congratulations to keely hodgkinson.a church or a community hall — not a hospice treating people who are terminally ill. but a young pianist from swansea wants to show that hospices can also be places ofjoy. inspired by the death of his mum, joe cavalli—price founded music in hospices — and this christmas its won the backing of one of the world s biggest classical stars, asjon kay has been finding out. one day i went on a walk around the hospice and ifound an one day i went on a walk around the hospice and i found an old piano covered in covers and books. even though there were notes missing, i wheeled the piano to my mum's bedside and i began to play. it had this transformative impact. it was a moment that wasjust meant for impact. it was a moment that was just meant for mum and impact. it was a moment that wasjust meant for mum and i but i had families and patients coming up to me and thanking me. even the staff were saying how beautiful it was to hear music. i knew then we had done something very special. afterjoe's m

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the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause.o do on the outdoor track, which is kind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. saudi arabia! but the end of the year marking a moment to reflect. 2024 — a truly memorable sporting year. the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me. i've achieved everything i set out to do on the outdoor track, which is kind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello there. the weather for christmas week has been pretty benign. high pressure has brought light winds, a lot of cloud, some mist and fog and also some drizzle. subtle changes as we head into the weekend. we start to lose the influence of this area of high pressure and begin to pick up more of an atlantic influence, which should mean

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me.e decision in december to award a men's world cup to saudi arabia will continue to draw scrutiny for many years to come. saudi arabia! but the end of the year marking a moment to reflect. 2024 — a truly memorable sporting year. the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is... keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me. i've achieved everything i set out to do on the outdoor track, which is kind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello there. the weather is starting to change now. it's going to take a turn for the worse, though, as we head into the new year. the weather, then, very different from what we had over christmas, where we were dominated more by high pressure, mist and some fog — that's getting squeezed away, mind you. that weather front, though, continuing to bring some rain into scotland, and as we head further into th

the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson! a truly memorable sporting year. the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause this year has been absolutely incredible for me. i've achieved everything i set out to do on the outdoor track, which is kind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. then, we're seeing the breeze start to pick up, and that sets the tone for the rest of the weekend. tomorrow is looking a lot brighter, although there will be some more rain across the far north of the uk. and you can see already some rain across northern ireland and scotland this morning. high pressure still dominant further south, so the mist and the fog just likely to linger on for many. we could start to see some breaks in it. a little bit of clearance across the north midlands and into north wales perhaps as we head through the afternoon, but further south, staying very murky. some sunny s

and keely hodgkinson has won the bbc�*s sports personality of the year.he olympics in paris injuly. it was her first major title and she becomes the fourth successive woman to win the award. darts player luke littler finished second with england cricketer joe root in third. there we go. congratulations to her. what a night. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app or from our website, bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, we will see you again next time. hello there. we again saw temperatures reaching 13 degrees on tuesday, but the cloud this time brought with it more rain. and into the southwest, we're going to find this rain arriving later in the day on wednesday. but at the moment, this area of low pressure is bringing the rain into the night. it's also bringing some strong and gusty winds, and that's all keeping the temperatures up. it's very mild — these are the temperatures of 12 or 13 degrees by the end of the night. but it will still be windy into the morning, and the strongest of the wind

keely hodgkinson!ic gold medallist and bbc sports personality of the year keely hodgkinson says it's amazing to be made an mbe. not so loud. most of those being honoured aren't in the public eye. neurosurgeon professor keyoumars ashkan, who performed landmark surgery on a woman while she played the violin, is made an mbe. as is dawn astle, who said she was very overwhelmed to be recognised for her campaign to raise awareness of brain injuries in sport, after herfatherjeff died from dementia. and this year's oldest recipient is 103—year—old world war ii pilot colin bell, who's been honoured with a british empire medal for his charity work. gail and jason o'shea's charity, wipe away those tears, has helped more than 1,000 terminally ill or seriously ill children. for years we've paid into different charities and we decided at some point we would try and make a real difference and start our own. we felt blessed that we had four healthy children of our own, and we wanted to help others that maybe were not

keely hodgkinson!and bbc sports personality of the year keely hodgkinson says it's amazing to be made an mbe. most of those being honoured aren't in the public eye. neurosurgeon who performed landmark surgery on a woman while she played the violin is made an mbe. and don't are still said she is overwhelmed to be recognised for her efforts to raise awareness of brain injuries in sport. this year poss my oldest recipient is 103—year—old world war ii recipient is 103—year—old world war i! pilot colin bell, honoured with the british empire medalfor his charity work. gail is jason 0'shea's charity work. gail is jason 0'shea's charity wipe away those tears has helped more than a thousand terminally ill or seriously ill children. for years, we paid into different charities and we decided at some point we would try and make a real difference and start our own. we felt blessed that we had four healthy children of our own, and we wanted to help others that maybe were not as fortunate. just two of the many being

the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is keely hodgkinson.for me. i've achieved everything i set out to do on the outdoor track, which is kind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello there. there's been some more mist and fog around this morning, most of it across central southern england. east anglia, the midlands, parts of south wales too. but the good news is it's not as extensive as it was yesterday, and it should lift and clear much more readily as the westerly wind picks up. so sunny spells developing. for most of us it's dry, but it's windy. it's really quite wet across parts of northwest scotland, with rainjust feeding in from the atlantic here. some of it pushing further eastwards into parts of aberdeenshire as we head through the afternoon. further south for northern ireland, central southern scotland and down into northern england, it's dry. here's that brightness across england and wales developing as the westerly wind

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me.ind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello there, christmas day was a quiet one for most of us. on the mild side for the time of year. but it has been drier everywhere. around this area of high pressure which has brought the drier weather. we have had this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain, mainly to northern scotland. never too far away here, you can see the extent of this milder air across the country. as we head through this evening into tonight it says blustery across the far north of scotland with showers here. remaining chilly. this weather front bringing further rain and scotland and northern ireland. the rest of the country will say largely drier with light winds. if you clear spells which could give low cloud and mist and fog. five to 10 degrees. into boxing day we hold on to this by the front bringing further outbreaks of rain in the north of the uk. most o

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me.of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello. there was a little sunshine around first thing this morning, but it's been fading, and today is a day of transition to much milder weather. less windy, yes, and still mostly dry, but there will be much more cloud for the week ahead. and the reason is that we are losing that chilly north—westerly wind and instead we are picking up this milder south—westerly, which has come right the way over the atlantic. so, as it does so, it picks up a lot of moisture, a lot of cloud, and with it these weak weather fronts. even though we've got high pressure to the south, we've still got some weak weather fronts. so the rain will always be heaviest towards the north and the west. so, the brightness continues in the east, the sunshine fading but remaining bright, the showers easing, too, but instead we got all this cloud rolling in, misty and murky ov

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me.are, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello. another big week of travel out there this week and potentially some more disruptive weather. not fog this time, but strengthening winds for the next three days to take us into wednesday — new year's day, of course. also heavy rain and even a little bit of snow for some, before things turn quieter, sunnier, but also much colder later in the week. it is this stripe of cloud which extends to the mid—atlantic which will continue to pile in, in pulses. the first pulse of persistent rain earlier today has cleared through. further outbreaks of rain for southern scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, where we will see some very strong and gusty winds on the tops of the pennines, maybe up to around 60mph. cold air in place in the far north of scotland, generally mild elsewhere. plenty of cloud, but at least dry with some brightne

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me. rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello there, some higher parts of england and wales have again been sticking out above this misty low cloud today. it's quite gloomy and murky and a little damp in other parts of england and wales. the fog, though, probably not quite as extensive as it has been. and through the rest of the weekend, the breeze picks up a little, that mist and patchy fog will be lifting, promising some brighter skies more widely tomorrow, although there will be some rain still in scotland. the mist and fog is closer to this area of low pressure which is affecting other parts of europe as well, that weather front weakening as it moves south, and another band of rain heading into northern scotland by the end of the day. but temperatures in scotland and northern ireland in double figures. where it's grey and gloomy through the midlands, south—east england, it's goi

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me.o i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. earlier on today we had some snow falling across hills. the snow falling across hills. the snow now confined to scotland. cold air originating all the way from greenland to iceland. this is polar maritime air, it usually comes with a lot of showers and that's certainly what we have seen today. certainly feels colder as well, temperatures, six or 7 degrees but feeling colder than that given these really strong winds that we have. the wind is picking up in eastern england but the strongest winds are further west and north wear around coastal areas the wins could be gusting 60 or 70 mph. those are stronger gusts come where we have seen the showers, but those showers this evening are going to start to fade away. they will last for a bit longer in northern scotland but even these should move away, the winds becoming lighter overnight, and with clear skies

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me. rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello. it was an exceedingly mild christmas day. not a record breaker, but the met office reports that it was the mildest since 2016 overall, looking across the uk, and the highest temperature was recorded in aberdeen 14.2 celsius, with similar values elsewhere across the country. how about boxing day? well, not quite as mild, but the temperatures will remain above the average for the rest of the year, and also a little bit of rain in the forecast. the satellite picture hasn't really changed much since yesterday. we still have this conveyor belt of cloud to the west of us, and ahead of this conveyor belt of cloud, a tongue, a stream of mild air all the way from the azores, spreading across the uk, western europe and into the baltic and also much of scandinavia. so we start the day with temperatures hovering between 5—10 celsius, so a little fr

the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is...keely hodgkinson.ble for me. i've achieved everything i set out to do on the outdoor track, which is kind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello. the fairly mild spell of weather is set to continue through today and for many of us through the weekend. we have mist and fog and for some of us, the fog will linger all day especially over higher ground. high pressure keeping things largely dry and settled. this system causing problems over the north of scotland and with the pressure there from the atlantic, not much of a breeze to lift the cloud so it is pretty murky in central and southern areas, in particular some bright or sunny skies. parts of northern ireland and was,... of blue sky as well. the rain sitting across the far north—west of scotland, temperatures 7 or 8 degrees. tonight, rain will extend across the north west of scotland, mist and fog forming especially in england and wales so

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me. so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello. it's been a chilly, windy and showery sort of weekend, but thankfully the weather is looking a little bit quieter now in the run up to christmas. so for christmas week then a change to the weather. things are turning milder, less windy than they have been and things looking mostly dry for many of us towards christmas. but we're going to be starting off with that cold air still in the east. milder air is going to be working in through the day on monday. still a few wintry showers, a little bit of ice first thing monday, i think across parts of north east scotland in particular. but this system is a warm front so it's bringing the milder air. it's also bringing some patchy outbreaks of rain on monday to western areas. these are the sort of temperatures we'll start the day with, two to four degrees for northern and eastern areas, five or six tow

keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me.e, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello there. the weather turning increasingly unsettled as we step into the new year. if you have plans on new year's eve, keep listening to this forecast because it's going to be dominated by this area of low pressure, particularly across the far north of the country. it's bringing increasingly wet and windy weather across scotland in particular. there will be some snow, as well, to the far north and east. the met office has issued an amber warning for the intensity of the rain from inverness down to fort william, so there's potential of some localised flooding and some travel disruption on what is a very busy day. so heavy rain moving its way south out of scotland, but a rash of showers tucking in behind — the rain will tend to sit across northern england and north wales by the middle part of the afternoon. that means central and south—eastern e

stephen fry was awarded for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. 800m champion keelyeceives an mbe, is one of several medallists to be honoured following the summer games in paris. and four sub—postmasters — who received wrongful convictions as part of the post office scandal — have also been given obes. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. they were once the hollywood power couple with the nickname brangelina. well, now eight years after they separated brad pitt and angelina jolie have reached a divorce settlement. a lawyer for the actress confirmed the pair had managed to "come to a deal". so far his lawyers have not publicly commented. let me take you to those amazing pictures from the top of the hour from sydney. australia has ushered in its new year with focus on the harbour bridge. london will try to rival it later. the city followed new zealand and other pacific island nations to be first into 2025. people in american samoa will be amongst the last to bid farewell to 2024 and we will have the best of the fireworks throughout the rest of the fir

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the bbc�*s sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson!.the olympic 800 metre gold medallist is crowned this year's winner. on newsnight at 10.30pm tonight, we'll bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters — and of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow's news. good evening. the judge at the old bailey described the treatment of sara sharif at the hands of her own father and stepmother as torture, and mrjustice cavanagh expressed disquiet about a child being home—schooled for whom the authorities had welfare concerns. sara had been known to social services since before she was born, and yet was allowed to be taken out of school by her parents in the weeks before she died. today, the government brought forward legislation taking away the automatic right of parents to educate their children at home, if the child is the subject of a protection investigation. more on that in a moment with alison holt, but first, here's daniel sandford on the conclusion of a ho

stephen fry was awarded for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. 800m champion keely of several medallists to be honoured following the summer games in paris. and four sub—postmasters — who received wrongful convictions as part of the post office scandal — have also been given obes. the singer and tv presenter myleene klass is also amongst those being honoured today — myleene has been appointed an mbe for services to women's health, miscarriage awareness and to charity. she has shared her experience of miscarriage and campaigned for better treatment for women who have experienced this loss. let's listen to a clip from an interview she gave in 2021. recognise this, let us talk about it. recognise these women let them talk about their pain. if you compare it to the same level of trauma and ptsd as a soldier returning from afghanistan, you wouldn't expect anyone to go through this level of pain. we are now all so much more aware of what mental health can do to our families, the workforce, the bigger picture. this is something that must be taken seriously. it's happening

the olympic gold medallist — and this year's bbc sports personality of the year — keely hodgkinson hasng at who else has been honoured.

stephen fry was awarded for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. 800m champion keelyallists to be honoured following the summer games in paris. and four sub—postmasters, who received wrongful convictions as part of the post office scandal have also been given obes with me now is our enterntainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. 0n the front and back pages today, gareth southgate. yes. today, gareth southgate. yes, the former _ today, gareth southgate. yes, the former england _ today, gareth southgate. 1&1: the former england manager led the former england manager led the men's team to back—to—back consecutive euros finals and has been given a knighthood but it's notjust has been given a knighthood but it's not just for has been given a knighthood but it's notjust for his work with the football team, it's also for some of his work off the pitch, particularly with the princes trust.— princes trust. and it's also arise sir— princes trust. and it's also arise sir stephen - princes trust. and it's also arise sir stephen fry. - princes trust. and it's also | arise sir stephen

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well, we saw some amazing stories in 2024 and with it some wild video reporter keely peace takes a lookk. >> a shocking attack on a las vegas judge kicking off 2024. it happened in a clark county courtroom. watch again as 31 year-old guy over red in soars over the 4 foot bench tackling and punching the judge in a brazen attack. he was eventually restrained and later sentenced up to 65 years behind bars. terror in the skies and unimaginable incident on an alaskan airlines flight from oregon to california. when a door plug blows off a boeing 7.37. max, 9 jets leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane at 16,000 feet. 171 passengers and 6 crew members were on board. fortunately, the plane landed safely, although several passengers were injured clear across the country in massachusetts, police video shows the suspect speeding 80 miles per hour down a busy street with no hands. the impaired driver nearly missing vehicles before slamming into the back of a and in the heartland, the moment a black suv slams into a vehicle parked on the side of the road. this was during a traffic stop. the

. >> well, we saw some amazing stories in 2024 and with it home on a wild video reporter keely be sun a look. >> a shocking attack on a las vegas judge kicking off 2024. it happened in a clark county courtroom. watch again as 31 year-old guy over red in soars over the 4 foot bench tackling and punching the judge in a brazen attack. he was eventually restrained. and later sentenced up to 65 years behind bars. terror in the skies and unimaginable incident on an alaskan airlines flight from oregon to california. when a door plug blows off a boeing 7.37. max, 9 jets leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane at 16,000 feet. 171 passengers and 6 crew members were on board. fortunately, the plane landed safely, although several passengers were injured clear across the country in massachusetts, police video shows the suspect speeding 80 miles per hour down a busy street with no hands. the impaired driver nearly missing vehicles before slamming into the back of a and in the heartland, the moment a black suv slams into a vehicle parked on the side of the road. this was during a traffic sto

deputies say that keely jean popple 14 year-old from fremont was found dead on kill care road in all office says she was last seen on the corner of darwin drive in fremont boulevard. witnesses reported seeing a black pontiac trans am near where the body was found. anybody with information is asked to contact sheriff's office. >> are still on the kron. morning news. a major retailer has purchased the tv company. how consumers can expect to how consumers can expect to save a little mon it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering] silly face, ready? discover who they are. [playing music] what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not. that's why instagram is introducing teen accounts. automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. ♪♪ >> omicron for celebrating remarkable women of the bay area and need your help to share their stories. you know, remarkable woman making a difference in your community. you can nominate her for a chance to be awarded woman of the ye

. >> we saw some amazing stories in 2024 and with it some wild video reporter keely beeson takes a lookking attack on a las vegas judge kicking off 2024. it happened in a clark county courtroom watching again as 31 year-old guy over red in soars over the 4 foot bench, tackling and punching the judge in a brazen attack. he was eventually restrained. and later sentenced up to 65 years behind bars. terror in the skies and unimaginable incident on an alaskan airlines flight from oregon to california. when a door plug blows off a boeing 7.37. max, 9 jets leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane at 16,000 feet. 171 passengers and 6 crew members were on board. fortunately, the plane landed safely, although several passengers were injured clear across the country. in massachusetts, police video shows the suspect speeding 80 miles per hour down a busy street with no hands. the impaired driver nearly missing vehicles before slamming into the back of a and in the heartland, the moment a black suv slams into a vehicle parked on the side of the road. this was during a traffic stop. the violent

all the highlights from last night's sports personality of the year ceremony, including spoty winner keelymmunity hall for a carol concert this christmas— but one pianist from swansea is bringing festive joy to those receiving treatment in hospices. joe cavalli—price founded the music in hospices group following the death of his mum, and this christmas he's received the backing of one of the world's biggest classical stars. as jon kay reports. one day i went on a walk around the hospice and in the corner of the room ifound an old piano covered in blankets and books. and even though it was honky tonk and out of tune and there were notes missing, i wheeled the piano to my mom's bedside and i began to play. and it had this transformative impact. it was a moment that was just meant for mum and i, but i had families and patients coming up to me and thanking me. even the staff were saying how beautiful it was to hear music, and i knew then that we had done something very special. afterjoe's mum died, he started contacting other hospices to see if they would like him to play music for patients. t

caphal >> other famous names on the new year's honours list include gareth southgate, stephen fry and keely hodgkinson, and we'll be joined by a former subpostmaster turned campaigner who says he will fight on after being made an obe. >> and elsewhere, edinburgh's famous new year's eve street party famous new year's eve street party has been axed as the country is set to be battered by snow, strong winds and heavy rain in an arctic blast which includes a rare danger to life. amber weather warning. >> and if you're holding a get together tonight, we'll be talking to a party planner for her top tips on how to be the hostess with the mostess. >> hello and welcome. very good morning to you. this is britain's newsroom, live across the uk on gb news with charlie peters and sophie reaper. >> now let's go on to our top story. because fury has erupted after the london mayor, sadiq khan. now sir sadiq, he's been knighted in the king's new year's honours list. >> now sir keir starmer has been accused of rewarding failure as knife crime has increased in the capital by more than 50% since khan took to o

keely hodgkinson! gold medallist and bbc sports personality of the year keely hodgkinson says it's amazing to be made an mbe. and one of britain's most decorated olympians, rower helen glover, says she's so happy to be made an obe after she returned to the sport, having taken time out to start a family. i'm really chuffed. ifeel like i've gained so much more from what i've given back and by showing people what can be done, especially post—children. and really, i really want to champion mums and never being pigeonholed by being a parent. so for me, that's been the biggest thing i want to give back through sport. most of those being honoured aren't in the public eye. gail and jason o'shea's charity wipe away those tears has helped more than a thousand terminally ill or seriously ill children. for years, we'd paid into different charities and we decided at some point we would try and make a real difference and start our own. we felt blessed that we had four healthy children of our own, and we wanted to he

keely hodgkinson wins the sports personality of the year award.helsea's mykhailo mudryk has tested positive for a banned substance, and marcus rashford wants a move. >> hello there. good morning. a blustery and cold day for northern areas, milder in the south but we are expecting outbreaks of rain. i'll be here with all your details. >> well a very good morning to you at 6:00 or 602, to be precise. you're very welcome. >> i'm eamonn holmes, i'm isabel webster, and this is gb news breakfast. >> well, gang, how are we all this morning? feeling festive ? this morning? feeling festive? actually. looking festive. >> yes i know. well, slash a bit 805 have gone for the full american footballer. shoulder pads and the dallas hair. but anyway, i just thought we're having our christmas breakfast. christmas lunch today, so i thought i'd bring them. oh. >> are we? yes. >> well, i know you can't come, but everyone else is coming. >> hold on. we're not supposed to tell him about that. you were invited. >> obviously. top table. >> obviously. top table. >> no, i'm

quick congratulations to the olympian keely hodgkinson, who won the bbc sports personality, as a pictureguardian. and well done bbc for choosing a woman. >> yeah, i was shocked. >> yeah, i was shocked. >> yeah, i was shocked. >> yeah i know, i think that's an actual woman. i haven't seen one of those for a while, so well done from the bbc, the times now please paul. yeah, fasting thins your barnet as well as your body apparently. apparently. josh i mean, i've started fasting just in the last month and it's working for me and i don't have my hair's thinning. i imagine you fast quite a bit. josh. yeah, yeah, that's how i get this body. but but, but researchers research has shown that. get off me. whilst it can stunt weight gain, it will stunt stem cell growth within within hair follicles. so not eating enough seems to starve the stem cell of hair follicles and it prevents it from growing, which is interesting. i mean, i don't know how many people would rather be thin and bold or fat and hairy, i would choose. that is a genuine dilemma. i'm going to say fat and hairy. i'm mastering it. you'

in sport, we reflect on a special night as olympic champion keely hodgkinson is crowned bbc sports personality of the year to round off a memorable year. good morning. we are going to be topped and tailed by rain today. rain in the north clearing living writers skies, more in the south west later, and it is going to be windy. details coming up. good morning. it's wednesday, 18th december. furious campaigners say a government decision not to compensate women hit by changes to the state pension age is an insult. nine months ago, a parliamentary ombudsman recommended compensation for thousands of women born in the 1950s, who hadn't been adequately informed about the changes to increase the state pension age, and bring it in line with men. but ministers now say payouts would be neither right, nor affordable, as our cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. it's been 1a long years of campaigning for women born in the 1950s, and in recent years they've signed up some friends in high places. when in opposition, keir starmer and liz kendall were all too happy to support the movement. but no