brighton says it doesn't usually place people with serious need outside its catchment area. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details. this is kendall court, a block of 54 bedsits that brighton council uses to accommodate homeless people. it is ten miles outside the city, in newhaven, and the council have been repeatedly told its not suitable for vulnerable people. if you could imagine a mental health ward with no staff, yes, that was kendal court. margaret winter's daughter, robyn rockman, was placed in kendal court after applying for emergency housing in brighton. a mature student, she was deemed vulnerable due to mental health problems which deteriorated at kendal court. just three weeks after being placed in the block, she took her own life. i don't think she really wanted to die. i read her facebook messages. in one of them, she said, "i don't want to die, ijust don't know how to live." it's not suitable, certainly for anyone who is vulnerable, who needs access to out—of—hours emergency mental health services. they should recognise that some

brighton says it doesn't usually place people with serious need outside its catchment area. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan has the details. this is kendall court, a block of 5a bedsits that brighton council use to accommodate homeless people. it's ten miles outside the city, in newhaven, and the council have been repeatedly told it's not suitable for vulnerable people. if you could imagine a mental health ward with no staff, that was kendal court. margaret winter's daughter, robin rocklin, was placed in kendal court, after applying for emergency housing in brighton. a mature student, she was deemed vulnerable due to mental health problems, which deteriorated at kendal court. just three weeks after being placed in the block, she took her own life. i don't think she really wanted to die. i read her facebook messages. in one of them, she said, "i don't want to die — "i just don't know how to live". they should recognise that some people need more help than just a bed. at least ten kendal court residents have died since 2016, the most recent, earlier this m

brighton says it doesn't usually place people with serious need outside its catchment area. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details. this is kendall court, a block of 5a bedsits that brighton council uses to accommodate homeless people. it is ten miles outside the city, in newhaven, and the council have been repeatedly told its not suitable for vulnerable people. if you could imagine a mental health ward with no staff, yes, that was kendal court. margaret winter's daughter, robyn rockman, was placed in kendal court after applying for emergency housing in brighton. a mature student, she was deemed vulnerable due to mental health problems which deteriorated at kendal court. just three weeks after being placed in the block, she took her own life. i don't think she really wanted to die. i read her facebook messages. in one of them, she said, "i don't want to die, ijust don't know how to live." it's not suitable, certainly for anyone who is vulnerable, who needs access to out—of—hours emergency mental health services. they should recognise that some

and neal maupay is making a habit of rescuing late draws for brighton. he scored a 98th—minute equaliser against southampton, three days after doing similar against west ham. brighton were also down a man due to injury, with leandro trossard leaving the pitch on a stretcher, with them unable to make anymore substitutions. i—i it ended. rangers have moved seven points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a convincing win over dundee. the 3—1 victory was the fourth consecutive win with giovanni van bronckhorst in charge — which puts pressure on celtic, in second who play dundee united on sunday. elsewhere the league's top scorer tony watt scored for motherwell to deny hibs a first league win at easter road since september. and it was back to back wins for aberdeen to move into the top six after their victoyr over st mirren. 13 ties in the fa cup today and there was a shock at portsmouth the 2008 winners were dumped out of the competition by league two's harrogate town. you can find all the results on the bbc sport website. and there w

this afternoon's brighton v tottenham game was postponed after an outbreak in the spurs squad. aston villa also had one player test positive today, forcing the club to cancel an recovery session. celtic maintained a four—point gap behind scottish premiership leaders rangers, as tom rogic�*s strike earned them a narrow 1—0 home win over motherwell. that's after rangers beat hearts 2—0 at tynecastle. alfredo morelos giving his side an early lead. and they doubled it moments later. joe aribo with a superb finish. hearts did have a man sent off late on, but it didn't affect the result. six straight league wins for rangers. manchester united returned to winning ways in the women's super league by beating brighton 2—0 at crawley. wales international hayley ladd opened the scoring just before half time. then norway midfielder vilde boe risa completed the victory as united ended a four—match winless run in the wsl. in the day's other fixtures, ellen white rescued a late win for manchester city against birmingham. they were down twice and equalised twice and she got the winn

latest now manchester united's home match with brighton on saturday. but the league authorities are standing firm — they say it's their intention to continue the current schedule where safely possible. we'll look into how that calendar shortly, but we heard thomas frank there talking about his desire to postpone all this weekend's games — he says there are 13 positive cases in his brentford set up. that reflects the spike football is going through, much like the country, as the omicron variant sweeps through. on monday, the premier league announced 42 positive cases across the clubs — that was a record figure since they started counting last may, and up from 12 the week before. frank there suggesting that a week's fire break could sort things out in time for the boxing day fixtures. i asked one virologist how realistic that is. of course, the cases have been picked — of course, the cases have been picked up — of course, the cases have been picked up from the wider population, so for— picked up from the wider population, so for as_ picked up

they�* re playing brighton, with romelu lukaku making his first start since october. if they avoid defeat, they'll move above liverpool into second. but if brighton win, that'll give manchester city the chance to extend their lead to nine points. they're at brentford in an 8.15pm kick off. city's next game after tonight is on new year's day against arsenal, who will be without their manager. mikel arteta has tested positive for covid for a second time, having first contracted the virus in march 2020, which prompted the shutdown of football at the start of the pandemic. he's now isolating but is still expected to undertake media duties ahead of the game. chris woakes has given his backing to england captainjoe root after their hopes of winning back the urn ended in melbourne. both root and coach chris silverwood are thought to be under pressure after the abject display in australia, for which woakes has admitted the side were underprepared. england are 3—0 down in the series with two to play, and woakes says now is not the time to feel sorry for themselves. as a grou

neal maupay�*s spectacular strike in the 89th minute earned brighton a point at london stadium, moving them up to seventh. leicester city had to come from behind twice against southampton. james maddison's goal saw the match end two all at st mary's but it was enough to move the foxes up to eighth, although they've played more games than three teams below them. there were four games in the scottish premiership too, rangers beating hibernian 1—0 in the pick of the games. they left it late though, ryan porteous giving away a penalty with five minutes remaining, leaving kemar roofe to step up and coolly roll the ball into the back of the net. rangers go seven points clear of celtic in second. elsewhere aberdeen were 2—0 winners over livingston, dundee beat stjohnstone by a goal to nil while st. mirren and ross county played out a goalless draw. johanna konta has said she's very grateful for her career in tennis after announcing her retirement from the sport. the 30 year old won four titles on the wta tour and holds the record for the longest time as women's british number one. konta r

and brighton ended in 1—1 draw. very late stoppage time for the visitors. rangers have moved seven points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a convincing win over dundee. the 3—0 victory was the fourth consecutive win with giovanni van bronckhorst in charge which puts pressure on celtic, in second who play dundee united on sunday. elsewhere the league's top scorer tony watt scored for motherwell to deny hibs a first league win at easter road since september. and it was back to back wins for aberdeen to move into the top six after their victoyr over st mirren. 13 ties in the fa cup today and the shock came at portsmouth — the 2008 winners were dumped out of the competition by league two's harrogate town. you can find all the results on the bbc sport website and you can follow the last of the day's ties on bbc two right now. national league side yeovil town are hosting league two's stevenage. it is all that they are at the break. it is all this, i promise, even though the live ticker isn't quite in

danny welbeck sparking last—gasp delight for brighton. 1—1 the final score. there's still a long way to go, of course, but could it be a telling blow to chelsea's title hopes? andy swiss, bbc news. so that is now ten wins in a row for manchester city, with chelsea second — and liverpool in third — nine points behind the leaders, but they do have a game in hand. the way we played, the game we should play, that's why it was a perfect performance for us because i know how the other teams come here, they suffer, how many chances they create, so we did not concede once in the second half, and that is because the team played perfectly, the way we should play.— the way we should play. absolutely not riaht, the way we should play. absolutely not right. they _ the way we should play. absolutely not right, they had _ the way we should play. absolutely not right, they had some _ the way we should play. absolutely not right, they had some chances, | not right, they had some chances, bigger— not right, they had some chances, bigger chances, better chances. very di

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this afternoon�*s brighton v tottenham game was postponed after an outbreak in the spurs squad. celtic maintained a four—point gap behind scottish premiership leaders rangers, as tom rogic�*s strike earned them a narrow 1—0 home win over motherwell. that�*s after rangers beat hearts 2—0 at tynecastle. alfredo morelos giving his side an early lead. and they doubled it moments later. joe aribo with a superb finish. hearts did have a man sent off late on, but it didn�*t affect the result. that�*s six straight league wins for rangers. manchester united returned to winning ways in the women�*s super league by beating brighton 2—0 at crawley. wales international hayley ladd opened the scoring just before half time. then norway midfielder vilde boe risa completed the victory as united ended a four—match winless run in the wsl. elsewhere, toni duggan secured a point for everton as they drew 1—1 with west ham. ellen white rescued a late win for manchester city against birmingham — she got the winner in the 89th minute. city had already come from behind twice throu

there were empty seats at brighton's match against palace last night. just hours after the nhs director primary care set at the downing street briefing that if you were going to a stadium, make sure it is to get a covid jab and not to watch a match. it is to get a covid 'ab and not to watch a match.— it is to get a covid 'ab and not to watch a match. nicely said. jane, thank ou watch a match. nicely said. jane, thank you for— watch a match. nicely said. jane, thank you for getting _ watch a match. nicely said. jane, thank you for getting across - watch a match. nicely said. jane, thank you for getting across that l watch a match. nicely said. jane, l thank you for getting across that so quickly. jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. thank you. baltic leaders have told a summit that the european union is under assault from russia on multiple fronts. latvia's prime minister accused moscow of disinformation —, aswell as massing thousands of troops close to russia's border with ukraine. and these are the concerns of lithuania's president. i think we h

okta sarah pitt from the university of brighton will be joining us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: wrapping up the session in europe. wrapping up the week. what a week it has been. today as you can see, a sea of red across the continent. not as much as we have seen in the united states. as a result of which may be we are faring better. the cac 40 down .7%. the london market, which was described this week as drastic park, is doing better -- as jurassic park, is doing a bit better. we are talking about the hydrocarbon industry, we are talking about the mining industry. brent around 2.5%. london is outperforming. it has been a turbulent week. let me give you 90 of what it looks like. this is last five days. we are down but only just in terms of the stoxx 600 commonly only down round .5%. the bottom end of the range. 462 is where we are trading. we have a gap lower in the back end of last week. we trade in this new tighter range, trying to figure out what the course of action should be. we are coming into the end of the day at 462. it was not that long ago w

european fixture against ran after 8 players and 5 staff members tested positive, asked him though in brighton are tightening their coven 19 protocols following outbreaks in their squads. mattress city manager pat warranty always urging all his players in stock to get their coven 19 booster vaccination cities game at leads. later on. tuesdays set to kick off as plans. whisper with a place is almost every day. be careful. be careful. see, save the healthy mask. social distance, because now in the christmas time is the tendency to rush baris to go out and do something extra to normal. and afford to divide was, is still here, the new varian and ovarian, so hopefully 95 percent of the people is already by said here in the lily. you know, you can get it, but i think they don't allow you to suffer much. andrea, but of course, concerned with associated you still are suffering you are so in tennis champion m erratic. hannah has withdrawn from a turn meant and i'm a darby after testing positive for the virus. a 19 year old was due to play belinda bennett church on thursday. the acquisition event featur

but brighton is a strategic advisor for these, the hon. research i think tank focusing on politics and security on the whole of africa. joy's been our via skype from nairobi could help you with this on the program. mr. brian can just begin with the fact that are we looking at a constitutional crisis because the president or the president doesn't have the constitutional authority, apparently to sac the p. m. yes indeed, somalia has been in a constitutional crisis since february this year when the president's mandates expired. and so basically, the country is held together by a political agreement between stakeholders, the federal government, the federal member states, and other political stakeholders in the elections that was supposed to deliver parliamentary elections by today 27 december. and that has not happened. and that's why we're facing this crisis as also last night and this morning. indeed, it's a, is there a thought process that could suggest that the president miscalculated by picking this particular man as prime minister. he thought he could control him in a way that would

doctor sarah pitt there from the university of brighton. well, the us has been seeing a spike in the number of covid cases —— and it has to led to president biden warning that some us hospitals could be "overrun" by covid. speaking during a virtual meeting with state governors, he said the us is generally well prepared to meet the surge of 0micron cases and its citizens need not panic. but he also urged americans to get their booster shots. because we have had so many unvaccinated and not boosted, we are not seeing _ unvaccinated and not boosted, we are not seeing hospitalisations rises sharply— not seeing hospitalisations rises sharply as we did in march of 2020 or even_ sharply as we did in march of 2020 or even this — sharply as we did in march of 2020 or even this past fall. america made progress _ or even this past fall. america made progress. things are better, but we do know_ progress. things are better, but we do know that with the rising cases, we still_ do know that with the rising cases, we still had — do know that with

dr sarah pitt is a virologist at the university of brighton, some very sobering statistics, and we will have more analysis of that to come, but those statistics just coming through for the christmas period. there have been more covid—related flight cancellations today with more than 1,400 flights cancelled around the world. destinations in the united states and china have been the worst hit, with us airlines saying the disruption is due to crews testing positive or isolating. in all, since christmas eve, more than 8,000 flights have been grounded, a week of events are starting in south africa to commemorate the life of the anti—apartheid leader archbishop desmond tutu. he died on sunday, aged 90. bells toll the bells of cape town's st george's cathedral will toll for ten minutes a day every day at noon until friday. people have also been gathering outside the city's st george's cathedral and also outside his home, ahead of his funeral on the first of january. others laid wreaths and lit candles in soweto. and these pictures are from the last hour. south african president cyril ramap

the blues lost reece james to injury and brighton had plenty of chances to equalise. they finally took one in the 91st minute. chelsea are a point ahead of liverpool. the night's other game still has more than half an hour to go. manchester city leading by one goal to nil. phil foden gave manchester city the lead after 16 minutes. an eight—point gap is on offer if they manage to see that one through. city's next game after tonight is on new year's day against arsenal, who will be without their manager. mikel arteta has tested positive for covid for a second time, having first contracted the virus in march 2020, which prompted the shutdown of football at the start of the pandemic. he's now isolating, but is still expected to undertake his media duties ahead of the game. covid also causing problems in the championship and in leagues one and two. four games postponed tonight. just three matches under way. blackburn rovers lead barnsley 2—1, ben brereton diaz with his 20th league goal of the season. elsewhere, middlesbrough 1—0 up at blackpool and millwall1—0 up a

it all tends to push away, skies should brighton with some sunshine and a few showers. still quite windy on saturday, there is very mild south to south—westerly winds, with highs of 16 or 17 celsius. this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the globe. i'mjane i'm jane hill. our top stories: borisjohnson says up to 90% of those who are the most seriously ill with coronavirus in the uk have not had a booster vaccine and urges everyone to getjabbed. the overwhelming majority of people who are currently ending up in intensive care in our hospitals are people who are not boosted. nicola sturgeon rules out any further coronavirus restrictions in scotland, but continues to urge caution as cases rise further. record numbers of covid infections are recorded in the us and france, as the omicron variant continues to spread. people in the uk are left waiting days for covid pcr testing

manchester united's game with brighton on saturday has been postponed, their second match to be called off this week. leicester's match with tottenham tonight is also off because of a covid outbreak in the leicester squad. a number of clubs have called for the fixture programme to be paused but the premier league is resisting that. british tourists are being banned from france from saturday as the borders are closed to most travellers from the uk. business trips are being halted too. the french government says only people with "compelling reasons" can enter the country. it has meant thousands of people having to cancel their christmas holidays. our transport correspondent katy austin has more. thejones family had planned the trip of a lifetime. 11 of them, four generations, together at disneyland paris for christmas. now that trip is off. they are trying to get a hotel refund but don't expect to get back thousands they paid for a minibus and driver. it's devastating because as a family you want to spend christmas together, but, yes there is uncertainty, but when i booked this there was

paul barber from brighton & hove albion barberfrom brighton & hove albion football club, really good to talk to you, thank you forjoining us. thank you. an increasing number of care companies supporting people who are older and disabled in their own homes say they're turning away new clients because of staff shortages. nearly 340 care providers in the uk responded to questions from the home care association. most worry the requirement for all home care staff to have covid vaccines will add to their recruitment problems. our social affairs editor, alison holt, has been speaking to one family—run care company. marion is three hours into what is going to be a very long day. morning, christine. she and her husband run their own home care company... how are you? ..but staff shortages mean both are also out providing support for people like christine. not good? no. 0k. the three visits christine gets a day provide the personal care she needs but also allow her to maintain her independence. she's previously been stuck in hospital waiting for home care and knows how miserable it can be. it

clubs, like brighton, are telling fans exactly what they expect of them from tomorrow. we are also going to ask people to complete an online declaration in advance of the game, which will have to be done for match ticket holders for every game, but for season ticket holders hopefully just once. and then once they're inside the stadium, once again, we're asking people to be responsible, wear their masks when they're moving around and also ideally wear their masks in the stadium bowl. it seems to be a small price to pay for keeping each other safe, protecting the nhs, and hopefully keeping the stadium open with a full capacity. the second ashes test begins on thursday and despite the capitulation in the first, england captainjoe root believes there is reason to be optimistic. they may have lost by nine wickets and suffered two batting collapses, but root has stressed the positives heading into that day—night test match with australia in adelaide. without sounding too cliched, there were things there we just have to do for longer. and we could be looking at a very differ

brighton. -- is a virologist at the university of brighton. what do we know about omicron and vaccines? what works against it and what doesn't? >> what we know is the over cron variant has got some -- omicron variant has got some changes to the spike protein, taking out bits of the virus that attaches to your cells. the vaccine was originally made against the original wuhan strain, actually, of that spike protein. and because the virus has changed quite significantly, the virus is less effective. and that's not necessarily the vaccine is less effective. does not necessarily it doesn't work at all. but is not as good as the delta variant or the previous variance. francine: so from what we understand, and correct me if i'm wrong, dr., the, cron is not necessarily more deadly. the danger spread so quickly, it is with people are not vaccinated? what is your thought process on this? >> i don't think that there is any evidence that is less deadly. we have seen information coming from southern africa,

they were beaten by leicester, so chelsea could go above them into second if they don't lose against brighton. that's no guarantee right now though, they've dropped points three times already in december and also have a midfield in particular depleted by those twin problems, covid and injuries. one test in midfield is enough because then they will play in 90 minutes from there out of nothing and you risk injuries. this is what we do in the moment. i cannot say more, and i cannot see how we are out of the cove at that at the moment, it does not feel like it, actually. england and manchester city forward raheem sterling says he's enjoying playing for england more than ever before, thanks to how manager gareth southgate has changed the environment around the national team, but insists he won't be satisfied until he's won a major international trophy. sterling was guest editing this morning's today programme on radio 4, part of which was an interview with his boss. i remember us talking about the pressure the team were feeling. but really a lot of the pressure on the team when we took over was be

brighton and brentford kick off at 8pm. we've had a full programme in the scottish premiership, all matches effectively behind closed doors with a cap of 500 specatators coming into force today. celtic had a comfortale 3—1 win over bottom side stjohnstone in the early kick—off. abada scored twice in the first half to put celtic in control. chris kane had pulled one back for stjohnstone but nir bitton ended their hopes of a comeback. no draws in ther scottish premiership, also wins for aberdeen, hibs and third—placed hearts and motherwell. rangers maintained their six—point lead going into the winter break, beating st mirrren 2—0. wright and morelos with their goals. leicester tigers are an unstoppable force in the rugby union premiership at the moment. bristol bears came close to ending their unbeaten run, but the league leaders found a way in injury time. 28—26 to make it ten wins out of ten this season. austin halewood reports. rugby�*s traditional boxing day fixtures, the masks might be a new addition but t

a goal from roman saiss, in first half stoppage time was enough for wolves to win at brighton, enough to move wolves up to eighth in the table, but it's now 11 games without a win for brighton, who had attemped to get the game postponed, after losing some players to covid. in the scottish premiership, celtic�*s sixth win in a row, keeps them just four points behind rangers. they didn't make it easy for themselves, against ross county though. anthony ralston's 97th minute header, gave them a 2—1win — and sparked a pitch invasion. rangers themselves, were comfortable 2—nil winners over stjohnstone. last season's beaten finalists chelsea will look to confirm their spot in the last eight of the women's champions league later. they need a point away at wolfsburg — although a couple of key players will be missing after positive covid tests. arsenal women scraped through their group. they were thrashed 4—1 in hoffenheim, but still progressed, alongside defending champions barcelona. christmas is nearly upon us — which means the world darts championship is back. gerwyn price beg

brighton and brentford is to come up, kick off at 8pm. we've had a full programme in the scottish premiership, all matches effectively behind closed doors with a cap of 500 specatators coming into force. today celtic had a comfortale 3—1 win over bottom side stjohnstone in the early kick—off. abada scored twice in the first half to put celtic in control. chris kane had pulled one back for stjohnstone but nir bitton ended their hopes of a comeback. no draws in ther scottish premiership. also wins for aberdeen, hibs and third—placed hearts and motherwell. rangers maintained their six—point lead going into the winter break, beating st mirrren 2—0. wright and morelos with their goals. leicester tigers are an unstoppable force in the rugby union premiership at the moment. bristol bears came close to ending their unbeaten run, but the league leaders found a way in injury time. 28—26 to make it ten wins out of 10 this season. austin halewood reports. rugby�*s traditional boxing day fixtures, the masks might be a new addition but th

neal maupay�*s spectacular strike in the 89th minute earned brighton a point at london stadium, moving them up to seventh. leicester city had to come from behind twice against southampton. james maddison�*s goal saw the match end two all at st mary�*s but it was enough to move the foxes up to eighth, although they�*ve played more games than three teams below them. there were four games in the scottish premiership too, rangers beating hibernian 1—0 in the pick of the games. they left it late though, ryan porteous giving away a penalty with five minutes remaining, leaving kemar roofe to step up and coolly roll the ball into the back of the net. rangers go seven points clear of celtic in second. elsewhere aberdeen were 2—0 winners over livingston, dundee beat stjohnstone by a goal to nil while st. mirren and ross county played out a goalless draw. johanna konta has said she�*s very grateful for her career in tennis after announcing her retirement from the sport. the 30 year old won four titles on the wta tour and holds the record for the longest time as women�*s british numb

arsenal against brighton in the women's super league is off tomorrow. champ made a winning return in the day's feature race — the long walk hurdle at ascot. the horse, usually seen over fences, showed he can stay over smaller obstacles beating the favourite thyme hill. there have been two nine—darters in 2a hours at the pdc world championship. lithuania's darius labanuskas achieved the rare feat in his defeat to mike de decker today. yesterday, scotland's willie borland achieved it. andy murray was beaten in straight sets by andrey rublev in the final of the world tennis championship exhibition in abu dhabi, losing the second set on a tie—break. rublev, the world number five, won 6—4, 7—6. having not played competively since a car crash in febuary, tiger woods is back on the golf course again, with the aid of a buggy to help with his injured leg. he's playing in an exhbition tournament alongside his son charlie. coronavirus has also decimated the weekend's rugby fixtures with seven matches off because of french travel restrictions in response

it throws doubt onto whether their premier league match against brighton on sunday will go ahead. the brazilian football legend pele is back in hospital to continue his treatment for a colon tumour. the three time world cup winner who is now 81, spent most of september in hospital, including a few days in intensive care, following surgery on the tumour. the albert einstein hospital in sao paulo say he's in a stable condition and should be discharged in the next few days. england have it all to do after a disappointing opening day of the first ashes test against australia in brisbane. after winning the toss and electing to bat it started badly with rory burns dismissed off the very first ball of the day and by the time chris woakes lost his wicket the tourists had made just 147 leaving them an uphill task on day 2. and for all the latest you can follow the ashes across the bbc, ball—by—ball commentary on test match special. on the bbc sport website there will be in play—highlights clips alongside live text commentary and there's also a highlights show on the bbc iplayer from

second—placed chelsea could only manage a draw at brighton. romelu lukaku put them ahead but in stoppage time, substitute danny welbeck sparked jubilant scenes as he found the equaliser — leaving chelsea boss thomas tuchel very bitter. absolutely not right. they had some chances. _ absolutely not right. they had some chances, this is normal and we had bigger— chances, this is normal and we had bigger and — chances, this is normal and we had bigger and better chances and we had a clear— bigger and better chances and we had a clear penalty that was not looked at and _ a clear penalty that was not looked at and very— a clear penalty that was not looked at and very disappointed. arsenal manager mikel arteta will miss his side's match against manchester city on new year's day after testing positive for covid again. arteta first contracted the virus in march last year, prompting the shutdown of football at the start of the pandemic. he's now isolating but he's still expected to undertake media duties today, ahead of the game. and england's

arsenal against brighton in the wsl has also been called off this evening due to covid issues. elsewhere... champ made a winning return in the day's feature race — the long walk hurdle at ascot. the horse, usually seen over fences, showed he can stay over smaller obstacles beating the favourite thyme hill. there have been two 9—darters in 24 hours at the pdc world championship. lithuania's darius labanuskas achieved the rare feat in his defeat to mike de decker today. yesterday, scotland's willie borland achieved it. andy murray says he's targeting strong runs in the biggest tournaments against next year after an impressive run to the final of the exhbition world tennis championship in abu dhabi. he was beaten 6—4, 7—6 by andrey rublev today. and talk about a chip of the old block. this is charlie woods — son of tiger — putting all of us and even his dad to shame at the pnc championship in florida. woods sr is playing for the first time since a car crash in february. coronavirus has also decimated the weekend's rugby fixtures with seven matches off because of french

aston villa and brighton have also been affected, while crystal palace manager patrick viera spoke about his fears that games might again have to be played behind closed doors. and today, manchester city boss pep guardiola has urged all his players and staff to get their boosterjabs. i am concerned not because they're going to cancel the break, i am concerned that the virus is ere and people suffering seeing with tottenham first and united so there are many and some people here, the staff they have got it. right now, and we spoke with the players almost every day to be careful. staying with football, there were two attempts at carrying out the champions league last 16 draw today. the first one was declared void because of mistakes made that uefa blamed on a software problem. so, a couple of hours later, it was undertaken again. there's one tie that is the same as the first attempt. that's holders chelsea against lille, while the other english teams will face different opponents. liverpool will play inter milan, manchester city against sporting lisbon, while manchester united are taking o

in the last week, two games have been postponed, with tottenham against brighton on sunday called off and tonight's match between brentford and manchester united also cancelled. tomorrow, fans attending matches will have to show proof of double vaccination or a negative test to attend if there will be crowds of more than 10,000 people. sports minister nigel huddleston today spoke about these increased measures and also refused to rule out reducing capacities or even closing venues to spectators in future. the plan b measures we have implemented at the moment were because we believe they are the right measures for right now. in terms of the measures brought in, facemasks, vaccination certificates and so on for entry to major events, we believe they are proportionate and the goal is to try and reduce transmission. they're proportionate measures, and we don't want any of these things to be any longer than absolutely necessary, but the prime minister has said we're taking one day at a time and looking at the data and that will drive decisions. arsenal have stripped pierre—emerick aubame

anti—coronavirus measures after a large outbreak in the tottenham squad caused sunday's game against brighton to be called off and today norwich's manager dean smith says the club are anxiously awaiting results of tests ahead of their game against manchester united tomorrow. there's a couple of players who we were worried about, so have tested and will wait for the pcr results. just feeling a little bit unwell. not likely to relate to the game last week with tottenham. just a general, with the whole nation at the moment holding our breath. steven gerrard is obviously a liverpool legend playing more than 710 games, scoring 186 goals in a 17—year career at anfield. but when he takes his new aston villa side there in the premier league tomorrow he realises he may not be very popular if villa win. they're 10th in the table compared with liverpool's second place and flying form. i really respect and understand the noise around the game for obvious reasons. i spent many years there. it brings a smile on me face because i've got her good relationship with a lot of people at the club. i'm a local b

the league announced that saturday's game between manchester united and brighton will not take place as scheduled after a rash of positive tests at united. the league postponed for more of the weekend's games including everton versus leicester. so far, the league has rejected calls to suspend the season. the newest release from marvel studios hits theaters around the world this week. i am talking about spider-man, no way home. it is the last of the current trilogy. it has premier to rave reviews. they hope that it breaks pandemic boss office -- box office records and brings audiences back into theaters. >> spider-man, no way home starts with peter parker enlisting the help of dr. strange to cast a spell to make everyone forget his true identity revealed at the end of the last film. >> be careful what you wish for, parker. >> hello, peter. >> villains from different spider-man universes arrive, including characters from different versions of the franchise. will of the reprises his role as green goblin. the villain in the original film from 2002. >> it is nice to revisit sometimes. it

win in five games after roman saiss scored in first half stoppage time to earn his side a 1—0 win at brighton, who've now gone 11 games without victory. wolves are up to eighth. there was drama in the scottish premiership with celtic snatching a winner late into added time at ross county tonight. the visitors had taken a first half lead, but ross county equalised and celtic then had carl starfelt sent off for a second booking. anthony ralston headed a 97th—minute winnerfor the ten men. it was far more straightforward for rangers, who maintained their four—point lead at the top with a 2—0 win over bottom side stjohnstone. arsenal's women are through to the quarter—finals of the champions league, but they had a really nervy evening against hoffenheim in germany. only defeat by five goals or more would've prevented arsenal from reaching the knockout stage, but the alarm bells were ringing when hoffenhiem went 4—1 ahead wth still over half an hour left. the german side looked a completely different proposition to the one arsenel beat 4—0 back in october, but they couldn't score any mo

and it's now been confirmed that sunday's premier league game at brighton has also been called off, following a meeting with the premier league board. eight players and five staff tested positive, prompting the club to close the first team area of their training ground. in the women's champions league arsenal will need a point from their final group c game to qualify for the quarter—finals. that's after the holders barcelona eased to a a—0 win over them at the emirates. eyetarna bonmati benefited from an ill directed pass from jennifer beattie to score the catalans first as they looked to keep up their 100% record and whenjennifer hermoso scored her second after half time the job was complete, with the gunners now travelling to hoffenheim next week hoping for a draw or better. england face an uphill battle to stay in the opening ashes test against australia after spending a long day in the field on the second day in brisbane. having not played a test match sincejuly after taking a break, ben stokes found himself limping in the field after chasing down a ball and prior to that he'd dismiss

leicester city's game with tottenham this evening and manchester united's match with brighton on saturday were called off earlier today. saturday's games at southampton, watford and west ham have also been postponed, along with everton's match with leicester on sunday. we are to be sure that the product or if the health of the people. so we can be an example for a lot people because the viruses there and it's spreading very quickly so we have to be sure that if we have to protect people and what that has to be the priority. a quarter of all players in the efl don't intend to get vaccinated, according to data released by the english football league, who've increased protocols at training grounds to limit the spread of the virus. five matches in the championship on saturday are now off. it again raises the issue of vaccine hesitancy within the professional game. that news comes on the day when uefa president aleksander ceferin has urged players across europe to get vaccinated as soon as possible. we should promote the vaccination, and we will. we already started to do it, but we don't have

much of ireland, england and wales will see the sky is brighton. 12 degrees in the south, 6 degrees in the north. the cold air still across the far north into friday and indeed christmas eve. with it, it starts to push southwards and we could see some of that turning wintry and only on the top of the hills. milder having another go with outbreaks of rain into ireland, wales, central and southern england through christmas eve. temperatures down but still on the mild side, dropping across scotland and it is that battle for christmas day which is causing all sorts of problems. where will the dividing line be? the best chance of snow? no guarantees, they will be in the blue areas that are not dividing line we could see a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. at the moment for us it looks like that could be the far north of england on the hills and on the hills of scotland, rain at times for the south and temperatures on the mild side, plenty of cloud and little brightness. the colder air to the north with one or two wintry flurries. if that is how things play out it looks like beyond christmas

when i was in brighton, i was evacuated to brighton, i was evacuated to brighton, and the review that i got was: _ brighton, and the review that i got was, john— brighton, and the review that i got was, john collins makes a very believable through —— ferry. my grandma — believable through —— ferry. my grandma cut this out and posted it in a scrapbook, the first of many things— in a scrapbook, the first of many things she — in a scrapbook, the first of many things she cut out and posted. this is part— things she cut out and posted. this is part of— things she cut out and posted. this is part of how this documentary came about _ is part of how this documentary came about so _ is part of how this documentary came about. so much of the content is from _ about. so much of the content is from my— about. so much of the content is from my many scrapbooks and photograph albums, and tonnes and tonnes— photograph albums, and tonnes and tonnes of— photograph albums, and tonnes and tonnes of home movie footage. and also, _ tonnes of home movie footage. and also, footage f

that would tend to pull away, skies may brighten, there may be a little bit of brighton —— brightness coming through but it is telling dryer, and mild, not quite as mad across northern parts of scotland but still 16 or 17 toward south—eastern parts of england. it is so mild because the winds are coming all the way from the tropics, south to south—westerly winds ahead of these weather fronts, which are focusing the rain, which is mainly going to be across more north—western parts of the country as we head into the new year. we start though with some exceptionally mild air across the uk, overnight into new year's day. still some rain around, mainly across western areas and the bulk of that across north—western parts of england, northern ireland and scotland. it all tends to push away. the skies should brighten with some sunshine and if you showers, still quite windy on saturday, there is very mild south to south—westerly winds with highs of 16 to 17 celsius. this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world . our top stories: borisjohnson defends his gove

in brighton, labour gathered for its first in—person conference under its new leader. he was determined to show the party was changing, right here, right now. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. not everyone was happy, though. shouting slogans or changing lives, conference? do you stand by your remarks? the deputy leader caused controversy when she used the word "scum" to describe conservative ministers. she stood by it at the time, but apologised unreservedly a month later. in manchester, borisjohnson used his conference speech to buoy up supporters. after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, the government that got brexit done, that is getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done. the green party got new co—leaders at their conference. across the country, concern was growing about rising energy prices and the cost of living. and then... tonight, the conservative mp sir david amess has died after being stabbed duri

what pap says, it was a bad night for cities title arrivals. chelsea that he took the lead against brighton at stamford bridge from luda khaki with that goal. but sir danny wellburn scored an injury time equalize the game. finishing won won despite dropping points . chelsea did move up the 2nd in the table just ahead of liverpool. now brooklyn that's play carry irving has been back in training with his team for the 1st time. at this season, the nets had sidelined irving after he refused to get a cove at 19 vaccination. the same have now decided to give the 7th time all star a 2nd chance he'll have to be tested on a daily basis and will be unavailable for home games due to new york's corona, virus rules. irving could well return, so action on january the 5th against the indiana paces, i knew the consequences. i wasn't prepared for them, but who should of imagination? you know, coming into the season, i had my thought process on, on being able to be a full teammate. you know, i really had to sit back in and think and try not to become too emotionally attached. to to what, to what they were de

in brighton, labour gathered for its first in—person conference under its new leader. he was determined to show the party was changing, right here, right now. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. not everyone was happy, though. shouting slogans or changing lives, conference? do you stand by your remarks? the deputy leader caused controversy when she used the word "scum" to describe conservative ministers. she stood by it at the time but apologised unreservedly a month later. in manchester, borisjohnson used his conference speech to buoy up supporters. after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, the government that got brexit done, that is getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done. the green party got new co—leaders at their conference. across the country, concern was growing about rising energy prices and the cost of living. and then... tonight, the conservative mp sir david amess has died after being stabbed durin

now my brighton is a strategic advisor for the hon. research i think tank fixing on politics and security in the horn of africa. he says the president tried a similar paragraph early this year. the president's constitutional mandate expired in february, and he stayed on and tried a very similar power grab in april this year, which led to fighting in the streets of mogadishu and, and would have it probably concluded in his overthrow, if a deal hadn't been negotiated to produce elections for parliament and president by the end of this year at that agreement for elections expired these for the parliamentary elections expired today. the prime minister was planning to convene a national conference today to charge the wave forward. and now the president has once again intervened. and has created a situation of real uncertainty endanger the hold up is that the electoral model that used to pertain in somalia, which was quite straightforward, it's been used before, was modified at the insistence of the incoming president with a number of changes that favored his incumbency. and probably his re ele

and 5 staff members tested the positives aston villa brighton are tightening their coven 19 protocols following outbreaks in their squads. red bull racing will fight any court orders a lot by mercy. this following march 1st happens 1st formula. one will title. there was hamilton had been leading the w call pre by 11 seconds, but were stop and was able to catch up, often late safety, call the closest title rates in decades and came down to a final lapse sprint. a dutchman had the advantage of a new tires and came his maiden won't championship to protest from s b, this was dismissed by the formula, wants stewards. but the team say they will appeal to the world governing body of motor racing. yeah, i mean, this was my last go in from the one where i wanted to become a champion, you know, we had to petition labs, race when all of that. but this was the ultimate dream. and now we have achieved basically for me everything. what comes next is a bonus. what does come next to the max? this happened a few more years and form the one where i'm going to enjoy it. while we spoke to the press assoc

in brighton, labour gathered for its first in—person conference under its new leader. he was determined to show the party was changing, right here, right now. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. not everyone was happy, though. shouting slogans or changing lives, conference? do you stand by your remarks? the deputy leader caused controversy when she used the word "scum" to describe conservative ministers. she stood by it at the time but apologised unreservedly a month later. in manchester, borisjohnson used his conference speech to buoy up supporters. after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, the government that got brexit done, that is getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done. green party got new co—leaders at their conference. across the country, concern was growing about rising energy prices and the cost of living. and then... tonight, the conservative mp sir david amess has died after being stabbed during a

in brighton, labour gathered for its first in—person conference under its new leader. he was determined to show the party was changing, right here, right now. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. not everyone was happy, though. shouting slogans or changing lives, conference? do you stand by your remarks? the deputy leader caused controversy when she used the word "scum" to describe conservative ministers. she stood by it at the time but apologised unreservedly a month later. in manchester, borisjohnson used his conference speech to buoy up supporters. after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, the government that got brexit done, that is getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done. the green party got new co—leaders at their conference. but across the country, concern was growing about rising energy prices and the cost of living. and then... tonight, the conservative mp sir david amess has died after being stabbed d