if huddersfield take up theirfull show that.t. if huddersfield take up theirfull allocation in show that. if huddersfield take up their full allocation in the away end on saturday at st mary ‘s, that round will cost him over £8,000. that is it for sportsday from eve ryo ne that is it for sportsday from everyone here. good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord digbyjones, former trader minister and henry bonsu, broadcaster and campaigner. tomorrow's front pages. metro devotes its entire front page to the engagement photo of prince harry and meghan merkel. the paper wishes its readers a merry kissmass. the i claims that the health secretary, jeremy hunt, wants to take over as deputy prime minister following the departure of damian green. the express headlines details of what it's calling a breakthrough on alzheimers. the financial times shows an image of nikki haley, the us ambassador to the un who has warned that the us will not forget countries who voted

southampton 1—1 huddersfield. southampton 1—1 huddersfield.dersfield equalise. southampton a re really huddersfield equalise. southampton are really in good form. this was a game where i felt the almost had to win. the fans are starting to turn against their manager pellegrino. southampton are just three points above relegation. 0n the premier league table, that is where the movement has been. southampton are 19 points and bournemouth are top of the relegation places in 16 so it‘s literally, tricky time for southampton at the moment. they probably had to win this game. they‘re having a tough festive period. there is the risk of them being cut adrift. west bromwich albion haven‘t won since august. let‘s have a look at the top, no surprises there. manchester city way out in front at the moment but manchester united of course play later so they must, the pressure is on, they must keep up if the title race is going to be in any way exciting come the second half of the season. the 1a point gap is huge and chelsea losing ground as well after their d

huddersfield and climb the divisions by quitting early, though.‘s header was ultimately meaningless but the spirit that brought it may have been of crucial importance. patrick gearey, bbc news. burnley left it late to earn themselves a spot in the premier league's top four. ashley barnes scored an 88th minute winner ina ashley barnes scored an 88th minute winner in a hard—fought victory over stoke city at a wet turf moor. it increases pressure on stoke boss mark hughes. the reality is, we've got another tough game on saturday. the players have a right to enjoy this, but the next game comes quickly on a saturday, that's my focus. i'm pleased with last night. tonight we had to work hard for it, grind it out. a real moment of quality to win it. but thursday we will look to recover and look onto the next one. crystal palace left is even later, they came from behind to beat watford 2—1 at selhurst park. ba ka ry sa ko beat watford 2—1 at selhurst park. bakary sako and james mcarthur scoring in the last few minutes to snatch the point that moved roy hod

just outside huddersfield area a cross ground.e huddersfield area across the trans—pennine routes the usual routes have been closed, the usual routes have been closed, the woodhead pass, those sorts of i’u ns we the woodhead pass, those sorts of runs we expect to close in these conditions and runs like this, minor roads around these trans—pennine areas, these you can see the cars areas, these you can see the cars are either not going anywhere are very slowly and with enormous care. the postman has left his van at the bottom of the hill, doing it on foot. the major route around this pa rt foot. the major route around this part of the world, the motorways nearby have been free—flowing, gritters predicting what would happen and working last night to keep those roads open. i drove over this morning from manchester and it was quite heavy around 9am but the road continued to move with disruption at a minimum and because it is the middle of the holidays, people are off work and schools are closed so that has eased things. as well the li

so a christmas tipple for every travelling huddersfield fan.esture could cost the denmark international more than £8,000. well done to him. i wouldn't want to be the balm and when that round comes in! that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. well, let's get more on the news that the prime minister has said she expects the leak of information by former police officers , relating to pornography being found on damian green's parliamentary computer, will be "properly investigated". the first secretary of state was sacked last night after an inquiry concluded he had made "misleading" statements. and in a separate development this evening, an investigation has cleared the international trade minister, mark garnier, of breaching the ministerial code, by asking a member of his staff to go into a sex shop for him. well, we can speak now to our political correspondent, emma vardy, who is across both stories and joins us live from westminster. let's talk first of all about damian green. what has been said in the aftermath of his

this challenge on huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl left him with a suspected broken nose.een by the match officials but was caught on camera. austin could now face a three match ban. it looks very ugly from my point of view. i was a striker when i wasn't a striker, with the quality we have seen here in the premier league, but i know exactly, he was so early on the ball but you don't touch him, but to be fair it looks nasty and ugly. but to be fair it looks nasty and ugly, this is something that usually should not happen. ugly, this is something that usually should not happen. to cricket now, and even though the ashes have already been regained by australia, there's been plenty of verbal sparring ahead of the fourth test on boxing day. both england and australia will be without key bowlers in melbourne. england's craig 0verton because of a rib injury. australia's mitchel stark with a heel problem. the morale in the group is still really high, you know, no—one‘s, there is no biggering, there's no separation within the group. it is good we have stuck together. that is importa

charlie austin left huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl with a suspected broken nose.s player and the striker may now face retrospective action from the football association. in the scottish premiership, celtic are eight points clear after beating second placed aberdeen 3—0. kilmarnock came from behind to beat rangers for the first time since february 2012. kris boyd scoring twice in three minutes against his former club to secure a 2—1victory. elsewhere, wins for hibs and partick thistle, motherwell drew 1—1 with dundee and it was goalless between stjohnstone and hearts. there's some injury news out of both the australian and england camps this morning ahead of the boxing day ashes test in melbourne. australia's fast bowler mitchell starc will miss out with a heel injury, while england bowler craig overton also misses out because of a broken rib. the ashes of course have already been lost with england trailing 3—0 in the series. there's been plenty of talk about sledging but australian bastman david warner says their success has quietened the tourists down. it's test

huddersfield won 4—1.ams would result in that score. on the best wins of the season. the best one will be their manchester united win. away from home, struggling, five successive away defeats this was a brilliant performance. you can see their celebrations here. aaron mooy on the scoresheet. the only negative was kachunga was stretchered off. troy deeney was sent off for watford will stop there was also jonathan hogg sent off for watford will stop there was alsojonathan hogg sent off for huddersfield, both sides ending the game with ten men. the david wagner it was important they started winning away from home. a big relief they got this win and it was a resounding win. that makes me 5ati5fy, that the players were able to transform the theory into the practice on the gra55. they have shown an unbelievable performance today. i am so unbelievable performance today. i am so delighted for them and for our 5upporter5. it was a very exciting and very satisfying afternoon for us. this match was delayed by an hour

winning at home everton 2—0 against huddersfield. let's hear from sam allardyce.f, probably a bit of fatigue because of the game on wednesday in playing the same side. once we got the first goal, it settled us down. i have to really say, defensively, did huddersfield have a chance today questioned that gave us a platform to go and this game. —— a chance today? alan pardew at west brom. his era at the hawthorns starting with a 0—0 draw against palace. the veteran goalkeeper made some good saves. he was tested. they had about 20 shots. crystal palace of the bottom. alan pardew was restricted not to have won his opening match in charge of west brom. we were really good in the second half. in terms of the application and quality here and there. going forward, a really good response from the guys. i am looking forward to with them. biggest win of the day was on the south coast, liverpool cutting loose on their travels 5—1 against brighton away from home, they have been in wonderful goal—scoring form. jurgen klopp was not totally pleased with the performance despite win

and the other scoreline, huddersfield beating brighton 2—0.s. brighton have been playing well against teams in the bottom half of the table. shall we see how it affects things at the top of the table. the head of the manchester derby to come. we have seen the gap manchester city have opened up. liverpool in action against everton, but as far as tottenham's win against stoke sees the move above arsenalfor against stoke sees the move above arsenal for the against stoke sees the move above arsenalfor the time against stoke sees the move above arsenal for the time being. look at the gap from tottenham to manchester city, 15 points. burnley one point off the top four. at the bottom, that when the swansea moves them off the bottom of the table for the time being. roy hodgson would be livid they didn't get that win because that would have moved them out of the relegation zone. imagine if it comes down to two points at the end of the season, staying up going down, it was a massive moment in their season. let's hand you back. into the champioship where

this challenge on huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl left him with a suspected broken nose.ee match ban. to cricket now, and even though the ashes have already been regained by australia, there's been plenty of verbal sparring ahead of the fourth test on boxing day. both england and australia will be without key bowlers in melbourne. england's craig overton because of a rib injury. australia's mitchel stark with a heel problem. here's patrick geary. melbourne is a city which reaches for the skies. there are more tall buildings here than in london or in beijing — a reminder to england of their now impossible climb. 3—0 down, the ashes gone, surrounded by criticism and jibes from the aussies, now england have to come here. and in this place, it's very easy to feel lost. it's happened before. the last england test team to come to the mcg were 3—0 down and ended up losing the series 5—0. so how are this side any different? the morale in the group is still really high, and, you know, no—one's... there's no bickering. there's no, you know, separation within the group. it's good th

and judith told me more about how people have been affected by the snow in huddersfield and across thed. it depends where you are, obviously. we usually report from this area in the winter because it's often the first place that gets any disruption, the trans—pennine routes the first to be affected. at the moment, the usual suspect roads have been closed. the cat and fiddle section of the road between buxton and macclesfield, the woodhead pass, those tra ns—pennine routes were closed this morning. but the m62, which you can see running freely behind me, has been running all morning, although it was treacherous earlier on. and the m6 in cumbria has also stayed open, although it was reduced earlier today. i believe conditions there were also difficult. road recovery services today have predicted problems. the aa said there would be 10 million cars out on the roads today, and the rac says it is expecting to deal with one breakdown every ten seconds. so it has not been without difficulty, but by and large, the roads are moving, the main roads anyway. looking ahead, the met office are sayin

huddersfield are a goal up power cut. huddersfield are a goal up at watford. hibs 4—1 to close the gap on celtic to two points at the top of the scottish premiership. more in an hour. more than one million homes and offices across the uk still struggle to get good broadband according to the communications regulator. although coverage is improving, a report by 0fcom found that roughly 4% of properties in the uk were stuck with slow internet speeds. the situation is worse in rural areas, with 17% of homes having a poor connection. severn trent water has apologised to customers in tewkesbury, who are still without water because of a burst main. the company said a wide area has been affected, and it was a complicated job to get the system back to normal. severn trent has been handing out water to around 10,000 homes and businesses. it is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months. emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one of the busiest of the year as towns and city centres are packed with christmas revellers. extra ambulance crews wer

one of the match, huddersfield town beating brighton 2—0. the match, huddersfield town beating brighton that would have been five defeats in a row if they had lost that. wilfried bony, scored the swa nsea that. wilfried bony, scored the swansea and that has taken them off the bottom of the table. let's look at the top of the table. the big news, tottenham with the win today. that moves them above arsenal into fifth. we have the two big derbys to come tomorrow. between manchester city and manchester united. then at the other end of the table, we will see swansea moving off the bottom. and crystal palace, those dropped points could be crucial at the end of the season. west ham still in the bottom three despite the excellent win against chelsea, but if they play anything like that in the coming games, they have arsenal next, they will be out of the bottom three soon. all eyes on those matches to come tomorrow. into the champioship where the evening game sees norwich hosting sheffield wednesday. they are into the second half now and shelffield wednesday striker jordan rhodes put the home si

as predicted, it's been settling most in areas like this, just outside huddersfield, up here on the highermbria, hazardous conditions left some vehicles stranded on the a590, and there were also delays on other main roads. staff at the highways england control room in wakefield have been monitoring the motorways and a—roads. the next thing we're looking towards is the threat of ice for this evening and overnight, we've got teams of gritters working 21w, traffic officers patrolling the network as well, and obviously a team here in yorkshire and the north east working from the control room to make sure that that impact‘s not too severe. drivers are advised only to travel if necessary. judith moritz, bbc news, wakefield. anti—government protests have spread to more cities in iran, despite a crackdown by the authorities. thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest over rising prices, corruption, and the cost of iran's military involvement in regional conflicts. wyre davies reports. these are extremely rare sights. iranian cities hit by large anti—government protests. this is the w

as predicted, it has been settling most in areas like this just outside huddersfield on the higher groundous conditions left some vehicles stranded on the motorway. there were also delays on other main roads. but with schools closed and many off work anyway for the holidays, disruption has not been too bad. and there has been plenty of opportunity for snow—themed entertainment. and judith gave me the details in the last few minutes about how people have been affected in huddersfield and across the north of england. it depends where you are, obviously. we usually report from this area in the winter because it is often the first place that gets any disruption, the trans—pennine routes the first to be affected. at the moment, the usual suspect roads have been closed. the cat and fiddle section of the row between buxton and macclesfield, the wood had passed, those tra ns—pennine and macclesfield, the wood had passed, those trans—pennine routes we re passed, those trans—pennine routes were closed this morning. but the m62, which you can see running freely behind me, has been running all mornin

this challenge on huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl left him with a suspected broken nose.t was caught on camera. austin could now face a three—match ban. at the top of the premier league, manchester city are 13 points clear after their 17th win in a row. city beat bournemouth 4—0 which took them over the 100 goal mark for 2017, making them the first english side to do that in since 1982. sergio aguero scored two of city's goals, manager pep guardiola said afterwards his striker had earned the right to determine his own future. it follows speculation this week about aguero's future at the club. now, if your side is trailing 1—0 in a game which is heading into the 90th minute, you take every goalscoring opportunity you can, which is just what happened in the belgium first division a on saturday. roman bezus got the equaliser for sint—truiden as they drew one—all with standard liege. that was some goal! to cricket now and even though the ashes have already been clinched by australia , there's been plenty of verbal sparring ahead of the 4th test on boxing day. both england and

this challenge on huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl left him with a suspected broken nose.ght on camera. austin could now face a three—match ban. it looks very ugly from my point of view. i was a striker, and even not with the quality we have seen here in the premier league, but i know exactly. . . in the premier league, but i know exactly... jonas was so early on the ball—mac, and you have to do, do not touch, and to be fair it looks very nasty and ugly. this is something that usually should not happen. here is patrick gearey with an update on the cricket from melbourne. melbourne is a city which reaches for the skies. there are more tall buildings here than in london or in beijing — a reminder to england of their now impossible climb. 3—0 down, the ashes gone, surrounded by criticism and jibes from the aussies, now england have to come here. and in this place, it's very easy to feel lost. it's happened before. the last england test team to come to the mcg were 3—0 down and ended up losing the series 5—0. so how are this side any different? the morale in the group is still

the challenge on huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl of tin with a suspected broken nose.ree match ban. england and australia will both have key players missing for the fourth ashes test on boxing day in melbourne. england bowler craig 0verton has a broken rib with australian fast bowler mitchell sta rc australian fast bowler mitchell starc out with a heel injury, not that the australian ‘s will be too concerned. they have an unassailable 3-0 concerned. they have an unassailable 3—0 lead which australian batsman david warner says has rather quietened down the tourists. it's test cricket, you know, it's hard—fought out there. sometimes you pick times when you want to go at people, and sometimes you go in your shell like a turtle. you know, we've probably shut them up a little bit at the moment. hopefully this gets them up and going, and firing some barbs, because i love that. i love whenever we're in a contest, and i feel like they were quite flat in wa, that's for sure. the way we can learn from australia is in those situations, they have taken it and made sure they don't

this challenge on huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl left him with a suspected broken nose.on camera. austin could now face a three—match ban. at the top of the premier league, manchester city are 13 points clear after their 17th win in a row. city beat bournemouth 4—0 which took them over the 100 goal mark for 2017, making them the first english side to do that in since 1982. sergio aguero scored two of city's goals, manager pep guardiola said afterwards his striker had earned the right to determine his own future. it follows speculation this week about aguero's future at the club. city's nearest rivals, manchester united, suffered suffered a serious dent to their title challenge. they could only draw 2—2 against ten—man leicester at the kingpower stadium. a result which left manager jose mourinho extremely frustrated. we had moments of easy possession to control the game which we also lost with childish decisions and missing the ball. quite easily. given to 18, giving them the chance to put goals in the box. then the goal arrived to punish the team that should win easily,

this challenge on huddersfield goalkeeperjonas lossl left him with a suspected broken nose. austin could now face a three—match ban. it looks very ugly from my point of view. i was a striker, and even when i wasn't with the quality we have seen here in the premier league, but i know exactly... jonas was so early on the ball, and what you have to do, do not touch, and to be fair it looks very nasty and ugly. this is something that usually should not happen. to cricket now, and even though the ashes have already been regained by australia there's been plenty of verbal sparring ahead of the fourth test on boxing day. both england and australia will be without key bowlers in melbourne. england's craig 0verton because of a rib injury. and australia's mitchel stark with a heel problem. here's patrick gearey. melbourne is a city which reaches for the skies. there are more tall buildings here than in london or in beijing — a reminder to england of their now impossible climb. 3—0 down, the ashes gone, surrounded by criticism and jibes from the aussies, now england have to come here.

the challenge on the huddersfield goalkeeper, jonas lossl, left him with a suspected broken nose.now face a three—match ban. manchester city are 13 points clear at the top of the premier league after their 17th win in a row. city beat bournemouth 4—0 which took them over the 100 goal mark for 2017, making them the first english side to do that in since 1982. two goals from sergio aguero and one each from sterling and danilo saw the blues win comfortably at the etihad stadium. pep guardiola said his striker had earned the right to determine his own future, following speculation this week about sergio aguero's future at the club. city's nearest rivals, manchester united, suffered a serious dent to their title challenge as they could only draw 2—2 against ten—man leicester at the kingpower stadium. jamie vardy gave the home side the early lead, butjuan mata struck back, scoring twice to give united a 2—1 advantage. leicester never gave up though, with harry maguire scoring this 94th—minute equaliser to snatch a draw — a serious dent to united's title challenge. extraordinary, if the

deeney will serve a four—match suspension after watford failed to overturn his red card against huddersfieldd. deeney was dismissed for a tackle on collin quaner and will now be unavailable for the games against brighton, leicester, swansea and manchester city. meanwhile, manuel lanzini will serve a two—match suspension with immediate effect after his denial of a charge of ‘successful deception of a match 0fficial' was rejected. it follows the awarding of a penalty for west ham against stoke on saturday. a course exclusively for female coaches is being run in scotland in a bid to increase the number of women's coaches in the game. it comes as the fa in england admits it's struggling to find enough female candidates for the national women's team. kheredine idessane reports. is this a glimpse of football's future? with women coaching men. it certainly is a football first for scotland. european governing body uefa's official coaching course, but for women only. it is something the scottish fa pushing, to key players involved, which is prevalent in the men's game. and we want to try and replicat

it's been settling most in areas like this, just outside huddersfield, up here on the higher ground.ardous conditions left some vehicles stranded on the a590, and there were also delays on other main roads. staff at the highways england control room in wakefield have been monitoring the motorways and a—roads. the next thing we're looking towards is the threat of ice for this evening and overnight, we've got teams of gritters working 21w, traffic officers patrolling the network as well, and obviously a team here in yorkshire and the north east working from the control room to make sure that that impact‘s not too severe. drivers are advised only to travel if necessary, but traffic is lighter than usual, with schools closed and many off work for the holidays. enjoying extra opportunity for snow—themed entertainment. judith moritz, bbc news, wakefield. our correspondent lisa summers is in edinburgh for us now. describe how conditions have been where you are. well, the worst of the snow has now passed, but the worry overnight is going to be icy conditions, with temperatures dropping rapid

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the blues were 3—1 winners away to huddersfield town, with the terriers‘ goal only coming in the finaled on time. there are seven premier league games on wednesday. leeders manchester city and manchester united are both in action, but the dust still to settle after the two sides had a heated bust—up in the tunnel following city‘s victory. but united managerjose mourinho spent much of his press conference on tuesday discussing the row, rather than their oponents bournemouth, something he said was disrespectful. we don‘t respect them? we don‘t think they are a team capable to go to old trafford and do well. no respect for the players. in the german bundesliga borussia dortmund‘s new head coach peter sturger has got his tenure at the club under way with a 2—0 win away to mainz. sturger, who left rock bottom cologne last week after four and a half years, was then given the chance to succeed peter bosz. both goals came in the second half through sokratis and then a well worked team effort for shinji kagawa, as they claimed their first league win since the end of september. elsewhere, second

the first top—flight meeting between watford and huddersfield takes place at vicarage road.ed tries. 52—24 victory in belfast. stuart mccluskey with this one early on. harlequins kept the score to 16—12 at half—time. they haven't won in europe this season though they took away a bonus point from tonight. ulster stay second in the pool and have a good chance of qualifying for the quarterfinals. andrew trimble scoring their final try of the night. ronnie 0'sullivan's winning run has come to an end with a thrashing byjohn higgins at the scottish open. he's won three ranking titles including the uk championship recently, but he lost without winning a frame against the home favourite in glasgow. the first time higgins has whitewashed 0'sullivan in a match in 23 years. he plays neil robertson next in the semifinals. to beat ronnie, somebody just said, the last time i whitewashed him was 1994. that was on the way to my first tournament. i can remember, i played in the quarterfinals. a great result for me. the british number two tennis player aljaz bedene is switching back to his co

first game in charge is at home to huddersfield tomorrow and despite retiring in the summer, alla rdyce retiring in the summer, allardyce said he didn't hesitate is it thejob allardyce said he didn't hesitate is it the job with the team struggling. i got offered morejobs it the job with the team struggling. i got offered more jobs and it the job with the team struggling. i got offered morejobs and i said that under the bill offered in my life. the committed than i'd ever been offered in my life. finally everton came along, in the end, it was done within 48 hours. in the championship this evening, cardiff city move to within a point of leaders wolves with a 3—1 victory over knowledge they haven't won in eight games. it is 1—1 at elland road between leeds and aston villa. lansbury‘s late road between leeds and aston villa. la nsbury‘s late goal for the visitors cancelled out pontus ganson's header. leeds are seventh in the table. a non—league team held wigan in the fa cup. nathan burns fouled player and danny rose converted to earn the national league team a replay at the dw stadium. ingr

huddersfield was goalless, newcastle goalless, they really need to start picking up points, newcastletch coming up. still goalless between manchester united and southampton. let us look at the top of the table. let us see what the results have done so far. united need to pick up a point, a win to get above chelsea. that is a big game and they need to break the deadlock. you can see how important that victory was for liverpool. there is a gap between them and totte n ha m. there is a gap between them and tottenham. spurs have got two matches in two days coming up. let us matches in two days coming up. let us look at the bottom of the table. this is where swansea fans begin to look more optimistically towards 2018. the pressure on west brom who have not won since august, they play against arsenal tomorrow. a big game for them. thank you. you will be back at half seven. still goalless at old trafford. it is top against third in the championship, although wolves were reduced to ten men and lost their captain, the visitors have come closest to breaking the deadlock against bristol city. th

his first game in charge is at home to huddersfield tomorrow and despite retiring from management inardyce sez he didn't hesitate to take the job with the premier league strugglers. i have been morejobs offered since isaidi i have been morejobs offered since i said i would retire than ever in my life. finally everton came along and in the end it was done within 48 hours, even with me being in dubai. in the championship this evening, cardiff city moved to within a point of leaders wolves with a 3—1 victory over norwich who now haven't won in eight games. meanwhile it finished 1—1 at elland road between leeds and aston villa. henri lansbury‘s late goal for the visitors cancelling out pontus janssen‘s first half header. villa stay fourth in the table, leeds seventh. non—league afc fylde held league one leaders wigan to a draw in the second round of the fa cup. after going behind to will grigg's first half goal fylde won a penalty when nathan byrne fouled sam finlay. danny rose converted to earn the national league side a replay at the dw stadium. england's cricketers begin their second

games after losing an appeal against the red card he received during saturday's 4—1 defeat to huddersfield for a lunge in the 33rd minute. a consortium including a baseball boss and chinese millionaire have taken control of boss and chinese millionaire have ta ken control of barnsley. boss and chinese millionaire have taken control of barnsley. the ta keover taken control of barnsley. the takeover ends with 13 year spell of patrick grimes is over. not a great week in cricket england bowler craig 0verton says he believes the side are "not far off winning games despite having just lost the ashes to australia. 0verton went off with a cracked rib as they lost the third test in perth, and is a major doubt for the fourth game in melbourne. we're still pretty confident and we re we're still pretty confident and were not far off winning games. they have just performed for better and longer periods than we have. we know what we've got to do in the last two games coming up. take a few more wickets and france. simple as that. what is the mood in the england camp? what is the mood in the england , wha

and finally, huddersfield town defender mathiasjorgensen has offered to buy every fan who travels away their "amazing" support this season. we had a long stretch of games where we didn't get results that we or the fa ns we didn't get results that we or the fans wanted, but still after losing 4-0 at fans wanted, but still after losing 4—0 at bournemouth, we had people standing, clapping and cheering us on. that was it. that was when i started thinking if there was something i might be able to dojust to show that i and we appreciate that. this says something different that. this says something different that we are usually told about footballers. you are supposed to be selfish people. is that a myth? definitely. it's how you want to portray people. it is easy to say that football men play ——

appeal for a red banned for four games after losing an appealfor a red card he received against huddersfielde scandal into contaminated blood products have been using a discredited report despite assurances that it would be taken out of circulation. campaigners allege the report, published in 2006, is full of lies. around 2,400 people died after thousands of haemophiliacs and other patients were given blood products infected with hiv and hepatitis c during the 19705 and 1980s. our health editor hugh pym has more details. this woman's husband was a haemophilia. because he was given contaminated blood products he developed hiv and hepatitis and died at the age of a7. the hope was that the truth would come out. she has campaigned for decades for a public enquiry into the scandal that claimed 2500 lives. at last that is about to happen. there are huge implications for the government. the bottom line for the government as they don't want to pay compensation because there are high numbers both infected and affected because you have the infected haemophiliacs and the affected family members. blood

he's won his first match in charge 2—0 at home to huddersfield.ly wanted to win it. after finding it difficult in the first half and i think probably a bit of fatigue, because of the game on wednesday, playing the same side. once we got the first goal, it settled us down. i have to say, defensively, did huddersfield ever have a chance today question i gave us have a chance today question i gave us the platform to win the game. you can see the goal has gone in at the emirates against arsenal. valencia for manchester united. arsenal are three points clear in second for the very early stages at the emirates. we have had nine more second—round ties in the fa cup. calvin tinsley put the southern league side in front in the first half was that they play in the seventh tier. the game finished 1—1. they will meet in the replay. heartbreakfor they will meet in the replay. heartbreak for non—league oxford city against notts county full survey twice pinned them back but conceded a goal in the last minute of injury time at george grant ‘s feeling the winner t

fourth place arsenal are hosting manchester united arsenal are coming off a high after beating huddersfield five nil on wednesday but be going for a thirteenth premier league win in a row at the emirates stadium and will be hoping for back to back wins over united arsenal are currently twelve points behind leaders man city but their manager says the title race is far from over it's too early to say that and. i feel. every team is fun. and. but. each to. you we. know there are several more games in the english premier league on saturday already underway defending champions chelsea are hosting newcastle and it's two one to the blues there are six other matches kicking off in about an hour from now will be former england manager sam allardyce his first game in charge as everton boss taking on huddersfield. i've been offered a number of jobs between retiring from crystal palace and sort of almost officially saying i'd retired for the first time i was before and sort of said you never know what might happen so i got offered more jobs when i set up which are the not for the mill and australia hav

while chelsea will look to bounce back from their surprise defeat to west ham when they travel to huddersfield sport website tonight. amongst the pick of them is 2013 winners wigan looking to beat national league fylde at the second attempt — the winners face bournemouth. two games as well in the scottish premiership. hearts take on dundee and ross county face kilmarnock. so, there's still plenty more to get through. also coming up in the programme we'll speak to an athlete who's career has been put on hold by a devastating diagnosis at the age ofjust 19. ijust i just felt i had ijust felt i had abused myself to the point where my body did not want to continue. and northampton saints say ‘the time is right for change' as they dismiss director of rugbyjim mallinder. england's cricketers are going through their final preparations ahead of the third ashes test that starts in the early hours of thursday morning in perth. defeat at the waca would mean australia regain the urn. the tour has been marred by off—field disciplinary issues, and former captain michael vaughan has called for senior players

matches at huddersfield, manchester united and newcastle were goaless.1 england's cricketer‘s have avoided an ashes whitewash, but victory in the fourth test was beyond them. they had hope heading into the final day in melbourne, but tookjust the two wickets, and with an unbeaten century from the australia captain steve smith, the match was drawn. england have already lost the series and trail 3—0. to come off three very difficult games and put in a performance like thatis games and put in a performance like that is very pleasing, and that's what we're about as a side. i think thatis what we're about as a side. i think that is a fair reflection of what we are capable of as a team. saracens are up to second in the rugby union premiership after beating worcester. there were also wins for gloucester and newcastle. almost 78,000 were at twickenham as harlequins scored seven tries against northampton. tim visser with two of them in the 50—21win. that's seven league defeats in a row for saints. glasgow's pro—14 derby match against edinburgh was stopped for hal

victory over huddersfield getting sam alla rdyce season.other new man in charge yesterday, alan pardew backin in charge yesterday, alan pardew back in the dugout at west brom and facing old side crystal palace in his first match. no goals but to struggling sides in need of a few more points. tim hague, bbc news. no major shocks in the fa cup second round yesterday. the best performance came from famous giant—killers hereford. they took the lead at fleetwood through calvin dinsley but were held to a 1—1 draw. look out for them to see if they get any of the premier league giants in the third round draw on monday night. in the scottish premiership, celtic have extended their unbeaten domestic run to 67 games. they thumped motherwell 5—1 thanks to a stunning hattrick by 0dsonne edwar. meanwhile, hamilton salvaged a point against hearts at tynecastle. hearts playing for over an hour with ten men in the match, managing to score after the break through jamie walker, but hamilton cancelled that out in the 69th minute to keep it level. a frustrating

league on saturday, there were big away wins for crystal palace who leap out of the bottom three, huddersfieldat hibernian 4—1 in the scottish premiership. they're nowjust two points behind leaders celtic who play at hearts tomorrow. stjohnstone beat rangers 3—1 to record their first league win at ibrox since 1971. rangers slip back to third. bottom side partick lost at dundee, and there were also wins for hamilton and kilmarnock. it's an important weekend in the rugby champions cup as teams jostle for the quarter—final places in the second of back—to—back group games. bath avenged last weekend's defeat in france with victory over toulon to move top of their pool. in dublin, leaders leinster did the double over exeter. exeter are third in their pool and up against it. scarlets re—invigorated their campaign with a dominant win against benetton in treviso. glasgow have lost all four of their pool matches. two of the tournament's surprise packages will contest snooker‘s scottish 0pen final tomorrow. neil robertson beat the home favouritejohn higgins 6—3 to set up a meeting with the world number 6

southampton drew 1—1 against huddersfield. there was a much needed win for stoke against west brom.m. celtic are eight points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating second placed aberdeen 3—0. that gave rangers the opportunity to jump up to second but they lost 2—1 to kilmarnock. one of their former players, kris boyd, scored both the killie goals. there were also wins for hibs and partick. the games at motherwell and stjohnstone were drawn. the reigning champions exeter chiefs have opened up a big lead in the rugby union premiership. they ran in four tries against northampton saints. will chudley with the first of them at franklin‘s gardens. the 35—14 bonus point win see them move 11 clear of wasps who also won today, as did sale and newcastle. glasgow have lost for the first time in the pro14 this season. fourteen man edinburgh came from behind to win 18—17 with a chris dean try in the final minute at murrayfield. elsewhere, connacht had a big win against ulster. horse racing now has a mini—break, but will return with eight meetings up and down the country on b

, antonio conte‘s chelsea look to get back to winning ways in the premier league as they visit huddersfieldevening. we start tonight with a special report on a humanitarian crisis unfolding in the democratic republic of congo in central africa. unicef is warning that at least 400,000 children there are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and could die within a year without emergency support. it also estimates that nearly one—and—a—half million people have been displaced from their homes. the crisis is centred on the country's central kasai region where fighting erupted last year. it was sparked by the killing of a traditional leader in clashes with security forces. since then, anti—government factions have been locked in a spiral of violence with government troops and other government—backed forces who are determined to crush them. the un says the crisis in the democratic republic of congo is now as severe as those affecting yemen and syria. 0ur africa editor fergal keane and cameraman tony fallshaw travelled to kasai. you may find some of the images in their report upsetting. in a pla

sam allardyce won his first game in charge of everton with a 2—0 win over huddersfield.g 6—0 defeat to australia in the final of the world cup. the hosts scored the only try of the game in the first half through boyd cordner, and despite a valiant effort, england couldn't find a reply. england players clearly devastated by the result as australia were crowned champions for the 11th time. it's advantage australia at the end of day one of the second ashes test in adelaide. joe root won the toss and surprisingly put australia in to bat, but england's bowlers failed to make the impact he hoped for in the first ever day—night ashes test. england were gifted with an early breakthrough after confusion between the australian openers saw cameron bancroft run out by chris woakes. england then got the wicket of dangerman david warner, three runs short of his half century. a 50 from usman khawaja settled down the hosts but under the floodlights, james anderson sent him back to the pavilion where he was joined by captain steve smith — craig overton getting a huge wicket for england o

huddersfield put four past watford, their first away goals since the opening day of the season.nued at the expense of stoke, who are nowjust a point above the drop zone. aberdeen are up to second in the scottish premiership, closing the gap on leaders celtic to just two points. gary mackay—steven scored a hat—trick in their 4—1 victory over hibs, who hadn't lost at home since march. elsewhere there were wins for dundee, hamilton, kilmarnock and stjohnstone, who won at ibrox for the first time since 1971. it's an important weekend in rugby union's european champions cup as teams jostle for the quarter—final places. bath are on their way to qualifying automatically, avenging last week's late defeat to holders toulon by beating them 26—21 at the rec to top their pool. scarlets are back in contention with victory over benetton in italy, but exeter will struggle to go through after leinster did the double, and glasgow can't progress. the world's fastest swimmer, adam peaty, won his first major short—course medal today — then gave it away! racing in a 25 metre pool, britain's olympic

as predicted, it has been settling most in areas like this just outside huddersfield on the higher groundhazardous conditions left some vehicles stranded on the a590. there were also delays on other main roads. but with schools closed and many off work anyway for the holidays, disruption has not been too bad. and there has been plenty of opportunity for snow—themed entertainment. let us find out what conditions are like in edinburgh now. lisa summers is there. it doesn't look like it's stopping the sale shoppers there behind you, lisa? the worst of the weather came through at 11 this morning but it didn't last long, it left a festive dusting in the capital. the worst of the problems have been in the south and west of scotla nd have been in the south and west of scotland where we had ten centimetres of snow in glasgow this morning. that led to a ltd of travel disruption this morning but largely we got away with any major problems because it's the middle of the festive season. there's been a knock—on effect for travellers at glasgow airport. there have been merry festive scenes in towns and

elsewhere, the matches between huddersfield and burnley, and newcastle and brighton finished goallessarsenal, but before that leaders manchester city visit crystal palace. a win would not only take them 16 points clear at the top but would also see manager pep guardiola equal his own record with bayern munich for 19 consecutive victories in europe's top division. always hear you talk about the numbers, breakers, records. that is a consequence of what we do on the pitch. i am a consequence of what we do on the pitch. iam not a consequence of what we do on the pitch. i am not here to comment about the record because it is simple to say that we break it or not. but that is not what counts. what counts is what you have to do against crystal palace, what you have to do against the amazing four strikers they have. pep guardiola has had to answer lots of questions about record this season. celtic go into the winter break with an eight—point lead over aberdeen at the top of the scottish premiership after the old firm derby ended in stalemate. brendan rodgers' side had the best of it in the fi

elsewhere, chelsea, arsenal and huddersfield are all winning their respective matches.ns cup after victory over ben elton in italy, but glasgow are losing. i will have more sport at around quarter to five. —— victory over benetton. officials in california say the biggest of the wildfires which have driven tens of thousands of people from their homes now covers nearly four hundred square miles. a firefighter has died tackling the flames north of los angeles. 0ur correspondent james cook sent this report from the town of fillmore. 12 days on and still it burns. more than 8,000 men and women are now battling this blaze, saving homes one by one. not far from here, the fire claimed the life of 32—year—old cory iverson, a firefighter, a father and a husband. he is survived by his wife, ashley, his two— year—old daughter, evie. cory and ashley are expecting a second daughter this spring. the fire has destroyed homes, too. more than 700 of them, and another 18,000 buildings remain at risk. this is one of five homes in this tiny neighbourhood which was destroyed when the flames

sam allardyce takes charge of everton for the first time later when they face huddersfield at goodisonmanage everton and after watching a 4—0 win in midweek. it will tell me and all four lot if we can hit that level of performance again. it tells me we are moving in the direction or there will be a falter in the performance and the result does not quite go our way. it will tell me an awful lot about the players we have at this moment in time. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather. the weather looks very different for the weekend. it has been a cold start in the east of england. we are getting ouraircoming in start in the east of england. we are getting our air coming in from the atlantic, so it will be turning milder. a lot of clout this weekend. perhaps the cloud is that enough to give rain and drizzle. that is what we are seeing this morning, particular through the afternoon. a bit of rain coming in across the north of scotland where there are stronger winds. the windsor quite like today as it is a case of getting holes in the cloud. —— the winds are quite like today. her

his first game in charge at home to huddersfield.strugglers. i got offered more jobs when i said i had retired than it did in my life. finally everton came along. i guess it in the end it was done within 48 hours. even being in dubai. that is it from salford for now. very warm here. a little bit chilly in fylde so back to you as you look ahead to another weekend of fa cup football. thank you. it will bea fa cup football. thank you. it will be a big night here, perhaps the biggest night. david haythornthwaite, the owner of anc fylde to go over ten years ago. a big project and would you see this would be the biggest night? sad about. the biggest night for us here. the magic of the fa cup. to have the bbc here on a friday night game which is the best night to be armed, tremendously exciting for all of us. wigan are perhaps one of those teams are you look to aspire to because they started off with humble beginnings and work their way up humble beginnings and work their way up the very top, one that could be four years ago. i said earlier

there were also wins for burnley, huddersfield, tottenham and leicester city.s county 2-1 came from behind to beat ross county 2—1while stjohnstone, hearts and kilmarnock also one. in rugby union's european champions cup, ospreys and scarlets registered their first victories. but leicester were thrashsed by munster and bath lost their top of the group game against toulon 24—20, as adam wild reports. the welcome in toulon may be a familiar one. but still it remains and no less formidable place to visit. few teams in recent years have managed to silence those cries, here anthony watson from bath find the perfect way to start trying. suchis the perfect way to start trying. such is the talent at toulon there was plenty to shout about. staying within touching distance before the break. afterwards, the noise levels we re break. afterwards, the noise levels were raised further. for bafta make themselves heard, it took a huge slice of fortune and a huge slice off the boot of chris ashton, that letting former england team—mate jonathanjoseph letting former england team—

elsewhere, the matches between huddersfield and burnley, and newcastle and brighton finished goalless today. west brom take on arsenal, but before that leaders manchester city visit crystal palace. a win would not only take them 16 points clear at the top but would also see manager pep guardiola equal his own record with bayern munich for 19 consecutive victories in europe's top division. always here you talk about the numbers, breakers, records. that is a consequence of what we do on the pitch. i am not here to comment about the record because it is simple to say that we break it or not. but that is not what counts. what counts is what you have to do against crystal palace, what you have to do against the amazing four strikers they have. england's cricketers have arrived in sydney ahead of the fifth and final ashes test which begins in four days' time. england wicketkeeper jonny bairstow has given his backing to all—rounder moeen ali, saying he remains in their best 11. moeen has only taken three wickets and averaged 19 runs with the bat this series. i think that is unquestionable, t