a need for newsrooms to take a step back, have a look and ask themselves, "well, is there any truth and credence in this, that raheem sterling is putting forward and others? " and say, "yes, i think there is. so how did we get to this position and what can we do about it in the future?" but this isn't confined to the top of the game. west riding fa is investigating alleged racist abuse injuniorfootball. the coach of this club in leeds considered quitting after his players were targeted in a recent game. that racial abuse there was one of the worst i've ever seen, the n—word, the "black this", all the negative connotations around race to all different cultures happened in that one match, it was disgusting. tonight, chelsea suspended four people from attending matches. this, the latest reminder that football cannot afford to be complacent. dan roan, bbc news. a new film chronicles the 16th century power struggle between two female leaders in a male—dominated world. mary queen of scots, which explores the relationship between queen mary of scotland and elizabeth i, stars saoirse ronan and margot robbie.

our arts editor, will gompertz, has been to meet them. mary stuart...is condemned to death. saoirse ronan is mary queen of scots. margot robbie plays queen elizabeth, her english cousin. it's thought the two monarchs never actually met. she has prevailed... if you speak of it to anyone i shall deny it. but they do in an emotionally charged scene in thejosie rourke directed film. which they talked to me about at the national portrait gallery in london, where the two queens now hang together. so margot, how did you feel about taking on elizabeth, a role which has been played so many times by so many different actresses? the short answer is, yes, i was terrified. but i'm very glad i did it and i stayed away from watching anyone else‘s portrayal. to begin with, i had said tojosie, i'm not the right actress for this, i didn't go to university, i don't have a degree, i didn't do theatre, i'm not classically trained. i'm the wrong kind of actress to play a queen. and she said, "i don't want you to play a queen, i want you to play a young woman."

and that unlocked the character for me in a big way. what have you produced in all your travels between our kingdoms? discord? war? death? it's so timely as well because we've got nicola sturgeon up north, we've got theresa may down south. and essentially our film is mirroring the same sort of dynamic that's happening between north and south right now and these two women in particular. do not play into their hands. your heart has more within it than the men who counsel you. you would do well to watch your words. i will not be scolded by my inferior. your inferior! the more i started to learn about her, the more sort of outraged i was that so many accounts in history had painted her out to be this sort of young, way in over her head girl. to see the tenacity that this woman had and how she just had it for so long, and it wasn't, i mean really in order to restrain her, they had to come up with lies about her and put her under house arrest for 18 years because she was just unstoppable.

reckless child! on the face of it, this film is a classic costume drama to sit back and enjoy. but the way in which the story has been told, with mary and elizabeth constantly undermined by meddling men in a divided country at odds with itself, makes it resonate today in a way a lot of modern dramas simply do not. will gompertz, bbc news. now, let's return to huw at westminster for more on the day's events over brexit. one of the big questions tonight at westminster is when the prime minister will return to the house of commons with her deal, with whatever assurances she manages to agree with other european leaders in the coming days. our political editor laura kuenssberg is here. how do you see the next sequence of events ? how do you see the next sequence of events? quite a challenging question

after today! the prime minister will be on the continent tomorrow and then back in westminster and back in brussels again on thursday and friday with a european counterparts desperately trying to get any kind of weeks to sell in the house of commons. it could be back up for a vote before christmas but i think it more likely that they may now push to early january when that final meaningful vote that was meant to ta ke meaningful vote that was meant to take place today might happen. i have to say there resistance tonight but there's so much up in the air, questions about the strength of her leadership on the table again. it is not so long ago there was a flurry of calls for her to quit as inside your own party. and also there's a of credibility. theresa may made what seemed to be a logical decision today not to go ahead with about that might have seen the end of her leadership but the act of delaying has taken away another chunk of

credibility from her leadership. day after day she has had her back against the wall and has been saved by the fact that there is no agreement in the tory party over who would do a betterjob all over agreement on a plan that parliament could get around. but the sense of crisis around the place right now means that that is back on the table again. whatever she can get the eu leaders to budge on, no matter how limited. newsnight is on bbc two — emily maitlis with more on today's hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins — your headlines tonight. a stoppage time equaliser rescues a point for everton — as marco silva welcomed his old side watford at goodison park. chelsea have suspended four people

from attending matches, while an investigation into the alleged racial abuse of manchester city's raheem sterling takes place. and england stick to what they know, as they look continue their recent success against west indies. hello and welcome to sportsday. tonight was all about everton‘s marco silva welcoming his old side watford to goodison park.... and there was as much drama in the 2—2 draw as there was between the clubs last season.... when it became apparent that everton were interested in silva, while he was still in charge at watford. that led to his eventual dismissal, and a fiery encounter tonight. miriam walker—khan watched this one for us.

in the second half we didn't control, we have to be strong in these type of moments when you play against teams doing what they did, and afterwards with the ball, we have to keep our way, playing in our way, fast if you can and we needed to do that in the second half. it is difficult to access the game, because i think during the game in the second half we have dominated again, we have scored two goals, and after that, to concede in the last minutes the second goal, it was tough to accept, but we continued in the same way with the same attitude, looking for the victory of the games we are playing, and it is our mentality. that was the managers, we

have just had mentality. that was the managers, we havejust had some mentality. that was the managers, we have just had some technical issues, so have just had some technical issues, so let's watch the report on the game now. clubb marco silva, preparing to face his former club for the first time... but watford's supporters are no longer his fans. hundreds of them brought inflatable snakes to the goodison away end. the man he took with him impressed at watford, but now, impressing for everton... richarlison! and, it wasjust what watford feared... richarlison, that all too familiar face, bringing everton to life. it wasn't without controversy though... should walcott have been ruled offside? the tables turned after half time, a seamus coleman own goal brought watford level. and just over a minute later, abdoulai doucoure gave them the lead. that wasn't the last of the drama though... gylfi sigurdsson had

a penalty to make it 2—2. but ben foster kept his side in front. and just as watford were on the brink of their first win at goodison park, a 96th minute free—kick from lucas digne meant the points were shared. chelsea have suspended four people from attending matches while an investigation into the alleged racial abuse of manchester city forward raheem sterling takes place. the incident involving the 24—year—old occurred during city's 2—0 loss at stamford bridge on saturday. the club say they are "fully supporting" the police investigation and any evidence of racist behaviour will result in "severe sanctions, including bans". frank sinclair played for chelsea, and i spoke to him earlier. you can do as much as you can to try and protect the game, but outside of the game there is still a big problem in this situation. so i was

very surprised by it, and what is good now is that the likes of raheem sterling, they have a voice. then oui’ sterling, they have a voice. then our day we didn't really have a voice or the support, but they can express themselves in situations with myself, i was advised more to sweep things under the carpet and ignore it, but now it is very much outspoken and i think that is the way should be. what about how we do young footballers, and the difference that raheem sterling brought up, do you see that? difference that raheem sterling brought up, do you see that7m difference that raheem sterling brought up, do you see that? it is certainly evident in the example that raheem sterling is talking about the two of his fellow professionals at the football club. you can see it there, it is there in black and white, way that they are portrayed, and i think raheem has a point because people do still pick up point because people do still pick up the newspapers and read them, or whether it be online news, and it does affect the way people feel about people that are in the public eye. both tottenham and liverpool will

hope to reach the knockout stage of the champions league tomorrow. it is far from certain with both sides up against it. spurs must match inter milan's result in their last group game away to barcelona to progress, while liverpool have to beat napoli 1—0 or by two clear goals at anfield. we have the chance still to go through, and that is pretty special, after the campaign we've played so far, and now we have to use, we have to create a special atmosphere with the way we've played, and we have to use the atmosphere as well. as i said already before, i'm early looking forward to it, it is a big opportunity for us, and we will try everything to put it right. a quick look at today's other sports headlines, and tottenham's champions league opponents barcelona have dropped plans to play a la liga game in the usa. the january game against girona was

to be moved from camp nou to miami. but the spanish football association and players' union had objected. barca say they won't pursue the idea until there is agreement between all parties. england have reached the quarterfinals of the hockey world cup in india after a 2—0 win over new zealand. goals either side of half time set—up a knockout tie against reigning olympic champions argentina on wednesday. open champion francesco molinari has been named european tour golfer of the year. the italian was a hero of europe's ryder cup victory over the united states in september. he was the first player from the home team to win all five matches in the competition. australia have lost the opening test of their first home series since the ball—tampering scandal — india won by 31 runs in adelaide, only their sixth win in 71 years of touring there. after beating sri lanka

in their first overseas whitewash in 55 years, perhaps unsurprisingly england have stuck with the same test squad to face west indies. as our sports correspondent joe wilson explains, it's a show of faith from the selectors in the progress being made. december at lord's, december at lords, and an air of serenity about the england cricket team. they have just won a test series in sri lanka 3—0, so why change things? joe denley retains his place therefore in the squad despite not really having a sniff of the action in sri lanka. ben foakes who came in as wicketkeeper—batsman retains his place. jonny bairstow we presume will bat at them three in the west indies, although there is nothing absolutely concrete about that, and there in the squad of course is ben stokes, the

independent disciplinary committee made him available for this series, and so he been picked, that i asked national selector ed smith with he is expecting stokes now to be a changed man? many people have asked me all the way through what state is ben stokes in? i rememberthat me all the way through what state is ben stokes in? i remember that at edgbaston before the eve of the trial, it ended up turning it in england's favour, getting out virat kohli. we also saw in sri lanka just before the cbc's findings that he was a key person on the field and also part of a really progressive hard—working core also part of a really progressive ha rd—working core of also part of a really progressive hard—working core of senior players, led byjoe hard—working core of senior players, led by joe root hard—working core of senior players, led byjoe root and vice captainjos buttler, ben stokes also in there, sitting very high standards in terms of the way they prepare, their fitness, their attitude, just the mood around the place was one of real corporation and teamwork and ha rd real corporation and teamwork and hard work. that is what i observe

with ben stokes. to be honest with you i haven't really got much to add to that. he is a terrific cricketer andl to that. he is a terrific cricketer and i really hope his best days as and i really hope his best days as an england player are ahead of him. england will play three test matches in the caribbean, there is one game before the test match restarts, a warm up match in bombay —— in barbados. with mick where presumably not needed. coming up in a moment, it is the papers, good night. that's all from sportsday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.