the focus is spent on this game and the manchester derby.an ask for after such a disappointment. in nearly all united's wins this season, they've had to come from behind. they've got just for league points from their five games at home. but now with four wins five games at home. but now with fourwins ina five games at home. but now with four wins in a row, they're still in touch at the top. so why is this side so streaky? if only anyone knew the answer to that. it baffles and confuses fans. even within matches — i'm not saying united fans are com pletely i'm not saying united fans are completely convinced, there does not. big—name players with big fees who are among the best paid footballers in the world need to stand up in games like this. that the feet and march was city's seventh of last season — their worst ever tally into the pep guardiola. still they are seeking consistency. in every match, they try to show they can still be a force. every game you are able to win is so complicated and difficult. and every time we are able to do it, it

manchester united fiow dinner this year. manchester united now lead to— one. dinner this year. arrives home from a big game to a long—awaited phone call from the prime minister. yeah, i have literallyjust got back 110w yeah, i have literallyjust got back now from the game. i got an assist today. no goal but we won the game so today. no goal but we won the game so that's good. yeah, yeah, yeah. can you just say that again please? the government is to provide free meals to disadvantaged children in england during the christmas holidays part of a package of measures costing nearly £400 million. an existing programme which provides activities and food in the school holidays will be extended across england for the whole of new next year. that would be the perfect situation for me and we ask for that and because of that we will be able to help families in a better way. the significant climb—down comes after a campaign led by the manchester united footballer marcus rashford. thank you very much and on behalf of the families as well that you are helping ijust want to say behalf of the

semi—finalists rb leipzig in the last 16 of the champions league, that's the side that knocked out manchesternited last week. let's have a look at the full draw. as for the other english sides, chelsea will face atletico madrid and manchester city will take on borussia moenchengladbach. other notable ties there — 13—time winners real madrid will play atalanta; last year's runners up paris saint germain will take on barcelona; and holders bayern munich will face lazio. the first legs will be played in mid to late february. manchester united have dropped into the europa league of course, and they've got a really tough draw in the last 32, against the spanish league leaders real sociedad. there's how the british sides came out, all those ties being played in february, and you can find more details on the bbc sport website. ireland and scotland have been drawn in the same rugby world cup pool for the second time in a row. they were paired up last year,

welcome to fair share greater manchester. the mayor of manchester andy burnham is attending.or you. but that tells you why the campaign is needed because some people still need educating, some people in parliament need educating. one thing it has done is raise more awareness anyway. more and more people are learning about it. we have to keep the momentum now. when it's finished, i will vacate the mayor of greater manchester, straight in! honestly, on behalf of everyone, we are so proud of you. all of us are so proud of you. but there is some good news. fareshare are expanding to provide more food for children in need and then naming their new depot after marcus's mum, mel. start your own trophy cabinet! i'm overwhelmed and i don't what to say. all i can say is thank you. for us and my mum especially, we were concentrated so much on the people that we were trying to help, everything elsejust sort of goes over our heads. you need to grow a little bit! 1 million people have signed footballer marcus rashford's petition to extend free school meal vouchers to children during holida

a big night for manchester united. what does it mean if they lose this evening?talk about manchester united come i think ali said it in the past, they have to win trophies, thereafter back to winning trophies, thereafter back to winning trophies to make it back to challenging the best teams in europe, andi challenging the best teams in europe, and i think this season, they've done well at times in the champions league, but i thank you need to get to the semi finals and finals, that's what liverpool did in the last of love years, they've been successful, and i think a club like manchester united, the manager needs to win things, and this is the one competition that united having one that often, but they've got the ability to do it. are there because for him to go if they go out this evening? i think it's too soon. there has been a real strong narrative against him that other managers probably in positions, their managers don't get puts under the same type of pressure. i think the style of football has been really, really good. really good recently. i thought on sa

manchester united wolves kicks off at eight p:m..hen that's, they will move up to second. the manager has been really impressed with how his players have handled this festive workload. when the last game you played at old trafford gave you six goals, i'm sure the boys will look forward to it. it gave us confidence come about performance, it also gave us a little gauge on how fit we are that we could match them fitness wise. so we could match them fitness wise. so we know that we have loads of games ina we know that we have loads of games in a short space of time, but even shorter turn around this time, but they had a good game. now lets round up some of today's other stories. diego costa is a free agent after atletico madrid agreed to terminate his contract 6 months early early. the former cheslea striker has had injury problems and fallen out of favour in his second spell at the club. the 32 year old has been lonked with arsenal and wolves welsh forward jake ball will leave scarlets at the end of the season to be his family in austr

manchester city against newcastle is also an 8:00pm kick off. the top of the scottish premiership — rangers are relentless at the moment in pursuit of the title, 16 points clear. they beat hibernian 1—0 at ibrox this afternoon. imran sidat was watching. traditional glasgow weather, but the only elements rangers have been battling so far this season is how far they can stretch their lead at the top. 16 points clear going into this game, but they were facing a hibernian side who themselves were in good form and they almost stunned ibrox in the very first minute. that may have helped blow away any christmas hangover, with the league leaders going close from ianis hagi. he didn't have to wait too much longerfor another he didn't have to wait too much longer for another chance, and this time he made no mistake. it was a cagey second half but would rangers come to rue their failure to put the game to bed? well, they were almost made to pay shortly after, when allan mcgregor came to the rescue. they held on for their 12th win in a i’ow they held on for

manchester city kick off at 8pm at the etihad against andre villas boas' marseille. as third favourites to win the competition behind bayern munich and liverpool. does that feel right to you? that will go down because when they get to the quarterfinals, u nfortu nately, whatever get to the quarterfinals, unfortunately, whatever happens tactically or mentally, they fall away. they always qualify with ease. let's be honest, the strength of the groups, some are weak compared to a tea m groups, some are weak compared to a team like city. but when they get to the knockout stage, this is where the knockout stage, this is where the best teams come into it. they could be drawn against a real topside. i thought last season, city disappointed they lost to leon back and people may say it was a strange format playing in germany but it was format playing in germany but it was for the same for teams and they showed lyon and they were not scared of city. it's a mental thing with city and they are through the group in qualify but will they get to the next run after that is when they

greater manchester police has been accused of letting down vulnerable victims of crime by failing totorate also says it is "deeply troubled" that some cases are being closed without a proper investigation. let's get more from our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. watmore is being said, tom? well, this is an eye—catching figure, 80,000 cases are what the police inspector is saying are not being reported by greater manchester police. one in five cases, as you say. one in four violent crimes. so there is a big problem there, the inspectorate say. what's going on? well, a lot of these cases relate to domestic violence, stalking and harassment and those are cases where sometimes it can be quite unclear whether an allegation has been made and an allegation can be withdrawn by the victim in the case. what the inspectorate says is the police in greater manchester have not been doing a good job at tracking that, recording when crime allegations are being withdrawn, and when they stop investigating as a result. but there isa investigating as a result. but there is a problem and the insp

a covid outbreak at manchester city.er league match at everton tonight is postponed after the club report more cases. leicester are second in the premier league as they're held to a 1—1 draw against crystal palace. australian wickets tumble as india take the advantage and look to level the series in their second test in melbourne. welcome along to the programme. we'll start with the news that manchester city's match against everton at goodison park in the premier league has been postponed tonight because of an increase in positive covid tests at the ethiad. —— covid tests at the etihad. the city training ground will be closed for an "indeterminate period" our football reporter simon stone has the latest. manchester city had some routine tests done after they played against newcastle tests done after they played against n ewcastle o n tests done after they played against newcastle on boxing day. they had already announced on christmas day that kyle walker, gabriellejesus and two more staff members were testing positive an

backin back in 2017, lucy bronze left at manchester city to play with the best in france. player but wanted to win a champions league title. she also to learn to grow to push herself as a player. while that decision has paid off, and the years since, the awards just keep rolling and. off, and the years since, the awards just keep rolling andlj off, and the years since, the awards just keep rolling and. i think once i get the award and have hands on it, then that'll probably sink in a little bit more. literally sat in the shared just last night, got home, went to bed, got up at seven o'clock this morning and went to training. just another normal day. i don't look gets really sinking in, but maybe over christmas when i have time to sit down and relax and really think about the whole year and what happened and finishing off with this trophy. i'm going to be quite content, i think. we spoke about you going to leon to push yourself. now you're back here, how do you reflect on that time? initially, when i was going, i wa nted initially, when i was going, i wanted to be successfu

tonight, they play manchester city in the league cup.easy match, but they're not making it easy for themselves. you might know, but mikel arteta says tonight mikel arteta says... the club that he was at, this time last year, many left is the assistant, pep guardiola to leave manchester city to get to arsenal. they've won the fa cup, one match away from the semifinal but u nfortu nately, away from the semifinal but unfortunately, the position that they are in which is almost a powerless position in the premier league is the one that is dominating the thoughts when it comes to arsenal at the moment. so much speculation surrounding mikel arteta and his future. he says not walking away, but do think you will have a choice. i would be staggered if he walked away from this, because we know from what he said that he is determined to see this through and determined to see this through and determined to see this through and determined to turn it around. you don't have to go back too far to when it looked promising, really promising, in his early

he went in on a trial with manchester united, and he's impressed them.ps. wayne rooney is united's record goal—scorer. he'd spent 13 years at the club's following everton. during his career, the former english record scored 253 times. he's been brought up scored 253 times. he's been brought up in scored 253 times. he's been brought upina scored 253 times. he's been brought up in a football environment, so even though he's still extremely young, i think it was kind of inevitable that he was always going to be in this situation of having the opportunity to join to be in this situation of having the opportunity tojoin united. rooney's four sons grew up seeing what success in football can bring, but heading down the same path as your parents has its challenges. michael is a premier league winner with leicester, but always face comparison to his father peter, a manchester united legend. this is when rooney at the same age as kai is now, appearing as a mascot. even back then, he seemed desperate to make it. his son will want to make a name for himself. katie g

the former manchester united and scotland maanger who has died at the age of 92.n new year's eve, we look ahead to what we all hope and a look back at at the year that brought the greatest challenges. we will look back at the moments that stand out in 2021. hello there, few will look back at 2020 with any great fondness but it's arguably been the best year of lewis hamiltons career. breaking records in formula 1 and now he's been knighted. sir lewis hamilton is one of a number of sportsmen and women who have been recognised in the new years honours list. adam wild reports. in a year of unprecedented challenge, lewis hamilton has excelled. leading from the front, he won a seventh world formula 1 title just days after being crowned bbc sports personality of the year and he now becomes sir lewis hamilton. he deserves his knighthood. he has always been an exceptional talent. but it is incredible what he has achieved this year. it's not a good year for most of us on the planet, but a pretty good for him. jimmy greaves, one of english football's greatest ever goal—score

manchester city had to beat chelsea just to stay in the race. projector in his garden and managed to get a screen from somewhere. and liverpool surely headed to the title! liverpool was already starting to celebrate as soon as the penalty went in, and that's when you started hearing the fireworks, you started hearing the cheers. stuart attwell blows his whistle. and for the first time since 1990, the champions of england are liverpool. that feeling... that absolute rush, i've never felt quite anything like that when i've not been in a football ground. we started hearing liverpool breaking into this spontaneous party and suddenly all around you, people beeing the horn and shouting out the car windows. i'm just so happy that i was with my dad, and i know for a fact that it meant so much to him. people running into their gardens and running into the streetsjust screaming into the air. people were just going outside and laughing and smiling and being so happy. it was beautiful really. it was much more than i was expecting to get. the joy was not ent

and wayne rooney's son is following in his dad's footsteps by signing for manchester united. dad and mum coleen signing a contract with the club. united's record goal—scorer wrote on twitter... no pressure, then! that is all of the sport. bye for now. hello there. earlier on today, we had a respite from this wet and windy theme, but we have seen the cloud increasing, thickening up, moving in very rapidly from the atlantic. it brought rain in some places. these weather fronts will take the rain across northern ireland, scotland and push it further into england and wales. for a while, that rain could be heavy as well. it will eventually push down towards the southeast of england, other areas away from here becoming drier later on in the night. but there is a lot of cloud around, and it's quite blowy out there as well. so it's going to be very mild to start friday, with temperatures in double figures. but more rain to come on friday, and the focus of the heavier rain is now across south wales with this amber rain warning from the met office. flooding and travel disruption is lik

the manchester derby is underway at old trafford with united hosting city. into goalless. it was oh so quiet. and a little too still. both sides have tentative starts. manchester united almost stretched to an opener. the city, wa ry stretched to an opener. the city, wary of the counterattack, dominated possession but failed to do much with it. any clashes between players would normally be met with cheers or boos from crowds, adding to the showcase which night like this can and should be. manchester united started to show the fatigue felt from their midweek champions league exit. bruno fernandez took a pass from anthony martial, could only shoot straight into the arms of edison. the winner would have

i also feel that if greater manchester is in tier3 on feel that if greater manchester is in tier 3 onhere is a real risk of gatherings in the home and i do not think that helps from a spread of the virus point of view so i think the government hasn't got the balance right. we needed a steadier approach and nevertheless i still see please be fair, please look at the evidence and whatever the decision is today i agree with the decision is today i agree with the mayor of london and west midlands, businesses are going to need more support to through this. andy burnham, thank you for your time. we will watch with interest later this morning to find out what the news is for your area. toy shops say delays at british ports and across the international supply chain means thousands of gifts might not arrive in time for christmas. retailers and food manufacturers want mps to urgently investigate the disruption — which has been blamed on a number of issues, including brexit stockpiling. our business presenter sima kotecha has more. i was listening to an interview with a toy shop owner earlier wh

tonight's premier league fixture between everton and manchester city has been cancelled for medical reasonse to city's squad being hit by the coronavirus. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the post—brexit trade deal, between britain and the european union, has taken another big step to being implemented. all 27 eu ambassadors have approved the agreement that was announced last week. on wednesday the president of the eu council, charles michel, and president of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, are expected to sign off on the deal. but it will also have to be ratified by the european parliament, next year. also on 30th december, uk mps will vote on the deal in a special sitting of parliament. it all means that tariff—free trade will provisionally be allowed, after britain leaves the eu single market in the new year. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has described the trade deal as "a new starting point for our relationship" with the eu. our europe correspondent, kevin connolly, says there's a lot of detail which still needs to be fleshed out. well,

a leap up the table from 11th to 4th for manchester city — as they fly past fulham in the premier leagueore three second—half tries to see off a scotland challenge and claim third place in the autumn nations cup. and with lewis hamilton away valterri bottas gets to play as he claims pole position for the sakhir grand prix in bahrain. hello and welcome to sportsday. a landmark match for pep guardiola — 700 now in his managerial career — and his side scored their 400th goal for him too. hello and welcome to sportsday. a landmark match for pep guardiola — 700 now in his managerial career — and his side scored their 400th goal for him too. some nice round numbers — and a comfortable win for city, 2—0 over fulham. craig templeton reports: pep guardiola has made it clear recently that he will not pick players on reputation alone. raheem sterling, like city, has had a slow start to the season but he was back in the side and looking to speed things up. this was inside three minutes, sterling and immediately but could only find the fulham keeper. this was inside five minutes, sterling in behind a

he's played about 17 minutes for manchester united in that thrashing of leeds. the bbc are giving him and recognition in his fight against poverty. he picked up an mbea fight against poverty. he picked up an mbe a few months ago for his efforts. tonight, he is picking up a special award here. it has been quite a few months for him. plenty of other awards too. coach of the year, team of the year, unsung hero. i get under way at eight o'clock live on bbc one —— it gets under way. harlequins failed to make an impression in the champions cup. they were beaten 49—7 by racing 92, who dominated from the start. the parisian side got over the line seven times — teddy thomas and simon zebo amongst the try scorers. and at the sports ground in galway, bristol boss pat lamb is back at his former club connacht. bristol are leading ten points to three — just starting the second half there. both those sides lost their opening games, so a win is important for their hopes. callum smith lost his unbeaten record and super—middleweight world title to saul canelo alvarez. alvarez, wi

the chief constable of greater manchester stands down after the force — england's second largest — isd into special measures. ramping up government funding for britain's olympic skateboarders — as money for sports like rowing and swimming takes a dive. six. five. four of us. by myself, so one. and how many will be around your christmas table next week? we ask if people are changing their plans. coming up in sport on bbc news, callum smith towers over saul canelo alvarez as the two fighters go head—to—head at their weigh—in ahead of their world title bout in texas this weekend. good evening. hospitals across the south east of england have begun cancelling non—urgent operations, with some struggling to cope with double the number of covid patients than they had in the spring. it comes as government sources confirmed tonight that there is concern about the new variant of covid—19, amid fears it could be making the virus more infectious and harder to contain. today, the prime minister said he was hoping to avoid a third national lockdown in england, but acknowledged that rates of infectio

the prime minister speaking in manchester.hristmas to cope with any possible increase in the spread of coronavirus. jeane freeman said a decision about what to do after the festive break would be announced in the scottish parliament on tuesday. she said at this point nothing could sensibly be ruled out. at today's daily news briefing she began by detailing the latest statistics. the total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 744. that represents 4.2% of the total tests, and takes the total number of confirmed cases in scotland to 110,040. 172 of today's new cases were in greater glasgow and clyde, 158 in lothian, and 94 in grampian. the remaining cases were spread across the eight other mainland health boards. i can also confirm that 1,032 people are currently in hospital — that is an increase of 20 from yesterday. 50 people are in intensive car, which is the same as yesterday. and, sadly, i also have to report 36 additional deaths have been registered in the last 24 hours, of a patient who first tested positive for

at 5:30 this evening, it's the manchester derby.their disappointing exit from the champions league in midweek. united have won four games in a row in the league and sit above their neighbours in the table, but the pressure is still on ole gunnar solskjaer heading into this one. joe lynskey reports. the last manchester derby was march the 8th, 2020, the month a city and a sport was set to change. fans haven't been in old trafford since. but when that day left united 12 points behind city. in this season table, red is of a blue. another win today could put united two macro points of attack, but their last nine months heavier between extremes. sometimes, they are brilliant, sometimes not. and manchester united will not be competing in the champions league. instead, they are consigned to the europa league. we were, and the group was, disappointed. on tuesday night. it is just group was, disappointed. on tuesday night. it isjust natural. we really wanted to go through that tournament. now, the reality is we are not, and we have just got

it was manchester city boss pep guardiola 700th game as a manager.s. for games, four clean sheets, it is good. especially the way we played, the way we defend. we have conceded few in all the games. today, one shot. it is so important for us to maintain this solidity and we create enough chances to win the game. white back under way at the moment, chelsea are in action against leeds united. it is currently 1-1. olivier giroud cancelling out patrick bamford's openerfor giroud cancelling out patrick ba mford's opener for leeds. giroud cancelling out patrick bamford's opener for leeds. burnley and everton played out a 1—1 draw. rugby union nations cup comes to an end this weekend. wales beat italy ina end this weekend. wales beat italy in a fifth place play—off. ireland finished third after coming from behind to beat scotland 31—16 in dublin. georgia lost at home to fiji 38-24. dublin. georgia lost at home to fiji 38—24. france play england in the final on sunday. formula 1 now and evenin final on sunday. formula 1 now and even in the absence of lewis h

the former manchester united and scotland manager tommy docherty, the doc has died at the age of 92 after a long illness. he had five years in charge at old trafford and though they were relegated he got them back up into the first division and won the fa cup in 1977. he spent most of his playing career at preston and was capped 25 times by scotland, he also managed chelsea, where he won the league cup in 1965, aston villa, derby, qpr and wolves. he has died at the age of 92. manchester united striker edinson cavani has been banned for three games and also fined £100,000 by the fa for a social media post earlier this month which was deemed to be racially offensive. he will miss their next match against aston villa, and also the league cup semi—final against manchester city and their fa cup tie against watford. united say they "trust that the independent regulatory "commission will make it clear in its written reasons that "edinson cavani is not a racist, nor was there any racist intent "in relation to his post." he also has to attend an educational programme. —— a face—to—face educational

manchester city in action against gotoborg.well at a slightly later kick—off tonight. one other football line. sunderland have postponed their next three matches and closed their training ground for ten days following the club's coronavirus outbreak. the game at shrewsbury town along with home matches against blackpool and hull have all been called off. eight players missed last night's draw with wimbledon. that game went ahead despite one player testing positive for coronavirus on monday — but now a further four cases have been confirmed among players and staff. a quick look at some of the day's other stories... rugby union's also been affected. exeter‘s champions cup match at toulouse on sunday's been cancelled because of a covid outbreak in the holders squad. it means glasgow's match against lyon on saturday's also been called off because the warriors played the chiefs last weekend. chris dobey produced an impressive comeback round of the pdc darts world championships. he was 2 sets down to canada'sjeff smith but won three s

west ham bounced back from defeat to manchester united last weekend with victory over leeds in the premierhis penalty, which was initially saved by lucasz fabianski, after he was adjudged to be off his line. it was tomas soucek who equalised with a header at the far post for west ham, before angelo 0gbonna's powerful effort late on won it. west ham climb up to fifth in the table. istanbul basaksehir assistant coach pierre webo says 8 december 2020 will forever be remembered as a watershed moment in the fight against racism. he's been speaking to bbc sport after the champions league match between his side and paris st—germain was abandoned this week, when the players walked off because of an alleged racial slur aimed at webo by the fourth official. uefa have opened an investigation into the incident, with the romanian stood down from domestic matches until disciplinary proceedings have been concluded. you show them that if you don't respect players... as i told you, it was the first time. it means that if they come to watch the football, you know that it means those kinds of things, they wi

he said today, "these are challenging times for greater manchester police.ss theissues long—term strategic plan to address the issues raised by the inspectors. " and he said, "i believe this plan should be executed by a chief constitutional —— constable who can oversee it from start to finish." he goes on to say, "considering what's best for gmp and the communities we serve, and given my current ill health, i have decided to stand down from the post of chief constable with immediate effect. " from the post of chief constable with immediate effect." but the background is that the suggestion that this force simply has not been recording crimes reported. absolutely. a 80,000 of them in the space of one year, that was from a report by the majesty —— her majesty inspector at. it said it was deeply troubled last week by how the cases we re troubled last week by how the cases were being handled by gmp. without proper come as a put it, investigation. the watchdog was particularly skating over the force's failure to close investigations without telling the families o

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.ws for bristolians today, after their city went down from tier 3 to tier 2. jon kay's in bristol for us tonight. i guess what we all want to know is what bristol has done so right that they have moved down? the government says that it is because cases here have levelled off and because the nhs appears to be coping at the moment and the mayor of bristol has thanked people here and said they have done a good job in driving the rates down. but i have to say, even he is surprised by this. he was expecting that bristol would stay in tier 3, that these pubs and restau ra nts tier 3, that these pubs and restaurants would stay shut and he is warning tonight that unless people are careful and cautious in the days and weeks ahead, that there could be what he calls a whiplash of new cases in the days ahead. this is a really good example ofjust how mixed the restrictions are now across the country. if you step out of bristol in one direction into north somerset, well, hospitality they're also cele

sarah corker, bbc news, in manchester.s. the report by the women and equalities committee says coronavirus has exacerbated pre—existing inequalities in society. chair of the women and equalities committee and conservative mp caroline nokes says the government needs to take action and spoke about the challenges. well, i think we need community champions. we need to reach out, particularly perhaps to women in bame communities, so that they can cascade information through their families. we also need to make sure that things like universal credit, which currently isn't yet available as an app, is made into an app so that people can apply for benefits quickly and easily so that those who are excluded from data packages because of their finances can do so more readily than having to go online and, in some instances, spend a lot of time trying to log on to their uc account. so, it's crucially important that some very straightforward changes are put in place and the information that the government sends out to bame communities is

good wins last timeout, burnley against arsenal, goal is for the moment, sheffield united, manchester go, sheffield united routed to the bottom of course at the moment. russia's doping ban from all major sporting events has been cut to two years by the court of arbitration for sport today. but that still means you won't see this russia flag flying at the tokyo olympics and paralympics and football's 2022 world cup. they'll still be at next year's euro 2020 because the ban doesn't apply to uefa tournaments. and russian athletes who can prove they're untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete anywhere under a neutral flag. i've been speaking to our sports news correspondent alex capstick who's followed the story from the start. russia had been made noncompliant after evidence was produced of a widespread state run doping conspiracy which corrupted the winter games and indeed the london 2012 olympics, so russia was made noncompliance from other permits carried on competing internationally, but then was given extra power, so when russia was reinstated on the condition that it

sheffield united against manchester united.ent game too in front of 2,000 fans — liverpool ahead thanks to a deflected goalfrom mo salah. spurs though, have been impressive, under jose mourinho this season and equalised before halftime. son, hyung min, breaking away to score a really good goal. but it was liverpool who went out and won it. a thumping header in the 90th minute from roberto firminho made it 2—1, and liverpool are back on top of the league. football clubs will be allowed to trial the use of concussion substitutes from next month. it means that teams will be allowed to make extra changes when a player gets a head injury. it's expected to be trialled in the third round of the fa cup in early january. we can now speak to daniel parslow, a former york city defender, who was forced to retire from football last year after suffered a head injury in a match. good morning, daniel. thanks for joining us and talking about this. tell us what happened for you when you suffer your head injury during a game? good morning, mike.

but there is a strong case now for a substantial part of greater manchester to be in tier 2.e have been under restrictions for four and a half months. that has to be taken into consideration when these decisions are made. but if the government looks at the numbers, and as you say, two boroughs are still higher than the rest, do you expect the government to recognise those nuances and differentiate and say this part of greater manchester can go into tier 2 but those areas have to stay in tier 3? is it going to happen like that realistically? well, i have indicated that we would understand if they wanted to do something like that. but a large number of our boroughs now are well below the england average and well below the england average and well below london and liverpool, and they went into tier 2 originally. if you look at some of the other indicators the government is using, pressure on hospitals, that has reduced significantly as well. so have the cases in the over 60s. so it is a changed position in manchester, in some ways the opposite of what has happened in london over

snow and ice has continued to hit many parts of the uk overnight, but in manchester families enjoyedcelebrations around the world have been mostly muted by the pandemic, but many people have still been keen to mark the end of a difficult year. in those countries with fewer coronavirus cases, the traditional fireworks have gone ahead — but with strict covid conditions — while in the uk the usual midnight celebrations have been cancelled. our correspondent sarah campbell reports. four, three, two, one! auckland, new zealand, one of the first places to welcome in 2021. the festivities were not what they normally would be, but as in sydney, australia, it was felt the occasion should be marked with a firework display. both countries have managed to keep covid infections relatively low and that has to be cause for celebration. in wuhan, china, where the coronavirus took hold a year ago, crowds gathered this evening to watch the countdown. life largely returning to normal. across much of the globe, though, it is a different story. in 2019,100,000 people crowded together to see in the new ye

lewandowski with bayern munich, and bronze with lyon, before rejoining manchester city.y and rinaldo, that is unbelievable —— title with messi and rinaldo. a long time ago, i remember that messi and rinaldo. a long time ago, i rememberthati messi and rinaldo. a long time ago, i remember that i was longing for this, for something like this, and now i can win such an awards good at it's incredible to be compared to lionel messi and christian rinaldo, that is an honour. what a surprise to be even nominated alongside two other players, you know, who i know very well, both incredible players and outstanding beings as well. so, to be alongside two players of that stature is incredible. as for football on the pitch, manchester united are up to sixth in the english premier league after winning at sheffield united. marcus rashford scored twice as united came from a goal down win 3—1. the blades remain bottom, with one point from 13 games, while manchester united are now level on points with everton in fifth place. in italy, henrikh mkhitaryan was among the scorers as roma beat to

outbreak of coronavirus cases at the manchester club.ore kick off, following the latest round of covid testing. it follows earlier confirmed cases for gabrieljesus and kyle walker. manchester city have now closed their training ground and academy. leicester moved up to second in the premier league table, but they dropped points in their pursuit of leaders liverpool, following a 1—1 draw at crystal palace. jo currie reports. selhurst park hasn't been much of a fortress lately. last time hair crystal palace conceded seven to liverpool but are hot on the hills, leicester with a chance to move to second. giving away a penalty, less than idealfor the second. giving away a penalty, less than ideal for the hosts. second. giving away a penalty, less than idealfor the hosts. the simplest of vowels. kelechi iheanacho stalled, keita with the save. after the break, the hosts finally found some festive form. first wilfried zaha sent this one a shot, his frustration clearly to see. in andros townsend whipped in a cross on the pinpoint timing and accur

if people ordered in manchester, or if they ordered in manchester, or if they ordered in manchester,iver them to the customers. it was very slick, it is all about the customer experience. my fear with brexit is the customs, forms and tariffs, and now that a deal has been made with tariffs, that is a big relief for me. it means i can continue to grow into the uk market. obviously all the customs forms, thatis obviously all the customs forms, that is going to take a little while to figure that out. but i think it's going to be a positive. and i think ican going to be a positive. and i think i can continue to grow into the uk market. so you have a pretty optimistic assessment today. you are a new business, you only started in september. so, no business is looking for obstacles on their way, clearly, but not so early on in the process ? clearly, but not so early on in the process? absolutely not. my brother and his family live in london, i have neighbours from liverpool. and i think there is a real strong connection between the countries. there is definite potential and a big growth mark

it's not going to work and i'm sure the public of manchester will understand. greater manchester police says that they have actually started to address this with a long term plan, they‘ re building a centralised unit to handle the recording of crime. there is a new computer system that works started earlier this year. but as it started, well, the pandemic started. and greater manchester police say that that has made it harder to recruit and train staff. lebanon's caretaker prime minister hassan diab and three former ministers have ben charged with negligence over the beirut port blast in august. the explosion killed around 200 people and destroyed much of the city. the four people charged will be questioned next week about the warnings they received over the unsafe storage of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse. a female journalist has been shot dead in eastern afghanistan. malala maiwand was on her way to work in jalalabad on thursday when gunmen opened fire on her vehicle. her driver was also killed. the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility fo

greater manchester police says it's addressing the concerns.rassment and these are cases that can be unclear whether an allegation has been made an allegation can be withdrawn by the beginning the case. what the inspector says is the police in greater manchester have not been doing a good at tracking that, recording when crime allegations are being withdrawn and when they stop investigating as a result. but there isa investigating as a result. but there is a problem and the inspector who has led this said it's almost as though greater manchester police is flying blind. if you do not know what your crime hotspots are, weighted are turning out and if you don't know where most of your repeat offenders are because you have got such an incomplete view of crime in your area then you are not going to be able to take preventative action. it's like trying to fly a plane with most of the instruments covered up. it's not going to work. i am sure the public of manchester will understand that if there is not a com plete understand that if there is not a com

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.n coronavirus show another 35,383 cases have been recorded in the latest 24—hour period — that includes those previously unreported cases from wales. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week was 22,983. 1,704 people were admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last friday. 532 deaths were reported for the last 2a hours — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. on average in the past week, there were 424 deaths per day. the total number of uk deaths is now 66,052. northern ireland is being plunged into a six—week strict lockdown — starting on boxing day. non—essential shops will have to close, as will hairdressers and beauty salons. pubs and restaurants can only do takeaways. but three households can still mix over christmas. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is in belfast. these are drastic measures. how much of a surprise we re were they? a lot of people were expecting more restrictions on the new year b

danny savage, bbc news, manchester.al in assessing whether covid infection rates can be reduced. new restrictions have come into effect, including weekend lockdowns and nightly curfews. today the country registered a daily record high of 203 deaths. turkey is now in the top three in the world in terms of new infections. 32,137 cases were reported there today. but the turkish doctors' union has accused the government of hiding the true extent of the spread of the virus. from istanbul, our international correspondent 0rla guerin sent this report. she was full of life, but this little girl is one of the latest victims of covid—19, which is now raging across turkey. she had a rare genetic condition, but relatives told us the toddler was doing well until she got the virus last month. they sent us this video of her heartbreaking final days. her aunt sophia says she only got a suitable intensive care bed when someone else died, and the health system failed her at every turn. 0n the outskirts of istanbul, silent witness to turk

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.manus, director of public health at hertfordshire county council. the whole county is moving into tier 3 from saturday. talk us through the figures from the comes to the decision, was it inevitable? if you look, good evening, sorry, ishould've inevitable? if you look, good evening, sorry, i should've said that before i started. it probably was inevitable if you look at the government figures. in common with all of the counties in london, our numbers have been growing up significantly and fast and otherwise it is been gaining pace and not slowing down. so, does look inevitable. we have seen the 51% increase and in other areas, seen higher increases in the last seven days. where that increase coming from because arguably, the commuters that would normally come in to london from hertfordshire, they're not commuting as much because of people working from home, what figures you finding? refining a lot of transmission for the 12 to 16—year—old age group in common with all the other areas, wh

i manchester united superstar. in england international. a hometown hero.age of 23, marcus rushford has the world at his feet. but he is worried by the millions of youngsters experiencing the same levels of hunger he faced asa the same levels of hunger he faced as a child. i'd rather see myself start. prime minister, will children go hungry this summer? marcus rushford is now campaigning to end child food property in england. can anyone hear me? for marcus rushford, this is personal. brings tears to your eyes, doesn't it? you should never be ashamed of what you've been through. ever one comes from somewhere, even a footballer. you are the best footballer! i'm not the best yet. meet marcus and his mom. as a young single parents, mel worked round—the—clock in a bid to keep food on the table for the future star. though table has got food on it.” didn't think he was going to be a footballer. easter used to take him to fletcher just for footballer. easter used to take him to fletcherjust for baby—sitting. i used to drop them off there, go to work and then come b

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