and coming up in sportsday, on bbc news: could liverpool come from behind at swansea to keep up theirt on a place in the premier league's top four? good evening. and we start with stark new evidence of the intense strain on hospitals across the uk, as the nhs struggles to deal with the pressure of the winter months. medical staff at the university hospital of north tees, in the north—east of england, say they don't have the capacity to give proper care to all incoming patients, and the trust says pressures are ‘immense‘. a bbc news team spent several days at the hospital, witnessing the problems at first hand — as our special correspondent, ed thomas, explains in this extended report. inside the nhs. for the first time this winter, we have been given full access to a hospital. i have worked for the trust for 19 years, i have never known it to be as bad as it is now. over a weekend, we spoke to patients. it's supposed to be the best country in the world. we are nowhere near the best country in the world. progressively getting worse. definitely. i met staff, facing unprecedented pressur

could move to liverpool six months earlier than agreed have hung over their preparations but they're confident they can be chuck says in his estimate of see an emotion isn't the first time a team having such a good run has paid us a visit hoffenheim were undefeated when they came to town at this point last year. we're going to need to put on a chopping performance in fascinated top. only two points separate leipzig and shaka in the table in their first clash of the second season half they both want to stay in the mix at the top. now it's a small but possibly significant step forward for women's rights in the gulf region for the other women in saudi arabia has been allowed and a stadium and watch life football when it turned out in force last night for a game in the city of jeddah the excitement in and around the stadium was palpable . young saudi girls excited at going to watch the football a normal sight in most countries. but their mothers and grandmothers didn't have that privilege in a nation the tortillas for its hugely restrictive stance on women's rights. yet on friday in the

at rb leipzig rumors that gainey and midfield star not could move to liverpool six months earlier than agreed have hung over their preparations but they're confident they can be chuck says he says. this isn't the first time a team having such a good run has paid us a visit hoffenheim are undefeated when they came to town at this point last year. we're going to need to put on a chopping performance. only two point separate leipzig and shaka in the table in their first clash of the second season half they both want to stay in the mix at the top. a top story for you german chancellor angela merkel has said she hopes a new government will be in place by the major breakthrough an exploratory talks between have conservatives and the social democrats germany has been without a government since elections in september. you're watching news in berlin move. in. meantime don't forget you can always get the latest updates from our web site that's the w dot com up next night proves. this month in germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something him to resign

could move to liverpool six months earlier than agreed have hung over their preparations but they're confident they can be chuckin says. this isn't the first time a team having such a good run has paid us a visit hoffenheim or undefeated when they came to town at this point last year. we're going to need to put on a top performance. only two point separate lives in the table in their first clash of the second season half they both want to stay in the mix at the top. as being a first for women in saudi arabia now allowed to watch football games live from the stands the first game with women in attendance held on friday in the city of. the move is part of a series of seizing the structure saudi arabia starting in june. to thank you watching. more from us at the top of. the d.w. media center see it find it here it discovery. video and audio podcast and language courses in the g.w. media center at the center dot dublin dot com. it's all about the moments that long before. it's all about the stone.

could move to liverpool six months earlier than agreed have hung over their preparations but they're confident they can be chuckin says he says estimate of the most isn't the first time a team having such a good run has paid us a visit hoffenheim or undefeated when they came to town at this point last year. we're going to need to put on a chopping performance to even fasten it. on the two points separate leipzig and shaka in the table in their first clash of the second season half they both want to stay in the mix at the top. and watching to the news in berlin up next samaras music. is known as. you know the banks. and so watch the language of the bank. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines meet the germans new and surprising aspect of license culture in germany. u.s. american keep music but take a look at germany this.

go could jump shot on the table with a win but the home club could be distracted due to rumors surrounding this guy. is he going to liverpoolnow or at the end of the season that's the big question for our being so kate kate and company put distractions aside and compete. child care visited light seek for what could be not be caters final game remus suggest liverpool are prepared to pay an extra twenty million euros to get them out immediately rather than wait until summer. this one took a long time to get going thanks to shot because disciplined play but in effect the six minute benjamin stumbled he got his sight into trouble was a perfect move on the jew dime out somewhat less appropriate in the penalty box during a game of football john kevin i was stunned however couldn't convert strongly save by rush them on but poorly taken by the frenchman odd nevertheless five minutes later leipzig did manage to take the lead and unspectacular not be kate's efforts made unstoppable by desperately unlucky now that defeat. is still the center back himself stepped up on fifty five minutes to put things right and well deserved equaliser

a center goal and plays for liverpool at club level and his teammates at liverpool mohamed salah was also nominated and he could be the first egyptian to win since the awards were taken over by the confederation of african football in one thousand nine hundred four so who's the favorite to weigh well i would put my money on mohamed salah the last player i mentioned he's recently joined liverpool in the summer he joined forty two million euros and at the time the english press many liverpool fans and me too actually thought it was a bit of an overspend not a player that they needed not a player that would really improve the squad but he's proved us all wrong he plays on the wing but he scored impressive twenty three goals and also has eight assist the season already really really strong numbers and he's out showing pretty much everyone on the premier league stage including his teammates sadie oh man who i think will go empty handed again this year i think most will be the african footballer of the rebate not openly on i mean what are his chances well yeah i mean he has good chances on paper i mean last season he

everton travel the very short distance to face rivals liverpool, who could involve defender virgil vanompetition and it is isolated from the season. it's much more opportunity than pressure, especially for the team who people say i'm not the favourites, or whatever. it's not a league game. there are no points available. there's less pressure than the premier league. now, while the ashes are concluding in australia, attention will turn to south africa, as the world's top two sides go head to head. india have soared to the top of the rankings after winning their last nine series, but they've never won one in south africa before. and the home side have the boost of former captain ab de villiers returning to the squad after time away from the game ahead of friday's first test in cape town. now in case you missed it, two wonderful second half goals in the english premier league saw tottenham and west ham finish 1—1 at wembley stadium. pedro obiang handed the hammers the lead with a stunning strike twenty minutes from time. but son heung—min with an equally good effort drew the sides level i

liverpool. simple as that. but this derby could75 million signing, virgilvan dijk. as one star arrives at anfield though, another could be on his way out... philippe coutinho, linked with barcelona for an eye watering £140 million. tonight though is no time for distractions... everton might be the underdogs. after all, they haven't lifted the cup since 1995. but this is a fixture which stirs passion like few others. for two teams hoping to recapture that trophy—winning feeling. andy swiss, bbc news, anfield. darren bett, before you tell us about the weather, there is something you want to say? come on you reds! you've got me in serious trouble now! things are changing. you'll never walk alone on this beach in carnoustie. there will be less cloud and less mess across the weather in the uk, instead there's this kind of weather this weekend. increasing sunshine and more dry weather too but it does mean that it will be called. we are looking at more in the way of frost on saturday night, increased amounts of sunshine. more widely acros

liverpool's famous waterfront. the fire service says a small fire in a land rover spread rapidly. this is a photo taken of it at the time. as the blaze spread, cars could park is next to the liverpool arena, where an international horse show was taking place. those attending helped get the horses to safety. ijust took it upon myself. isaid, "right, ok, everyone, listen to me, we are going to bridle up the horses and we are going to get them out. i want you to all leave calmly now, use this exit or use the tunnel." it was soon a huge blaze. merseyside fire and rescue say it's one of the worst they'e ever dealt with. this was a challenging incident. let's be under no illusions about that. the crews worked very hard indeed to prevent the spread of this fire. the fire burned for much of the night. all the car owners could do was watch and accept they would never see their vehicles again. i've got a vehicle in there, yeah, so i'm unsure at the moment what it's going to be. we can't get anywhere near it. are you holding out much hope for your car? looking at the flames, no. this morning, the blackened building was surrounded by fire engines. it's likely it w

childcare visited light seek for what could be not be caters final grade remains just liverpool are prepared to pay an extra twenty million euros to get them out immediately rather than wait until summer. this one took a long time to get going thanks to shout because disciplined play but in the thirty sixth minute benjamin stability got his side into trouble i put that move on the judo match somewhat less appropriate in the penalty box during a game of football john kevin out a stand however couldn't convert strongly save by rush them on but poorly taken by the frenchman i nevertheless five minutes later leipzig did manage to take the lead and unspectacular not be kate's efforts made unstoppable by desperately unlucky now defeat. them still the sense about himself stepped up on fifty five minutes to put things right and well deserved equaliser and now those fourth goal of the season i was twenty one minutes to go now to i was involved once again giving the ball away to conrad lima from a switch counter-attack the shock about line off guard she wanted the hosts things to team avengers knights

liverpool. injuries could prevent him from making his debut for another three weeks.ult. the 63—year—old, who is now known as richard jones, admitted the charges before the start of his trial at liverpool crown court. the ex—crewe coach is charged with a total of 55 offences between 1979 and 1991. his alleged victims were boys aged between eight and 15 years old. our sports correspondent andy swiss is in liverpool. barry bennell, who is standing trial here under his new name of richard jones, wasn't actually here in person, instead he appeared via video link wearing a greyjumper. he pleaded guilty to six counts of indecent assault against two complainants aged between 11 and 14 at the time and we can now report he had already pleaded guilty to a seventh offence at an earlier hearing. in total, barry bennell is charged with 55 sexual offences, 42 counts of indecent assault, 11 counts of serious sexual assault, and two counts of attempted serious sexual assault. the charges relate to 12 complainants who were between the ages of eight and 15 at the time of the alleged of

bojo and the moment could be a reality t.v. show england an liverpool legend john barnes sits down for a one on one with stun next plus some of the most rages football boots believe you me you'll ever see about sol in the latest edition. we're told a secret society existed within the f.b.i. with the sole intent to undermine kennedy and then later president donald trump also we're told the last text messages from members of this secret society with russia gave rapidly losing steam we now have f.b.i. kate. this is harlan kentucky. over all of this move the employees to go to st fanny's remove. a co money city with almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal miners the said. that it was a laugh to see these people are survivors of a world disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's how it's happened. everybody i'm stephen both gosh i'm a task hollywood guy usual sus

so he positioned his phone ever so carefully next to his baby's face so he could watch manchester city play liverpool's a big game and jack will be very happy to know liverpool defeated man city 4-3 is correct. we don't know which team the guy in church was rooting for. >> but his baby was loving it game. i'm thinking. >>> we go back to basics now with this one canadian man from ontario who likes log cabins. he actually put out this time lapse video of him building a log cabin from the ground up. this is sean james who as a whole lot of acres in ontario. and he cut down some 100 treess in order to build this log cabin. look at that. he did it all by himself. that's impressive. >> i wonder if he got any help from the guy who built the wooden car we saw yesterday sgrp oh, here goes a wooden car. what is it with our fascination with wood in the morning? >> oh, boy. >> important message for women and men ages 50 to 85. please write down this toll-free number now. right now, in areas like yours, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock throug

liverpool's famous waterfront. the fire service says a small fire in a land rover spread rapidly. this is a photo taken of it at the time. as the blaze spread, cars couldnding helped get the horses to safety. it was soon a huge blaze. merseyside fire and rescue say it is one of the worst they've ever dealt with. this morning the blackened building was surrounded by fire engines. it's likely it will have to be demolished. and after the fire had been put out this morning, after many hours, some dogs, which had been left in those cars were safely rescued and reunited with their owners. as the dogs were handed back to their owners there was a hug of gratitude for the firefighters. the insurance bill will run to millions of pounds but thankfully no one was hurt. danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. 0n the line is mayor of liverpool, jo anderson. thank you forjoining us. bring us up thank you forjoining us. bring us up to date with where we are and what has happened. in terms of trying to get people accommodated in terms... there are still people wanting to stay to see if they can get the car, access to the car, which is very unlikely so we are still working v

liverpool's famous waterfront. the fire service says a small fire in a land rover spread rapidly. this is a photo taken of it at the time. as the blaze spread, cars couldternational horse show was taking place. those attending helped get the horses to safety. it was soon a huge blaze. merseyside fire and rescue say it is one of the worst they have ever dealt with. this morning the blackened building was surrounded by fire engines. it is likely it will have to be demolished. and after the fire had been put out this morning, after many hours, some dogs, which had been left in those cars, were safely rescued and reunited with their owners. as the dogs were handed back to their owners, there was a hug of gratitude for the firefighters. the insurance bill will run to millions of pounds, but thankfully no one was hurt. danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. in just over a months time, the world's attention will turn to south korea for the opening of the 2018 winter olympics. and yet, in china, questions are already being asked about the following 2022 games. but despite the concerns, china is already staging world—championship level competitions. the site is in

liverpool's famous waterfront. the fire service says a small fire in a land rover spread rapidly. this is a photo taken of it at the time. as the blaze spread, cars couldse show was taking place. those attending helped get the horses to safety. ijust took it upon myself. isaid, right, ok, everyone, listen to me, we are going to bridle up the horses and we are going to get them out. i want you to all leave calmly now, use this exit or use the tunnel. it was soon a huge blaze. merseyside fire and rescue say it is one of the worst they'e ever dealt with. this was a challenging incident. let's be under no illusions about that. the crews worked very hard indeed to prevent the spread of this fire. the fire burned for much of the night. all the car owners could do was watch and accept they would never see their vehicles again. i've got a vehicle in there, yeah, so i'm unsure at the moment what it's going to be. we can't get anywhere near it. are you holding out much hope for your car? looking at the flames, no. chuckles this morning the blackened building was surrounded by fire engines. it's likely it will have to be demolished. in the remains of this multist

the england frontman bagged his 99th premier league goal but spurs could lose more ground on the top four if liverpool was a back nine masterclass from tommy fleetwood as he defended his abu dhabi championship. the englishman is expected to break into the world's top ten on monday after another dazzling display of driving in the desert. he finished on 22 under par, in a performance which mcilroy called "obscene!" it was just important we carried on going forward. i'm having a great year. it was at the best year of my life but we wanted to keep pushing. like i say, i want to know where my potential will take me that wanted to keep pushing and make sure that wejust, to keep pushing and make sure that we just, you know, to keep pushing and make sure that wejust, you know, kept improving and it was important to do that and this week is a step along the way, hopefully. lots of you have shared the annual priests on the piste competition in poland. all you need is your cassock for the run down the 800 metre slalom course as they chase thejohn paul the second cup. which clergy gets the divine intervention is

last week the prisons watchdog condemned the ‘squalid‘ state of liverpool jail, describing conditions as the worst inspectors couldom the head of the prisons service and thejustice minister. mps wanted to know how things had been allowed to get so bad that livepool had been dubbed england‘s worst jail, with rats, cockroaches and blocked toilets a frequent feature especially as there had been repeated warnings about conditions. we had a run of significant difficulties. we had a number of disturbances leading up to christmas 2016, 2017. we had issues that i believe through 2017 were going to get better. than the population increased and put more pressure on establishments. the impact of psychoactive substances is a big issue in liverpool was actually a challenge for a lot of prisons. a lot of prisons were operating without the staffing needed. you're making if i may say so, you're making the same reheated excuses. the fact is in liverpool or 549 the staff against a benchmark of 460. the report makes crystal clear this, perhaps unusually, this is not issue of staffing. an issue of leadership and the question is is ad

could collapse after creditors rejected a possible rescue plan. carillion employs about 20,000 people in the uk and is one of the government's main contractors. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. this is liverpool'suction. it will be the biggest single bed hospital in the uk, and it's being built by carillion. now there's concern that projects like these could be affected if the company collapses. from prisons to hospitals, to schools and rail, carillion is responsible for some of the uk's largest infrastructure and maintenance projects. so, should the government bail the debt—laden company out? i think what has to happen in this case — the contracts have to be kept going and supporting the supply chain and the tens of thousands of workers. that can be done by the government taking lots of this in—house, or re—tendering in other cases. the government can'tjust do a financial bailout. the shareholders and creditors — the big banks — have to take a hit. they can't just offload all the losses to the taxpayer. carillion is a major british company with hundreds of contracts running prisons, maintaining hospitals and mod facilities, with almost 20,000 employees here and tens of thousands more dependent

liverpool could have 70. the risk of ice tomorrow morning.d to see the snow. further disruption caused by those elements tomorrow first thing. keep in touch. what i can tell you is it moves across quite quickly. sunshine. still many showers coming in from the west, and it will still feel cold. but then, it will still feel cold. but then, it is winter. good point. thank you. a good warning about that weather all week. david and louise turpin projected an image of a picture—perfect family on social media, posting photos of themselves with their 13 children, smiling as they celebrated birthdays, renewed wedding vows and visited disneyland together. but behind the smiles lay a very different story. the couple has been accused of torture and child endangerment after their children were found shackled and malnourished in their californian home. thank you for coming in on the programme this morning. can i ask you first of all, and, obviously, this is your line of work but what did you think when you heard about the details of this extraordinary stor

peterborough host leicester in the early kick—off, could be an upset there, southampton against watford kicking off at 3pm, and the late kick—off is liverpoolunty try to do what they did to leeds. beating leeds was my highlight because i could enjoy that game and it was due to our hard work of getting in that position. and what happened at the end of last season was obviously more important for the football club. you only have to see the struggles hartlepool are going through and it could quite easily have been us. we're fortunate. we're working hard to keep improving and that's what we always do here. apologies if i was a bit distracted but she has done, caroline wozniacki has won the australian open, so after never winning a set in a grand slam final before, she has beaten simona halep in the deciding set 6—4 to ta ke simona halep in the deciding set 6—4 to take the australian open title. it means she now replaces simona halep as the world number one. that has just happened in melbourne so we will bring you a full report in an hour's time. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather with susan powell. hello. some rather gloomy weath

today, bizarrely, both players ended up in liverpool where they had work permit hearings to have their permits altered so they couldive clubs. they have been gushing in statements. mkhitaryan is a complete player and sanchez has said the chance to play at manchester united is one he could not turn down. they cannot playjust at the moment. henin mkhitaryan cannot play until a week on tuesday and alexis sanchez is available for the fa cup tie against yeovil which is live on the bbc. and good news on the blue side of manchester as well. a new deal for kevin de bruyne? yes, city have announced the deal, 30 seconds ahead of the manchester united deal. nicholas otamendi, david silva, they have secured a lot of what looks to be no title winning squad. well, there is one match in the premier league tonight — a final decision on whether video assistant referees are introduced into football full time wil be made in march. the international football board today delayed adopting var after various trials around the world — including england. our correspondent richard conway has more for us in our london studio. richard, what do

could be his destination. manchester city are going for their first victory at anfield for nearly 15 years later. the premier league leaders will go 18 points clear if they win, while liverpoolto fourth place. in football, anything can happen. of course we could lose the title, because you never know what will happen. of course we could maintain our level. the consistency and the way we played. we have the chance. but we never know. we could go down for lack of confidence or we don't play very well. we will see. roger federer says his age helps take the pressure off as he heads into the australian open tipped to win. the swiss five—time champion won his first major title for five years with a stunning run in melbourne last year. and with rivals novak djokovic and rafael nadal on their way back from injury, and britain's andy murray absent, federer remains the man to beat. with age i feel like i've played down my chances just because i don't think 36—year—old should be a favourite in turn and. that should not the case. that's why i see things more relaxed. i'm at a later stage in my career. maybe somebody like a rafah, with the year he has had, or a novak, with the six titles

two hundred twenty million euros on their bank account so when the come calling at liverpool say we want to buy could they're not going to sell them for seventy or eighty million which he was how much he would cost last year the year before hand then i was going to sit there and wait and say look you have the money you pay us one hundred twenty million and then you could have the playing want to have and that's exactly what happened that's how the market dictates these transfer fees so they know that they're probably going to get their money back on in the long run you know they also splash out a lot of money on another player i mentioned actually in that graphic is this is a dream duo and making the two of them to be honest. because you know they are very very good players but they're not will be to the world beaters in my opinion they're not the. boss alone and yes operating for the. they have players i understand yes that he's there three years old he's the measure of the team he's getting somewhat all of the top players we can we reach out of every competition so get some players invite them but

guardiola has suggested it could be up to a month. on loan for the rest of the season. had also been linked with newcastle and serie a side inter milan. it's understood liverpooll receive a £2 million loan fee. who can prove they are clean, will be allowed to compete as neutrals. committee were met. ade adedoyin reports. qualification events prior to these games should be allowed to compete. games should be allowed to compete. tests in the six months leading up to that qualification event. to that qualification event. this a softening of the ipc‘s approach? approach? athletes were not clean because it was a system that was in place. was a system that was in place. athletes are clean and which may not be clean at the games. be clean at the games. they will have to meet strict criteria. have to meet strict criteria. these measures at a level playing field for every games. field for every games. authorities of the mclaren report or a firm rebuttal. a firm rebuttal. there will be no compromise taken as regards that decision. regards that decision. systemic doping, otherwise, the situation will remain the same. time in his career. medallist gordon reid. 0pen where

could end in catastrophe. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. police in the english city of liverpooley car park, and forced the cancellation of an international horse show at the city's echo arena. emergency services were called at around 5pm on new year's eve and nearby apartments and hotels have been evacuated due to smoke. the public have been advised to stay away from the area and traffic restrictions are currently in place. no—one has been reported injured. some of those attending the horse show at the arena have been speaking about what happened. theyjust said there was a small incident in the main arena, we sat on the seats up the top. the next minute they said there was a small incident, no harm or anything like that, about five, ten minutes later they said there was a small fire up in the car park. we were in the arena watching the show, one of the horsesjust come out to do the jumps and they called it back in. we were all looking at each other wondering what was going on. then they said there was a fire on the top floor. nothing to worry about. then a bit later on we came o

could take many months. thank you indeed. scores of people who had travelled to liverpool to celebrate the new year have had to spend the nightelter after a fire in a multi—5torey car park next to the city's echo arena destroyed more than 1,000 vehicle5. steve saul reports. the fire is thought to have started in one vehicle on the third floor of the car park. emergency services arrived within minutes, but the flames quickly spread to other floors. police say 1,400 cars have been destroyed. up to 4,000 people are thought to have been left stranded in the city. the arena, on the city's waterfront, was hosting the liverpool international horse show. no spectators or animals have been injured. my car. all of our belongings in it. everything. i came over from northern ireland, and all my stuff — like, my suitcase and all my clothes are in it, all gone. mer5ey5ide fire and rescue service say this is one of the biggest fires they have ever dealt with, with crew5 working under challenging conditions from the outside of the building because of a real fear of structural collapse. the difficulty that we have is because this is so deep—s