labour peer lord adonis, who's quit as the government's infrastructure adviser, claims brexit is infectinghe entire conduct of government. and one of the really depressing things about the government at the moment, which i think is unfortunately a reflection of the brexit malaise which is sweeping whitehall, is the government has become hyper—sensitive to any criticism. thousands of iranians take to the streets of tehran in a show of support for the government, after two days of opposition protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest "inheritance boom" of any post—war generation — but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. captain steve smith scores yet another century as australia bats out the final day to save the fourth ashes test against england in melbourne. and in half an hour here on bbc news, the very best bits of click from 2017 — including tech for cats, haunting holograms and trigger happy trekkers. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the former beatles drummer ringo starr, barry gibb of the bee gees, and the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg, have all been kni

in the last hour, lord adonis joined us in the last hour, lord adonis joined us andi in the last hour us and i asked him if he had resigned before he was pushed. i resigned. and i regret leaving the post. i am a huge infrastructure advocate, the one who got hs2 going. we have done some great work, planning crossrail in london, hs3 linking the northern cities, sorting out problems with 4g and 5g coverage in mobile systems. there is a lot of infrastructure to do. the problem is that my differences with the government have become too great, not only on brexit, which is being handled very badly, taking britain out of the key economic institutions of the european union, the customs union and single market. but increasingly brexit is affecting the whole conduct of government across whitehall. we are seeing that in infrastructure itself, with the misguided decision to bail out the east coast rail franchise which will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions. if we had proper conduct of government, as happened before brexit, no way would whitehall have allowed a hard right minister to have agreed

this isn't the last we have seen of lord adonis.e, saying he will relentlessly oppose the eu withdrawal bill when it gets to the lords next year. where does this leave infrastructure planning? nu chair of the commission will need to be appointed. there are big projects, like hs2, that he was a big spokesman on. these have taken a bit of a back—seat to brexit, so the government will have to consider who will need to fill those shoes, and all the members of the social mobility commission resigned last month. 0ne mobility commission resigned last month. one of their key complaints was that they had to take a back—seat, and that brexit was sucking up all the energy and leaving other causes underfunded and under—resourced. leaving other causes underfunded and under-resourced. thank you very much indeed. a man has been arrested in sheffield on suspicion of a terror related plot. 0ur correspondent has sent us this update. counterterror police say they arrested a man at about iipm yesterday in the city. he's 21, he's from an area nearby, an

it will be interesting to see if others join lord adonis for those sorts of amendments. in the house of commons are quick to say that if the lords go too far on the eu withdrawal bill and start to pick it apart and add amendments that look like they are trying to unpick the referendum result, you could quickly find yourself in constitutional crisis territory. so we will see how the first weeks of the new year pan out in terms of how the house of lords decides to go about scrutinising the eu withdrawal bill. thanks very much. the mayor of new york says a fire which killed 12 people at an apartment building in the bronx district of new york was started by a three—year—old child playing with a stove. it's the worst fire of its kind in the city in 25 years. the city's fire commissioner said the toddler who started the blaze was unsupervised at the time. last night's tragic fire, other than 9/11, was the worst loss of life from fire in our city in almost 28 years, the fire which occurred in 1990. so we're in the midst right now of the worst month for loss of life in our city

lord dennis has clearly been increasingly outspoken about brexit —— lord adonis.xit as a dangerously populist decision, worthy of donald trump, despite the fa ct worthy of donald trump, despite the fact that of course, that was what britain voted for in the referendum on brexit. he is a labour peer who was appointed to head that infrastructure commission, but he has been increasingly outspoken about brexit and the government's handling of it. we understand that in his resignation letter, he says that his fundamental opposition to brexit makes it impossible for him to remain as chair of that infrastructure commission. more on that as we get it. the independent police complaints commission says a former surrey police officer who investigated jimmy savile would have faced questions of professional misconduct over his role, had he still been a serving officer. savile, who died in 2011, was revealed to have abused hundreds of mainly women and girls. the report into surrey police's investigation of allegations of sexual offences byjimmy savile at duncroft school in the

this is not the last we'll see of lord adonis. e house of lords next month. he says he will work with other parties to defeat the government. but clashes with the government. but clashes with the government have become so great that it is said his resignation was long overdue. the white house has said the world is watching how iranian authorities respond to anti—government protests in several cities. in a statement, it said iranians were fed up with the regime's corruption and its squandering of the nation's wealth to fund terrorism abroad. the us state department condemned the arrests of protesters yesterday. according to state media, today's rallies mark the end of unrest that shook the country in 2009. dozens of arrests have been made during anti—government protests in the last two days, leading to a warning from the us. jon ironmonger reports. iran is beset by the worst public unrest for almost a decade. there have been two days of widespread protests and outbreaks of violence, particularly in the western city of kermanshah, wh

this is not the last we will see of lord adonis. government's side. he said he will relentlessly oppose the withdrawal bill when it gets to the house of lords next year. where does this leave infrastructure planning? a new chairman of the commission will need to be appointed. projects like hs2, hs three, he was a big spokesman on them. these are the things that have taken a back—seat to brexit, so the government will have to consider carefully who will fill those shoes, when we saw the chairand all fill those shoes, when we saw the chair and all the members of the social mobility commission resigned last month. one of their key complaints was they were having to ta ke complaints was they were having to take a back—seat, that brexit was sucking up all the energy and leaving the cause is underfunded and under resourced. a fifth man has been arrested and properties are being searched in sheffield as part of an investigation into an alleged terror attack plot. four men were arrested last week by counter terrorism officers involved in the

lord adonis says he‘s resigned. number ten said position. lord adonis says he‘s resigned.s long overdue. last month we saw the resignation of the head of the social mobility commission. there are those who say it looks like theresa may is struggling to create cross— party theresa may is struggling to create cross—party cooperation in the centre ground over this. but it is pretty clear with lord adonis, from both sides, that his continued clashes with the government have become so great that he would be unable to continue, so there is a sense of inevitability about this. ma, thank you, we‘ll put that to him inafew ma, thank you, we‘ll put that to him in a few minutes. and we‘ll be speaking to lord adonis in a few minutes — that‘s at 8:10am. the white house has said the world is watching how iranian authorities respond to anti—government protests in several cities. in a statement, it said iranians were fed up with the regime‘s corruption and its squandering of the nation‘s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. the us state department condemned the arrests of protesters yesterday.

labour peer lord adonis resigns as the government's infrastructure chief, with a scathing attack on theresaay for her handling of brexit. the uk stock market reaches a record high on the final day of trading. 12 people — including four children — have died in a blaze at an apartment block in the bronx. new york's fire commissioner says it was caused by a child playing with a stove. also this hour: the dog who's had pioneering treatment to save a leg from amputation. scientists at glasgow university will now begin trials to see whether a newly—discovered technique for regrowing bone tissue will work on humans. sir bruce forsyth, liz dawn and sir roger moore — just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2017: we remember. that's in half an hour. snow and ice have led to another day of travel disruption in parts of the uk. passengers at glasgow airport faced 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 diff

lord adonis is st mr grayling should be resigning.id he has had enough of being the government's chief infrastructure adviser. mainly, brexit, and the other thing he said was a low—profile decision by the transport secretary chris grayling in november to allow other companies that operate the east coast main line, virgin trains, to pull out of that contract early and because those companies would due to pay hundreds of millions and up to yea rs of pay hundreds of millions and up to years of pounds to the government in those years, that money that the government and taxpayers may now not be getting. he says this is a decision that is hugely damaging to public fining is. a sign of some of the justification for lord adonis's argument is on the day this was announced, though price of stagecoach went up. deborah, he does go on to say why didn't he adopt the alternative course which was to set up alternative course which was to set up state companies as well, doesn't he? why didn't he do it? i sort of honedin he? why didn't he do it? i sort

lord adonis. emma vardy has been explaining he did not hold back on his comments.he government. accusing theresa may of acceding to the tory far—right. he has been an outspoken critic of brexit. he has attacked the government again and again. it seems his differences had become so great he had no choice but to go. number 10 said if he had not tried to resign, they would have pushed out the door. it is clear from his interviews this morning that he is bitter about how his resignation was handled. there was a draft resignation letter that leaked out. then number 10 started leaking the media. —— briefing the media. he has lashed out at the government this morning, saying that for anybody who wa nts to morning, saying that for anybody who wants to stand against brexit, whitehall may be a difficult place to be. the government says he would jump to be. the government says he would jump before he was pushed. he also said he was going to go anywhere because he is unhappy about the rail franchise? yes, he had a big followed with the government over this. something he believ

lord adonis is also on that page of the sunday express. the sunday mail goes into greater detail.e of days. those who are political anoraks amongst viewers will be aware that lord adonis has been around for a long time, director of policy under tony blair, then he became a schools minister. more recently, he resigned as chair of the national infrastructure commission yesterday. having a real go at the government stance on brexit. this is about criticism of transport secretary chris grayling over what he calls a bailout, what lord adonis colza bailout of virgin trains east coast. he is saying that chris grayling has written a cheque to this company beat —— to this company because they have reneged on their financial commitments to the franchise. lord adonis is getting a reputation as a wrecking ball in government, attacking anything he does not like. the government have come back and said that lord adonis is saying this but it has not happened and the public accounts committee will get to the bottom of it. the story as significant as insofar as it points out that there is this warf

the observer takes a closer look at the fallout from lord adonis‘ resignation and the labour peer‘s calling to resign. the mail on sunday reports on plans for so—called unpaid border guards at ports and airports. it also shows rod stewart modelling an interesting choice of knitwear when he turned up to support his beloved team celtic earlier this evening. the telegraph‘s top story focuses on retailers‘ plans to get around the government‘s ban on credit card fees. the sunday express leads on plans for the over 75s to get a new super vaccine to help combat the flu. the sunday mirror has the headline, birth of hope, the story of a newborn baby boy who was the brainchild of one of the victims of the bombing in may. let us start off with the sunday times. do you want to kick us off, deborah? they have an interesting interview with ben wallace, security minister. he is talking about trying to think of new ways to make tech companies comply more with the police and security services in the fight against terrorists. we know that online, as much as the real world, is a battle space. the governmen

lord adonis speaking to me a short time ago. time for sport now. an important few hours of sport. the play is under way in the ashes in melbourne. the weather is claimed to england, looking for our first win but you won't be surprised if it is jackson aren't being generous. slow progress so far, they have moved on to 112-2, progress so far, they have moved on to 112—2, trailing england by 52 and with smith and warner, england will need to make a breakthrough to give a realistic alive of winning the match. staying with cricket, a number of england's women feature in the new years honours list, which has just been announced. skipper heather knight receives an 0be. her teammates tammy beaumont and bowler anya shrubsole are awarded mbes. it turns out that shrubsole wasn't even the first person in her family to find out the good news. i had ihada i had a letter through the post that mum gave me when i came back. she had actually accidentally opened it because it didn't say the names, just the address and when she was opening the post and opened it. i th

a government source said lord adonis walked before he was pushed.the government has just become too great, not only on brexit which i think has been handled very badly taking britain out of the key economic institutions of the european union, the customs union and the single market, but increasingly brexit is a fact in the whole conduct of government across whitehall. the white house has said the world is watching how iranian authorities respond to anti—government protests in several cities. in a statement, it said iranians were fed up with the regime's corruption and its squandering of the nation's wealth to fund terrorism abroad. the us state department condemned the arrests of protesters yesterday. thousands of people are said to have joined demonstrations in the cities of kermanshah, rasht, isfahan and qom. younger people will enjoy the biggest "inheritance boom" of any post—war generation — that's according to the think tank the resolution foundation, which analyses living standards. however, the study estimates that the average age at which mi

let's talk about lord adonis, quitting with a thai raid against brexit. stepping down as the government's infrastructure g. labour peer, served as transport secretary in the past. says he cannot stay, he is at odds with the government of the way they are handling brexit. he calls nationalists and populist. reading the resignation letter, seems he has quit the government feels he should never have been made a member of it. he is in such profound disagreement with the governance policies. appointed to the important role by george osborne. one of a clutch of i'iew george osborne. one of a clutch of new labour grandees who found a home with the camera in administration. another one alan milburn, a couple of weeks ago quit as the head of the social mobility unit. he said the government did not have the bandwidth as the consequence of brexit to do with social mobility. he's also complaining about brexit. the tories will say in response, well, since the public voted for it, theresa may said brexit means brexit, parliament voted to trigger article 50, why has it

lord adonis, thank you very much.g travellers book by a certain date. but a study found that half the holidays advertised were the same price — or even cheaper — after the offer expired. the firms involved have all denied misleading their customers. nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including mount everest. the new safety regulations also prevent double amputee and blind climbers from attempting to reach the summit of the world's highest peak. the government says the law has been revised to make mountaineering safer and reduce the number of accidents and deaths. a giant panda who was born and raised in captivity and released into the wild, has been recaptured in south west china. tao tao, who was bred artificially to increase china's population of pandas, has been brought back to the liziping nature reserve to monitor his physical condition. nichola carroll has the story. recaptured in the wild. recaptured in the wild. one of china's most famous giant pandas has been found again. a rare glimps

lord adonis speaking to martine croxall earlier. he suffered in an alleged vehicle attack in melbourne eight days ago. antonios crocaris was one of 19 people taken to hospital after being rammed by a vehicle on flinders street in the city's centre, four days before christmas. the alleged driver, saeed noori, has been charged with 18 counts of attempted murder and one count of reckless conduct endangering life. with just over a week to go before egypt's coptic community marks christmas on the orthodox calendar, there's been an attack against christian targets. nine people died in two attacks south of cairo, according to the interior ministry. seven people, including a policeman, died when a gunman tried to storm a church, but was intercepted and arrested by police. he had earlier killed two people. so—called islamic state says it was behind the attack. the bbc‘s hanan razek reports. just two days ahead of the new year and another attack on the christian community in egypt. a friday mass was being held inside a church in southern cair

the labour peer, lord adonis, says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to step down as its infrastructure adviser. he quit yesterday suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. thousands of iranian government supporters are attend ing officially—sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti—establishment protests. now on bbc news. sir bruce forsyth, sir roger moore, glenn campbell and john noakes — just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2017: we remember. # deep down in louisiana cross to new orleans. # we're back up in the woods among the evergreens. # there stood a log cabin made of earth and wood. # where lived a country boy named johnny b goode.# # 0h, maybelline...#. half of the young people go to school so that's why i wrote about school, i wrote about cars and most of all — the people, if not now, they'll soon be in love. # it's a jumping little record i want myjockey to play. # roll over beethoven, i got to hear it again today #. and you, monsieur, are the famous simon templar. but

the labour peer, lord adonis, says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to as its infrastructure adviser. he quit yesterday suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. thousands of iranian government supporters are attend officially—sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti—establishment protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post—war generation — but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. more for you at the top of the hour. now on bbc news — the travel show. india. a vast country, home to over a billion people, birthplace of illustrious ancient civilisations and today, a fast emerging global power. 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. heading off the well worn tourist path, we're on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. travelling from one of the driest places on earth. it is quite incredible the sand. it's just crystal, ha rd cysta ls. incredible the sand. it's just crystal, h

lord adonis says theresa may is pursuing a course fraught with danger over the eu departure. 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.

the former labour minister, lord adonis, has stepped down from his role as the government's infrastructure advisor, blaming theresa may's handling of brexit. he says he will "relentlessly" oppose the eu withdrawal bill in the house of lords. a government source said lord adonis walked before he was pushed. the white house has said the world is watching how iranian authorities respond to anti—government protests in several cities. in a statement, it said iranians were fed up with the regime's corruption and its squandering of the nation's wealth to fund terrorism abroad. the us state department condemned the arrests of protesters yesterday. thousands of people are said to have joined demonstrations in cities throughout the country. several families left homeless by the grenfell tower fire have not received extra money promised to them by the council to help cover the cost of christmas. the royal borough of kensington and chelsea has apologised, saying it made a mistake after nearly 20 households promised the relief payments missed out. volunteers have released thousands of baby turtles into

the labour peer, lord adonis, says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to step down as it's infrastructure adviser. he quit yesterday suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. thousands of iranian government supporters are attend officially—sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti—establishment protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post—war generation but not until they are into their 60s, according to the report. now on bbc news, film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting the crackers from the turkeys — in review 2017: 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. over the next half an hour, i'll be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2017. and what a year it's been. as always, the film year began with the oscar circus which back in february became the scene of one of the most astonishing debacles in awards history as la la land, wh

the labour peer, lord adonis, is stepping down from his role advising the government on major infrastructureion letter, 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. two men have been charged with preparing an act of terrorism. they appeared by video link before westminster magistrates‘ court and we re westminster magistrates‘ court and were remanded in custody. researchers in scotland, who saved the leg of a dog using a new technique to grow bones in a laboratory, say they now hope to try it on human beings. the dog, eva, would have had her leg amputated had it not been for this pioneering treatment. the team at glasgow university say the first human trials are due to take place in three years‘ time. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has this exclusive report. eva! there‘s no holding her back, but last year eva‘s front right leg was broken in a road accident. her vet tried everything, but nothing worked. her entire leg was going to be amputated. well, nine, ten months, she‘d

this is lord adonis.ing the infrastructure —— tearing the infrastructure commission, he served asa infrastructure commission, he served as a labour transport secretary stability for that he was a libdem and before that a journalist. he said that his views have not changed. he said that the party he could express those views within, they moved. this is where he is damaging theresa may because he is 5een damaging theresa may because he is seen as being on the right of the labour party and he cannot work with the conservative government. the impression is that they have moved even further from the centre ground. lam not even further from the centre ground. i am not surprised by his thai raid against brexit. he was a well—known remainer. —— tirade. they bailed out a private company who bid money to run the east coast main line and taxpayers as a result have been pulling out of the contract and could lose up to £2 million. that is quite substantial. he also talks about the fact that there is no capacity within

labour peer lord adonis resigns as the government's infrastructure chief — with a scathing attack onchildren — have died in a blaze at an apartment block in the bronx. the uk stock market reaches a record high on the final day of trading. also this hour... the dog who's had pioneering treatment to save a leg from amputation. scientists at glasgow university will now begin trials to see if a newly discovered technique for regrowing bone tissue

labour peer lord adonis resigns as the government's infrastructure chief, with a scathing attack on theresa stock market reaches a record high on the final day of trading. 12 people — including four children — have died in a blaze at an apartment block in the bronx. new york's fire commissioner says it was caused by a child playing with a stove. also this hour: the dog who's had pioneering treatment to save a leg from amputation. scientists at glasgow university will now begin trials to see whether a newly—discovered technique for regrowing bone tissue will work on humans.

three different things, the arch remainers who now think that brexit can be stopped, people like lord adonis saying this is the first step, we can derail this. the arch brexiteers who always thought this was going to happen, something would stop it. and the tory party is furious with these rivals, saying it hands the initiative to the eu. how does it possibly help our party? the front page of the daily mail as welcome which we will bring up, it is reporting on this story. i think it will come, here it is, eventually. jessica, the fact is, i know we all said, it is a hoary old phrase, a week is a long time in politics, theresa may last week flying to brussels was enjoying her eggs benedict, heurtaux stand her orange juice. she has no appetite on that plane tomorrow, has she? she will be as sick as a pig! this has been the hallmark basically of theresa may's entire career as pm, about how quickly things can change will stop look at that front page. proud of yourselves question? yourselves i look at that front page. proud of yourselves i mean, what is that?! to be honest, they probably are prou

the labour peer lord adonis has stepped down from his role advising the government on major infrastructureapers, 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 stronger currencies and that boost their profits. the ftse 100 stronger currencies and that boost their profi

lord adonis says theresa may is "pursuing a course fraught with danger" over the uk's eu departure. the uk stock market reaches a record high on the year's final day the uk stock market reaches a record high on the year's final day of trading. the ftse 100 finished up 7.6 percent compared with the last day of trading in 2016. and 12 people, including four children, have been killed after fire swept through an apartment block in the bronx. the blaze is the deadliest in the city for 25 years, according to new york's mayor. now on bbc news, sir bruce forsyth, sir roger moore, glenn campbell and john noakes — just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2017: we remember. # deep down in louisiana close to new 0rlea ns # way back up in the woods among the evergreens # there stood a log cabin made of earth and wood # where lived a country boy named johnny b goode... # 0h, maybelline. .. half of the young people go to school so that's why i wrote about school, i wrote about cars and most of all the people, if they're not now, they'll soon be in love.

also this morning: the government‘s infrastructure adviser, lord adonis, quits as he delivers a scathing

the labour peer lord adonis says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to step down as its infrastructure adviser. he quit yesterday, suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. thousands of iranian government supporters are attending officially—sponsored rallies across the country after two days of anti—establishment protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post—war generation, but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. now on bbc news, one of our programme highlights from the past 12 months. africa is in the midst of a baby boom. the median age across the continent isjust 19. in september, alastair leithead investigated the potential positives of this "demographic dividend" and the possible pitfalls in africa's population explosion. the population of africa is set to double by the year 2050. to 2.5 billion people. the young are moving from the countryside to the towns. unfortunately for us, in the last two, three years it's been a deluge. but many end up in slums and cities are struggling to cope. an industrial rev

the observer takes a closer look at the fallout from lord adonis‘ resignation and the labour peer‘s callrds at ports and airports, it also shows rod stewart modelling an interesting choice of knitwear when he turned up to support his beloved team celtic, earlier this evening. the telegraph‘s top story focuses on retailers‘ plans to get around the government‘s ban on credit card fees. the sunday express leads on plans for the over—75s to get a new super vaccine to help combat the flu. more coming up at 1130. for the past couple of months, millions of people have been enjoying blue planet 2, the latest landmark series from the bbc‘s natural history unit. the department is currently celebrating 60 years of bringing viewers wildlife from some of the most remote locations on earth, asjohn maguire has been finding out. i spent several days wandering around the station, looking for animals. then one day, i was lucky. it is 1957, and a youthful david attenborough is in the rainforest of what is now papua new guinea, in search of new species. this is a marsupial, like the kangaroo and wallaby. th

labour peer lord adonis, who's quit as the government's infrastructure adviser, claims brexit is infectingt at the moment, which i think is unfortunately a reflection of the brexit malaise which is sweeping whitehall, is the government has become hyper—sensitive to any criticism. thousands of iranians take to the streets of tehran in a show of support for the government, after two days of opposition protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest "inheritance boom" of any post—war generation — but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. captain steve smith scores yet another century as australia bats out the final day to save the fourth ashes test against england in melbourne.

the labour peer, lord adonis, is calling for an independent inquiry into senior university pay.ew aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth will be commissioned into service later today. the queen will be guest of honour at the ceremony which marks the carrier's official handover to the navy. the ship is the most expensive in british naval history, costing around £3 billion to build. it won't be operational until 2021, but its captain says today marks an important milestone. it is symbolic. it formally recognises her as a warship legally. but for us it is more than that. it says here we are. we have arrived. this says a lot about the country. the flag has been flying in the service of the country for many yea rs. service of the country for many years. for us, it is a magnificent day, a very proud day, and, yeah, it isa day, a very proud day, and, yeah, it is a major day for us. the uk's next city of culture will be named later today as hull's year—long celebration in the spotlight nears an end. coventry, paisley, stoke—on—trent, sunderland, and swansea are in the running for the 2021

the labour peer lord adonis says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to stepvernment supporters attend officially—sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti—establishment protests. the final old firm match of the year was goalless at southwark park, with chances for both sides to win the match, it leaves celtic nine points clear of aberdeen, they are playing right now. england's cricketers have avoided and as is whitewash, the fourth test ended in a draw. a century from steve smith's southern through to the close. tae kwon do, and a fantastic victory in china sees her complete a clean sweep in the grand slam series. a quick update on the seven premier league matches under way, bournemouth are winning, chelsea are winning, liverpool had equalised against leicester, watford are beating swa nsea. leicester, watford are beating swansea. i will have a full update in the next hour. see you then. new york city's fire department says the fire at an apartment block in the bronx, which killed 12 people, seems to have been caused by a child left alone,

the observer, chris grayling must quit, says lord adonis, as he slams the broken brexit government, hebailouts to the east coast rail services. we will quickly get through a couple more if we can, the sunday times, the eagle has been backin the sunday times, the eagle has been back in training, involved in the new year celebrations in london, thatis new year celebrations in london, that is the picture. the story we have been reporting about, ben wallace the security minister talking about a small tax hit first of the internet companies if they don't do more to stop terrorism. and to some of the tabloids, the uk borderfiles. but to some of the tabloids, the uk border files. but the mail on sunday. a bizarre plan to enlist volunteers. superjupp to conquer the flu is the claim in the sunday express. “— the flu is the claim in the sunday express. —— jab. and the sunday mirror claims an exclusive of a mum who was injured in the manchester bombing back in may at manchester arena who has given birth to a little baby, her mother sadly passed away in the terror attack earlier this year. it's 6:

he will only have to look at the reactions of lord adonis, celebrating it as the first step of stopping don't think it changes the structure of the negotiations ultimately. how is she viewed by the other leaders when there is so much argy—bargy back at home? it makes it difficult because they agree with her and she has to come back to the uk to parliament and it can cause trouble when they go back to the negotiating table. there is eu leaders have said, if the uk parliament votes to reject it, you won't get the negotiations again, you will have to leave with no deal, so the one who wanted to stop brexit will be disappointed, i think. thank you for your time this evening. and for all brexit devotees, news of a special programme on monday. we are just packing up in brussels where, finally the prime minister got the green light to move onto the next phase brexit talks, but what happens next? it is the podcast on television, monday at 11:10pm on the bbc news channel. let's turn to other news now. relatives of the four children who died in a housefire in salford have said they don't know how

labour peer, lord adonis resigns as the government's infrastructure chief — with a scathing attack on

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. testing, . progressive leap through the last few days of 2017 the weather will be less wintry. there are now sign something cold could return in the first part of 2018. friday brought some of us wintry scenes. more of us will be getting into mild air, particularly in the south. colder air holding in the north. the mild that ushered in by a band of rain. sliding in three scotland on saturday. some snow over