a cricketer has been knighted for the first time since ian botham. if you cannot give a knighthood to geoffrey boycott how can she get brexit through! have a lovely christmas and the best for 2019. thanks you for watching and they forget you can always see the front pages on line on the bbc webpage and you can watch programmes back on bbc idea. thank you for watching. —— bbc on line. there is no letup on the pressure on manchester united after being drawn on paris st germain in the champions league quarter—finals. liverpool will take on german giant bunny in munich. let's take a look at the draw... the first leg in february with the return fixture is in march. in the europa league... i know a lot of our fans will look and think the drop has been pretty good for us. there are some big sides we steered clear up but we treat every side who have earned the right to be in the quarter—finals. i think all in all, probably a decent day. it was all a bit of an anti—climax in the championship this evening as the east midland derby played out a goalless draw. d

receive a knighthood in the new year honours, the first england cricketer to be given the award since ian bothamire. she has set a date today, still not good enough forjeremy corbyn and some of her own backbenchers as well. for some people nothing she does is good enough and i have some sympathy with her but what she has effectively done is move the meaningful vote that parliament was supposed to have on her deal... was it last week? into the new year. no closer and closer to the date on which we are supposed to be a bylaw leaving of the eu. she could have left it even later. -- supposed to be by law. january 20 is when we are meant to have some agreement, otherwise the government has to face the consequences in parliament, so she couldn't leave it much later. at the end of the day it is very hard to see how parliament is going to pass this deal through. if it doesn't pass we are still nowhere near getting a resolution to how we might leave the eu with some kind of orderly brexit. one wonders why she put the vote back on why she did not go ahead with it when she meant to do it, one presumes she

ijoined sir ian botham, as well, as one of the former captains on the bbc question of former captainsof sport programme who have been knighted. that is what swung it for you! absolutely, getting the way questions right. you mention you are going to watch your sonjosh played today. you must be proud the family is still involved in the game? yes, we love the game. the three boys, any opportunity, they would play by, any opportunity, they would play rugby, all winter, on the back lawn. it used to really upset me that they said what is a lawn for, dad? i tried to keep it perfect. it was a cricket field in the summer and by cricket field in the summer and rugby field in the winter. they watched the local team play. if we're not going to sale sharks, we go and watch fylde play. thank you for talking. congratulations on your recognition and to lady hillary. thank you very much indeed. brilliant. good morning. we have been talking about how mild the weather has been with blossom coming out early. people have some pictures. please keep them coming in. you can send them on twitter or the usual

receive a knighthood in the new year honours, the first england cricketer to be given the award since ian bothamerday about asos predictions being down, but equally important, talking about plastic waste production, yorkshire gold brought out of teabags that did not use plastic, causing a storm over eco— teabags, they've been falling apart in the cup. there's nothing worse. your day can be ruined by... that and crumbs in your tea when you have dipped your biscuit. that's why you need a formidable biscuit. you need a strong biscuit. for example? hobnob. hobnob is good. malted milk. and digestives are good. i'm going to start with football. the back pages are full ofjose mourinho after the champions league draw yesterday, they will face paris saint—germain, manchester united, quite a challenge for them. the mirror has a really interesting headline. they are trying to get jose interesting headline. they are trying to getjose sacked, they say, paul ince saying perhaps the players aren't so happy with jose paul ince saying perhaps the players aren't so happy withjose mourinho and they're aren't so ha