sam allardyce was at goodison park watching everton.e spent the day at the club finalising the deal to become their next manager. he will replace ronald koeman who was sacked a month ago. his first impressions will have been good. wayne rooney scored his first hat—trick in six yea rs scored his first hat—trick in six years as they thumped fellow strugglers west ham 4—0. our correspondent reports:, the hour, sam. the ball‘s troubleshooter, here to see his new players. he had been looking for a bit of heart and so was the referee, he spotted joe hart trip up the striker. sam allardyce may have wondered what the problem was. at this team only won one in 12? ten minutes later, wayne rooney again, but he only needed one go this time. david moyes hasn't yet recreated his good times at everton with his new club. manuel lanzini made things it 2—1. jordan pickford isjoe made things it 2—1. jordan pickford is joe hart's main made things it 2—1. jordan pickford isjoe hart's main challenge and he wasn't having a good night, his clea ra nce wasn't h

everton and west brom turn to allardyce and pardew to save their seasons. days before the russia world cup draw, there's a warning for england's travelling fans. and also on the programme, we catch up with andy murray and hear about a new venture taking future sports stars under his wing. good evening. just over two months ago was the night in bristol that rocked the england cricket team. their star player ben stokes arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after a fight outside a nightclub. he is in new zealand looking to play for canterbury as his england teamates prepare for the 2nd ashes test in adelaide. he knows that he will play no part in the ashes unless the charges are dropped, and soon. we are a step closer to finding out if that will happen because the police file has now been passed on to the crown prosecution service. earlier, i spoke to our sports correspondentjoe wilson y -i . it but it's more likely it may go into 5232—55;— but it's more likely it may go into “a but it's more likely it may go into a beer but it's more likely it m

allardyce becomes the permanent successor to ronald koeman.e ambition of the club was key to him taking thejob. manchester city midfielder david silva has signed a one year contract extension. it'll keep him at the etihad until 2020. which will mark ten years at the club for the spain international. who joined city from valencia for £24 million in 2010. since then he's won two premier league titles, an fa cup and two league cups. meanwhile manchester city women's manager nick cushing has withdrawn his application to become the next england manager. cushing had made the fa's short list but has opted to stay with the defending wsl champions. tiger woods says he "did great" in his comeback to competitive golf. he's been out since february after more back surgery. woods carded a 3—under par 69 in his first round at the hero world challenge in the bahamas. this on the tenth was one of his five birdies. the 1a time major winner, now a1, is three shots behind the clubhouse leader, england's tommy fleetwood. fleetwood finished with a 6—under par 66 tw

sam allardyce is back in the frame to be everton‘s new manager.llowing their 4—1 defeat to southampton yesterday, everton‘s search to fill their vacancy has become increasingly urgent. here's our sports correspondent david ornstein. sam alla rdyce sam allardyce was the initial favourite for the job but he publicly ruled himself out of contention because everton delayed making an offer to him. in the meantime, marco silva, the watford manager, became a key target. they tried to get him but they failed. sam alla rdyce tried to get him but they failed. sam allardyce kept them in the premier league previous to that, just one game in charge of england. we don't know where talks with him but he's the favourite to be the new manager at everton. david ornstein there. romelu lukaku will face no further punishment from the fa, for an apparent kick at brighton defender gayton bong. the alleged incident wasn't seen by the referee at the time but retrospective action could have meant the striker was banned for three games. a panel of three former premier leagu

allardyce becomes the permanent successor to ronald koeman.d last month with the club 18th in the premier league. everton have earned two victories from their eight matches under caretaker manager david unsworth — with allardyce watching the 4—0 win over west ham last night from the stands. it's been revealed that coaches from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are still struggling to find work in english football. the annual report by the sports people's think tank says progress in the last few years has been minimalfor bame candidates. with figures showing just 22 of the a82 senior coaching roles in english football's top four divisions are held by bame coaches. earlier, i spoke to former birmingham and derby defender michaeljohnson. he told me there's a generation of black players who aren't being given the chance to make the transition to coaching. they have to work really hard just to get in front of decision—makers. the pressure is on them. as a young player, my role models were the likes ofjohn barnes. now you go into management and

sam allardyce begins work today, on a rescue mission to keep everton up.wayne rooney stays fit and firing, they might just if wayne rooney stays fit and firing, they mightjust be all right. sam allen dice hoping that everton don't sink without trace. —— sam allen dice. and finally... to the freestyle canoe world championships in argentina this week. where great britain's canoeists have been flipping their way onto the podium. the sport is described as gymnastics in a boat with paddlers performing as many tricks, spins and somersaults as they can within their timed run and bonus points are awarded if they can get their boat out of the water and into the air. great britain have picked up three medals so far, with claire o'hara picking up her ninth freestyle world title. the event continues over the weekend. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. sam allen don't forget you can follow the world cup draw in russia on the bbc website. let's go back now to the brexit talks — and today on bbc news we're focusing on one of the major stic

he scored a great goal and sam allardyce is very pleased about it. the best goals he's ever scored. hard to disagree. especially when you're popping them in from the halfway line. that will give sam allardyce's team a great lift when he takes over. a great hat—trick, a great display from wayne. he is captain and captain for from wayne. he is captain and captainfora from wayne. he is captain and captain for a reason, from wayne. he is captain and captainfora reason, going from wayne. he is captain and captain for a reason, going from a top environment after a top spell, tonight, we spoke about the bad run having to come to an end, it doesn't last forever and being a real man does if you can stand up there and fight in times of trouble. from great goals to important ones, raheem sterling's 96th—minute winner against southampton extending manchester city's winning run. 1—1 going into stoppage time, he curled this effort into the top corner. and you might have thought he'd scored from the halfway line, wheelinga way ind elight. it's a club—record 12th—su

sam allardyce is the leading contenderfor the evertonjob. succeed ronald koeman, who was sacked last month but publicly withdrew after everton delayed making an offer. the former england manager is back in frame for the job after everton suffered a 4—1 yesterday. everton have lost five of their seven games under caretaker boss david unsworth. the search has become increasingly urgent. romelu lukaku will face no further punishment from the fa, for an apparent kick at brighton defender gayton bong. the alleged incident wasn't seen by the referee at the time but retrospective action could have meant the striker was banned for three games. a panel of three former premier league referees failed to all agree it was deemed worthy of a red card. wales' ross moriarty willjoin dragons from gloucester, for the start of next season the british and irish lion has never played his club rugby in wales, but the move was made necessary by their new selection policy and follows team—mate george north's return back to his home country. world champion bianca wa

former england manager sam allardyce is the leading contenderfor manager sam allardyce is the leadingst two qualifiers. veteran forward chris harrington has been recalled for england for saturday‘s rugby league world cup final against australia. he played in the first two matches and returns to the bench with james roby starting at hooker. that is all the sport for now. the family of alleged computer hacker lauri love have told this programme they fear he would take his own life if sent to the us to face charges. the 32—year—old will be at the high court later this week to appeal an order — signed by the home secretary — extraditing him to the united states. he‘s accused of hacking into agencies including the federal reserve, nasa and the us army. his supporters say if lauri love, who has asperger‘s syndrome, is convicted he could face a 99—year sentence for a crime that british authorities investigated and decided not to charge him for. this was lauri speaking last year to victoria. the legal experts from the united states have calculated that i could be facing up to 99 years if ther

everton's five search for a manager ends after sam allardyce signs deal.y in cardiff, the same day that he qualifies to play for warren gatland's side. i will have more on this story is after 5:30pm. —— i will have more on those stories. net migration to the uk has seen its biggest fall on record: it dropped by almost a third in the year to the end ofjune, standing at 230,000. net migration is the difference between people coming to the uk and leaving the uk for at least a year. most of the drop is because of fewer people coming here from other european union countries. our correspondent richard lister has more. at the royal lancaster hotel in central london, more than half the employees are foreign nationals. most from the eu. they are at every level, from making the beds to running the business. there aren't enough british workers to fill the positions available. managers are worried. the open borders policy we have always had has been critical. we are the fourth largest industry for uk gdp. we need 200,000 eu nationals are yearjust to stand still. the n

an interested spectator was the former england manager sam allardyce who's set to be named as the newn thursday. in france, paris saint—germain have extended their lead at the top of ligue one. they beat troyes 2—0 with goals from neymar and edinson cavani. those two have combined to score 38 goals already this season. psg running away with the league they're now ten points clear of marseille — who move up to second after a 3—0 win at metz. there were shock defeats for lyon who were beaten 2—1 at home by struggling lille, and for the champions monaco who lost 1—0 at nantes. in spain, the holders barcelona are through to the last 16 of the copa del rey after thrashing murcia 5—0 on the night, and 8—0 on aggregate. atletico madrid and sevilla are also safely through after big wins. but there were a couple of upsets — with the two big basque teams both beaten by sides from the third tier. bilbao were knocked out by formentera, and real sociedad are also out. leida came from 2—0 down on the night, and 3—0 on aggregate, to go through on away goals — after scoring three times in the last ha

former england manager sam allardyce is the leading contender for the everton manager's job.heir 4—1 defeat to southampton on sunday, the toffees' search to fill their vacancy has become increasingly urgent. meanwhile, tottenham hotspur and manchester united have the chance to keep up the pressure on league leaders manchester city on tuesday. to look ahead to those and the rest of the matches, here's austin halewood. awinfor a win for manchester the united but afar a win for manchester the united but a farfrom a win for manchester the united but a far from convincing a win for manchester the united but a farfrom convincing performance after an 11th straight home victory over brighton on saturday, next up isa over brighton on saturday, next up is a trip to vicarage road. and while the home form has been impressive, results away from old trafford have been shaky. they have lost their last two on their travels so lost their last two on their travels so it is vital the side do not take an inform watford lightly. so it is vital the side do not take an inform watford lightlylj so i

he's back in the frame — sam allardyce is back in talks with everton about the manager's position helloe programme. plenty to get through but let's start with the cricket and it wasn't the ideal start for england in the ashes series — after a hard fought first test — it's australia who take the lead. the hosts needed just 56 runs to win on day five — that was done and dusted by lunchtime. but it was an incident off the field that's attracted most of the focus today as andy swiss reports. welcome to brisbane where on the pitch it was predictable as australia wrapped up victory inside an hour. of but it e took it. there was certainly no malice in his action and we continued on having a very good conversation. such has been the interest in the story thatjonny ba i rstow interest in the story thatjonny bairstow made a statement. he did not answer any questions, this is what he had to say. we were in the bar having a good laugh and an evening out, it was very enjoyable, cameron and i enjoyed the evening. we continued to do so. there was no intent or malice about anything during the evening.

sam allardyce is going to be everton's next manager.ay at the club, finalising a deal to take over from ronald day at the club, finalising a deal to take overfrom ronald koeman, who was sacked a month ago now. big sam is in the stands tonight for their match against west ham at goodison park, the former newcastle and crystal palace manager had one game in charge of england last year, but the fa let him go after issues over his conduct. he kept palace at after joining them in december but left in may. everton are 17th in the table, ca reta ker may. everton are 17th in the table, caretaker david unsworth is in charge for the nightmatch. and there has been a goal in the last couple of seconds. it has been scored by wayne rooney. west ham, particularly joe hart, will be very aggrieved. he thought he got a touch on the ball but calvert—lewin went round him, won a penalty, he then saved a penalty from rooney and rooney headed home. so everton1—0 up against fellow strugglers, west ham. has the big sam affect already taken hold? arsenal are a g

the former england manager sam allardyce is finalising his move to everton.ss misconduct. it‘s believed the investigation centred around alleged cocaine use by the scotland and edinburgh forward. the ban means that hardie won‘t be available to play until mid—january. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. peter levy is in hull and will tell me about the news of government plans to possibly to restore some rail routes in the region which were lost in the 19605 and 19705 and in a minute i‘ll be speaking to alex lovell in bristol about a meeting between relatives of two meningitis b victims and the health secretary in a bid to make vaccines more widely available on the nhs. but first to peter levy at bbc look north in hull. what is the government proposing? the transport secretary chris grayling is saying some lines, ben, which were axed in the 19605 by dr beeching and there were many of the

former england boss sam allardyce was there.e interim manager david unsworth a positive end to his time in charge. a great hat-trick and a great display from wayne. he was captain as well, captain for a reason, going into a tough environment after a tough spell. i asked them to be men denied. we spoke about how the bad run had to come to an end. being a real man means standing up in times of trouble. things looking rosier at everton. special mention to burnley. they have moved into the top six with their win last night as well. elsewhere, jubilant scenes from manchester city? yes, the leader is still needed a 96th minute winner from raheem sterling to beat southampton. they re—established an 8—point lead at the top of the table. that goal sparked wild celebrations. his 13th of the season. 12 straight wins in the league. pep guardiola pudding his good form down to his increased confidence. in the midst of all that benjamin mendy, the city defender, ran down the touchline to celebrate despite being out for six months with a ruptur

former england manager sam allardyce has finalised a deal with everton to become their full—time managerce at the end of last season after helping them escape relegation. anotherformer palace helping them escape relegation. another former palace boss helping them escape relegation. anotherformer palace boss is in a newjob, alan anotherformer palace boss is in a new job, alan pardew anotherformer palace boss is in a newjob, alan pardew has signed a contract until 2020 at west brom. he says he's going to take them to the next level. a full sports update in ten minutes. two of the country's biggest train operators could be broken up as part of a train strategy to improve services. lines close in the 1960s could be reopened if they would help to boost the economy. labour has described the announcement has flimsy. the beeching report has been published. 5000 miles of railway and over 2000 stations are to be closed. more than 50 years on, people still talk about the beeching cuts. thousands of miles of rail line were closed down. now the government says it might open some up again. i come from

i do surprise that the us government alla rdyce surprise that the us government allardyce report to bedid, but it goes against everything that mr trump has been seeing? this is part of an expected report on a long—term cycle by the us national academy of sciences. i think it would have been almost impossible, it would have created problems for the administration to try and stop it. i am not surprised it has come out or that the administration is trying to distance itself from the findings. these findings are not really new. what do you take from the report? the report is important for two reasons. one, the political significance in the current situation in the us. the other is it does seem to take the consensus science a bit further in a couple of key areas, one is sea level rise, where the projections, certainly at the high—end are more alarming than anything we have seen in any equivalent science reports, and the other is something of a fork is an extreme events within the us, and pretty unambiguous that heavy precipitation events are both more frequent and more severe, and a slightl

what will it mean for the devil delicate allardyce between the sects in the region —— delicate balance in charge for more than a decade now so not much. in 2007 the sunnies and their christian allies wanted to crack down on hezbollah when it was discovered hezbollah had aids it could communications network and they were controlling aspects of the network. in the larger arab world, this does indicate a shift that iran is really winning the sunny shia cold war and there is little the saudis can do unless the saudis stepped up to the plate and help the saudis by minna marleau minimising hezbollah to move against its forces in syria, to minimise iranian influence in iraq. there's little that can be done. the saudis aren't going to be able to wind this war on their own. good to talk to you, thank you very much. —— to win. president trump has arrived injapan and met with prime minister abe. it's the first stop a 12—day, five—nation asian tour set to be dominated by the crisis over north korea's nuclear programme. later in the week the president will travel to south korea, china, vietnam and

allardyce was at their game last night to see wayne rooney score a hat—trick in a win over west ham.oscow ahead of the draw, manager gareth southgate says that england are in it to win it but concedes that his young players lack a little experience for the big matches. he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. having guided england through an unbeaten world cup qualifying campaign, the challenge facing gareth southgate is about to get tougher. banishing the memories of successive failures in major tournaments, and reviving national team after recent turbulence will take time. but, having flown into moscow this evening on the eve of the draw for the 2018 world cup, the manager told me he was ready to learn england's fate. excited. i've just been at a dinner with all of the other coaches, and you recognise we're one of only 32 countries to qualify. so it's an exciting moment for everybody. you can worry yourself silly, worrying about who you're going to play. we've got to be prepared to beat everybody. tonight, southgate confirmed this is where his squad will be based, a no—fr

up on sportsday later in the evening bbc news, there's an instant impact at goodison park as sam allardyce his new team everton take on west ham. good evening. ministers are expressing confidence that they can break the deadlock in the brexit talks with an improved financial offer, which is understood to be around a0 to 50 billion euros. but the eu still says that no final agreement has been reached. the kind of sum being mentioned would be a considerable increase on the amount previously offered by theresa may's government as a so—called brexit divorce payment. critics said many who voted for brexit would find any payment unacceptable. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more details. there is no substitute for personal diplomacy. the prime minister, the first major leader to visit iraq since so—called is were driven out of mosul. thousands of miles away, dealings between westminster and brussels mean a broad offer to settle the uk's accounts has been hypothetically agreed. we are still in negotiations with the european union, and i am very clear that i want us to move together onto

coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, allardyce and pardew are back in the game.seasons. the highest paid university vice chancellor in the uk, who's announced she's stepping down after her pay was described as "outrageous," has defended her salary. professor dame glynis breakwell at bath university insists she's not embarrassed by her £a68,000 annual pay packet and insists the university hasn't been damaged by the controversy. she's been speaking to our education editor, branwen jeffries. cold winter sun on the campus. the university of bath hoping to move on. the vice chancellor, in herfirst interview, told me her pay was justified. you seem unembarrassed by the controversy. i think that the controversy has been something that i would have wished to avoid, but i'm not embarrassed by the fact that those people who actually have determined my salary did so in the way that they did. professor dame glynis brea kwell will be paid £a68,000 a year until february, 2019. she'll stay in the university flat in bath until august, 2018. and a car loan of £31,000 will be writ

and that is sam allardyce. i have just spotted that.the evertonjob, and he's now the leading contender. he had been an early candidate to succeed ronald koeman, but publicly withdrew after everton were slow to make an offer. his name is back in the frame. karen carney has withdrawn from the england squad for today's world cup qualifier against kazakhstan in colchester after injuring an ankle. the chelsea winger, who has been capped 134 times, joins demi stokes on the sidelines. england have won their first two qualifiers. and you can watch that game live on bbc two, kickoff at 7:05am. wales also play tonight, away to bosnia—herzegovina. and that really is all of the sports news. well, i thought that was amazing. thank you very much indeed. a very long shortlist. sorry. that is all right. it is important to remind everybody. yes. let's talk about the volcano in bali. there are increasing concerns this morning that a volcano on the indonesian island of bali may erupt, with authorities there evacuating the homes of 100,000 people in the ar

has he inspired everton to a 4—0 win last night, sam allardyce is expected to be named as the new managerence as his winner helped establish them at the top of the table with a 2—1win over southampton. and england all—rounder ben stokes makes his return to cricket action but it will not be for england just yet. he has fined for england just yet. he has fined for new zealand side canterbury. more sportjust after half past. bbc news understands that a 24—year—old british man — who went to syria to fight the islamic state group — has been killed. oliver hall — from the portsmouth area — is the seventh british volunteer to have died in the country having joined a kurdish armed group. kurdish sources say mr hall was killed on 25 november while clearing mines in raqqa. with me is our correspondent, emma vardy. what more do we know about oliver holt, how he ended up in syria and what he was doing there? he had not been there at all, just since the end of august. the ypg kurdish group has a number of international volu nteers has a number of international volunteers who choose to go to join them

and some more manager news — sam allardyce is the leading contender for the everton manager‘s job.efender gayton bong. the alleged incident wasn‘t seen by the referee at the time but retrospective action could have meant the striker was banned for three games. a panel of three former premier league referees failed to all agree it was deemed worthy of a red card. wales‘ ross moriarty willjoin dragons from gloucester, for the start of next season the british and irish lion has never played his club rugby in wales, but the move was made necessary by their new selection policy and follows team—mate george north‘s return back to his home country. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and we‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. more now on the announcement that prince harry and meghan markle are engaged and will marry next spring. although meghan is best—known for her role in tv show suits, she has also been honoured for her humanitarian and charity work. one of the organisations meghan has worked with is 0ne young w

saying he had no ambition to take anotherjob, sam alla rdyce has no ambition to take anotherjob, sam allardyce has signed an 18 month deal to take over at everton, completing the formalities after watching the team beat west ham convincingly at goodison park. he says he is energised about returning to management with everton. he becomes the permanent successor to ronald koeman, claiming the ambition of the club was key to him taking thejob. manchester city midfielder david silva has signed a one—year contract extension. it'll keep him at the etihad until 2020, which will mark 10 years at the club for the spain midfielder who joined city from valencia for £24 million in 2010. since then he's won two premier league titles, an fa cup and two league cups. manchester city women's manager has withdrawn his application to become the next manager. he has opted to stay in his current role. gareth southgate says he is excited about the world cup draw, in which england and the other 31 teams have qualified for the tournament and russia will be finding out who and where they will be playing. the draw will

sam alla rdyce could sam allardyce could be back in contention for a certainjob sam allardyce could be moriarty willjoin dragons from gloucester, for the start of next season. the british and irish lion has never played his club rugby in wales, but the move was made necessary by their new selection policy and follows team—mate george north‘s return back to his home country. the policy means players taking up new contracts outside wales must have won 60 caps to be eligible to play for the national team — moriarty has won 17 caps. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. police investigating a car which crashed in leeds police appealed for information about the crash to come forward. i ,we are , we are looking for anyone who may have seen anything or the black renault clio to come forward and tell us about it. we are interested in the manner of the vehicle‘s driving leading up to it colliding with this tree. and anyone that has any information, i would appreciate it, if they would come forward. these are obviously a particularly harrowing and tragic set of c

the former england manager sam allardyce is the leading contenderfor the evertonjob. withdrew after everton were slow to make an offer. they've lost five out of their last seven games under caretaker boss david unsworth, so their search for a new manager is taking on some urgency. arsenal manager arsene wenger says striker alexis sanchez and midfielder mesut 0zil will still be at arsenal after the january transfer window "unless something unbelievable happens". both players' contracts expire at the end of the season but they're key figures for wenger. 0zil has more assists than any other player in the premier league. and sanchez has scored 56 goals since arriving from barcelona three years ago. he almost moved to manchester city on the final day of the summer window, before wenger pulled the plug. wenger also says he'll fight to keep jack wilshere at arsenal. he spent last season on loan at bournemouth. and has yet to make a premier league start this season. it is best interest to stay here we will fight 100% for him to stay here because he is a guy who is top quality

fireman sam, west brom in talks with sam allardyce. i have not given any way to that.a novotna, she worked for the bbc for bbc wimbledon. she was so warmhearted and brilliant. the news of her death hit many people hard. thank you. from festive adverts to music in the shops, christmas seems to arrive earlier and earlier every year. but how soon is too soon to start celebrating? it's been suggested that putting up your decorations sooner can actually make you feel happier. do you agree? we went to the manchester christmas markets to find out if people are feeling warm and fuzzy inside or frustrated that it's too much too soon. i love christmas. it is my favourite time of year. november is a good time. no, i think time of year. november is a good time. no, ithink december time of year. november is a good time. no, i think december onwards, not november. the earlier, the better. i love the vibes. i have been looking forward for this. yes. by been looking forward for this. yes. by the time christmas comes, i am fed up with john by the time christmas comes, i am fed up withj

sam allardyce will be returning to football. only one match as england manager.d crystal palace to premier league survival last year. it could be another rescue job for him this season, he's been tempted back by everton. more on this later on. tomasz has the weather, one word, snow. you can leave your snow boots at home, some eastern parts of the country in for a little more si'iow. the country in for a little more snow. i'll chat with simon about it in halfan snow. i'll chat with simon about it in half an hour. i look forward to that, tomasz. new hope for some of the 8 million migraine sufferers in the 8 million migraine sufferers in the uk after trials of new drugs. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. not long ago they were holding hands outside the white house — now they are swapping angry tweets across the atlantic. the ‘special relationship' is under scrutiny after donald trump hit back at theresa may after she criticised him for re—tweeting three anti—muslim videos posted by a british far—right group. there was anger in the house of c