we're going to start with a good night for english clubs in the champions league, as chelsea beat rennese knockout stages with a comfortable victory over istanbul basa ksehir. ben croucher rounds up the action. after an unbeaten start in europe, qualifying for the last 16 felt like an open goal for chelsea. this was a case of doing it the hard way. fortunately for timo werner, his team—mates made amends with a goal made in chelsea. academy product mason mount sent academy product callum hudson—0doi through. 1—0 chelsea. debutantes rennes were down, but not going out without a fight — as serhou guirassy proved rather emphatically. and, as 0livier giroud demonstrated, chelsea weren't going through with just a whimper, handing frank lampard's side a spot in the knockouts with two games to spare. when i look to the players that came into the game, 0lly gets the goal, then when he came came on, i thought it was fantastic. then you see people that are not starting the game, some of them needed a rest, but came in and made impacts to help us win the game. that just hopefully strengthens the gro

the knockout we start with a good night for english clubs in the champions league as chelsea beat rennesach the last 16 with two games to spare while manchester united moved a step closer to the knockout stages with a comfortable victory over istanbul basa ksehir. after an unbeaten start in europe qualify for the last 16 felt like an open goalfor qualify for the last 16 felt like an open goal for chelsea qualify for the last 16 felt like an open goalfor chelsea for qualify for the last 16 felt like an open goal for chelsea for this was a case of doing it the hard way fortu nately for case of doing it the hard way fortunately for this team and team its mandate goal in chelsea, academy products and become your product come davidson. down but not out with the fight as they proved quite emphatically, and as oliver demonstrated chelsea will not go through itjust demonstrated chelsea will not go through it just a demonstrated chelsea will not go through itjust a whimper. having beaten aside in the spot and the knockouts with two games to spare. and a look coming into the game he gets a goal, a

rennes couldn't quite grasp it. they're heading for the champions league exit. north—west france was made in chelsea, as academy products mason mount and callum hudson—0doi combined for their opener. going down and out, but not without a fight, rennes made a game of it, but 0livier giroud rose from the bench, leapt above the defence and powered frank lampard's side into the last 16. a busy schedule coming up, and the way we play means i will rely on players, so thankfully for me the player that always keeps the right attitude if he's not playing regularly, and i know when i call upon him he comes in as he did today. speaking of relying on players, bruno fernandes has become quite the hit for manchester united. what an unbelievable hit from bruno fernandes! score over the spectacular and the simple. mert gunok will not want to see this one again. but we'll show you any way. it set united on the way to a 4—1 win over istanbul bashaksher, rounded off by danjames in stoppage time. just a point now from their last two games — should be enough to join chelsea in the k

we start with the champions league because chelsea are in action right now against rennes. host istanbul bashak—sha—heer and ole gunnar solskjaer will be expecting a far better performance against the turkish champions, than, what some have called, a shambolic defensive display last time around. united become the first english club to lose in this season's champions league when it finished 2—1 to bashak—sha—heer. ian dennis is at old trafford for us. i asked him if there would be no margin for error this time around? they cannot afford to be as sloppy and forgiving as they were in defence in istanbul for the and forgiving as they were in defence in istanbulfor the first game against the turkish champions. inexplicable in terms of for defending the way that they dictate that first goal so they have got to tighten up tonight defensively. they have to try and make the most of how the advantage was because they lost a lot of ground and that because they defeat when they last played. what did he needed to ensure they get to progress to the knockout stages? we had a got to ten --

the french side rennes will feel hard done by.it could lift into low cloud. if that happens where you are it will suppress the temperature. high pressure is in charge and you can see no isobars so there is no wind to move the fog along. rain across scotland over night, producing drizzle and cloud across southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england and that will slip into north wales later. quite breezy, especially so across the far north of scotland into the northern isles. that breeze and the wind is bringing in a fair bit of cloud. as it clashes with the grampians, we see some sunshine across aberdeenshire with temperatures getting up to about 15 degrees. where the fog lingers it will suppress temperatures, but where it lifts and brightens up, we will see highs of 11 or 12 degrees across parts of the south. through this evening and overnight it is going to be a cold night under clear skies in southern areas, mist and fog patches develop. still a lot of cloud across scotland, northern england and northern ireland. we

referee looked at the var monitor and awarded chelsea a penalty here for handball, he also showed the renneswin for chelsea, which keeps them top of group e. however, midfielder kai havertz missed the game after testing positive for coronavirus before kick off. in the women's champions league, last season's quarter finalists, glasgow city, are just about still standing, after the first qualifying round, but they were taken all the way to penalties by the irish champions, peamount united, who missed this kick, to lose the shootout 6—5, following a goaless draw. elsewhere swansea were beaten 3—0 in cyprus, and linfield lost 8—0 to anderlecht. reading missed the chance to go six points clear at the top of the championship after losing 3—0 to preston. it's now two defeats in a row for the royals but this was the first loss of the season at home. brad potts scored the third for north end in stoppage time — they move up to 12th. crystal palace defender, mamadou sakho, has accepted "substa ntial" damages from the world anti—doping agency, over allegations he took banned performance—enhancing drugs.

tens of thousands of people have marched in lille, rennes, strasbourg and other cities. protests have been further inflamed by a video of police beating a black music producer last week. president macron has called that incident shaming. sangita myska reports. tens of thousands gathered in paris and across france to peacefully protest against proposed laws that they say will limit press freedom and encourage police brutality. if passed, it will be a crime for the media to publish video or photographs showing the faces of police officers involved in wrongdoing. that includes images like this, released last week. the cctv shows three french policemen, two in uniform and one plainclothed, confronting a black producer in his own studio for allegedly not wearing a mask. for 12 minutes, the music producer is badly beaten and racially abused. he was never charged with a crime. today there was at times an escalation of force on both sides as french police fired tear gas at protesters, who threw fireworks and built barricades in the capital. with president macron preparing for hi

callum hudson 0doi put them ahead in the first half against the french side rennes. just five minutes to go. but 0livier giroud popped up in stoppage time to secure a 2—1win. it offers a lot for us and we have a beauty schedule and we tha nkfully have a beauty schedule and we thankfully have a player who has the right attitude and if he is not playing regularly and he is not playing regularly and he is not playing regularly and he is able to come in and when ican he is able to come in and when i can call on him as he did today. juventus came from a goal down to beat feran—sharos 2—1. myrto uzuni put the hungarian champions ahead before cristiano ronaldo scored his 749th career goal to equalise and then alvara morata scored a stoppage time winner to book their place in the last 16. last season's europa league winners, sevilla, are also through to the knockout stage. ivan rakitic put them them ahead just 4 minutes into their game against krasnodar in russia wanderson levelled things up in the second half before munir el haddadi won it for the spainsh side. barcelona, w

knockout stages of the champions league with two games to spare thanks to a 91st—minute winner at rennesvening. families will be able to spend christmas together after a plan for the whole of the uk was agreed today. restrictions will be eased over a five—day period allowing more households to mix and people will be allowed to travel to see their loved ones. tonight the prime minister stressed that christmas would be different this year and he warned that families would need to make a personaljudgment about visiting elderly relatives and the vulnerable". this is what has been agreed across the uk. up to three households will be able to mix in each other‘s homes but you can't go to pubs and restaurants. you will be allowed to travel to see family and you can go anywhere in the uk. the new rules coverjust five days, from the 23rd to the 27th of december. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. preparations are under way across all four nations of the united kingdom for a christmas that won't be like any other. coronavirus means that for months we have all had to live with regulati

chelsea beat rennes 2—1 to reach the last 16. here's ben croucher. rennes couldn't quite grasp it.le of games still to play. the win in north—west france was made in chelsea, as academy products mason mount and callum hudson—odoi combined for their opener. going down and out, but not without a fight, rennes made a game of it. but olivier giroud rose from the bench, leapt above the defence and powered frank lampard's side into the last 16. we have a busy schedule coming up, and the way we play means that i will rely on players. so, thankfully for me, he's a player that always keeps the right attitude if he's not playing regularly, and i know when i call on him, he comes in as he did today. speaking of relying on players, bruno fernandes has become quite the hit for manchester united. commentary: what an unbelievable hit from bruno fernandes! scorer of the spectacular and the simple. mert gunok will not want to see this one again. but we'll show you anyway. it set united on the way to a 4—1 win over istanbul basaksehir, rounded off by danjames in stoppage time. just a point from thei

chelsea can qualify for the last 16 if they beat renne and the other result in their group goes theirench side 3—0 at stamford bridge earlier this month. frank lampard's side are unbeaten so far, with seven points at the halfway stage. if they can qualify with two games to spare, it would be useful considering the busy fixture list they've got coming up. ijust look at i just look at the scheduled through december and it is brutal. we are doing a job that we love and we want to play regularly, but some of the game is particularly around christmas at the moment, i hope it changes. we are due to play arsenal on boxing day and aston villa two days later. first of all we need to prepare to win this game. if we were to make one step into the next round it would be an opportunity to maybe look at players that need game minutes or to rest players, but we would still want to win this group. it's a bit tighter in manchester united's group. they are top, but only with six points after losing in istanbul to bashak—sheheer a few weeks ago. they play the turkish side at old trafford tonight. we nee

chelsea could qualify for the knockout stages if they beat rennes at stamford bridge.017 claimed the lives of 23 people and injured hundreds more. it also changed the lives of many who were caught up in it, including usman ahmed — a student who was working his last shift as a steward before sitting his a—levels — and sharon crawford, a mum—of—three who was picking up her daughter from the concert. this is their story of a night that would connect them to each other forever. and a warning, you may find some of the details described in this piece upsetting. izzy was just buzzing. ariana was one of the ones that she really wanted to see. manchester, sing, come on. when she started to sing one last time, we got up off the steps and walked to the door. everyone in the crowd they were just screaming. they were like, "this is amazing," and stuff. she did another encore with dangerous woman. i knew izzy would not leave until then. i knew we were in for a wait, stood here. that is obviouslyjust when it happened. people stopped for a brief second and then people were just trampl

the french side rennes, will feel hard done by. top of group e. however, midfielder kai havertz missed the game after testing positive for coronavirus before kick off. in the women's champions league, last season's quarter finalists, glasgow city, are just about still standing, after the first qualifying round, but they were taken all the way to penalties by the irish champions, peamount united, who missed this kick to lose the shoot—out 6—5, following a goalless draw. elsewhere swansea were beaten 3—0 in cyprus, and linfield lost 8—0 to anderlecht. the europa league returns this evening with celtic, rangers, arsenal, leicester and tottenham all in action. ahead of spurs trip to bulgaria to play ludogorets their manager jose mourinho has been defending striker harry kane. there have been some suggestions that kane dived to win a penalty against brighton in the premier league last weekend, but mourinho has refuted that. there is no more story. what are they speaking about us? speak about liverpool, man city, man united, speak about

they can qualify for the last 16 if they beat rennes in france and the other result in their group goescularly around christmas at the moment, i hope it changes. we are due to play arsenal on boxing day and aston villa two days later. first of all we need to prepare to win this game. it will be a tough challenge. if we were to make one step into the next round it would be an opportunity to maybe look at players that need game minutes or to rest players, but we would still want to win this group. it's a bit tighter in manchester united's group, they are top but only with six points after losing in istanbul to bashak—sheheer a few weeks ago. they play the turkish side at old trafford tonight. we need at least ten points to go through, definitely. it may be even likely that you would have to have 12 points, so we are going to go into this game trying to win it, of course, then try to win it well with a good performance, because we have games coming thick and fast. we've had the draw for the last 32 of the women's champions league and wsl champions chelsea have been drawn against the portug

chelsea can qualify for the last 16 if they beat renne and the other result in their group goes theirob we love and want to play regularly about some of the games and i'm christmas i hope it changes. we are due to pay arsenal on boxing day and aston villa two days later. we need to prepare for this game to try to win it which will be really tough but if we were to make one step into the next round it would be an opportunity to maybe look at players that need game minutes or to rest players but we would still want to win this group. that chelsea game kicks off at five—to—six. manchester united are also playing this evening, they are at home to istanbul bashak—sheheer. i'll have more for you in the next hour. jack grealish has pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving including one in connection with a crash during the lockdown and much, and incident on the 29th he has pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving. elsewhere and football he is being linked with a move to manchester city, the news reporting on is what has been happening at birmingham magistrates' court but he

meeting outside rennes indoor public places, —— outdoor public places, the limit is six people from twoe any of the symptoms and keep distance from other households. it is by keeping these roles that we will reduce the number of people with covid. —— self—isolate immediately and get tested if you have any of the symptoms. and hopefully we will get more safely to the point on the rise and we can now see of the end of the pandemic thanks to scientific development to stop thanks for joining us and for listening for a few minutes. i will now go straight to questions and gregor and i will seek to answer these questions. can igoto seek to answer these questions. can i go to glen campbell from the bbc. i want to talk a bit about christmas. you used words like careful and slight relaxation being possible at christmas time. can you give usa possible at christmas time. can you give us a clue as to the scope of any changes you might be prepared to make. there are reports today that four households might be able to meet for up to five days over christmas. is that something that is within your consi