george michael music. >> kelly: george michael, i'm in. >> oh, you spoke too soon. >> kelly: [laughs] i love this, i'm excited. whoa, okay. that is a lot of bourbon. >> kelly: what is your favorite christmas will be customer go first, "white christmas." >> "elf." >> kelly: i am so good. what was your job before acting? >> i used to work in a salon doing blowouts, cuts, drives. >> kelly: does she have you do that? >> more often than not, when you see my wife, i usually do the blowout. >> kelly: oh, my gosh! you are kind of nailing this at this point. >> kind of that blowout that was big, volume is, sexy. >> kelly: i want you to do that to my hair. >> any time you need me. >> kelly: oh oh! >> pretty good. >> kelly: i am a woman of my word. >> lord. >> you are kind of kicking my butt in this game. speak at this when you have to do whichever row it lands on. >> kelly: don't you challenge me to a good time. oh! you just close it out, i'll just do it. >> [laughs] >> kelly: congrats, you're the first eggnog pong world champion. you bade them a little bit and said you weren't good at this and

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, whose tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said it has failed in its principal objective, to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight stories high, a football pitch wide, full from 30,000 feet. falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc world news t

to george michael, who has died of suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon has says it has failed in its principle objective to capture him and take him to the united states. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maiden of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight stories high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: there are more catastrophic fire warnings in australia for saturday in three parts of new south wa

rob: a huge george michael fan. jillian: we don't like george michael but this is not what i would have imagined. rob: anytime of the year. jillian: sometimes you surprise me. good morning. you are watching "fox and friends first". rob: we are drowsy from the holiday party last night. thanks for getting up early with us today and we start with a fox news alert. the fbi joining in the search for missing mother and her 2 week old daughter in texas. heidi broussard vanished with her baby after dropping her son off at school. jillian: police try to piece together the clues. >> reporter: the police department putting out a call to the public for help trying to find her and her daughter mark roe carry. they vanished after broussard dropped her son off at school. investigators believe they returned home with broussard's vehicle and belongings at the house and both side of the struggle. broussard's fiancÉ and the father of the missing child, he has been going through dumpsters looking for any clues. he called police after

the daily mirror reports on the sad news — that george michael's sister passed away on christmas day, exactly three years to the day that he died. the sun has the same story and quotes a source, which says melanie panayiotou had been suffering from an illness which "took a turn for the worse". the times reports on the new years honours list — and the anger over the damehood award to former director of public prosecutions alison saunders — who had faced criticism over her handling sexual offence cases the daily mail quotes nhs figures — which show over half of middle aged adults in the uk have "very high" waist measurements that could put their health at risk. the daily express reports on comments by the president of the european commission, who suggested the brexit transition period should be extended after questioning whether a deal could be done by next december‘s deadline. and a reminder, we'll be taking an in—depth look at those front pages with our reviewers are the former fleet street editor, eve pollard, and the comment editor at city am, rachel cunliffe. that's comin

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the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: typhoon phanfone is causing major flood

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a powerful typhoon tears through parts

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a powerful typhoon tears through parts

the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states‘ troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: there are more catastrophic fi

the daily mirror reports on the sad news that george michael's sister passed away on christmas day, exactly 3 years to the day that he died. the sun has the same story and quotes a source, which says melanie panayiotou had been suffering from an illness which "took a turn for the worse". the times reports on the new years honours list, and the anger over the damehood award to former director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, who had faced criticism over her handling of sexual offence cases. the daily mail quotes nhs england figures, which show over half of middle aged adults have very high waist measurements that could put their health at risk. and the daily express reports on comments by the president of the european commission, who suggested the brexit transition period should be extended, after questioning whether a deal could be done by next december‘s deadline. let's begin with matters eu because we're looking at the daily express festival and the eu did to delay trade talks. we have been missing the word brexit. .. just for a few days. here we go. we have the new european com

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: a powerful typhoon tears through

the world of music‘s been paying tribute to george michael who‘s died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am‘s maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: pope francis celebrates midnigh

the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: there are more catastrophic fire

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: warnings of a worsening refugee

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: boeing has sacked its chief executive a

the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the australian prime minister cuts sho

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the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: boeing has sacked its chief execu

the world of music‘s been paying tribute to george michael who‘s died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am‘s maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: pope francis celebrates midnight mass

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: boeing has fired its chief executive af

the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. i'm ben bland in londo

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: warnings of a worsening refugee crisis

melanie panayiotou — the sister of george michael — has died at the age of 55, exactly three years after the singer's death. the family said that melanie had " passed away suddenly" at her north london home on christmas day. melanie had followed her brother around the world at the height of his fame and inherited much of his estate after the singer's death on christmas day in 2016. the us coastguard is searching for a helicopter which has gone missing in hawaii. tourists were amoing the seven people were on board the flight which didn't return from a trip over the island of kauai. a boat and an aircraft are being used in the search, but the coastguard says weather conditions are challenging, with low visibility and blustery winds. the government has announced that from april thousands of nhs patients, visitors and staff will benefit from free parking at hospitals in england. most visitors to hospitals in scotland, wales and northern ireland are already exempt from charges. james waterhouse reports. for nhs patients and those who visit them, it's an age old complaint — paying to park at

michael and careless whispers and i didn't care play that has giant you got here. >>and john is it just to the bridges are is everywhere is everywhere guys we are seeg that fog whether you're inland crossing the bridges or out towards the coast. it is definitely anotr foggy morning and

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: pope francis has celebrated midnight ma

the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm marika oi in singapore. i'm ben bland in london

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news, our main headline: a powerful typhoon tears through parts of

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from a suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principal objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. a hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas — nose down in the soft earth. you can see what happens when a plane eight stories high, a football pitch wide falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania, after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in town, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc world news today. i'm samantha simmonds. the latest headlines. nearly 1,000 homes have been destro

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: boeing has sacked its chief executive a

melanie panayiotou — the sister of george michael has died at the age of 55 — exactly three years after the singer's death. the family said that melanie had ‘passed away suddenly‘ at her north london home on christmas day melanie had followed her brother around the world at the height of his fame and inherited much of his estate after the singer's death on christmas day in 2016. the school of a nine—year—old girl who drowned in a spanish swimming pool on christmas eve has described her "wonderfully kind, caring pupil". comfort diya died along with herfather and older brother, who tried to rescue her at the club la costa world resort near fuengirola. in a statement, the windrush charlton school in south—east london said comfort would be greatly missed. an investigation has been launched after a person died in a house fire in merseyside. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire in the litherland area yesterday afternoon. a second person has been taken to hospital. another person has died in a house fire in derby. fire crews were called to the property in the norma

melanie pa nayiotou, the sister of george michael, has died at the age of 55 — exactly three years after the singer's death. her family said that melanie had passed away suddenly at her north london home on christmas day. melanie had followed her brother around the world at the height of his fame and inherited much of his estate after the singer's death on christmas day in 2016. india has deployed thousands of troops in a number of cities to counter protests against a controversial citizenship law, which grants amnesty to illegal migrants from three countries, but only those who are not muslims. since it was passed, more than 20 people have died in clashes. most of them were from the northern state of uttar pradesh, where the police have been accused of using excessive force against protesters, and of vandalising muslim homes. officials deny the allegations. the bbc‘s india correspondent yogita limaye sent this report. in kanpur, a policeman appears to fire a gun at protesters who were throwing stones. in muzaffarnagar, those demonstrating are beaten. even an older man. in meerut, poli

melanie the sister of george michael has died at the age of 55 — exactly three years after the singer's death. her family said that melanie had "passed away suddenly" at her north london home on christmas day. melanie had followed her brother around the world at the height of his fame and inherited much of his estate after the singer's death on christmas day in 2016. the government has announced that from april, thousands of nhs patients, visitors and staff will benefit from free parking at hospitals in england. most visitors to hospitals in scotland, wales and northern ireland are already exempt from charges. james waterhouse reports. for nhs patients and those who visit them, it's an age old complaint — paying to park at hospitals. during the election, the conservatives promised to do something about it in their manifesto for specific groups, so from april, all 206 hospital trusts in england will be expected to give free parking to those described as being "in the greatest need". this includes... blue badge holders. frequent visitors to outpatient clinics. parents of sick children s

melanie panayiotou, the sister of george michael, has died at the age of 55 — exactly three years after the singer's death. the family said that melanie panayiotou had "passed away suddenly" at her north london home on christmas day following a short illness. melanie had followed her brother around the world at the height of his fame, and inherited much of his estate after the singer's death on christmas day in 2016. the school of a nine—year—old girl who drowned in a spanish swimming pool on christmas eve has paid tribute to a "wonderfully kind, caring pupil." comfort diya died, along with herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her aid, at the club la costa world resort near fuengirola. in a statement, the windrush charlton school, in south—east london, said comfort would be greatly missed. the government has announced that, from april, thousands of nhs patients, visitors and staff will benefit from free parking at hospitals in england. most visitors to hospitals in scotland, wales and northern ireland are already exempt from charges. 0ur health correspondent, dominic

the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael who has died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it has failed in its principal objective, to capture noriega, and take him to the united states to face drug charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc world news today. i'm james reynolds. our top story: india's prime mi

melanie pan — the sister of george michael has died at the age of 55 — exactly three years after the singer's death. her family said that melanie had "passed away suddenly" at her north london home on christmas day. melanie had followed her brother around the world at the height of his fame and inherited much of his estate after the singer's death on christmas day in 2016. the time is almost a quarter past ten. the headlines on bbc news... the woman whose husband drowned in a pool in spain on christmas eve along with two of their children says all three did know how to swim, along with two of their children says all three did know how to swim, and that she believes there was something wrong with the pool at least 12 people are killed, and dozens survive, after a plane crashes in kazakhstan. the head of the uk supreme court, lady hale, has criticised the impact of funding cuts on the justice system especially in family cases. firefighters in australia are bracing themselves for more extreme heat as they continue to tackle uncontrolled bushfires. temperatures above a0 degrees celsius a

the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states‘ troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the australian prime minister cuts s

the times has this photograph of melanie pa nayiotou, george michael's sister, who died exactly three years after the singer, aged 55. police are not treating the death as suspicious. the guardian is leading on an exclusive interview with former deputy leader of the labour party, tom watson, who says a "brutal and hostile" environment drove him out. the independent website's top story is a fall in the number of hate crime prosecutions. they say that despite a rise in reports, as few as one in ten lead to prosecutions. a quick look inside the papers. charlie, christmas day...|j a quick look inside the papers. charlie, christmas day... ifelt like there was a question coming up. iam like there was a question coming up. i am person myself. christmas day is a long day. when you might have relatives over. it might feel like a bit of a bore. some people take the opportunity to file that tax return. end of january is the opportunity to file that tax return. end ofjanuary is the deadline. a record 3000 three sent tax forms on christmas day, 50% rise. on boxing day a 9% increase. christmas day,

michael — has died at the age of 55, exactly three years after the singer's death. the family said that melanie had ‘passed away suddenly‘ at her north london home on christmas day. melanie had followed her brother around the world at the height of his fame and inherited much of his estate after the singer‘s death on christmas day in 2016. firefighters in australia are bracing themselves for more extreme heat as they continue to tackle raging bushfires. temperatures higher than a0 degrees celsius are expected in several states. since september, almost 3000 firefighters have been out nearly every day — battling blazes. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is in mount victoria in the blue mountains, new south wales and sent this report. the blue mountains is one of the most bushfire—prone regions in the world. this is mount victoria and the air here is thick with smoke. this horrible haze is blowing in from the ruined castle bushfire. it has been burning for weeks. it is about one of 70 burning across the state of new south wales, half of those are uncontrolled. in

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: pope francis celebrates midnight mass a

the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: hundreds of families are spending chris

the world of music‘s been paying tribute to george michael who‘s died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective — to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am‘s maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkodra where there were anti—communist riots 10 days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: pope francis has celebrated midnight

michael and careless whispers and i didn't care play that has giant you got here. >>and john is it just to the bridges are is everywhere is everywhere guys we are seeg that fog whether you're inland crossing the bridges or out towards the coast. it is definitely anotr foggy morning and another morning that will bring low visibility for much of the bay area right now berkeley can't see much from this camera here and look at this. we have every area of the bay at least on this map looking at visibility below a mile i have never seen everyone on the map down below a mile as far as visibility goes we do see improvements on into the latter part of the morning and even for the south bay summit the sunshine working its way through the great but a lot of the bay area holding on to that very muchlike you saw yesterday so fog this morning take it slower out there because of it most of the bay is dry at this point but the northern part of the bay up in sonoma and napa counties starting to look at some showers pushing on through that includes you in rohnert park down to petalu

. >> george papadopoulos, michael flynn. >> laura: mena forte, paul manafort. >> paul manafort. and the allegations, the russians trying to make and roads into the presidential campaign and normally would have led to a defense briefing of the higher officials in the trump campaign so they could be on their guard. they deliberately chose not to do that because they were trying to entrap the campaign. and the notion that this ig report exonerates -- well we were a little afraid someone might release information. yeah that is utter nonsense. this is spying on the opposition political campaign. and mccabe, i'm sorry if you think that is calling it as it is but it is calling it is as it is. you spent on the political campaign and you want to be in jail for it. this is a travesty. the worst scandal in american history. in this report here is a white wash of it but full of detail that a real prosecutor up in connecticut is going to be able to have a heyday with. >> laura: you know, this is something i didn't hear anybody discussed today. byron, i didn't realize this before, that peter

. >> george papadopoulos, michael flynn. >> laura: manafort paul manafort. >> paul manafort. and the allegations, the russians trying to make and roads into the presidential campaign and normally would have led to a defense briefing of the higher officials in the trump campaign so they could be on their guard. they deliberately chose not to do that because they were trying to entrap the campaign. and the notion that this ig report exonerates -- well we were a little afraid someone might release information. yeah, that is utter nonsense. this is spying on the opposition political campaign. and mccabe, i'm sorry if you think that is calling it as it is, but it is calling it as it is. you spied on the political campaign and you ought to be in jail for it. this is a travesty. the worst scandal in american history. and this report here is a white wash of it but full of detail that a real prosecutor up in connecticut is going to be able to have a heyday with. >> laura: you know, this is something i didn't hear anybody discussed today. byron, i didn't realize this before, that peter

michael. >> all right, thank you, george. >>> we have the latest on jimmy carter. the 95-year-old former president is back in the hospital this morning to treat an infection just days after a separate procedure on his brain. steve osunsami is outside the hospital in americus, georgia. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. president carter is of course 95. we should point out that he's being treated at his local hospital, the hospital closest to his home. for more serious issues and serious health issues, he's usually treated at emory university hospital in atlanta. about three hours to the north of here. in a statement his spokesperson says that he was admitted here this past weekend to treat a uti. they say, quote, he's feeling better and looks forward to returning home soon. last week doctors at emory in atlanta sent him home to enjoy thanksgiving dinner after a risky surgery to reduce pressure from blood that built up over his brain after a number of recent falls at his home. after one of those falls that he suffered he actually suffere

the times has this photograph of melanie pa nayiotou, george michael's sister, who died exactly three years after the singer, aged 55. police are not treating the death as suspicious. the guardian is leading on an exclusive interview with former deputy leader of the labour party tom watson, who says a "brutal and hostile" environment drove him out. he is coming in for an interview here on the sofa next week. the independent website's top story is a fall in the number of hate crime prosecutions. they say that despite a rise in reports, as few as one in ten lead to prosecutions. the broadcaster and former executive director of the fa david davies is here to tell us what's caught his eye this morning. good morning to you. happy new year. i like to do that first. i was christmas? everything all right. very good. a family christmas. i am starting with the times. now the hullabaloo starting with the times. now the hulla baloo around the starting with the times. now the hullabaloo around the general election has subsided and prime ministers can go to exotic places like mustique for holidays.