now jamie reid has been a very vociferous critic ofjeremy corbyn, the labour leader.was elected leader. he's insisting it has nothing to do with his views on mr corbyn, he says they have a very good personal relationship. he says it's much more about wanting to serve his community in the best way possible. is given an article to the guardian newspaper on the website, from reading that it seems clear its about his family life, he has four children. one is a teenager. three others as well. he says it's a long journey, long commute, going from cumbria down to london. it sounds like it's been taking its toll and he thinks it's the best decision for his family. politically, this could be pretty tricky for labour. the majority in that seat is about two and a half to lead a gritty win half thousand. —— two and a half thousand. —— two and a half thousand. it was a constituency that voted very much to leave the european union. about 62% voted to leave. ukip under the new leadership of poor michael will feel they have a chance here if they can make inroads into the labour vote.

his brother, jamie, doubles world number one, with gordon reid also at the top and johanna konta in thele year for british tennis. and there was still one more piece of history to be made. nobody had ever been awarded the bbc sports personality of the year three times, game, setand personality of the year three times, game, set and match, andy murray. 2-0, 6-2, 6-1. game, set and match, andy murray. 2—0, 6—2, 6—1. wimbledon and olympic champion, andy murray, finishing the year ranked as the best in the world. his brother, jamie, doubles world. his brother, jamie, doubles world number one, with gordon reid also at the top and johanna konta in the top ten, it has been an incredible year for british tennis. and there was still one more piece of history to be made. nobody had ever been awarded the bbc sports personality of the year three times, few have ever done more to deserve it than andy murray. . the bbc sports personality of the year 2016 is andy murray. it has been an amazing year for sport and i am very proud to be a part of it, thank you, i hope you all have a the bbc sports person

his brother, jamie, doubles world number one, with gordon reid also at the top and johanna konta in theen an incredible yearfor british tennis. and there was still one more piece of history to be made. nobody had ever been awarded the bbc sports personality of the year three times. the bbc sports personality of the year 2016 is andy murray. it has been an amazing year for sport and i am very proud to be a part of it, thank you, i hope you all thank you for watching. good morning and merry christmas. mild temperatures so far today. we have achieved a temperature of 15.6 celsius twice before. as we go on through today, we take a look at the big picture. we had in mild deer between weather fronts but there is cold a lurking —— mild air. ahead of the colder air it stays mild this afternoon, plenty of cloud with some outbreaks of rain and drizzle, particularly through wales and the west of england but over high ground, decent sunshine. we could get close to that christmas day temperature record. reading through scotla nd temperature record. reading through scotland into northern ireland. if

speeches and tributes to several outgoing senators including harry reid, barbara boxer, kelly ayotte and dan coats. representative-elect jamie raskin representative-elect jamie raskin (d-md) spoke with c-span for a house freshman profile interview. he talked about his reasons for running for the seat, his work while serving in the maryland state senate, and his life and ackground. >> maryland representative elect jamie raskin spoke with c-span for a house freshmen profile interview. he was elected to serve maryland's eighth congressional district. he has also served in the maryland state. >> jamie raskin, representing maryland's eighth district. a democrat. why did you decide to run? rep.-elect raskin: i have been a state senator in maryland for a decade. we have tried to restore voting rights to former prisoners, assault weapons to reduce the bloodshed on our streets. the truth is we cannot solve any of those problems at the state level. we need to be fighting in congress. the level of function in congress not to appoint where i said -- i have to go and see if i can help dislodge the paralysis and impasse that has overtaken

his brother, jamie, doubles world number one, with gordon reid also at the top and johanna konta in thell one more piece of history to be made. nobody had ever won the bbc sports personality of the year three times. few have ever done more to deserve it than andy murray. the bbc sports personality of the year 2016 is andy murray. it has been an amazing year for british sport and i am very proud to be a part of it. thank you, i hope you all have a great night. so a truly deserving winner after quite an extraordinary year. but what will 2017 have in store? with the world athletics championships, the women's european championships in football, a rugby league world cup and the ashes, there's plenty to look forward to. thanks for watching. mcgovern. more than 100 stars of the olympics and paralympics are recognised in the new year's honours list. andy murray and mo farah are given knighthoods. jessica ennis—hill becomes a dame. nearly 1,200 people are on this year's list, from entertainers to community workers. we'll be hearing from some of them on this morning's programme. good morning, it'

speeches and tributes to several outgoing senators including harry reid, barbara boxer, kelly ayotte and dan coats. representative-elect jamie raskin representative-elect jamie raskin (d-md) spoke with c-span for a house freshman profile interview. he talked about his reasons for running for the seat, his work while serving in the maryland state senate, and his life and background.

jamie reed is standing down as an mp to take a job at the sellafield nuclear plant. jeremy corbyn has paid tribute to mr reid's our chief political correspondent vicki young has the latest. yeah, he's announced he's going to stand down as an mp. he's going to take a job in the nuclear industry at sellafield, which is in his constituency in cumbria. now, jamie reed has been a very vociferous critic ofjeremy corbyn, the labour leader. he's stood down from his position on the labour front bench as soon asjeremy corbyn was elected as leader. he's insisting this has nothing to do with his views on mr corbyn. he says they have a very good personal relationship. he says this is much more about wanting to serve his community in the best way possible. he has given an article to the guardian newspaper, the website. from reading that, it seems clear that it's about his family life. he has four children, one's a teenager, three others. he says it's a long journey, a long commute, going from cumbria down to london. and it sounds like that's been taking its toll. and he thinks this is the best decision for his family. now,