Its arguably the worlds most dazzling fireworks display, but thousands of people want sydney to scrap its new years eve spectacular. They say it would be an insult and could traumatise some of those affected by the bushfire crisis. Sydneys lord mayor, clover moore, said she shared the deep sympathies of those whod signed the petition, but stressed that the fireworks were planned months in advance and most of the budget had already been spent. So, barring catastrophic fire conditions in sydney on new years eve, the event seems certain to go ahead. In between now and then, the authorities are warning of severe to extreme fire dangers across much of south eastern australia, much of the heavily populated parts of australia. That includes south australia, victoria, tasmania and new south wales, where more than 80 fires continue to burn. Volunteers are a vital part of the emergency effort. Many have been fighting the flames for weeks. The government says theyll be able to apply for about £3
Will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. Coming up in half an hour. Us soccer star Megan Rapinoe speaks to bbc sport about winning the world cup and being an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. The mayor of sydney says the citys famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead, despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. More than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. A warning this report from phil mercer in sydney contains flashing images. Its arguably the worlds most dazzling fireworks display, but thousands of people want sydney to scrap its new years eve spectacular. They say it would be an insult and could traumatise some of those affected by the bushfire crisis. Sydneys lord mayor, clov
Bongs can ring in the new decade. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello. Welcome to sportsday live at the bbc sport centre with me ben croucher. Our headlines this sunday liverpool win again. Arsenal dont. Var . Plenty of that too. Just another day in the premier league in scotland rangers win the Old Firm Derby. It made their manager rather happy. And feeling a bit sick. England succumb to south africa in the first test in centurion. Welcome to the programme. Liverpool have ended 2019 as they started it. Top of the premier league table. Theyll take some catching from here now after restoring their 13 points advantage with a 1 nil win over wolves. Not for the first time this season the video assistant referee had a big influence. Nick parrott has the details. With the festive fixtures coming thick and fast it is hard for teams to stay on form. Both liverpool and wolves are thrilled in their last games but with such a short turn around anfield was unlikely to see a classic. Wear
Now its time for the weather with tomasz shaffernaker. Lets get a check on the weather for the next few days. At the moment it isa the next few days. At the moment it is a little unsettled. Some rain in the forecast, much needed rain for the forecast, much needed rain for the south and next week some big changes on the way, potentially some hot weather but we will talk about that in a second. This is what we have out there right now, this is the weather moving across the uk and this next one, that low pressure is headed further south reaching southern and central parts of the uk on friday. Here is thursdays with a map and we have a weather frontjust exiting out into the north seed. Minded, slightly fresher conditions coming infor minded, slightly fresher conditions coming in for scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England is well with some Thunder Showers around in a few areas but in the south of the afternoon is looking dry and sunny with temperatures still up around 25. That was thu
continue, and potentially, if they cannot, that game may be played tomorrow. in the same group, norway, who lost to scotland. on saturday are playing cyprus, and leading 1 0 with a goal from ole salbakken. and it s another landmark occasion for cristiano ronaldo who s become the first man to win 200 caps for his country. portugal are playing iceland in reykjavik. it is currently 0 0. australia s cricketers have beaten england in a thrilling finish to the 1st test at edgbaston in birmingham. the tourists began the final day on 107 for 3, chasing 281 to win. england looked on course to win when ben stokes bowled usman khawaja for 65 and joe root held a stunning catch off his own bowling to see off alex carey. but a 9th wicket stand of 55 between pat cummins and nathan lyon steered australia to victory by 2 wickets. it s their narrowest margin of victory in an ashes test in terms of wickets since 1907. at any i ve ever felt like this after a test match. there were so many emotio