hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with a ruling that could have major ramifications forfootball and its governing bodies: the european court of justice has ruled against uefa and fifa for threatening to ban clubs from joining breakaway competitions like the controversial european super league. back in april 2021 there was widespread anger when news broke that 12 teams including english sides liverpool, manchester united, arsenal, chelsea, manchester city and tottenham had signed up to the breakaway competition. it led to the collapse of the plans within 72 hours with uefa and fifa saying clubs and players who joined the breakaway league would be banned from their competitions. but the plans were not scrapped

entirely, with real madrid and barcelona pursuing the venture and today's ruling has found it's anti competitive to stop them. there's been criticism of football's governing bodies for taking the position and saying that it threatens competition laws to threatens competition laws to threaten sanctions. midnight of plans for a revamped european super league which were announced shortly after the european court's ruling. put forward by a 22, the backers of the original european super league, the original european super league, the proposal is for a league system which will include men's and women's clubs. these arejust which will include men's and women's clubs. these are just proposals at this stage. they are not saying if they would approve the breakaway league. real madrid and barcelona have been pursuing the breakaway with barcelona president welcoming

the decision today. today, the decision of the european court ofjustice is of great importance for the future of our world of sport. it has proven us right by ruling that in the status quo of european football, there exists a monopoly that is incongruous with the principles of european law as we have long maintained. manchester united say that they remain fully committed to uefa, editions are the president of uefa said that he welcomed the findings and that the new super league format is even more closed in his words than in 2021. it is fairto it is fair to say that the press release released does not fully

reflect the findings of the court. in fact, there is a stark contrast between the press statement and the judgment. thejudgment is positive, as it embraces the key features of the european football pyramid. over competitions, sporting merit, and solidarity. competitions, sporting merit, and solidari . ., ., ., �* �* solidarity. head over to the bbc sort solidarity. head over to the bbc sport website — solidarity. head over to the bbc sport website for _ solidarity. head over to the bbc sport website for more - solidarity. head over to the bbc sport website for more reaction | solidarity. head over to the bbc. sport website for more reaction to that breaking news story. the luton town captain tom lockyer has been discharged from hospital five days after suffeing a cardiac arrests during his side's premier league game at bournemouth. luton have said locker has had surgery to fit an icd defibrillator to his heart. they said that his cardiac arrest was different his previous collapse because of an irregular heart rate. he will continue from the sidelines. in australia's big bash league, a

player has been found guilty of intimidating an umpire. he was charged earlier this month. cricket australia have found that he was involved in a disagreement with an umpire earlier this month. he and his club denied the offence. that is all your support. goodbye. breaking news from prague in the czech republic. we are getting multiple reports from a czech police that there has been a shooting at a school in downtown prague, an unspecified number of people have been killed. we can confirm that there are dead and injured at the site. the czech police have put that on x, formally known as twitter. it is said to have happened at the

faculty of philosophy at charles university in prague. that is all the information we have, we are making inquiries ourselves. the czech police have said that there are an unspecified number of dead and injured people at the site in downtown prague. , we believe it is at the faculty of philosophy at charles university in prague. as it seems we have information, we will bring them to you. has been calls to reduce gambling adverts and stadiums. the culture media and sport committee welcomed a plan to withdraw gambling sponsorship on the front of shirts, but that said there were more issues. we have this report. from day one of the premier league season, it's on the shirts and in the stadiums. those watching see thousands of gambling ads across multiple games. mps say the bombardment, particularly for kids, is too much.

and while gambling sponsorship on the front of premier league shirts will eventually go, the cross—party culture, media and sport committee says it won't be enough. mps have recommended a new gambling sponsorship code of conduct to be developed by the government and with sports governing bodies, and that a high proportion of ads should promote safer gambling. the report also supported extra online protection for young adults and for the introduction of a levy to be paid by gambling operators to fund addiction prevention and treatment. children are obviously, you know, go to football matches with their parents. it's a sort of standard family, wonderful outing. but there, there is a lot of exposure to gambling advertising. it's on the front of shirts, it's on the side of shirts, it's in the stadium in terms of the banners. it's also on the various sort of leaflets that are handed around. and what that does, and we've seen through this report where it talks about 7,000 gambling messages across six football matches, that means that children see gambling is normalised. the betting and gaming council said

that a sports sponsorship code should be published without delay to drive up standards and that rules already ensure advertising is responsible. the government said that proposed new measures would also deliver greater protections. but some charities have said it doesn't touch the sides and that gambling ads should be removed from sports like football entirely. frances read, bbc news. from buck's fizz with your breakfast at christmas to brandy with your christmas pudding, it is a time of year when we consume more alcohol than we should. sales of nonalcoholic drinks are on the rise. 87% of pubs in the uk now serve nonalcoholic beer. it is because going sober, or cutting back on the booze, has become ever more popular. we have this report. # ooh, yeah i don't want a lot for christmas. ..# it's very heavily

celebrated around alcohol. every activity — i mean, you have buck�*s fizz for breakfast on christmas morning. it's quite hard to avoid. but not at this christmas party. this one is booze—free. for us, it's about community and bringing people together, especially at the time of year because the sobriety journey can feel so isolating. we want to make sure that everyone feels included, seen, heard and celebrated. we are at the iconic nightclub ministry of sound and it's soft drinks all the way. this event is aimed at women, which matches wider sobriety trends. the latest nhs figures show 67% of men drink alcohol the latest nhs figures show 57% of men drink alcohol at least once a week, compared to 43% of women. usually, i drink alcohol over christmas. it might be a little bit harder but, yeah, i'm wanting to do no alcohol. and then, one, two, three, four, five glasses. in hampshire, octavia is also trying sobriety this christmas. pop! whee!

and that means a first sober christmas do. i'm not a shy person and i don't need a drink to have a good time, providing i'm with the right people, and, you know, in the right mood, then i can definitely have a great time. i think there's so many amazing nonalcoholic alternatives now, as well, which has made a massive difference, and it's been really fun trying them all out. i was talking to my best friend, and she said, "you don't need "a drink to be happy and you don't need a drink to be fun," and, actually, that's a really lovely realisation. she's part of a wider trend for going sober, and suppliers are matching that in what's on offer. new figures from the british beer and pub association show 87% of pubs now serve non— or low—alcoholic beer an update on the situation in the czech capital of prague. we are hearing that has been a mass shooting in the centre of prague. police are responding to what has happened. we understand it is at charles university. we are looking

at a map. it is charles university. we are looking ata map. it is in charles university. we are looking at a map. it is in downtown prague, the faculty of philosophy. definitely the faculty of arts. there are dead and wounded people at the scene right now. the police on social media are telling people to stay away from this part of prague, to stay indoors, but, definitely, to stay away. we are seeing pictures on social media. they do show a heavy police presents. reports of a mass shooting that has happened in the czech capital of prague. police say that there are dead and wounded people at the scene. more on this story coming up. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. storm pia has been bringing some very strong gusts of wind, particularly to the northern half of the uk. and those winds have been causing problems. an overturned lorry here

on the barton bridge, which is one of the higher bridges on the m60, manchester's ring road just by the trafford centre. there has been then some disruption. top gusts so far, 81 miles an hour across in shetland. but we have seen some very strong gusts of wind elsewhere, 76 in inverbervie, which is in aberdeenshire and over the tops of the pennines. the winds have been gusting quite close to 80 miles an hour across the very, very peaks. now the centre of storm pia is actually quite a long way to our east and it will be bringing some very, very strong winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. meanwhile, for us, those very strong winds will very gradually begin to fade away through the afternoon. but that said, we're still looking at gusts of wind well into the fifties or even sixties of miles an hour through the rest of the afternoon. so there still could be a few issues in terms of power cuts and a bit of transport disruption through the rest of today. then overnight, it stays quite windy. outbreaks of rain across the north and the west, starting to turn colder in shetland,

where we are looking at some snowfall here. could be a few centimetres, leading to some icy conditions. and for a time with those strong winds, blizzard conditions in shetland seem likely as well. on into friday's forecast, we've got some rain pushing in from the north and west. still quite a blustery kind of day. the coldest air still across parts of northern scotland, where temperatures not getting much above freezing. in lerwick, the mildest weather. further southwards for northern ireland, england, wales, where temperatures typically be around 11 or 12 degrees celsius. it continues to be relatively mild across most of the uk on saturday. the cold air really confined to northern scotland. but as the weather front bumps into that cold air, we probably will see a spell of snow friday night and into the first part of saturday across northern scotland, even potentially down to low levels. but, ultimately, the milder air will push its way in, so any snow will tend to turn back to rain as we go through the day on saturday across northern scotland. and we'll finish with these kind of temperatures — 12 or 13 degrees celsius.

it will end up being pretty mild for most of us. staying mild, then, as we head into the weekend. for christmas day itself, might see the weather cold enough across northern scotland for some mountain flurries.

live from london, this is bbc news. hamas says there won't be any talks about prisoner swaps until the israeli offensive in gaza ends.

the un security council is due to reconvene again, to vote on "urgent humanitarian pauses" in gaza, after the previous vote was postponed on wednesday. a top eu court rules that uefa's ban on a european super league is unlawful. "an absolute catastrophe" — diplomats describe the humanitarian situation in sudan, following the suspension of aid work in some areas. christmas getaway is a ruin for thousands, as cross—channel —— as crossrail services are suspended due to an unexpected strike in france. hello. welcome to verified live. police say there has been a shooting

at university prague. a few details coming in. we are