around transformation or change are simply mothballed. # words are to spare, your clothes on the floor #. i've paid taxes, i've paid national insurance, so why can't i get the treatment that she deserves? # clouds and the weather, it changes #. karen and megan aren't thinking about politics, they desperately want the operation to happen. they're now raising money to go private because the nhs can't deliver. hugh pym, bbc news, belfast. at the guildhall, in the city of london, within the past hour the winner of this year's man booker literary prize has been announced. the american novelist george saunders. our arts editor, will gompertz, is at guildhall with the winner. good evening. george saunders won for this book, lincoln in the bardo. it tells the story set in 1862 of

young willie lincoln who dies of fever in that year and goes and gets buried into a crypt his fater visits him. his father is the president abraham him. his father is the president abra ham lincoln who him. his father is the president abraham lincoln who is grief—stricken. in the cemetery there are ghostly voices having a conversation that tells the story of this book. it sounds complicated and it's marvellous. with me is george saunders. congratulations. thank you so saunders. congratulations. thank you so much. you had a vision for this book 20 years ago. you are an established story writer, what took you so long? my stories are a little dark and cynical and sci—fi and i just couldn't see anyway to approach this serious material. i tried it a couple of times, it didn't work. i thought — either don't do it or wait until you have enough life to do it justice. is it as an american taking on lincoln taking on god? it is. everyone knows and loves lincoln. that was part of the reason i waited

it makes you cringe a little bit to ta ke it makes you cringe a little bit to take oun on it makes you cringe a little bit to take our] on someone it makes you cringe a little bit to take oun on someone that large. lincoln was also a father and in this case a grief—stricken father. he was a leader who was disrespected. he wasn't the lincoln we know now. as a writer it gives you you a way to come in. you try to find ways in which he's like yourself. who hasn't been outgunned and full of sorrow and self—doubting. and full of sorrow and self-doubting. quickly, it's a complex book. it has hundreds of voices. how do you marshall them into something coherent? four years. the thing was, it's got 166 voices. we did the audio group and used a separate person for each one. it bass was a great adventure. any human being has access to every human being has access to every human being. if i needed a ghost i made one up. george saunders congratulations. thank you very much for joining congratulations. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much. congratulations of course to george saunders on that prize.

that's all from me. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. the headlines: tottenham spring a spanish surprise against the holders real madrid in the champions league. man city edge it in a contest between two of europe's league leaders. and it's seventh heaven for liverpool, who thrash maribor in a record breaking away win. three english sides

in action tonight with ten goals to tell you about. we start with the match at the bernabeu, the home of the holders real madrid, where tottenham faced the toughest test in european football against the 12—time champions but leave spain tonight with a point. 0lly foster watched the action. is tottenham had never scored against real madrid, but with harry kanein against real madrid, but with harry kane in the side, they are a club who feel they can start to write their own history. they would need reel to have an off night. the muted celebration told you this was not his 16th goal of the season. spurs

have a precious lead, something to hang onto. serge aurier let them down. the keeper's says have saved spurs on so many occasions. point—blank in the second half will stop his fingertips from ronaldo. the frenchman gave spurs the chance to win it. harry kane was too obvious, though. tottenham were embarrassed here six years ago, but there is no shame in a point at the home of the european champions. the premier league leaders faced the serie a leaders as manchester city took on napoli tonight. and after their free—scoring start to the premier league season, goals from raheem sterling and gabrieljesus made it three wins from three in group f, as paul garrity reports. the buzzword that the etihad stadium before the match was goals. the

teams have scored 71 between them this season. it is fair to say they have been quick out of the blocks. the open exchanges didn't disappoint. —— the opening exchanges. kevin de bruyne, the man pulling the strings for city this season, and again, add do like paul passed, simple for gabrieljesus. kevin de bruyne was purring and hit the bar. mistakes in football aren't far away, kyle walker in a tangle. the second half didn't have the same zip as the first, and the sloppiness gave the visitors another penalty. 2-1 at gave the visitors another penalty. 2—1 at full—time, and manchester city continue their fine form and only require a point to qualify for the next round. it was a case of seventh heaven for liverpool as they broke a club record as they thrashed maribor 7—0.

the win in slovenia moved them to the top of their group above spartak moscow on goal difference after the russians beat sevilla 5—1. nick parrott reports. rituals and superstitions abound in football. bill shankly changed liverpool's get to read to make his players look bigger. jurgen klopp‘s men donned what is called bold citrus. it took just three men donned what is called bold citrus. it tookjust three minutes for roberto firmino to end a run of six matches for club and country without a goal. philip coutinho scored for the first time in three games. mohammed salah went one better. no doubt over his first, but firmino could have claimed the second. alex 0xlade—chamberlain

claimed his first goal for the club, and fortune favoured trent alexander arnold as liverpool recorded their biggest away win in europe. a sweet night after a disappointing few weeks. the future looks bright again. before all of tonight's action, news broke of a second managerial sacking of the premier league this season — that of craig shakespeare from former champions leicester city. his departure comes just four months after being appointed on a permanent basis, having ta ken over from claudio ranieri, who led the side to that incredible title triumph. he leaves with leicester in the relegation zone and without a win in six league matches. switzerland stand between northern ireland and a place at next year's world cup after michael 0' neil's side were drawn against them in the play offs as they look to qualify for next year's world cup. the first of the two legs will be played at home at windsor park. while the republic of ireland, have been drawn against denmark in their bid to reach russia 2018. stephen watson was at today's draw in zurich. arriving for the draw to find out

who stands between them and a place in the world cup finals. michael and martin 0'neill both guided their teams to second place in their qualifying groups. now, there is a two legged play—off to try and secure a ticket to russia next year. it was michael 0'neill‘s team that was drawn first. followed by the highest ranked side in the group. switzerland. the big thing was missing italy and croatia. it doesn't mean we underestimate switzerland, but i believe it is a tie we are capable of winning. they had a good qualification campaign, with nine victories and the only defeat against portugal. that was possibly the weakest of the groups in terms of the teams in it. it gives us a chance, which is the most important thing. the players will

believe they have a chance, which is important as well. the republic of ireland were paired with the lowest ranked of the top seeds — denmark. that it was going to be a difficult game for us, but italy were still waiting there for someone to come up, and if you ask the near —— any of the unseeded coaches, they would say they would have preferred not to have italy, so that is something to stop denmark will be difficult for us, anyway. the play-offs are a familiar path for the republic, who had previously contested eight. for northern ireland, it is their first experience. but these players to qualify for back—to—back travellers, for some, it will be their last chance to go to world cup final. it is something we should embrace. at the end of the day, we can look back on this campaign with pride, but we have one massive hurdle to overcome and everyone will do everything possible to make sure we get the opportunity. the only time northern

ireland previously played switzerland in competitive matches was in the 1966 world cup qualifiers, when a certain george best scored. michael 0'neill‘s men will need a little magic like that if northern ireland are to qualify for the first world cup finals in 32 yea rs. for the first world cup finals in 32 years. stephen watson, bbc news, at the headquarters in zurich. england's youth teams continue to show signs of progress, with their u17s through to the quarter—finals of the world cup. they reached the last eight in india after beating japan 5—3 on penalties. it finished goalless after 90 minutes. england will now play the usa for a place in the semi—finals and continues a good run. the u205 won the world cup this summer, while england's u19s won the euros. warren gatland says he won't coach the british and irish lions again claiming he hated the recent tour to new zealnd which ended in a draw. he was painted as a clown

by the new zealand press, but was critical of the lack of preparation time afforded to him and his team. when asked if he would continue on monday, he said he wouldn't subject himself to it and says he was left extremely hurt by sean 0'brien‘s comments that the team would have won the series with better coaching. middlesex's relegation from the county championship first division has been confirmed. that's after their appeal against a 2 point penalty was rejected. they were penalised for a slow over rate in the match against surrey at the oval that was abandoned for safety when a cross bow bolt was fired into the ground and landed on the pitch. middlesex were relegated by a single point. chris froome says his attempts to win a fifth tour de france title next year will be truly tested following the announcement today of next year's route. the 105th edition of cycling's classic gets under way on the 7th ofjuly. it will take in the cobbles of northern france, and a hilly time trial on the penultimate day —a route of over 3300 kilometres ending in paris on the 29th ofjuly, with froome's greatest threat expected to come from the dutch rider tom domoulin, who won may's giro d'italia. that's all from sportsday.

coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejournalist dina hamdy and broadcaster david davies. tomorrow's front pages: the financial times leads on that promise of us jobs that bombardier workers hope will help airbus avoid huge american import tariffs the "i" the "i" newspaper is looking at the terror threat warning from the head of m15, focusing on the role of internet giants. the metro reports on the case of a former navy officer who was allegedly run over with his own car. three men deny the charges. the express leads on a new wonder drug that scientists claim say "significantly" improve the health of people with type 2 diabetes. the telegraph carries a warning from

a leading certificate that the global economy will suffer if london is stripped of financial roles as a result of the decision to leave the eu. the times says highways chiefs have been ordered to reduce the time taken to reopen motorways after accidents as closures cost the economy £9 billion a year. the daily mail has m15 chief andrew parker saying web giants must do more to stop terror on our streets. we begin with the photo on the front of the guardian. there are lots of stories about this, but it is an important day in the middle east in the battle against the group that calls itself islamic state. what i wa nted calls itself islamic state. what i wanted to say about that is that the islamic state is suffering a major

loss in territory is due to air strikes as well as fighting on the ground, but let's be clear, the ideology is not going anywhere. u nfortu nately, ideology is not going anywhere. unfortunately, it will go underground and go elsewhere, whether vulnerable, politically vulnerable countries where it can grow, and it will also feed on the discourse of