you failed to execute a turn signal back there. their bad date turns very ugly when a police officer pulls them over in a racially motivated stop and search — a fictional scenario that both actors can relate to. you have had experience of white police officers hassling you because you are black? yeah! yeah. you are exposed to certain things and certain perspectives. it's not about my blackness, it's about other people's attitude to my blackness. i have nothing to do with it. i've not done anything. it's none of my business. it's other people's business, it's a narrative that's put on my colour. toolbox... queen & slim is one of several critically acclaimed films with black or asian leads in contention for this year's baftas or oscars which failed to receive a nomination in the main acting categories, leading to widespread criticism of a lack of diversity in the selections made by both the british and american film academies. there is clearly a problem, but that's... it's a shame.

the thing that is more disappointing is feeling like people in those organisations that make those decisions perhaps didn't even look at the movie, because that's really what you want, for people to just watch it, to see these stories. i make films to connect to people, to empower people in which a blind date spirals out of control, leading to a 21st—century take on the classic outlaw movie. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up... manchester city make the league cup final. but they stutter to it with a second leg defeat to manchester united. 19 points clear. jurgen klopp celebrates hard. liverpool's relentless march towards the premier league title continues. the top seed tumbles. dominic thiem overpowers rafa nadal as the austrian makes the semi—final. and the world indoor athletics becomes the latest sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus.

hello and welcome along to sportsday. it's manchester city who will meet aston villa in the final of the league cup. but pep guardiola's side failed to score in the second leg of their semifinal against neighbours manchester united, a 1—0 defeat on the night. but they progressed 3—2 on aggregate. patrick gearey has the details. the first leg demonstrated in 90 minutes what has been obvious for several years that city have stepped aside and flee ahead of united. they are now fully out of ridge but the promised evidence fonseca reaches extensive. he denies surgery required to keep the tie alive. turban times at united. the chief

executive had his house vandalized last night. but ahead of the gathering gloom, thunderbolt... now 3-2 gathering gloom, thunderbolt... now 3—2 on and get, it became breakfast raheem sterling found himself a time, fartoo raheem sterling found himself a time, far too much time. game still not over but in chasing this, matic was too keep us up a second go kart, united would be short for their final push. too much to ask against his city team and oak world may have added the full stop if not for the assistance... city's was the biggest victory as they are off to wimbley again. patrick gearey, bbc news. liverpool have moved 19 points clear at the top of the premier league table after a 2—0 win at west ham this evening. mohammed salah scored from the spot in the first half, before alex 0xlade—chamberlain doubled their lead after the break. west ham remain one place above the relegation zone on goal difference alone. conor mcnamara has more.

liverpool's relentless march towards the premier league title continues. this was their long—awaited game in hand and it has gone the way of so many liverpool matches the season, a win and three points for can co—opt‘s side. the goals came either side of hassan, most of a penalty taken down ten mins before the break and then taman minutes, alex alex 0xlade—chamberlain a brick wiggle putting them to heavens or in front and west ham were never going to get back. for dave moy‘s sigh, they remain only on goal difference was that a nervy end of the season for west ham, difficult matches. they have to go to a way to difficult opponents as well. but for liverpool at this title race seems to be all over bar the shouting but their fans have got a lot of shouting to do. they certainly do. so liverpool have now got to 70 points by the end of january, putting them 19 points clear of manchester city. but managerjurgen klopp is insistent that the league title is not already done.

we just have to carry on, we will carry on. so many things can happen in that last period. it is interesting, that it is just not decided. that is why we don't feel like it is already done. i promise you, as like it is already done. i promise you , as we like it is already done. i promise you, as we stand here, we played that game and after the game it is like... takea that game and after the game it is like... take a deep breath, settle this, and that's how it is. there were wins for leaders celtic and second placed rangers in the scottish premiership tonight. rangers beat ross country 2—0. they remain five points behind celtic, but with a game in hand. celtic who won 3—0 away at stjohnstone. lee griffiths with the pick of the goals which all came in the first 30 minutes, olivier ntcham and james forrest were the other names on the scoresheet. ——james —— james forrest.

it was also semi—final night in the women's league cup. arsenal are through the final after a 2—1 win over manchester and it was two of their dutch contingent that got them there. vivianne miedema and danielle van de donk with the goals. they will meet chelsea, after they beat manchester united one nil. maren mjelde with the goal for their first appearance in the league cup final. let's have a quick round—up of today's other sport news. england fast bowlerjofra archer has been ruled out of the three—match t20 series against south africa next month because of an elbow injury. he also admitted he could be a doubt for the two tests in sri lanka in march. russian athletes competing as neutrals could still miss out on this summer's olympics in tokyo. the athletics integrity unit has recommended a blanket ban, after senior russian officials were accused of obstructing a doping investigation. and india have their first female professional footballer. the national team's top scorer bala devi has signed for rangers from manipur police sports club

on an 18—month deal. the wait for a record—equalling 20th grand slam title goes on for rafa nadal. the world number one is out of the australian open. he'll have to wait for another chance to tie roger federer‘s record. the spaniard was beaten in the quarterfinals by the austrian dominic thiem in what was a four set thriller in melbourne. with news of that and the rest of wednesday's play, here'sjohn watson. we have witnessed a huge upset here on day ten. rafa nadal, world number one, knocked out by the fifth seed, dominic thiem, it came over for sets, a topsy—turvy match. nadal hit back to take the third set. thiem had those three match points, taking it on the third in that fourth set tie—break. it means it is the earliest exit of rafa nadal since he lost at this stage in the tournament back in 2018.

dominic thiem marches on into the semi—finals where he will face alexander zverev, after stan wawrinka today. after that victory, promised to donate the winners cheque of around £2 million to the bushfire relief effort if he goes on to win the tournament this year. in the women's semi—final, that is all complete. we saw simona halep progress to the last four, she will play garbine muguruza who came through in straight sets against anastacia pavlyuchenkova. all eyes on the women's semi—finals tomorrow. we will see ash barty, world number one and big australian hope in action against sofia kenin. muguruza and halep will be in action as well. we will also see roger federer up against the defending champion, novak djokovic. the big talking point today, though, the exit of rafa nadal here at melbourne. john watson in melbourne.

in the last few hours it's been announced that the 2020 world athletics indoor championships in nanjing, china have been postponed. they were due to be held in march, and are the latest sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus. in a statement world athletic said the advice from their medical team was that "the spread of the coronavirus both within china and outside the country is still at a concerning level and no one should be going ahead with any major gathering that can be postponed". with details of other sports that have been affected, here's our reporter alex gulrajani. yes, the coronavirus is having an impact on the sporting schedule with a wide range of events and a number of sports moved, postpone, or cancelled completely in some cases. let's start with the latest event to go and it is the first test event of the beijing winter webex in 2022, the beijing winter webex in 2022, the men's alpine skiing world cup was scheduled for every 15th, about 1200 km north of wuhan, the

epicentre of the coronavirus up a. the international ski federation has said... and that is a common theme through all of the events, precaution being taken by the organisers of the hong kong marathon and the cycling event, both of which have been cancelled. some lipid qualifiers have also had to be relocated. one of the women's football tournaments has been moved to sydney but the story has not ended there. the china team who have flown over have found themselves placed in quarantine at their training camp in brisbane. here is queensland chief medical officer stopped they have been asked to remain in their hotel rooms until the 5th of february. there is absolutely no risk to anyone else in that hotel or to the staff in that hotel and yesterday, those footballers would have been out to

freely go through brisbane and go onto training, etc. they cannot now, they need to go and stay in their hotel rooms. they have been extremely cooperative as has the chinese consulate. hopefully they will be able to compete in city after that period of quarantine. one of the four women's basketball qualifiers has been moved to serbia, the british team are involved in that one. one of the men's boxing qualifiers has made its way from wuhan to jordan. and qualifiers has made its way from wuhan tojordan. and professional boxing has not escaped either. the lightweight title fight between jose ramirez and victor scheduled for february two has also been postponed while in international tennis, the fed cup fixture in southern china has been moved over to kazakhstan. the ietf released a statement saying... —— the itf.

alex there. and you can get the very latest on the coronavirus on the bbc website of course. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. bye— bye. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the daily mirror political editor pippa crerar and the spectator‘s deputy political editor katy balls. lovely to have you both with us. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in.

the ft says the chancellor sajid javid is preparing to throw his support making it, acccording to the paper "almost certain" the project will go ahead. the metro leads with the bbc‘s plans to cut a50 jobs in its news division as part of proposals to save £80 million by 2022. the telegraph also has the hs2 story — and a photo of nigel farage in the eu parliament, as british meps completed their final official duties earlier today. the guardian headlines the plight of british citizens trapped in china amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. the i leads with the news that the northern railfranchise will be brought under government control after years of chaos. the mail headlines alastair stewart quitting hisjob as a newsreader at itn after making what he described as a "misjudgement" on social media.

and the mirror leads with lord lucan for a second day! it says detectives at scotland yard are preparing to investigate the claim that lord lucan is alive and living in australia. i have leave you to cogitate on that particular thought. let's start with slightly more serious matters and hs2, the financial times, one of a couple of papers leading with it the story that the hs2 future clear as such he javed the chancellor throws support behind £88 billion rail project. —— sajid javid. that but we were announcing an announcement on this way. is this leading quiz above there is a crunch meeting at number ten tomorrow to discuss the details whether this can go forward. ten tomorrow to discuss the details whether this can go forwardm ten tomorrow to discuss the details whether this can go forward. it is my understanding that we are not likely to have confirmation of that decision until, certainly not this week going into next week now. it is a key meeting and one of the