this is bbc news with vicki young. the headlines. inflation jumps to 3.1%, its highest level for nearly six years. wages aren't keeping pace with the higher cost of living, which is bad news for the high street and the economy. very difficult to make ends meet these days, especially coming up towards christmas. everything's going up. money, rent, electricity, gas. hundreds of schools remain closed for a second day, following the coldest night of the year so far. forecasters warn of more icy conditions to come. three people are being questioned by police, over the suspected murder of three children, in a house fire in the worsley area of salford. the children's mother and their three—year—old sister are fighting for their lives in hospital. the government considers plans to introduce ‘presumed consent,‘ for organ donations in england. the proposed scheme involved people opting out of being a donor — rather than opting in. and may the force be with you.

the stars and fans flock to the london premiere of the latest star wars release — the lastjedi. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7, beyond 100 days is live in the american state of alabama, where voters are going to the polls for a special senate election dominated by allegations of sexual misconduct. as wages struggle to keep up with inflation, we ask whether employers should be doing more to help households feeling the pinch. and we'll be assessing the government's new bill on animal welfare — following last week's backlash over animal protection in post—brexit legislation. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday —

i'm hugh woozencroft. our main stories this evening. an end to tyson fury‘s ‘nightmare‘ — the former heavyweight champion is free to return to boxing after a compromise with uk anti—doping. it wasn't me — pep guardiola defends his manchester city in the fall—out from the battle of old trafford. and cook, cricket and culture... alastair cook deals with the many question marks around england's ashes tour ‘down under‘. good afternoon, plenty to come but we start with big boxing news and a return to the sport for former heavyweight champion of the world tyson fury.

both he and his cousin hughie can compete again after accepted backdated two year doping bans. our sports news corrrespondent richard conwayjoins me now. richard, this all comes after a compromise with uk anti—doping. why the resolution now? it has been a long—running saga, it all it has been a long—running saga, it a ll started it has been a long—running saga, it all started back in february 2015 when the initial testing took place. it was not untiljune 2016 the uk anti—doping notified both tyson and huey of an anti—doping rule violation. in between then and now there has been many twists and turns, legal delays and complications, but it boils down to the fact that uk anti—doping claimed that both men had used the banned anabolic steroid. now it is understood their defence against this, it was raised testosterone

levels due to a medication. now the hearing was meant to start yesterday but did not get underway as expected and now we know the reason why. because the lawyers from both parties have been thrashing out this compromise deal. a two—year backdated ban for both men, an admission from them that they violated the rules but in a statement both men saying they did not do so knowingly or with any knowledge of what they were doing in terms of that. so trying to show in effect they did this unwittingly. now the issue of the backdated ban is causing quite some controversy. because under normal circumstances the rules would determine a four—year ban. but you can't adobe say these are particular circumstances around this case and thatis circumstances around this case and that is why they have reached this deal. the chief executive of uk

anti—doping spoke to me earlier today and explained the two—year backdated ban. when you backdate a sanction you have to consider whether an athlete has for any of that period of time been provisionally suspended and that is taken into consideration. now tyson fury was provisionally suspended for 18 months of that but has not fought for two years. so that is, those are the elements that we consider when determining at what point the sanction has been served. so there has beenjubilation sanction has been served. so there has been jubilation from tyson sanction has been served. so there has beenjubilation from tyson fury today, taking to social media to welcome the decision and said that he is back. he is not quite back yet, he needs to get his licence back from the british board of control and that could come in the next few weeks. the board saying

they want to digest the news in the coming days. but already tyson fury talking potential fight against anthonyjoshua talking potential fight against anthony joshua and talking potential fight against anthonyjoshua and next year looks to bea anthonyjoshua and next year looks to be a big year in boxing, tyson fury wa nts to be a big year in boxing, tyson fury wants to get his titles back. thank you forjoining us. will there be any punishment for manchester united or manchester city? managers jose mourinho manchester united or manchester city? managersjose mourinho and pep guardiola faced the press today after that tunnel bust up between players and coaching staff in the wa ke players and coaching staff in the wake of the manchester derby win by city on sunday. jose mourinho had milk shut —— thrown at him while mikel arteta suffered a cut head after being hit by a drinks bottle. what kind of mood was there? pep guardiola was in relaxed mood, as you can imagine. the first conversation was about what happened on sunday, the detail of that. pep

guardiola saying that his team went to their biggest rivals and they emerged winners. he does not feel that their celebrations have anything to apologise for. we were happy having won the derby against oui’ happy having won the derby against our best rivals we have at the moment. so of our best rivals we have at the moment. 50 of course our best rivals we have at the moment. so of course you celebrate. but i think when united win their games in the derby they would celebrate. when united or arsenal woi'i celebrate. when united or arsenal won the fa last season, he celebrated. jose mourinho was speaking at the manchester united should training ground at the same time. this is a man who has history at old trafford, of sliding down the touchline as porto knocked them out of the champions league. he has a

history of running across the pitch with his finger in the air when the inter milan side knocked out barcelona of the champions league in 2010. however it is clear thatjose mourinho thinks that pep guardiola and his team went too far and that is what he explained this afternoon. i'm not here to comment on his words. the only thing i can say is that for me it was just a question of diversity. diversity in behaviours. diversity in education, just that. nothing more than that. so jose just that. nothing more than that. sojose mourinho just that. nothing more than that. so jose mourinho taking just that. nothing more than that. sojose mourinho taking the high road on this one. can we expect punishment for either side after this? the fa have asked both plans already to explain to them what happened by six o'clock tomorrow night. after which they will look at

the evidence and decide whether what happened in that corridor, whether the pushing and shoving was just pushing and shoving or went too far and wants some kind of punishment. that is for the fa to decide after tomorrow evening. we will see. thank you forjoining us. this will bring back memories of 2004 when united beat arsenal at old trafford, sir alex ferguson hit by a slice of pizza after an altercation between the teams. and arsene wenger said he understands why emotions can boil over. sometimes it can happen, and the press beef these things up as if it is life or death. and then when something happens afterwards you're surprised. it is part of the intensity of the game sometimes. it happened to us, it happened to them. and it is unfortunate but ideally

you would commit 100% on the pitch and be an angel afterwards. but that is not always the case. let's turn attentions to matters on the pitch and the midweek premier league programme gets underway tonight with three fixtures. what a great season for burnley so far — they could go fourth with victory against struggling stoke city. a quite incredible achievement that probably needs to be put into some context. conor mcnamara will be commentating for radio 5live later. it feels like there is a story brewing here around burnley, one third of the way through premier league season already and the title looks to be wrapped up already. but it is going to be intriguing to watch the race for the champions league places and see who gets into the top four. both manchester clubs would expect to be involved, chelsea as well, liverpool looking to hang on in there, arsenal will want to be in the mix, tottenham with a bit of work to do. a new name in the race for the top four, burnley football

club. if they beat stoke tonight they will move up into the top four of the premier league this evening. it is all based on a solid defence, beverly conceded three goals at home here at turf moor in the league this season. here at turf moor in the league this season. 0nly here at turf moor in the league this season. only the two manchester clu bs season. only the two manchester clubs have a better defensive record for the campaign so far. tonight there are against a stoke city team who were confronted by their own supporters of the weekend, when they got back to stoke on the train from their five — got back to stoke on the train from theirfive — one defeat got back to stoke on the train from their five — one defeat against totte n ha m. their five — one defeat against tottenham. a tough run of late for mark hughes but he hoped those confrontational noises from the supporters will still be really in the players ears tonight as they go to try to get a win. if they could achieve three points stoke would move for places at the table tonight and away from the relegation trouble below them. but for brett lee it is the hope and aspiration of a place in the top for next season that has eve ryo ne in the top for next season that has everyone excited. sean dyche linked with many jobs everyone excited. sean dyche linked with manyjobs already, he's a manager who since taking over here has had annexed spend per season of

just £7 million, pocket change compared to the other big clubs in the race for the champions league. a long way to go but burnley now finding themselves in that race. the two other matches tonight will see ‘bottom club' crystal palace welcome watford to selhurst park. while chelsea will look to bounce back from their surprise defeat to west ham when they travel to huddersfield. there are also four fa cup replays that you'll be able to follow on the bbc sport website tonight. amongst the pick of them is 2013 winners wigan looking to beat national league fylde at the second attempt — the winners face bournemouth. two games as well in the scottish premiership. hearts take on dundee and ross county face kilmarnock. so, there's still plenty more to get through. also coming up in the programme we'll speak to an athlete who's career has been put on hold by a devastating diagnosis at the age ofjust 19. ijust i just felt i had ijust felt i had abused myself to the point where my body did not want

to continue. and northampton saints say ‘the time is right for change' as they dismiss director of rugbyjim mallinder. england's cricketers are going through their final preparations ahead of the third ashes test that starts in the early hours of thursday morning in perth. defeat at the waca would mean australia regain the urn. the tour has been marred by off—field disciplinary issues, and former captain michael vaughan has called for senior players to take more responsibility. one of those is alastair cook, he's the latest player to face tough questions about matters both on and off the pitch. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. for all of the issues surrounding this site it will be a landmark test for one of the players. alastair cook set to win his 150th test cap for england. he has scored almost 12,000 test runs for his country. he

has struggled for form so far in this series but he says his desire is as strong as ever. you live on the edge in professional cricket and the edge in professional cricket and the results normallyjustified the end. if you're scoring your place is guaranteed. but other talented people want your place and that has not changed for 12 years. people wa nt not changed for 12 years. people want your place and it is down to me to score some runs to get those people off my back. england black is beyond changed from the side that lost in adelaide but they may tinker with the batting order. jonny ba i rstow with the batting order. jonny bairstow may be promoted higher up the batting order. so some issues for them to consider before this vital test match gets underway on thursday. well former england captain david gowerjoined us earlier, he was heavily fined along with his teamatejohn morris for his antics in a bi—plane on the 1991 ashes tour. if you go back through the years, back to my era, players let off a

lot of steam on tour. if your 34 months away, no one expects you to ta ke months away, no one expects you to take monastic vows and everyone expects you to have a drink at some stage. there were breaches of discipline way back, some of them allowed to pass, some dealt with severely. and peoplejust got allowed to pass, some dealt with severely. and people just got on with it. the key thing as ever in these situations is if you are producing the right results on the pitch, then people are very forgiving. we had a one—day international against new zealand and were found to be in a bar at one o'clock in the morning. they have headlines ready to go in the newspapers the next day slamming us for being out of order. but we won the game and the headline was, hip hip, array. —— hurray. well after more than 10 years in charge at northampton saints, jim mallinder has been sacked from his role as director of rugby... at his height, mallinder led the club to the premiership and european challenge cup

double, just 3 years ago. former england prop alex corbisiero won the title with mallinder in 2014. jimmy isa jimmy is a very good man but professional sport is with us. we reached the pinnacle of the domestic game in 2014 and has not been much progression or evolution since then. i think the stagnation and lack of change has led to this point now. to have real change there, probably thatis have real change there, probably that is sometime down the line for change be needed to move forward. my biggest hope is that players get a lot more collective ownership. there are many good experience in your players who care about the club for top letting guys like that have more ofa top letting guys like that have more of a collective control and try to push themselves and build on something going forward. lets look at some of the day's other sports stories now and and the russian olympic committee will give support to their athletes who want to compete under a neutral flag at next year's winter games. that's after the ioc banned russia because of systematic state

sponsored doping over a number of years. neutral athletes wishing to compete will be subject to strict conditions and prove they are clean. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the second round of the scottish 0pen, continuing his excellent form after winning his sixth uk championship. the ‘rocket‘ beat michael georgiou by 4 frames to 1 finishing with a break of 136. former chelsea and brazil manager luiz felipe scolari could manage australia at the world cup in russia next year. scolari has held talks over replacing ange postecoglu. johanna konta has spoken for the first time since parting with coach wim fissette. konta enjoyed the most success of her career under the belgian's guidance, but her form faded towards the end of the year. she will now work with american

michaeljoyce who also coached victoria azarenka. first and foremost, i think he's a great person and i'm feeling very positive about him because he's not only a great coach but he was also a great player. i'm feeling very positive about him. he is not only a great coach, he brings bad experience through that and also he was a great player. i look forward to learning from him. 0steoporisis is a bone weakening condition that ususally affects women over the age of 50. but for one promising young runner, it's a diagnosis she's had to face atjust19. bobby clay was a junior european champion over 1500 metres. two years later, even walking can lead to a broken bone. sarah mulkerrins has been to meet her at loughborough university. as one of gb ‘s top junior runners

bobby clay felt that she was living the perfect life. the olympics were firmly in her sights. but during a routine swimming session her life changed forever. the girl who loves running is no longer able to do so. icame into running is no longer able to do so. i came into the turn to push off the wall and my foot crunched and i thought, that really hurt. that was not normal. a freak accident. i got a scan and results came back, and it was osteoporosis. i did not know what it meant for me. how did i out of everyone get osteoporosis, i was 19. ijust rang bobby and i did not speak, just cried. and she cried. it was devastating. so how did this all happen to bobby customer growing up she loved to run and her talent was clear from she loved to run and her talent was clearfrom an she loved to run and her talent was clear from an early age. she loved to run and her talent was clear from an early agelj she loved to run and her talent was clear from an early age. i was running with senior men, doing the same as the senior men. i was not

struggling. i was pushing to do more. if anything. iwould struggling. i was pushing to do more. if anything. i would do over 70 miles a week. as a 15-year-old. 15, 16. and notjust the mileage causing problems. the females in the group became very obsessed with food and when someone is eating nothing, to me it was fuel, food going in my mouth whereas they're not doing that. so what i thought was eating enough definitely was not. the impact of overtraining and under fuelling led to bobby never having a period. this in turn affected her bone density, a condition known as the female athlete triad. it is often perceived that you should not have your period is a female athlete, it seems to be of benefit to the performance and that is definitely not the case. the impact of not having the menstrual cycle