is resigning from parliament, his departure triggers a by—election. lord snowdon, the photographer and former husband of princess margaret, has died at the age of 86. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... with severe flood warnings in place, we'll be live in the areas most affected tonight, as people brace themselves for possible flooding. we'll also take a look at what labout mp tristran hunt's resignation means for the political landsdcape. and for the people in stoke—on—trent. and we'll see how both of these stories are being covered in tonight's paper review, that's at ten thirty, with lindsay razaq and helen that's all ahead on bbc news. but now it is time for sportsday. hello i'm olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight.

it was goaless last time. . . but mourinho is promising klopp a different match when rivalries are renewed at old trafford. the heat is on at the bottom of the table...can clement lift swansea out of the relegation zone konta's peaking at just the right time. a tour title in sydney, now all eyes are on melbourne. also coming up in the programme, we'll catch up with andy murray ahead of the australian open..and what could be a tricky draw. the africa cup of nations starts tomorrow. .we‘ll have the latest from gabon and two belts are on the line...we‘re in new york forjames degale‘s world title fight. evening, over the next half an hour we are going to set you up for another busy weekend and bring

you right up to date with all the latest sport news...the premier league is back with a bang so it's great to have everton‘s yannick bolassie with us in the bbc sport centre to go through the weekeknd's fixtures with us. the stand—out match is really on sunday at old trafford...manchester united against liverpool. i remember we built the match up at anfield back in october, and that turned out to be awful...let‘s hope we at least get some goals this time. playing in that game was paul pogba...the world's most expensive player has spoken to bbc sport ahead of sunday's match. it isa it is a derby, a big game, we have to be ready for the game. when you talk to the fans, this is the one they all want to win. the history of liverpool and manchester united, big derby, more than manchester city, i think, because the way you feel the atmosphere is more. you can feel it more and that is good, that is why

we play, that is why you enjoy football, you want to play in those games. jose mourinho is the master of tactics, what is he like to play for, how important is it in your development? you can feel it now, he changed clubs. he came here for the first two months, the adaptation to new culture, a new club and now we are doing and better. we know more him and we know how he plays so we understand him more. we are very co mforta ble understand him more. we are very comfortable with the way he plays, the way he acts, the week he talks to us, we understand him and we feel very good. you can see much more of that interview on football focus tomorrow. yannick, welcome again. how do you think manchester united have developed with paul pogba at

the heart of things are they getting things right now? i don't know paul personally but i know he is a friend of romilly lukaku. i was asking romelu lu ka ku what of romilly lukaku. i was asking romelu lukaku what type of player he was. not in that kind of sense! romelu lu ka ku told was. not in that kind of sense! romelu lukaku told me that at the beginning of the season he is normally not up to the standard but in the last three or four months of the season it's when he comes alive, and so far he is doing everything that rom said and this is the paul pogba i know. that last much wasn't great. i remember, it was a goalless draw. it was as if united came there to sit in the tactic worked for them. but like paul pogba said, like mourinho says, this time the game will be different. let's hear from

some of those managers whose clubs will play on sunday. sunday sees both manchester clubs in action against both liverpool teams, let's hear from the managers now. in a moment yannick‘s boss ronald koeman and pep guardiola on everton against manchester city at goodison, but first here are jose mourinho and jurgen klopp on the game at old trafford. he wants to play the game as much as i want, she is as much motivated as iam.i i want, she is as much motivated as iam. iam i want, she is as much motivated as i am. i am not sure if he is so calm asiam! i am. i am not sure if he is so calm as i am! it'sjust one more big game, you know, great. i hear the questions, i hearthe questions, i i hear the questions, i sure when i talk to different people, but the la st talk to different people, but the last game, they say, my god, manchester united, but give me 11 players and i will be competitive. they had a great performance last week against west ham but if we come

face to face on sunday we will play with dead aggression, and we can make it very difficult. he is young and is the first time he will be in that situation. he will wa nt will be in that situation. he will want to do everything to win at goodison park. we've spoken enough about manchester united—liverpool, let's concentrate on that match at goodison against manchester city. your new home, yannick. you played at the etihad stadium with everton when they were at the top of the table and you drew. how are they doing now, still trying to keep pace? i still think they are playing the same brand of football. the weather has taken its toll on the players, because they have put in a lot of different players at the

moment. players like yaya toure are still coming back into fitness. so whether that is holding up what they are trying to improve on, i don't know, but it was a tough game and i remember playing that game. we just about dead at that game. romelu lukaku about dead at that game. romelu lu ka ku scored, you about dead at that game. romelu lukaku scored, you mentioned him before, he is having another good season, before, he is having another good season, we are before, he is having another good season, we are in this uncertain window, it is important that the clu b window, it is important that the club keeps hold of him. definitely. but knowing rom his head is not on going anywhere, he's fully concentrated on the job going anywhere, he's fully concentrated on thejob he needs going anywhere, he's fully concentrated on the job he needs to do at everton, he is fully committed to the everton course. talking of the transfer window, an exciting prospect coming into goodison park and morgan schneiderlin, £20 million, joining the club yesterday, thatis million, joining the club yesterday, that is what the fans want to see, and the players, that the club is strengthening. definitely. i've

played against morgan over the years in the premier league and i know what type of player he is and he's a great to the club. speaking about ademola with got a lot of mutual friends in london, and he's a player that will definitely make the grade if he concentrates i know he's level—headed so i'm looking forward to seeing him play. and sure he will look forward to playing gilbert ‘s desperate news about your injury. the cruciates, they have gone. but the latest? i don't know about time length. i will just the latest? i don't know about time length. i willjust have to see what happens. i know my body well. i will just have to wait and see. it's about being patient right now. this is the first stage and i am sure that when i get to the third stage, but for now i'm just going to relax, chill out. definitely stay positive.

seeing the team doing well is helping because the higher they finish the better. stay with us, yannick. let's take a closer look at some of tomorrow's games, starting with chelsea, many people's champions—elect, they are up against the champions leicester at the king power stadium. he isa he is a great coach, he deserves this because he did a greatjob at leicester last season with his players. it is fantastic for him. i am pleased for him because he deserved this. yannick, in chelsea's last league match against tottenham we saw that 13 match winning run come to an end..you think they will bounce back, or has that given other teams hope and an idea of how to beat them? i think that spurs have opened the

door by the way they played against them. personally as a player i was looking forward to seeing the team match chelsea because their winning run, they were virtually unstoppable, especially when they beat us at stamford bridge... i could not see anyone stopping them. to see players go like that and beat them and has made the leap interesting and open again. let's look at some of the fixtures. totte n ha m look at some of the fixtures. tottenham face west bromwich in the early kick—off. they will go second if they win that match, west bromwich always make it difficult for spurs. hull will stay in the relegation zone and no matter how they do against bournemouth. yet there are three managers who know that a good result could lift them out of the bottom three. it's a dogfight between sunderland, crystal palace, and swansea. they have taken on board a lot of things i've asked,

we've worked in the pitch, in the training room, not to complicate things, we've tried to prioritise what the most important things to get a good positive performance on saturday. hopefully we will give the supporters something to shout about and they are beginning to get behind the team which has helped, the position we are in, we need that support. the players deserve credit, they have turned their home form into better, we would like it even better but i can't complain, they have done fine. we are only 15 behind the entire goal tally that we scored last year. our problem is that we have been leaking too many. the front line are not really the problem this year, more goals have been scored this season than last season, the problem is defence. sam allardyce there, whose arrival

at crystal palace hasn't quite had the desired effect yet. for him to install his ideas will a lwa ys for him to install his ideas will always ta ke for him to install his ideas will always take time. i remember having about five different managers at palace. it's still the same group. a lot of them are still in the team that was in the championship. the heart of the team, and it won't be any different now. but i am optimistic that they will get out of this relegation fight like we always do. let's look at it at the moment. you were involved in a couple. do you start getting nervous after christmas when you see that you are just one defeat from dropping into the bottom three or you are in the bottom three? the last time was two

yea rs bottom three? the last time was two years ago. a little bit. you do start looking over your shoulder. you start worrying about what is going on, you start looking at other people's results. they've just signed jeffrey schlupp from leicester. i think it's a great signing. especially with one of their players going to the africa cup of nations. the big is you at west ham is their star player, to michu payet, going on strike and refusing to play against palace tomorrow —— dimitri payet at. it doesn't look good for football. 0ver him. payet at. it doesn't look good for football. over him. of course i can't say what is going on over there but looking at it from the outside, it isn't a good look. it makes everyone want to highlight why he isn't at all of the best teams in the world because he does have the

ability to be at one of the best teams, things like these might be the things that are letting him down. yannick thank you. we wish you a very speedy recovery and thank you for coming in. yannick will be on the friday football social on five live tonight from 7. yannick‘s injury means that he won't be linking up with the congo squad for the africa cup of nations. they have gone on strike today over not getting bonuses. i am sure they will be ready for their opening match shortly. 22 premier league players will be representing their home countries. a number of big names like yaya toure and didier drogba have retired since ivory coast won it 2 years ago, but as ed harry reports, there is still plenty star power for the fans to enjoy. a continent obsessed with football, gabon is no exception, in libreville thousands will watch the opening match between the hosts and

guinea—bissau, gabon want to reach the last four for the first time. is a fantastic country and the people have a good mentality and love football. everybody loves football. and me, ifeel good, here, the objective is, minimum, the semifinal of final. the reason why he and the rest of gabon believe they can win is their superstar, heavily linked with a move to the premier league last summer although he isn't the only star on show. when it comes to the africa cup of nations i always wa nt to the africa cup of nations i always want to bring the big boys, every tea m want to bring the big boys, every team has its players, you know, the three finalists for the african player of the year, look at riyad mahrez, in top form for algeria,

they have him, you have others, everywhere you look, there are good players. let's see if they can light up players. let's see if they can light up this stage. so who will be lifting the trophy next month? ivory coast, can they defend their title? yaya toure retired from international football after they won it two years ago and now of course the ivorian is with wilfried zaha. what course the ivorian is with wilfried za ha. what about course the ivorian is with wilfried zaha. what about the runners up last time, can they go one better? the hosts gabon have never been beyond the quarterfinals it's a tomorrow, but gabonese voices are not the only ones being heard this country. ed harry bbc news, libreville. that's put me off my dinner! a lot of

stories will be coming out of gabon in the next few weeks. tennis is going to give us a few headlines over the next fortnight with the start of the australian open next week. british number 0nejohanna konta has won her final warm—up tournament. she beat agnieszka radwanska in straight sets to win the sydney international, the second wta title of her career. here's our sports correspondent katie gornall. in the tennis arena, johanna konta demands attention. after an extraordinary rise through the rankings, she's now in the top ten. the big moments and the big players no longer worry her. across the net was agnieszka radwanska, the world number three. a player she'd never beaten, although you sensed that was soon going to change, as konta took the first set 6—4. despite a successful 2016, konta has brought a new coach to australia. any fears this could disrupt her rhythm were quickly swatted aside. radwanska is seen as one of the most intelligent players on the tour. here she was given little time to think, as konta wrapped up the second title

of her career in some style. commentator: she's done it! with the start of the australian 0pen just days away, she heads to melbourne as a genuine contender. i think there's a good opportunity for her to get to the final. she'll have to do it the tough way, though, if you look at her section, she starts with flipkens, she's got serena in the quarters. jo is playing the best tennis of her career right now. dan evans reached his first atp tour final after beating andre kuznetsov. tomorrow he will face gilles muller, a player ranked nearly 30 places above him. as for konta, who was born in sydney before moving to england, australian tennis may see her as the one that got away. katie gornall, bbc news. sellerjohanna konta seller johanna konta heads sellerjohanna konta heads for london. the draw for the australian 0pen has been made. it could have been easier for konta, she has kirsten konta,

she has kirsten flipkens. andy murray will begin his bid for a fourth major against ukraine's ilya marchenko. federer and wawrinka are on his side of the draw. this is one of the two grand slams murray's never won, though he's come close. i have been in the finalfive i have been in the final five times, played well in the past, never quite managed to get over the final hurdle, i hope this will be my year. by hurdle, i hope this will be my year. by finished last season as best i could, coming in as number one in the world so i feel good. golf news. england's graeme storm has a two—shot lead at the south africa 0pen at the half—way stage injohannesburg. storm... who's from hartlepool, hit nine birdies on his way to a bogey—free round of 63. world number two rory mcilroy is three shots off the pace after complaining of a bad back today. his four under round of 68 ended with back to back bogeys. there will be a new rugby league

clu b there will be a new rugby league club in bradford, the bradford bulls have been liquidated after years of financial problems and the two man who left nick blackwell in a coma have been sanctioned by the boxing board of control. nick wilkins has lost his trainer's licence and boxer hasan kakardi suspended for 6 months. blackwell shouldn't have been involved in the november session after having his license taken away following a professional fight last march when he had to be placed in an induced coma. the unsanctioned sparring session left him needing an operation for swelling on the brain. he is making a slow recovery, though. there's a big fight in new york tomorrow. british boxer james degale takes on badou jack in a super—middleweight unification bout. jack, who is swedish but based in america, is the wbc champ. degale is the ibf champ. since he has won his world title he's improved every single time. if iam not100%, he's improved every single time. if i am not 100%, if i am not on the

ball on saturday it is possible i could lose but i have covered all bases, i've covered everything. so it should be a good fight, a fair fight, but i am going to be the winner. more about the fight from mike costello who is that the weigh in with kell brook the ibf welterweight champion. this venue is the fight venue, james degale and badou jack will walk to the rink tomorrow evening, with me another world champion, kell brook who won the welterweight crown in the usa. it's a big moment forjames degale, how will it go? i think it will be a very hard, tough fight but james will have to be sharper than an arrow from round one to around 12 to ta ke arrow from round one to around 12 to take the title. here is where you won your world title, they've called in the rogue warrior, the day before

the fight as another set piece, how ha rd the fight as another set piece, how hard is it to hold their nerve and confidence? you have to be born for it. born to be that champion, like myself and james degale. he has boxed all over the world, in the amateurs, and he knows that if you are good enough and you can fight you've got no problems so i don't think there will be any risk of that. he will be sharp, he knows what he is up against and he will go there and do the business. that's there and do the business. that's the general feeling, that the best ofjames the general feeling, that the best of james degale will beat the best of james degale will beat the best of badou jack. mike costello in new york. commentary of the fight will be on five live. we globetrotting this evening. now the cricket news. england's one—day international series with india begins early on sunday morning. the tourists have three one—day internationals and three twenty20 matches, this just a few weeks after a 4—0 test series defeat to india. 0ur reporter tim peach is in pune ahead of the opening game.

england have revolutionised the way they play one—day cricket in the last couple of years. they have broken world records along the way. and 2017 will be a very important yearfor and 2017 will be a very important year for the team with the champions trophy coming up in england injune. this tour in india comes off the back of the 4—0 test defeat to india before christmas. ben stokes was pa rt before christmas. ben stokes was part of that test team that he doesn't think that result will have much of a bearing on the series. it's a completely different format, different team. you can't really look back on the test series and ta ke look back on the test series and take this into the one—day series. the test series didn't go very well but we've got a chance to come out here and perform well like we know we have in the last two years against a really good team. england have had a mixed warm up to the series beating a strong india a—side featuring ms dhoni and yuvraj singh.

and then they lost to a weaker side just two days later, joe root did not plate and other match, he joined the tour later after becoming a father for the first time, he will be available for selection for the first one—day international here in pune on sunday. that was tim beach. also on sunday is the start of snooker‘s masters. ronnie 0'sullivan is aiming to win the title for a record seventh time. he's been battling a heavy cold going into the tournament — but hopes to produce the usual flashes of brilliances at alexandra palace over the course of the next week. it is ok to win but i want to win with style. i know in the last five or six years i've put in performances that i am very proud of. sometimes people say you cannot play like that and win, lionel messi proves you can, roger federer does, i want to be like them. i want to play in an exciting, aggressive game, so the people watching says,

you know, he doesn'tjust win, he delivers entertainment as well. i think it's very important. and you can see the full interview with ronnie 0'sullivan on the bbc‘s coverage of the masters, which starts on sunday at one o'clock on bbc2. that's just about it for sportsday. have a great weekend. it will be emotionalforfans of have a great weekend. it will be emotional for fans of watford and aston villa and every other club that graham taylor was involved with following his tragic death yesterday, we leave you with more tributes to one of the great club managers. good night. he was a man who had a great passion. his record speaks for itself, not just at aston villa and walls and of course what he did at watford was quite remarkable. 72,

two young. he was brave, competent and absolutely, totally focused on the game. i did not know him very well but 0k, the game. i did not know him very well but ok, i know the story about his life and of course what happened that day in holland in the qualification game. of course i was pa rt of qualification game. of course i was part of it. he was unlucky at that time. i remember his early teens at watford when i was a young player myself, he was a young breed of courage. the tributes to him only fitting. my condolences to his family. it is a very sad today for english football. good evening. it is cold, if you have snow on the ground now it will be there tomorrow because nothing much will melt overnight, the cold has produced scenes like this,

strong wind over the high ground, the strong wind has contributed to the strong wind has contributed to the problems on the east coast as you probably know, there are concerns about the storm surge, a combination of the wind and a very high tide. just over the next two or three hours things could be critical along this eastern coastal fringe with the possibility of coastal flooding, there are severe flood warnings in force. if you have concerns about the situation on the coast check out the flood line number. it's 03459881188. weather—wise, it will be another cold wintry night, though this lead and show was over northern and western parts, some will creep well inland, eyes will be a problem either from the showers or from snow which has melted and frozen again overnight as temperatures fall too close to freezing. some scottish glens should get —10 degrees. saturday will start cold yet bright

and crisp for many, some wintry showers especially over the eastern coast of the wind will not be as strong as today, further west the showers will turn to rain from northern ireland, wales, and the west of england, something milder coming in off the atlantic. seven or 8 degrees here compared with three orfour 8 degrees here compared with three or four at best across the uk. through this weekend we will start to see milder air creeping in off the atlantic. it will bring moisture and these weather fronts will produce some pretty wet weather. these funds will kind of stall across eastern areas so it could be particularly wet and draw here because the cold air will take some shifting, it will linger across eastern counties on sunday, three or 4 degrees. further west dry spells and milder weather, 10 degrees possible. early next week we have something of a southeast— north west divide because we never get rid of

that cold air across east anglia and the south—east. it will be milder thanit the south—east. it will be milder than it has been further south—east. we will seize on jan than it has been further south—east. we will seize onjan but it will stay chilly and we will continue to see widespread overnight frost. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:00pm: as high tides begin to hit the east coast of england, thousands of people are told to evacuate, with a possible storm surge approaching. i'll be reporting live from great yarmouth were people are collecting sandbags to defend their homes to night. they hope for the best buy prepare for the worst. —— the best but prepare for the worst. nearly half of england's hospitals declare a major alert in the first week of the year because they are struggling to cope. labour's tristram hunt, quits as an mp to become the director of london's victoria and albert museum the former husband of princess margaret has died at the age of 86.

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