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Ticket prices have risen twice as fast as wages in the last decade. Im here to talk about another year of rising prices. Peter sna kebite wright has won his first pdc World Championship title. The scotsman completed a superb 7 3 victory over world number one, Michael Van Gerwen a fairly cloudy day in prospect for us. A fairly cloudy day in prospect for us. Wendy as well and we have some rain coming in from the north west slowly pushing south east was. And the predictions come true . Picking up p...

And the political commentator, jo phillips. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello there. A very quiet weather picture at the moment but already temperatures are tumbling below freezing. Ice becomes the concern i think for the next few nights and increasingly some patchy fog as well. Lets not get away from the main story, the story of dry weather. And for some foreseeable time as well, for four, five days, we could in fact some places have a week of dry weather, something we havent had si...

Good evening, potentially disruptive weather on the cards over the next couple of days. Storm brendan arriving from the atlantic, things are set to turn particularly windy and there will be heavy rain at times on monday and tuesday, particularly in the south. We have largely quiet and Clear Conditions out there at the moment, but some showers moving their way towards england and wales, dry for scotland and northern ireland. Clearing skies tonight, a chilly night out there. A touch of frost, espe...

For our new years day swim. Further along the east coast, crowds gathered at whitley bay, dressed up and ready to go and despite the dip no longer having an official organiser. The time honoured tradition continued on the isle of man this morning. In penzance, it was the first new years day dip at the jubilee pool. Fabulous to see so many people down, getting cold, getting rid of the hangover and having a splash and some fun. Its really special, the start of the new year, everyone swimming and e...

In a single year. Coming up the thousands round the uk braving the bracing sea on new years day. And in half an hours time, we look back on the collapse of travel firm thomas cook and its far reaching effects on customers and staff in review 2019 the thomas cook story. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The bushfire crisis in australia shows no sign of easing, hours, the worst loss of life since fires began in september. Many more are people missing. The government says more military personne...

Ian hislopjoins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back at this years front covers, cartoons and satire. Eight people are known to have died in australias bushfires in the past 2a hours, with more missing, in the worst loss of life since the crisis began. More military personnel are on the way, to try to protect isolated communities in the south east of the country. Many are cut off, without power, and some are running out of water. Phil mercer has sent this report. These are extraordinary...

Involving a car being driven on the wrong side of the road. Heavy rain and thunderstorms dampen bushfires in eastern australia, but bring flooding to some areas. British scientists suggest the number of people already infected by a new virus emerging in china, is far greater than official figures suggest. A crackdown on alcohol fuelled holidays in majorca and ibiza, as pub crawls and happy hours are banned in 3 popular resorts. British business groups have warned the chancellor, therell be highe...

Heavy rain working on from the west. Dry in the east, but when wherever you are, gusts to 80 mph. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines hundreds of anti british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. Here, the government calls yesterdays detention of the ambassador a flagrant violation of international law. Completely unacceptable. I think youre right. Breach of certainly the Vienna Convention and a whole range of things. Urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan w...

Reason i wanted to do it. This guy didnt fancy it though. Not at all. A bit too cold. Maybe next year. In north somerset, the dip is proving more popular than ever, attracting regulars, new people and if few onlookers. Didnt seem as good as i thought it would double on christmas day. We make the first time we came it was shocking. But when you get into it, you just feel great. Bagpipes in east yorkshire, is close to 200 swimmers continue their tradition of diving into the north sea at hornsea wi...

To reconnect with each other. I was getting kind of used to being someone you loved. For the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks are streamed online in the uk in a single year. And Sarah Montague interviews journalist ronan farrow, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigation of harvey weinstein. Thats hardtalk in half an hour. Eight people are known to have died in australias bushfires in the past 2a hours with more missing in the worst loss of life since the crisis began. More mil...