the answers, you will between the answers, you will probably get the face. it's part of harry's guest editorship of the programme, and features the former us president sharing his memories of the day he left office, and his hopes for life away from the white house. let's have a look at the weather. good evening. the weather looking reasonably quiet as we head through the next few days. largely dry with quite a lot of cloud around. things will be turning milder particularly in the west. watch out for some dense fog particularly on monday night and dense fog particularly on monday nightand in dense fog particularly on monday night and in juju dense fog particularly on monday night and injuju ‘s day as dense fog particularly on monday night and in juju ‘s day as well. dense fog particularly on monday night and injuju ‘s day as well. on sunday night clear skies and light winds across many parts. rain clearing off towards the south. those temperatures holding above freezing in our towns and cities. during the early hours of monday they could be subzero in the countryside. we are likely to see a bit of frost around. any mist and

fog should slowly clear away on monday and with a ridge of high pressure in charge, not a bad day. quite a lot of sunshine on offer. a bit more cloud around in the far north—west. temperatures around 4—6 in east. we could see 7—9 in the west. goodbye for now. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. a british embassy worker in beirut has been found dead, police there say she'd been murdered. rebecca dykes worked for the department for international development in lebanon. six people have died and one person is in a critical condition after a crash on one of birmingham's main roads. police described the scene as "very difficult and upsetting" are investigating the causes. president putin has thanked president trump in a phone call for cia assistance in foiling a potential attack by

the so—called islamic state on st petersburg's kazan cathedral. every worker aged 18 and above is to be automatically enrolled in work place pension schemes unless they opt out, in a bid by the government to help young people prepare for retirement. and guest editor of radio four‘s the today programme, prince harry, has interviewed the former us president, barack obama. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me hugh woozencroft. the headlines this evening. the longest unbeaten run in scottish football history is over as hearts thrash celtic in the premiership. another "fantastic four" for liverpool as they go into the champions league spots with victory over bournemouth. and they're calling it

the "wicket of the century" — mitchell starc leaves england's ashes hopes hanging by the finest of threads. good evening. to come, we'll cast our eye over this year's sports personality contenders and take a look at the ashes latest. but first, celtic‘s 69—game domestic unbeaten run has come to a dramatic end, after being hammered 4—0 by hearts in the scottish premiership. the last time celtic lost in the league was a incredible 585 days ago. holly hamilton has more. it's been a long time since anyone got the better of celtic in scotland. they travelled to tynecastle unbeaten in a record—breaking 69 domestic games. but records are made to be broken. after 26 minutes, a schoolboy error led to harry cochrane firing hearts into the lead.

no champagne celebrations for him. minutes later craig gordon prevented the hopes of making it a double, but only a temporary reprieve, as kyle lafferty drove in this shot. after the break milinkovic capitalised on more poor celtic defending to make it 3—0. new territory for brendan rodgers' side. the french winger compounded the visitors' misery, slotting home a late penalty as their invincible streak came to a grinding halt. celtic top the table byjust two points. time for the champions to regroup and hit the reset button. they've gone through 69 games and for them to fill the first defeat in 18 months, of course it's a sore one. especially when you're beaten like that. but they can hold their

hands up, they've been amazing in that 18 months. to set a record 69 games which may never be beaten, they can be very proud of. now we set the reset button again. liverpool's attacking line was in sensational form once again asjurgen klopp‘s side beat bournemouth to move into the premier league's top four places. the 4—0 victory was the perect response after two games without a win. nick parrott has more. liverpool have been generous of late to teams in need of points. jurgen klopp was criticised for rotating his squad after draws at home to everton and west brom, but he stuck to his beliefs at bournemouth, making four changes, and this time he was rewarded. philippe coutinho's fifth league goal of the season underlined rumours that persist barcelona will renew their bid to sign him in the january transfer window. bournemouth dazzled by his touch. so much so they still hadn't recovered when roberto firmino stretched every sinew to set up lovren. bournemouth couldn't make the most of their chances. had jermain defoe pulled one

back it might have led to a different outcome. instead liverpool went further ahead before the break. mo salah had spurned the chances given to him, but when he relied on his initiation there was no stopping the premier league top scorer from claiming his 14th of the season. a year ago bournemouth came from 3—1 down to beat liverpool, but lightning wasn't going to strike twice. when philippe coutinho set up firmino to make it four, it was effectively game over even with 25 minutes still to go. from my perspective, well below par. we have to give liverpool a lot of credit. we should the macro shot ourselves in the foot by not being good technically, and against a very good technically, and against a very good counterattacking team that is fatal. we gave ourselves a mountain to climb and could never get back.

we need to be really consistent. we need to be steady on track, we need to show all the time who we are and why we are together. so for today i'm really happy, especially because we have the christmas party tonight. it's the first time i think we've woi'i it's the first time i think we've won before we celebrate christmas. romelu lukaku was in amongst the goals as manchester united closed the gap on leaders manchester city in the premier league to 11 points. as james burford reports, it came thanks to a 2—1victory at west brom at the hawthorns. united have made their best start to a season since they won the title in 2013, but such is the quality of manchester city it already feels like a mountain to climb. the event started well. romelu lukaku has had his fair share of criticism lately, and is responding with goals. his 14th strike for united so far this campaign. no team has scored more in the premier league against west brom than manchester united. that trend continuing,

withjesse lingard fortuitously adding the second. jose mourinho's side had only conceded 11 league goals before today. he'll be frustrated at how they gave away the 12th. west brom won't mind, gareth barry's strike is the first in alan pardew‘s reign, and the home side could have levelled. jay rodriguez going agonisingly close to what would have been an important point. back to an 11 point gap. with city's continuing dominance, united can ill avoid any missed chances. you do your best, you try to win matches and play the best possible, you try to develop as a team the more you can. you try to give kids a big chance to become an important player at manchester united, and at the end of the season we will see what happens, notjust in the premier league, but in the other competitions. i think i made a mistake picking the team. i think the effort of liverpool was hard, but i wanted to show faith, but in honesty i should have had a couple of fresh

pairs of legs in. we looked a bit leggy. the energy wasn't there that we had at liverpool. i'm going to have to accept some of that blame. i was also disappointed in our conviction in what we were doing. england forward fran kirby hit a hat—trick for chelsea ladies as they reached the semi—finals of the fa wsl cup. thrashing liverpool 5—1. defending champions manchester city made the last four with a 2—0 win at bristol city. and beth mead scored against her former club to help arsenal beat sunderland 3—1. england's fight to save the ashes will go to a final day in the third test after rain stopped play in perth. england are 132—11, still 127 short of making australia bat again. the day witnessed what some have described "as the wicket of the century" from mitchell starc. andy swiss reports. a day when english cricket

was rescued by some very english weather, but for how long? it had started out a damage limitation exercise to restrict australia's gargantuan total. the video umpire helped, finally dislodging steve smith. but some hefty lower order hitting took australia's total way out of sight. for england's batsmen, it was now all about survival. josh hazlewood's brilliance did for alastair cook and worse was to follow. joe root, the captain, remember, what was he thinking? but as his team—mates fell around him, james vince stood tall, a fluent 50 starting a recovery until the ball of this, or perhaps any summer, mitchell starc, the stump destroyer, just watch this zigzag of the pitch at 90 mph. unplayable. dawid malan and jonny bairstow helped calm the nerves with an unbeaten partnership, until a deluge sparked delight among the barmy army.

but their team need something very special. two guys at the crease spent a lot of time there in the first innings. it's slightly differing conditions but we've got to have believe we can get over the line tomorrow. england are still hanging on. more rain is forecast but only that and some determined batting can save england's hopes. andy swiss, bbc news, perth. european champions cup holders saracens look like they'll now need to try to reach the quarterfinals as one of three best pool runners—up after losing 24—21 to group leaders clemont auvergne in france. sarries were keen to avoid a repeat of the home thrashing in the reverse fixture and helped by ben spencer's try, they soon built a 13—0 lead. but clermont chipped away at the advantage and although they managed no tries to sarries' two, scott spedding's late penalty earned a 24—21 victory.

saracens, did at least pick up a losing bonus point. wasps have kept their hopes alive with a 21—3 victory over la rochelle. dai young's side came close to scoring the four tries they needed for a five—point win as they produced a commanding performance to reduce the gap before the final two pool games. wasps remain third in pool one, but are now only three points behind ulster in second. munster gave away a number of penalties, all gratefully received by ian keatley as munster ticket 25-16. by ian keatley as munster ticket 25—16. leicester stay bottom after failing to pick up a losing bonus point in that one. northampton lost the first match after the dismissal of their director of rugby. they we re of their director of rugby. they were beaten at ospreys. the final of snooker‘s scottish open

is delicately poised going into this evening's session, with neil robertson trailing cao yupeng by 5—3. the world number 67 put himself in a commanding position, leading 5—2 going into the final frame of the afternoon session. but robertson hit back to make it 5—3 going into tonight's action. robertson is without a ranking title since june 2016. it is now 6—4 to cao. robertson still without a ranking title since june last year. showjumper scott brash just missed out on winning the uk's most prestigious indoor event at olympia. the defending champion was the only briton to make the jump—off in a tough london leg of the world cup series and riding his experienced mare ursula brash looked like he'd gone fast enough to win it again, until the final rider julian eppaillard from francejust pipped his time by four tenths of a second. that is all from sportsday. this year ‘s sports personality of the

year will be announced on bbc one this evening. watch the show from liverpool right now. more sport on bbc news throughout the evening. next, meet the author. sometimes, an author makes a big demand of a reader. nick harkaway does that in his novel gnomon — an intricate, complicated story on a vast canvas, set in a future britain where we're living in a surveillance state, although it's one that most people seem to believe is fundamentally good. but this is, among many other things, a murder mystery. something's gone wrong and there is a fiendish puzzle, many fiendish puzzles, to be solved. gnomon, after all, is the name for the part of a sundial that casts a shadow. welcome.