neil lennon has neither been sacked nor resigned, so why has he left the club? statement. the base he took over at hibs in the summer of 2016 when the clu b hibs in the summer of 2016 when the club within the championship, making an immediate impact. promotion to the premiership in his first season. restored to the top flight he secured european football by finishing fourth. he was never far from the headlines, his run—ins with the authorities resulted in touchline bans. he was the victim of a coin throwing incident in the edinburgh derby at tynecastle. results this season had dipped, with hits currently outside the top six following a poor recent run of form. after confronting players about the drop in standards, lennon was suspended and has amicably left, leaving a managerial vacancy sure to be popular. indeed his predecessor, alan stubbs, who masterminded the club's famous scottish cup win, has already told the bbc he would be very interested in a second spell at easter road. and there's one fixture in the scottish premiership this evening — celtic looking to

hibernian manager neil lennon says the game in scotland risks being dragged into the gutter.alleged threats. jane lewis has this report. escaping to the sunshine for winter training but back in scotland certain issues refuse to go away. this is the man in the middle of the latest controversy. john beaton, the referee who took charge of last month's referee who took charge of last months old firm derby. following criticism for failing to punish striker alfredo morelos for these incidents at ibrox he found himself having to call in the police over allegations of threats made against him. keeping a watchful eye over hibernian training, this manager who knows more than most about receiving abuse, says criticism is fine, but let's cross a line. it is dragging the scottish game in the gutter. i have been involved with incidents myself. other people have been involved in incidents. it seems to be one thing after another. it is shameful. he is just be one thing after another. it is shameful. he isjust trying to be one thing after another. it is shameful. he is just trying to do hisjo

neil lennon has left his position as head coach of hibernian by mutual consent.he resigned after he was suspended on friday following what was what was described as "an exchange" with several club employees. in a statment hibs said the investigation was to allow for "an internal review" but there'll be no further "disciplinary process. lennon's assistant garry parker has also left the club now a quick look at some of the day's other sport stories. 2a hours to go in the january transfer window, arsenal have signed barcelona midfielder denis suarez on loan until the end of the season, with the option to make the move permament for 18 million pounds in the summer. the former manchester city player will link up again with unai emery, who he worked with during a loan spell at sevilla. manchester united will face a paris saint germain side without neymar, in the champions league in a fortnight‘s time. the world's most expensive player is out for 10 weeks with a foot injury. and super league champions wigan warriors will begin their title defence on thursday against st

coming up on sportsday on bbc news: it's over for neil lennon at hibernian — he was suspended last weekbs say he was neither dismissed nor did he resign. the number of children and young people entitled to special needs assistance in england is growing fast— not only do they need support but they need help for longer. and it means that councils are having to spend far more than they planned to to try to help them. according to figures obtained by the bbc, councils in england have already overspent their budgets by than 324 million pounds since last april. the government has announced more help — an extra £250 million over the next two years and that's on top of the six billion pounds every year for what are called high needs. but more than 14% of pupils in english schools now have some sort of special need and it's proving costly. our education editor bra nwen jeffreys has been to dorset, one of the areas struggling. i'll check for hens... six—year—old malachi hasn't been in school since last september. his dad, alexander, has had to take unpaid time off work. malachi faces extra challe

and some news reaching us in the last 10 minutes or so — hibernian have suspended their manager neil lennonanished, as they made their way from nantes to cardiff. the search was called off yesterday with guernsey police, describing their chances of survival, as "extremely remote". it is still far from normality at this point, and i don't expect the players to be laughing and smiling and hoping and cheering. at this point in time things are looking sombre. so it will take time for the wound to heal, and i think we just have to take its natural course. the cardiff city manager has been given the weekend off to cope with the grief and come to terms with what has happened. things just keep getting worse for england's cricketers in the test match in barbados. having been bowled forjust 77 on thursday, they didn't take a single wicket all day yesterday. west indies captain jason holder scored 200, and shane dowrich also made a century as they set england a huge total of 628 to win. england are 56 without loss, with two days still remaining. in the last few minutes, reigning us open champion naomi

we start with the news that neil lennon has left his job as head coach of scottish premiership side hibernianen sacked nor has he resigned after he was suspended on friday following what was described as "an exchange" with several club employees. in a statment the club said that the investigation was to allow for "an internal review" but no further "disciplinary process has been commenced". lennon's assistant garry parker has also left. liverpool can move seven points clear at the top of the premier league tonight if they beat leicester at anfield. jurgen klopp's side have the advantage in the title race after manchester city lost at newcastle last night, but the liverpool boss has told us that while he loves his dayjob, the intensity of the title race isn't much fun. let's enjoy the moment, let's enjoy the ride as much as possible and let's go for everything. you don't set limits. you able to enjoy it? never. i never really enjoy it, it's just the work i do. i enjoy the work with the boys but not the situation that you can go for this or that. football is not the most important thing in the

neil lennon has left hisjob as head coach of hibernian by mutual consent.resigned, after he was suspended last friday following what was what was described as an exchange with several club employees. it is a big day for kent batsman joe denly. he will make his england test debut at the age of 32, replacing keatonjennings, who has been dropped for the second test against the west indies in antigua. work for them to do, it is fair to say, after their disappointing defeat in the first test. he will be expected to score runs, which is something they didn't do in the first test. let's take a look at today's front pages. the times says theresa may is planning to entice labour mps to back her brexit deal by offering cash to their constituencies, deprived areas that supported leave, including former mining communities. the main image is of a closed runway at manchester airport yesterday. the express has our main story this morning, that the nhs is set to hire 20,000 new members of staff as part of a new five—year plan. the main picture is of meghan markle, and ther

. —— neil lennon.ying to put a human face on those people and over the last you days we have turned up some really heartbreaking stories, right across the south of england there are pockets of poverty in towns but you would normally think of as fairly affluent. in recent nights we have been visiting for banks to cyp demand is still so high. we met were charities giving practical help like cookery lessons to parents to help stretch budgets. we have met organisations swapping and sharing and new school clothes and winter coats for families who are struggling to buy them new. tonight, it is about another of life‘s basics, doing the laundry. we have been to a school where it is a school day but also washed eight because rolling into the car park alongside the teachers this morning was a mobile launderette with more than one washing machine on board, it is parents who are scotsmen otherwise not be able to wash their children‘s school close. otherwise not be able to wash their children's school close. they m

lennon parham playing a variety of nasa astronauts and johnemberling from "broad city" and neil and myselftic. did you -- is this true th when you were young you actually read the nixon transcripts?h. >> y >> seth: what brought that about? >> my parents had like a lite book shelf in the hall. when you entered the house -- it was always the strangest place to have a book she is, like, on the way out of the house. >> seth: yeah. >> a there was a large volum of the nixon transcripts and i was like, 10 or 11, and i had n, heard about nie was this crook and all that. ke, "i want to read them." and so, i would take them out and i would sit in the living room and i wou just read through the transcripts, and i found them hilarious. i thought, "this guy is so insane, you know?" st like racist and foul mouthed and i was like, "this guy was the president? this is impossle." this could never happen again. [ laughter ] >> seth: how has your trump evolved over the years? st>> i think when i first arted doing it, i likened it to th h-ward stern movie, how he started really htched when he was doing radio.