other clubs at the bottom, crystal palace, swansea, do they have enough to stay safe, west brom?haps overachievement from tony pulis who last season said the club had not signed players he wanted but they finished in the top ten and they made a big deal of it in the midlands. clearly the players were good enough to do it last season but you look at the relegation zone, one point above west ham and two above swa nsea, point above west ham and two above swansea, very close for two teams who want an extra bounce. west brom infora who want an extra bounce. west brom in for a worrying few weeks. also coming up in the programme... michael owen — footaller, turned horse trainer, nowjockey. find out why he's donning the silks.. but before that, england have arrived in brisbane ahead of the first ashes test with australia, which starts on thursday. joe root‘s side hold the urn after victory here two years ago and will be desperate to make a good start, which will be far from easy at the gabba, where the hosts have not lost a test in 27 years. andy swiss is there. welcome and behind me you

that is one man that had a struggling team, paul clement of swansea.fter this game, glenn murray scored four in his last three brighton, 33 years of age. chris hughton doing a greatjob at brighton. i wondered why he doesn't get mentioned for biggerjobs, not talking him out of his currentjob. for swansea, they are in the relegation zone now, three defeats ina row relegation zone now, three defeats in a row in the premier league, an uncomfortable international break for paul clement. when the goal went in, we lost our shape and identity. in the second half, we had two big chances. blocked on the line and a fantastic chance at the end. but over all, the performance is disappointing. when i look at the team, i see a team that is really low in terms of confidence. i see a crowd that's very frustrated with what they're seeing. but there is no one more frustrated and disappointed than me. if you can stay in the game, you've always got that chance. we know there are going to be games where there aren't going to be masses of chances. we've got to make sure that

with the matches at the bottom, we can see swansea dropping into the bottom three.orrow against watt tord. —— watford. maybe time to bring in a new manager. here are tomorrow's matches. starts with the london derby, spurs against palace and manchester city against arsenal. chelsea have a great record at home against manchester united and have lost just one against manchester united and have lostjust one of 15. against manchester united and have lost just one of 15. always friction with jose mourinho lost just one of 15. always friction withjose mourinho back in time. yes. and can david unsworth do anything to get the everton job? the pressure is on them. no more goals at the london stadium. still 3—1 to liverpool with 25 minutes left. thank you. john will be back at 7.30 to have a full update on those matches. there are 27 fa cup first round ties today. nine teams have fallen to teams from lower divsions, including three league sides have come unstuck against non—league opposition. oxford city and maidstone are celebrating tonight, as are national league boreham woo

their 2—0 win at home to swansea keeps them seventh and swansea city in the bottom three.since their last league defeat but they had to wait until 12 minutes from time to beat ross county — leigh griffiths‘ free kick the difference between the sides. hamilton, stjohnstone and motherwell also won england's women have lost the ashes — but they've won their penultimate t20 of the series in australia to save a bit of face. england set the aussies a total of 153 to win in canberra, and then bowled the aussies out for 112 to win by a0 runs, withjenny gunn taking four wickets justin rose leads in the final round of the race to dubai. he is four under parfor of the race to dubai. he is four under par for today's around. 19 okoro. leeds following this man tommy fleetwood five shots. who would have predicted this final of the atp world tour finals at the start of the week? grigor dimitrov against david goffin dimitrov saw off american jack sock, but belgian goffin sprung the biggest surprise of the finals by beating roger federer in three sets. he said the win gave him so much happi

swansea are still deepin fantastic result. burnley. crystal palace and everton and disarray. let's look at the top of the table and see how much that united's when has caused them. they are still eight points behind manchester city. look across to second place to seven places. anything could happen in those european spots will stop google get that champions league spot? 16 consecutive wins for much the city, they could be gone. can anyone touch them? we can be talking about an invincible season. let's look at the bottom of the table. west ham, david murray ‘s charged tomorrow. bottom of the table. west ham, david murray 's charged tomorrow. usually about the new manager syndrome and a win for west ham at watford would see them out of the bottom three and the psychological boost could be huge for stop it is quite state at the bottom so apart from pallister and a terrible state, anything happen. thank you. in the scottish premiership, celtic have extended their record unbeaten domestic run to 64 games with a 1—0 victory over ros

it is just as tight at the other end, swansea are also in the drop zone and west brom stay out of thents from safety, away at southampton tomorrow. there were just two games in the scottish premiership today. hibernian missed the chance to go second in the table after drawing one all at hamilton academical. hearts have now gone 5 games without a win after they played out a goal—less draw with ross county. in the championship, leeds beat yorkshire rivals barnsley two—nil to move up to 8th in the table. first—half goals from samuel saiz and ezgjan alioski helped leeds to a comfortable victory. for barnsley, that's now two successive home defeats. elsewhere in the championship aston villa beat ipswich 2 nil, chris coleman got his first win as manager of sunderland — they beat burton two nil and move off the bottom of the table — it's their first win since mid august. fulham beat millwall one nil. bristol city came from 2 nil down to win 3—2 at hull city. there were also convincing wins for derby and wolves. that is a round—up of the football now. that is a round—up of the football now. s

there are 2— nil when at home to swansea keeps them seventh and swa nsea to swansea keeps them seventhoss county. leigh griffiths with a free kick. hamilton, stjohnstone and motherwell one. england women have lost the ashes but they have won their penultimate t20 of the series in australia to save some face. they could still draw the series. they won by 40 runs, withjenny gunn taking four wickets. there will be a straight shoot out between two englishman for a golf‘s race to dubai title. justin rose has a two shot lead over tommy fleetwood going into the final round. should either of them go on to win the tournament, they will top the money list for the year on the european tour. and who would have predicted this final of the atp tour finals at the start of the atp tour finals at the start of the week? it is grigor dimitrov against david goffin. dimitrov beat jak scott —— jack sock. gough and beat roger federer in three sets. he said the win gave him so much happiness. for a federer it was only his fifth defeat of the year. only five matches lost in the whole season. he should be on th

swansea striker tammy abraham called up swansea striker tammy abraham called up after five goals this hopes there is a way back for ben stokes. the influential all—rounder was excluded from the upcoming ashes series after his arrest back in september. i‘ll have more no stories just after half past. —— more on the those stories. the state prosecutor in spain has asked a court to issue a european arrest warrant for the former catalan president, carles puigdemont, after he failed to attend a court hearing. mr puigdemont has travelled to belgium along with four members of his cabinet, saying the climate in spain wasn‘t good. they‘re facing charges of rebellion and sedition for trying to declare independence for catalonia from spain. two men have been charged with negligence following the deaths of three soldiers after an s—a—s selection march in the brecon beacons. lance corporal craig roberts, lance corporal edward maher and corporaljames dunsby died — after attempting the 16 mile march on the hottest day of 20—13. a coroner ruled parts of the planning and conduct of the march were inade

chelsea are still third after a 1—0 win over swansea.ending champions had manager antonio conte sent to the stands in the first half but they took the lead after the break through antonio rudiger. the summer signing from roma with the only goal of the game. arsenal are still fourth they thrashed huddersfield 5—0 at the emirates. alexandre lacazette opened the scoring afterjust minutes and the gunners never looked back. two goals for giroud, with sanchez and ozil also on the scoresheet. we started well and then we lost our urgency. when we scored the second goal, suddenly everybody played more freely and offer better technical quality. it shows what we are capable of doing. elsewhere, mohamed salah scored twice as liverpool won 3—0 at stoke to move up to fifth. burnley are up to sixth after winning 2—1 at bournemouth. and wayne rooney scored a hat—trick as everton thrashed west ham 4—0. an interested spectator was the former england manager sam allardyce who's set to be named as the new everton manager on thursday. in france, paris saint—

the swansea striker abraham is included.n top—flight appearances he is currently on loan from chelsea as is currently on loan from chelsea as is ruben loftus—cheek, currently with crystal palace. there's a new face in defence as well with the inclusion of liverpool defenderjoe gomez. i talked after the last games about how we needed to qualify. we ke pt about how we needed to qualify. we kept the squad together to do that and one of the keys was how do we have all the team and then improve performances between now and summer. we want a bit of experimentation in that. these are two brilliant games to have a look at people because if they can go in and perform at this level we will know a lot more about them. new fixtures for the 2019 rugby world cup announced today. wales starting against georgia while scotla nd wales starting against georgia while scotland kick—off against ireland. england opening against tonga.|j think it's a great start for us. you have to when the games anyway but to play tonga and the usa at the start an

antonio conte was sent to the stands in the first half but antonio rudiger scored the only goal to beat swanseaare up to fifth after beating stoke 3—0. have a new manager. to that otherjob announcement, west bromwich albion have a new manager. alan pardew is back in work after 11 months, signing a contract at the hawthornes through to 2020. there hears. —— there he is. he was sacked at palace in december, coincidentally making way then for sam allardyce. pardew replaces tony pulis who lost his job last week , they haven't won a match in any competition since august. my my teams play on the front foot and try to put teams under pressure. we sometimes get a bloody nose in doing that. that is what i will deliver here at west brom. ultimately, hopefully, somewhere along that line we can get up to 1.5, 1.7 point per game. i think i have achieved that in the past at certain times at clu bs. in the past at certain times at clubs. that is what i hope to do here. in scotland, celtic managed to keep their unbeaten run in domestic fixtures going but only just — a controversial scott sinclair penalty in th

brighton are up to eighth in the table after beating swansea i—o. bottom three. at a british record 63. that beats their old mark that had stood for 100 years. for only the second time. afterwards rodgers credited his players. it means everything. professionalism, of playing and creating high standards every day. creating high standards every day. pitches, being tired in games, going behind, semi—finals, finals. behind, semi—finals, finals. deserve all the credit they get for it. it. in seven winning away at borussia dortmund. dortmund. a goalfrom robbens set them on their way. them on their way. were wins for valencia and atletico madrid. espanyol lost. at the rugby league world cup defeating lebanon 29—10 in sydney. team at the tournament. but propjames graham was just pleased with the win. we got the victory this week, which was important to us. was important to us. tournament that i think we are going to build into. to build into. today where i thought we were good and sometimes a bit indifferent. and sometimes a bit indifferent. you have got to

then upfront, tammy abraham, on loan from chelsea, at swa nsea, abraham, on loan from chelsea, at swanseahe had a great opportunity to put england in front in the first half of the that was deflected wide. for a first performance at senior level, he will be very pleased, as well. five debuta nts level, he will be very pleased, as well. five debutants in total and i think cause for optimism. tonight was a night of firsts, so many players playing for the first time and be in the players were wearing poppies for the first time. and also the use of video technology. was that used? the video system has been tested around the world. tonight it came to england for an official match for the first time. it is used to clear up match for the first time. it is used to clearup and match for the first time. it is used to clear up and correct decisions that are controversial around goals and around penalty incidents and around red cards and cases of mistaken identity. there was not one example of it in use tonight and that shows what a good job the referee on the field of play date. be in no doubt that

s and brighten up to eight on the table when they beat swa nsea eight on the table when they beat swanseadrop into the bottom three. 27 fa cup first—round ties today and three league sides have come unstuck against nonleague opposition, 0xford city will be celebrating right now i'm sure, their club at their first ever win in the competition over a leg side, the 56 places below lead to colchester, early in the second half goal was enough to put them into the second round. national league maidstone united pulled off a shop with a convincing 11—2 victory over cheltenham. the fourth and final goal. national league borehamwood came from behind the knockout league 0ne came from behind the knockout league one side blackpool 2—1 was the score. and 80th minute winner. it gave the home fans at metropark victory to celebrate. england have got theirfirst win victory to celebrate. england have got their first win of the rugby league world cup, are far from convincing performance against levin on at after defeat against australia and importa on at after defeat against australia and import a result of t

first call ups, to my players on loan for chelsea, ruben loftus—cheek at crystal palace, and the swansearaham, as well as the liverpool defenderjoe gomes, and gareth southgate certainly has a firm emphasis on youth in his squad. i spoke after the last games about how we needed to qualify. we kept the squad together to do that, then one of the keys was, ok, how do we evolve the team and improve our performances between now and the summer? and we want a bit of experimentation within that. these are two brilliant games to have a look at people, because if they can go in and perform at this level we will know a lot more about them. gareth southgate on his squad looking ahead to the forthcoming games at wembley against germany and brazil. regarding the captaincy, no change in that situation from the england manager, but having a word with him, certainly there is no place ensured for anybodyjust yet looking ahead to that 23 man squad for russia next summer. that was ian dennis reporting from wembley today. and the full squad can be found on the bbc sport website. after the departure of ronald

callum wilson swansea? he plays a bournemouth, but they are taking on swansea.o has been out injured for such a long time, one of his children almost forgot is a footballer. have a look. tel is a bit about your son. he obviously now thinks you are a footballer again.|j thinks you are a footballer again.|j think he thought i was a super fan. he had never seen me play. he would always say, daddy, when will you play? it felt to him that i was not a footballer. we went into the club shop to get him a shirt at the beginning of the season and he asked for another player. i said, this has to change because daddy does play and now he once my name on the back of his shirt again. we will have a look at the west ham game. john mozz will bejoined by look at the west ham game. john mozz will be joined by the at wembley. steve parrish. yes, the palace co—owner and chairman. watford? interesting situation. marco silver, rumours that he will be going to everton. everton still haven't got a manager. we will be talking about the managerial merry—go—round. manager. we will be talk

this report coming from a research paper by data scientists at swansea university and the universitycalifornia berkeley. it appears most of these tweets were from automated bots and cyborgs with little human influence. and most of the tweets seen by the newspaper say they encourage people to vote to leave the eu, an outcome which russia would have regarded as destabilizing for the european union. but the paper points out there were pro remain tweets as well, suggesting that the goal may have been to sow division which hit fits the government's stance here. brexit has been a divisive subject here as the british government struggles to come to agreement to end the relationship with the european union. phillip and frances? >> a disturbingly familiar accusation. chapman, thank you. >>> still ahead, some southwest passengers were in for a treat. >>> plus, the growing controversy over the costumes in "justice league versus wonder woman." we'll explain when we come back. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found someth

swansea striker tammy abraham is in, as is ruben loftus—cheek of crystal palace.ez loftus—cheek of crystal palace. liverpool'sjoe gomez is the third. england have been handed a favourable draw in the opening matches of the 2019 rugby world cup, they open against tonga and the united states. ajones says they will have no excuses if they'd win. and england batsmen mark stoneman says he hopes ben stokes borstal feature in the forthcoming series. the influential all—rounder has not been selected after his arrest back in september. i will be back with more on all those stories that have passed. at westminster, gavin williamson is the new defence secretary. sir michael fallon stood down last night, saying his conduct had ‘fallen short‘ of the required standards , after allegations of inappropriate behaviour. sir michael is the first politician to resign following recent claims of sexual harassment at westminster. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. the man on the right is usually responsible for defending theresa may, especially from critics on her own side

their 2—0 win at home to swansea keeps them seventh and swansea city in the bottom three.to beat ross county — leigh griffiths' free kick the difference between the sides. hamilton, stjohnstone and motherwell also won england's women have lost the ashes — but they've won their penultimate t20 of the series in australia to save a bit of face. england set the aussies a total of 153 to win in canberra, and then bowled the aussies out for 112 to win by 40 runs, withjenny gunn taking four wickets very exciting golf. they are on the course. a straight shoot out for the race to dubai title betweenjustin rose and tommy fleetwood. rose has regained his lead. should either of them win the tournament, they will top the money list for the year on the european tour. who would have predicted this final of the atp world tour finals at the start of the week? grigor dimitrov against david goffin dimitrov saw off american jack sock, but belgian goffin sprung the biggest surprise of the finals by beating roger federer in three sets. he said the win gave him so much happiness whilst federer s

brighton are up to eighth in the ta ble after brighton are up to eighth in the table after beating swanseae come unstuck against nonleague competition. oxford will be celebrating. they got the first win over a leg side in the competition. and the header in the second half put them on the second round. and a convincing 4—0 victory over cheltenham. the fourth and final goal here. borehamwood came from behind to knock out blackpool. there was an 88th minute winner. the home fa ns was an 88th minute winner. the home fans had a memorable victory to zabret. after the opening defeat against australia, disappointing. england led 22— six at half time. very, very poor after the break. a 29— 10 victory. it was a win marred by allegations of biting, a claim made by the lebanon captain. there was an amazing 12 try match at port elizabeth. 36—0 with three minutes remaining. all stars regain second place. —— ulster. and a bonus point thanks to this last man a breakthrough. the fifth consecutive win in all competitions. and that is all your sport for now. president trump has visited pearl harbour in a mar

after impressing for swansea city tammy abrahams started up front, he came close but like germany englandldn't find a breakthrough and it finished goalless. really encouraging team performance. some encouraging individual performances. we played a top team, had a few problems early in the game. but jordan made some super saves, and we really showed good composure with the ball. their system caused us a few problems, i was caused a few problems. but we created some really good chances. wales were beaten by an impressive looking french team in a friendly in paris. this neat volley gave the hosts the lead, although wales and the new generation of young players impressed at times, olivier giroud of arsenal made it 2—0 with the severed. lu ka ku of arsenal made it 2—0 with the severed. lukaku equalled the all—time belgians scoring record after scoring twice in their friendly 3—3 draw with mexico. belgium are now unbeaten in 1a matches, through to the world cup finals in russia next summer. that was lu ka ku finals in russia next summer. that was lukaku in action. the autumn international rugby

swansea beat burnley.mped to a 3—0 win at home to southampton. roma moved above lazio into third with victory in the rome derby. natalie are currently 2—0 up against ac milan. —— naphthalene. real madrid and atletico madrid are currently level in the madrid derby. by munich pulled six points clear with a win. in rugby union, england have beaten australia by 30—6 to make it five straight wins over the wallabies. that scoreline did not reflect the balance of play. our sports correspondent was at twickenham watching the action. england, the home side, ran away with the game in the drizzle as the match slipped away from australia. only in the closing few minutes was the match settled and certain. at key points in the match the australian coach was visibly fuming at the decisions. an australian try disallowed and offside at a crucial time. at one point australia were reduced to 13 men. england can say they have great finishers to bring off the bench to make a finishers to bring off the bench to makea game finis

elsewhere there were wins for crystal palace, manchester united and watford while it was goalless between swanseap today. hibernian missed the chance to go second in the table after drawing 1—1 at hamilton academical. hearts have now gone 5 games without a win after they played out a goalless draw with ross county. england's cricketers have an almighty battle on their hands when play resumes in the first ashes test in brisbane in around three and a half hours time. on day three they were frustrated by aussie captain steve smith who completed a battling unbeaten century to help his side into a first innings lead. england then lost two quick second innings wickets with former captain alastair cook failing again — he fell to a bouncer from josh hazlewood for just 7 and hazlewood struck again to remove james vince for 2.. so england will resume on 33 for 2 — a lead ofjust 7 runs. lewis hamilton's hopes of ending the formula one season with a win suffered a blow after being beaten by his mercedes team mate in qualifying for the abu dhabi grand prix. valtteri bottas smashed the track record at the yas

no goals between swansea and bournemouth. go to bbc.com/football for details. and out the ashes.now, with a lead ofjust seven runs. here is oui’ hours from now, with a lead ofjust seven runs. here is our sports correspondent. the first two days of these test match were pretty much level pegging, you have to say that australia now have the edge at the end of day three. england are 33—2, at the close, a lead ofjust seven runs. they lost two wickets in a torrid vinyl session. alistair cooke and james vince both out. captain joe root were stuck on the helmets, frankly he is ok, but it was a difficult closing hour. they had started early on in the day well, they took three early wickets. they looked to be heading for a lead, but then a brilliant innings from steve smith, 141, not out, he guided australia with a little help from pat cummins, who‘s scored an important 42. australia edging ahead, thanks to a stunning performance from steve smith. they will now feel that they have the advantage going into day for. if they can getjoe root‘s wicket early, they have got a strong chance of wi

swansea just missed out on taking the points managing a goalless trial told to bournemouth.e of the top four gets tighter, liverpool and watford in the miguel burnley and arsenal battle it out tomorrow. and it is just a tight at the other end, palace remain rooted to the bottom despite their win today, west brom stay one point out of the bottom three and everton are two points out of safety. there were just two games in the scottish premiership today. hibernian missed the chance to go second in the table after drawing one all at hamilton academical. hearts have now gone 5 games without a win after they played out a goal—less draw with ross county. in the championship, leeds beat yorkshire rivals barnsley two—nil to move up to 8th in the table. first—half goals from samuel saiz and ezgjan alioski helped leeds to a comfortable victory. for barnsley, that's now two successive home defeats. elsewhere in the championship aston villa beat ipswich 2 nil, chris coleman got his first win as manager of sunderland — they beat burton two nil and move off the bottom of the table — it's t

then upfront, tammy abraham, on loan from chelsea, at swa nsea, abraham, on loan from chelsea, at swanseated wide. for a first performance at senior level, he will be very pleased, as well. five debuta nts level, he will be very pleased, as well. five debutants in total and i think cause for optimism. tonight was a night of firsts, so many players playing for the first time and be in the players were wearing poppies for the first time.

all the big guns winning, chelsea stay third with their victory over swansea, arsenal thrashed huddersfieldcored a hat—trick as everton thrashed west ham 4—0. and how about this for one of football's biggest career changes? from the dugout to the desert. the former chelsea and tottenham manager andre villas—boas has left his position as boss of chinese side shanghai sipg, next up for him is competing in the dakar rally — as you do. the 40—year—old, whose uncle took part in 1982 edition, will drive a toyota hilux in the car category. the race starts in peru on the sixth of january. now, here's what's been catching our eye on social media. if you're a sports fan and someone who likes their art, how about this for a dream job? paris—based artist pierre navarro has made a career out of designing football boots for some of the game's biggest stars. he's made one off designs for the likes of didier drogba, romelu lukaku, pierre—emerick aubameyang, and ronaldinho. navarro has even fully crystallised boots — which take over a week to do a pair! you can get all the latest sports news at our website

brighton are up to eighth in the table after beating swansea, i—0.opped into the bottom three. there were 27 fa cup first round ties today. and three league sides have come unstuck against non—league opposition. oxford city will be celebrating after the club's first win in the competition over a league side. they're 56 league places below league two colchester but matt paterson's header early in the second half was enough to put them into the second round. national league maidstone united pulled off a shock with a convincing 4—2 victory over league two cheltenham. the fourth goal here from delano sam—yorke. national league boreham wood who came from behind to knock out league one side blackpool. 2—1 was the score. dan holman with the 88th minute match winner to give the home fans at meadow park a memorable victory to celebrate. england have their first win at the rugby league world cup. it was far from convincing against lebanon but after their opening defeat against australia it was very important. the lebanese are the lowest ranked team at the tour

swansea still in trouble, losing 2—0 at burnley. crystal palace drawing with everton.e top of the table. united are still playing at the moment. i know it is early days, but is anyone going to stop manchester city? david pleat says he feels that manchester city can go through the season unbeaten. i was not surprised to hear that. i think manchester city can and probably will end the season like that. look how tight it is between second and seventh, the european slots will be fought over, went they? totte n ha m , be fought over, went they? tottenham, a real opportunity missed. let's have a look at the bottom. we we re let's have a look at the bottom. we were talking about west brom, they really need to turn something around here. west ham play their first game under david moyes and if they win... if they get the win, west ham will move out of the bottom three. then you have to question what is tony pulis' future. thank goodness that the premier league is back, it is a big weekend. in the scottish premiership, celtic have extended their record unbeaten domestic run to 6

swansea are still deep in the drop zone, well beaten by burnley.r united are home to newcastle. in scotland celtic extended their run of unbeaten games to 64 with a 1—0 win over ross county. aberdeen lost ground on the champions after they lost 2—0 at home to motherwell. bottom of the table dundee drew 0—0 with kilmarnock. a steven mclean goal in injury time gave stjohnstone their first win in seven games — they won 2—1 at hibernian. and there was a 2—0 defeat for rangers — hamilton academical beating them in the league at ibrox for the first time since 1926. justin rose is making a spectacular late charge to win golf‘s "race to dubai" title for the highest money winner on the european tour. he's now leading the final event — the tour championship by a shot going into the last round while his rival tommy fleetwood is two shots behind him. david goffin has shocked tennis fans by knocking roger federer out of the world tour finals in london. the seven—time winner, federer was this year's favourite in the absence of nadal, djokovic and murray, but he'

the other end, after impressing as swansea this season, tammy abraham started up front. and the game finished 1—0 0—0. really encouraging team performance. some encouraging individual performances. a top team, had a view problems early in the game. but managed to —— jordon problems early in the game. but managed to ——jordon meets problems early in the game. but managed to —— jordon meets super saves, and we really showed good composure with the ball. their system cause us composure with the ball. their system cause us a composure with the ball. their system cause us a few problems and the other way round. but we have created is a really good chances. wales were beaten by the impressive looking france in a friendly in paris. antoine griezmann‘s volley that gave the dominant hosts the lead, and although the match offered some welsh hope, with a new generation of young players such as arsenal's olivier giroud, making it 2-0 with arsenal's olivier giroud, making it 2—0 with a deflected effort. wales mist out on a place in qualifying and will not finish in the world cup next

swansea beat burnley. crystal palace drew with managerless everton.uthampton. in the scottish premiership, celtic have extended their record unbeaten domestic run to 64 games with a 1—0 victory over ross county, courtesy of leigh griffiths' free kick from 25 yards with 12 minutes to go. meanwhile, aberdeen lost ground on the leaders after they lost 2—0 at home to motherwell. and there was a 2—0 defeat for rangers, hamilton beating them in the league at ibrox for the first time since 1926. in rugby union's autumn internationals, an impressive win for eddiejones' england at twickenham. they scored four tries as they ran out 30 points to six winners over jones's native australia. but, asjoe wilson reports, it was a closer encounter than the scoreline suggested. the bricks and mortar are the same but english rugby union is now defined by an australian. eddiejones has rebuilt it all with a cautious smile. eyeing up the posts, owen farrell, back in the starting line—up, partly to do this. on a day of persistent drizzle, any points were gratefully received.

no goals between swansea and bournemouth.cond in the table after drawing 1—1 at hamilton academical. they took the lead through simon murray but antonio rojano equalised with just over a quarter of an hour to go at new douglas park. hearts have now gone five games without a win after they played out a goal—less draw with ross county. now to the ashes. england will resume in around a0 minutes from now on 33/2 in their second innings going into day a of the first test in brisbane — a lead ofjust seven runs over australia. despite england's apparently precarious position, their fast bowler stuart broad thinks it's still fairly even. the previous three days have been nothing if we don't get to write tomorrow but as i say it is sort of in our hands, someone goes and play safe steve smith type not, gets the bowlers into their third orfourth speu bowlers into their third orfourth spell tomorrow, we are in the driving seat. and you can follow what promises to be a really tense and crucial day on test match special tonight 11:30. play

there was subsequent meetings, not in israel, once in the united kingdom and house of commons and swanseafurther meetings with senior israeli figures. they were not organised and reported back in the usual way, they were freelancing. and we have learnt and establishing allegation, a report by an israeli newspaper, that during this trip, there were not 12 meetings as priti patel said on monday, there was a 13th and that was a visit to an israeli defence force killed hospital in the golan heights. this isa hospital in the golan heights. this is a part of the world that the british government does not recognise israel's occupation of it, not a place where british ministers ever go as far as we can tell and yet priti patel went, again without telling the rest of her government. thank you. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. priti patel is back in london at about half past three this afternoon and she will see the prime minister, we understand. if she does go and she loses herjob, that is two cabinet ministers that have gone in less tha n cabinet ministers that hav

this is swansea. quite a bit of cloud. some breaks. some sunshine.ing. getting close to put in the midlands as well. birmingham not farfrom it as the midlands as well. birmingham not far from it as well by 11. splashes of rain in the south—east corner. sunny spells. sunshine for the north of the country. severe gale force in shetland. rain and hail and of the country. severe gale force in shetland. rain and hailand hill snow. for the most part, a sunny afternoon. by this stage, the cloud is in east anglia. patchy rain. nothing too heavy. 13—14 before cloud and patchy rain arrives. pushing through quickly during the first part of the evening rush—hour. clearer skies. cold air tonight for everyone. the exception is the channel islands. here, the temperature is. this is the friday morning commute. widespread frost. a crisps start to friday. cold. a lot brighter as well. england and wales and northern ireland, sunny skies. sunshine. punctuated by further frequent showers through the day to be rain and hail and sleet and hill snow. these are the temperatu

ruben loftus—cheek is 21 years old and tammy abraham, 20 years old, the chelsea striker on loan at swanseaes this year before england play two more friendlies in march and then the world cup squad is named, but the england fans will get a chance to see some new faces. as well as seeing the new faces, there is new technology on show tonight. many people are reflecting on northern ireland's disappointment with the debatable refereeing decision in their world cup play—off last night but there will not be any of those problems hopefully tonight? that northern ireland decision would have been amended with video assisted referee system which will be used here. the first time it has been used in an official match in the uk. it is to correct major errors in match changing moments such as goals, red cards or penalty situations. it will be really interesting to see how that plays out tonight. it is a controversial system. also, england will be wearing poppies, germany as well on an armband. they did it lasted and they were punished for doing so, but are the rules mean it will be allowed and remembra

swansea striker tammy abra ham is included, despite only ten top—flight appearances — he's currentlyn loftus—cheek, the midfielder who is currently with crystal palace, he's also included. and there's a new face in defence with the inclusion of liverpool's joe gomez. i talked after the last games about how we needed to qualify. we kept the squad together to do that, and one of the keys was how do we both the team and improved our performances between now and the summer. performances between now and the summer. and we want a bit of experimentation within that. these are two brilliant games to have a look at people, because, if they can go in and perform at this level, we'll know a lot more about them. the groups for the 2019 rugby world cup have been announced. wales will start against georgia while scotland kick off against ireland. england open against tonga. head coach eddiejones says his side have the perfect draw and will have no excuses if they don't mount a meaningful challenge. i think it's great start for us. you've got a win four games anyway, but to play tonga and the usa a

they've scrapped electrifying the line to swansea, the tidal lagoon in swansea wasn't mentioned.a distraction. we would love to see it being turned into public services. frankly, what i would love to have seen frankly, what i would love to have seen and heard was a policy that would have kept us in the single market and the customs union, that's to make sure our economy doesn't ta ke to make sure our economy doesn't take a hit. there is a crisis out there this terms of austerity and this budget did nothing to tackle that. on schools, i have got headteachers who are desperate in brighton because they are having to make teachers redundant and teaching assista nts make teachers redundant and teaching assistants redundant and cutting mental health support to students. why are we not able to fund our schools properly? that's a real indictment on the government has your government given up on balancing the books? he is spending money on the nhs which needed it and that's a good thing. but if you look at the independent obr forecast what you see is that this budget sets us ona you see i

leroy firmest equalled an opportunity to take the points home for swansea, and liverpool v chelsea hasals, the city are at huddersfield tomorrow as the race for the top four gets tighter. liverpool arsenal burnley and watford all there in the mix. it is just as tight at the bottom, crystal palace remain at the bottom after their win palace remain at the bottom after theirwin and palace remain at the bottom after their win and west brom move out of their win and west brom move out of the bottom three after the away win at spurs. two games in the scottish premiership today, had earlier missed the chance to go second in the table after drawing one at hamilton academical, hearts have now gone five games without a win after they played out a goalless draw with ross county. in the's cricketer of resume the first ashes test later tonight with a narrow seven run lead and just eight second innings wickets in hand. the australian fast bowler turned up the heat on the english batsmen after steve smith scored an unbeaten century. and the swiss was watching. after a bad start to the ashes, was this

for example, a professor at swansea university who have been working with, doing a lot on the researchl work together to help make life in the community much, much easierfor people to help make life in the community much, much easier for people with dementia. angela, it was a pleasure talking to you this morning. thanks for taking the time to talk to us. and kathryn. thank you for talking to us. here's susan with a look at this morning's weather. no glimmers of sunshine in twickenham, sadly. that sums up the contrast in the weather in the british isles at the moment. to the south, cloud and rain. particularly across the south west and south wales. hopefully, perhaps the south—east becoming dry this afternoon. further south—west of england and south wales, pretty 5°99y england and south wales, pretty soggy this afternoon. grey skies, perhaps a little bit of drizzle for the south—east and the southern half of the midlands. further north, sunshine peeking through. further north, writer, brighter for sunshine peeking through. further north, writer, brighterfor northern ireland. sunshine in

premier league huddersfield beat west brom 1—0 and brighton are up to 8th in the table after beating swanseanst non—league opposition. oxford city and maidstone are celebrating tonight, as are national league boreham wood who came from behind to knock out league one side blackpool. they equalised with just over 20 minutes to play and dan holman was the 88th minute match winner, to send the home fans at meadow park delirious. 2—1 the final score. the emotions i was feeling going 1—0 down, to go level, i thought i will ta ke down, to go level, i thought i will take it and go for a replay. but to go and win it and in the manner we did,i go and win it and in the manner we did, ifelt we had go and win it and in the manner we did, i felt we had a go and win it and in the manner we did, ifelt we had a couple of go and win it and in the manner we did, i felt we had a couple of goals left in us and we got stronger a the two subs worked for me. i have to ta ke two subs worked for me. i have to take credit on that. they won us the game. 0n take credit on that. they won us the game. on another day they

it keeps on seventh and keeps swansea sitting leicester treaty in the bottom three.e between the sides. hamilton, st. johnstone and motherwell also won england's women have lost the ashes — but they've won their penultimate t20 of the series in australia to save a bit of face. england set the aussies a total of 153 to win in canberra and then bowled them all out for 112 to win by 40 runs, withjenny gunn taking four wickets there'll be a straight shoot out between two englishman for golf‘s race to dubai title. 0lympic championjustin rose has a two shot lead over tommy fleetwood going into today's final round. should either of them go on to win the tournament, they will top the money list for the year on the european tour. you could have scripted a much better. the last two rounds have been incredible for tommy. he is right there, he has dubbed everything he needs to do and i have done everything i need to do. we are setting up one final day. who would have predicted this final of the atp world tour finals at the start of the week? grigor dimitrov against david goffin.

swansea striker tammy abraham says he can't describe the feeling after being called up to the englandme. he's one of three new young faces named by gareth southgate to face germany and brazil. and world number one rafa nadal continues his progress at the paris masters. he's through to the quarter finals today after beating pablo cuevas in three sets. that's it for now. but i've got some gems in the paperfor you soon. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. we were saying it's a bit chilly. how are you doing? he's got his gloves on. yes, it's that time of year again. a little bit cooler. good morning from alexandra palace. it was built in 1873. the home of tv in 1936. this glorious vista behind me will be eliminated the full extent this weekend —— eliminated. the fireworks festival is planned and has been ongoing for decades across alexandra palace's grounds, but this year is a massive festival, with a laser show and there will be a parade, a german beer fest as well. that's just one of hundreds of venues right across the uk which have been enjoying fireworks parties through

east. brilliantly by my honourable friend the memberfor swansea east.increase in crime, as a single parent i no longer feel safe an increase in crime, as a single parent i no longerfeel safe in an increase in crime, as a single parent i no longer feel safe in the village where i live, particularly at night. 5.5 million workers earn less tha n at night. 5.5 million workers earn less than living wage, 1 million more than five years ago. the chancellor last sunday could not even see 1.4 million people unemployed in this country. there is a crisis of low pay and insecure work affecting one in four women and one in six men, a record 7.4 million people in working households living in poverty. if we want workers earning better pay, less dependent on in work benefits, we need strong trade unions, the most effective way of boosting workers pay. instead, this government weakened trade unions and introduced employment tribunal fees, now scrapped, unions and introduced employment tribunalfees, now scrapped, thanks to the victory in the courts by unison, a trade uni

alun and delphine richards are in swansea and they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary injune anduarters. give us an philip's from close quarters. give us an insight into what they are like together? they are like pretty much a normal married couple. the fa ct much a normal married couple. the fact that the queen is head of state and head of nation is neither here nor there when they are sitting across the table from one another. i was there in the crowd watching the procession and there was love and adoration when they were driving back from westminster abbey and that exists today. they have got humour. they've got affection for each other. they have got chemistry. they've got affection for each other. they have got chemistrylj other. they have got chemistry.” can imagine him making her laugh. does she make him laugh? yes, she does make him laugh. what you see in public is the very different to the person you see in private. they are two people that are pretty much wrapped up in each other, but they give each other space. she has got a job to do. he has got a role and they allow

infrastructure investment has been delayed, from real d k into the swa nsea delayed, from real d k into the swansea to change direction and invest in long—term growth. that is what labour has already pledged to do. whether national transformation fund to upgrade our country‘s infrastructure and reverse yea rs upgrade our country‘s infrastructure and reverse years of underinvestment in the regions. 0n fairness between the south and the north and between east and west and the nations has to be addressed. we have to be investing in transport, energy and capital infrastructure right across the country. so, we will establish a national investment bank with a network of regional development banks that will provide patient finance for firms wanting to adopt and implement existing innovations we re and implement existing innovations were to develop an entirely new ones. we are a very creative country. and we will build a national education service to ensure that when businesses create skilled jobs there are people able to fill them and where businesses adopt new technologies there are employees who know ho

de swansea siempre ha sido una persona muy agradecida.te de la alfombra roja, lo que pasÓ antes de latin grammy. ustedes ser una gran responsabilidad, Último amuleto, algo que hicieron? >> mis respetos, estÁ muy bonito, la ceremonia estÁ muy linda. es un homenaje a la mÚsica, a las compositores, a las canciones. maite: se arreglaron las diferencias con chyno? nacho: creo que todas las cosas que puedo decir son positivas. estoy agradecido por la oportunidad de estar aquÍ. no puedo hablar nada negativo. maite: no te han jalado las orejas por las canciones? >> ya hasta las cantan y les gusta tambiÉn. todo el mundo estÁ contagiado. maite: leÍ que trabajaste en un supermercado aquÍ, cuÉntame de eso. >> eso es asÍ, hace un aÑo y medio llorÓn joven comÚn y corriente. con un sueÑo trabajado honradamente. no se cumplen y hace dos aÑos que yo estaba trabajando en un supermercado y ahora cumple el sueÑo en el grammy. maite: te he visto muy bien acompaÑado en las vegas. >> ando con mi novia chiquis. las mujeres etarra parecen arreglarse todo, ya vien