tv Sportsday BBC News January 8, 2024 1:30pm-1:46pm GMT
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over the world. but rodney is happy for it to keep making its home in mid—wales. hywel griffith, bbc news. now take a look at this. a chap enjoying a spot of wakeboarding in cookham in berkshire. now, cookham was badly hit by flooding after storm henk last week. the environment agency does advise folks to stay away from flood water if you can. yes, pretty adventurous chap. how is the weather looking, chris? i reckon if we tried that, we would be straight in the drink! as far as the weather goes, we still have flooding concerns across parts of the country. this was the scene in nottinghamshire earlier on. we have
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142 flood warnings currently in force. the flooding situation hasn't resolved itselfjust yet but it will improve i think as we go through the next few days, the weather largely dry. today it is cold and across parts of east anglia and south—east england, the chance of a few flurries. we saw some landing on iain watson earlier. not very exciting snow, most of it is just big chunky flakes, not settling. worse case scenario, you could see a covering, an odd centimetre and the hazard with that is things could turn icy on roads and pavements. today there is a lot of cloud feeding in on a brisk and cold easterly wind. we talked about the showers working into east anglia and south—east england, not the only place to see showers. things could turn icy in the central belt. a few showers for eastern scotland and some for northern ireland during the course of the day. for the most part, the show is coming on as rain to stop cold, around 4—5 pretty overnight tonight, the main hazard i think it's the weather will get
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really icy. temperatures dipping below freezing. anywhere that has seen showers by day, you might see some ice but in addition to that, we still had some water seeping from flooded fields and so you can imagine things getting icyjust about anywhere tomorrow. tomorrow another cold day. easterly winds feeding in around the area of high pressure so it will be another cold day. probably a bit more sunshine for east anglia, parts of south—east england and the midlands. otherwise, a good deal of cloud. showers affecting a scotland and across the far north—east of england. temperatures not changing much from what we have today, again for— five will be quite typical. that is below average forjanuary. the winds start to change direction from wednesday, coming from a more north—easterly direction which will push the cloud further southwards. some light rain and drizzle affecting some east coasts of scotland and eastern areas of england. sunny skies across the south but otherwise, probably the
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best of any bright weather in northern ireland and western scotland. we keep this fairly quiet speu scotland. we keep this fairly quiet spell of weather going through this week. dry weather and temperatures generally staying a little below average but then into next week, we get northerly winds moving down across the country. this brings another bout of cold weather but an increasing threat of seeing some snow and perhaps some disruption. clive. thank you, chris. . hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. stuttering in the league and now out of the fa cup, can arsenal solve their goal—scoring problem? at full stretch. britain's james draper looks to be shaping up well ahead britain's jack draper looks to be shaping up well ahead of the australian open as he wins at the adelaide international. and ronnie o'sullivan kicks off his masters snooker campaign —
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and what an opener, against the man he beat in the uk final — ding junhui. hello there and welcome to the programme. the fa cup fourth round draw takes place at 7.50 this evening. that's ahead of the final third round match, with wigan taking on manchester united — more on that in a moment. but first, let's reflect on the fact that the 14—times winners arsenal won't be in the hat this evening. despite creating plenty of chances in their match against liverpool, the gunners slumped to their third straight defeat in all competitions. luis diaz sealed a 2—0 win forjurgen klopp's side. afterwards, arsenal manager mikel arteta conceded that his side might be suffering from a mental barrier in front of goal. it is frustrating, but what can we
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do because like i cannot say, listen, play bad, don't shoot and liverpool is going to score an own goal and we are going to win the game. i don't know how to create a game. i don't know how to create a game plan like this, is impossible. if we have 18, next time we will have 35 and continuously do that, we will generate momentum and win a lot of games, that's for sure. so, a frustrating time for arsenal. 48 shots in their last two home games and not one goal to show for it. here are the thoughts of bbc match of the day analysts dion dublin, and first, shay given. it feels like groundhog day, talking about them week in week out. so many chances. isuppose about them week in week out. so many chances. i suppose mikel arteta will say it is worse if we are not creating them, this bounces up nicely we both think he should take that first time and then the angle is too tight at the byline full stop if you pulled that back, it is a tap in but he tries to score from a really tight angle. it is good pressing. this time, this play who
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had an indifferent day, if he pulls it back it is another tap in but what a brilliant block. it was just brilliant to see this. again, you look at an arsenal point of view, so many chances and the cameraman shopped there, arteta stretching his head, and the chances that they need to take? can he take that first time? the pass i think there is a message on that ball. he takes a touch back into traffic. causes problems. this is a header, he is put off but at the same time, he is three yards out, i think he has to hit the target, at least ask the question. the passes behind him, takes a bad touch left, another bad touch to his left and it cuts down the angle and then it's an easy saver. a well worked free kick from arsenal, blitz ball from him and i don't know why he is leaving that,. if you are six yards out, dion dublin isn't leaving that, you're going to head that in. this
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dublin isn't leaving that, you're going to head that in.— dublin isn't leaving that, you're going to head that in. this says it all in the last _ going to head that in. this says it all in the last three _ going to head that in. this says it all in the last three games, - going to head that in. this says it all in the last three games, 61. all in the last three games, 61 shots on goal, one goal to show from it, expected goalsjust over six. if they are not careful, could it be a psychological problem for them now? may be, theyjust don't have that centre _ may be, theyjust don't have that centre forward with a bit of devilment. they need one, one who is going _ devilment. they need one, one who is going to _ devilment. they need one, one who is going to stay — devilment. they need one, one who is going to stay there and the rest of the team — going to stay there and the rest of the team will get them chances. the third round weekend is wrapped up with the final game tonight, manchester united taking on third tier wigan. no premier league side has lost to lower league opposition this weekend, and united won't want to be the first, facing a team 53 places below them in league one. wigan manager shaun maloney is the one trying to plot their downfall. when you have a level of opponent thatis when you have a level of opponent that is different league or far superior resources, it comes from the manager. there has to be a belief within the manager that you can win this game and that has to then transfer to the players. i know it is going to be very difficult. everyone will expect one result, expect manchester united to be very, very dominant but i still have to
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give my play is a belief that there is moment in this game i know that they can show their talent and it's part of myjob to create those moments. birmingham city have named tony mowbray as their new manager on a two—and—a—half year deal following the sacking of wayne rooney last week. mowbray was himself sacked by sunderland last month. he's the club's third manager this season, after they parted company withjohn eustace in october — with the blues sixth in the table. since then, they've fallen to 20th in the championship, six points above the relegation zone. away from football, not long to wait until the first grand slam of the tennis season, the australian open, which gets under way on sunday. mixed fortunes overnight for two british players preparing for the year's first grand slam. there was disappointment for katie boulter, beaten in straight sets by romania'a ana bogdan at the adelaide international. but better news forjack draper at the same tournament who looked impressive on the way to a 6—1, 6—3 win over argentina's sebastian baez. interesting to recently hear comments from draper, saying how much he's been inspired by andy murray. he's stilljust 21 and
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became the youngest brit since murray to reach an atp tour final last november. meanwhile, emma raducanu's been working with british tennis coach nick cavaday in melbourne, ahead of next week's australian open. raducanu — who made her comeback from injury in auckland last week — has known cavaday since she was a junior. the 2021 us open champion has slipped to 299 in rankings, after several months out — but had a two—hour session under the roof at rod laver arena, before taking on naomi osaka in a charity match there tomorrow. ireland wing mack hansen has been ruled out of the six nations after dislocating his shoulder. he's undergoing surgery today after getting hurt in connacht�*s win over munster on new year's day. he'll be out for three to four months. hansen has 21 ireland caps, and played an important role in their grand slam success last year. now, to a story of resilience in the face of adversity and climbing back to the top of your game.
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american golfer chris kirk took a leave of absence in 2019, to address mental health and addiction issues. now, he's got his second win on the pga tour in 11 months. kirk won the sentry tournament in hawaii last night, the first on the pga for 2024. he needed par on the final hole and he kept his nerve to finish one shot ahead of the field. it follows his win at the honda classic last february, which ended an eight—year drought between pga tour victories. he's grateful for the lessons learned. the best thing that i have ever done in my life is to get sober so i understand what you are saying, but i don't feel like it is taking away from anything that i am accomplishing. it is 100% of the reason why i am able to do what i do. i have said that a lot but my pga tour career would have been over a while ago had i not gotten sober
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and so i am fine with that staying with me till the day i die.- with me till the day i die. great story there- — now to snooker and world number one ronnie o'sullivan, has started his campaign to win an eighth masters crown at alexandra palace. this remember is the second triple crown tournament of the season. with the third and final event the world championship in april well o'sullivan has made the perfect start, taking the first frame with a break of 67 to win by 100 points to 27. the world number one given the chance to take control after a positional shot on the black went wrong. you can keep up—to—date with this much on the bbc sport website and the iplayer and these here are the live pictures now. coverage over on bbc two as well i should say as well as the bbc sport website so 0 should say as well as the bbc sport website so o sullivan one frame up in that one. first to six wins it there, you can catch up and get up—to—date on all of that on the bbc sport website as well. i believe o'sullivan has beaten cam acting in every match they have played at the
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masters so he is looking like the man in form flat. and finally, lovely scenes to show you from the american ice hockey league in pennsylvannia. the hersey bears, beating the leigh valley phantoms — but the match — all about the spectators throwing stuffed teddy bears onto the ice. the team, hershey, organise this every year, with the bears collected by the team and donated to over 30 charities. over 70,000 reportedly thrown! it broke the record set last year. and players certainly made the most of the soft landing! what a lovely gesture! you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you're watching bbc news.
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i'm nicky schiller. let's get more on the main story this hour — and there are calls for subpostmasters, found guilty of fraud, theft and false accounting, to submit a "mass appeal" against their convictions. the former conservative minister sir david davis — who's campaigned on behalf of hundreds of victims of the horizon it scandal — said all the cases depended on a single lie — that no one except branch managers could access their computers. the scandal — which has been highlighted by last week's itv drama — led to more than 700 branch managers being convicted based on faulty software. some have since died. within the past half an hour, a spokesman for rishi sunak has said he would strongly support the honours committee if it chose to look into stripping the cbe of former post office boss paula vennells. both the prime minister and the labour leader, sir keir starmer, have been speaking about the scandal. take a listen. over the last few years, my predecessors started the process of doing that.
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had the inquiry, actually, as chancellor, i approved the compensation schemes of the first time which are now in the process of being paid out. almost £150 million has been paid out to thousands of people. so, people should know that we are on it and we want to make this right. the money's been set aside. what we are now looking at is how can we speed all of that up? understandably, we... i am very clear, want to get that out of the door as quickly as possible. there are legal processes that people have had to go through but the justice secretary today is meeting with the relevant ministers to see is there more we can do to speed up some of those processes. but people should be rest assured, the money is there. i proved it as chancellor. there are three different compensation schemes and we will do everything we can to make thisright for all the people affected because it is simply wrong what happened. they shouldn't have been treated like this and we will do everything we can to make it right for them. i think the whole post office prosecution scandal is exactly that, a scandal, with a massive impact on human lives. i know one of the individuals affected who had a stroke
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because of the intense pressure that this was causing. so, we've got to get ahead of this. i think there are three things now that need to be done. compensation needs to be paid. that's already allocated for in the treasury, they need to get on and pay that. i think that the prosecution should be taken out of the hands of the post office and given to the crown prosecution service. i used to run the crown prosecution service. we prosecuted for other departments, we can do it here, that should be done straightaway. and these convictions, the remaining convictions, need to be looked at en masse. so, three practical things that need to happen straightaway and i think everybody looking inward want to see the government move at speed on this. live now to professor chris hodges — chair of the horizon compensation advisory board, an independent group overseeing compensation related to the post office—horizon scandal. and emeritus professor ofjustice systems at the university of oxford. thank you very much forjoining us
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