does the name sam allison mean anything to you? sam allison? no. not to me, it don't. yeah.ng. why does it matter? as _ it should not be shocking. why does it matter? as long _ it should not be shocking. why does it matter? as long as _ it should not be shocking. why does it matter? as long as he _ it should not be shocking. why does it matter? as long as he is - it should not be shocking. why does it matter? as long as he is good. i the league's first black referee was uriah rennie, from 1997 to 2008. back then, ian wright was one of the stars of the league, scoring goals rather than analysing them. he says he's surprised at the lack of progress 15 years on. i think that referees are a species that's in trouble. you know, when you look at what they go through at grassroots level. so the conveyor belt of people coming through, you know, asian and black referees are out there. we need to find out where the blockage is. rodney heinz is the co—founder of the football blacklist and a leading voice in celebrating black excellence in football. ., , ., excellence in football. peopl

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does the name sam allison mean anything to you? sam allison? no. not to me, it don't.rge of sheffield united against luton town. but sam allison's appointment has led some football fans to wonder why his announcement is such big news. this shouldn't be, like, shocking, as in it should be the normal already. why does it matter?! if he's black, green, what have you — as long as he's bloody good! terrestrial television - might not have screened... the league's first black referee was uriah rennie, from 1997 to 2008. back then, ian wright was one of the stars of the league — scoring goals, rather than analysing them. he says he's surprised at the lack of progress 15 years on. i think that referees are a species that's in trouble — you know, when you look at what they go through at grassroots level. so the conveyor belt of people coming through — you know, asian and black referees are out there. we need to find out where the blockage is. according to the football association, there are 32,000 referees working at all levels of football in england. just over 8% of these ident

a time ata time when video referrals has increased the scrutiny of officials, rebecca welch and sam allisonown as the geminids, is peaking in skies around the world tonight. the multicoloured streaks of light are visible, depending on the weather where you are. in perfect conditions, you could spot up to dozens an hour. pallab ghosh has been star gazing for us. blink and you'll miss it. meteors hurtle through the skies of northumbria earlier this year. tiny fragments of space dust burning up in the earth's atmosphere. and these pictures from last night are the start of the biggest media shower of the year. meteor shower of the year. we can see if we look up now... it's cloudy in most parts of the country tonight. but astronomers say it's still worth looking up at the skies as the storm starts to peak. so it's not too bad, is it? it's not bad and there are clear patches, and frankly, that's what i'd be looking at. if you go outside, have a look in a clear patch, see if you can see some meteors. any techniques, any suggestions?

meanwhile on boxing day, sam allison will become the first black referee in the premier league sinceversee sheffield united's match against luton. onto cricket now and england have lost the second t20 international against the west indies. and after putting the windies into bat in grenada, england restricted them to 176—7, opener brandon king top scoring with and unbeaten 82. adil rashid england's best bowler with a superb two for 11 runs. in reply, sam curran was the only england batter to reach a half century and england went on to lose by ten runs. the windies now have a 2—0 lead in the five—match series. meanwhile in his final test series, david warner put australia in control in the opening match against pakistan in perth with a brilliant 164. the 37—year—old opener starred on day one, as australia ended on 346—5. and it means warner is now fifth on australia's all—time test run scorers list. and england's women have work to do if they want to end nearly a decade without a test match victory. in their one—off match against india, england's bowlers toiled in the mumbai heat as in

sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league for 15 years when he oversees sheffield town this afternoon. you're live with bbc news. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. there are five matches in the premier league, we're approaching half—time in the first of them at st james park newcastle taking on nottingham forest. alexander isak with a penalty after he was fouled in the box. chris wood has just equalised for nottingham forest. two matches kick off at three. bournemouth against fulham and sheffield united are at home to luton, more on that game in a moment. leaders arsenal aren't playing until thursday so there could be a change at the top of the table. liverpool are the first with a chance of doing that. they will find themselves top if they avoid defeat at second from bottom burnley. i think burnley could have easily had much more points because they had so many good spells in the games where they then don't finish the situation off from the young players in some positions. so i knew before that they are much better than

that match at bramhall lane will be refereed by sam allison.ollowing uriah rennie who officiated in the competition for 11 years until 2008. the pgmol which governs referees says it wants an increase of 1,000 women referees and 1,000 black or asian referees at all levels of football in three years. just one game in the scottish premiership this boxing day. leaders celtic travel to dundee — with the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the table to five points ahead of rangers. after today, though, rangers will have two games in hand on their rivals, with the top two facing each other on saturday. away from football, australia have the advantage after the opening day of their rain—affected boxing day test against pakistan in melbourne. australia, put into bat, made 187—3 on a rain—affected first day at the mcg. marnus labuschagne top scoring on 44 not out. australia lead in the three—match series. and south africa have started their test series against india — it's day one of the first test at centurion. the home side chose to bowl fi

sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league for 15 years when he officiates thernoon. you're live with bbc news. a murder inquiry has been launched after the bodies of five people were found in a flat north—east of paris. prosecutors say the victims are a woman and herfour children, aged between nine months and ten years. their bodies were found late on monday evening in the town of meaux, aokm from the french capital. french media says a man was arrested on tuesday in a nearby town. let's get more on this with david chazan in paris. he is the times' paris correspondent. what more can you tell us? the man who has been _ what more can you tell us? the man who has been arrested _ what more can you tell us? the man who has been arrested has _ what more can you tell us? the man who has been arrested has not - what more can you tell us? the man who has been arrested has not been| who has been arrested has not been named but is being described as the father of the children and the husband of the woman who was killed, and the local prosecutors said the crime scene indic

sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league for 15 years when he oversees sheffieldague's history. the fa have been trying to improve diversity amongst match officials — with only 8% of the 30,000 registered referees identifying as black, asian or mixed heritage. you're live with bbc news. sport — and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. all those boxing day fixtures are already up and running. there are five matches in the premier league, the game at stjames park is approaching full—time, and nottingham forest are heading for theirfirst win under new manager nuno espirito santo. newcastle took the lead through an alexander isak penalty, but chris wood equalised by half—time against his former club. he tried not to celebrate as he completed his hatrick in the second half. it's 3-1. two matches kick off at 3pm. bournemouth against fulham, and sheffield united are at home to luton, more on that game in a moment. leaders arsenal aren't playing until thursday, so there could be a change at the top of the tabl

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bosses also confirmed they had selected sam allison for a match — the league's first black referee formale players and put them into albums. now, for the first time, the women's super league has a dedicated collection of its own. here's sarah dawkins. to produce an album of nearly 350 stickers from the women's super league. was unveiled at a special eventin league. was unveiled at a special event in manchester. got, got, need. sticker collecting has been a staple of men's football culture since the 1970s. but now, there are some new faces on the pages. yeah, decent. hit all the right angles. it's a bit surreal, to be honest. i always had a panini sticker book. there are nearly 350 cards to collect, including 12 of these shiny cards, one for each team. one down, 348 to go. it took 41 years for panini to launch a panini to launch a women's collection. from world cup stew domestic leagues, they're now more than making up for lost time. the important thing is it's happening and everyone's jumping on board. it's going to go from strength to strength. it's good because it gives women a chanc

meanwhile, sam allison will also take charge of a top flight match on boxing day, making him the premier league's first black referee for 15 years. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> hello and welcome to headliners i'm nate dixon. i'll be taking you through tomorrow's top stories for the next hour, and i'm joined by the thinking man's gammon. it's cox and man's gammon. it's paul cox and the twitter . those attacks still the twitter. those attacks still funny . and the twitter funny. and the twitter housewives choice. it's louis schaefer. yeah everybody. everybody fans online. >> everybody's choice. the men love me too. really? yeah in america, like was the least manly man. but the men just they they they love that a topless calendar . it they they love that a topless calendar. it could be. they they love that a topless calendar . it could be. maybe calendar. it could be. maybe they're they're turning gay or making men turn gay. in my good

meanwhile, sam allison will also take charge of a top flight match on boxing day, making him the premier league's first black referee for 15 years. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> hello and welcome to headliners i'm nate dixon. i'll be taking you through tomorrow's top stories for the next hour, and i'm joined by the thinking man's gammon. it's cox and man's gammon. it's paul cox and the twitter . those attacks still the twitter. those attacks still funny . and the twitter funny. and the twitter housewives choice. it's louis schaefer. yeah everybody. everybody fans online. >> everybody's choice. the men love me too. really? yeah in america, like was the least manly man. but the men just they they they love that a topless calendar . it they they love that a topless calendar. it could be. they they love that a topless calendar . it could be. maybe calendar. it could be. maybe they're they're turning gay or making men turn gay. in my good

then on boxing day, sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league since 2008.rsee sheffield united's match against luton. onto cricket now — and england are taking on the west indies in their second t20 international in grenada. and after putting the windies into bat, england restricted them to 176—7, opener brandon king top scoring on and unbeaten 82. adil rashid england's best bowler with a superb two for 11 runs. in reply, captainjoss butler was out for just five. and england are looking iffy on 106—4. 100 and what 21—5. they put on a few runs since that graphic was made. they put on a few runs since that graphic was made. the windies lead the three match series 1—0. meanwhile, in his final test series, david warner put australia in control in the opening match against pakistan in perth with a brilliant 164. the 37—year—old opener starred on day one as australia ended on 346—5 — and it means warner is now fifth on australia's all—time test run—scorers list. fellow opener usman khawaja the closest to him in runs, out for a1. england's women have work to do if

welch and sam allison may be hoping their achievements pass without examination. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. now, a meteor shower, known as the geminids, is peaking in skies around the world tonight. the multicoloured streaks of light are visible, depending on the weather where you are. in perfect conditions, you could spot up to dozens an hour. pallab ghosh has been star gazing for us. blink and you'll miss it. meteors hurtle through the skies of northumbria earlier this year. tiny fragments of space dust burning up in the earth's atmosphere. and these pictures from last night are the start of the biggest media shower of the year. meteor shower of the year. we can see if we look up now... it's cloudy in most parts of the country tonight. but astronomers say it's still worth looking up at the skies as the storm starts to peak. so it's not too bad, is it? it's not bad and there are clear patches, and frankly, that's what i'd be looking at. if you go outside, have a look in a clear patch, see if you can see some meteors. any techniques, any suggestions? get a big, wid

and then on boxing day, sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league since 2008.gress that were making for the in that respect sam and rebecca can show that refereeing can be for anybody who've got the love of the game and the qualities required. then you can make it to the very top. onto cricket now and england have lost to the west indies by ten runs in the second t20 international in grenada. and after putting the windies into bat, england restricted them to 176—7, opener brandon king top scoring on an unbeaten 82. in reply sam curran was the only england batter to reach 50, before he became one of alazarri joseph's three wickets for 39 runs. rehan ahmed clubbed the final ball for four but it wasn't enough, and windies took a 2—0 lead in the five—match series. let's move on to cricket — and england women had a difficult opening day to their one—off test in india. their bowlers toiled in the heat in mumbai as india closed on 410—7. alex fletcher reports. stepping into somewhat unfamiliar territory, the first test match in england women since 2005. no time needed

the incident took place on a day when sam allison took charge of the match, becoming the first blackwn goals in the space of four minutes. that means it's back—to—back premier league wins for luton. but sheffield united remain rooted to the foot of the table. it'sjust a mindset, you know, and when, i suppose, you're in a situation where points are difficult to come by, you want to protect. it's not a time to protect — it's a time to step forward and get up the pitch. and clearly — you know, clearly, if we'd have done that, the goalkeeperjust catches the ball and, you know, we're looking at... we're looking at, you know, three points and another two on top of friday night because of an attitude and approach more than anything. the grinch was present at st james' park for newcastle's clash with nottingham forest and it's hard to imagine his mood improved over the 90 minutes. nottingham forest secured their first win under new boss nuno espirito santo. they came from behind to beat newcastle united 3—1 at stjames park. chris wood who joined forest from newcastle permanently in the summe

um, and allison. and you mentioned sam allison.use, know, because, you know, really extraordinaire that the last time we had a black referee in a premier league game was way back in 2008, 15 years ago . um, chap in 2008, 15 years ago. um, chap by the name of uriah renee, a lovely fella. i met him at the cup final last year and it felt like he hadn't been away. he was he was very unassuming and, you know, he was he was there know, he he was he was there pretty the start. pretty much from the start. ufiah pretty much from the start. uriah he retired and uriah um, but he retired and nobody replaced and a lot nobody replaced him. and a lot of questions as to why this has happened, uh, done to happened, but, uh, well done to sam came through. sam ellison, who came through. he's been in the football league for three years, 2020. for a while, three years, 2020. he the football league he came into the football league and he's served his time there, and he's served his time there, and he's served his time there, and he's taking charge of and

sam allison because again, he's done it way. non—league it the hard way.ller also had a spell with swindon was the swindon town as well. was on the books there. he's exactly the profile coming profile i want to see coming into in terms of into the game in terms of officials, come officials, because he's come from the route, don't from the playing route, we don't see want to see enough of that. i want to see. graduate see. i want to see graduate academy coming into academy rejects coming into refereeing. say to them, okay, you it the you didn't quite make it in the premier league or the championship but championship or whatever, but you is so you know, the standard is so high, why don't stay in the high, why don't you stay in the game? why don't you be an official? good official? it gives you a good living. to be among all living. you get to be among all the footballers, and you get to apply your knowledge acquired from play from being in the field of play and and and suffering the tackles and getting the red cards and yellow cards, nuances cards, understan

tell us sam allison. us about sam allison. >> so he has become the >> yes.an you believe it? >> why has there been such a long gap? >> well, this is the question on everyone's mind. i think there's a lot of conversation about the pipeline this, you know, are pipeline to this, you know, are we doing the right things in terms attracting right terms of attracting the right people? big people? there's some big diversity quotas to fill with this. about that, this. and talking about that, police actually police are actually investigating an alleged racist remark aimed at the luton striker, carlton morris, which took place during the match that he was refereeing . and of he was refereeing. and of course, the premier league have come out with full statement, come out with a full statement, um, giving their full support. and of course, um, you know, not condoning the actions, but we're seeing these so often now in the headlines. it seems every day there's new kind racist there's a new kind of racist issue popping up. issue that's popping up. >> been a big thing >> bu

meanwhile sam allison will also take charge of a top flight match on boxing day, making him the premiereferee. for 15 years. that's the news from gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> a heck of a lot to get through this hour. we start with this. is it time to put a hard fixed cap on immigration? today it emerged that 1 in 4 students from india and bangladesh apparently drop out of their university course . so come over university course. so come over here, your dependents , and here, bring your dependents, and just out and crack with just drop out and crack on with your up in scotland, your life. up in scotland, they've on they've gone full tonto on immigration, national immigration, scottish national party politician kirsty blackman says that she wants limitless people every year , right? people every year, right? >> the whole the whole idea , the >> the whole the whole idea, the whole trying to get, you know , whole trying to get, you know, win votes this on

meanwhile sam allison will also take charge of a top flight match on boxing day, making him the premiereferee. for 15 years. that's the news from gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> a heck of a lot to get through this hour. we start with this. is it time to put a hard fixed cap on immigration? today it emerged that 1 in 4 students from india and bangladesh apparently drop out of their university course . so come over university course. so come over here, your dependents , and here, bring your dependents, and just out and crack with just drop out and crack on with your up in scotland, your life. up in scotland, they've on they've gone full tonto on immigration, national immigration, scottish national party politician kirsty blackman says that she wants limitless people every year , right? people every year, right? >> the whole the whole idea , the >> the whole the whole idea, the whole trying to get, you know , whole trying to get, you know, win votes this on

sam b, as in bob way, have already implemented the smart camera trends for the endangered african elephants and those who protect them. the technology could mean the difference between life and death. in india, allison's and killed a different dangers to around 20 of them. i ship and killed by trains every year. that's why in a i warning system is being installed a long railroad tracks. sense of identifying operations on the ground caused by elephants and sent a warning signals to prevent collisions. it's undoubtedly an issue, but one was by the threat of global warming. 2023 was characterized by devastating fires around the world. greece, spain, hawaii, canada. in australia. hey i technology is now being used to help protect animals like the kangaroo and the koala from the effects of bush fires. a koala is on the move under the cover of night, just like these wallabies, the congress smaller because the for australian wildlife conservation of these images are a small victory. using camera traps, they are trying to find out how well different animal species are recovering from bush fires. so the camera takes the animals by a combination of movement and hate from the animals. so as the animal looks past