogmanay concert well underway and they will get a special fireworks display at around 6pm. princes street is pretty empty behind me but later tonight some 60,000 people will gather for the world—famous 60,000 people will gather for the world —famous street party 60,000 people will gather for the world—famous street party to see in the new year. there will be plenty of live music from the likes of human league and hurag n bone man. security is a big factor. earlier i spoke to the police officer in charge of the event. clearly, given the events that have taken place, particularly over the last 12 months across the uk, we have to be cognisant of the potential for an attack. because of that, this year i have moved to an overt depl

after 70 years of public service, the duke of edinburgh, britain's longest—serving royal consort, hungand retired from royal duties. prince george had his own milestone moment — his first day of school. and flexing their royal muscles in an effort to put the issue of mental health firmly on the national agenda. after weeks of fevered speculation came confirmation that prince harry, the fifth in line to the throne, was engaged to the american actress, meghan markle. the happy couple appeared in the grounds of kensington palace, which will be her new home. this was only the second time they had appeared together for the cameras. reporter: harry, when did you know she was the one? the very first time we met! later, in a candid interview with the bbc‘s mishal husain, they revealed they'd met on a blind date set up by a mutual friend. in early november, while preparing a roast chicken dinner, harry popped the question. it was just an amazing surprise. it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. he got on one knee. of course. was it an instant yes from you? yes, as a matter of fact, i cou

and hull was even on show at the world's largest arts festival, the edinburgh fringe.h is the uk city of culture this year. the proms came here outside london for the first time in more than 80 years. and hull hosted the first ever uk pride parade, marking 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. we're bust to bust. yes, bust to bust, yeah, after all these years. cheering and applause. as part of lgbt 50, radio 2 to brought the i feel love concert to town. today, i feel really reflective and i feel i kind of stand on the shoulders of great people who have done — you know, like, marc almond's here. i mean, that'sjust like, he's an amazing artist an amazing advocate for lgbt people. alison moyer, amazing. so it's just why would i not say no to be in the company of those people? hello from hull, the 2017 city of culture. hull took over the airwaves again in september with contains strong language, a festival celebrating poetry and spoken word. what is exciting is to see the hull acts and the hull language taking its place on this global stage. here,

let's join our scotland editor, sarah smith, at the scottish parliament in edinburgh. time the scottish government have used their powers to vary income tax rates, and they've created a tax regime quite different from that in the rest of the uk. here in scotland we now have five income tax bands with a starting rate that's lower than in the rest of the uk and a top rate that's higher. the snp hope that by cutting taxes for more than half of scottish workers, they can increase the revenues they bring in without losing too much public support. an early christmas present was delivered to many scottish taxpayers today, as more than two thirds will pay less income tax next year. all of these msps posing in their festive jumpers, though, will have to pay higher taxes. the scottish government will increase nhs spending and give public sector workers a 3% pay rise. it overturns the tory cuts to our block grant, it delivers an additional £400 million to the health service without damaging other vital services. it protects the vast majority of taxpayers. it is a budget for fairn

particularly here in edinburgh. edinburgh's hogmanay are going to have an eye on the forecast and they are saying strong winds will come in over the weekend and that can cause a lot of problems for the organisers of an event. they are expecting 150,000 people over the next three days here, the festical kicks off tomorrow with a torch light procession, then we have a street party and then a fireworks display. i've been reliably informed that the strong winds should die away on hogmanay so people can enjoy bringing in the new year in good spirits. let's hope so! excellent. thank you very much for now. clash 12 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment building in the bronx district of new york. the city's mayor, bill de blasio, called it the worst fire of its kind in the city in 25 years. the victims, including three children, died on various floors of the five—storey building, as jon ironmonger reports. this report contains flash photography. it is new york's deadliest blaze for decades. fire broke out on the

there is a more fundamental point, i understand artistic license, implying that the duke of edinburgh's death of his sister in a plane crash is not an inaccuracy or playing with history or received wisdom, that is just a playing with history or received wisdom, that isjust a lie playing with history or received wisdom, that is just a lie and that is wrong and someone of the... it is not true and any amount of artistic license does not change the fact that this is notjust on true but deeply hurtful to the duke of edinburgh. who will not watch this and when asked, don't be ridiculous will be the answer! he is immune to sensory branding! it is a version of history that is demonstrably not true. we will leave

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while services between edinburgh and aberdeen are not running at all.rs who say that this is the only way that they will be listened to over safety concerns about driver only trains, they want guards to be on those trains to keep people safe, they say. the government says they are just causing misery for people and the rail companies have caused this strike unnecessarily. thank you for that update. auckland in new zealand has become the first major city to celebrate the beginning of 2018. the city rung in the new year with its traditional firework display from the auckland sky tower. around 3,000 fireworks lit up the night sky, lasting for more than five minutes. but the bar for the rest of the world's biggest displays is likely to be set by sydney, which will celebrate at 1pm uk time. we'll bring that to you live here on bbc news. the un secretary—general has called for global unity in his new year's message. antonio guterres urged leaders to bringing people together around common goals. he also expressed his concerns about deepening conflicts and viol

edinburgh fringe played a form is written by of in welsh on whether the real gangsters are in the city of london and while britain's privatized british airways faces yet more strike action could we learn from iran whose national carrier just appointed a female c.e.o. we'll ask one of the islamic republic's senior clerics if western sanctions benefit the nations they target plus who is and he's going to anyway all the more coming up in today's going underground but first in the past twenty four hours donald trump and barack obama don't know chevron the oil lease results to the new york stock exchange the company infamous for allegations that it is responsible for water pollution soil contamination deforestation and cultural up evil allegations it is these pictures of the ecuadorian amazon told an emotional story and it's easy to blame a big oil company like texaco for images like this. there's just one problem texaco now owned by chevron already cleaned up its share paid by chevron to back up that claim with former u.s. trade representative mickey kantor or and former bill clinton chief

war and class war is arguably at the heart of a new play premiering at the edinburgh fringe festival next week based on the one nine hundred seventy s. film performance during mick jagger the performers is a new play co-written by dean cavanagh and the author of trainspotting irvin welsh the play is a record by mick were on the star of lock stock and two smoking barrels and the harry potter films he joins me now nic welcome to going underground to tell me about the new play the performers. where you start it's as you probably know it's written by emotion and then cabinet and i think it's just sort of a modern day waiting for god oh really the pair of them came up with this absolutely brilliant premise which is the nineteen sixty nine don't know camel film performance people may know that stars james fox and mick jagger don't kind of had this idea of using real villains it was part of this new wave of british cinema and so he he reached out into the underworld to get. as many connections with with real life gangsters and chaps is he as he could. quite good friends with james fox he pl

the countdown is also on for hogmanay in edinburgh.police presence in the wake of this year's terrorist attacks in london and manchester. 0ur correspondent andrew black is in edinburgh. despite the security concerns, the mood still looks upbeat behind you? yeah, just look behind me at princes street, the main street in edinburgh, the party is really starting. we're expecting about 60,000 people in total on this street to see the fireworks tonight. as well as that we've also got a tonne of live bands performing tonight, including rag and bone man and others. but we also have some more home—grown talent as well and i'm joined now by one of the bands which is performing tonight. welcome to you both. it has been a big year for you, you have won the scottish album of the year award, so how was that? it was amazing, it's been a crazy year, we never imagined that would happen but it was a huge honour and we have had a nice time. and how did you get involved in playing here tonight?” and how did you get involved in playing here tonight? i can'

our correspondent lisa summers is in edinburgh and gave us this update. the rest of the snow has now passed, but the worry overnight is going to be icy conditions, with temperatures dropping rapidly even here in the city. further ahead, we have warnings of heavy rain in the south of england. in scotland, the concern will be about high winds. we have a high wind warning in place for hogmanay, and as you can see, edinburgh is busy at this time of year. 150,000 people are due to participate in a three—day hogmanay festival that starts tomorrow. things like a torchlight procession, a street party, a nine minute firework display, all those things depend on it not being too windy. 0rganisers will have a keen eye on the weather forecast over the next couple of days. i have been told they are expecting the winds to die down during the course of hogmanay, so hopefully, we can enjoy new year without too much trouble from the weather. let's return to the announcement by lord adonis that he is quitting his role as the government's infrastructure adviser. hejoins us i

just three in edinburgh.g day of the new year for many of us. the winds start to fall right as the izar bars open. first thing tuesday, you could be scraping the car. there will be a patchy frost across many parts of the uk, with scotland seeing the lowest temperatures. the chill is short lived, low pressure bringing wet weather, the cold air to the north, maybe wintry weather for the hills of northern england and scotland. hopefully the rain will clear, the afternoon. then in mild story. 11—12d. further north, holding on to the colder air. a wet and windy astori here. here we start the week as we mean to go on. more strong winds to come and some heavy spells of rain. we are already looking at such ground at the moment, we could see problems with localised flooding —— saturated ground. whatever your plans are, be safe and a very happy start to 2018 for you. this is bbc news, the headlines at 7pm. six people have died after a seaplane crashed into a river in australia — it's thought four of the victims may be

and they've broken economy we speak to actor and director nick moran about his upcoming edinburgh fringe play before was written by of and welsh on whether the real gangsters are in the city of london and while britain's privatized british airways faces yet more strike action could we learn from iran whose national carrier just appointed a female c.e.o. we'll ask one of the islamic republic's senior care. eggs of western sanctions benefit the nations they target plus who is and he's going to move anyway all the more coming up in today's going underground but first in the past twenty four hours donald trump and barack obama donor chevron the oil multinational release results to the new york stock exchange the company infamous for allegations that it is responsible for water pollution soil contamination deforestation and cultural up he will allegations it is these pictures of the ecuadorian amazon told an emotional story and it's easy to blame a big oil company like texaco for images like this. there's just one problem texaco now owned by chevron already cleaned up its share paid by chevro

war and class war is arguably at the heart of a new play premiering at the edinburgh fringe festival next week based on the one nine hundred seventy s. film performance during mick jagger the performer's is a new play co-written by dean cavanagh and the author of trainspotting irvin welsh the play is a record by mick were on the star of lock stock and two smoking barrels and the harry potter films he joins me now nic welcome to going underground to tell me about the new play the performers. where you start it's as you probably know it's written by. the cabinet and i think it's just sort of a modern day waiting for god oh really the pair of them came up with this absolutely brilliant premise which is the nineteen sixty nine don't camel film performance people may know that stars james fox in jack i don't kind of had this idea of using real villains it was part of this new wave of of british cinema and so he he reached out into the underworld to get as many connections with with real life gangsters and chaps as he as he could. quite good friends with james fox he plays this devlin the

welcome to the show from scotland's capital city of edinburgh one of the greatest places on the planet the celebrate the festive season obviously the hogmanay is the new years up here for the customer says about iowa and today we've got a christmas cracker of a show for you coming up one of their men with that was famous scottish names of a jason callie the film's director then jamie godly scotland's most vets the title comedienne and i've got fairly the man who runs the only two star michelin restaurant in scotland here the cooking up something special for christmas that's when i would say it's in the kitchens of the principal edinburgh jobs hotel still the cookie are something spicy. well the first of my favorite part of the show let's turn to your your tweets and messages let's see what you have to say i think guys. like checking for messages. or first stop those under common from done under says great seeing you in your own t.v. show long may it continue covering a good subject for looking scotland etc u.k. t.v. station should now take notice chancellor and thirty chance of that an

and it's 70 years since she and the duke of edinburgh were married.tired from solo duties this year, but... i know his support and unique sense of humour will remain as strong as ever, as we enjoy spending time this christmas with our family, and look forward to welcoming new members into it next year. a christmas message which acknowledges the passage of time, but which reminds us that more than six decades now after she came to the throne, the queen remains strongly committed to her role as head of state. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. the archbishop of canterbury, has used his christmas day sermon, to reflect on what he described as "tyrannical leaders around the world." justin welby said 2017 had seen ‘populist leaders,‘ deceiving their people. it comes as christmas celebrations in bethlehem have been quiet, after the violence which followed president trump's decision, to recognise jerusalem, as the capital of israel. in rome, pope francis called for an end to the suffering of children, and for peace in the middle east — as our

you could get through the entire evening in aberdeen, edinburgh and newcastle with dry conditions.lier. a chance of showers across northern ireland and the midlands andy stirling glen. london will see showers early in the night. the showers keep going into the channel islands and across parts of devon, cornwall and south west wales in particular. still blustery but the winds will have eased from earlier in the day. on new year's day itself, keep an eye on this storm system affecting france. it will bring wet and windy weather to the channel islands, and it was a chance we could see some weight and windy conditions during the morning across southern counties of england. it brightens up and there will be lots of sunshine around on new year's day. some showers on the wintry side on high ground for northern ireland, and the west of scotland. a frosty start to tuesday but for those returning to work, be prepared for some wet weather on tuesday, windy conditions as well, with snow over northern hills. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10am: six people have been killed after a seaplane c

this the they have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary and the duke of edinburgh retired from his public engagements. in the broadcast, she praises her husband for his support and his unique sense of humour. the most experienced. the queen was absent from last year's christmas day church service due to a heavy cold. but is expected to be a full turnout of the family church this morning. among the group will be prince harry and his fiancee. they are both spending christmas on the sandringham next —— estate. it will be the first of someone who is yet to marry into the royal family will have joined to marry into the royal family will havejoined their to marry into the royal family will have joined their christmas celebrations. the presents are a riot gusher of the —— reminder of their presence in 2018. the the deadly tropical storm to have cit the through the south cut through the south of the philippines on saturday is now headed to southern vietnam — where is it expected to make landfall later today. anywhere from da nang southwards can see 300—500mm of rain. in the philippines, st

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david campanale, bbc news. 20,000 torchbearers have paraded through edinburgh to start scotland's hogmanay the procession down the royal mile and through the city little earlier, marking the start of the countdown to 2018. many more revellers are expected on the streets tomorrow night to ring in the new year. look at lots of drinking. i am sure. —— look at that. the headlines on bbc news: reports of growing violence in towns and cities across iran, as anti—government protests gather momentum for a third day. performers, writers, politicians and local activists are among hundreds of people recognised in the new year honours list. firefighters have been tackled a blaze in a twelve—storey block of flats in manchester city centre. the blaze spread to several floors before being brought under control. sport now. and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, is this your last presentation? it is. that is me until the first. you will miss me tomorrow. shall i start? stoke boss mark hughes defended his team selection after their 5—0 thrashing away at chelsea. already missing a host of defende

that means that services between edinburgh and newcastle a re services between edinburgh and newcastleen they are not running at all. other airlines are also affected when it comes to the crosscou ntry also affected when it comes to the crosscountry network. this strike action goes back to a dispute between the rmt union and the government and rail companies. the union says that there should be guards on trains, trains should not be driver only, in the name of safety. the government says they are just causing misery for passengers on new year's eve by striking. 0k, anisa kadri, at the very wet waterloo, thank you very much. a photo of a man found collapsed outside a hospital in london has been released in a bid to find his family. the man has been placed in an induced coma at university college hospital, having suffered a heart attack outside the site at about 4:30 on boxing day afternoon. his condition is described as life—threatening and the metropolitan police want to trace his family "as soon as possible". criminal gangs who claim benefits under a false identity are to be targeted

engagement of prince harry and meghan markle, to the retirement from royal duties of the duke of edinburghr: congratulations from all of us! how are you both feeling? thrilled! this was the year in which prince harry introduced his new leading lady, the american actress, meghan markle. the fact that i fell in love with meghan so incredibly quickly, was sort of confirmation to me that everything, all the stars were after 70 years of public service, the duke of edinburgh, britain's longest—serving royal consort, hung up his hat and retired from royal duties. prince george had his own milestone moment — his first day of school. and flexing their royal muscles in an effort to put the issue of mental health firmly on the national agenda.

and of course what they wa nted edinburgh. and of course what they wanted was to renegotiate.said, we overbid for the franchise, we want to negotiate. i said for the franchise, we want to negotiate. isaid i for the franchise, we want to negotiate. i said i couldn't agree to negotiation. you made commitments to negotiation. you made commitments to the state and you shall honour them. if you default on those commitments, i will do two things. i will establish a public operator to ta ke will establish a public operator to take over the services, which will bea take over the services, which will be a deterrent to anybody else following suit. and i will also ban you from bidding for a future sacrifice —— franchises. if you can't fall fill the contract once, you can do it a second time. what chris grayling has done for ideological reasons his bail out stagecoach and virgin on the east coast line and he is allowing stagecoach to bid and be on the short list for the next three rail franchises, so they are paying no penalty whatsoever for having their contract renegotiated. now that is

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i don't think it's going to be in glasgow and edinburgh or belfast either, but icy patches and really us on boxing day in itself, but quickly from the morning into the afternoon the weather will go downhill across south—western parts of england and wales. the weather front will tuck into the cold air and temperatures will be dropping rapidly tomorrow evening. snow across parts of wales may be getting into the pennines as well. wet in the south eventually tomorrow. bye—bye. you are watching bbc news, the latest headlines for you. you are watching bbc news, the latest headlines for you. the queen will pay tribute to how the people of manchester and london dealt with this year's terror attacks. in her christmas day broadcast she'll say the cities' "powerful identities" had shone through in the face of appalling attacks. meghan markle has made her first public appearance with the royal family, as she attended the traditional christmas day service at the church on the queen's sandringham estate in norfolk. pope francis has renewed his call for peace in the middle east. in his traditional c