in the uk of more than 50,000 people in the uk ina of more than 50,000 people in the uk in a major new medical study. —— pollution is linked. the south west of england is gearing up for storm brian, expected to bring winds of up to 70 mph with a risk of coastal flooding. ina to 70 mph with a risk of coastal flooding. in a moment, sportsday, but first a quick look at what else is coming up this evening. we will be looking at possible solutions after persistent claims of inequality of opportunity at both 0xford inequality of opportunity at both oxford and cambridge university is. as we mentioned, and other storm is on its way, storm brian is expected to batter the country this weekend, we will be taking a look at how people are preparing. and we will be live in new zealand to profile jacinda ardern, who has only become party leader two months before voters went to the polls and now finds herself leading her country. now, as promised, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.

i'm karthi gnanasegaram. the headlines this evening. more concerns for koeman, as everton are charged by uefa following a confrontation between their supporters and opposition players. and join me andjoin me in and join me in france where the england women's team are friendly tonight at the end of another controversial week in the women's game. and formula one history beckons for lewis hamilton if he can win the united states grand prix. plenty of talking points in rugby union, formula one and cricket, but we're going to start with football, and specifically everton. european football's governing body, uefa, has charged the club with "aggressions by supporters against players". during everton‘s defeat to lyon in the europa league, an everton supporter carrying

a child was involved in a confrontation with a lyon player. evrton have now banned that fan and contacted merseyside police, who are investigating. their defeat also heaped more pressure on manager ronald koeman, who was in defiant mood today. 0k, pressure on manager ronald koeman, who was in defiant mood today. ok, i watch television, i am sometimes on social media, i know what is going around, and that is normal, because thatis around, and that is normal, because that is football, and i don't step back, i go forward, and let's hope ever what three points, and after sunday everyone will be more happy than may yesterday. —— maybe yesterday. well, 5 live's commentator on everton‘s match with arsenal on sunday is conor mcnamara and hejoins me now. we have to start with ronald koeman, saying rather defiantly that everything is fine and the board are behind him, but there have been so

many different problems, particularly on the pitch. with great expectations comes the great investment comes the great expectation, and everton fans in the summer, giddy excitement, wayne rooney back, £150 million overhaul of the squad, and the results have not matched that ambition. i was there on the opening day of the season, they beat stoke on the 12th of august, and they have only had one win since then in the league. it doesn't matter who you are, any manager will feel the pressure if you spend that money, raised those expectations and produced that sort of form. in terms of the players, the squad does not seem to be gelling, so much money spent, and we are still talking about how they are not playing properly as a team. certainly, and i don't think you blame the individuals who have come in as new signings, i don't think any of them have been fantastic flops or anything like that, but it is more about what they don't have.

last season, they had romelu lukaku, 25 goals in the premier league, and nobody since gary lineker has hit that sort of tally for everton. there is no wits with the new players, michael keenan, sigurdsson, rooney, ramirez, and they are used to having more wits, but those players have been out with long—term injuries. there are mitigating circumstances, but maybe they boards too many players that are similar and not the variety that you need for team play. —— they bought. and not the variety that you need for team play. -- they bought. he is such a respected manager in europe, what has gone wrong at the club? we saw the fight at the europa league match, that does not happen when all is fine at the club. earlier this week, at a low—level, at a coventry city game, a supporter wanted to some frustration. if teams are

winning, that doesn't happen. because expectations were raised, there is this frustration about why it isn't being delivered, but it is up it isn't being delivered, but it is up to ronald koeman to turn this around. regardless of your reputation, he will know that the performances have not been what the everton performances have not been what the eve rto n fa ns performances have not been what the everton fans expected or what he expected at the start of the season, and if it goes on much longer, he will feel that pressure. you are in charge of that match on sunday, we will hear more from you after that. roma have been charged by uefa after some of their fans were heard making monkey chants during wednesday's champions league tie at chelsea. the chants were aimed at germany defender antonio rudiger, who moved to stamford bridge from roma in the summer. before his move to england, rudiger said racism at football matches was a serious issue in italy. chelsea's head coach, antonio conte, has defended his training methods in the wake of reports that some of his players are unhappy with the intensity of the schedule. the premier league champions could be without four of their key players for tomorrow's

match with watford. my my method is the same like last season, when we win the league, but honestly i think that we are working may 70% less this season. maybe for this reason, we are having trouble. tonight's game in the premier leaue sees brighton travelling to the london stadium to face west ham. for the visitors, tonight is a chance to replicate some of their impressive home form on the road. it is going to be about a way forward that is going to be the most challenging, and so that is probably the thrust going into this game, the challenge. it is a game away from home, at a big stadium, against, irrespective of league position, against a very talented team, and seeing a way of us to get points

away from home. in scotland, holders celtic face hibernian, and their former manager neil lennon, in the first semifinal of the league cup tomorrow. and there could be an old firm final next month, with rangers taking on motherwell in the second semi on sunday. andy burke looks ahead to both ties. no team in scotland has been able to inflict defeat on brendan rodgers' celtic since he has taken charge, but hibernian have come closer than most. as they gear to meet up in the league cup semifinal at hampden, they reflect on the 2— draw last month when they were more than a match for the campion is. semifinal, obviously it is a knockout competition so we need to be at our best. we have a tall order in front of us, but it is not insurmountable. lam not of us, but it is not insurmountable. i am not focusing on the record, it is not something that we talk about, the players know the consequence for

us the players know the consequence for us of working well and developing that real winning mentality through winning games, we just take that into the next game, and this will be i'io into the next game, and this will be no different. a tv advert to promote the league cup semifinals has sparked a bit of a storm, seemingly building up celtic and rangers as the main attractions. hibs wasted no time in responding. saturday lunchtime has all the makings of a terrific cup semifinal. if rangers wa nts to terrific cup semifinal. if rangers wants to meet the winners in the final, they will have to overcome a motherwell side on sunday who are in the form and feel they have been written off going into the match. according to everybody else, they have already got it and old firm final, so we would like to prove that wrong. i have seen some tickets for sale, rangers in the final, so people have wrote us off already, we can deal with that. it is a 50-50, i don't think rangers are favourites, motherwell will be happy with a draw, it will be a tough game for

rangers, something different, big physical side, well—organised, they get the ball forward, and that is something that rangers will have to deal with. it will be interesting to see how the players handle the pressures of being favourites. the last two games, they have certainly shown me they have got mental toughness, but they need to win finals, that is what i am expecting. former scotland midfielder graeme souness says the new manager of the national team should be scottish. the search for a new scotland manager has started after the sacking of gordon strachan last week. souness, who won 5a caps for his country, says that home—grown managerial talent should be given a chance. there is no new way of playing football, it used to be the french way at st george's park, then the spanish came along, and then the germans, oh, the german way! no, we are british, and i say this in the

book, let's look at what we are good at, our game has always been different, and we must make sure it remains different. that is why it is so attractive to people watching football throughout the world, and i just think, you know, we have talent here in england and in scotland who are more than capable of being top managers. we don't have to go out co nsta ntly managers. we don't have to go out constantly looking for the latest big—name, the latest big manager. it has been a difficult and damaging week for the football association after striker eni alu ko gave evidence to a department for digital, culture, media and sport select committee about her time with the england squad under former england coach mark sampson. well, england face france tonight in a friendly under interim head coach mo marley. let's go to valenciennes and speak to our reporterjo currie. we have to start with the reaction to the select committee and the allegations there, what has it done to the mood in the camp? yes, good

evening, well, the interim manager has only been in position for less than two weeks, but she says the squad has been through a tough time and that dealing with the whole sacking of mark sampson, and this week parliamentary inquiry, has been difficult for them to deal with. things got more complicated yesterday when the fa started an investigation into the goalkeeping coach after eni aluko accused her of using unacceptable behaviour. she accused her of speaking in a fake caribbean accent, and it is unclear whether she will be involved in a match tonight. but this should be a new chapter for the lionesses under mo marley, and the captain, steph houghton, says they cannot approach this as a friendly because they have too much to prove. we want to be consistently beating the best teams, and france is one of them, and we have to be beating the likes of france, germany and the us and a regular basis. it will be a great

test, there are girls showing what they are all about, and for england to get victory in preparation for the two qualifiers in november.‘ bit of a baptism of fire for mo marley tonight, but have you got the impression that they can concentrate on this match? that is what they have to do to put everything out of their minds at the moment. well, as you say, a baptism of fire for mo marley, debut matches don't get any tougher than france, one of the best teams in the world. england are currently ranked third, france are just one place behind them in fourth. england knocked france out of the european championships in the summer, beat them 1—0 in the quarterfinals, but it was their first victory over the french in 43 yea rs. marley says first victory over the french in 43 years. marley says she's concentrating on tonight's match, the first of three games where she will be in charge, this friendly than the two world cup qualifiers. she admitted that she has put in an application to be permanent boss and she knows that a good victory

against a strong french side would do her application no harm whatsoever, really. ishould mention that you can follow all the coverage on the red button and kick—off is at 8pm in the uk. thank you very much. the premier league has released a report on what it said it would do in order to improve access to stadia in football's top flight. john watson is across the details of this. what does the report say? you might remember, in 2015, the premier league made a commitment to improving disabled facilities at premier league clubs throughout the league. now, they have reported their findings league. now, they have reported theirfindings back league. now, they have reported their findings back today, league. now, they have reported theirfindings back today, it league. now, they have reported their findings back today, it is worth pointing out that of the clubs who have been involved in this, it is 16 in total, and that includes those who made the commitment in the first place when that commitment was made in 2015, so it excludes newcastle and burnley, and brighton and huddersfield, who won promotion last season. broadly, the findings are last season. broadly, the findings a re pretty last season. broadly, the findings are pretty good. wheelchair bays

have increased 50%. in 2015, only three clubs made the correct provisions, but now 12 do so. the cell and is for those for whom a traditional disabled toilet is not suitable, only two clubs had those co m pa res to suitable, only two clubs had those compares to 16 now. —— the cell and —— facilities. watford has not met all the criteria, apart from doubling the number of bays, they are still 40 short, and they say the demand is not there, and for them to ta ke demand is not there, and for them to take out seats would not be so sensible. crystal palace and everton, two clubs who have not met the criteria, they have pointed to the criteria, they have pointed to the difficulties of improving what is two very old stadiums. but perhaps most interestingly and surprisingly, chelsea, they fall some way short, the champions, as we know, and they themselves have said

they will look to put in more disabled bay in two stands. the question remains why they have not done so already, and the premier league have asked them to bring forward that construction and report backin forward that construction and report back in august 20 18. thank you very much, john watson. also on sportsday this evening: the latest from the us grand prix in austin, texas, where lewis hamilton is closing in on his fourth world title. as pa rt of title. as part of black history week, we meet one of british ice hockey‘s pioneers. it's the second weekend of fixtures in rugby union's champions cup, with scarlets hosting bath tonight, while clermont auvergne will be without the scotland captain, greig laidlaw, when they take on northampton tomorrow. laidlaw has fractured his ankle and will miss scotland's autumn tests. let's look ahead to the weekend's action with the bbc‘s rugby union reporter, chrisjones. before we get on to the fixtures, this conversation about injuries isn't going away, with laidlaw

and also fraser brown the latest to be injured. an in—form laidlaw is going to be a big miss for scotland, isn't it? this used to be one of the great anglo—welsh cup —— is, and even though identities and venues have changed over the years, it should still be some occasion to. —— anglo—welsh clashes. they will want to get a big win on the board this evening, and everywhere you look across the weekend, champions cup action, massive clashes, northampton we re action, massive clashes, northampton were humbled by saracens last weekend, and they have to go to clermont auvergne. can leicester start with a win at welford road when they face castres? la rochelle we re when they face castres? la rochelle were the surprise package at harlequins last weekend, and they host ulster. and it is a must win for wasps and harlequins on sunday. and there's live commentary on that match between scarlets and bath on 5 live sports extra from seven this evening. ?

now, there was a rare sighting of an albatross at the valderrama masters golf today. an albatross is a shot which is 3—under par on one hole. dutchman joost luiten was playing his second shot at the par—5 11th hole during the second round in spain. he launched his ball up the hill, it rolled onto the green and into the hole. luiten's albatross helped him into the lead on 7—under par. iam not i am not sure he knew quite what was going on. you certainly do not see any of those very often. let's go stateside now, because lewis hamilton could win his fourth formula one world title this weekend. if he does so, hamilton would become the most succesful british formula one driver in history. this weekend's united states grand prix takes place in austin, and tom clarkson is there for us. lewis hamilton said during his media

sessions on thursday that he does not care where he wins this world championship as long as he wins it. well, on the evidence of first practice today, friday, he wants to do and here in austin, texas. he was 0.6 of do and here in austin, texas. he was 0.6ofa do and here in austin, texas. he was 0.6 of a second faster than anybody else, and the second fastest man was his main challenger, sebastian vettel. but for vettel, his main challenger, sebastian vettel. but forvettel, it his main challenger, sebastian vettel. but for vettel, it is not as much about beating hamilton this week, it is about getting to the end of the grand prix, following two retirements in the last three races. second practice gets under way at eight o'clock this evening, you can follow coverage on the bbc sport website. this is the first weekend where lewis hamilton can wrap up the world championships, so let's look at the standings as we go into austin this weekend. hamilton has been unstoppable since the summer break with four wins in the last five races, and that means the gap between the mercedes driver and his main rival, sebastian vettel, is 59

points after retirements in singapore his the german's title bid. but what sort of permutations would allow hamilton to win this weekend? and it hamilton crosses the line in second place, sebastian vettel must score at least four points in the race to take the rivalry to mexico next weekend, providing valtteri bottas does not win. if vettel is ahead of hamilton, it will continue to the next race. hamilton is a strong favourite to win a fourth world title, his mercedes is looking reliable and fast, and if he com pletes reliable and fast, and if he completes the feet, it will make the most successful british formula one driver of all time. he has already broken many records but currently sits level with surgery he is due and three world titles. —— with sir

jackie stewart. qualifying is at 10pm tomorrow on radio 5 live sports extra. england is women's cricketers are enjoying a successful 2017 after they won the world cup at lord's in they won the world cup at lord's in the summer, but the next task is to regain the ashes in a series which ta kes regain the ashes in a series which takes ina regain the ashes in a series which takes in a test match, 50 over and t20 games starting on sunday. henry moran sent this report from australia. two days out from the start of the women's ashes and england tried to make the most of a break in the rain. they have only managed 18 overs from their two warm up matches as they prepare for the start of the series on sunday. understandably,

the coach has found the preparation is frustrating. it has obviously not been perfect, the weather has been bad, the rain has been bad, two practice games rained off, so we had no opposition today, the ground was not ready, we had to put up a net, and then do some practice, and we managed to get the nest down, it was just about 0k, and we got some meaningful practice, albeit amongst ourselves. but one thing, the girls are outstanding with their attitude, they really do, from a coaching point of view, they are so adaptable, and they don't worry about it, they will adapt and do what we asked them to do. the ashes will be settled across a series of different formats ending with 3t20s. the first 0di takes place here in

brisbane, play and away at quarter past midnight on sunday morning. —— play gets under way. following amy truesdale's world para taekwondo gold yesterday, today it's been the turn of some of britain's able—bodied fighter to target medals at the world taekwondo grand prix in london. mahama cho, lauren williams and bradley sinden have all secured at least bronze medals by winning their respective finals. lauren williams is just 18 and in her first full season as a senior but has arguably achieved the best result of her career today. she defeated the reigning senior world gold medallist, nur tatar of turkey, on sudden—death golden point after drawing 17—17 at the end of the regulation three rounds. at the very least she'll take home 67 kg bronze, but she wants more. it is big for me, you know, it has been a doubt in the back of my mind, but i pulled it off in the last second. it is always intense, but i am thrilled, if i can keep this going and get the gold medal, it

would be amazing for me. it's now almost 60 years since willie 0'ray became the first black player to feature in the ice hockey‘s national hockey league. as part of black history month, the english ice hockey association is showing a documentary celebrating his life. 0ur reporter seth bennett has been to meet one of the british players who had a tough time breaking the same ground in the uk. there was a mob of guys that were outside the changing room, baying for my blood. they wanted me to come out. we ended up getting escorted out. we ended up getting escorted out of that city, police escort out of the city. i was the only black quy of the city. i was the only black guy on the team. they were waiting for me on the exit route, we had to go out the back door. probably one of the worst moments of my life. these days, charles is one of british ice at the's leading administrators, but when he began playing, he was one of very few black players in the uk, and he was

subjected to races on and off the ice. —— racism. subjected to races on and off the ice. -- racism. they tried to find ways to put me off game, and racism was one they could do that, and as a young man i did not respond and reactor that, the team manager used to say, when people are racist towards me, people saying, you are black, you are bleep, why are you getting upset about it? my name is willie 0'ray, and in 1958! became the first black athlete to play in the first black athlete to play in the national hockey league. i didn't realise at that time that i had broken barriers and opened barriers for players of colour. i read about it in for players of colour. i read about itina for players of colour. i read about it in a newspaper, that i had broken the colour barrier, the first black player to play in the nhl. since 0'ree, there have been a number of black players who have starred in

america, while in the uk warn of great britain's all—time leading stores is david clarke, someone for the next generation of players to look up to. it is really important to have role models, if people can see people who look like them in the sport, then i think they believe the sport, then i think they believe the sport is for them, so we have got a big job to do in order to actively encourage people from different backgrounds, different communities, to participate in the sport. well, that's all from sportsday this evening. just time to point you in the right direction of the live sports coverage across the bbc this weekend. 0n 5 live sport this evening, you can hear live commentary of west ham against brighton in the premier league. tomorrow from 7pm on the red button, there is coverage of the world taekwondo grand prix from the copperbox in london. and in the early hours of sunday morning, the women's ashes gets under way with the first one—day international. the team in australia are on airfrom midnight. that's all to come.

we'll have more sport on bbc news throughout the evening. from me and the sportsday team, have a great weekend. good evening. well, we started the week with remnants of hurricane 0phelia, and we finish with the arrival of storm bryan, it has already reached peak strength, but we will still have some impact to our weather, and the forerunner is this weather front, our weather, and the forerunner is this weatherfront, producing heavy rain across parts of northern ireland, wales, south—west england, and that band of rain and strengthening winds will spread across the country, in its wake clear skies and thundery showers. the peak of the winds will not be

until through saturday morning, so we start saturday morning with temperatures around 10—12d, feeling quite fresh in the wind. but through the morning the wind speeds really pick up, around the coast of wales, southern england, and even inland we will see gayle is developed, but around the coast up to 70 mph winds possible. couple that with high tide, we could see some pretty nasty conditions around the coasts. we have got those gales, if not severe gales around the south and west, in eastern areas the winds are lighter, a bright start with some sunshine, frequent and prolonged rain towards the west, south—west scotland, north—west england, northwest wales, and eventually the showers will make its towards eastern areas. the wind slightest across parts of scotland, not bad in northern ireland, the temperatures are fairly academic with the strong winds. the centre of storm brian pushes into the north sea through the night into sunday,

the strongest winds will be across parts of northern england, south—west scotland, the north midlands, gales to start sunday, but generally easing down. showers becoming less abundant through the day, mainly across western coasts and hills, write a few of you will finish sunday afternoon with dry and sunny spells, but feeling fresh, only 10—14 degrees. into monday, light winds, brightness in eastern areas, how it breaks of rain spreading from the west, dampness and grazed conditions across southern areas during monday afternoon, temperatures around 14—16 degrees. half term for many of you, things staying on the mild side, but rain at times, sunniest in the north east. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:00: they say not enough progress has been made for trade talks, but agree to begin planning for them.

i am ambitious and positive for britain's future and for these negotiations, but i know we still have some way to go. my impression is that the reports of the deadlock between the eu and the uk have been exaggerated. oxford and cambridge universities are accused of perpetuating a "social apartheid" after data shows they're admitting few under—privileged students. a warning millions of mobile phone users are being overcharged by their contract providers, even after paying off their handsets in full. pollution is linked to the deaths of more than 50,000 people in the uk in a major new medical study.