. —— pierre—emerick aubameyang. new contract, and henrikh mkhitaryan coming into the club, a replacement for alexis sanchez, pierre—emerick aubameyang and alexandre lacazette, a flush of attacking options. since the start of the 2015, 2016 season, aubameyang scored 45 more goals than any arsenal player in that period. so although he is 28 years old, and some of the biggest clubs in the world is decided against coming in for, real madrid who had been linked with him in the past, some will be delighted to get him. £56 million is far lower than his quoted asking price a couple of years ago, around £100 million, so it will be seen as a good dealfor arsenal. £100 million, so it will be seen as a good deal for arsenal. arsenal fa ns a good deal for arsenal. arsenal fans and social media will be delighted with that news. not all good news for arsenal, though. 0livier giroud is off to chelsea. there is sadness around his departure, 0livier giroud joined arsenal in 2012 and became a bit of a favourite. he scored some key goa

arsenal have agreed a deal for pierre—emerick aubameyang.. they get another player going the other way. other way. olivier giroud would be their choice. their choice. but he might want to stay in the premier league. cyrille regis' funeral has taken place today. in the english game. he died earlier this month at the age of 59. at the hawthorns where he spent the majority of his career. to catch drugs cheats ahead of the next olympics. been a challenging year for the organsiaiton. our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. detail that it was established back in 2009. in 2009. the front line of the fight against doping in sport. doping in sport. better and new ways of working in sports. sports. they need to do, insisting us with information to develop artistic. information to develop artistic. could do in the run—up to the tokyo olympics. olympics. with a strategic review into how they can conduct themselves. they can conduct themselves. that will be out in april. will be out in april. that fight to make sure that british sport is cl

swansea last night. way in the shape of pierre—emerick aubameyang. iroud steel. steel. we will see if it gets over the line. the line. head of the upcoming triangle series with australia and new zealand. with australia and new zealand. plunkett and chrisjordan both currently doubts for that one. currently doubts for that one. that is all the sport for now. is all the sport for now. all the transfer news after 11am. coach barry bennell. 0ur reporterjim reed has been following the trial. hi vic. yes. this is the fourth week now of the trial of barry bennell. he is the former coaching to crewe alexandra and manchester city. alexandra and manchester city. denies a total of a8 counts of abuse in this case. in this case. in liverpool heard from an alleged victim in the case. victim in the case. the situation is quite convex. quite convex. previously entered guilty beta abuse charges against his man. charges against his man. —— the situation is quite complex. situation is quite complex. charges against this man 20 years ago. ago. multiple incidences of abuse

in the german bundesliga, borussia dortmund left out pierre—emerick aubameyang from their squad for the to wolfsburg for "disciplinary reasons" for the second time this season. on the field, peter sturger‘s side missed the chance to reclaim second place although they had their chances with 17 year old jadon sancho hitting the post as he became the first english player to start for dortmund in the league. paris st—germain‘s latest ligue un win ended in controversy, as the referee aimed a kick at a nantes player after they collided, then sent him off. nantes finished the game with 10 men as defender diego carlos was shown a second yellow card in injury time after the incident with referee tony chapron. nantes chairman waldemar kita said chapron should be banned for six months for the scandalous decision. psg won the match 1—0 after angel di maria scored in the 12th minute, as they extend their lead at the top to 11 points. ryan giggs is expected to be mean and wales manager on monday. the 44—year—old is set to sign a four—year contract in what will become his first full—time job in manage

the most expensive signing so far today is pierre—emerick aubameyang, who is moving from borussia dortmundo cloudy where you are, you may have been lucky to catch a glimpse of a rare lunar event tonight. it‘s called the super blue blood moon. this is a live shot of it in the skies over central london now. the sight has dazzled skywatchers around the world. it‘s when there‘s a second full moon in the same month and when it‘s closest to the earth in orbit, making it look much brighter and bigger. they‘ve coincided with a lunar eclipse, which has given it a reddish glow in some parts of the world. hull won its bid to be 2017 uk city of culture with a promise to show "a city coming out of the shadows." a year later, many areas of the city have indeed been regenerated. hull has been supported by an army of volunteers and it‘s managed to attract top talent from across the uk. among them, the award—winning playwright james graham, who studied in the city. his latest work, the culture, has opened in hull. he‘s been talking about that and hull‘s cultural legacy with our arts editor, will gompertz.

comes the other way and he says nothing is happening —— happening at the moment with pierre—emerick aubameyange and the win. —— but arsene wenger was delighted with today's performance. we started very well. we played our game like we can play it, you know, quick, fast passing and good combinations and movement. some good chances. after that, i think the whole first half was all top quality. the second half didn't manage to keep the same urgency and drive but overall, it was a convincing win. it was convincing but slightly harsh impressed upon us, it was 4—1. that might have been my fault! moving on to stoke, who beat huddersfield 2—0, what an entrance for this mallemort has paul lambert done? great start for paul lambert who was an animated on the touchline, you will see it on match of the day, joe allen with the first, mame biram diouf with the second, really good performance but it was imported to keep a clean sheet against huddersfield who have conceded ten in their last three and huddersfield are in trouble, really worrying for them, no wins since the 16th of december in the league but it

he says nothing is happening with pierre—emerick aubameyang at the moment but a fantastic win.at asim wenger had to say. —— they lost theo walcott. we started very well. we played our game like we can play it, you know, quick, fast passing and good combinations and movement. some good chances. after that, i think the whole first half was all top quality. the second half didn't manage to keep the same urgency and drive but overall, it was a convincing win. now to arguably the win of the day, stoke beating huddersfield 2—0 which does not sound amazing but this man has only been there a couple of days. what has paul lambert done? kept a clean sheet because they conceded ten in the last three, joe allen with the first, the second was really well ta ken, allen with the first, the second was really well taken, great team move, finished off by mame diouf, the likes of xherdan shaqiri looks like different players. paul lambert was very animated on the touchline, got into the game and got the fans behind the team. huddersfield are in bad form, have not won since mid—december but still a

the big move today was to arsenal — pierre—emerick aubameyang joining the club from borussia dortmunddortmund before agreeing a fee that eclipses the £46.5 million they paid for alexandre lacazette injuly. arsenal said the 28—year—old — the 2015 african footballer of the year — had joined on a long—term contract. meanwhile, olivier giroud has bid farwell to the emirates — he's off to chelsea on a deal said to be worth around £18 million. the france international leaves arsenal having scored 105 goals in 253 games since signing from montpellierfor a reported £12 million injune 2012. this guy is staying put, though — mesut ozil has signed a new three and a half year contract making him the most expensive player in the club's history — earning £350,000 a week before tax. manchester city have walked away from a proposed deal for leicester city's riyad mahrez after refusing to sanction a transfer package that would have cost £95 million. city do not view themselves as having made an offer after leicester city came to them with a proposal that would have also included a player. mahrez hande

pierre—emerick aubameyang, there you 90, pierre—emerick aubameyang, there you go, you've given it to for arsenal £456 million, good news for them, contagious, signed for arsenal £456 million, good news forthem, much more to come later on. let's hope it goes better than. will explain more about the supermoon, what makes a super, what's the difference between a normal moon and a supermoon and look at snow in the uk but there are other stories around the world as well, snowfall in morocco, a place that you might not expect it and also some attention if leading rein in new zealand coming up. thank you ramesh, chris. also coming up — hello! the killer whale that's astounded scientists by learning to "speak" human words through its blowhole. wikie — a 16—year—old captive orca living in a marine theme park — mimicks words such as "hello" and can count to three. to those of you tweeting that whale does a lot better than we do, don't bother, we know. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. there's always a risk in going away at the wrong time — being thousands of miles away when there's trou

arsenal are the big spenders on transfer deadline day with a club record £56 million for pierre—emerick aubameyangsen takes just 11 seconds to break the deadlock at wembley and score the fastest premier league goal this season. and humiliation for chelsea as the blues suffer a shock defeat at home to bournemouth. hello and welcome to the programme. coming up in a moment, we'll have all tonight's premier league action — including the third fastest goal in premier league history. but first, the clock is ticking. we're into the final minutes of the january transfer window. in terms of spending, it's arsenal who have been splashing the cash, with their club record signing of pierre—emerick aubameyang at a cool £56 million. but what do we know about the striker from gabon? joe lynskey has been finding out. this is arsenal's new gift from gabon. the £56 million striker with quite the back story. his path to the world stage has come via the equator, a country are unlikely to make the world cup but with one super star. at 28, he is already on their record scorer. that choice of allegiance is set apart. au

league programme. closing in on pierre—emerick aubameyang.nt. it is, indeed. confident of completing deal for pierre—emerick aubameyang. pierre—emerick aubameyang. £60 million for the gabon international. international. through before tomorrow night's deadline. deadline. arsenal have been in this position before. position before. close to breaking their transfer record, as well. record, as well. going to sign a france under 23 international. that would be for £57 million. million. manchester today, to undertake his medical. that would also be a club record. many thanks. it will be a busy 36 hours for you, as well. and england striker cyrille regis. players in the english game. he died earlier this month at the age of 59. at the hawthornes where he spent the majority of his career. he also had a long spell at coventry. will be back there a little bit later. for the women's game. following his appointment last week. and defended his coaching cv. to run a women's team. they say the situation is under review. it's 50 days until the start of the g

pierre—emerick aubameyang.o play scotla nd wales have named their side to play scotland in the opening match of the six nations on saturday. the top try scorer in the premiershipjosh adams will make his debut. wales are missing about 500 caps of experience going into this year's championship because of key injuries. i can't wait for it to start. looking forward to that this weekend. carol is out and about, she has the big coat on, because it is chilly out. yes, it is, and in the south this morning the temperatures are as high as they will be today. after this morning they will tend to go down. in terms of the rest of the uk it isa go down. in terms of the rest of the uk it is a cold start, cold air filtering straight down from iceland and also the risk of ice first thing this morning if you are travelling. the forecast for today is a cold wind and also some wintry showers. if we take a look at the graphics around the country, we already have that across scotland. quite a bit of snow falling in the last hour or