ofthe also met the families of the children killed. all of whom have been invited to the carol service at the abbey. this christmas especially the abbey. this christmas especially the royal family has the abbey. this christmas especially the royalfamily has much to the abbey. this christmas especially the royal family has much to reflect on from a personal perspective. designed as a carol service is designed as a celebration of those people carol service is designed as a celebré help >f those people carol service is designed as a celebré help us hose people carol service is designed as a celebré help us through >ple carol service is designed as a celebré help us through the darkest us who help us through the darkest times. daniela relph, bbc news, westminster abbey. time for a look at the weather, here's thomasz. yes, it is important because the weather warnings from the met office from a scale of red to yellow represent different things. so the red represents notjust impact but how bad the conditions are going to be. it also reflects the likelihood,

so the red warning high—impact, highly likely. this is for wales and also areas around the bristol channel stop the red warning, which is quite channel stop the red warning, which is quit we saw the flooding last time. where we saw the flooding last time. that 80 to 90 millimetres could fall in a short space of time. on the weather map this is what storm darragh looks like. the centre of the storm where you see the circle of low pressure is the calm. the strong winds blow around the centre.

it is like a hollow doughnut. the 70 to 90 mile an hour gusts slamming into western parts of wales. a period of calm, flat calm is possible for example across northern england. before later on saturday it is that north to north westerly that comes rushing down and again bring in problems of its own. 50, 60, 70 mile an hourwinds in problems of its own. 50, 60, 70 mile an hour winds again bringing disruption and some damage. yellow means that it is slightly less likely that you will run into the really big problems but it is severe weather nonetheless. good news, next week is looking a lot calmer. fingers crossed. that's it. i'll be back at ten, but on bbc one, let's join our colleagues for the news where you are. bye for now. hello and welcome to sportsday. iam olly i am olly foster.

another batting blitz from harry brook has given england the advantage in the second test against new zealand facing up to the fans frustrations, and not backing down. there's fighting talk from tottenham's ange postecoglu merseyside derby memories. everton prepare to face liverpool for the final time at goodison park in the league also coming up on sportsday. ahead of the final formula one grand prix of the season, the temperature on the track in abu dhabi is matched by more heated words in the max verstappen george russell in the max verstappen george russell spat. and we'll hear from the british bobsligh team pushing for gold ahead of the world cup season, evening, there's another great weekend coming up

on top of another packed football programme, there's european rugby, to, and it also looks like being a good one for england's cricketers as they look to win the series against new zealand. they are on top in the second test, after a brilliant century from harry brook on the first day in wellington. new zealand won the toss and put england in to bat, that looked to be a good decision. ben duckett the first of four early wickets — as england fell to 43—4. but brook changed the momentum with an attacking change of intent — scoring 123 offjust 115 balls. a parternship of 174 with ollie pope, who made 66 dug them out of a hole, before they were eventaully all out for 280. and by the close, the balck caps were five down, brydon carse with two wickets, and a long way off england's first innings total, 86—5 — still 194 runs behind. but it was brooks stunning knock

that stole the day one headlines obviously, 26—3, or whatever came in, the pitch was doing quite a bit in, the pitch was doing quite a bit in the scene, entering into, and i put my eye tracking mode on and really took it to them and put them under pressure. luckily, they had to try to bowl at the storms early on, and i thought the time to run down was then and catching it, it's a bit harder when you run down and the bullet foster, i think henry boiled one down and it was felt like it was i i one down and it was felt like it was i i million miles an hour, ask her to take them off the lines of length and off the stump, really. that was brooks second century in new zealand, after his 171 in christchurch in the first test. he's passed 2,000 test runs on tour, the quickest to reach that mark for england for almost 100 years, this is his 23rd test

and he's up to 2,225 runs, more than any other england player at this stage of their career. martin speight, the former sussex and durham wicketkeeper, coached brook at sedburgh school for four years up to the age of 18. he told me how he still keeps in touch with him and how proud he is to see his former pupil flourish for his country it's amazing to see him watch and play, having started at 13 or 1a, and he is fulfilling all the talent and he is fulfilling all the talent and hard work he has put in. what do ou see as and hard work he has put in. what do you see as harry _ and hard work he has put in. what do you see as harry brook— and hard work he has put in. what do you see as harry brook a _ and hard work he has put in. what doi you see as harry brook a 25-year-old you see as harry brook a 25—year—old when he first came to you at 13 or 14 euros at school? he when he first came to you at 13 or 14 euros at school?— 14 euros at school? he was an incredibly _ 14 euros at school? he was an incredibly talented _ 14 euros at school? he was an incredibly talented player - 14 euros at school? he was an l incredibly talented player then, good against his pads and the short ball, but he had a work ethic back then that he has no, works and works and works, and the great thing about harry, he does not carry baggage around, if he fails, he did at school, obviously, make mistakes, get out, he does not carry that onto the next innings. i also think the

culture and environment that betty mccollum and ben stokes have created have allowed someone like harry to come in and ben duckett is another who comes in and plays really well. they seem to have set a really good environments, where they are not scared to fail, and more often than not they go out and play their game, express themselves and perform well. talking to harry this morning, he said there were certain boilers to attack uncertain we simply on the and there was a time to do it, and he took a educated risk and it came off. i he took a educated risk and it came off. . . . . he took a educated risk and it came off. . ., ., . . off. i read an article in which some off. i read an article in which some of our off. i read an article in which some of your what's _ off. i read an article in which some of your what's up _ off. i read an article in which some of your what's up exchanges - of your what's up exchanges with him, when he was still getting in touch with you up until not so long ago i go, looking for technical improvements, asking for your advice. i improvements, asking for your advice. ., . , improvements, asking for your advice. ., ., , , ., ., advice. i normally see him two or three times _ advice. i normally see him two or three times a _ advice. i normally see him two or three times a year _ advice. i normally see him two or three times a year ago, - advice. i normally see him two or three times a year ago, so - advice. i normally see him two or three times a year ago, so i - advice. i normally see him two or three times a year ago, so i sawl advice. i normally see him two or i three times a year ago, so i saw him when he got back from the g20 work up when he got back from the g20 work up before the west indies entry like

a series almost like a little mot with a little work, and then he sent me some video after the series in new zealand, and had a few weeks off, he had a couple at—bats at headingley, and because i know his skin was, i worked with him for ten to 11 years now, his alignment was slightly else, and if the alignment in the top of his backswing is out, he struggles a bit, so the great thing with harry, he asked for advice, you give them a bit of advice, you give them a bit of advice, he will go and worked his socks off till he gets it right, and thatis socks off till he gets it right, and that is what he is like, he doesn't rest on his laurels, hejust that is what he is like, he doesn't rest on his laurels, he just wants to keep betting better, keep perfecting and keep score and runs for england, that is his ultimate. that was harry brooks's former coach. india are one—up in their test

sereis in australia but they're up against it after the first day of the day—night test in adelaide. they were bowled out for 180 with mitchell starc taking six wickets. the left armer set the tone with the very first delivery of the day, taking the wicket of yash—asvi jaiswal. he then followed with five more as the tourists were bowled out forjust 180. 6—48, career best figures for starc. australia's reply was disrupted by floodlight failure in the eighteenth over, but when things did get back under way, nathan mcsweeney and marnus labuschagne guided them to 86—1 by the close australia fighting back. before we look ahead to the weekend's football, let's just reflect on a really busy week in the premier league that came to a close with tottenham's defeat at bournemouth last night. spurs have really blown hot and cold this season, and that 4—0 win at manchester city a fortnight ago seems like a lifteime ago, ange postecoglu faced the media todayjust as he faced up to the spurs fans in the away end at bournemouth patrick gearey reports. ange postecoglou called this exchange last night at bournemouth direct feedback —

a euphemism on a night of tottenham pessimism. the manager walked away from that, but not, he insists, the wider challenge. none of us likes to hear those sort of things, but it is what it is. it doesn't disappoint me, it doesn't frustrate me, it doesn't make me angry. i'm just as determined as ever to get it right. not because of that, but because of my resolve to bring success to the football club. this was another spurs away end. not yet two weeks ago they had just beaten manchester city 4—0. the statement win of the now 18 month postecoglou era, an exclamation mark that's been followed again by question marks. another familiar failing at a corner against bournemouth. and it's happened... in their last six matches in all competitions, the win at the etihad was their only victory. proof, some believe, that postecoglou is inflexible and impractical. but one former spurs assistant boss says pragmatism is now out of fashion.

now managers getjobs because of the identity, not because they have a plan b, and that's how everybody sells themselves today. it's about what you do normally 99.9% of the time. me, the worries about spurs is which one you're going to get. is the most difficult thing, i think, for a tottenham coach is to find the consistency. if the results are patchy, then so too is the squad. ben davies is the latest injury, joining six other first team players in various positions, plus rodrigo bentancur, who is suspended. in the summer, tottenham prioritise bringing in younger players. some believe that's left the head coach short of experienced options in tough times. one section of fans says it's the chairman, daniel levy, who should be blamed and not postecoglou. he's only tottenham manager to completed a full season since 2019, but that's not a record. it's a self—destructive habit and everyone who's sort of on these, on this ange out bandwagon, sacking ange now would be

like smashing the last light bulb in a blackout. and looming in the december darkness are old enemies, chelsea the on—form visitors on sunday. over the years, a fixture given to theatre when right now spurs could do with a little less drama. patrick geary, bbc news. the first premier league match tomorrow sees everton face liverpool, the 245th merseyside derby, always great occasons, this one will be particularly special, unless they meet in the cup this season. it will be the last to be played at goodsion park. richard askam reports and put in by lawrenson. it's a fixture that has crackled with emotion since the first goodison park derby in the 1890s, with dramatic twists and turns for blues and reds along the way. and memories of favourite goodison derbies, fresh in the minds

of players lucky enough to have been a part of them. peter beardsley, that end park end picked the ball up and slotted it against his, against the team he played for, obviously, and i know players don't, these days don't celebrate against the teams that they played, but peter celebrated and i was in there, i was in that dugout and i was going ballistic because we were big, big friends, me and peter, and hejust turned round, scored the goal, run right down and we high fived each other and we beat liverpool that day. for supporters like jamie yates, there are lots of moments to treasure. there's so many emotions tied up in that place. generations of families, my family going there for, you know, since, since it opened. what would it mean to you if, uh, if everton can get a result in what is almost certainly the last merseyside derby at goodison? it would mean everything. liverpool, in irresistible form

of late, will certainly be confident of winning. but it was everton who won the day 2—0 last season. to be part of this game is already special, then to be part of the last one at goodison park makes it probably even more special. it will be very emotional here at goodison park tomorrow, but let's not forget, as well as the nostalgia, this is going to be a very important game in its own right, particularly with everton trying to stay in the premier league and, of course, liverpool going for the title. so how are both sets of fans feeling ahead of tomorrow's historic clash? i'm going to be crying. i don't care who hears me because i love the place, you know what i mean? i love everton football club. just hope we win. but if there's a god up there, he's going to let us win. how important is it for liverpool going for the title? very, very important. of course, i mean, i'm not a praying person. predicting the winner in the merseyside derby is notoriously difficult.

but what you can be sure of is that, whatever the results, there's certain to be a tear in the eye of grown men and women from the blue half of the city at the grand old lady tomorrow afternoon. richard askam, bbc news let's have a quick look at some of the day's other stories. a severe weather warning for the west of england has seen a number of postponements. tomorrow's championship game between cardiff and watford has been postponed. matches at plymouth and league 2 newport are also off. the welsh fa has also postponed all domestic football in the country. welsh rugby has also cancelled all of tomorrow's matches. a blow for chelsea women, laurenjames and sam kerr are both out until at least the new year. james has already missed chelsea's last eight games, and four england internationals with a calf issue.

kerr suffered an acl injury injanuary and it was hoped she would play again before the end of this year, but they are targeting a return in february or march nick kyrgios is on the entry list for next month's australian open. his protected ranking means he can enter the main draw of the tournament. he's played just once in two seasons following knee and wrist surgeries, and hasn't played at a grand slam for over two years tom pidcock has signed a three—year contract with 036.5 pro cycling team. the double—olympic champion, who retained his mountain bike title at the paris olympics, left ineos grenadiers earlier this weekjust two years into a five—year deal. formula one is in abu dhabi for the final race of the season. max verstappen has already sewn up the drivers title, so it's just the constructors' championship to be decided, although that hasn't really domnated the build up. it's the animosity between verstappen and george russell that flared up in qatar last weekend, over an incident in qualifying that saw verstappen lose pole

to russell. jenny gow is in abu dhabi and told me that things haven't really calmed down. since then, they've both had words to us, the media, and they only bring us in when they really want to make the headlines. and they've done just that — calling, uh, george calling max verstappen a bully and max verstappen calling george russell a liar. so we're all going to be looking at the race when they go wheel to wheel, which they will do at some point, but you know what, this sets everything up really nicely for next season as well, doesn't it? this narrative, the the good guy, the bad guy, whichever side of the fence you're on. yeah, exactly. and, as you say, a lot of divided opinion. but what we all want in f1 more than anything is a good championship battle. this year, it was norris versus verstappen, next year, we're hoping for a whole plethora of people to try and challenge max verstappen and wrestle that driver's title away from him. uh, so yeah, it sets things up

really well for next season. going into this final weekend, jenny, mclaren are looking very good for the constructors' title and lando norris, he was quickest in practice today. yeah, he went fastest of anyone and he had a really good day out there on track. and the papaya orange looking great underneath these big floodlights that surround the abu dhabi track. and you'd have to say that mclaren have one hand on that constructors' championship now because charles leclerc in the ferrari was handed a ten place grid penalty for having used too many batteries this season. so that gives them a real, um, chance of sealing the win this weekend and collecting that really important constructors' championship. if we're going to read it a bit too much, perhaps, into practice, which i know we shouldn't. how do we see the race? how do we see the race playing out when we get there on sunday, do you think? i think it looks really close once again. with the ferraris, you can never write them off,

even though they don't have a chance of getting that front row lock out. but let's say mclaren, ferrari, the usual suspects, red bull, and this weekend, lewis hamilton, on his last race after 12 years of mercedes, looks like he's got real pace out there. so maybe, just maybe, lewis hamilton could sign off his mercedes career with one last victory. jenny go in abby debbie will stop stop rugby union's champions cup starts this evening, 21 teams from across europe and three from south africa , will play four matches in their respective pools over the next six weeks , before the knockout stages and then the final in cardiff in may. the first game sees bath , top of the english premiership, takle on la rochelle, our rugby union correspondent chrisjones spoke to me from the rec, ahead of kick—off at 8pm tough stop for bath, what a classic picture to get the tournament up and running, and a few hours' time it

would be filled her breath in, this is why they have invested money into the squad, why they have got finn russell in for a night like this, what and we did down here but the rain has relented for an so it should be a brilliant occasion. never show rich european history. winners in 2022, winners and 2023, three finals in a row, headed by european royalty in le garrec, and 14 of their 23 tonight were in action last time lyra charlotte won the competition in the season before last, a tough start for bath but it is the kind of game if they can win the will have great guns in the premiership and show they can mix it with the best around.— with the best around. tough pool because leinster _ with the best around. tough pool because leinster in _ with the best around. tough pool because leinster in there - with the best around. tough pool because leinster in there are - because leinster in there are european cup runners—up for the last three years as well, and their bristol on sunday?— three years as well, and their bristol on sunday? another great name, bristol on sunday? another great game. bristol. — bristol on sunday? another great game, bristol, 5:30pm _ bristol on sunday? another great game, bristol, 5:30pm sunday i bristol on sunday? another great. game, bristol, 5:30pm sunday night at ashton gates against leinster,

and you wonder given that ireland played last saturday against australia whether some players would rotate the squad and leave out some big guns. they are fully loaded for it leinster, which shows how much leinster value this competition. as you say, they have been agonising runners—up three years in a row, and look at the records they have any. the world cup bringing —— when in spring up, the object that starts on the bench looking to make his first leinster appearance, and ireland captain on the bench with the legs of jack cunha starting at captain on the bench with the legs ofjack cunha starting at number eight. they have henshaw and menzel in the so they're going fully loaded, some pendergrass at number ten, what a game on but resell forms in the permission is sensational, it's one thing doing it in england, it's one thing doing it in england, it is under thing doing is against the types of leinster, can bristol take a step up and mix it with one of the best around. bud

take a step up and mix it with one of the best around.— of the best around. and of bath lehrer show — of the best around. and of bath lehrer show there, _ of the best around. and of bath lehrer show there, chris - of the best around. and of bath lehrer show there, chris jones. j northampton saints opening match in the champions cup is at home to castres tomorrow and 19—year—old flanker henry pollock will start. he's had an incredible year, making his saints debut, and winning the under 20 six nations and world championship with england. james burridge has been to meet him. they're the images of a young boy destined for the very top. how would you describe your style? aggressive. i work hard around the park. i'm not scared to shy away from confrontational moments. there's quite a lot of product in that. yeah, it's horrific, that. i don't know what i was going for with a britain's got talent... there's the two... jedward. oh,jedward. i remember thinking... is that you being trying to bejedward? no, no. dad kind of introduced me to the sport when i was younger, taking me to mini rugby, driving me on the dark days and doing all the stuff that no

one ever talks about. and then mum got me into sport when i was younger, and she was kind of the reason why i started loving, sport loving, swimming