curran and his club deny the offence, and say they'll appeal. the pdc world darts championship. the crowd were singing, "you've got school in the morning," as littler — making his debut in the competition no less — put in a really impressive performance as he beat dutchman christian kist 3—0 at alexandra palace. he's the fourth—youngest player to compete in the competition and hit seven 180s. he'll play another englishman andrew gilding in the next round on thursday and says he can't wait. it isa it is a massive experience. i have watched the darts a few times, the crowd are always singing. i am glad they were on my side tonight. they helped me over the line even more. i knew my practice was going well, but i didn't think that i would take it onto the stage. but i did, and i am just glad i won the bill. i won the first set to break christian. going into the third set, it was my darts, it was mine to lose. with the highest average on debut at the worlds, it was unbelievable. ijust wanted to win tonight, so anything else is an over achievement for

held by curran. winner? not rutherford, out for30. held by curran. only 11 winner?russell found livingston. when hope threw his bat, he did it with certainty. victory two four balls to spare. this will help. sydney sixers have won their latest game in the big bash. they didn't get off to the best start against adelaide. vince losing his wicket. adelaide. vince losing his wicket. adelaide struggled to get there. and there was a dramatic finish. this six taking the match to the last ball. needed another boundary for the win and came upjust ball. needed another boundary for the win and came up just short. they won by one run. lots more on the bbc sport web—site of course. building up sport web—site of course. building up to another big weekend in the football. but from me and the team, thatis football. but from me and the team, that is all for mow. —— for now. you're watching bbc news with me catherine byaruhanga. greater manchester police has announced it has launched a criminal investigation into the child abduction of alex batty, who went missing from his home in ol

underfire, buttler and curran come up trumps. and, new balls please. but it's golf which will intoduce new rules to limit the distance a ball can be hit. we start with football, and just a day after predicting his team would win an unprecedented fourth premier league title, pep guardiola's manchester city have failed to win for a fourth league match in a row. losing 1—0 at aston villa. it's the first time in more than seven years the champions have hit a run like this. but in contrast to their three draws on the bounce to chelsea, liverpool and tottenham hotspur this defeat to high flying villa was fully deserved, leon bailey's deflected shot giving unai emery�*s team all three points for a 14th home league win in a row. the 22 shots fired at ederson�*s goal by villa are the most pep guardiola has seen his side face since taking over at city, whose meagre two efforts in total was a fair reflection of the hosts�* superiority. aston villa played better, the first half we didn't move and the positions that we should move and talk, but second half was much

tom curran�*s appeal against a four—game ban in australia's big bash league has been dismissed. for his sydney sixers side against the hobart hurricanes earlier this month. the conduct commisson found he "attempted to perform a practice run—up — and run at pace straight towards the umpire, who stood in the bowling crease facing curran — and that the umpire stepped to his right to avoid the risk of collision". the 28—year—old england player said he deeply regrets the incident. and that's all the sport for now. laura lynch — a founding member of the us country music band the dixie chicks — has been killed in a car accident in el paso, texas. she was 65. the band said they were "shocked and saddened" by lynch's death. laura lynch — a bassist and later singer — founded the group in 1989 with three other women. a christmas carol lost for nearly 90 years has been performed in the south yorkshire town where it was originally composed. the song, christmas eve, was written by arthur godfrey, a factory worker from barnsley. here's a quick taste. # the chime of bells inspires the midnight

curran and his club the sydney sixers will appeal.out in the final leading the series 2—1. not long to go before antonyjoshua steps in the ring to take on otto wallin in saudi arabia. it's part of a double header this weekend which will also see deontay wilder fightjoseph parker. but many are more interested in the potential next match. if both wilder and joshua win, they have agreed to fight each other. their own extensions, but that is the mindset, willjust an extension. with all due respect, he is not a champion, he something up to get through to get to the championship. ijust to fight, through to get to the championship. i just to fight, not everything else come all this other stuff, do not know where it's come from. time to do a press conference and the load of other things need to focus. philadelphia 76ers star — and reigning mvp — joel embiid is making more headlines in america, as he's now on the nba's longest scoring run in more than half a century. the nba's leading scorer helped the 76ers beat the minnesota timberwolves127—

curran says he deeply regrets the incident. and that's all the sport for now.he busiest day of the year for travel. rail disruption is predicted — with london paddington shutting, and some other stations running reduced services. the windy weather could also cause problems, with yellow warnings in place from the met office. we are joined now by the independent�*s travel correspondent, simon calder, who is at euston station here in london right now. there is always a lot of factors that play into the usual annual christmas travel delays. we talk about weather, engineering works. but i was also reading staff sickness is a factor of this year. tell us about those things. staff shorta . e tell us about those things. staff shortage is _ tell us about those things. staff shortage is unfortunately trashing the plans of a number of travellers today. we saw quite a lot of the heat at london euston yesterday when there were dozens of avanti whiskers trains to places like manchester, glasgow, birmingham council because of staff shortages. london north—western railway, whi

sam curran has a bit of a point to prove, but certainly, the ipl auction is always memorable.ah at the club world cup where the european champions manchester city are taking on the asian champions league winners urawa red diamonds in their semi—final the winner of this will play brazilians fluminense on friday —— next year's competition. chances are limited, but on the stroke of half—time, city taking the lead thanks to an own goal. you can follow the second half on the bbc sport website. a quick reminder of our top story — that is not the 70th sports personality of the year awards. although that is a big deal. steve cooper, the nottingham forest manager sacked as well. you can go to those details as well on the bbc sport website, but from me and the team, good night. hello there. it's been quite a poor day today across many southern parts of england with a lot of rain around. further north, we did see some sunshine eventually across the north of england and into parts of wales, and we've seen a mixture of sunshine and showers earlier in scotland. this was the shield of cloud

not sherfane rutherford come out for 30 brilliantly held by sam curran.only went for two. but when shai hope threw his band he did it with certainty. victory with four balls to spare. two teams looking for their revival. west indies seemed closer. and this will definitely help. time now for some other sports stories. sydney sixers didn't need banned england all rounder tom curran to win their latest game in the big bash league. their match at home to adelaid strikers went down to the last ball. england's jamie overton needing a boundary for the win, but came up just short handing the sixers victory by one run. world rugby's record cap—holder alun wynjones has revealed he was diagnosed with a heart condition as his career drew to a close. he's called for players to be screened for heart issues more often after undergoing tests before finishing his career at toulon last month. uruguay striker luiz suarez has joined mls side inter miami for the 2024 season, reuniting him with former barcelona team—mates lionel messi, sergio busquets and jordi alba. the forme

underfire, buttler and curran come up trumps. and, new balls please.golf which will intoduce new rules to limit the distance a ball can be hit. we start with football, and just a day after predicting his team would win an unprecedented fourth premier league title, pep guardiola's manchester city have failed to win for a fourth league match in a row. losing 1—0 at aston villa. it's the first time in more than seven years the champions have hit a run like this.

the previous record was held by england's sam curran when hejoined the punjab kings for £1.85 milliond he'll bejoined by one of his england teammates, chris woakes, who cost the punjab kings £400,000. and harry brook, who had a poor ipl with sunrisers in this year's edition, has seen his value plummet by almost a million. delhi capitals picking him up for a snip £380,000. here is test match specials henry moeran on those figures for starc and cummins. extraordinary figures. and we've come to expect this from the indian premier league. starc and cummins will actually be earning more in that window of ipl cricket than they do from their central contracts with australia. and we did sort of expect that there could be some big figures for those fast bowlers because, well, a couple of reasons. one, it is a month to the day since australia lifted the world cup in ahmedabad, so they've been very much in the focus of indian cricket, those two highly successful fast bowlers, and also the old adage that bowlers win you tournaments while batsmen perhaps win you headlines, and so teams do look for

joining us is enda curran and marcus ashworth. first to you, marcus. can the boj do that, should they? marcus: they should but they are very skillful with how they do their timing of these things. i've watch these markets for years and they do it at their own behest and it won't be pushed into timing at the markets wish. however, the hints being dropped suggests there is a reasonable chance they do start doing something, tweaking up to maybe slightly above zero at their next meeting. they could easily delay it. yields, which they have been trying to talk up towards the 1% mark, they dropped sharply down below the 70 basis points. obviously today with bad auctions and a few other comments we have seen it repriced up. but, this is a good opportunity, they are in a much better space and flexibility for room if yields do go higher. i think they might -- they should do it i think. it doesn't matter whether it is next week or in a month or two. guy: one cannot help but wonder if the boj is about to repeat the mistakes of 2006 and seven by starting to hike af

following a poor performance with the ball in the openind odi sam curran silenced the critics with threeough the top order as the home side were skittled out for 202. willjacks got england on their way with the bat, hitting 73, and captain jos buttler was unbeaten on 58 to wrap up the win, and level the series at 1—1. england's women also produced a convincing performance to beat india by 38 runs in the opening game of their t20 series in mumbai. batting first, england opener danni wyatt set the platform with 75, nat sciver brunt later top scoring with 77, as the visitors made 197. sophie ecclestone, on her return from a dislocated shoulder then took three wickets, india coming up short by 38 runs. the second game in the three—match series takes place at the same ground on saturday. now it's golf. it's a set of rules that will affect golfers of all levels. but the sports governing bodies have announced new rules surrounding ball specifications that will limit the distance balls can travel. it means golfs biggest hitters are likely to see their tee shots shortened by around 15 yards from

in reply, sam curran was the only england batter to reach a half century and england went on to losee windies now have a 2—0 lead in the five—match series. meanwhile in his final test series, david warner put australia in control in the opening match against pakistan in perth with a brilliant 164. the 37—year—old opener starred on day one, as australia ended on 346—5. and it means warner is now fifth on australia's all—time test run scorers list. and england's women have work to do if they want to end nearly a decade without a test match victory. in their one—off match against india, england's bowlers toiled in the mumbai heat as india capitalised on a batting—friendly surface to reach 1110—7 at the close of play. seamer lauren bell was the best with the ball taking 2—64. i think we batted pretty well today. a tough day today, but i feel like we can come back again tomorrow. i guess that's the beauty. it's very impressive how it is their first match and they can play test match cricket. we had to work really hard for our wickets today. a couple of rugby lines now and andy farrell has

curran says he deeply regrets the incident. and as it's christmas, let's bring you this.eld in the centre of madrid every year, thousands of people took part in the five kilometre race to raise money for the red cross. we don't know for sure if father christmas was racing in that or not. he might have other things to do. we all love a good christmas gag. health workers from across the uk have gathered at kings cross this afternoon to hold a multi—faith vigil for those suffering in the conflict in the middle east. leaders from the jewish, muslim and christian faiths are uniting to call for a ceasefire and pay their respects to the lives lost. live now to our reporter tom brada, who's at the vigil at gasholder park in kings cross. bring us up to what is happening there. we bring us up to what is happening there. ~ ., bring us up to what is happening there. ~ . , ., ;;:: , there. we are “ust about 30 metres awa from there. we are just about 30 metres away from where _ there. we are just about 30 metres away from where the _ there. we are just about 30 metres away from where

underfire, buttler and curran come up trumps. and, new balls, please.ance a ball can be hit. we start with football, and just a day after predicting his team would win an unprecedented fourth premier league title, pep guardiola's manchester city have failed to win for a fourth league match in a row. losing i—0 at aston villa. it's the first time in more than seven years the champions have hit a run like this. but in contrast to their three draws on the bounce to chelsea, liverpool and tottenham hotspur this defeat to high flying villa was fully deserved, leon bailey's deflected shot giving unai emery�*s team all three points for a 14th home league win in a row. the 22 shots fired at ederson's goal by villa are the most pep guardiola has seen his side face since taking over at city, whose meagre two efforts in total was a fair reflection

they chose to field an sam curran is doing the damage with three early wickets to reduce the windies.e down in the series with the third and final match on saturday. you can follow how england are going on the bbc sport website and the art. head there for the latest score where it is currently 85 44. a great result for england's women earlier in mumbai. as danni wyatt and nat sciver—brunt inspired them to an opening win over india, in the first of their t20 matches. a comeback to remember too for sophie eccelestone, she was among the wickets on her return from injury. alex fletcher reports. from the stands to the pitch, it was all hands on deck for india in mumbai. and india used it to great effect, removing two england batters in the first over. recovery was needed and experience proved crucial. danni wyatt smashing in her half century, with nat sciver front following in her footsteps as they built a partnership of 138. after danni wyatt fell, nuts give brunt went on to score 100 for england. the visitors attack struck early. straight through, change of bowling with not skipper brunt

shery: enda curran joining us from sydney.little bit of support for the offshore yuan as chair powell was speaking. a little bit of a spike against the u.s. dollar. let's get a preview with our asian equities reporter charlotte yang. we have seen significant pressure on chinese assets just because of the lack of confidence and the fact we did not get that bazooka-style stimulus from the annual economic conference. what can we expect in trading today? can we expect that risk rally from wall street to catch on in china? charlotte: there are a few things playing for today. we had a more dovish note from the fed and that will be a tailwind for equities market, especially hong kong ones. they are in lockstep with the fed rates. the high borrowing cost has been hurting the property sector. high burrowing cost for property developers as well as households. so we could see some action there. on the other hand the latest credit data for november is weaker than expected and could hurt investors because that could signal the monetary and

for more, let's bring in enda curran.here are these increasing concerns because the fix being proposed for the property sector seems to be that it gets taken on by the banking sector more broadly, right, is this at the core of these concerns or was it surprising at all? enda: from this vantage point, looking back, it seemed the central issue was china can't push past its real estate fund, moody's made the point of that is socially the government will have to spend more money on local governments. that has to do with the fact that relisted estate continues to be bogged down the way it is. of course the chinese authorities rejected that view and said the real estate slowdown is under control. but i think it does for the focus back on china's debt metrics, that the deficit is at 3.8% of gdp, well above the 3-odd percent area that it normally is. i think china's data story is that it slipped from china's -- debt story slipped from headlines in a few years, but this move from moody's will put eyes back on that. the market reac

joining us now to talk about this is scott curran, he's the ceo of beyond advisers, and his their socialct work. scott, great to talk to you. thank you so much for being here. why are these dei programs that are meant to increase diversity within companies coming under attack, and what's going on with stephen miller? >> yeah, thanks for having me, jim. i think it's clear, and we can take stephen miller at his word, america first legal says that they are going to create re relentless litigation to go after these, and so, i think you see both the strategy which is to go after these dei initiatives with the hope of stopping them, and you see the tactic, which is the litigation that gets you there. and, you know, litigation involves actual legal claims that have to be decided according to the law, so, there's a very real issue in each of the complaints that has to be addressed and will be addressed. and may well create new boundaries that ---ors will have to follow, but i think we're seeing stephen take a page out of steve bannon's playbook, which is to flood the zone, which is why we're rec

me professor richard nelson curran, and lincoln biographer, wrote a landmark book in 1992 that was aas the time. he found that 100,000 residents of the confederate states, those succeeding states, volunteered to serve in the union army. before these men have been ignored, they're missing from almost every mainstream history book about the civil war. 3000 of those 100,000 white union soldiers from the south were from north alabama. my family's ancestral counties in the alabama hills. 22 hill counties of alabama voted against secession. and when it happened, they refused to serve the confederacy for two reasons. one, they lived on small mountain farms and could not afford to buy slaves. and to, they believe that they believed in the principal lay down in 1840 by their near neighbor, andrew jackson, that the union was too sacred to be split up over the issue of slavery. so in 1862 when union troops occupied -- huntsville, alabama, hundreds and then thousands of alabama farm boys sneaking through the forest, often at night, went to huntsville and the other recruiting posts held by the ya

not among the selections for england, but tom curran had some t20 success in the aussie big bash todaythe hobart hurricanes to make it two wins from two. we'll stay with cricket, because when derbyshire's anuj dal received racial abuse on social media he was so shocked, at first he didn't know how to react. but he turned his anger into an 18—month quest to hold his abuser to account. now he wants others to know that there's a path to restorative justice. he's been speaking to our sports correspondentjoe wilson. back on is a professional cricketer, the vice chair of the cricketers association, and he fought abuse with restorative justice. that association, and he fought abuse with restorative justice.— association, and he fought abuse with restorative justice. with restorative “ustice. that was a very satisfying — with restorative justice. that was a very satisfying feeling, _ with restorative justice. that was a very satisfying feeling, knowing . very satisfying feeling, knowing that i had covered all bases, and i felt as though i needed to do what i had done to be able to move on from

england won the toss and are fielding, sam curran and liam livingstone have both taken three wickets,side to you can keep up to date with that game on the bbc sport website. england's women produced a convincing performance to beat india by 38 runs in the opening game of their t20 series in mumbai. batting first, england opener danni wyatt set the platform scoring 75, nat sciver brunt later top scoring with 77, as the visitors made 197. sophie ecclestone, on her return from a dislocated shoulder then took three wickets, india coming up short. the second game in the three—match series takes place at the same ground on saturday. it's a set of rules that will affect golfers of all levels, but the sports governing bodies have announced new rules surrounding ball specifications that will limit the distance balls can travel. it means golfs biggest hitters are likely to see their tee shots shortened by around 15 yards from 2028. there has been opposition from golf manufacturers and leading tours, but the r&a and united states golf association say the new regulations are proportionate and ins

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curran and his club denied the offence and plan to appeal. iam looking very festive indeed. isn't itjust? good morning. i am on a farm near cirencester, which is home to 21 reindeer. the reindeer normally don't wait until about eight o'clock but they have been rudely awoken this morning so we can meet them later. as you are talking about the trees, and they gorgeous? really christmassy. there are about 7000 trees on this site. 1800 of them are lit up. it is windy. the forecast for today is a windy one. not as windy as it was yesterday. and it's also going to beat milder. exceptin and it's also going to beat milder. except in the north—east, where we do have some wintry showers. some of the heavier showers, in north—east scotland, could get down to lower levels. what is happening is we have a great big weather front draped across the british isles. that is producing some rain. storm pia has moved away to the near continent. this morning we have got the rain draped across northern ireland, north—west england, northern wales, the midlands, down

that's one reason we saw the turnaround, the positive sentiment, john curran from cowen. >> thank youthe biggest gainers in the s&p this morning led by paramount i might need to make a phone call or two it's on this deadline story. sort of pause in the idea that red bird might be interested in a controlled interesting interesting. >> are you poo-pooing it iav'teen able to make calls. >> "squawk on the street" will be right back after this all right, tandy, what's it gonna be, the drink made from whatever was laying around, or the one made with your drizzly haul? drizly! stock up today, sip well, tomorrow. drizly. trading at schwab is now powered by ameritrade, unlocking the power of thinkorswim, the award-winning trading platforms. bring your trades into focus on thinkorswim desktop with robust charting and analysis tools, including over 400 technical studies. tailor the platforms to your unique needs with nearly endless customization. and track market trends with up-to-the-minute news and insights. trade brilliantly with schwab. cathie wood ark innovation etf, bitcoin, coinbase, a nu

chasing 177 to win, sam curran was the only batter to reach the half—century before he later became one wickets. reverend ahmed club the final ball forfour. and tom daly has made a winning return to competitive diving. this was in the british diving cup, taking place in edinburgh. alongside noel williams, daly, the olympic champion who top the scores with six routines, and in this his first major competitive event since claiming the synchronised title alongside matt lee at the tokyo games. the duo will look to secure a place for team gb in the main's synchronised a ten metres platform event at paris next year. i tell you what, that is precision, diving, and service darts. it's bring the chief executive, matt porter. thank you for your time. executive, matt porter. thank you foryourtime. standing executive, matt porter. thank you for your time. standing on this famous oche, what a final it was last year, one of the most iconic tournaments we have ever seen in darts. what can we expect this time around? can michael smith defend his title? �* ., ,, ., ., , title? amazing, smith and van ger