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hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines... the prime minister visits voters in tony blair's old constituency in north—east england, promising to repay the trust of those who'd broken the voting habits of generations. our country has now embarked on a wonderful adventure. we're going to recover our national self—confidence, our mojo, our self belief. and we're going to do things differently and better. shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has confirmed he will not be part of labour's next shadow cabinet following the party's crushing election defeat. we'll all go now. the new leader will come in place, appoint their shadow cabinet.

i won't be part of that shadow cabinet, you know, i've done my bit. we need to move on, at that stage, with that new leader. police in new zealand name the first victim of the white island eruption as krystal eve browitt — a 21—year—old australian. 15 deaths have been now been confirmed from monday's eruption. tens of thousands of people have rallied again in rome protesting against italy's far right party, the league. the protesters pack themselves so tightly into squares they've become known as, ‘the sardines‘. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me karthi gnanasegaram and ben croucher. your top stories this saturday evening...

the gap grows wider at the top of the premier league as super salah flicks liverpool past watford. but it's a bad day for chelsea, who are beaten at home by bournemouth, while second placed leicester lose ground at the top with a draw against norwich. and saracens show their strength as mako vunipola helps them to victory against munster in the european champions cup. also coming up on sportsday. former scotland international doddie weir is to be presented with the helen rolleson award at tomorrow's sports personality of the year for his courage in his battle against motor neurone disease. plenty to get through and we will be looking ahead to tomorrow's sports personality of the year later, but we will start with liverpool because they are

continuing to impress in the premier league. they are 10 points clear at the top of the table after a 2—0 win over watford. the liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, admitted that it wasn't the "prettiest" game of football but mohamed salah scored two fantastic goals as liverpool remain unbeaten in the league this season. patrick gearey reports. having just signed a new contract, juergen klopp will hardly be able to unpack his suitcase in the next few weeks, next stop qatar. but first, watford, bottom of the league and under new management they fought card, only to be undone in a few sublime seconds. mohamed salah is the master of such moments. for watford, time seemed to stand still. if only they could rewind it. that is an option for the video referees,

sadio mane seemed to put liverpool two up. it was a game of small margins. what if virgil van dijk had put this a few inches to the right? another incredible goal to a man who can manoeuvre out of any corner. liverpool travel with a big lead at the top, ahead of their big fight, they have a cushion. ben's moved over to the touchscreen with more on that match and the rest of the day's premier league games. 17 games this season for liverpool. 16 wins and 1 draw and when they take the lead at anfield, they seldom lose. in fact, you have to go back to october 2009 for the last time they led at home at half time and lost. that's a run of 99 games. that old cliche that the sign of a champion is the win whilst not at your best. liverpool weren't perfect today. not the prettiest of games is how

jurgen klopp described it. we had to fight that is what we did, we had to use alison, for 85 minutes, he did some warming up exercises but the rest of the time he was unbelievable. other than that, we have to fight for the result, that is what we did, and now we have three points. they'd have been watching on with glee in the red half of liverpool as second placed leicester could only draw 1—1 with second bottom side norwich. an entertaining game this one at the king power. teemu pukki slotted norwich. jamie vardy thought he'd scored for a ninth game in a row when his header went in. replays showed it was actually an own goalfrom tim krul. it ends leicester's nine game winning run in the league. manager brendan rodgers says they now need to hit the reset button but with liverpool in the club world cup this week, they can close to gap to four points at the top before

they can close to gap to seven points at the top before liverpool next play. fourth placed chelsea are having a slump too. their latest setback came at home to bournemouth — beaten 1—0. bournemouth had lost their last five before today. the main action came in the 84th minute when dan gosling nodded the ball over the line. the assistant referee initally flagged for offside but var had a look and saw gosling wasn't the player in question. the goal was given and helps bournemouth up to 14th. and just look what it meant to eddie howe and his players. a battling performance. for chelsea boss frank lampard — a fourth league defeat in five games is one he says his young side will learn from. we have to set our own standards and the position we got ourselves in a few weeks ago going to manchester city game was can we look upwards? now it has changed, now we need to show a reaction and get results,

we have tough games over christmas. this was always going to be the case as far as i saw it, i did get frustrated with people getting excited with us because i knew over the course of the season with our squad there would be tough moments and now we need to show. three other games today. chris wood's header gave burnley a 1—0 win over newcastle. their first points in four games. sheffield united's great season continued withjohn fleck‘s two goals seeing the blades past aston villa. in the late kick off — it's southampton 0 west ham 1. there has been plenty of christmas cheer at southampton. less optimistic for west ham. seven defeats in nine and it could have led to a festive farewell for manuel pellegrini. despite recent form, west ham started stronger. a

disallowed goal assign of things to come. west ham thought they had a second, celebrations proving prematurely. the art southampton's rescue. then southampton were left frustrated by the woodwork rather than technology. denied not once but twice, stunning strike ruled out for an earlierferal. twice, stunning strike ruled out for an earlier feral. southampton unable to find the equaliser they remain in trouble. for west ham, victory is an early christmas present. here is the bottom half of the table.

at the top of the table though — well who can catch liverpool now. their lead over the rest now 10 points. chelsea 20 points behind in fourth — as close to liverpool as they are to bottom side watford. sheffield united flying in fifth. could all be shaken up in sunday's games with wolves against tottenham and arsenal manchester city but even though we're not at christmas — it look like liverpool's title to lose. west brom have returned to the top of the championship after coming from behind to beat birmingham city. charlie austin's prolific form as a subsitute continued, coming off the bench to score twice in their 3—2 victory at st andrews. a fine finish for the first although some sloppy defending gifted him plenty of space to nod in the winner eight minutes later. leeds united could have returned to the top of the championship but despite having had a 3—0 lead

against cardiff city, they ended up with a 3—3 draw. preston north end beat luton to move up to third. brentford were 1—0 winners over fulham at griffin park, sheffield wednesday had an impressive 4—0 win over nottingham forest. at the other end of the table, bottom side, barnsley beat qpr 5—3. all of the scores from today's football are on the bbc sport website. aberdeen have moved up to third in the scottish premiership with sam cosgrove's 19th goal of the season earning them a 1—0 win at home to hamilton. stjohnstone moved off the bottom of the table by beating hearts 1—0 — a bad start at tynecastle for manager daniel stendel. ross county beat kilmarnock — also 1—0. whilst st mirren and livingstone shared a 3—3 draw. in rugby's european champions cup — holders saracens made amends for last week's defeat at munster

by winning the reverse fixture 15—6 at allianz park. a tight game was eventually sparked into life by two of sarries internationals. the result moves them a point behind second placed munster in pool 4. bbc rugby reporter james burridge was there. an intense and compelling match between two european heavyweights. it sparked into life in the second half, there was a huge scrap on the touchline just beneath me half, there was a huge scrap on the touchlinejust beneath me here. involving pretty much every player, caused by something the munster medic apparently said to jamie george and then ensued a huge brawl between two sets of player. as a result, munster got a penalty but hanrahan result, munster got a penalty but hanra han missed the result, munster got a penalty but hanrahan missed the kick which seemed to spark saracens into life. in the next ten minutes they scored two tries, and terrific first from

maitland after billy vunipola got his off—load, shrugging off three players. mako valley paula scored three orfour players. mako valley paula scored three or four minutes later. —— it will now boil down to january. if they win that game they could be in a european quarterfinal. plenty of reaction from the saracens camp tonight starting with the coach. we just want to get on with it, wrestle back when we have two or maintain momentum when we have it. the last 25 minutes... the game was slow in the first half, i think they were more enthusiastic in that sort of game then we were, which is unlike us. we talked about that at half—time and we came out and our intent went through the roof, our

excitement and enthusiasm was good thereafter. impressed by that second—half performance and it could do wonders for the momentum now behind this club. remember they are -18 behind this club. remember they are —18 points in the premiership, that returns next week january —18 points in the premiership, that returns next weekjanuary will be critical for this club because returns next weekjanuary will be criticalfor this club because by they could well be into plus points, in terms of the premiership league. then they will have two huge games in europejust then they will have two huge games in europe just before the six nations start. there was late drama at connacht as robin copeland scored an injury time winner to beat gloucester 27 points to 2a, gloucester had had the lead until the 76th minute but two losing bonus points keeps them second place in the pool. leinster have already secured a bonus point in front of over 40,000 at the aviva stadium in dublin — they are currently leading 113—21 against northampton, dave karney running almost the full length

of the pitch to score this one. in pool 2, glasgow were beat by la rochelle. england went into their final one day international against pakistan hoping for a series whitewash. instead, they got a bit of a washout as rain thwarted their hopes of a 3—0 win. england had looked to be in a strong position before the heavens opened in kuala lumpur. henry moeran reflects on teh action that was played in that game and the series as a whole.... frustration in the end for england unable to complete a clean sweep in this one—day international series because of the rain that has seen the post series presentation have to ta ke the post series presentation have to take place by me under shelter. 38 overs we re take place by me under shelter. 38 overs were all that were possible. england reducing pakistan to 145—8. more impressive bowling, four wickets for 18 runs for her. now onto the t20 series as preparation

for the t20 world cup begins to build. we did not start the best today but we put it back brilliantly. especially the spinners in the middle picking up wickets, i was gutted sarah did not have the chance to finish off. 0verall pretty happy with how that one day series has gone. what have you taken away from the series? i think sarah has been a really good final making her debut, she has bowled exactly how she has done in the ks elk, very consistent. the batter shovel scored, a lot of big scores as well. picking up that 80 or the other day, i haven't seen that from her in an england shirt. really pleased for her to get those endings under the bag and it bodes well for the t20 is coming up. a lot of positives. three

centurions. the emergence of the bowler sarah glenn. but there will bea bowler sarah glenn. but there will be a sense of frustration that for the first time ever they have played a one—day international against pakistan and been unable to force the rectory. nothing to do with them, the frustration of the weather here in kuala lumpur. let's take you quickly through some of today's other top stories... former wicketkeeper mark boucher has been named as the new head coach of south africa. they take on england in four tests, starting in centurion on boxing day. the 43 year old played in 147 tests before retiring in 2012 because of an eye injury. australia are on top in their first test against new zealand in perth. mitchell starc took five wickets as the hosts bowled the black caps out cheaply in their first innings. australia are 167—6 in their second innings — a lead of a17 going into day four.

in the nba, the milwaukee bucks beat the memphis grizzlies for their 17th straight victory. it's their second longest winning streak — second only to a 20—game run in 1971. memphis led at the end of the third quarter but the bucks came back in the final period to maintain their lead at the top of the eastern conference. golf isn't a sport where you expect to see too much argy—bargy but emotions at the president's cup spilled over on day three in melbourne where patrick reed's caddy has been kicked out after an altercation with a fan. last weekend, reed was caught up in some negative publicity of his own after being accused of cheating at a tournament in the bahamas. fans have been a little prickly towards him in australia and as chris mitchell explains, reed's caddy — who's also his brother in law — took exception to some one spectactor in particular.

this is not the kind of drama the pga would have wanted on day three of the presidents cup but it is the kind of drama many of us perhaps saw coming. i have been in amongst the crowds this weekend and they are pretty boisterous i have to say. their focal point is patrick reed, everywhere he goes he is followed by chants of cheat and it can be worse and a little bit crass and i am sure a bit irritating if you are patrick reed. sometimes the spectators have had one or two beers shall we say. so we did see this coming and it is no surprise that it has finally boiled over on the 16th green today as he was walking off, patrick reed and his caddy were confronted by a fan who got who got very close to reed, within touching distance and was abusive. his caddy thought he better step in and are physical altercation reportedly took place where the spectator may or may not have been shoved and spilled his beer.

this has been as i understand caught on phones, there is some video doing the rounds right now, the pga have investigated, they have told patrick reed's caddy that he can take no further part in the presidents cup and will not caddy for him in the sunday singles. it is a drama, i do not think it was a serious one, we all saw it coming but it gives you an idea of the pressure, the boiling pot that is out there on the royal melbourne golf club and it is interesting to note it is that story which is already making the news headlines here in australia, i have already seen it in several news bulletins so it is doing the rounds and the pga would prefer us i think to be talking about what an exciting contest it is, the international team leading 10—8 going into the final day but we're still talking patrick reed. british showjumper ben maher has enjoyed an incredible season with his ride explosion.

they ve won three tour titles, two european medals and the prestigious champion of champions event late last month, raising hopes they could challenge for olympic honours next year. before then though maher will compete at the 0lympia horse of the year show in london next week. nick hope has been to his yard in hertfordshire to meet him. who with rider ben maher is having an incredible season. he is an incredible horse, he has the star quality when we have a day like today when you all, he knows they are here for him and he really loves the attention, he really wants to win as much as i do which is what brings us what brings us together. after winning the procedures super

grand prix, he is hopeful explosion can help him. i know what it takes to win team gold—medal but individually that is something i have not experienced yet, i have i've been individual silver medallist twice at the european championships. we try to learn from previous mistakes and see if we can produce the result next year. despite all ben maher‘s incredible success with explosion this season he will not actually be riding his champion horse at at the season ending world cup at olympia. instead he's using the festive event to blood some new talent. 0lympia is the most fun show of the year, it is all about christmas, and the fans, the crowd and the atmosphere make 0lympia so special. done in style! the world cup win going back with tripple x was definitely something specialfor me and we are riding a little bit the next generation horses in olympia, we have f1 usa, a nine—year—old stallion that i've been riding for the past three years.

i hope he can has the same idewas, that we can train, go there and produce a result that i know he is capable of. maher wants to round off a stunning year with one final victorious leap in london. sports personality of the year takes place in aberdeen tomorrow night. doddie weir will be awarded this year's hellen rollanson award which recognises outstanding achievement in sport in the face of adversity. the scottish rugby legend was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2016. he set up the ‘my name's doddie' foundation, which has raised more than £4 million for research into the disease. weir was also awarded an 0be this year. from day one that you get diagnosed, you get told there is your care nurse, she will help you, there is nothing else we can do.

i don't agree with that at all. everyone with motor neuron disease basically has to self cure. i don't have a medical background so i don't know what i'm doing, whether or not it helps, pretty much every patient with mnd is going to go home and self cure which i don't think it is agreeable. that has been my frustration for the last three years or so, there is nothing there to help the patient. around about this time tomorrow that famous tune will be ringing out in aberdeen to herald the start of the awards. who wins the top gong is down to you too. six contenders to choose from. and some famous faces can tell you why they deserve your vote. this gets me going! you are a nominee! raheem sterling you are a nominee.

dina asher—smith you are nominated. ben stokes you are a sports personality of the year nominee, congratulations. you have had an amazing year but if we had to pick one thing it would be when you won the world heptathlon title which was a special moment but coming back from previous disappointments in the past we all know how much strength and courage that shows. if i had to pick one moment that was the best for me i think it would be the world cup final, i was actually, i was meant to be doing a gig that night and we had been watching it all day and i was about to go on stage and we were all in the wings of the gig and we went on a little bit late, watching you win it on that and it was just brought everyone together. congratulations on that. the bravery you show to stand up for what you believe in, especially for racism is incredible, you are a true model

and asa striker your record, that is one of the key moments. dina had an absolutely incredible world championship, she smashed it, she made the country proud, she did herself proud, made everyone proud and brought it home. my favourite moment was the hungarian grand prix, coming back in the last ten laps, extraordinary. there is an insight into how focused and determined this guy is, a true phenomenon. my favourite moment is when he led wales to a grand slam victory. he showed amazing leadership and was the standout player. everyone should vote for him on the 15th of december. we think kat deserves to when. vote for ben stokes. make sure you vote for raheem sterling. please please vote for dina asher—smith for your sports personality of the year.

vote for lewis hamilton, he has to be in pole position. you can't vote until tomorrow but you can watch it all on bbc one you can watch it all on bbc one from 7 o'clock tomorrow evening with build up and buzz from the red carpet online and on the red button from 5. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. this is the wintry scene in east wales in the last half hour, just one of some of the hazards to

content with through the evening, as we go through the night, health snow will be a feature, particularly to, northern england, southern scotland wales and northern ireland, ice will also come into the mix. some gusty winds to our company. particularly is pushing eastwards, the odd rumble of thunder, they will continue to work towards the south—east, most of the rain and hail but we will start to see the showers turn windy as temperatures drop, across parts of north wells into northern england and scotland and northern ireland, centimetres of snow possible. a few of you will wake up to a covering of white, mainly on the hail is, could be someone lower levels. away from that, clear conditions, when's touching gale force at times, could see 50 or 60 miles per hour gust. we normally don't see temperatures drop down as much, tonight will be pretty cold however. temperatures below

freezing in some areas. here is the big picture as we go into sunday. low— pressure big picture as we go into sunday. low—pressure to the north, another spreading into the north—west and northern they well intensify the winds, gales possible here. other than that, one or two showers but a lot of dry sun! sunny weather on sunday. many of you all day long. but southern areas becoming increasingly likely to catch one or two showers. a blustery day, not wind yesterday. gales later, may be severe in the hebrides. another chilly day, temperatures 2—4 across scotland, nine or ten across the south coast. there will be some frost and ice around to take us into monday. monday largely dry for many. a few showers northern england and scotland. showers longer lasting, turning to snow over higher ground here. later on, the cloud increases

which could bring heavy rain towards the far south—east. a bit of a question about that. could even bring a bit of health snow. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm: a british tourist is reported to have been shot dead during a suspected robbery outside a hotel in buenos aires, argentina. the prime minister visits voters in tony blair's former constituency in north east england, promising to repay the trust of those who'd broken the voting habits of generations. 0ur country's now embarked on a wonderful adventure. we're going to recover our national self—confidence, our mojo, our self—belief and we're going to do things differently and better. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has confirmed he will not be part of labour's next shadow cabinet following the party's crushing election defeat. we'll all go now.