the manchester derby is underway at old trafford with united hosting city.of a marquee first half. it's goalless at the break. kevin de bruyne with the best chance of the first half for city. earlier in the west midlands derby, there was late drama as aston villa snatched a stoppage time winner at wolves, while at stjames park, we had the fastest goal scored all season by miguel almiron in newcastle's win against west brom. it's there thatjoe lynskey starts his report. this has been a week in football only 2020 could bring. a covid outbreak postponed newcastle's last match up to tuesday their training ground was still close —— training ground. as they welcome west brom, they put it straight behind him. it's the best possible start! that was my gal are moron scoring and 20 seconds, i start predicted —— miguel. west brom need points. they lost their last match at home, but they drew level here. darnell ran in from the back post. 1—1, but newcastle called for someone both sides knew could score. gail was west brom's talks over two years ago. —— top scorer. defe

when the last game you played at old trafford gave you six goals, i'm sure the boys will look forwardave us confidence come about performance, it also gave us a little gauge on how fit we are that we could match them fitness wise. so we could match them fitness wise. so we know that we have loads of games ina we know that we have loads of games in a short space of time, but even shorter turn around this time, but they had a good game. now lets round up some of today's other stories. diego costa is a free agent after atletico madrid agreed to terminate his contract 6 months early early. the former cheslea striker has had injury problems and fallen out of favour in his second spell at the club. the 32 year old has been lonked with arsenal and wolves welsh forward jake ball will leave scarlets at the end of the season to be his family in australia. that will also rule him out playing for wales because he only has 49 caps and needs 60 if he isn't playing for one of the welsh regions to be able to carry on playing for his country. and alex hales has nudged the england selectors again with

iam in trafford. they are in tier3, good morning. iam in trafford.bombing — authorities in the us are understood to be preparing fresh charges. liverpool win the biggest game of the premier league season so far. a late headerfrom roberto firmino defeats tottenham and sends liverpool to the top of the table. marcus rashford's mum mel talks for the first time about her family's struggle with poverty, and her pride in her son. i had threejobs. and if i didn't do that, we just wouldn't have been able to cook a pot of food. it was just a bit difficult. so marcus is only telling the story from how he sees it, and the words that he's been saying, they obviously come from the bottom of his heart. good morning. we have a bright and breezy day ahead with more sunshine and fewer showers than yesterday, but later we will see some more rain sweeping but later we will see some more rain sweeping across but later we will see some more rain sweeping across the west. i will have all of the details in ten minutes. it's thursday, december 17th. millions of people acros

nina's at the trafford centre in greater manchester, which is currently in tier 3.s ever been to the trafford centre, it is jammed from the minuted opens to the minute it closes. what is going to be like today? absolutely, down. this is nothing less than a sacred palace of worship for people who love a day out shopping. last year it welcomed about 30 million visitors. it is the third biggest shopping centre in the country. nonessential retail has stopped since bonfire night, the 5th of november. that happened in england. a full lockdown of nonessential retail, which reopens today. in wales, of course, nonessential retail is back open. not in northern ireland apart from click and collect. in scotland, some areas have restricted nonessential retail. how much is that going to cost retail? £2 billion of revenue has been lost by footfall, shops being closed, every single week. a lot of money. and a reminder of what happened yesterday. some of the fallout from that. we found out on monday night that arcadia, who had collapsed, taking with a potentially 13,000 jobs, no sig

running out the winners at old trafford. the first ofa winners at old trafford.ne that. bruno fernandes also scored a couple and they have a game in hand on the other teams around them. leads, they play the same way whether they're for having zero up work for having zero down. you know you're in the game until the final whistle. they do that every three days or every game. that's the challenge for us as well. at half—time it's not going to stop them you have to run into the whistle goes and i think we are showing that physical capability and the fitness is getting better. chris we knew we were lacking at the start of the season and now we are looking stronger. leicester city second the table andjamie stronger. leicester city second the table and jamie vardy scored his second—half penalty. involved again as spurs failed to deal with the long ball in the second half and to be scored an own goal. to having zero the final score, for spurs that's slipped to fifth. blessed are now four points off the top. —— lester. real madrid are playing right now, they were 2—1. mil

i used to walk over the bridge of old trafford as a kid and imagine that the tannoy was going to announcelayer short and ask me to play. to go down there and walk down there and play manchester united is unbelievable. i have never seen nobby stiles like this before! that was a supreme save. trying to get there... oh, what a save! maradona! i couldn't reach it and shelton was already there, so i couldn't edit, so i did like that. —— head it. i believe it is a craftiness. it is not cheating. he won't need any of them! oh, you have to say, that is magnificent! played it boldly. that could be magical. i tried to be an observer, you get into trouble for that sometimes if you do not say the right things to the right people. thank you. on the 22, he switches it, he has richards outside him. williams, he will score! no bother! ican i can see clearly now the rain has gone, ican i can see clearly now the rain has gone, i can see all obstacles in my weight... —— in my way. imean, i i mean, iwould not swap i mean, i would not swap my era for now, even though i would be better off, that is for sure. i

he had five years in charge at old trafford and though they were relegated he got them back up into the first division and won the fa cup in 1977. he spent most of his playing career at preston and was capped 25 times by scotland, he also managed chelsea, where he won the league cup in 1965, aston villa, derby, qpr and wolves. he has died at the age of 92. manchester united striker edinson cavani has been banned for three games and also fined £100,000 by the fa for a social media post earlier this month which was deemed to be racially offensive. he will miss their next match against aston villa, and also the league cup semi—final against manchester city and their fa cup tie against watford. united say they "trust that the independent regulatory "commission will make it clear in its written reasons that "edinson cavani is not a racist, nor was there any racist intent "in relation to his post." he also has to attend an educational programme. —— a face—to—face educational programme. the wolves manager nuno espirito santo has been charged by the fa over his comments about the referee lee ma

fans have not been in old trafford since.ited 13 points behind city. in this season's table, read his behind blue. another win on saturday could put united two points off the top, but the last nine months have veered between extremes — sometimes they're brilliant, sometimes not. and manchester united will not be competing in the champions league. instead, they are consigned to the europa league. the group was disappointed on tuesday night. it's just natural. we really wanted to go through that tournament. now the reality is we are not, and we've just got to move on. after that, the focus has been good. the focus is spent on this game and the manchester derby. that's probably the best game you can ask for after such a disappointment. in nearly all united's wins this season, they've had to come from behind. they've got just for league points from their five games at home. but now with four wins five games at home. but now with fourwins ina five games at home. but now with four wins in a row, they're still in touch at the top. s

united had been 5—0 winners when the sides met at old trafford in october but it was leipzig who addedin kluivert putting the home side three up. a glimmer of hope came with a bruno fernandes penalty. and then there was real hope when paul pogba headed onto harry maguire and another ricochet sent it into the goal to make it 3—2. and they almost had another stroke of luck, but the leipzig defender had his goalkeeper to thank for preventing an own goal. the defeat sends 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s side out of the competition and into the europa league instead. chelsea were already through to the knockout stages. they went behind against russian side krasnador. ex—newcastle winger remy cabella got the goal. but, the lead didn't last long, jorghino levelled from the penalty spot and it finished that way. lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo renewed old rivalries. barcelona and juventus were just playing for top spot in their group. two penalties from ronaldo gave the italians a 3—0 win and put them above barca. in the championship where milwall hosted queens park rangers just days after fans at t

docherty, known as the doc, was best known for his five—years at old trafford, overseeing an fa cup win't stopped people around the country getting out to make the best of the winter weather. snow and ice has continued to hit many parts of the uk overnight, but in manchester families enjoyed the heavy snowfall this morning. yellow weather warnings were in place until mid—afternoon for much of scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales. new year celebrations around the world have been mostly muted by the pandemic, but many people have still been keen to mark the end of a difficult year. in those countries with fewer coronavirus cases, the traditional fireworks have gone ahead — but with strict covid conditions — while in the uk the usual midnight celebrations have been cancelled. our correspondent sarah campbell reports. four, three, two, one! auckland, new zealand, one of the first places to welcome in 2021. the festivities were not what they normally would be, but as in sydney, australia, it was felt the occasion should be marked with a firework display. both countries have man

are installing 1,500 barrier seats early next year as they prepare to trial safe standing at old trafford put rail seats into one area of molyneux as a response to persistent standing by supporters. now, it's the third and final day of the bbc sport fans on football poll. and today, we're talking about var. it's been in place for nearly a season and a half in the premier league, but what do you make of it? iam laughing, i am laughing, ben crutcher is joining us. i am laughing, and i am laughing, ben crutcher is joining us. iam laughing, and i probably should not be, because we should be impartial at the bbc, but i would imagine not everyone is happy with var. you are right. what did we talk about before var? if we were allowed in pubs, it would be a hot topic for sure. every weekend, we seem to have some talking points. how many times do we see a situation like this? players standing around. a message on the big screen. when fans were allowed inside, they were clueless. it's improved a bit this season, but is everything perfect? well, comres has polled 2,100 football fans and found some i

and had he stated old trafford for a bit longer, who knows what could've happened. at chelsea as well in the 60s but united this evening in a statement say that he was a pivotal figure in the club's history and he brought back those exciting times at the clu b back those exciting times at the club in his five years. he did and when we got relegated, i want to ever forget when we got relegated, i want to everforget it, he when we got relegated, i want to ever forget it, he came when we got relegated, i want to everforget it, he came into when we got relegated, i want to ever forget it, he came into the dressing room and he stood in front of us and said, "it is a bad day for us of us and said, "it is a bad day for us but you will be back, you will be backin us but you will be back, you will be back in style, and will be back as champions." and that happened, and the same happened a few years later when we went to wimbley surprisingly lost to southampton because everyone thought we would just win the fa cup that day and when we came into jetta, he says the same thing t

as cricket prepares for another busy winter, following a host of games at the likes of old trafford inxt up for england's players is a tour of sri lanka. the first of two tests starts on january the 14th. however, the new strain of this virus has led to a number of countries across europe banning entry from the uk. so could that impact this tour? here's what former england player tymal mills makes of the situation. i think it should be ok. elite sport has obviously been worked around with exemptions, i have seen the england team will undergo multiple rounds of covid testing before they fly, rounds of covid testing before they fly, and they will then be on a chartered flight, not with any other members of the public. they will then undergo a period of isolation in sri lanka where they will have more tests as well. i am sure the sri lankan government will be more than satisfied with the england team and staff's covid situation by the time they arrive. but, yes, fingers crossed, it does not get worse between now and then. you have been in bio bubble is, how strict is it? yeah, it's tough.

the manchester derby is underway at old trafford with united hosting city. into goalless. it was oh so quiet. and a little too still. both sides have tentative starts. manchester united almost stretched to an opener. the city, wa ry stretched to an opener. the city, wary of the counterattack, dominated possession but failed to do much with it. any clashes between players would normally be met with cheers or boos from crowds, adding to the showcase which night like this can and should be. manchester united started to show the fatigue felt from their midweek champions league exit. bruno fernandez took a pass from anthony martial, could only shoot straight into the arms of edison. the winner would have

i used to walk over the bridge of old trafford when i was a kid and imagine that the tannoy was goingt and would nobby stiles come and get changed. can he get a shot in? he gets a shot in. to go down there and walk down there and become a player at manchester united was unbelievable. i have never seen nobby stiles like this before! that was a supreme save! trying to get there... oh, what a save! maradona! translation: i couldn't reach it, and shilton was already there, so i couldn't head it, so i did like that. i believe it's a craftiness. it's not cheating. he won't need any of them! oh, you have to say that's magnificent! he's played it boldly. that could be magical. i tried to be an observer. you get into trouble for that sometimes if you don't say the right things to the right people. thank you. 0n the 22, the switches, he has richards outside him. jj williams, and he's going to score! no bother! # keep on running # keep on hiding # 0ne fine day # i'm going to be the one to make you understand # oh, yeah, i'm going to be your man...# # i can see clearly now the rain has gone # i c

must win match also it depends on lives it is result at istanbul before our game we were at old trafford to win not just to get a good result and winning here is one of the world's toughest challenges but it's not impossible. yokohama money knows us through to the knockout rounds of the asian champions league it for the 1st time in the history of japanese side be 2 time champions jones working on di motors for one in their group game the result means the south koreans are out of this year's competition york a home a well have the chance to win the group when they play sydney f.c. on friday. and china 12 if a grand missed a chance to guarantee their spot in the knockout round they came back from a goal down a draw 11 with blue links south koreans still have one group game left and the overtake ones who if they can beat a vessel could be by to go marchin on friday. and the seattle sounders are through to the m.l.s. western conference final the f.c. dallas one nil on tuesday took their place seen only got the goal on 49 minutes this will be their 2nd consecutive trip to the conference final

por arriba y el balón chocaba, en una semana cayeron de la segunda a la quinta posición, en old traffordna pausa y regresamos ( comerciales ) (♪ música ) >>> 11 de la noche con 29 minutos, así luce el aeropuerto internacional de san francisco finalizando este domingo listos para recibir una nueva semana, nos vamos despidiendo y le contamos que bien dicen que la navidad trae magia, una pareja de la bahía inolvidable, anoche en san josé, le pidió matrimonio a su novia casandra, la pareja tiene cinco años de relación y siempre han disfrutado este parque desde que se conocieron. así que qué mejor lugar para este momento, la novia dijo que sí. los futuros esposos llegaron a san josé. recuerde que una buena semana comienza con un domingo bien informado. gracias por hacerlo con nosotros . buenas noches . (musica) >>> noticias telemundo >>> buenas noches, soy nicole suÁrez por vanessa, estas son las noticias que debe saber antes de que se acabe el dÍa, l ayuda se acerca, los lÍderes de la cÁmara y el senado finalment se ponen de acuerdo para dar paso al paquete de estÍmulo econÓmico >>> crece el

i am in trafford where rates are lower than the national average and jane says entering tier 2 wouldost recent figures in wales, meaning the latest total could be twice as high as previously thought. 32 years after the lockerbie bombing,

when 2 men tied to russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections were also pardoned chance trafford is in baghdad and has spoken to one of the victims injured in the 2007 attack and in his words he described this decision by president trump to pardon these men as a complete betrayal of human rights a total disaster he said that he was utterly shocked he said that throughout all these years he'd had face in the american judicial system he said that this decision means that that faith has now completely disappeared. and as i say is very shocked at this decision. council has begun its mass coronavirus vaccination campaign elderly people and health workers all the fast to receive the pfizer biotech jobs and people with chronic illnesses will also be prioritised to get their injections. israel is to hold its 4th election in 2 years that's after a coalition between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny gantz collapsed parliament was dissolved after failing to meet a deadline to pass the budget snap elections will now be held in march netanyahu has upcoming corruption trial

no fans allowed into old trafford due to manchester being in a tier 3 measures but perhaps a blessings. they stay seventh, just ahead of city in eighth. they started well. after refinished really good the first half, the second half they pushed for a penalty and off—site and in the first half we created three or four clear chances. we cannot expect to have many with a team like united, the physicality they have. we are struggling a little bit. in the end it is a good point. there was also a midlands derby taking place earlier. is stoppage time penalty sealed the win and newcastle meet strugglers west brom. the pit lane at silverstone is being renamed the hamilton straight in honour of briton‘s was successful f1 driver lewis hamilton. the newly crowned champion is back racing after recovering from coronavirus but he will start the final grand prix of the season from third place on the grid. max verstappen took full possession in abu dhabi. then hamilton's mercedes team—mate va ltteri hamilton's mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas. i didn't expect to fight for pole but to sit there is re

country's future stability and growth will be helped by young iraqis reading and writing more chance trafford al-jazeera backed out. i'm sam is a that time to have a look at those top stories the u.n. mission in central african republic has told al-jazeera conditions are stable enough to ensure a free and fair election on sunday violence has flared and 3 u.n. peacekeepers have been killed the constitutional court is set to decide on whether to perspire on the vote situation in bank this morning where. distribution of the voter cards on go on and people. who are registered are coming in large numbers to kurds the population is determined in this country. and we are determined. to ensure that. japan and france have confirmed their 1st cases of a mutation of corona virus that's more contagious the new strain 1st identified in britain scientists say it's 70 percent more transmissible more than 50 countries are banning travelers from the u.k. . france is among a number of european union countries receiving its 1st shipments of corona virus vaccines vaccinations start on sunday beginning with peopl

fans haven't been in old trafford since. but when that day left united 12 points behind city. win today could put united two macro points of attack, but their last nine months heavier between extremes. sometimes, they are brilliant, sometimes not. and manchester united will not be competing in the champions league. instead, they are consigned to the europa league. we were, and the group was, disappointed. on tuesday night. it is just group was, disappointed. on tuesday night. it isjust natural. we really wanted to go through that tournament. now, the reality is we are not, and we have just got to move on. after that, the focus has just been on the manchester derby. that's probably the best game we can ask for after such a disappointment. in nearly all united's wins this season, they have had to come from behind. they have gotjust four macro league points from their five home games, but with no wins in a row, they are still in touch at the top, so why is this side still streaking? -- with four wins in a row. if anyone knew the answer to that! it baffles and confuses fans. even

still no fans at old trafford with greater manchester in tier 3, and united could have done with the in the champions league. neymar got two goals in a 3—1 win for the french side, manchester united also had midfielder fred sent off. they will still qualify for the last 16 if they avoid defeat against rb leipzig in theirfinal group game. it was a brilliant night for chelsea, and their striker olivier giroud. he got all the goals in their a—0 win away at sevilla. they had already qualified for the last 16, and will now finish top of their group. championjockey oisin murphy has spoken for the first time since being banned for testing positive for cocaine. in an exclusive interview with bbc sport, the irishman admitted that his reputation has been damanged. he's serving a three—month ban, and says that investigators had accepted that he hadn't taken the drug. i became aware of a situation where cocaine was present in my environment. and i saw it there and idid not environment. and i saw it there and i did not remove myself from that situation immediately. and when you sign for yourjocke

but some boroughs, like stockport, trafford and tameside, have lower infection rates than the rest oftion from some who say their progress hasn't been recognised. our rates are lower than they are in neighbouring warrington or in neighbouring cheshire, which have been put into tier two, and are also lower than they are in bristol, which has been moved from tier three to tier two today. what exactly do we have to do to be moved out of tier three? in leeds, infection rates have dropped by two thirds in four weeks, but it stays in tier three, meaning pubs, like the black bull in otley remain closed, even though those down the road in tier two, north yorkshire, are open, to the irritation of publicans mel and malcolm. people are just jumping over to harrogate, or they're jumping over to ripon, north yorkshire. where does that leave us? obviously, financially, desperate. it's just very confusing. we appreciate there's got to be boundaries somewhere along the line. but when you're so close to them it's a bit frustrating, really. the north—east also remains in the highest restriction level.

germain tonight was played out in front of an empty 0ld was played out in front of an empty old trafford of four horse racing meetings today to do so, to this, the earliest of starts for some fitness fanatics. a midnight dip, as perdiswell leisure centre in worcester reopened at the first opportunity, with pools, gyms returning to action. and it's been another excellent night for chelsea in their champions league campaign. 0livier giroud, how smart is that? they beat spanish side sevilla 4—0, with all the goals scored by 0livier giroud. it means chelsea qualify for the knockout stage of the competition as group e winners. this year is set to be one of the hottest three years ever recorded according to the world meteorological 0rganisation. the announcement came as the un secretary—general made his strongest call so far for global action on climate change. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has more details. as if suffering a pandemic wasn't enough, now we learn that 2020 is on track to be one of the three hottest years ever recorded, and that is not all. the past decade,

united had been 5—0 winners when the sides met at old trafford in october but it was leipzig who addedme with a bruno fernandes penalty. and then there was real hope when paul pogba headed onto harry maguire and another ricochet sent it into the goal to make it 3—2. and they almost had another stroke of luck, but the leipzig defender had his goalkeeper to thank for preventing an own goal. the defeat sends 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s side out of the competition and into the europa league instead. chelsea were already through to the knockout stages. they went behind against russian side krasnador. ex—newcastle winger remy cabella got the goal. but, the lead didn't last long, jorghino levelled from the penalty spot and it finished that way. lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo renewed old rivalries. barcelona and juventus were just playing for top spot in their group. two penalties from ronaldo gave the italians a 3—0 win and put them above barca. in the championship where milwall hosted queens park rangers just days after fans at the den booed players for taking the knee in support of black liv

sentences the incident caused international outrage and the pardons has left many iraqis angered chance trafford has moved baghdad and speaks to a man injured in that attack. or he was shot by an american could drag on what has been described as one of the darkest days of u.s. involvement in iraq inside ok i was on a bus when the shooting started heavy fire came towards us i felt the 1st bullet hit my leg as i scrambled our i kept running towards the bus station then i got hit again when i stopped i was hit a 3rd time i felt like the bones of my leg had exploded i fell down and started to crawl there was utter chaos people were terrified trying to save themselves i mean this video was filmed after the attack 14 iraqis including 2 children were killed and at least 20 others injured when a heavily armed convoys of contractors with the american security company blackwater opened fire at a busy intersection in the capital baghdad. the company set up by a former u.s. navy seal in the late 1990 s. sent hundreds of former soldiers to iraq in the often month of the 2003 u.s. led invasion blackwater was

are to install 1,500 barrier seats early next year as they prepare to trial safe standing at old traffordin the new year, to put the seats into the north—east section of the stadium. last year, wolves put rail seats into the sirjack hayward stand as a response to persistent standing by supporters. eddiejones has made one change to his england side that will face france in sunday's autumn nations cup final at twickenham with wing anthony watson replacing jonathanjoseph, who was injured in last weekend's victory over wales. the rest of england's starting 15 remains the same from that victory in llanelli. this match comes just over a year from defeat in the world cup final to south africa, a match eddie jones is still reflecting on. they probably learned a bit from the world cup were they felt like we had under prepared for the world cup, so you feel like we've got the right balance in terms of physical and recovery work this week, and the boys trained outstandingly well at twickenham yesterday, so we are looking forward to this game on sunday. it's quarter final day at the uk snooker champi

but some boroughs, like stockport, trafford and tameside, have lower infection rates than the rest of frustration from some who say their progress hasn't been recognised. our rates are lower than they are in neighbouring warrington or in neighbouring cheshire, which have been put into tier 2, and are also lower than they are in bristol, which has been moved from tier 3 to tier 2 today. what exactly do we have to do to be moved out of tier 3? in leeds, infection rates have dropped by two thirds in four weeks but it stays in tier 3 meaning pubs, like the black bull in otley remain closed, even though those down the road in tier 2, north yorkshire, are open, to the irritation of publica ns mel and malcolm. people are just jumping over to harrogate, they're jumping over to ripon, north yorkshire. where does that leave us? obviously, financially, desperate. it's just very confusing. we appreciate there's got to be boundaries somewhere along the line. but we are so close to them. it's a bit frustrating, really. the north—east also remains in the highest restriction level. local leaders ther

the absence of fans was felt at old trafford yesterday as the manchester derby ended in a really dulle were fans, though, at goodison park, and they saw everton beat chelsea 1—0 thanks to this penalty from gylfi sigurdsson. defeat for chelsea means they missed out on the chance to go top of the premier league. elsewhere, there was a good win for newcastle at the end of a difficult week that saw their training ground closed after an outbreak of coronavirus in the squad. they beat west brom 2—1. and aston villa beat wolves in the day's other game. in the scottish premiership, leaders rangers travel to dundee this lunchtime, whilst celtic are at home to kilmarnock. hibernian are up to second in the table after a thumping 4—0 win at hamilton. paul mcginn scoring the pick of the goals for hibs. there were wins, too, yesterday for aberdeen, st mirren and livingstone. lewis hamilton says he's still feeling the after—effects of coronavirus as he prepares for the final race of the formula 1 season. he'll start the abu dhabi grand prix in third after qualifying behind his mercedes team—mate val

during his career at old trafford, the former england striker scored 253 times.ment, so even though he is still extremely young, i think it was kind of inevitable that he was always going to be in this situation of having the opportunity to join united. rooney's four sons have grown up seeing what success in football can bring, but heading down the same path as your parent has its challenges. kasper schmeichel is a premier league winner with leicester, but has always faced comparisons to his father peter, a manchester united legend. this is wayne rooney at the same age as kai is now, appearing as a mascot in the merseyside derby. even back then, he seemed destined to make it. his son will want to make a name for himself. katie gornall, bbc news. if you're dreaming of a white christmas, spare a thought for these travellers injapan. more than 1,000 people in 600 vehicles are stuck on a major road, nearly two days after it became impassable because of record snowfall. one driver said he'd been in his carfor a0 hours. another said he'd run out of supplies and was hav

match at german side are the lights that will be going us oldsters team beat like that 5 nil old trafford on only need to avoid defeat or if they are to advance to the last 16 man united p.s.g. are all tied together on 9 points but only 2 can progress. the character of the group well the group is getting better and better and we're looking forward to the game he said it's something that we want to games like this is a tradition from on united's we will never make it easy for ourselves of course they will look at the games especially the away game against a stumble we could have took 3 points but that's just the way we do things we do we do make it hard for us else that's that's been ever since. i played and that's a long long time ago. well the road to the asian champions league glory is a little clear for the 4 remaining and contenders and this year's competition well the teams that have discovered who they'll face in next following the quarterfinal draw at doha as education city stadium and here and see it play beijing f.c. vessel coby take on song some song blue ings both games happen

comment to see united in the pivotal game on wednesday the french side needed to win at old traffordto make sure they'll have their fate in their own hands for the final round of the matches currently level on 6 points who would like to sit in group h. united in need just one point from their remaining 2 games it's a guarantee their progress in ited states women's football team have won the battle to have equal working conditions as their male counterparts they've reached a settlement with the u.s. soccer federation relating to areas such as hotel accommodation venue selection and professional staff support now that this agreement that has been made the reigning world champions that can move forward with their appeal for equal pay judge had ruled against them on the matter in may. formula one driver on mon gars on has was all smiles as he was discharged from hospital just 3 days after his horror crash at the beheading of the frenchman scaped with his cost flitting into and catching fire after hitting a barrier walked away with just minor burns to his hands and said 4 year old will re

i was at the trafford centre in manchester yesterday morning, as non—essential shops opened up againr. lots of us clearly preferring the safety of staying at home and shopping online this christmas. so this is a really timely chat. what happens if things go wrong? in october, online sales accounted for nearly a third of all our shopping. that was up from nearly a fifth injanuary, before the pandemic. but more orders can potentially mean more problems. this morning the consumer group which? says nearly seven in ten shoppers had problems with christmas deliveries last year. well, which? says almost a fifth of christmas shoppers told them their delivery arrived late last year. the problem is unless the company specifically states a delivery date, your rights are difficult. by law, delivery only needs to be "within a reasonable time". that's normally up to 30 days. the best advice is to check a delivery slot is confirmed when you order. sometimes it might cost a bit more but it is worth it. think also about posting dates as well if you're sending letters and parcels. these are the all—im

to assume we came to old trafford needing to win to win here is one of the biggest challenges there is my team showed they would not accept a loss this was the most important thing meanwhile german club barbee leipzig will likely need to be playing united when they host the next week if they are to reach the last 16 on wednesday at leipzig defeated tickets istanbul here for 3 to stay in with a chance of reaching the next round. meanwhile stephanie frappe hour has become the 1st woman to referee a men's champions league match the french ref was in charge of events in spaces dinamo kiev for power has previously refereed at the 201529000 women's world cups including the final in paris last year christiane rinaldo actually scored a $750.00 a career goal in that match ventus read out 3 nil winners elsewhere on the night chelsea hammered $74.00 nil olivier giroud scored all 4 for chelsea. 4 teams are through to the europa league round of 32 and plenty more can join them on thursday also or one of the few who have already booked their place they take on rapid vienna who are already out but th

i had a tweet from someone who lives in trafford a few minutes ago and she writes, we have been in tiereel that now is the right time to move down a tier with christmas coming and a worse time for the nhs following. it doesn't feel right. what have people been saying to you about whether they should move down or not? 0bviously there is the economic is to make, questions of mental health, but the many people share elizabeth's feeling that it might not feel right to move down at this point?|j understand what elizabeth is saying andi understand what elizabeth is saying and i think there are an nexus of perspectives on this. my personal view is i do not think there is a huge difference between tier 2 and tier 3 from a health point of view. because if areas are in tier 3 i think it creates a very big incentive, particularly at this time of year, for more gatherings in the home, particularly over the new year period, so from controlling the virus point of view i am not sure that your two or tearfully is going to make a massive difference. it is the possession of retail that is driving the cha

away from sports personality of the year, the game of the day in the premier league was at old traffordtent on attacking. united's scott mctominay made a bit of history, becoming the first ever player to score twice in the opening three minutes of a premier league game. it's a win that takes man united to third in the league, and into the race for the title. meanwhile, leicester are just ahead of manchester united in the premier league table after a 2—0 win at tottenham. jamie vardy scored a first half penalty and was involved in their second, when his header was turned into his own net by toby alderweireld. and sam alla rdyce lost his first match as west brom manager. they were beaten 3—0 by aston villa, bertrand traore with the pick of the goals at the hawthorns. brighton drew 1—1 with sheffield united in sunday's other game. it was a historic weekend for celtic, who completed the ‘quadruple treble' — winning all 12 domestic trophies in scotland over the course of four seasons. they did it by beating hearts in the delayed scottish cup final, and chris mclaughlin was watching. 0n glasg

but some boroughs, like stockport, trafford and tameside, have lower infection rates than the rest ofrustration from some who say their progress hasn't been recognised. our rates are lower than they are in neighbouring warrington or in neighbouring cheshire, which have been put into tier 2, and are also lower than they are in bristol, which has been moved from tier 3 to tier 2 today. what exactly do we have to do to be moved out of tier 3? in leeds, infection rates have dropped by two thirds in four weeks but it stays in tier 3 meaning pubs, like the black bull in otley remain closed, even though those down the road in tier 2, north yorkshire, are open, to the irritation of publica ns mel and malcolm. people are just jumping over to harrogate, they're jumping over to ripon, north yorkshire. where does that leave us? obviously, financially, desperate. it's just very confusing. we appreciate there's got to be boundaries somewhere along the line. but we are so close to them. it's a bit frustrating, really. the north—east also remains in the highest restriction level. local leaders there

been killed christians say they're being targeted and they're calling for better protection charles trafford has more from the capital baghdad. he works in a small liquor store in central baghdad every month he sends the money he earns to his family of 10 who live near mosul in northern iraq but every day he lives in fear in recent weeks many shops selling alcohol in the capital have been targeted in bomb attacks and one shop when i was shot dead in a drive by shooting. this mobile phone footage reportedly shows a group of men running the 2nd store in baghdad no one has claimed responsibility for any of the attacks and no one has been brought to justice a lot of later this everyone's afraid we don't know who is committing these attacks customers are scared to come to the shop and this is the only source of money for me and my family. the same in consumption of alcohol is not illegal in iraq but shops like these which are popular with the christian uneasy communities and secular muslims who drink alcohol need a special license the consumption of alcohol in public is illegal in this muslim maj

though they had to wait right until the end marcus rushed for the netting the winning goal at old trafford on the 90 minute mark yet fantastic. great results the desire to keep going on to create a. little bit of luck that we. go by by the desire to keep going now even though the premier league was able to complete all its fixtures on shoes day the threats of coronavirus perspire moments continue to loom wednesday's match between for them and told them is in doubt after a number of people tested positive for cave in 19 affirmed on monday we haven't seen a manchester city game was called off just 4 hours before kickoff in the most recent round of wiki testing across the appeal there have been 18 confirmed positive cases among both players and staff and west brom boss sammy other dice says a shutdown of all pay should be strongly considered. you know i'm 66 year old the last thing i want to do is catch catch covert so with that's what we need to do that's what we need to do i mean probably all the players will will overcome it even more difficult for me if i caught it to overcome it than tha

like say all they got are soldiers team leipzig final at old trafford last time out and only to avoid defeat if they were to advance to the last 16 man united p.s.g. and lights they go all tied together on 9 points but only 2 can progress. the car after the group of the group is getting better and better. we're looking forward to the game it's something that we want games like this is a tradition from on united's we will never make it easy for ourselves of course they will look at the games especially the away game against a stumble we could have to 3 points but that's just the way we do things we do do make it hard for us else that's that's been ever since. i played and that's a long long time ago. major league soccer cup champions seattle sounders will have the chance to defend their title after the shock win over minnesota united on monday trailing united to nail the sounder scored 3 times in the final 15 minutes of regulation in stoppage time to stun minnesota 3 to win the western conference final seattle will now travel to columbus to figgs the crew on saturday seattle is just th

yes, and roger, you said you were out in the trafford centre in manchester.re busy. that is what all retailers are trying to do but it is a tricky balancing act. a big year ahead. thank you. let's take a look at today's papers. the challenges of getting children back to school after the christmas holidays, dominates many of the front pages this morning. the times reports the prime minister is under pressure to delay the return in england because of the high coronavirus infection rate. the guardian reports a split among some senior tories on how best to approach the return to school. according to the paper, the education secretary, gavin williamson, is reluctant to delay the face—to—face restart in england because of the potential impact on the summer exam timetable. the telegraph carries a warning from scientists that two million people need to be vaccinated a day in order to avoid a third peak of the virus. and most watched on the bbc news website is a collection of zoom fails, something we're probably all familiar with, after almost a year of video calls. i

i said yesterday there would be some drama at old trafford for the manchester derby.lewis hamilton is back, although he says he's admitted he's still feeling the effects of coronavirus. he'll start the abu dhabi grand prix in third after qualifying behind his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas and max verstappen, who claimed pole for red bull. hamilton missed the last race after testing positive for covid—19, and says he's still not feeling 100%. he was back quite quickly? yes, he was who said it was feeling quite strange getting back into the so quickly. as we've been hearing this morning, uk and eu officials have spent the night in brussels in a desperate attempt to iron out their differences and reach a post—brexit trade agreement. after months of negotiations, fishing rights has remained a major source of disagreement. pierre karleskind is a french mep and chair of the eu pa rliament‘s fisheries committee and joins us now. good morning to you, pr. we talk about every day being an important one as far as these talks are concerned, but it seems today is make or brea

fans have not been at old trafford since.ried between extremes. sometimes they are brilliant. sometimes not. commentator: and manchester united will not be competing the champions league. instead, they are confined to the europa league. we were, and the group was disappointed on tuesday night. it's just the group was disappointed on tuesday night. it'sjust natural. we really wanted to go through the tournament and now the reality is we are not. then we just have to move on. after that the focus hasjust been on the manchester derby, that is properly the best game that you can ask for after such a disappointment. in nearly all of united's wins this season they have had to come from behind. the are just four points from their five games at home but with four wins in a row they are still in touch at the top. so why is this side so streaky? if only anyone knew the answer to that. it baffles fans, it confuses fans. even within matches, i'm not saying that united fans are com pletely saying that united fans are completely convinced

maybe too soon for him to play at old trafford.other record breaker in the women's champions league. fran kirby became chelsea's all time record scorer, as they thrashed benfica 5—0 in their last 32 first leg match in lisbon. manchster city beat gothenburg, but glasgow city were beaten by sparta prague. tonight, all about the europa league, the final matches in their very long group stage. thank you, good to see you. captain tom's goal to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday inspired us all during the first lockdown and raised nearly £a0 million for nhs charities. so when news came of another nationwide lockdown last month, the veteran decided to start walking again. this time he asked the public tojoin him, to combat the tough times ahead, and to become fundraising stars themselves. breakfast'sjohn maguire has been to meet some of them. thanks to some tv trickery, we can help mckenzie, shea, isaac and anthony to walk with tom. they're among the many to answer captain sir tom's call to walk with him, virtually of c