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Paul: with the first votes it to be cast in little over a week, the presidential primary race for the republicans is heating up and donald trump is the overwhelming front runner in iowa and new hampshire, ron desantis and nikki haley are in an increasingly contentious battle to be the runner-up. haley has surged ahead of desantis in the polls and new hampshire as the two are essentially tied. the candidates traded barbs on the campaign trail ahead of the first in the nation caucuses on january 1...

I was in love! so many stories. once, when i was a young boy! itjust came from a place of extreme love and, er, carnality. and then i didnt really think it was anything until i kind of bought it to my friends here. it was a ballad initially? yeah, yeah, it was, it was kind of slow on piano. like, i didnt write it and think, "oh, yeah, this is a big anthem and this is cool and big and electric." and then emily wrote a guitar solo and i was like, ah, thats what it should be! for the last 22 years,...

In the venue where it all began. this is where you played your first show two years ago. what are your memories of that night? very little! and how many people were here? 20? 20, yeah. it felt like loads though. i remember standing on the stage and looking out and being like, "i am king of glastonbury!" for the last 22 years, the sound of poll has predicted success for artists like adele, stormzy and dua lipa. this years runner up was the singer song writer 0livia dean. and in third place was th...

Celebrated this was as much about the runner—up. luke littler! just weeks ago almost no one had heard of him. now, everyone has. walking in the littler wonderland, they sang, for a teenager who says his next challenge is learning to drive. i cant wait to start my driving lessons, i think 17 days until my birthday now, but its just another birthday, another age added on. im just happy with it. maybe it could have gone my way if i went 5—2, but it is what it is. the final itself was more an em...

Finally tonight, the teenage sensation who has darted to the top of his game. heres liz kreutz. >> reporter: hes just 16 years old, and tonight this unassuming teenager is now one of the biggest names in the game of darts. duke littler, the runner-up of the world charts championship in london. after a tense matchup between the current number one player, the newcomer fell short. >> you will be back. >> reporter: still, its been a stunning rise for the dart prodigy who came in as an underdog ranke...

Recorded shortly before his death and did not report by ruth clegg. if you want to know more about that story, the documentary of his life is available on bbc iplayer now. here in the uk, millions of us were glued to our screens last night to see if a british teenager would succeed in his bid to win the darts world championships. luke littler, who is known as luke the nuke isjust 16 years old and was beaten 7—4 by luke humphries at the tournament in london. unbelievable, it is crazy to think t...

A lot of people there that have made me the player i am today. probably go down there, open the bar up and, you know, see all the people that deserve to celebrate this with me. because that was one thing i definitely thought about, "if i win this world title, i want to celebrate with all the people that ive grown up with throughout the years that have helped me to get to this position." you know, ill be truly thankful for them for the rest of my life. luke humphries is the young boy from newbury...

Hello, and welcome to sportsday. im gavin ramjaun. the big names enter the picture in the fa cup. we are at crystal palace as the third round gets under way tonight. arsenals declan rights tells us how proud he is of the clubs work in the community that stop not crime ahead of their tight with liverpool. im in the position now to be a footballer and i was that young kid who looked at the people like myself and its an honour. and we hearfrom and we hear from the new darts world champion and the r...

Dar championships in london. >> oh, still a 16 -- oh, my word! >> david: then, winning six matches in a row to compete in the finals late today. >> just unbelievable to even think that im in the final. stick to the routine that im always doing. >> david: his routine? a ham and cheese omelet for breakfast, a pizza for lunch. in 2008, playing darts at 18 months old and in a diaper. groefing up south of liverpool and manchester, tonight, his friends in the uk, st. helens darts academy cheering him ...

Much history by region the final and made quite a lot of money, hundreds of thousands of pounds by doing that. but for four, of thousands of pounds by doing that. but forfour, pretty close, first to seven, we are not far away from working out who will actually win there. thats been back or panel. i dont know how big a darts fans you both are. tom lets start with you, are you into this? i are. tom lets start with you, are you into this?— you into this? i have been to darts many times. _ you int...