Newsdesk notes for Thursday December 20

In today's Newsdesk presented by Jon Henley, we'll have the latest on the three UK residents who were finally returned to Britain last night after spending nearly five years as alleged members of al-Qaida in America's Guantánamo Bay prison: Guardian reporter Vikram Dodd speaks to us from outside a central London magistrates' court where one of the men is awaiting a hearing on a request from Spain that he be extradited to answer terrorism charges.