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Very mild. Whatever you are doing, you can find our forecast at the website. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. The duke of edinburgh has left hospital in time to spend christmas with the queen at 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. Thousands of volunteer firefighters will spend Christmas Day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. A warning from nhs england to parents k...

Six people are now confirmed dead after a volcano erupted on white island in new zealand. An investigation has been launched. We know too there will be bigger questions in relation to this event. These questions must be asked and they must be answered. And well have the latest in our exclusive series, election blind dates where we bring together two people with opposing political views. Will this be the first time we have a couple really fall out . Can you just let me finish . No, but. Can i get...

Gps have voted to reduce visits to patients homes, saying they no longer have the capacity to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees on friday. But the health secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps contracts was a complete non starter. Jenny kumah reports. Family doctors say their workload is on the rise, and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. In his surgery in leeds, dr Richard ...

A Police Officer has been charged with the murder of the former footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being tasered. The ex aston villa striker was restrained by officers at his Fathers House in telford, in 2016. A second officer, also from west Mercia Police force, has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. Both appeared in court on thursday, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. Dalian atkinsons talents brought him some memorable goals. This strike clinched him goal of t...

Is at this time of yearand to think about your dog is at this time of year and to build in contingencies to look after the dog. Things such as building a den for your dog, somewhere dark and quiet, where the dog can hide. Close your curtains. Put your tv up, put your favourite album on and turn it up. Anything to distract the dog from what is going on. Even in the home, they are still alarmed . Absolutely. Ever so loud noises, they are unnatural sounds for an animal and oui unnatural sounds for ...

With george ford at fly half. It isa it is a pretty chilly start to your friday. Mist and fog around, too. But lots of sunshine to come. I will have the details on breakfast. Its friday the 20th of september. Our top story the future of thomas cook is hanging in the balance this morning, as it scrambles to raise £200 Million Pounds to secure an Emergency Rescue deal. Britains oldest package holiday firm must secure the funds before a crucial meeting next friday. Ninas here to explain what this ...

Union and i cant stand by that. The former work and pensions secretary also raises concerns about the governments commitment to getting a new deal with the eu. At the moment theres a lot of work going on into no deal and not enough going into getting a deal. The business secretary, andrea leadsom, accuses the speaker, john bercow, of breaking parliamentary rules by allowing mps to take control of the commons agenda. Serena williams loses the us open final in straight sets to a teenager. In a gri...

When almost 15,000 people, mainly elderly, died during a heatwave. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren. It has been warm in the sunshine, chili and a cloud. Then we have some rain arriving from the west. Initially across scotland and Northern Ireland then western parts of england and wales, heavy rain at times. Nowhere near as chilly as it was last night with more cloud around. In east anglia we will have clearer skies for a bit longer. Tomorrow, a cloudy day with outbreaks of rai...

The speaker of the house of Commonsjohn Bercow has confirmed that he will stand down by the end of october and wont stand as an mp at the next election. His time in the chair has, at certain moments, been highly controversial. John pienaar reports. The referee who became a player, loving every minute as much as many conservatives hated him for siding with the commons against a no deal brexit. March on our way. Speaker today, he told them hed planned his own exit in his own time, on brexit day. N...

Have the energy ombudsman. The final port of call for complaints. In this instance, extra energy does not exist anymore as a company and the administrators of extra energy are pwc. If you want to complain about your bill, go to pwc and complain but afterwards you cannot go to the ombudsman, ofgem, because pwc is not an energy company. Ive had it described as a regulatory black hole in this. Has anyone from nc described as a regulatory black hole in this. Has anyone from m the company commented ....