and might bite wins the day's feature race, the king george the sixth, to give trainer nicky henderson at kempton. hello and welcome to sportsday. what a year it's been for harry kane, his hattrick helping tottenham hotspur thrash southampton 5—2 at wembley today. and it sees the spurs striker breaking records both at home and across europe. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching. boxing day is a time when most struggle to move from our sofas, but there was no such christmas slump for harry kane. when danny rose was fouled just outside the box, christian eriksen‘s ensuing free kick landed plumb on harry's head. here goes eriksen. it's in! alan shearer‘s premier league goals record had stood for 22 years. kane was engulfed as his achievements sunk in. but the game was yet young, and there was another record for the taking. lionel messi has scored 5a goals for club and country this year. one more would take kane to 55. and kane! beautiful from tottenham. dele to son to kane for the tap—in. teamwork makes the dream work. spurs were 4—1 up before kane put the cherry on the ici

might bite, trained by nicky henderson, held on in an exciting finish to win the king george vi chase the 6—4 favourite had to work hard to stay ahead of 50—1 shot double shuffle, who finished second. tea for two ridden by lizzie kelly was third. that's the sport from me for now, the bbc sport website has much more on all those boxing day stories. sophie. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at 10.30 tonight — now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. a woman from hull has been jailed for three years in egypt for taking tramadol painkillers into the country. they're legal in the uk. laura plummer — who's 33 — was convicted of drug smuggling. her family say they will appeal against the sentence. earlier i spoke to karl turner, laura plummer‘s mp, and asked the reaction to the three year sentence. it's extremely disappointing to the family. laura is utterly distraught, as far as family. laura is utterly distraught, as farasi family. laura is utterly distraught, as far as i am aware, and c

there was a christmas feel to today‘s racing at ascot, with nicky henderson trained golden present winningarly start in many households. but what about rising at 5am to start work in the dark, in freezing weather, for a wage which might not reach £8 an hour? that‘s what thousands of people will be doing on monday and britain‘s horse racing industry depends on them. but respect for the stable groom, has become a major issue in british racing in 2017, asjoe wilson reports. 6am, cotswold morning, creeping daylight in the yard reveals the unsung human heroes of christmas sport. for thousands of grooms like jacob and lily, christmas day will always be another working day. start off anywhere between 5:00 and 6:30. i muck out five horses. they don‘t know it‘s christmas time or anything like that, they still expect their food. we ride them out, and put christmas hats on and stuff. i don't know if they know, but they might enjoy it! 0bviously, yeah, we love the animals, and myself and lily, we obviously have a goal of eventually one day riding. my dream would be to be a professional jockey. boxing

the win gave trainer nicky henderson a big—race kempton double after buveur d'air triumphed in the christmasof bringing 300 painkiller tablets to egypt. she has been sentenced to three years in jail. laura plummer‘s family said it planned to appeal. 0n the line is a lawyer in egypt. first of all, can you clarify one thing? has she accidentally redid guilty to discharge? it isa it is a crime in egypt. she you cannot take tramadol here. it is a crime. we treated as we do in cooking as it is cheaper. on that basis will you be appealing on her behalf?” is cheaper. on that basis will you be appealing on her behalf? i am sorry, be appealing on her behalf? i am soi’i’y, can be appealing on her behalf? i am sorry, can you ask me to question ain? sorry, can you ask me to question again? will see no appeal? laura has the option. she only had 16 minutes to submit foran she only had 16 minutes to submit for an appeal she only had 16 minutes to submit foran appeal in she only had 16 minutes to submit for an appeal in front of the court commission. you are her lawyer, are you advising her to appeal? of co

the nicky henderson—trained ‘might bite' is the favourite and will face a seven—strong field includinghis victory 12 months ago and been beaten both times. serena williams said she'd get back on the tennis circuit pretty quickly, after giving birth to herfirst child — and she's announced her return. she'll play an exhibition match against jelena ostapenko in abu dhabi next week — it'll be four months since her daughter alexis arrived. williams hasn't played since she won the australian open injanuary and although she hasn't yet decided whether she'll be defending her title, the tournament organisers have said it's very likely. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. ceo later, thank you very much. now, how did you spend you christmas day? eating, drinking, bit of television? how aboutjumping out of a plane wearing only a floppy suit ? that's what the competitors at the wingsuit flying world cup got up to as tim allman explains. you know what they say — what goes up must come down. a principle they understand all too well at the wingsuit flying world cup.

might bite, trained by nicky henderson, held on in an exciting finish to win the king george vi chaseen by lizzie kelly, was third. there were three local derbies in the pro—14 today. cardiff blues won 22—17 at the dragons and leinster beat munster in limerick. but the most dramatic finish was in llanelli where the scarlets came from behind in injury time to beat the ospreys, despite having had stef evans sent off in the first half. josh macleod scoring with the very last play of the match. much to the delight of the llanelli faithful. 12—9 to the scarlets. a quick reminder that day two of the 4th ashes test starts in the next hour so you can keep up to date with all the news on the bbc sport website. that's all from me, good night. hello. good evening. if you haven't seen much snow yet this festive season that may not be the end of your christmas story because there this is how it looked earlier on and tonight we will also have some further sleet and snow in places. some wintry showers beading in. some snow fall especially over the higher ground. at low levels more like sleet or rain

the nicky henderson trained might bite is the favourite this afternoon, and faces a strong field.times. now some great news from the tennis world. serena williams said she'd get back on the tennis circuit pretty quickly, after giving birth to herfirst child — and she's announced her return. she'll play an exhibition match against jelena ostapenko in abu dhabi next week — it'll be four months since her daughter alexis arrived. williams hasn't played since she won the australian open injanuary, and although she hasn't yet decided whether she'll be defending her title, the tournament organisers have said it's very likely. she is an incredible force, serena williams. she is. she said, i will be back quickly, no problem. and i bet her rivals will say, this isa and i bet her rivals will say, this is a chance to do a bit better. i think as a tennis player, you would love to play her, either of the williams sisters, just to be pa rt the williams sisters, just to be part of that is incredible, but to come back so quickly after giving birth. iam come back so quickly after giving birth. i am

that gave nicky henderson a double after victory in the christmas hurdle.other side? i am an optimist that we will agree. it will be bumpy. there will be wonderful moments of crisis. there will be moments where we get a sense of where we are heading. that is what it will be like in the next eight or nine months. one of my real frustrations about this year has been the, sorry to say, quite vacuous soundbites which the government has been hiding behind when people desperately need some certainty at both for a transition period and for some certainty at both through the transition period and for the end goal. and every time you feel you are making progress towards that, it is undermined by comments like nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. we need to get some certainty. the people we are negotiating with need to know where we want to end up. crack another one. deal at dawn. total triumph wore a festive fudge? i hope because of the issue around the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland, we need to have an agreement, i hope, that w