storm eleanor has asked to postpone. storm eleanor has swept asked to postpone. storm eleanor has swe pt 3 cross asked to postpone. storm eleanor has swept across the uk, causing power cuts, flooding and damage to homes. president trump has hit back at claims made by his former adviser steve bannon saying he lost his mind when he lost his job at the white house. a homeless man described as a hero in the aftermath of the manchester bombing admits stealing a purse and mobile phone from victims. for nearly 20 years, with streaming services accounting for more than half of consumption. sportsday is coming up, first, what else is coming up tonight. we'll have a report from north east england. one of the areas under the most strain during the latest wave of pressure to hit the nhs. beyond 100 days is here at seven. katty and christian will be looking at the ongoing spat between the us president and kim jong un, following mr trump's boastful

tweet about the size of his nuclear button. and joining me laterfor a look at tomorrow's front pages will be the columnist, susie boniface and the political commentator, alex deane. welcome to sportsday. coming up tonight, we are at the emirates stadium ahead of a battle for the top four in the premier league at arsenal take on chelsea. west brom say their midfielderjake livermore confronted a west ham fan because the supporter abused him about the death of his infant son in 2014. a little bit of history — new zealand's colin munro scores 104 to become the first batsman to make three centuries in t20 internationals as the black caps beat the west indies. i will have the build—up to the fifth test in sydney. can england finally get an ashes win? we start at the emirates —

where arsenal host chelsea. a win for the champions would see them go back to 2nd in the table. they face a side though who've won 13 of their last 15 league games at home. before we go to our football correspondentjohn murray who's in north london for the game let's hearfrom both managers — first arsenal's arsene wenger who says these games are always attritional. we have played many times chelsea. it was always a tight result, apart from at home last year, when i think we beat them 3—0. after that, we played them many times and it was always a big battle. chelsea comes back as well in good form, you know? they have been consistent recently. it is a big challenge for us. my expectation of the players is

that we stay here, and try to continue to work. also because, i repeat, our squad is not big. for this reason, i think that it is impossible to send on loan one player or sell one player if we don't take another player. let's take you to the emirates — kick off is 7.45 with live commentary on bbc radio 5live — correspondentjohn murray will be alongside former england and manchester city defender danny mills. the emirates stadium tonight, on what is actually quite a mild night after storm eleanor has blown across the country. what about the match tonight? what sort of much can we expect? it is going to be interesting. both teams have injuries, both managers complained

about the size of their squad. a lot of fixtures in this period, player starting to get tired. really, it is 110w starting to get tired. really, it is now the race for the top second, third and now the race for the top second, thirdarthese, a , , , _ now the race for the top second, thirdarthese, much , . s ,, hear too get a place four, is that is %‘ much in their favour? that is very much in their favour? there is not a great deal of expectation. i am not sure. they are six points off liverpool at the moment. if they win, it is only three. if they don't and stay sixth, it starts to make it difficult. a little bit of a gap starts to open up. it will be difficult to clamber that back. you know, liverpool, van dijk, a new signing, chelsea, we have heard rumblings of signings for them. it will be difficult. can they

keep sanchez, does 0zil stay? what happens if they leave? how do they attract new players? possibly comings and goings for both of them in january. alexis comings and goings for both of them injanuary. alexis sanchez, where do you think he is at the moment? clearly, he wants to go to manchester city. we have known that all along. does thejesus injury forced their hand a little bit? we know that he wants to go to city, we know that he wants to go to city, we know that he wants to go to city, we know that pep likes him, the bid has beenin know that pep likes him, the bid has been in before. does that mean they have their chance of getting him because he is out for six or eight weeks? you can play champions league, fitting into the team immediately. from an arsenal point of view, do they try to keep him? if they lose him, they don't get the champions league. it is a tough call for arsenal. very good. we will have the commentary tonight, and mark chapman is here to present it. after tonight's match at the emirates there is one more game tomorrow night between tottenham and west ham that ends the busy premier league

christmas schedule but there'll be no rest for the players and coaching staff as their attention turn towards the 3rd round of the fa cup this weekend. after last night's win over watford, manchester city manager pep guardiola was very critical of the people who run the english game over the fixture congestion. it was city's 10th match in a month. and gabrieljesus to injury. i know that here in england is the show must go on. but that is not normal, to play two games in 48 hours. the big bosses should reflect. we a re hours. the big bosses should reflect. we are going to kill the players. i don't know how many injuries there are in that period for all of the teams, but, for the big federations, does not matter, because the show must go on. they

don't think about the players. we have to start to think about the players. there is a bit of evidence to back up pep‘s grievance — which have been echoed by other premier league managers. this season, which was made shorter in order to help england prepare for the world cup this summer in russia. there were five rounds of matches between saturday the 16th and the 4th of january, that's spanning 14 separate match days. compare that to last season where there were four rounds of fixtures for each club in roughly the same period — with 12 separate match days. again there were also four rounds the season before and only 9 separate match days. well former liverpool and ireland defender mark lawrenson has no sympathy for this generation. the bbc pundit told 5live, we used to play consecutive days at christmas. it's yourjob, you just got on with it. there is not too much football for them at all. this is what you have been saying. 38% of you seem to echo

mark lawrenson sentiment. 18% say more rest for some teams is unfair. in pink, iagree 18% say more rest for some teams is unfair. in pink, i agree with pep guardiola, that is 16%. 15% of you say it will impact england's world cup. 13% of you say you cannot get enough football. you can still vote on the bbc sport website. it is open until 10.30 tomorrow morning. in other football news — west brom say their midfielder jake livermore confronted a west ham fan after he'd been substituted in their game at london stadium in response to taunts about the death of his infant son. livermore was seen in a heated exchange near his team's dugout last night. west brom claim "all right—minded football supporters could understand this reaction" after which he was led away to their dressing room. west brom also say the player has the total support of everyone at the club and have left it to west ham to take

any further action. west ham confirmed the indidival involved was "immediately identified" and removed from the stadium. still to come on sportsday, we'll meet the surfer who felt the full force of this 60 foot wave in portugal, as he starts the long road back to recovery. and we'll hear from someone who had a very good end to 2017. bianca walkden's taekwondo success meant her and her boyfriend could afford a deposit on their first house it was done and dusted in perth but there was a glimer of light in melbourne — the ashes will finish in sydney starting at 11.30 tonight. england have already lost the series — they are 3—0 down but after a draw in the boxing day test they will hoping to gain something from the for patrick gearey is in sydney. the ground staff are making the

final preparations to the pitch ahead of the fifth test. pitches have been in the news after dawn in melbourne was described at poor, but the groundsman said he was very proud of his pitch and very pleased with the team's effort, and we should get a good match. there is every chance for england to finally make their mark on the series. there isa make their mark on the series. there is a bit of sydney harbour side that is a bit of sydney harbour side that is forever teesside, the harbour bridge, engineered by a company in middlesbrough, using steel largely from england. built by the english, made great in australia. at the locals would have it, much like cricket. england arriving slightly steadier shape than they might have been. still no victory, but no whitewash. a real hope that in syd ney whitewash. a real hope that in sydney the gap between the sides might be bridge above. the draw in melbourne showed that england could be competitive and avoid defeat. but they still haven't taken 20 australian wickets in a match. changes in the air. with chris

woa kes changes in the air. with chris woakes injured, a debut for5§;‘:‘ §qf駧§ gig; g qéfli 1:5? éééfal 55; ~ for name is sydney. maybe he is made for this 5:53 the way he has name is sydney. maybe he is made for this 5:53 the way trip, s ' "t% outstanding. having to apply been outstanding. having to apply himself, absorb himself in the environment as he has, it is exactly what you are after. a really good chance for him to show everyone what he's capable of. i think on this surface he will be a really good option. australia's dilemma was whether to put pressure on the covering heel of mitchell starc. they have decided to play him. if you were questioning their motivation, they will still run this before every session of the test. beat england! beat england! it still matters. every opportunity we get to play on this ground is special. it is another ashes test match. the quys is another ashes test match. the

guys need no is another ashes test match. the guys need no more is another ashes test match. the guys need no more motivation, a great opportunity to try to win the test match and win the series 4—0. ashes series take a long time coming around. england must wait two years to try to reclaim it. four years for another chance over here. the aim for now is to turn the wheeljust a little in their direction. i have given up trying to predict the weather, it is so constantly changeable. what i think we can say is that this will be a better test match than the one in melbourne. that is partly because of the pitch, partly because it is a test in honour of the cancer foundation. looking around this place gives a sense of how special this ground is for both sets of players. they will wa nt for both sets of players. they will want the series to get a big finish and not a slow fade. patrick geary in sydney. colin munro created a bit of history as new zealand beat west indies by 119 runs in the third and final t20 international. munro scored 104 to become the first batsman to make three centuries in t20 internationals — as new zealand hit a mammoth

total of 243 for 5. west indies were bowled out with three overs remaining — new zealand take the series 2—0. the defeat to champions exeter on new years eve meant that leicester have lost six straight games their worst run of form in 52 years. speaking to the media today, scrum half sam harrison says they refuse to change the way they play despite the poor run. we will hear from him in just a moment but first he is head coach matt o'connor. it is frustrating to not be winning. you know, you only get what you deserve in this league at the moment. the margins have never been tighter, the competition across the premiership is incredibly tough. if you don't perform at your very best, you don't perform at your very best, you don't perform at your very best, you don't win. that is the challenge this week back at home. to make sure that we perform at the level that we know we can and we do what is

required to get the result. make sure that we don't have any lapse in concentration, even in training. hopefully that will echo through to out hopefully that will echo through to our games. but we're not rewriting the way we play or anything drastic like that, because we know if we get a couple of bits right, that has been the same case in past seasons, and we have managed to get the play—offs. that is the challenge ahead of us as a group. if we do get those bits right, we can definitely get into top four. taekwondo champion bianca walkden says she still feels like she's in a dream, after a year where she won everything and beaten everyone. the double world champion was of course one of the stars of this year's sports personality of the year awards. and she ended 2017 in style, by winning the inaugural world grand slam event in china four days ago. she's now back in the uk and spoke to richard askam about 12 months she'll never forget. the end of a perfect year, where

queen bee has been taekwondo's a a‘ fighter. there is no way to describe it. if somebody told me i would win all of that, been nominated for sports personality of the year, i wouldn't believe them. for it all to bea wouldn't believe them. for it all to be a reality is unbelievable. she won all of her major tournaments. and of course there was sports personality of the year, where the multiple gold medallist certainly shone on the red carpet.|j multiple gold medallist certainly shone on the red carpet. i was in liverpool, i had to put on a show. i loved every minute of it. i thought i was going to fall over, because it was all so new. i loved every minute. her grand slam victory topped it all back row. this is the anchor celebrating with her partner, aaron cook, and a slice of the £52,000 she won is going on a deposit for theirfirst £52,000 she won is going on a deposit for their first house together. i was, like, deposit for their first house together. iwas, like, we've deposit for their first house together. i was, like, we've got a house! everybody thought i got a

free house when i won, i was shouting, we've got a house. we said if we got loads of money from the grand slam, we would put a deposit. the plan was for us both to win. we relied on bianca. i think it is going to be a deposit on a bungalow! then there is the family business. some of his smaller prize funds mean she will be opening a pizzeria with her brother and mother. every time i won money, i put pizza money on the envelope and put it in the draw. any freebies if we popped round?l envelope and put it in the draw. any freebies if we popped round? a view. i will take that as a no! business is business. how was christmas? great, we went to liverpool and my mum made me a christmas dinner.

lovely, i wished mum made me a christmas dinner. lovely, iwished i mum made me a christmas dinner. lovely, i wished i could have eaten more, but i was watching my weight. defending her european crown as the main target for 2018. first, a couple of weeks holiday.|j main target for 2018. first, a couple of weeks holiday. i am going to get as big as i can and it has much as i can, i am not going to train. then i am going to come back and start again. after the year she has had, she certainly deserves it. now to a story of one athlete fighting his way back to competition after a potentially life—threatening injury. devon's andrew cotton is used to competing in some of the world's most dangerous environments — he's a big wave surfer. and in november a massive wipeout on a 60 foot wave in portugal left him with a broken back, and no guarantee he'd get on a board again. over the last two months andrew's been undergoing intensive physiotherapy to start walking and, he hopes, surfing again. the bbc‘s emma thomason's been given exclusive access to his progress. he thought it was going to be the

wave of his life. it was one of the best days i have seen in the best couple of years, those are the days when you take bigger risks. it looked like it was going to be a perfect left. then it changed shape a little bit. the line was committed, i couldn't do anything else. the wipe—out, i wouldn't say i panicked, but i knew it was not going to be a nice wipe—out. but it was probably... it felt weird, i felt weightless for a long time. the impact wasjust felt weightless for a long time. the impact was just insane. felt weightless for a long time. the impact wasjust insane. a broken back, the result of being hit by that 60 foot wall of water. he was fitted with a brace and then it was time for reality to hit home.|j fitted with a brace and then it was time for reality to hit home. ijust couldn't physically get out of the bed and stand—up. it was just like my whole body was just in shock. i

thought i was glad to be sick, i lay back down and then it was like a realisation, how badly i had injured myself. that was a worry. andrew is now back in the uk, getting specialist physiotherapy in manchester. but he is finding even the simplest of exercise tough. starting to fatigue. but this is one determined surfer. he has come to his rehab team to find out if it is healing. looking at the x-rays, i see no real change in the position from where we started. so what we are doing is working. that is good? very good news. the million-dollar question. do you think i would be able to go back to surfing?“ question. do you think i would be able to go back to surfing? if it is easy water surfing, you are looking

at that in six months. not the a nswer at that in six months. not the answer he was looking for. he did say a couple of time frames which we re say a couple of time frames which were not what i wanted to hear. but it has given me confidence, come back stronger, for sure. 100%. you know, before you know it, the latest october 20 18. know, before you know it, the latest october 2018. one know, before you know it, the latest october 20 18. one brave man, considering this was the last time he took on the surf and the surf won. and before we go — st mirren defender stelios demetriou had a renfrewshire derby to remember as he had a chocolate bar thrown at him. a member of the morton home support hit the former cyprus under—21 international with a bounty as the sides played out a 1—1 draw. he reacted by picking up the bar, unwrapping it and shoving it in his mouth.