what exactly is happening with arteta and arsenal? we'll bring you the latest. he led his country out more times than anyone else. but scotland captain greg laidlaw has played his last international game. he steps down after 76 caps. and, almost losing her sight forced nicola adams to give up boxing, but you'll never guess what she plans to do next. play in the movies or something, i don't know, i don't know. you will have to watch. we will. also coming up in the programme... water and anti—doping. we will be speaking to our correspondent about russia's appeal. and, is ita bird, is ita plane? no, it's ronaldo — but he's airborne. a ridiculous leap from the striker to score forjuventus! good evening. welcome to the programme. it's been up in the air since unai emery was fired last month, but arsenal still don't have a permanent manager in place, well, not officially. this man, their former captain mikel arteta, is widely expected to be announced as the new boss tomorrow. but it's been a week of confusion and anger from his current team where he's assistant co

but i have seen arteta's conference and i was really impressed with him. do you think this is a big risk because it is, is it not? of course it is because he is not been a manager before. we have seen some great number twos really find it a struggle and becoming a manager. we will have to wait and see but it is a massive job for your first job wait and see but it is a massive job for yourfirstjob as a wait and see but it is a massive job for your firstjob as a full—time manager. so it is a very risky move. what is need to do? if he phoned up and say what you think i should do? what would you tell them? get some confidence into the team and he needs to coach the team and obviously everybody knows he is a great one—on—one coach. he needs to do that and get the team to defend because we all know that defensively we are weak. the really interesting what happens in this first match because i'm sure he has made demands already as to what he wants. hopefully the club will back him and that and then back at me for the tra nsfer that and then back at me for t

people were spotted around arteta house taking photos. we will do the best thing possible, but sometimes it is hard to handle these situations. all of the clubs around the world make behind—the—scenes first contact. the club you are in charge, they realise it and the media don't realise it, so that is a possibility only as normal. while arteta saw the warm—up at the same stadium, a cold war between city and arsenal turned more hostile. city won the match 3—1 and set up a semifinal against manchester united. yesterday you are not in my press conference, 48 questions, 35 were about him. i don't have anything more to say until there is more news. in my next conference, when you ask me something i will answer. it's enough. at the emirates, rim is a deal was moving forward. at that he had they are not impressed at how this has been handled. in a week when the nights are longest, this is a deal that seems to have been done in the dark. patrick geary, bbc news. as liverpool's players are preparing for saturday's club world cup final agai

i believe that arteta has a great future. he has learned a lot as a assistant coach and after that, he will have to... he will have to deal with the fact that he has no experience at that level and he will have to get in to a good environment. i think the most important, every club, at arsenal especially, it is based on special values. inside the club, people have to take care of that. that is the most important. what makes the culture of a club great especially values of the club and you have to be fatal to that and continue to develop that. we have to be surrounded, if he comes into festival, freedom of speech like everybody else. he uses his notorious g to express its opinions. not necessarily shared by everybody. he has the right to do that. human being, you have an opinion and when you play football, you play football. you do yourjob first and you have to respect that. apart from that, it is a situation, honestly i do not know well. but he has the right to express his opinion. the human rights are important. i think fifa

at old trafford whilst mikel arteta's first match in charge of arsenal finished in a one all draw at bournemouth. arteta was happy afterwards with the attitude his side showed having gone behind: there are no negotiables of this clu b there are no negotiables of this club and summary standards that have to be done in that football pitch. and today i think we have done them, and all the things i want to start requiring from now on because we have to keep improving they were there on the pitch today as well. how we control the transitions and everything, this period and the reaction at half—time, the character they showed at the moment it's tough because of a difficult run. i really liked all of that. sam curran's been the star bowler on the opening day of the first test against south africa taking a wickets as the hosts were left on 277 for 9 at stumps at centurion. a promising start for england who had south africa 111 for 5 at one stage after some indifferent batting. quinton de kock mounted a recovery

mikel arteta is announced as the new head coach of arsenal. the club's former captain will be the youngest manager in the premier league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government's brexit bill. it paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. the prime minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. the withdrawal agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and imposes a transition period until the end of 2020, when we still abide by eu rules. it says we will pay the eu a "divorce bill" of around £33 billion. it sets a framework for trade talks between the uk and the eu, but if no agreement is reached it sets out a plan for dealing with the northern irish border, with a customs border down the irish sea. our deputy political editor john pienaar has m

no time to reflect for mikel arteta, as they play again on sunday. new arsenal boss mikel arteta said he was pleased with the way his players reacted after going a goal down at bournemouth. there are no negotiable is at this club, so many standards that have to be done in that pitch, and today i think we have done all the things that i'm going to start requiring from now on, because we have to keep improving, the reaction after they lose the ball, how they control the transitions, their spirit, their reaction at half—time, the character they showed going 1—0 down, it is tough because they are in a difficult run, i really liked all of that. in the premier league since 2011 as southampton moved three points clear of the relegation zone with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. chelsea never got going, and it was the visitors who took the lead with this brilliant strike from michael 0bafemi just after the half—hour mark. and then, with 20 minutes remaining, a superb team move saw the ball break for nathan redmond, who wrapped up the win. it moves south

no time to reflect for mikel arteta, as they play again on sunday. new arsenal boss mikel arteta said he was pleased with the way his players reacted after going a goal down at bournemouth: there are so many standards at this clu b there are so many standards at this club that have to be done on that football pitch. and today i think we have done them. other things that i wa nt to have done them. other things that i want to start requiring from my own because we have to keep improving, they will learn on the pitch. and they will learn on the pitch. and the reaction after every time we lost the ball, how we control transitions, their spirit and reaction at half—time, the character they showed going 1—0 down, it is tough because they are in a different —— difficult run. i really liked all of that. the top two are currently in action in the premier league. the leaders liverpool are at leicester where it's. earlier chelsea lost consecutive home games for the first time in the premier league since 2011 as southampton moved three points clear of th

arsenal hold talks with their former captain mikel arteta. he's currently pep guardiola's assistant at manchester city. everton meanwhile have made the former chelsea manager carlo ancelotti their first choice. they're yet to make a contract offer, but will now step up their efforts to bring him to goodison park. and a strange story from italy where the top league — serie a — has been heavily criticised for a new anti—racism campaign which uses pictures of monkeys. anti—discrimation group fare have called it a sickjoke. more on all of those stories in about 20 minutes. i will see you then. thank you, sally, and see you seen. back to politics, and jeremy corbyn will address labour mps today as the fallout continues over the party's catastrophic general election defeat. the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, warned privately in september that labour's chances of winning the election would be hampered by taking a neutral stance on brexit. speaking to the bbc for a documentary which will be broadcast tonight, she questioned wheth

it is understood the mikael arteta has said his goodbye to staff at manchester city ahead of expectations that he will be revealed tomorrow as the new man in charge of arsenal. thanks, katie. and chris fawkes has all the weather. it has been a wet start to december gci’oss it has been a wet start to december across parts of southern england and we have two batches of heavy rain on the wane. we could see localised flooding not just across the wane. we could see localised flooding notjust across the south but elsewhere as well. a full forecast coming up later on. thanks. also coming up, after stepping out of the ring — a dramatic change of career

mikel arteta taking charge of arsenal for the first time away to bournemouth. despite having been in thejob less than a week, he's been impressed with what he's seen so far. i think we are much more committed. i think we have a different kind of aggression, every time we lose the ball. i think the body language was much better in the past few games. and i think they play with more passion as well in the game. obviously, there were things to improve but at least those have to be non—negotiable, they have to be on the table for every game, every training session, and the way we live together. a busy day in scotland too with celtic manager neil lennon calling for focus from his side at st mirren with an old firm derby against rangers looming on sunday. celtic are five points ahead of their second—placed rivals who face kilmarnock. celtic know a win will guarantee top spot ahead of the winter break. you can see all of the day's fixture's online and app.

arsenal have appointed their former player mikel arteta as their new manager. a former captain of the club, he described his appointment as a "a huge honour". the 37—year—old has signed a three and half year deal, and will take charge after tomorrow‘s match at everton. tomorrow sees the final of the football world club championship, with liverpool taking on the brazilian club flamengo. the match is being held in the gulf state of qatar, which is also hosting the 2022 world cup. but it‘s always been a controversial choice of venue, because of the country‘s human rights record and treatment of migrant workers. the intense heat is also a big problem. olly foster reports now from qatar. come on you reds. following liverpool has its benefits. reds abroad and getting redder. this is football‘s new frontier and for the past week as different continents and cultures have come together, qatar has been put to the test. it‘s really much like dubai and abu dhabi, very similar place, but i‘ve found it great so far. you're worried about what you're going to w

guardiola has said he won't stand in arteta's way. when we have any new news i will know and you will know. we will know what happened. now he is here tomorrow training with us, he trained today. and that is it. former british cyclist jess varnish has won the right to appeal against the finding of a tribunal which ruled that she wasn't an employee of british cycling. the 29—year—old was controversially dropped from the gb programme for the 2016 rio olympics. in a statement varnish said she wanted to give athletes an opportunity "to hold to account employees of governing bodies." new orleans saints quarterback drew brees has become the all—time leader in touchdown passes. he made four throws for four touchdowns in their win over the indianapolis colts last night. it took him past payton manning and gives him a career total of 5111 touchdown passes. there was a good win for england's women overnight in the first t20 international against pakistan. 0pener amyjones top scored with a half century as england reached 154 for four from

mikel arteta was here as the new arsenal manager. an opportunity to impress the new bosses, or so you would think. this everton‘s best chance in a first half lacking any real meaningful chances. arsenal similarly struggling to show their best. if either new manager was inspired by what they had seen, they were not showing it. the second half was barely a little brighter. aubameyang forcing a save from pickford. at the other end, a good block got in the way of everton‘s biggest moment. other end, a good block got in the way of everton's biggest moment.” said it from day one, they will be wanting a world class manager and we have got one. i can‘t wait to start working with him. with him being in the stand, that will give us a lift. a new manager in the stands. that will give the team another ten yards and helped us. duncan ferguson steps aside as does freddie ljunberg. the new managers have learned there is much work to be done. let‘s go to austin halewood for the rest of today‘s action in the premier league. no one really

after a boxing day draw at bournemouth, arteta saw his side blow a 1—0 lead to lose 2—1 at home to chelsea. it's their worst home run for 60 years and leaves them still languishing in the bottom half of the table. michael redford has more. the emirates have not been the most thrilling place to watch football. you have to back to october to find last time arsenal won in front of their home fans, a wake—up call very much needed. the new man in the dugout aim to provide it and asked for energy in his first programme notes. he his response. chelsea's defence were sleeping as was the rest of the team. this was the best ofa drab rest of the team. this was the best of a drab first half. but individual moments change matches. joe genio wasn't shown a second yellow card for this. it would prove key for moments later when the midfielder got a late christmas present. the genial couldn't miss. his dream had become a nightmare, snatching victory. three successive home defeats for arsenal for the first time since 1997 and there is plenty of work to be done to awaken them from their slump. them from th

yeah, arteta takes over after saturday's match against everton. rangers are nowjust 2 points behind leaders celtic at the top of the scottish premeriship, after a 3—0 win over hibernian in a fiesty encounter at easter road. rangers were two—up at half time through ryan kent and joe aribo beforejermaine defoe sealed it after the break. the match took an ugly turn, though, when hibs ryan porteous was dismissed for a reckless challenge. the bad temper spilled over to the dugout as well, with hibs coachjohn potter and his rangers counterpart tom culshaw sent to the stands. and hibs are reviewing cctv footage after reports that a glass bottle were thrown at their defender borna barasic. middlesbrough moved six points clear of the championship relegation zone after a crucial 2—1 win over stoke city. the visitors had led at the riverside, but boro got themselves level before this goal from lewis wing sealed the win. that was stoke‘s fourth defeat in their last six matches. macclesfield town's home game against plymouth has been postponed after th

they've held talks with mikel arteta. officials from arsenal have been pictured leaving arteta's house in the early hours of this morning. the manchester city coach is one of the favourites to take the manager's job full—time, having finished his career in north london. it's not yet known if arteta has been offered thejob. mesut ozil has been invited to china, after criticising the country's treatment of uighur muslims. the chinese state broadcaster refused to show arsenal's game against manchester city after ozil used social media to call uighurs "warriors who resist persecution". china's foreign ministry said he had been "deceived by fake news". the former wales assistant coach rob howley has been suspended from all involvement with rugby for 18 months for breaching betting regulations. howley was sent home from the rugby world cup injapan after the welsh rugby union became aware of a possible breach. nine months of the ban has been suspended, and it's back—dated, meaning howley can start working in rugby again inju

i believe that arteta has a great future. he has learned a lot as a assistant coach and after that, he will have to... he will have to deal with the fact that he has no experience at that level and he will have to get in to a good environment. plenty more on the bbc sport webiste and app including build—up to tonight's el claisco between barcelona and real madrid in la liga. that it, more from us in afternoon live. thank you very much. good afternoon. you are still watching bbc news. to will take a look at a number of the main stories in the next half an hour. let's get more now on the news that the families of four british soldiers killed more than 35 years ago in the hyde park bombing have won their case in the high court against suspectjohn downey. it paves the way for a damages claim to be made against him. mark tipper‘s brother was one of the four killed in that ira bomb in 1982. he gave his reaction to the ruling outside court. it's been a difficult past six years since the case was dismissed from the old bailey. to

well arteta's first match in charge could be against everton on saturday. they themselves are without a permenant manager — as continue to pursue former chelsea and napoli boss carlo ancelotti. but caretaker manager duncan ferguson will remain in the everton dugout on saturday. ferguson has been in temporary charge for the past 3 matches, overseeing a win against chelsea at goodison, a draw at manchester united and a defeat on penalties against leicester in the carabao cup this week. well, let's round up some of the day's other football stories liverpool have confirmed theirfirst signing of the january transfer window. winger takumi min—a—mino has joined from rb salzburg. the japan international has signed a 4—and—a—half—year deal and said it was his "dream" to become a liverpool player. macclesfield town have been deducted 6 points after pleading guilty to numerous efl charges. these include non—payment of salaries and the non—fulfilment of a league two match. a further 4 point sanction has been suspended. the punishment means macclesfiel

officials from arsenal were pictured leaving arteta's house in the early hours of this morning. he's one of the favourites to take overfrom freddie ljungberg who's in caretaker charge. wilfried za ha rescued a point for crystal palace against rivals brighton in the premier league tonight. and that point takes palace above arsenal in the prmeier league. brighton dominated most of the game, neal maupay with a brilliant opener to give them a deserved lead. palace found their feet with around 20 minutes remaining. and not to be outdone, zaha scored a brilliant equaliser, and what a way to reward manager roy hodgson in what was his 100th game for the club. place positively, you represent yourself in we have been playing so well as of late, third goal, i think in four games. we always knew he could do that, working very hard and trying to improve that side of things, shooting off a lot more now than perhaps he did at one stage in his career. he

their former captain mikel arteta, is expected to be announced as the new boss on friday. he's said his goodbyes to the staff at manchester city, where he's assistant coach, but city are said to be livid at the way arsenal have gone about their business. patrick geary reports. this week started as if they will finish. but hisjourney this week started as if they will finish. but his journey is the right hand man to the dugout has been fraught with danger. three no 3- 3— no defeat, and so began a strange shadow dance surrounding him. arsenal executives were photographed outside of his house in the early hours of the next morning and it was confirmed that he was talking to his former cloud would still be travelling with the city to oxford united for a cup match. doing the best thing possible but you have to handle these kind of situations, by looking and behind the scenes and try to realise in

ago leaving mikel arteta's house. the former captain. they are talking to him about the possibility of taking over arsenal is boss. he is currently working as assistant to pep guardiola. it is all very well about talking about speculation but this is concrete evidence from a very persistent photographer who sat outside mikel arteta's house for several hours in the cold. you assume opera audiences are erudite and calm and that sort of thing. are they crazy and wild really? this historic surprise me. a barrister has been convicted of a fight which happened at the opera with somebody whojumps happened at the opera with somebody who jumps e. happened at the opera with somebody whojumps e. —— this story. it all got a bit scrappy. do you have to dress up posh for the opera? there are all different kinds. hooliganism, this is terrible. does anyone do fancy football league? i am slightly obsessed with it. this isa am slightly obsessed with it. this is a story by you, for you. the board chest champion is going to defend hi

i believe that arteta has a great future. he has learned a lot as a assistant coach and after that, he will have to... he will have to deal with the fact that he has no experience at that level and he will have to get in to a good environment. fallon sherrock says female darts players need more opportunities after becoming the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship. she was only the fifth woman to ever play in the event and one of only two women to qualify for this year's competition. here she is after a memorable night at ally pally, as she came from behind to beat ted evetts 3—2. and sherrock admits she's proud to put women's darts on the map after a dramatic victory in london. am so proud of myself to help put women's darts on the map now. they were always criticism that women could not compete against men, that we were not good enough. and the fact that i just proved that wrong. and i think in any sport we can prove ourselves, we can beat men. there are women who can play to my ability if not better we

guardiola has said he won't stand in arteta's way. we have any news, any new news, i will know it and you know it, and we will know it and you know it, and we will know it and you know it, and we will know what happens. he trained today, he will play in the game and that's it. former british cyclist jess varnish has won the right to appeal against the finding of a tribunal which ruled that she wasn't an employee of british cycling. the 29—year—old was controversially dropped from the gb programme for the 2016 rio olympics. in a statement varnish said she wanted to give athletes an opportunity "to hold to account employees of governing bodies." the former wales backs coach rob howley has appologised after being found guilty of breaching betting rules. he said in a statement that he'd been battling demons following the death of his sister. howley was sent home from the world cup injapan and banned from rugby for 18 months for placing bets on more than 1,000 matches over four years. there was a good win for england's women overnight

we're waiting for confirmation that mikel arteta is the new arsenal manager. up until this week he was assistant coach to pep guardiola at manchester city — and in the last hour or so he's confirmed that arteta has left the club — and he's in london. chris has all the weather — parts of the country flooded? we will be looking at how much rain has fallen over the last couple of days, bringing flooding seems like these, but also crucially as the christmas holiday getaway gets under way, we will be looking at what the weather has in store over the next few days. thanks, chris. also coming up... three, two, one and lift off! a new era in human space flight. could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space? hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. we have some breaking news. the duke of edinburgh has travelled from norfolk to the king edward vii hospital in london for observation and treatment in relation to a pre—existing condition, buckingham palace said. we do not know what the pre—existing condition is, but the statement has come from b

officials from arsenal were pictured leaving arteta's house in the early hours of this morning. he's one of the favourites to take over from freddie ljungberg who's in caretaker charge. wilfried zaha rescued a point for crystal palace against rivals brighton in the premier league tonight. and that point takes palace above arsenal in teh premier league. brighton dominated most of the game, neal maupay with a brilliant opener to give them a deserved lead. palace found their feet with around 20 minutes remaining, and not to be outdone, zaha scored a brilliant equaliser, and what a way to reward manager roy hodgson in what was his 100th game for the club. has he been playing so well of late. we know he can do that. he has been working hard in training. he is a shooting an awful lot more. he wants to score goals, he wants to be up there but there is no doubt that when you have a player like him, with the guts and determination of this team shows everywhere, you a lwa ys this team shows everywhere, you always have a bit of a chance to get results and i could not be happier. with the s

arteta was happy afterwards with the attitude his side showed having gone behind: there are no negotiables of this clu b there are no negotiables of this club and summary standards that have to be done in that football pitch. and today i think we have done them, and all the things i want to start requiring from now on because we have to keep improving they were there on the pitch today as well. how we control the transitions and everything, this period and the reaction at half—time, the character they showed at the moment it's tough because of a difficult run. i really liked all of that. sam curran's been the star bowler on the opening day of the first test against south africa taking a wickets as the hosts were left on 277 for 9 at stumps at centurion. a promising start for england who had south africa 111 for 5 at one stage after some indifferent batting. quinton de kock mounted a recovery before curran stopped him just 5 runs short of a century. curran with a for 57. earlierjames anderson struck with his first ball and three wickets for stuart broad. it was a hot and gruelling day wit

arsenal are in talks with manchester city where arteta is assistant to pep guardiola. arteta is expected to be in the dugout when city play 0xford in the league cup tonight. wenger says arteta has the qualities to succeed. passion, i believe that we will have a great future and in this first position is an assistant coach. and after that, we will have two deal with the fact that he has no experience at that level and we will have to get to have a good environment. roberto firmino scored a dramatic injury—time winner only five minutes after coming on as a substitute as liverpool beat mexican side monterrey to book their place in the club world cup final. craig templeton was watching. scoring a dramatic time winner. five minutes. it would take them on and saturday's final. fallon sherrock says female darts players need more opportunities after becoming the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship. she was only the fifth woman to ever play in the event and one of only two women to qualify for this year's competition. here she is after a memorable night a

been the assistant coach for three years, and we know arsenal's chief executive has been seen outside arteta's house, but nothing has been announced yet. city are also said to to be furious at the way arsenal have approached the move. there is a press conference at the emirates at some point today. liverpool are gearing—up for the club world cup final in qatar. they're playing the brazilian side flamengo tomorrow, they won the copa libertadores earlier this year. not all football fans are taking this competition seriously, but liverpool are. flamengo got sent here from their continent or their country with a clear order to win it and come back as heroes. we got told, stay at home and play the carabao cup. that's a massive difference, we cannot change that, but we are here and my team wa nts to that, but we are here and my team wants to win the competition. the problems just keep coming for macclesfield town. after being fined by the football league and docked six points, they've now been told tomorrow's home game against plymouth could be called off because their stadium does not have a vali

we understand mikel arteta has said his goodbyes at manchester city, where he's been assistant coach under pep guardiola, for the past three years. he's expected to be announced as the new boss at the emirates tomorrow. they were scheduled to have their pre—match press conference ahead of saturday's game against everton today, but that's been postponed until tomorrow now when they expect arteta's appointment to be confirmed. well, caretaker manager duncan ferguson will be in the everton dugout for the game against arsenal. ferguson has been in temporary charge for the past three matches, overseeing a win against chelsea at goodison, a draw at manchester united and a defeat on penalties against leicester in the carabao cup this week. the club though are said to be closing in on the appointment of the former napoli and chelsea boss carlo ancelotti. macclesfield town have been deducted six points after pleading guilty to numerous efl charges. these include non—payment of salaries and the non—fulfilment of a league two match against crewe alexandra on december seventh. a further fo

mikel arteta says his first task as arsenal head coach will be to get the team playing fast—flowing, attacking football. he's has been appointed on a 3—and—a—half—year deal, replacing fellow spaniard unai emery who was sacked in november. arteta won the fa cup twice in a 5—year career with arsenal and since then he's been working as a coach under pep guardiola at manchester city. (tx sot) we have to try to engage everybody. but i want to do, how i want to do it, we have to have a different process , it, we have to have a different process, a different way of thinking andi process, a different way of thinking and i want to get on this staff and everybody at the club with the same mindset. we have to sustain. if you do not have the right composition, it will all shake. this is how we are going to lead and if you're going to be part of this decision, it has to be on these terms and in this way. shaheen af—ridi took his first 5—wicket haul to lead pakistan's fightback —— after sri lanka gained a first innings lead in the second test in karachi on friday. the pace bowler

arteta spent five years at the emirates as a player. early indications are that the dallas mavericks are struggling without luka doncic. he was missing during their defeat to boston celtics on wednesday, with an ankle injury, and it is doubtful he'll be back for the mavericks‘ game against the philadephia 76ers later on friday. the mavs are fourth in the western conference, having lost three of their last five. one man not struggling is jadon sancho. the english forward has been flying for borussia dortmund of late. more goals against hoffenheim could take dortmund to within a point of bundesliga leaders rb leipzig. sancho has scored in seven straight games since the international break, bagging eight goals in the process, and scored in his last game against hoffenheim too last season. and if you've flicked your phone onto bbc sport's instagram, you might have seen two of sport's greatest together like you probably didn't imagine. this is serena williams being put through her paces by none other than mike tyson. and if you thought tha

arteta was at oxford this evening for city‘s carabao cup quarter—final win, but it is expected arsenal will be able to appoint him later this week. well, raheem sterling scored twice as holders manchester city saw off league one side oxford united to secure their place in the carabao cup semi—finals. and two other results tonight. manchester united saw off colchester at old trafford, while leicester beat everton 4—2 on penalties after the match ended 2—2. victory means leicester have reached the league cup semi—finals for the first time in 19 years. celtic moved five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership as hearts struggled to a sixth game without a win. ryan christie scored the opener, with olivier ntcham also getting a goal before the break to move celtic further ahead of rangers, who have a game in hand. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport. hello there. after windy at times rather wet night, there is more rain to come in the forecast throughout thursday. some heavy rain at tim

guardiola has said he won't stand in arteta's way if he wants to take the top job at the emirates. everton meanwhile have made carlo ancelotti first choice to be their new manager. the italian was sacked by napoli last week, but previously had great success at chelsea. everton are expected to step up their efforts to bring him in this week. it'll be a strange night for liverpool as they play aston villa in the quarter finals of the league cup, but their entire first team squad are out in doha for the club world cup. they play the mexican side monterray tomorrow live on bbc two, so their youth team will play the carabao cup game. it's the start of a very busy period of fixtures for the european champions. managerjurgen klopp says he's focussed on winning in qatar, despite the fixture congestion that the tournament has caused. i'm excited about it no because we are here. we are a huge win the tournament, we will see we can do not, but it about that. as always, we will make the best of it. in the specific moment, preparing for the next game, we are 100%. that is good you are going to

there is no time to reflect or mikel arteta, as they play again on sunday. elsewhere there was an upset at stamford bridge. chelsea's mixed form under frank lampard continuing, as they lost 2—0 to southampton. there were wins for crystal palace and aston villa whilst sheffield united drew 1—1 with watford. manchester united currently lead newcastle 2—1. celtic maintained their lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a 2—1win over st mirren, whilst second placed rangers beat kilmarnock1—0. earlier hibs won back to back edinburgh derbies for the first time since the 19705 — two goals from martin boyle sealing a 2—0 win over hearts, who remain bottom. in one of the biggest races of the national hunt season — the king george vi chase — clan des 0beaux made it back—to—back wins with a dominant victory at kempton. sam twiston—davies guided the seven—year—old, part owned by sir alex ferguson, to victory by some 21 lengths. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including details of cardiff blues' win in the pro 1a rugby.

and arteta to arsenal? the new manager at the emirates looks set to be confirmed on friday. cricket‘s most lucrative league in the world has been redistributing some of its rupees into the pockets of the players at the indian premier league auction. australia's pat cummins will take home the largest ever salary for an overseas player, as the spending on new recruits for the 2020 competition stretched into the millions. austin halewood has been crunching the numbers. 338 players went in with millions of dollars spent by the teams. who were the standout buys? the kolkata buyers made the biggest purchase of all, pat cummins, the number one test builder in the world for a massive $2.2 million —— bowler, that makes him the most expensive

arteta officially took charge on sunday and already he's noticed an improvement from his players. i think we are much more committed. i think we are much more committed. i think we are much more committed. i think we have a different kind of aggression every time we lose the ball. i think the body language was much, much better in the past few games. and i think they play with more passion as well, in the game. 0bviously, more passion as well, in the game. obviously, there were things to improve, but those have to be non—negotiable, they have to be on the table for every game and every training session. a full programme in scotland too where celtic boss neil lennon has demanded full focus from his side against st mirren today with the old firm derby just three days away. celtic are five points ahead of second placed rangers — who face kilmarnock. celtic know a win will assure them top spot ahead of the winter break. you can see all of the day's fixture's on the website and app. another boxing day sporting tradition is the sydney hobart yacht race. that got under way overnight

arsenal are in talks with manchester city where arteta is currently assistant to pep guardiola. the us house of representatives will vote later today on whether to impeach president trump. he's accused of pressurising ukraine for personal gain, and obstructing the subsequent investigation into his conduct. voting is expected to divide along party lines, and with democrats in control of the lower house, donald trump is likely to become only the third american president to be put on trial, a process which in theory could lead to him being removed from office. he has responded by writing a furious letter to the senior democrat nancy pelosi accusing her of declaring open war on american democracy. gary o'donoghue reports from capitol hill. without objection, the committee is adjourned. and with that simple strike of the gavel, democrats declared all—out political war on one of the most controversial presidents in america's history. today is a solemn and sad day. not one republican has come out in favour of impeaching the president. this is tribal politics at its most raw. they don

mikel arteta has said his goodbyes at manchester city where he's assistant coach. despite no official confirmation from city, arteta is expected to be announced as the arsenal manager tomorrow. scotland rugby captain, greig laidlaw, has announced his retirement from international rugby after nine years and 76 caps. and at the ipl auction, england's cup winning captain eoin morgan joined the calcutta's for more than half £1 million. 80 minutes past five here in westminster —— 18 minutes. as i was mentioning to the vice chair of the tory party on the scottish debate... in the last half hour, members of the scottish parliament have voted to create the legal framework for a second independence referendum. scotland's first minister says more legislation would be needed before a referendum could be held. after the snp won 48 of the 59 seats in scotland at the general election, nicola sturgeon has now published a document laying out what she says is a detailed case for another referendum. borisjohnson has repeatedly made clear his opposition to such a move. our scotl

despite no official confirmation, arteta is expected to be announced as the arsenal manager tomorrow. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it was just nine weeks ago that we had a queen's speech — the difference this time is that borisjohnson now has a massive majority in parliament and the power to make things happen. the speech — written by the government — covered everything from hospital car parking to a review of foreign policy, all of it billed as an ambitious programme to deliver the people's priorities. so, what are they? top of the list, take uk out of the eu by the end of january. increases to the nhs budget in england will be enshrined in law. there was a confirmation of the campaign pledge to ensure longer sentences for violent offenders, but also a major review of the criminaljustice system. in a minute, we'll look at some of those pledges and see if they add up, but first, here's our political editor laura kuenssberg on a queen's speech and what is says about the johnson premiership. even the crown it gets its very own rolls—royce. the trappings of we

this is mikel arteta. we're still for the confirmation but it looks as though he will be the new man in charge of arsenal stop a removal laurie is already outside his house. arsenal were criticised by manchester city about how they went about, approaching him because he is currently the assistant coach and manchester city so he has been pulled away. you can understand why arsenal want him. he pulled away. you can understand why arsenalwant him. he is pulled away. you can understand why arsenal want him. he is a former captain said the fans will be happy about it. it should be mikel arteta the man in charge. he's said his goodbyes at manchester city, where he's been assistant coach for three years, but city are said to be furious at the way arsenal have gone about their business. we have a sneak preview of an exclusive bbc interview for you now. frank lampard has been talking to gary lineker about his first season as chelsea manager and about coming face to face with his former bossjose mourinho when chelse

arsenal announce the appointment of former manchester city assistant mikel arteta as their new head coach. in halfan in half an hour, i will be looking back at the best films of the year, films from around the world from spectacular block busters to hidden art—house gems. that's all in review 2019, the year in film, with me, mark. it's 5:00, our main story is that mps have voted in favour of borisjohnson‘s eu withdrawal bill — paving the way for brexit to take place at the end of january. its passage was all—but—guaranteed because of the big majority the conservatives won in the general election. mps voted by 358 to 234 in support of the bill — a majority of 124 — meaning a number of labour mps voted with the government. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, has this report. after months of intense drama here, suddenly, it seems so simple. to back the brexit deal, borisjohnson is now succeeded. the ayes to the right 358, the noes to the left 234. as expected, a significant majority. confirmation we are unclear as to leave back of the net! "back of the net", cried one to

it is not yet known, though, if arteta has been formally offered thejob, and if arteta has been formally offered the job, and pep if arteta has been formally offered thejob, and pep guardiola has said all along he won't stop arteta if he decides to leave. viewers will might remember the former wales coach rob howley when he was sent home from the rugby world cup for breaching betting regulations and we have heard more about that today. he was sent home from japan just six days before wales's opening win against georgia. the 49—year—old who you will see here now with head coach warren gatland. he had been part of his backroom team since the start of 2008. he is there in the red. a welsh rugby union panel found he placed 363 bets on rugby union, facing 1100 matches in total. he admitted placing bets on 24 connected events, which were games specifically involving wales or welsh players. a couple of those bets were on players, including on who would be the first try scorer in wales matches. one game being the grand slam win over ireland and cardiff in march this year. howley said neither

i believe that arteta has a great future. he has learned a lot as a assistant coach and after that, he will have to... given the fact that he does not have any experience at that level, he will have to get some good alignment with the club. tyson fury has agreed to meet anthonyjoshua in the ring — but for now just as sparring partners. fury‘s accepted joshua's offer to help him train ahead of his expected world heavyweight title rematch with deontay wilder, and he did it in typical tyson fury fashion. really, really love to have you encamp, work out for this fight. i will give diamante wilder a proper beating. i hope you mean it. because i would love to have you in the training camp with me. thanks very much by the way and graduations on your last fight. if you are wondering he did that with a puppy dog filter on. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. and he was on the massage table as well. thank you. let's return now to our top story. more than 15,000 nurses have gone on strike across no

arteta made 150 appearances for arsenal between 2011 and 2016. club bosses have been spotted outside arteta's house, but guardiola insists he's still a manchester city coach for now. isa is a part of our group and our staff and so, when we have any news, we will know it and he will travel with us, trained carlo ancelotti is understood to be everton's first choice to be their new manager following the sacking of marco silva. ancellotti was dismissed by napoli last week and during his time in england won the premier league and the fa cup in 2010 with chelsea. everton say the club have held meetings with a number of candidates. duncan ferguson remains in caretaker charge for tomorrow's carabao cup quarter final against leciester. i was gutted and gave a pretty intense interview afterwards that people come as quite hard to watch andi people come as quite hard to watch and i was emotional and it showed me that i still can mixing with the worlds best in people thought, we forgot about him, he can still run and that is what i can do with the full year o

that trend, he guided everton to fourth place in 2004 — he signed players like tim cahill and mikel arteta, so he somewhat restored their pride. and even got everton to an fa cup final, they dared to dream. but ultimately, during his 11—year, spell everton didn't win anything before leaving for manchester united. so 2013 — in came roberto martinez. after he led wigan to beat manchester city and win the fa cup, and it was hoped he'd bring similar fortunes to everton‘s trophy cabinet. martinez promised to deliver champions league football when appointed. and that's what farhad moshiri wanted — in 2016, moshiri became a major shareholder, and one of the first things he did was give martinez his marching orders. they'd won just five league games at home that season, and were guaranteed to finish with their lowest points tally at goodison park — and the club was down to 12th in the premier league. the spaniard was replaced by ronald koeman, who guided everton to an 11th—placed finish in his first season. everton sold romelu lukaku to manchester united for £75 million in the summer

wenger says arteta has the qualities to succeed. but he will be given the time if and when that appointment comes. that's all the sport for now. printable throughout the day. thank you very much. —— plenty more throughout the day. former prime minister tony blair is warning that labour will be replaced as a serious political force if it tries to — in his words — "whitewash" the scale of its election defeat. he got involved in a question and a nswer he got involved in a question and answer session after his speech. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. you said you have never heard such a strident speech from mr blair on the subject of how the labour party is doing currently. no, and there will bea doing currently. no, and there will be a backlash against it, of course there will. carbonates will condemn, revile tony blair. no surprises there, and mr blair knows that, he knows his intervention will probably be dismissed by many in the labour party. but that is not what he is about. i think he is try

after the boxing day draw at bournemouth, mikel arteta watched his side blow a i—nil lead to lose 2—1 to chelsea. four straight home defeats is their worst run in 60 years. here's michael redford. the emirates have not been the most thrilling place to watch football. you have to go back to october to find last time arsenal won in front of their home fans, a wake—up call very much needed. the new man in the dugout aims to provide it and asked for energy in his first programme notes. he got his response. chelsea's defence were sleeping as was the rest of the team. this was the best of a drab first half. but individual moments change matches. joe genio wasn't shown a second yellow card for this. it would prove key for moments later when the midfielder got a late christmas present. they couldn't miss. his dream had become a nightmare, abra ham snatching victory. three successive home defeats for arsenal for the first time since 1997. arsenal's last 15 games has yielded just one victory whilst chelsea have had a win at the emirates and tottenham hotspur to show for their last fortnight b

mikel arteta, is he or isn‘t he going? what we are hearing is that mikel arteta gave an emotional speech at manchester city straining session this morning. he‘s been assistant coach under pep guardiola for the past three years. he said his goodbye‘s to players and staff at city 5 etihad campus, as he now switches his focus to north london. arsenal were meant to have their pre—match press conference ahead of everton on saturday, but that was postponed until tomorrow, where we are expecting arteta to be revealed as the new man in charge of arsenal. now this should have been a fairly straightforward move, but there‘s no disguising the anger from city as to how arsenal have handled this, using words like shambolic and disrespectful. arteta met three times with arsenal about the vacancy without either clubs making a formal approach. however, today we are hearing that arsenal‘s legal team have been in contact with city. but, there is still no agreement that would release arteta. arsenal face everton on saturday, and th

senior arsenal staff were photographed outside former player mikel arteta's house. earlier i spoke to darren lewis from the mirror who said. there is substance to the rumours suggesting that he is a candidate, the leading candidate for the job. suggesting that he is a candidate, the leading candidate for thejob. i do have concerns. as a manager, we know that he is a very effective one, but what his philosophy, which he does at manchester city, what is it that he would bring to the arsenaljob that would make them more effective if that would rescue them from the tailspin there and at them from the tailspin there and at the moment. you just do not know as far, he does not have the managerial background, only number two, this is a hugejob background, only number two, this is a huge job and whether or not he's threatening to do it. arsenal in a tailspin doing very well as number two but for him? this is a huge job to start your managerial career with ina huge to start your managerial career with in a huge appointment for arsenal as well because if they get this wrong an