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From the cricket world cup to a Game Changing summer for womens sport, we look back at the biggest sporting moments this year. The mayor of sydney says the citys famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead, despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. More than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. A warning this report from phil mercer in sydney contains flashing...

And restoration work on big ben will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. Victoria derbyshire now takes a look back at the exclusive interviews and films which have featured on her programme in 2019. Hello and welcome. Over the next half an hour, we will bring you a few of the highlights from our programme over the last 12 months. Earlier this year, our programme discovered that hundreds of british teenagers were being sent by their mums and dads to east africa to avoid knife crime here in the uk. Parents told this programme they didnt view the mo...

Illegality. Yes, its intolerance, its also illegal. And we will enforce the law. We are going to have an increased police presence. We have the toughest hate crimes laws in the United States of america. And we are going to enforce them to the full extent of the law. Strong words they are from the new york state governor, andrew cuomo. Talking about his horror and dismay at those attacks and talking about the wider issue of hate crimes and how it has become an american cancer. Lets get the weather. The weather has been very mild in the last few days. Nothing to indicate it is going to change as...

Will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. Coming up in half an hour. Us soccer star Megan Rapinoe speaks to bbc sport about winning the world cup and being an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. The mayor of sydney says the citys famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead, despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. More t...

Big ben bongs. Are you nervous in the run up to midnight . I think theres always got to be a bit of nerves because it shows, one, that you care, and also, that its obviously a really, really big moment. Cheering. The new speaker of the house of commons, lindsay hoyle, has said he wont stand in the way if mps vote for big ben to also be struck on january the 31st, the day the uks set to leave the eu. During a tumultuous time in british politics, hidden from view, this four year refurbishment has continued. All of the stone that we put onto the tower is hard carved, which is a phenomenal thing t...