yeah, i think a lot of newcastle fans feel that way. he's been back to more than any other manager on the list. there was a lot of talent in this team. it not one of the top teams in the league, but it's certainly, my opinion a performance below. ithink a lot of newcastle fans would like to see a play change. some people would say bruce is doing 0k. to see a play change. some people would say bruce is doing ok. 12 in the table, a point from the relegation zone. he's doing 0k. what would you say to them?|j relegation zone. he's doing 0k. what would you say to them? i would say any of those people particularly managers, because any times... i don't think any teams would have given him a drop off. he said he would take the club forward and he hasn't. he said he would improve the foot ball hasn't. he said he would improve the football and take us to the next level, and he hasn't. by his own definition, he's failing. the team are hugely fortunate to be where they are in the league. the performances have been disastrous, so performances have

due to a coronavirus outbreak in newcastle's squad. it's the first in the premier league to fall victim since the summer's project restart, when the top flight resumed after an enforced break. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is here with more on this. how did the league arrive at their decision to we already knew that newcastle had an outbreak of covid with their training centre but today announced but there was a significant increase in the number of cases with several players now self oscillating at home after returning positive results in recent days and the training centre has been temporarily close to contain the spread of the virus. they say because the first team are currently unable to train as a group, they asked the premier league whether they could postpone the game against aston villa on friday and the league said yes. that game will 110w the league said yes. that game will now be rescheduled. aston villa for their part so they fully support the decision and wish you a speedy recovery to everyone affected but this clear

for newcastle, this week has brought a big result. it's well-documented, the we had. there were a few out there who are just recovering from there who are just recovering from the virus, so i can't... in a tough couple of weeks, they've stuck out and gota couple of weeks, they've stuck out and got a result, which is great. this is the tribute to an absent striker. fans raised seven and a half thousand pounds for a banner of human is. he's at home recovering from a fractured skull. there match at aston villa was drifting to a drawl. villa lost a leaf player when louise was sent off. with one man last, they still went forward. that contact would change where the points went in this west midlands derby, a penalty at the end perhaps they would need less encouragement to celebrate for villa, a victory at the neighbours as they move up the table. so, we've already heard about two derbies in the premier league, while in the championship, swansea came out on top in the south wales derby as they beat rivals cardiff 2—0. jamal lowe scored both the goals for the away side, wit

in a statement, newcastle say... "the club introduced comprehensive covid—i9 protocols in line with premier league and government guidance to protect its players and staff ahead of project restart." the england manager gareth southgate has told the bbc that he thinks the introduction of concussion substitutions could be coming into football soon. it follows a serious head collision in the premier league on sunday that left wolves' rauljimenez with a fractured skull. the issue of dementia of football has also made headlines again in recent weeks and southgate has been telling us that's something else he has concerns about. we just don't have the research. i know that's been ongoing, i know the fa are dealing with it. i was asked a few weeks ago, "did i have concerns about that as a former player?" well, of course i do, because it's a horrible illness, and one that i've seen, with family, the impact of it. but i know when i was playing that i knew the risks i was taking around my health. and i wouldn't have swapped t

up up to tuesday, newcastle's training ground was close. as a welcome wes braun, they put it straight behind them. —— west brom. just getting a team out for a while was touch and go. west brom need points. they lost their last match 5-1 at points. they lost their last match 5—1 at home but drew level here. darnell furlong ran in from the back to hit a brilliant volley. i—i darnell furlong ran in from the back to hit a brilliant volley. 1—1 but newcastle called for someone both sides who could store. dwight gale was west brom's top scored two years ago. here he was to bring them again. for newcastle, a week has brought a big result. it's well documented, the problems we have. there were a few bodies out there who are just recovering from the virus, so i can't be carrying after the players. in a tough couple of weeks, they've stuck at it and got a result, which is great to. this is a tribute to an absent striker. bulls fa ns tribute to an absent striker. bulls fans raised seven and a half thousand pounds for a banner of raul gimenez

newcastle went close early on but brentford came back into it. and you can keep up to date with all the goals from tonight's games with 5 live final score on the iplayer, bbc sport app or the red button now. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. good evening. we'll all be in chilly air by the time we head to christmas, but for the time being tonight, bit of a north—south split continuing. where we saw the best of the brightness today across parts of scotland, northern ireland, this is where we'll see a frost developed for a while. further south, with grey skies we saw in southern parts of england and wales, the cloudy conditions develop more widely, bringing rain. and it's rain which could become a problem again over the next 36 hours, particularly for england and wales, and in these areas marked in darker blue in our rainfall accumulation charts, maybe 40—70 mm of rain possible falling on saturated ground. river levels high. keep up—to—date with latest flood and weather warnings on our website. and the rain w

but soon after a coaching change at newcastle united saw him quickly fall out of favor of the english premier league side he once again returned home when you're here in farrell we grew up you were the best player. when you come to england. come player from europe and. play with the national. competition it is not like a view. i think the set but when he came back to the others and he has become stronger and because when he then moved again abroad he had tried to experience it with the 2nd in a set i was better able to tackle after stints in norway and back in the faroes edmonson established himself in denmark's top division in 2018 he signed for armenia bielefeld promotion in his 3rd season means he's playing in the biggest league affair always player has featured in. the 1st in the german football league and the course i'm proud of because we don't have that many professional footballers from the from the spare islands the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level wit

but soon after a coaching change at newcastle united saw him quickly fall out of favor of the english premier league side he once again returned home when you're here in farrell we grew up you were the best player. when you come to england. come player from europe and. play with the national. competition it is not like being paralyzed. i think the set but when he came back to the others and yes become stronger and because when he then moved again abroad he had tried to experience it with the 2nd in a set i was better able to tackle after stints in norway and back in the faroes edmonson established himself in denmark's top division in 2018 he signed for armenia bielefeld promotion in his 3rd season means he's playing in the biggest league affair always player has featured in. the 1st in the german football league and the course i'm proud of because we don't have that many professional footballers from here from. the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations

played against n ewcastle o n tests done after they played against newcastle on boxing day. they had already announced on christmas day that kyle walker, gabriellejesus and two more staff members were testing positive and where to enter a period of self isolation. —— gabrieljesus. the a period of self isolation. —— gabriel jesus. the result a period of self isolation. —— gabrieljesus. the result of those tests ca m e gabrieljesus. the result of those tests came back this morning and there were more positives within that, city are not saying who, but there was enough within them for manchester city to go to the premier league to request a postponement. to matters on the pitch and leicester have moved up to second in the premier league table, but they dropped points in their pursuit of leaders liverpool, following a 1—1 draw at crystal palace. jo currie reports. not a fortress of late, last time here crystal palace conceded seven to liverpool but hot on the pull‘s hillsborough leicester with a chance to move second in the table. giving away a penalty less than

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in a statement, newcastle say... "the club introduced comprehensive covid—i9 protocols in line with premier league and government guidance to protect its players and staff ahead of project restart." the england manager gareth southgate has told the bbc that he thinks the introduction of concussion substitutions could be coming into football soon. it follows a serious head collision in the premier league on sunday that left wolves‘ rauljimenez with a fractured skull. the issue of dementia in football has also made headlines again in recent weeks and southgate has been telling us that's something else he has concerns about. we just don't have the research. i know that's been ongoing, i know the fa are dealing with it. i was asked a few weeks ago, "did i have concerns about that as a former player?" well, of course i do, because it's a horrible illness, and one that i've seen, with family, the impact of it. but i know when i was playing that i knew the risks i was taking around my health. and i wouldn't have swapped

there's one game that's already under way tonight, it's championship club brentford against newcastle. after 55 minutes, it is still 0—0. newcastle started well, they were close early on with a shot on target from callum wilson, forcing the bre ntford from callum wilson, forcing the brentford keeper to make a save. but bre ntford brentford keeper to make a save. but brentford came back into it fairly quickly with a couple of chances of their own. they went wide of the target but they are holding their own. and you can keep up to date with all the goals from tonight's games with 5 live final score on the iplayer, bbc sport app or the red button now. let's take a look at some of the other sports news stories making the headlines today. everton women's manager willie kirk has signed a new contract until 2023. his side reached last season's fa cup final and are fifth in the women's super league, despite a 4—0 defeat to arsenal at the weekend. kirk has been in charge since december 2018. andy murray has beaten cameron norrie 6—4, 7—6 at the battle of the brits premier league event.

the statement from newcastle says that several newcastle says that several newcastle united players and staff members self—isolating at home after returning positive tests in recent days. the club's training centre has been temporarily closed in order to contain the spread of the virus. the magpies first team is currently unable to prepare for the match as a group says the statement, newcastle united lodged a request with the premier league's to postpone the match. the match between newcastle and villa is off on friday because a number of newcastle united players have tested positive. the match was set to kick off at 8pm on friday evening. it will now be rescheduled. a new date and a new time will be confirmed in due course. newcastle are saying that they would like to thank aston villa for their understanding. newcastle also saying they were one of the first clubs in they were one of the first clubs in the country to close their training ground prior to the first national lockdown in march and the club introduced comprehensive covid—19 protocols in line with the premier league. tha

and newcastle's premier league match against west brom is expected to go ahead on saturday. their game against aston villa last friday was postponed after an increase in coronavirus cases, but newcastle have now returned enough negative tests for their next match to go ahead. we were telling you yesterday that rugby world cup winner steve thompson and seven other former players are starting legal action against the game's authorities for negligence. every member of the group has recently been diagnosed with early signs of dementia, and they say repeated blows to the head are to blame. today, other players have been having their say about a case that could change the way rugby is played. music. it's like 20 controlled car crashes a week. you know, some of these hits arejust bone a week. you know, some of these hits are just bone rattling. a week. you know, some of these hits arejust bone rattling. they a week. you know, some of these hits are just bone rattling. they really are. it was the norm. it was the norm of ourera, are. it was the norm. it was the norm of our era, conc

a couple of days ago newcastle are coming in to the south the back of a loss. the records and trophies they one of the last couple of years are there for everyone to see. they are champions of ingot and a very good side. we know what is coming, that is the premier league, that is how difficult it is, that is what difficult it is, that is what difficult and demanding a week it is. and we get two or three of the big guys back to back, you would like a week to recover to make sure you get going again but we are being pitted against argued with the two best teams in the country back to back. so, bring it on. there was to be a full round of fixtures in the scottish premiership today to round off the year. but livingston against aberdeen was postponed due to a frozen pitch. rangers are still 16 points clear at the top of the table following their 2—0 win at st mirren. celtic remain second after their win at home to dundee united. they have three games in hand on rangers. a goalless draw for st johnstone and hamilton. ross county leading hibernian by one heavens and

newcastle united's training ground is still closed after a covid outbreak at the club. their game at aston villa last friday was postponed because of a significant increase in the number of cases. it's not yet known whether saturday's game at home to west brom will go ahead, although newcastle are hopeful that players can return to training tomorrow. leaving sports news there for the moment and head right back to bbc news channel in just a moment, but just ring you right up to date, you can stay right across all the latest sport news at the bbc sport website. that is where we have all the latest news on that world cup draw for qualifying that has been made. you can find all of the details they are, but from us on sports day, we will see you as soon as we are back to bbc news channel now. good evening to you from downing street. this is where we have been watching and waiting for any sign of the results of a phone call between borisjohnson results of a phone call between boris johnson and the results of a phone call between borisjohnson and the president of the european

josh dasilva scored the only goal — as newcastle became brentford's fourth premier league scalp in the competition this year. disappointing because we missed a wonderful opportunity of taking the clu b wonderful opportunity of taking the club into a semi final where it has not been for a0 odd years or wherever it is. i have to accept what's coming my way and accept the criticism which is fullyjustified, because we certainly have not played well enough tonight. to win the tyre which is a big disappointment. premier league players at clubs in tier a areas will soon be tested for coronavirus twice a week. top flight players have only been tested weekly since the start of this season. but with cases increasing in london and the south east of england, testing in those areas is stepping up to the same levels used during ‘project restart‘ in the summer. it'll happen as soon as it's practically possible. the efl have also confirmed they'll review and strengthen coronavirus protocols over the christmas period to help minimise the risk of transmission. one side currently impacted is league 0

with west ham and newcastle, he was of top—flight co nsta nts, newcastle, he was of top—flight constants, premier league icon who grew up in trinidad. , but fewer new the work he was doing off the pitch, for 25 years now, shaka hislop has been showing racism the red card, he is now the president of the charity that works to educate people. i'm most proud of the number of kids that we've been able to interact with. through them, we've made significant impacts into how racism is seen, how racism is interpreted, how it's discussed on playgrounds up and down the country. this season, football has acted in solidarity, players have took the knee to protest racism. but on saturday, the fa ns protest racism. but on saturday, the fans returned for millwall and booed the action. instead, tonight, their players will stand arm in arm. i disagree. there should be no compromise in what action is taken. taking the knee, as much as people are trying to frame this as being political, it's not. people will ta ke political, it's not. people will take any of these calls to action and interpret them in a man

ben left a little red—faced as newcastle drew 1—1. ben croucher, left a little red—faced as newcastle drew1—1. ben croucher, bbc left a little red—faced as newcastle drew 1—1. ben croucher, bbc news. they all count, don't they. it's looking good for rangers in the scottish premiership. a 3—1 win over motherwell leaves them 16 points clear. cedric itten struck in between a kemar roofe double in the final 17 minutes to ensure they bounced back after defeat in the league cup. british boxer callum smith was well beaten in his super middleweight clash with saul ‘canelo' alvarez this morning, who inflicted the liverpudlian's first defeat. alvarez, widely regarded as one of the best pound—for—pound boxers on the planet, takes smiths wba belt and the vacant wbc belt. he won on a unanimous points decision. he himself has only lost once before. what a fighter he is. rugby union's champions cup's been hit hard by covid outbreaks in four squads this weekend, but gloucester kept up their hopes in the competition with a dramatic win

but soon after a coaching change at newcastle united saw him quickly fall out of favor of the english premier league side he once again returned home when you're here in farrell we grew up you were the best player. when you come to england. player from europe and. play with the national team. are competition. i think the set but when he came back to those he has become stronger and because when he then moved again abroad he had tried to experience it with the 2nd in a set i was better able to tackle after stints in norway and back in the faroes edmonson established himself in denmark's top division in 2018 he signed for armenia bielefeld promotion in his 3rd season means he's playing in the biggest league affair always player has featured in. i'm diverse in the german football league and the course i'm proud of because we don't have that many professional footballers from there from the spare islands the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey

increase in covid—19 cases at newcastle's training centre. several players and staff members are self—isolating after returning positive test results in recent days, and the club's training centre site has been closed to contain the spread of the virus. the match will now be rescheduled. in a statement, newcastle said... it's another big night in the champions league. jurgen klopp's liverpool will reach the knockouts if they avoid defeat against ajax at anfield. they won the reverse fixture 1—0 in amsterdam. here's managerjurgen klopp. why should i expect a close game? they are a really good side and since our game flying pretty much through the leak. big results, clear top of the table, very talented with some players coming back. these kind of things, so yes i expect a close game. and manchester city are already into the last 16 having won their first four group games. a draw tonight against porto in portugal will seal top spot in group c. a big night, too, ahead of the women's european championships in 2022. northern ireland, wales and

but soon after a coaching change at newcastle united saw him quickly fall out of favor of the english premier league side he once again returned home when you're here in farrell we grew up you were the best player. when you come to england. player from europe and. play with the national. competition it is not like. i think the set but when he came back to the fire island he has become stronger and late because when he then moved again abroad he had tried to experience it with the 2nd in a set i was better able to tackle after stints in norway and back in the faroes edmonson established himself in denmark's top division in 2018 he signed for armenia bielefeld promotion in his 3rd season means he's playing in the biggest league of pharaoh he's player has featured in. the 1st in the german football league and the course i'm proud of because we don't have that many professional footballer from the from. the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey

and 87 year old man from the northeast and mississippi of newcastle upon tyne will make history on tuesday when he becomes one of the 1st people inoculated against the corona virus using the pfizer biotech vaccine going to be the largest vaccination program ever undertaken in the u.k. . and french president has been accused of failing to challenge egypt's president over human rights abuses at present abdel fatah sisi is in france for 2 days on an official trip back on is confirmed he'll allow the sale of weapons to egypt. when all the stories we're following unicef is asking for 2 and a half 1000000000 dollars in new funds to help children in the middle east and north africa the aid agency says 39000000 children have been impacted by war poverty and the coronavirus yemen syria lebanon and sudan have the highest number of children in need most of the funds requested will go towards education you trisha and health care earlier this month unicef issued its largest ever emergency funding appeal for 6400000000 dollars to reach 300000000 people well earlier we spoke to nicola bennett who's unice

but soon after a coaching change at newcastle united saw him quickly fall out of favor of the english premier league side he once again returned home when you're here in farrell we grew up you were the best player. when you come to england. come player from all to europe and. play with the national team. our competition it is not like being paralyzed. i think you said but when he came back to the fellows and he has become stronger and because when he then moved again abroad he had tried to experience it with the 2nd in a set i was better able to tackle after stints in norway and back in the faroes edmonson established himself in denmark's top division in 2018 he signed for a media bielefeld promotion in his 3rd season means he's playing in the biggest league a fair always player has featured in. the 1st in the german football league and the course i'm proud of because we don't have that many professional footballers from the from the faroe islands. the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion t

played against n ewcastle o n tests done after they played against newcastle on boxing day. they had already announced on christmas day that kyle walker, jesus and two more staff members had tested positive and therefore were going into a period of self isolation. the results of those tests came back this morning, they were more positives within that. city are not saying who, but there was enough within them for them, manchester city to go to the premier league to request a postponement. meanwhile honours were even in the premier league's early kick—off. wilfried zaha thought he had sealed all three points for crystal palace, but a late equaliser from harvery barnes salvaged a point for leicester. and that point was enough for the foxes to move up lionel messi says he's yet to decide whether he'll stay at barcelona beyond the end of the season when his contract expires, having expressed his desire earlier this year to leave the club he's been at for two decades. the club's record goalscorer has told a spanish tv network that he'll leave any decision over his long term futu

the newcastle training ground was closed last week amid a coronavirus outbreak and their game against aston villa was postponed. he wouldn't reveal how many cases of covid—19 hit the club, but he said it was significantly more than the eight that slaven bilic had to deal with recently at west brom. the actions of shutting down their training ground, none of us has seen each other since crystal palace. we have been away from the training ground for the best part of ten days. that is not ideal but it was the best way forward. thankfully we hope we have curtailed it. it certainly looks that way with two negative tests. last monday and last wednesday. that has put us in a position where we can play the game. paris saint germain are set to make another bid for dele alli in next month's transfer window. they want to sign him on loan from tottenham. alli is becoming increasingly frustrated at spurs — he's only started one premier league game this season and hasn't played at all in the league for over two months. he was clearly unhappy at being left on the bench for last night's europa le

they beat newcastle united 2—0, and remain unbeaten in december. and aston villa beat crystal palace 3—0, despite having tyrone mings sent off and el ghazi rounded up their last home game of 2020 with a flourish, up to sixth on the table. drew savage, bbc news. rangers made it 12 scottish premiership wins in a row after a hard —fought victory over hibernian at ibrox. steven gerrard's side had to work for the win, the only goal of the game coming in the first half from ianis hagi. that keeps them 16 points clear of celtic, who were 3—0 winners at hamilton. exeter‘s final match of 2020 went the way of most of the others. they beat gloucester 28—20 to stay top of the premiership, having recovered sufficiently from a covid outbreak in the squad. england forward sam simmonds scored two tries for the chiefs to maintain their perfect domestic record this season. bristol are second after beating harlequins. a late converted angus 0'brien try earned scarlets a 16—14 win over 0spreys in their derby match, while cardiff were winners at dragons in

newcastle and fulham kicked off at eight o'clock. a point will see fulham move out of the relegation zone, newcastle can move into the top half of the table with a win but it is goalless at the moment. rangers came from a goal down to win 3—1 at home to motherwell. they've played three games more than celtic but are 16 points clear at the top. rugby union's champions cup has been hit by postponements because of covid outbreaks at four clubs this weekend, gloucester celebrated a dramatic win over ulster. 3 points behind george barton came on as a replacement in the 77th minute and scored this winning try in front of 2,000 delighted fans. they win 38—34 ulster are now close to elimination after two losses from two. northampton saints lost for the 12th time in a row as the premiership's bottom side were beaten 35—19 by leinster. jamison gibson—park secured the a bonus point for the 2018 champions who have two wins from two and are on course for the knockouts. that's all the sport for now. the retail and hospitality sectors have

josh dasilva scored the only goal — as newcastle became brentford's fourth premier league scalp in the competition this year. disappointing because we missed a wonderful opportunity of taking the club into a semifinal where it has not been for 40 odd years or wherever it is. i have to accept what's coming my way and accept the criticism which is fully justified, because we certainly have not played well enough tonight. to win the tie which is a big disappointment. premier league players at clubs in tier 4 areas will soon be tested for coronavirus twice a week. top flight players have only been tested weekly since the start of this season. but with cases increasing in london and the south east of england, testing in those areas is stepping up to the same levels used during ‘project restart‘ in the summer. it‘ll happen as soon as it‘s practically possible. the efl have also confirmed they‘ll review and strengthen coronavirus protocols over the christmas period to help minimise the risk of transmission. one side currently impacted is league 0ne‘s ipswich town. their next two g

hoffenheim were dealt 2 red cards followed by the indignity of a stoppage time penalty from newcastle audio it ended for one of the dominant victory lands plucky leverkusen top of the table for the 1st time in 6 years yet another surprise in a while when this legacies and. freiburg ends of the weekend in 14 desperately seeking their 1st win since the opening match today. and they looked well on their way against fellow strugglers bielefeld despite pietersen contriving to miss an open goal in the 59th minute. felt the whole the on for dear life until this last minute found in the books been chancellor green 1st stepped up and netted in his 3rd straight game one. lane substitute jungle young settle affairs with a beautiful ship to nil as freiburg clinch an important 3 pointer to stick clear of the dangers of. well below felt remain mired in the relegation play off pitch. last weekend's true basement battle was a clash of carnival capital's a 17th placed mind supposed to 15th placed cologne the cologne on a decent run of form are clearly the better of the 2 sides elvis rex but child with

newcastle itself one of the hardest hit areas still at the moment under here 3 restrictions the highest level of coronavirus restrictions you can see perhaps in the garden here they installed in this particular care home apologist secure and sanitized place where people can meet across a secure purse bex barrier safely inhofe our visiting slots it's nothing like life used to be but it's something a lot of care homes don't have even this much in israel anticipation. but an end to all of this about a return to normal life the problem they got here and elsewhere i suspect the management here tell us is that they simply don't know when the vaccine will be rolled out to settings like this the government says within 2 weeks the management here say look we've seen these promises made and broken so many times in the pandemic they are all too aware about the difficulty in handling this vaccine it arrives in massive batches of a 1000 stored at temperatures of minus 70 degrees celsius it's going to be thawed down they've then got to break those batches down into spoke numbers per care home across

i think the cloudiest area will be from that north sea coast there around newcastle to hull, across yorkshire and into the peak district and central parts of wales. but other than that, it actually looks fairly bright for most of us through sunday and a clear evening for many of us to come on sunday evening. so the jet stream pattern then into monday shows that dive in the jet stream and that colder air still coming in from the north. that pattern is here to stay, it's not going to budge, so that means the weather pattern across the uk won't be changing significantly from monday onwards. however, there will beat this weather front lurking out in the north sea which will rotate towards the uk during the course of monday night into tuesday. monday itself is actually looking pretty bright and quite chilly across many areas, but the area of cloud, may be some sleet and snow across northern part of england and scotland will sweep through during the course of monday night and into tuesday. to the south of that, i think it's going to stay mostly clear. so, let's have a look at the forecast then for

and newcastle beat wasps 35—13 at the ricoh arena in coventry. adam radwan with the first of his side's three tries. lets take a quick look at the other sports stories making the headlines this saturday evening. neil robertson beat zhou youelong by 6 frames to 2 in the first of today's uk snooker championship semi—finals. he'll play the winner of tonight's 2nd semi betweenjudd trump and lu ning. politologue won the day's big jumps race — the tingle creek at sandown. the cheltenham festival winner was made favourite after star name altior was pulled out due to the soft ground. the paul nicholl‘s trained grey led from start to finish, winning by seven lengths under jockey harry skelton. mark cavendish has signed a one—year deal to return to the decurnick-quick—step team... cavendish will be racing alongside the tour de france green points jersey holder sam bennett. the manxman has 30 tour de france stage wins and is a former world road race champion. lewis hamilton is missing a grand prix for the first time in his iii—year career this w

nick forbes is newcastle city council leader. we're joined now by devi sridhar, professor of global public health at the university of edinburgh. good morning, 20 million people waking up this morning to an even more restricted life. what would you say to them about the impact that these changes have on the spread of these changes have on the spread of the virus? i guess the message to people is it might seem really dire now and the numbers are atrocious and we are in the depths of winter and we are in the depths of winter and people are frustrated and tired but actually, we have to find a way to suppress this virus and stop people getting infected until we can roll out the vaccine. it's really a race between getting people vaccinated fast enough and getting to march and better weather as well as making sure we don't have unnecessary death and disability from this virus in the coming weeks. we just from this virus in the coming weeks. wejust had a guest on, nick forbes, leader of newcastle city council saying the patchwork quilt

several newcastle players and staff members tested positive for coronavirus. the club says the decision has been made following a "significant increase" in covid—19 cases at the training ground. those affected are self—isolating, whilst the club's training ground has been closed since yesterday. friday's match will now be rescheduled. in a statement, newcastle say, "the club introduced comprehensive covid—19 protocols in line with premier league and government guidance to protect its players and staff ahead of project restart." the england manager gareth southgate has told the bbc that he thinks the introduction of concussion substitutions could be coming into football soon. it follows a serious head collision in the premier league on sunday that left wolves' rauljimenez with a fractured skull. the issue of dementia of football has also made headlines again in recent weeks and southgate has been telling us that's something else he has concerns about. we just wejust do not we just do not have the research and i know that has been ongoing and i know they'r

manchester city against newcastle is also an 8:00pm kick off. it's nowhere near as tight at the top of the scottish premiership — rangers are relentless at the moment in pursuit of the title, 16 points clear. they beat hibernian 1—0 at ibrox this afternoon. imran sidat was watching. traditional glasgow weather, but the only elements rangers have been battling so far this season is how far they can stretch their lead at the top. 16 points clear going into this game, but they were facing a hibernian side who themselves were in good form and they almost stunned ibrox in the very first minute. that may have helped blow away any christmas hangover, with the league leaders going close from ianis hagi. he didn't have to wait too much longer for another chance, and this time he made no mistake. it was a cagey second half but would rangers come to rue their failure to put the game to bed? well, they were almost made to pay shortly after, when allan mcgregor came to the rescue. they held on for their 12th win in a row and in the season to be jolly, st

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leeds thrashed newcastle 5—2 at elland road. the match looked set for a draw when it was made 2—2 after the hour mark, but leeds scored three goals in ten minutes, including this brilliant strike from jack harrison, securing them all three points. leicester were beaten by 2—0 at home to everton. richarlison‘s first half strike put carlo ancelotti's side ahead at the king power stadium, before mason holgate doubled the lead after the break. everton are up to fifth. but the pressure continues to build on mikel arteta after arsenal dropped points yet again. they were held to a 1—1 draw at home to southampton. to make matters worse, former arsenal player theo walcott gave southampton the lead at the emirates. but the home side managed to rescue a point when pierre—emerick aubameyang equalised for them in the second half. arsenal are just five points above the relegation zone. it finished 1—1 in the london derby between west ham and crystal palace. christian benteke, who was later sent off, had put palace ahead with his t

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 lives matter. there was no repeat this time. milwall players chose to stand arm in arm as a show of solidarity for football's fight against discrimination while the club's regular shirt sponsor has been replaced with the logo of anti—discrimination body kick it out and some of the qpr players chose to to take the knee. all were applauded by the supporters at the game. and when qpr went 1—0 up they made the point again in front of the home fans, not as warmly received this time. it finished i—i, all the details from the championship

pattern in several cities in the north, we sought recently in manchester, and we have seen it ended newcastle, and we have seen it cross the ‘t‘s valley, where there has been very strong leadership, including from the mayor. and we are starting to see it in other parts of the country as well. —— we have seen at cross the ‘t‘s valley. we can do this, but we need to do it together. i this, but we need to do it together. , but it is also about how every single person behaves, and how the brilliant local media make sure that they echo the important public health messages. we can do this if we do it together. i entirely agree. let's be clear, the national restrictions don't have a positive impact on many parts of the city, many boroughs benefited. and what we need to understand are the tools to that success, and ensuring that we adopt the preventative measures so that these restrictions do actually work. the challenge that we have now is that the rates across the city are relatively high, so we need additional restrictions to help us control infections. and tier 3 allows us to place re

sheep look totally unphased in that picture and i had to spend christmas in london but i usually go to newcastle where they have had snow. so i am feeling a bitjealous of those sheep. but they look sort of nonplussed by the whole thing. it's a very good picture and hopefully we have worked through the worst of the storm. picture and hopefully we have worked through the worst of the stormli should through the worst of the storm.” should let you know we are expecting more snow as well. tis the season, it is winter, isn't it? thank you very much indeed. that's it for the papers tonight. thank you forjoining us. next, it's the travel show. let's be honest, it hasn't been the best year for travel. but amid the gloom, we've still found moments of inspiration and seen parts of the world, albeit sometimes virtually, that would take your breath away. laughs i can't do it! welcome to our look back at 2020. what a year it's been and it all started so well. wow! lucy took a trip to a simulated martian outpost in the caves of northern spain. in argentina, mike went to the world's second—biggest wetland a

a group of academics from oxford brookes, newcastle and winchester universities have written to the uk's chief medical officer to express their concerns about repeated collisions on young, developing brains. they've asked for a review of the risks and suggested tackling at school level be stopped. a number of children are suffering serious risks of concussion each and every year within the school game. but the real problem is the fact that it's a compulsory activity delivered 76% of boys of england. they are forced by their school inevitably to participate in contact by, inevitably to participate in contact rugby, and outcomes of that are significant. and we know it's the exposure to these repetitive head impacts that is the real problem, so ourideaisif impacts that is the real problem, so our idea is if you remove it from the school game and allow people to have the choice, we're preventing some of those risks. doctor adam white. a quick look now at some of today's other stories. scarlets' champions cup clash with toulon‘s been postponed with two hours' notice after the french club de

and newcastle manager steve bruce says he will be without a "big chunk" of his squad for tomorrow's game with west brom following the club's coronavirus outbreak. the training ground was forced to shut down for over a week, their match at aston villa a week ago was postponed. now to day two of the us women's open. it was america's amy olson, after a hole in one, who led the way after round one with a four under par 67. charley hull is the leading british player, but she's not having the best of rounds so far today. golf writer sarah forrest is watching. i'm pleased to say she joins us now. great to see you. let's talk about the leader in a moment, but let's focus on british hopes in the moment. charlie hull hasjust moved toa moment. charlie hull hasjust moved to a one under at the moment. so a little bit off the lead, but she is producing some good stuff out there so producing some good stuff out there so far? yes, she had a bit of a nightmare, the double bogey, and it dropped her down to one under. she was actually just a dropped her down to one under. she was actuallyjust a couple off

he had spells with newcastle and blackburn, keeping sunderland up earned him the biggestjob, but he was england's managerforjust a biggestjob, but he was england's manager for just a single biggestjob, but he was england's manager forjust a single match. on my behalf and i paid the consequences. now on my behalf and i paid the consequences. now there is a sense big sam is back with his roots, he was born in dudley and his first coaching job was at west brom. he was sacked as their assistant in the 80s. it was a devastating blow for me because i didn't know where or when i'd actually get back into football 01’ i'd actually get back into football or if i'd actually get back into football orifi i'd actually get back into football or if i get back into football ever again. which ultimately took me on the journey of all journeys, again. which ultimately took me on the journey of alljourneys, worked my way through every league in this country to get to where i am now. here i am again back in the premier league, so i'm looking forward to it. he has a challenge, west brom have just one win an

in the european challenge cup, newcastle falcons finished strongly to beat castres by 26 points to 17, to record their first home victory. england's 2014 world cup winning captain — katy daley—mclean — has announced her retirement from international rugby... (00v)the 34—year—old played in four world cups — leading the team to victory in paris six years ago. she also won nine 6—nations titles. mclean will continue in her player/coach role at sale sharks.. she said the decision will let her spend more time with her family, including her 16—month—old daughter. when you see it in black and white, the amount of time away really was the amount of time away really was the first thing that struck me. but also i thought about what a world cup looks like and what it requires andi cup looks like and what it requires and i have done for cycles and a kind of know the judge to be and i have done for cycles and a kind of know thejudge to be in it andi kind of know thejudge to be in it and i looked at it and i'm like i do not want to be away from her this long and i don't want to do

and 87 year old man from the northeast an inner city of newcastle upon tyne is going to make history on tuesday when he becomes one of the 1st people inoculated against the crown of corona virus using the fire as a vaccine it will be the largest vaccination program ever undertaken in the u.k. we're already excited about you to have been heard there diodorus you know. we've heard of do it to lead to crises the good company and. really hard to go did you good to start do you do you have a. good night is you do to a little girl i was really excited to go i go do opportunity for door you know french president emanuel macron has been accused of failing to challenge egypt's president on human rights abuses present sisi is in france for 2 days on an official trip that khan is confirmed he'll allow the sale of weapons to egypt because they have a shared mission in fighting terrorism in the region. the u.k. prime minister boris johnson is to travel to brussels this week in a bid to thrash out a last minute breaks it deal johnson in the european commission president sort of on the line spoke b

but soon after a coaching change at newcastle united saw him quickly fall out of favor of the english premier league side he once again returned home when you're here in farrell we grew up you were the best player. when you come to england. come player from europe and. play with the national team. our competition it is not like being paralyzed. i think the set but when he came back to those he has become stronger and because when he then moved again abroad he had tried to experience it with a setback in it and he said i was better able to tackle after stints in norway and back in the faroes edmonson established himself in denmark's top division in 2018 he signed for armenia bielefeld promotion in his 3rd season means he's playing in the biggest league a fair always player has featured in. i'm the 1st in the german football league and the course i'm proud of because we don't have that many professional footballers from there from this where i know. the often derided european nations league has given small nations a platform to build on the faroes top their group ceiling promotion to le

manchester city against newcastle is also an 8:00pm kick off. it's nowhere near as tight at the top of the scottish premiership — rangers are relentless at the moment in pursuit of the title, 16 points clear. they beat hibernian 1—0 at ibrox this afternoon. imran sidat was watching. traditional glasgow weather, but the only elements rangers have been battling so far this season is how far they can stretch their lead at the top. 16 points clear going into this game, but they were facing a hibernian side who themselves were in good form and they almost stunned ibrox in the very first minute. that may have helped blow away any christmas hangover, with the league leaders going close from ianis hagi. he didn't have to wait too much longerfor another he didn't have to wait too much longer for another chance, and this time he made no mistake. it was a cagey second half but would rangers come to rue their failure to put the game to bed? well, they were almost made to pay shortly after, when allan mcgregor came to the rescue. they held on for their 1

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time now for some of the days other sport stories and: newcastle united's training ground has reopened after last week's outbreak of covid—19 at the club. their premier league game at aston villa on friday was postponed after a "significant increase" in cases. players were tested yesterday but it's not yet known if saturday's game against west brom will go ahead. a crowd of over 30,000 watched the final t20 international between india and australia in sydney. australia won the match by 12 runs but india had already wrapped up the series beforehand. the test series starts next week. and after his marathon uk championship final defeat to neil robertson in the early hours of monday morning, judd trump was back in action at the scottish 0pen today and the world number one showed no signs of fatigue as he beat switzerland's alexander ursenbacher by four frames to one in milton keynes. after his epic win on sunday night, neil robertson withdrew from the scottish 0pen. if you were up watching you'll know the uk championship produced a final to remember — neither robertson norjudd trump we