a former royal marine who was jailed for the murder of a taliban fighter has been refused bail pending new challenge to his conviction at the court martial appeal court in london. sergeant alexander blackman, known as marine a, shot the insurgent in 2011 in helmand province. our correspondent daniel boettcher is at the royal courts ofjustice. yes, this hearing lasted under two hours. at the end of it, the two judges, the lord chiefjustice lord thomas and mrjustice sweeney decided bail should be refused. alexander blackman is injail in wiltshire and the result of this decision means that he will stay in jail ahead of a second appeal hearing next year. just to give you the background to the case, he was convicted of murder in 2013 after shooting a wounded taliban insurgent in helmand province in afghanistan. he was sentenced to life with a minimum of ten years in 2014, he appealed, his appeal against conviction was not successful though his minimum term was reduced to eight years. the case then went to the criminal cases review commission. this is the independent body that is set—up to l

a former royal marine sergeant, who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded afghan fighter appeal hearing. the family of alexander blackman, who was originally known as marine a, had hoped he'd be released from custody in time for christmas. his case is due to be re—considered next year. after the decision his wife gave her reaction to the media. this footage contains flash photography. we are obviously disappointed by the judge's decision not to grant bail this afternoon. however we must remember that earlier this month, the criminal cases review commission decided to refer the case back to the appeal courts. and this is the most important step towards getting al's conviction and sentence overturned. we are grateful to the courts for expediting the appeal process. the queen and prince philip have delayed plans to travel to their estate at sandringham today, because they both have what buckingham palace described as ‘heavy colds'. the queen, who celebrated her 90th birthday this year and prince philip, who's 95, usually spend the christmas in norfolk. our royal correspondent

a former royal marine sergeant, who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded afghan fighter le he awaits an appeal hearing. the family of alexander blackman — who's known as marine a — had hoped he'd be released from custody in time for christmas. his case is due to be re—considered next year. after the decision his wife gave her reaction to the media. this footage contains flash photography. we are obviously disappointed by the judge's decision not to grant bail this afternoon. however we must remember that earlier this month, the criminal cases review commission decided to refer the case back to the appeal courts. and this is the most important step towards getting al's conviction and sentence overturned. we are grateful to the courts for expediting the appeal process. a millionaire property developer from south wales has been jailed for life for the murder of his personal escort. peter morgan strangled georgina symonds — who earned up to ten thousand pounds a month — at her home in newport. he had admitted killing her but denied it was murder. sian lloyd reports. georgina

a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter has been refused bail, while awaiting an appeal. a millionaire property developer has been sentenced to life for murdering his escort girlfriend, whom he claimed threatened to blackmail him. once i'd attempted to murder her, i'd be in a hell of a lot of trouble for that, and she could have still gone on and blackmailed me. also in the next hour: an nhs leader has defended, for the first time, a controversial reform process in england. but critics argue the plan, which includes closure of some a&e units and wards, is a secret cuts agenda. and we will look at tomorrow's front pages. the express leads with the queen and prince philip putting their christmas holiday on hold, after coming down with heavy colds. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a europe—wide manhunt is underway for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of driving the lorry that ploughed into a christmas market in berlin. he is 24—year—old anis amri, from tunisia. it has emerged he had already been under investigation by counter—terrorism polic

a royal marines serving a life sentence for the murder of an afghan fighter has been refused rail whileor an appeal. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a little bit of bread there, but not too bad. a little bit of red there, but not too bad. the evacuation of civilians from the syrian city of aleppo has resumed. a convoy of buses is taking some of the last three thousand evacuees from eastern districts of aleppo. we need now is the head of the humanitarian campaigns for save the children. we've had various points for evacuations to begin, but there have been men tree and diplomatic hold—ups. what is clear now is that these evacuations must continue, almost it's important those trapped within east aleppo are given safe passage out of the city. how many people may still be inside the city waiting to get out? our partners believe that 1000 or 2000 families a day will continue to leave over the next week, so still many people to be evacuated. those fleeing

a former royal marine who was jailed for the murder of a taliban fighter has been refused bail pendingrt martial appeal court in london. sergeant alexander blackman, known as "marine a", shot the insurgent in 2011 in helmand province. our correspondent daniel boettcher is at the royal courts ofjustice. the hearing lasted less than two hours, there were dozens of supporters of alexander blackman outside, some with banners and flags saying, just as for marine a. there was a cheer as his wife came to the court. they were all hoping that he would be granted bail, that he would be freed from prison ahead of a fresh appeal hearing next year. but the lord chief justice fresh appeal hearing next year. but the lord chiefjustice lord thomas said the practice of the court was a lwa ys said the practice of the court was always to expedite appeals so in other words to speed them up rather than releasing on bail and he said despite the unprecedented nature of the case, the court could see no basis for departing from that practice. so bail was refused, and alexander blackman puzzling wife gave her re

a royal marine serving life after being found guilty of murdering an injured afghan fighter has been. government borrowing fell in november to £12.6 billion, according to the office for national statistics. that's down £0.6 billion from november 2015. however the fall was slightly less than analysts had been expecting. uk firms need to maintain "barrier—free" access to european union markets after brexit. the cbi warns that british companies should not be subject to trade tariffs, and face only "minimal" other barriers. the government said it was committed to delivering the best possible access to european markets for uk businesses. mp5 have called for the pensions regulator to be given much stronger powers to thwart rogue employers who fail to support their pension schemes. the commons work and pensions committee says the regulator should have the power to impose "punitive fines" of as much as £1 billion. following the collapse of the bhs pension scheme, the mp5 say the regulator itself needs to be reformed. it's tiny compared to the big boys in the telecoms market — and doesn't eve

a former royal marine sergeant who's serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighteras been refused bail, while he awaits an appeal hearing. the family of alexander blackman had hoped he'd be released from custody in time for christmas. just a warning there is flash photography in this next clip. we are obviously disappointed by the judge's decision not to grant bail this afternoon. however we must remember that earlier this month the criminal cases review commission decided to refer the case back to the appeal courts. the queen and duke of edinburgh have delayed theirjourney to norfolk for christmas after coming down with "heavy colds." in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. the final phases of the evacuation of aleppo, the syrian city where 3000 people were stuck in an enclave overnight has begun. we will be getting the very latest about this from save the children. we will be reporting live from berlin after the manhunt for a suspect who used a lorry to career into a christmas marketing berlin.

a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter has been refused bailring his escort girlfriend, whom he claimed threatened to blackmail him. once i‘d attempted to murder her, i‘d be in a hell of a lot of trouble for that, and she could have still gone on and blackmailed me. also in the next hour: an nhs leader has defended,

a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter, has been refusedail, while he awaits an appeal hearing. the hope was he'd be released for christmas. the labour mpjamie reed, one ofjeremy corbyn‘s most high profile backbench critics, has quit parliament to work in the nuclear industry. the queen and prince philip have delayed their christmas travel plans due to illness. they were due today to take a train to sandringham in norfolk, but came down with "heavy colds." this year, the queen celebrated her 90th birthday. daniela relph looks back on the momentous occasion and other events in the royal calendar in review 2016: the royal year. band plays happy birthday. it was the year of a big birthday, a queen at 90. happy birthday plays. for some of her grandchildren and great—grandchildren, a trip to canada, the first official overseas visit for the family of four. the duke and duchess of cambridge were also in india, a reminder of royal visits past. and for prince harry, a new relationship highlighted the tricky balance between a private and public life

as a result of the incident, royal marine sentries were given orders to shoot anyone suspected of trying least twice — once in 2002, once in 201a. an unnammed chinese football club offered real madrid around £250 million to buy cristiano ronaldo — according to the player's manager. jorge mendes claims the portugal captain would have earned around £85 million a year under the deal but insists his client wasn't interested. ronaldo's current deal with real was signed in november and runs untiljune 2021. there's more throughout the day on the bbc news channel, now on bbc1 time for the news where you are. goodbye. in england you either have sunshine 01’ in england you either have sunshine or you have fog, and that fog is expensive, it will linger throughout the day today in a number of places. there have been some flight delays and cancellations at heathrow. the weather will linger across parts of southern england but some places will see some sunshine. some of the best sunshine and clear blue skies today will be across north—east england, a fine afternoon in prospect. for northern ireland an

a former royal marine sergeant, who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded afghan fighter, alexander blackman, originally only known as marine a, had hoped he'd be released for christmas. his case is due to be re—considered sometime next year. his wife gave this reaction. there's flash photography in this next clip. we are obviously disappointed by the judge's decision not to grant bail this afternoon. however we must remember that earlier this month, the criminal cases review commission decided to refer the case back to the appeal courts. and this is the most important step towards getting al's conviction and sentence overturned. we are grateful to the courts for expediting the appeal process. we ask that the media now give the family some space to come to terms with today's decision. thank you. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: police in germany are searching for a tunisian man as the main suspect behind the attack on a christmas market on monday. officials say he had been previously monitored by security services. some of the main stories

as a result of the incident, royal marine sentries were given orders to shoot anyone suspected of tryinggain at least twice — once in 2002, once in 2014. counting down to 2017 will take longer than usual this new year's eve, as clock experts compensate for a slowdown in the earth's rotation. to be precise, it will last an extra second. for the 27th time the national physics laboratory has brought in a leap second to ensure that time based on the earth's rotation does not lag behind time kept by atomic clocks. time foran time for an extra class! now for a look at the weather. i am looking forward to that extra second already. as we go through the rest of the day today, we have had problems with fog affecting central and eastern england which has affected flights, at gatwick and heathrow, and also the roads. the fault is going nowhere fast. there will be some further issues notjust this afternoon, but probably overnight. further north is milder, a lot of cloud in northern ireland, scotla nd a lot of cloud in northern ireland, scotland and north england, but it is across england, central an

a former royal marine sergeant, who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded afghan fighter the family of alexander blackman — who's known as marine a — had hoped he'd be released from custody in time for christmas. his case is due to be reconsidered next year. at least 31 people are known to have died in a series of explosions at a fireworks market in mexico. around 60 other people were injured, many with severe burns, at the market outside mexico city. the cause of the fire is unknown, but it's believed one stall caught fire before triggering a chain reaction of blasts. it's the third major fire at the market since 2005. nhs england has hit back at suggestions from some campaigners that it's about to embark on a major programme of cuts. medical director sir bruce keogh has told the bbc that plans to make radical changes to the way the nhs is run — with services concentrated on fewer sites — will deliver better patient care. but sir bruce has acknowledged that what he called "difficult choices" will have to be made. this report from our health editor, hugh pym. with threats

a former royal marine sergeant, who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded afghan fighterl hearing. the family of alexander blackman had hoped he'd be released from custody in time for christmas. his case is due to be reconsidered next year. a millionaire property developer from south wales has beenjailed for life for the murder of his escort girlfriend. peter morgan strangled georgina symonds, who he paid £10,000 a month, at her home in newport. he had admitted killing her, but denied it was murder. sian lloyd reports. georgina symonds, mother to a five—year—old daughter. she was strangled by the man who called himself her "sugar daddy." the 25—year—old had met property millionaire peter morgan while working as an escort. the married 54—year—old had become infatuated with her. but the court heard he killed her in a carefully planned attack out of cold anger, on finding out that she'd planned to blackmail him. in a statement, read on her behalf, georgina symonds‘ mother, deborah, said their family was broken. the death of my daughter, georgina symonds, has been a devastati

my division trained the argentine marines and the royal marines from england so we had a big bat going on as to who is going to win. appointed want to make is there was some reference to the military side and don't underestimate the military side and the military relationships. these relationships are long-standing. there are many many young officers in latin america who have trained an have trained in army school of the navy schools and the like and the relationships are what you would expect. it's not just all military. it's a personal people-to-people kind of thing. even in the case of the marine corps all the latin american countries have marine corps and the like except for cuba. the relationships they are, you just can't explain it. they are there forever and so, and the thinking that goes into this, it's much more than just military and the like. so we have a great opportunity to make things better. i think in terms of policy and the like with a new administration he is picking people who understand what's going on. he is picking people who are very, very knowledgeable about lat

as a result of the incident royal marines entries we re the incident royal marines entries were givensuspected of trying to damage the sub but it didn't stop the same thing happening again at least twice, once in 2002, once in 2014. if you've been anywhere near social media over the last few months you can't have missed the mannequin challenge. countless sports stars, celebrities, politicians and even nhs staff have posed for the videos, but now french astronaut thomas pesquet has taken the challenge to new heights. yes, he is on a 6—month mission aboard the international space station. look at this, he showed his crewmates taking part in the challenge. they are 240 miles above the earth. how can you keep still? well, looking carefully, they have anchored, each of them have anchored themselves, haven't they, to give themselves, haven't they, to give the effect, and it looks like a still image. yeah. as opposed to a new moving image. absolutely. talking about swansea city's continued search for a manager. thinking about welsh football and you think ryan giggs and kris commons. you were

as a result of the incident, royal marine sentries were given orders to shoot anyone suspected of tryingng again at least twice — once in 2002, once in 2014. time for a look at the weather. chris fawkes has the latest rather chilly forecast. we could get patches of frost in central and eastern areas of england but otherwise things turning milder. the thing we should pay attention to overnight is the potential disruption of fog. the fog will continue to affect the midlands, central and southern england, anywhere from east anglia. as the night goes by, the worst of the visibility will become confined to easternmost areas of east anglia and south—east england. nonetheless, the risk of some localised transport disruption and some localised problems. in scotland and northern ireland a mild night, temperatures in double figures, and then this band of rain. tomorrow this rain area will sink slowly southwards. eventually it will turn wet in scotla nd eventually it will turn wet in scotland and the central belt, england and largely dry. largely fast forward to midnight and if you are out celebrat

as a result of the incident, royal marine sentries were given orders to shoot anyone suspected of tryingl of high tech equipment to treat people who are ill, but could they also benefit from something as simple as a visit form a pet? senior nurses are calling today for much more use of animals to help patients. holly hamilton has been to southampton hospital to see how one dog is making a difference. good, lad. meet leo. he is a volunteer here at southampton general hospital and a very popular one at that. oh, yes. he says hello. he and his handler, lindsey, have been delivering therapy to patients and their families for the last four years. a dog in a hospital environment is an incredible social lubricant so you end up talking to people you would never ever talk to in a normal course of the day. it is a partnership. nobody would be interested in me coming alone and he cannot drive a car. we come together and it is a privilege for me to have a dog who can come and do this. hang on. from lowering blood pressure to reducing anxiety and stress the benefits of animal assisted therapy have be

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marine test pilot. goes on to be the mercury 7. then has this brief chapter as the president of royal crown cola.gets into politics for 24 years. and then goes on to build this amazing public policy school at ohio state university. each chapter he just rose to the absolute top level and made it always look effortless, at least as far as i could see. >> sreenivasan: even as we saw in the clips, he was still advocating for a more active role in the space program. >> when george bush announced the retirement of the space shuttle, he was calling me a lot, and he was advocating in very forceful and clear way for the united states still having the ability to carry its own astronauts to space. he wasn't going to let that go. he was very upset. he was well into his 80s at this point, but he was still in the game. >> i don't know if we have footage, a shot of you and him in the plane. let's see if we can show that to our audience. >> while you're playing it, i have to tell you one story i just heard. annie glen, his beloved wife of more than 70 years who is 9 and a bit frail, today we're told upon hearing

marines feel for each other. >> obviously he felt the pain of combat very, very deeply. thank you very much, jennifer griffin at the pentagon. >>> a very special museum exhibit involving the royal and pretty tacky holiday sweaters. why it is all for a good cause, the final 30. >>> time for our final 30, do you ever wonder how the british royal parter would look if they through a tacky christmas sweater party? even some of the corgies got in on it. and do you have one of those christmas sweaters? >> i don't think i have one quite that tacky, but -- >> i think we can muster up something here in studio please please plea. >> america's news headquarters starts right now. . >> we are waiting to see if the trump transition team announces another cabinet position here today. >> plekt trump holding at least three high level petings today at trump tower. he will visit with victims and first first responders before going to iowa for the next leg of his victory tour. ivanka trump may be following in her father's footsteps by stepping away from the business. peter is joining us live from democrat where the

a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter has been refused bail. alexander blackman, who was known as marine a, time, next year. a multimillionaire property developer has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years for murdering of his escort girlfriend. peter morgan strangled georgina symonds in january, after she threatened to tell his family about their affair. an nhs leader has defended controversial plans to change how health services in england are delivered. the proposals would result in the closure of some accident and emergency units, which critics describe as just cost—cutting. bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, senior political correspondent for the times, and commentator henry bonsu. tomorrow's front pages: the telegraph leads on events in berlin. the paper says the prime suspect for the massacre was under covert surveillance for months as a possible terrorist, but police let him slip through their grasp earlier this month. anis amri stares from the front of the metro. he is now said to be the most wanted man in europe. the times