all they face middlesbrough, knowing victory would move them back into the automatic promotion places us. good evening from a rather wet teesside, all those against leeds united and middlesbrough tonight, leads knowing it's a win would take them within a point of leicester city who take on southampton tomorrow. leads come into this one really struggling and form in recent weeks, they haven't won in the last three, without a goal and they last two, but they have crucially had a nine day break which may have just given them a chance to find some composure ahead of the run in toward the ends of the season, middlesbrough, no pushovers, unbeaten in the last night, absolutely flying at present under michael carrick who will want to upset the promotion of that championship rival, really expecting a good game here tonight, the last time these two top sides met we had three goals inside the first seven minutes, so hoping for more of that this evening, we have updates on bbc radio 5 live where on air from seven o'clock as part of the monday night club kick off here as at eight. further down the

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leeds looks set to use their chances to the premier league as they take on middlesbrough.er. the party was in full swing. france international markets made it 2-0. it france international markets made it 2—0. it was too little too late. tensions rose towards the end whilst inter milan also had a player sent off. nottingham forest's war of words with the football authorities in england continues. following their defeat on everton, the club posted on social media saying they had asked the video assistant referee to be stood down before the game. luton are in a relegation battle along with forest in everson. four is a their issue is not with any individual, but the game integrity. the fa say they are investigating. the premier league issued this statement. to matters of the other end. arsenal are hoping to move three points clear. mikel arteta's side now face london rivals chelsea tomorrow. there are five games to go and arteta says his side will give it their all. , �* ., arteta says his side will give it their all. j ., ., their all. they're in a great position — their all.

leeds united they played on monday at middlesbrough . they won four middlesbrough.lly emotional game, a little bit unfair that they have to play just a few days later, especially as they were. both matches were on the road, but what it meant, their failure to even get a point means that leicester city were promoted and they're on course for 100 points this season. and a word on leicester as well because very difficult relegation for them last season .jamie difficult relegation for them last season . jamie vardy eight, last season. jamie vardy eight, 37 years old or 37 years young. he's waiting with 18 goals to help them back. but they had a really difficult spell around about february time. they just lost four games out of six and just took one point and it was a very difficult spell and everyone thought that having had a 12 point lead at the top of the table, they would fall away. in fact , there was 14 points in fact, there was 14 points between themselves and third place. they do have this issue with being charged by the premier league for alleged breaches in pro

i—all, the final score, against middlesbrough side at portman road.rwich, in sixth, i—0 winners at preston. a big win for birmingham, a point clear of the bottom three, after a 3—0 victory over coventry. nothing settled in the championship today, nor in league one — the champagne remains on ice for the leaders, portsmouth, who drew i—all with bolton. but playing in league one next season will be stockport county, who've beaten morecambe 2—0 to win promotion from league two at edgeley park. and ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney have delivered the sequel — having jumped from the national league last season, wrexham are now promoted to league one, after a 6—0 win over forest green rovers. much more reaction to that, and the rest of the day's football, on the bbc sport website. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. england bowler liam livingstone took one wicket, and all—rounder sam curran two for punjab kings, but their contributions weren't enough to avoid a three—wicket defeat to rajastan royals in the indian premier league. it will be an

i've got my mum in redcar, my stepmum in middlesbrough, i brought up my three daughters in darlingtonor most of my working career, in the nhs. what does this place mean to me? it's a place of immense opportunity. it is also a place with challenges, but it is also a place with accessibility to many things. i often talk about, from coast to country, you know, we have marvellous beaches, and we have countryside on our doorstep. so that's what it means for me. renewed confidence from the lib dems, who sat out the last contest. we see all areas as winners and all areas as being very receptive to our core liberal message. i've been out knocking on hundreds of doors, speaking to a huge amount of people, we have had an excellent turnout from volunteers. and in the region, at the moment, durham county council has a lib dem leader, we are really making a difference to local people's lives all over the place, and this is just the next step in that process. a commanding presence at the heart of an electoral battleground that may soon command the nation's attention. and for more on the candidates

also wins for bristol city, middlesbrough, stoke and watford. so at the top of the championship.opponents hull have eyes on the playoffs though. southampton will finish fourth. norwich and west brom at the moment make up the top six. at the bottom — birmingham and huddersfield remain in the bottom three following their draw. blackburn, sheffield wednesday and plymouth are also in a fight to stay up too. tensions at the bottom of the championship then — derby county will be back in the second tier next season, after sealing their promotion from league one today, on the final day of the season. they only needed only a draw against the division's bottom side carlisle united, to end their two—year stay in league one. max bird and james collins with the goals in a 2—0 win, as theyjoin portsmouth in the championship next season. bolton, peterborough, oxford united and barnsley will contest the playoffs early next month. stjohnstone remain in a scottish premiership relegation battle after hibernian comfortably brushed them aside 3—1. levein's side remain tenth, a point ahead of ross cou

. >> middlesbrough three. in the automatic promotion places now . automatic promotion places now. after beating middlesbrough there michael carrick side i mean this is how things are looking and it's always really tight in the championship so much. you know we look at the premier league all the time. but the championship leicester are top. they've played 43. they're 91 points. then we've got leeds who have played one game more on 90 and then the other one. then we've got ipswich played 43 and they're on 89 and then we've got southampton, west brom and norwich as well. so it's so tight. yeah, so it's like this. so it's the top two that will go straight to the premier league and the other four will play in the play offs. oh so only a few games tonight in the premier league. >> you've got arsenal against chelsea. that will be an interesting one. and you've got some footage here of the olympic ship . yes ship. ship. yes ship. >> i thought, you know, i thought it'd be nice. i thought it'd be nice to show the ship w

i've got my mum in redcar, my stepmum in middlesbrough. with accessibility to many things. i often talk about from from coast to country. you know, we have marvellous beaches and we have countryside on our doorstep. so that's what it means for me. renewed confidence from the lib dems who sat out the last contest. we see all areas as winnable and all areas of being very receptive - to our core liberal message. you know, i've been out knocking on hundreds of doors, _ speaking to a huge amount of people. we've had an excellent i turnout from volunteers. and in the region, you know, - at the moment durham county council has a lib dem leader. we're really making a difference ito local people's lives all over. the place and this isjust the next step in that process. _ a commanding presence at the heart of an electoral battleground that may soon command the nation's attention. taylor swift dropped a whole load of extra songs on her new album, the tortured poets department, last night, sending her superfans into quite the online frenzy. why should

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reporter anna riley has been watching in court, watching the first day unfold and is there in middlesbroughanna, what's latest ? what's the latest? >> well, chris, a jury today heard at teesside crown court that moroccan asylum seeker, 45 year old ahmad ali, who is on trial for the murder of a pensioner and the attempted murder of his housemate, told police that he was motivated by the conflict in gaza and to further his desire that palestine would be free from the zionists. now, the 45 year old denies murdering 70 year old terrence khan in hartlepool town centre, as well as the attempted murder of his housemate javid noun murder of his housemate javid nouri on sunday. the 15 of october last year. we heard from the prosecution that ali was living in home office accommodation along with three other asylum seekers, one of these being javid noori, and they heard that the pair initially got on and that the defendant believed that nuri javid nuri was a muslim because of his cleanliness. but it was when mr noori started attending church and converting from the islam faith to christianity that thi

arriving here in middlesbrough, the court heard that he was arrested by the police as he didn't havehis asylum claim by his defence, he said i didn't have an answer and that again he was allowed to work for four hours a week. but that didn't lead to get him getting a job. we also heard that he's got no previous convictions that he was into fitness and was frequently seen running in hartlepool again. he denies murder, attempted murder and also assaulting two female police detectives after they interviewed him. this trial will continue next week. >> okay. thank you. anna riley live from teesside crown court on the case of ahmed ali. thank you for joining on the case of ahmed ali. thank you forjoining us on the show. you for joining us on the show. now it's bowel cancer awareness month yesterday an army of month and yesterday an army of poos and lou rawls took to the city centre streets of manchester to spread a vitally important message and messages including poo is not taboo were held up as a demonstration urge mancunians and the rest of britons to think and speak about bowel cancer.

leeds are up to second came out on top in a breathtaking game at middlesbrough, with five goals scored finished 4—3. after they'd failed to win their last three league games, that takes leeds back into the second automatic promotion spot. championship leaders leicester take on fourth—placed southamption later. fans of gateshead fc have been protesting at the national league's decision to withdraw them from the play—offs, and so end their chance of returning to the football league. they finished sixth in the table and were set to meet solihull in the first elimination match. but the issue is their home ground — the league said the club didn't have a 10—year lease on the international stadium, which is owned by the council. so they are out of the play—offs and missed the chance of promotion. four—time world snooker champion mark selby is considering his future, after being knocked out in the first round of this year's tournament byjoe 0'connor, who's making his debut in the event. he says he needs help with his mental health, if he's going to continue. earlier this month, selby hinted at