out against allegations of inappropiate behaviour on the show, saying they've come from "a handful of middle—class women of a certain age". his lawyers have previously said the allegations are false. and counting continues in ireland's general election — nearly half the parliamentary seats are filled but it could be weeks until a government is formed. i'll have a full bulletin at eight o'clock. i'll have a full bulletin at eight o'clock. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. (1830 weekday sportsday) hello and welcome to sportsday. liverpool go nine points clear at the top of the premier league as manchester city's winless run extends to seven games. aberdeen miss the chance to move within two points of leaders celtic as they're

held to a draw by bottom of the table hearts. england go one up in their test series with new zealand after a comprehensive win in christchurch. also coming up on sportsday... there was plenty of chaos in qatar with several crashes and safety cars in formula one's penultimate race of the season. judd trump leads the uk snooker championship final 5—3 over barry hawkins, with the evening session due out shortly. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start at anfield, and liverpool have stretched their lead at the top of the premier league after a 2—0 win over champions manchester city. cody gakpo and mo salah scored the goals which take them nine

points clear of arsenal and chelsea, and 11 points ahead of struggling city who are fifth. alex fletcher was watching. arne slot has embraced life in the premier league, bringing his liverpool team together and taking them further away from pep guardiola's manchester city. the champions were without a win in six and got off to the worst possible start. fresh from a goal in the week, cody gakpo was the man in the right place. liverpool quick to target a second, van dijk unsure how he didn't find the bottom corner. plenty for pep guardiola to ponder at the break. city taking their time, and too much of it. mo salah with the chance and the miss, not what anfield is used to seeing. but more sloppiness from manchester city would gift the game to liverpool. salah stepping up... and making no mistake

from the spot. that is now a goal in six straight premier league games for the egyptian. city struggling. liverpool nine points clear at the top. it was billed as the biggest game of the year in the premier league and anfield was packed to the rafters in expectation. joe lynskey was there for us. well, we knew before the fixture how significant the result would be for both liverpool and manchester city. for the home side, notjust a word but do so come doubly could represent a giant step for them in this title race. this lead to liverpool overmuch is a city is now 11 points. and though they tend to be slow starte is, they've never come back for more than ten points back. it is six defeats for manchester city, four defeats in a row in the premier league.

there will have to be more soul—searching for pep guardiola's team as they get to this busy period affection starting against nottingham forest on wednesday. what a start it has been for arne slot, the dutch manager came in the summer looking to make the necessary tweaks to take this liverpool to the next level. they have remarkably played 20 games and won 18 of them, and with this result, so far this season in europe they beat in the champions of germany, the champions of spainjust the champions of germany, the champions of spain just this week, and now most significantly, they have beaten manchester. this result may now put them so far ahead that the english champions are knocked out of the title race altogether. having comprehensively beaten real madrid earlier in the week in the champions league arne slot�*s liverpool continue their relentless pursuit in the premier league. let's get some reaction now from both managers.

the performance was great because i think if you want to win against a team like manchester city you have to be great in every part of football, high defending, load offending. they bring so many challenges to you. many problems they cause. i think we weren't perfect but we came quite close to managing it all. we cannot handle it now, i have to find _ we cannot handle it now, i have to find the — we cannot handle it now, i have to find the solution to be solid. _ to find the solution to be solid. in _ to find the solution to be solid, in the right moment. what — solid, in the right moment. what can_ solid, in the right moment. what can i say? these players give _ what can i say? these players give me — what can i say? these players give me the chance to maybe the best years — give me the chance to maybe the best years of my life. all i can — best years of my life. all i can do— best years of my life. all i can do is_ best years of my life. all i can do is be there and find a solution _ can do is be there and find a solution in _ can do is be there and find a solution in the right moment. we take — solution in the right moment. we take what is needed to continue to be there. elsewhere in the premier league — chelsea are level on points with second placed arsenal, after a 3—0 victory over aston villa at stamford bridge.

it leaves villa in the bottom half of the table, without a win since october while enzo maresca's side is unbeaten since losing to liverpool that same month. nesta mcgregor was watching. chelsea welcomed aston villa to stamford bridge knowing it is the result of a fixture like this that may well decide the european places. and it was the home side that made the better start. less than ten minutes on the clock... with a little help of the post, jackson, his eighth goal of the season. villa perhaps should have drawn level but 0llie watkins scuffed his big moment, and it did prove costly. their captain providing the finish. a roaming midfielder enjoying his connection with the fans. in truth, the second half failed to live up to the entertainment of the first, until just before full—time. a moment of individual brilliance from cole palmer.

not a bad way to notch up goal number 30 for the club. chelsea ending the day with three goals, all three points, and their champions league aspirations well and truly on track. despite chelsea going up to joint second with that win, enzo maresca played down any talk of them being in the title race. why shouldn't you be talked about being in the title race, given where you are? because we aren't ready for it, and the reason is there are teams like liverpool, city and arsenal, they are better than us. we have to accept how we are now. of course, our expectation has been fight with them. last year we did, but this year they are feeling comfortable and strong and better. and we are a little bit under our result and expectation, but keep going.

ruben amorim has his first premier league win as manchester united boss. they beat everton 4—0 at old trafford, with marcus rashford and joshua zirkzee both scoring twice. the win moves united into the top half of the table, with everton just two points off the relegation zone in 15th. with the amount of time we had to train, it was a great effort from the players, but i felt more than the team, the players could solve some problems we have as a team by the quality we have. it was far from the perfect performance, it was a very good result. it was a really tough match. tottenham were held to a 1—1 draw at home by fulham as ange postecolglou's side drop a spot to seventh in the table. brennanjohnson opened the scoring after half time, his sixth league goal of the season for a depleted spurs outfit, but it was fulham who equalised through tom cairney shortly after — before he was sent off.

it is not like they created loads. from our perspective, we are pretty thin on the ground, these boys are giving everything. they are depending on energy levels that many wouldn't. i can't ask much more. in the scottish premiership aberdeen missed the chance to move within two points of leaders celtic after they were held to a 1—1 draw at hearts. while rangers were the beneficiaries of an own goal away to st johnstone as they try to make up ground in third place. adam cottier has more. rangers began their game at stjohnstone 13 points behind leaders celtic. two league wins in five games had set them back significantly. after a thumping 4—1 win against nice in the europa league, they were hoping to build on momentum. chances were at a premium for them, and when they did come they found the goalkeeper in solid form.

the only goal of the game came at the midpoint of the second half. hagi making his first start in 18 months, he found him, and the midfielder with the final touch for stjohnstone — an own goal. it proved a decisive moment of a poor game and another unconvincing display from rangers. in edinburgh, aberdeen were hoping to narrow the gap to celtic to two points ahead of a showdown with them. facing the bottom side hearts, they scored with their first shot on goal as clarkson guided his shot past craig gordon. hearts' 41—year—old goalkeeper denied clarkson a second before the break. aberdeen had to change their goalkeeper for the second half after injury. the replacement was soon beaten by his own player, as devlin's own goal drew hearts level.

he played his part in making sure things didn't get worse for aberdeen, but a 1—1 draw means they are now four points off the summit. they will hope to reduce the deficit when celtic visit pitodrie on wednesday night. in the championship, sheffield wednesday came from behind to win 2—1 away at derby county. a typically spectacular goal from their captain barry bannan proved the highlight of the game, before a late winner from jamal lowe secured back—to—back wins for wednesday and lifted them into the top half of the table. derby are 15th after winning only one of their last nine games. five games in the second round of the fa cup today and one shock to tell you about. league one strugglers burton albion have been dumped out by fifth tier tamworth. 1—1 after extra time, jasbir singh made two saves in the shoot—out before haydn hollis slammed the lambs into the third round.

elsewhere, doncaster rovers came from behind to knock out non—league kettering town in extra time, with goals from former sheffield united striker billy sharp the difference. birmingham city and reading are both into the third round, as are bromley for the first time. all the highlights are on the bbc sport website. a match in italy's serie a was suspended after fiorentina midfielder edoardo bove is in intensive care after collapsing on the pitch in the first half of their match with inter milan. the 22—year—old, on loan from roma, suddenly fell to the ground, and was eventually taken away on a stretcher and put into a waiting ambulance. fiorentina say he arrived at the hospital in a stable condition and tests showed acute damage to his central nervous system and cardio—respiratory system, so was placed under sedation. he will be re—evalutated in the next 2a hours. england have beaten new zealand by eight wickets in the first

test in christchurch. they wrapped up the victory on day four to take a 1—0 lead in the three—match series. jacob bethell�*s unbeaten 50 on his test debut guiding them to their target of 104 to win in their second innings. ben croucher reports. the future of english cricket looks to be in pretty safe hands. granted, it has not been a perfect year, but the beginning of the end of 2024 couldn't have gone much better. day four in christchurch, four wickets for carse, the breakthrough. it is straight and the finger has gone up. five in the innings for carse. new zealand went down swinging, pushing the victory target beyond 100. mitchell's 84 was brilliant but in vain. carse�*s tenth wicket in the match, the best by an england bowler oversees in 12 years, and only his third test. jacob bethell is playing jacob bethell is playing in his first and waited no time in his first and waited no time

chasing down 104 to win, chasing down 104 to win, 12.5 overs it took england. 12.5 overs it took england. he was enjoying himself, he was enjoying himself, a maiden test 50 and a maiden test 50 and hitting the winning runs. hitting the winning runs. a special start to a special start to this three—test tour. this three—test tour. world champion max verstappen world champion max verstappen underlined his dominance underlined his dominance in formula one as he won in formula one as he won the penultimate race the penultimate race of the season in qatar. of the season in qatar. mclaren started the day mclaren started the day with a 30 point lead over with a 30 point lead over ferrari in the constructors' ferrari in the constructors' championship, but that's been the safety car. championship, but that's been cut to 21 after a torrid day cut to 21 after a torrid day for lando norris and a good one for lando norris and a good one for charles leclerc for charles leclerc in a chaotic race, in a chaotic race, as nick parrott reports. as nick parrott reports. winning his fourth world winning his fourth world title last weekend hasn't title last weekend hasn't sated max verstappen's sated max verstappen's appetite for success. appetite for success. after being demoted after being demoted in qualifying he bounced in qualifying he bounced back by taking back by taking the lead at the first corner. the lead at the first corner. lando norris got a great start, lando norris got a great start, moving up a place to second. moving up a place to second. while they kept it clean, while they kept it clean,

chaos behind them with several chaos behind them with several collisions bringing out collisions bringing out the safety car. things were shaken up when he hit a wing mirror that had fallen off a car.

almost the entire game. junior santos sealed victory in the 97th minute at the river plate stadium in argentina. sale sharks have closed the gap to the premiership playoffs after a dominant second half saw them beat leicester tigers 39—25, scotland winger arron reed scored two of their six tries. and england all—rounder freya kemp has returned home from the team's tour of south africa, in a bid to manage her workload and help her prepare for the upcoming ashes series in australia. kemp played in all three of england's t20 wins and the test side. the uk snooker championship remains finely poised with world number 0nejudd trump leading barry hawkins by five frames to three. it's a best of 19 contest with plenty more to look forward to. hazel irvine is at the barbican in york.

there the prize on offer, the uk chairmanship trophy. these men have won it 11 times between them. it isjudd trump in pole position to left it again, but how strong is barry hawkins's challenge looking? it looks like he will have a 6— to lead. the highlight is the two clearances barry hawkins has made and a central break. the clearance is so important for his chances to win it.- his chances to win it. barry hawkins — his chances to win it. barry hawkins has _ his chances to win it. barry hawkins has never - his chances to win it. barry hawkins has never laid - his chances to win it. barry - hawkins has never laid hands-on hawkins has never laid hands—on a triple crown title. he's not given up and is not without hope. a lot of circumstances working against him after a one o'clock finish, but still look sprightly. o'clock finish, but still look sprightly-— o'clock finish, but still look sriuhtl. �* , , sprightly. but maybe things workin: sprightly. but maybe things working for— sprightly. but maybe things working for him _ sprightly. but maybe things working for him as - sprightly. but maybe things working for him as well. - sprightly. but maybe things. working for him as well. he's -ot working for him as well. he's got through a sticky match earlier— got through a sticky match earlier in the week. maybe he

is fated — earlier in the week. maybe he is fated to do well. it did look— is fated to do well. it did look it— is fated to do well. it did look it would be 6—2judd trump, _ look it would be 6—2judd trump, but barry has shown fighting _ trump, but barry has shown fighting qualities. also play four, — fighting qualities. also play four, 5—3. fighting qualities. also play four. 5-3-— fighting qualities. also play four, 5-3. ., ,, four, 5-3. how do you assess the way _ four, 5-3. how do you assess the way judd _ four, 5-3. how do you assess the way judd trump - four, 5-3. how do you assess the way judd trump has - four, 5-3. how do you assess the way judd trump has gone j the wayjudd trump has gone today? how willjudd trump view the last clearance in frame number eight in the context of the session? he number eight in the context of the session?— the session? he will be disappointed _ the session? he will be disappointed it - the session? he will be disappointed it is - the session? he will be disappointed it is a - the session? he will be | disappointed it is a 5-3. the session? he will be - disappointed it is a 5-3. lead disappointed it is a 5—3. lead is a lead, but i think going 5-2, is a lead, but i think going 5—2, a tinge of disappointment. he would expected from bari, because he's a great player. the worrying thing for barry later is when he's got level, can he push on and take the lead himself? he is keeping judd trump's coat tails, which is incredible, but he's got to go the next level. it is incredible, but he's got to go the next level.— is incredible, but he's got to go the next level. it is set up beautiful _ go the next level. it is set up beautiful for _ go the next level. it is set up beautiful for this _ go the next level. it is set up beautiful for this evening. . beautiful for this evening.

that was after the opening session. there have been two frames, judd trump leads 6—4. these are live on bbc two and the bbc iplayer on the sports website in york. barry hawkins on his way to possibly winning this 11 frame, cut it down to 6-5. this 11 frame, cut it down to 6—5. barry hawkins has never won a triple crown event, along with the masters and world championships. those pictures are live. if you so wish you can watch on bbc two, website, or the iplayer. 17—year—old mia brookes claimed women's gold at the big air world cup in beijing today with a superb final run that saw her score 94 — the highest score of the day — for a total of 179.75, to jump up from second place and clinch her first world cup title. brookes is the slopestyle world champion and the reigning big air world cup crystal globe holder, which is given to the person who finishes top of the standings in a year. didn't even plan to come

to win today, just wanted to land my new tricks. just to be here is so sick, and to win is insane. i have no words. it is crazy, when i was on the qualifications people were doing triples. to win this with such a heavy field is crazy. 20—year old emmanuel wanyonyi re—wrote the record—books in paris this year, becoming the youngest men's 800m champion in olympic history. the kenyan runner�*s achievement capped a meteoric rise for someone who suffered personal tragedy as a child with the unexplained death of his father and had to drop out of school to scrape a living by herding cattle. bbc sport africa's kelvin kimathi caught up with wanyonyi at his family home in western kenya. feeding cattle isn't easy work. even for an olympic champion. but for emmanuel wanyonyi, this backbreaking work is part of who he is. translation: looking after

cattle as a child was tough. l but i had to do it so i could eat. sometimes i wasn't paid, but it gave me somewhere to sleep. born in western kenya, he was one of 11 children in a family struggling with poverty. aged ten, he dropped out of school. translation: i would take something small to my - sibling so they could have something to eat. it is the only reason i endured thejob. he earned sometimes less than $2 a month. sometimes he was paid nothing at all. after enduring unpaid labour and switching jobs, he eventually saved enough to return home, where he discovered his talent for running. when i was training at one of a nearby school grounds, the teacher noticed me and told me i can run very well and get into athletics, but i will have to go back to school.

when i came back, my dad was really happy. he would see me going to practice and he loved that a lot. his father worked as a caretaker. he was found dead in 2018. my father was working, guarding water for someone to prevent people from destroying the pipes. he had never come to school before. i was in class and he made sure i was called and i went. he gave me $2 and told me to go buy running shoes. it is like he was strangled in place by the water, found with a mark on his head as if he was hit. i think someone came to rob him. i wish he was here to see me run. i would push harder because of him, because all the love he had for me.

this village may be far from the stadium lights, but it is where emmanuel wanyonyi's talent was born. in every medal, every win, it brings a piece of this place and his father's spirit. the family remains important as well. my boy told me, don't cry, mum. one day i will buy you land and live a good life. i thought it was a joke, but god was with him and he succeeded. despite his father's death, he quickly rose through the ranks winning regional and national races on his way to gaining a place in the kenyan national team. something unique in him is his mental attitude. he is fearless, probably because of his background. what makes a champion be a champion is the mental attitude, and he's a champion

in his mind. no doubt. and he's now a champion on the track as well after winning the 800 metres gold at the olympics. after winning the olympics my life has changed a lot. i have more fans now. what remains is for me to support my family, my younger siblings and mother, to educate them like a father. from herd boy to golden boy, emmanuel wanyonyi has gone to the top of the podium, but he is still humble enough to know where home is. a lovely story. let's recap our top story. liverpool have beaten manchester city 2—0, and cody gakpo and in mo salah penalty has taken liverpool nine points clear of both chelsea and arsenal at the top,

11 points clear of manchester city, who lost their last four league games. there is confirmation of the table, liverpool on 34 points, just one loss. the champions dropping down into fifth. you can get more reaction on the bbc sport website, you can download the after your mobile. the snooker is ongoing between judd trump and barry hawkins. all on the website, but for me and the rest of the team, until next time, goodbye. hi there. good evening. well, it's been a mild weekend for this time of year. areas of cloud around at times, but also some spells of sunshine today. and we've also seen a good

scattering of showers out towards the west. now, still the theme of sunshine and a few showers continues as we head through the next few days. but the big change is it will be turning colder with the chance of some wintry showers over higher ground in the north and a cold northerly wind developing, and that's going to set up overnight tonight, as our fronts continue to push further eastwards. it will just allow all of this colder air to spill down from the arctic, squeezing the milder conditions out of the way by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. but this is tonight, perhaps some of this rain turning wintry, again over the higher ground of scotland, as we start to see that northerly wind take hold. a few more showers in the north and the west, and some showers, too, towards channel coast, clearing away by tomorrow morning. still mild in the south, but it's already a chilly start to the day across northern ireland and scotland. still the chance of some wintry showers here, and as ourfront, our cloud and rain sinks further southwards, there could be some wintriness over the fells and over the pennines, perhaps as we head through the day on monday.

more cloud across the midlands, east anglia and towards the south of england by the end of the afternoon, but brighter skies developing behind, but you can see a clear contrast in the cold air in the north, and still those milder conditions hanging on further south for a time at least. but it will turn colder as we head into tuesday morning with the winds lightning and a fairly widespread frost to start the day with some mist and some fog patches around some of it, freezing fog. a little milder across eastern coastal areas of england, and still the chance of a bit of a breeze here and maybe one or two wintry showers over the north york moors, but generally dry on tuesday. however, we've got our eye on this front, which as it pushes eastwards and hits the colder air, is likely to turn to snow, certainly over the higher ground of scotland, maybe even here to some lower levels, but milder further south and west, so more likely to fall as rain. but a largely dry day, still feeling cold. and then, again, we could see some wintriness over the pennines, over the fells as that front continues eastwards on tuesday night into wednesday. but it's all cleared by wednesday, and wednesday does look mostly dry.

areas of cloud, but brightening up. there will be a bit of lying snow around, and it's still feeling rather chilly on wednesday. temperatures in single figures milder on thursday.

live from london, this is bbc news. attempts to secure the world's first ever global treaty to limit plastic pollution collapse under pressure from oil—producing nations. thousand of protesters take to the streets of tbilisi for a fourth night as georgia's prime minister seems to contradict the very comments about the european union that sparked the protests. masterchef presenter gregg wallace responds to complaints about his behaviour on the bbc show, saying they've come from "women of a certain age".

i'm of a certain age" . caitriona perry life in dublin i'm caitriona perry life in dublin with two thirds of the seats in ireland's next parliament field, the two major government parties look set to return to power. and liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league to nine points and heap more misery on fading champions manchester city beating them 2—0. hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. after two years of discussions, attempts to secure the world's first ever global treaty to limit plastic production, in an effort to stop it polluting the planet, have collapsed in south korea. the world currently makes far more plastic than it can recycle, with much of it ending up in the oceans. at a week of talks, delegates from nearly 200 nations around the world could not agree on a unanimous declaration, with mostly oil—producing nations wanting to focus on waste, rather than production.

it comes two years after countries agreed that a global