showers in the morning. most frequent in western scotland and northern ireland. gusty wind towards the west. more insurers in england and wales, fewer than today. the wind will be much lighter as well. going to be a chilly day by and large. chance of io going to be a chilly day by and large. chance of 10 degrees in the south. rain getting close to the channel islands in the afternoon, in the evening, it will advance out of france. how quickly it does so from this weather front is the question. monday into tuesday, if the rain arrives on monday evening it should hopefully clear about airlie as we head into tuesday. either way, going to be fairly cloudy and damp across east anglia to start, elsewhere further north and west could be dense fog patches around to begin with but breaks developing through the day. still a fairly chilly day. temperatures in single figures from many. frosty and foggy for many

places on wednesday, it will turn wet and windy towards the west, heavy rain at times, temperatures are starting to rise even though eastern areas still only three or 4 degrees. a wet weather pushes north becoming more extensive through thursday and friday. strengthening wind across the too. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: the labour leadership says sorry over the heavy defeat in the general election. jeremy corbyn wants the process of deciding how to elect a new leader to begin swiftly so his successor can be in place by the end of march. nicola sturgeon renews her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustn't be kept in the union — against their will. a british man has been killed and his step—son wounded, after being shot during a suspected robbery in buenos aires.

a marathon un climate summit in madrid ends in a compromise — leaving many delegates unhappy. around 2,000 properties are still without water in and around in parts of bedfordshire, after supplies failed on friday night. now on bbc news — it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday — with me, ben croucher. coming up: it's de bruyne at the double as he powers manchester city past arsenal in the premier league. manchester united can't win anything with kids today. although one of their youngsters earns them a point against everton. all the day's football to come. and we'll bring you the latest from aberdeen, where we wait to see who you will crown your bbc sports personality of the year.

also coming up on sportsday: all hail exeter — the chiefs battle the elements and sale sharks to put themselves within touching distance of the champions cup quarterfinals. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i'm ben croucher. we'll bring you that news, wins for celtic and rangers too, but we'll start in london where manchester city put last weekend's derby defeat behind them by beating arsenal 3—nil at the emirates stadium. it was another virtuoso performance from kevin de bruyne, with two goals and an assist, as city closed to within four points of second places leicester. craig templeton was watching. for his 200th game in charge, pep guardiola put his faith in youth,

phil ford and given his first league start away from home. it was a man with rather more experience who would steal the show, kevin de bruyne did not hang around, scoring the first goal within two minutes, showing the kind of skill, accuracy and control of one of the worlds best. time for some vision, as the belgian picked out raheem sterling, who made it to. it wouldn't be long before the three, raheem sterling againfinding before the three, raheem sterling again finding space, i'm finding the bottom corner. 0nly again finding space, i'm finding the bottom corner. only the brilliance of the keeper denied him a first—half hat—trick. after arsenal gifted gabriel gc is an opportunity, the cuboid was on hand again, not the cuboid was on hand again, not the performers he would have looking for. it nearly got worst as sterling hit his target. city are still behind liverpool, all that they talk will be about kevin. for arsenal — it's just one

win in 12 now for them and just a solitary victory since freddie ljungberg took over. for city, 14 points behind leaders liverpool. for pep guardiola — he needed to talk about kevin. he isa he is a players with huge talent up front. with him, with the people in the front, extraordinary. today, in the front, extraordinary. today, in the final third, he scored two magnificent goals and got an assist. so, kevin is a top player. after beating city last saturday, manchester united's inconsistencies returned as they were frustrated by everton at old trafford. they had to come from behind too — drawing 1—1 in a result that seemed to please the visiting caretaker boss more than the home one. joe lynskey reports. for the first time in six years, a man called ferguson in the old trafford dugout. but duncan ferguson is everton‘s icon, their goal—scorer of the 90s is now their caretaker manager. and having weathered early pressure from manchester united, now, the man on the touchline took on the elements himself. his side took the lead in this match, putting their bodies on the line.

oh, and it's gone in! the challenge from the corner forced united's goalkeeper to miss the ball, it bounced in off victor lindelof. farfrom vintage, but he wasn't fussing. last week, the home side beat the champions. this was looking more like a day when they were in each of other‘s way. to find the breakthrough from the bench, they unleashed their 18—year—old. .. mason greenwood! mason greenwood's the latest academy player in the first team. united have named one in the squad in 4000 games in a row. some hope for the future in a match that rung with the past, the ferguson in blue will be happiest with the point. joe lynskey, bbc news. so it's december, a former striker has returned to take temporary charge of his old club and made an immediate impact. for 0le gunnar solskjaer and manchester united in 2018 — see duncan ferguson and everton in 2019.

they've made me look good, the players have been tremendous to me, they have supported me, as have all the staff, and i've put my shift in. how difficult was today, you've been short of key players from last week, and others injured? yes, we've had a lot of injuries and sickness, you just have to get on with it. i think the players who came in were manful. one other game today. spurs have leapfrogged united and are up into fifth after a late jan vertoghen goal earned them a 2—1 win at wolves. a fourth league win in five games for managerjose mourinho. we coped with their best period, which was after the 1—1 where they tried. they are not a team that is satisfied with a point. they know that if you arrive in the last part of the game with that possibility, we knew that we could score our goal, so the goal came. after that, it was to close the door for five minutes, and go home with three incredible points.

celtic extended their unbeaten home run in the scottish premiership to 28 games by beating hibs 2—0. it keeps them a couple of points ahead of rangers — who'd beaten motherwell earlier in the day. nick parrott watched that one. steven gerrard spoke of building something special at rangers after extending his contract this week. he is yet to lead them to a trophy, but results in europe and the scottish premiership are improving. they had to come from behind to beat motherwell at home a few weeks ago, k/g but alfredo morelos was left frustrated on several occasions.