and unai emery is a fantastic coach. at arsenal, obviously, but a fantastic coach with a proven record and one of the big club will come from him and his career will be back on track. so no drama. keep going and you will get another club. the job, we work hard here, everyone wants to be successful and has a work ethic and an idea and if it not going all the way you wanted. club decisions in that category, it's a shame because from the outside looks like a man in the role and everything moves on. he takes interim charge for the weekend's match, against norwich. the draw for next year s european championship takes place tomorrow in bucharest — 20 teams have already qualified, including england and wales 4 more will come through the play—offs in march. john watson is in romania for us. welcome to the expo here in bucharest which will stage the 2020 draw. the great and good if your people but will be heading out the red carpet tomorrow to learn which nations their sizeable face at euro 2020. it's a draw in which england and

wenger got 22 years, unai emery got 18 months.maybe wasn't getting his message across to the players by the end. the defeat to eintracht frankfurt here in the europa league was played out in front of thousands of empty seats, and no business can survive if it is losing its customers. so what, today committed arsenal fans make of their clubs decision to sack emery, and who do they want full—time as the replacement? sack emery, and who do they want full-time as the replacement? the approach wasn't really that of a manager of a big club. we didn't sort of a poet —— impose ourselves on our opposition. he had to go, his time was up. we have no loyalty to him. you could see the players were not playing for him, the performances on the pitch were absolutely shocking at times. genuinely, i desperately, desperately want mauricio pochettino. i understand some people might say he is a tottenham man, he has been there five years, he has done wonders for the club, but i think if we can offer him a contract and a project, he might take it. poch

unai emery hasn't managed to turn things around.tripped of the captaincy earlier this year. what happens going forward is the key thing for them now. do they appoint is very important. many names are being thrown into the hat for that. the former conservative mp harvey proctor has reached a settlement with scotland yard over its investigation into false claims of a vip paedophile ring. mr proctor, whose home was raided following claims made by the fantasist carl beech, will receive a payout of around £900,000. tolu adeoye reports. harvey proctor was among several prominent figures targeted by carl beech, falsely accused of being members of a vip paedophile ring in the 70s and 80s. the former conservative mps says he lost his home and hisjob while under suspicion in a much—criticised metropolitan police investigation. i have no money, i have no resources, i cannot plan my future. i'm not sure that i have a future. mr proctor‘s lawyers have now confirmed he will receive £500,000 in compensation from scotland yard, and nearly £a00,000

arsenal have sacked their manager unai emery.ub is in the middle of its worst winless run in all competititons for 27 years. mr emery‘s assistant, freddie ljungberg, who's a former arsenal player, has been put in temporary charge. the newly—appointed chief executive of the football premier league, david pemsel, has resigned before starting thejob. he'd been due to take up the position in february, but has stood down after allegations about his private life appeared in a newspaper. the draw for next year s european football championships takes place tomorrow in romania. wales are among those in contention, having reached the semi—inals four years ago, while england go into the tournament as one of the favourites. our sports editor, dan roan, has been speaking with the england manager, gareth southgate. final preparations in bucharest today where those competing in european football's flagship tournament next summer are about to learn their fate. after an impressive qualifying campaign, england are amongst the favourites for euro 2

arsenal sack their manager unai emery after 78 games in charge.rediscovered — a 42—page manuscript written by elizabeth i. and coming up on bbc news, england's bowlers are frustrated on the first day of the second test in new zealand, as tom latham hits a century. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. 4,500 workers are to lose their jobs, after the energy firm npower announced it's closing three customer service centres in the uk. unions have called it cruel blow in the run—up to christmas, but the company, which is german owned, says it's been struggling for some time and that the british market is "particularly challenging". the cuts represent three quarters of the company's uk workforce. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. hello, penny from npower speaking. how can i help? it's one of the best—known names in the uk's energy sector, one of the so—called big six suppliers, but for years npower has been struggling. competition in the market is intense and this year the government decided to cap the most expensive tariffs.

and the pressure piles on unai emery — after a poor arsenal display against southampton.ng up in the programme. british hopes rest with kyle edmund and dan evans, as britain take on spain in the davis cup semi—finals. and england toil in new zealand, they struggle with the ball as the kiwis turn the screw in the first test. lots to come on sportsday tonight — we'll be keeping an eye on great britain at the davis cup in madrid, and it's been a really busy day but we start with the premier league, and jose mourinho‘s first game in charge of tottenham. just a couple of weeks ago he was sitting in a television studio watching liverpool beat manchester city, today he was in the dugout at the london stadium watching his new side beat west ham, joe wilson reports. mourinho is world—famous, and much love that spurs, so what is he got? give it 35 minutes. roberto, west ham's goalkeeper was just a witness. just what tottenham needed, and mourinho had it. tottenham battling for the ball, tearing forwards, mourinho picked lucas for this game and there he was. energy, teamwork, when h

unai emery is sacked as arsenal manager after 18 months in charge.rican troops in afghanistan — his first since taking office. he told them the us and the taliban have been engaged in talks and reaffirmed his intention to reduce the american military presence in the country "substa ntially. " our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. donald trump arrived in afghanistan on a trip surrounded by secrecy and a huge amount of security. the white house said the visit was intended to show support for troops during america's thanksgiving holiday, and he made a point of serving food to soldiers who are thousands of miles away from their families. but while officials insisted the visit was not connected to peace talks with the taliban, it comes just a week after afghanistan freed three taliban members as part of a prisoner swap for two western academics. and, as mr trump met afghanistan's president, ashraf ghani, he confirmed that peace talks had restarted with the group, just a couple of months after they appeared to collapse. the taliban wants to

the back page of the sun is about unai emery.lso because he had to change his coat because he was wearing a black coat and it was very similarto was wearing a black coat and it was very similar to the frankfurt outfit. the referee was getting worried. so they swapped it over. and we've also got a really nice one in the mail. lest there are getting a new training ground developed, £95 million it is going to cost. it will be beautiful, apparently. they have two delayed because they found a protected species of newts there that have to be relocated. that is quite sweet, isn't it? 348 great crested newts. so the club have to make sure they are relocated before they can continue. i don't know how to go from newts to bare legs, so, henry follows goal, jane i know you know this. on the women's tour of the lpga women can wear shorts and skorts, which is a cross between shirts and skirts. 0n the men's tour, they haven't been allowed to wear shorts. so for the first time they have broken with tradition. this is rocky michael roy in shorts

results at the weekend define the future of these three managers, all under pressure — arsenal's unai emerylva and west ham's manuel pellegrini? let's start with emery — his side were booed off on saturday, after it took a stoppage—time goal to salvage a draw at home against southampton. emery says it's up to him to get more out of his players. but fans aren't happy — they have now seen their side win just two of their last 11 premier league games. various arsenal supporters‘ groups have issued a statement addressing "grave concerns" over the club's future, worried about a slide in form, a lack of leadership from the hierarchy and the ‘toxic atmosphere' at the emirates stadium. this is one fan — pippa monique. i feel like he's had ifeel like he's had enough chances to imprint something on this club on this team. he has not imprinted anything. i don't know his philosophy, his tactics, i don't know anything. i don't even think the players know what they're supposed to do. i don't think the owner is ever going to give up this clu b owner is ever going to give up this club because he has heard

piling on the pressure on manager unai emery. still hoping — the russian olympic committee say they'll do all they can to compete under their own flag at the tokyo olympics. and lebronjames makes a little boy's night after overtaking michaeljordan in the nba's all—time scoring list. all of that to come, but first we start with the 30th southeast asian games, with the opening ceremony this weekend in the philippines. but the build—up has been mired in controversy, over allegations of spending irregularities, unfinished venues and athletes having to sleep on the floor. our reporter howard johnson is there. so much talk in the build—up about things not being ready in time. however things looking now? yes, it has been a war of words this week about whether the games are ready to go. the bbc have been looking a different stadium, we went to the rizal memorial stadium. and events that take place ahead of the opening ceremony where there is such a huge number of events to get through. theirs was pretty shambolic, there was construction

there's also attention on arsenal's unai emery, after his side's 2—2 draw with southampton left themremier league. a group of fans have released a statement calling for "urgent action". patrick gearey reports on what's going wrong at the emirates. this is not the sound of a club in harmony, only two minutes early arsenal had snatched a late equaliser against southampton. but such was the performance they made at the emirates was not one of celebration. it is not a good result for us. obviously we play at home, survey have to win games at home. the supporters can be frustrated, they can be angry with us. they gambling has been slowly rising. arsenal did not make the champions league last season and there is concerned able miss out again this time. monday supporters group issued a statement critical of the owner. they said... they found sony see these years as foreign owners who have come over, look to make a lot of money, they have made enough a lot of money out of arsenal and not invested that money back into the club. they will have seen... the owners will be harder to dislodge than

he would be one of the favourites to head to the emirates if they choose to part company with unai emery been having a torrid time of late and so have the team. they've failed to win any of their last six matches in all competitions. they take on eintract frankfurt tonight, and emery thinks it's the perfect chance to reconnect with the supporters. the club is supporting me. i have faith in the club backing me. i appreciate it a lot. and i feel strong with that support. and i know my other responsibility to come back and change that situation. i know we need to have a good connection with our supporters. and above all, i need manly, big, strong in my constituency. well, although they're struggling in the premier league, things have been going pretty well for arsenal in europe so far. they're top of group f and will qualify with a draw tonight. or if standard liege lose their match against vitoria guimaraes. but frankfurt won't be pushovers. they thrashed the great bayern munich 5—1 earlier this month in the german bundesliga. a result that cost the bayern manager his job at the time. so,

arsenal manager unai emery has confirmed that switzerland intrnational granit xhaka has been stripped has not played for the club since he was booed off by fans, and reacted angrily, after being substituted against crystal palace on the 27th of october. xhaka is said to have "accepted the position". pierre emerick aubamayang will take over as club captain. i was speaking with them this morning and also i decided he is not one. and i decided that and i told him this morning. let's have a quick look at some other stories making the news meanwhile... liverpool will need to field two different teams in as many days, because the date of their league cup quarter—final with aston villa will not be changed. the match, on the 17th of december, is less than 2a hours before club world cup semi—final in qatar. everton midfielder andre gomes has been discharged from hospital after successful surgery on a fracture dislocation of his right ankle. after being sent off for the tackle causing gomes‘ injury, son heung—min has had his red card overturned. gareth bale has been named in the welsh squad for

at spurs, there's now pressure on everton‘s marco silva, west ham boss, manuel pellegrini, and unai emerye emirates have now released a statement, calling for urgent action, following their lacklustre draw with southampton. patrick gearey reports. crowd booing this is not the sound ofa this is not the sound of a club in harmony. only two minutes earlier, arsenal had snatched a late equaliser against southampton but such was the performance, the mood at the emirates was not one of celebration. it is not a good result for us. obviously, we played at home so we obviously, we played at home so we have to win games at home. i understand now the supporters they can be frustrated and they can be angry with us. the grumbling has been slowly rising. arsenal did not make the champions league last season and there is concern they will miss out again this time. on monday, i supporters group issued a statement critical of arsenal's american owner, stan kroenke. they said... fans certainly see the kroenkes as foreign owners who have come over here and look like making an awful lot of money and they hav

: no win in seven for arsenal, who lose in the europa league, piling on the pressure on manager unai emeryrussian olympic committee say they'll do all they can to compete under their own flag at the tokyo olympics. and lebronjames makes a little boy's night after overtaking michaeljordan in the nba's all—time scoring list. all of that to come, but first we start with the 30th southeast asian games, with the opening ceremony this weekend in the philippines. but the build—up has been mired in controversy, over allegations of spending irregularities, unfinished venues and athletes having to sleep on the floor. our reporter howard johnson is there. so much talk in the build—up about things not being ready in time. however things looking now?

manager unai emery says he'll decide on friday.'s four—man bobsleigh team will receive their bronze medal from the sochi 2014 olympic winter games later tonight. jothackson, bruce tasker, stuart benson and joel fearon finished in fifth but have been promoted to third after two crews were disqualified. most professional sportspeople have to put aside their international rivalries to play with their club team—mates from countries all around the world, but how difficult is that when they've won the highest honour in the sport and they did it by beating you? well, that's what's happened at sale sharks because south african faf de klerk won gold at the rugby world cup after beating england in the final. a match that was heartbreaking for england and sale sharks tom curry. i asked what it was like when they saw each other for the first time after south africa's win. just getting ready for tuesday the tuesday morning meeting. to be fair, idid not tuesday morning meeting. to be fair, i did not think he was around. i thought he would be cel

we start at the emirates because another defeat for arsenal has piled more pressure on manager unai emeryaken the lead against eintract frankfurt, the gunners were beaten 2—1. they should still reach the last 32, but it's now seven games without a win. meanwhile, wolves booked their place in the knockout stage, despite letting a two—goal lead slip in portugal. michael redford rounds up the action. the emirates is not a happy place as of late, pressure firmly mounting on the arsenal manager and in terms of trouble you need leaders and former leaders as well. called to the side for the first time since losing captaincy over a month ago. he nearly gave arsenal depressed to my perfect start, he did get the perfect start, he did get the perfect finish to the half though. tingles for the season now. any positivity was gone shortly after the restart, frankfurt level and his first european goal, the second was not far behind. frankfurt now in front after the hour mark. despite having 30 minutes‘ time ticked away, arsenal cannot find an equaliser. for some defeat of the season and a defeat that ma

manager unai emery says he'll decide on friday.ions will not play during the first minute of their matches this weekend to protest against racism. it comes after excelsior‘s ahmad mendes moreira was racially abused by den boss fans on sunday. tommy fleetwood has put himself in a good position to win the race to dubai. he's fourth at the season—ending world tour championship, and will be crowned europe's top golfer if he finishes outright third, and bernd wiesberger is outside the top two. the austrian‘s currently 14th. now, it's been a tough few months for antony joshua after losing three of his four belts in the defeat to andy ruinr. but the british heavyweight boxer says he won't be content with his legacy in the sport if he fails to become a world champion again. the re—match takes place next month in saudi arabia. he told mike costello that he lost more than just those belts. i love this. i'm looking at that man in the mirror and i'm teaching myself. ijust know how tough this game is and how much i have to give to it. it's just

frankfurt to qualify from their group, but this week the pressure has been heaped on their manager unai emeryh supporters". celtic, rangers and wolves also play later. the club is supporting me. the sponsor is backing me. ifeel strong with that support and i know my responsibility to come back and to change that situation. we need a good connection with our supporters andi good connection with our supporters and i need to be strong in my consistency. let's take a look at some of the stories doing the rounds of twitter this morning and one of them is the rumour that david beckham is reportedly lining up former arsenal midfielder patrick vieira to become the first head coach at intermiami. vieira is currently in charge of french club nice, but is now emerging as beckham's top choice for his new mls franchise. inter miami begin their first ever mls season in march, with their new £750 million fort lauderdale stadium due to open the following year. under pressure england captain joe root says he knows his batting form will improve. root has been criticised after england's defeat by new zealand in

manager unai emery says that he still has the full support of the club. the club is supporting me.now my responsibility to come back and change that situation. i know, we need to work a good connection with our supporters. and above all, i manley, big and strong in my constituency. celtic, rangers and wolves are all in action later too — with the wolves' manager, nuno esprito santo one of the front runners to replace unai emery. the owners of manchester city have agreed to buy a majority stake in the indian super league club, mumbai city. that increases their interest to eight clubs around the world. mumbai have previously been managed by peter reid and nicola anelka, both with mancehster city, former ipswich and england defender russell osman, works as a pundit in the indian super league and he spoke to us from mumbai earlier. to be absolutely honest, it's brilliant that they would take on someone brilliant that they would take on someone like mumbai city fc and promote them as much as they can. it will do wonders for youth football over here, as well. with the access that manches

but the defeat piles more pressure on manager unai emery. now, our moment is not good. the players, the coaches and me, now we lost some confidence, but we need to win. the first half was good and the second half again, also we started very well. and they tried, they want it. the president of russia's olympic commitee says they will be doing all they can to compete under their own flag at next year's games in tokyo. the world anti—doping agency has recommended that russia be banned from all sporting competition for four years for allegedly falsifying lab data handed over as part of a doping investigation. translation: a neutral flag is completely out of the question. if you open and carefully look into the olympic texts, you'll be able to find a corresponding paragraph which distinctly regulates all things related to the flag and anthem of national olympic committees. it is the final race of the season. first practce at the abu dhabi grand prix gets underway in the next few hours. plenty of eyes will be on ferrari teammates charles leclerc and sebastian vettel, who cras

unai emery says he's only focused on the present as he prepares for arsenal's game against eintrachts after a winless run in his last six matches across all competitions. arsenal are top of their group though, four points clear of standard liege and their german opponents. it's a competition emery won three times when in charge at sevilla. england vice—captain ben stokes has given his full support tojoe root ahead of the second test against new zealand on friday. england were beaten by an innings and 65 runs at mount maunganui with root making just 13. he's not scored a century since february and has faced suggestions that captaining the side's affected his batting. he has got the backs of everybody in the changing room. that is the most important thing to him as a captain and to us as players in general. you know, the only thing that matters is the changing room vibe, really. anything outside of that is just noise. he is england's captain, he has england's bass player, and he knows that and he has got the full support of us in the change rooms. —— best player. but from me chetan pat

pressure continues on arsenal head coach unai emery after arsenal rescued a point to draw 2—2 with southamptonorwich — who move off the bottom of the table. elsewhere there were wins for wolves, leicester city, and burnley. celtic thrashed livingstone 4—0 at celtic park to extend their lead the top of the scottish premiership. leigh griffiths made his return for celtic. the scotland striker played the final 22 minutes, three months on from his last appearance having ta ken time away from the sport struggling with depression. elsewhere hibernian beat motherwell 3—1. st mirren moved off the bottom of the table with a 2—1 win against ross county. and struggling hearts were beaten by kilmarnock 3—0. great britain have won the first rubber of their davis cup semi final against spain. kyle edmund beating felicaino lopez in straight sets. with captain leon smith, deciding to rest andy murray again, edmund, the british number 3 played a storming first set taking it 6-3. the second set went all the way to a tie break. edmund winning 7 points to 3 — and taking the match. british number one dan evans' is

pressure continues on arsenal head coach unai emery after arsenal rescued a point to draw 2—2 with southamptonom of the table. elsewhere there were wins for wolves, leicester city, and burnley. great britain are playing the deciding match of their davis cup semifinal against spain. kyle edmund won his match earlier but then rafael nadal beat dan evans to level the scores at 1—1. that left jame murray and neal skupski with the challenge of beating nadal and felciano lopez in the doubles. they lost the first set in the tie—break and i just starting the second set. -- and arejust starting. the winners play canada in the final tomorrow. england perhaps have a mountain to climb if they are to get anything back from that match there. and in rugby union's european champions cup, and holders, saracens, returned to winning ways with a bonus—point victory over 0spreys, they won 411—3. sarries were beaten by racing 92, in their opening game. but two tries from rotimi segun including this, secured a bonus point victory over the welsh region. exeter, northampton and harlequins also won. england's women sco

we start at the emirates because another defeat for arsenal has piled more pressure on manager unai emery still reach the last 32, but it's now seven games without a win. meanwhile, wolves booked their place in the knockout stage, despite letting a two—goal lead slip in portugal. michael redford rounds up the action. the image is not a happy place. no wins in november has seen pressure firmly mounted on manager in a emery. in times of trouble you need leaders and since losing the captaincy over a month ago. arsenal was nearly given the perfect start. he did give arsenal the perfect finish to the heart, though. that's ten goals for this season. any positivity, though, was gone shortly after the restart. frankfurt level. his second wasn't far behind, frankfurt now in frontjust his second wasn't far behind, frankfurt now in front just after the hour mark. and despite having 30 minutes to away, arsenal couldn't find an equaliser. the first home defeat of the season and a defeat that might mean emery‘s timing has also run out. you know a spirit oh centre has been strongly linked with replacing

a result that will do little to ease the pressure on unai emery.he heat will be everton's marco silva. norwich getting their first away win of the season and leaving the toffees in a sticky situation. gavin ranjaun, bbc news. celtic are three points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating livingston 4—0, but rangers can move level again this afternoon — they're away to hamilton academical. st mirren moved off the bottom of the table, thanks to victory at home to ross county — sam foley with a late winner after they'd gone behind. despite the lta boosting the crowd with 900 free tickets for british fans, the gb team were knocked out of the semifinals of the davis cup, losing to the hosts spain in madrid. after winning one singles match each, the tie came down to the doubles — with gb falling just short, as our tennis correspondent russell fuller explains. the magic box in madrid was rocking on saturday night and jamie murray and neal skupski came tantalisingly close to setting up a deciding set of the doubles which could have put

arsenal manager unai emery has confirmed that switzerland international granit xhaka has been strippedy, after being substituted against crystal palace on the 27th of october. xhaka is said to have "accepted the position". pierre emerick aubamayang will take over as club captain. saracens have been docked 35 points and handed a five million pound fine for breaching salary cap regulations. an independent panel had found wrongdoing relating to business partnerships between the owner nigel wray and some of the club's top players. premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. former saracens player kyren bracken believes people should wait for more details on the case — before passing judgement everyone wants to be seen to be doing the right thing and playing within the rules, and if saracens have not been playing within the rules, then i would say throw the book at them. but i cannot see how they have when the panel actually said that they haven't intentionally tried to do anything. so i think we need to have to have a massive, full investigation what actually

the manager unai emery says it the "perfect chance to reconnect with supporters" after a run of six games is supporting me. i feel that everyone responsible in that area in the club is backing me. i really appreciate it a lot. i feel strong with that support. i know my responsibility to come back and change that situation. we need a good connection with our supporters and above all i need mainly to be strong in my consistency. the second test against new zealand starts tonight, and england wicket keeper jos buttler could miss out with a back problem. ollie pope could keep wicket in his absence, he last took the gloves in febriary playing for the england lionskent playing for the england lions. ——kent batsman zak crawley could make his debut should buttler have to sit out the match. england lost the first test against the kiwis and a lot of the build up to this match has focussed on the captain's poor form and england's failure with the bat. in terms of when we say bat long it doesn't mean that we have to block it for three days and hope that means we will get to a big score. it means read

the pressure is on the arsenal manager unai emery after a run of six games without a win, they need alify for the knockout stage. ollie pope is on standby to keep wicket for england in their second test against new zealand this evening. jos buttler could miss out out with a back injury. england are one down in the two match series i have a update in the next 15 minutes. see you then. thank you. see you very soon. throughout this election campaign we've been reporting from some key battleground constituencies — let's go to my colleague martine croxall who is in one for us today — in one for us today — martine. you might be able to guess from this incredible building that we are in. throughout the campaign, we are looking closely at places where the election could be won and lost. we are visiting ten places throughout the uk. today we are in cheltenham in gloucestershire. the seat has been held by the conservatives since 2015 and is bordered by two other constituencies, also belonging to the tories. the conservatives took cheltenham four years ago with a swing of 10% from the liberal de

unai emery has even said that this game is the "perfect chance to reconnect with supporters".chester united, celtic, rangers and wolves all in action. and, simon, the wolves‘ manager, nuno esprito santo is one of the front runners to replace unai emery. the owners of manchester city have agreed to buy a majority stake in the indian super league club mumbai city. that increases their interest to eight clubs around the world. mumbai were founded in 2014 and have previously been managed by manchester city greats peter reid and nicola anelka. indian football expert russell osman thinks it‘s a good move. to be honest, absolutely brilliant that manchester city seem fit that they should take on someone like mumbai city fc and promote them as much as they can. it will do wonders for youth football over here as well. with the access that manchester city will give the academy of mumbai city, help with the players, the education, the administration, how a club should be run successfully and i can only see everybody benefiting in a massive way. the second test against new zealand starts t

stripped of the club captaincy and — after being left out of their europa league game on wednesday — unai emerypoke with him. i spoke with him, on tuesday. for how he is feeling now, his mind. because he is working well, he is training well. but he said to me, it isn't enough at the moment to play, we're going to wait. manchester city's georgia sta nway and gemma bonner have been called up to the england women's squad ahead of their international friendly against germany tomorrow at wembley. toni duggan though has withdrawn from the squad with a lower back injury. it's expected to be a sell—out at the stadium, which will be a record crowd for a lionesses' home match. the draw has been made for the women's champions league quarter—finals with a tough game for arsenal as they'll be going head to head against paris st—germain. if women's super league champions get past psg, then they could face lyon in the last four who have won the european title six times. while glasgow city will take on the two—time european champions, wolfsburg. what a performance from batsman dawid malan who scored the quicke

, six minutes into added time but despite the draw the pressure remains on the arsenal manager, unai emery possibly more significantly, nine points worse off than at this stage stage last season. southamptno remain in the relegation zone in the day's other games wolves are up to fifth place after a 2—1win over bournemouth. secod placed, leicester city beat brighton 2—nil. burnley beat watford 3—nil and are in sixth place while watford are now bottom of the table. celtic trashed livingstone a—nil at celtic park to extend their lead the top of the scottish premiership. leigh griffiths made his return for celtic. the scotland striker played the final 22 minutes, three months on from his last appearance having ta ken time away from the sport struggling with depression. elsewhere hibernian beat motherwell 3—1, st mirren moved off the bottom of the table with a 2—1 win against ross county and struggling hearts were beaten by kilmarnock 3—nil — all three kimarnock goals were scored in the first 16 minutes. in spain, barcelona scored late as they had to come from behind to beat bottom club leganes

focuses on the raft of premier league managers under pressure — marco silva, manuel pellegrini and unai emeryysia earlier this month. he sustained a crushed retina and facial fractures. the 28—year old scored 72 goals in 126 appearances for great britain and england and represented team gb at the rio olympics. adam peaty‘s dominance in the 100 metre breakstroke continued last night with a thrilling victory in the new international swimming league. the isl is a new team—based competition format for 2019 and peaty is captain of the london roar team. his win alongside victory in the mixed four—by—100 relay at the london aquatics centre last night means the team are through to the grand final next month in las vegas. now to some incredible scenes in madrid where spain have won the davis cup for the sixth time. a day after beating great britain in the semi—final rafa nadal and his team—mates were too much for canada in the final as well, winning both of their singles matches to take the title. this was spain‘s first davis cup title since 2011 and you could see what it meant to both the players and

arsenal manager unai emery has confirmed that granit xhaka has been stripped of the club captaincy.d reacted angrily, after being substituted against crystal palace on the 27th of october. xhaka is said to have "accepted the position". pierre—emerick aubamayang will take over as club captain. after missing last month's matches through injury, juventus midfielder aaron ramsey is back in the wales squad for the upcoming games against azerbaijan and hungary. gareth bale is also included in the squad. he hasn't played for his club real madrid since picking up a calf injury in wales' draw with croatia in mid—october. manager ryan giggs admits bale's lack of match fitness is a concern. saracens rugby club have been docked 35 points and handed a £5 million fine for breaching salary cap regulations. an independent panel had found wrongdoing relating to business partnerships between the owner nigel wray and some of the club's top players. premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. former saracens player kyren bracken believes people should wait for more details

unai emery has been sacked as arsenal manager after only 18 months in charge. years. ina in a statement arsenal side results and performances had not been of the level required and if he searched for a replacement is under way. borisjohnson has been on a phone—in for lbc this morning, taking viewers calls, where he was pressed again on his policies. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, is in westminster. what was said, ian? it was a wide—ranging interview, to be fair. a whole range of topics. i think it is fairto a whole range of topics. i think it is fair to say, perhaps boris johnson‘s father may agree with this, i don‘t know, but he is not necessarily a details man. he much prefers a bigger picture. but he was asked since he is determined to take britain out of the european union by the end of january, britain out of the european union by the end ofjanuary, what britain out of the european union by the end of january, what other trade deals might be in the offing. he didn‘t seem to be too sure about the exact number. talks are under way with many countr

arsenal sacked head coach unai emery after a dreadful run of form. reaction later. thanks gavin.s the weather details. not hard a cold snap is upon us. a lot of sunshine, crisp autumn weather. also, some fog. more in a bit. thanks, tomas. also coming up, a manuscript written by elizabeth i is discovered — a translation of a book praising the monarchy, complete with her distinctive messy handwriting. hello everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm rebecca jones. 4,500 workers are set to lose theirjobs, after the energy firm npower announced it's closing three customer service centres in the uk. unions have called it a cruel blow in the run up to christmas, but the company, which is german owned, says it's been struggling for some time and that the british market is particularly challenging. the cuts represent three quarters of the company's uk workforce. here's our business correspondent, theo leggett. hello, penny from npower speaking. how can i help? it's one of the best—known names in the uk's energy sector, one of the so—called big six suppliers, but for years npower has been stru

former arsenal manager unai emery has written a letter to fans in his first message since being sackedeased on the club's official website, emery said he wishes he could have achieved "better results" and thanked fans for helping him to understand the greatness of arsenal. the premier league is searching for a new chief executive after table pencil resigned before starting the job. —— the premier league is searching for a new chief executive after david pemsel resigned before starting the job. pemsel has stepped down from the post following newspaper allegations about his private life. he was only appointed last month and was due to start in february. he was the third person to be offered the job following the departure of richard scudamore a year ago. richard masters will now stay as interim chief executive. slowly but surely saracens are moving back towards zero in rugby union's premiership. remember they've been docked 35 points for breaching the salary cap but six penalties from england's owen farrell and this try from scotland's sean maitland helped them beat bath 25—12 last night

stripped of the club captaincy and after being left out of their europa league game on wednesday, unai emeryengland posted their highest ever total in t20s, with a victory. mathew parkinson took four wickets when new zealand batted. they fell 76 runs short though. that‘s all the sport for now. there are of course more stories on the bbc sport website. bye for now. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. simon ward, from east midlands today, is in mansfield, talking about the landslip which saw residents evacuated. we‘ll be hearing more from him injust a moment. peter levy is in hull, where he and the team at look north have been gearing up for this year‘s children in need. you‘ve got to wonder about what some of my colleagues get up to some yea rs. but first, some extraordinary pictures we‘ve seen of this landslip in mansfield, simon. tonight at least 28 homes here... you can see the police tape and fire service tape where people won‘t be able to live in their homes tonight. there has been

a result that will do little to ease the pressure on unai emery.match each, the tie came down to the doubles — with gb falling just short, as our tennis correspondent russell fuller explains. the magic box in madrid was rocking on saturday night and jamie murray and neil skupski came tantalisingly close to setting up a deciding set of the doubles which could have put britain into another davis cup final. but ra found the tao of the world number one and feliciano lopez won the doubles match into microtitre plates. britain had to set points to take the match into a deciding set and agonisingly won more points than the dow and la paz. it had all started surprisingly with kyle edmund winning the opening singles against lopez. dan evans then post attempt to close in the opening set of their singles match but after he lost that the second set disappeared in a flash 6—0. but after he lost that the second set disappeared in a flash 6-0. we are hurting just now but we had an amazing tie against spain the strongest team arguably in the competition and we hav

arsenal get rid of unai emery after 18 months in charge. good evening.t at a premises near london bridge amid reports of a stabbing. shortly afterwards eyewitnesses filmed members of the public as they cornered a man carrying a knife on the north side of the bridge and pinned him to the ground. armed police arrived within minutes and shot him. he was wearing a device — which turned out to be fake. the man died at the scene. tonight, passersby who stepped in have been praised for their bravery and their breathtaking heroism. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at the scene. this key section of london is on lockdown tonight. london bridge is closed, all the nearby offices are being evacuated. police have declared a terrorist incident. there appears to be blood smeared on the front of fishmongers hall, one of the ancient city livery companies. because once again there has been a knife attack, a man wearing a hoax bomb, and once again people have had to shoot him dead. my report contains some distressing details and pictures. it was a crisp, wi