hello, this is bbc news. the headlines that make health bosses have one parties not to use the nhs asa have one parties not to use the nhs as a political weapon in the election campaign. the house of commons is voting to elect a new speaker. the first election for the post in more than a decade. the baby goods we tell them set it plans to call it administrators. putting 2500 jobs at risk. the uk's terror threat level is downgraded from severe to substantial. but it still means an attacker could happen without further warning. the chief executive of mcdonald's has been sacked for having a relationship with one of his employees. let's ta ke let's take a look now i would is coming up this evening. lewis

hamilton picks up his six world title. sportsday asked how many more can he go on. —— a look at what is coming up this evening. we take a look at how prevalent racism is in the nhs and what efforts are being made to put a stop to it. and we ta ke made to put a stop to it. and we take a first look at the front pages for tomorrow. and our reviewers tonight are pauline kinsey, director of the cross party think tank demoss, and sebastian payne from the financial times. that is all ahead on bbc news. as i said, mps are currently electing a new speaker. it follows john bercow‘s currently electing a new speaker. it followsjohn bercow‘s decision to retire after ten years in the chair. rt political correspondent vicki young is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. —— are political. what is the latest state of play there? it is quite a labourious process. they have to

what about the candidates by doing one brown after another in a secret ballot and in between all of those, they have to reprint the ballot paper. it is taking quite a long time, on the third round at the moment and the final three standing are the labourmp moment and the final three standing are the labour mp sir lindsay hoyle, he has been deputy leader and speakerfor a nine he has been deputy leader and speaker for a nine or ten he has been deputy leader and speakerfor a nine or ten years. he is putting experience s—io again for john burke oh. the person they came second in the last round was elinor light. a conservative mp. a lot of people think it is time that we had another female speaker in the house of commons. and third, the labour mp chris bryant, he boasted that he knows the detail and across all the rules for the house of commons and has the book of rules on his bedside table. he also talked about wanting to ban clapping of the house of commons was never used to be allowed but has happened in recent years. what is interesting to so many of these candidates without naming john burke oh clearly saying they would do in burke oh clearly saying they would doina burke oh clearly saying they would do in a different way. —— john bercow. think it is not about the

person in the speaker chair and they have to be impartial and shouldn't get involved. they would do it differently and basically saying they will not speak as much asjohn bercow did because they want mps to speak more. i think we're onto the third round of voting aren't we? how will it play out late this evening? we make in the next round get to the point where one of those candidates hits the 50% threshold and wants one of those does, they become the new speaker. looking at the numbers come us are speaker. looking at the numbers come us are lindsay hoyle is ahead on 21m, us are lindsay hoyle is ahead on 244, elinor lane the second hundred 22, chris brian i don't hundred and 20. just depends on the votes in the last round are redistributed for some harriet harman dropped out. her votes went down and the last round. she will be disappointed by that. there are some mps who are a big concern and think that lindsay hoyle will get it and think he is a safe pair hands but they also feared that maybe he will be too controlled by the establishment if you like, that the establishment if you like, that the government thinks that maybe he

will not be an interventionist or as outspoken asjohn burke howe, who as we know during this break the process has really pushed the rules and bent the rules some will say but he would say he just allowing mps to question the government to make sure that they hold the executive to account. we will see what happens in the next hour. i know you are keeping a close eye on things for us. keeping a close eye on things for us. we will get back to you as soon as you have more to tell us for now, thank you. let's turn to sportsday now. hello and thanks for joining us on sportday. i'm ben croucher. these are your top stories. on top of the world. lewis hamilton is a six time fi world champion.

and he says he's still not even reached his peak. england couldn't peak in the rugby world cup final. they returned home today without much fanfare at heathrow. and ten months on from the death of emiliano sala — cardiff are fancing a ban on signing new players unless they start to pay his transfer fee. also coming up in the programme... just how much does it mean to qualify for the olympics for the first time? about that much. we'll have more on another momentous moment for irish hockey. we will start our programme with one of great britain's greatest sportsmen. who — rather ominously for his rivals it seems — just keeps on getting better too. lewis hamilton is now a six time fi world champion. back in 2008 — when he won his first drivers championship at a dramatic brazilian grand prix — we caught a glimpse of his greatness.

we had to wait another six years for his next title — starting an era of domination with mercedes. 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and now 2019 world champion after his second placed finish at the united states grand prix. we'll have reaction from drivers past and present shortly and try to work outjust where he fits in to world sports' most successful superstars but first lets hearfrom the man himself on another incredible year. it's been the toughest championship that we've had to try and win. you also have to remember, we won the championship the last year for example. it is not easy to stay in the lead. it is not easy to stay hungry come and trying to raise the bar that you have created. raising the bar yourself usually somebody else does it if you look at like the 0lympics, somebody else raises the

bar in terms of time and somebody else has to know what to target. we are creating our own new targets each year. that is a really hard thing to do. it took us so much to get here, so much sacrifice, so it is been such an odd year, painful, and these races as well, fighting off max, chasing down max, trying to chase off for ari, chasing down and fighting off doctor re, it is i've had to dig deep. —— chasing off ferrari. qualifying has not been spectacular but it is putting me in the shooting range where i think i raised better this year and that is what i am proud of. but i have left a lot of these races literally with nothing left in it as taking days to recover. i love the idea of getting out of a symbol, getting back up, and going again and i think about my brother, who growing up with cerebral palsy, he will fall over and get up and never complained. he

would try to shoot for a hoop. i look at a lot of different people who have done great things, and had difficult times, and recovered and bounce back and that other great things afterwards and i try to do it in my own way. but it is a challenge. but today, i love what i do. i love what i do. i know that i have something special within myself andi have something special within myself and i note that i have to tap into it. so a sixth world title for hamilton. another next year would see him move level with michael schumacher on seven. i spoke to former renault driver and gp2 championjolyon palmer and got him to put hamilton's win into some perspective for us. six titles now. he's pulled clear of the great 50s. he is clear of other great f1 names. 0nly michael hsu

extends in this way. he's taking a load of records on route as well. —— michael shoemaker. the only thing left surely is to get the most successful of all time categorically. it seems now more than any other season he seemed to be more of a complete package in more of a direct comparison to somebody like michael. he's always had an absolute raw talent. when he came in at the come he showed exactly that. 22 is your old come almost won the title at mclaren, then he did win the title of the next year. six was years before he would win another title and switching to mercedes. then, he has become that full package. he has grown up become that full package. he has grown up and then a lot of maturing from his other states when he showed the talent but was a bit impetuous and a bit too aggressive. didn't a lwa ys and a bit too aggressive. didn't always show caution in the right area. now he has the speed and the aggression but he has that bit of maturity as well. that is why he has won the competition out of the water. what sets lewis hamilton apart to other drivers on the grid and other world champions, somebody

like nico whojust and other world champions, somebody like nico who just got one world title and that seemed to be enough. what drives him to keep on pushing himself? he has the talent to do first of all. ross berg was champion alongside hamilton and mercedes and just about edged hamilton out with a lot of poor reliability and bad luck for him within that year. he has the desire as well and a lot of people talk about the lifestyle. very religion scent and big to fashion and music. he is quite mainstream. —— very into fashion. he has the steely determination as well and is talent mixed with a desire to succeed and the mercedes team, we connect not ignore the best team out there at the moment,. for all of his success , there at the moment,. for all of his success, he didn't quite have the popularity that a six time british formula 1 world champion may be a winner should have? he is a bit controversial. he puts himself out there really come his head above the parapet on bigger issues. climate change, veganism the latest one. i quite admire him anyways. he is

using his platform that is got from being brilliant in the sport to try and address bigger issue. but it is controversial. but he's always been a bit different compared to other drivers. like or lump them, you cannot argue with the perfect he is a six time world champion in one of the greatest that's ever been. he should be appreciated for that. there been rumours linking him with for robbery at some point in the future. do you think you need to really go into the next level? —— linking him with ferrari. in some of his legacy? i don't think he needs to be one of the greats. —— summit his legacy. he is one of the greats. he has won the title with two different teams. ferrari is the calling card and they have been one of the teams that most of the greats look to drive for. will that be the final lure for hamilton and his think would be his phila and his formula 1 career? may be. if he can

wina formula 1 career? may be. if he can win a title with ferrari, that would surely see him as the all—time greatest. to do it with the routine. even without, mercedes is a force in the rules will stay the same for next year. he is staying there. that seventh for next year should be looking good for mercedes. so let's get some reaction to his sixth title. his former team—mate fernando alonso said.... nigel mansell1992 world champion congratulated him as well. and how about this from nico rosberg — the only man in the last six years to have beaten hamilton to a world title. so we know hamilton is good. butjust how good? well in terms of titles — only michael schumacher has won more.

hamilton is favourite to make it seven too and beat schumacher by winning six with one constructor. hamilton also beats schumacher when you consider grand prix wins to grand prix starts. hamilton's won one in three compared to schumacher‘s 30%. next in his sights will be the most number of wins in f1. hamilton is just eight shy of schumachers record of 91. another record to fall next year. he's well clear for pole positions though — even though by his high standards 2019 hasn't been a brilliant year. there have been calls now for hamilton to receive a knighthood in the new year's honours. mark webber says he's had the he's had the british national anthem played out more than anyone. whilst sirjackie stewart — three time world champion has praised hamilton team mercedes saying their strategy has won helped hamilton win races.

he thinks fangio is the greatest racer of all time. we've been debating in the office today about whether or not lewis hamilton is britain's greatest sportman. plenty of opinion. how do you think he stacks up against sir andy murray maybe? two 0lympic goal medals, three grands slams and a davis cup too. maybe sir chris hoy. six times an olympic goal medallist between 2004 and 2012. it's a debate that might rumble on. 0r or even mo farah. a debate that will ramble on and on and on. let's have a quick look at some of the other sports stories making the headlines... everton midfielder andre gomes has undergone surgery on the broken ankle he suffered during their 1—1 draw with tottenham. the club say the procedure went very well. with just one win in the scottish premiership this season, hibernian have sacked manager paul

heckinbotham. the club are tenth in the table and were beaten 5—2 in the league cup semifinal by celtic on saturday. ellen white has been recalled to the england lionnesses squad. she's barely played since the summer's world cup owing to an knee injury. england play germany at wembley on saturday and czech republic away next tuesday. reanne evans has made snooker history by becoming the first woman to play men in a televised ranking event. facing shaun murphy at the champion of champions tournament, evans fought back from 3—0 down to force a deciding frame, before an eventual loss to the former world champion. england head coach eddiejones said they players would be hurting for the next four years after their world cup final defeat to south africa on saturday. the players looked pretty dejected then and their moods hadn't improved much on returning to the country earlier this afternoon. 0ur correspondent katie gornall

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