hello this is bbc news, the headlines: gatwick says the drone flights which have shut the airport down have been "highly targeted to bring maximum disruption in the run—up to christmas". almost 600 homeless people died in england and wales last year — a rise of a quarter over the last five years. retail sales jumped more than expected in november, helped by black friday promotions and stronger growth in sales of household goods. theresa may's brexit deal is to be brought back to parliament on the ninth ofjanuary, for five days of debate before mps vote. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll bring you the very latest from gatwick airport, where thousands of passengers remain stranded tonight, not knowing when the situation will be resolved. after a big rise in the number of deaths among the homeless, we'll talk to someone who knew some of those who died, and ask what form

of help should be given. and we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers at 10:40 and 11:30. joining me will be the former fleet street editor eve pollard and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. embarrassed arsenal say they're identiying who threw a bottle at delle alli in the north london derby. first day on the job — 0le gunnar solskjaer arrives to meet his manchester united team. and sophia floersch tells the bbc she remembers every bit of her 170—mile—an hour crash at the macau grand prix. it isa

it is a miracle, but that is probably also the reason why i am happy andi probably also the reason why i am happy and i am normal. hello and welcome to sportsday. thanks forjoining us. we've all been embarrassed, that's what arsenal have said about tottenham's delle alli being hit by a bottle at their ground last night. the england midfielder was hit by a plastic bottle from the crowd soon after scoring the second goal in a 2—0 win that sent spurs through to the semi—finals of the league cup. the national league on football policing has since confirmed there has been a 45% increases in offences inside football stadium in the last few years.

arsenal say they've identified an image of the person who threw it and are working with police to identify them. jim lumsden reports. all seemed sweetness and light for spurs, dele alli said his side into the semifinals, getting revenge for the semifinals, getting revenge for the recent defeat to their rivals. but there is rivalry and this. ali delhi is hit with a plastic bottle, cheers and clapping from a section of the crowd clearly audible. england midfielders respond to illustrate the score. the fa says no action will be taken against him and his manager believes he showbiz restraint. it was an amazing reaction. i feel restraint. it was an amazing reaction. ifeel in restraint. it was an amazing reaction. i feel in another country may be the player is going to be down on the pitch and create a big problem. he was so honest and so professional and he behaved really

well. arsenal issued a statement today saying, we have all been embarrassed by the individual who threw a bottle at dele alli, behaviour of this type has no place at emirates stadium and after analysing cctv footage which showed him leaving the stadium after throwing the bottle we have identified an image of the suspect. earlier this week 57—year—old totte n ha m earlier this week 57—year—old tottenha m fa n earlier this week 57—year—old tottenham fan was banned from football for four years fined for throwing a banana skin at an arsenal player. this week two clubs have been fine forfailing player. this week two clubs have been fine for failing to control their players in that match. these rivalries often are thrilling football and they sell tickets, but seething rivalries often have the opposite effect. seething rivalries often have the opposite effect. now, the man behind me may be familiar to any of you who watched sportsday yesterday. norwegian tv reporter emil gukild was a guest on the show. well, today he was waiting to greet 0le gunnar solskjaer as he starts the task of trying to revive manchester united's fortunes. solsjkaer took his first training

session with the team today as he begins his spell as interim manager. here's our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. 0le gunnar solskjaer flew into the uk last night, he was driven to the carrington training ground behind we just before eight a:m.. his players followed in the subsequent couple of hours. he held a meeting with the club's executive vice—chairman, the man who sat jose club's executive vice—chairman, the man who satjose mourinho. and then he led a player ‘s' meeting and training at 11 a:m.. they will train again tomorrow and also there will bea again tomorrow and also there will be a news conference and we will hear more from the manager before the squad fly to wales head of their meeting on saturday. 0le gunnar solskjaer allege that club, his only previous experience. he will hope to do better this time around. his

entry is full. manchester united are 11 points off the top four and i9 points off the top placed liverpool. they have got their champions league last 16 tie against paris looming and they need to bring the fans back on board as well. behind—the—scenes manchester united will want to restructure for the summer, a potential director of football coming in and a permanent manager. that could be 0le gunnar solskjaer, but it is more likely he will return to hisjob in norway and manchester united will be looking for their fourth permanent manager in six yea rs fourth permanent manager in six years since sir alex ferguson retired. years since sir alex ferguson retired. formula 3 driver sophia floersch says she didn't realise just how bad her 170—mile—an—hour crash was at the macau grand prix until she saw it back. the 18—year—old suffered a fractured spine when her carflew through the air before smashing into a fence last month. but she told bbc‘s sportjo currie that it didn't feel as scary as it looked.. i remember everything from the

crash. it felt different for me. it was just crash. it felt different for me. it wasjust happening crash. it felt different for me. it was just happening so fast so i remember everything. at what point did you think this had gone horribly wrong? well, already when i did not have control any more because i lost my two wheels. then you are like, 0k, it will be a crash, but i never thought it was going to be a really bad crash. even when i was in hospital the crash was not so horrible, just when i saw the video for the first time i thought it looked quite bad. it does not look nice at all, it looks horrible. i did not expect it to look that bad because in the car it did not feel so because in the car it did not feel so horrible. i had two broken bones in my spinal column and part of this bone went into where the notes go and it had to be corrected by 50%

and it had to be corrected by 50% and that is why i had surgery. i started with my rehab two weeks ago so as started with my rehab two weeks ago so as not to lose any more muscles and to get the body working again. i can do everything apart from using my back and my neck. you had family at the track that day and family watching back at home. what was it like for them to witness that crash? my like for them to witness that crash? my mum and my little sister were at home and my dad was with me. it was quite bad for all of them. the video looks horrible. it was also one of my first thought is to tell the team over the radio that i was ok, please tell my family. but then it did not work. in the hospital the first thing my dad was to do was to take a selfie and sent it to my family. but thatis selfie and sent it to my family. but that is probably the reason why i am happy and normal. for me it isjust to be happy and to continue and be

positive. plenty more to come but let's have a quick look at some of the day's other stories now. james wade has apologised after being accused of bullying at the pdc world darts championships. it's after he celebrated in the face of his japanese opponent seigo asada during their second round tie, which wade won. he says his actions were out of character and related to his mental health. it was a day to forget for england's david willey in the australian big bash league. he made only 12 as his team the perth scorchers were bowled out for 103 and then he only bowled one over as melbourne renegades completed a four wicket win. and anthonyjoshua now has another three letters to add to his wba, wbo and ibf world heavyweight belts. he's become an 0be after receiving an order of the british empire for services to sport from prince charles today. equestrian william fox pitt was made mbe. there'll be no three letters on offer on saturday but plenty at stake when dillian whyte faces british rival dereck chisora

in a long awaited rematch in london. it's two years on from a brutal encounter in manchester, which whyte narrowly won on points. whyte's warned that he's improved since and is a "different animal" now. but he still expects it to be close, because both he and chisorsa are risk takers. when two fighters clash they either put each other out and they wade into a massive flame. the fact it will be round 13, 1a, 15, 16, i do not think it will be around one rematch. i am fitter and stronger and he will be as well. there will bea and he will be as well. there will be a little bit of separation that will start showing, maybe as soon as the first bell. i will bring a different level to this fight and he will know he is fighting a more mature, solid, stronger fighter,

better balance, better everything this time around. better balance, better everything this time around. phoebe schecter only began playing american football just overfive years ago. but her rapid rise saw her become captain of the great britain team and she has now spent the past season as a full—time coaching intern with the buffalo bills in the nfl. that's made her just the third woman in a coaching position in the league, but she's told the bbc that she's had little time to reflect on it. it isa it is a very long journey, but it is a bit ofa it is a very long journey, but it is a bit of a roller—coaster and when i moved over to the uk about six years ago today i started playing american football over there for the first time. i knewi football over there for the first time. i knew i could not play for ever so time. i knew i could not play for ever so i got into coaching and through that over the past three yea rs through that over the past three years it has reallyjust been an upwards spiral essentially in some ways. i have gone from never coaching to having a couple of internships, one full season, orat least one season with a college, and

110w least one season with a college, and now this season with an nfl team. it has been climbing and climbing all the way which has been a fantastic learning curve for me. i think you need to have a really great hard work ethic at first, that is a huge part. being passionate about what you do, the energy that you bring, for me i tried to bring as much positive energy as possible. coaching is about teaching, so if you can teach someone and have a good emotional iq that is really important for this role. if you have a female as a minority as an option and they are the best candidate, absolutely why would you not give yourself that extra 1% edge or whatever that may be? just having someone whatever that may be? just having someone who may look like you in that role gives kids a hope that one day actually i can achieve that. i wa nt to day actually i can achieve that. i want to be a coach or a player or an official, or whatever that might be. when you see someone who looks like

you, you definitely believe in that yourself. stay with us here on sportsday, still to come. there'll be no christmas break for 1500 metre european champion laura muir but is she making any new year's resolutions? each year just to strive to each yearjust to strive to be the best that i can be, try and be a good person, try and be friendly and helpful to people, look after people and look after yourself. to people, look after people and look after yourself. the busy festive premier league programme begins tomorrow night — wolves and liverpool get things underway at molineux. all the sides in the premier league will play four matches each over christmas and new year but some do better out of it than others. so which team and it's fans face the most daunting schedule over the next two weeks? miriam walker—khan has the answers. it is the most wonderful time of the yearin it is the most wonderful time of the year in the uk, perhaps, but not for everyone. france, germany, italy and

spain enjoyed the most winter break, but every premier league team will play four games between the 21st of december and the 3rd of january. totte n ha m december and the 3rd of january. tottenham and everton have the most demanding schedule, playing all their matches within the space of ten days. in contrast, the lee's top two sides, liverpool and manchester city, have more recovery time with jurgen klopp‘s men playing their fixtures over 1a days, city over 13. liverpool have 100 hours more recovery time than spurs. this is what mauricio pochettino is doing about it. more than ever we are going to use the squad. i feel so sorry for the people who do not like the rotation and when you rest player, but we are going to use all the squad. it is so important all the squad. it is so important all the players will be ready to compete

if we want to be competitive. i am not going to complain about that. with a five—point gap between the bottom seven size look most in danger of relegation. the festive schedule for the site is fairer than for their top five counterparts, but still with small variations. it is not the players this affects, there is also a big difference in distances the fans will have to travel. newcastle supporters have drawn the short straw and will cover 440 miles to visit liverpool and watford. chelsea fans have a co mforta ble watford. chelsea fans have a comfortable 30 miles to get to their matches at watford and crystal palace. how does this mix between games? tottenham fans will have to travel 17 half hours, but they will travel 17 half hours, but they will travel the second furthest distance. liverpool have the longest time between games and only 122 miles of

travelling, the second shortest distance in the league. the only stat that will matter at the end of it is the number of points they get. and it won'tjust be a busy couple of weeks for footballers. while many people will be looking forward to some time off, it will be business as usual for many athletes. 1500 metre european champion laura muir will train as normal on christmas day, in all the elements that a scottish winter can throw at her. rhona mcloud has been to meet muir, at the end of a remarkable year in her life. the delights of training in december. it is freezing cold with wind and rain and the world number one laura knew it will also train on christmas day because it is tuesday. 0ur rest day is friday, so christmas day is on a tuesday and not a friday, so i will be training. hopefully on the run in the morning it will be reasonable and then you can come back and enjoy it and get a

bit of food. you do not have too much of a guilt trip. but she has nothing to feel guilty about as she looks back on 2018. one of the most rewarding yea rs of looks back on 2018. one of the most rewarding years of my life. finishing my degree, it took me seven finishing my degree, it took me seve n years finishing my degree, it took me seven years and i got it. and in the world indoor championships in birmingham, that was a month before my finals and to go there and deliver two medals and become the european champion and all the pressure of that, being expected to win. and then to top it off with a diamond league title and world number one. it was crazy, i don't know how it happened. a remarkable year coming to know how it happened. a remarkable yearcoming to an know how it happened. a remarkable year coming to an end, but what are her targets in 2019? in short time it will be the european championships indoor in glasgow. i am going there as defending champion as well. i really want to go there andi as well. i really want to go there and i would love to win and defend my title in front of a home crowd on

home soil. it will be a big target for me. then we have got the world championships in doha in october next year. they are the two big championships. off the track is she targeting any new year resolutions? nothing in particular. just each year to strive to be the best i can be, try and be a good person and be friendly and helpful to people, look after people and look after myself. true grit and determination, chasing the best she can be professionally and personally in 2019. rhona mcleod, bbc news. rhona mcleod, bbc news. the father of a teenager from kent says the change in his autistic son after taking up karate is "miraculous". 16—year—old ishar sandhu only started the martial art a year ago but he's already won medals at the world and european championships. he competes in adapted karate kata for people with physical and learning disabilities. juliette parkin has more.

what you see here is a confident, focused and athletic teenager. but only 12 months ago ishar sandhu was a very different person. indecisive, not confident at all. not wanting to make eye contact, not wanting to talk to strangers or any people that he had ever met before. he is now a different individual. ishar's father appealed a year ago for his son who has autism and special educational needs. unable to distract him from computer games karate was suggested and the change, it is claimed, has been remarkable. he has confidence and he is more than happy to come forward and shake your hand and make eye co nta ct forward and shake your hand and make eye contact and say, hey, i am

great, how are you? he has already brought home medals. he competes in a non—fighting display of moves alongside other competitors with learning difficulties. he has won world championship bronze and a of others. the european championship i came third in malta. and the final one, in rumania i got a gold medal