help mfi ”ltltur it is just stuff to help starting a business, i think it's so important. much of england is facing similar challenges. the government says it is listening, but none of that will stop the costs rising. parts of the united states have been hit by a deadly blast of polar air — which meteorologists say will bring a once—in—a—generation deep freeze. the arctic air is gripping the midwest and eastern states and temperatures have dropped to —40 celsius in some places. hundreds of schools, businesses and government agencies have closed, and thousands of flights have been grounded. more snow is expected across large parts of the uk tonight on what could be the coldest night of the winter so far. manchester and liverpool airports were closed for a while this morning because of snow and ice and hundreds of schools were closed across the uk. our wales correspondent sian lloyd is in the brecon beacons. she has the latest. it is

feeling pretty chilly here in the brecon beacons, —5 and it feels a bit colder than that but luckily we do not have any wind here this evening. there has been no disruption across parts of the uk the north west of england and north wales where schools have been closed and there has been disruption on the roads. we are expecting the temperatures to plummet, it could be the coldest night of the winter so far here in the uk with temperatures in the scottish glens due to fall to —14. we are used to seeing snow up here in the brecon beacons, the ground is pretty high and there is a snowfall behind me and the mountain rescue teams are very busy this time of year. marc teams are very busy this time of year. machones teams are very busy this time of year. marc jones is teams are very busy this time of year. machones is from the brecon mountain rescue team. what are you expecting in the coming days? we are preparing for an increase in calls with the snow forecast from tomorrow afternoon so we with the snow forecast from tomorrow afternoon so we are with the snow forecast from tomorrow afternoon so we are expecting a busy weekend. we also

make the 4x4s available to other services like the police and the ambulance to help them to get to emergency calls and help them in their routine calls like patients who are on dialysis to get the treatment they need. we are helping them where we can. thank you very much. substantial snow is forecast to come in across southern england, the midlands and here in wales, starting tomorrow afternoon. it could hit the rush hour so it could be disrupted and there is also a warning for ice. we have seen plenty of writers out here tonight and councils are looking at contingency plans because they want to make sure that whatever the weather brings, they can keep those front line services running —— we have seen the gritters. thank you very much for the update. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. negative

hello and welcome to sportsday with me, will perry, the headlines tonight. liverpool miss the chance to go 7 points clear at the top of the premier league as leicester hold their own at anfield chelsea slip out of the top 4 with mauricio sarri's side thrashed at bournemouth, their heaviest premier league defeat in 23 years and the uncapped joe denly comes into the england side replacing keaton jennings for the second test against the west indies. hello and welcome to sportsday.

we start with another mini—twist in the premier league title race. livepool had the opprtunity to open up a 7 point lead over manchester city after their defeat at newcastle last night butjurgen klopp‘s side couldn't take full advantage, 1 all it finished in their game against leicester... jim lumsden watched the action at anfield he claimed not to have watched manchester city losing last names, instead opting for a movie at home with his wife. he also confessed he didn't enjoy the intensity of leaving that premier league after two meets the neck minutes, he eased his burden. lester had lost four of their games, but beach house in december. deep into first—half, their liverpool attention wandered. he struck, and put it back on the reds manager. maybe at half—time, on the clearing the snow from the penalty area, his side would be attacking, might help. early indications were that

happens, as lester came close to scoring will stop liverpool went wasting chances with the visitors defending with style. 1—0, an anxious performance of the league leaders, they are now five points ahead of their nearest rivals. lester did really well, and it was a bit unlucky of course, with the goal in the last second pretty much before half—time. we don't want to have that, we don't want to lose the ball there, and that's all true, but at the end you have to take it like it is. what a story at the vitality stadium with chelsea thrashed 4 nil a bournemouth side without their top scorer callum wilson in the squad. josh king opened the scoring 2 minutes into the 2nd half. david brooks continued his brilliant season doubling bournemouth‘s lead with just over an hour gone. king got his 2nd of the night, before charlie daniels added the fourth to move eddie howe‘s side into the top 10. a misserable night for maurcio sarri with chelsea slipping to 5th, just 2 points above manchester united now

a really big need for us, we have beenin a really big need for us, we have been in chelsea ties away from home, to do it in front of our supporters in the manner that we did was very pleasing. people talk about the king ultimately talks about the bricks go, but the role that he played as well, defensively, david brooks cancelling out georgina, how vital is that? it was huge, but it was something we left at and planned tactically when you going to games, you have a vision of how the game will pan out, we had to make a tactical adjustment after 25 minutes on the game wasn't going the way we wanted, and david did a brilliant job. tottenham moved to within 2 points of manchester city after coming from behind with a late win over watford. craig cathcart gave the visitors the lead before son heung min, back from the asian cup levelled it in the 80th minute with fernando llorente who earlier produced arguably the miss of the season got the winner 3 minutes from time 1 all it finished between southampton and crystal palace towards the bottom of the table. wilfred zaha scored his first goal

since september just before the break to give palace the lead before james ward—prowse levelled it 13 minutes from time. zaha was sent off late on for a 2nd yellow card. there was one game in the scottish premiership tonight, the leaders celtic opened up a 6 point lead on rangers and kilmarnock. 2—0 they beat stjohnstone, callum mcgregor and ryan christie with the goals. rangers were in scottish cup 4th round action, steven gerrard's side won 3—1 at cowdenbeath. andy halliday, lassana coulibaly put rangers 2 up and then this one from kyle lafferty sealed it for the visitors. staying in scotland. neil lennon has left his position as head coach of hibernian by mutual consent. the club say he hasn't been sacked nor has he resigned after he was suspended on friday following what was what was described as "an exchange" with several club employees. in a statment hibs said the investigation was to allow for "an internal review" but there'll be no further "disciplinary process. lennon's assistant garry parker

has also left the club now a quick look at some of the day's other sport stories. 2a hours to go in the january transfer window, arsenal have signed barcelona midfielder denis suarez on loan until the end of the season, with the option to make the move permament for 18 million pounds in the summer. the former manchester city player will link up again with unai emery, who he worked with during a loan spell at sevilla. manchester united will face a paris saint germain side without neymar, in the champions league in a fortnight‘s time. the world's most expensive player is out for 10 weeks with a foot injury. and super league champions wigan warriors will begin their title defence on thursday against st helens on minus two points after being found guilty of breaching salary cap rules in 2017. cricket and england have dropped opening batsman keaton jennings for their second test against the west indies in antigua. jennings has struggled for form recently, and only managed scores of 17 and 14 in the first test in barbados. uncapped kent batsmanjoe denly comes into the squad in his place.

the other change sees spinner jack leach replace adil rashid, with stuart broad also included in the i2—man squad. the second test starts tomorrow. coming into the skin after last week's performance, very hazy to panic, very hazy to think oh, we need to have and how people of the team, and it's not the case. i think quys team, and it's not the case. i think guys have worked extremely hard, we are ina guys have worked extremely hard, we are in a position where we are 1—0 down in the series, and we want to down in the series, and we want to do something about that. we feel it's a great opportunity forjoe to come in and to show what he can deal. 0ur cricket correspondent jonathan agnew is in the carribbean and he's there with a man who knows a thing or two about opening the batting for england. alistair cook. and the former test captain is expecting to see a different england side in antigua. if anyone down in the three match series is, you have to minutes. i'm fully expecting an england fight back from last week. they reported last week, they've openly admitted

they were poor, and expecting that performance to be put to bed. there will be more match hardens from that experience, and ready to come to finally ready to go. can you put, can you push it away in the background? can you push it away in the background ? element well you can you push it away in the background? element well you have to. you know, as cricket and sportsman, you have to look forward, the opportunity is ahead of them, rather than behind. you have to learn lessons from last week, but most important, it's focusing on what can you control. the preparation for this week now, and your mental states going into obviously a big game. they are warming up with the west indies the music behind us, a lot of good for west indies cricket, that when two be fair. i'm hoping to see a lot of people here on the back of that. i think it will change the teams mentality as well. going into the series as underdogs to a bit of a performance, where they comprehend that we beat england, the expectation levels have changed and west indies. can the couplet that extra pressure, they know they are one

performance away from a very important series win. can there guys but not too bad, and focus on what's important for them? there'll be a new face for wales in the 6 nations, tomos williams will make his first appearance in the championship when they play france in their opener on friday night in paris williams starts at scrum—half ahead of gareth davies and is partnered by his cardiff blues team mate gareth anscombe in the half backs. only three changes have been made from the team that beat south africa in november, as wales, who finished second last year, aim to build on their nine—match winning streak. we feel he is a player of the future, there are still things to work on on his game, he knows that from a defensive point of view, but he's got some lovely little touches and a bit of x—factor about him. it is a position we had some real strength and depth in in terms of gareth and the things he can do, davies was great in the summer, particularly the second test against argentina, so we are looking for improvement in that position as well. and finally...

tributes have been paid to emiliano sala at his former club nantes. the french side were at home to saint etienne tonight, in ligue 1. it was their first match since the plane sala was onboard disappeared last week. a very sombre mood in the crowd. all of the team had his name on the back of their shirts. a hugely emotional night with the football taking a back seat. i—i it finished a reminder of our top story liverpool missing the opportunity to open upa liverpool missing the opportunity to open up a seven point lead. they hosted lester this evening, it started so well. sadly putting them in front of two minutes into the game, but harry mcguire got the equaliser, and now theyjust have a five—point lead over manchester city. another mini twist in that league. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello

and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political editor of the new statesman, stephen bush, and conservative commentator, tim montgomerie. could to see you both, thank you for coming. brexit for once hasn't swept all before it there's a mixed bag on the front pages. the guardian leads with a story about children as young as 12 possibly being hit with a new asbo style order, that could work to clamp down on knife crime. the telegraph says mps have backed their campaign to make web giants such as facebook and twitter have a duty of care over children who use their services. the mirror also leads on the story about so—called knife crime asbos. suggesting the home secretary's new policy is nothing more than a gimmick.

and facebook paid kids and spied on them" is the lead in tomorrow's metro. the accusations suggest facebook secretly paid children 15 to 20 pounds to give the company access to their phone usage data we look at times that a little later on. we will start payment with the guardian may urged on backstop to set out her changes. she studiously avoided trying to do that. various ministers failed to do that on the today programme this morning. at a wet point will we know what these changes are that are required? will we ever know what they are clive? yesterday was a great day for the prime minister, that doesn't happen very often. but i think it lasted about six minutes between

the passing of the brady amendment and europe making it clear they didn't, they want to be moving on the backstop. you know, they split the ball back and british quite today, and said well, what do you mean by these undefined changes? then the brady in an impasse, it didn't specify what changes to the backstop would actually make a difference, and today, we've only got 14 days, and today, we've only got 1a days, 13 days now until the next important commons vote. in that time, she has to come up with something. i don't think we've made a great deal of progress today, but i think stephen andi progress today, but i think stephen and i were just talking before you came on air, and i think there is more help i think, certainly i more helpful that we do now seem to know that parliament wants to rule out ldl, and a second referendum. so it's still quite hard to see the shape of the compromise that emerges. “— shape of the compromise that emerges. —— no deal. i'm more optimistic and i say that consciously, something like the

withdrawal agreement that theresa may brought back from brussels will pass, but perhaps not with much or a substantial change to the backstop. not much revision there. stephen, have you been surprised by the unity that there has been within the 27, so far in saying renegotiation, not a chance. some suggestion a few days ago about the polish foreign minister talking about a time—limited backstop and so on, but by and large, they have categorical. there's got to be no big gauche asian. i'm not surprised at all to be honest. because in most trade negotiations, the thing that we will have to get used to once we leave, which i think is inevitable now, and will be in our advantage in some trade negotiations, is that there are very few trade negotiations in which you don'tjust have that are very few trade negotiations in which you don't just have that they care, the bigger black, orthe big country simply enforcing its well. i just think the idea that if you are