ididn't i didn't expect armfield to start chanting that i should get the sack! maybe i should be. we have won a lot of titles. it is what it is, it is part of the game. when you when you laugh, when you lose they laugh, and you have to accept. the lead is not decided in november or december. last year there were eight points behind arsenal in february. m0 there were eight points behind arsenal in february.— there were eight points behind arsenal in february. no one has to feel empathy _ arsenal in february. no one has to feel empathy or— arsenal in february. no one has to feel empathy or sorry - arsenal in february. no one has to feel empathy or sorry for - to feel empathy or sorry for pep — to feel empathy or sorry for pep guardiola, may be for other managers — pep guardiola, may be for other managers but not for him, he has won— managers but not for him, he has won so_ managers but not for him, he has won so many titles and it will bring _ has won so many titles and it will bring city back. fiorentina midfielder edoardo bove remains in intensive care after collapsing during their serie a match at home to inter milan. the 22—year—old, on loan from roma, fell to the ground in 16th minute, with both sets of players immediately signalling for the medical

staff and forming a protective ring around him before an ambulance took him to a hospital close to the stadium. the match, which was goalless, was abandoned shortly after the incident and will be replayed at a later date. west indies head in to day three of their weather—affected second test against bangaldesh in kingston shortly, trailing by 94 runs in the first innings. the home side are 70—1 at sabina park in response to bangladesh's164, with captain kraig brathwaite unbeaten on 33. west indies are one up in the two—match series. to the nba, where james harden became the just the second player to hit 3,000 three—pointers in his career, as the la clippers held off the denver nuggets. harden scored 39 points as the clippers ran out 126—122 winners, their eighth victory in a row at home. despite posting 28 points himself and being third

on the all—time tripple—double list, reigning nba mvp nikola jokic couldn't stop the nuggets falling to defeat in california. another one of those accomplishments that you never take for granted. the amount of work that i put in, the countless days and nights where i put the working, a lot of people don't see it, but the results happen. people don't see it, but the results happen. the cleveland cavaliers ended boston's seven—game winning streak with a 115—111 victory over the celtics. donovan mitchell scored 20 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter. the cavaliers had won their opening 15 games of the season before boston finished that run. victory means cleveland stay top of the eastern conference while the celtics see their own seven game winning streak ended. buffalo bills quarterback

josh allen starred as his side were 35—10 winners over the san francisco 49ers in a game that saw heavy snowfall. allen became the first quarterback in nfl history to score a passing, receiving and rushing touchdown in the same game as his franchise secured the afc east division title and a play off berth. with five games left its the earliest a division has been won for 15 years. i threw a bad ball, ithrew a bad ball, i i threw a bad ball, i was chasing it.— i threw a bad ball, i was chasina it. . ., ., . chasing it. he made a heck of a catch. i threw— chasing it. he made a heck of a catch. i threw out _ chasing it. he made a heck of a catch. i threw out the _ chasing it. he made a heck of a catch. i threw out the sticky - catch. i threw out the sticky hand and — catch. i threw out the sticky hand and just _ catch. i threw out the sticky hand and just chased - catch. i threw out the sticky hand and just chased the i catch. i threw out the sticky l hand and just chased the ball to be there. hejust hand and just chased the ball to be there. he just pitched hand and just chased the ball to be there. hejust pitched it and i had to go make a play. hejust pitched it and i had to go make a play. the boston bruins celebrated the 100th anniversary of their first nhl game with a 6—3 victory over the montreal canadiens. charlie mcavoy scored two goals, one coming when boston scored three times in 70 seconds during the opening period on their way

to securing the win. the world number one, judd trump, has won the first triple crown event of the season, the uk championship. he beat barry hawkins in the final in york. it was tight all the way through, but trump eventually took it 10—8 to scupper the hawkins comeback. it's the fifth triple crown title of his career, his second uk title, but his first in york was back in 2011, which makes this one all the sweeter. is right up there just because of how long i've had to wait. it's been 13 years, so it's not easy to win these events. it is extremely difficult. i've played brilliant a lot of times and i've still come up just short. but yeah, to do it in the manner i've done it, probably one of the hardest draws of all time, i think to win this event and to get over the line. i'm so proud of myself and lucky to be in this position thanks to my family. news that broke after that final was that former world champion terry griffiths had sadly passed away at the age of 77 after a long battle with dementia.

griffiths was one of only 11 players to win the triple crown of snooker, which is the uk championship, masters and world title. he went on to become a successful coach and commentator after he retired from playing and numerous former and current players have been paying tribute to the welshman. and that's all the sport for now. the ppc can reveal that local councils have called to government its flagship plan to build 1.5 million new homes in england over the next five years his unrealistic and impossible to achieve. the vast majority of councils expressed concerns over the planned in a consultation exercise by the housing department. let's picture our political reporter, jack fenwick. what more has the bbc learned around the story? earlier this year the

government wrote all 317 local authorities in england asking them what they thought of the government because my proposed changes to house—building targets. we ask all 317 councils what they said, using freedom of information laws to do that, and we have heard from more than 90% of them. we discovered that there is almost universal concern among those councils about how these new house—building targets have been made and how deliverable they might be. as it stands currently, house—building targets are largely around how many people are expected to live in an area in the coming years. what this change will do it will make it more about how many houses are currently there and how many of the government thinks they can build in the future. the main role of councils is to get planning permission for these houses. you then have to make sure that the market, the construction industry can build them. and

the demand is there. those are some of the that the council said to the government that they were concerned about. the language is strong, saying unrealistic, one said it was removed from reality. the responses we saw expressing concern went across lots of councils including lots of labour councils. that is the thing that may have the government worried about this. how significant is this development for the government? housing policies? the government's housing plan is a flagship policy of theirs. they talked a lot about it during the general election since. that is for two main reasons. there is a housing crisis that they like to talk about. one of they like to talk about. one of the things that they want to do in terms of building 1.5 million homes between now and the end of this parliament is to try to sort out housing crisis. the other reason it is so important is because

house—building is really important for economic growth. we know that economic growth goes across lots of the plans of the government wants to do. in the budget a few week ago there were quite disappointing growth forecast. the prime minister's response to that is to say that the people who have up to say that the people who have up with those forecast forecasts have not put in my changes to planning. these councils are telling the government that they don't think it will work. they are often not against it, send me support this in principle, we want more houses in our area, but they say that this specific plans put forward they don't want —— they don't think will work. want -- they don't think will work. ~ . ., . , want -- they don't think will work. ~ _, . , ~ , work. with concerns like these raised, work. with concerns like these raised. what — work. with concerns like these raised, what will _ work. with concerns like these raised, what will happen - work. with concerns like these| raised, what will happen next? the government will have to respond to this consultation between now and the end of the year. we saw a slight movement in the language that ministers are using. in these targets

were first announced the housing secretary and deputy prime minister, annular —— angela rayner, were talking about annual targets. it seems now that that government doesn't want to talk about annual targets any more. that is potentially a slight change. the government told us today that we have the worst housing crisis in memory and they pledged to build 1.5 million homes is important to get through that crisis and they said they will be changing planning rules to allow homes to be built on great boutland and recruiting an additional 300 planning officers to try to get some of these applications applications approved. jack. applications approved. jack, thank yom _ applications approved. jack, thank you. there _ applications approved. jack, thank you. there is - applications approved. jack, thank you. there is a - applications approved. jack, thank you. there is a much l thank you. there is a much longer report on that story on our website. hello again. we've had some rain, some showers around through this morning, but one thing that all of us will notice as we go through today is how much colder it's going to turn.

we've had a few rainbows spotted by our weather watchers this morning. that one was from york earlier on today. that's because we've had some showers, as i said. it's the cold air that's moving southward at the moment across the uk. the arctic air is going to mean the temperatures taking a big drop compared to where they were yesterday and the weekend. you can see this band of rain during this afternoon across north wales into northern england, eastern england. some sunny spells ahead of that and some sunshine coming out behind that, as well. we still have that northerly wind bringing in some showers, which could turn wintry over the higher ground of scotland. temperatures here four or five celsius. further south temperatures will drop away as the afternoon goes on, so about eight or nine degrees later on. tonight, the area of rain will continue to clear away and, with a rather brisk northerly wind, we will continue to see a few showers coming in around those north sea coasts, but for many of us, with clear skies, it's going to turn quite cold. there will be a frost around tonight, as well. temperatures could be as low as —6 or —7 degrees in northern areas of scotland.

throughout tuesday, for most of us, a fine start to the day. we mightjust see one or two mist and fog patches, a bit of cloud. a few showers clinging to cumbria, into lancashire, as well, but for most a dry day with some sunshine. we've got some rain that's going to spread its way into northern ireland, into western scotland. it's going to bump into the colder air so we could see some snow on that leading edge. another chilly day for many of us with those highs about four to seven degrees. tuesday night, as that rain continues to move in, there will be a bit of snow across the higher ground of scotland, perhaps some fleeting snow across northern areas of england, as well. we could see about one to three centimetres of snow over the higher ground of northern scotland overnight into wednesday morning. that is something to keep an eye on. as we go through wednesday that weather system just fizzles away, really. into wednesday and thursday we've got low pressure moving in, so a return to some milder conditions, but wetter and windier conditions for many of us on wednesday and thursday. we'll keep a close eye on that one.

temperatures, though, about 11 or 12 celsius. it will turn colder again as we go into the weekend, as the weather quietens down from the wet and windy weather for the end of the week. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. president biden grants a pardon to his son hunter, sparking anger among top repubicans. syria's president turns to iran and russia for support after rebel groups gain control of country's second largest city, aleppo. explosions another night of unrest on the streets of georgia. the government says 21 police were injured in clashes the bbc comes under pressure to pause masterchef

while allegations against gregg wallace are investigated. a row over france's budget sparks fears of political chaos, as the opposition threatens to topple the government. hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the us where president biden has been criticised by leading republicans for pardoning his son, hunter, who was due to face sentencing this month on federal gun and tax convictions. the president gave him a full and unconditional, covering a decade, despite previously saying he would not interfere with the justice department's decisions. this was the president speaking injune this year. i'm extremely proud of my son hunter. he has overcome an addiction. he is one of the brightest, most decent men i know, and i am satisfied that i'm not going to do anything,

i said i'd abide by thejury decision, i will do that