of the children from the can transport so when he found her he brought her home to his house and sunderland and said look i've found my refugee said he he got it from the very beginning if you like so he kidnapped her and took him to sunderland which. really wasn't that but she did very well and then he became ill and because he was very very successful he took played him three times in three months and his career was just taking off. to have a fantastic time away are the better and there are just too strong yeah there i had a brain tumor and then my mom had to learn how to survive without him and of course a friend of hers had just opened a nightclub in new castle and he asked her if he could ring up somebody to to book him and my mom then became an agent do you think knowing the background of your family if. you moved determined though or were the you know emotional drawbacks to it but i still think your values are very different when you know what you've come from because you are you know the child of a refugee. so therefore things that are transients don't mean that much i mean you know

sunderland are bottom of the championship.rough up sheffield united and middlesbrough up to seventh and eighth respectively after victor tonight. manchester city striker sergio aguerra will not face any action from the fa following a confrontation with a fan following the fa cup defeat against wigan. sergio aguero claimed he was spat at bya sergio aguero claimed he was spat at by a supporter. both clubs have been charged forfailing to by a supporter. both clubs have been charged for failing to control their players after fabian delph was sent off just before players after fabian delph was sent offjust before half—time. that preceded these ugly scenes after the full—time whistle. speed skater elise christie's medal hopes hinge on herfinal event, but the elise christie's medal hopes hinge on her final event, but the two—time world champion could not claim that medal she desperately craves as she was disqualified in her third and final event. first ever bronze medal in mixed doubles carling... from the lights to controversy, he c

the sunderland owner is prepared to give the club away for free.cording to sources close to the club. the london—based american took control of the club and the bbc has been told he is open to offers the buyer can be found to ta ke to offers the buyer can be found to take on the championship ‘s substantial debt. that could be around £140 million based on the last figures for the year ofjuly 20 16. british gymnastics have sacked the men's head coach following allegations of misconduct. he was named 2016 court of the year, but was suspended last september after investigation was launched into his behaviour and british gymnastics is citing eric and saleable differences afforded it was michael decision. the build—up to this weekend's six nations continues and joe schmidt will be without three irish lions players when his sidekick on wheels on saturday. andrew porter the game on saturday. andrew porter the game on against italy last time out will make his first six nations side in a front row. james ryan also replaces iain henderson who is out with a ha

up the road, sunderland was one area badly hit this morning. as blizzards swept through. which ended. of like stuck behind a vehicle. in front of you really. it really was. even cornwall got a covering. an opportunity for a different kind of boarding in the south—west. adding to the accumulations in kent and neighbouring counties. for several years, with canals freezing over. the reality again is that the severity of snowfall varied widely. there is no sign of things getting better yet. with that red weather warning in place. place. serious situation in other parts of england and wales. england and wales. medical work and getting people to and from hospital. and from hospital. major accident in nottinghamshire, on the a1, 16 vehicles involved. on the a1, 16 vehicles involved. not open until next week because of the severe weather. the severe weather. last train to london from the room was three hours late. was three hours late. people getting around in the uk at the moment. the moment. from durham, thank you. are warnings that the west is not over yet. over yet. weather forecast late

sunderland owner ellis short has revealed today that he is prepared to give the club away for free, that's. our sports news correspondent richard conway broke this story earlier and joins me now. richard, a significant change in attitude from the club's american owner, but anybody coming in will still have to find plenty of money? yes, that is a catch behind this. while he is no longer looking for a big fee for his equity, he had been looking for a £50 million, he had been reportedly looking for a when they were in the premier league but now, i understand he is giving the equity away for free and somebody comes and prepared to take on the significant debt that the clubhouse. it is about a. 17 million is owed to mr short and the balances owed to a financial institution so whoever comes in will have to take that debt on. it is quite a serious undertaking. so, ellis short makes no secret of the fact he wants to sell the club. those efforts are going i understand, but in terms of asking price, he is now looking to give the club away as long as someone will come in and take on the debt. thank y

three days, eight teams of girls from all over the continent will battle it out at silksworth in sunderlandmale tennis talent is fighting a fed cup campaign in estonia, 1800 miles away with side the next generation are taking their first steps on the ladder towards wimbledon. the young brits are playing in the tennis europe competition for under 12 girls, to tournament which in the past has included the likes of maria sharapova, petric a bit of and a australian open winner caroline wozniacki. this is the best competition for girls there is in europe. i do not think even in the world they do not have the world championships like they do under 111 so this one might be the best in the world. our challenge is to motivate and inspire them to keep going. every tournament there was one winner so as these girls learn about that except to lose are in important parts of tennis development. the battle we have is to keep him going, the game spits you up because there is one winner and hotels were not successful and ourjob is one winner and hotels were not successful and our job is is one winner and hot

it came up in the wake of the sunderland springs shooting. then we saw the tragic shooting in parkland. that became the focus of discussion. and what's happened since then is that democrats are now arguing that, look, this can't be the entirety of our debate about guns. this bill doesn't go far enough. so chuck schumer went on the senate floor and suggested that he wouldn't allow it to move to the floor because it really doesn't capture or wouldn't have fixed what went wrong in parkland. he urged a broader debate about other types of gun legislation that might -- that many of these students are advocating for. things like raising the age to buy an ar-15, potentially banning assault weapons, those kinds of things. conservatives are also concerned about this fixed nics bill, primarily the senate libertarians in the senate and rand paul who essentially say that it violates people's rights. what would this bill do? it would take data that already exists in many federal agencies like, for example, in the sunderland springs case, the air force. if

derby county and reading played out a 3—3 draw — sunderland left it late to claim the point. losing streak for the battling black cats. there were wins for millwall, leeds, ipswich, nottingham forest. norwich against bolton ended goaless. chelsea still lead the women's super league by a single point from manchester city after a dramatic 2—2 draw between the sides all in today's lunchtime kick—off. chelsea were two up inside 25 minutes, millie bright and then south korea'sji so—yun with the goals. but the home side struck back early in the second half through nikita parris and then, four minutes from time, georgia stanway with this spectacular effort, to help city keep up in the title race. there was drama in the early kick off between kilmarnock and hibs at rugby park. hibs were two up inside nine minutes. teenage defender ryan porteous got their second. killie pulled one back after the break and then won a penalty when porteus was adjudged to have handballed. hibs manager neil lennon was sent to the stand for his reaction. kris boyd's penalty was saved, but he scored from th

some kind of similarity you where is the story you must be i am aware of what happened after the sunderland summit between obama and those. as well because government doesn't want their leader to be. or to be radical. thank you so much for joining us today and getting us up to date with the story from china. thank you so. it has been a one week since thousands of arjen time truck drivers flooded the streets of ironies to protest the economic policies of president. the demonstrations are being seen as a testament ability to push for reform union leaders have a valve that if the creek continues pressing his economic overhaul they may call a trucking strike next month joining us to discuss this from one of diaries we have to go she's a correspondent for al-jazeera covering latin america. is a political commentator and spokesman for the national coalition it's good to have both of you here with us so one week in from the protest can you tell us what happened why did they get out onto the streets. well at least. it's there was basically we're going to hear of what the labor unions here are since

qpr beat bolton by the same scoreline while brentford were also 2—0 winners at sunderland. point for bottom—club ross county with a late strike against hearts at victoria park. hearts took the lead early in the second half, thanks to a kyle lafferty free—kick. that's his 14th of the season. but with 14 minutes left to play, right—back naismith grabbed the equaliser for the home side. they're now four points from safety. there were three other games in the scottish premiership today. hibernian beat second placed aberdeen 2—0. kilmarnock were 1—0 winners at motherwell, while dundee won 2—1 at partick thistle. in the rugby union premiership, leicester tigers boosted their chances of a top—six finish after beating harlequins at welford road. the two teams started the day separated by only a point and it was harlequins who opened the scoring. alofa alofa with the try after three minutes. but then australian matt toomua, who was playing at fly—half for the first time, produced an incredible performance, contributing 21 points. 33—18 the final score. a result that leaves leicester

elsewhere, sunderland came from 3—0 down to get a point at bristol city.ion with a rare away win at nottingham forest but that draw for derby allowed wolves to extend their lead at the top to 13 points, with a 2—1win over queens park rangers. cup weekend in scotland, a sombre mood for celtic and their fans, before they beat partick thistle they paid tribute to former player lee miller who died yesterday aged just 36 after a short battle with cancer. celtic led one—minute's silence for the former celtic and republic of ireland midfielder. flags were at half—mast. james forrest scored twice in the first half to give the home side the best possible start. a mistake by defenderjoseph samantha vic allowed the opposition back into the tie. james forrest completed his hat—trick in the second half. he helped celtic to the victory and a place in the quarterfinals. no real shocks elsewhere in the scottish cup. falkirk, motherwell, hearts, kilmarnock and morton all go although the focus of most rugby union fans will have been on the six nations, there are still some

he also played for manchester united, leeds and sunderland, and won 21 caps with the republic of irleandter, tobias ellwood, has suggested two members of the so—called islamic state group, who are from london, should be tried at the international criminal court in the hague. the bbc understands that the two — who were part of a unit thought to have murdered 27 hostages — have been stripped of their british citizenship. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. now, this is tobias ellwood. he was called a hero after giving first aid to pc keith palmer, the policeman who was stabbed to death during a terrorist attack last year. he also lost his brother in a terrorist attack in bali in 2002. now, mr ellwood, a defence minister has intervened over what should happen to these men, alexanda kotey, and el shafee elsheikh. they were part of a gang suspected of murdering alan henning, a driver and eight worker from eccles, and david haines, a long—time aid worker from perth. in interviews with the times and the daily telegraph, tobias ellwood demands what he calls an agreed international

up the road, sunderland was one area badly hit this morning.one point, as blizzards swept through. 0n the way in, we found steve trying to free his car, which ended up off the road. there was a lorry stuck there, so we were sort of like stuck behind a vehicle. and it was just like a sheet of, well, you can see virtually in front of you really. a white—out? it really was. even cornwall got a covering. an opportunity for a different kind of boarding in the south—west. south—east england ended up on the receiving end as well, adding to the accumulations in kent and neighbouring counties. the capital received its heaviest snow for several years, with canals freezing over. the reality again is that the severity of snowfall varied widely. there is no sign of things getting better yet. we are going to speak to nick miller later in the hour with an update. plenty more to come on that. we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages. at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the politi

sunderland, swindon or south wales. this isn't a project fear revisited.bs were lost and families suffered. suffered. japanese firms in wales was about 17,000 people. today, it is 2000. the united kingdom could lose 125,000 jobs with japanese firms. 125,000 jobs with japanese firms. party has understood the concerns of business. not over brexit, it seems. expressing their wish to stay in the single market and the customs union. single market and the customs union. but no, say the government's red lines. lines. businesses wish to have the freedom to employ foreign skills. freedom to employ foreign skills. but no, so the government's red lines. lines. partners in politics and business for decades to come. for decades to come. but no, say the government's red lines. government's red lines. only grand folly, it is bad politics. politics. the national interest must always be above the party interest. always be above the party interest. but my party should beware. mcdonald that prevents a haemorrhage of business support. of business support. of a hard brexit wit

sunderland owner ellis short is prepared to give the club away for free, according to sources close toears ago and the bbc‘s been told he's open to offers if a buyer can be found to take on the championship side's substantial debt. that could be around £140 million, based on the last published figures for the year to july 2016. the pressure will be on british women's curling team tomorrow as they target that gold medal in pyeongchang during their semi final. a place on the podium for eve muirhead would see team gb meet their five medal target. earlier on the men missed out on their place in the semi final after they lost their play—off to switzerland 9—5. it was looking good for the men with just two ends to play, but a five—point stone from the swiss in the penultimate end saw them advance. we came in ourfirst olympics and we gave our best shot. we made the play—offs. we had a good game today, but it wasn't to be, sadly. a couple of things did not go our way, a couple of half shots, that is all it ta kes couple of half shots, that is all it takes against a team as good as them. there

sunderland springs, this mass murderer was able to go and mow down a church because, why, the air force his conviction. the fact that he was mentally unstable to the nik system whice organization that i represent, 5 million plus members average everyday americans, moms and dads, they do the school run, they go to the grocery stores, they're students, hunters, they're people like me who simply don't want to be assaulted in the parking lot if i go to the grocery store and get a gallon of milk at night, they are people like us and we will not be gas lighted into thinking that we're responsible for a tragedy that we had nothing to do with. it is not our job to follow up on red flags. it is not our job to make sure that states are reporting to the background check system. it is not our job, a failure of law enforcement is not a failure of the law. it is a failure of enforcement. now, if all of those in the legacy media are arguing for the nra to give us the authority and the resources to go and follow-up on these red flag events, i'll volunteer right here and now to do it. we have resources

are in shock with this news, i certainly was, as a leeds van, he play for manchester united and sunderlandengland openers jason roy and alex hayles, had already gone, australia‘s david warner picks up the ball and mid dive throws it straight at the stumps and davide malan, was run out — england, who lost their opening match, now 120—5. the ball was really hugging the ground as it went along... i have never seen ground as it went along... i have never seen anything like that. england lost their opening match, they are now 120—5. something else special for you, talking england and wales... back in 1947 harry walker made his england debut against wales. 71 years later, he still remembers the game with fond memories because england won 9-6. fond memories because england won 9—6. today the teams meet again in the six nations championship and harry will be hoping for a similar result. ian winterjoined the world‘s oldest international player at his 103rd birthday celebrations in coventry. iamso i am so pleased to see all of you so and sos here... laughter it is incredible. happy birthday, harry w

it's not just car sunderland plant for nissan.out a deal they could face terrorist, 10%, on what they export. —— they could face tariffs. they want something more than an assurance, they want a concrete deal or agreement. it's worth remembering what they are still talking about is the transition agreement that they needin the transition agreement that they need in place by the end of march next year. this doesn't even get on to the longer term trade deal which they will have greater interest in hearing about. you'll be back in the next hour. it'll be a pleasure, see you later. louise lear has the weather. good afternoon everybody. this is what we started off with this morning in suffolk: minus six degrees with clear blue skies and sunshine. that is not how we'll close the day. cloud and rain moving in. if we look at the lake district, you can see a beautiful scene. some rain around, umbrella is necessary. some of the rain will pep up as we go through the evening. the frontal system moving in from the atlantic as we speak, here it

shootings in this country, new town, san bernardino, las vegas, the pulse shooting in orlando, sunderland springs. do we need to have some changes at the atf and others about who can buy this type of weapon? >> you know, look, norah, you know better than anybody, there's been these debates about putting these restrictions. the nra says that's a slippery slope. you begin down that path. people ought to remember this was -- the ar, the assault rifle was really intended for military use, right. i think of that from my time in government as being a weapon used by the u.s. military overseas. we understand that law enforcement, people in uniform, have an absolute need for it. but this is a debate. look, we had an assault weapon ban. it expired. and the politicians in washington don't seem to be willing to continue to have that -- >> so the 19-year-old who had been kicked out of school be able to buy that gun the question. >> no. the one issue i wanted to raise is the social media companies. in this case, youtube should take that comment down when it was identified to him. >> that comment exactl

for example, nissan has the largest place in sunderland.ll these questions that are likely to be posed to theresa may and the chancellor, really asking for help and reassurance that the trading relationships in the future will be beneficial to try and make sure that these japanese companies stay here in the uk. because most of the cars me there are exported to the cars me there are exported to the eu, so these companies will be looking for some sort of guidance and clarity on what tariffs potentially they might face post—brexit. potentially they might face post-brexit. yes, if we have a no deal, they fear there could be ta riffs deal, they fear there could be tariffs up to 10%, which would be hugely damaging for the japanese companies based there. a leaked government report said that the north—east in particular if that is north—east in particular if that is no deal, the economy could suffer by around 16%. but it's also drugs companies, japanese drugs companies have invested billions in the economy over the years. and a number of japanese b

of course, nissan in sunderland, jaguar land rover nearby. them after brexit as well. you are watching breakfast. still to come this morning: there is no shortage of glitz and glamour on the dancefloor, and now blackpool tower ballroom's crystal chandeliers are getting the star treatment, too. breakfast‘s tim muffet is there. and he is on the dancefloor look at that. tim, you smoothly. well, hello. a bit of a moment, the biggest clean—up in more than 50 years biggest clean—up in more than 50 yea r5 of biggest clean—up in more than 50 years of blackpool tower, and bev i5 helping me through this ballroom wa ltz. helping me through this ballroom waltz. and the chandeliers take some cleaning. we will be seeing that a little later on. first, the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. the high court is expected to rule today on whether a multimillion—pound housing project proposed by haringey council is lawful. hundreds of protestors gathered ahead of a council meeting last night in which li

sunderland is a two hundred dollar. so that cylons are no that's. another bad sign is a lot of those are those. meters it did not sort of that is our one year off now the designs are there is that the length of support the plane crashed in a remote mountainous area close to its destination according to media reports wreckage has now been found in the area where it came down press t.v. journalist youssef jalali reports from tehran. due to adverse weather conditions due to our foggy weather the pilot lost his vision and he was trying to find a place where he can make an emergency landing and according to eyewitnesses in this city of sydney room he was trying to land and make an emergency landing on a pasture but unfortunately on this process the plane crashed. the plane was operated by arson airlines is the third largest carrier in iran that operates domestic and regional services and local media reports claim this particular aircraft had suffered technical problems in the past the a.t.r. seventy two turbo prop is a french italian short haul aircraft