fortune doesn't seem to linger long around hull city.qualiser came, the telling touch an errant elbow from keeper david marshall, own—goal. while marshall's right arm had cost the goal, his left saved them. he somehow got in the way of romelu lukaku's deflected shot. the furniture did the rest. the goal frames were taking a battering, struck once again by a free kick from robert snodgrass. we had to wait for another go. ten minutes later, slight adjustment, 2—1. a moment of gold, after weeks of grey. butjust a moment, for hull couldn't hold out. with four minutes remaining, ross barton arrived, and everton were level again, just as it seemed the humberside fog was lifting. newcastle united are back on top of the championship after the night's games were blighted by fog. brighton dropped to second in the table after their game against cardiff was postponed and reading's match with full was abandoned midway through. there was one game in the scottish premiership tonight, with third placed aberdeen winning i—o premiership tonight, with thir

i am not expecting the game against hull city to be easy, for example.here burnley take on middlesbrough, champions leicester are at home to everton, relegation—threatened swansea are at home to west ham and in the late game manchester city are away at hull city. you can keep right up to date with the action on final score on the red button, as well as on five live and the bbc sport website. the first day of the second test between australia and pakistan in melbourne has been abandoned due to rain — pakistan are 142—4. the half century saw this player moved past the mark for this year. she helped pakistan reach 142—4. to make up to the time, data will get up make up to the time, data will get up on the go earlier than planned. play will start on day two at 11:00pm ourtime. australia won the first test. and it's one of the highlights of the racing calendar, steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase at kempton. last year's winner, cue card, one of the sport's long—term stars, faces his up and coming stablemate thistlecrack for the

my hull city to be easel, for example. my feeling here is quite similar.cester are at home to everton and relegation—threatened swansea are at home to west ham. you can keep right up to date with the action on final score on the red button, as well as on five live and the bbc sport website. and of course it is also one of the highlights of the racing calendar. the mid—season championship, the king george v race. what a matchup. we have the defending champion against the young contender, thistlecrack. the young horse to watch out for. he has won all three races he has been in, unbeaten. and of course a big contender for the cheltenham gold cup. is it unusual there are only five? i think that is quite a low number, yes. it is a keenly contested race. iam yes. it is a keenly contested race. i am watching out for the stars of nxt! 0nly i am watching out for the stars of nxt! only one week away. thanks very much. train travellers are facing significant disruptions this week as 200 sets of engineering works planned by network rail take place. many people will be

before we go, an update on the score in the last premier league game of the day, still 0—0 between hull cityout the evening. this time last year, the west yorkshire town of hebden bridge was being hit by a deluge of flood water. homes, shops and schools were all affected and the recovery work is still going on. john mcguire reported from hebden bridge last winter and has returned to see how the residents are coping. boxing day, 2015. torrents of water smashed through hebden bridge with no respect for who, where or what they affected, nor indeed for the time of year. 12 months on and riverside school is receiving a visit from the children's laureate chris riddell, who has helped flooded communities before. sketching as we talk, he says he is impressed with the attitude here. one comes into the community and sees how resilient they have been in the face of some very testing and trying times, and the way that often brings communities together. the head teacher has been forced to add construction project manager to her skill set. it has been a long return to normal. the heating system is running

i'm not expecting now, like we play against hull city, it will be easy.similar. elsewhere burnley take on middlesbrough, champions leicester are at home to everton, relegation—threatened swansea are at home to west ham. you can keep right up to date with the action on final score on the red button, as well as on five live and the bbc sport website. rain cut short the opening day of the second test between australia and pakistan in melbourne. before the weather intervened, a milestone for azhar ali. a half century saw him past the 1000 run mark for the year. his unbeaten 66 helped pakistan to reach 142—4. to make up for time lost to the rain, day two will get under way earlier than planned at 11 o'clock tonight our time. australia won the first test. and it's one of the highlights of the racing calendar — steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase at kempton. last year's winner, cue card, one of the sport's long—term stars, faces his up—and—coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. that's all the sport for now. thank you. j

hull becomes the second ever uk city of culture tomorrow. ence, and the humber bridge being turned into a musical instrument. organisers say perceptions of hull will be changed forever. our arts correspondent colin paterson has more. hull, city of culture 2017. many were surprised when it was chosen. tomorrow, its year in the spotlight begins. and last minute preparations continue. the ferens art gallery. 5 millionjust been imprinted. it's great. one of its most famous residents is very excited. we always thought culture was rugby and fish and chips! now we're seeing it's more — it's art, its history. it's a wonderful feeling, it's new buildings. it's a new confidence that people in hull are proud to say, come and see us in hull. hull is promising at least one cultural event every day of 2017, with £32 million being spent. what are you hoping the city of culture will achieve for hull? i want, nationally and internationally, people to see that this is a fantastic city with great stories, great people, and a lot to offer. because every city des

they flee their battered city with nothing but bags and suitcases. here, hullity of culture 2017. many were surprised when it was chosen. tomorrow it's year in the spotlight begins. last—minute preparations continue. it's great. 0ne preparations continue. it's great. one of its most famous residences very excited. we always thought culture was rugby and fish and chips. now it is more. it is art, it is history, it is a wonderful feeling, its new buildings, a new confidence. people are proud. hull is promising at least one cultural event every day of 2017, with £32 million being spent. what are you hoping the city of culture will achieve for hull? i want nationally and internationally people to see this is a fantastic city with great stories, great people and a lot to offer. because every city deserves its moment in the limelight. 2017 is oui’s. its moment in the limelight. 2017 is ours. it all starts tomorrow afternoon. buildings will be used as giant screens to retail the city's history. with one... people here have recreated famous movie scenes. later in the e

the team bottom of the table, hull city, are in action against everton tonight at the k—com stadium. says 2016 has lived up to expectations, being "turbulent and difficult". we are we a re pretty we are pretty open as staff, and honest with the players at the club. they understand that we need to do better, when it comes to winning football matches. i think what they have shown is a great appetite and passion for playing in the premier league, it is difficult but i do not think that for one instance, they have dropped away from the challenge andi have dropped away from the challenge and i think they are already and willing to take it home in the new year. it is a difficult one. they lost we st year. it is a difficult one. they lost west ham away. 1—0. but hull was the better team in that, for five times they hit the post. it means you don't focus on positions in the table, it is tough and difficult, we need to be at our best to get a good result. championship leaders brighton and hove albion‘s game against strugglers cardiff city is off tonight. a blanket of fog has descended on the

hull city manager mike phelan says 2016 has lived up to expectations and the turbulent and difficult.match against everton. we are pretty open and honest with the staff and players at this football club. they understand that we will need to do better, when it comes to trying to wina better, when it comes to trying to win a football match. i think what they've shown is a great appetite and passion for their play in the premier league. it is difficult for them, but i don't think for one insta nce them, but i don't think for one instance they have dropped away from the challenge, and i think they are all ready and willing to take it on again in the new year. it's a difficult one. they lost to west ham away 1—0 but hull were the better team and had four or five times on the post and that means, don't focus about positions in the table. it's a tough one, it's a difficult one and we need to be at our best to get a good result. the team just above hull, swansea city's search for a new manager continues today. with ryan giggs and chris coleman ruled out two new favourites have emerge. gary ro

manchester city are the second the table after their 3—0 victory away at hull. ester city i very well connected clubs these days. pep guardiola confident of the three points required to keep their title challenge going. but the first half at hull didn't go to plan. orjohn stones's return to first—team action, limited by injury to 80 minutes. given time, though, this tale of two cities opened up, both ends. first kevin de bruyne of manchester, and then hull began to get a foothold on the game. michael dawson only kept out by bacary sagna. mike phelan‘s side had hopes of lifting themselves off the bottom of lifting themselves off the bottom of the table book that will only get you so far. andy robinson's tackle on raheem sterling allowed yaya toure to do what he usually does. scoring on boxing day for the third yearin scoring on boxing day for the third year ina scoring on boxing day for the third year in a row. with the breakthrough made, gaps appeared in the hull defence. camacho stepped up. 3—0. a final kick of the game, curtis davies's own goal. manchester city

how they could do with a globe through the gloom. —— for hull city.the width of a post away. just before half—time, the everton equaliser came. and errant elbow from keeper david marshall. 0n goal. while marshall's right arm had cost hull, his left saved them. lukaku's shot deflected. the gold frames were taking a battering. struck by a free kick from robert snodgrass. now he just had to wait for another go. ten minutes later, slight adjustment, 2-1. a minutes later, slight adjustment, 2—1. a moment of gold after weeks of grey. but just a 2—1. a moment of gold after weeks of grey. butjust a moment, 2—1. a moment of gold after weeks of grey. butjusta moment, no 2—1. a moment of gold after weeks of grey. butjust a moment, no bees couldn't hold out, with four minutes remaining, an everton level again. just as it seemed the humberside fog was lifting. newcastle united are back on top of the championship after the night's games were blighted by fog. newcastle beat nottingham forest 3—1 at st james' park. brighton drop to second in the table after their gam

hull city are off the bottom of the premier league but they missed out on a first league win in nearlywo months after a late everton equaliser at the k—com. the tigers went ahead but were pegged back then robert snodgrass scored this brilliant free kick in the second half. they couldn't hang on for victory though, ross barkley nodded in the everton equaliser late on. it finished 2—2. i'm really pleased because over the past four weeks, we put in a shift and got nothing and today we got one point. we could be greedy and ask for more but i'm proud of the players for their efforts. the old firm derby between rangers and celtic takes place in the scottish premiership this lunchtime, meanwhile, last night aberdeen beat hearts 1—0. the goal came from jonny hayes in the 66th minute. the third placed dons are now six points ahead of hearts, who are fourth. to rugby union, and george north will return for northampton saints in their premiership match at gloucester tomorrow. it will be the welshman‘s first game since suffering a head injury against leicester on december the third. that was north

hull city are off the bottom of the premier league after a 2—2 draw with everton. matt has weather forecast. still some fog this morning across southern areas but nowhere near as bad as yesterday. i have the details on that and details of the weather conditions as we finish this year and head on to the next. good morning. first, our main story. more than 100 olympic and paralympic stars have been recognised in the new year honours list, with knighthoods for andy murray and mo farah. jessica ennis—hill and the rower, katherine grainger, have received damehoods, while the gold medal—winning paralympian, lee pearson, has also been knighted. 0ur correspondent, andy swiss, has the details. at the end of a glittering year for british sport, for five of its greatest stars, the greatest honours. first, a noted for the man who spent 2016 skilling dizzying new heights. wimbledon champion again. after winning a second wimbledon, a second 0lympics after winning a second wimbledon, a second olympics and world number one spot, it is no sir andy murray, fitting finish to a remark

in sport away from the new year's honours, hull city were denied their first league win for almost twoonths by everton, they drew 2—2, but the point was enough to lift them off the bottom of the premier league. and matt has more on those tricky weather conditions. still somersault around this morning, particularly around southern areas but not as bad as yesterday. —— still summer fog. southern areas but not as bad as yesterday. —— still summerfog. i will have the details later. good morning. first, our main story. more than 100 olympic and paralympic stars have been recognised in the new year honours list, with knighthoods for andy murray and mo farah. jessica ennis—hill and the rower, katherine grainger, have received damehoods, while the gold medal—winning paralympian, lee pearson, has also been knighted. 0ur correspondent andy swiss has the details. paire at the end of a glittering yearfor british sport, for five of its greatest stars, the greatest of honours. first, a knighthood for the man who spent 2016 scaling dizzying new heights. commentator: wimbledon champion again, a suprem

hull city are off the bottom of the premier league but they missed out on a first league win in nearlylate everton equaliser at the k—com. the tigers went ahead but were pegged back then robert snodgrass scored this brilliant free kick in the second half. they couldn't hang on for victory though, ross barkley nodded in the everton equaliser late on. it finished 2—2. i'm really pleased because over the past 3—4 weeks, we put in a shift and got nothing. today we put in a shift and got a point. we could be greedy and ask for more but i'm really proud of the players for their efforts and we have to go again in two, three days‘ time. he came backward from argentina. finally he came back after seven games. we are happy here is back.” hope that gave him the opportunity to have 3.5 weeks off. he can only score goals if people give him it. he can defend. the old firm derby between rangers and celtic takes place in the scottish premiership this lunchtime, meanwhile, last night aberdeen beat hearts 1—0. the goal came from jonny hayes in the 66th minute. the third placed dons are now six points ah

city are second after a 3—0 win at bottom of the table hull city. united — this stunning finish from henrikh mkhitaryan helped jose mourinho's side to a fourth straight win in the league. they beat former manager david moyes‘ sunderland 3—1. elsewhere arsenal beat west brom 1—0. burnley saw off middlesbrough by the same scoreline. champions leicester lost at home to everton, 2—0. west ham won away at relegation—threatened swansea 4—1. and sam allardyce's first game in charge of crystal palace ended in a 1—1 draw at watford. liverpool could move into second and close the gap on chelsea to six points if they beat stoke in today's only premier league match. liverpool bossjurgen klopp is hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra day for their christmas football. atmosphere changes everything, so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! it might be summer in australia, but the weather is not helping their cricketers

hull city at the bottom of the table on goal difference.and couldn't stop his hurricane site from losing to melbourne stars. his compatriot hit 48 for melbourne. they overcame the other team's total of 148—4. the stars asjohn the hurricanes, winning by seven wickets in the end. steeple chasing is having a mid season championship. last winner is facing his up and coming stablemate thistlecrack. 12 days have been knocked off the world record for selling around the planet without stopping. it took 49 days, three hours and seven minutes and 38 seconds. the previous record was set bya seconds. the previous record was set by a frenchman. he set off from france and has not slept for more than he was at the time. an amazing achievement. have a great boxing day. back in one hour's time. thank you, mike. millions of showers will hit the high street today millions of shoppers will hit the high street today as the boxing day sales get under way. the numbers are expected to be down from last year, with analysts saying that earlier discount events like b

in the teatime kick—off, manchester city are away at hull city. the latest score there is 0—0.akes at kempton. this year's race was won by favourite thistlecrack with tom scudamore on board. his stablemate cue card, who won the race in 2015, finished in second place, just over three lengths back. there are three matches today in rugby's pro 12, all of them derbies. cardiff blues saw off their south wales rivals newport gwent dragons 27—16. steven shingler scored the first try for cardiff and went on to set up another, as all the points were scored in the first half. elsewhere, edinburgh lost at home to glasgow. in ireland, leaders munster are currently behind against second placed leinster. and in the english premiership, tom varndell scored all three tries for bottom of the table bristol as they beat worcester 28—20. and that's your sport. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at 10:40pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news, with lu kwesa burak. some of the biggest names in

the hull city manager mike phelan says 2016 has lived up to expectations, being "turbulent and difficultbottom of the premier league, going into tonight's match against everton. we are we a re pretty we are pretty open as staff and honest with the players at this club. they understand that we all need to do better when it comes to trying to win a football match. i think what they have shown is a great appetite, a great passion for their play in the premier league. it's difficult for them, but don't think for one instance they've dropped away from the challenge. i think isa already and willing to ta ke think isa already and willing to take it on again in the new year. a difficult one, and they lost it's a difficult one, and they lost we st it's a difficult one, and they lost west ham away, 1—0. but hull was the better team, and i west ham away, 1—0. but hull was the betterteam, and i think west ham away, 1—0. but hull was the better team, and i think they had four five posts. times on the posts. and that means that don't focus about positions on the table. it's a tough one, it's a difficu

hull city are off the bottom of the premier league after a 2—2 draw with everton.uld a young footballers be stopped from heading the ball? we have to look at the fact of the damage being caused to children. football is the game of football, if you take heading out, where do you draw the line? and matt has weather forecast. still some foreground across southern areas but nowhere near as bad as history. i have the details and details of what the conditions as we finish this year and head onto the next. see you in minutes. good morning. first, our main story. more than 100 olympic and paralympic stars have been recognised in the new year honours list, with knighthoods for andy murray and mo farah. jessica ennis—hill and the rower, katherine grainger, have received damehoods, while the gold medal—winning paralympian, lee pearson, has also been knighted. 0ur correspondent, andy swiss, has the details. at the end of a glittering yearfor british sport, for five of its greatest stars, the greatest of honours. first, a knighthood for the man who spent 2016 scaling dizzying

hull city are off the bottom of the premier league, but they missed out on a first league win in nearlyrton equaliser at the kcom. the tigers went ahead but were pegged back when robert snodgrass scored this brilliant free kick in the second half. they couldn't hang on for victory, though. ross barkley nodded in the everton equaliser late on. it finished 2—2. i'm really pleased, because over the past three or four weeks, we've put in a shift and got nothing. today we've put in a shift and got a point. we could be greedy and ask for more, but i'm really proud of the players for their efforts and we have to go again in two, three days' time. i am really pleased tonight about our performance. i wasn't happy about our slow start, 1—0 down, but we showed twice, really, in the result, a really good attitude and a good reaction. and i think we played good football. it's a busy day in the premier league with top billing going to second—placed liverpool against manchester city, who are third. city will be boosted by the return of striker sergio aguero, back from a four—match ban. no, he is ready

hull did not go to plan. given time, this tale of two cities up and up. fting of the art of the table but that only got them so far. this tackle allowed for this to happen. scoring on boxing day for the third year in a row. then it was 2-0. the the third year in a row. then it was 2—0. the final kick of the game was an own goal. manchester city got what they wanted, up to second in the table. hull city need something to change direction of the season. we played well in the first half. in the second half we forgot the ball was there. especially our strikers, they saw more of the goal and after they saw more of the goal and after the first goal it was easy. arsenal left it late against west brom at the emirates. olivier giroud headed the only goal of the game in the 86th minute, on what was his first start of the premier league season. david moyes made his first return to old trafford since being sacked as manager, as sunderland took on manchester united. and it wasn't the happy boxing day trip he'd have hoped for — united's fourth straight win, as they beat

the hull city manager mike phelan says 2016 has lived up to expectations, being "turbulent and difficult pretty we are pretty open as staff, honest with the players at this football club. we understand that we all need to do better, when it comes to winning a football match. to do better, when it comes to winning a football matchlj to do better, when it comes to winning a football match. i think what they have shown is great appetite and passion for their playing in the premier league. it is difficult for them but i do not think for one instance that they've dropped away from the challenge but i think they are already willing to ta ke i think they are already willing to take a torn in the new year. it's a difficult one —— take it on. they lost to west ham away 1—0. but who was the better team? several times on the post, it means do not focus on the post, it means do not focus on your position on the table. it is tough and difficult, we need to be at our best to get a good result. swansea city's search for a new manager continues today. and with ryan giggs and chris coleman already ruled

the team bottom of the table, hull city, are in action against everton tonight at the k—com stadium.d difficult". we are pretty open as staff, and honest with the players at the club. they understand that we need to do better, when it comes to winning football matches. i think what they have shown is a great appetite and passion for playing in the premier league, it is difficult but i do not think that for one instance, they have dropped away from the challenge and i think they are ready and willing to take it home in the new year. it is a difficult one. they lost west ham away. 1-0. but hull was the better team in that, four or five times they hit the post. it means you don't focus on positions in the table, it is tough and difficult, we need to be at our best to get a good result. championship leaders brighton and hove albion's game against strugglers cardiff city is off tonight. a blanket of fog has descended on the amex stadium over the course of the day forcing the referee to call the game off. there are three other fixtures in the championship with second place newcastle also i

hull city manager, m phelan, says 2016 has lived up to expectations, being turbulent and difficult, theypen and honest, the players at this football clu b honest, the players at this football club understand that we need to do better when it comes to trying to wina better when it comes to trying to win a football match. i think that what they have shown is a great appetite, a great passion for their play in the premier league, it is difficult for them, but i don't think for one instant they have dropped away from the challenge. i think they are all ready and willing to ta ke think they are all ready and willing to take it on again in the new year. it isa to take it on again in the new year. it is a difficult one. they lost our way to west ham, 0— one, but they we re way to west ham, 0— one, but they were the better team, they hit the post for a five times, that means that, don't focus of positions in the table, it is a tough one, a difficult one, and we must be at our best to get a good result. middlesbrough play manchester united tomorrow it will be a first return tomorrow it will be a

hull side, who remain rooted to the bottom of the table. drew savage reports. you don't always get what you want over the festive season but manchester citywell—connected club these days. pep guardiola, confident of the three points required to keep their championship challenge going. but the first half at hull didn't go to plan, orjohn stone is to first—team action, limited to injury after 18 minutes but over time this tale of two cities opened up at both ends, first kevin de bruyne for manchester and then hull got confidence and a foothold in the game. michael dawson only kept out by the defence of experience of bacary sagna. mike phelan's side had hope of getting themselves of the bottom of the table but hope will only get you so far. robberds's sterling allowed yaya toure to do what he normally does, scoring on boxing day for the third year in a row. with the breakthrough made gaps appeared in the hull defence, here nacho stepped up the hull defence, here nacho stepped up to make it tozero, the school has on hull became harsher, curtis davies's own goal the last kick of the game. manchester city got what they wanted, off the bottom of

things got worse for hull in injury time when curtis davies scored an own goal. manchester cityn a game that was closer than the scoreline suggests. arsenal beat west brom. leicester lost again at home to everton 2—0. west ham won at swansea, a—1 and sam allardyce‘s first draw in charge at crystal palace ended in a draw. liverpool could move into second and close the gap on chelsea to six points if they beat stoke in today‘s only premier league match. liverpool bossjurgen klopp‘s hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra day for their christmas football. atmosphere changes everything, so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the season, beating worcester by 28—20. the premiership‘s bottom side played much of the match with 1a men but a hat—trick from tom varndell helped them close the gap on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points. there were thre

relegation—threatened swansea host west ham and in the late kick off pep guardiola's manchester city go to a hullble. they all have quality, the difference is a personality, how they react in the bad moments. i don't have any doubts. frenchman toma coville, has knocked 12 days off the world record, for singlehandedly sailing around the planet, without stopping. it took him, 49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds. the previous record was set by fellow frenchman francis joyon, who took it from britain's ellen macarthur in 2008. coville set off from brest in france on, the 6th november, and will rarely have slept for more than three hours at a time. that is all the sport for now. we will be back in the next hour. 50,000 people in england at risk of type—2 diabetes could be helped by an nhs programme that's being extended from today. the advice on better nutrition and exercise has already helped 20,000 people. it forms part of a package of new measures to curb type—2 diabetes, including funding for more specialist nurses. millions of bargain hunters are expected to head to the boxing day sales to

pep guardiola's manchester city go to a hull side who are currently bottom.ained stars cue card and thistlecrack took place in the big race of the christmas period, the king george vi chase at kempton. it was the younger of the two, the 11—10 favourite thistlecrack, with jockey tom scudamore on board, who took it, ahead of last year's winner cue card. john hunt describes the closing stages. he is over safely. a brilliant hurdler. a brilliant chaser. what a win! tom scudamore waving at the crowd. meanwhile, the other top—class horses in behind him, fighting desperately for second. fantastic win for tom scudamore. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. russia has recovered some fragments of a military plane, which crashed in the black sea with 92 people on board. a huge search operation has been taking place near sochi where the aircraft had taken off from. the first of the bodies have this morning been airlifted to the russian capital. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg reports. across russia, they prayed for the dead — for the 92 vi

city are up to second place. they won 3—0 at bottom of the table hull, in a game that was closer than the scoreline suggests. after yaya toure had opened the scoring from the penalty spot, gaps appeared in the hull defence. this goal from kelechi iheanacho made it 2—0. things got worse for hull in injury time when curtis davies scored an own goal. this stunning finish from henrikh mkhitaryan helped manchester united to a fourth straight win in the league. they beat sunderland by 3—1, meaning defeat for david moyes on his return to old trafford for the first time since he was sacked as united manager in 2014. elsewhere arsenal beat west brom 1—0. burnley saw off middlesbrough by the same scoreline champions leicester lost at home to everton, 2—0. west ham won away at relegation—threatened swansea, 4—1. and sam allardyce's first game in charge of crystal palace ended in a 1—1 draw at watford. liverpool could move into second and close the gap on chelsea to six points if they beat stoke in today's only premier league match. liverpool bossjurgen klopp‘s hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting

city are up to second place. they won 3—0 win at bottom of the table hull, in a game that was closer than the scoreline suggests. after yaya toure had opened the scoring from the penalty spot, gaps appeared in the hull defence. this goal from kelechi ihenacho made it 2—0. things got worse for hull in injury time when curtis davies scored an own goal. this stunning finish from henrikh mkhitaryan helped manchester united to a fourth straight win in the league. they beat sunderland 3—1, meaning defeat for david moyes on his return to old trafford for the first time since he was sacked as united manager in 201a. sam allardyce‘s first game in charge of crystal palace ended in a 1—1 draw at watford. elsewhere arsenal beat west brom 1—0. burnley saw off middlesbrough by the same scoreline. champions leicester lost at home to everton 2—0. and west ham won away at relegation—threatened swansea a—1. sam allardyce‘s first game in charge of crystal palace ended in a 1—1 draw at watford. later today, liverpool take on stoke. the favourite thistlecrack claimed an impressive win in the big boxing day race at kempton park — the

. ♪ >>> leap is on a descent into hull, that's how the united nations is describing the utter will i dire situation in syria's largest city it becomes in their word one giant graveyard. more than 27,000 people have fled heavy fighting in eastern aleppo in recent days but an estimated 200,000 people are still there. there's intense fighting on the ground between the syrian government and rebel fighters as air strikes pound the city from above. at least 40 people were killed today in shelling. fred pleitgen the covering the story from beirut. fred, you've spent time in syria. what's happening on the ground right now? >> what's happening is the syrian government beliefs it might be able to take all of aleppo away from the rebels. it's been remarkable over the past couple days the gains the syrian military has been making. they took about 20 to 25% of an area where they haven't been able to make inroads the past four years. now one of the things that's been going on over the past 48 hours is it's been bad weather over the aleppo area. that curbed the strikes of the syrian air force but it makes the situation for the civilians

hull against everton, 17 minutes on the clock. a win would lift them off the bottom of the table. championship leaders brighton and hove albion's game against strugglers cardiff citystadium over the course of the day forcing the referee to call the game off. there are three other fixtures in the championship with second place newcastle also in action against nottingham forest. for the against third in the scottish premiership. aberdeen away at hearts. 7:45pm was the kick—off, the latest score 0—0. bayern munich assistant manager paul clement is the leading candidate to become swansea city's new manager. the former derby county manager was interviewed for thejob in october, before bob bradley replaced coach francesco guidolin. ryan giggs and chris coleman have both been ruled out but former birmingham city boss gary rowett remains in contention. swansea, who are second from bottom of the premier league, are hopeful of having bradley's replacement in place before the trip to crystal palace on january the 3rd. andy murray has lost his last match of 2016 — and it was in straight sets to david goffin at an exhibition tournament in abu dhabi. goffin will play rafa nadal