was one of six ties on wednesday night with also wins for holders liverpool, crystal palace, newcastle unitedsenal and tottenham, none of them went to penalties. earlier, i wasjoined by our reporterjoe lynskey and we started by talking about the manchester united game. this was part one of what could be a very short audition for ruud van nistelrooy, looking to get that permanent managersjob but it looks like ruben amorim will be coming in very soon. so anytime that van nistelrooy gets in the dugout, we know he's going to make the most of. and you can see that tonight, he was very animated for all five goals they scored, including a smile almost of disbelief when casemiro scored a brilliant opener from long—range. the brazilian ended up with two goals tonight. bruno fernandes got two as well and alejandro garnacho got the other one. united 5—2 winners over leicester city. this looked like the performance of freedom after so many nights where it felt like the result would decide previous manager's future. and van nistelrooy did reference some of the bad luck that erik ten hag has been getting i

was one of six ties on wednesday night with also wins for holders liverpool, crystal palace, newcastle united penalties. earlier, i wasjoined by our reporterjoe lynskey and we started by talking about the manchester united game.

was one of six ties on wednesday night with also wins for holders liverpool, crystal palace, newcastle unitedsenal and tottenham, none of them went to penalties. earlier, i wasjoined by our reporterjoe lynskey and we started by talking about the manchester united game. this was part one of what could be a very short addition for ruud van nistelrooy, getting that permanentjob but it looks like he will be coming in very soon so every time it comes in the dugout, we know he's going to make the most of it and you can see that tonight, he was very animated for five goals, including a smile of disbelief when he scored a brilliant opener form when he scored a brilliant openerform long—range. the opener form long—range. the president openerform long—range. the president up with two cost tonight. bruno fernandes got to as well and alejandro ganatra got one. this took to the performance of three —— freedom 70 nights wafl is the result will decide previous manager's future and he did reference some of the bad luck that erik ten hag has been getting the last few weeks, he said after the match, that they

eddie howe�*s newcastle united welcome brighton to st james�* park on saturday.said he wasn't even contacted, let alone interviewed regarding the england manager'sjob. man city boss pep guardiola was thought to be on the fa's wishlist, but wasn't quite as forthcoming when questioned. thomas tuchel if the manager so forget _ thomas tuchel if the manager so forget about it. i'm the manager for manchester city and all the _ manager for manchester city and all the confidence i'm having is with— all the confidence i'm having is with man city. tuchel is the manager, _ is with man city. tuchel is the manager, thomas is that. this is the — manager, thomas is that. this is the most _ manager, thomas is that. this is the most brutal thing. new zealand are one win away from retaining the america's cup with victory over ineos britannia in both of friday's races. after the british team won both of wednesday's races to start a comeback, the defending champions responded with two big wins on choppy waters off the coast of barcelona. they have a 6—2 lead, with their first opport

eddie howe's newcastle united welcome brighton to st james' park on saturday.acted, let alone interviewed, regarding the england manager'sjob. man city boss pep guardiola was thought to be on the fa's wishlist but wasn't quite as forthcoming when questioned. thomas tuchel is the manager, so... i'm the managerfor man city, the conversations i have are with man city this is what it is. thomas tuchel is the manager already, so that's not the important thing. this is the important thing. england's test series against pakistan is finely poised heading into the third test in rawalpindi after the hosts bounced to beat ben stokes' side by 152 runs. resuming 261 shorts of their target, england lost 0llie pope from just the eighth delivery of the day, with joe root following just three overs later as the tourists were floundering at 55—4. when captain stokes was dismissed in bizarre fashion after some brief resistance with brydon carse, england soon slumped to 144 all out, with noman ali the pick of the bowlers, finishing with 8—46. and britain'sjosh charlton will race f

well, the newcastle united. well , well, the newcastle united. go to a quick break. >> you got a point. >> you got a point. >> but well thank you very much for one. yes i have, i have and we'll be coming back to this meddlesome pair in a second. you're with me darren grimes on gb news. we'll see you after this. with gb news, news channel. welcome back to the weekend with me, darren grimes. now that breaking news that sue gray has stepped down from the prime minister's top team and has been appointed as the prime minister's envoy for nations and regions, which, as i said earlier, even stephen pound, former labour mp, couldn't spin as a promotion. in a statement, sue gray said it had become clear in recent weeks that intense commentary around my position risked becoming a distraction to the government's vital work of change. now i'm joined again by my panel. the former labour party mp stephen pound, labour spinster and spinster spinner. >> i don't even identify as a spinster. >> you could self—identify as a spinster these days. >> you can do anythi

newcastle. the us envoy to the united nations says washington is watching israel's actions on the ground in northerned "a policy of starvation" there. it follows widespread claims that the israeli military is beseiging parts of the north and preventing food aid getting through. israel denies it's blocking aid and says 50 trucks arrived in northern gaza today. the us has threatened to cut military supplies unless more aid is allowed through. israel is not allowing internationaljournliasts — including the bbc — independent access to gaza. fergal keane reports from jerusalem, and a warning it contains graphic images that may be distressing from the very start. not a burden, but a duty — to the dead and those left after them. they'd fled here hoping it might be safer. in gaza city, 13 members of the same family killed by an israeli airstrike. translation: i took out my younger brother at the last moment. - he told me, "i heard mum and dad reciting a prayer". i don't know how he can go back to our home in the north without my mother or father or brothers. the abu nasrfamily were from jabalia. this is wha

newcastle remain bottom. defending champions glasgow are up to second in the united rugby championship after beating stormersd captain this week by winning the player of the match award. he scored a try and set up kyle rowe for the pick of the warriors four tries as they twice came from behind to secure their bonus point win in stellenbosch. ospreys just missed out on a bonus point win over edinburgh in bridgend. they moved off the bottom of the table as they scored three tries at brewery field to win by 22 points to 13. two more games taking place, cardiff against ulster — no score there yet — and connacht against dragons, with the hosts 7—0 up. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. kyren wilson is through to the final of the northern ireland open. the world champion beat china's pang junxu by six frames to four in belfast to set up a meeting with either judd trump or eliott slessor, who play their semi final this evening. hot—az—hell won the final group one of the british flat racing season by the shortest possible distance. the 11—1 shot landed the futurity stake

looked after my dad in recent weeks and thousands of cancer patients like him in newcastle—under—lyme and up and down our unitedm? >> prime minister. i was sorry to hear about my hon. friend's father, and i think we would all pass him our best wishes. cancer is another example of the dreadful state the last government left the nhs . in the government left the nhs. in the darzi report, published just a few weeks ago, showed that some cancer standards have not been met since 2015 and no progress was made in diagnosing cancer at stage one and stage two between 2013 and 2021. so i'm really pleased that we have just announced £6.4 million research network developing new a! software to identify cancer early. we will get the nhs catching cancer on time , catching cancer on time, diagnosing it earlier and treating it faster. >> leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey . democrats, sir ed davey. >> thank you, mr speaker. across this house, we all agree that we need to get our economy growing strongly again so we can improve people's lives and raise the money for our public services. liberal democrats believe that o

united lose at west ham. palmer produces another masterclass to put chelsea into the top 4 with a win over newcastle. also coming up on sportsday: draper does it! the british number one wins his first atp 500 title as his break—out season continues. and in rugby league england go head to head with samoa as they look to avenge their world cup semifinal defeat. hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we're going to start in the premier league where in the last few moments arsenal and liverpool have played out an entertaining 2—2 draw at the emirates, as the visitors twice came from behind to earn a point in london. bukayo saka put the hosts ahead in brilliant fashion turning andy robertson inside out before lashing the ball past kweevin kelleher. but that lead lasted less than 10 minutes as virgil van djki powered the ball in from a corner. and then just before half time it was liverpool's turn to be undone at a set piece as mikel merino got on the end of declan rice's ball in. but with 81 minutes on the clock mo salah was on hand to draw liverpool level. it means they miss out on the chance to r

united lose at west ham. palmer produces another masterclass to put chelsea into the top 5 with a win over newcastle. also coming up on sportsday: draper does it! the british number one wins his first atp 500 title as his break—out season continues and in rugby league england go head to head with samoa as they look to avenge their world cup semifinal defeat. hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we're going to start in the premier league where arsenal and liverpool have played out an entertaining 2—2 draw at the emirates, as the visitors twice came from behind to earn a point in london. craig templeton was watching this one for us. it may be early in the season, but the significance of this match is hard to question. can arsenal stay in the race despite injuries and indiscipline? are new look liverpool genuine title contenders? the early exchanges are more about the physical rather than the technical. now it is time to be skilful. arsenal had been worrying on the fitness of mikhail osako, but when he is in this position there is nothing to worry about. his 50th premier league goal. when virg

united in grief. liam payne, who's died at the age of 31. a second person has been found dead after a blast that destroyed three houses in newcastle yesterday.his thirties. the seven—year—old boy who died has been named as archie york. from newcastle, here's fiona trott. funny, mischievous, loving. that's how archie york's family described him. our hearts are broken, they say, and can never be repaired. this is what's left of his family home where he lay sleeping on the night of the explosion, his parents and two—month—old brother close by. they have been treated in hospital and are now being looked after by relatives. today, the police confirmed another body was found. the victim is believed to be a man in his thirties. another man is still being treated in hospital. as soon as archie york's name was put on social media, the tributes here have been going by the second. one of them is from his aunt. she told me he was such a loving little boy and always had a cheeky grin on his face. the cousin of the man who died in the explosion was here just a few moments ago. she described him as a one in a million. they came here because they needed com

newcastle are bottom of the table, and yet to win this season. munster eased to their second uniteds with the match just 11 seconds old. munster are now unbeaten at home in 10 games. if there was an early try in that one, the decisive moment in newport came very late. the dragons were beaten after the sharks scored in the fifth minute of time added on at the end of the game. there were also defeats for edinburgh and ulster, while leinster beat benetton to make it three wins from three. nick ball defended his wba featherweight world title last night after a bruising encounter with ronny rios in liverpool. ball had already floored the american challenger in the third and seventh rounds, and a flurry of punches knocked rios out of the ring in the tenth before the towel was thrown in. the victory follows up ball's win over raymond ford in saudi arabia back injune england's tyrrell hatton will take a one—shot lead into the final round of the alfred dunhill links championship after shooting a record equalling 11 under par 61. incredibly, that score was also shot by denmark's rasmus neerga

you've got chelsea, newcastle and everton who were witnesses in this case for city, manchester unitedhe premier league. the premier league say they won. manchester city say they won. they both had their little victories in this, but it's not pretty and also there's 115 charges still against manchester city that still have to be resolved as well. sort of around competition laws and whether or not they were loaning out players at a discounted amount because it was part of the same group. exactly that as well as sponsorship. so it's like if you've got a company, for example , etihad, a company, for example, etihad, a sponsoring, then manchester city, because they partly own the club and they're saying it's not really fair , whereas then not really fair, whereas then manchester city say it is. it is . manchester city say it is. it is. it goes on and on. >> the owners of manchester united meet today in london. they met with some supporters yesterday in manchester, top of their agenda today. it looks like it's going to be well. does erik ten hag continue the thing or do they replace him. >>

suggest that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman controlled the october 2021 takeover of newcastle unitedjust what might be the consequences for the toon army if it is proved that there was direct involvement in the purchase? that's all coming up in your next hour. purchase? that's all coming up in your next hour . and not in your next hour. and not forgetting the archbishop of woke, as some people would call him, justin welby. he's apologised for his great great, great, great grandfather's links to slavery and a council in worcester is considering giving seagulls the contraceptive pill to stop them breeding and swiping locals and tourists food from their hands. let me know what you think about all these stories. gbnews.com/yoursay. it's going to be a mega three hours and i'd love your company before we get stuck into the show, here's your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> ben. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> ben. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone. 3:00. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. it can now be reported chris kaba, who was shot dead by police in sep

united against leicester one of six efl cup games. another all premier league clash has in—form chelsea taking on newcastle at st james' park.england's cole palmer. ian dennis is with alan shearer for 5live later. these two sides of course played on sunday. i guess a lot will depend on the team selection tonight, wanted? absolutely. i would the team selection tonight, wanted? absolutely. iwould imagine the team selection tonight, wanted? absolutely. i would imagine that both teams will make a number of changes, — both teams will make a number of changes, particularly chelsea with the squad — changes, particularly chelsea with the squad that they've got, but i would _ the squad that they've got, but i would also expect newcastle to make two or— would also expect newcastle to make two or three changes as well. we will have — two or three changes as well. we will have to wait and see what sort of teams _ will have to wait and see what sort of teams they put out. but i think both teams we know will be desperate to get— both teams we know will be desperate to get through to the next round. you don't — to get through to the next r