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hello this is bbc news. the headlines... brexit talks between the uk and the eu will resume on sunday after a phone call between boris johnson and the president of the european commission — but both sides say significant differences still remain. the uk vaccine regulator says the covid—19 vaccine will "definitely" be ready to go into care homes in the next two weeks. a large—scale coronavirus vaccine roll—out begins in russia — but the sputnikjab is still undergoing mass testing. hens, turkeys and other captive birds in britain must be kept indoors from december 14th after an outbreak of bird flu.

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. time for sportsday. i'm katherine downs. coming up... a leap up the table from 11th to 4th for manchester city — as they fly past fulham in the premier league. ireland score three second—half tries to see off a scotland challenge and claim third place in the autumn nations cup. and with lewis hamilton away valterri bottas gets to play as he claims pole position for the sakhir grand prix in bahrain. hello and welcome to sportsday. a landmark match for pep guardiola — 700 now in his managerial career — and his side scored their 400th goal for him too.

hello and welcome to sportsday. a landmark match for pep guardiola — 700 now in his managerial career — and his side scored their 400th goal for him too. some nice round numbers — and a comfortable win for city, 2—0 over fulham. craig templeton reports: pep guardiola has made it clear recently that he will not pick players on reputation alone. raheem sterling, like city, has had a slow start to the season but he was back in the side and looking to speed things up. this was inside three minutes, sterling and immediately but could only find the fulham keeper. this was inside five minutes, sterling in behind again and this time he found the bottom corner. one nil. and when he started twisting and turning he felt a touch and went down, penalty. kevin went to the opposite corner and doubled

city's lead. the belgian really should have stall, scored another. he beat alphonse again but this time not the crossbar. their search for a third would prove to be as pointless one, ruben diaz coming the closest. so, no extra goal but city looked brighter and it was a day when sterling strong. bbc news. so it's the first time this season that city have won two games in a row..... here's their manager pep guardiola we struggled at the beginning of the season we struggled at the beginning of the season for many we struggled at the beginning of the season for many reasons to we struggled at the beginning of the season for many reasons to get results in a row so now it is good and especially the way we play, the way we defend, all the games just one short selling and today one shoots recover at the end so it is so important for us, ya, to maintain the solidity and we create enough chances to win the game. so, pep

hundredth game. another neat landmark for sean dyche — burnley‘s 1—1 draw against everton was his 200th in charge. there was a quick start for burnley, before they everton equalised. rhia chohan watched this one... the chill of being in the relegation zone can be felt in the air. in the winter squash sun shone. with very few shots on target this season, let alone goals, bobby brady ended a drought in the opening minutes, just the faith the clarets have scored all season. when owen finally got a sniff at everton, nick pope's lee, acnes stood on the way of an equaliser but on the stroke of half—time he handed lewis an opportunity which he ate up. whether it is the yoga of the speed training thatis it is the yoga of the speed training that is working, this talk showed while he is one of the most prolific forward in the premier league. after the break, chris ward would have a place's lead had it not been for jordan pickford's reflexes. although

there were no fans to witness two excellent goalkeeping performances the england manager was observing eagle eyed from the stands. frustrating faces at the final were saying —— frustrated faces at the final whistle as either team could have won this one. the second half is just getting under way at the london stadium — where a couple of thousand fans have enjoued watching west ham take the lead against manchester united. tomas sausek with the west ham goal... while still to come at eight o'clock chelsea take on leeds united at stamford bridge... in the championship, 2,000 fans were at the madejski stadium to see reading beat nottingham forest 2—0. it was a dreadful start for forest, they went down to ten men after ryan yates handled the ball on the line. lucasjoao scored from the resulting penalty reading made it two in the second half through michael morrison's header... a quick look at some of the other results

from the championship today. norwich remain top with a 2—1 win over bottom of the table sheffield wednesday. while wayne rooney claimed his first win as derby interim boss as county won 1—0 at millwall. now, millwall fans returned to the den for the first time since february and a section of them appeared to boo as the players took a knee in support of the black lives matter movement. the fa have since issued this statement saying... there were four matches in the scottish premiership... hibs go third after second—half goals from martin boyle, christian doidge and stephen mcginn. scott pittman and marvin bartley got the goals for livingston

in their 2—0 win over dundee united. aberdeen are fourth after a 1—1 draw against bottom of the table st mirren. hamilton secured their first home league win of the season as they beat kilmarnock i—0 — the win lifts them two places to 10th. manchester united's unbeaten start to the wsl continues — they scored a goal in each half to beat aston villa. leah galton scored the first — but it took until the 89th minute for ella toone to chip in for the second. united now four points above arsenal at the top of the table. rugby union's autumn nations cup comes to a close this weekend — england and france play in the final tomorrow. today ireland claimed 3rd place by beating scotland 31 points to 16. ben croucher reports... ina yearlike in a year like no other, a familiar finish. it's been ten months and one pandemic since ireland won this fixture to kick of the six nations. since then, there's been something

ofa since then, there's been something of a scottish rugby revival. it lasted about 30 minutes in dublin— three swings of this boot put them ahead. one swing of duncan taylor's and set them back. deliberate, said the referee. yellow card. scotland one man and soon two points down following the quick reaction to keep the's fast in mind, fleet of foot, and the air. earls extended the irish lead after half time but for those fancy on the flank scotland just went straight to the middle. the wadding that endeavour with a try but they'd have little else to shout about as ireland kicked clear for a 31—16 win. for all that is changed in 2020, scotland see it out with a feeling they know all too well. ben croucher, bbc news.

wales are looking to finish a disappointing year on a high — they've lost 7 out of 8 matches during this disrupted season — italy their opponents today — wales winning 38—18. the fans were back at one of today's three premiership rugby games. 2000 were allowed in to see worcester host bath but they were in for a disappointing afternoon, though. bath ran in 5 tries and enjoyed a bonus point winning 33—17 victory. elliot stooke with the 4th try. no fans at leicester as exeter maintained their perfect start to the new premiership season. ollie devoto scored the last of their 5 tries as they won 35—13. and newcastle beat wasps 35—13 at the ricoh arena in coventry. adam radwan with the first of his side's three tries. lets take a quick look at the other sports stories making the headlines this saturday evening. neil robertson beat zhou youelong by 6 frames to 2 in the first of today's uk snooker championship semi—finals. he'll play the winner of tonight's 2nd semi betweenjudd trump and lu ning. politologue won the day's big jumps race — the tingle creek at sandown. the cheltenham festival winner

was made favourite after star name altior was pulled out due to the soft ground. the paul nicholl‘s trained grey led from start to finish, winning by seven lengths under jockey harry skelton. mark cavendish has signed a one—year deal to return to the decurnick-quick—step team... cavendish will be racing alongside the tour de france green points jersey holder sam bennett. the manxman has 30 tour de france stage wins and is a former world road race champion. lewis hamilton is missing a grand prix for the first time in his iii—year career this weekend. coronavirus has kept him away from bahrain. george russell has been handed the world champion's mercedes car and in qualifying for the sakhir grand prix he was just edged to pole position by team mate valterri bottas. nick parrott reports. george russell is taking the biggest opportunity of his career in his dried. in 36 races, spanning two

yea rs dried. in 36 races, spanning two years in formula i, dried. in 36 races, spanning two years in formula 1, his best qualifying position was 11. now he is in the championship winning mercedes, pole position was within his reach. he had never been outqualified by team—mate, but then he has never been in the same car as someone of the calibre is felt to rebut us. the finn went out first in the final session, setting the benchmark to beat. russell could not match it but red bull's and ferrari's leapfrogged match it but red bull's and ferrari's lea pfrogged both match it but red bull's and ferrari's leapfrogged both mercedes to the front row. with a short black taking less than a minute mercedes we re taking less than a minute mercedes were quickly out again and back in front with but a sleeping russell. he didn't seem to think she could challenge, letting the others fight it out, and without the pressure of having to catch lewis hamilton will for once but sass seemed more relaxed as he claimed pole but he will still have a fight on his hands with russell just will still have a fight on his hands with russelljust a fraction of a second behind. bbc news. elfyn evans says his chances of ending britain's 19 year wait

for a world rally champion are pretty slim now and he's apologised to his toyota team after crashing out on stage ii of rally monza in italy. the welshman and his co—driver scott martin were fine and hope to return to action tomorrow for the last three stages. but a podium finish for his team mate sebastien ogier will see the frenchman claim his seventh world title. feeling massively disappointed with the position we're in but also very savvy at this point for the team. i mean, it's a big point to the manufacture titled polls and i am very disappointed and sorry for that. obviously, on the driver side, it is not completely over. there's a glimmer of hope and obviously we will keep fighting all the way until the end tomorrow but, yeah, it's looking very unlikely now but, you know, we won't give up until the end.

that's all from sportsday. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases, whether you're at home or able to go out to the cinema again. directorjulien temple has worked with many a rock star — from keith richards to the sex pistols —

and his latest subject is the equally colourful shane macgowan. crock of gold: a few rounds with shane macgowan is a riveting documentary about the lead singer and songwriter of the pogues, who shot to fame in the ‘80s with their anarchic spin on irish folk music. using unseen footage from the macgowan family