jane dougal is at old trafford for us this lunchtime. jane, what's the reaction been there?is not a surprise, fans had been rapidly losing patience with ole gunnar solskjaer and yesterday's 4—1 loss to what that seem to be the last straw. boos were heard roaring around the stadium in the away end and that defeat prompted the owners, the glazers, to call an urgent meeting last night where a decision was to be taken on solskjaer�*s future and this morning it was confirmed by the club in a statement that solskjaer would be departing the club. that statement read... "ole will always be a legend at manchester united "and it is with regret that we have reached this difficult decision. "while the past few weeks have been disappointing, they should "not obscure the work he's done over the past three years." michael carrick will now take charge of the club for the next few matches until an interim manager is found for the remainder of the season and then presumably a permanent manager will be found in the summer. now, while this was a hard decision to be made, it seemed to be a neces

jane dougall reports. dark and dismal day for him and manchester united football club. even he seemed to know this would be his last game in charge. a club legend like ole gunar solskjaer could have been forgiven for losing 4—1 to watford but after is only so many other disappointing results the patients and the fans had been pushed to their limits. the boys are in a terrible place in their heads right now. of course they are disappointed. they've let themselves down, we have let ourselves down. and the fans down. it's hard to stand there and explain that but that's football. anyway, we have to take the flak for it. the manner in which they lost left even the players bemused. it was embarrassing for me, to be honest. it is unacceptable for this club, the level of players that we have. so it is another nightmare. it prompted crisis talks with club owners, the glazerfamily, and manchester united fans woke up to the news that their manager had gone. finally. finally, ole out. i think it was always going to ha

jane dougall, many thanks.m social care in england, which would see a lifetime cap of £86,000 on what you have to pay, are expected to be voted on by parliament tomorrow. there's growing concern on the government backbenches about whether the plans are fair to homeowners living in the north, and in less affluent areas. our political corresponent iain watson is here. what's at issue here? there are two main concerns. first of all, there is that limit on the cost of personal and social care in england and where it is set. so at £86,000, this could represent the whole value of some people public home in parts of northern england, leaving very little to pass on to their family after the cost of care, whereas it may only be representative of ten or 20% of the value of a home in south—east england. some people have said this does not look like levelling up. tomorrow night it is expected the government will also ask for a vote on plans to see some less affluent people having to wait even longer for that cap to kick in

jane dougall reports. a message designed to hit home.ve joined with global athletes to send this message. the environment has become a concern for many athletes, who see the impact first—hand. double olympic gold medallist hannah mel started campaigning after the rio olympics in 2016. nowhere struck me as much as rio had in terms of the plastic pollution problem, and there was a number of reasons it was so stark and so apparent in rio, and it got to me. cop26 will stage discussions on how sport could rest its own carbon footprint. as the conference drew nearer, and i wanted to do more. —— hannah wanted to do more. a month ago she, and melissa billson came up with the idea for the video. we were sat in a caf in poole, and throwing some ideas around and we thought what could be more direct than a video with athletes speaking directly to world leaders, to be shown just ahead of cop26 to say "this is when we really need ambition" — and that is what we showed in the summer and that is what is really needed now. we have athletes from nearly 50

jane dougall reports. for him and manchester united football club. even he seemed to know this would be his last game in charge. a club legend like 0le gunnar solskjaer could have been forgiven for losing 4—1 to watford but after so many other disappointing results, the patience of the fans had been pushed to their limits. the boys are in a terrible place in their heads right now. of course they are disappointed. they've let themselves down, we have let ourselves down. and the fans down. it's hard to stand there and explain that but that's football. anyway, we have to take the flak for it. the manner in which they lost left even the players bemused. it was embarrassing for me, to be honest. it is unacceptable for this club, the level of players that we have. so it is another nightmare. it prompted crisis talks with club owners, the glazerfamily, and manchester united fans woke up to the news that their manager had gone. finally. finally, 0le out. i think it was always going to happen. he started off well.

jane dougall reporting there. so solskjaer has gone but he won't be forgotten by the manchester united faithful, and he gave an emotional interview earlier today i have given everything for this club. it means everything to me and together we are a good match but unfortunately i couldn't get the result is that we needed and it's time for me to step aside. michael is going to be in charge. i have the utmost respect, i love michael to bits. i'm becoming emotional now because it's tough and... they will because it's tough and... they will be fine, i will watch them and support them. well, for united fans, a miserable weekend was perhaps capped off by manchester city's resounding win at the etihad, against everton. pep guardiola's side are now three points off leaders chelsea in second place. drew savage reports. another good day at the office for pep guardiola. and raheem sterling, who has now racked up 300 premier league appearances. everton had kept city fairly quiet but they came up with something special in the 4

our sports correspondent jane dougall is at old trafford for us.ay for him and manchester united football club. he new time had run out. a club legend like ole gunar solskjaer could have been forgiven for losing 4—1 to watford but after is only one last walk to the fans there manager. speaking to the clubs television channel today, after being told he would not be continuing in his role, a heartbroken ole accepted he had to leave. i've given everything for this club. it means everything to me. and together, we are a good match but unfortunately, i could not get the results that we needed and it is time for me to step aside. michael is going to be in charge. i have the utmost respect for him. i love michael to bits. becoming emotional now cos, yes. they'll be fine. i will watch them and support him. the recent format prompted crisis talks with club owners the glazer family that manchester united fans woke up to the news that the gunnar had gone. i thought it was always could to happen. he started off well at - the start and then obviously, the last

a string of poor results, and is currently 8th in the premier league. 0ur sports correspondent jane dougall been a dark and dismal day for him and manchester united football club. he knew time had run out. even a club legend like 0le gunnar solskjaer couldn't be excused for yet another heavy defeat. assistant coach michael carrick takes over temporarily. so, one last walk to the fans as their manager. speaking to the club's television channel today, after being told he would not be continuing in his role, a heartbroken solskjaer accepted he had to leave. i've given everything for this club. the club means everything to me. and together, we are a good match but unfortunately, i could not get the results that we needed and it is time for me to step aside. michael's going to be in charge. i have the utmost respect for him. i love michael to bits. becoming emotional now cos, yes. they'll be fine. i will watch them and support them. the recent poor run of form prompted crisis talks with club owners the glazer family and manchester united fans woke up to the news that their manager had gone. i th

half past seven it's dateline london, but first a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougalutton in resigning. it follows the row over the clubs handling of allegations of racism. lord kamlesh patel of bradford has been appointed as the new director and chair of the club. sponsors have pulled out from the club and the ecb has stripped yorkshire of hosting international matches. it's after a report found former player azeem rafiq had been the victim of racial harrassment and bullying, but the club said they would take no disciplinary action. england captain eoin morgan has been asked about the crisis at yorkshire while speaking to the media at the t20 world cup: there is no place in our sport for any kind of discrimination and i think the actions of the board to yorkshire have indicated how serious they are about dealing with issues like this and obviously resulting in their actions. meanwhile, former england captain michael vaughan will not appear on his bbc radio 5 live show on monday after it was claimed he made a racist comment to a group of asian players. vaughan was nam

jane dougal reporting.lashed with protesters in the belgian capital brussels after tens of thousands of people marched against recently tightened coronavirus restrictions. some protesters threw fireworks at police officers, who hit back with tear gas and water cannon. the protesters are mainly opposed to the use of covid passes, which prohibit the unvaccinated from entering venues such as restaurants or bars. it comes after a second night of violent protests in the netherlands against further covid lockdown restrictions. anna holligan reports. another demonstration of the discontent seeping through dutch society. galvanised by calls on social media, groups gathered in the hague, young men hurled rocks and fireworks at police, they torched bikes and targeted an ambulance. an emergency order was issued by the mayor. it took hours to restore calm. at least 19 people were detained and similar scenes erupted elsewhere. these small explosive demos are being held in the context of rumbling frustrations about the c

jane dougall has more from old trafford.defeat to watford seem to be the final straw. after that defeat there were boos ringing around the stadium from the away end as the manager departed the pitch and it is understood that that defeat prompted the owner is the lasers to call an urgent meeting when he took a decision on the future of the manager and earlier on in a statement was released by the club confirming that they had parted company with ole gunnar solskjaer. in a statement they said ole gunnar solskjaer will always be a legend at manchester united and it is with great regret that we have reached this difficult decision. while the past few weeks have been disappointing they should not obscure all the work he has done over the past three years. the statement also confirmed that one of the members of backroom staff michael carrick will take charge of the team for forthcoming games while the team for forthcoming games while the club looks to appoint an interim manager until the end of the season and presumably a permanen

let's speak to jane dougal who is outside old trafford.al game and they decided he's got to go. where did he go wrong? he's got to go. where did he go wron: ? ~ ., , he's got to go. where did he go wron~?~ . , ,, he's got to go. where did he go wron: ? ~ . , ,, ., ~ ., wrong? well, i have been speaking to fans outside — wrong? well, i have been speaking to fans outside old _ wrong? well, i have been speaking to fans outside old trafford _ wrong? well, i have been speaking to fans outside old trafford and - fans outside old trafford and they'll feel the same way, that ollie gone a sauce jar is and always will be a club legend as a player but as a manager, as a coach, perhaps, his skill seems to be lacking —— that ole gunnar solskjaer. don't forget last year manchester united did finish second in the league under ole gunnar solskjaer but the last few months that we all seem to have come off and yes, yes and a's 4—1 loss against watford just seem to be the final straw for fans who had obviously been losing patience with him and they booed him

jane dougal has more from old trafford.derstood that that defeat prompted the owners, the to call an agent meeting when they took us to the manager and earlier it was released a statement by the club confirming they had parted company with coach mac. in a statement they said ole gunnar solskjaer would always be a legend at manchester united and it is with great regret we have reached this difficult decision. while the past few weeks have been disappointing they should not obscure all the work is done over the past four years. the statement also confirmed that one of the members are backroom staff michael carrick will take charge of team for forthcoming games while the club looks to appoint an interim manager until the end of the season and then presumably a permanent manager will be found this summer. while this was a hard decision to make it was a necessary one. it was hard because solskjaer was so beloved of this club. he scored the winning goal at the champions league final in 1999 helping united on the way to the troubl

let�*s catch up with the sport and get the latest from jane dougal. good morning, joanna.

i'm jane dougall. row over racism claims by rafiq intensifies as two more yorkshire board membersjoin the chairman in stepping down. it's after the ecb said the club had caused "serious damage to the reputation of the game". a huge challenge for antonio conte at his new club. tottenham may have won in europe, but there's a lot of work to do to get them out of ninth place in the league. and can england women repeat their crushing defeat of new zealand? they play them again this weekend, with a new captain at the helm. while the men have their opener against tonga at twickenham. hello and welcome to sportsday. they're falling like wickets, there's been a raft of resignations at yorkshire county cricket club today and there will be more. it follows the club being stripped of hosting international and major fixtures by the ecb who said yorkshire's handling of the racism issues raised by azeem rafiq had been wholly unacceptable. lord kamlesh patel of bradford has replaced roger hutton who stepped down earli

.— steven gerrard. jane dougal, thank ou.eague game in charge. the former liverpool captain held his first media conference today since taking over. many see this as a stepping stone to the liverpooljob in the future, but today, gerrard made clear his focus is only on the now. joe lynskey reports. this is the next phase of steven gerrard's evolution, a new career after so long as they read. at the player, he was a leader on the greatest stage. winning the scottish premiership was historic for rangers. enough to convince villa he's a premier league loss. this is the league steven gerrard called home. i the league steven gerrard called home. ~ ., , the league steven gerrard called home. ~' ., , ., home. i knew it was the right move for me. home. i knew it was the right move for me- the — home. i knew it was the right move for me. the chance _ home. i knew it was the right move for me. the chance to _ home. i knew it was the right move for me. the chance to be _ home. i knew it was the right move for me. the chance to be back- h

let's catch up with the sport and get the latest from jane dougal. good morning, joanna.pite a first win in the league for norwich city, the club sacked their manager daniel farke just a few hours later. mathias normann scored the pick of the goals in norwich�*s 2—1win over brentford. the victory put a smile on farke�*s face momentarily, but the three points weren't enough to save his job. norwich have twice been promoted under the german, but he leaves with the club bottom of the league. manager ole gunnar solskjaer still has hisjob, despite manchester united losing 2—0 to fierce rivals city in the derby. the loss has increased pressure on the manager with united fifth in the table. it was a lack—lustre performance at old trafford with eric bailly scoring an own goal. then bernardo silva got a second for cityjust before half—time. an impressive performance from them, but it's united's fourth defeat in six premier league matches and a second consecutive loss at home to one of their biggest rivals, prompting more questions to be asked of the united boss. it isa it is a cou

i'm jane dougall.e gave rangers their first league title in ten years — so what can steven gerrard do for aston villa? the club have unveiled him as their new manager. another resignation — yorkshire's chief executive officer has stepped down as the racism scandal threatens to engulf the club. it comes as the england captain joe root says it's "fractured the game and torn lives apart." and what can athletics do to help the environment? one of its big hitters says he's got a personal investment in cutting air pollution. if as ifasa if as a sport we are not about clean air, that we probably aren't about much else. i am actually an asthmatic. i have a daughter who is a chronic asthmatic. also coming up in the programme... another thriller at the t20 world cup, as australia knock out the favourites to make the final. welcome to the programme. he's won trophies at liverpool as a player, he's won a league title with rangers as a manager. what can he do at aston villa? the big news today that steven gerrard h

jane dougall reporting from old trafford.ests in the netherlands against further covid lockdown restrictions. trouble flared in several cities and towns with a number of injuries and arrests. the netherlands went into partial lockdown a week ago and is planning to ban unvaccinated people from some venues. anna holligan reports. another demonstration of the discontent seeping through dutch society. galvanised by calls on social media, groups gathered in the hague, young men hurled rocks and fireworks at police, they torched bikes and targeted an ambulance. an emergency order was issued by the mayor. it took hours to restore calm. at least 19 people were detained and similar scenes erupted elsewhere. these small explosive demos are being held in the context of rumbling frustrations about the current and possible future restrictions considered essential to fight record high of covid cases. this week a far worse than expected almost 150,000 new infections were detected. earlierthe almost 150,000 new infections were detected. earl

let's talk to our sports correspondent, jane dougal. another resignation then, jane. got here. ye: another senior resignation as all from yorkshire county cricket club, and on the week of this racism scandal which was exposed by the former player as he and rafik. and as chief executive officer who has stepped down with immediate effect. —— azeem rafiq. this comes on the day that the england captain and yorkshire playerjoe root said that cricket need to educate and reset. this is the first time that he has spoken about the fair and said that it had fractured the game and touring lives apart. it significantly when asked if he had seen any racism at yorkshirejoe root said not that i can recall, no, but it's clear that things have happened at the club. at the centre of all of this is the farmer yorkshire cricketer, azeem rafiq, who responded on social media saying that he was incredibly hurt thatjoe root said he could not recall ever witnessing racism at yorkshire. he treated "disappointed is not even the feeling. incredibly hurt but uncomfortable truths are hard to accep

jane dougal with all the latest sports news there. the time is now 5:37pm. more about cop26 as well but before all of that the bbc has become the latest organisation to withdraw from the lgbtq+ charity stonewall�*s diversity programmes through which members get advice on making workplaces inclusive. a statement issued by the corporation said... there are 900 members of this. lots of organisations we are talking about. there's also a separate thing called the workplace equality index which is essentially a league table of good practices. now, the bbc has been one of a number of organisations now that has not renewed that membership with the organisation. and they said the issue for them was there were questions about whether the bbc could be seen to be impartial when reporting on public policy debates where stonewall is taking an active role. because stonewall is also a campaigning organisation, has been very vocal on the issue of, say, transgender rights. and so the bbc says it is going to leave this game and of course, i mean, it's not the only one to have

jane dougall reports they are leaders of the wild duck a message designed to hit home. 0lympians likenment has become a concern for many athletes, who see the impact first hand. double 0lympic who see the impact first hand. double olympic gold medallist hannah mel started campaigning after the rio 0lympics mel started campaigning after the rio olympics in 2016.— mel started campaigning after the rio olympics in 2016. nowhere struck me as much — rio olympics in 2016. nowhere struck me as much as _ rio olympics in 2016. nowhere struck me as much as rio _ rio olympics in 2016. nowhere struck me as much as rio had _ rio olympics in 2016. nowhere struck me as much as rio had in _ rio olympics in 2016. nowhere struck me as much as rio had in terms - rio olympics in 2016. nowhere struck me as much as rio had in terms of. me as much as rio had in terms of the pollution problem and there was a number of reasons it was so stark and so apparent in rio and it got to me. ~ , , ., and so apparent in rio and it got to me. ~, ,. me. cop26 build stage discussions on how sort me. cop26 build stage disc

sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. good morning.. united take on villarreal and a win would see them through to the knockout stage. carrick, who won the champions league as a united player, will be in the dug—out for the forthcoming games and is relishing the challenge of leading the team. how ever long it takes, i'm prepared to do that. whether it's one game, two games, a little stretch longer than that. right now i'm not too sure. it's not something that's on my mind. well, the length of time he's in charge will very much depend of who united decide to appoint permanently. former tottenham boss mauricio pochettino is said to be interested and he could be available quickly. pochettino isn't completely happy at his current club paris saint germain, where he's essentially first—team coach, under sporting director leonardo. he's believed to be open to taking the united job and what's more, his team play manchester city tomorrow in the champions league, so he's expected to be in manchester at some point today. england manager gareth so

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s jane dougall. good morning.in when he became aware that details of the incident in 2017 were about to be made public. he said the cricket australia investigation in 2018 had exonerated him, but he "deeply" regretted his actions at the time and to this day. he said standing down was the right thing to do for him, his family and for cricket. the first test starts on december the 8th in brisbane. to australian cricket fans i�*m deeply sorry that my past behaviour has impacted our game on the eve of the ashes. for the disappointment i have caused to fans and the entire cricket community. i apologise. i�*ve been blessed with a wonderful, loving and supportive family and it breaks my heart to know how much i have let them down. the new newcastle head coach, eddie howe says he�*s under no illusions about the severity of the club�*s situation ahead of his first game in charge. howe has been speaking to the media in preperation for their match against brentford on saturday. he aknowledged the job will be a tough one with

let�*s speak to jane dougall. it was an unreserved apology.tially an independent regulator would be employed to oversee the ecb. that is not something they would like to have happen. yes, following this meeting, tom harrison, the chair of the ecb, said there would be swift and positive change. so, acknowledging that things will need to move quickly, which isn�*t always the way in such a large organisation. significantly, he said there would be tangible commitments, something we can actually see. that is significant because up until now many had felt there was merely lip service being paid to stopping racism in the game, particularly azeem rafiq, and we will find out specifically what they will find out specifically what they will be next week. that is certainly how azeem rafiq saw it. tom harrison said rafiq had shone a light on our game which has shocked, shamed and shad and —— saddened us all. rafiq said that when his son died in childbirth, he wasn�*t given the support he should have been. you broke down on many occasions when answering que

jane dougall reports ms is designed to hit home.nd we thought what could be more direct than a video with athletes speaking directly to world leaders to be shown just ahead of cop26 to say this is when we really need ambition and that is what we showed in the summer and that is what is really needed now. we have athletes from nearly 50 different countries and we have an athlete from saudi arabia, qatar, australia, the us, really important nations, every nation is important but these are really important nations in this climate context, so i think it does feel like a real moment to have these athletes come together and look at the camera and say this is what needs to happen. sport is one part of a greater picture _ they give us so many incredible moments because athletes dedicate themselves completely. they hope that sentiment persuades by global leaders to commit to preserving and protecting the planet. just before i go, i can update you on the cricket. sri lanka havejust lost another wicket, they are now 57-4, lost another wicket,

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. good afternoon.ter the departure of solskjaer. it's not thought they've made an approach, but pochettino says he'd be open to taking the job as he's not completely happy with the setup at his current club, paris saint germain. he's essentially first—team coach there, undersporting director leonardo. pochettino has been at psg for 10 months and they're 11 points clear at the top of the league. united did approach the former real madrid boss zinedine zidane about the job, but sources say he's not interested at this stage. he ended his second spell as real manager in may this year and he's apparently keen on exploring other options, including the french national side and interestingly — psg — which could have an impact on united's decision. england manager gareth southgate says he has big plans for the longterm development of the squad after signing a two—year extension to his contract, keeping him in charge until december 202a. southgate took england to the final of the euros this summer and they've qu