hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government has warned gps in england that they must keep their surgeries open for longer hours or face a cut in some of theirfunding. the british medical association accused ministers of "scapegoating" doctors. a teenager who was stolen as a newborn baby from a florida hospital 18 years ago has been found in south carolina following a tip—off. the woman who raised her has been charged with kidnapping. parts of england's east coast have escaped significant flooding, after last night's storm surge wasn't as bad as first feared. the environment agency is checking flood defences for any damage. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. the headlines this evening... no diego costa, but still chelsea

win. the leaders are seven points clear at the top of the premier league after a 3—0 win at leicester. daddy harry scores a hattrick. kane sends spurs second in the week he had his first child. and dan evans falls at his first final hurdle. but will reach a career—high world ranking, despite missing out on the sydney international title.. also coming up in the programme: joe root, english sport's other new dad, will play in the first one day one day international in india, despitejoining up with the squad late. and james degale wants to prove he is "one of the best fighters in the world" in his unification bout with badou jack in brooklyn. good evening.

welcome to sportsday. having a disagreement with a star player doesn't seem to be much of a distraction any more. we'll tell you about west ham without dmitri in a moment. but first, chelsea without diego. yes, diego costa wasn't included in the premier league leaders‘ squad for the match tonight at champions leicester. but they still won of the blue. by 3—0. adam wild reports. —— they still won co mforta bly. wild reports. —— they still won comfortably. no diego costa. whilst his future remains uncertain, they have taken subregion for elsewhere. still, it seems they are quick learners. less than three —— six minutes before marcos alonso put them ahead. the attention may be on what is happening up front, but at the back, matters are equally important. courtois was by blinky being that lead. the opener came

from an unlikely source. by the time the second arrived, it was alonso again, this time with the help of a deflection. he almost had a hat—trick. but his luck finally ran out. chelsea would get the third. a sublime moment of skill from pedro to create a chance he finished himself. perhaps no better place to show your champion credentials than at the home of the champions. adam wild, bbc news. the white chelsea without the key man up front. we are not without i was. john bennet is here withjohn watson. not without i was. john bennet is here with john watson. let's start with that. in the lead up to the match it was all about diego costa and his absence, but it didn‘t seem to matter today. an impressive performance from chelsea. nobody expected the hero to be marcos alonso. he had only scored once the chelsea before this. two goals for

him. pedro, great bit of skill. he was the hero, perfect from tonio conte to win without diego costa. twice this season they have been without him, twice they have one. they scored six goals, a lot of people said they can't cope without costa... does this mean he is going to go? they are talking about an offer from to go? they are talking about an offerfrom china. to go? they are talking about an offer from china. on to go? they are talking about an offerfrom china. on his instagram, diego costa is said, come on chelsea. it seems he wants to say. my chelsea. it seems he wants to say. my guess is that he will stay. it will emerge over the next few days, i‘m sure. i2 will emerge over the next few days, i‘m sure. 12 wins after the last 13 for chelsea. they have recovered from that blip against bottom. an excellent win. leicester were poor. ranieri change the tactics and it didn‘t work for them today. ranieri change the tactics and it didn't work for them today. let's look at the other game today. top men were in action. tottenham are second in the table this evening after another impressive victory. .. this time four—nil against west brom. a harry kane hat—trick has lifted them above liverpool who play on sunday. azi farni reports. tottenham started the day looking for their sixth league win in a row, with dele alli looking

to continue his rich vein of form. but it was his england team—mate and new father harry kane who opened the scoring, a man who spurs fans call one of their own, celebrating his first goals after having one of his own. spurs looked capable of goals with every attack. they soon made it 2—0, with a shot deflected off gareth mcauley into the back of his own net. the game took an unfortunate twist, when tottenham defender jan vertonghen turned his ankle. spurs are hoping it is not as bad as it looks. west brom‘s and gareth mcauley‘s day went from bad to worse. his miskick allowing harry kane to find the bottom corner. the point was sealed when fittingly, alli cleverly played in kane. they moved second in the table, looking capable of more. despite chelsea extending the

advantage over tottenham in second, very much demonstrating their title credentials today. definitely, six premier league wins in a row. 78% possession in the first half, awesome in the second half. the starman, brilliant performance. gareth mcauley had a nightmare. and the perhaps to pick him out. west brom were flat. they were poor. unlike a tony pulis type of forms. they were knocked out of the fa cup, a couple of defeat in a row and they will have to rethink. it was all about problem and the new dad harry kane. the last three times we played them, they scored first. it's been a while, they always hang on there and nick a draw. we said, we have to go out there and fly. we try to finish the game. we've done that, it's probably the best performance of the season for us. yes, it was a great day. if you are not on it at these grounds, they will punish you. we gave away some sloppy goals

and we never really got going. i don‘t take a thing away from tottenham, tottenham are a good team, they have people who will punish you. good luck to them for the rest of the season, but it was a bad day for us. hot and problem‘s heels, they are london rivals arsenal. they have trimmed the gap to just a point after a comfortable win over swansea city. three wins in four for arsenal. olivier giroud scored the first goal. he has scored in his last nine starts for arsenal. alex iwobi with a deflected shot as well. two on goals. alexis sanchez with a goal. paul clement, what a difficult job. his first league match in charge. arsenal were so much better than them. perhaps that‘s expected, he is desperate for new signings. alexis sanchez came off 4—0, and he sulked in the dugout. another player who is potentially moving away from the club. i'm sure there will be

headlines about that on sunday. but arsene wenger is happy. maybe we were a bit fortunate. you can see that they had more problems to contain us. we we re we were dominating the game afterwards. it‘s not an eye opener. i know what this level of football is like. we have some good players, we are looking to do some other things soon. i also believe there are games we are not expected to win, and games we are going to have to win. maybe that was not one we were expected to win today. swansea‘s defensive frailties exposed once again today. west ham we re exposed once again today. west ham were in action. a comfortable win over crystal palace. a great goal from this man. but the build—up was about the player not in the starting line—up. about the player not in the starting line-up. didn't need him or missing today. andy carroll‘s goal was brilliant. it was played in the

dimitri payet‘s position. lanzini made it 3—0. a really good performance. crystal palace, five—game sam alla rdyce performance. crystal palace, five—game sam allardyce has been in charge and no wins. they are looking for their first charge and no wins. they are looking for theirfirst win in charge and no wins. they are looking for their first win in seven. slaven bilic, a relief after a tough week. andy carroll scored the goal of the game. a great ball in, i thought it went a bit closer, it went in. i've been practising that for a couple of years, it's been awhile in the making. how much -- heidi you rate that? it's got to be the best one i've scored, you know —— how high do you rate that. your concentration has the last of the whole period of the game. unfortunately for us, we didn‘tjust gift one, we gifted two and then three. if you are going to gift them, it‘s not going to get anywhere. it is a bit disappointing

end to what looked like a co mforta ble end to what looked like a comfortable performance. u nfortu nately for comfortable performance. unfortunately for us, we didn‘t see it out. early beat southampton today. the goal came from joey barton. back in the premier league after a spell in scotland. he helped them to promotion last season. he can‘t keep up promotion last season. he can‘t keep up the headlines. this time it‘s positive headlines. it is definitely his goal, it was on target. they took the decision to bring him back. it was a good decision. another home win. turf moor is a fortress for them. 12 games and eight wins, all but one of the points this season has been at home. joey barton is the man that everybody is talking about, including manager sean died. —— sean dyche. he has worked hard since he's been back here. you know, i tend to believe in people i've worked with, and people i haven't,

some of them, what they can offer us. i know what joey offers us. he has an interesting life, to say the least, and this is another strange twist in his interesting life. hull are struggling. they are off the bottom. a big win for the new manager, marco silva. his first league game in charge, and he gets the win. he got them the win in the fa cup against swansea, they were beaten by man utd. this is a good start, two wins from his first three games, just the start that you need. trying to build momentum. stanislas scored a penalty in the first minute to put bournemouth in the lead. three goals, two for hernandez, one was an own goal. marco silva making an excellent start to life in the premier league. what i saw in the game, i saw one team with big experience, a big character, it's important for me, first of all. we have a big attitude. and when i saw the fantastic behaviour with our fans, for me, it's very important also. no such luck for sunderland. they remain in the relegation zone. they

we re remain in the relegation zone. they were beaten by stoke 3—1. one golfer peter crouch, two for arnautovic. jermain defoe got a consolation. not enough, though. five games without a win for sunderland. the victory the hull increases the pressure, really, and them. an excellent performance from stoke, bouncing back from the fa cup defeat. the david moyes, another frustrating afternoon. the players need to take responsibility. they need to stop making individual mistakes. i didn't think overall the performance was that bad. but by the time we got three goals, they made the game very difficult. but we stuck at it in the second half, we created one or two chances ourselves. we weren't quite able to take them. we were never really in trouble throughout the proceedings today. it is a good response. it is the right result and the right performance, after a poor performance last weekend. i said during the week that my group of players, more often than not, if they‘ve disappointed people, which we did last weekend, more often than not we bounce back

quickly, and that‘s what we‘ve done today. it was an emotional day at vicarage road as tributes were paid to the former watford manager graham taylor, who died on thursday at the age of 72. watford were in action against middlesbrough. more on that in a moment. as far as matters on the pitch are concerned, not a great deal to talk about. 0-0, middlesbrough only had one shot on target during the whole game. both teams are struggling. five games without a win for watford, for the little spread. they could have done with more —— o for middlesbrough. i guess they will take a point, a forg etta ble guess they will take a point, a forgettable game. the one thing that was memorable with the tributes to graham taylor. let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at how things look at the top of the table tonight. chelsea extending the lead following victory over leicester. tottenham and arsenal doing their bit to keep pace with those are the top of the table. tottenham up to second, arsenal in third. huge games

tomorrow. manchester united against liverpool, everton against manchester city. it could change the top of the table. at the bottom of the table, as we know, hull with that win sees the move off the bottom. west ham united edging towards the top. swansea in big trouble, sunderland as well. what a good start for marco silva. crystal palace level with the drop zone. slight gap, those were. leicester still in trouble after that defeat to middlesbrough. thanks, john. it was an emotional day at vicarage road as tributes were paid to the former watford manager graham taylor who died at the age of 72. he managed the club in the late 70s and 805, leading managed the club in the late 705 and 805, leading watford to the old fir5t 805, leading watford to the old first division inju5t 805, leading watford to the old first division in just five years. the front of the matchday programme read — graham taylor, the greatest watford manager of all time. that

wa5n‘t watford manager of all time. that wasn‘t the only place where tribute5 we re wasn‘t the only place where tribute5 were paid. one other of his former clu b5 were were paid. one other of his former clubs were in action. he also managed to a5ton clubs were in action. he also managed to aston villa, he took them to runners—up spot in the league as well. they, like watford, couldn‘t mark the occasion with a victory. they did market, both fans and player5 they did market, both fans and players from villa and their opponents, wolves, who they also managed, led by applause for graham taylor before kick—off a5 a mark of remembrance. wolve5 ended up winning the match by 1—0 at molineux. joe mason getting the winner afterju5t 14 mason getting the winner afterju5t 1a minutes. neither of those two threatening the top of the championship a5 threatening the top of the championship as things stand. and brighton, who have a game in hand, lost at pre5ton. sheffield wednesday consolidated a playoff place with a win today. while the bottom two teams, rotherham and wigan, also both won. ho5ts gabon were held to a 1—1 draw by guinea—bissau in the opening match of the africa cup of nations. gabon took the lead through their star player, the boru55ia dortmund striker

pierre emerick aubameyang. but they couldn‘t hold on against a team playing at their first cup of nations. in fact, it is the first tournament ever. guinea—bissau equalised in the last minute throuthuary soare5 to record a huge 5hock. later, cameroon play burkina fa5o. they are the other game in group a. cameroon have taken the lead through a superb free kick after just 35 minutes in that. cameroon have won the tournament four times in the past. it looks like they have sta rted past. it looks like they have started this one well. approaching half—time, they still lead by 1—0. a dramatic late try gave wa5p5 a vital win in rugby union‘s european champions cup. a victory over toulouse that puts them on the verge of a quarter—final place. just one game left to play. hannah lupton has the details. few things ignited excitement like a must—win game between two european heavyweights.

with a quarterfinal place on the line, missed opportunities didn‘t settle any early nerves. jean—marc dou55ain didn‘t bring his kicking boots to coventry, butjimmy gopperth dead. the four—time european champion5 now out in front. it took all of the effort of wasps to unpick the defence. elliot daly found an opening. his first try since october. with less than ten minutes to go, the home side‘s hard work was undone. a penalty try the visitors, and danny cipriani 5in bin. wa5p5‘ fade withering in the balance. with ju5t fade withering in the balance. with just one minute left, dan robson pulled it back in their favour. but try made it all the difference in this game. it may make all of the difference to the season. glasgow warrior5 were beaten by 1a points to 12 at home to munster — who have won pool 1.

francis saili scored the only try of the match for munster to secure their place in the knockout stages. elsewhere in the champions cup northampton — who already know they can‘t make it out of their pool — won 27—21 at home to ca5tre. leicester are just getting underway against racing 92 — a 7:45pm start. just two or three minutes gone in that one. in the challenge cup, gloucester lead trevi5o thanks to tries from james hook and richard hibbard, while edinburgh beat harlequins 23 points to 18. england‘s one day players will be hoping to restore some pride as the second half of their tour of india gets underway in the morning. the test series ended in a 4—0 win for the hosts, but 2016 was an impressive year for england in the shorter form5 of the game, with three odis and three t205 to come over next couple of weeks. our reporter tim peach is in pune ahead of the opening game.

didn't didn‘t feature in either of the warm up didn‘t feature in either of the warm up matches for this tour, he only arrived out here in the early hours of thursday morning, joe root. he has trained today, and his captain eoin morgan 5aid has trained today, and his captain eoin morgan said he had no concerns about putting him straight back into the team. joe has been an integral pa rt of the team. joe has been an integral part of our success over the next couple of years. to have him back so soon, with the great news that he has become a father, is great news for the team. jo could go through all four months and go back into the side. he is a level—headed guy who feeds on where he is out at the moment. reasonably strong test series in really tough conditions. and looks in good form. england take on india hoping to avenge their 4—0 te5t on india hoping to avenge their 4—0 test series defeat before christmas. they played 31—day internationals followed by 3t205, you can listen to them all on radio five live. south africa ea5ily beat sri lanka

in the third and final test, winning by an innings and 118 runs. it makes it a series whitewash for south africa, who won all three test5. and this was the one of the best moments of today‘s play — when sri lanka‘s upul tharanga was caught out by a sprinting jp duminy. what a catch that was in the deep! in the australian big ba5h league, melbourne star5 won by seven wicket5 against perth scorcher5. ian bell played for perth, and was out for a golden duck, although tim bre5nan did make 20 runs for the scorcher5. in reply, kevin pietersen made 44 not out for melbourne star5, including this six, to help melbourne to victory. meanwhile, it couldn‘t have been much closer in the women‘s big ba5h match between the sydney thunder and sydney sixer5, which thunder won on boundaries, not run5! the match was tied, so went into a super over, but then both teams made eight run5.

it meant the thunder won because they‘d hit 16 boundaries while the sixer5 made 1a. ahead of the australian open that starts on monday, britain‘5 dan evan5 has lost in the final of the warm—up event, the sydney international. it was his first atp tour final, and after his run this week, evans is already guaranteed to climb to a new career—high ranking, just outside the top 50. he saved two 5et point5, against gilles muller of luxembourg, before losing the opening set on a tie—break. eva n5 couldn‘t recover in the second as he lost that 6—2, and with it, the match. certainly going well in the run—up to the australian open. so dan evan5 goes into the australian open with the highest ranking of his career, as will andy murray. it‘s his first grand slam as world number one, and he‘ll begin his bid for a fourth major against ukraine‘s ilya marchenko. it‘s not the easiest draw thereafter, with both roger federer and stan wawrinka in his half. this is one of the two grand slam5 murray‘s never won, though he has come close.

i‘ve been in the final five times. and i‘ve played really well in the past. but just never and i‘ve played really well in the past. butju5t never quite managed to get over the final hurdle. but i‘m hoping this is going to be my year. i finished last i‘m hoping this is going to be my year. ifini5hed last season i‘m hoping this is going to be my year. i finished last season as i‘m hoping this is going to be my year. ifini5hed last season as best a5| year. ifini5hed last season as best as i could, coming in as number one in the world. so i feel good. there‘ll be two brits against two au55ies in the first round of the women‘s draw. heather watson and naomi broady will both face opponents who‘ll have the backing of the home fans. broady is up against daria gavrilova, while wat5on is playing the more experienced samantha sto5ur, who‘s a former us open champion, but has a poor record at her home tournament. i look forward to playing sam. i‘ve played with her, i played against terror couple of times before. she‘5 a great player. —— i played against her. she‘s been around a long time and has an all—round game. i think for me, isju5t not and has an all—round game. i think for me, is just not the focus on her too much. i know the talk will be

about her a lot, playing at home, which she does every year. i did wa nt to which she does every year. i did want to focus on myself. —— iju5t want. and to play my game as best as ican. rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead going into the final day of the south africa open. mcilroy had looked set to be out in front when he holed from the fairway with this shot at the par—four 7th. watching it, feeling good about it, into the hole it drops, with a bit of back 5peed, too. but under pressure from the world number two, england‘s graeme storm has held firm at the top of the leader board. he followed up his round of 63 yesterday with a five under par round of 67 today, to take him to 17 under parfor the tournament, three clear of mcilroy. li5a a5hton has become bdo world darts champion for the third time after a comfortable win in the ladies‘ final at lakeside. a5hton, who‘5 from bolton, beat the australian corrinne hammond by 3—0 add to the world titles she won in 2014 and 2015. the third seed danny noppert is into the final in the men‘s draw.

it‘s the dutchman‘s first ever appearance at lakeside, but he beat england‘s darryl fitton in a tense match by 5—3. noppert will play either top seed glen durrant orjamie hughes, who are playing the other semi—final right now jame5 degale continues his attempts to become one of boxing‘5 greats when he comes up against badou jack later. it‘s the wbc and ibf super—middleweight unification fight between the pair, taking place at the barclays center in new york in the early hours of sunday morning. mike costello has more. british boxers have enjoyed so much success down the years in the super middleweight divi5ion. mo5t success down the years in the super middleweight divi5ion. most recently with joe calzaghe middleweight divi5ion. most recently withjoe calzaghe and carl forge. jame5 degale attempts to make the number one in the 12 stone divi5ion. it is his fourth world title fight

ina it is his fourth world title fight in a row. all of them have been staged here in north america, earning him the label the road warrior. it also has been a long road for badou jack, born in sweden toa road for badou jack, born in sweden to a swedish mother and a gambian father, he represented gambia in the olympics. jack holds the wbc version of the world title, degale holds the ibf championship. this is wisdom is that the best of degale beats the best of badou jack. certainly as he stepped off the scales at the way, degale was bursting with confidence. a5 degale was bursting with confidence. as the sign outside the barkley centre here says, he is ready and waiting to create his special memory. i'm feeling good, i'm feeling the wheel. you know what, it's the first time i've done this week properly —— i'm feeling real. i'm feeling great, i'm feeling real. i'm feeling great, i'm not dehydrated, i'm full of energy. i'm just ready to go now. i've looked in his eyes, and it's

all on. you can listen to the commentary, june into radio five live. set the alarm! british rider sam sunderland has won the motorbikes classification of the dakar rally — the 27—year—old from poole in dorset becomes the first brit to win the endurance event in any format, whether bikes, quads, trucks or cars. well done to them. —— to him. chelsea are leading the premier league by seven points after that comfortable 3—0 victory over leicester. let‘s get the thoughts of antonio content. good performance, good result. good speed for the team. i‘m pleased. iam pleased for everyone, above all the players. to play against leicester, it is not easy. to come and to wind and to

have this type of performance is, yes, we must be pleased. there will bea yes, we must be pleased. there will be a lot more questions for antonio co nte over be a lot more questions for antonio conte over the coming weeks, because january means the transfer window, and diego costa may well be not at chelsea come the end of it. a noticeable absentee, but it didn‘t matter with the 3—0 victory over champions leicester. that is all from sportsday. from myself and to you, thank you for your see you soon. good evening. it‘s going to turn milder. mothers over the next 2a hours. not so for others. milder air coming in from the worst —— it is going to turn milderfor some of coming in from the worst —— it is going to turn milder for some of us. parts of north—east england, a cold and a few night. much milderfurther west. well above freezing here. it

could be a slippery start, across some eastern parts, with rain and a little bit of snow from lincolnshire, down to east anglia. the far south—east as well. watch out for that. to the west of london, most out for that. to the west of london, m ost pla ces out for that. to the west of london, most places will be milder, a lot of damp and dreary weather. precious little in the way of brightness. it stays raw a cross little in the way of brightness. it stays raw across eastern parts of england, much milder further west stays raw across eastern parts of england, much milderfurther west in belfast. one monday we have got a stripper of rain through central areas, some of it quite persistent. ——aof areas, some of it quite persistent. —— a of rain. it stays quite chilly, further north and west it is milder. many of us in double figures. this is bbc news. i‘m lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm: the government says gp practices in england must open for longer hours or face losing some of theirfunding. this is trying to encourage gps to open their surgeries all day. if they can‘t, the extra money should

be going to the a & e department instead. found after 18 years, the teenager snatched from a hospital in florida when she was just eight hours old. mp5 overseeing the brexit process call on the government to reveal details of its plans by next month. also in the next hour: hundreds of people along the east coast are returning home after a predicted storm—surge failed to materialise in most areas. but the residents of hornsey in east yorkshire are counting the cost of last night‘s sea storm. and in talking business, we discuss the prospect