goals, this club have waited 29 yea rs goals, this club have waited 29 years for a title, it's never straightforward. we have been in this position for a long time, for them, is at another stepping stone towards the title? the manchester city, if they win the game it's blown wide open again. if they go ten points clear, i don't see them dropping that many points and i think they will control the league from there. after tonight, still 17 games to go but two of football is great inventors knows what momentum can create. these are the matches that can change the mood. and perhaps the direction of the season's trophy. good luck to both. time for the weather with darren bent. not good luck to both. good luck to one of them. last night, was the coldest it wasn't aberdeenshire so far this winter. colder air across other parts of europe. a bitterly northern

wind blowing across the europe, all the way to the mediterranean, bringing snowstorms as well. you're out on the weather dominated by one of these, high pressure, no sign of snow. still got some pockets of cold air underneath the high pressure but for most, a lot of cloud, grey, featureless soda skies across large parts of the uk, there is the big picture, you can see the extent of the cloud. we have sunshine in the north—east of scotland, loud singing to give sunshine across east anglia into the saudis did england later. those temperatures still struggling between 4—6d. what happens overnight, any four across wales, the midlands, southern england, the cloud thinning more, picking up, london temperatures to fall away and allowing some fog to form as well. across the southern half of the uk, more widespread frost tonight, temperatures reaching “11, —5. the

window of clear skies in the north—east of scotland, the west of scotland, northern ireland, milder with atlantic influence. the continuing into tomorrow, more cloud in the north of england. in the south we have sunshine developing after a frosty start. if you are stuck under this cloud it will be a grim sort of day. even with sunshine temperatures three or 4 degrees, less cold as you head further north into scotland and northern ireland. heading into the weekend, more frost around, chilly start, there may be pockets of mist and fog lingering through the day but we will start to see the weather changing in the north—west towards the end of the day as we get cloud and rain arriving. the head of that, temperatures struggling between 5-7d. the temperatures struggling between 5—7d. the weekend, the weather bringing change, cloud across the uk, behind at a change of mass the north, a change to more sunshine especially across scotland, northern ireland, then eventually the far

north of england but to the south, not so much fog, but a lot of cloud, are required, settled weather. temperatures may be higher in the south 39—10d. further north around 7- south 39—10d. further north around 7—a south 39—10d. further north around 7— a degrees. back to you. south 39—10d. further north around 7- a degrees. back to you. darren, thank you. a reminder of the main story, a major milestone in space exploration as china lands a spacecraft on the far side of the moon and transmits images never seen before. that's all for the bbc news at one. goodbye from the end the team. it's time to join the news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... all eyes on the manchester city's etihad stadium tonight as it is what is being billed as the biggest game of the premier league season so far. manchester city face liverpool and the result could go a long way

to deciding who lifts the premier league trophy at the end of the season. ahead of the match, jurgen klopp has called city the ‘best team in the world' while pep guardiola says it is a relatively new position for the club. it is different pressure, we have to live it. we have to handle it. so the players and i expect, the people expect that all the time we will be at the top so we are manchester city, we are not livable or manchester united. we are man city. —— livable or man united. in that situation, usually in that club with the history, it is nice but we have achieved in the last decade, to still be there. so what kind of game can we expect ? here is former liverpool defender stephen warnock. i think the game will be cagey but i think errors will happen because of what is at stake. you're talking

about the best players in the world on the pitch at such a high level, but something has to break at some point. there has got to be, manchester city have to, and try when the game so it will leave gaps for liverpool to exploit. but we know manchester city are more than capable of causing an upset, i say and upset but causing an upset towards the liverpool defence and cause livable's defence problems. —— liverpool's defence problems. ole gunnar solsjaer says he does not want to leave his at manchester united in the summer. he was named as interim boss after the club sacked jose mourinho last month — and the plan is he will return to norwaigan side molde at the end of the season. last night united made it made it four wins from four under solskjaer beating newcastle 2—0. romelu lu ka ku scored with his first touch and marcus rashford added a second — that win means only sir matt busby has made a better start to managerial life at united. that would be in the books but it's

got, it's nothing that i'm thinking of, i'm just thinking about the next game. because if you win four, you can win another four at this club, and that is the challenge and that is the standard that we are known to. we used to be challenged and when we've won four, you go onto the next four and think about them. craig bellamy has temporarily stepped down from his role as cardiff city under—18s coach following the club's decision to investigate a bullying claim against him. the investigation follows reports of a complaint about the former wales striker‘s alleged treatment of a young player, who has since left the club. bellamy denies the allegations. england have announced their elite players squad which will make up the world's first ever full time professional women's rugby 15 side. 28 full—time 15s contracts have been handed out in the 35—woman squad. core experienced stars like world cup winner katy daley—mclean will lead the group that also includes six uncapped players. england's sic nations campaign begins on feburary first in dublin against ireland.

before we go british number one kyle edmund says he will do "everything he can" to be fit for the australian open. the british number one has withdrawn from next week's sydney international fter picking up a knee injury. you can find more that and all the build up to tonight's football on the bbc sport website. but for now, that's all from me. thank you. it's being seen as a major milestone in space exploration. early this morning, china successfully landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the moon — where no human or robot has ever ventured before. the probe is carrying instruments to analyse the region's geology and has already sent back its first images. earlier my colleague rachel schofield spoke to the astronomer mark thompson, who said it was very exciting to see the first images from this unexplored region of the moon. it's wonderful to see notjust another moon lander but also a lander which has gone to the far side of the men and it's a region which nobody other

than astronauts has seen. we could not see from earth will be able to get images from this new probe is really exciting. how significant is it what's found? why do we want to know? the lunar surface on the far side of the moon is pockmarked with small tiny crators so it tells us the surface has not been refreshed through lava flow so it's a very old surface. we will learn more about the history and geology of the moon so there's a lot. there are also exciting aspects to the mission which will bring back good science. we said in the introduction biological experiments will be undertaken, i think we are taking seeds with them, tell us what you know about some of the things they are attempting to do? the details have been hard to come by but the expectation or belief is that there are potato seeds

and some silkworm eggs on board on this tiny biosphere which has been created for the lander in an attempt to see how life can exist and develop in an alien space world. by using biosphere technology it will give us more of a clue as to how humans may be able to survive in space in the coming years. what does this mission tell us about chinese ambitions in space? it's an interesting one, it's unusual, in the world of science things seem to be very open. communication between scientists is generally very open and collaborative but recently it's been interesting that china have been very cagey about this mission. it makes you wonder if they are trying to jostle for position a little bit amongst the international and national space agencies around the world and certainly i had a hunch the american agency might be feeling just a little bit edgy the next people to walk on the men could be

chinese and that may start, it could kick off another space race. and a reminder at 3.30pm this afternoon on bbc news, our science editor david shukman takes your questions on what this means for the future of space exploration. to get involved, you can send us your questions. ever fancied unleashing your anger on someone else's car? you can in amsterdam where a scrap yard is allowing people to experiment with what it calls destruction therapy. anna holligan went to try it out. the anger of being in trafficjams over and over again.

i think it is good to smash the cars, thinking about that. i love working with cars, i never really thought tore one apart like this. it's a good opportunity to see what it is like to actually break one. basically, we are a consulting firm and we deal with the frustrations of people every day. it is a good way of getting rid of our anger. and do you normally express your anger in a kind of violent, destructive way? no, not really. usually, lam pretty cool and collected. well, actually, to be completely honest, it kind of scares me. now it is cars, next time, it can be something else. i do believe carsmash is a great way to have some anger release,

instead of doing it on the streets in a way where it is illegal, you can do it in the scrap yard in a legal way. it is different with friends or a workgroup for example, does thatjust one time, but it is still kind of tricky because they might like it and then they might want to go and express their anger in this way, and then you are actually giving yourself the message that this is ok, instead of learning other productive ways, for example to calm yourself down, to regulate your emotions, to be mindful of what is happening, to take a break when you are actually breaking things. it's harder than expected, but it's more satisfying than i expected. so i think that is a good balance. give it a good old raw! they used to

do plate smashing and that was the antidote to anger management. let's go to something different now because she used to be the toy eve ryo ne because she used to be the toy everyone wanted but others see it as crass commercialism. so is barbie is still relevant sem to -- still releva nt relevant sem to her severance decade? hidden away in a warehouse near los angeles international

airport is the top—secret barbie design studio. it is here that a team of around 100 people help create the latest generation of plastic dolls. a hands—on approach that can be more complicated than it looks. one thing obviously we have to keep in mind with barbie is scale. so, notjust like in terms of size, for example, something like this, these sequins are tiny. so on a barbie doll, a barbie body, it works and looks appropriate. barbie first made her debut at a trade show in new york in 1959. her makers, mattel, said she was designed to teach girls they had choices. they could be anything. but critics insist she simply reinforced gender stereotypes and represented an almost impossible physical ideal. in recent years there have been attempt to create dolls that are more ethnically diverse and have a more realistic body shape. it is a new kind of day and certainly as a doll which represents a female it's really important to have a positive message and to kind of, talk to girls, or to kids,

and talk about, you know, being able to do these different things. more thani billion barbie's have been sold in the last six decades. despite the controversy and criticism, she's an icon. 60 years old but forever young. any moment, all the business needs but first the on bbc news. a major milestone in space exploration , as china lands a spacecraft on the far side of the moon , and transmits images never seen before. the retailer next reports a sharp rise in online sales for the christmas period, but trading at its shops declined. i'm jamie robertson. in the business news... a tale of two christmases for the retailer next. it's reported a sharp rise in online sales over the christmas period, while trading at its

stores declined. apple has rattled investors with news that its sales have been slowing, blaming economic weakness in china. apple's share price sank more than 7% in after—hours trade. that's on top of the 28% it has fallen since november. uk firms are being squeezed by labour shortages, rising prices and a slowdown in sales. more companies than ever before are finding it hard to recruit staff, according to the british chambers of commerce. booming streaming services helped the entertainment market to another all—time high of more than £7 billion in 2018. that means the uk entertainment market is now three—quarters digital. in a way that's not surprising. but there's an odd contradiction here. if you are a film— or games—maker or a music producer and you have a big hit on your hands, the way

you will make profits is not online but by selling physical cds, dvds, blu—rays, games and so on. let's talk to kim bayley, ceo of the entertainment retailers association. this is an odd sort of contradiction, isn't it? on the one hand, it's a digital market but when your success, you hand, it's a digital market but when your success, you have to sell physical. what it shows us is if you wa nt to physical. what it shows us is if you want to reach the mass—market consumer, you need to produce a physical product and people actually like going to shops and browsing and finding something like the greatest showman which has tickled everyone's taste and are buying it physically. but there are fewer places to shop, fewer organisations because hmv has just gone, isn't it? it is in administration and we are hopeful it will come out of it and be back on the high street, but actually what

we also seen is a rise in the number of independent shops this year. there are now 400 music record shops on our high streets years ago, there we re on our high streets years ago, there were only about 250. so there is hope for the high street. are they making money? can they survive to you think in this market? why do people go there rather than just amazon? i think they like different things about shops. they like the entertainment they put on, a lot of them do in stores and interesting things, and they like to browse second—hand as well as new products, and they like that all the products are there to see rather than guess what it looks like when it arrives. i'm interested in the whole market, it's worth £7.5 billion, and rising and rising, who is making most of that money? is it amazon? the stars like george ezra who was number one in albums last year, but who else? obviously the streaming services are

doing well, like spotify, netflix and new services like youtube music, they are getting new customers, amazon have the alexa speakers and exciting things driving sales. but there is actually profit being made across the industry and like i say, independent retailers are still doing well. supermarkets are still selling huge volumes of physical product and we have to remember that physical is still worth almost £2 billion of that total. so supermarkets have ta ken billion of that total. so supermarkets have taken over. is that where hmv was losing out to?- the hmv has suffered, what everyone has suffered this christmas with his general malaise on the high street. their share has remained relatively co nsta nt o n their share has remained relatively constant on the last years, and they represent a third of the film market and a quarter of the music market in physical terms. the are not losing share but suffering from a poor high street environment. you mentioned, i know it's not quite your area

because you are interested in the retailers, how much money actually goes back to be people who make the music, the artist themselves? does the money get fed down there? the stars get them but what about lower down the pecking order than? absolutely if you look at spotify and digital services, they are handing back 70% of their revenues duly record labels, so that money is making its way to the artist. it's making its way to the artist. it's making ina making its way to the artist. it's making in a different way to previously where you would get all your money up front as seen sold an album, now it is trickling through as you sell millions and millions of streams, but the money is all going back. good to talk to you, thank you s0 back. good to talk to you, thank you so much. and some other business stories today: growth in the uk's construction sector was at a three—month low in december. this is according to an index compiled by ihs markit/cips. not everything was bleak though. civil engineers specifically were at their busiest in over 18 months. it's really a slowdown in new orders for commercial building work, like shops and offices, that's behind the weaker growth. more data on the entertainment

industry confirms why the administrators were called in at hmvjust before christmas. just 32 million cds were sold in 2018 — almost 100 million fewer than in 2008, and a drop of 9.6 million year—on—year. the growth of vinyl also began to plateau, with 4.2 million records sold — a rise ofjust1.6%, according to the british phonographic industry. the bank of england, which has been critcised about gender diversity, has taken on two more senior women as external members of its financial policy committee. colette bowe, chair of the uk's banking standards board, and jayne—anne gadhia, who used to run virgin money, have been appointed to the 13—member panel. quickly at the markets. next is

following its results. marks & spencer ‘s, small movements. that's it, back to you. a festive night out turned into a nightmare for strictly come dancing star a] pritchard and his brother curtis, when they were attacked in a nightclub in their home town, nantwich. speaking to the bbc, the professional dancers described being left battered and bruised, with curtis needing emergency surgery on his knee. we were in our hometown, we were literally ten minutes down the road from our house. we went out for a night out and curtis was violently pushed, and then we were beaten up by eight people. and, as you can see with his leg, he was needing emergency surgery straightaway — which he has had done, thankfully, and thank you to the nhs for that. but the thing is, it was senseless violence, unprovoked, and just... there's not much more to say, which is the sad thing. because you feel safe in your hometown and then, suddenly, this happens. yeah, it's very upsetting, to be honest. we thought we'd go out,

myself and a], have some fun. and we were having a great night, the atmosphere was absolutely fantastic. and then as the night went on, we were just having a good time and then on the dance floor, all of a sudden, itjust broke out into what happened. you try to protect me and keep me out of harms way, and in doing so we we re out of harms way, and in doing so we were punched and violently kicked, knocked out, full into the floor and continuously punched and kicked. then i had to pick you up and get you out of the scenario. the glitter dust is onlyjust settling after strictly come dancing came to a close, and there's already a new talent show waiting in the wings. it's called the greatest dancer, and among thejudges is cheryl, who's been telling us about her ballet

past and comparing dance injuries with her fellow presenters. colin paterson reports. strictly only finished a couple of weeks ago, but it's already time for a new saturday night bbc one dance show — one that's more street than ballroom. and there are three familiar faces who know all about going through the pain barrierfor dance. cheryl. my makeup slipped. that was painful, but i had to wear a brace and carry on, because i was on tour. graeme swann‘s strictly partner, oti mabuse. and ijust hit the floor and i didn't slide and the shoulder just went... cracking then i had to continue dancing. and glee's matthew morrison. my hip actually came out of the socket once, so, but it is back in, all good. thankfully, things were going rather smoother on the day we were on set. good morning. and backstage, cheryl explained how delighted she is to have returned to her first love. i actually went to the royal ballet when i was nine. i was one of the youngest in the country to get a place in the summer school and,

yeah, i was really passionate about ballet when i was younger. it kind of wore off when i was 11 or 12 and i discovered music. and boys. not boys so much. honestly not boys so much — at 12! yeah. the competition has officially begun! no judges on this show. the trio are called dance captains. but they know what they want to see. really fresh choreography and dancers who are willing to take the risk. and for me, i think it's really important that the first winner of the show kind of opens the doors for many others to come and is kind of an inspiration as well to other dancers. it's tough. it's a tough world out there for dancers, so i am so happy to be on a show that shines a light on the talent and the struggles and the love that these people have for this artform. and this is the reception where the dancers arrive and meet amelia. hello.

are they ready for me yet? absolutely, time for your addition. excellent. this is where the contestants perform, into a mirrored wall. now, it may look like a normal dance studio, but the audience are on the other side and they can see through. cheering and applause. if 75% of them vote yes, then the dancers are through to the call—backs. the greatest dancer is made by simon cowell‘s production company syco but the hosts — former strictly winner alicia dickson, and jordan banjo, from diversity — say that for once he's keeping a low profile. i haven't seen simon pop up yet. apparently, he's auditioning later on, though. who knows? what is he like as a dancer? as a dancer, i've never seen simon cowell dance in my life. have you? is he just not a dancer at parties, then? i've never seen him dance, but he does like a bit ofa head nod and a hand... bit of hand movement

when he is on the desk on britain's got talent. that's enough for simon. he's just a smooth fella. he's just cool. people are going to have to do far more than nod their heads to progress when the show starts on saturday. he will be doing the salsa shortly. now it's time for a look at the weather, with darren bett. good afternoon. temperature down to -10 good afternoon. temperature down to —10 degrees, cold so far, but at least we had some sunshine. aberdeenshire was cold and still cold. even colder air actually across parts of europe, central and eastern europe, it's really bitterly cold, northerly winds driving down into the mediterranean. you can see their bringing snowstorms as well. no sign of snow in the uk, high pressure dominates the weather so essentially dry but with variable amounts of cloud. for many of us like grey skies to the rest of

b—day, rather featureless looking skies such as here in north somerset. we have the sunshine in north—east scotland to aberdeenshire, we are also seeing sunshine across east anglia, and cloud pushing into england was not temperatures for — 6 degrees. into the evening and overnight, we find the evening and overnight, we find the cloud continues to then and break up across england and wales, southern england in particular, tumbling temperatures, mist and fog performing as well but it will be more widespread cold and frosty night. temperatures could be down to -5. night. temperatures could be down to —5. buckets of frost in north—east scotla nd —5. buckets of frost in north—east scotland but western scotland and northern ireland have more of an atla ntic northern ireland have more of an atlantic influence with more cloud s0 atlantic influence with more cloud so it won't be as cold here. but there won't be much sunshine on friday and a more cloud coming into the far north of england mbappe further south we should get sunshine after the frosty start, but some areas could see the fog linda all

day, such as the whence —— such as the west country. in another frosty start on saturday, especially across the eastern uk, still some mist and fog of and in the morning, we will see cloud in the morning, we will see cloud in the west and particularly the north—west, rained towards the end of the day. highest averages in the north—west of scotland and northern ireland. chilly with some sunshine further and east. the cloud and rain in the north—west is on from there, it's pretty weak, it gets so far down in the uk then stopped, but introduces a different air mass so we should see more sunshine on sunday, across scotland, for a while in northern ireland, and eventually in the finals of england. further south, a lot of cloud, some mist and fog, not as much frost, temperatures as high as 9—10dc but only in the south. mankind.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm: over the moon — china celebrates the historic landing of a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. if our lunar exploration is successful, we can make bigger contributions to mankind. and improve china's ability and technology. and improve china's ability and technology. a happy click—mas for retailer next — but a sharp rise in online sales for the festive period came as trading at its shops declined. taking a bite out of apple — the tech giant blames a slowing market in china as sales fall, and its share price drops sharply. the trial begins in saudi arabia of the people allegedly involved in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport with holly hamilton. i'll be looking ahead to deny and the biggest