jo currie, bbc news.—3 win at aberdeen. scott sinclair completed his hat—trick amid a spell of four goals in the final seven minutes as celtic secured a fifth successive win at pittodrie. and clan des obeaux was the surprise winner of the king george vi chase at kempton. the 16—1 shot ridden by harry cobden narrowly beat veteran thistlecrack in a dramatic finish, giving trainer paul nicholls his 10th win at the boxing day showpiece. the gold cup winner, native river, came in third. there's more on the bbc sport website, including live text commentary of brighton against arsenal in the premier league. arsenal are already ahead. but from me, bye for now. sister wendy beckett — the nun whose passion for art made her an unexpected television star — has died at the age of 88. her broadcasting career began in the early 1990s and she went on to appear in several bbc series. each time filming was over, sister wendy returned to her life as a hermit at the carmelite monastery in norfolk, where she died this afterno

the 2016 winner, thistlecrack, finished second, as jo currie reports.ays brings the crowds. this isjump racing christmas blockbuster featured a glittering line—up, including the defending champion and favourite might bite. but the former gold cup winner showed the early promise. a fall at the start of lap number to bringing down the second favourite waiting patiently in the process. but it wasn't enough to put the front runners off as might bite, thistlecrack and clan des obeaux all moved up, a horse part owned by alex ferguson. thistlecrack headed into the lead but couldn't shake off clan des obeaux and a strong drop by the six—year—old at the last fence saw him pull clear to secure a surprise victory. the 12—1—shot written by harry cobden delivering trainer paul nicholls his perfect christmas present, his tenth king george winn and his first since 2015. jo currie, bbc news. more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. but that's it from me, goodnight. sister wendy beckett, the nun whose passion for art made her an unexpected television star, ha

jo currie, bbc news, munich. time for a look at the weather... here's ben rich.days to come between now and then and a bit more rain in the forecast. we saw some hefty showers today and we have more rain to come during tonight. the showers will fade away leaving a dry spell of weather, but then cloud and rain will return from then cloud and rain will return from the south—west, reaching the midlands, northern england and northern ireland by the end of the night. cooler north with a touch of frost for some spots in north—east scotland. this area of patchy cloud and rain becomes stranded across central areas, so for some parts they are likely to see patchy cloud and rain but to the south of that some sunshine emerging. it will be mild at 14 degrees, and to the north temperatures will struggle at 6—8d. light winds in the north but windy asi light winds in the north but windy as i mentioned in the south, those winds strengthening further as we go into friday evening. to start the weekend things don't look too bad, it's this area of high pressure that will try to take

september, he won the 63rd edition of the ballon d'or at a glitzy ceremony in paris on monday, where jo curryas watching. you have to go all the way back to 2007 for the last time there was a winner of the ballon d'or who was called cristiano ronaldo or lionel murphy. now luka modric has broken that a decade of dominance. and after his performances in 2018 it is easy to see why he was the wind still in that stage earlier clutching the trophy. at the summer's lock up the lead croatia all the way to the final before being named player of the tournament —— lead up to the world cup. he led real madrid to an unprecedented third colmslie title. he adds this to the fiva —— seve trophy he won earlier this year. this is that we have achieved is for such a small country as croatia it is something amazing, but like i told you, i would change all of this for a world cup. but how it didn't happen, this isa cup. but how it didn't happen, this is a great feeling to win at least this and i am very happy for it. elsewhere, the lyon striker luka modric claimed the first—ever women's ballon d'or, beating 1a oth

september, he won the 63rd edition of the ballon d'or at a glitzy ceremony in paris on monday, where jo curry back to 2007 for the last time there was a winner of the ballon d'or who was called cristiano ronaldo or lionel murphy. now luka modric has broken that a decade of dominance. and after his performances in 2018 it is easy to see why he was the wind still in that stage earlier clutching the trophy. at the summer's lock up the lead croatia all the way to the

jo currie, bbc news, munich.eminder of the main story tonight — the ongoing chaos at gatwick airport, where hundreds of flights have been cancelled and tens of thousands of passengers affected. the police say there have been 50 drone sightings at the airport in the past 2a hours. the airport has said it can't confirm when flights will resume — and they are continuing to monitor the situation there through the night. there will be more details on newsnight, of course, and on the bbc newsnight, of course, and on the bbc news channel. now it is time for the news where you are, have a hello, welcome to sportsday. embarrassed arsenal say they're identifying who threw a bottle at dele alli in the north london derby. first day on the job — ole gunnar solskjaer arrives to meet his manchester united team. and sophia floersch tells the bbc she remembers every bit of her 170 mile an hour crash at the macau grand prix. it is a miracle, but that's probably also the reason why i am happy and why... yeah, i'm normal. hi there.

jo currie watched this for us. if anyone can do with a christmas miracle its fulham.nd without a premier league win six november, their home match against a spirited wolves side was the perfect opportunity to resurrect their season. and when you're struggling you can always do with a little bit of luck. that is what fulham got as referee andre marriner failed to spot this handball from dennis. at the other end angst of tamara cohen quite their way. alexandra going close, does not close enough. as half—time approached, festive spirits seem to be in short supply at craven cottage when this tackle i calum chambers only received a yellow card and got tempers flare. after the break fulham refocus their fighting spirit. does it pay off. ryan finally finishing off this scrappy goal which replaced show clearly ross dewar. the home fansjoined we re ross dewar. the home fansjoined were short—lived. wolves were level with five minutes remaining. still time to almost win it not from this last ditched lunch. as they would have to settle for a point even though they deserved —— the

jo currie has more if anyone could do with a christmas miracle it is full on, but that's bottom of thence november the home match against the spirited wolves side, the perfect opportunity to resurrect their season. and when you are struggling, you can always be with a little bit of luck and thatis be with a little bit of luck and that is what fulham got as the referee failed to spot this handball. at the other end though things were not going quite their weight, alexandra going close, does not close enough —— alexander. as half—time approached festive spirit seemed in short supply at craven cottage when this tackle by callum chambers only received a yellow card, but got tempers flared. after the break: refocus theirfighting spirit, and it paid off. the substitute finally finishing off this scrappy goal which replaced —— which replace show clearly crossed the line. the home from'sjoy which replace show clearly crossed the line. the home from's joy was short—lived however as the ball is bundled into the net to bring the world level with just five minutes remaining. there still time for h

jo currie, bbc news. 0ne resident of a norfolk village got a surprise, with an unexpected visitor ine wash estuary. that's it. i'll be back with the late news at 10:15. now on bbc one, time for all the news where you are. this is bbc news. the headlines at six. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today —

aubamayang helping them to a 3—1 win, but it wasn't as straight—forward as the scoreline suggests, as jo currieak week behind them and close the gap on the top four back in the team as captain for burnley, the opportuniy to pick up some much—needed points before heading into christmas and there afternoon got up to action—packed start as firstjoe hart to be alert to deny them before going up on the other end. but it wasn't long before pierre found a breakthrough, putting home to the burnley. he was at it again just after the half—time break, the striker shooting this rocket past hart, and bring them to the top of the goal score table, but burnley was not done yet, ashley scoring their first away goal since the start of november, to give the visitors some hope. but i was extinguished, arsenal countered and but that was extinguished, arsenal countered and scored from close range to give his manager an early christmas present. we can enjoy, tomorrow and on monday we will continue working. arsenal maintains its push for a championship league spot, but burnley‘s difficulties continued. let's just wra

pat nevin and jo currie, thank you for joining us.ther blow to the blues over the past week with fans also accused of racism just a few days ago. four fans were suspended following the alleged racial abuse of raheem sterling who has since accused newspapers of helping to "fuel racism" by the way they portrayed young black footballers. my colleague hugh woozencroft has beenjoined byjournalists jordan jarrett—bryan, natasha henry and leon mann to discuss the issues around race, football and the media. raheem sterling's words have got to me and many others in the sports journalism industry thinking about the current state of play. i have called on some of my fellow black sports journalist to examine the state of the injury. it's not too much hyperbole to suggest what raheem sterling has done is a game changer. what he's done has made editors, people with power, look at themselves. he has been very brave but we can't leave him on his own. it's a moment for us, but it's what happens from here. this is really about betterjournalism. happens

curry trolled by t opposing team after he sa he didn't believe astronauts walked on the moon. his reaction today, december 15th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, is is "today" with sheinelle jos and peter alexander and dylan dreyer. live from stuo 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to anoday." you for joining us on this beautiful saturday morning. >> i guess the deal is whatever you can do to get into steph curry's head and making fun of his beliefhat we never made it to the moon. the guy scored 35 points last night. they had fun at his expense. >> we will talk about that later. i still stand by the fact that he was joking we'll talk. >> he had to be joking. >> i almt know so. >>> let's get to the breaking news overnight. a feral judge in texas striking down the affordable care act last night. it is a an cais a case that wil head back to the supreme cot. we havegeoff bennett with the latest.g. good morn >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. thehite house says current enrollment will not be effected by the ruling. this decision is a political victory for republicans who opposed the affordable care act from the ginning. it sets in motion another legal obamacare a