maisie sly had never even acted before her parents were told about film—makers looking for a profoundly deaf girl to star in their film, the silent child. and now, here are the nominees for best live action short film. this is the moment injanuary when the team gathered to find out if they had been nominated for an oscar. my nephew emmett. the silent child. cheering yes! and so, this week, they reunited at heathrow... hello, welcome on board. and headed to los angeles. most people prepare for the oscars by meeting stylists and planning acceptance speeches. maisie‘s schedule has been rather different. welcome to hollywood!

although she is having to get used to people recognising her. i saw her on television, just last week. they say she's nominated. do you think she'll be able to get a job one day? rachel shenton wrote and stars in the silent child. she learned sign language after her own father lost his hearing. the nomination means that ultimately, now, we are in over 600 cinemas in the us, which is huge for us as a short film. and really important for the subject, which is obviously deafness, and shining a much—needed light on access to education for deaf children. there's meryl streep. her former hollyoaks co—star chris overton directed the film and, at a lunch for all the nominees, they got to meet one of his heroes. steven spielberg was in between me and rachel. and the person taking the photo said, oh, can we move, because the light's not good. so we were ordering spielberg around! oh, an oscar! now all that remains is to find out if there will be

a hollywood happy ending. on sunday night, maisie could get her hands on a real one of these. colin paterson, bbc news, los angeles. and finally a quick update on those stranded motorists on the a3! in hampshire — the police now say it's a major incident and the military are being called into help. that's all from us — now the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm will perry. the headlines tonight: arsenal's problems continue after another 3—0 defeat against manchester city. we'll find out how phil neville‘s getting on in his first match in charge of england's women. great britain's men grab gold at the track cycling world championships thanks to a teenager labelled the next bradley wiggins, while laura kenny claimed silver on her return to competition. and laura muirfinishes completes the set of medals for britain — she takes bronze in the 3,000 metres at the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham. how much has the pressure ramped up

on arsene wenger after another big defeat at the hands of manchetser city tonight? they were beaten 3—0 by pep guardioola's side in sunday's leaue cup final and they've lost to the premier league leaders by the same scoreline this evening, a defeat which leaves arsenal 10 points off the top four, asjoe lynskey reports. in the premier league the power has shifted. one manager is on course for the title, the other is on the edge. watching the body language tells you the difference. what arsene wenger said the pep cardio and only they know, but it did not sway manchester city from the front foot. this was the worst way to start after arsenal's week. a half term the home crowd saw the home side fall behind. they stayed away

from the snow and the glue, but for those that made its city were set on a show. david silva had the points sealed. this was a first top of stunning football from the visitors. same finished the third but in truth it was a team goal, the type of play arsenal were not used to but in this week's second game, the best chance to score was from the spot. they gave the penalty to the record signing. it were arsenal's agony tad apathy. despite the deficit they did not make a substitution and the gap between these teams is for the premier league points. the top has never felt further and something go. his team were once invincible but now the end is near. —— arsene wenger. we played with low confidence. you could see that. we paid for it because they took advantage of the fact they had a

quality team. after that, we maintained to go. very little chance to come back. that was a negative for the second half and in the end we lost against a team that is the best in the country at the moment. ian wright was scathing in his criticism. martin keirin had his say after to my‘s game. criticism. martin keirin had his say after to my's game. as a player, you are tapped on the shoulder as arsene wenger as i was, your time is up, the you're too old. when you to award as a manager? we're not seeing on the pitch what he created such magic in the past, it is gone now, it is not there, but it is like a boxerin it is not there, but it is like a boxer in the ring, one more fight. no one is throwing in the towel. phil neville's reign as manager of the england women's football team has got off to the perfect start

in the united states. his side are taking on france in the shebelieves cup in ohio and they're already 4—0 up with xx minutes to go in the second half. toni duggan scored the first goal of the new era. jill scott and jodie taylor chipped in to make it 3—0 at the interval. and fran kirby made it four early in the second half. but the— one is the latest score. —— for— one. these are live pictures which you can watch on the red button the bbc sport website and app. england cruising. phil neville's side also face germany on sunday and the usa a week today. anthonyjoshua's promoter, eddie hearn, said today that his man is happy to fight wbc champion deontay wilder, who defends his title against unbeaten cuban luis ortiz in new york on saturday. wilder doesn't think thatjoshua wants to fight him, though. i don't believe at the home once

this fight. eddie hurd is milking it, every dollar! let's cross live to new york, where our reporter, ade adedoyin, is in place ahead of saturday's fight. and, ade, this has got the makings of quite a spicy encounter? there is an awful lot riding on this fight, not just his there is an awful lot riding on this fight, notjust his belt but the possibility of facing anthonyjoshua in the huge bout later this year. but this bout has generated a lot of headlines because the opponent on saturday has failed to drug tests in the last three years. the most recent was in november last year we re recent was in november last year were the first fight got cancelled because of that failed test but the wbc accepted his explanation that the diuretic he tested positive for was contained in medication he was taking for high blood pressure so the fight goes ahead. he is unhappy about that and think there should be

about that and think there should be a harsher punishment for people who failed drug tests and thinks there should be more done to tackle this issue of doping in boxing and his promoter agrees. a problem with doping and it has got to be resolved ina doping and it has got to be resolved in a global level. this is not a sport where people are hitting a quicker ball or baseball. they are throwing punches at people's heads. —— cricket throwing punches at people's heads. — — cricket ball. throwing punches at people's heads. —— cricket ball. that variety cheating is life—threatening. —— cricket ball. that variety cheating is life-threatening. and it gives a sense of what everyone in new york is thinking, which way will this go? this potentially could be the toughest test of his career because lewis ‘s unbeaten. he is a southpaw. technically, he has not faced anybody as talented as the yea rs faced anybody as talented as the years but a lot of people i have spoken to here believe that, while the should win because he is younger fresher commie he has got knockout

power and there is that huge carrot ofa power and there is that huge carrot of a fight against anthonyjoshua later this year. lot of are predicting a knockout win for him and it has a fight he cannot afford to win. —— lots of people. —— cannot afford to lose. great britain have claimed their first gold medal at the track cycling world championships in the netherlands. ed clancy, charlie tanfield, kian emadi and ethan hayter beat denmark by more than a second and a half in the men's team pursuit. it's the first time they've been world champions in this event since 2012 and there was special praise from the team's elder statesman. i think he is the next bradley wiggins. he is really that good. he is on road and on track and is the strongest guy in our team today and he is only 19 years old. britain had to settle for silver in the women's team pursuit. it was laura kenny's first competition since the rio olympics. along with team—mates emily nelson, elinor barker and katie archibald, they lost to defending champions the united states by more than a second.

iam very i am very pleased. i never expected to be back at the world championships was soon. i certainly would not have chosen it to be my first race back. but i really enjoy being back with the girls. we would have loved to come away with a gold medal. every race we want to win. you cannot help but feel disappointed. laura muir has won herfirst medal on the global athletics stage and great britain's first of the world indoor championships taking place in birmingham. muir claimed a bronze in the three thousand metres. eilish mccolgan finished 10th. morgan lake and robbie grabarz both missed out on medals in their highjump events. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the quarterfinals of the welsh open snooker after winnning twice today, and he didn't drop a frame in doing so. earlier, he saw off david grace, who managed only 13 points in the whole match. mike dunn fared just a bit better — he managed to take a whole 44 points off o'sullivan in their encounter. but o'sullivan proved far too strong for his opponent.

it's now three matches without dropping a frame. the's look at the football again. the's look at the football again. the latest of england women's match against france, still 4—1, these are like pictures. we have got eight minutes to go so england cruising. they have still got germany in the usa to come in this competition, but good start for phil neville. you can watch that on the red button, the bbc sport website and the app. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. 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 are rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor of cityam, and henry zeffman, political correspondent at the times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, let's take a look at them. starting with the express, which carries the warning from the national grid over gas supplies as storm emma sweeps in. a picture of a farmer leading his pregnant ewes to shelter is on the front of the telegraph while the i reports that britain is encountering the coldest temperatures for 27 years. the metro has a satellite images from nasa apparently showing the snow that swept across the uk today on its front page, and sticking with the severe weather, the sun dubs the arrival of storm emma as emma—geddon. while the times warns that worse could follow —

with the environment agency issuing six flood warnings. concerns over russia's nuclear weapon capability leads the ft — following the russian president's annual state of the nation address earlier today, and the mirror tell their readers that a man who lost both his arms in a bomb attack in iraq 15 years, and who the mirror brought to the uk, has become a father. so the weather leads the majority of the front pages tomorrow — with more to come over the next few days. the's dip into those with both of you, you will have to become weather experts. rachel, take us to the telegraph, winter in control. it is called! i do not think i realised quite how cold and how much affect it was having on their is part of the country until i read this glory. it is very comprehensive, 1000 schools have closed, the cold spring on record, coldest temperature in 27

yea rs, on record, coldest temperature in 27 years, and if you want that figures on this, in terms of car accidents, in three days, it has already done £10 million worth of damage and 8000 car accidents. pappas in context. we have all been whether crazy over the last couple of days but you can see why, it is consumed everything, and you have got sheep there as well! henry, by all means add further fa cts henry, by all means add further facts and figures to back! there is this amazing disconnect between the amazing photos, not just this amazing disconnect between the amazing photos, notjust on newspaper front pages, but seems we have seen from our windows of snow carpeting the country, but it is actually quite serious. i know you mentioned on the times' front page the environment agency has put out a series of coastal flood warnings. we have seen how serious in the west country, which is where some of these warnings are, floods have been

before. all sorts of disruption on the roads, most train services, warning of disruption, or cross—border trains between england and scotland suspended. there is a disconnect between the fun of snow days as it is for the kids who schools have been called off and the