the championships form tea m arrived as the championships form team but no—one appeared to have told astonthe blocks, tammy abraham firing them into an early lead before conor hourihane doubled their delight, 2—0 up after 15 minutes, whatever next?! the answer was one of the season's great comebacks as leeds were transformed after the break. that sublime skill from jack clarke followed by something a little more no—nonsense from pontus jansson. they drew level but the real drama was yet to come is in the 50 minute of stoppage time... kemar roofe sealed a potentially pivotal victory. for the past ten seasons, the championships top team at christmas has gone on to be promoted, a festive tradition leeds will be desperate to keep. there were two matches in the rugby union premiership today. gloucester remain third after beating bottom club newcastle. and freddie burns starred for bath at wasps. he scored 19 points, including one of their two tries, at the ricoh arena. they ran out winners by 2a points to 1a. the olympia horse show came to a close this evening with the showjumping grand prix. a

they we re comeback away at aston villa.time strike completed a brilliant second—half performance. 3-2 to a brilliant second—half performance. 3—2 to them, they are now point above norwich city. villa, who missed out on promotion last season, are three points off the play—offs at the moment, 13 of the top. steven gerard laid into his rangers players at half—time before they came from behind to beat saint johnstone 2—1. he said there was only awful, but they are now just a point behind celtic in the scottish premiership, and it is the old firm match next weekend, alfredo marrero is completing the turnaround from rangers with just two minutes left on the clock, that was his second of the match, his 19th in the season. in rugby union, bath have moved into the top half of the premiership after a 24—12 win over wasps. fly— half after a 24—12 win over wasps. fly—half freddie burns was the star, 19 points in all for him, including this try in front of more than 30,000 at the ricoh arena in coventry. wasps have won just one of their

a message because we heard both leaders the turkish president and the iranian president talk about aston are they uttered the word asked of the russian led peace negotiating track that many believe is trying to undercut the u.n. led geneva process rowhani erdogan saying that they will continue close cooperation rouhani even and now is saying that the men next meeting the next trilateral meeting is going to be in russia at the same time this news conference is being held we also heard from the russian president who is talking about the good relationship between with oregon with the turkish leaders so these three leaders form the aston a trio what america the united states has been trying to do in the past three days was in one way or another trying to pull turkey away from this alliance we've seen the overtures the american overtures trying to you know end this strained relationship and ease the tensions between the two countries many believe that the u.s. decision to pull out troops from north eastern syria in one way or another was a concession to turkey also the u.s. agreeing to sell.

aston villa were up in arms and it finished 2—2.d you will get these problems. cani these problems. can ijust these problems. can i just ask, these problems. can ijust ask, if on the pitch the player at that moment in time and said, looking off my arm,... the referee can still give it. evenif the referee can still give it. even if he is told? it is the letter e's decision, he says that the referee you can give that goal, i have my mitts all over that... will someone really do that? there have been moments of honesty over the years. i would can ill famously said. playing everton and he had bowled and told the referee. everyone said paolo de canale, what a brilliant sportsmen. but it is very rare. she had told the referee the referee could have said ok, no goal. that was last-minute. big west midlands derby. to be fair to jay rodriguez he must not quite sure. i don't blame him at all. you are all about the honesty. what else do you have? we have an interesting interview with ryan fraser, bournemouth are playing really well and ryan fr

three leaders these three countries are still working together on syria all of them mentioning the aston a process the russian led asked in a piece negotiating track talking about deeper cooperation between these three countries the iranian president arrived in ankara quite worried because in recent days turkey and the united states have been involved in negotiations to improve their strained relationship and washington really has been reaching out to turkey as of late so whenever washington and turkey.

it ended 2—2 between west midlands rivals aston villa and west brom.l from anwar el ghazi in the second half put villa ahead for the second time in the game and looked to be the winner, until a stoppage time equaliser which clearly came off the hand of jay rodriguez saw the game end level. villa move up to 6th whilst west brom remain 3rd. it's not even christmas yet but there could already be a problem for eddiejones ahead of the start of the six nations. saracens and england lock maro itoje will be out for an indefinite period, but certainly for "a number of weeks" with a knee injury. england's six nations opener against champions ireland in dublin is only eight weeks away. in better news, both vunipola brothers are expected to be back in action by the end of the month. european rugby is back this weekend and edinburgh have had a big win in the champions cup tonight against newcastle. they picked up a bonus point victory, a result that sees edinburgh leapfrog them into first place in pool 5. blair kinghorn scored one of their four tries in a 31—13 win

also wins today for hull city, qpr, aston villa and west brom.ton park — the king george the sixth chase. another success in the race for trainer paul nicholls as our racing correspondent cornelius lysaght reports. paul nicholls won his tenth staging of the king george is the sixth chase, jumped to midseason championship in 20 years. the horse partly owned by sir alex ferguson. this follows success five times. two each for seymour business. the horse was moving best throughout the closing stages of the race, but the jockey was only 20 was as cool as you can imagine, holding on and not really committing the horse until the last fence when given away... bob mickelson was champion trainer for most of the early years of the century —— paul mickle. he has lost the title in recent years. he has talked often about rebuilding his team. with forces like this, will probably be at the cheltenham gold cup, you can see that happening. of the others it turned out to be a dramatic race. the favour was last of the seven finishers. waiting patiently who had been

leeds united are back on top of the championship for christmas after beating aston villa 3—2 at villa minutes through tammy abraham and a long distance effort from conor hourihane. a win would have taken them to 2 points off the play—off spots. but with just over half an hour to play, leeds hit back throuthack clarke then pontus jannsen. it was heading for a draw before poor defending teed up kemar roofe. a 95th minute winner to send leeds top, i point ahead of norwich. rangers are now within a point of league leaders celtic in the scottish premiership. it was their fourth straight win at mcdiarmid park. joe lynskey reports. it's more congested than we're used to in the scottish premiership. right now, rangers have celtic in sight at the top. but to keep up the challenge, they would need perfection in perth again. this side hasn't lost at stjohnstone in eight years, but that was under threat when matty kennedy put the home side in front. steven gerrard, though, is learning patience with this side. it helps with a striker who steps up when it matters. this equaliser was alfredo morelos

also wins today for hull city, qpr, aston villa and west brom.ed by paul nicholls, was a 16 to one shot at the start of the race. the harry cobden ridden horse beat 2016 winner thistlecrack in a close finish. here's our racing correspondent cornelius lysaght. paul nicholson won his tenth staging of the king george vi chase, the midseason championship in 20 years with his horse ridden by harry cobden, the horse parlay owned by sir alex ferguson. this followed six as five times with porto star and to each see more business. the horse was moving west throughout the closing stages of the race but harry was only 20 was as cool as you can imagine, holding on and not really committing the horse until the last fence when going away from thistle crack with native river in third place. paul nicholson was champion trainer for place. paul nicholson was champion trainerfor most of place. paul nicholson was champion trainer for most of the early years of this century, but have lost the title in recent years. he is talked often about rebuilding his team and wit

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aston villa up in arms over jay rodriguez's goal. even though he didn't really mean it! it's supposed to be a display of athleticism and accuracy, but i'm left chasing my own tail when i gave dog agility a go. good morning. another windy day to come today, even windier tonight gci’oss come today, even windier tonight across parts of southern england. them tomorrow, it turns colder. all the details right here on breakfast. —— then. it's saturday the eighth of december. our top story: in the last few hours, police in new zealand have said the disappearance of 22—year—old british backpacker grace millane is being treated as a suspected murder. a 26—year—old man is being questioned. auckland police say they have not located grace millane‘s body. she was last seen at a hotel on first december. more from our correspondent, hywel griffith. fun—loving and family orientated, grace millane‘s parents say her disappearance one week ago was entirely out of character and extremely hard for them to take. today, they were given the worst possible news about their daughter. the evidence

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development agency the boss of aston co is german and a former investment banker. we haven't always been here we started out in stanford california and then moved to berlin but that wasn't the right fit so this is where we had our breakthrough which when you make something and then see it being used right away at the very same location and see what people are doing with it and but it works it's twice as nice because you can see what you've accomplished. a growth company has now based in dhaka he's learned how businesses operate in bangladesh and learned enough bengali to get by day to day. from our margins on the ground up. to. the problem is that people or companies that feed energy into bangladesh as national grid aren't paid for that surplus power. the government is also promoting the use of nuclear power. not much is happening on the traffic front either. everything's close together here the distance isn't that great so bangladesh is just right for the trim ability. that so share is also planning another pilot project. this one will offer solar charging station

of rod earns west brom a controversial draw, in the west midlands derby in the championship, with astonla up in arms over jay rodriguez's late goal. one of strictly‘s best ever contestants ever or overqualified for the show? the row over dance experience heats up ahead of tonight's semifinal. good morning. another windy day to come today. even windier tonight across parts of southern england. tomorrow it turns colder. all the details right here on breakfast. it's saturday 8 december. our top story... in the last half hour, police in new zealand have said they will charge a 26—year—old man with the murder of british backpacker grace millane. she was last seen at a hotel on 1 december. earlier this morning police said they hadn't found her body. more from our correspondent hywel griffith. fun—loving and family orientated, grace millane‘s parents say her disappearance one week ago was entirely out of character and extremely hard for them to take. today, they were given the worst possible news about their daughter. the evidence we have gathered to this point in the inquiry has established t

teemu pukki's late winner at blackburn enough to take them ahead of leeds for now, they play aston villaading. the result was never really in doubt, but real madrid have added yet another piece of silverware to their collection. this afternoon they won the club world cup. they beat al ain, from the uae 4—1. luka modric and sergio ramos were amongst the scorers. its the third time in a row real have won the title. so much football to look forward to in 2019, but it's not a bad time to reflect on the year that's gone, 2018 dominated by the world cup in russia. there's our own tournament review that you can catch on bbc news and on the bbc iplayer there's a really nice interview with the england manager gareth southgate. .. who decides that i'm going to get the unicorn? was chief unicorn operator? unicorns and darts,. but you have to have those, i know you cannot buy darts there, but all of that stuff is orchestrated a choreographed beforehand. it takes thought. physical performance coaches, i don't know who given the budget to sign off, but they had unicorns and rubber chickens to keep peo

in the late kick off, third place middlesbrough are taking on aston villa.ly rattle through a few other stories making the news today. argentinian side, river plate are refusing to play the second leg of their copa libertadores final against boca juniors in madrird, insisting the match should remain in south america. it follows an attack on the boca team bus by river plate fans last weekend, the historic derby was postponed before being moved more than 6,000 miles to the bernabeu stadium in madrid to be played later this month. but river insist it is ‘incomprehensible' to play the match in spain. buveur d'air won the fighting fifth hurdle at newcastle. the two—time champion hurdle victor is now odds on favourite to complete a record equalling third champion hurdle win at the cheltenham festival in march. british sprinterjames desaolu, has launched an urgent financial appeal to pay for surgery on a ruptured achilles tendon which he says will save his career. the two—time european champion has already, in one day, raised over £6,000 of his £25,000 target. engl

teemu pukki's late winner at blackburn enough to take them ahead of leeds for now, they play aston villalesborough beat reading. the result was never really in doubt, but real madrid have added yet another piece of silverware to their collection. wood manchester united 4—1, how long that lasts going really well down in wales. united cruising towards victory at the moment, with about 25 minutes left to play. the result was never really in doubt, but real madrid have added yet another piece of silverware to their collection. this afternoon they won the club world cup. they beat al ain, from the uae 4—i. luka modric and sergio ramos were amongst the scorers. its the third time in a row real have won the title. so much football to look forward to in 2019, but it's not a bad time to reflect on the year that's gone, 2018 dominated by the world cup in russia. there's our own tournament review that you can catch on bbc news and on the bbc iplayer there's a really nice interview with the england manager gareth southgate. who decides, i'm going to pack a unicorn, whose the person behind that? unic

it ended 2—2 between west midlands rivals aston villa and west brom. the second time in the game, and looked to be the winner until a stoppage time equaliser which clearly came off the hand ofjay rodriguez saw the game end level. villa move up to sixth whilst west brom remain third. a rematch between deontay wilder and tyson fury will be for the heavyweight title after the world boxing council announced it'll sanction the fight. britain's fury and american wilder shared a controversial and thrilling draw in los angeles last weekend. wilder's mandatory challenger is dominic brezeale, but the wbc‘s decision means he can fight fury next without being stripped of his belt. defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan remains on course for a record seventh uk championship title after he beat martin 0'donnell 6—1 to reach the semi—finals. 0'sullivan will now take on tom ford in the last four after ford defeated joe perry 6—2. i was just i wasjust a i was just a bit on edge, i wasjust a bit on edge, you know? you know, just trying to feel my way into it and it's neve

leeds united are back on top of the championship for christmas after beating aston villa 3—2 at villaes through tammy araham and a long distance effort from conor hourihane. a win would have taken them to two points off the play—off spots but with just over half an hour to play leeds hit back through jack clarke then pontus jannsen. it was heading for a draw before poor defending teed up kemar roofe. a 95th minute winner to send leeds top, one point ahead of norwich. there are two matches in the rugby union premiership, wasps have the chance of going third with a bonus point win at the ricoh arena, but bath have their noses in front thanks to freddie burns, he's scored all their points, a try and four penalties bottom side newcastle are beating third placed gloucester, niki goneva with a try after the break as they lead ii—io. boxing promoter eddie hearn says that there is a very very good chance that dillian whyte will face anthonyjoshua for his world heavyweight titles in april. whyte is expected to be confirmed as the mandatory wbo challenger after knocking out dereck chisora in th

well, on that, the former chelsea and aston villa midfielder, steve sidwell, joins me from our londonhurting football more — people who dive and simulate injury, or teams not being able to show their physical side? we wa nt we want the tough tackling to stay. that is the competitive edge of this high level, elite sport. a good strong, fair tackle can ignite a game. that's what the fines want to see. just as well as a fair players taking on one another and scoring goals. we want the tough tackling to stay, as long as it fear. we don't wa nt stay, as long as it fear. we don't want the assimilation and diving. i can see where you can call is coming from, sticking up for his players. dyche‘s saying we don't want to see that in our game. we seen it in the world cup and we don't want it in the piddly. a big game to come this weekend — a surprise defeat for chelsea in midweek, and now they host champions manchester city? i don't see chelsea stopping manchester city. i don't see anyone stopping them. the way but they're playing football. the movement, the players that they've got. look out th

there were 2—2 draws at aston villa and blackburn.reston, qpr and swansea. rotherham and reading drew. norwich can go top with a win at bristol city. it is currently 1—1 in night games. —— and that game. just three games in the scottish premiership today to tell you about and it's kilmarnock back on top of the scottish premiership after a 3—1victory over dundee. aberdeen were 2—1winners at saint mirren and motherwell also won 2—1 at saintjohnstone. celtic and rangers both play tomorrow. plenty more to come but let's quickly round up some of the day's other stories now and justin rose is on course to finish the year as world number one. he needs to finish in the top 12 at the indonesian masters. all the players had to contend with strong winds today but rose finished the third round one under, nine under overall to put him fourth and on for the end of season top spot. virat kholi helps india recover in the second test against australia. the captain hit an unbeaten 82 in perth as they closed on 172 for three, trailing by 154 runs. five

leeds will be looking to make that 11 seasons , they are top after a brilliant comeback away at aston stoppage time strike from kemar roofe completed a brilliant second half performance that takes leeds a point above norwich city. villa, who missed out on promotion last season, are three points off the play—offs and i3 behind leeds. bath have moved into the top half of the rugby union premiership after a 24—12 win over wasps. fly—half freddie burns was their star, 19 points in all including this try in front of more than 30,000 at the ricoh arena in coventry. wasps have won just one of their last 12 games. in yesterday's other match gloucester stay third after a win at bottom side newcastle falcons. last year's winner rob cross claimed an emphatic victory over spaniard cristo reyes at the pdc world darts championship. cross was rarely troubled and took the match four sets to nil to move into the last sixteen at alexandra palace. british number one johanna konta is confident of an upturn in fortunes next year with new coach dimitri zavialoff. konta's form dippedafter reaching the the s

promotions chasers middlesbrough slipped to a 2—1 defeat at qpr while aston villa drew 2—2 against stokeer united liverpool match. manchester united travel to anfield to face liverpool later. united go into this match in 6th and 16 points behind their bitter rivals, whilejurgen klopp‘s side are looking to go back to the top of the table. we never thought before a game only because we have a few good results in the past at home or whatever that it will be easy, the next game. that's not the mood you can win football games. we have to be angry on sunday, and we will be. we fight for our points. it's not that there is anything, you don't solve problems for others, we have our own problems, our own targets, and we go for them. that's all. we know that we are going to play against the leader. we are going to play against a team on a high, and even with the problems we have, and we have doubts about everything because we don't know which players are available, but we're going to arrive, we are going to have a team capable of going there and fight for the victory. glasgow warriors and saracens

a brilliant goal from anwar el ghazi put aston villa ahead, against their west midlands rivals west bromwiche off the hand ofjay rodriguez. he threw himself at the ball but admitted afterwards it had hit his arm — no v.a.r. in the championship of course. it finished 2—2 — villa were furious. the manchester city manager pep guardiola says they will not be banned from the champions league, but if they were they'd deal with it. allegations have been made that they found a way to get around financial fair play rules — the regulations put in place by uefa to stop clubs from spending beyond their means. but guardiola says senior figures at city have assured him there is nothing to worry about. we will not be banned. i trust my chairman, my ceo, they explained to me. if that happened we will accept it. manchester city have a big game today — they're away to chelsea in the early evening kick—off. and at lunchtime, liverpool have the chance to go top for a least a few hours — they're away to bournemouth. and in scotland, celtic can go back to the top of the table with a win at home to kilmarnock, who

three leaders these three countries are still working together on syria all of them mentioning the aston a process the russian led astern of peace negotiating track talking about deeper cooperation between these three countries the iranian president arrived in ankara quite worried because in recent days turkey and the united states have been involved in negotiations to improve their strained relationship and washington really has been reaching out to turkey as of late so whenever washington and turkey try to improve those relationship iran fears the worst because it doesn't want to be left out turkey is the only country iran works with in the region so rouhani are dug on stressing the importance of this astronaut process turkey you know making it clear where it stands in the syrian conflict because what we do know is that washington has been trying to pull turkey away from this from russia and iran zinah thanks very much dana harder in ankara and many u.s. allies believe i saw has not been defeated some u.n. estimates say there may be as many as thirty thousand fighters in it in syria an

negotiations iran would like to know for example where turkey actually stands turkey is a member of the aston a trio russia iran and turkey but now moving closer to the united states we are in the post-war phase yes thirty five percent of syria is up for grabs will there be a military operation or will there be some sort of a political deal but as political negotiations continue and spheres of influence they're dividing syria we're going to have a lot of political talks taking place all right zain her live for us in ankara saying i thank you. khan is the representative of the turkish people's democratic party to the u.s. he says kurdish forces were not expecting donald trump's announcement. they had absolutely no warning beforehand for the kind of a decision was coming just like many others in the agency that the u.s. government based the thing to be a purely a decision too early bill and expressed by the president and so and this has definitely not just taken the kurds by surprise but i think the first feeling is back of disappointment in regards to what trump said our need at the few weeks

was aston tea party one-of-a-kind event. what was the evidence the british had that the boston tea party was actually an act against all exported to -- tea? mr. bunker: they looked at the comments that have been made during the meetings before the destruction of the tea. meetings.a series of they looked at the text of what was said during those meetings. some of which was inflammatory. hancock in particular. from the british point of view, henpecked -- hancock and adams were public enemy number one and two. hancock as a more serious traitor because he was such a wealthy man. let me find what he said. onthe tea party meeting november 29 there were minutes. not minutes, but reports in the press. the meeting passed a resolution that the tea act was accursed and unrighteous. that, theyitish read read it as a threat. of course, it was only massachusetts. the purchase declared rebellion in 1775, it was only massachusetts, not the rest of the colonies. the great mistake they made was that it was to them that path declaration agains

their crews still working for this big water main break in tha aston hia in silver spring. here are images of that break on georgia avenue a connecticut avenue. news 4, we're told at this point, about 300 customers are without water overnight because of this. a water stati was put in place, but we know hundreds were impacted. customers were set up at harmony hills elementary scho. no f no word on whether another water station is going to open up. in addition, melissa has beenbo mentioning the imfapact on the drivers and commuters. many peopled use it to get to from the beltway. be sure to follow melissa on twitter. it's at first 4 traffic. we'll break in with any updates about them opening up if we dog word. >> angie, thank you. it's now 5:11. the c skins willse out this week of nfl action tonight in philadelphia. the team needs this big time. it will put them t behindhe cowboys and the a eagles push them out of the last wildcard playoff spot. we don't wan that to happen. a win would put them in a tie for first place indallas. kick off is set for 8:15 tonight. see just one

lvmh-royce, aston martin, bags are either made in china or getting shipped therefrom here.st important customer for these luxury goods? the fastest growth customers? deborah: certainly fastest growth. the two big customers, the chinese customers and the u.s. are the biggest so far and together, they make up around 65% of luxury spend. the big difference between chinese is only around 25% of what they do is in mainland. so rest is when they travel, it is all about capturing the travel and that is being done efficiently by the big stocks and you are right, french stocks, and how you the big they are notere, being impacted in that way. it is about making sure the consumer is in the right place to capture their product. matt: cool stuff. we will talk you on bloomberg radio. more from deborah aitken and bloomberg intelligence. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: the biggest rally since 2009, the bulls come roaring back. the nikkei bounces back from bear territory. oil initially rises before moving lower. russia's oil minister says the market will be more stable in the first half of 2

leeds united are back on top of the championship for christmas after beating aston villa 3—2 at villatance effort from conor hourihane. a win would have taken them to 2 points off the play—off spots. but with just over half an hour to play, leeds hit back through jack clarke then pontus jannsen. it was heading for a draw before poor defending teed up kemar roofe. a 95th minute winner to send leeds top, 1 point ahead of norwich. former manchester united goalkeeper peter schmeichel says the club should appoint a director of football and believes he is the man for the job. his comments come after united sacked jose mourinho as manager on wednesday and brought in ole gunnar solskjaer as caretaker boss. schemeichel says more changes are needed at the club for them to get back to their best. it isa it is a good idea. if not for forever, at least a period of time. what‘s really important is to get the manchester united culture back. we would be like to see somebody who‘s actually played there and understands it and bring some of the sir alex mentality back in the whole of the football club.

promotions chasers middlesbrough slipped to a 2—1 defeat at qpr while aston villa drew 2—2 against stoke champions cup. they both won their pool matches in dreadful conditions yesterday, but saracens' win over cardiff means they are out already, as patrick gearey reports. cardiff's champions cup chances have been fast disappearing. their only path back through the fog was guarded by saracens' red giants. a formidable bunch, top of the premiership, top of their group. the likes of sean maitland, a streak of scarlet through ca rd iff's defence. faced with a rocky road, the blues got inventive, first the chip and then eventually the fish, dan fish's try once converted gave the welsh side the half—time lead. but then they were winning at the break against sarries last week and lost by 26 points. with the likes of owen farrell around, you're never really safe. he kicked 16 points in all as saracens muscled their way through the blues. england hookerjamie george judged to be over. cardiff most definitely out. saracens are now 22 matches unbeaten. a watershed game in glasgow, this was weather f

top of the english premier league or a bird sofa mean a hat trick was central to a five one win over aston at anfield sunday zero mana and mohamed salah scored liverpool's other goals in a game where all star actually took the lead twenty games into the season liverpool still have an unbeaten record but i'm really not an idiot not always at least so that's really nothing it's absolutely not important how much points you are had in december even its end is end of december so would you all created i get you all how can you not be positive about us but your love for us all of you all for us if we if we drop three points or your move you do next headline is are they nervous no well six games in all on saturday a big setback the tottenham in their title push spurs circulate it when with your hurricane but was hit back so when three one. is not enough to play the sixty seventy minutes you need to blame need the five minute in your base late today with little real world focus and the rest really means we concede to yours defending champions manchester city are third in the table after two straigh

they are top after a brilliant comeback away at aston villa. that takes leeds a point above norwich city. villa, who missed out on promotion last season, are three points off the play—offs and 15 behind leeds. steven gerrard laid into his rangers players at half—time as they came from behind to beat stjohnstone. he said they were awful, but they are nowjust a point behind celtic in the scottish premiership, and it is the old firm match next weekend. alfredo morelos completed the turnaround for rangers with just two minutes left to go. that was his second of the match and his 19th goal of the season. it finished 2—1 to rangers. bath have moved into the top half of the rugby union premiership table after a 24—12 win over wasps. freddie burns was their star — 19 points in all, incuding this try, in front of more than 30,000 at the ricoh arena in coventry. wasps have won just one of their last 12 games. in yesterday's other match, gloucester stay third after a 20—17 win at bottom side newcastle falcons. scott brash finished fifth in the final of th

supporters of an aston south korean president are turning to online video sites to demand her release talken hey was jailed in april for twenty four years for corruption and abuse of power conservatives say they have lost their voice in politics after she was removed from office eugene journal reports. your dad his team go live every weekday at six pm it may look like a television studio but this is china's office in seoul the audience exclusively on you tube. mike is a right leaning channel with close to three hundred twenty thousand subscribers. chong says the political scandal involving former president weakened the conservative voice in south korea's mainstream media. but she still has a lot of support and their protests against term president continue. new. people with conservative right leaning views who do not agree with president parks and pietschmann have nowhere to turn for news they're trying to fill that void and it might at the height of the turmoil surrounding park she gave child an exclusive interview which proved a turning point for him when park was removed from offic

is suggesting that team sky principal dave brailsford should step down and finally in the guardian, astonrelly, who has now qualified as a solictor, has says "it was a toxic, bullying culture for young players". it's the fight that everyone has been hoping, would happen — and anthonyjoshua has confirmed he does want to fight deontay wilder next year. he'd already booked wembley for next april, all‘s that's missing is an opponent. joshua holds the ibf, wbo and wba belts but the winner of this bout would make one of them the undisputed champion of the heavyweight division. after wilder's draw with tyson fury earlier this month, there has been a lot of talk about a possible rematch, but most boxing fans want to see either fighterfacejoshua, who has said he's "not interested in fury because he's not the champion". now, the women's world darts champion lisa ashton has been knocked out of the men's tournament. the professional darts competition has been expanded this year to guarantee spots for two female players. ashton won the first set, but her dutch opponent yan dekker hit back to win the n

i simply reject any suggestion that the attorney general aston anything other than treat this house with the greatest of respect. turning to process, the motion before the house today seeks -- in contempt of parliament without having status in the -- referring the matter to the committee of privileges as is normally the case. this is a matter of due process. firstly, those facing this extremely serious charge of contempt should each be given the opportunity to make their case and to follow the two processes of this house. they should be given the opportunity to explain how that come to the decision about how best to balance the governments responsibility to parliament with their ministerial duties, including the need to consider the national interest. that opportunity as a vital element of any such procedure, and in this mother of all parliaments, surely we are nothing if we don't uphold our own constitutional practices in the appropriate way. the privileges committee will also want to consider the question of compliance with the motion in its full constitutional and historical context.

protect the economy so that farmers in stratford—upon—avon and automotive manufacturers like jlr and astonmay's deal. we will try to get, i suppose, the other side of the conservative pa rty‘s other side of the conservative party's thought this morning. much to debate with the vote tomorrow. they should start voting at around 7pm tomorrow night. yes, it should be busy. we have another festive edition of carol's carols. i feel like there should be a sting. she has gone inside to the very gorgeous hampton court palace in surrey. good morning. good morning to you. look at this, adrian, i love the cameraman, he is showing us faces at the top of the roof of the great hall to remind you that the walls have ea rs, great hall to remind you that the walls have ears, because these little faces are looking down at you. in those days on the courters. we are in the great hall and you can imagine what it would have been like in the days of james the first, henry viii, full of noise, full of banquets, a very grand affair, and in fact shake —— shakespeare's kinsmen first performed here in front of james t

morning we're broadcasting live from east end foods cash and carry right in the heart of the city, in astonthis is a business that belongs to one of our brexit bunch, a group of people we're following as the uk leaves the eu and beyond. we have huge vats of cooking oil, every spice under the sun. we have giant tens of chopped tomatoes, all the way up, 18 metres? we are grateful to jason, the owner for inviting us here today. we're in birmingham because during the eu referendum two years ago, opinions were almost exactly equally split here. just a shade over 50% voted to leave the eu, 50.4% to be exact. and now, two years on, mps are about to take part in a vote which is fundamental to your future and to the future of our country. the stakes couldn't be higher. theresa may has just over a week left to persuade enough politicians to vote for the brexit plan she's negotiated. those politicians were elected by you, they're in parliament to serve you. so how do you want them to vote? jason wouhra, hannah davis and benoit nakimovitch michelle lisa i think we need to vote for the deal because we h