sophia tran—thomson, bbc news., with victory over the bulgarian kubrat pulev in a fight at wembley arena, in london. joshua knocked pulev out in the ninth round — the 22nd k0 in his career. let's get more on this now by speaking to tom gray. he's associate editor with the boxing magazine, the ring. he joins us live via webcam from just outside glasgow. that was a dominant display against a challenger who just refused to go away. absolutely. i have seen a few people actually critical of anthony joshua's performance. he won almost every round. kubrat pulev was given one round. a spectacular punch in the ninth round. if you are critical about the performance it shows you the expectations on him. that is a first time we have seen that is a first time we have seen people in the sporting arena in recent months. how might that have influenced the evening? for both fighters it is an advantage because they are accustomed to having fanned and particular anthonyjoshua. he would have liked his name ringing out around the arena

sophia tran—thomson, bbc news.the streets of paris, demonstrators rallying against a proposed security law for a third weekend. 0pponents argue the bill — part of which aims to regulate people's ability to share film or photographs of police — undermines press freedom to document police brutality. it comes despite the government agreeing to re—write the provision as a result of the widespread backlash. boxing — and britain's anthony joshua has retained his three world heavyweight titles — with victory over the bulgarian kubrat pulev in a fight at wembley arena in london. joshua knocked pulev out in the ninth round — the twenty—second k0 in his career. the bbc‘s tim allman watched the action. welcome to boxing in the age of coronavirus. a small crowd of 1000 people were allowed into london's windley arena, with the now standard safety measures in place. even floyd mayweather, a surprise guest for the evening, obliged to wear a face mask. but this is a sport that knows how to put on a show no matter what. flames and

england's steve thomson — amongst a group of ex—rugby internationals suing the sport for brain damagegunnar solskjaer and manchester united as they look to avoid defeat and reach the last 16 of the champions league. 25 years on from founding the campaign group show racism the red card — shaka hislop has his say on the millwall fans who booed players taking the knee. and also coming up on the programme... as motor racing's female only championship — the w series — becomes part of next year's formula one british grand prix weekend i'm joined by racing driver alice powell. now the series for the next year, i just can't wait to get started. hello and welcome to sportsday. thank you forjoining us. a packed show coming up but we start with a man who won the rugby world cup in 2003. the biggest day of steve thompson's sporting life but he says he can no longer remember it — or any of the games at that tournmanent. he and seven other former players — say the sport has left them with permanent brain damage — and they're in the process of starting a claim against the game's authorities for negl

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sophia tran—thomson reports. cheering.on: this christmas is different from the others. unfortunately, like everyone else around the world, we are experiencing the same challenges. but i strongly believe in positivity. italian artist fabrizio plessi was invited to decorate venice for christmas this year, and chose to illuminate the city's brightest attractions. translation: my purpose is to light up this town, which needs lights, which needs culture, which is new emotions. from the golden led tree to the doge palace and the rialto bridge, all of the city's most popular attractions are shining bright. for many christmas travellers, news that all foreign arrivals landing in italy after december 21 will need to quarantine for two weeks is disappointing. but for venetian locals, in a time of darkness for many, it is a unique opportunity to reclaim and enjoy the city for themselves. a treasure trove of love letters dating from the second world war has been found at a waste recycling centre in france. the documents were written b

but as sophia tran—thomson reports, the country's most populous city has — hopefully — found a way forf sao paulo, the epicentre of brazil's coronavirus outbreak, the drive—through luminna festival is brightening spirits for those taking precautions to stay safe. translation: the idea was to have a moment ofjoy, a moment when people can safely leave their homes to feel secure to enjoy time within a family, to feel the love, peace and hope that christmas gives, even if only for an hour. the elaborate installation of christmas decorations and glittering lights has been designed to be viewed entirely from the safety of a private car. translation: this is a fantastic event. people were at home thinking about what they can do, and to have an event like this where your safe, it's really great. as brazil's covid cases continue to rise and officials warn of an imminent collapse in medical services, the dazzling installation is a bittersweet escape and a chance to celebrate christmas with caution. sophia tran—thompson, bbc news. a team of conservationists in kenya has begun the daring rescue of

but as sophia tran—thomson reports, the country's most populous city has — hopefully — found a way fornavirus outbreak, the drive—through luminna festival is brightening spirits for those taking precautions to stay safe. translation: the idea was to have a moment ofjoy, a moment when people can safely leave their homes to feel secure to enjoy time within a family, to feel the love, peace and hope that christmas gives, even if only for an hour. the elaborate installation of christmas decorations and glittering lights has been designed to be viewed entirely from the safety of a private car. translation: this is a fantastic event. people were at home thinking about what they can do, and to have an event like this where your safe, it's really great. as brazil's covid cases continue to rise and officials warn of an imminent collapse in medical services, the dazzling installation is a bittersweet escape and a chance to celebrate christmas with caution. sophia tran—thompson, bbc news. a team of conservationists in kenya has begun the daring rescue of eight giraffes, who became stranded by ris

sophia tran—thomson reports. it is so good to see you.s the new normal in 2020. in most parts of the world, public health officials have been urging drastic social distancing measures for almost ten months now. and it has had a huge impact on tv production. oh, my lord, everything has changed! i mean, first of all we have to be tested every single day, they have a big testing place here. all the crew and you know all the talent go to every day to be tested. constantly, everybody on the crew has to wear masks and the comic you know, the visor thing. with many productions halted in social distancing measures in place, there have been massive job cuts. at least 100,000 jobs are thought to have been lost from the industry. more if you think wider. and that is not even when you talk about the corporate jobs that are being lost at disney and viacomcbs, tens of thousands of jobs potentially gone. it comes at a time when entertainment has never been more in demand. subscription services like netflix and amazon prime saw millions of new signups th

sophia tran—thomson has this report.underground room which had been barricaded with heavy trolleys filled with clothes. police say when they raided the warehouse, which packs and sells second—hand clothes to african countries, one of the men running the business shouted at the workers to flee and hide. four workersjumped an outer fence while the rest hid inside. altogether, police found 21 foreign workers hidden throughout the sweat shop premises. they say the labourers, thought to be vulnerable migrants, were forced to work long hours without any health or safety regulations, and were paid well below spain's minimum wage. a father and his two sons who have not been named have been arrested and are due to appear in court. police said in a statement that the three accused exploited the vulnerability of the migrants to submit them to tough labour conditions and a total absence of security or hygiene. sophia tran—thompson, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news... nigerian security forces are reported to have trac

well former england rugby player steve thomson says that he's been diagnosed with early onset dementiathe 42 year old who won the world cup in 2003 says he's joining a group of former players to take legal action against the sport the 8 players all under $45.00 accused the world rugby rugby football union in england and the welsh rugby union of failing to protect them from the risks caused by the concussions cannot remember being in australia to account remember the whole whole situation of the world cup watching the game for england or england prior posts can see me that i was american is not very it's just bizarre south africa's cricketers said to 2 of pakistan for the 1st time in 14 years they will play 2 tests and the t 20 series starting next month the proteas will be just the 13th to play test cricket in pakistan since it started staging a longer format again in 201910 years on from the attack on the sri lanka team bus in lahore. formula one world champion lewis hamilton says he hopes to return to full the season ending abu dhabi go in place following a difficult week the 35 year

a former england rugby player steve thomson says he's been diagnosed with early onset dementia a 42 year old who won the world cup in 2003 says he's joining their group of former players to take legal action against the sport they players all under $45.00 accuse world rugby the rugby football union in england and the welsh rugby union of failing to protect them from the risks caused by concussions or early response to the daily mirror's rugby correspondent alex pinku says the games world governing body is facing huge challenges to make the sport safer. i think in truth ever since state the n.f.l. was involved in concussion settlements around 2013 rugby probably looked across the atlantic to that saw that rugby is also. a contact sport or a heavy collision sport albeit one played without helmets and a lot of people felt probably that sooner or later this was going to come across the pond and now it has 8 players yet say 8 former players of have so far. come forward 3 of who put their names to it he couldn't stay thompson new england's rugby world cup winner from 2003 that's a shock to a l

professor emma thomson is working on the sequencing of this covid mutation and monitors the virus.the year and we're watching very closely what's happening with the virus and how it changes over time. normally, i think the key thing about this new variant is that, normally, we would expect to see one or two changes in the virus per month that this new variant has p°pped month that this new variant has p°pp9d up month that this new variant has popped up and actually has 17 changes in it which is quite a large increase and there's been some concern that we need to look into what that means, in terms of the behaviour of the virus. the other key thing is that it seems to be transmitting more rapidly, particularly in the south of england and, so, we are very rapidly trying to figure out what the changes in the rna mean in terms of the biology of the virus. so the most worrying thing about it is that it's more transmissible, not necessarily more dangerous? that's right. we've seen no signals to suggest this is more dangerous, however, we are watching closely over time and also, we need t