but everton dispensing with his services day after that defeat at norwich city.risjohnson has presided over "industrial scale partying" in downing street and renewed his call for the prime minister to resign. sir keir starmer said there was no need to wait for the senior civil servant inquiry into a series of alleged rule—breaking parties. the tory party chairman oliver dowden admitted there were failings in number 10 but denied it was a resigning matter for the prime minister. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. a prime minister under pressure over what went on in here. were covid rules broken in downing street? how often did staff drink late into the night while the country was locked down, and can boris johnson survive? labour's leader has made his mind up. i think it's pretty obvious what's happened. there's industrial scale partying been going on at downing street. not much of it is really denied, and i think that the public have made up their mind. i think the facts speak for themselves. i think the prime minister broke the law. i think he the

manchester city will host fulham while brighton travel to tottenham and wolves welcome norwich city. n the women's super league. they beat the league leaders arsenal. libby smith put them ahead afterjust three minutes with this effort here before viatriki sarri doubled that lead just before half—time. it's birmingham's first victory of the season while arsenal suffer their first defeat. birmingham are now out of the relegation zone. manchester city thrashed brighton 6—0 to secure a third consecutive victory. vicky losada had the pick of the goals. city leapfrog brighton into fifth in the table. so confirmation of those results, then, and that loss for leicester at reading means they prop up the table this evening. the african cup of nations got under way this afternoon with the hosts cameroon opening the tournament with a win. they had to fight hard for it, though, after going behind to burkina faso. gustavo sangare with the first goal. what a goal it was. but two penalties in a frantic end to the first half, both scored by cameroon captain vincent aboubakar, was enough. the second ga

it comes after their disappointing 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city yesterday.gry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their past 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table at the start to where they are currently — which is six points off the bottom three. the club has said an update on his permanent replacement "will be made in due course". in the last hour, rafa benitez has lamented football's lack of patience and the demand for immediate results. in a statement, he's thanked everton�*s board, staff, players, and fans saying... we've been getting the thoughts of one everton fan. ped mcpartland's been telling us what the supporters think of the decision to get rid of rafa — and who they'd like to replace him. the appointment in the first place was obviously against the wishes of a lot of fans. that straightaway caused problems, because that was an issue between the fans and the people who make the appointments at the club. and i think that's continued, i think rafa benitez has been caught in between it. but, of course, his resu

manchester city will host fulham while brighton travel to tottenham and wolves welcome norwich city.nd fast. no respite at this time of year, and in the last hour, it's been announced that everton�*s premier league match against leicester on tuesday has been postponed. leicester do not have the required number of players available, due to covid—19 cases, injuries and players on international duty at the africa cup of nations. birmingham city pulled off the shock of the season in the women's super league. they beat the league leaders arsenal. libby smith put them ahead afterjust three minutes with this effort before viatriki sarri doubled that lead just before half—time. it's birmingham's first victory of the season while arsenal suffer their first defeat. birmingham are now out of the relegation zone. manchester city thrashed brighton 6—0 to secure a third consecutive victory. vicky losada had the pick of the goals. city leapfrog brighton into fifth in the table. so confirmation of those results, then, and that loss for leicester at reading means they prop up the table this evening.

it comes after their disappointing 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city yesterday.

it comes after their disappointing 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city yesterday.m travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their past 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table at the start to where they are currently — which is six points off the bottom three. the club released a statement this afternoon, saying... ped mcpartland is an everton fan. he's been telling us what the supporters think of the decision to get rid of rafa — and who they'd like to replace him. the appointment in the first place was obviously against the wishes of a lot of fans. that straightaway caused problems because that was an issue between the fans and the people who make the appointments at the club. and i think that's continued, i think benitez has been caught in between it. but of course, his results haven't been good enough for everton. the fans never really wanted him — the ones who are prepared to get behind him lost that very, very quickly. but in my heart, i would love to see someone who is and ever tony and come back and be the manager of everton. because they

and just one game in the premier league tonight, and potentially a huge one for norwich city, who ares, his first an unusual flick which needed goal line technology to be confirmed. then the game was in jeopardy when the floodlights played up. but after an ii—minute delay, the teams agreed to play on with reduced light, which watford may regret because sargent then got his second, their top scorer emmanuel dennis was sent off for two yellows, they had a goal disallowed and then substitutejurai kucksca scored an own goal. so, norwich's victory means they swap places with watford in the table — now in 17th. and it could get worse for watford if burnley or newcastle win this weekend, although both face tough away trips at arsenal and leeds respectively. everton host aston villa in the lunchtime kick—off tomorrow. rangers are into the last 16 of the scottish cup after a comfortable 4—0 win over league 2 side stirling albion. teenager alex lowry scored on his debut, coming off the bench to put rangers ahead in the first half. and there were also goals from tavernier, itten and sakala. the

it comes after their disappointing 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city yesterday.remier league games, sinking from fourth in the table at the start to where they are currently, which is six points off the bottom three. the club released a statement a short while ago. leeds united have moved above everton in the premier league and are now nine points clear of the relegation zone after a brilliant 3—2 win at west ham. after being beaten in the fa cup here last weekend, leeds took a deserved lead through jack harrison. west ham equalised with their first shot on target with jarred bowen's fourth goal in three games. harrison was on target again to give leeds the advantage at half—time, but the second half was barely six minutes old when pablo fornals levelled the match. harrison won it for a depleted leeds side, sealing his first hattrick in the process. west ham remain in the top four but missed the chance to put distance between themselves and arsenal, whose north london derby at tottenham was called off. and liverpool are up to second in table with a 3—0 win over b

benitez�*s dismissal came after everton's 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city, prompting angry scenes their previous 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table to sixteenth. after a bitterly disappointing ashes tour in australia, england head coach chris silverwood says the packed schedule and lack of time to prepare impacted their performance. it comes after australia won the series 4—0, despite the humiliating loss, captainjoe root wants to stay on, which silverwood says it the right decision. the schedule as mad as well, if you look at how close the test matches we played, we had no opportunity to play any first—class games in between. it's all been compounded, and so potentially, the schedule needs to ease off a little bit as well and give these guys some breathing space to actually keep them fit to perform. more details of that interview on the bbc sport website. the international olympic committee has announced that tickets will not go on general sale in china for the winter olympics or paralympics. instead, the ioc will invite groups of selected spectators as par

it comes after their 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city.nitude of the task. liverpool are up to second in the premier league with a 3—0 win over brentford at anfield. it's a crucial three points forjurgen klopp's side. fabinho, alex 0xlade—chamberlain and takumi minamino here with the goals. the victory moves liverpool above chelsea, 11 points behind the leaders manchester city, but with a game in hand. west ham boss david moyes was unhappy with the premier league after his side lost 3—2 at home to leeds. west ham played in midweek to fit in a rearranged match but despite leeds having two postponed games they had the week off to prepare. west ham scored a late equaliser to draw 1—1 with tottenham in the women's super league. kate longhurst headed home in stoppage time to give the 10—player irons a point. spurs are fourth, west ham 8th. earlier leicester beat brighton 1—0. having beaten south africa on saturday, england made it two wins out of two in netball�*s quad series yesterday with victory over new zealand. they came back from eight po

it comes after their 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city. hammered 4—0 in australia after england crumbled to another batting collapse to lose the fifth test in hobart. joe root has led england in 61 tests — more than any other man — but has not won any of his three ashes series in charge. but he insists he wants to stay on as captain. ten years after first lifting the trophy, neil robertson has won his second masters championship. the australian beat england's barry hawkins by 10 frames to 4 in the final at alexandra palace in london. he pockets a cheque for a quarter of a million pounds. his little daughter, two years old... thankfully it was a straightforward victory because it was way past her bedtime. there is a lovely photo ten years ago with his son alexander, who was about the same age, two years old when he won last time and he said last night it is lovely now has a photo of him with his little girl, as well, at two years old. with his little girl, as well, at two years old-— with his little girl, as well, at two years old. with his

now, having spent all season in the relegation zone, the great escape looks on for norwich city.elves in the bottom three after norwich�*s second win on the trot. it will be a big boost for everybody but we also know that the table at the moment looks very uneven. with all the postponements that have been. but to win one game in the premier league is hard for newly promoted teams, to win back—to—back games is even harder. really pleased with the performance. manchester united defender victor lindelof won�*t be involved in this afternoon�*s game against west ham after his home was broken into while he was playing on wednesday. lindelof�*s wife posted the news on instagram, saying she had locked herself in a room with the couple�*s children during what she called the "scary and traumatic" break—in. united manager ralf rangnick confirmed that the swedish international is not in the right frame of mind to play. this was really a traumatic event, especially for his, for his wife, and even their three year son, he said to me that right now, he needs to stay at home, he doesn�*t want to

benitez�*s dismissal came after everton's 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city, prompting angry scenesd coach chris silverwood says the packed schedule and lack of time to prepare impacted their performance. it comes after australia won the series 4—0. despite the humiliating loss, captainjoe root wants to stay on, which silverwood says is the right decision. the hunger is definitely there, the determination is certainly then you can see that in his eyes. i mean, he wants to see this team do well and he wants to lead them and when the team is doing well i think she is the right man to lead this team and i think we need to give the guys the opportunity to have him back to the structure again. we need to give him the opportunity to learn the skills we need so that you can eat them well on this field as well. equally, well on this field as well. equally, we have talked a lot about the structure but equally the schedule is mad as well. if you look at how closely the test matches are played there have been no opportunity to play in a first class games in between. it has been compounded so p

benitez�*s dismissal came after everton's 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city, prompting angry scenesbeaten south africa on saturday, england made it two wins from two in netball�*s quad series yesterday with victory over new zealand. they came back from eight points down at london's copper box arena against the silver ferns, to win their second group game by 49 points to 46. they'll play australia in their final group game tomorrow. and ten years after first lifting the trophy, neil robertson has won his second masters championship. the australian beat england's barry hawkins by 10 frames to 4 in the final at alexandra palace in london. his winning cheque was for a quarter of a million pounds. not bad! that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. yes, thank you, jane. let's return to the news that the number of families in england struggling to pay their energy bills is set to treble in april, according to new analysis by the resolution foundation. that's when changes are due to the energy price cap, which sets the maximum that energy firms can charge custom

norwich on friday. that defeat saw them drop into the bottom three with 18 matches left, prompting ranieri's departure. the italian, who famously guided leicester citysal means watford are now searching for their third permanent head coach of the season. they take on bottom club burnley on sunday. in the past, we've had unknown names from abroad and some better—known names, people like nigel pearson. but yes, it's the 15th managerial appointment since the family took overin appointment since the family took over in 2012 — and of the last 11 watford managers, only one has been in charge for 50 games. one manager not going anywhere is brentford's thomas frank, who has extended his contract at the club until 2025. the dane, who took over as brentford manager in 2018, led the club to promotion to the premier league last season — ending a 74—year wait for top flight football. blackburn are up to second place in the championship, after beating middlesbrough at ewood park. sam gallagher pounced on a mistake in the boro defence to score the only goal of the game. blackburn have now won eight out of their last ten games. hosts cameroon are through to the qua

norwich yesterday. his appointment last summer had been controversial due to his previous success with city rivals, liverpool3—0 win over brentford this afternoon. fabinho, alex oxlade chamberlain and takumi minamino scored the goals that move liverpool up to second place in the premier league. a hat—trick from jack harrison gave leeds a 3—2 victory at west ham. the win eases leeds away from the relegation zone and above everton into 15th. the masters snooker final is proving to be an entriguingly tight encouter so far. neil robertson last won this title a decade ago. robertson's century break in the third frame has helped him to a 5—3 lead over barry hawkins. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from england's match against the world champions, new zealand, in the netball quad series and results from rugby union's european champions cup. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. welcome back. you're watching bbc news. novak djokovic has deen deported from australia after losing his legal challenge to the cancel

the victory extends city's lead at the top of the premier league table to 13 points. newcastle and watford drew 1—all. norwicher everton. wolverhampton wanderers beat southampton 3—1. and aston villa came from 2—0 down to draw 2—2 with manchester united. tomorrow's north london derby between spurs and arsenal has been postponed. and in the women's super league, manchester united move up to third place after a 5—0 win over birmingham city. while manchester city beat aston villa 3—nil. tennis and andy murray's attempt to win a first atp title for three years ended in defeat to the world number 20, aslan karatsev. the sydney classic final was murray's first atp final since 2019 and the three time grand slam champion described it as having been "a long road to get back here". karatsev, who was a semi finalist at last year's australian open, played explosive tennis winning in straight sets to take the title. with the commonwealth games just six months away, england's preparations are going well with victory in theirfirst game at the netball quad series. they beat south africa 71 points to 47 at the copper box in l

norwich on friday. that defeat saw them drop into the bottom three with 18 matches left, prompting ranieri's departure. the italian, who famously guided leicester city took over in 2012 — and of the last 11 watford managers, only one has been in charge for 50 games. 0ne manager not going anywhere is brentford's thomas frank, who has extended his contract at the club until 2025. the dane, who took over as brentford manager in 2018, led the club to promotion to the premier league last season — ending a 7a—year wait for top flight football. blackburn are up to second place in the championship, after beating middlesbrough at ewood park. sam gallagher pounced on a mistake in the boro defence to score the only goal of the game. blackburn have now won eight out of their last ten games. hosts cameroon are through to the quarterfinals of the africa cup of nations, after narrowly seeing off tournament debutants comoros 2—1. goals from karl toko ekambi and vincent aboubakar, his sixth of tournament, put cameroon in a comfortable position against a side that had a left—back in goal due to covid cases. but comoros did salvage some pride — a goal of the tournamen