scottish premiership leaders rangers, as tom rogic�*s strike earned them a narrow 1—0 home win over motherwell beat hearts 2—0 at tynecastle. alfredo morelos giving his side an early lead. and they doubled it moments later. joe aribo with a superb finish. hearts did have a man sent off late on, but it didn't affect the result. six straight league wins for rangers. manchester united returned to winning ways in the women's super league by beating brighton 2—0 at crawley. wales international hayley ladd opened the scoring just before half time. then norway midfielder vilde boe risa completed the victory as united ended a four—match winless run in the wsl. in the day's other fixtures, ellen white rescued a late win for manchester city against birmingham. they were down twice and equalised twice and she got the winner in the 89th minute. toni duggan secured a point for everton as they drew 1—1 with west ham. rachel williams has put tottenham 2—1 up against aston villa. and in the late game, wsl leaders arsenal are 2—0 up against leicester. jordan nobbs and vivianne miedema with the goals — leiceste

elsewhere the league's top scorer tony watt scored for motherwell to deny hibs a first league win atince september. and it was back to back wins for aberdeen to move into the top six after their victoyr over st mirren. 13 ties in the fa cup today and there was a shock at portsmouth the 2008 winners were dumped out of the competition by league two's harrogate town. you can find all the results on the bbc sport website. and there was another cup upset in the late game — as national league side yeovil town upset league two's stevenage. charlie wakefield with a wonderful finish to win the game 1—0. to formula one now, and lewis hamilton has taken pole for tomorrow's saudi arabian grand prix following a dramatic end to qualifying which saw title rival max verstappen crash out. reginaldo rosario reports another way, another new location for formula i. this time, saudi arabia and the extremes of a brand—new circuit on the streets of jeddah. but drama before qualifying, lewis hamilton summoned to the stewards for this incident and not respecting yellow flags in final practice. on both sides

no draws in ther scottish premiership, also wins for aberdeen, hibs and third—placed hearts and motherwellt mirrren 2—0. wright and morelos with their goals. leicester tigers are an unstoppable force in the rugby union premiership at the moment. bristol bears came close to ending their unbeaten run, but the league leaders found a way in injury time. 28—26 to make it ten wins out of ten this season. austin halewood reports. rugby�*s traditional boxing day fixtures, the masks might be a new addition but the atmosphere is the same, 22,000 at bristol cosmic ashton gate with leicester in town. it was the bearers who quickly put their christmas hangover behind them. , .,. their christmas hangover behind them. , .. ., their christmas hangover behind them. ., ., them. they raced an early lead. harry randall — them. they raced an early lead. harry randall with _ them. they raced an early lead. harry randall with a _ them. they raced an early lead. harry randall with a brilliant - them. they raced an early lead. | harry randall with a brilliant run and fits harding adding the finishing touches. the

livingston scored late to draw with ross county whilst bottom side stjohnstone lost 2—0 at motherwellof the championship, losing 1—0 at middleborough in the lunchtime kick—off. they're now six games without a win. isiahjones was brought down byjaiden anthony early into the second half, and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift boro up to eighth. wins too for blackburn, blackpool and nottingham forest. a quick round—up of some of the day's other sport. arsenal against brighton in the women's super league is off tomorrow. champ made a winning return in the day's feature race — the long walk hurdle at ascot. the horse, usually seen over fences, showed he can stay over smaller obstacles beating the favourite thyme hill. there have been two nine—darters in 2a hours at the pdc world championship. lithuania's darius labanuskas achieved the rare feat in his defeat to mike de decker today. yesterday, scotland's willie borland achieved it. andy murray was beaten in straight sets by andrey rublev in the final of the world tennis championship exhibition in abu dhabi, losing the second se

also wins for aberdeen, hibs and third—placed hearts and motherwell.winter break, beating st mirrren 2—0. wright and morelos with their goals. leicester tigers are an unstoppable force in the rugby union premiership at the moment. bristol bears came close to ending their unbeaten run, but the league leaders found a way in injury time. 28—26 to make it ten wins out of 10 this season. austin halewood reports. rugby�*s traditional boxing day fixtures, the masks might be a new addition but the atmosphere is the same, 22,000 at bristol's ashton gate with leicester in town. it was the bears who quickly put their christmas hangover behind them. they raced to an early lead. harry randall with a brilliant run and fitzharding adding the finishing touches. the tigers still have not lost this season and they were soon back into it. one of the biggest players in the premiership, with the deftest of finishes. as the score began to build, so did the tension, leicester captain ellis genge, who joins bristol next season, keen to get to know his team—mates better. even

scottish premiership leaders rangers, as tom rogic�*s strike earned them a narrow 1—0 home win over motherwelld they doubled it moments later. joe aribo with a superb finish. hearts did have a man sent off late on, but it didn�*t affect the result. that�*s six straight league wins for rangers. manchester united returned to winning ways in the women�*s super league by beating brighton 2—0 at crawley. wales international hayley ladd opened the scoring just before half time. then norway midfielder vilde boe risa completed the victory as united ended a four—match winless run in the wsl. elsewhere, toni duggan secured a point for everton as they drew 1—1 with west ham. ellen white rescued a late win for manchester city against birmingham — she got the winner in the 89th minute. city had already come from behind twice through georgia stanway and lauren hemp. aston villa are drawing against tottenham — i—i there. and in the next few minutes, wsl leaders arsenal host leicester. sale sharks got their european champions cup campaign off to a winning start by beating ospreys 21—13. jean—luc du preez scor

celtic, hibs and motherwell have called upon the spfl to bring forward the league's winter break to avoidrting events can have a maximum of 500 people attending from boxing day for three weeks. that includes the old firm derby at celtic park on the 2nd of january. the winter break�*s scheduled to start on the 4th of january but clubs say it should be brought forward so that more fans can hopefully attend matches at a later date. wales had already made the decision to ban spectators from sunday which means horseracing's welsh grand national at chepstow will be held without spectators. there are so many people looking forward to that because last year we didn't have spectators, and, yeah, it's really, well, frustrating, deflating, disappointing, tough on the staff, a lot of works gone into preparing it. we've been working on preparing it. we've been working on preparing the site for at least a month, six weeks. no such restrictions in england at this stage course. liverpool assistant manager pep ljinders says it's absurd that they have to play two games in four days when the club's dealing

elsewhere the league's top scorer tony watt scored for motherwell to deny hibs a first league win atand it was back to back wins for aberdeen to move into the top six after their victoyr over st mirren. 13 ties in the fa cup today and the shock came at portsmouth — the 2008 winners were dumped out of the competition by league two's harrogate town. you can find all the results on the bbc sport website and you can follow the last of the day's ties on bbc two right now. national league side yeovil town are hosting league two's stevenage. it is all that they are at the break. it is all this, i promise, even though the live ticker isn't quite in the right place, but it is goalless and you can follow it on bbc two. to formula one now, and lewis hamilton has taken pole for tomorrow's saudi arabian grand prix following a dramatic end to qualifying which saw title rival max verstappen crash out. hamilton had put his mercedes on provisional pole with his final qualifying lap injeddah, but verstapppen — who has an eight—point advantage in the drivers' championship — looked set to better that ti

celtic up against 4th place motherwell. it is 0-0 it is 0—0 there. they played about 20 minutes.ley. wales international hayley ladd opened the scoring just before half time. then norway midfielder vilde boe risa completed the victory as united ended a four—match winless run in the wsl. elsewhere, toni duggan secured a point for everton as they drew 1—all with west ham. manchester city have come from behind twice at birmingham — it's 2—2 there. later tottenham travel to aston villa and league leaders arsenal host lceister. —— leicester city. sale sharks got their heineken champions cup campaign off to a winning start by beating 0spreys by 21 points to 13. jean—luc du preez scored sale's third try of the first half which was enough to secure the victory in swansea. jakob ingebrigtsen has claimed his first senior european cross country title in dublin. the 21 year old norwegian secured gold by 14 seconds over defending champion aras kaya of turkey. that's the biggest winning margin since 2015. ingebrigsten's success comes just four months after winning the 0lympic1500m title in tok

there were also wins for hearts and motherwell.pions cup win over holders exeter. and harlequins beat cardiff who put—up a decent fight — despite once again having to field youngsters and semi—pros — a3—i7 the score. england's alex dombrandt was the star of the game with two tries. tiger woods is back playing competitive golf ten months after nearly losing his leg in a car accident. he's taking part in the pnc family championship in florida with his i2—year—old son charlie, who looks a chip off the old block. the unique event pairs major winners with family members. and that's the sport. if you very much. that's it for now. andrew marr is presenting his last programme on the bbc tomorrow and will be joined by the health secretary, sajid javid. goodnight. good evening to you. it was another gloomy hello, there. we have seen some huge contrast in weather conditions again today. some parts of scotland and northern england, wales, and the south—west have been gloriously bright and sunny but cold elsewhere, it has been grey and gloomy.

while hibernian and motherwell drew. commonwealth games title next year. england followed up last week's win with a 66 points to 47 victory in nottingham today, in the second of the three—match series which had been postponed due to the pandemic. the world's oldest former test cricketer, eileen ash, has died at the age of 110. the bowler made her debut for england in 1937, and played seven tests either side of world war ii. ash rang the bell at lord's ahead of the women's world cup final in 2017. and the new zealand spinner ajaz patel has become only the third bowler in cricket history to take all ten wickets in one test match innings. he achieved the feat against india. that's all from may. a reminder dominic raab willjoin andrew marr 9am tomorrow on bbc one. good night. hello, this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. one person has died and dozens have been injured on indonesia's java island, after a volcano, mount semeru, erupted. evacuation efforts have been hampered by choking smoke, a power blackout, and rainstorms

dundee 0, hearts 0, livingston ross county is 0—0, whilst bottom side stjohnstone currently 0—1 at motherwellin the early kick—off after they lost 1—0 at middlesborough. isiahjones was brought down byjaiden anthony early into the second half, and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift boro up to eighth. bournemouth have now gone six games without a win. all european rugby games involving french and british sides are off this weekend, due to french travel restrictions. that's left three matches today. cardiff were without 42 players due to covid quarantine and injuries against harlequins. it was 17—17 at half time, but quins ran away with it in the second half withjoe marchant going over to clinch the bonus point. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. a woman who was arrested after a fire which killed four young children in south london has been bailed. although formal identification is yet to take place, police say they are confident the children were twins leyton and logan hoath, aged three, and kyson a

celtic up against fourth—place motherwell — 1—0 with tom rogic scoring in first—half stoppage time.2—0 at crawley. wales international hayley ladd opened the scoring just before half time. then norway midfielder vilde boe risa completed the victory as united ended a four—match winless run in the wsl. elsewhere, toni duggan secured a point for everton as they drew 1—1 with west ham. ellen white rescued a late win for manchester city against birmingham — she got the winner in the 89th minute. city had already come from behind twice through georgia stanway and lauren hemp. later tottenham travel to aston villa and league leaders arsenal host leicester. sale sharks got their heineken champions cup campaign off to a winning start by beating ospreys by 21 points to 13. jean—luc du preez scored sale's third try of the first half which was enough to secure the victory in swansea. in pool b, connacht beat stade francais. john higgins has it all to do if he's to win the scottish open. he'll start the final evening session trailing luca brecel by six the belgian, who's ranked 18th in the world

also wins for aberdeen, hibs, hearts and motherwell.eir perfect start to the season, with a dramatic win over bristol bears at ashton gate. with the clock in the red, the tigers scored in the fourth minute of added time to win by 28—26. guy porter with his first premiership try. that's now ten wins from ten for the tigers in the league this season — their best run for 21 years. and there was a big shock at kempton in the king george vi chase this afternoon. the 28—1 shot tornado flyer, ridden by danny mullins and trained by his uncle willie mullins, went on to finish nine lengths clear of the joint favourite clan des 0beaux, who was twice a winner in the past, with saint calvados third. that's all the sport for now. sportsday is at 6:30pm. but back to you now, lucy. thank you so much. let's return to our top story and the news of the death of archbishop desmond tutu. i'm joined now by the former prime minister gordon brown. it's good to see you. i know you encountered him as a friend. tell us about him. he encountered him as a friend. t

hearts 0, livingston—ross county is 0—1, whilst bottom side stjohnstone currently trail 2—0 at motherwelln byjaiden anthony early into the second half, and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift boro up to eighth. bournemouth have now gone six games without a win. all european rugby games involving british and french sides are off this weekend due to french travel restrictions. that's left three matches today. cardiff were without 42 players due to covid quarantine and injuries and injuries against harlequins. it was 17—17 at half time but quins ran away with it in the second half withjoe marchant going clinching the bonus point in their second straight win in the champions cup. nine dart finishes are like the proverbial red buses at london's alexandra palace it seems. you wait six years for one — then two come along in two days. last night, scotland's william borland won his first round match at the pdc world championship with a nine—darter. today we had another, as lithunia's darius labunauskas completed the rare feat in his match against belgium's mike de dekker. it was all in

celtic, hibs and motherwell have called upon the spfl to bring forward the league's winter break to avoids scheduled to start on the 4th of january but clubs say it should be brought forward so that more fans can hopefully attend matches at a later date. wales had already made the decision to ban spectators from sunday which means horseracing's welsh grand national at chepstow will be held without spectators. there are so many people looking forward to that because last year we didn't have spectators, and, yeah, it's really, well, frustrating, deflating, disappointing, tough on the staff, a lot of works gone into preparing it. we've been working on preparing the site for at least a month, six weeks. no such restrictions in england at this stage course. liverpool assistant manager pep ljinders says it's absurd that they have to play two games in four days when the club's dealing with several covid cases and injuries. the premier league chose to fulfil its festive fixtures at a meeting yesterday, but lijnders says the league should listen to the doctors and scientists and not to managers an

elsewhere hibs drew with motherwell and aberdeen beat st mirren.am for the first test of the ashes which starts at midnight on tuesday evening our time. travis head is included in the batting line up ahead of usman khawaja, while left—arm fast bowler mitchell starc keeps his place in the side despite competition from fellow seamerjhye richardson. here's the reaction of england captainjoe root. we have tried not to focus too much on what their exact 11 was going to be, making sure we prepare for the whole squad. and ultimately looking after ourselves as well, making sure we are readying ourselves and we are clear on how we want to approach the series and the test match individually. we know what to expect now and we have two days to it is a huge day in the formula 1 title fight as contenders lewis hamilton and max verstappen battle it out at saudi arabian grand prix. hamilton starts the penultimate race of the season on pole but if verstappen manages to outscore hamilton by 18 points today he will win his maiden title. the first happenstance in thir

elsewhere hibs drew with motherwell and aberdeen beat st mirren.d bull at the final corner, securing hamilton's place at the front of the grid. hamilton's team—mate valterri bottas starts second with verstappen in third. next to rugby union, in the premiership there were wins for london irish, northampton saints and worcester warriors. meanwhile tries from tom o'flaherty and player of the match luke cowan—dickie helped exeter to an 18—15 win over their big rivals saracens. exeter are fourth in the table, while sarries remain second after just their second loss of the season. in the united rugby championship, 14 points from stephen myler set up an ospreys victory over third place ulster. ospreys are fourth. elsewhere, wins for glasgow warriors and lions. now, leicester tigers are one of the unquestioned giants in the men's game. until this month, they've never had a womens side, but are now holding open trials for new athletes to give it a go, as sam wheeler has been to find out. music. there has been a big push in the game of rugby this year betwee

a stunning strike from tony watt after 10 minutes gave motherwell the win.nning league titles with the gunners and at anfield. he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease in 1984. kennedy's former captain phil thompson called him a great player and wonderful teammate. great britain have been knocked out of the davis cup by germany. dan evans was the only british winner in the quarterfinal tie as cameron norrie was beaten in his singles match, before joe salisbury and neal skupski lost the deciding doubles match in straight sets in austria. and that is the sport for now. interesting on the women's football. there is debate over the competitiveness of it. sarina wiegman said it is not a competitive game for them and there is more to do next year. it is definitely something federations will look at. that scoreline is great. i wonder what odds you could have. a 20—0 victory. i do not think anyone predicted that could be possible. thank you. here's carol with a look at the weather. good morning. good morning, compared to yesterday, when most of the country —— in mo