max verstappen won again...eason by cruising home in abu dhabi. with the dutchman so dominant... today's race focused on the battle to finish behind him. here's nick parrott. the end of formula 1's longest season and failed to offer a change to the story as has happened so often, max verstappen got away from it so quickly he was never challenged. lewis hamilton's mercedes has been damage so bad he said he could not wait to drive a last time this year. that tempted fate as a breakdown with three laps ago the first season that he has failed to win a grand prix. disappointment too for sebastian, a fitting to buy to a four—time champion. a season they got things right but stopping him from the second time was a mistake. it left him 23 per second behind leclerc with 2a laps to a gap that could not be breached. as verstappen was already celebrating the 50th win of the season. enough to secure him and ferrari drivers championships. rory mcilroy has finished as the leading golfer on the european tourfor a fourth time...

max verstappen says some of the reaction to the red bull team orders controversy, has been "unacceptableap of last weekend's sao paulo grand prix, to gain points in his fight for second in the championship. all the things that i have read are pretty disgusting. and also, even more than that, they started attacking my family, threatening my sister, my mum, my girlfriend, my dad. and for me, that goes way too far. you don't even have the facts of what actually was going on and that definitely has to stop. if you have a problem with me, that's fine. do not go after my family because thatis do not go after my family because that is just unacceptable. and have a look at this. double tumbling success for great britain, at the trampoline gymnastics world championships in bulgaria. the women's team were the first to win gold — as megan kealy sealed victory with their final run — securing gold for shanice davidson, comfort yeates and jessica brain too. 17—year—old ramarni levena — holding his nerve to secure the title, alongsidejaydon paddock, that's all the sport for now. you can find more on al

world champion max verstappen is on the front row besides him, he's not a big fan of this format forwe don't really race. because, 0k, there are a few points you get right, but you can't really risk it because the main races is where you really get the points. you don't do a pit stop, so you just put on the tyre which will last the distance. but for this carm the racing is probably a little bit better, but overall, you don't see a lot of overtaking unless there is a car out of position. so, yeah, it's not that really fun for me. the former arsenal striker ian wright says he has spoken with england's beth mead after the lionesses forward said the lack of diversity in the women's squad that won the european championship this summer, was "coincidental". she says it was unfair how those original comments were quoted in a newspaper article. mead was in action tonight for the lionesses. they are in spain, where they have beatenjapan 4—0. jess park made her debut and scored the final goal minutes after coming off the bench. england play another friendly next week against norway. england's c

ahead of sunday's season ending abu dhabi grand prix, world champion max verstappen was fastest in theset to be a weekend to rememberforfour—time world champion sebastian vettel. after 16 years in formula 1, he'll race for one final time this weekend and had a chance to reflect on his driving career, starting from a very young age, alongside his very proud dad in the aston martin garage. that's all the sport for now. hello. the rain clouds are starting to clear in the weather is improving the cross, and after what is been a very wet couple of days not to scotland but northern england too. here's a rater from the last 12 hours or so and in aberdeen sure, we had about hundred 60 mm of rain in the last two days or so but that rain is getting lighter but it's not going to be completely dry day on saturday. how about the weekend overall? it will be a mixed bag for most of us, certainly some sunshine in the forecast for blustering showers are expected too. here's the satellite picture in this weather from fast approaching will be sweeping over us but not until saturday night. during the cour

lewis hamilton produced the drive of the day, recovering from ninth place after a collision with max verstappenleted a near—perfect tournament, at the billiejean king cup final. bencic gave switzerland an unassailable 2—0 lead — afterjil teichmann outlasted australia's storm sanders 6—3, 4—6, 6—3 in the opening singles match. bencic hadn't dropped a set all week — and extended that streak by beating ajla tomljanovic 6—2, 6—1 to clinch the title. the swiss had never won the competition formerly known as the fed cup, losing the final in 1998 and again last year. rafael nadal�*s chances of finishing the year as world number one suffered a major blow — at his opener in the atp finals in turin.he lost to taylor fritz in straight sets — fritz, making his finals debut took the first on a tie—break, and convincingly took the second 6—1. it's the second time he's beaten nadal this year, having knocked the spaniard out of wimbledon this summer. casper ruud also won his opening match, beating felix auger aliassime. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me —

world champion max verstappen will start the final formula one race of the season from pole. britain's george russell who won last weekend's sao paulo grand prix could only manage sixth. there are two matches today in the women's super league. leaders arsenal are currently in action against manchester united. to manchester united — and frida maanu. earlier, khadija shaw scored her eighth goal in seven league games, as manchester city beat everton 2—1 at walton hall park. that's five wins in a row for city, who are fourth. rory mcilroy and matt fitzpatrick will battle it out in the final round of the dp world tour championship to decide who ends 2022 as european number one. mcilroy is the world number one and made a fine third—round 65 in dubai to move to tied fourth on the leaderboard. but fitzpatrick is just one shot off the lead. if he wins tomorrow, he'll finish top of the dp world rankings unless mcilroy finishes second in this final tournament. here's our golf corresondent, iain carter. the final day of the dp world tour championship is set up beautifully after a superb

world champion max verstappen will start the final formula one race of the season in abu dhabi from poleez. ferrari's charles leclerc was third, while britain's george russell who won last weekend's sao paulo grand prix could only manage sixth. less than a week after becoming world t20 champions, england have lost their one day series against australia. they were beaten in the second game in sydney. steve smith top scored for the aussies with 94 in their total of 280 for eight off their 50 overs. and while it wasn't a huge target, england lost two wickets inside the first over without scoring a run. from there they were always struggling and slipped to a 72 run defeat, bowled out for 208. the final match is on tuesday in melbourne. the european tour's season ending championship is taking place this weekend. england's mat fitzpatrick is a shot off the lead heading into the final round in dubai. northern ireland's rory mclroy is also in the mix who has produced some stunning golf. this approach at the eighth almost went straight in for eagle. his round of seven under par puts him just thre

lewis hamilton produced the drive of the day, recovering from ninth place after a collision with max verstappenfor now. let's get more on the cricket, england have beaten pakistan by five wickets in the men's t20 world cup at the melbourne cricket ground. england turned the tables on pakistan with some remarkable bowling. it's england's second t20 title. joining me now is dr samara afzal, a former county cricketer, coach and commentator. we will leave the dayjob and put it to one side. what did you think of the game, how closely were you watching, have you followed the entire t20 series?— watching, have you followed the entire t20 series? good evening, es, i entire t20 series? good evening, yes. i followed — entire t20 series? good evening, yes, i followed most _ entire t20 series? good evening, yes, i followed most of— entire t20 series? good evening, yes, i followed most of the - entire t20 series? good evening, | yes, i followed most of the game, entire t20 series? good evening, l yes, i followed most of the game, i haven't been able to watch most of them live, of course but i have been foll

he started from third at interlagos and fought an epic battle with new world champion max verstappen.s sainz finished second, but a five place penalty for his ferrari's engine change sees lewis hamilton move up to second alongside his mercedes team mate. just so, so proud of everyone in the team. and it just feels it feels good to be able to get a good result for them. i saw george overtake, so i got to watch a great race and really, really proud of him as well because together worked really hard with his team to get to this position. boxing, liverpool's natasha jonas added another super—welterweight title to her collection by beating marie—eve dicaire by unanimous decision. the 38—year—old won her first world title in february and then unified the division in september. she capped a memorable year for herself and women's boxing by claiming her third world title in nine months. play has resumed at the uk snooker championships this afternoon, with coverage available across the bbc with neil robertson, luca brecel and john higgins all in action today. former champion, jimmy white, has h

world champion max verstappen will start the final formula one race of the season from pole.s leclerc was third, while britain's george russell who won last weekend's sao paulo grand prix could only manage sixth. ding junhui has appeared to have picked up where he left off at the uk snooker championship. he beat ronnie 0'sullivan 6 frames to nil to reach the semi finals. where he won the first five frames against tom ford. these are live pictures now from york. as you can see, tom ford hasjust got one back, but it may be too little too late. we need just one more frame to reach the final. later he will know his opponents. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll be back in an hour. at the cop 27 climate summit in egypt. talks are in overtime, and a new draft agreement has been published in the last hour. whether the 200 countries attending the summit will adopt it isn't at all clear but the new draft has changed. one major update — the ambition agreed 7 years ago in paris, to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees celsius

max verstappen has claimed another victory in the final grand prix of the season in abu dhabi. fifteenth win of the season. charles leclerc finished ahead of sergio perez to beat the mexican to second in the drivers�* championship and also secure runners up spot in the constructors championship for ferrari. lewis hamilton failed to finish ending the year without a win for the first time in his formula one career. rory mcilroy has finished as the leading golfer on the european tour for a fourth time, securing the number one spot after his fourth place in the dp tour championship. the season—ending tournament in dubai was won by spain'sjon rahm, who claimed a two—shot victory after leading into the final round. but although mcilroy was four shots back, it was enough to finish above us open champion matt fitzpatrick in the money list, winning the so—called race to dubai. mcilroy was the same overall winner in the pga tour version, while he's also the current world number one. the final of the uk snooker championship under way in york. these are live pictures. it is between ding ju

max verstappen has claimed another victory in the final grand prix of the season in abu dhabi.es leclerc finished ahead of sergio perez to beat the mexican to second in the drivers�* championship and secure runners up spot in the constructors championship for ferrari. lewis hamilton failed to finish, ending the year without a win for the first time in his formula one career. in snooker, the uk championship final is under way in york. china's ding junhui is hoping to win the title for a fourth time and took a commanding 6—2 lead against northern ireland's mark allen in the first session of the final. but allen, a beaten uk finalist in both 2011 and 2018, has been fighting back and it's currently level, six all. the first to ten frames wins. you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. rory mcilroy ended the year as european number one despite spain'sjon rahm claiming a third dp world tour championship title in dubai. rahm hit a five—under 67 on the final day to finish on 20 under, two ahead of england's tyrrell hatton and alex noren of sweden. world number one mcilroy was a s

world champion max verstappen is on the front row besides him, he's not a big fan of this format for because i feel like we don't really race. because, 0k, there are a few points you get but you cannot risk it because the main races is where you really get the points. you don't do a pit stop, so you just put on the tyre which will last the distance. but for this car the racing is probably a little bit better but overall you don't see a lot of overtaking unless there is a car out of position. so, yeah, it is not that really fun for me. the reigning champions australia are playing new zealand in the first of the rugby league world cup semi—finals. australia were trailing by four points at half—time. they have regained the lead. the video referee is looking at a chance for new zealand and there has been given as a no try in the corner. about eight minutes left to play in the north of england in that. australia leading. it is very tight. and the winner of that match will face either england or samoa in the final on the 19th november. england are strong favourites heading into that semi—f

he started from third at interlagos and fought an epic battle with new world champion max verstappen.ed second. but a five—place penalty for his ferrari's engine change sees lewis hamilton move up to second alongside his mercedes team mate. that's all the sport for now. failings in the energy market have cost £2.7 billion — that's almost £100 per household — according to a group of mps. the public accounts committee said the industry regulator, 0fgem, had been too late to spot problems before a spike in wholesale energy prices last year, which caused dozens of suppliers to go bust. our business correspondent, mark ashdown, reports. until 2016, the energy market was dominated by the big six suppliers — including british gas and edf. 0fgem's efforts to create more competition and cheaper prices led to dozens of smaller firms flooding in. but, within a couple of years, problems started to emerge. and this group of mps says the regulator was too slow to get a grip. it was a balance between how financially resilient they are where something went wrong. and when problems of their financial

max verstappen says some of the reaction to the red bull team orders controversy, has been "unacceptableting. and also, even more than that, they started attacking my family, threatening my sister, my mum, my girlfriend, my dad. and for me, that goes way too far. while you don't even have the facts of what actually was going on and that definitely has to stop. if you have a problem with me, that's fine. do not go after my family because that is unacceptable. and have a look at this. double tumbling success for great britain, at the trampoline gymnastics world championships in bulgaria. the women's team were the first to win gold — as megan kealy sealed victory with their final run — securing gold for shanice davidson, comfort yeates and jessica brain too. and then just an hour later — the men's team followed suit — 17—year—old ramarni levena — holding his nerve to secure the title, alongsidejaydon paddock, kristof willerton and lewis westwood. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories hello. we've seen plenty more heavy rain over the past 24 hours or so, still

world champion max verstappen is on the front row besides him.e distance. but for this car, the racing i is probably a little bit better, but overall, you don't see a lot of overtaking unless there i is a car out of position. so, yeah, it's not that really fun for me. i the former arsenal striker ian wright says he has spoken with england's beth mead after the lionesses forward said the lack of diversity in the women's squad that won the european championship this summer, was "coincidental". she says it was unfair how those original comments were quoted in a newspaper article. mead was in action tonight for the lionesses. they are in spain, where they have beatenjapan 4—0. jess park made her debut and scored the final goal minutes after coming off the bench. england play another friendly next week against norway. against pakistan in melbourne on sunday, but fast bowler mark wood is struggling to be fit. he missed yesterday's semifinal win over india because of a hip injury. chrisjordan came in and took three wickets, but wood has been the fastest

ahead of sunday's season ending abu dhabi grand prix, world champion max verstappen was fastest in thefrom a very young age, alongside his very proud dad in the aston martin garage. that's all the sport for now. hello. well, the rain clouds are starting to clear, and the weather is improving across scotland after what has been a very wet couple of days. and of course, notjust scotland, but northern england, too. here's the radar from the last 12 hours or so — and in aberdeenshire, in char, we had about 160 millimetres of rain injust the last two days or so. but that rain is getting lighter. it's not going to be a completely dry day, though, on saturday. how about the weekend overall? well, it will be a mixed bag for most of us, certainly some sunshine in the forecast, but blustery showers are expected too. here's the satellite picture — and this weather front fast approaching will be sweeping over us, but not until saturday night. so actually, during the course of saturday, we'll be in between weather systems — here's that weather front fast approaching ireland — but out towards the ea

max verstappen won the final grand prix of the season in abu dhabi. season without a victory. you can probably see now some of the support staff who are beginning to gather here, the fans will be arriving a bit later on ahead of at one o'clock, all eyes on that one, as they will be for the big one tonight, wales against the united states, astonishing to think, just the second day of the world cup and we have both home nations in action. john, more from you later, for now, many thanks. nhs leaders in scotland have discussed abandoning the founding principles of the service by having the wealthy pay for treatment. the discussion of a two—tier health service is mentioned in draft minutes of a meeting of nhs scotland health board chief executives in september. 0ur correspondentjames cook joins me from glasgow. james, what more do we know about what was discussed at this meeting? rebecca, so, it is interesting to set out the context as minuted of this meeting in september of the nhs chief executives. and essentially, what the minutes suggest is that these

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world champion max verstappen has grabbed the initative.y hunt has said it's a "source of great regret" to delay capping costs on social care. yesterday, he postponed the introduction of a limit on the total amount people will have to pay until 2025. a similar proposal was previously drawn up by the economist sir andrew dilnot, in 2011. sir andrew told the bbc there was no excuse for a two—year delay i think people across the country should feel angry about this. this isn't, by any means, the first time that social care has been let down. the '97—2010 labour government promised to take action and didn't. the 2010 to now conservative government came in in 2010 saying it was urgent to deal with this. they promised they would do that after the 2015 election. it got cancelled then. the current government, when borisjohnson came to power, said he was going to fix this. part of the manifesto on which all of them were elected. it has now been put off again to beyond the next election. it really is time for all of us to think of social care and the

lewis hamilton produced the drive of the day, recovering from ninth place after a collision with max verstappenfending champions france in friday's final. it“s england's cricketers sharing this morning's back pages with cristiano ronaldo. england will be flying back from melbourne with the t20 world cup trophy. captainjos buttler hailed ben stokes as the "ultimate competitor" after he hit an unbeaten 52, which helped england to a five—wicket victory over pakistan. it's only the second time they've won the event and their first since 2010. england become the first side to hold both the men's t20 and 50—over world cup titles at the same time. after disappointing result in the rugby league and rugby union world cups, a much—needed boost for england with a brilliant win over pakistan. it isjust england with a brilliant win over pakistan. it is just coming england with a brilliant win over pakistan. it isjust coming up england with a brilliant win over pakistan. it is just coming up to 7:50am. here“s carol with a look at this morning's weather. a bit chilly, i think? the afternoon temperatures _ a b