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Am catherine downes. coming up for you this evening. a leap up the table from 11th to 5th for manchester city — as they fly past fulham in the premier league. ireland score three second—half tries to see off a scotland and claim third place in the autumn nations cup. and with lewis hamilton away valterri bottas gets to play as he claims pole position for the sakhir grand prix in bahrain. hello and welcome to sportsday. a landmark match for pep guardiola — 700 now in his managerial career �...

Now for something completely different. a uniquely canadian experience on the semi— frozen rivers of quebec. brandy shows a sport that has your racing over and around great chunks of ice. ive come down to the banks of the riverfor a lesson. ready to try it? we will practice the transition. what is your best leg, the left or the right? i would say my right. your right, so you will be on this side with your left leg inside the boat, and the scootering, and your right one. have a position... push...

An eu member, has decided to keep its slopes open. imogen folks reports. a grand opening for a brand—new ski lift, yea rs a grand opening for a brand—new ski lift, years in the making, gust half $1 billion. but we are in the middle ofa $1 billion. but we are in the middle of a pandemic. switzerlands neighbours france, italy and germany have closed their ski slopes this christmas but the swiss dont want to bow to pressure. it wont be the same during summer time when we say italy has to close,...

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By foot, boat... ..and jeep. leading expeditions of more than 120 scientists into the heart of remote jungles. ive been here for nearly 12 months now and the expedition has grown enormously since its original conception. what we are doing is to examine the rain forest, which is a vital and very little understood environment. probably the richest environment in the world and one which is disappearing with terrifying speed. robin has chronicled his life of adventure through a series of more than 2...

Will see the frenchman claim his seventh world title. feeling massively disappointed. with the position were in but also very savvy and disappointed for the team. imean, savvy and disappointed for the team. i mean, its a big blow to the manufactures title hopes and so i am very disappointed and sorry for that but obviously on the drivers site its not completely over. theres a glimmer of hope and obviously we keep fighting all the way to the end tomorrow but, yes, its looking very unlikely now bu...

Grinch raced to the bottom. getting suited up, the sun is coming up, i am going down. the new york yankees brian cashman and the manager, they will do this with me. i am about to go over the side. here we go. this is something brian cashman does every year. you are taking my first time - a big jump. >> look at you. dont challenge me. >> the grinch is missing with one of our rungs. >> he is a mean one. >> there we go. >> i feel good. >> there we go.

Here, if the christenson new year period goes well and above all safely, switzerland stands to make a tidy profit while its neighbours are left empty—handed. imagine folks, bbc news, band. votes are being counted in kuwait, in the countrys parliamentary election — overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. these were kuwaits first elections since the new emir took office in september. infected voters were allowed to have their say too — at five designated polling stations. nisrine hatoum re...

Freezing water, that would be terrifying! but now it feels... it feels good. rowing between the icy banks of the river is beautiful. as soon as we hit a section of ice, we have tojump out for scootering. scootering back! yeah! even with spiked shoes to grip the ice, this isnt easy. matching the rhythm of the rest of the team feels impossible. but the more we jump between the boat and the ice, the more i relax... ..and actually start to enjoy this icy wonderland. scootering back!

And i thought, looked it up on google and found this phenomenon called thundersnow. snow and rain in scotland — not something to write home but thundersnow? thats a phenomenon that most of us had not even heard of, let alone been woken up by it in the middle of the night. thundersnow is quite simply a thunderstorm with snow, and like the storms we see in the summer, its caused by instability in the atmosphere and lots of energy. the difference with last night is that we had cold air and thats ...