time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. of the relegation zone. for the first time in his career, and by the video assistant referee. and the countdown has begun. we take a look at some medal hopefuls. of the table and out of the relegation zone. to clear the ball from a backpass, and jordan ayew tapped in. tottenham, who have a game in hand. when you make mistakes, you make mistakes. mistakes. of concentration that we had not tonight. tonight. confidence was what was needed in that moment. and i said it was not a miracle. miracle. i said about the analogy that it was not innocent, who cares. that it was not innocent, who cares. he was in hospital. nearer to going out of hospital, but we still have problems. we still have problems. can look to us, but we are not far away to being out of the hospital. by winning 3—0 at huddersfield. confirming the win. that takes them level on point with third—placed chelsea. important thing, and we did that tonight. tonight. prepar

sport today is up next.s hour: there's been a second day of riots in pakistan after the rape and murder of a six—year—old girl. rescue workers are searching for survivors following the deadly mudslides in southern california. 17 people are known to have died. shares in marks & spencer dropped sharply after the retailer posted disappointing christmas results, with falls in food and clothing sales. but there was good news for tesco. the show‘s over, we've moved on. but the christmas story for retailers is only now becoming clear. so who are some of the winners and losers? tesco has done well, with sales up today, so have many of the other grocers. but food sales, usually a bright spot for marks & spencer, went into reverse, and there have been profit warnings at debenhams, mothercare and moss bros. things are certainly more challenging here on the high street. take house of fraser, a business under pressure. it saw another fall in sales today. and you don't have to go far to see how the gap between the weaker

welcome to sport today.ng his way to keep him in thejob. zidane played an almost unrecognisable real madrid team, to struggle through to the copa del rey quarter

time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm nick marshall—mccormack and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: at the double. lionel messi moves into the all—time top ten goalscorers in the copa del rey. all out class down under too. roger federer finds out who he'll be up against in his australian open defence. and who needs snow and ice when you've got a steep mountain road? we go riding with the luger who has a novel approach to winter olympics training hi there. wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. lionel messi scored twice in the first 15 minutes for barcelona as they ripped apart celta vigo‘s defence to make the copa del rey quarter finals. new recruit phillippe coutinho was watching in the stands and he liked what he saw as messi's masterclass elevated him into the top ten all—time scorers in the competition. barca coach ernesto valverde described "the first half" as "extraordinary." jordi alba, luis suarez and ivan rakitic also scored at the cam

welcome to sport today. in the world, as he moved to manchester united from arsenal in a swap deal with henrikh mkhitaryan. the chile striker has signed a [ls—year contract that will make him the highest—paid player in the premier league. he will be on a pre—tax salary of around £500,000, that is around $700,000, a week. 0ur sports editor dan roan has more. it is talent like this that has persuaded manchester united to make alexis sanchez the best—paid player in premier league history. the striker remarkably set to earn a report £500,000 a week after his protracted transfer from arsenal was finally completed. more akin to a movie trailer than a signing announcement,

but now, sport today.y, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up: back in the swing. the 2016 champion anjali kerber thrashes madison keys to make the australian open semi—finals. back in the swing. after 12 months out of the game tiger woods is ready for another comeback. and commissioner goddell gives us his insight into the nfl‘s kneeling that knocked national pride. even though we didn't disagree with the form of protest, we were forced to listen and really understand them and that doesn't happen very much in oui’ and that doesn't happen very much in our society. hi there wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. former champion angelique kerber stormed into the semi—finals of the australian open with a 6—1, 6—2 demolition of us open finalist madison keys on wednesday. the german 21st seed took just 51 minutes to crush the american 17th seed and will face either world number one simona halep or sixth seed karolina pliskova for a place in saturday's final. watching that match and still

sport today is coming up next.sgraced olympic gymnastics team doctor, larry nassar has been jailed for 175 years for molesting young gymnasts. a veteran us diplomat has quit his role advising myanmar on the rohingya crisis, accusing aung san suu kyi of lacking moral leadership. a jury's been told that a man accused of carrying out the finsbury park terror attack last june kept smiling and even blew a kiss at the gathering crowd after ploughing a van into muslim worshippers. darren osborne from cardiff denies murder and attempted murder after the attack in north london which left one man dead. an imam who was one of the first on the scene told the court how he stopped the crowd attacking the driver of the van. daniel sandford reports. witness after witness described how the van revved its engines just before smashing into the group of muslim men and women. some survivors described how they feared for their lives, thinking someone would get out of the van with a gun or a knife. the jury heard this 999 call asking for

sport today is coming up next.hour: north and south korean officials are meeting for the first talks between the two countries in more than two years. an iranian oil tanker that crashed off the coast of china is at risk of causing a massive environmental disaster. chinese officials say it is in danger of exploding and sinking. women who have the most serious form of heart attack are twice as likely as men to die in the year after the attack, according to major new research. the decade—long study in sweden found that they were less likely than men to receive recommended treatments, such as clearing blocked arteries and using statins. here is our medical correspondent fergus walsh. every minute counts after a heart attack, but to many women are being misdiagnosed and wrongly treated. whenjules had misdiagnosed and wrongly treated. when jules had a misdiagnosed and wrongly treated. whenjules had a heart attack aged just 45, she displayed classic symptoms, but these were initially dismissed by paramedics. 0verwhelming

sport today is coming up next. this is bbc news.ere 20 countries are trying to pressure north korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. us media is reporting that president trump's former chief strategist, steve bannon, has been ordered to testify before a grandjury. there's been a mixed response to the announcement of a £70 billion plan to improve road and rail links across the north of england. transport for the north which was set up to coordinate improvements says the scheme will connect major cities and reverse a long—term gap infunding. danny savage reports. the hills of the north. beautiful, but a physical barrier between the conurbations either side of the pennines. travelling by car can be painful. the few routes over the top are often congested. as for the trains, they're frequent but relatively slow, and can be overcrowded. because there's always delays on the train, we do want the train service to be a bit more quicker than what it usually is. and, well, halifax to leeds, are like this, are like an old bus, draughty, hot,

hello, i‘m nick marshall—mccormack and this is sport today. from the bbc sport centre.g up on this programme: super sub ageuro saves the day against bristol city in the english cup. kerber puts williams out of the contest in sydney with a powerful three set performance. but the dakar rally motorbike champion is out of the race after hurting his back in a jump. hi there — wherever you are around the world welcome to sport today. manchester city have come from behind to beat bristol city in the english league cup on a chilly night in england‘s north. pep guardiola‘s men had to work hard to turn it all around against an enthusiatic bristol side. city went down in the first half when bobby reid slotted a penalty after a john stones foul in the box. but the sky blues ramped things up the second half and equalised with a beautiful one—two move from kevin de bruyne and raheem sterling to give the belgian a delicious goal. and then the super sub sergio aguero came on and headed city into the lead. the shortest man on the park doing the damage in extra tine. city 2—1winners. ant

hello, i'm nick marshall—mccormack, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.s. new england destroy jacksonville dreams with tom inspired fightback. madison has the keys to the australian open quarter—finals, after flattening eighth seed caroline garcia. and terrific tommy does it again in abu dhabi. fleetwood delivers a back—nine masterclass to take the trophy. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. it had to happen. tom brady threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to lead the new england patriots to a berth in super bowl lii. the defending champions had to rally from behind to beat jacksonville 24—20. earlier i spoke to cindy boren, from the washington post, who watched the pats great comeback. well, you know, ithink well, you know, i think i write the same story every year at this time. ready engineers a fourth quarter comeback. the odds were stacked against him, he has a cut on his hand and you think they are finished. and they come back and win. the guy is a vampire, i am convinced of it. i am not so sure it was anyt

time now for all the sports news in sport today.om the bbc sport centre. of the relegation zone. for the first time in his career, and by the video assistant referee. and the countdown has begun. we take a look at some medal hopefuls. of the table and out of the relegation zone. to clear the ball from a backpass, and jordan ayew tapped in. tottenham, who have a game in hand. when you make mistakes, you make mistakes. mistakes. of concentration that we had not tonight. tonight. confidence was what was needed in that moment. and i said it was not a miracle. miracle. i said about the analogy that it was not innocent, who cares. that it was not innocent, who cares. he was in hospital. nearer to going out of hospital, but we still have problems. we still have problems. can look to us, but we are not far away to being out of the hospital. by winning 3—0 at huddersfield.

that is it from me. for all of the sports news in sport today. sport centre. for a new major league soccer franchise in miami. gennady golovkin and canelo alvarez will go again in may. to back championships. a major league soccer franchise playing out of miami. but has faced a series of problems in finding a suitable venue. side willjoin the league. bouncing that this is where we want to bring the franchise. to bring the franchise. this is where we want to bring the team. where we want to bring the team. we have had some rogue brock along the way, a if you bump. —— roadblocks. roadblocks. i thought it was not going to happen, but i don't like to lose. happen, but i don't like to lose. i don't give in very easily. don't give in very easily. it was going to happen, i knew that this was the right place to be. this was the right place to be. always believed in miami, i believe that this is where i wanted my team. that this is where i wanted my team. and finally, we are here. to experience different leagues and as i said, different cultures. as i said,

hello, i'm nick marshall—mccormack and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.oming up on this programme: zidane signs a new contract, as his real madrid side crawl into the quarter—finals of the copa del rey. novak is back. the elbow isn't100%, but it's good enough to beat dominic thiem. and this guy's dakar rally chances are all at sea, as his dreams are washed away. hi, there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. zinedine zidane signed a new contract which will keep him at real madrid until 2020. but he admits results will need to start going his way to keep him in thejob. zidane played an almost unrecognisable real madrid team, to struggle through to the copa del rey quarter finals against numancia. lucas vasquez scored twice, as did guillermo for the second division side. they laboured to a 2—2 draw but real took the tie 5—2 on aggregate. earlier, alaves beat formentera 5—1 on aggregate and leganes are through to copa del rey quarter—finals for the first time in their 89 year history, at villarreal‘s expense. a week after a thrilling 2

welcome to sport today. it had to happen. tom brady threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to lead the new england patriots to a berth in super bowl lii. the defending champions had to rally from behind to beat jacksonville 24—20. earlier i spoke to cindy boren, from the washington post, who watched the pats great comeback. well, you know, ithink well, you know, i think i write the same story every year at this time. ready engineers a fourth quarter comeback. the odds were stacked against him, he has a cut on his hand and you think they are finished. and they come back and win. the guy is a vampire, i am convinced of it. i am not so sure it was anything the jaguars really did wrong. it would have been nice if they had had the game at jacksonville, but going into new england is a very, very difficult proposition for opponents, especially when it gets to the post season. especially when it gets to the post season. the jacksonville defence played well, and it was just too much tom brady at the end. rob gronkowski was o

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.gramme: manchester city win 3—1 at home to watford, and move 15 points clear at the top of the premier league. andy carroll scores twice, including a late winner for west ham, as they beat west brom to move out of the relegation zone. and andy murray pulls out of the brisbane international, saying he may need surgery on a persistent hip injury. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with football news. there were four english premier league games on tuesday. league—leaders manchester city were 3—1winners at home to watford, a result that moves them 15 points clear at the top of the table. the bbc‘s guy mowbray was commmentating on the game. a new year, no botherfor manchester city, as their march towards the title goes on. pep guardiola's team unbeaten in 13 months.

welcome to sport today. alexis sanchez says he is thrilled to bejoining the biggest club in the world, as he moved to manchester united from arsenal in a swap deal with henrikh mkhitaryan. the chile striker has signed a [ls—year contract that will make him the highest—paid player in the premier league. he will be on a pre—tax salary of around £500,000, that is around $700,000, a week. 0ur sports editor dan roan has more. it is talent like this that has persuaded manchester united to make alexis sanchez the best—paid player in premier league history. the striker remarkably set to earn a report £500,000 a week after his protracted transfer from arsenal was finally completed. more akin to a movie trailer than a signing announcement, united heralded the arrival of the chilean maestro with a carefully orchestrated video on their social media tonight, the rest of the game left to marvel at a deal the like of which british football has never seen before. you know, the money side of it is absolutely humongous. it's

time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello there.y, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... getting better with age, as roger federer wins grand slam number 20 at the australian open. barcelona come from behind to beat alaves and preserve their unbeaten league record in spain. and china's li haotong holds off rory mcilroy to become the first asian player to win the dubai desert classic. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start wih tennis and roger federer has underlined his status once again as the greatest of all time in the men's game as he won a 20th grand slam title at the australian open. he did so with a five set victory over marin cilic as james burford reports. the warning signs were there for all to see. 20 grand slams the prize for the swiss. he is already the most successful male singles player of all time. what an arena to surpass another milestone. not one to waste time, he started fast. this forehead looked as strong as ever. just 24 minutes in, and you did not give roger federer a secon

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.toppage time to hand arsenal a 2—2 draw at home to champions chelsea in a cracking game. the fifth and final ashes test between australia and england has been delayed by rain in sydney and japan's kei nishikori withdraws from the australian open due to an ongoing wrist injury hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the english premier league and the news that hector bellerin struck in the second minute of stoppage time to hand arsenal a 2—2 draw at home to champions chelsea in what was an enthralling match. watching in north london was the bbc'sjohn murray. have to get your breath back after that. all the goals coming in the second half. could easily have gone 2- nil second half. could easily have gone 2— nil but the penalty was scored. alonso stealing in.

sport today is next. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of the headlines.d bangladesh have held more talks about returning rohingya refugees, but the united nations has expressed concern about their security. the four—time olympic champion gymnast, simone biles, says she was sexually abused by the former usa team doctor, larry nassar. the first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has warned that a hard brexit could take more than £12 billion a year out of scotland's economy. she's pledged to make the case for keeping the uk in the eu single market. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. will brexit leave us better off or worse? the scottish government today published figures they say show what leaving the eu might cost each and every scot. the scottish government analysis suggests that by 2030 staying in the eu single market will cost the scottish economy £4 billion, or £688 per person. a free trade agreement similar to canada's deal with the eu would cost the scottish economy £9 billion, or £1,610 per person. while reverting to wto trading rules if ther

sport today is coming up. hello, you're watching bbc news. predatory and determined paedophile whosejob a predatory and determined paedophile whose job gave him u nfettered paedophile whose job gave him unfettered access to large numbers of boys. barry bennell, now known as richard jones, has already admitted seven charges of indecent assault between 1979 and 1991. he has pleaded guilty —— not guilty to a further 48 counts of historical child sex offences, as our sports editor dan rowan reports. a successful former coach in the 19805, a successful former coach in the 1980s, barry bennell worked with some of the most promising young footballers in the north—west of england. youth team coach at crewe alexandra, he also had links to man city and stoke city. today, the court was told that the 63—year—old who now calls himself richard jones, was a predatory, determined and devious paedophile. for the prosecution, nicholasjohnson devious paedophile. for the prosecution, nicholas johnson qc told the jury that barry bennell, who appeared via video li

sport today coming up next.s missile alert system after saturday's false alarm. us authorities say the error was "absolutely unacceptable". two leading fashion photographers are suspended from vogue and other magazines, over allegations they sexually exploited young male models. the new conservative party chairman brandon lewis has told the bbc that the government is doing everything it can to ensure the serial sex offenderjohn worboys stays in prison. the former black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, but police believe he may have committed more than 100 attacks. ministers are considering seeking judicial review into the parole board's decision to release him. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. he's known as the "black cab rapist. " john worboys is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted more than 100 women, yet the parole board has decided that after that after ten years in custoday, it's safe for him to be released, and he's due out by the end

time now for all the sports news in sport today.nd this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: honours even in the english premier league as tottenham and west ham provide two brilliant goals at wembley in a 1—1 draw. reigning women's champion serena williams becomes the latest big name to withdraw from the australian open. and the tiger woods comeback continues and he could —— as he confirms he will appear in the pga tour event. and we will be live to syd ney tour event. and we will be live to sydney for the second day of the fifth test. stick around for that. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that two wonderful goals at wembley stadium saw tottenham and west ham finish honours even at 1—1 in the english premier league. it was a match that sprung to life late and it was watched by the bbc‘s alastair bruce—ball. west ham one. great result for west ham.

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.watcher pictures. drizzly, and windy afternoon. a very different tuesday morning. a touch of frost across many parts of the country. the skies have been clearing in the last few hours. this is the satellite image from the last 12 hours or so. so initially we have the cloud. window of clearer weather. so temperatures have been dropping like a stone. two or three degrees. degrees in the south. this is rush hour, then, across the south of the country. you can see that hue of blue here, so the frost still here. but outside of town, still very chilly. lots of sunshine around. different story here in the western isles and north—western scotland. around as well. of england, particularly in the east. you'll hold onto the sunshine for longest. clouds streaming in. it's not going to be a nice afternoon. that sort of thing. brighter and colder. how are we doing compared to the rest of europe? so in london, it is around about nine. paris is 11. of europe on tuesday. but there is a big change on th

philadelphia eagles have never won, having lost both appearances in the sport's showpiece event, the most recent 13 years ago. that is all for todayrt. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there, good morning. winter is set to return this week but nothing too serious, nothing out of the ordinary. what was unusual was the temperatures we had over the weekend — 15 degrees in that mild southwesterly, on sunday. there's colder air to come down from the north, and it comes in initially behind this weather front here. that is moving southwards, it's been bringing the rain that we've had across the northern half of the uk. and that rain, on monday, is moving south, across england and wales. behind it, we're starting to see some colder air already, by the morning, in scotland. maybe some wintriness over the tops of the high ground, as those showers come in. one or two showers coming in to the north of northern ireland. much drier by this stage, after some heavier rain overnight. here's the rain though, across the northwest of england and wales, where it could be heavy over the hills. south of it, still some gus

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. there's a new fab four in liverpool as the reds end city's unbeaten run in the english premier league. the australian open is underway and former winner and beaten finalist last year, rafael nadal, tells us how he's preparing. and another dramatic day for stepehane peterha nsel during the dakar rally in bolivia. welcome to the programme. lots to get our teeth into but let's start with the news that manchester city's unbeaten run in the english premier league this season has come to an end after they were beaten 4—3 at liverpool. city still lead by 15 points, they show there is life after philip coutinho‘s record move to barcelona. leroy sane struck back, mohamed salah was a gang amongst the goals as his side struck three times in nine minutes after city made it a tense finish for the host. i wasn't scared, even though i didn't know if we could concede a fourth or not. i know my boys, it shows it can be possible. i only really just enjoyed the shows it can be possible. i only reallyjus

website, but right now let's get all of the sport news from tulsen tollett on sport hello, this is sport todayming up on this programme: we'll head live to sydney for the latest on england captain joe root, who's batting on the final day of the fifth test despite being taken to hospital overnight. a shock as holders arsenal are knocked out of the fa cup losing li—2 at second tier nottingham forest. and barcelona show off their $190 million brazilian phillipe coutinho, whose move from liverpool will be confirmed on monday. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with cricket and england are battling away in sydney on the fifth and final day of the last ashes test of the series against australia. captainjoe root is at the crease despite having been taken to hospital overnight. at lunch england are 144—5, and we can head live now to our reporter patrick gearey. you're outside the scg. joe root out in the centre, dehydration wasn't the problem, what was the

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme.sharapova has just australian open. former champion maria sharapova hasjust made it through to the third round. eden hazard sends chelsea through to the fourth round of the fa cup, after a penalty shootout and two of their players getting sent off. england's ben stokes is available for selection again, after missing the ashes series in australia. welcome along to the show. let's begin then at the australian open, where day four is under way. last year's men's champion, roger federer, will be in action in the night session. but another former champion, maria sharapova, hasjust made it through to the third round. so, to get all the details of the play so far, let's head live to melbourne. our tennis reporter gigi salmon is there. sharapova through, but there could be some shocks elsewhere.

thank you the joining us on sport today. all the details on the website. iheanacho became the first player to score a goal awarded by a video assistant referee in english football — as leicester beat third tier side, fleetwood town, in their fa cup third—round replay. iheanacho opened the scoring with a routine strike from islam slimani's pass. the big talking point of the game came — when ihenacho had a goal disallowed for offside. but refereejonathan moss liaised with video official mikejones and the goal was awarded 68 seconds after it hit the back of the net. leicester will play peterbrough in the fourth round. meanwhile west ham needed extra time, but were eventually 1—nil winners over third tier side, shrewsbury. reece burke with the goal. they'll play bournemouth or wigan in the fourth round. in france, radamel falcao scored an injury—time equaliser to claim a 2—2 draw for monaco against nice. but marseille leapfrogged them into second place, on the table by beating strasbourg 2 nil. india lost the key wicket of skipper virat kohli as south africa l

from the sport today team, goodbye.d to move away into the baltic states as you can see here. it is beginning to weaken now. to the west, this next area of low pressure is showing signs of deepening. strengthening all the while as it reaches our shores, and could bring us severe gales during the course of this afternoon. initially, it is going to send a weather front out ahead of it. some of the rain will be fairly heavy, and persistent over the overnight period and to start this morning. but for the north and east, a dry and chilly start to the day with a little bit of frost and fog potentially in northern so, today, there's going to be that early—morning rain. then, the afternoon, winds pick up across the south. so we start on a wet note to start with this morning in the south—east, east anglia, pushing in to the north—east midlands and northern england. those winds behind the rain band picking up. reaching gale—force, in the south—west and particularly towards wales. the rain will be persistent and fairly heavy in no

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. prospects for thursday look a little bit quieter. this curl of cloud here, that was storm georgina now pushing off to the north—east. what we now have feeding in is this speckled cloud, some showers pushing in from the atlantic, in fact, some heavy showers coming thick and fast into northern ireland through the first part of the morning. also some showers pushing in across the west country into devon and cornwall, some of these could be on the heavy side. seven degrees there in plymouth. there will be some sunny breaks between those showers, and that mixture of sunshine and showers extends across wales and into the west midlands. a cooler, fresher start to the day, four degrees in birmingham. you will notice a lot of showers across northern ireland at this stage, could be some hail and thunder and perhaps some wintryness over high ground. certainly the chance for wintry weather over higher ground in scotland. temperatures in aberdeen, three degrees, four there in edinburgh. some sunny

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.manchester united return to second in the premier league with a 2—0 win at everton. it is a win for germany and angelique kerber on her hopman cup debut in perth. and taking off — the ski—jumpers leading the way in the latest round of world cup action. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that manchester united have moved back to second in the english premier league, after a 2—0 win at everton on monday. jose mourinho's side had drawn their past two matches, slipping down to third, behind chelsea. but the win elevates them back ahead of the londoners, with anthony martial and jesse lingard second—half goals proving enough, although they still trail leaders manchester city by 12 points. lovely goals.

applause hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. — halep sees off the 2016 champion angelique kerber to reach her first australian open final. barcelona win on aggregate to reach the copper the lorraine semi—final. —— copa della rej. woods makes his return to competitive golf after a year out with injury hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis news with the australian open reaching its climax in melbourne. on thursday marin cilic secured the first of the places in the men's final while the women's final line—up was confirmed with the top two seeds set to face off as austin halewood reports 0n on paper it looked like it was going to be one of the clashes of the tournament and the match itself did not disappoint. world number one at simona halep against angelique kober. it was the top seed the race to an early lead. the kerber serve rack and

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye for now. good morning.ften touching up to gale—force widely across the british isles, and some heavy rain to contend with, too. ahead of that, quite quiet this morning with light winds overnight and clear skies meaning some of us have a frosty start, but we will then quickly watch this band of rain winging its way into the west, so the fine weather not set to last. a dry start, though, across eastern scotland, with some early sunshine. cloudy already, though, in the west, and some rain pushing in. a wet rush hour for northern ireland. still i think, at 8:00am, largely dry across northern england, but rain affecting many parts of wales, and also pushing into the south—west. the wind picking up across the midlands and the south—east. we'll start to see the rain pushing its way through there pretty quickly through the morning. and chances are, if you start the day with rain, your prospects will look a lot better by the afternoon, whereas if you start fine, quite a wet spell to come for you by lunchtime, possib

hi there wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today.mer champion angelique kerber stormed into the semi—finals of the australian open with a 6—1, 6—2 demolition of us open finalist madison keys on wednesday. the german 21st seed took just 51 minutes to crush the american 17th seed and will face either world number one simona halep or sixth seed karolina pliskova for a place in saturday's final. watching that match and still in awe of that performance is our commentator in melbourne, what did you think of that, not a sweat? we've been asking the question of journalists following her through the year, is tree as good as 2016 when she won the australian open, the us open and even pigs and people saying she is better. —— and 0lympics. she has changed her coaching setup. she is enjoying herself, she is smiling too on court. it's a good matchup with madison keys, madison keys, big hitter, us open finalist, but in terms of ahead to head it is skewed towards the german, she uses the pace of keys, she counterpunch to perfection. you mentioned th

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.at wintry chill will continue at least into the first part of the new working week. this was how things were looking sunday afternoon in cumbria. you can see the snow lying on the hills there, blue skies. monday morning starts on that cold and frosty night. there will be some sunshine, similar to sunday, but it will be more confined to the northern half of the country. further south, what we've got monday morning is this cloud moving its way gradually further northwards. but temperatures to start the day, minus double digits across rural parts of scotland. very cold at 8am across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. watch out for the odd icy stretch perhaps, perhaps a few patches of mist around too. further south, a cloudy morning to come. anywhere south of birmingham we're likely to see a bit of a grey morning, some hill fog possible across the south—west and this cloud could bring a few spots of drizzle and perhaps a few snow grains too, that's small grains of frozen prec

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the wonderful sport today team, it‘s goodbye.my start to wednesday. met office amber be prepared warnings for the wind likely to expire during the early hours of wednesday. it‘s likely we could see disruptions, power cuts, trees down in places because of this, storm eleanor, which brought in very strong winds across parts of ireland during tuesday evening. it‘s continuing its journey eastwards. tightly packed isoba rs across much of the country, away from the north of scotland, which will have relatively light winds. but very strong winds to start wednesday across the north of england, southern scotland. 70—90 mph gusts. 60 mph across england and wales, with the risk of 70, maybe 80 mph across the south coast there. so likely to be some disruption from these severe gales for much of the uk through the early hours. and to start wednesday, keep tuned to bbc radio, particularly if you head out for the morning rush. a very windy morning, gale force winds. the severe gale easing down as storm eleanor moves out to the north sea. but (l

from me and the rest of the sport today team, until next time, good life. —— goodbye. hello there.eek — grey, damp, drizzly conditions. this week is looking colder. certainly we're getting our air sourced from the arctic, from greenland. it's going to bring strong winds, sunshine, and showers. the showers will continue to be frequent as they will through the course of the night, and early on into tuesday. with snow falling over the higher ground the north, even some wintriness down to lower levels. to the south, largely of rain. on tuesday itself, looking colder than it has been. windy, as well, and there will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. some will be heavy and a frequent. most of them in the north and west of the uk. watch out for ice first thing, as well, across parts of scotland, northern ireland, and north—west england. there will be accumulating snow on the hills. some wintriness down to lower levels. add on the wind, it's going to be quite a wild morning. there could be some ice, as well, across parts of northern and western wales. but i think, to the south of here,

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.eratures soar in melbourne, world number one rafa nadal may well be grateful to be under the lights later, in the third road of the australian open. terrific tommy fleetwood leads the way in abu dhabi, looking good to defend his title. and why defending champion ronnie o'sullivan said he was glad to be out of the 2018 masters snooker. welcome the programme. let's begin then in melbourne, where it's day five at the australian open and play is already under way in scorching heat. temperatures could soar past 40 degrees celsius. so let's head live to melbourne park and our reporter gigi salmon. nadal glad to be in the evening session no doubt, no such relief for britain's kyle edmund. he's certainly is. nadal is

here he is in 1979 sporting the same bowl cut he sports today. >> he was quiet, nerdy, tended to dressmetimes with a bow tie. >> louise started to date him at 15. my dad didn't want her to because he was so much older. >> when she was only 16 she ran away with david, 23, they were found several days later in texas her parents decided not to pursue charges, the couple then got married in 1985. in 1986 the couple moved to texas where david had a job. by the 90s were living in fort worth where elizabeth spent the summer during college living with them. by then turpin's already had four kids and elizabeth said she noticed things were off. >> i remember they were really strict on the oldest daughter. would wander in her room a lot and let her eat meals before she would sit down she'd have to give permission. i felt like maybe i shouldn't pry or question her parenting. it was like i wasn't allowed to talk to the kids and they couldn't talk to me without permission. >> elizabeth said louise came up with a type of hybrid religion but they didn't go to church. she says david was very reserved a

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more on that later in sport today. let's return to our top story.ys it will refund most of the half a billion dollars' worth of virtual assets stolen in a hacking attack. nem is the name of the cryptocurrency that was stolen. jeff mcdonald is the vice—president of nem. i spoke to him earlier from tulsa, oklahoma. initially, when the news came out, there was a market decline. but since that time it has recovered. this is mainly because the tracking of the stolen funds have been able to be defended —— identified on the blockchain and none of them have been sold. you say to some extent the blame lies with coincheck to not using the inbuilt security provided. we know that despite these new regulations that the japanese have put in place, this isn't the first time this has happened injapan, we had a similar incident in 2014. surely this is giving investors very little confidence in investing in cryptocurrencies like yours. yes. blockchain is still a very new technology. everybody is still learning how to implement it correctly. in time it will definitely

one newspaper exposed the larry nassar sexual abuse scandal that continued to rock the world of sports. today.s. olympic committee is giving the usa gymnastics board an ultimatum, resign or lose your status. his abuse went on in secret for years until the combination of brave women and truth-seeking journalists broke the story wide open. and as the lead prosecutor said during sentencing, thank god we have these journalists and that they exposed the truth. >> the final takeaway is that we as a society need investigative journalists more than ever. what finally started this reckoning and ended this decades-long cycle of abuse was investigative reporting. without that first "indianapolis star" story in august 2016. without the story where rachael came forward publicly shortly thereafter, he would still be practicing medicine, treating athletes and abusing kids. >> and with me now is one of those investigative journalists who broke the story. tim evans with the "indianapolis star" ich is part the "usa today" network, he is the only one to have interviewed larry nassar himself and he joins me now.

more coming up on sport today later.es of a russian cosmonaut on board the international space station. he posted a video online of himself "riding" a vacuum cleaner under zero gravity. according to anton shkaplerov, people often asked him if he flew vacuum cleaners on the iss and he decided he had to try it. australia's government has announced a $48 million plan to help save the world's largest coral reef. the great barrier reef is in the coral sea off the north—eastern coast of queensland. it's being damaged by crown—of—thorns starfish and coral bleaching. scientists say this is caused by warmer ocean temperatures. the new money is to target starfish, soil erosion and water—pollution, but some campaigners say more action on climate change is what is needed. we spoke to nick heath, president of the australian marine conservation society and asked if he was satisfied with the plan. what we are seen from this government is at shutting down of all of the really good options that we would have had to tackle climate change

lots going on in the sport today. well it is the weekend. here isjohn watson with the latest. the signing of arsenal forward alexis sanchez with details emerging tonight of a deal which will see the armenian internatioa nal henrikh mikhatarayan move in a straight swap deal. the bbc understands the united winger will move in the other direction with no additional money included in the transfer. mikhataryan, signed for united in a £30 million deal in 2016, but has failed to hold down a regular position in the side under jose mourinho this season. he's expected to complete his medical by monday. sergio aguero scored a hat trick as manchester city restored their twelve point lead at the top of the table. his first, the faintest of touches on this header, from kevin de bruyne's cross. his second came from the penalty spot, before the pick of his three, a lovely strike after sane's run, as city put last weekend's defeat against liverpool behind them. tough after our defeat in anfield. it was important to make two bad results in a row. and now with, ok, three more points, we need ten

sports philadelphia. enjoy your sunday. >>> today the philly home show.ion is open from 10:00 this morning until 6:00 this evening and offers the latest in home im, design and technology. the home show opens again next weekend from friday through sunday. >>> and restaurant week begins today in philadelphia. the more than 120 participating restaurants will offer customers signature three course dinners for $35 a person. not too bad. they'll also offer lunches for $20 a person. restaurant week is actually nearly two weeks and runs through january 26th. >> pet lovers, today is your last chance to see adorable animals and the new e trends. the pet expo is open today until 5:00 this afternoon. >>> a lot of events happening indoors because it's freezing outside. this is a live view from center city looking to the delaware river. the ten day on 10. dry but then late tuesday into wednesday, a chance of late snow again. we do start to pick up by the weekend. eagles game looks like 50s. >> that's great weather to play in. much better than yesterday. >> hallelujah.

. >>> first, though, sports. todayatriots and the eagles will find out who they'll be hosting in the conference championship games next weekend. this morning the jaguars will try to upset the steelers in frigid conditions at heinz field. it is expected to be just 6 degrees when the teams meet at kickoff at 10:05 this morning. this afternoon the saints battle the vikings indoors at u.s. bank stadium. kickoff for them, 1:40 this afternoon. >>> tomorrow night the warriors will be in cleveland taking on the cavaliers. last night golden state tuned up in toronto. here's shu. he's got the the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. well, the warriors a brutal five-game road trip that started with back-to-back games in milwaukee and toronto. they grabbed a tough one with the bucs friday night and grabbed a seasonal game against the raptors last night. he finished with 24 points. nine assists helping the get 24. draymond green finds him for the alley oop. up 27 at the half shooting 71% from the field. but toronto

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