and thistlecrack wins the king george at kempton. good evening and welcome to sportsday.ts clear at the top of the premier league after a club record 12th straight win. they beat bournemouth 3—0 at stamford bridge — the tenth clean sheet of that winning run. two goals from pedro plus a penalty from eden hazard leave chelsea closing in on arsenal's iii—game winning record. it's important now to continue this run. infour it's important now to continue this run. in four days we have a tough game against stoke city, we have to prepare well. when you face the other teams, every tea m wa nts to when you face the other teams, every team wants to beat you. arsenal are up to third in the table — at least for the next hour — but they left it late against west brom at the emirates. olivier giroud headed the only goal of the game in the 86th minute, on what was his first start of the premier league season. just one in the end, from a special ci’oss just one in the end, from a special cross and a special header. west brom were very well organised and disciplined. if you don't score ea

and thistlecrack beats cue card to win the king george at kempton.evening and welcome to sportsday. chelsea are seven points clear at the top of the premier league after a club record 12th straight win. they beat bournemouth 3—0 at stamford bridge, the tenth clean sheet of that winning run. two goals from pedro plus a penalty from eden hazard leaves chelsea closing in on arsenal's i4—game winning record. it's important now to continue this run. within four days will have another tough game against stoke city and we have to prepare very well because now, here, when you play the other teams, every team wa nts to play the other teams, every team wants to beat you. manchester city are up to second in the table after their 3—0 victory away at hull. all the goals came in the second half as pep guardiola's men had to overcome a stubborn hull side, who remain rooted to the bottom of the table. drew savage reports. you don't always get what you want over the festive season but manchester city are a very well—connected club these days. pep guardiola, confident

and thistlecrack beats cue card to win the king george at kempton.he top of the premier league after a club record 12th straight win. they beat bournemouth 3—0 at stamford bridge — the tenth clean sheet of that winning run. two goals from pedro, plus a penalty from eden hazard, leaves chelsea closing in on arsenal's14—game winning record. it's important now to continue this run. in four days we have a tough game against stoke city, we have to prepare well. when you face the other teams, every team wants to beat you. manchester city are up to second in the table, after their 3—0 victory away at hull. all the goals came in the second half, as pep guardiola's men had to overcome a stubborn hull side, who remain rooted to the bottom of the table. drew savage reports. you don't always get what you want over the festive season, but manchester synergy. pep guardiola was confident. the first half at hull did not go to plan. given time, this tale of two cities up and up. then hull began to gain confidence and a foothold in the game. there was hope of lifting

highlights of the racing calendar. steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase, at kemptonerm stars, faces his up and coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you can keep up—to—date with football as well. go to final score. don't forget the football. i told you there was a love of sport. russia is holding a day of national mourning for the 92 people who were killed when a military plane crashed in the black sea. authorities in russia say they've located the site where the plane came down yesterday, soon after it took off from sochi, heading to syria. the first of the bodies have this morning been airlifted to moscow. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg reports. across russia they prayed for the dead — for the 92 victims of yesterday's plane crash. there was a special service today in every orthodox church in russia. this is a day of national mourning. as a sign of respect, russian flags were flown at half—mast. this is thought to be the last picture ever taken of the

and favourite thistlecrack won the big boxing day race at kempton park, the king george vi chase.y three lengths. a great result for jockey tom scudamore. that's a great name, as well as smack thank you very much. that's all from me for this morning. charlie and sally will be back with breakfast from 6am tomorrow. now, though, mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting the crackers from the turkeys, in review 2016: the year in film. hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. i'm mark kermode, and we're here at the cinema museum in south london where, for the next half an hour, we will be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2016. 2016 was a pretty tumultuous year, what with the brexit vote in june, and the results of the american election in november proving that the unexpected really can happen. in the world of politics, uncertainty can be alarming. but when it comes to movies, it is the unexpected which really makes it all worthwhile. while the naysayers claim that movies today are just an endless slew of seque

the favourite thistlecrack claimed an impressive win in the big boxing day race at kempton park — theden by tom scudamore, thistlecrack charged clear on the final circuit to ease to victory ahead of cue card and silviniaco conti. it was only thistlecrack‘s fourth race over fences. it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the premiership season, beating worcester 28—20. the table's bottom side played much of the match with ten men, but a hat—trick from tom varndell helped them close the gap on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points. there were three derby matches in the pro12. glasgow ended a run of three straight defeats by beating rivals edinburgh 25—12 at murrayfield. cardiff blues beat newport and munster beat leinster in the day's other games. that is all of the sport for now. i'll be back at 0700, but now on breakfast, rebecca morelle looks back on the year in science, from the mission of a lifetime, this was the year british astronaut tim peake spent six months in space. to a colossal feat of engineering. in 2016, the world's

highlights of the racing calendar, steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase at kempton long—term stars, faces his up and coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. i love the way you've built up to that. oh, yes. it's like this time of year. thistlecrack. this kind of makes you. there are only five horses in this race. those are the ones to watch. enjoy your boxing day. you're watching breakfast on bbc news. let's look at the papers. the broadcaster rob mccloughlin is here to tell us what's caught his eye. how you doing? merry christmas. i've got my credit card soldier. we can got my credit card soldier. we can go after the programme finishes. second additions these are because the news that george michael died came from about 11pm last night. she was 53. the front page of the mirror we did with that. a front—page of the times also about george michael. the times also about george michael. the main story is about from's trader chief saying that they will steal trade from the uk. the front page of the sun is also about george michael. george michael pop icon pass

between colin tizzard trained cue card and thistlecrack took place at the king george vi chase at kemptonahead of last yea r‘s good or on board took it ahead of last year's winner, cue card. john hunt will take up the commentary now. commentator: tom is good or waving at the crowd. the other horses fight desperately for second place. they were the bit part players. a truly astonishing win. that is another spot for now, plenty more later on. back to the death of george michael. some of the biggest names in music — and fans from around the world — have been paying tribute to george michael, who's died at the age of 53. his manager says he suffered heart failure at his oxfordshire home. friends and fans have been sharing their memories. sir eltonjohn has led tributes. said from his former long—term partner, kenny goss. after news of the death of george michael, stories have been emerging, detailing his philanthropic and charitable work and we will hear from the actor and activist, emily mondo, who worked with george at a homeless shelter. tell us about it, it was about four yea rs tell us ab

in horseracing, boxing day sees the running of the king george vi stakes at kempton.e on board. his stablemate cue card, who won the race in 2015, finished in second place, just over three lengths back. there are three matches today in rugby's pro 12, all of them derbies. cardiff blues saw off their south wales rivals newport gwent dragons 27—16. steven shingler scored the first try for cardiff and went on to set up another, as all the points were scored in the first half. elsewhere, edinburgh lost at home to glasgow. in ireland, leaders munster are currently behind against second placed leinster. and in the english premiership, tom varndell scored all three tries for bottom of the table bristol as they beat worcester 28—20. and that's your sport. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at 10:40pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news, with lu kwesa burak. some of the biggest names in music have been paying tribute to george michael, who's died at the age of 53. his m

highlights of the racing calendar — steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase at kemptontars, faces his up—and—coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. that's all the sport for now. thank you. just to say, i've tweeted a link to that clip that we couldn't play with james corden. if you are on twitter, you can get it via my page. if you are not on twitter, we will be playing it in the next hour. russia is holding a day of national mourning for the 92 people who were killed when a military plane crashed in the black sea. authorities in russia say they've located the site where the plane came down yesterday, soon after it took off from sochi, heading to syria. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. this is one of the final images of the tupolev 154 jet. it was taken by a journalist before he boarded the plane. the flight would end in tragedy. the aircraft crashed into the black sea. the russians scrambled helicopters and ships, but the search became a recovery operation. there were no survivors. the plane had taken off from a military airfield near mosco

highlights of the racing calendar — steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase at kemptons, faces his up—and—coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. that's all the sport for now. thanks very much. see you later. 50,000 people in england at risk of type 2 diabetes could be helped by an nhs programme that's being extended from today. the advice on better nutrition and exercise had already helped 20,000 people. it forms part of a package of new measures to curb type 2 diabetes, including funding for more specialist nurses. a former bank of england governor says the uk should leave the european single market when it exceeds the eu. —— exit the eu. mervyn king told radio 4's today programme that trading under the same conditions as countries on the continent could stop britain from taking full advantage of the opportunities of brexit. i don't think it makes sense for us to pretend that we should remain in the single market and i think there are real questions about whether it makes sense to stay in the customs union. clearly if we do that we can not make our own trad

racing calendar — steeple chasing's mid—season championship, the king george the sixth chase, at kemptonong—term stars, faces his up and coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. that is such a good name! thistlecrack, it sparkles off the name. you couldn't say it if you were a bit tired. it doesn't work. thistlecrack! well said, keeping me up. time now for a look at the newspapers. the broadcaster rob mccloughlin is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. good morning, merry christmas. happy boxing day. we will ta ke christmas. happy boxing day. we will take a look at the stories you've picked out, but let's have a look at the front pages first. the news that george michael has died came late last night, so the second edition shows this in the daily mirror, george michael dead at 53. the front page of the times as well has the news that... the first part of his career in wham!. it's as he died peacefully. the sun says george michael has died at the age of 53 suspected heart failure. the daily telegraph has a look at the greed of foreign aid groups to be exposed. th

and thistlecrack took place in the big race of the christmas period, the king george vi chase at kemptonamore on board, who took it, ahead of last year's winner cue card. john hunt describes the closing stages. he is over safely. a brilliant hurdler. a brilliant chaser. what a win! tom scudamore waving at the crowd. meanwhile, the other top—class horses in behind him, fighting desperately for second. fantastic win for tom scudamore. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. russia has recovered some fragments of a military plane, which crashed in the black sea with 92 people on board. a huge search operation has been taking place near sochi where the aircraft had taken off from. the first of the bodies have this morning been airlifted to the russian capital. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg reports. across russia, they prayed for the dead — for the 92 victims of yesterday's plane crash. there was a special service today in every orthodox church in russia. this is a day of national mourning. as a sign of respect, russian flags were flown at half—mast. this is tho

susan brown miller had a piece in "the sunday times" a couple of weeks back, and sally kempton. >> iad every women's lib star on the show, once with hugh hefner of "playboy." that was exciting. >> what do you think men are doing wrong? >> they oppress us as women. they won't let us be. and hugh hefner is my enemy. >> is hef your enemy? we really set you up tonight. >> i'm more in sympathy than perhaps the girls realize -- >> women. >> i'm sorry. >> women. yes. i'm 35. >> than the ladies realize. i use "girls" referring to women of all ages. >> you should stop. >> they came on, i would say, to gut hugh hefner. >> the day you are willing to come out with a cotton tail attached to your rear end. >> women had so much to talk about because the dialogue on so many of our issues was controlled by men. >> there are some of you who reject men altogether. they won't sit in the same room with a man if they can avoid it. are you two of those ladies? >> we think there's going to be a struggle. we don't think that men are going to give up their power and privilege easily. >> the women's movement,