One huge step for mankind. Its 50 years ago today that Neil Armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. The crowd in the arena nose. 11 months ago they threw everything out the window. Englands hopes of reaching their first netball World Cup Final have been dashed after they were beaten by four time winners new zealand in liverpool. Full details in sportsday in half an hour. Good evening. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has spoken to his iranian counterpart expressing what he said was extreme disappointment over the seizure of a british flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. He said the seizure was in clear contravention of International Law and totally unacceptable. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in teheran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated International Maritime rules. But the shi
Would simply adapt the conditions for access to our market accordingly the decision of the united kingdom. This would apply and vice versa. The self isolation period has been reduced from 1a days to ten for anyone who has come into contact with a positive case of covid 19. The first minister of wales city cannot rule out a post Christmas Lockdown. The number of coronavirus cases there is on the rise. Nonessential shops have opened for the first time in three weeks across much of western scotland after a covid lockdown. Tributes pour in for dame Barbara Windsor. We will be taking a look back at her extraordinary life. Good afternoon. The European Commission president ursula von der leyen has told eu leaders that a trade deal with the uk before sundays deadline is unlikely, describing the talks as difficult. Her comments come after the Prime Minister urged businesses to prepare for a no deal brexit when the transition period ends at the end of the month. Speaking this morning borisjohnso
Semi finals. Two goals in the closing minutes take them past everton including an absolute cracker from cavani. After revealing his battle with loneliness on breakfast, more than 7,000 Christmas Cards have been sent to world war ii veteran john lister. Well bring you his reaction. Numerous Flood Warnings across england and wales after yesterdays heavy rain but the good news is todayit heavy rain but the good news is today it looks drier, brighter but much colder. I will have all of your christmas forecast details coming up on breakfast. Its thursday 24th december. Our top story. After months of talks a brexit trade deal between the uk and the eu is expected to be confirmed over the next few hours. The deal document is thought to be around 2,000 pages long, with both sides having until 31 december when the uk leaves eu trading rules to get it approved. The uk and eu have locked horns over a number of issues during negotiations. But there were three Sticking Points that proved difficult