:00:00. > :00:13.Tributes are paid to David Coleman, described as one of the country's
:00:14. > :00:18.greatest ever broadcasters. He's died at the age of 87. Gunnell leads
:00:19. > :00:23.and goes for it. The face and voice of BBC Sport for more than 40 years,
:00:24. > :00:27.he was credited as setting the standard for the way sport's been
:00:28. > :00:31.covered. They killed my baby. They killed
:00:32. > :00:34.him. It's a many you are dear. The mother of a British surgeon -- It's
:00:35. > :00:44.murder. The mother of a British surgeon
:00:45. > :00:49.accuses the Syrian regime of murder. A memorial services are held to mark
:00:50. > :00:50.25 years since the Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people lost their
:00:51. > :01:13.lives. Very good evening to you. Tributes
:01:14. > :01:18.have been pouring in for David Coleman, the veteran TV broadcaster
:01:19. > :01:21.who has died at the age of 87. For almost half a century he brought
:01:22. > :01:27.some of the biggest sporting occasions into our living rooms,
:01:28. > :01:32.covering 11 summer Olympic Games and six football world cups. Brendan
:01:33. > :01:39.Foster said Coleman was the greatest sports broadcaster that ever lived.
:01:40. > :01:45.David Bond looks back at his life. And Coe gets the revenge he wants.
:01:46. > :01:50.It's Linford Christie. It's voice was instantly recognisable and for
:01:51. > :01:57.nearly five decades, the accompaniment to British sport's
:01:58. > :02:04.greatest moments. Good evening and welcome... David Coleman arrived at
:02:05. > :02:10.the BBC in the 1950s. He soon rose to prominence as the anchor of the
:02:11. > :02:13.pioneering Grandstand, delivering major sporting occasions into
:02:14. > :02:17.people's living rooms every weekend. On the programme today rkts we have
:02:18. > :02:21.every one -- today, we have every one of the top international
:02:22. > :02:26.swimmers. Just as technology was reshaping TV, so Coleman's informed,
:02:27. > :02:31.but less formal style, helped to move sport broadcasting into a new
:02:32. > :02:37.era. He was the lead commentator on Match of the Day. Can he do it? He
:02:38. > :02:41.surely must. The first season I was there and for two or three years
:02:42. > :02:45.afterwards, he was the number one football commentator, the number one
:02:46. > :02:49.athletics commentator, the presenter of Match of the Day and the
:02:50. > :02:55.presenter of Sportsnight. He did everything. But athletics was his
:02:56. > :03:03.greatest love. His Olympic comen tears became -- commentaries became
:03:04. > :03:08.legendary. Coleman's talents extended beyond sports reporter and
:03:09. > :03:12.in 1972, he anchored the unfolding horrors of the terrorist siege in
:03:13. > :03:17.the Olympic Village in Munich. There was some shooting. The other detail
:03:18. > :03:21.added since then, when they did arrive, there appeared to be six to
:03:22. > :03:24.eight minutes of shooting, then everything went quiet. Apparently
:03:25. > :03:28.there's been some shooting since. Could provide a lighter touch when
:03:29. > :03:33.needed. For years he fronted the sports quiz A Question of Sport. We
:03:34. > :03:38.used to record two programmes every other Sunday. We used to meet at
:03:39. > :03:43.lunch Times. We had the tradition we would sit down for Sunday lunch,
:03:44. > :03:47.roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. David would sit at the head of the
:03:48. > :03:52.table and debate the previous day's play. Despite his fame, he never
:03:53. > :03:57.enjoyed the limelight. He closely guarded his and his family's
:03:58. > :04:06.privacy. He was also prone to the odd gaffe, Private Eye named their
:04:07. > :04:10.Colemanballs column after him. David Coleman could not be emulated, he
:04:11. > :04:14.was quite simply, the voice of sport.
:04:15. > :04:18.The legendary sports broadcaster, David Coleman, who has died, aged
:04:19. > :04:22.87. The body of a British surgeon, who
:04:23. > :04:28.died in a Syrian prison, has been handed over to his family in
:04:29. > :04:33.Lebanon. Dr Abbas Khan was within days of being released when Syrian
:04:34. > :04:39.authorities say he committed suicide, a claim his family don't
:04:40. > :04:46.believe. Speaking after she saw his body, Fatima Khan has accused the
:04:47. > :04:50.Syrian government has killed her baby.
:04:51. > :04:53.Fatima Khan insisted on going to the hospital today. Hard as it is for a
:04:54. > :04:59.mother to receive her son's body. This was the day Fatima expected to
:05:00. > :05:04.bring Abbas home, after he spent 13 months in Syrian jails. She'd been
:05:05. > :05:17.told he would be freed. Instead, he left Syria in a coffin. They killed
:05:18. > :05:22.my baby. They killed him. It's a murder. The Syrian government says
:05:23. > :05:26.Abbas killed himself in prison. The British surgeon went to work in a
:05:27. > :05:32.hospital in an area controlled by the rebels. They arrested him for
:05:33. > :05:40.entering Syria illegally. It was his profession to give life, not to take
:05:41. > :05:47.life. He can't kill an ant even. He was so good. How can they kill
:05:48. > :05:52.humanitarian aid worker. Fatima spent five months in Damascus trying
:05:53. > :05:59.to free her son. She filmed this on her phone. She visited the prison as
:06:00. > :06:04.often as they let her. She swept the floor at a Muslim shrine because she
:06:05. > :06:08.was told it would bring her luck. She wrote lots of letters, including
:06:09. > :06:15.this one to David Cameron. Everyone in the family did. Even Abbas'
:06:16. > :06:17.six-year-old daughter, she wrote to William Hague. "Please help our dad
:06:18. > :06:26.to come back home, because we miss him too much. We cry every day." His
:06:27. > :06:30.two children had been excitedly preparing for their father's home
:06:31. > :06:36.coming. They'd even decorated the house. Now they know he's not coming
:06:37. > :06:39.home ever. The family says their government failed them. The Foreign
:06:40. > :06:47.Office says they did what they could. The Foreign Office's approach
:06:48. > :06:54.from the beginning has been one of procrastination, inept you'd and --
:06:55. > :07:00.ineptitu did he and a disregard for my brother's welfare. How can it be
:07:01. > :07:04.that a 57-year-old Indian housewife from Britain managed to knock so
:07:05. > :07:09.many doors and get so many answers? A British doctor's death in Syria is
:07:10. > :07:17.a very political story. But today, it's about a mother's loss.
:07:18. > :07:22.Four American servicemen on a mission to evacuate US citizens in
:07:23. > :07:27.south sue dawn have been injured -- Sudan have been injured after their
:07:28. > :07:32.aircraft was hit near the town of Bor. The south Sudanese army is
:07:33. > :07:39.sending more troops to the town in an attempt to retake it. More than
:07:40. > :07:44.500 people have died since Sunday, when the president accused his
:07:45. > :07:47.former deputy of plotting a coup. The head of the NHS watchdog the
:07:48. > :07:51.Care Quality Commission has criticised the effect of a target
:07:52. > :07:55.culture in the NHS, particularly in Accident Emergency departments.
:07:56. > :08:01.David Prior also said the Health Service had become too powerful to
:08:02. > :08:06.criticise, with even the most senior staff afraid to speak out.
:08:07. > :08:11.The UK, US and Libyan governments have vowed to work together to
:08:12. > :08:16.reveal the full facts of the Lockerbie bombing, which claimed 270
:08:17. > :08:22.lives. The announcement came in a joint statement as memorial events
:08:23. > :08:27.were held on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
:08:28. > :08:31.A quarter of a century on, there is much that we do not know about the
:08:32. > :08:35.Lockerbie bombing, but it's a mark of how the world has changed that
:08:36. > :08:39.Libya today pledged to work with the West to try to find some of the
:08:40. > :08:43.answers. Today, though, here in Lockerbie, the focus was not on
:08:44. > :08:50.politics, but on something much more personal.
:08:51. > :08:53.The 21 st December, 1988, the shortest day of the year and for
:08:54. > :09:00.Lockerbie, the longest and darkest night. 25 years on, those who are
:09:01. > :09:04.learning about Lockerbie only now gathered here with those who will
:09:05. > :09:09.never forget. The grief was undimmed, the bonds unbroken. We
:09:10. > :09:15.welcome you, once again, to this place and in doing so, we seek to
:09:16. > :09:21.comfort and console you, to offer what healing we can in the touch of
:09:22. > :09:27.friendship from those who have also experienced suffering. And the
:09:28. > :09:32.suffering spans the globe. Raymond Pagnucco was just 13 when his father
:09:33. > :09:41.Robert was murdered here. I still miss my dad every day. I learned a
:09:42. > :09:46.lot from my father. I have plenty of good memories. That keeps me going.
:09:47. > :09:50.Did you take any comfort from today's service? Yes, I did. The
:09:51. > :09:57.people of Lockerbie have kept everyone's memory alive. And at
:09:58. > :10:02.tonight's memorial service, there was a reminder that despair can
:10:03. > :10:06.breed hope. Every year now two scholars from Lockerbie study at an
:10:07. > :10:12.American university, which lost 35 of its own. They had hopes. They had
:10:13. > :10:17.dreams, ambitions and plans. They were loved and irreplaceable. We are
:10:18. > :10:22.looking back and acting forward on their behalf. At the same moment,
:10:23. > :10:33.across the Atlantic, they were also remembering. My beloved sister,
:10:34. > :10:38.Shannon Davis. Jay Josef Kingham. 270 chimes in Virginia for 270
:10:39. > :10:42.victims of terrorism. In London too, today was about remembrance. Even
:10:43. > :10:46.here in Westminster, the official story of Lockerbie was challenged by
:10:47. > :10:55.a father who believes the convicted bomber, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi,
:10:56. > :11:04.was framed. He died, my friend, over Christmas if you pray, please pray
:11:05. > :11:14.for his innocent family. Please pray also that we, who will sit down at a
:11:15. > :11:23.Christmas table with chairs forever empty may find peace. There comes a
:11:24. > :11:28.point when any tragedy moves from news to history. But even after a
:11:29. > :11:41.quarter of a century, the Lockerbie bombing is not yet there.
:11:42. > :11:45.Let's take you to the sport now. Good evening. As usual, Match of the
:11:46. > :11:49.Day follows the news, so look away now, if you don't want to know
:11:50. > :11:52.today's Premier League results. Liverpool have moved to the top of
:11:53. > :11:56.the league following their 3-1 win at home to Cardiff, a day after
:11:57. > :12:00.signing a new long-term contract, Luis Suarez scored two of
:12:01. > :12:03.Liverpool's goals. But there's still uncertainty over the future of
:12:04. > :12:08.Cardiff manager, Malky Mackay, in a week when he was told by owner,
:12:09. > :12:11.Vincent Tan to resign or be sacked, Mackay, a clear favourite with the
:12:12. > :12:17.fans, responded today by insisting he will not walk out on the club.
:12:18. > :12:20.Hot on the tails of the new leaders, Liverpool, are Manchester City. They
:12:21. > :12:28.added four more to their impressive goal tally, beating Fulham 4-2.
:12:29. > :12:30.Vincent Kompany among the goal scorers. City are up to second in
:12:31. > :12:48.the league. Here are the other results:
:12:49. > :12:55.Celtic have extended their unbeaten run in the Scottish Premiership to
:12:56. > :12:59.16 games now, following their 2-0 win against Hearts. Kris Commons
:13:00. > :13:04.opened the scoring before James Forrest completed the victory.
:13:05. > :13:09.Celtic are now ten points clear at the top of the table.
:13:10. > :13:23.Dundee United are in second, they beat Ross County 1-0.
:13:24. > :13:29.Burnley are the new leaders in the championship. QPR have been knocked
:13:30. > :13:35.off the top spot, losing 1-0 to Leicester. The match will probably
:13:36. > :13:38.be best remembered for this: A furry visitor, a squirrel invaded the
:13:39. > :13:42.pitch. The match was delayed for over four minutes, before it was
:13:43. > :13:46.eventually chase add way. -- chased away.
:13:47. > :13:49.Leicester Tigers have confirmed that Toby Flood will leave the club at
:13:50. > :13:53.the end of the season. He's been linked with a move to French club
:13:54. > :13:56.Toulouse, which would rule him out of playing for England, since
:13:57. > :13:59.players based overseas aren't eligible for selection. The news
:14:00. > :14:07.came on the day Leicester suffered their heaviest defeat in the Aviva
:14:08. > :14:11.Premiership, beaten 49-10. Saracens stay top of the league.
:14:12. > :14:14.Bath continued their winning streak, beating harlins 14--- Harlequins
:14:15. > :14:26.14-3. That's all the sport. Back to you,
:14:27. > :14:31.Kate. Now, in case you weren't watching
:14:32. > :14:36.the final earlier, Abbey Clancy and her partner, Aljaz Skorjanec, have
:14:37. > :14:45.been crowned the winners of the this year's Strictly Come Dancing. I have
:14:46. > :14:48.great pleasure in crowning Abbey and Aljaz Strictly Come Dancing
:14:49. > :14:52.Champions 2013. Yes, Sir Bruce presented the winning couple with
:14:53. > :14:57.the Glitterball trophy in the 11th series of the show. More than six
:14:58. > :15:04.million votes were cast in the first all-woman final which saw Clancy
:15:05. > :15:07.beat BBC Breakfast Susanna Reid and Natalie Gumede.
:15:08. > :15:10.Much more on all of today's stories on the BBC News channel. That's all
:15:11. > :15:21.from me and the team here. A very good night to you. Bye-bye.
:15:22. > :15:28.Hello. I can't see the weather taking much time off this Christmas.
:15:29. > :15:29.The run up over the next few days really quite turbulent at times.