hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, says it's time to build a cross—party consensus on brexit as the church of england calls for national reconciliation. talks at the un climate conference in poland continue as countries struggle to agree on how to limit global warming. water cannon and tear gas are used on the streets of paris as protesters clash with police in a fifth weekend of anti—government demonstrations. staff are ‘working hard' to track down all the animals after a fire at chester zoo. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood, hughes and jeanette kwa kye. the headlines this evening... back on top!

goals from gabrieljesus and raheem sterling push manchester city back to the top of the premier league. heartbreak for england men's hockey team, just mising out on a place in the world cup final. european perfection. saracens‘ winning streak continues in the rugby champions cup. let's start with the football. manchester city are back on top of the premier league, for at least the next 2a hours. after a 3—1victory at home over everton. gabrieljesus ended his goal drought scoring twice to help seal city's tenth consecutive home win in the league this season. patrick geary reports. one from pep ordeal of‘s winter collection, stylish but substantial.

manchester city were briefly exposed, and they might have shaken him. —2 in the air and exposed, and they might have shaken him. —2 in the airand mine is exposed, and they might have shaken him. —2 in the air and mine is one in city, a point behind liverpool. the first in the league since august. he thrives on confidence and crosses like this. 2—0, an extra layer of comfort. damage limitation for most teams but not ever attend. there it was interesting again for four minutes. sterling with almost immediate success in settling the score line after a week in the headlines, 12 goals this season. city ken defrost and dry off back on top of the table. —— city can defrost. have points in stamford

bridge and we won again after the champions league who havejust bridge and we won again after the champions league who have just two days less than the rigid duration and it is complicated and people respond in a marvellous way. toward the second half, it was one of the keysin the second half, it was one of the keys in the match like the first goal and after the 2—1 for us, and in the moment, the second goal because we were three against two in the box and we cross that moment, the box and we cross that moment, the ball and they were better and i moment. let's catch up on the rest of the day's action, lizzie. tottenham stayed in touch of the top two after sneaking a late win against burnley. christien eriksen scored the only goal in injury time at wembley. the substitute finally finding the breakthrough after it looked like burnley were going to hold—on for a draw. burnley looked like they were going to hold on for a draw and they were

holding onto the last minute. 91 minutes before they scored and found the net. let's hearfrom them. always pushing and until to the and, that great belief and faith in the way that we play and try, that i am pleased the mode, you can't lose football but i think you can try, like we are trying and the way we are playing almost is possible to achieve all that you won. we did not think it was a walk in the park coming into this and they got away from us because of us. they kept knocking on the door and off, whether they got a win in the and but a lot of the performance tonight as it has been against martin and newcastle and there have been lot of good signs but it is notjust about

science. i know it is too early to talk about six pointers, but today's game at the john smith's stadium between huddersfield and newcastle felt a bit like that. both sides struggling this season. both in need of a win and the result went the way of newcastle. salomon rondon with the only goal against the run of play. huddersfield let down again by their inability to score. they stay in the relegation zone. rafa benitez has said every game for newcastle now is a final. first let's hear from the huddersfield manager. the most important thing is to except to be disappointed, to be a little frustrated as well but the most important thing is you have to believe and that is what we do, we played games and we do not have enough points so far but it is in the middle of the competition. isaid so i said so many times, the players

deserve a lot of credit and today they worked really hard, and they give the ball away in the first half but in the second half we were much better organised, stronger and we scored one goal and we have another. and our players were pushing and pushing from the beginning. we will see where that leads them in the table ina see where that leads them in the table in a moment. so a quick look at all of today's results. crystal palace had a rare victory without wilfried zaha, beating leicester 1—0. watford held off a late cardiff comeback to win 3—2. we got the tables and we will talk about those in a moment. wolves beat bournmeouth 2—0 to climb above them into seventh and the late kick off between fulham v west ham. it is going the way of west ham, 2—0 at the moment and are just into the second half. here as promised is the

table. so here is the top of the table, manchester city back on top but if liverpool beat manchester united tomorrow they'll go back in front. chelsea and arsenal are also in action tomorow. the biggest mover so far is west ham into the top half of the table. they are winning 2—0 at the moment. this is the bottom of the table. leicester city there. palace moved up leicester city there. palace moved up one place today. currently still above the regulation zone. fulham are the only team in the whole of english football this season yet to keep a clean sheet. they are staying firmly rooted to the bottom of the table. newcastle up to 14th. they are six points clear of the bottom of the table. that is the premier league. more results from the rest of today's football, jeanette. yep, let's start in the championship where leeds have gone top for a few hours at least after a 1—0 win at bolton.

there were 2—2 draws at aston villa and blackburn. wins today also for hull city, ipswich, preston, qpr and swansea. rotherham and reading drew. norwich can go top with a win at bristol city. it is currently 1—1 in night games. —— and that game. just three games in the scottish premiership today to tell you about and it's kilmarnock back on top of the scottish premiership after a 3—1victory over dundee. aberdeen were 2—1winners at saint mirren and motherwell also won 2—1 at saintjohnstone. celtic and rangers both play tomorrow. plenty more to come but let's quickly round up some of the day's other stories now and justin rose is on course to finish the year as world number one. he needs to finish in the top 12 at the indonesian masters. all the players had to contend with strong winds today but rose finished the third round one under, nine under overall to put him fourth and on for the end of season top spot.

virat kholi helps india recover in the second test against australia. the captain hit an unbeaten 82 in perth as they closed on 172 for three, trailing by 154 runs. five british fighters, are going for gold tomorrow at the taekwondo world grand slam in china. double olympic champion jade jones was the first to make it through beating croatia's marija stetic by golden point. all the action is being streamed live on the bbc sport website and red button. england men's hopes of winning the hockey world cup are crushed after a comprehensive 6—nil defeat to belgium in india. hoping to make their first final in over 30 years, the belgians proved too strong for danny kerry's side. england will now play for 3rd place

against australia tomorrow. a european clash to decide a place ina a european clash to decide a place in a world cup final, a potential third for england in a very first for belgium. this was sure to be a belter. belgium took the important lead. just before warning that belgium were not here for niceties. they had previous penalty corner so this was always going to be dangerous. a deflection in the third goal of the tournament. even one of the biggest howlers of the competition, the belgians were still managing to deal the blows from nor where —— nowhere. the day definitely belongs to belgium. that thrashing was not done yet. a ruthless double and england's few chances to test with six on the score sheet and

belgium when flying to the first ever world cup final and leaving england to wonder where it all went wrong. well earlier i spoke to england's ian sloan, and asked him why the side haven't been able to that extra step forward to the final. i think this is her third consecutive semifinal in world cups but as you say we have not managed to make a next step to the final which really disappoints us and not to have done it this time round but we have a bronze medal match against australia and we have not one that one ina australia and we have not one that one in a very long time. so it will be belgium against the netherlands in the final after the dutch overcame australia in a dramatic 11—3 penalty shootout win. australia came back from 2—0 down with a last—minute equaliser in regulation time but dutch goalkeeper pirmin blaak denied daniel beale the decisive penalty in sudden death. onto rugby union and saracens maintained their 100% record in this

year's european champions cup, beating cardiff 26—14 and ending the welsh team's hopes of reaching the knock out stages. glasgow could still make the last eight, they're second in the pool after a 21—10 bonus point win over lyon and wasps suffered at the hands of an ubeaten toulouse 42-27. joe lynsky rounds up the action for us. it was back in the spring when saracens were last the fetid, since april the 1st they have gone 21 games unbeaten. cardiff had six days to work it out butjust like last sunday's meeting with saracens, no preparation seems enough. this was the third trait... try against the blues this week. it already had a polarised look to it, cardiff had to win to qualify but be tried gave them have time optimism. right now when saracens band together they

feel impossible to stop. they kept control enough for the try and his tea m control enough for the try and his team found control of the match. saracens for european wins from four. glasgow will need their december dedication and it is days like this where if complained about the plastic pitch. in the ice and freezing rain, he still had the surface to celebrate on. that was the second try of the and bill leon fought back, these are conditions to suit the scottish side. they are still on course for a knockout placed. the fight is now over for wasps. bait clay some of the miracle by. wasps. bait clay some of the miracle rugby. watch the handling and resurrect this opportunity. they've finished the masterpiece off. there will not be too many better than that this weekend in europe. the

english side would make this match one of the most competitive of the weekend but three tries and 27 points still is not enough to revive their qualifying hopes. the forward thinking still has them unbeaten and wasps left behind at the bottom of the group. their champions curb ambition is slipping away. leinster are leading bath 35—10 in their champions cup pool one match at the aviva stadium. adam byrne scored leinster‘s bonus—point try, making it four in the first half, after being set—up byjohnny sexton, who also chipped in with four successful conversions, keeping leinster‘s hopes alive of closing the gap on leaders toulouse. meanwhile, munster are trailing castres10—6 in their champions cup match. munster currently top their pool, having beaten the french sidejust last week. but they'll need a much—improved second half showing if they are to get another victory. also coming up in the programme...

can rocky fielding upset the odds? we hearfrom the liverpudlian boxer getting ready for the biggest fight of his career in new york tonight. plus we hear from the 84—year—old grandmother who's found a new lease of life skydiving. antonio felix da costa won the first race of the formula e season in saudi arabia ahead of reigning champion jules—eric vergne who came second. oliver rowland was highest—finishing britain in 7th. but this season the cars have longer battery life, and so there's no need to change cars during the races — which meant for a better specticle. our reporterjack nicholls watched the race unfold. the new formula e season is a bore he is into the unknown with a new

carand he is into the unknown with a new car and new circuit but it had been wet for every session up until the race so no one wet for every session up until the race so no one knew what was going to happen. bmw in pole position but went on to win the race but not before he was overtaken by vergne, he was handed a drive—through penalty for a technical infringement but managed to cover up to second. after the race it was a frantic beginning to the formula e season. the use of the whip in horse racing could be banned within a few years. senior figures within racing are thought to be planning for that eventuality in order to improve the sport's public image. high profile races are going to receive particularly close scrutiny and a new penalty structure for over using the whip, will be announced next month. meanwhile today one of the hurdling's greats was retired at cheltenham. the new one was pulled up in the intrnational hurdle. the nigel twiston—davies trained 10—year—old won 20 races including six at cheltenham, winning over a million pounds in prize money. in boxing, britain's rocky fielding will defend his wba

world super middleweight title against saul canelo alvarez in the early hours of sunday morning at madison square garden. the liverpudlian will face the highest—paid fighter in boxing, in an attempt to upset the odds, as alvarez — who has been defeated just once in 53 bouts, starts as the firm favourite in new york. but 31—year old fielding says he is relishing the challenge. i was here three years ago and i was sitting right up at the top there watching a knicks game, just rooming ofa watching a knicks game, just rooming of a fight here. i came here as a champion and that is what champions do, they defend what needs to be defended and this is a great opportunity and i am really happy to be here. i am grateful, thank you for the support and i will see you saturday. translation: glory in

history and legacy are very important to me, i do not care how people think how easy this fight is. lam prepared people think how easy this fight is. i am prepared for it and i am prepared to make history. they may be more than ten thousand miles from home, but hull fc‘s pacific island players say they won't let that stop them from celebrating the festive period together in style. this year they've planned a christmas day party to make up for being away from their extended families. matt dean has been to find out more. back home it is just another sunny day. it could be anywhere from 30-40d day. it could be anywhere from 30—40d and not many people there are bothered about making a traditional roast. it will be different for the polynesian players this year, and it will not stop them from having fun. on christmas day we will get together with about six or seven

people who are so far away from our families and trade to do something special. i do not know if someone is going to dress up as santa yet but it could be a black santa hovering around the area. they are both proud of their heritage and so when the cyclone caused devastation, they we re cyclone caused devastation, they were allowed compassionate leave and said it affected him profoundly and personally. to see how happy they are even after the house was destroyed, it sort of... as long as you have your family, destroyed, it sort of... as long as you have yourfamily, and people who love you around you, if you will a lwa ys love you around you, if you will always be happy and i try to live my life i live every day now. the start ofa life i live every day now. the start of a super league season starts soon but they are grateful for their lot this christmas. very religious

people and just a reminder that it is not about gifts and everything but a celebration of life and of faith. but the overseas players will be counting more than their prep my blessings once festive goodies are done. the good thing being over here in england, so we get to look after our end of the families and send a bit of money there. it's over three years since sir ap mccoy retired from professional racing, but next week the 20—time champion jockey will be back in the saddle for a charity event at the olympia horse of the year show. ahead of that mccoy, has been giving a few tips to some of the next generation ofjockeys. nick hope reports from ascot. all ever wanted to do was be a jockey. retirement as hard, when you

are lucky to win of those big sporting events, to try and find something that will replace the buzz. he clearly misses the thrill of racing but he has discovered a new passion by guiding some of the next generation ofjockeys, he will be in the shetland pony grand national next week. it is great to get kids involved in our sport and if you can give a little bit back and get those kids in, it is brilliant. it was really exciting to meet the champion jockey. every part of this needs to be taken, like all the others at this point. he told us his tactics as a jockey and the start and end its most important. i love writing a lot. what is the most important part? i amjealous, i would love to start the dream over again. the days of him powering to

victory maybe memories now but the 20 time champion jockey has enjoyed a active retirement and will be back in the saddle for this year's olympia and taking on a different jumping challenge. going there is familiarand jumping challenge. going there is familiar and laster will be five champion jump jockeys and we have this year the boys against the girls keep dominic thiem and it is most important that we went. it is clearly for charity but neither that nor retirement has dulled his desire to write. it is amazing, he is incredible and the core show is fantastic. —— horse show is fantastic. now here's an inspirational story for you. it's about an 84—year—old grandmother who's hoping to change the lives of people like her, who have multiple sclerosis. glen mills has been using a wheelchair for 20 years, but when she gets into a windtunnel, she is an extremely graceful skydiver.

mike bushell went along to find out a thing or two. ready for take—off. 84—year—old glen mills has spent over two decades in a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis and other health problems but all that changes when she puts on her skydiving suit and throws caution to the wind. before, i was fairly set injury and there were so few things that i could do in the minute i was sad and there and felt the wind on my face, that was such a great feeling of freedom. it has changed my life completely. she has now completed over six hours flying time in the wind tunnel and says it has helped her to such an extend physically and mentally you can see how independent she has become in

here and she says she now has movement back in her knees and legs once again. you get such a high, it is almost like you are falling for me, when i get in there and i am on reliance on no one and i can turn my knees and get in and out of the chair. she then wants me struggling to match her graceful movement as i battled to keep my position and it is thought that it is having to control your body in such conditions has helped them and why the society hopes they will get more active now. i hope they will use her as inspiration, doctors would advise those with an mestalla to exercise but we now know that exercising helps. it doesn't have to be

skydiving it could be as gentle as gardening but it all helps. —— those with am —— multiple sclerosis. gardening but it all helps. —— those with am -- multiple sclerosis. he lost his legs but has gone on to compete in world championships and is the first para athlete to get a jp and shipped in a able—bodied event. being on the ground to be suddenly without researches is a amazing feeling for me, it is like breaking out of prison almost. to be in the completely free and firemen. the sky is opening up in a neck strain wave for glen things to virtual reality goggles and a chance tojoina wing virtual reality goggles and a chance tojoin a wing suit virtual reality goggles and a chance to join a wing suit fly. it took me where i wanted to and i love it and i will keep going until they have to

ta ke i will keep going until they have to take me out of here first. what a lady, have you ever had a go at that? never. iwould love what a lady, have you ever had a go at that? never. i would love that. eight football update, losing two to west ham and there are 22 minutes or so on the match. we will have more at 7:30pm. storm deirdre has been bringing a mix of heavy rains, snow and some freezing rain and icy conditions. icy rain is unusual here in uk and also very dangerous. this is what it looks like when freezing rain falls

onto branches and you can imagine how i be on untreated roads. it happened suddenly and is dangerous and difficult to see. we have warnings out for the icy conditions but also for some snow. amber wrote warnings for snow there and for the central belt down into northern england we have icy conditions with freezing rain falling at the moment. most of the snow will be north of the central belt but some icy mixture there and to the south central belt there, in particular. the main belt of wet weather moves there but we still see another back wash of when trina is coming in. —— of winter coming in. it could rise to four or of winter coming in. it could rise to fouror5 of winter coming in. it could rise to four or 5 degrees or so. not so much snow falling across england but it is icy conditions we have to

worry about at the moment but it will not be too long for the wet weather is sweeping through and for a while this evening and early into the night there could be gusts up to 75 mph on the coast. those wins will tend to ease down later on. and milder temperatures tending to rise over the next two hours. milder conditions as we head into tomorrow's. the worst of it should be over and could be a bit icy or smelly and showers become fewer here and in the afternoon we will see a band of wet weather coming into the western side of the england and further east across england and the midlands, sunday morning a bit cloudier in the afternoon and for all of us a bit milder, temperatures narrower than they should be at this time of year. for many places we start off dry with sunshine on monday. windstar to pick up and we will see a few showers pick up ahead of this band of rain approaching us

later on in the day. temperatures could get through double figures in the central belt of scotland and northern ireland. next week, tuesday and wednesday, particularly wet and windy for a while on tuesday and as the rain clears the way, we will get sunshine and some showers. that is it for me, i will see you later. this is bbc news i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 7. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, says it's time to build a cross—party consensus on brexit, as the church of england calls for national reconciliation. an investigation is under way after a woman and her eight year old daughter died in a house fire in nottinghamshire. over sixty thousand protestors take to the streets in france, clashing with police, in a fifth weekend of anti—government demonstrations. staff are ‘working hard‘ to track down all the animals after a fire at chester zoo. and, manchesther city go back to the top of

the premier league, reaction to that, and the rest of the day‘s sport in half an hour.