clan des 0beaux has won the king george vi chase for the second successive year at kempton. cyrname to romp home by over ten lengths. it's trainer paul nicholls' 11th win in the boxing day race. in rugby union, cardiff blues beat dragons 16—12. shane lewis—hughes celebrated a new contract with cardiff by scoring their first try ten minutes in at arms park. jarrod evans added the extras to give them a 7—0 lead. taine basham responded with a try for dragons just before half—time, but it wasn't enough to beat the blues. another sporting boxing day tradition is the sydney to hobart yacht race. over 600 miles to tasmania, and blue skies when they left from sydney harbour overnight, with little smoke from the bushfires that have been raging in new south wales. comanche grabbed the early lead after a slow start. very calm winds currently with the winner set to be crowned late tomorrow night or early saturday morning. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. but now it's time for ian hislop in conversation with amol rajan. hello. ian. come in. good to see y

clan des obeau has won the king george vi chase for the second successive year at kempton.e to romp home by over 10 lengths. it's trainer paul nicholls' eleventh win in the boxing day race. and finally to the 75th sydney to hobart yacht race. the fleet set off with the biggest line—up of boats since 1994, 157 in total heading to to tasmania. there were blue skies when they left from sydney harbour earlier, with a little smoke from the bushfires that have been raging in new south wales. scallywag and comanche currently neck and neck with the winner set to be crowned late tomorrow night or early saturday morning. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment — the papers. hello and welcome to our paper review. with me are nigel nelson, the political editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. let's take a look at the front pages. in the guardian, the £30 million cost of out—of—court settlements for the police — paid out to people on the wrong side of bad behaviour by officers. campaigners say that is the tip of the iceberg. le

, her youth were those wartime years when her father george vi, her mother queen elizabeth, her sisterraphs issued of them is the ideal family at the heart of the nation. i must admit, the photo coverage of the duke and duchess of cambridgejust lately coverage of the duke and duchess of cambridge just lately have rather smacked of that. here is this family, togetherness, going to sandringham. in my opinion it rather isolated the sussexes, who are not having christmas and, who knows, great grandma and great grandpa quite elderly so perhaps it is an opportunity for them all to have been together that the sussexes might later regret having missed. caroline aston, family gatherings are never easy, of course, never totally straightforward. but welcome news for the royal family to see the duke of edinburgh back in sandringham. thank you very much indeed. borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn have thanked nhs staff and other public servants who work through the holidays in their christmas messages. the prime minister also said the uk stood in solidarity with christians around the world who faced per

in one of the biggest races of the national hunt season — the king george vi chase — clan des 0beauxwiston—davies guided the seven—year—old, part owned by sir alex ferguson, to victory by some 21 lengths. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including details of cardiff blues' win in the pro 1a rugby. but from me, goodnight. people in some parts the world have been watching the last solar eclipse of the year. it was visible across much of the middle east and south asia where people witnessed the annular solar eclipse. it is also known as a "ring of fire", where the moon doesn't completely cover the sun. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at 10.05pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. more on the news that thousands of people have lost their homes after a typhoon ripped through the phillipines. at least 13 people have been killed. the chairman of the philippine red cross, richard gordon, spoke to the bbc, about how people are trying to cope. well, first

in one of the biggest races of the national hunt season, the king george vi chase, clan des 0beaux made by sir alex ferguson, to victory by some 21 lengths. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website but that's all from me, sophie. that's it. you can get a first look at tomorrow's front pages on the bbc news channel in a moment. but from all of us here — goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. more on the news that gavin and stacey was the most—watched christmas day tv in more than a decade. an average of 11.6 million people watched it on bbc one last night. earlier i spoke to tv critic emma bullimore who says the audience will now be wondering if there are more gavin and stacey episodes to come. i'm so happy to be talking about properly brilliant figures because sometimes at christmas we have to sort of get excited and say welcome a 6 million is really good these days but these were properly good figures, a peak of over 12 million and that's just on the night. once you have consolidated figures once everyone has watched on iplayer you're going to be looking at 1a or 15 million. that's a

clan des 0bo won the king george vi chase for the second successive year at kempton.20 lengths. his trainer said he could be considered for the cheltenham gold cup next. a couple of big welsh derbies in the pro 1a on boxing day. cardiff beat dragons but the standout scoreline came in. llaneli were scarlett‘s thrashed an injury hit 0spreys aa—0. steffan evans with a couple of tries for the home side. they move up to second in conference b. and before we go, time to mention that fallon sherrock‘s remarkable run at the pdc world darts championship continues today. she plays chris dobey, another genuine title contender, in the third round. it's the third match of the day and the best—of—seven sets. having to leave a child in hospital is tough on a parent, especially at this time of year. to ease the strain, a third of neonatal units in the uk have signed up to a new mobile phone app which allows nurses to provide family members with regular updates through the day and night. catherine decoster reports. hey, mr. it is hard being a new mother. you have got all the hormones,

for the second successive year, clan des 0bo won the king george vi chase. be considered for the cheltenham gold cup next. two welsh derbies in the pro 1a on boxing day. cardiff beat dragons but there was a massively one sided contest in the other as scarletts thrashed an injury—hit ospreys 411—0. steffan evans scored a couple of tries for the home side. osprey's are bottom of their pro 1a group and have lost their last ten matches. and after three days off, the darts is back at alexandra palace. world champions like michael van gerwen and gary anderson are in action this evening. but you suspect the biggest reception is going to be reserved for fallon sherrock. the only woman to ever win a match in the history of the event. she's now into the third round and will face chris dobey this afternoon. you suspect that is going to be the biggest cheer of the day when she walks out on stage. i am not crying! i have terrible sneezes. i was trying not to sneeze and that makes me cry. she loves the crowd and she makes it work to her advantage. me cry. she loves the cr

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george kent, do you think what the president did was impeachable? they said that's not our decision to make. we are fact witnesses. we are laying out the case for what we saw transpire visaine. what's different now is that you are having experts that can answer that question, whether or not what they witnessed, what was described was impeachable. >> and to try to educate the public on just because this is a political process doesn't mean it's not grounded in something that as jeffrey is describing as very important which is a high crime or misdemeanor which is abuse of power that only resides within the power of the presidency that must be checked. and i think there's a debate among democrats now when they get to articles of impeachment, if it goes beyond ukraine. they're thinking about the public relations. there's a larger point to be made. nancy pelosi has made it to say, no president can stand up and say basically, i can do whatever i want. that is the check. whether that finds much resonance with the american people, we'll find out. but it's an important argument to make. the balance there is between that check that lawmakers have, that congress has, versus what th

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