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Australias Prime Minister apologises for holidaying in hawaii as wildfires continue to sweep across three states. If the queen attends a Church Service in sandringham while the duke of edinburgh spent a second night in hospital receiving treatment for a pre exisiting condition. And coming up, rhe bbcs media editor meets the editor of private eye magazine at 17 30. A walk through the year in media with ian hislop. Hello, good afternoon. A six Year Old Girl has opened a pack of Tesco Christmas car...

Tributes have been paid to the actor tony britton, whos died at the age of 95. Iam i am perfectly happy to move into a hotel if i am inconveniencing you. He starred alongside nigel havers in the bbc sitcom dont wait up, and was also know for his role in itvs robins nest. His daughter, tv presenter fern britton, said her father was a great actor, director and charmer. Tom hanks next film, a Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood, sees him play the legendary american childrens tv presenter mr rogers, ...

Across New South Wales and the community really is going to have to stay alert and understand what they are going to do if threatened by fires. The government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist cobham by an american company. A man who confronted the fishmongers hall attacker with a narwal tusk describes his deep hurt that he couldnt save the two people who died. Prince philip spends the night in hospital in london to be treated for whats being described as a pre existin...

Theyjust say our name matthew mason, whos 18, a perfect ten for liverpool. Has been remanded in custody their lead goes to double digits and will appear before magistrates on monday. As a double from mo salah the death toll from last weeks see them beat watford and remain volcanic eruption in new zealand unbeaten in the premier league has risen to 16. This season. The victim, who has not been identified, died in hospital. Around 20 people remain in intensive another day of sunshine and showers c...

On tackling global warming. Former emmerdale actor, Kelvin Fletcher, drafted in as a last minute replacement, wins this years striclty. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35 this mornings reviewers are dawn foster from the guardian and asa bennett, the brexit commissioning editor for the daily telegraph. Jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labours worst general election defeat since the 1930s. Immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labo...

Former emmerdale actor, Kelvin Fletcher, drafted in as a last minute replacement, wins this years striclty. And coming up at 10. 30 22 years on, a british driver is trying to break his own world land speed record in bloodhound chasing the land speed record. Jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labours worst general election defeat since the 1930s. Immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labour mps whod lost their seats. But in a letter in the sunday mirror,...

Nicola sturgeon renews her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustnt be kept in the union against their will. You cannot just lock you cannotjust lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. In other news. A british man has been killed and his son wounded, after being shot during a suspected robbery, outside a five star hotel in buenos aires. The death toll from new zealands white island volcano eruption rises to 18,...

On scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustnt be kept in the union against their will. You cannot just lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. In other news, a british man has been killed and his son wounded, after being shot during a suspected robbery, outside a five star hotel in buenos aires. Delegates at un climate talks in madrid struggle to reach agreement, in a bid to tackle global warming. And in half an hour here on bbc news, click loo...

Floods left many people homeless. For many local residents, it was a break from the flood clean up. Alasdair gill reports. Christmas in fishla ke has not been cancelled, at least the local fair hasnt. And its a warm and welcome respite from Flood Recovery for the villages residents. As you can see, its very full and very busy because of the determination here within fishlake to rebuild what we had and to do our best to keep it alive. 11 days ago, much of thorninghurst farm was under water. Today...

Now on bbc news, the travel show. We are coming to you this week from rwanda. Iam we are coming to you this week from rwanda. I am in the capital to meet the people determined to make the country one of east africas cultural hotspots. How do i look . Good . Cat cultural hotspots. How do i look . Good . Cat is cultural hotspots. How do i look . Good . Cat is in copenhagen are skiing on the roof of a power plant. Ijust want skiing on the roof of a power plant. I just want to make it down without f...