what the media. -- trans-phobic. what the actions of police came way too close for comfort. this is a watershed moment for liberty. the uk prepares for more torrential rain and winds of up to 18 mph. storm dennis is expected to back it or the uk this weekend. borisjohnson‘s new cabinet meat for the first time since yesterday's dramatic resignation of javid as chancellor. and the number of people diagnosed with mumps in england is at its highest. for a decade. in a moment it's going to be time tojoin sportsday, decade. in a moment it's going to be time to join sportsday, but first a quick look at what else is coming up this evening here on bbc news. in around 20 minutes, we will bring you the latest on the story of the pa rents of the latest on the story of the parents of a four—month—old ali is

brainstem dead after they lost their legal appeal. and then we'll be looking at preparations across the ukfor looking at preparations across the uk for the arrival of storm dennis this weekend which could bring torrential rain and gale force winds torrential rain and gale force winds to much of the country. at 1040 and 11.30 this evening, we're going to be looking at tomorrow's front pages that's all coming up first. —— but first, it's sportsday. good evening. you're watching sportsday on bbc news ahead of a packed weekend of sport. coming up... the liverpool team that's not doing so well. we examine just what's going wrong with the women. life's been a bit easier for the premier league

players in the last week. but has the winter break done them any good? england are spending the winter in south africa right now, and spraying sixes all over durban in the second t20 international. and that's not all... we'll speak to one of darts' biggest stars 24 hours on from another history making night. and we're fully charged for formula e's visit to mexico city. we'll start with women's football tonight, and as the game in england has been going from strength to strength in recent years, with the world cup last year, record attendances, and professionalism, it's not all rosey everywhere. take liverpool women. as the men conquer all before them,

the women are in a relegation scrap in the super league, leading some to question whether the club is investing enough in the team. we'll analyse in more details shortly but first, jane dougall was at last night's defeat to arsenal. isa is a cold night in chester, the home tea m is a cold night in chester, the home team have lost three habitude arsenal women and they are facing a relegation. it is in a small cup —— club. top of the premier league by a considerable margin, and they're also building a £50 million training complex but currently, there are no plans to accommodate the women's team. i didn't know that, that's a shock. that's not good, is it? it's disrespectful in a way. there should be facilities in today's modern games. part of that is i think there should be a lot of investments in

the team. this isn't liverpool women's homeground. they usually play at princeton park, but the position of the pinch has —— pitch has led to people asking if it was funded adequately.” has led to people asking if it was funded adequately. i think it's windows close anyway. so it's really important for me as the manager that i don't get emotional about anything else apart from managing our players, performing every week, and we make the most of what we got. with liverpool women stay bottom of the table, other clubs have invested heavily in their women's teams and overta ken heavily in their women's teams and overtaken them. were part of a group ina family overtaken them. were part of a group in a family and if we need to tap into all areas, and we'll work together. is crucial if you want the women's came in general to progress?

crucial. there needs to get understanding that they are professional athletes and our performance should mean high performance should mean high performance for both male and female. buy the club released this statement. as the women's game grows globally, standing still isn't an option. for fans, they'll hope their teams join the bus. jane joins us live on the sofa now. jane — liverpool aren't the only club who don't share their facilities with the men are they? it's probably about half and half. manchester united don't share facilities. they didn't even have a women's team until two seasons ago,

so women's team until two seasons ago, so despite not sharing facilities, they have had quite a moment of financial backing from manchester united. they've got promotion in their first year of existence and they have a few decent players and a great manager, tottenham as well. they don't share facilities either. it's worth emphasising, liverpool do still support their women's side. also, when the league was restructured in 2018, he put together a very strong financial plan. it wasn't the case for all clu bs. plan. it wasn't the case for all clubs. i don't know if you remember, sunderland was a particularly good clu b sunderland was a particularly good club and in 2018 when it was restructured, sunderland had finished seven in the top tier but because they didn't have a secure financial plan, they had to drop out of the leagues altogether and we have to remember, that club supported steph horton, lucy bronze,

all england players who started at sunderland. there is more thanjust sharing facilities. so who does then — and is this the model of success for other clubs to follow? it is worth noting the clubs who do more thanjust it is worth noting the clubs who do more than just share facilities share facilities plus are the ones have been —— a been consists to lack successful in recent times. got to champions league final last season, manchester city who are seeing right now, you can see them lifting the cup. they are one of the first clubs to fully enter the like integrate their women's team. everton fans will have to mention the fact there women's team, it's important to remember these facilities at liverpool are new. it's not about integrating into existing facilities, it's about including. women seem haven't been considered,

that's where questions are being asked. many thanks for your time on sportsday. england's cricketers are looking to level the t20 series against south africa. they lost the toss at centurion and were put into bat. they lost opener joss buttler cheaply, caught by quinton de kock off lungi ngidifor2 but that was just a blip, fellow openerjason roy hit a rapid 40 off 29 deliveries, he cleared the ropes a couple of times. but that was nothing compared to a fanastic knock from moeen ali coming in at 7, he hit 39 offjust 11 balls. temba bavuma took an amazing catch to get the wicket of chrisjordan but england set south africa a tough target of 205. in reply, south africa's captain didn't hold back. heading out of the ground, the quickest t20 by south

african. they are currently 101 41, needing 205 in total to win. they are currently 101 41, needing 205 in total to win. let's take you through some other stories you'll be interested in, and two european tour golf events in malaysia and china have been postponed in april due to coronavirus. the world health organization has told the international 0lympic committee that there's no case for rescheduling or postponing tokyo 2020. there were fears it could also be affected later in the year. ahead of his expected super league debut tomorrow, israel folau says he considered retiring when he was sacked by rugby australia last year for homophobic posts. four time winner ronnie 0'sullivan is into the semi final of the welsh 0pen — demolishing mark selby 5—1. he made a 1—4—2 break in the process too. you can watch the other two semis on the red button and online from seven. halfway through the winter break in the premier league and the other 12 teams are back in action over the weekend. some clubs stayed at home, some went abroad — most of the players will had some

decent rest and relaxation. but will it have the desired effect? austin halewood can tell us more. it's something that players and managers have been campaigning for in english football for years, isn't it ben. most of the big leagues around europe have a winter break, but this was the first for the premier league. and over the last few days we've seen some of the players making the most of their time away from the game. this was liverpool's roberto firmino on holiday in the maldives arsenal's lucas torrera soaking up some sun in dubai. and this was man united midfielder fred's view on his holiday in the maldives — not bad at all! 0n the other hand, some of the teams went away together as a squad for warm—weather training. but with six matches in the premier league this weekend, plenty of teams and managers have been back at their clubs this week. so what exactly did the players gain from the break?

a bit ofa a bit of a tan. i think i haven't actually seen a very visible difference but i think it's a good thing andi difference but i think it's a good thing and i think it was good for them to physically and mentally rest, get away from each other, spend some time with their families in the way they saw fit. myself and the staff included. we came back looking fresh. it was great to be together, spend some time together, get to know each other, not just with the players but the staff as well. it was a very productive trip. but the break wasn't just designed to give the players a holiday. new research from the college of podiatry, who look at injuries to lower limbs, say in the average premier league match there were more than two injuries per game in december and january. that's compared to less than one a match in france and even less in spain. well, liverpool managerjurgen klopp has been one of the big advocates for a winter break, since he began managing in the premier league.

and he thinks the time away has really benefitted the players. after december, there is no player in the squad who had no pain. it's recovery, it's restarting, there are a lot of things that start —— which happened in that week. that's why we wa nted happened in that week. that's why we wanted it, that's what we fought for it, we made some decisions around it and all the boys are back and will trained completely normal. you can gaina trained completely normal. you can gain a lot. so with the winter break officially ending next weekend, there are still six matches across this one. it starts tonight with wolves at home to leicester, with liverpool, tottenham and arsenal in action over the weekend before chelsea host manchester united on monday. but after all of those trips to exotic locations —

with another storm forcast for this weekend, ben — the players could come back to the premier league with a bang. many thanks for your time. we've not got long to see. that game at molineux kicks off at 8pm, live on radio 5live in the company of conor mcnamara. two tea ms two teams here have been receiving rave reviews all season, we reach the business end of the season. can they finish strongly in the premier league? they played 41 games so fast, will it be getting to the right time for them? we see the quality and the style, what impresses me is that they're happy too that possession as the game goes oi'i. too that possession as the game goes

on. on to leicester city, they've done remarkably well to be in the position therein. barnes is the key at the moment. a lot of talk about him. there manager is possibly washing tonight. as soon as barty's there of the names mentioned throughout, he can strengthen his side but when he has to play like that and barnes —— get better and better, shirley he will get better playing under rated rogers. i think he'sa playing under rated rogers. i think he's a great manager. we got commentary coming up on bbc radio. lester if they win, go back into the top two. —— leicester. stay with us on sportsday, still to come... manchester cities have been banned for the next two seasons and fined

£25 million. what do we know? huge story. we know this investigation into manchester city's financial fairplay, those break even regulations that all clubs have to abide by. they've been conducting their own investigation and the last couple of minutes so they resealed the outcome —— revealed. for the next two season, they will not be allowed to play in the champions league and the fine is closer to 30 million euros. that is the statement, they say they have been serious breach is committed by manchester city overstating it sponsorship revenue. this is between 2012 and 2016 and they've also found

that in breach of the regulation, the club failed to co—operate in the investigation of this case. we know manchester city try to have it stopped because the officer said he wa nted stopped because the officer said he wanted them banned for a year. this was even before the panel had sat so the city said the whole process was flawed. they were very quick to come out with a statement of their own. they say they are disappointed but not surprised. they had been expecting this and they say that in december 2018, when the chief investigator publicly preview the outcome and sanction he intended to be delivered to manchester city before it began, it was flawed and consistently linked. there is little doubt in the result that he would deliver. they say there's been a bias. they are going to go to the

court of arbitration for sport to appeal against this decision but there also gonna try and overturn there also gonna try and overturn the whole sort of process when it comes to financial fairplay with you a, as it stands, fined £30 million. thrown out of the league for the next two seasons. he'll have more alan10:30 p:m.. fallon sherrock created more history last night, becoming the first woman to play in the premier league. and it was quite a night in nottingham where she came within a leg of beating former world champion glen durrant. a draw in the end — all this just a few weeks after bursting to prominance by being the first female to win a match at the pdc world championships. she joins us now on sportsday. there seems a bit of theatre around your matches. jeers for whoever you play against. i felt so privileged to be able to play on the big stages of all these

massive players and the best players in the world. it's an amazing experience. the crowd was amazing andi experience. the crowd was amazing and i was happy to get a droll. you a lwa ys and i was happy to get a droll. you always seem to be very popular in whoever you play against, whoever that might be. yeah, i think i definitely get a lot of cheers and boos in the audience. . and you're in glasgow at the moment. tell us what the next few months hold for you. it's definitely been busy since the championships, i'm currently in glasgow playing in the scottish open. that starts tomorrow. really looking forward to that. i got the uk open in a couple of weeks, the world series coming up, 2020 is going to be massive. i'm really looking forward to it. it is

thoroughly deserved. many congratulations for last night. thank you! it's the fourth round of the formula e season this weekend. as we all prepare for storm dennis, nikki shields is enjoying mexico city. a packed saturday of action and she told me about an hour ago just what to expect from the mexico e-prix. you're with all 24 drivers. it's all about street racing, a lot of the racing happens in cities around the world right in the centre of town. at this race is quite an unusual one because if that a purposely built track. and it's so competitive. they never quite know which driver will be on top. it kind of a mario kart style, tell us about that. it's

actually where the driver's hand influence the race and vote for the drivers. —— driver's fans. they can use it as a defensive moment during the race, but the other really interesting point which i think is crucial to this race is something called attack mode. attack mode is activating when the driver has to drive off the racing line, so i imagine there is the quickest way to get around the track. the driver has to go past the line, which might cost them a little bit of time but once they hit that part, they basically can trigger this thing called attack mode and that gives them extra power during the next four minutes and up to eight minutes during the race. everyone does say it's the best calibre of drivers.

where talking familiar names, so really it is a sort of fantastic calibre of drivers here. also teams as well. we've got big manufacturers involved, we got the german for manufacturers. virgin, mercedes, jaguarfor manufacturers. virgin, mercedes, jaguar for the manufacturers. virgin, mercedes, jaguarfor the british manufacturers. virgin, mercedes, jaguar for the british fans. manufacturers. virgin, mercedes, jaguarfor the british fans. at manufacturers. virgin, mercedes, jaguar for the british fans. at the end of this lane is this absolutely incredible arena. it holds 35,000 fa ns incredible arena. it holds 35,000 fans andi incredible arena. it holds 35,000 fans and i got to say, the reason we keep coming back here is notjust the track and how the racing is. they are so passionate. the mexicans love racing. the drivers actually get to race in the stadium, £35,000,

going absolutely wild and that is what you should expect. many thanks for your time on sportsday. and you can watch practice, qualifying and the race live on the bbc sport website and app tomorrow from 1.25pm. it's lights out for the race at 9pm. breaking news, manchester city banned from european competition for the next two seasons. find around £25 million. the court of arbitration for sport could appeal this decision. manchester city state they are disappointment don't disappointed but not surprised and they are going to appeal. banned for they are going to appeal. banned for the next two seasons. we will have more on bbc news throughout the evening. don't forget bbc for all of

the latest. we'll see you next time, goodbye. the parents of a baby who clinician say is brain stem that have lost their legal us feel to force the hospital to keep treating him. four—month—old midrar ali has been ona four—month—old midrar ali has been on a ventilator at st. mary's hospital in manchester since birth. 0ur reporter is outside the hospital. jill, can you remind us the background of this case? yes, midrarali the background of this case? yes, midrar ali just four months old. he's been on of a mic ventilator and feeding tube at st. mary's hospital

in this complex behind me. there we re in this complex behind me. there were complications during his birth which led to her found were complications during his birth which led to herfound brain damage and although his body is still functioning with the help of the medical care, his clinicians after his birth started conducting tests which prove he is brainstem dead they say. they want to stop treatment —— treatment which they think would be more kind. his pa rents think would be more kind. his parents disagree with that. they have always felt that he is showing signs of light and they wanted to continue. this case has been about what life means in a clinical sense. it's exactly that, yes. sajid javid's heart is still beating. his pa rents javid's heart is still beating. his parents has looked at all of that and they said this shows that he lied. —— midrar‘s heart is still beating. everything else is the result of the rest of the care that

they're giving him. what matters is they're giving him. what matters is the brain and unfortunately, midrar‘s brain has shown no signs of life. an expert that the family took on after the original high court ruling has looked at all the evidence and agreed with the clinicians here. he says it's shows signs that midrar‘s brain is disintegrating. does that mean that's the end of things for him —— legally? midrar's father says he is considering an appeal. he is not happy with today's judgement at all. if he does that that will be up to the supreme court. that's the highest court in england. theoretically they could take it to the court of human rights. if you remember, his parents took the case around legal season. so i think midrar's parents will be taking this decision and thinking really

carefully about what the right thing to do is. thank you very much indeed. let's catch up with the weather. a week ago we saw storm ciara bringing some damage and destruction across the uk. this weekend, it's storm dennis. we have a number of warnings enforced. most concern about the rain for the system and the warnings enforced in parts of southern scotland into england and wales. we've had this weather front spread across the country during friday, this is storm dennis winding itself up. it'll be heading closer to our stores and times for the weekend. for tonight, many to our stores and times for the weekend. fortonight, many places will be drier across the north. that weather front will lie across more southern areas, so quite a damp night to come here. the winds picking up along with the temperatures, for north they will say quite chilly. a touch of frost. storm dennis shown clearly here,

lots of icy bars on the chart, right across the uk. some very active weather front which will bring a bit of rainfall or some of us. as we have through saturday, when continue to pick up through the day, reaching gale force, many severe deals and exposed areas across the west. the rain will continue to pile in. heavy rain will continue to pile in. heavy rain across some of western areas. what you will notice is it will be mild, but you may not notice it so much because of the strength of the wind and all the rain. those winds really will be a future. 50—60 mile an hour gusts. in one closer to 70 miles an hour. —— inland. as we have through saturday night, it stays windy with gales, more rain filing into england and wales. it looks like it will become more confined courts southern southeastern area, particularly across the southeast

where and —— where warnings are enforced. it'll be cooler here, still very mild in the southeast. as we have through saturday and sunday night, it looks like we could see a swathe of a very strong gales through parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. there could be severe and they can cause some disruption for the monday morning commute. lots of unsettled weather this weekend because of storm dennis. they tune for the forecast and had online for all the latest morning. —— stay tuned.

this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7pm... within the last few minutes, manchester city has been banned from the champions league for two seasons and fined 30 million euros for breaching financial fair play rules. 20 £5 million. the uk prepares for more torrential rain and winds of up to 80 mph. storm dennis is expected to batter the uk this weekend. a landmark free speech victory at the high court, for a man who was warned by police about allegedly transphobic messages on social media. we have never had a gestapo or a stasi in great britain. but the actions of humberside police came way too close to comfort.