We've a live brass band, a druid celebrating Winter Solstice at Stonehenge and Darren Jones with a review of the government's performance in 2025.

Eyewitnesses describe thousands of people fleeing as gunmen fire on iconic Sydney beach. We get an update from the scene. Plus, a massive change to the rail timetable, and Sheila Hancock goes for a drive.

Ukraine President Zelensky meets EU leaders and Keir Starmer in London tomorrow. Will it lead to a breakthrough? Also AI lit and three young women on being in care at Christmas.

Playwright Tom Stoppard has died aged 88. Actors Tom Hollander and Dame Harriet Walter tell us he was the greatest writer of his generation. We digest the week in Westminster as the Chancellor denies she misled the public over the UK’s finances prior to the Budget. Also, Petroc Trelawney’s guide to Advent music across the UK.

Key players fly to Geneva to discuss President Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine. We speak to a woman born in Kherson and a current resident of the city on the front line. Plus: Chris McCausland on the technological breakthroughs improving the lives of blind people.

With the President squaring up to the BBC, veteran Radio 4 broadcaster John Humphrys gives us his views about the crisis at the corporation. Also on the programme, we hear about tourists chasing pigs in the New Forest during pannage season. We have a briefing on briefing from Patrick Maguire, Chief Political Commentator at The Times. And the papers are reviewed by Ulrika Jonsson, Calum Leslie from Radio 1 and Anna Gross of the Financial Times.

10 people have been stabbed, 9 with life threatening injuries after an attack on a UK train. Eyewitness accounts and the latest. Also Michael Palin on fellow Python Terry Jones.

Health secretary Wes Streeting admits the wrongful release of Hadush Kebatu's adds to the sense Britain is "broken". Plus, we celebrate the first snow of the season in the Cairngorms and hear the Prime Minister's 'Private Passions'.

Fresh damaging reports about Prince Andrew. Veteran royal watcher Jenny Bond gives her verdict. Also: gambling job loss warnings, sauna culture and the cut-off Island of Tiree.

We hear from Hostage Square as families await the return of their loved ones. Gazans looking for homes in the rubble and look ahead to the talks in Egypt tomorrow. Also on the programme, we celebrate a former Nobel laureate with a hopeless school report by asking the great and the good about theirs. And actor Tom Hollander talks to Paddy about acting and AI.