Weather world looks back at some of the most significant meteorological events of the year the duke of edinburgh has left hospital where he was being treated for what officials describe as a pre existing the duke walked out of the king edward vii hospital in central london, and got into a car before being driven away. He travelled to the hospital on friday as a precautionary measure. Buckingham palace say his four night stay was for observation and treatment. The duke is now back at sandringham where he is expected to spend christmas with the queen. In a moment we will be speaking to our correspondent, Charlotte Gallagher, who is at sandringham. But first, lets go tojohn mcmanus who is in central london, outside the hospital where Prince Philip was receiving treatment. Do we know why Prince Philip was in hospitalfor do we know why Prince Philip was in hospital for the last few days . Very good to see him walk out himself. We dont know why he was brought here on friday to king edward seventh hospital on friday. The palace said it was a precautionary measure on the advice of the dukes doctor but they would not say what the precaution was of against and they are usually tight lipped about the health of royal family members. I just before 8 50am he left from an entrance at the rear of the hospital and was able to walk into the range rover unescorted. He thanked staff before he left in should hand with a nurse and is now on its way, presumably to sandringham to spend christmas with the queen and the rest of the royal family. No details why he was here for four nights but we know he has been treated in hospital several times over the last few years, hospital several times over the last few yea rs, treated hospital several times over the last few years, treated for a bladder infection, a hip replacement operation and an operation on his stomach. Yesterday when Prince Charles was visiting a flood hit town in yorkshire, fishlake, he was asked about its fathers health and said ina asked about its fathers health and said in a form of words, when you reach that age, things do not work as well as they normally do. I think anybody with elderly parents will know what he is talking about. The duke is 98 so it is perhaps no surprise that he occasionally has to see doctors. We do not know why he was here but he seems to be on the way to enjoy christmas with the rest of his family. Thank you, john mcmanus. Charlotte gallagher is in sandringham, where the queen has beenin sandringham, where the queen has been in residence since friday. The duke arrived in sandringham pretty quickly . In the last ten minutes or so quickly . In the last ten minutes or soa quickly . In the last ten minutes or so a helicopter landed on the estate at sandringham, he is back at home with his family. He now lives here full time since he retired from public life in 2017. He spends most of his time at sandringham. Speaking to people who work you, they say they often see him Walking Around they often see him Walking Around the estate and members of the public can bump into him if they can hear. It isa can bump into him if they can hear. It is a real belief that he is spending christmas with his family. We will see the queen on Christmas Day, she goes to church in the morning with the rest of her family. We dont know if Prince Philip will join her, he didnt go last year and since he retired he spent a lot less time in public, preferring to spend it away from the media spotlight. We do think that Prince George and princess charlotte, the children of princess charlotte, the children of Prince William and catherine, will be at Church Tomorrow for the first time on Christmas Day, so a real treat for the royal fans who line up for hours in order to catch a glimpse of the royal family to see the children going to church. Speaking to someone who works here, they say they expect to run 6000 people to come here tomorrow. As the queen has said in her speech, it has been quite a difficult year for the royalfamily, a been quite a difficult year for the royal family, a bumper year, been quite a difficult year for the royalfamily, a bumperyear, but been quite a difficult year for the royalfamily, a bumper year, but the fa ct royalfamily, a bumper year, but the fact they expect so many people shows they still have a lot of popularity with the british public. Adr popularity with the british public. A dr thomson year. Got a queue, Charlotte Gallagher and john mcmanus. Thank you, Charlotte Gallagher. The queen will use her Christmas Day message to say that 2019 has been quite bumpy. It comes after a year of intense political debate over brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the royal family. Her majesty said the path of course is not always sooth and may at times this year have felt quite bumpy, but small steps can make a world of difference. im joined now by the daily mails robert hardman, author of the book queen of the world. Thanks so much forjoining us on christmas eve. Very good news to see the duke of edinburgh walk out of hospital himself . Yes, and to have him back in the family fold in good time, because for the royalfamily they do lots of christmas celebrations on christmas eve, the evening of christmas eve, so perhaps there is an element of it being an being a precautionary measure, maybe the hospital treatment was designed to get it over and admit in time for christmas. Is there any word on why he is taken to hospital . Is your correspondent pointed out, these details are a private matter as your correspondent pointed out. The duke has made a number of visits to hospital in recent years, he is 98, it is not wholly surprising that these things happen from time to time. The one Common Thread is fuss, lots of people have commented on the fact that he gets these things over and done with and gets back to normal. It comes as we are hearing a little better about what the queens christmas message will entail. She talks about this bumper year, that is an admission that things have not been completely smooth this year . The message is a lwa ys smooth this year . The message is always very nuanced, it is the one speech the queen makes every year entirely off her own bat if you like, not on the advice of ministers. People will read lots of things into them, they will be her own words, she had spoken about the fa ct own words, she had spoken about the fact that it has been a bumper year for the house of windsor, the royal family, for obvious reasons. The dukes car crash at the beginning of the year, the unhappiness of the suffixes, the interview by the duke of york, and the constitution, the monarchy being dragged into the brexit chewing and throwing with the prorogation of parliament which turned out to not be allowed. The brexit toing and froing. 0ne turned out to not be allowed. The brexit toing and froing. One could say it has certainly been an eventful year for the royal family, at times turbulence. It is not the unassailable bliss let it is not the annus horribilis of 1992, but it has had its times. Would you expect Prince Andrew to be seen in public, for example going to Church Tomorrow . We just dont know. If he goes to church there will be much comment on that, if he doesnt, there will be much comment. In a sense, it is a story either way. The focus of the day always starts with the scenes outside sandringham church, some delightful family scenes in the family walking through the crowd, but the focal point will be the queens broadcast in full. We have had that taster earlier but i think there will be a lot more. I like the fact that the queen is touching on the 75th anniversary of d day, i think we will see more about the debt of gratitude we had to the wartime generation, that is my hunch. Briefly, a comment on the photo of the queen that has appeared, that it does not have a photo of harry and meghan, is it a paring down of the royalfamily, a sign they might step away from public life . It is an annual tradition, who is in and who is out . These things move around, the queens study is crammed with photos of every member of the family, you cant possibly fit them all in to the single screenshot. The fact the reasons do not include queen of the world, for example, reasons do not include queen of the world, for example, the reasons do not include queen of the world, for example, the fact that it does not involve the sussexes, the advanced photographs are generally focused on the four generations, it is reflected in the photos, it is that simple. It is not that somebody is out of favour because the photo was not behind the queen, you can rest assured it is in a prominent place in the study, we just cant see it. A prominent place in the study, we just cant see it. Thank you for interrupting your christmas preparations, robert harman. Royal commentator Caroline Aston is on the line from redlands. Many people will welcome the sight of Prince Philip returning to his family in time for christmas . He has been under the radarfor christmas . He has been under the radar for awhile, christmas . He has been under the radarfor awhile, he was remarkably upright but he now has face of an extremely elderly man, but wonderful to see him and that he will be the way for the rest of the family. There was some comment that none of his family, publicly at least, visited him in hospital . That is in keeping with the man. We are looking at the iron duke, mark two, no face about anything he had googled he had the severe bladder infection into thousand and two. He took a battering in january with that car accident. It has left it more shaken than we would perhaps like him to know. The iron duke will go on. Why does he make surging in his home . Know. The iron duke will go on. Why does he make surging in his home7m was purchased back in the 1860s for the future king edward vii. It has a lwa ys the future king edward vii. It has always been a go to place where the royalfamily always been a go to place where the royal family can celebrate an ordinary family with their wonderful christmas lunch tomorrow, and this evening, the opening of the presents on christmas eve. Amazing in a way to see he is still flowing by helicopter, that shows you something about the state of his health, physically. What about the queen acknowledging it has been a bumper year . Is your previous speaker said, my thoughts for her this year is this, she has never departed from her iconic vow when she said she dedicated her life, however long or short it might be, to service of her people, and she has never really gone away from the vow. It must have saddened her as she had seen her own family perhaps not quite carry out their duties in the way she might have wished, not to perhaps have followed her shining example. I think the biggest change of her record breaking rain is the fact that at the beginning of hg were merely expected, for the accident of birth that made you royal, but looking through the royal keyhole, asi looking through the royal keyhole, as i say, they now have to earn respect and never, ever blur the line between your public and private roles, which a certain prince has turned rather badly. Do you think there is a move within the royal family to want to pay things down . We keep hearing that but are not necessarily seeing that yet . |j we keep hearing that but are not necessarily seeing that yet . I know this was quite a hot potato right back at the time of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. I echo what was said about the choice of photographs. Nothing is done by accident, but one memory came to me, one of the images of the queens own youth were those wartime years when her father george youth were those wartime years when herfather george vi, her youth were those wartime years when her father george vi, her mother queen elizabeth, her sister, princess margaret, there were lots of photographs issued of them is the idealfamily at of photographs issued of them is the ideal family at the heart of the nation. I must admit, the photo coverage of the duke and duchess of cambridgejust lately coverage of the duke and duchess of cambridge just lately have rather smacked of that. Here is this family, togetherness, going to sandringham. In my opinion it rather isolated the sussexes, who are not having christmas and, who knows, great grandma and great grandpa quite elderly so perhaps it is an opportunity for them all to have been together that the sussexes might later regret having missed. Caroline aston, family gatherings are never easy, of course, never totally straightforward. But welcome news for the royal family to see the duke of edinburgh back in sandringham. Thank you very much indeed. Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have thanked nhs staff and other Public Servants who work through the holidays in their christmas messages. The Prime Minister also said the uk stood in solidarity with christians around the world who faced persecution for their beliefs. Mr corbyn said it had been a difficult year for many but christmas was a chance to reflect on hopes for a better world. The headlines on bbc news. The duke of edinburgh has left hospital where he was being treated for what officials described as a pre existing condition. 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 Fire Fighters will spend Christmas Day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. Jane is at the bbc sports centre. It morning. In the last hour its been confirmed that ben stokes will not be at England Training ahead of their test match series against south africa because his father has fallen ill and hell be at his hospital bedside. Stokes father ged is said to be suffering a serious illness and was taken to hospital injohannesburg on monday where hes in a critical condition. Englands first test against south africa starts on boxing day. Adam mountford is injohannesburg. Ben stokes father ged was admitted to hospital and janice berg yesterday after suffering what is described as a serious illness and remains in critical condition. 64 and was an International Rugby player representing new zealand in the 80s. Ben stokes will net practice scheduled in pretoria this afternoon to be at his fathers bedside. England have already had a disrupted build up to the series, with three players missing warm up games because of flu like statements. Symptoms. The government says it wont rule out taking further steps if football authorities in england fail to deal with racism. It follows Sundays Premier League match between tottenham and chelsea when play was stopped after Antonio Rudiger said he heard monkey noises. Tottenham have studied hours of cctv footage with lip readers to find the alleged perpetrators, but their findings were inconclusive. Tottenham Managerjose Mourinho gave his thoughts on the issue of racism in football. Do we need help . Yes. But Society Needs help. We need to eradicate. Is that the correct word . Yes. We need to eradicate any form of discrimination, and in this case, we are speaking about racism. And, yes, football needs help. But Society Needs help. well, the Sheffield United manager, chris wilder agreed with mourinho and said fans shouldnt hold back in calling out racism when they see it in the stands. I have always thought it was always society, attached to football teams and grounds. If you are sitting next to somebody who is doing it, just out them, out the people next to you. Be brave and police your own football ground. The former newcastle and Crystal Palace manager alan pardew has been appointed as the new head coach of netherlands side den haag. Pardew has signed a deal until the end of the season and will have chris powell as his assistant. Den haag are currently second bottom in the dutch league. The newjob for powell will not effect his role as a coach with the fa. The two time darts champion Gary Anderson survived a huge scare to progress to the fourth round of the pdc world championship. The scotsman was 3 1 down to ryan searle before fighting back to win in a deciding set. There were also victories for adrian lewis and jeffrey de zwaan who beat dave chisnall. The solheim cup winner bronte law has said that prize money in womens golf needs to increase if the game is to progress. The british golfer was a rookie in the Successful Team which beat the usa on the final putt at gleneagles in september. An increase in prize money is always good, it gets us that little bit closer to where the men are, that is great. I think we have to grown the game ourselves. From our side we cant focus too much on what the men are doing. I think we can encourage more participation in and aside and more participation in and aside and more birds around the game and more people watching womens golf than naturally those two go hand in hand. And finally diving in football has been an on going issue for some years now but for two teams in tanzania, they were left with no choice. Players were forced to drop to the ground when a swarm of bees invaded the pitch it led to the match being stopped briefly for a few moments, as players and fans tried to find cover they were trying to get it out of their hair, running around, lying flat on the ground, even linesman became affected, which obviously meant play had to be stopped. They bulged off eventually. 0h, meant play had to be stopped. They bulged off eventually. Oh, dear thats all the sport for now. We will be back in the next hour. Doctors are warning of the dangers posed by small button batteries that can be found in toys, Christmas Lights and musical cards. If swallowed, the batteries can burn through a childs throat in a short period of time. The Child Accident trust says two children a year die in the uk from swallowing the batteries. 0ur Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Claire still remembers vividly the events of 2015. At the age of two, her daughter sophie came dangerously close to death after swallowing a button battery. Leaving sophie in intensive care and needing multiple operations. If you swallow one and they leave it, it can be fatal. And if it wasnt for my Quick Response and getting up there, because within two hours it had already done damage, it is not worth thinking about, really. They are really dangerous and things escalate so quickly. This speeded up footage shows how fast a button battery can cause damage. Slices of ham represent the delicate tissues of the throat, saliva reacts with the battery to release caustic chemicals. Within two hours, the flesh is already scorched. Senior doctors say it is important that batteries in toys, lights, clothing and cards are kept safe. Because children mistake these things as sweets, keep them out of reach where they cant get to them. If they come in compartments in toys, christmas cards, make sure they are in there, locked away if possible. Better to prevent than have to go to an a e department, but if you do have to go, our great nhs staff will be there to remove the battery. Sophie has made a good recovery and her mum knows it was a close call. And not an experience anyone else should go through. Police in new zealand say they have called off the search for the bodies of two people still missing since the white island volcano eruption earlier this month. The bodies of Hayden Bryan Marshall Inman and 17 year old Winona Jane Langford are thought to be in the water off the island. Winonas parents were also among the 19 People Killed by the eruption. Police said their decision follows extensive shoreline and substantial aerial searches. Thousands of children in care are living more than 100 miles from their family and friends in places they have never heard of thats according to a report by the children s commissioner for england. More than 30,000 children in care are placed out of area, which is a 13 increase over five years. While some children are placed further afield for their own safety, to protect them from criminal gangs or sexual predators, many have to move away because of a shortage of local places. The increasing number of children now is really a result of the increasing number of teenagers coming into care. Theyre less likely to go into foster care, more likely to go into childrens homes. The majority of childrens homes are in areas of the country where accommodation is cheaper lincolnshire, the north west, kent. This means they are sent to these places and often moved around. Children tell me not only do they feel they do not know where they are on the map, they do not know how long they will be there, they dont have access to school properly and actually they feel it is some kind of punishment. This is, you know, a crucial time of growing up, a crucial time where they need school, they need friendships and they need to be able to plan their future. As we all know, it is nearly christmas and one of the highlights for many, will be Christmas Lights outside peoples houses. Millions of children across the world will be looking up at the night sky this evening, christmas eve, to get a glimpse of santa claus and his reindeer but what if he could see your house from the sky . Well, students at the university of leicester may have found the answer, after calculating that in order for a house to be seen from space at christmas it will need to be covered in more than 2,600 fairy lights. To tell us more about this is dr leigh fletcher, who is an associate professor in Planetary Science at the university of leicester. Professor, i assume that father christmas can see my house, otherwise he would not know whether chimneys . We all know this was a fairly ridiculous experiment to begin within that santa claus already knows where all good boys and girls live. But we asked our leicester physics students to do this thought experiment as a kind of training exercise, for them to hone their reasoning skills, to use the concepts they have been learning throughout their physics degrees, to apply themselves to this particular challenge which will be a particular concern for schoolchildren of any age across the globe this morning, will centre be able to see my own home as he is riding along on his sleigh . The calculation involves our leicester physics students using their knowledge they have acquired over the course, such as ideas from Space Science and astronomy and how light propagates away from a very bright source like Christmas Lights, we needed to know a bit about the ability of the human it resolve small details, and something about the engineering of light emitting diode, which is the key component of Christmas Lights today. And whatever stu d e nts Christmas Lights today. And whatever students used as a guide was the International Space station. Someone was up there looking down upon the planet earth at night time, would they be able to see your house with those Christmas Lights on its roof . They came up with a number of about 2500 Christmas Lights that you would need to be able to be spotted from the International Space station. As far as we know, does any building have a number of lights . It is not so unreasonable a number. If you look at some of the images that the International Space station is able to acquire, you will see cities and street lights when looking down from above. One thing i want to point out is at the university of leicester we do not advocate that you all rush out to the supermarket to buy extra lights for your house. Rest assured centre is clearly magical and will be able to find your house without any problem. There are two reasons, then. The first is that having so many lights will only add to the Climate Emergency they are all currently facing, and the second for us currently facing, and the second for us astronomers currently facing, and the second for us astronomers is one currently facing, and the second for us astronomers is one of high importance, light pollution, to make sure that we budding stargazers can look up into the night sky and still see the objects we are looking for, including the very special opportunity tonight for us to look up opportunity tonight for us to look up and see santa claus and his reindeer as they fly across the night sky on theirjourney round the world. It is always the most magical moment. We appreciate your Christmas Jumperand yourtime moment. We appreciate your Christmas Jumper and your time for joining moment. We appreciate your Christmas Jumper and your time forjoining us on christmas eve, thank you so much, professor. Thank you, happy christmas. Provides happy christmas. Simon king has the weather. We have had rain across northern england, said in scotland and northern ireland. That is easing off. Here is east sussex this morning, a better brightness but showers drifting towards the south east, some quite heavy and thundery in seven parts, especially south wales and the south west, easing slightly into the afternoon. Across northern parts of the rain eases, it will stay quite showery, some bright or sunny spells, maximum around six or 7 degrees in the north, ten or 11 further south. Still some showers tonight, one or two in the north, ten or 11 further south. Still some showers tonight, won a two mist and fog patches, some frost, present, temperatures getting down to about two to four celsius. The only way to experience the only White Christmas you might experience might be some frost on the ground. Dry and sunny for most others. Most of us. Hello, this is bbc news with geet guru murthy. The headlines. The duke of edinburgh has left hospital where he was being treated for what officials described as a pre existing condition. 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 Fire Fighters will spend Christmas Day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. A warning from nhs england to parents keep button batteries the type found in toys, festive lights, and musical christmas cards away from children. In a year that saw the planets hottest month on record,
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