and he says, he sees "no reason" to exclude new signing saido berahino for tomorrow's premier league club, west brom. it's been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an "out of competition drugs test" but it's unconfirmed by either club or the fa. we are aware of it, clearly. there was an fa disciplinary matter. saido berahino had a suspension, i think it was an eight week suspension. i do not think it was three months. we we re do not think it was three months. we were aware of it. that is about it really. in terms of more detail, i cannot give you a great deal you will have refer back to his previous club, west brom. manchester city manager pep guardiola says top scorer sergio aguero is still one of the club's key players. he dropped aguero in favour of their new brazilian striker gabrieljesus for the win at west ham on wednesday but guardiola insists aguero is still the main man in attack. big clubs need a lot of strikers. sergio aguero is may be one of the most important players in the squad. without hi

the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino foreeting with the striker‘s old club — west brom. it's been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it's unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban here at west brom and i don't really want to comment on the reason why, but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i will say it again. saido never played for me or did not play regularly for me because he was not fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter, and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information, and that is an fa directive. manchester city manager pep guardiola says top scorer sergio aguero is still one of the club's key players. he dropped aguero in favour of their new brazilian striker gabrieljesus for the win at west ham on wednesday but guardiola insists aguero is still the main man in attack. the club need a lot of strikers. they are unique. our side with

it's been confirmed new stoke city striker saido berahino served an eight—week ban last year.brom, and follows reports that berahino was banned for failing an "out of competition drugs test." i'll be back with more on those stories in just after half past. theresa may is attending a european union summit in malta where she'll brief leaders on her recent meeting with president trump. downing street says she wants relations with the eu to be constructive and positive. ahead of the talks, the german chancellor, angela merkel, said the leaders needed to focus discussions on europe, rather than "dealing with other parts of the wo rld ". 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports. malta's ancient cannons. europe feels threatens again. so this volley was an appropriate welcome to a summit that feels besieged, challenges on every side, migration, terrorism, now donald trump's america. theresa may believes her nascent relationship with president trump means she can be a bridge between europe and america. that could be an asset dealing with the eu, but it could also become a li

the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino for served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it's unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i'll say it again, he never played for me, or didn't play regularfor me, because he never played for me, or didn't play regular for me, because he wasn't fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter. we are under strict obligations not to

saido berahino never played for me regularly because he wasn't fit enough. for what ever reason.not to release any of that information and that is any of that information and that is an fa directive. tony pulis there. we will have more sporting the next hour including rugby and the davis cup. the defence secretary is warning that russia is using sustained cyber attacks to target democracy and infrastructure systems in the west. sir michael fallon says moscow is "weaponising misinformation" in an attempt to destabilise nato. his claims come on the same day a report by mps criticises the government's approach to cyber security saying responses to large data losses have been "chaotic our correspondent daniel boettcher reports. attacks in cyberspace are risk to personal data to infrastructure and there are increasing worries about cyber warfare as a risk to national security. sir michael fallon has accused russia of carrying out a sustained campaign of cyber attacks against the west. we find ourselves dealing with a country that is weaponising information and has created the post—tru

the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees no reason to exclude striker saido berahino for tomorrow'seting with west brom. that's after it was confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. there are newspaper reports today that berahino failed an out of competition drugs test but this is unconfirmed by either club or the fa. berahino joined stoke last month from west brom, and hughes says he is available to face his former team. we are aware of it, clearly. there was an fa disciplinary. saido had a suspension, i think an eight—week suspension. we were suspension, i think an eight—week suspension. we were aware suspension, i think an eight—week suspension. we were aware of it. that's about it really. in terms of more detail, i can't give you a great deal, you would probably have to refer back to his previous club west brom. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really wa nt was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. i will go back to saying what i said then. saido never played for me, ordidn't said then. saido never play

stoke admit new signing saido berahino served an eight week ban at west brom last year.ctory for scotland's women who haven't won since 2010. plenty coming up tonight. and we're starting with the tennis because great britain are 1—0 up in their opening davis cup tie of 2017 against canada after dan evans won the opening rubber against the 17—year—old wimbledon junior champion denis shapovalov. evans is britain's flag bearer in ottawa in the absence

it's been confirmed new stoke city striker saido berahino served an eight—week ban last year. vailable to faces former team. we are aware of it, clearly. there was an fa disciplinary matter and saido had an eight—week suspension, i think. we we re eight—week suspension, i think. we were aware of it. and that is about it, really. in terms of more detail, i can't give you a great deal and you would have to refer back to his previous club west brom. he served a ban when he was here at west brom andl ban when he was here at west brom and i don't want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i will saying what i said then, and i will say it again, saido never played regular for me because he was not fit enough. for whatever reason. it was a personal matter. we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information. that is an fa directive. burnley midfielderjoey barton has accepted an fa charge that he placed over 1200 bets on matches over a ten year period. barton, has requested a personal hearing before being sanctioned. he was

the stoke city manager mark hughes says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino foreen confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it‘s unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban here at west brom andi he served a ban here at west brom and i don‘t really want to comment on the reason why, but i will go back to seeing what i said then, and i will see it again. saido never played for me or did not play regularly for me because he was not fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter, and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information, and thatis release any of that information, and that is an fa directive. newcastle united manager rafa benitez has said he won‘t quit despite reports this morning he could be considering his future on tyneside. the club, currently second in the championship, in the championship, failed to make a signing in the january transfer window and reports suggested owner mike asshley had retak

there was no happy return to the hawthorns for saido berahino as his stoke side lost 1—0 to his formerweek from the opposing managers about berahino, he served a two month doping ban at west brom, and it looked as though tony pulis and mark hughes didn't shake hands at the final whistle. james morrison got the only goal of the game for west brom afterjust six minutes. berahino did come on as a second half substitute for stoke but had little impact, and was booed by the home fans throughout. chelsea are 12 points clear at the top as you know, but second—placed spurs could reduce that to nine with victory at home to middlesbrough in the late kick—off. and they have just taken the lead. sung—joon men brought down in the penalty box, referee pointed to the spot and harry kane stepped up to convert the spot kick. such as it was my could be down to nine if totte n ha m was my could be down to nine if tottenham hang on. that is why he was so tottenham hang on. that is why he was so happy! let's see the table as it stands. antonio conte's men might be lifting the league title in may. but totte

coming up in sport at half—past: mark hughes says he's happy to play saido berahino against his formeright week fa ban last year, before his january move. the only road bridge linking the two halves of the north yorkshire town of tadcaster will re—open later today. it was destroyed by severe flooding more than a year ago and people living and working in the town have faced a long detour to get across the river wharfe. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. 0pening day of tadcaster‘s road bridge. 13 months after it was swept away. they were working right up to the last minute, putting the surface down. there is a will to get traffic going across it from the moment it's finished. go on, go on, get going. the destruction of the ancient crossing was one of the defining images of the 2015 winter floods. the force of the river wharfe caused it to collapse. it left the town completely divided, an 18 mile round trip was required to get from one side of the river to the other. after several weeks a footbridge was put solving the problem. i think the footbridge has been great, people have talke

mark hughes has confirmed reports new striker saido berahino served an eight—week suspension for an fasuspension for an fa disciplinary matter. hejoined stoke city last month, but the ban was served at his previous club west brom. the six nations starts after their grand slam england head coach eddiejones thinks his side can be even better. the women's tournament starts tonight with scotland hosting ireland. and great britain get their davis cup campaign underway against canada, dan evans will play the opening rubber after his strong performance at the australian open. andy murray not in the team, he is resting at the moment. back with more on the story is just after 10am. although gene therapy has the potential to eliminate birth defects and debilitating diseases, it also presents difficult ethical issues, with opponents claiming it's wrong to create so—called designer babies. the use of gene therapy will be debated by the royal society of medicine tonight. arguing the case that gene editing should be resisted will be kiruna stamell a stage and screen actor with dwarfism. she made thi

mark hughes says he sees no reason to exclude saido berahino from tomorrow's premier league meeting againstbeen confirmed by the club or the fa. he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i will not comment on the reason why. he did not play regularfor me because he the reason why. he did not play regular for me because he was regularfor me because he was not fit enough. sergio aguero was dropped in the win against west ham on wednesday that pep guardiola insists he is still the main man in attack. the club needs strikers. sergei remains one of the most important players in our squad —— sergio aguero. it was a tactical decision. the other games when he was not found he played and played good. newcastle united manager rafael dias has said he won't quit despite reports this morning he could be considering his future on tyneside. the club failed to make a single signing in the january tra nsfer single signing in the january transfer window. reports suggested that mike ashley had retaking control of transfers, instead of rafael dias. i will not leave because i am happy. —— bonito. iam ready

mark hughes says he sees no reason to exclude saido berahino tomorrow against west brom.ar. they're also newspaper reports that he failed and out of competition drugs test. this though is only confirmed by either club or the fa. hejoined stoke last month from west brom. he served the ban when he was at west brom, i don't wa nt when he was at west brom, i don't want to comment on why. i will go back to say what i said then and i will say it again, he never played for me or did play regularly for me because he wasn't fit, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information and that is an fa directive. we had news in the last few moments that parliament will debate a motion of no—confidence in the governance of the football association on thursday the football association on thursday the 9th of february, the culture media sport committee has announced that. six nations begins this weekend in scotland post ireland, england take on france and wales travel to italy. tournament last year saw england secure a gr