It, but then you do get the odd little bargain, so you think, 0h, its worth doing, rather than just buying online. Probably still be here on Christmas Eve next year but, again, ill probably do quite a lot of it online. Perhaps not exactly the three wise men, but their last minute present dash is no longer the daft idea it once was. Colletta smith, bbc news, in manchester. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. The weather looking much quieter for Christmas Day tomorrow. The showers we have had today fading away as we get into the night. Still some coming along the breeze across western scotland and north west england. By the end of the night just western scotland this showers still with us. When the easing about, clearing skies, dropping temperature close to freezing. Ground frost in some places going into the morning, one or two icy patches. A few early showers north and western scotland, even these will fade, sunshine around on a dry Christmas Day. Patchy cloud in north west england and western scotland. Icloud spilling in toward South West England and northern ireland. Light wind feeling cold compared to today but expecting some fog to develop after dark. May be dense in places before turning windier and wetter again on boxing day. Hello, this is bbc news with julian worricker. The headlines. Prince philip is discharged from hospital after four days. The duke is now spending christmas with the queen in sandringham. The queen will use her Christmas Day message to say the past year has been quite bumpy adding that small steps can heal divisions. The wildlife victims of australias bushfires helped by the firefighters working around the clock. Five children are amongst eight People Killed in airstrikes in syria, after a week long government offensive in the mainly rebel held province of idlib. Pilgrims from around the world are in bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. The england all rounder ben stokes is a doubt for the first test against south africa. His father ged, who is 64, was taken ill yesterday and is in a Critical Condition in a johannesburg hospital. The four test series starts on boxing day. I just want to throw all our support behind him and his family and just stress the importance of respecting their privacy at this time. But it is really sad news. We are all there for him. You have no idea if he is going to be able to play on boxing day . No, and it would be wrong to go into that now. It is important that he is there for his family, that comes first. And we will have to wait and see, but most importantly we are all there for ben and the rest of his family. It isa it is a terrible situation for ben stokes and his family to find themselves in. He has been unable to practice here today. He stayed at his bedside to wait for an improvement in his condition but at the moment it remains serious and the england team have their fingers crossed and offering their support. But clearly if he is not able to play on boxing day that has serious ramifications for the england team as well. Already hit by a bug that has cut a swathe through the bowling attack. If ben stokes is not able to play as well for understandable family reasons than england will go into the match very underprepared. Asjonathan mentioned the situation with ben stokes just adds to englands troubled preparations for this test. Illness has swept through the squad, chris woakes is the latest to be laid low. Again another concern for england who thought they were through the worst of this bug. Generally last week england thought there had been a bit of a gap in this development. And now chris woakes going down is worrying. And it throws that selection completely up in the airfor boxing day. They re just unable to name the team until the morning of the match. South africa dating back to the world cup and in england, a bit of a shambles there, behind the scenes the players do not like to get involved in administrative detail but there is unhappiness there as well and changes. They have just signed i think with graeme smith, the highly respected former captain and of course jack kallis, a fine all rounder, suddenly all in the South African dressing room and that is bound to give their team a boost. Well lets get more from the south africa camp now, weve heard from the skipper Faf Du Plessis who had a chance encounter with jurgen klopp in cape town last month, and he was clearly inspired by the meeting. I was really impressed by him. Like, for someone to be that famous, as a football coach. A great guy. And thats the kind of thing i do believe is what real leadership is about. Its about connecting with people, having great relationships with people. So i became a massive fan. Im not a huge football fan, i dont support it a lot, but i do support him now. Tottenham have banned one of their supporters for throwing a missile at the chelsea keeper kepa arriza balaga during their defeat at home on sunday. The club havent said how long the ban is for. A chelsea fan has been arrested for committing a racially aggravated offence during the game and tottenham and the police are still trying to identify a supporter who allegedly abused the chelsea defender antonio rudiger. Speaking today, the chelsea manager Frank Lampard has criticised Jose Mourinho for questioning rudigers integrity. The spurs boss felt that rudiger overreacted in an incident that saw son heung min sent off. The chelsea defender claimed that he was targetted with racial abuse from the stands shortly afterwards. I think with tony in this incident, when he is having to post after the game about something we know is a huge deal, i think to question his integrity in that time is disappointing. Because i think pretty universally, certainly what i heard in the commentary and all the post match reflection was that the son incident was a red card. I said it after the game, it wasnt a brutal red card, but it was an instinctive one that warrants a red card. Tottenhams appeal against sons red card has failed. Hell miss the boxing day match at home to brighton then trips to norwich and southampton. Liverpools Alex Oxlade Chamberlain has damaged an ankle ligament and will miss their games against leicester and wolves. The england midfielder picked up the injury in qatar during the second half of his sides one nil win over flamengo in the Club World Cup final on saturday. You have three ligaments on the outside of the ankle, one of them is damaged. We now have to see how we can fix that. I do not know exactly, but it is years ago when i had a similar injury. It can take a while or can be quick, we have to see. No chance for thursday, no chance for this year. We have to see how quickly it can settle. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his Manchester United side are further behind in their development than he had hoped. They lost 2 nil at bottom side watford on sunday and are at home to newcastle on boxing day. He says the rest of the season will be used to find a team and a squad for next season, but he hopes they can speed up the process by getting more results. 18 months after getting sacked by West Bromwich albion, alan pardew is back in football hes taken over as head coach of the struggling dutch side den haag. He has signed a deal until the end of the season and will have chris powell as his assistant. Powell will combine the role alongside his coaching position with england. Den haag are currently second bottom in the dutch league. Theyre currently on a winter break, pardews first game will be against the bottom side in the division onjanuary 19th. Lets have a quick look at some of the days other headlines. Macclesfield have been given the go ahead to play grimsby on boxing day their last home match was called off because their ground didnt have a safety certificate. Theyve also been docked 6 points for not paying wages and failing to fulfil another fixture. The juventus striker Mario Mandzukic has signed for qatari side al duhail until 2023. Hes been linked with a number of Prmier League sides. Alexandra bell is considering legal action against uk athletics after being overlooked for funding for the tokyo olympics. She was the top british woman over 800 metres at the World Championships but wasnt selected for the world class programme. Australian open organisers have increased the prize money to more than £38m with the biggest gains in the early rounds. First round losers will receive just under £50,000. The winners have had a small increase to 2. 1 million. Talking about money in sport, solheim cup winner bronte law has said that prize money in womens golf needs to increase if the game is to progress. The british player was a rookie in the European Team that beat the usa at gleneagles in september. An increase in prize money is always good. It gets us that little bit closer to where the men are. I think we have to grow the game ourselves from our side. We cannot really focus too much on what the men are doing. We can encourage more participation on our side and more buzz around the game with more people watching womens golf and those two go hand in hand. More prize money is definitely something that will help us grow in the right direction. What are your hopes for next year . I want to be on the olympic team, that would be huge for me to represent team gb in the olympics and i would love to be able to win a golf major and lpga events. And finally diving in football has been an on going issue for some years now but for two teams in tanzania, they were left with no choice. Players were forced to hit the deck in Dar Es Salaam when a swarm of bees invaded the pitch it lasted about 10 minutes, one player had to seek medical attention after being stung. Young africans won the match a nil against iringa. Thats all from sportsday. Now its time for click. Oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree. Your leaves are so unchanging. Oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree. Your leaves are so unchanging. Youve finally arrived, welcome the gang is all here, you are too, so welcome to clickmas 2019 forced merriment and pretend food, just like last year. Do we have a festive feast of tech treats for you . Yes, we do, and first up, it will be lara, merry christmas. Merry christmas. Whenever people say you should never work with animals or kids, i think clearly they have not worked with tech because it goes wrong occasionally, doesnt it . This week, i haventjust worked with tech, i worked with a dog at the same time. Take a look at this. Meet rusty, the tech savvy puppy familiar with being caught on camera
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