and what an achievement that would be for ryan giggs, asi achievement that would be for ryan giggs, asal appointment and of course he never reached a major championships as a player. can he reach a major tournament as the manager at now of wales, will find out very shortly as the kick—off is at 7:45pm. and commentary on radio 5 live. many thanks indeed. going very early with the christmas scarf! if wales slip up then this is the route to the euros, the play—offs, they will be put into a pot of 16 teams chasing the final 4 places. the 16 teams will be split into 4 groups in a draw on friday. northern ireland, the republic of ireland and scotland are also in there, so they could cross paths. the highest ranking team in each group will host the lowest ranked — with the second playing at home against the third, in one—legged semi—finals on the 26th march. the winners of those matches will meet in 4 winner takes all finals a few days later for those final four places in the championship. so the playoffs await for northern ireland however they fare against germany in frankfurt tonight, their

ryan giggs all too aware success this time will rely on keeping his star players fit. you have a healthy group of players to pick from. if we have got that we are a match for everyone. the tournament kicks off onjimmy 12th with italy taking on turkey in rome. matches will be played in 12 host cities across europe with wembley also staging the semifinals and final, which means england could play at least five matches at home if they make it that far. england head into the tournament as genuine contenders and wales will be hopeful of another strong showing after reaching the semifinals last time out. with scotland and northern ireland, it is still possible they could join them there, and there remains interest for all home nations. john watson, bbc news. a crucial day for liverpool in the premier league after man city dropped more points, in a 2—2 draw with newcastle. jurgen klopp's side stretched their lead at the top of the table to 11 points. but victory over brighton at anfield was far from straightforward. it should have been when two virgil van dyke headers gave th

ryan giggs all too aware success this time will rely on keeping his star players fit.around to june players fit. you hope that when you come around tojune you have a healthy group of players to pick from. if we have got that we are a match for everyone. the tournament kicks off on jimmy 12th match for everyone. the tournament kicks off onjimmy12th with italy taking on turkey in rome. matches will be played in 12 host cities across europe with wembley also staging the semifinals and final, which means england could play at least five matches at home if they make it that far. england head into the tournament as genuine contenders and wales will be hopeful of another strong showing after reaching the semifinals last time out. with scotla nd semifinals last time out. with scotland and northern ireland, it is still possible they could join them there, and there remains interest for all home nations. john watson, bbc news. there were six matches in the premier league today, 18 goals are coming up on match of the day after the news, but if you want the results, then stay righ

what an achievement for manager ryan giggs.er made it to a major tournament as a player, but as a manager, he has guided wales to euro 2020. and, after reaching the semifinals at euro 2016, the wales fa ns semifinals at euro 2016, the wales fans will be hoping that once again they can do something special.m fans will be hoping that once again they can do something special. it is up they can do something special. it is up there. it is, you know, one of the greatest notes of my life, simple as that. the lads have showed great determination, quality, never give up attitude, and they deserve all the plaudits they are going to get. because, even though we had games to make up, there was no real room for error. so the concentration, and like i say, the quality that the lads have shown, you know, deserve it. elsewhere, serge gnabry scored a hat—trick as germany topped their group with a 6—1win over nothern ireland. netherlands had to settle for second place, despite gini wijnaldum's hat—trick in a 5—0 win over estonia. big wins for be

ryan giggs‘ side need to win their remaining matches against azerbaijan and hungary to stand a chancenishment in english rugby history. saracens have been docked 35 points and handed a 5 million pound fine for breaching salary cap regulations. premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. our sport correspondent, katie gornall, spoke to me earlier. this is a huge story, so the saracens, the dominant force in by, saracens, the dominant force in rugby, they have 17 major in the past decade and they have a squad like no other and they are full of recognisable names and the likes of the england captain, the brothers, and premiership rugby the have a salary cap and they do so in a way that provides level playing field and preserves the financial viability of the competition in the clu bs viability of the competition in the clubs as well. the premiership rugby has started this investigation that is lasted a number of months and they have found that saracens failed to disclose payments to the players and exceeded the ceiling for payments to single players as well.

it comes after ryan giggs' side beat hungary 2—nil in cardiff.dent andy swiss is there. andy, wales had to win their last two qualifiers and hope other results went their way. well they won their final two qualifiers and other results went their way. that is right, yes, it has been a roller coaster ride for wales fans. they had a rocky start to their campaign but they came good when it really mattered. big names tonight, a qualifier togetherfor really mattered. big names tonight, a qualifier together for the first time in two years and the combined to stunning effects and a header put wales ahead just the start that the fence and hope to see. perfect header, wales were in the lead in the fans in the stadium sensed something special and aaron ramsey once again. really once that second goal had gone then, the celebrations could begin in the final whistle as you can imagine sparked a huge jubilation from the fans and the players and this was the second successive time that they reached the european championship finals. what an achievement from ryan,

juventus midfielder aaron ramsey has also been picked again by ryan giggs after missing last month'sgh injury. wales wrap up their qualification campaign with games against azerbaijan and hungary. there was disappointment for frankie dettori at the melbourne cup as his horse was demoted from second to fourth after a stewards' inquiry. vow and declare won a dramatic race in a tight finish ahead of dettori's master of reality but a stewards inquiry ruled that the horse impeded il paradiso. that meant il paradiso was promoted to third, with british hope prince of arran second. dettori was also given a nine meeting ban. let's get more now on campaigning for the general election, and the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been in harlow this morning. he's been laying out his party's plans for a future government, including how he aims to get brexit done in the next six months. the tories are offering an extreme and damaging form of brexit while the liberal democrats want to ignore the result of the 2016 referendum and revoke article 50. the brexit crisis does need to be resolved but it must b

for manager, ryan giggs, mission accomplished on a memorable night.e play—offs to qualify. scotland beat kazakhstan 3—1 tonight and northern ireland lost 6—1 to germany. but for the wales fans here, there are no such worries. their place at euro 2020 is gloriously guaranteed. andy swiss, bbc news, cardiff. more on the election debate, and millions of voters will have watched tonight's leaders' debate, but how many will have changed their minds about their voting intentions on december 12th? my colleague clive myrie is in the marginal seat of southampton itchen, where he's been watching the debate with a number of voters from the city and neighbouring constituencies. huw, just 31 votes won this seat in the 2017 election for the conservatives over labour. so tonight's debate was crucial viewing for many in the constituency. the final verdict of our viewers here, not so good. at the itchen imperial rowing club in southampton, they are limbering up in southampton, they are limbering upfor in southampton, they are limbering up for the big show. the shirts

both goals came from aaron ramsey, on his return from injury. manager ryan giggs said it was one of thes life and a bright new start for the wales side, after the disappointment of failing to make it to the last world cup. a special, special night. you know, after what happened in the summer, to come back and to qualify, the lads have shown great determination, quality, a never give up attitude. they deserve all the plaudits they are going to get because even though we had games to make up, there was no real room for error so concentration and, like i say, the quality that the lads have shown, they deserve it. andy murray has got great britain off to a winning start against the nertherlands at the new look davis cup finals in madrid. it wasn't easy, though, he lost the first set of his match with world number 179 tallon griekspoor on the tie—treak. but the scot fought back to take the next set, and then won the match after another tie—break to give briatain victory. dan carter plays robin haas next in the second singles rubber. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all thos

coming up on bbc news, wales are going to the euros, victory over hungary secures qualification as ryan giggsescribes it as one of the greatest nights of his life. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. senior conservatives have rejected criticism of the decision to change the name of one of the party's twitter accounts during last night's tv debate between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn. one of the party's accounts was rebranded as "a fact—checking service". twitter says it will act if the party does it again — and the electoral commission has reminded all parties that they must campaign responsibly. this report from our political correspondentjessica parker. looking online, watch to take at face value? last night, a brief rebrand of a conservative party twitter account, to factcheckuk as the press office shared its interpretation of the head—to—head debate. tonight, conservative prime minister borisjohnson, debate. tonight, conservative prime minister boris johnson, and debate. tonight, conservative prime minister borisjohnson, and leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, deb

time running out to qualify for only their third major tournament in wales' history, their manager ryan giggs running out of games, so we're just focused on tomorrow and winning the game. it's as simple as that. and the plays are ready, that's right for the players are ready, they are looking forward to the game and excited. it's a challenging game, obviously travelling, is a good result last time against croatia, so it's not an easy game but the lads are ready. —— asa easy game but the lads are ready. —— as a beach and had a good result last time. seek scotland are also fourth in theirgroup, but unlike wales they're a long way behind leaders belgium and second placed russia, so whatever happens in their final two games against cyprus and kazakhstan, their best hopes are in the play—offs in march because of their nations league results. alister lamont reports from nicosia. nicosia in november is decidedly less autumnal in scotland at this time of year. that's one thing that ease the pain of being a travelling supporter right now. but the man in charge is helping for brighter days ahead for al

finish runners—up in their group and negotiate their way into the last 16 put up let's hear what ryan giggs drawer. and they stage their old games. switzerland are a good team. i watch their progress. they were in the republic of ireland and denmark, a talented team. and, yeah, tacky and a group with france as well the dyes them so to come out of that, they have done well and of course, italy, fantastic qualifying, winning every game so, yeah, that'll be a tough game, obviously. 20 nations know which pot they're going to be in. four teams in the play—offs will in march, john. we love a group of death and this is an absolute classic. germany, france, the welsh champions, portugal, the reigning european champions, all in the same group. —— the world champions. i know. i think that is why england under gareth southgate will feel that they have been handed a favourable draw because we knew that france were lurking in part two. they were not one of the top seeds in pot one. we knew they could have been drawn potentially in england's group and portugal, after a stuttering qualification, they were

for manager ryan giggs, mission accomplished on a memorable night.et because even though we had games to make up, there was no real room for error, so the concentration, i might say the quality that the lads had shown, yeah, they deserve it. that is a very happy coach. well done, wales. this birth fans love mauricio pochettino. clearly the negotiating... uri. iagree the negotiating... uri. i agree with you and i feel for the birth fans getting in touch this morning. the only thing i wonder is was there a moment where perhaps mauricio pochettino was going to happen? maybe he realised it a while ago. maybe they had been talking for ago. maybe they had been talking for a longer time than we know. under pressure to win stuff now. yeah. the big question is did carol make it to radio to? i did. good morning, everybody. if you are just stepping out, not as cold a day as it was yesterday. for many of us, dry and breezy as well, but if you look at the temperature chart from last night, from monday night festival, look at all the blues. that indicates temperat

tonight, they‘ll still have a chance via the playoffs but automatic qualification is the focus for ryan giggser you are involved or travelling to the games for tv, it is amazing and so we can‘t recreate that atmosphere. i think we have ourselves in a great position and yeah, that is where we are at the moment. it is a tough game we have to win. well if wales need inspiration, perhaps they can take it from the class of 1975. aa years ago, they played hungary in a european qualifier and this was part of their warm—up training routine. wales won that 2—1. it‘s a little different these days but if you‘re looking for good omens wales won that 2—1. and you can listen to full commentary of wales vs hungary on bbc radio 5 live and radio wales from 7 o‘clock tonight. also tonight, scotland host kazakhstan. northern ireland are in frankfurt to face germany. dead rubbers, really, as they‘ll need a playoff to reach euro 2020. lewis indicate has been reinstated as spain is a national team boss. his daughterjune passed away in the summer. his daughterjune passed away in the summer. his assistant lewis init

a special night says wales boss ryan giggs as they reach next year's european championship with a 2—0ll make his england debut in the first test against new zealand, which starts tonight — he'll open the batting alongside rory burns. i'll be back with more on those stories later. a man who used to work for the uk's consulate in hong kong has told the bbc that he was tortured in china and accused of inciting political unrest in the city. as a result of the claims made by simon cheng in the interview you're about to watch, the british foreign secretary dominic raab has summoned the chinese ambassador. the chinese foreign ministry has said they won't accept the uk's representations, and that interfering in china's affairs will "only harm the uk's own interests". let's see the interview that has prompted this response —— here's mr cheng speaking to our china correspondent, john sudworth: i've been shackled, i've been handcuffed and i've been blindfolded and also they made me hooded. they put a hood on your head? yes. for how many hours would that last? i don't know, because i cannot see a

the wales boss ryan giggs is there on the back page of the mirror.ifier. the times says that tottenham are looking at potetnail replacements for manager mauricio pochettino. and the former wales rugby head coach warren gatland says he still hasn't given up on coaching the all blacks, despite ruling himself out this time around. the british driver billy monger has a newjob in racing. he's the latest to join the extreme e championship. you'll remember that the 20—year—old lost both his legs in a crash during a formula 4 race a couple of years ago. he returned to competiton earlier this year in a car with specially adapted hand controls. and extreme e, which he'll be racing in, is a new environment—focused racing series. 12 teams will race off—road in fully electric suvs in five remote locations around the world to highlight the effects of climate change. it all starts in 2021. para—athlete hannah cockroft is now a 12—time world champion, after picking up two more golds in dubai at the world championships last week. she's been talking to us on breakfast

manager ryan giggs admits bale's lack of match fitness is a concern.reaching salary cap regulations. an independent panel had found wrongdoing relating to business partnerships between the owner nigel wray and some of the club's top players. premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. former saracens player kyren bracken believes people should wait for more details on the case before passing judgement on the premiership champions. everyone wants to be seen to be doing the right thing and playing within the rules, and if saracens have not been playing within the rules, then i would say throw the book at them. but i cannot see how they have when the panel actually said that they haven't intentionally tried to do anything. so i did we have to have a massive, full investigation what actually happened. staying with rugby. the victorious south africa team have landed on home soil after winning the world cup injapan. this is them coming through arrivals. captain siya kolisi raising the william webb—ellis trophy aloft to hundreds

juventus midfielder aaron ramsey has also been picked again by ryan giggs after missing last month'so come througout the day and we'll be rounding up all the sport in sportsday on bbc news at 6:30. we'll have the latest as well from both anfield and stamford bridge ahead of tonight's important champions league matches. that's all the sport for now. sally, thank you. now, brexit and the general election have affected many parts of the world — not just the uk. the threat of a no—deal lead to a general election in gibraltar last month with the aim to bring more stability to the british overseas territory. well i'm joined by the man who called that election — gibraltar‘s chief minister and leader of the gslp liberals. thank you so much forjoining us. tell us about first of all the timing of that election, just a couple of weeks before the october 31 brexit deadline? good morning, i'm very pleased that you have the man here who won that election because i thought it was important gibraltar should have a government at the time the 31st of october came around. the election was due, it would

manager ryan giggs admits bale‘s lack of match fitness is a concern.ising to secure a better deal with the eu and then put it to the public in another referendum next year. the conservatives insist they are the party to deliver brexit and that the uk will leave by january 31st next year. we can now speak to the labour frontbencher and mp for hemsworthjon trickett, from our studio in leeds. cani can i start with something that happened today in the world of politics and then come to your other campaign pledges on brexit. that is the apology from jacob rees—mogg to those involved in the grenfell tragedy and apologising for suggesting they should have used common sense and got out of the building instead of listening to advice from the fire grate, what is the response from the labour party? someone on the 12th floor perhaps not very well or disabled in some way, they would follow the advice. the problem was cuts to the fire service and poor maintenance of a building. butjacob service and poor maintenance of a building. but jacob rees—mogg service and poor

manager ryan giggs admits bale's lack of match fitness is a concern.ill williams is set to play in rugby league's super league next season. he's likely to sign a two—year multi million pound contract with newly promoted canadian side toronto wolfpack. he'll become one of their marquee players. williams was part of the new zealand team beaten by england in the rugby world cup semi finals last month and has made 12 appearances for new zealand's rugby league team. that's all the sport for now. simon, back to you. let's return to politics. labour have said if they win the election they will get brexit done very quickly. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris has been taking a look. six months they are saying, is that feasible? that is what jeremy corbyn said so the tories said they will get it done, labour said they would get it done, labour said they would get it done, labour said they would get it sorted so that means they would negotiate a new deal and hold a referendum within that six month period. there we go. there is jeremy, there is what you

we are going to go from ryanair to ryan giggs, how he has coped with managing and joe allen saying heimes have done a supplement showing us what he has been doing to make himself look more friendly. lots of public appearances... ice hockey. he fell over on the red carpet. clearly not a good move for him. he he is chatting to nicolas sarkozy. sit ups in the park. i do not know why he wa nts to in the park. i do not know why he wants to come across as friendly. that is his m.o., he is known as a grumpy. all anyone cares about is the success. i think he doesn't like that people think he is a grumpy. the success. i think he doesn't like that people think he is a grumpylj would not give to foods. let me introduce you to genetically modified astronauts. this is a vision of the future. with the benefit of genes to make people different, so people can be better equipped. this gene causes a mutation that can result in pain insensitive humans so they feel less pain. now you are interested. abc 11, very important in a space suit or spaceship, a gene variant which can or spaceship, a gene variant

a special, special night, says the manager ryan giggs as wales beat hungary 2—0.will open the batting. more on those stories in about 20 minutes‘ time. the president of the oxford union has resigned over a pa rtially—sighted student being forcefully removed from a debate. brendan mcgrath had come under increasing criticism for his handling of the incident. ebenezer azamati was "accosted" by a security guard when he tried to return to a seat he had earlier reserved before the discussion on 17 october. on saturday, he was cleared of any wrongdoing. twenty—five migrants have been found in a refrigerated container on a ferry bound for the uk. dutch police said 23 people were taken to a nearby police station, and two others were taken to hospital. the danish—registered britannia seaways ferry,

and ryan giggs saying fergie is still his phone a friend. always talks to alex ferguson and had an inspirational talk with him. west ham keeping an eye on him should their situation change. exciting stuff. some people say if you are ill, eat, drink chicken soup. i think that is true. it is, according to this study. it really ca n it is, according to this study. it really can be used to help according to this study. it was talking about traditional broth that may combat malaria. more than 60 broths were found to enter up the life—cycle of the most deadly malaria parasites. to conserve his magic. the most deadly malaria parasites. to conserve his magiclj the most deadly malaria parasites. to conserve his magic. i was going to say, do you think you need to make it? -- chicken soup is magic. this parasite causes 99% of deaths from malaria and transfers to infectious mosquitoes. this is a tiny, tiny little book. it's about that big stop it was written by charlotte bronte, and the bronte society has bought it back at auction in paris. they spent..