hospital on the advice of his doctor. his return to norfolk comes as it's been revealed that the queen will describe 2019 as a "bumpy" year in her christmas message. here's our royalondent nicholas witchell. afterfour nights in the king edward vii hospital, the duke emerged this morning and walked, slowly but without assistance, to the waiting vehicle. there has been no information about the reason for his stay at the hospital. in the past, he has been treated there for bladder and chest infections. whatever the nature of this latest episode, the duke, who is 98 now, has clearly satisfied his doctors that he is well enough to return home. a helicopter took him from buckingham palace to the queen's sandringham estate where the royal family is gathering for christmas. in her christmas broadcast tomorrow, the queen will talk about a past year which has felt "quite bumpy". she doesn't clarify what it is that has been bumpy, which will inevitably invite speculation. these are her words. talking about reconciliation, she says... the obvious conclusion is that this is a coded message from britain's head of state, urging the country to try to move on from the divisions of

people use what was left to rebuild the city this building was constructed on the ruins of the royal hospital. the entrance was there it was shocking hill says was he didn't want to almost all join the tiles there date from the 18th century they survived the earthquake so he says i'm going to meet here seems to come from the hospital chapel which i like to say our hospital was built on top of another one female voice called out that. you know. we leave the consulting room and head for the operating rooms on the 1st floor. himself stabilises i'll show you the room where the really old dolls are restored and repaired. you still need to. look at them through the surgeon's room something in the distance yes the most important specialist most of the specialists and everything. as to why we have to clean and remove what others have done and then we glue everything otherwise the dog will have scars. even if the dog isn't as perfect as at birth we have dolls here that are 200 years old. but it will be our walk with the prompt to circle when there are people who donate their hair and we use that to ma

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hospital on the advice of his doctor. in her christmas day message the queen will describe 2019 as a ‘bumpy‘ year. here's our royalicholas witchell. afterfour nights in the king edward vii hospital, the duke emerged this morning and walked slowly but without assistance to the waiting vehicle. there has been no information about the reason for his stay at the hospital. in the past he has been treated there for bladder and chest infections. whatever the nature of this latest episode, the duke has satisfied his doctors that he is well enough to return home. the helicopter from buckingham palace to the sandringham estate where the royal family are gathering for christmas. in her christmas broadcast, the queen will talk about a past year which has felt quite bumpy. she hasn't clarified what has felt quite bumpy which will invite speculation. she has talked about reconciliation. the obvious conclusion is that this is a coded message from britain part the obvious conclusion is that this is a coded message from britain's head of state, urging the country to move on. she also says in the broadcast that small steps can over

the royal marsden hospital in surrey is testing acoustic cluster therapy, which uses ultrasound waveshout attacking nearby healthy cells. 0ur health correspondent, laura foster, has more. nerves are common when you're a patient in hospital, even more so when you are the first person in the world to receive a new treatment. you feel quite vulnerable, but it's also very exciting. am i a guinea pig? it's quite nerve—racking. this is acoustic cluster therapy, which aims to make anti—cancer drugs more effective. but how? one problem with chemotherapy is that the drugs flow around your whole body. acoustic cluster therapy is going for a more targeted approach. here, patients are also given micro—droplets. an ultrasound machine detects when these arrive at the tumour and turns them into gas bubbles, filling and stretching the micro—vessels inside the tumour. it means more of the drugs are pumped into the tumour directly. then, hopefully, the lesions will respond better, the cancer will shrink more so then you can cure maybe more patients who are in that situation. this trial is at a very ear

a british hospital has become the first in the world to test a new way of delivering chemotherapy. doctors at the royaltherapy, which uses ultrasound waves to directly target tumours. it's hoped the treatment will result in fewer side effects — though the trial is still in its early stages, as our health correspondent, laura foster, explains. nerves are common when you're a patient in hospital, even more so when you're the first person in the world to receive a new treatment. you feel quite vulnerable, but it's also very exciting. am i a guinea pig? it's quite nerve—racking. this is acoustic cluster therapy, which aims to make anti—cancer drugs more effective. but how? one problem with chemotherapy is that the drugs flow around your whole body. acoustic cluster therapy is going for a more targeted approach. here, patients are also given micro—droplets. an ultrasound machine detects when these arrive at the tumour and turns them into gas bubbles, filling and stretching the micro—vessels inside the tumour. it means more of the drugs are pumped into the tumour directly. then, hopefully, the lesions will r

another christmas, but that changed thanks to some new treatment and her medical team at the royal marsden hospitaltly thought i was celebrating my last christmas. my cancer had progressed. the actual words from my oncologist were, "i can't promise you it won't progress quickly". i'm deborah james. i have metastatic bowel cancer and i have been living with cancer for three years. i host the award—winning podcast you, me and the big c on bbc radio 5 live. hi! hello! welcome back! thank you! it's nice to see you. you're looking well. i was going to say it's nice to be here not as a patient. 0h, absolutely, absolutely! cyberknife is amazing. it has stopped the growth of two of my tumours that were in inoperable places — one was wrapped around an artery — and i couldn't be more grateful to have this treatment. we know that we've constantly got you in the right place, so, we can give a higher dose more safely. it's a team effort. but ultimately, a team effort that is saving my life and prolonging my life and i couldn't be more grateful for that, so, thank you for that. oh, you're very welcome. you're ve

the duke of edinburgh, who's 98, spent four nights in the king edward vii hospital on the advice of his doctor. 0ur royals more. afterfour nights in the king edward vii hospital, the duke emerged this morning and walked, slowly but without assistance, to the waiting vehicle. there has been no information about the reason for his stay at the hospital. in the past, he has been treated there for bladder and chest infections. whatever the nature of this latest episode, the duke, who is 98 now, has clearly satisfied his doctors that he is well enough to return home. a helicopter took him from buckingham palace to the queen's sandringham estate where the royal family is gathering for christmas. in her christmas broadcast tomorrow, the queen will talk about a past year which has felt "quite bumpy". she doesn't clarify what it is that has been bumpy, which will inevitably invite speculation. these are her words. talking about reconciliation, she says... the obvious conclusion is that this is a coded message from britain's head of state, urging the country to try to move on from the divisions of the brexit debate

royal duties, will attend today's event. charlotte gallagher reports. prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights in a central london hospital walked out unaided and without a stick — a huge relief for his family that he is home to spend christmas day with them. this hasn't been the smoothest year for the royals. something the queen appears to acknowledge in her christmas message, describing 2019 as quite bumpy. later today, the royal family will attend church on the sandringham estate. the duke and duchess of sussex, meghan and harry, of course, won't be here. but it's believed that prince george and princess charlotte will attend the service for the first time. we could also see prince andrew attend. there was speculation he might not go because of the scrutiny and criticism surrounding his relationship with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. whoever attends, the royal family will want to put on a united front after months of newspaper headlines. charlotte gallagher, bbc news, sandringham. charlotte gallagher is at the sandringham estate for us this morning. charlotte, i have seen a sneaky glimpse of people who hav

but she has been kept alive, thanks to some new treatment and her medical team at the royal marsden hospitals take a look. this time last year, i honestly thought i was celebrating my last christmas. the cancer had progressed. the actual words from my oncologist were "i can‘ promise you it won't progress quickly". i'm deborah james. i have metastatic bowel cancer and i have been living with cancer for three years. i host the award—winning podcast you, me and the big c on bbc radio 5 live. hi! hello! welcome back! thank you! it's nice to see you. you're looking well. i was going to say it's nice to be here not as a patient. 0h, absolutely, absolutely! cyberknife is amazing. it has stopped the growth of two of my tumours that were in inoperable places — one was wrapped around an artery — and i couldn't be more grateful to have this treatment. we know that we've constantly got you in the right place, so we can give a higher dose more safely. it's a team effort. but ultimately, a team effort that is saving my life and prolonging my life and i couldn't be more grateful for that, so thank you for

so far suggest patients on the new drug regime have been leaving hospital around a day earlier than before. richard wescott, bbc news, royalovernment protesters in the lebanese capital, beirut, have again clashed with security forces. protesters threw bottles and fireworks at police who responded with tear gas and water cannon. the lebanese parliament is to consider whom to nominate as prime minister, to replace saad al—hariri, who resigned in october. claire sedman reports. explosion beirut is, once again, a flash point for protest. tear gas choked the air, as police took aim with water cannon at protesters flooding into the city's central square. translation: i am here, and i've got nothing to lose. i'm ready to sacrifice my life for the revolution, so that lebanon can be a real homeland. for the first time in my life, i feel that i can dream of a new homeland, a real one. on saturday, fierce clashes broke out between demonstrators, counter—protesters, and police. the government has opened an inquiry, following claims of excessive use of force. lebanon's ailing economy, high unemployment and dire public services saw unre

plans to reform the pension system royal travel schools and hospitals have been seriously disrupted and some of the protest and vomit. a sea of strikers it's the largest mobilization across france in decades this time it's all about pension reforms for future generations. can already barely afford. who don't have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse all the defend the initiative by my free time myself in 10 years' time and i'm not sure i'll be able to survive on what my car is proposing is that simple. however by thursday afternoon scenes from paris city center showed increasing violence groups of protesters smashed store windows and clashed with police among them members often anarchist group the so-called black bloc the violence made visible to frustration many strike supporters feel with the french government's. take even if that is a good and he says i want to say the money that's who is the one class who pay the price of the cuts on acceptable that's a fact if there's money there the people in power the capitalists have to pay it off they know how to find

the duke of edinburgh — husband of queen elizabeth — is spending the night in a london hospital. royalaken there as a precautionary measure for a pre—existing condition. the queen is at her sandringham estate in the east of england where she arrived on friday morning. nasa hopes the boeing starliner could be used to ferry passengers to and from the international space station — but a test flight in florida failed to go as planned. jonathan amos reports. and lift off for the starliner, a new era in human space flight. a new era perhaps, but notjust yet. boeing launched its starliner capsule on time from cape canaveral in florida, but the automated ship then failed to carry out its commands properly. when it came off the top of the rocket, it was supposed to fire its engines to increase its height. it did, but at the wrong time and for too long. the starliner put itself in the wrong part of the sky. it can no longer reach the space station and will have to come home. the american space agency has been overseeing the development of the capsule. nasa has provided milestone payments to help

and that "he is in a very unstable condition at the royal sussex county hospital."decker when it crashed in to a bridge on the 12th of december. her family said she was a devoted wife and mother and that she would be deeply missed. eight people were injured in the accident. a 63—year—old man who was arrested in connection with the crash has been released under investigation. australia‘s prime minister, scott morrison, has again defended the coal industry, despite conceding yesterday that climate change has helped fuel the country‘s bushfires. he said there was no need to impose new carbon targets. meanwhile, the leader of new south wales says ‘catastrophic‘ fire conditions have almost completely destroyed the community of a small town that‘s home to around four—hundred people. balmoral, south west of sydney, has been engulfed by flames, as emergency crews struggle to contain the situation. from there shaimaa khalil reports: it feels like a deserted war zone, but this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged new south wales. in the village of

having multiple hospital admissions every week so for example i was studying public health at queen's university and the classes we re queen's university and the classes were held in the royalting list or access community ca re waiting list or access community care so it is the equivalent of putting a plaster on to a wound that was not healing. it is a huge decision to decide to move away from where you are living because you cannot get the health care you need. it was very daunting but when i look at wales in comparison to northern ireland even though it is the next worst provider of health care competitor northern ireland uk wide difference between northern ireland and wales as night and day. the statistics in northern ireland of 300,000 in august who were waiting to get a first face—to—face appointment with a consultant and a pa rt appointment with a consultant and a part to the uk that would be 11 million people. it was not possible for me to stay there, i had one doctor decide my situation as tantamount to palliative, and i am a young woman that is not something i wa nt to young woman that is not something i want to hear, i have plans for my future and with the current

hospital in london to be treated for a pre—existing condition. buckingham palace says prince philip travelled from sandringham in norfolk this morning following advice from his doctor. our royall is outside the hospital. do we know if it is serious?‘ precautionary measure is how the palace is describing it, and certainly i do not detect any alarm. concern, of course, he is 98, but not alarm. he was brought from sandringham by road this morning in an ordinary royal vehicle and we are told he walked into the hospital. perhaps the most telling indicator is that as the duke was coming from road by norfolk to london, the queen was travelling from london to norfolk by rail to begin her christmas holiday. what might this pre—existing condition be? the palace is saying nothing about that. it isa palace is saying nothing about that. it is a year—and—a—half since the duke had a hip replacement operation, six years since abdominal surgery, operation, six years since abdominal surgery, eight years since the most serious episode, which was an emergencyjust before christmas when he was admitted to papworth hospital with chest pains and he had a stent admitted into an artery. it is certainl

and that: "he is in a very unstable condition at the royal sussex county hospital." jing ren was travelling on the double decker when it crashed in to a bridge on the 12th of december. her family said she was a devoted wife and mother and that she would be deeply missed. eight people were injured in the accident. a 63—year—old man who was arrested in connection with the crash has been released under investigation. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. the christmas week is looking mixed. we will continue with sunshine and showers in the run up to the big day. some of the showers could be heavyin day. some of the showers could be heavy in the south on christmas eve. the big day should be dry, chilly with sunshine, before wet and windy weather on boxing day. we have low pressure to the north, bringing sunshine and showers. this feature will bring rain through england and wales tonight. for the rest of afternoon, most of showers are in the north, some will be heavy in places. blustery too. but a lot of sunshine further south. increasingly for norther

royal reunion. prince philip leaves the hospital just in time to spend christmas with the queen as the crown acknowledges a rocky year for the royal family >>> me-ow. "cats" star james corden breaks his silence about the new film after it was declawed by critics. >>> from the little town of bethlehem to the waves of virginia beach, how the world is celebrating christmas today. a very merry edition of "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning i'm phillip mena >> and i'm dara brown. there is apparently no christmas break for the impeachment debate president trump is spending the holiday at mar-a-lago, where he took time on christmas eve to air his grievances about the entire process the president delivered a sharp rebuke to democrats accusing house speaker nancy pelosi of hating the entire republican party. the moment standing in sharp contrast to his holiday greetings to troops overseas nbc's jennifer johnson has more. >> reporter: from his florida home president trump holding a christmas eve video teleconference with five military units around the globe. >> you're tremendous warriors, and we appre

the royal marsden hospital in surrey is testing "acoustic cluster therapy", which uses ultrasound wavesthy cells. our health correspondent, laura foster, has more. nerves are common when you're a patient in hospital, even more so when you're the first person in the world to receive a new treatment. you feel quite vulnerable, but it's also very exciting. am i a guinea pig? it's quite nerve—racking. this is acoustic cluster therapy, which aims to make anti—cancer drugs more effective. but how? one problem with chemotherapy is that the drugs flow around your whole body. acoustic cluster therapy is going for a more targeted approach. here, patients are also given micro—droplets. an ultrasound machine detects when these arrive at the tumour and turns them into gas bubbles, filling and stretching the micro—vessels inside the tumour. it means more of the drugs are pumped into the tumour directly. then, hopefully, the lesions will respond better, the cancer will shrink more so then you can cure maybe more patients who are in that situation. this trial is at a very early stage and it's still not

hospital? that is marvellous that he will be able to go back to sandringham. christmas is important for the royalr together in sandringham soi always gather together in sandringham so i am sure the queen and other members of the family will be very glad he is able to come back and leave hospital under his own stea m. and leave hospital under his own steam. have you heard he is definitely headed back to sandringham? i would assume that thatis sandringham? i would assume that that is where he would be going. the royalfamily will that is where he would be going. the royal family will be there gathering for christmas already. i am sure he will be on his way to sandringham. any information as to what he was being treated for, we were only told by the palace that it was a pre—existing condition. by the palace that it was a pre—existing conditionlj by the palace that it was a pre-existing condition. i don't know any more about it, the palace have been consistent in saying they would not speak of in any more detail but it was definitely something he had been treated for before, and they —— andi been trea

hospital in london to be treated for a pre—existing condition. buckingham palace has prince philip travel from sandringham and no effect this morning from advice from his doctor. our royalal earlier. a precautionary measure is how the palaces describing it, and certainly, i don't any alarm. concern, of course. he is 98 years old, but not alarmed. he was brought, as you say, from sandringham by road this morning, not in an ambulance, in an ordinary royal vehicle, and we were told that he walked into the hospital. perhaps most telling indicator is that as the duke was coming by road from norfolk to london, the queen was travelling from london to norfolk by rail to travelling from london to norfolk by railto begin travelling from london to norfolk by rail to begin her christmas holiday. now, what might this pre—existing condition be? the palace is saying absolutely nothing about that. it's absolutely nothing about that. it's a yearand absolutely nothing about that. it's a year and have since the duke had a hip replacement operation, six years since he had abdominal surgery, eight years since the most serious health episode, that was when he was admitted as an emergencyjust

so far suggest patients on the new drug regime have been leaving hospital around a day earlier than before. richard wescott, bbc news, royalnvestigation by the consumer group which? found that almost half the products it tested could cause a fire or electric shock. our business correspondent katie prescott reports. a christmas nightmare. this is what the consumer group which? found could happen when fairy lights sold online don't meet uk safety standards. half of the products they tested caused melting circuit boards and electric shocks. when we're decorating the christmas tree, most of us are probably thinking about what looks prettiest. but all these lights that were found to be faulty came from third—party sellers on online marketplaces, which makes it extremely difficult to know exactly what you're getting, because it's the vendor, in these cases, rather than the website, that's responsible for the product. the charity electrical safety first has been campaigning on this for years. we were taught something in school, which was "stranger equals danger". and this is exactly the same situation with buying electrical goods

royals. we saw a helicopter land in the last half an hour and we believe that prince philip was on board after being treated in hospitalon. the queen is at sandringham and has been used on friday and we are expecting other members of the royalfamily to are expecting other members of the royal family to turn up throughout the day. the morejunior members will arrive earlier at the most senior, such as prince charles and prince william, will arrive later in the day. as nick was saying, we do not expect prince philip to go to church tomorrow firstly because he has been discharged from hospital and secondly he didn't go last year. in 2017, when he retired from public life, he has spent a lot less time in the public eye. talking to people year, they say they are expecting more than 6000 people to come tomorrow to see the royal family are going to church. even though the roles of had a bumper year, in the words of the queen, there is still a great amount of interest in seeing the royals in person. borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn have thanked nhs staff and other public servants who work through the holidays in their christmas m

it's expected prince phillip — who's 98 — will be in hospital for a few days. with me now is our royal this morning as planned from london to norfolk, to begin the christmas break, at the same time as the duke was being brought by road but not in an ambulance, in a royal vehicle of some sort, from sandringham to london, and he has been admitted to the king edward vii private hospital near harley street. 0n the advice of his doctor, a precautionary measure, for a pre—existing condition, and we have no idea what that pre—existing condition is. i'm told that he walked into the hospital and it is expected that he will be there for several days. observation. they will be keen to get him back to sandringham in time for christmas but that will be a matter for his doctors. in terms of what we have seenin doctors. in terms of what we have seen in terms of his health in recent times, for a 98—year—old his health has been good. he was admitted to hospital last year for a hip replacement but we need to go back eight years to just before christmas in 2011 when he had the most serious incident which

the duke of edinburgh has spent a third night in hospital receiving treatment for what royal officialspalace says prince philip, who‘s 98, was admitted on friday as a "precautionary measure" on the advice of his doctor. our correspondent, rich preston is outside the hospital in london. it has been a third night in hospitalfor prince it has been a third night in hospital for prince philip, it has been a third night in hospitalfor prince philip, he arrived at the king edward vii on friday for treatment for what has been described as a pre—existing condition. buckingham palace have been relaxed about this from the outset. they said he came here as a precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. the joke precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. thejoke is precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. the joke is famously stoical and does not like a fast and we have not had any official visits from other members of the royal family, which is perhaps a sign that there is nothing to be too concerned about. the queen attended a carol concert yesterday with other members of

britain's prince philip has been admitted to a london hospital for what buckingham palace says is a cautionary treatment of a preexisting condition royal source told me to create elizabeth 98 year old husband was able to enter the hospital building on foot prints retired from public life in 2070. at least 11 people are dead in the unrest over india's new sister ship of the world that critics have denounced as anti muslim thousands have been arrested in protests that have continued for more than a week despite a ban on march gatherings the controversial new law offers an easier path to indian citizenship for migrants escaping religious persecution in neighboring countries but excludes muslims. a 2nd intelligence service officer has died after a shooting outside russia's f.s.b. security headquarters last night the suspect was shot dead by police at the same investigators raided his house raided his home outside moscow earlier on friday. supporters about going on lebanese prime minister saad hariri blocked streets and scuffles with soldiers in beirut they're angry at the nomination of politician backed by militant group hezbollah to lead

he was taken to royal sussex county hospital in brighton.e has said it was isolated incident with no ongoing risk to members of the public. he went on to explain, "this is a fast—moving investigation which will see significant police resources deployed to the scene for the forseeable future. you can see more detail on the screen now through the sussex police online feed. thoughts very much with the friends and family of the two women who have sadly lost their lives. this is one of the chief inspectors involved in the investigation. this is the scene outside the property in question. the police say anyone with information about the incident are being asked to report online or they can call 101, and being asked to report online or they can callioi, and if being asked to report online or they can call 101, and if they do that, they should coat the name of the operation, dean land. the operation is said to be ongoing at this stage with no further information. that is the scene at the crawley down. two women have lost their lives in that incident

hospital. but other royals breaking with tradition. duke and duchess of sussex on a break from their royal duties, spending the holidays in canada. duchess meghan has acknowledged the glare of the spotlight has taken a toll. >> not many people have asked if i'm okay, but it's a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes. >> reporter: today, harry and meghan all smiles on their holiday card. baby archie front and center. while tom, it's certainly been a bumpy year for another roil, the queen's son, prince andrew. now, he was removed from royal duties after that disastrous interview about his friendship with jeffrey epstein. so, the question tonight, will andrew be joining his mother for church on christmas morning? tom? >> no doubt a rough year for the royals. all right, thank you. >>> next, to the vatican, and the annual tradition beloved by millions. pope francis leading christmas eve midnight mass at st. peter's basilica. his 2019 christmas message urges church officials to embrace change. the faithful crowding that square

britain's prince philip has been admitted to a london hospital for what buckingham palace says is precautionary treatment of a preexisting condition royal source told the media that queen respects 98 year old husband was able to enter the hospital building on foot prints retired from public life in 2070. and assemble thousands have marched in support of china's mainly muslim week a minority calling for an end to the crackdown that has seen upwards of a 1000000 people sent to reeducation camps in northwestern china to protest polish actual media posts from turkish german football star as it says it condemns china's actions. poland's lower house of parliament has passed legislation that would allow the government to punish judges who make rulings considered unfavorable to the country's right wing government during weeks of protests against the measure the european union has asked poland to suspend the bill which it says is a very studious full independence. the dutch supreme court says that the netherlands must cut greenhouse gas emissions faster than planned the judges up held a lower court ruling that demands admissions be at least 25 p

he was taken to royal sussex county hospital in brighton.s isolated incident with no ongoing risk to members of the public. he went on to explain "this is a fast—moving investigation which will see significant police resources deployed to the scene for the forseeable future. we are grateful for the support and patience of the local community while we conduct our enquiries." she added: "my thoughts are very much with the friends and family of the two women who have sadly lost their lives." let's take a look at some more of today's top stories. a 26 year old woman has died ? following a crash involving a car and a national express coach in south—west london. both vehicles caught fire after colliding in battersea in the early hours of this morning. the driver of the car remains in a critical condition. the coach had been travelling from gatwick airport to victoria station. there's been dramatic scenes off the coast of sardinia, where a merchant ship became stranded on a rocky stretch of coast. the ship had unloaded a cargo of coffee and was hea