the former england manager has signed a two and a half year deal at selhurst park following the sackingalan pardew. now on bbc news, rebecca morelle looks back on the year in science, from british astronaut tim peake‘s adventures in space, to a discovery that will transform our understanding of the universe. that's review 2016: the year in science. from the mission of a lifetime, this was the year british astronaut tim peake spent six months in space. to a colossal feat of engineering. in 2016, the world's largest radio telescope was unveiled. we also learned about the secret life of seals and what they get up to underwater. and saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique. human organs are growing inside these pigs. this was also the year a global climate deal came into force but the election of donald trump placed a question mark over its future. and after decades of searching, scientists have detected gravitational waves. it's been called the discovery of the century, making 2016 a truly momentous year for science. i'm here at thejodrell bank observatory in the north of engl

the former england manager, sam allardyce, signs a two and a half year deal at selhurst park following the sacking of alan pardew. and in half an hour i will be looking back at a momentous year in science, one that saw tim mcpeak returned to earth after a six—month visit to space. that is review 2016, the year in the science. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. israel has condemned a vote by the un security council calling for an end tojewish settlements on occupied palestinian land. the us abstained rather than vetoing the resolution as it usually does. donald trump has tweeted things will be "different" when he takes over. here's our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. theseis these is really homes on land that the palestinians want for the promised future state. there are now some 600,000 israelis live the occupied west bank in eastjerusalem and numbers are growing. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed its judgment on the jewish settlements. translation: 14 votes jewish settlements. translation: 1a votes in favour. describing them as a flagrant violation

the former england manager has signed a two and a half year deal at selhurst park following the sackingalan pardew. north, dateline london. hello and welcome to our year in review edition. what a year it has been. trump was that victory, the rise of populist movements, the migrant crisis, wars across the middle east and the possibly of a new cold war in europe. our top team area new cold war in europe. our top team are a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, an iraqi journalist and thomas. in britain across europe and in the united states it has been eightjewish year. the brexit vote, donald trump's factory, political turmoil in france, and elsewhere. all have shown countries divided within themselves. scotland, post—industrial areas of northern even though the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incompetence of of. trump and clinton voters often seem to belong not just trump and clinton voters often seem to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the united states. how significant has 2016 be

so who's up for a relegation battle at selhurst park? sam allardyce is the favourite to take over. archers still have their sights on tokyo, despite losing all their olympic funding. good evening. alan pardew has been sacked. the crystal palace manager has seen his team win just once in their past 11 matches and he leaves the club just one point above the relegation zone. our reporter david ornstein is with me. david, he lasted just under two years at the club and this was probably a fairly easy decision. his record has been poor. i know you spoke to determine steve parish this afternoon and t said the clu b parish this afternoon and t said the club was stuck in a rut. you spoke to mejust after club was stuck in a rut. you spoke to me just after the decision was announced and he said relegation was so costly that crystal palace had to act. he said something very interesting about the style of play at crystal palace, everybody including alan pardew and the board had bought into them playing a more expansive style of football under the former newcastle boss but that haven't worked an

the former england manager has signed a two and a half year deal at selhurst park following the sackingalan pardew. 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 as a family of four. the duke and duchess of cambridge were also in india, a reminder of royal visits past. applause. and for prince harry, a new relationship highlighted the tricky balance between a private and public life. when you're the queen, you get two birthdays: the real one and the official one. april 21st was the queen's actual 90th birthday and she celebrated in windsor. there was, of course, a cake, baked by nadiya hussain, a winner of the great british bake off and a meeting with fellow 90—year—olds. 0h, an amazing day, yeah. i would never really have imagined that i'd be 90, let's face it

the former england manager, sam allardyce, signs a 2.5 year deal at selhurst park following the sacking of alan pardew. and it's a festive click with digital jumpers, hatched technology and star wars drones. that's all in half an hour here on bbc news. israel has angrily rejected a un security council resolution demanding a halt to the building of israeli settlements in occupied palestinian territory. the vote passed after the united states — israel's traditional ally, abstained rather than using its veto. our state department correspondent barbara plett—usher reports. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed judgement on israeli settlements. translation: 14 votes in favour. voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace deal with the palestinians. it was that conviction which led the us to withhold its customary protection of israel at the council, although not without much soul—searching. because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, th

the former england manager has signed a two and a half year deal at selhurst park following the sackingalan pardew. now on bbc news, click. this week, a click christmas with digital jumpers, hatched technology and tie fighters. hello and welcome to the annual click get together. cue christmas cheer! and enough. we have everyone here, jen, steve, nick, laura, mark and kate russell. hello. i have sought out a little christmas gift for you. thank you very much. it's an egg. it is an egg. right. inside it is a hatchable, it's the latest robotic, interactive toy. it's got loads of sensors and it's for ages five and up and your child basically has two nurture the egg in order to hatch it and then it breaks its way out of the egg and then you teach at games. you care for it, basically. we have to feed it. you're going to be a daddy. thank you very much. i shall name you later. better put it somewhere not on the table so we don't accidentally eat it! we have had some adventures this year. we have been all over the place and click is a 52 week a year production, so it is difficult to get the who

the former england boss took over at selhurst park last friday, just a day after alan pardew, was sackedthe january transfer window, and wants to keep his best players, as well as adding to the squad. rumours that may float around that people might be interested in our players is also of great concern when you are a manager because that is very disruptive and can put a player off his game, and we don't want any of that. we are trying to recruit and make the squad a little bit bigger and a bit more strength and depth would obviously be a key area for me but i think the players here are good enough but also, if we can add to that, let's try and do it. chelsea, who have a six—point lead at the top of the premier league, are at home to bournemouth. they'll set a new club record if they make it 12 straight league wins against bournemouth, although they'll have to do it without n'golo ka nte and diego costa, who are suspended. we have been working well this week to try to find a solution and continue to win, to take the points. we all know that against bournemouth it won't be easy because it i

richard conway, bbc news, selhurst park. and now for the weather forecast.llo. looking at a dry and bright start with some sunshine. 0ne looking at a dry and bright start with some sunshine. one or two passing showers for the west of england and across wales. be further south and east you are, the better chance of starting the day on a bright note. the west of the day will be windy. gale force winds will go across northern parts. there will be snow in the scottish hills. as we go through the afternoon, the card will thicken as a band of rain approaches northern ireland. behind this area of rain in christmas eve night we have milder air. these are the temperatures we will star christmas morning with. 13, 1a, 15 but — but through the day. or through the day. or rain through the day. spells of rain it in northern ireland, the north of england, and northern wales. behind the front, cold aircoming northern wales. behind the front, cold air coming back in. that means late in the day we will see some late in thrday we'wiltfsee'svmfl 7:7 to late in thrday we'wiltfsee

he has signed a two and half year deal at selhurst park after the sacking of alan pardew. one bbc news, it has been a fantastic year for great britain's olympians and paralympics. we look back on a golden summer in rio in review 2016. coming four years after a stunning london games, rio 2016 had a tough act to follow. and while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for south america's first ever olympic and paralympic games. there'd be plenty of time for selfies after the success, and team gb had big ambitions — hoping for their best ever foreign olympics. paralympics gb hoping to better their medal haulfrom london 2012. more on their success stories later, but first to athletics... and super saturday, part two! the stadium erupts! three gold medals for gb! what a night! sydney 2000 heptathlon champion denise lewis was there in rio as mo farah, jessica ennis—hill and greg rutherford bid to defend their respective olympic titles. we were all lookin

the former england boss took over at selhurst park last friday, just a day after alan pardew was sackednuary transfer window and wants to keep his best players as well as adding to the squad. rumours that may float around, that people might be interested in our players, is also of great concern when you are a manager, because that is very disruptive and can put a player off his game. we don't want any of that. we are trying to recruit and make the squad a bit bigger, with more strength and depth. that would be a key area for me, but i think the players here are good enough. but also if we can add to that, let's try and do it. chelsea, who have a six—point lead at the top of the premier league, are at home to bournemouth. they'll set a new club record, if they make it 12 straight league wins against bournemouth, although they'll have to do it without, n'golo ka nte and diego costa, who are suspended. they are working very well this week to try to find the solution to play good football, to continue to win, to take the two points. we all know that it won't be easy against bournemouth beca

richard conway, bbc news, selhurst park.mas eve front pages. the headline in the i newspaper: it adds that europe's open border policy has been blamed for allowing the suspect to flee more than 1,000 miles across three countries. the telegraph also leads on that story. it says counter—terrorism experts are warning that europe's open borders are putting security at risk. the guardian's headline: it says the moroccan authorities had warned germany about the wanted man, anis amri. the times has a picture of the body of anis amri, under a blanket in a milan street. it also carries the story of a banking terrorist blacklist which is apparently so useless it includes a 3—year—old member of the royal family. the daily mail has some advice for anyone who's feeling unwell over the festive season, postpone christmas. the paper says health chiefs prescribe self—isolation to keep the pressure off casualty units. and the daily mirror says chocolate santas could kill. it reports the co—op has withdrawn them from its shelves after button b

richard conway, bbc news, selhurst park.with the north west of scotland bearing the brunt of the heavy rain and winds — but it's also blown through parts of northern england, wales and northern ireland. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, has more. storm barbara barrelled in from the west. with conditions difficult out at sea, ferries to many of the islands were cancelled. for those who couldn't get home early, christmas travel plans are, for now, on hold. there are some services operating. some are battling through. however, the northern area is definitely off. we're reviewing those services ongoing, and we will make announcements regarding tomorrow evening. in some areas, the worst of the winds are yet to come. but gusts of up to 70 mph have already been recorded in the western isles, where, for a time, many homes in lewis and harris lost their power. the stormy conditions were forecast well ahead. extra generators shipped out and others, including farmers here, took precautions. i slept quite well until five o'clock

and we know that sam allardyce does not play an expansive style he will be very direct it into selhurst parke out of what is deep trouble just now. thank you, will see a big sand gets the job, interesting if he does. that's begin with international could get council which has announced a host of pics for the year, the player of the year is the indian spinner ravichandran ashwin, i don't think we would quibble with that, he has also been named test player of the year. taken over a young captain and we actually fell on the right track and we have a great bunch of boys. i would like to guide the entire team and sports —— support staff. and the coaches. thank you so much again. a deserving pic i think, also worth noting alastair cook, england cricket captain, has been named captain of the world test team. this is like the world test team. this is like the team at the end of the world cup, the football world cup with the big of the tournament, mrs krkic‘s we re big of the tournament, mrs krkic‘s were saying these are the best 11 players as a team across the year, the ub made his last september to

sam alla rdyce is favourite to replace him at selhurst park.welcome to the bbc news at six. the owner of a haulage company and his mechanic have been found guilty of the manslaughter of four people, who died when a tipper lorry ploughed into them in bath. the court heard that the vehicle had been poorly maintained — on the day of the crash its brakes failed. the driver, philip potter, who had onlyjust started working for the firm, was cleared of the charges he faced including causing death by dangerous driving. three men and a four—year—old girl died in the crash in february last year. jon kay is at bristol crown court. jon? jon? george, the court heard that this truck was in such a bad state that the crash was predictable, it was preventable, it was an accident waiting to happen. the prosecution said of the company had done the right checks, looked at the brakes, done that paperwork, not cut corners, the four victims could still be alive today. police said it was "carnage", a 32—tonne truck, with defective brakes, had careered down a steep hil

up on sportsday on bbc news: alan pardew is sacked, with sam allardyce primed to take over at selhurst parkning. donald trump, who'll be sworn in as us president in a months time, has called for america's nuclear weapons capability to be "greatly strengthened and expanded". he made the call in another of his messages on social media. mr trump warned that expansion would be needed until the world "came to its senses" regarding nuclear weapons. his advisers said he was warning about the dangers of terrorist organizations and unstable regimes getting hold of nuclear weapons. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has more details. america and russia still hold more than 90% of the world's nuclear stock piles. both able to deliver destruction on a massive scale, by ground, sea orair. fora destruction on a massive scale, by ground, sea or air. for a quarter of a century, they have been reducing their nuclear arsenal but the question now — is the arms' race about to resume? tonight, president—elect, donald trump, tweeted, "the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capab

afterjust under two years at selhurst park alan pardew has been sacked. club one point above the relegation zone. here's our reporter david ornstein. this is a results business and that's what steve parish made clear shortly after this news was announced. they can't afford to get relegated from the premier league but places on record the tremendous service that alan pardew has given to the club as a manager and player, pointing to the fa cup final performance against manchester united in may when they narrowly lost. pa rdew says united in may when they narrowly lost. pardew says he is saddened by the decision in a statement but thanks the fans and players and also steve parish and the board, no mention of the american co—owners, josh harris and david blitzerfor their support. sam allardyce who was sacked by england a few months ago after a match in charge is the early favourite to replace pardew. he helped keep sunderland up last season, other potential candidates includejuergen season, other potential candidates include juergen klinsmann and season, othe