hello from the bbc sport centre. it wasn't the perfect send off, but it was still a highly emotional night in malaga as rafael nadal, one of the greats of tennis, brought an end to his professional career. he lost his singles rubber and spain went onto to lose their davis cup tie against the netherlands, spelling the end for the 22 time grand slam champion. he announced his decision to retire last month after another injury hit year on tour. he'd hardly played since the olympics, but targetted this tournament on home soil

as the best way to bring his 23 year pro career to a close, i have been very lucky for the life i've had the opportunity to live in the expenses because of tennis, so ijust to live in the expenses because of tennis, so i just want to be remembered as a good person and a kid that followed their dreams and achieved more than what i ever dreamt. so an emotional night in spain, and our tennis correspondent russell fuller was there. very emotional as the national anthems were played. what turned out to be his final match, and again after spain had lost the doubles and been eliminated from the competition, that is drawing a line under his career with a presentation on court. we had contributions from roger federer, serena williams, novak djokovic and andy murray, and nadal was wiping away tears quite regularly. all this families the family who followed him over the world for over two decades with air, as you'd expect. with rafael nadal, the pistons were flying.

you could see all the effort that went into it. there was a trademark topspin forehand down the line which was such a potent weapon. the 14 french open titles, imagine winning the same grand slam at the same venue 14 times. no one has got close to that. pep guardiola has agreed to extend his contract at manchester city for another year. that would take him through to the summer of 2026, which would be 10 years in charge of the club. he's won 18 trophies since taking over in 2016, including 6 league titles, the last four in a row. and also the champions league. there had been unvertaintly over his future with tchiki bergiristain, the director of fotball and longtime ally, leaving at the end of this season. the club is also waiting to find out if it faces any sanctions after facing 115 charges for alleged financial breaches. it's been some turn—around for wales, 4 months ago they lost to gibraltar and slovakia

in friendlies and sacked their head coach rob page, they have now been promoted to the top tier of the nations league with craig bellamy having overseen the turnaround, and their 4—1 win over iceland in cardiff coupled with turkey's defeat to montenegro saw them pip the turks to top spot in their group to gain automatic promotion and take their place among the elite european nations and that also boosts their chances of world cup qualification. there had been a few questions about bellamy�*s appointment, given his reputation as a player, with a long list of disciplinary issues. a properfeel it a proper feel it was a properfeel it was important to show people i'm not a lunatic and i'm quite sane. no, but you understand what i mean. people think i was going to be running on the page and pushing the ref and stuff. getting sent off here. it's like... no. obviously, you don't know me but it was quite... i felt

probably more pushed into management to show that. there are some important games in the women's champions league later, there's an all british clash as chelsea take on celtic. chelsea top the group and a win over the bottom side will see them qualify for the quarter—finals with two games to spare, that's if twente slip up against real madrid. there are also matches in group a, 8 time champions lyon will defintely qualify if they beat roma. the defending nba champions boston celtics ended the cleveland cavaliers�* 15—match winning run in a thrilling 120—117 win in the nba cup. the cavaliers became just the fourth franchise in nba history to win 15 in a row at the start of a campaign by beating the charlotte hornets on sunday. but six celtics players led by jayson tatum's 33 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, reached double figures to inflict a first

defeat on the cavs. it was great, i thought both of them had the pressure on the physicality well. we lolled at the fence, it was a bit slower but it was more important to the proper spacing and get our drive and kick read. we had a great balance of handling the pressure, driving to attack, to the free throw. i hope teams continue to be physical because it gets us wrapped and we had it gets us wrapped and we had it very well. in major league baseball, milwaukee 5 pat murphy won national league manager of the year on tuesday after a stellar debut season with the side. while cleveland 5 stephen vogt took the american league honors after leading the guardians to 92 wins and a division title in his first year as a skipper at any level. and that's all the sport for now. that's on the bbc sport or app, and that is all.

hello, i'm sarah campbell. the inquest into the death of harshita brella, whose body was found in the boot of a car in east london, has opened and been adjourned. a postmortem examination suggests the 24—year—old was strangled. an international manhunt has been launched for her husband, pankaj lamba, who detectives named as the prime suspect in her killing. a bit earlier on, our reporterjo black gave us this update. the senior coroner for northamptonshire, anne pember, was presiding over the hearing here at the guildhall in northampton this morning and the inquest was opened and adjourned. it was a hearing which lasted around two minutes. the hearing into the death of harshita birla. miss pember said that harshita brella had been found deceased in a vehicle in ilford on thursday, the 14th of november.

she also then said inquiries from the major crime unit in the east midlands and northamptonshire police and the national crime agency have informed her that harshita was murdered at home in corby in northamptonshire on the 10th of november by her husband, pankaj lamba. she said he drove her body in the boot of the car and is now believed to have fled the country. she also talked about the fact that she'd ordered a forensic postmortem examination. she said the preliminary cause of death from that examination was manual strangulation, pending toxicology and histology results. she then adjourned the proceedings until may of next year. she also said that harshita brella's body has not yet been released. there was also an update yesterday from northamptonshire police. they released cctv image stills of pankaj lamba in ilford walking down the street. he's wearing a hooded top and you can see him with his hood up. and you can also see

an image of the silver car, a silver corsa that he used. and as you were just saying, an international manhunt is under way. anyone with information is urged, obviously, to come forward. the uk government is reviewing the role of physician and anasthesia associates in england because of growing worries about their use in the nhs. the british medical association had expressed concerns that those in the roles were being asked to perform tasks they were not meant to. our health editor, hugh pym has this report. physician associates work alongside doctors in hospital wards, in gp surgeries, and in a&e. the role was created to help support doctors and improve patient access to trained health professionals. they have fewer years of training than a doctor, though it includes a relevant biomedical degree and then a two year masters. but some concerns have been raised about their role with patients. stephen is a pa who now runs

a group representing the profession. the things that we care about are looking after patients and also taking the pressure off the vast majority of the medical workforce that is struggling right now. some doctors have said your profession raises safety concerns and it's not properly regulated. what do you say to them? i'd say they're fundamentally wrong. for 20 years we've done this now. we're very underrepresented in the statistics around safety incidents. we've worked very hard alongside our consultant colleagues to make sure that we practise safely. doctors created our role and doctors asked us to do it and doctors are the ones that designed our curriculum for us to be able to do the things that we do. but over the last 12 months, the doctors union, the british medical association, says patients have been put at risk by pas. in one case, a coroner highlighted concerns about a hospital death and the role of a pa. what we've seen is physician associates undertaking roles that are above their training.

patients are believing that they're seeing a doctor when they are not, and that's leading to some unsafe decisions and, very sadly, patient harm and even death. is there an element of doctors trying to protect their elevated status in the health world? i'm not sure that the medical profession has an elevated status, what we have is expertise. we're not trying to protect doctors, we're trying to protect patients. the health secretary acknowledges the debate has become toxic, but he hoped a review would take the heat out of the issue, as he hinted in a recent breakfast interview. before we put the foot down on the accelerator to expand the number of roles, i think we also firstly need to take stock on where we are, dive deeply into some of the challenges that have been put to us by the medical profession about the deployment of these roles, because i need to assure myself, in order to assure the country that we've got the right people in the right place doing the right thing.

both the bma and the physician associates welcomed the review, and with the government hoping to treble the number of pas in england to 10,000 over the next decade, the outcome of the review will be crucial for nhs workforce planning. hugh pym, bbc news. as usual, on a wednesday, we're going to prime minister's questions in the house of commons. but today, it's the deputy prime minister's questions. angela rayner will face the conservative frontbencher alex burghart. our political correpondent in westminister, tom symonds, can tell us more. hello to you. could you tell us more about alex burghart, and then perhaps not too familiar to many. then perhaps not too familiar to man . ~ , , then perhaps not too familiar toman. ., then perhaps not too familiar to many-— then perhaps not too familiar toman. . , to many. absolutely. what is he takinu to many. absolutely. what is he takin: the to many. absolutely. what is he taking the reins _ to many. absolutely. what is he taking the reins of— to many. absolutely. what is he taking the reins of deputy - taking the reins of deputy prime minister possum in questions this lunchtime? kemi badenoch never appointed a deputy commissioner doesn't have one. there is no natural

standing when the prime ministers away and the two deputies faced each other at high noon. she looks to be picking from her team each time this comes up to try out, perhaps, some senior frontbenchers to see how well they do in this very, very difficultjob of holding the government to account in public, in front of the comments come in front of the cameras. alex burghart is the norm ireland shadow secretary, is that shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. he is different to angela rayner in many ways, he went to a private school, he was educated at christ church oxford, angela rayner, honestly, as many people know came up through a compliance of school, work and care. she then became a trade unionist. very different backgrounds, but both likely to be attempting to make really punchy points, land on each other, during this confrontation that we are about to witness.

confrontation that we are about to witness-_ to witness. let's take a punt at some _ to witness. let's take a punt at some of— to witness. let's take a punt at some of the _ to witness. let's take a punt at some of the issues - to witness. let's take a punt i at some of the issues possibly on the table today. there was huge protests in central london yesterday around westminster with a farmer is converging and obviously the conservatives are very much backing their call to revoke this inheritance tax that they are now facing. presumably, we would expect that to be one of the issues discussed today?— that to be one of the issues discussed today? absently. the farmer's dispute _ discussed today? absently. the farmer's dispute with _ discussed today? absently. the farmer's dispute with the - farmer's dispute with the government regarding inheritance tax is tricky for the government. they are trying to fight with numbers, policy and with an attempt to free up the markets in agricultural land and it's an emotional argument from farmers. they say we put food on the tables, you are making life harderfor us. the conservatives in the last 24 the conservatives in the last 2a hours very much thrown their weight behind the farmers. it would be surprising, i think, if they didn't use this opportunity at prime minister's questions to make life

difficult for the government, to point out the difficulties that some farmers will face. there is a battle of figures here, the government says only about a quarter of farmers, about a quarter of farmers, about 500 fancier, might have to pay a form of or amount of inheritance tax, should somebody die, and the fire be passed on. the desert to say that number is a lot higher because fans are worth a lot of money, even though they don't make much profit. that's the kind of battlefield on farmers. winter fuel. kind of battlefield on farmers. winterfuel. there kind of battlefield on farmers. winter fuel. there story going around your yesterday with government estimate sing and additional 50,000 pensioners will be living in relative poverty as a result of the interview payments. it is cold outside, snow on parts of the country, this will be on people's mines this lunchtime. yes, it will be interesting to see if he takes it over a variety of topics are all at once. the right in front of your payment might be something

they look at. the government did put forward these figures yesterday, which said there would be a .5 increase in the hardship. that is a caveat in those figures. the government is trying to get they want more and more pensioners to sign up but this estimate of pensioners that might end up in relative poverty is affected by the number that sign up, so it's difficult to know whether those figures are entirely accurate. but again there are a good attack point for the government, because they do suggest that this change to the way in which the government releases money and the government says it has to do because there is a big black hole... , ., , ., .,