the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story.undreds of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays, as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. in half an hour's time, we look back on the collapse of travel firm thomas cook and it's far reaching effects on customers and staff. review 2019: the thomas cook story. good afternoon. the queen will acknowledge 2019 has been a "bumpy year" in her annual christmas message this afternoon. this morning, her majesty attended church at sandringham. but the duke of edinburgh was not in attendance. he left hospital yesterday in time to spend christmas at home. charlotte gallagher is in sandringham for us. charlotte... it's been a hugely turbulent year for the royals and i think that was reflected by the fact that prince andrew didn't go to the main church service today. but there has been some real highs, like the birth of archie, and a lot of people here queued from the early hours of the morning. there is obviously still a great deal of affection

the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story.nd i will be looking back on a year when greta thunberg scolded world leaders for inaction on climate change. and we saw the first picture ofa change. and we saw the first picture of a black hole. that is the year in science with me. good morning. happy christmas and welcome to bbc news. the foreign office says it's helping a british woman, after three members of the same family drowned in the swimming pool of a holiday resort in spain. it's thought a nine—year—old girl got into difficulties in the water, and her 16—year—old brother and theirfather died after trying to help her. nick quraishi reports. the christmas holiday that turned to tragedy in one of spain's top tourist destinations. police divers are visible next to the pool which claimed the lives of the three family members. it's understood a nine—year—old girl first got into difficulty in the water. her 16—year—old brother and father, who was 52, then jumped in to try to save her. why none resurfaced from one of the many pools

the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story.dreds of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays, as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. and in half an hour, our media editor, amol rajan, sits down with the editor of private eye, ian hislop, to take a look back at 2019. good morning. merry christmas. the queen will lead members of the royal family for the annual festive church service at sandringham this morning. yesterday, the duke of edinburgh rejoined his family after spending four nights in hospital. prince george and princess charlotte will attend the service for the first time. prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month, has attended an early morning service with prince charles. charlotte gallagher reports. the brothers walked side by side into the charge for the 9am service. charlotte gallagher reports. prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights in a central london hospital. he walked out unaided and without a stick.

this is the first christmas season for the new dean of westminster abbey, dr david hoyle.been crowned and poets celebrated, it is at the heart of our nation, a nation that he says is bitterly divided. i see the divisions everybody else sees. i feel them. i get angry. and i get disturbed. i live in westminster, where i bump into it all the time. we need some hope in all of this. i think we've become angry and i think we've become despairing. dr hoyle says that we need an intervention from outside and that the message of christmas offers the possibility of genuine engagement without hostility. peace isn't the moment when the arguments stop. peace is the moment when we can contain our arguments. and that's where we are really struggling at the moment, it seems to me. we can't enjoy our variety. you have to be this or that. i think the gospel suggests this and that, they are both god—given. we can do this together. the story of a child refugee born in perilous circumstances is not the image depicted on most christmas cards. and yet, as the dean of this historic abbey makes cle

the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story.he dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story. hundreds of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays, as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. the queen and members of the royal family have been attending the annual church service in sandringham, her majesty arrived surrounded by members of her family. we now see her leaving the service which has just we now see her leaving the service which hasjust finished. there we now see her leaving the service which has just finished. there she is emerging with the prince of wales and camilla, duchess of cornwall, behind. kate and william with george and charlotte attending for the first time ever. louis is at home. princess and in the background in purple —— anne. the queen strolling down the path of mary magdalene church. prince charles and prince andrew arrived for the earlier service and prince andrew is not there for the live am service. harry

marta bassino, bbc news, ad westminster abbey. of christmas day with midnight mass at the vatican. thousands of people packed st peter's basilica in rome for the service. he told worshippers that god loves everyone — "even the worst of us". hundreds of families in australia are spending christmas day in emergency shelters, as the country continues to battle some of its worst bushfires in years. figures released by firefighters in new south wales reveal nearly 1,000 houses have been destroyed. shaimaa khalil is in sydney for us, what's the latest? shaimaa, lovely to see you. christmas day, christmas, people are spending what is very important many away from their homes. merry christmas to you. absolutely. this has really become the story of the aftermath of these catastrophic fires in new south wales. 1000 homes have been destroyed. and even though we have had a little bit of a lull in the weather, bullet temperatures, it isa in the weather, bullet temperatures, it is a time for firefighters who are spending christmas, really, on t

martin bashir, bbc news, ad westminster abbey.s day with midnight mass at the vatican. thousands of people packed st peter's basilica in rome for the service. he told worshippers that god loves everyone — "even the worst of us". hundreds of families in australia are spending christmas day in emergency shelters, as the country continues to battle some of its worst bushfires in years. figures released by firefighters in new south wales reveal nearly 1000 houses have been destroyed. shaimaa khalil is in sydney for us. what's the latest? i will say merry christmas to you, on the other side of the world, but what you are talking about is people who are not able to get back to their homes because of the devastation caused by these fires. well, naga, some people are not able to go back to their homes and some people will have no homes to go back to because they've lost everything in the devastation of those fires. and as you say, many, many families are now spending christmas in shelters as their villages have been devastated by the cata

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the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story. hundreds of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays, as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. now, pallab ghosh looks back on how the frontiers of science and space were pushed in 2019 — a year shaped by the impact of deforestation and climate change — in review 2019: the year in science. this is the year we saw the first ever picture of a black hole and we celebrated one of humanity's greatest achievements. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. there was a new treatment for parkinson's disease. it enabled this woman to walk again. there were also fires raging in australia. you'll need rescuing, won't you? we saw the hottest summers on record across the globe. and climate change activist greta thunberg had this message for world leaders. how dare you! you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. what a year it's been. welcome to a year in science, where we'll be looking at the biggest stories

the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story.undreds of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays as the country battle some of its worst bushfires in years. and coming up, doris day, clive james, toni morrison and albert finneyjust some of those whose whose lives are celebrated in review 2019 we remember, in 30 minutes‘ time. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the queen and members of the royal family are attending the annual church service in sandringham. her majesty arrived a few minutes ago surrounded by members of her family, few minutes ago surrounded by members of herfamily, the duke of edinburgh came back to norfolk on christmas eve following a four night stay at king edward vii hospital. he is not attending the christmas day church service and he didn't last year either. prince george and princess charlotte were there for the first time. prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month earlier attended morning service with prince charles. the brothers walked side by side in pea

the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story.undreds of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays, as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. now on bbc news, our media editor amol rajan sits down with the editor of private eye, ian hislop, to take a look back at 2019. hello. you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a cover like those? this was when theresa may, do you remember her? she was around at the beginning of the year. she used to be prime minister. anyway, she left and we had to think — how can we pay tribute to theresa may? so i thought perhaps a blank page will be good, and so we have the theresa may memorial issue, her legacy in full. uh, thank you. which again seems quite cruel, but was quite funny. do you know how each of those sell? yeah, that was a seller. i'm afraid that was popular. and nigel farage? this is great, he's always good. partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a

the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story. people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays as the country battle some of its worst bushfires in years. and coming up, doris day, clive james, toni morrison and albert finneyjust some of those whose whose lives are celebrated in review 2019

the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story.alia have been forced from their homes for the holidays, as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. now on bbc news, tom burridge revisits of the collapse of travel revisits the collapse of travel firm thomas cook and it's far reaching effects on customers and staff. in review 2019: the thomas cook story. all chant: what do we want? answers! when do we want them? now! it is a travesty, it has devastating our lives because of thomas cook airlines uk. the captain turned around to me and said to me "it is gone". i went into the flight deck and cried. when do we want them? now! it has not been possible to save one of the most—loved brands in travel. after 178 years, it was all over. as i got to the airport, i started to cry, because i thought "i'm coming here in a uniform and i've got nowhere to go". you can't just leave brits stranded abroad. i want to go home! bankruptcy, bitterness and rage. i think it has been a national scandal to let a company of that size and that

it whoever tried to tell the church of england to prove their existence all they'd have their westminster abbey taken away from them and i think we'll find absolutely abhorrent and that's what it's little tinpot dictator djukanovic is trying to do in montenegro as i say as a as a lesson for the world it's one that we should step orchestrates away and those who care about religious freedom should be very concerned about what is the trailers were obviously because with the words they said do you believe any probably actually will be seized or not here at the end of the day i will correctly is not excited except he's trying to dictate and he's increasingly trying to turn this into his own how a thief to so he's really trying to take on the trappings of a dictator even if he hasn't got there yet and we need to stop it getting there because really it's not a good lesson for democracy when these kind of things are allowed some force that we haven't got the other side to put their point of view in but you believe anyway property is going to be claimed here in the end it was really going to come to tha

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whitehall and past the cenotaph and down to the queen elizabeth conference centre just opposite westminster abbey won this huge majority, comparatively speaking, from lots of areas of the country which once voted labour. a lot of hurt and disappointed people, a lot of them worried about things like child poverty and the closure of sure start centres, and libraries and so on. is he going to reach out and address those people as well as those who voted for him? is he going to talk about more than that singular brexit promise? is he going to start to flesh out what being a one nation conservative means? it is a very warm one nation conservative means? it is a very warm and cuddly phrase, and very often it doesn't mean very much. so we want to hear some details. but the fact that we don't know, because the manifesto was so thin, it was all about brexit, pretty much. there was no detail in there. he had promised changes to social care, that issue which has just been left unresolved for a numberof just been left unresolved for a number of years by all sorts of governments. is he going to use this major