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Media playback is unsupported on your device Ian McCaskill: The weather had never sounded like this before 12 December 2016 Last updated at 23:37 GMT Former BBC weather forecaster Ian McCaskill has died aged 78, his daughter has confirmed. David Sillito looks back at his career. View the full article

Media playback is unsupported on your device Ian McCaskill: The weather had never sounded like this before 12 December 2016 Last updated at 23:37 GMT Former BBC weather forecaster Ian McCaskill has died aged 78, his daughter has confirmed. David Sillito looks back at his career. View the full article

Jo Cox MP charity single has VAT waived 12 December 2016 From the section Leeds & West Yorkshire Image copyright Brendan Cox Image caption Labour MP Jo Cox died after being attacked in her West Yorkshire constituency A Christmas single in memory of Jo Cox MP is to have the VAT on sales given to charity, the chancellor has announced. Music stars and MPs have recorded the tribute to the member for Batley and Spen who was murdere…

Jo Cox MP charity single has VAT waived 12 December 2016 From the section Leeds & West Yorkshire Image copyright Brendan Cox Image caption Labour MP Jo Cox died after being attacked in her West Yorkshire constituency A Christmas single in memory of Jo Cox MP is to have the VAT on sales given to charity, the chancellor has announced. Music stars and MPs have recorded the tribute to the member for Batley and Spen who was murdere…

BBC Music Awards: Adele does the double By Mark Savage BBC Music reporter 12 December 2016 From the section Entertainment & Arts Image caption Adele said she felt "a bit bad winning because the album's been out so long" Pop star Adele has dominated the BBC Music Awards for a second year in a row - without making an appearance. The singer picked up two of the main prizes - song of the year, for Hello, and album of the year, for 25. "I'm so so…

BBC Music Awards: Adele does the double By Mark Savage BBC Music reporter 12 December 2016 From the section Entertainment & Arts Image caption Adele said she felt "a bit bad winning because the album's been out so long" Pop star Adele has dominated the BBC Music Awards for a second year in a row - without making an appearance. The singer picked up two of the main prizes - song of the year, for Hello, and album of the year, for 25. "I'm so so…

Scottish pilot who helped sink the Bismarck dies 12 December 2016 From the section Scotland Image caption John Moffat dropped the torpedo that crippled the Bismarck A Scottish veteran pilot who helped to sink the Bismarck during World War Two has died at the age of 97. Lt Cdr John "Jock" Moffat was credited with launching the torpedo that crippled the German warship in 1941. The air strike carried out by the biplanes from HMS Victorious and Ark Royal on 26 May 1941 was said …

Scottish pilot who helped sink the Bismarck dies 12 December 2016 From the section Scotland Image caption John Moffat dropped the torpedo that crippled the Bismarck A Scottish veteran pilot who helped to sink the Bismarck during World War Two has died at the age of 97. Lt Cdr John "Jock" Moffat was credited with launching the torpedo that crippled the German warship in 1941. The air strike carried out by the biplanes from HMS Victorious and Ark Royal on 26 May 1941 was said …

Reality Check: Is social care getting more money? 12 December 2016 From the section Health The Claim: Spending on adult social care is facing its biggest crisis despite government's claim that there will be an extra £3.5bn in the system for England by 2020. Reality Check verdict: Social care could get up to an estimated £3.5bn extra in England by 2020 through council tax increases and a contribution from central government. A similar amount, though, has been cut from social care budgets since 2010 and the extra money would not solve the longer …

Bath tipper truck death crash: Owner 'partly to blame' 12 December 2016 From the section Somerset Image copyright Photoshot Image caption Grittenham Haulage owner Matthew Gordon is defending himself at Bristol Crown Court The owner of a lorry that crashed on a hill in Bath, killing four people, has admitted he was "partly to blame". Matthew Gordon was asked by Bristol Crown Court prosecutors if he was at fault for the dangerous co…

National Action ban highlights concern over far right By Daniel De Simone BBC News 12 December 2016 From the section UK Far-right radicalisation is regarded as a growing problem by the authorities. Indeed, in some areas, it is now number one on the list of ideologies for those fighting extremism. National Action, formed in 2013, will be the first extreme right-wing group to be banned in the UK. It will join a list of 84 other proscribed organisations, which includes 14 groups linked to Northern Ireland-related ter…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Fancy some squid and chips? 12 December 2016 Last updated at 20:34 GMT As the waters around the UK's shores grow warmer, we may have a replacement for the fish supper. View the full article

Media playback is unsupported on your device Hertfordshire mum spends second Christmas waiting for a new liver. 12 December 2016 Last updated at 20:21 GMT A mother who has waited for a year and a half for a liver transplant said she hopes a donor comes forward this Christmas. Sarah Barker, 33, from Royston, Hertfordshire, was born with a childhood disease of the liver called Biliary Atresia. The average waiting time for a liver transplant is five months. This will be her second festive season waiting for a donor. She urged more people to become organ donors. She said: "I would like to urge all those people who wouldn…

Post Office staff in pre-Christmas strike 12 December 2016 From the section Business Image copyright PA Post Office workers are planning to stage five days of strikes from Monday in a continuing dispute over jobs, pensions and branch closures, their union says. The Communication Workers Union said the walkout would start on Monday 19 December and include Christmas Eve. It will involve thousands of workers from the Crown Post Offices. Crown Post Offices are the larger branches that are usually loca…

Post Office staff in pre-Christmas strike 12 December 2016 From the section Business Image copyright PA Post Office workers are planning to stage five days of strikes from Monday in a continuing dispute over jobs, pensions and branch closures, their union says. The Communication Workers Union said the walkout would start on Monday 19 December and include Christmas Eve. It will involve thousands of workers from the Crown Post Offices. Crown Post Offices are the larger branches that are usually loca…