sophia floersch tells the bbc she remembers every bit of her almost 300km an hour crash at the macau grand prix. ole gunnar solskjaer has offically taken charge as manchester united's caretaker manager. and marcel hirscher claims world cup win number 63, to extend his lead in the slalom and overall standings. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with that terrifying formula 3 crash last month. driver sophia floersch says she didn't realise just how had her more than 270km 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. but she told the bbc it didn't feel as scary as it looked. i remember everything from the crash. it felt just completely different for me, because,

yeah, ididn‘t... it's just happening so fast. at what point did you think, this has gone horribly wrong? at the moment i didn't know anything because i lost two wheels. i never thought, 0k, because i lost two wheels. i never thought, ok, this is going to be a really bad crash. even when i was in hospital the crash wasn't so horrible. when i saw it for the first time i was like, 0k, horrible. when i saw it for the first time i was like, ok, that didn't look nice at all. it's really horrible. ididn't i didn't expect it to look that bad because in the car it didn't look so horrible. i had two broken bones in my spinal column. one part of this bone went into the thing where the nerves go. and it has already cracked it to 50%. and that was the reason why i

have to do surgery. so i started my rehab have to do surgery. so i started my re ha b two have to do surgery. so i started my rehab two weeks ago to keep the body working again. yes, i can do everything apart from using my back and my neck. it has been quite 0k a couple of weeks. you had family at the track that day and family back at home, what was it like for them to witness the crash? so, my dad was at macau with me. my mum and my little sister, they were at home. so i think, yes, little sister, they were at home. so ithink, yes, it little sister, they were at home. so i think, yes, it was quite bad for all of them, because the video looks awful. that was also like one of my first thoughts was to the team over the radio please tell my family i am 0k. at the hospital my dad took a selfie and sent it to my mum to tell her i am 0k. probably it's a miracle. but that's probably the reason why i'm happy and why i... yeah, am normal. for me, it'sjust to be happy and to continue and see positive. it still amazes me every time.

it's been a hectic week for manchester united and those of us following the story, and on thursday, ole gunnar solskjaer officially took over as interim manager, following jose mourinho's sacking 48 hours earlier. the 45—year—old norwegian ran his first training session with the team as he prepares for this weekend's match away to cardiff city. here's our sports correspondent david ornstein. well, ole gunnar solskjaer flew into the uk last night. he was driven to the uk last night. he was driven to the carrington training ground here behind mejust before the carrington training ground here behind me just before 8am and then his players followed in the subsequent couple of hours. he held a meeting with the club's executive vice—chairman edward wood. he was the man who sacked jose mourinho, appointed solskjaer and then solskjaer letter players meeting and then training at 11 a.m.. they will train again tomorrow. also tomorrow morning solskjaer will give a news conference so morning solskjaer will give a news conference so we morning solskjaer will give a news conference so we will hear more from him before the squad fly to wales a

head of their meeting with cardiff city on saturday. that of course is the club that solskjaer lead in 2014, his only previous experience of english football management, and they were relegated and he was sacked. he will hope to do better this time. his in—tray is full. they need to get back into winning ways, 19 off top placed liverpool. they also have the not so small matter of the champions league la 16 against psg looming, the january transfer window, they need to bring the fans back on—board too. behind the scenes manchester united will want to be restructuring for the summer, a potential director of football coming in, but crucially a permanent manager in the summer. that could be ole gunnar solskjaer but it's more likely he will return to his job with norway and united will look for the first permanent manager in six yea rs the first permanent manager in six years since sir alex ferguson retired. well, manchester united and all premier league clubs face tough schedules over the next few weeks. every team in england's top division will play four matches over the christmas and new year period, which begin with wolves and liverpool on friday, but some will have longer rest periods between matches than others.

miriam walker—khan explains. it is the most wonderful time of the yearin it is the most wonderful time of the year in the uk, perhaps, not everyone, though. whether our cou nterpa rts everyone, though. whether our counterparts in france, germany and spain enjoying a nice winter break, every premier league team will play four games between 21 december and the third of january, four games between 21 december and the third ofjanuary, not four games between 21 december and the third of january, not so four games between 21 december and the third ofjanuary, not so much ho—ho—ho as go—go—go. manchester united play their matches in the space of ten days. in contrast the top two teams, liverpool and manchester city, have more recovery time withjurgen klopp's men playing over 14 days. liverpool have almost 100 hours more recovery time and spurs. this is what ritzier pochettino is planning to do about it. now for us it is the most off period, more than ever we are going

to use the squad. i feel so sorry for the people who don't like the rotation. and when you rest players. but we are going to use all the squad. and it is so important that all of the players will be ready to compete, because we want to be competitive. i think we need all of the squad. with a 5-point gap between brighton in 13th and newcastle below them the bottom 17th at most in danger of relegation at this stage of the season. the festive schedule for the steam seems fairer than the top five counterparts, but with small variations that could help them. and it's not just variations that could help them. and it's notjust the players it affects. there is also a big difference in distances fans will have to travel to watch the games. newcastle supporters have the short straw and cover 440 miles to visit liverpool and watford in their two away fixtures. chelsea fans however have a comfortable 30 miles to get to their matches at watford and crystal palace. so how does it fit

in with times between games? totte n ha m in with times between games? tottenham have to play their games within 217 one half hours, the second shortest period, they will also travel the second furthest distance, whereas liverpool at the longest time between games and only 122 miles of travelling. that is the second shortest distance in the lead. of course the only state that will matter at the end of it is how many points they get. —— stat. the harlem globetrotters paid a special visit to deaf and hard—of—hearing schoolchildren on wednesday to show off not only their basketball, but more importantly their language skills. chris "animal" hyche chose not to use a sign language interpreter and instead spoke directly to the students using sign at the mill neck manor school for the deaf in new york state. american hyche had grown up in a hearing—impaired household and has spoken to both his parents using sign language his whole life. the globetrotters had been visiting to help prevent bullying in schools and promote their programme to deal with it. the reaction was priceless. it is

not every day making gay people they can relate to, especially professional athletes. so i know i made their day and it made my too. hearing—impaired, the community plays a special place in my heart because i grew up in a death household, my dad and mum hearing—impaired, my teammates growing up, my friends in the neighbourhood, they were just, growing up, my friends in the neighbourhood, they werejust, like, flabbergasted when they came to my house and i was speaking to my mum in sign language. they thought it was the most insane thing but to me, it was just like everyday thing, you know? i love that story. the austrian skier, marcel hirscher, claimed his ninth win in ten world cup slalom races on thursday, to extend his lead in the race for the overall world cup title. competing on home soil in saalbach—hinterglemm, hirscher claimed the 63rd world cup title of his career, making him the most successful austrian skier on the all—time list. he's overtaken his compatriot anne—marie moser—proell, who had 62 wins when she retired in 1980. only ingemar stenmark, with 86, and lindsey vonn, with 82, have won more world cup races. hirscher‘s latest win means he's 60

points ahead of henrik kristoffersen in the world cup slalom standings, and 268 points clear of the norwegian in the race for the overall title. hungary's katinka hosszu was the big winner on the opening day of the two—day swim cup meet in lausanne, switzerland. hungary's triple olympic gold medallist from the rio games won three events on thursday. they included the women's 200 metres backstroke, and that was the event in which she won a silver medal in rio, and also in last year's world championships. the 29—year—old is one of the big names being mentioned in connection with the international swimming league, which is looking to breakaway from fina. just enough time to let you know about the nba games, houston at miami, the rockets leading 45—37 with six minutes until half—time,

and coming up in the next hour, the dallas mavericks at the la clippers. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. until next time, goodbye. hello there. on thursday, most of the showers were across western areas, many eastern areas did manage to dodge them and actually had a fine end to the day. but as we head on into this morning, certainly for the early hours, it's looking wetter and windier as the next frontal system pushes up from the south—west, bringing outbreaks of rain to england and wales, and as far north as northern ireland, perhaps the far south of scotland. very mild in the south as well to begin friday morning, all thanks to this mild plume tied in with this weather system. now, the weather front straddling central areas will tend to linger on throughout the day, so it looks like northern england, southern scotland, and northern ireland will hold on to cloud and outbreaks of rain, whereas for the rest of england and wales, skies will tend to brighten up into the afternoon, with some sunshine developing.

apart from a few showers for scotland, there'll be some sunshine here as well. quite a divide in temperatures. south of that weather front, it's very mild across much of england and wales, 11 to maybe 14 degrees in london. to the north of it, temperatures nearer normal for the time of year. so that's how it's looking through today. now, as we end the day, it looks like the winds picking up further across england and wales, gusting 40 to maybe 50 miles an hour for cornwall and devon, and across the english channel. you can see the isobars blowing in from the west. as we head on into saturday, we'll see this brief ridge of high—pressure, which will bring a fine day for most. this next weather system, though, will bring some rain to some of us for sunday. so this is the picture for saturday, then. we've got fairly brisk westerly winds, a little bit lighter certainly than what we'll see through today. plenty of sunshine. a few showers across the north—west, pretty normal temperatures for the time of year, but again, quite mild across the south. now, it'll stay dry through saturday night, before this next weather system begins to push up from the south—west of england, bringing the next spell of wet and windy weather, again to the southern

half of the country, as we move on into sunday, but it's going to be a fairly mild start once again to sunday, a few chilly spots further north. the rain will be quite heavy for a time as it pushes its way eastwards. so, into sunday afternoon, i think we should start to see a little bit of dry weather, although it'll stay quite cloudy with a few showers around. the best of the sunshine for the northern half of the country. nearer normal temperatures in the north, again pretty mild in the south, 12s and 13s. this weather front may return northwards again as we head on in towards christmas eve, but as a big area of high pressure is beginning to build late on christmas eve and christmas day, it looks like things will settle down. so many of us will have a dry day through christmas day, with maybe a little bit of sunshine. but only clear spells overnight christmas eve means we could see some patchy frost and fog in places. however, for most, it's going to be mainly dry. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: london gatwick airport's shut down for a second day — as ongoing flights by illegal drones

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