another story that continues to fascinate is that of the british royalfamily. claire foy has been showered with praise for her portrayal of the young elizabeth. what a role to take on. i know, what an idiot! do you know what the royals think of it? no, i wish i did. i wish they would reach out, but we don't know anything, really. i was wondering if i might take danny into town? for what? a change. in tv, the bbc coproduction the night manager has four nominations. the adaptation ofjohn le carre‘s novel has won praise from critics and audiences, to the delight of its star, tom hiddleston. when you make something, you never know if it's going to catch fire and ignite people's interests, but it seemed to. and that is testament to the writing ofjohn le carre. i think spy thrillers will be enduringly popular, and he's the master. riz ahmed is also up for best actor for his role in the hbo

crime drama the night of. it's very authentic. i think the reality of being caught up in a murder case, facing the slow wheels ofjustice, it's not a walk in the park. so far, there is no clear favourite to sweep the board this awards season, which just makes the golden globes, always keenly followed for clues as to oscars success, all the more intriguing. let's take a look at these pictures from the us state of pennslyvania, where a huge spool of wire fell off a truck and then proceeded to roll, the wrong way, down a motorway, causing havoc and forcing cars to swerve out of its way. no vehicles appear to have been hit. the spool finally came to a halt after bashing against the barrier of the road.

and now the weather forecast. clearer conditions to the east of the high ground, but for most a mild night. changes afoot to take us into the new week, it turns wet and windy in scotland and northern ireland with gales in the morning. colder air is on the way, the rain clears away through the rush hour for much of scotla nd away through the rush hour for much of scotland and northern ireland, replaced by clearer skies and occasional showers. the rain is in west wales for the rest of the rush hour and then spreads. double—figure temperatures in the south—west, but north of that the temperatures will drop away. 5—6 is the best we can

hope for in scotland and northern ireland. severe gales for a time in northern scotland, and the week ahead, much more windy, it gets milder in the middle of the week, but colder later on and for some there will be a little bit of snow. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: israel's prime minister blames the islamic state group for a deadly lorry attack in jerusalem. four israeli soldiers were killed when a truck drove into them and then reversed to hit them again. translation: we know that there has been a series of terror attacks, there definitely could be a connection between them, from france to berlin and nowjerusalem. the former president of iran, akbar rafsanjani, has died in tehran at the age of 82. he was one of the country's leaning moderates. — leading. the queen has made herfirst public appearance of the year, attending church on her sandringham estate.

a heavy cold forced her to miss events over christmas. at least 20 people have died as freezing weather sweeps across europe and north america, with even the greek islands blanketed in snow. temperatures in russia have plunged to minus 30. and now we have sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jessica creighton. coming up on the programme: league two plymouth earn themselves an fa cup replay against liverpool, after holding the premier league contenders to a draw at anfield. lighter work for chelsea, they brush aside peterborough. and wasps return to the top of the premiership after beating leicester, but fresh concerns forjames haskell who lasts just 35 seconds in his comeback game. so a busy day of fa cup action,

and that's where we'll start. liverpool are going to have to make a 600 mile round trip to devon, if they are to reach the fourth round of the competition. plymouth argyle, from league two, held the premier league side to a goalless draw at anfield to force the replay. alex gulrajani watched the match. these fans are used to long treks across the country, but not in these numbers. nearly 9,000 plymouth fans made the trip to anfield, in hope more than expectation. the youngest liverpool line—up in history greeted derek adams‘s side but their inexperience was made up for by their abundance of talent. they came flying forward. lee mccormack did his job in the plymouth goal.

time to resort to some underhand tactics. emre can, welcome to english football. but liverpool would not be rattled, and the chances kept on coming. theyjust couldn't be taken. at the other end a first shot on target for the visiting fans to cheer. time, it seemed, for the big guns. daniel sturridge was called for and those chances started to become a little more clean cut. still no end product. sturridge wasjoined by lallana and firmino, surely they would get over the line. plymouth stood their ground. just. a remarkable result for the league 2 side and it's liverpool fans who now face the long journey to the south—west. with the players they had playing for them today, they have all had a lot of first—team experience. yes, they had younger players, but they are at a club like liverpool for a reason, because they believe in their ability. but we had a very good defensive display and it was important we did that.

we allowed liverpool the ball, but when we had the ball, we still created a couple of opportunities. i'm not frustrated. i knew before the game... actually, with the other line—up, it could have been exactly the same. it is not really likely but possible. we had it with this line—up and this is a very important experience for the boys. i'm happy with this. i'm not sure it would have been the same experience with a 1—0 victory. all good, actually. premier league leaders chelsea had no troubles against league one peterborough — running out 4—1 winners at stamford bridge. chelsea had 20 shots on goal in the first half alone — pedro was first to convert one after nathanial chalobah‘s initial effort was saved. belgium striker michy batshuayi doubled the lead two minutes before half time as peterborough left space at the back. into the second half, willian made it 3—0, much to the delight of his manager

antonio conte. he'd not have been too pleased to seejohn terry sent off for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity though. conte has said the club will consider appealing. peterborough made the numerical advantage count as tom nichols swept home from close range. pedro grabbed his second of the afternoon to seal chelsea's spot in round four. when you change that many players it is never that easy to play a good game. everybody wants to be a team. but today we showed that we are a team and i'm pleased for the players, that at this moment, who are playing less, they showed me good form. i'm satisfied for the result and happy for the performance of my team. the biggest difference today was was how clinical they are around your box. they pass it into the corner of the net. we made chances but hit

them over the crossbar. we have got to work on this with our centre forwards. but we were outstanding for 15 minutes, then we sat off them. and in the second half i thought we matched them. tottenham will also be in the draw for the fourth round, after a 2—0 win over aston villa at white hart lane. they had to wait until the 70th minute for the opening goal. wales international ben davies's header giving spurs the lead. and not too long later, it was two. son heung—min tucking home from close range to seal the victory for mauricio pochettino's side. it was nearly 70 minutes, we changed the system a little bit to try and change the game and it was good because we scored and after the second goal... yes, very pleased, always difficult. i'm pleased for the players who have not played too much.

it is important for them to get a lot of minutes to try to build their confidence. we had to defend well and run a million miles because they're very good. we had a big chance in the game. chester and agbonlahor had a chance where you hope to take it. touch disappointed with the goal because they did not have to do much. and for all the defensive work, one cross into the box and we did not deal with it. only time we didn't and it was in the back of the net. the first of today's fa cup third round ties was won by fulham as they beat fellow championship side cardiff city 2—1. not many made the effort for this one. just over 5,000 fans were in attendance at cardiff's stadium. those who did turn up were treated to an early cardiff city goal from anthony pilkington. that was the only real highlight for the home fans as stefanjohansen pulled fulham back on level terms

before the london club took the lead through ryan sessegnon. fulham booking their place in the fourth round with a 2—1 win. fulham played a very good game. it was a good performance. we dominated the game and created many chances and we could have scored more goals and made finishing the game bit more easy for ourselves. but we have to be satisfied. we play them again in three weeks here and i think we can give them a better game than today. you don't like getting knocked out of competitions, but our priority is staying in the division. we still want to do some wheeling and dealing. they are a strong side and they showed it. we can look forward to the next game against them and be optimistic. middlesbrough will be in the fourth round draw after beating

championship sheffield wednesday 3—0 at the riverside. boro captain grant leadbitter‘s free kick put the premier league side i—0 up just before the one hour mark. one minute later, though, daniel ayala saw red for bringing down fernando forestieri and middlesbrough had to play the final 30 minutes with ten men. despite that, they doubled their lead soon after, alvaro negredo rewarded for charging down wednesday goalkeeper joe wildsmith. late on, marten de roon rounded up the win — 3—0 the final score. i said at half—time that it looked like a friendly game, and the fa cup is a really important competition here. and if we had played in the second half the same way we would have lost the game. i told them that we had to play better and we had to be more aggressive and in the second half we showed that we are in the premier league and they are a championship team. sometimes you think it's going to be

an easy game but it's a big mistake. not unhappy with my players, we tried and we did ourjob. i'm unhappy with the score. we lost because of the circumstances which can happen in football. in sheffield wednesday, we lose together and we win together. wasps are back on top of rugby union's premiership but they were made to work for their victory by leicester. it's a 19th home win in a row for wasps who won 22—16 despite leicester's second half efforts to get back in to the game as they played for the first time since sacking their director of rugby, richard cockerill, earlier this week. it has been a long time since richard cockerill was not a crucial presence here. leicester's first pre—match preparation without him for nearly eight years. the task was not easy — wasps have dominated at home this season and so the first score

was hardly a surprise. christian wade with the opening try after just four minutes. in fact they put three past leicester before half—time. a fresh approach needed for the tigers‘ interim coach. that fresh approach was a direct one, tom brady was the first to speed through the middle, leicester eventually bundling over, and back into contention. wasps needed to mix things up and they turned to england forward james haskell for stability. after seven months out, his comeback lasted less than a minute, knocked out in a tackle with freddie burns, he was forced off the field. more injury headaches for the england boss. leicester threatened, butjimmy gopperth made certain for wasps once more, as they go to the top of the league. encouragement for leicester, but no sting in the tailjust yet.