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In england and wales are being held, giving them similar rights to people who are married. The new yearfireworks begin auckland the first big city to welcome in 2020. Doris day, clive james, Toni Morrison and Albert Finney just a few of the big names whove died this year and whos lives we mark in review 2019 we remember. Thats in half an hours time, here on bbc news. Devastating bushfires across large parts of australia have claimed two more lives. The latest victims, a 63 year old man and his 29 year old son died in New South Wales. In the neighbouring state of victoria, thousands of people w...

Serene music. So, in hong kong, 2020 has struck. You can see the laser displays, the fireworks have begun, the music and various buildings, spectacularly illuminated. Whats not entirely clear at this point is whether this is the exact display that was previously planned. With a heavy Police Presence and talk of human chains forming at major sites across the territory, the annual firework display, we were told, had been cancelled because of Police Warnings about security threats. It may be that youre not watching what had been planned in advance but clearly there is a spectacular acknowledgemen...

Weve had a picture of some rain sentin weve had a picture of some rain sent in by one of our weather watchers. It is cooler, and here is why. We have these two weather fronts spreading gradually south east. Bring yourself and rein and dragging in something noticeably fresher. We have seen this band of rain pushing in from the north west gcioss rain pushing in from the north west across scotland and Northern Ireland as we go through this afternoon, it will continue to push through south east. Behind it, a brief dry interlude with some brightness for north east scotland, with an expanded array n...

For our new years day swim. Further along the east coast, crowds gathered at whitley bay, dressed up and ready to go and despite the dip no longer having an official organiser. The time honoured tradition continued on the isle of man this morning. In penzance, it was the first new years day dip at the jubilee pool. Fabulous to see so many people down, getting cold, getting rid of the hangover and having a splash and some fun. Its really special, the start of the new year, everyone swimming and enjoying themselves, and lets hope it goes on like this with the pool because its a fabulous iconic p...

Crisis continues. And in 20 minutes, sportsday takes a look at the new years days fixtures and whether anyone can catch liverpool at the top of the premier league. Good evening. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. In the state of victoria, 4000 people, locals and tourists alike, prepared to flee into the ocean as a last resort. Military aircraft and naval ships are being deployed to carry out evacuations and support firefighters. In New South Wales, two more people have been killed a...