in the last hour, new manchester united manager ruben amorim has been giving his first press conference since joining the club. united sacked erik ten hag last month with the club lying 13th in the table and without a premier league title in over a decade. but former sporting manager amorim believes he's the man to turn things around. i believe i am a dreamer and i also believe in myself, i believe in the club, i think we have the same idea, the same mindset, so that can help. but i truly believe in the players also. i know that you guys don't believe a lot in these players, but i believe a lot. i think we have room to improve and i want to try new things. you guys think is not possible,

i think is possible, we will see in the end. so, the red half of manchester has a new manager and the manager of the blue half has a new contract. pep guardiola signed a new two—year deal at champions city on thursday and says the reason it's not less than that is to avoid speculation about his future next year. i don't one next year sees in september, october... that was the main reason. i don't want to be in that position, because at the end the contract is there, i would like to stay two more years, but i know it will not be two years. so we have an incredible legendary players here in the team but you have to perform. if you don't perform, the chairman, ourfans will say what is going on? and you have to change. staying with the premier league, clubs have voted to approve changes to rules governing commercial deals. friday's vote took under 30 minutes, and came after an independent

panel found aspects of the premier league's rules to be unlawful earlier this year, following a lawsuit instigated by manchester city. clubs voted 16 in favour and four against, those four were city, newcastle united, nottingham forest and aston villa. max verstappen could clinch the formula one title this weekend, but he didn't fare too well in the first day of practice at the las vegas grand prix. he ended up down in 17th, with lewis hamilton setting the fastest time. lando norris, whose title challenge has fallen away somewhat, was second fastest. red bull's verstappen, who can clinch his fourth drivers�* title this weekend, ended up two seconds off the pace, but the dutchman will win the title, as long as he doesn't lose more than two points to norris in the race this weekend. jannik sinner once again cemented his status as world number one by inspiring italy to the davis cup semi—finals. sinnerfirst won his singles match to level the tie, and then beat the argentinian pair of andres molteni and maximo gonzalez with doubles partner matteo berrettini to complete the comeback. they'll face australia in the last four tomorrow in what is a repeat

last years final. germany are against the netherlands in a few hours�* time. it was an action—packed opening day of the first test between australia and india in perth. india won the toss and decided to bat, and it looked like that had backfired when they were bowled out in two sessions forjust 150. australian bowlerjosh hazlewood doing a lot of the damage with four wickets. but australia also struggled to make runs. they were 67—7 at stumps, trailing by 83 runs. captainjasprit bumrah also with four wickets. the cleveland browns came from behind to beat the pittsburgh steelers 2a—i9 in a dramatic game on thursday night. the two teams fought through blizzard conditions in ohio. the browns led early, before the steelers came back to make it 19—18, calvin austin amongst the scorers. but the browns hit back immediately with nick chubb barging into the end zone for his second touchdown of the match. and that's all the sport for now.

just to bring you news coming into us about that gatwick incident. we know the south terminal was closed because of a security alert. london gatwick�*s spokesperson now saying the earlier security alert has now been resolved and cleared by police. the south terminal is reopening to staff and will be open to passengers shortly. trains will also start calling at gatwick airport once the terminal is fully reopened. we would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding while the situation was resolved, safety and security is always our top priority. there are some delays and cancellations, passengers should contact their airline for any updates on flights. gatwick airport then just saying that the security alert has now been resolved and south terminal is reopening after quite a long spell when it was closed. you can see some of the queues of people and passengers

that built up, slightly chaotic scenes there at gatwick, but the good news is it is reopening and people should still though check with their airline for updates on their flights. also new isjust coming into us about the queen, and following a recent chest infection, says buckingham palace, the queen is continuing to experience some lingering postviral symptoms as a result of which doctors have advised after a busy week of engagements she should prioritise sufficient rest, therefore she has withdrawn from attending tonight's royal variety performance. his majesty the king will attend as planned. that is the queen who is missing that event tonight, the royal variety performance, because after her recent chest infection, she is continuing,

say the palace, to experience some lingering postviral symptoms and the bbc understands she is still feeling under the weather. the palace was always going to assess things on a day by day basis and that this is really a nasty bug that has lingered. palace sources are saying that the queen is disappointed to be missing this evening's entertainment and sensors sincere apologies to all those involved but it's a great believer that the show must go on and she is hoping to be back to full strength and regular public duties very soon indeed. the government says it will overhaul the leasehold system, affecting around 5 million properties in england and wales, by the end of the current parliament. leasehold is when you own a

property but not the land it sits on and you have to pay rent to a freeholder. service charges, paid to management companies or landlords for communal costs, have risen in some cases by thousands in just a few years leaving many people struggling to cope with rising maintenance fees. for more on the situation that leaseholders are facing let's speak to liam spender, head of real estate litigation at velitor law. thank you very much indeed for being with us. what is the issue with leaseholds and why are they so problematic and why are they so problematic and why are people worried about them, and ways the government looking at reform of them?— at reform of them? thank you for having _ at reform of them? thank you for having me. _ at reform of them? thank you for having me. i— at reform of them? thank you for having me. i mean, - for having me. i mean, essentially it boils down to two things. the first is a lack of transparency over charges, and the second is lack of accountability, a lack of control, over how leaseholder money is spent. this has become a particularly acute problem in

recent years, particularly after the 27 fire at grenfell, as you picked up on the introduction, costs have increased exponentially with very little explanation. it is an issue. — very little explanation. it is an issue, because - very little explanation. it is an issue, because people end up paying many, many thousands of pounds, don't they, in terms of service charges and so one? that's right. service charges go to the maintenance of common areas, roofs, cleaning, gardening, all of that sort of stuff, but what tends to happen because it is all very opaque is that there is very little control over what money is spent on. i have seen examples of some charges that are very difficult to justify. for example, the cost of preparing service charge accounts going up service charge accounts going up from a few hundred pounds to several thousand pounds in the space of a year, and it is difficult to see why things like that would be happening.

another example is fees for if you want to sell a flat, you have to get documentation. the worst example i've seen is £2000 for documentation leaseholders have already paid to have prepared. it is not uncommon to see fees of 500 or £600 just to sell the flat you own. it is things like that that have driven the impression that have driven the impression that money is not being well spent. that money is not being well sent. ~ ., , ., ., ., spent. we only have a minute or so left, spent. we only have a minute or so left. but _ spent. we only have a minute or so left, but what _ spent. we only have a minute or so left, but what is _ spent. we only have a minute or so left, but what is the - spent. we only have a minute or so left, but what is the best - so left, but what is the best way to reform all of this, do you think?— you think? yesterday, the government _ you think? yesterday, the government set _ you think? yesterday, the government set out - you think? yesterday, the government set out a - you think? yesterday, the| government set out a plan you think? yesterday, the - government set out a plan which is welcome. we have not had that before, but the key thing must be to get the people who have spent the money accountable to the people that pay the money, and that means redressing the balance dramatically in favour of leaseholders who pay the bills. this is a uniquely british

system, isn't it? this is something that isn't applied in the rest of the world. i something that isn't applied in the rest of the world.- the rest of the world. i mean, it is a historical _ the rest of the world. i mean, it is a historical holdover - it is a historical holdover that it happens in england and wales where you can have a third policy with who has paid the price of a handful of flats in a book who has all the sale and control, and peoplejust has to pay what is demanded. that is something that makes england and wales are unique in the world, yes.— the world, yes. thank you very much for _ the world, yes. thank you very much for talking _ the world, yes. thank you very much for talking us _ the world, yes. thank you very much for talking us through i the world, yes. thank you very much for talking us through all of that. it is a fascinating conundrum. just to say... for viewers in the uk, there are two special programmes about living as a leaseholder available for you to watch now on bbc iplayer, the true cost of leasehold, and the leasehold trap. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. good afternoon. well, it's still very cold today, but the air will turn dramatically milder over the weekend, along with some very severe weather indeed from storm bert. it's a very deep area of low pressure, pushing northwards and eastwards through the weekend. strong winds, some very heavy rain and also some more snowfall, particularly heavy over the hills towards the north. there could be blizzard—like conditions with those strong winds as we head through saturday morning in particular, along with some very heavy rain coupled with the snow melt out towards the west. this is where it could be at its worst, could lead to some flooding. there will be widespread gales too across the uk, but towards the irish sea coast, some north sea facing coast, gusts of wind of 60 to 70 miles an hour. if you're travelling on saturday morning, do take care. the storm out towards the west then, as we head through the rest of this afternoon and the satellite picture, it's a fairly quiet afternoon of weather. there have been some wintry showers around this morning, but they're starting to ease down now. still some more snow showers across parts of western scotland inland and over the hills to lower levels, mostly sleet and rain. there will be some sunshine

and temperatures still chilly, two to seven celsius. the winds are light through the day but they will pick up overnight tonight. it's still going to feel very cold, but temperatures for many out towards the west will rise through the night. but look, —12 or —13 celsius possible tonight. across eastern areas of scotland. and this is where we have an amber warning encompassing perhaps parts of south—east scotland and into the central belt. there could be some very heavy snowfall within these areas. blizzard—like conditions too, as this area of snow sweeps its way further eastwards. by the time we get to lunchtime, a lot of the snow will have turned back to rain, but some very adverse travelling conditions, some heavy rain down towards western coastal areas of wales and down through south west england as well. there could be some flooding here. it's a bit drier across south east england, but some rainfall at times and it is going to feel a lot milder but very windy throughout the day. the wind picking up towards these channel coasts. you'll notice, though, on saturday night, just how much milder it is going to be feeling.

so we're losing that cold air. it's been swept away. we'll start the day off in double figures, but still some very adverse weather conditions. it's still going to be very wet across the far south of england, into south—east england. still gusty winds towards these irish sea coasts. some sunny spells, but some showers following on behind the storm. do take care. bye— bye.

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