alison holt, bbc news. hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today from the bbc sport centre.e: the holders liverpool are held by napoli as their wait continues to qualify for the knockout stages of the uefa champions league. messi scores in his 700th game for barcelona as they guarantee their place in the last 16. and with reports of athletes sleeping on the floor, organisers of the southeast asian games are in a race to be ready for saturday. welcome to the programme, thank you forjoining us. the european champions league holders liverpool missed the chance to reach the knockout stages with a game to spare after being held at home by napoli. a win for either side at anfield would have seen them go through. it was napoli who took the lead midway through the first—half with a goalfrom dries mertens. but dejan lovren equalised for liverpool in the second half, a point each though means that nothing will be decided until the final round of matches in two weeks' time and liverpool have a tricky trip to salzburg. and the situation, if i didn't a nswer and the situation, if i didn'

alison holt, thank you. stadia around the world. but now the british band coldplay have said they won't be going on tour to promote their latest album because of concerns about the environment. here's our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. the amman citadel injordan where tomorrow coldplay will perform two concerts — one at sunrise and one at sunset — to launch their new album, everyday life. but to no audience. instead it will be streamed for free to fans watching around the world online. the tour for coldplay‘s last album visited five continents and grossed more than £400 million in ticket sales. this time, there won't be one — chris martin says for environmental reasons. we are taking time over the next year or two to work out... "how can our tour not only be sustainable, but how it can be actively beneficial?" the hardest thing is the flying side of things. but, for example, our dream is to have a show with no single—use plastic, to have it be largely solar powered. is it possible to be a carbon

alison holt, bbc news.t of their restructuring plans. most of tata‘s workforce are based in wales. tomos morgan is in cardiff tonight. tata‘s future has been hanging in the balance for some time. but it is very worrying news for the workforce there. as you say, it has been a turbulent few years since 2016 win over 1000 jobs were to be cut in port talbot, thousands cut in 2016, a merger has recently been called off, and now these latest cuts here, so we know that last week 3000 jobs were going to be cut from its european workforce, and now we understand a third will be in the uk. as you mention, the majority of the uk workforce is based here in port talbot in south wales. now they say that the majority of the jobs will be management and administrativejobs, but will be management and administrative jobs, but we will be management and administrativejobs, but we know that there will be some cuts to engineering and some of the skilled workforce, and what we don‘t know is how many of those will be based on its uk

alison holt, bbc news.hocked maltese society and her family have led the calls for justice, including demands for a public inquiry. three senior figures in malta‘s government stood down yesterday. all have denied wrongdoing, including any involvement in ms galizia‘s death. malta‘s prime minister, joseph muscat, is facing calls to resign tonight. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticas is in malta with the latest. chanting "mafia", they shout. "corruption". the targets of their anger — the politicians inside malta‘s parliament. why are you here tonight? because not only have they killed a journalist, just for money and power, but they have also brought the country to its knees. that journalist and mother of three sons was daphne caruana galizia. two years ago, three men were arrested for planting the bomb that blew up her car. but who ordered the killing? and have investigations been slow because they‘ve been protected from high up? in the crowds was her niece. it's disgusting that nothing has been done these p

anne cartwright ending that report by alison holt.main under siege inside the polytechnic university where there's been more violence today, as police try to keep the campaigners trapped inside. outside the university, protesters have tried to break the police lines — some using petrol bombs, whilst police have responded with rubber bullets and teargas. it's the latest development in the protests that started injune, following plans to allow some criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china. critics feared it could undermine hong kong'sjudicial independence. well, those plans were withdrawn in september after intense pressure but demonstrations have continued as protesters now demand protection for democractic rights and an inquiry into the conduct of the police. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has more from hong kong. this has been going on sincejune. six months of protests, maybe you could say is this just another day of protests in hong kong? i think the answer is no. the last 48 hours have been pretty strong error

ann cartwright ending that report by alison holt.er at the way she feels she‘s being treated by the prime minister. it‘s alleged jennifer arcuri received favourable treatment when mrjohnson was london mayor because of their friendship — a claim he denies. ms arcuri told the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme she‘d been snubbed by a man she considered a friend. when i reached out to him, asking him about this media and what would happen with the story, i was completely sidelined. why keep me away? why treat me like the enemy? the united states no longer considers israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank to be illegal. the us secretary of state mike pompeo said the change, which breaks with four decades of american foreign policy, "recognises the reality on the ground". 0ur north america editorjon sopel is at the white house. just to underline the significance of this change for us foreign policy. it is hugely significant, and the timing is bizarre. no new israeli government has been formed so israeli government has been fo

ann cartwright ending that report — by alison holt.en she was 1a years old for the toy soldiers she and her siblings played with. and now it's going back to where she wrote it to the brontes' old home, now the parsonage museum in haworth in yorkshire, after it was bought at auction in france for more than half a million pounds. from paris, lucy williamson reports. inside this tiny book charlotte bronte covered the world. stories of heroes and adventurers, feuds and love affairs in far—flung corners of the globe. the manuscript called the young men's magazine was written for her brothers' toy soldiers. today it sold for three quarters of a million euros to the bronte parsonage museum in howarth. it already has the other four surviving little books. we are absolutely delighted. i could almost hear the whoops of delight all the way from howarth. it is the second time they have tried to buy this manuscript. the first time they tried and failed in 2011 when it was bought by the collection that is being dismembered here. to finally bring it

alison holt, bbc news.lm ‘blue story‘ after a mass fight in birmingham, has told the bbc that the chain will restart screening the film by the weekend. the company originally imposed the ban because it said there had been 25 "serious incidents" in 16 of its cinemas. the change of policy comes after the film‘s writer and director, rapman, questioned whether there were "hidden reasons" for the ban. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has the story. # let me introduce you to tim, innocent, kind heart...# blue story, a film about a friendship imperilled by postcode wars in south london is becoming famous for not being seen. vue cinemas‘ decision to pull it from its screens has caused a backlash, with its director, rapman, saying he didn‘t believe his movie was responsible for the significant incidents reported by vue. the cinema chain‘s chief executive says it is. this is something that we‘ve never seen before. 16 cinemas were affected, 25 separate documented real incidents, including police and ambulances and knife

alison holt, bbc news. passion for british cuisine, has died aged 59. his tv work included appearances on masterchef, by by the way if you are worried about those egg whites, why notjust make some meringues? his tv work included appearances on masterchef, hell's kitchen and his own series rhodes around britain. awarded 5 michelin stars during his career, he was known for reviving british cuisine. the writer, broadcaster and critic clive james has died. he was 80 and had been diagnosed with leukaemia and kidney failure ten years ago. he was known for his humour, erudition and wit in both his writings and his television programmes. david sillito looks back at his life. # hello, clive... welcome once again to the bbc‘s first deregulated, lead—free, self—financing, fully—sponsored tv programme. for your protection, the entire show has been pre—boiled for one minute. clive james, the tv critic who became a tv star talking about tv. if you're to see a welsh soap opera, then you must catch the bbc‘s pobol y cwm. t

alison holt, bbc news.inhabitants away or in some cases underground. 60% of its residents now live in homes below the surface of the earth. and coober pedy is now at the forefront of sustainable living. the bbc recently paid a visit. in coober pedy, 60% of the people live underground. and they are the smart ones. once you get used to living underground, you will never live in a house again. you never need heating or cooling, it is peaceful. last year, last summer, we recorded 53 celsius. that is hot, that is bloody hut. it feels like a furnace, especially when the winds are coming from the north. there could be a nuclear war outside for all i care, it is pretty much a consistent 24. it is a four—bedroom dugout. there are two bedrooms upstairs. this is one of the bedrooms, we use it as a spare room. it was a mine, it has been converted from a mine. it could be one of the only places in the world where you can do renovations and extensions and make money rather than lose money because we hit opal when taking

our social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. have you got my water bottle there?into the specially adapted flat where she gets the help she needs. thanks, tracy. but in the summer, she was living in a small room ina summer, she was living in a small room in a nursing home for elderly people. she spent ten months they are because there was nowhere else for her to go. the person i should be in this bed is an elderly person with alzheimer's or dementia. and i should be out in the community, living in independent and much more normal life. now trying to live that more independent life, she's using her pension and money from selling her old flat to pay for the care she needs. it will run out within weeks, and nina worries her council won't be able to provide her with enough support. demand from an ageing population, staff shortages and financial difficulties for councils lie behind the problems. i think this is a result of continued short—term action, so rolling over of money or little bits of money for winter or here and there, and i think the cumulative effect of tha

our social affair correspondent alison holt has been to meet a woman in her 40s who relies on the careles, she knows all too well the pressures on the care system in england which are reflected in the survey today. she has onlyjust moved into the specially adapted flight moved into the specially adapted flight to get the help she needs. in the summer she was living in a small room ina the summer she was living in a small room in a nursing home for elderly people. she spent ten months there because there was nowhere else for her to go. it was amazing how quickly i became sort of institutionalised really and yesterday care. the person that i should be in this bed is an elderly person with alzheimer's or dementia andi person with alzheimer's or dementia and i should be out in the community, living on independent and much more normal life. now trying to live that more independent life, she is using her pension and money from selling her flight to is using her pension and money from selling herflight to pf is using her pension and money from selling her flight to pf for the ca re selling her