Koepka. It remains impossible to talk of a couple of major without mentioning tiger woods, but this will be a championship unlike any other. Most of the time, when you go toa tee, other. Most of the time, when you go to a tee, people yelling, that part is different. That is the new world we live in and we just have to get use we live in and we just have to get use to it. Dissident the longest gap between majors since the second world war. The tournament promises much, even if they will be no one there to see it. Adam wild, bbc news. Still to come on sportsday a decade after a life changing accident, we speak to wheelchair basketballer Sophie Carrigill about looking adversity in the eye and aiming for paralympic gold. And well have all the latest for you from the World Snooker championships at the crucible. When team gbs hockey players travelled to rio for the last olympic games, there was just one non white player in the squad thats men and women. Now, four years on, english hockey is
Listened to, but that doesnt mean that what we are saying is translated into action. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers joe twyman, whos the director of the polling organisation, deltapoll, and claire cohen, the womens editor at the telegraph. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. The government says its seriously concerned about the fairness of a trial in which a british teenager was found guilty of lying about being raped by a group of men in cyprus. 12 israeli men were arrested, but then freed when the woman retracted her statement about the attack in ayia napa last july. The woman, who cant be identified, said police had forced her to say shed lied about the attack something they deny. The Foreign Office has described the case as deeply distressing and says it will raise the issue with the cypriot authorities. Jon donnisons report contains flash photography. When these Legal Proceedings began, the young british woman at the heart of the case was a vic
At the world darts championship. We have had more rain on already saturated ground. Plenty of Flood Warning and plenty of mist and fog. Essentially, a day of sunshine and showers. More detail on that in the next half hour. Its sunday the 22nd of december. Our top story the authorities in australia are warning people its still not safe to return to areas devastated by wild fires, even where the flames appear to have been extinguished. The countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who was criticised for going on holiday during the crisis, has now conceded that Climate Change could be have contributed to the fires. Our sydney correspondent, Shaimaa Khaliljoins us now from balmoral in New South Wales. Good morning. We can see behind you, these fires still have a hold on the countryside . Good morning. Balmoral has been one of the worst hit villages from saturdays fires and many people have been told it is still extremely dangerous for them to come back and you can see why. Just behind me, l
And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35 this mornings reviewers are the property and personal finance commentator, anne ashworth, and the independents features writer james rampton. The australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has acknowledged public anger at his decision to go on holiday while his country faces a bushfire crisis. On holiday while his country mr morrison said if he could go back, he would have made a different choice. The fires are expected to worsen, with more hot, dry weather expected. Mr morrison did acknowledge the role of Climate Change, it but said warming temperatures couldnt be connected to any single fire. Gareth barlow reports. This is the remarkable, almost apocalyptic scene facing firefighters tackling australias deadly and devastating wildfires. Fire chiefs described saturday as an awful day. As thousands of personnel tackle raging infernos, the countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has been heavily criticised for being on holiday in
Dateline london looks at the effect impeachment could have on Donald Trumps support base. Hello, good morning. The australian Prime Minister, scott morrison, has acknowledged public anger at his decision to go on holiday while his country faces a bushfire crisis. Mr morrison said if he could go back he would have made a different choice. The fires are expected to worsen with more hot dry weather expected. Mr morrison did acknowledge the role of climate change, but said warming temperatures couldnt be connected to any single fire. Gareth barlow reports. This is the remarkable, almost apocalyptic, scene facing firefighters tackling australias deadly and devastating wildfires. Fire chiefs described saturday as an awful day. As thousands of personnel tackle raging infernos, the countrys Prime Minister, scott morrison, has been heavily criticised for being on holiday in hawaii, a trip hes now cut short. I get it that people would have been upset to know that i was holidaying with my family