the artificial bone mix was made at glasgow university. that are coated with bone cells and the chemicals that make them grow, like a fertiliser. we want to look at treating more dogs and cats who have had broken bones and other areas we can help these veterinary patients, things likejoint fusion where they've had a tendon injury sojoints can be held together to walk properly. researchers are so amazed at the success they have had in treating eva that they want to try out the technique on people. they plan to be the first researchers in the world to grow bone in the lab and put it into a patient in three years' time. these are the people that could be most helped. it is 20 years since princess diana brought the issue of landmine victims to the world's attention. their limbs usually have to be amputated. landmine campaigners are funding the new research so it can be used to grow some bone back and attach an artificial leg. if they are able to have a prosthetic limb, it would make all the difference to their life, being able to provide for t

pallab ghosh, bbc news, glasgow.l. now on bbc one it‘s time for the news where you are. this is bbc news. more now on the heavy snow that has fallen today across parts of the country, delaying flights and causing problems for some drivers. with children off school, and many of their parents away from work, lots of people have been making the most of the snowy conditions. from west yorkshire, 0livia richwald reports. four days too late for

pallab ghosh, bbc news, glasgow.is role advising the government on major infrastructure projects. in a resignation letter seen by two newspapers, the former transport secretary criticised theresa may's approach to brexit and claimed that she has become the "voice of ukip" within the conservative party. in the city, the 100—share index has finished trading for the year on a record closing high. it ended the day up 7.6% on last year. joe lynam is with me. why has this happened, and what does it signify? well, i think what this shows, reeta, is the disconnect between the real uk economy and these giant uk, needs that may be listed on the london stock exchange but the vast majority of their profits are earned overseas, and overseas is undergoing a boom. the united states, the far east, even the eurozone is having pretty robust growth, so it means that companies that are here can sell more goods overseas, and a knitting a stronger currency because the pound is that little bit weaker, so they repatriate the property and st

pallab ghosh, bbc news, glasgow.ght to washington with london zoo's giant panda. lord zuckerman, president of the london zoological society, suggested that chia chia the panda could share the prime minister's concorde flight in 1981. washington's smithsonian institution had asked to borrow chia chia, to mate it with us—based ching ching. but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians. i love that that has been under wraps. the weather forecast now. turning less wintry but not a lot quieter through the weekend. still a lot going on with outbreaks of rain spreading from the west overnight. hill snow for wales and the north of england. a little smile at low—level is in northern ireland. generally speaking, mild air from is in northern ireland. generally speaking, mild airfrom the is in northern ireland. generally speaking, mild air from the south. still chilly across scotland and north england tomorrow morning. through tomorrow, this is and patchy rain with hill snow across scotland will continue t

flights were temporarily suspended at glasgow airport after heavy snowfall overnight.e operational again but they have apologised for any disruption and the advice is to check with your airline for updates. snowfall of five centimetres to ten centimetres is expected in parts of northern england with up to 15 centimetres possible over higher ground and subzero temperatures have been recorded overnight with lows of —12 degrees celsius in northern scotland. they have been bracing themselves in leeds when the gritters have been scattering salt to try and stop accidents on the ice. if you are in one of those severe weather regions consider whether yourjourney is necessary. if you have to go out then proceed with caution, reduce your speed, keep a good grip of the steering wheel and drive very steadily and do not brake or accelerate sharply and be aware of those black ice out there as well as snow and floodwater. in england and wales there are warnings of downpours and thunderstorms. the met office said delays to road, rail and air travel were likely and warned of possible p

glasgow airport reopens after snow caused it to suspend all flights. it's advising passengers to check with their airlines. at least 12 people are dead — including a baby — after a fire at an apartment block in new york's bronx district. apple apologises for deliberately slowing down ageing iphones — it says the move was intended to prolong the life of the phones. also: easing the impact of excessive drinking on busy accident and emergency units. the nhs considers making mobile "drunk tanks" a permanent feature across england. and the travel show heads off to two very different corners of india. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. snow and ice are causing more disruption in parts of the uk today. the a yellow warning is in place for snow and ice in parts of northern england, the north midlands and scotland throughout the day. the met office says delays to road, rail and air travel are "likely" and is warning of possible power cuts. glasgow airport says operations have restarted after being temporarily suspend

pallab ghosh, bbc news, glasgow.ced delays, after heavy snow caused flights to be suspended for a while. there was snow too across northern england and the southern pennines. the rac has warned that driving conditions will be very difficult, if not impossible, in the worst—affected areas. 0ur correspondent judith moritz reports. grounded at glasgow — flights at the city's airport were suspended after snow settled quickly overnight. the airport reopened by mid—morning, but managers have apologised for the knock—on disruption which was caused. temperatures plummeted to as low as minus 12 celsius in scotland. the ploughs were out, shovelling industrial quantities of snow on the m90 motorway near dunfermline, though it wasn't enough to keep all drivers on the road. in towns and villages nearby, the spades were out to clear the way. she's just come in for a packet of cigarettes, and she's decided to clear my front path away, and that's community spirit for you. heavy snow also fell in the north of england, where 100 gritt

pallab ghosh, bbc news, glasgow.hatcher once refused to share a flight to washington with london zoo's giant panda. lord zuckerman, president of the london zoological society, suggested that chia chia the panda could share the prime minister's concorde flight in 1981. washington's smithsonian institution had asked to borrow chia chia, to mate it with us—based ching ching. but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather forecast. hello. today brought snow forecast. hello. today brought snow for some of us, but the weather is turning less wintry through the next few days. rain pushing north and east during the night. some snow for high ground in wales and northern england, and maybe at low levels in northern ireland. milder towards the south, but northern areas, scotland and north—east england, cold enough for frost and some icy stretches to ta ke for frost and some icy stretches to take us into tomorrow morning. tomorrow, cold to start in the north and

by southern scotland, six in glasgow.ing chilly, sunshine and a few showers. plenty of bright weather across the bulk of england and wales but more clothe the further south you are and these outbreaks of rain will be just finishing their way in towards the south coast through the afternoon. that wet weather is tied in with a developing area of low pressure. it doesn't look like much on our chart, but this has actually been named storm dylan by the irish weather service, and this has the potential of bringing strong winds across ireland and scotland, so there could be gales they are. and this will move through on new year's eve, a lot of squally winds and rain ina eve, a lot of squally winds and rain in a short space of time. that tends to clear way through the day on new year's eve we are to clear way through the day on new yea r‘s eve we are left to clear way through the day on new year's eve we are left with sunshine and blustery showers, still mild for most, five or so degrees, and if you're out celebrating, lots of cl

few footballing cities are divided quite like glasgow and in recent times these teams have been furthermore than seven years since rangers beat celtic in the league. this did not look like changing. james forrestjust a fingertip away. rangers would have plenty to thank their goalkeeperfor, keeping celtic out time and again. those who have seen it all before know that if you wait long enough, fortunes changed and in this derby, rangers fans only had to wait until the second half. now they were making the chances, forcing the saves. if that was brilliant by craig gordon, the next was astonishing. neither keeper deserved to be beaten and neither was. the great rivalry ends for another year, both missing the chance to have the last word, both with plenty on which to reflect. adam wild, bbc news. elsewhere in the scottish premiership today, there were no goals either between second place aberdeen and fifth place hearts... hibs and kilmarnock also drew... and there were wins for hamilton, partick and dundee. we will start at old trafford, another draw for manchester united. more frustration,

across the south rattling on but the snow continuing at the moment, about ten centimetres around glasgows, this from derbyshire. continuing to ease but the risk of wintry showers across parts of scotland and the far north—west of england. farther south and the risk of some showers but drier and blustery winds with brighter skies, temperatures about six to 8 degrees, chillier farther north. the list of other snow through tonight, into the hills but otherwise a rain spreading from the south and enter the weekend for many it should be drier articulate on new year's eve with sunny spells but the risk was up until midnight. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: heavy snow and icy conditions are expected to cause severe disruption to travel, in parts of northern england and scotland. glasgow airport temporarily suspended flights earlier due to heavy snow, and has since reopened, but is advising passengers to check with their airlines. at least 12 people, including a one—year—old baby, have been killed when fire swept through a new york apartment building. 15 people were also injured, some of

pallab ghosh, bbc news, glasgow.d is the former deputy prime minister and ex—leader of the lib dems, nick clegg, who's been knighted for his services to politics. he's joined by bee gees star barry gibb, and strictly come dancing judge, darcey bussell, who has been made a dame for her services to dance. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, has more details. # twist and shout... more than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab four‘s drummer has been honoured with a knighthood. # what would you do if i sang out of tune... recognising ringo starr's half a century long contribution to music. # no, i get by with a little help from my friends... # tragedy! former bee gee barry gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be made sir barry. # with no—one to love you... strictlyjudge, darcey bussell, who has occasionally performed in the programme too, is made a dame. jilly cooper has sold more than 12 million books since the 1970s, the riders author becomes a cbe for services to literature and charity. absolutely knock

in glasgow men living in the poorest part of the life expectancy of fifty four. in india three quarters of the population live on two dollars a day or less. no wedding plans if some two dollars a day or less and yet many in the poorest part of glasgow have life expectancy this is shorter than the average in india. and i thought. that's it that's going to explain it being relatively disadvantaged has profound consequences which determine high rates of suicide i mean there's a whole heart disease. gave me what i thought was confidence so it's that core belief that there was something less and. was a pink elephant a spell that really. everybody is trying to escape in their own way used to try and escape. doing different things like marijuana mr high and there are middle aged people probably drink or do some to escape older people poundage as don't care because they oh you know deal with head. but everybody trying to escape something. it's just i use my beer and my cigarette. and give me a little bee every nanny any method bag says have a look at me a good movie and

glasgow airport says is operations have restarted after they were suspended earlier.rning is in place for snow and ice in northern ireland and parts of england and southern scotland throughout the day. there's an amber warning for areas of the north midlands, yorkshire and the north west of england until iiam, with heavy snow forecast around the southern pennines. between 5 and 10 centimetres of snow is expected, with up to 15 centimetres possible over higher ground. and sub—zero temperatures have been recorded overnight — with lows of minus 12 in northern scotland. highways england is advising drivers to plan theirjourney carefully before setting off.

glasgow airport reopens after snow caused it to suspend all flights.airlines. at least 12 people have died including a baby after a fire at an apartment block in the bronx district of new york. a medical breakthrough as a bone is re—grown in a lab saving this dog's leg. scientists say the technique will work on humans. also, easing the impact of excessive drinking on busy accident and emergency units. the nhs considers making mobile "drunk tanks" a permanent feature across england.

glasgow to be with a converted try from centre hugh jones.burgh are closing the gap with a converted try to make it 1317 —— 13—17 to glasgow. we will 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 c

glasgow airport.r updates and we apologise for any disruption. that is glasgow airport saying operations at the airport or temporarily suspended, because of the weather and their winter operations teams working to reopen as soon as possible. that will have as soon as possible. that will have a lot of effects throughout the day on passengers to and from glasgow airport. now a weather update. a lot of difficult conditions. that's right this morning there was strong winds across the south. we have an amber weather warning out for snow for the north midlands and northern england. we expect snow up to 15 inches at high levels and between three and five at lower levels. as it engaged with the cold air it started falling as snow and this is where we have it currently. you will find the snow will push off into the north sea this morning but will continue across southern and central scotland, into the highlands and grampians. the warning for be snow across the midlands, north midlands, and across northern engl

since he has been celtic manager they haven't lost to their glasgow rivals.at fixtures to be involved in, wherever they are at, but of course especially great to play these games at celtic park, and it being the last game of what has been an incredible year for us, we obviously want to win it. so will graham megawati —— graeme murty, ca reta ker graham megawati —— graeme murty, caretaker manager on rangers' last visit to celtic park. no manager proper he says we need to show mentality and desire to represent the shirt, and hopefully we can make this fans proud. if we show that mentality and desire, who knows what can happen?" shall we have a sit down, talk about this? perhaps these old firm old boys have an inkling?” think celtic will win 2—1 or 311 one. it is hard to predict. i hope it will be a good contest —— 2—1 or 3-1. graeme murty in this position gives hope, he took a rangers team struggling to celtic park and i thought his game that day was perfect, in terms of boyata on the ball, they closed him down, and i think with that mentality they have a chanc

glasgow eventually won the match 17—0 — leejones with the game's only try.o the court and phil taylor's progress to another world championship darts finals. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. hi there. you have probably heard that storm dylan is making its way to the british isles. just 12 hours ago, it didn't exist. looking at this cloud here, you can see how things have been developing rapidly in recent hours. this hawk of cloud is wrapping around a rapidly deepening area of low pressure. since it is on our doorstep, there is uncertainty about exactly how stronger winds will be. regardless, there will be stormy winds in northern ireland and scotland, for the met office have issued this amber be prepared warning for strong winds. 0vernight, the winds will pick up in northern ireland, a band of rain working in here. wet weather too in scotland, falling snow at higher elevations. milderfurther south, with temperatures no longer than 10 celsius in london and plymouth. strong winds with us for new

bbc news, glasgow.ben: now, for the past couple of months, millions of us here in the uk and around the world have settled down in front of our televisions to be taken on an extraordinary journey throughout the world's oceans. i'm of course talking about "blue planet ii," the latest landmark series from the bbc's natural history unit. the department is celebrating 60 years of bringing wildlife from the most remote locations on earth into our homes. >> i spent several days wandering around the station looking for animals. on one day i was lucky. reporter: it is 1957, and the youthful david attenborough is in the rain forest of what is now papua new guinea. >> these were pioneers of going to places where very few people had gone and recording it and going on proper adventures. reporter: colin jackson is one of the natural history unit's most experienced producers. seminal days of the nhu, the exploits of david and attenborough were revolutionary. >> he asked the bbc for a large chunk of money and he would

not glasgow. now animals regularly find a way to make the news.lk in the park, dog walkers in california have hit the waves in the second annual dogs' surfing champions. there is style, confidence, the size of wave. some have very big waves. there is a lot of style and technique. it is interesting. the competitors' main challenge is to stay afloat on the the board. but there are prizes for the best dressed and tandem surfing dogs. the winner of course being crowned top dog. that is a shame, we have run out of pictures! cheese! cheese! that was a good one. never get tired of watching simon mccoy losing the will to live, do you. now the weather. it is chris tmas eve and hopefully you're at home in the warm. out there things are not looking particularly cold. we have mild conditions. some rain in the north—west tonight. further south dry but mild and cloudy. during christmas day we have a front bringing rain to northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland. later pushing into western parts of wales and the south west of england. to the sou

in the european champions cup, montpellier came from behind to beat glasgow, which ends the scottish side's hopes of progressing from the pool. 29—22 the final score in scotstoun. both sides came into the match without a win in pool 3 of the competition. it's the match that every football fan this season has been waiting. the manchester derby sees man united and man city go head

the delay didn't throw glasgow, though. they went on to win17—0.n has rounded off her outstanding year with gold at the inaugural championship in south korea. she won the title and with it the £52,000 prize pot, the largest everin the £52,000 prize pot, the largest ever in taekwondo. afterwards she said that words cannot describe her happiness, after a year that has included multiple titles and a nomination for sports personality of the year. she says she now plans to buy a house. phil "the power" taylor will go for his 17th world title in his last ever match in professional darts tomorrow night as he made it through to the final of the pdc world championship. taylor beat the impressive qualifier welshmanjamie lewis by six frames to one in the semifinals at ally pally. he won his first title back in 1990 but this is taylor's last event before retirement. but he'll have to beat rob cross, the man who pulled off a major shock in the other semifinal to knock out the reigning champion and world number one michael van gerwen. van gerwen missed six darts

it will feel bitterly cold once again, temperatures in glasgow at around -2' temperatures in glasgowgh the day. it will be turning milder further south as the sleet and snow turns increasingly backing to rain. ice once again a problem as we had through sunday. monday morning could be quite tricky, some slippery surfaces. this low—pressure system is what we will keep an eye on on monday, causing disruption across spain, france and portugal, and for the uk we could see some rain potentially falling asleep and snow in the south—east, combined with brisk winds. a quieter picture on monday elsewhere across the country, cold once again, not quite as cold as through the weekend, still the odd shower in the west but mainly falling as rain, perhaps a bit of sleet. a quiet day for tuesday. we lose the strong winds and most of the wet and snowy weather. temperatures are around one to 9 degrees. a band of rain from the west, during wednesday that will push east. a wet and windy weather followed by thunderstorms. it will be turning milder after a very wintry weekend. this is bbc news. the headlin

i have just had a message manchester, glasgow and liverpool.gow and liverpool. i have just had a message in the last few minutes to say that we do now have the all clear. those repairs have the all clear. those repairs have been finished. that does not mean disruption will end. a lot of services have been cancelled or they are being delayed and people are being told they can use their tickets to travel tomorrow. but i have been told that they expect there will be no cancellations or problems for the rush hour in the morning. but still, this is a busy weekend. around 40,000 passengers go through this station every day, and coming up to christmas there are a lot of shoppers. they say there will bea lot of shoppers. they say there will be a knock—on effect. there will be problems coming on later today but services will be back to normal tomorrow morning. thank you very much. children will be able to get access to mental health support at schools or colleges in england under plans announced by the government. £300 million of funding will be made av

june kelly, bbc news, glasgow.recast for the week ahead but it all starts on a fairly quiet and mundane note. some cloud and sunshine today, then through the ceiling and tonight central and eastern areas will see the lion's share of the clear spells and where we have clear skies that could be a touch of frost and perhaps some fog patches as well. a little cloud for the west, the odd spot of rain, and temperatures should mainly hold above freezing. enter monday, not a bad looking day. some early fog across east anglia and the south—east, large areas of cloud floating through, the thickest of which could produce the odd bit of which could produce the odd bit of rain but largely speaking at friday. some spells of sunshine, temperatures not doing too badly for this time of year, 8—11 degrees, but later in the week, after the mail start the middle of the week will bring some wet weather, and then by the end of the week it will turn much colder and with that colder air of some of us will get to see some sun. hello, this

passengers at glasgow airport faced delays,

there was a half hour delay and glasgow went on to win17—0.his last ever match in professional darts tomorrow night as he made it through to the final of the pdc world championship. taylor beat the impressive qualifier, welshman jamie lewis, by six frames to one in the semifinals at ally pally. he won his first title back in 1990 but this is taylor's last event before retirement. but he'll have to beat rob cross, the man who pulled off a major shock in the other semifinal to knock out the reigning champion and world number one michael van gerwen. van gerwen missed six darts to win, but in one of the greatest matches ever seen at ally pally, the 20th seed came back to win it in the deciding leg of the 11th set at gone midnight. it's the first time cross has played at the pdc championship. a p pa re ntly apparently it is his first year in professional darts. nerves of steel! phil is his hero and he is meeting him in the final, not only the final... he could spoil the fairytale ending, couldn't he? not only the final but it is still taylor's last

it is glasgow's first defeat in the pro1a this season. mitchell starc will miss the match with a heel injury, while england bowler craig 0verton also misses out due to a broken rib. the ashes, of course, have already been lost, with england trailing 3—0 in the series. there has been plenty of talk about sledging during the series, but australian batsman david warner says their success has quietened the visitors down. it is test cricket, you know, it is ha rd it is test cricket, you know, it is hard fought out there. sometimes you think you are times when you want to go at people and sometimes you go in your shell like a turtle. you know, we have probably shut them up a little bit at the moment. hopefully this gets them up and going, and firing some barbs, because i love that. i love whenever we are in a contest, and i feel like that. i love whenever we are in a contest, and ifeel like they that. i love whenever we are in a contest, and i feel like they were quite flat wa, that's for sure. —— quite flat wa, that's for sure. —— quite flat w

june kelly, bbc news, glasgow. something to look out for later on.nown as a "supermoon". astronomers say sky—watchers will get the "most spectacular views" this afternoon and tomorrow morning. i will definitely be looking out for that tonight. let's take a look at the weather forecast and head across the weather forecast and head across the weather forecast and head across the weather room to join ben. hopefully clear skies for that? yes, thatis hopefully clear skies for that? yes, that is the critical factor. there will be large amounts of cloud around but there should be some starry skies ahead for some of us. this is how it looks for our weather watcher in lowestoft, suffolk. during tonight you can see we will have some clear spells particularly for central and eastern areas but there will be a touch of frost and some fog patches as well. more cloud in the mix at west and here it will be that bit milder. enter monday, basically a plain sailing day. some fog patches for east anglia and the south—east and bear that in mind for the morning commute. t

or one experiences were shown in glasgow scotland. seating made of wax also in glasgow at the lighthouse design museum. in her dancing water lilies piece she floated wax discs on a pond in toronto canada. in a good protos cast countless wax slabs in discs over the decades and melted countless ones down again if their color surface texture or degree of translucence didn't please or her wax objects are stable as long as they are exposed to excessive heat or direct sunlight the light source is in her wax lamps all burn cold. one illinois people who have bought my last repeatedly tell me that when they switch them on it's like turning on their hearts at the lamps bring a smile to their lips but what could be better than that. escaped through notice. a deal it carries even this time of year is wow now we end the share today by looking at the handwriting something that probably many of us have not done for a while but at christmas time it's fitting to have calligraphy on christmas cards and christmas party invitations the style is both trad

glasgow airport has reopened after suspending flights earlier.ned over the handling of brexit. lord adonis says theresa may is pursuing a course fraught with danger over the eu departure. the stock market reaches a record high on the final day of trading for the year. 12 people, including four children, have been killed after fire swept through an apartment lock in the bronx. it is the deadliest blaze in the city for 25 years, according to the city for 25 years, according to the mayor. now on bbc news, the award—winning film, goodbye aleppo. in constant danger, citizenjournalists film, goodbye aleppo. in constant danger, citizen journalists recorded the fall of their city to syrian government forces a year ago. this programme contains content you may find upsetting.

glasgow airport has just suspended operations.s driving would be very difficult, if not impossible, in the worst—affected areas. at least twelve people — including a one year—old baby — have been killed when fire swept through a new york apartment building. 15 people were also injured — some of them critically. apple has apologised after it admitted slowing down older iphones in order to protect their batteries. the company said it would never intentionally shorten the life of any apple product. the nhs is considering making mobile alcohol recovery centres a permanent feature in england. now at this festive time of year it's time to join the team from click for their christmas special. 2017 the year of curious cats. haunting holograms and... trigger happy trekkers. time to look back on the year in tech and we could tell you about the all the technology news that's happening. the hacking, the launching, the automatic driving. but that would be like last year and the year before that. we would prefer the year before that. we would p

around ten centimetres falling in the glasgow area this morning. look at this fantastic picture of cloud. we will continue with thunderstorms and southern areas this afternoon. further north, much of the rain and snow will clear but there will be wintry showers this afternoon, particularly over higher ground in scotland. still cold in scotland. wintry showers in the north—west of england, many around the lake district and the peak district is looking drier this afternoon. showers in wales and south—west england. a strengthening wind. that will chase away a lot of the showers fairly quickly. tonight another band of rain moves in, turning briefly to snow over higher ground in parts of wales and the door. and there could be ice further southin door. and there could be ice further south in scotland, a little less cold. 0n south in scotland, a little less cold. on saturday, snow affecting parts of scotland. milder conditions across many parts of england and wales. into the evening the rain will turn heavy across the south—west of england and into wales.

glasgow airport reopens after snow caused it to suspend all flights.e at an apartment block in the bronx district of new york. scientists hail a medical breakthrough as bone tissue is re—grown in a lab saving this dog's leg. trials will now see if the technique will work on humans. also, easing the impact of excessive drinking on busy accident and emergency units. the nhs considers making mobile "drunk tanks" a permanent

glasgow have lost all four of their pool matches.al tomorrow. neil robertson beat the home favouritejohn higgins 6—3 to set up a meeting with the world number 67 china's cao yupeng who stunned judd trump earlier in the day. robertson has fallen outside the world's top 16 and hasn't been at his best since winning the uk championship in 2015, but he's looking in much betterform in glasgow this week and could now go on to seal a first ranking title sincejuly. gary anderson is into the second round of darts pdc world championship. the 2015 and 2016 winner easily overcame jeff smith in straight sets, hitting seven 180s along the way at ally pally. there were also wins for robert thornton and the dutchmanjan dekker on day three. australia will start in a dominant position on day four when the third ashes test resumes in perth in just over three hours time. they're 549 for four in theirfirst innings, a lead of 146, with captain, steve smith, still there on 229 and mitchell marsh unbeaten on 181. england must avoid defeat if they're to keep

it re—started at 4.30 and glasgow ran out 17—nil winners earlier treviso won at zebre.d them in melbourne. they had a chance of victory but it was snuffed out by another century from steve smith, the adrenaline captain. on a day in which england would have hoped to com plete which england would have hoped to complete a dramatic and exciting first victory of this series ended ina first victory of this series ended in a somewhat anti—climactic drawl. the reason, the familiar obstacle of steve smith, the australian captain, who scored his third century in this series. he has scored more than 600 i’u ns series. he has scored more than 600 runs in the series. he batted australia through to see out a draw. england had a glimmer of hope when david warner tried to slotjoe roofs david warner tried to slotjoe root‘s bowling. england got rid of shaun marsh before lunch thanks to a good catch from jonny bairstow, and had real hope of getting into the australian lower order. smith batted alongside mitchell marsh to see australia through the rest of the day. the scoring was very slow

two for glasgow. as we go to saturday morning, anotherfrontal glasgow.atlantic. bringing rain. it could deliver some snow across scotland, mostly high ground. to the south, bright skies. rain flirting with the far south. could even get gales in spots. four in exposed north—east scotland, 13 for south wales. the last day of the year, more weight spells but still that mild feel in the south. if you are celebrating at midnight, largely dry. chance of showers. temperatures do not look particularly low, but a strong breeze. that could make things feel a little bit chilly. this is bbc news, the latest headlines! headlines: so—called islamic states say they were responsible. britain

it's glasgow's first defeat in the pro14 this season.er as they ran in six tries including two from uldan dillane in a one sided irish derby. it finished 114—16 at the sportsground. there's some injury news out of both the australian and england camps this morning ahead of the boxing day ashes test in melbourne. australia's fast bowler mitchell starc will miss the match with a heel injury, while england bowler craig 0verton also misses out because of a broken rib. the ashes of course have already been lost with england trailing 3—0 in the series. there's been plenty of talk about sledging, but australian bastman david warner says their success has quietened the tourists down. it's test cricket, you know, it's hard—fought out there. sometimes you think there are times when you want to go at people, and sometimes you go in your shell like a turtle. you know, we've probably shut them up a little bit at the moment. hopefully this gets them up and going, and firing some barbs, because i love that. i love whenever we're in a contest, and i fee