let's go live to the amex stadium and speak to our sports news correspondent, richard conway. welcome to football's future, the var so welcome to football's future, the va r syste m. so welcome to football's future, the var system. supposed to stop all those contentious debates, but it started one this evening here. was it wasn't it used? we can't work out! olly, i have spoken to the match test in west london where it was used, and they told me that the referee andre marriner did consult with his assistant there, to discuss that late winning goal, was at a handball, was it not? in the end of the goal stood and brighton will go through to the fourth round of the fa cup. here is the story of the night trot—mac fa cup. here is the story of the night trot-mac and old rivalry with a new twist. video assistant referees on hand for anything u ntowa rd, referees on hand for anything untoward, and early on andros townsend thought it might come in use. townsend thought it might come in use. no need tojust townsend thought it might come in use. no need to just yet. townsend thought it mi

richard conway, life in london for us, many thanks indeed. united we hear from his new manager who also put pen to paper on a new contract today. and less than two months from the start of the winter 0lympics, concerns over athlete welfare in the winter sport team. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories around today. paula radcliffe's marathon record, set in london 15 years ago is beeing targetted at this years race by kenya's mary keitany at this years london marathon. keitany is aiming to beat the time of two hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds using use male pacemakers. athletics' world governing body recognises two world records — mixed—gender and women—only — and last year keitany broke radcliffe's ‘women—only‘ world best in a time of two hours, 17 minutes and one second and is now going after the mixed gender record. wales scrum half rhys webb has been ruled out of their opening match of the six nations with scotland, adding to a growing list of absentees in the camp. he remains a doubt for the rest of the tournament and is on

that always excites our sports news correspondent richard conway. he is in brighton for us. a long time coming, how will it work tonight? well, it has been a long time coming. 18 months in development. there has been a worldwide trial of video assistant referee systems. there have been various leagues and tournaments over the past year and a half. it is tonight when we will see it in half. it is tonight when we will see itina half. it is tonight when we will see it in a competitive english fixture for the very first time. the referee can refer and get guidance from the assistant referee, in the operations centre, 75 miles from here in west london, on four specific instances. you can get clarification on if a girl -- you can get clarification on if a girl —— goal should stand, he can ask about red cards, and he can ask about cases of mistaken identity, if there is confusion over which players should be punished. should he not be able to get a clear answer from the video assistant referee, when he is looking at his screams, he can come to the side of the pitch. let me step asi

their third round fa cup match against crystal palace, watching was our sports news correspondent richard conwaypjanuary night, an fa cup third—round game. so far so normal that this was a historic occasion because the video assistant referee system was used the first time in english club football. now the game finished 2—2 brighton. crystal palace crashed out, brighton into the fourth round but it was not without incident. dale stephens opening goal was checked just to make sure it was a valid goal and then glenn murray's winner, was handball? referee did jack. it was located in an operations centre 75 miles away to see if it was a handball but they judged miles away to see if it was a handball but theyjudged it came off his knee. this trial will continue and a decision over whether it is to be used on a worldwide scale is coming ina be used on a worldwide scale is coming in a few weeks but the feedback so far has been good. not without teething troubles but the officials are determined to eye on those out and get the var system working throughout the world. now, if the english county of yorksh

our correspondent richard conway has more for us in our london studio. ews mean as far as var is concerned? it means it is very close to being adopted and sanctioned for worldwide use. adopted and sanctioned for worldwide use. the board of the international football members who decide the laws of the game are said to be very encouraged by the results of a two year trial that has been ongoing. over 800 games have been played. they are encouraged by the fact over 90% of decisions have been accurate. they want to reflect on that and make a decision in early march when they come back together in zurich to meet once again. one final point, it was reiterated that if it is given the green light in march, it will be incumbent on competitions, on tournaments, such as the world cup and premier league to go to the board and say to them they want to introduce it and they must then pass the test to show they cannot implement the protocols, they can uphold the qualities and standards they want to see for the video assistant referee system. encouraging signs but a final

our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. detail that it was established back in 2009. in fight against doping in sport. doping in sport. better and new ways of working in sports. sports. they need to do, insisting us with information to develop artistic. information to develop artistic. could do in the run—up to the tokyo olympics. olympics. with a strategic review into how they can conduct themselves. they can conduct themselves. that will be out in april. will be out in april. that fight to make sure that british sport is clean. for a further three years. process has extended its tv and digital rights agreement. the 2021—22 season. and the premier league show. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. uk/sport. i'll have more for you in the next hour. prospects following brexit. is struck with brussels. and its preferred bespoke trade deal option was not analysed. seen the report was in fact, this morning. it is an attempt to undermine our exit from the european union. exit from the european union. range of analysis f

that always excites our sports news correspondent richard conway. he is in brighton for us.been a long time coming. 18 months in development. there has been a worldwide trial of video assistant referee systems. there have been various leagues and tournaments over the past year and a half. it is tonight when we will see it in half. it is tonight when we will see itina half. it is tonight when we will see it in a competitive english fixture for the very first time. the referee can refer

here is richard conway. to stay on the front line of the fight against doping in sport. fight againstifference in the short to medium term. the short to medium term. develop better and new ways of working with sport. working with sport. information to develop our existing programmes. programmes. the next couple of years in the run—up to the tokyo 0lympics. run—up to the tokyo 0lympics. conduct themselves and that will be out in april. out in april. interesting reading for the governing bodies of sport. governing bodies of sport. front line in the fight to make sure british sport is clean. for a further three years. process has extended its tv and digital rights agreement. the 2021—22 season. and the premier league show. approaching tomorrow night, more information on the website. information on the website. but for me and the team, goodbye for now. address to congress later tonight. to help his party keep control of both chambers in the mid—terms. an enthusiastic welcome. the rest of the nation could prove more difficult. a deeply divided nation? university of virginia. good evening.

richard conway was at the game to find out how it all works.ed for the man in the middle. a global experiment with video assistant referees has been ongoing now for nearly 18 months. the fa cup game between brighton and crystal palace was the first time the system has been operational in a competitive english club fixture. a video official based in this operation centre on the outskirts of london was in constant contact with the on the pitch referee, helping him to make the right calls. this is designed to try and make the game of football perfect, it's designed to look at instances where there is a clear and obvious error. in those cases, this will intervene. we're not talking 50/50 decisions where some people might think it's a penalty, some people won't. if we have that type of situation we stay with the on field decision. the video assistant referee can only be called upon in four specified situations. to decide if the goal should stand, when awarded a penalty, straight red card offences and to clear up confusion if the wrong there is punis

midwin charles, contributor to "esse e "essence" along with michael conway, serving with the house judiciary committee in the inquiry of richard nixon. i want to ask about a change in tone or rhetoric that i've heard here. before the holidays, it seemed like a lot of republicans were calling into question robert mueller and these other investigations. now you have president trump and others all but sticking a fork in this, saying it's done, it's time to move on. this has played on for a year. it's time to move on to other things and we can talk about what those are in a moment. have you detected the same change or turn in rhetoric? >> to a certain extent, but what's unfortunate is that the president of the united states, as well as all the others who have said that this investigation should be over, don't understand that it just doesn't work that way. this special counsel is charged with looking at whether or not a foreign power, here russia, interfered with our election, our presidential election. and his mandate is to look into anything that comes from that, anything that dovetails out of that, which is why you see with mana