Government in waiting host the conservatives are weak, divided and stuck in and out dated rot. And i will be looking back any momentous yearin will be looking back any momentous year in politics that saw the brexit negotiations getting under way and the snap general election. Good afternoon. A seaplane has crashed into a river near sydney, killing all six people on board. Reports suggest four of the victims are british, although this has not been confirmed by police. The Foreign Office here is in contact with officials in australia. The aircraft on a sightseeing trip ahead of the new Year Celebrations came down in a river close to the suburb of cowan. Ian palmer reports. Police divers have spent the day searching for bodies. The seaplane is underwater. The party was returning from a trip to a restaurant, before crashing into the river. Six people were on board. For reasons that are not known at this stage, the plane has hit the water and it has subsequently sunk. It is sitting in appro
Biggest weather stories and storms. Good afternoon. A seaplane has crashed into a river near sydney, killing all six people on board. Reports suggest four of the victims are british, although this has not been confirmed by police. The Foreign Office here is in contact with officials in australia. The aircraft on a sight seeing trip ahead of the new Year Celebrations came down in a river close to the suburb of cowan. Ian palmer reports. Police divers have spent the day searching for bodies. The seaplane is underwater. The party was returning from a trip to a restaurant, before crashing into the river. Six people were on board. For reasons that are not known at this stage, the plane has hit the water and it has subsequently sunk. It is sitting in approximately 13 metres of water. At the time of the collision, the plane had a pilot and five passengers on board. I can confirm the six people on the plane are deceased. The aircraft crashed just after three in the afternoon, local time. It is
Dramatic music studio they said it was going to be spectacular, and it certainly was. A good ten minutes of music and fireworks extravaganza taking place in hong kongs iconic victoria harbour. Beautiful and exciting scenes. Lots of tunes. There was auld lang syne. Very musical. Lets take you to the vatican now where pope francis is holding a thanksgiving for the past service in st peters square. Its part of the eight days of christmas, the octaves of christmas that started on christmas eve. We are now on day seven of the octave. These are the vespas. A traditional hymn will be some and after that pope francis will visit eight crib oi pope francis will visit eight crib or creche set up outside st peters at the basilica and he will spend some time in silent prayer. A flavour of how the world is bringing in 2018. We have been looking at new Year Celebrations around the world. People in the Southern Hemisphere have begun welcoming in the new year. Three, two, one. Auckland in new zealand,
Fireworks starting as thailand says goodbye to 2017 and hello to 2018. Studio that was thailand, where they have been welcoming in 2018 on they have been welcoming in 2018 on the river kwai. Celebrations taking place around the world, and we are following them on bbc news. We have seen a number of celebrations, starting off in the southern hemisphere. First it was new zealand, and then sydney and hong kong, who brought in the new year just an hour ago above the historic victoria harbour. And this was the scene in sydney earlier. Where the harbour and its iconic bridge took centre stage as usual. Apparently people were queuing up to secure a good Vantage Point more than nine hours in advance of the show. Around 1. 5 Million People were there to watch. This year the display featured a rainbow theme to celebrate the passing of the countrys same sex marriage law. North korea has held a firework display in pyongyang to mark the new year. The fireworks display was held by the taedong river.