Dangerous driving. Hampering the christmas get away, flooding caused a close to the m 23 in sussex as parts of southern england are inundated. Ina in a moment time for sports day ballistic a look at what else is coming up this evening here on bbc news. We will get reaction from mps after they backed a brexit deal at 7pm in the house of commons earlier today. Were also going to be looking back at how the frontiers of science and space will push this yearin science and space will push this year in review 2019, the year in science, that is at 8 30 p m. And then at 10 a0pm and 11 30 p m. , we ta ke then at 10 a0pm and 11 30 p m. , we take a look at tomorrow mornings front pages in the papers and all reviewers tonight, i have the author and journalist and Lucy Beresford and journalist and Lucy Beresford and broadcaster and psychotherapist. That is all coming up on bbc news but first hear a sports day. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes. Heres what we have have coming up on tonights show. Know the expectations in an level i know the expectations in another level and i know the nature of this clu b level and i know the nature of this club and what it deserves. Welcome back, mikel. Arsenals former captain is the new head coach at the emirates. The fans might be on holiday, but liverpool are serious about winning the Club World Cup. And find out how one sporting body is changing the game for their female athletes. Also coming up in the programme how do you change the most racist club in israel . The chairman of beitarjerusalem thinks he has the answer. And after a player gets it badly wrong at the world darts championship, we have some of sports biggest blunders. So, welcome to sportsday. Were starting with the news many arsenal fans have been waiting for, and thats that their former captain mikel arteta is the clubs new head coach. Hes been poached from Manchester City, where hes been working as an assistant coach, ending weeks of speculation as to who would succeed unai emery. Arsenal is tenth in the leak and the seven points off the Champions League places. I fell back home and feel very happy and proud to have been given the chance to be manager of this football club. And i am preparing for a few years for this challenge to come. I know the expectations, i know the level and i know the nature of this club and what it deserves. So i am ready for that challenge and i cannot wait to start working with the players and everybody here at the club. So, obviously, arteta is best known by english fans for his time in the arsenal midfield, but hes been a star player for quite a few clubs. Adam wild looks back on his playing career. As an arsenal player, arteta lifted trophies. Now he returns to lift the club. Success and silverware in the past, his future is to lead arsenal towards more. Since leaving the club three years ago, he has served a short yet fruitful apprenticeship with Manchester City. Pep guardiola passing on wisdom and knowledge. He will need to remember every bit of it. But having one titles in trophies beneath guardiola, now the moment to go it alone. And if he is to achieve as a manager what he managed to achieve as a player, he promises plenty. After learning his trade at barcelona and ps6, he arrived in britain with rangers, his impact immediate. An injury time penalty on the final day of the most dramatic season help them snatch the title from bitter rivals celtic. Rangers are champions after a trip to rail socio dad, he came to england where he was home at everton for six years before arsenal came calling. His years brought success with two fa cup the highlights but perhaps what he learned from his manager Arsene Wenger that made him become most useful. I believe that arteta is certainly has a great future and he learned a lot this yearin future and he learned a lot this year in its first position as an assistant coach and after that, we will have to deal with the fact that he has no experience at that level. For a rteta he has no experience at that level. For arteta him this was his fond farewells arsenal, a final flourish in 2016. But admits the tears of this was leslie goodbye and more a see you later. The arsenal fans knew what they had in him as a player. Now he returns at a time when they need him to prove his worth as a manager. Natalie parks has followed the story and she was of the press conference where arteta is introduced as a new manager. A short but impressive First Press Conference here for arteta where he announced he was back home and did not shy away from the expectations of what he will do at the club it when he says arsenal comes knocking, you cannot say no. The 37 year old as of the youngest manager in the premier league but he clearly feels the passion he has for the club plus the passion he has for the club plus the three plus years he has done learning under pack guardiola will stand him in good stead to take the clu b forward. Stand him in good stead to take the club forward. His firstjob he knows is to change the culture here and talked about shaking the tree, changing the energy and convincing the players to get behind a new way of doing things and he said that anyone caught hiding or not taking responsibility is not good enough for this environment or culture. He admitted with a smile that he did come close to getting this job a couple of seasons ago but this time, he really feels he is ready. He would not go into detail yet about his backroom staff or even Freddie Ljungberg and what his vision is now. Ljungberg has tweeted he looks forward to working with arteta but have to sit down and share a bowl of coffee with him. If arsenal fans needed some convincing because some of them have said he has not experienced enough if it is so convincing them of this was a very sure if for convincing them of this was a very sure if for him. Of course now it will all be about results and ljungberg would have the team tomorrow just everyday ljungberg would have the team tomorrowjust everyday but from sunday onwards, it is all on arteta. Well, earlier, i spoke to one of the clubs greatest players, david seaman, who won three League Titles with the gunners. Previously, seaman had said he wanted arsenal to think outside the box for their next manager, so i asked him if arteta was what hed had in mind . I think he was quite pleased that arsenal had decided to hire arteta because he had been one of his favourite. Lets listen to him. Not quite what i had in mind if i am honest but he certainly is out of the box because obviously arteta has not been a manager before. So we are going into the unknown. And he certainly is and it isa unknown. And he certainly is and it is a message up to try it out. But i would be on record that i would have gone for riviera. But i have seen artetas 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 im 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 the transfer windows as well. What do you think is a successful first half season for him . To get the team back to winning ways because the team at the moment look lost. And if i am honest with the players need to have a good look at themselves as well because they have not performed for the last two managers. I note ljungberg was enter a manager but he did not look like theyre performing for him. That to look at themselves and raise their game. And then identify everyone to get together and arteta said he was the fans to get behind the team and he wants everybody to be looking in the same direction and i was really impressed with his First Press Conference. For his first half season, hopefully top five. I think that will be a great achievement. But going forward, we need to be competing for trophies again because he knows that is what we were. I know that is what we were. Hejust we were. I know that is what we were. He just needs to be the good man to get us there. Top five to be quite ambitious. Do you think that we give him time if he does not and how long will they give them . In this day and age can be you get a season and happy as if he does not doa season and happy as if he does not do a great deal of next season, they will not wait now. They change managers very early as we will not wait now. They change managers very early as we saw will not wait now. They change managers very early as we saw with unai emery. The team was not playing well and it was getting progressively worse. But in arteta, we know we have someone who is a great coach but we need to see what he isa great coach but we need to see what he is a great manager. Well, arteta wont take over until sunday, so arsenals lunchtime kick off at everton tomorrow will be overseen by Freddie Ljungberg. As for everton, theyll also have a caretaker in charge because marco silvas successor is yet to be decided. The favourite is european titan carlo ancelotti, and evertons interim boss and club legend Duncan Ferguson is a big fan. Really ambitious of the club people have attract the best guys for this for this club and it is a massive club. And on obviously talking about quys club. And on obviously talking about guys who have done it all in the game and the supper guys. These type of guys. Here are tomorrows fixtures in full. The big game is the late kick off between Manchester City and leicester and the fight for second place. Leicester a re currently ten points behind liverpool and four ahead of city. Theres one game tonight in the scottish premiership, hibs v rangers. Rangers have slipped to five points behind leaders celtic, so theyll be hoping to narrow that gap a little tonight. And you can guarantee its a lot colder in edinburgh than it is in qatar, because liverpool are in qatar trying to win one of the few trophies missing from their cabinet, the Fifa Club World cup. The champions of europe will play the champions of south america, flamengo, in tomorrows final. 0llie foster is in doha for us. Come on, you razz following liverpool has benefits, read abroad and getting redder. This is the new frontier and for the past week different continents and cultures that come together, qatar has been put to the test. Very much like dubai and a very similar place will have found it great so far. Worried about walking away and also the cost is unbelievable ridiculous. Very expensive. This is where liverpool and their fans will be heading for the final. In three years time, doha will be a destination for millions coming here for the world cup but qatar wants to show now that they are ready to welcome the world. But not everybody feels welcome. Some lg bt fa ns have not everybody feels welcome. Some lgbt fans have been reluctant to travel to a country that criminalises homosexuality. Some members have said they would not wa nt to members have said they would not want to go to a country which legalizes the persecution of lgbt people. That they would not feel safe and they would feel hypocritical to go to a country that has this sort of law. There are other concerns as a citys expansion matches the gulf states admissions, the deaths of migrant construction workers in the height of summer and their welfare has been repeatedly highlighted by human rights groups. Three work related deaths. We had 27 non work related deaths. And each one of those has an impact on us. We are doing everything that we can to make sure that their deaths dont go in vain. We had this very seriously. This is also a fifa tournament and the most powerful man in football says the game is great driving change. I dont think the ball can change. I dont think the ball can change the world. But the concern that we have is a positive impact on the world. If we compare the situation here in qatar five years ago, ten years ago today to what the situation has become already it is much better. We found the world cup and found a football and this would not have happened. What about what has happened in the pitch here . Liverpool left it late in the semifinal after an injury time winner against the mexican side monterey in the alley will face the jammies of south america, flamingo, in the week with a filter teenagers in the week with a filter teenagers in the leak quarterfinal, liverpools produce a been questioned. This tournament will mean more to their brazilian opponents. Flamingo got to hear from the continent of their country with a clear order to win it. And to come back as heroes. We got told to stay at home and play the care of alcott. The Club World Cup also returns to qatar next year with another dry run ahead of 2022. 0rganisers of the tournament successfully measured by the fans positive experience. They are simply here to see if their team can become world champions. You can watch the Club World Cup live tomorrow on bbc one from 5 10am. On bbc one from 5 10pm. And theres a treat for you on bbc sounds if youre a jurgen klopp fan. Hes at home in the colin murray podcast. Heres a quick look at some of todays other sport stories. It sounds like paul pogba is staying at manchester united. Manager 0le Gunnar Solksjaer says the France International wont be sold injanuary. Pogba is onlyjust back after a long injury lay off and missed training this week due to illness. Kelly slater, widely regarded as the greatest surfer of all time, has failed in his attempt to qualify for the 2020 olympics. The 47 year old was pipped to the post byjothohn florence who will represent the us mens team, alongside kolohe andino. Britains William Funnell won this afternoons big class at the london 0lympia horse show. He managed to go nearly a second quicker than his rivals on the homebred billy mccain. And with englands cricketers falling like flies, craig 0verton and dom bess have been called up as cover for the tour of south africa. Jofra archer and stuart broad are among those with flu like symptoms. The first test starts on boxing day. Englands women, on the other hand, are all fighting fit. They finished off their t20 series against pakistan with a 3 0 whitewash, which bodes well for the t20 world cup in february. Henry moeran is with the team in kuala lumpar. A t20 series clean sweep for england to conclude their tour, and to finish a year that had its fair share of ups and downs. Best performance was, much like the other matches, dominic from england. Batting first, they hit 170 3, Heather Knight top scoring with 43 runs. Pakistan on the goat 411 5, another impressive performance from the leg spinner sarah glenn. She took two wickets today and caps off an excellent couple of weeks. Now for england, attention turns to the t20 world cup, but here in malaysia, itsjob done. We havent been put under loads of pressure, but we did what we set out to do, we set out to win every game. Big scores win games, scoring hundreds, weve done brilliantly, and the bowling unit wanted to take wickets and weve done that. I cant ask for more. The new coach has been watching on. She takes over the reins as full time head coach in the new year. Her first assignment will be a t20 tri series in australia, building towards the t20 world cup which starts in february. The performances here against pakistan will mean that Heather Knights side is full of confidence. Plenty is being done to try to tackle racism in football, but is it actually working . Well, one man thinks hes making a difference. Isreali side beitarjerusalem is well known for its anti arab and muslim bias, but their new owner has brought in radical tactics, including threatening to sue anyone using discriminatory language inside the stadium, and the good news is its working. Alex capstick has been to find out more. Match night at the stadium, home to beitarjerusalem, one of the biggest clubs in the country with a loyal passionate following. They come from all corners of the land, with a hard core fanbase who go by the name la familia. They are raucous but have also earned a notorious reputation for being racist, proud their team is the only one in the israels top division that has never selected an arab player. Their behaviour was a huge problem but this man took them on. His style confrontational. The way that i chose was to sue personally for damages, for damaging the reputation of the club. I have zero tolerance for racism. Absolutely zero. And my reactions towards racism is not proportionate. It is not proportionate. You shout one racist comment, and i will sue you for 1 million. The scale of the challenge was laid bare when fans disrupted a preseason open day at the training ground. These protests were aimed at a new signing, a christian from niger with a muslim name. But inside the stadium, there have been no racist instances during the current campaign. And muhammads goal scoring has only provoked a positive response. Close by, jewish and arab children from west and eastjerusalem play together in a project known as team of equals. It is doing its bit to help bridge the divide in this complicated city. The organiser is also responsible for monitoring all discrimination in israeli football. 0urjob is to make everyone understand that there is a difference between what you can do outside and what people do in the football stadium. And i think slowly but surely everyone is moving in the direction and especially the atmosphere is very much changed in the past year. While things have calmed down, the real test will come if or when an arab israeli joins this club and steps onto this pitch in the yellow and black colours of beitarjerusalem. Some fans resist the idea of buying an arab player, but the owner shows no sign of giving into them. I dont care about his religion or his colour. I dont care. I care if he can help the team. If he is a good football player. In israel, pulling people together in a common cause is difficult but at beitar, the new owner is showing a way to bring unity. Alex capstick, bbc news, jerusalem. Now, its long been the dilemma for many working women when is a good time to have a family . And for sportswomen, its clearly an even bigger question as it usually means a break from competition and loss of funding. But following on from nikes backtrack on pay for its american sprint stars earlier this year, sport ireland have today said theyll guarantee maternity funding for 12 months for pregnant athletes. A game changerfor many sportswomen in ireland. The policy covers the athletes covered by exports ireland and encourages the other sports that has any athletes to write their own policy most of so we find obviously a degree of athletes in ireland in this policy directly covers them and then the individual sports outside of that are encouraged to write their own ones and we will give them guidance around what to put in those policies. Were there athletes you had that has suffered previously and what happened in the us with nike, that have a bearing on your decision . The female athlete, the female you are aware of whether we have these provisions are not and we we re have these provisions are not and we were having these discussions before the nike stories came out but we we re the nike stories came out but we were well aware that those nike stories in those other stories have been historic and had been in the past. There are couple of hours athletes of the past you have obviously given up their sport because they had families and not having the chance of that time. So we are aware of the historic side. 0ther we are aware of the historic side. Other countries have made big gains in the space for the last couple of yea rs in the space for the last couple of years which we are aware of so when we get the chance from the irish one of you to introduce it, he was welcomed with open arms by sports ireland in the committee. The situation seems to be a lot less clear here in the uk. Are you hoping that other sporting bodies will adopt this guarantee from maternity pay . I think very much so. We are going in the direction whereby recognise that we need to support athletes to succeed. And from a female athlete point of view, it is necessary to support people with pregnancy in order for them to succeed. Look at it from that point of view, it is inevitable that these policies had to put in place an orderfor policies had to put in place an order for every athlete male and female to be able to achieve in their support for their country. Uk sport told us they deal with maternity cases on a case by case basis. Now, one of the skills a darts player needs is good mental arithmetric, but it seems william 0connor might need to go over his times tables again after making a costly mistake at the pdc world darts championship last night. The irishman needed a double two to take the lead in the deciding set, so the tv director focused on the relevant section of the board, but 0connor aimed for a double one instead and then effectively gave up, handing the set and the win to his welsh opponent gerwyn price. So, that mistake got us thinking here in the sportsday office about other famous sporting blunders, so weve hand picked a few for you to wince at. Enjoy this is a lap of honourfor this is a lap of honour for lindsay nikki bella some of the american. , drama she is down look at that, this is not over this was awful. She is celebrating here but she was not in front anyways and she had not won the race may be celebrating that she thought he got a bronze medal. But he is lent, he is down the most tragic defeat and grand national history. Back to the keeper, and he makes it to he knocked the clearance. I think ithinka i think a few of those football blunders actually. Just a quick reminder of our top story tonight mikel arteta is returning to the emirates. Hes been appointed arsenal head coach. Thats almost it, but before we go, we have a word of warning to any younger liverpool fans getting excited about the prospect of a big win over flamengo in the Club World Cup tomorrow, because the two sides already have some history in the competition, which didnt end well for liverpool. And 38 years later, the flamengo fans are still singing about it. Goodnight. Speaking spanish. Goal speaking spanish. What a soaking today especially over parts of england so something drier this weekend with further persistent rain mostly across learn parts of the uk but then again this is where it has been so very wet and any further rain is not going to help with a risk of further flooding. Many flood warnings in force in england at the moment with more rain to come and details from the look of this latest weather warnings at our website. See things are shaping up as we go on into the night. We will bring a fresh batch of showers and across parts of england and wales and some of those heavy and maybe with a rumble of thunder. Showers of to northwest scotland and some fog developing in Northern Ireland and that could be dense and slow to clear in the morning as well. Across the north from a place is getting close to freezing for a touch of frost and temperatures holding further south you are. The big picture in the start of the week and him this is what is bringing the early showers but more fronts coming in with the rain reallyjust staying across southern in with the rain reallyjust staying across southern areas as we go on three saturday evening and night but again more rain where it is not really very welcome. Saturday brings a few showers then northwards early on and recall that fog slow to clear in Northern Ireland and for many of us in the afternoon it will be dry with some bright or sunny spells around. Here comes the rain pushing into southern england and south wales with eight strengthening win and double figures here and most is single figures close to average for the time of year. Saturday evening and night with the rain beating a bit further north into parts of the midlands and east anglia before clinging onto parts of Eastern England as we start off on sunday morning. Again across northern britain, there could be a touch of frosted also some fog patches slow to clear on sunday morning. Then on sunday, them start to the east in the rain pulls away and then places brighten up after early mist and fog and then a few showers heading into towards Western Areas as the day goes on and these could be on the heavy side but breezy. Well double figures in the further south but for most it is around 6 9dc for your top temperature. That is the weekend. Into the christmas week and that we will start with for the showers but thenit will start with for the showers but then it turns drier for a will start with for the showers but then it turns drierfor a time around christmas itself was of that does not mean any christmas snow but a break from the does not mean any christmas snow but a breakfrom the rain as does not mean any christmas snow but a break from the rain as well and it looks all too brief as it was like it turns wet again later in the week. With patrick kielty. Im here with alex scott, everyone. This is bbc news. On the quest to be a wreck. The headlines at seven. Three and half years after the eu referendum, mps finally back a brexit deal with the majority of 124. Now is the time to act together, as one reinvigorated nation, one united kingdom. The duke of edinburgh has admitted been admitted to hospitalfor admitted been admitted to hospital for treatments, for what Buckingham Palace describes as a pre existing condition. The death of harry dunn, the teenage motorcyclist hit by a car and august. Now extradition proceedings begin after an American Woman is charged with causing his death by dangerous driving. Pampering hampering the christmas getaway, flooding closes the im 23 in sussex, there are parts of southern england that