there were problems last christmas, as does the hotel he used. he's spent the day looking for alternatives. christmas is the saddest time of year for homeless people because they get to reflect on what they've lost and the family they're missing out on. suicides are at their highest at this time of year. and if we can just prevent one suicide, it's well worth it. as we filmed at the royal hotel, two homeless men who were hoping to be part of the christmas stay emerged from a warm doorway. some people might be a bit uncomfortable sharing a hotel with a whole load of homeless people. what's the reality of it? um...last year, i didn't think we got any bad looks from anyone. i don't think anyone looked down their noses. everybodyjust kind of took it in their stride and thought we were just normal paying customers as well, sort of thing. it's everything. it's the best christmas present you could get, really, yeah. it'sjust such a relief to be off the streets, even for one night. this evening, the fundraisers announced that doubletree by hilton will accommodate the homeless group

over christmas, meaning about 30 people won't be sleeping like this in a week's time. danny savage, bbc news, hull. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments. here's mark urban. tonight, is it right that deprived parts of the uk take in more asylum seekers than anywhere else, and what can be done to share the burden? join us now on bbc two. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins — your headlines tonight... it's a german test for the english after today's champions league draw for the last 16. two wonderful volleys

from connorjennings earns tranmere a fa cup tie against tottenham. and the captains clash as the heat is turned up in perth between australia and india. hello and welcome to sportsday. liverpool have been drawn to face bayern munich in the champions league last 16 — last year's beaten finalists are one of three english teams to face german opposition, with the premier league champions manchester city will play shalke and tottenham will face borussia dortmund. only manchester united have avoided bundesliga opponents. they willl face a french examination in paris. joe lynskey‘s been looking at the draw. more and more this season, liverpool's pieces

are coming together. leading the premier league may become their priority as winter turns to spring but this is a club who don't neglect their european tradition. johnson... kennedy in space, and scores! the last 16 draw has brought a repeat of the 1981 semifinal, liverpool and bayern have ten european cups between them. they haven't met since then and for present—day bayern, there is a sense the glory years are behind them. they trail by nine points in the race for a domestic title they have held for six years. setting the pace and unbeaten at the top borussia dortmund. in the champions league, they are tottenham's problem. a knockout match somewhere in london will have jayden sancho throwing shapes. the dortmund teenager was born in camberwell. the premier league champions are now the favourites for this tournament, even more will expect them to beat schalke,

the third bundesliga side left are in the league's bottom half. manchester city will be extremely confident because schalke are struggling this season, they've been talking about escaping relegation which would have been unheard of in previous seasons. borussia dortmund have impressed with their results and performances and the fans are loving the way the team is playing, it is like the old klopp days at the moment, the atmosphere, which is why it will be a very even tie. it is set for an expensive night in paris when psg's superstars take on manchester united. the two side have never met competitively and both went out at the last 16 last year. for united, this could be their last chance to stop their season fading away. the champions league wasn't the only draw made today — we also know who the three british clubs left in the europa league will be facing in the last 32. arsenal are away first to bate borisov of belarus, celtic take on valencia and chelsea face malmo, with the first leg

in the swedish city. from those three, you have to say celtic‘s draw looks most interesting — manager brendan rodgers says he'll be strengthening his squad next month and they'll be in a really strong position by the time they come to face valencia. kherredine idessane has more. celtic fc. .. celtic fc. the club says it is delighted to be in europe after christmas again, so how do they feel about their next opponents? valencia. it is a club i studied a lot from when i was a young coach, the last time i was there was with chelsea. that was my last time there. a pretty famous stadium. a wonderful atmosphere. would you be keen to stress

this is a spanish side who have just come out of the champions league, so would you say let's be realistic here or...? it is very difficult here to present reality. there are other very good teams and nations. listen, it is a game that will be exciting when it comes around. like i say... you know, they are a good side. it is valencia on valentine's day for celtic with the return match in spain the following week. the la liga side have had a tough season so far domestically, lying down in 14th place in the league but they have fond memories of their last match in parkhead when they knocked martin o'neill's side out of the uefa cup. that night, a henrik larsson goal brought the tie level after celtic had lost the first leg 1—0. the tie was settled on penalties in the spaniards favour.

by the time the europa league comes around again in february, the celtic manager hopes to have done three things. sign some new players next month, rested his squad during the winter break, and got some important players back from injury. all of which, according to brendan rodgers, would put celtic in a very strong position for two huge games against valencia. it was all a bit of an anti—climax this evening in the championship, as east midland rivals derby county and nottingham forest played out a goalless draw. despite the lack of goals — it was a tense and physical match at pride park. the championships top scorer, lewis grabban, had one of the best chances of the game. but after creating the space for himself, he couldn't quite apply the finishing touch. derby climb to fourth and forest movejust one point outside the playoffs. connorjennings scored twice as tranmere rovers won 2—0

at southport in an fa cup second round replay. their reward is a home tie with tottenham hotspur. and spurs could be in for a tough testjudging by the quality ofjennings‘ goals. his first a delightful volley. his second half strike was pretty special, too, as he confirmed the league 2 clubs place in the third round. let's take a look at some of today's other stories. ireland will be without forward iain henderson when they begin their six nations title defence in february. he scored twice for ulster in their champions cup win over scarlets on friday and could be out for up to 12 weeks after having surgery on his thumb today. the fa has asked cardiff city manager neil warnock to explain his post—match statements at watford on saturday. warnock called referee andy madley "a trainee" following the 3—2 defeat at vicarage road. former manchester united striker zlatan ibrahimovic has

signed a deal to stay with la galaxy in the in the mls for the 2019 season. he scored 20 goals last season afterjoining the mls side from united in march. there was plenty of spice and confrontation in the second test between australia and india, with both captains, tim paine and virat kohli, clashing in perth. the two squared up to each other with paine overheard saying to kohli's team mate murali vijay — "i know he's your captain "but you can't seriously like him as a bloke." australia's conduct is in the spotlight with this the first home test series since the ball tampering scandal. australia need five more wickets to level the series. anastasia dobromyslova has failed in her bid to become the first woman to beat a man at the pdc world darts championship in alexandra palace. the three time women's

champion lost 3—0 to ryanjoyce in their first round match. lisa ashton was beaten byjan dekker on the opening day of the competition, whih had left russia's dobromyslova as the sole female. another heavyweight match—up in the boxing ring this weekend — dillian whyte takes on derek chisora at the 02 in london. victory could earn whyte a shot at a world title fight against anthonyjoshua — but he says he's expecting to be overlooked. it's a fight that i want but one i don't think they want because they're talking of a fight mainly in america, madison square gardens. let's see what happens, man. you know, i don't want them to say they want to fight

me, then they are not really up for doing it. and in the surfing pipe masters, there was a stunning recovery from legend kelly slater. he got knocked off his board, landed on top of it, and somehow manages to get back on. the 11—time world surfing champion was competing in the third round of pipe masters in hawaii, in some of the most challenging waves in the world. that's all from sportsday. 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 the former pensions minister, baroness ros altmann, and the broadcaster and journalist, mihir bose. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in — and many — perhaps unsurprisingly — lead with brexit. ‘corbyn gives commons a chance to vote on may‘ — that's the headline in the i — following the calls from the labour leaderfor a vote of confidence in theresa may. an angry corbyn has accused the prime minister of running down the clock and pushing brexit to the wire, writes the metro. the paper says some reports this evening suggest mrs may might allow the confidence vote. in fact, the daily telegraph says downing street has dismissed it as a ‘silly political stunt‘ and has effectively challenged the labour leader to call a vote of confidence in the whole government — which would be much more significant. the daily express claims mrs may will urge cabinet

ministers tomorrow to step up their preparations for a no—deal brexit — and spend the £1 billion budget set aside in case the uk leaves the eu without an agreement. but amid the turmoil — says the guardian — life goes on at number 10 — with that photograph there are visitors dressed in pantomime costumes — on behalf of a charity which raises money for seriously ill children. and alongside reporting on brexit — the times has an image of alastair cook, who, the paper claims, will receive a knighthood in the new year honours, the first england cricketer to be given the award since ian botham in 2007. we will start with the metro. theresa may pushes brexit vote to the wire. she has set a date today, still not good enough forjeremy corbyn and some of her own backbenchers as well. for some people nothing she does is good enough and i have some sympathy with her but what she has effectively done is move the meaningful vote

that parliament was supposed to have on her deal... was it last week? into the new year. no closer and closer to the date on which we are supposed to be a bylaw leaving of the eu. she could have left it even later. -- supposed to be by law. january 20 is when we are meant to have some agreement, otherwise the government has to face the consequences in parliament, so she couldn't leave it much later. at the end of the day it is very hard to see how parliament is going to pass this deal through. if it doesn't pass we are still nowhere near getting a resolution to how we might leave the eu with some kind of orderly brexit. one wonders why she put the vote back on why she did not go ahead with it when she meant to

do it, one presumes she has been speaking to various parliamentarians to get them to back the bill and she has also been to brussels to make sure this plan can be put through and can work in the interests of the british public. she hasn't been sat with her slippers on. basically, from the beginning, she has followed the wrong strategy, she was a remain, and then she said brexit met brexit. and instead she has set out what she wouldn't cross, clearly her deal that she has got from brussels crosses some alliance... if she had a brexiteer with this bank she would have more chance of breaking through? —— with this plan. have more chance of breaking through? -- with this plan. she has mishandled this colossally and until a week ago she was actually going to have the vote last week and then she we nt have the vote last week and then she went back and we had this business about whether she