and in the last few minutes, peter wright has become the pdc darts champion, beating michael van gerwen all you'll spot. —— thatis 7—3. that is all you'll spot. —— that is all yours sport. let's get more on now on that us embassy attack in baghdad and the news that supporters of an iraqi militia group, backed by iran, have withdraw after a tense standoff at the compound. pesha magid is a freelance journalist currently based in baghdad and joins me now. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone past midnight where you are now, what is the situation on the ground now? things are fairly quiet now, supporters of that militia group withdrew earlier today after they received orders from some of the militia commanders telling them to leave and two, you know, stop attacking the embassy. they left saying that they had succeeded, that this was a retreat in victory, but things have become quieter finally after two days. what do you think the plan is? will they be back again tomorrow? i think that depends on what the militia commanders say. at this point in time, it seems like they don't really

scotland's peter wright beat michael van gerwen at alexandra palace last night. sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. peter wright! the cheers turned to tears but finally, peter wright got his hands on the trophy. from his first set of darts at 13, to becoming the oldest first—time winner at a9, last night saw him become £500,000 richer, and realise a lifelong dream. i didn't sleep at all last night. as it settled in, it was terrible. so i've had no sleep. so it's actually sunk in that i am world champion. and i'm just over the moon. 96 players came and two remain. wright knew he had a job on his hands. world number one and reigning champion michael van gerwen had long been a thorn in his side but it was snakebite who looked more comfortable on the big stage. wright had nearly given it all up five years ago and had lost ten major televised finals, but at the 11th time of asking, all that stood between him and the trophy was a double ten. and this time, peter gets it right. it was all so different when he first came on the scene back in 1995, as plain old pe

against well number one michael van gerwen. he first time. elvan gerwen. he had previously lost ten of the 11 major finals. we will be talking to him later. west ham celebrated the return of david moyes as manager with a 4—0 thumping of bournemouth. sebastien haller‘s goal was the pick of the bunch. the hammers move out of the relegation zone, with bournemouth replacing them. arsenal ended a run of four consecutive home defeats, with a 2—0 win over manchester united. nicolas pepe and sokratis the scorers. it's michael arteta's first victory as gunners manager. they certainly seem transformed. second placed leicester won 3—0 at newcastle. they're ten points behind leaders, liverpool, who play sheffield united today, one of two games in hand. lots of football dues to tell you about in the next 20 minutes. excellent. carol is looking at the weather. good morning everybody, a cloudy start and for many of us, we will hang onto a fair bit of cloud but some rain courtesy of two weather fronts. some will be heavy, particularly across the north—west of

peter wright has beaten top seed and defending champion michael van gerwen to claim his first—ever pdc nicknamed ‘snakebite' was a 7—4 winner over van gerwen at alexandra palace in london, reversing the result he suffered at the hands of the dutchman in the 2014 decider. the premier league, and top level football is big business as we know. but now there's the rise of the virtual premier league. e—sports and gaming offer global competitions, with some prizes as high as $300,000. josh denzel went to find out more. everybody loves a game of fifa. i've only just found out you everybody loves a game of fifa. i've onlyjust found out you can actually do this professionally online. i've come down to it company in west london to find out exactly what it ta kes to london to find out exactly what it takes to get to the top. hello? how you doing? good! this is the big simulator. eight is a spaceship in here. this is like our training pitch. do you want to go? that wasn't ideal, was it? this is where the magic happens. this is where the quys the magic happens. this is where the guys come the magic

he had three chances at a double 10 to beat defending champion michael van gerwen.title for the first time at the age of 49. it's the first time he's won the title after losing 10 of his 11 majorfinals. it's crazy, obviously it's been a dream of mine to be the world champion and now, you know, i've finally done it and it's, i didn't sleep at all last night, it's settled in. it was terrible. i've had no sleep. so it's actually sunk in that i am world champion. and i'm just over the moon! talk us through the look, how long does that take and who does that for you? my wife joanne does that, sometimes my daughter naomi does it and sometimes granddad does it for us as well! it gives me confidence, i a very, very shy guy away from the sport. and whenjoanna shy guy away from the sport. and when joanna puts shy guy away from the sport. and whenjoanna puts it all on, i become the character snakebite on stage that you see, the loud adverts, the crazy hairdos. there were no new year hangovers at the emirates — where mikel arteta got his first win as arsenal manager. david moye

world number one and reigning champion michael van gerwen had long been a thorn in his side but it waso looked more comfortable on the big stage. wright had nearly given it all up five years ago and had lost ten major televised finals, but at the 11th time of asking, all that stood between him and the trophy was a double ten. and this time, peter gets it right. it was all so different when he first came on the scene back in 1995, as plain old pete. since then, the bright clothes and the mohawks, designed by his hairdresser wife, have seen him become a huge character in a sport awash with big personalities. it gives me confidence, i'm a very shy guy away from the sport. whenjo puts it all on, i become the character of snakebite on the stage that you see in the loud outfits and the crazy hairdos. it's been a memorable world championships, not least for the emergence of fallon sherrock, the first woman to beat a man in the tournament. peter wright's win was decades in the making. a great lesson for sherrock and other newcomers to never give up. natalie pirks, bbc news. well, the chairman

he beat the reigning champion michael van gerwen at alexandra palace this evening.ise really. the dutchman, who was chasing a fourth world title, was always on the back foot as wright closed out the match 7-3. the scot lost to van gerwen in the 2014 final but the 49—year—old is finally world champ, and £500,000 richer. well done to him. that's all from sportsday. from the end of the rest of the team, goodbye. —— from me and the rest of the team. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. tonight we have foster and forster with us. with me are the writer and broadcaster dawn foster, and sunday times journalist katherine forster. it is like we organise it! i'm very sorry. it is great, i love it, it's like foster and forster investigate. i look a bit drab in contrast. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro goes with protests to be held nationwide as railfare rises come into force that will see some commuters paying more than £100 extra this year. the ft leads with a warning from economists that any bounce

reigning champion michael van gerwen takes on peter wright at alexandra palace. — that's a far cry from the bdo world championships that start next week, prize money has been cut, partly because of poor ticket sales. barry hearn, chairman of the pdc, is far from impressed with the other organisation. we are awfully good at what we do and they are awfully poor. that's the truth of it. they have to get their act together. we've offered to help many times but they have an arrogance that they can do as well as we are. they are an amateur body, with amateur resources. we have always been there to help but it is a disappointment to see the players having their prize money cut when, on the professional side, it's like premier league football. there is a big difference between premier league football and the vanarama league. and that is the difference. let's get more on that match at the emirates, conor mcnamara and pat nevin are for 5 live this evening. yell at a big night for arsenal and their coach mikel arteta, as he settles into this job. their coach mikel arteta, a

scotland's peter wright beat michael van gerwen at alexandra palace last night.ophy. from his first set of darts at 13, to becoming the oldest first—time winner at a9, last night saw him become £500,000 richer, and realise a lifelong dream. i didn't sleep at all last night. as it settled in, it was terrible. so i've had no sleep. so it's actually sunk in that i am world champion. and i'm just over the moon. 96 players came and two remain. wright knew he had a job on his hands. world number one and reigning champion michael van gerwen had long been a thorn in his side but it was snakebite who looked more comfortable on the big stage. wright had nearly given it all up five years ago and had lost ten major televised finals, but at the 11th time of asking, all that stood between him and the trophy was a double ten. and this time, peter gets it right. it was all so different when he first came on the scene back in 1995, as plain old pete. since then, the bright clothes and the mohawks, designed by his hairdresser wife, have seen him become a huge character in a sport

peter wright has beaten top seed and defending champion michael van gerwen 7 sets to 4 to claim his first the social media spats with seen in the past between players this one was refreshing to see. the vanquished champion from the netherlands took to twitter to show his appreciation for wright's play and congratulate the new champion who overturned the result the last time they met in the final six years ago. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that is your thursday sport briefing that is indeed, and i believe that is the first one of this year, perhaps. lets have a look at what you have been saying about this story which we will unpack a little later in the news briefing, which is all about this idea that altruism or doing good lessons pain, and there is some scientific experiments that have been done to prove the point, we ask what you think about this. janet says, thinking of others and taking action to help other people especially to relieve their suffering always helps. altruism gives us m

he beat the reigning champion michael van gerwen at alexandra palace this evening.wright closed out the match seven sets to three. he lost to van gerwen in the 2014 final but the 49—year—old is finally world champ, and £500,000 richer. that's all the sport for now. as we go through the day today we're going to see increasing wind and there will be some rain around for some of us, for all. the list of the rain -- some of us, for all. the list of the rain —— most of the rain is likely to be the far north—west. these weather fronts, well behind to be the far north—west. these weatherfronts, well behind it, introducing something a little bit cooler. that is going to arrive on friday. ahead of it with a southerly flow, it means today is going to be quite a cloudy start and a relatively mild one. that is going to be the theme throughout the day. the first touch of rain pushes its way to scotland and northern ireland during the morning and then it will be replaced by another one as we move into the afternoon. the wind is really by a feature here, just in excess of 50 miles

wright, who's famed for his mohican hairstyles and snakebite emblems, beat world number one michael van gerwenes at a double 10 to beat the defending champion. he missed the first two, but made it with his final dart to win the title for the first time at the age of 49. it's the first time he's won the title after losing ten of his 11 majorfinals. it's crazy, obviously it's been a dream of mine to be the world champion and now, you know, i've finally done it and it's... i didn't sleep at all last night, it's settled in. it was terrible. i've had no sleep. so it's actually sunk in that i am world champion. and i'm just over the moon! nick kyrgios has pledged to donate 200 australian dollars, around £106, for each ace he hits in tennis events held in australia injanuary to help those affected by the bushfires. you can find more on that, and all of today's stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport let's return to our main story this hour. thousands of people are fleeing south eastern australia right now amid more forecasts of the weather conditions that led to wildfires, which have

defending champion, michael van gerwen, takes on peter wright in the pdc world darts championship finalck‘s withdrawn from the bdo women's world championship next week. a factor behind that decision is the reduction of prize money following poor ticket sales. american tennis stars, john isner and taylor fritz, took time out from training for the forthcoming atp cup in australia to meet firefighters in perth. the inaugral tournament takes place across three cities. as we've been hearing daily, fires have devastated parts of australia, fuelled by record high temperatures and severe drought the tournament takes place in three cities. we just made the brave wa firefighters who have been helping fight these terrible fires here in this country. it has been a big story here in australia and hopefully they can keep them all under control but, as players here, and citizens, we owe this people a great debt of gratitude because they are literally saving the country. it is very easy for players to just turn up, play and go but nice to see players are away and deeply concerned. they have a conscienc

the pdc world dad's final is under way, peter wright is 3-2 up against reigning champion michael van gerwenbbc sport website. —— with the darts final. for the first time, more than a 100 billion music tracks have been streamed online in the uk in a single year. it comes at the end of a decade that saw many more of us abandoning the cd and embracing the digital streaming and downloads. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more details. # these are the moments that i'm going to remember most, yeah... oh, how a decade has changed how we consume music. 2010 started withjoe mcelderry‘s the climb at number one. at that stage, cd singles were being phased out, as paid—for downloads dominated. # there's always going to be another mountain # i'm always gonna wanna make it move... fast forward to the end of the decade, 2019, the first year in uk history when more than 100 billion tracks were streamed. # i was getting kind of used to being someone you loved... the most listened—to song, lewis capaldi's someone you loved, which was streamed more than 228 million times. that's the equivale

emotional peter ‘snakebite' wright wins the pdc world darts championship, beating world number one michael van gerwen

he beat defending champion michael van gerwen by seven sets to three to take the title for the first victory as gunners manager. tonight runaway leader liverpool host sheffield united. saracens owner nigel wray has retired as club chairman. the premiership rugby side were deducted 35 points and fined over £5 million in november after an enquiry into business dealings between him and some of the players. i'll be back with more on those stories later. nearly a quarter of hospital admissions for eating disorders last year were for patients aged 18 or under, according to new nhs data. the total number of admissions has risen by more than a third across all age groups over the last two years. experts have described the figures as "worrying" and urged the government to invest in early intervention. earlier i spoke to dr agnes ayton, chair of the faculty of eating disorders at the royal college of psychiatrists who explained. what we have been seeing is a troubling number of admissions for severe eating disorders and what is important to understand by hospital admissions, they are usually v

he beat world number one michael van gerwen ad alexandra palace last night to win the title for the first it's just... i champion. now i have finally done it and it'sjust... i didn't sleep at all last night. it was terrible. i have had no sleep. it has actually sunkin have had no sleep. it has actually sunk in that i am world champion. i am over the moon. a great achievement for him. he already looks so different because as we know the usually has the colourful signs and pictures on the side of his head. great stuff from him. more later. see you later, john. thank you. australian prime minister scott morrison has been heckled while visiting the affected area of cobargo in new south wales, where a father and son were killed on new year's eve. the fire blazed through the village, with the fire service estimating dozens of buildings in the historic village were destroyed. let's go. get him to give you a lift. he is a working man. what about money for our forgotten corner of new south wales, mr prime minister? how can we only had four trucks to defend our town? because our town doesn't have a