are working and cannot afford them, and if you have a child to look after and are paying for child care, you are bound to have to do if you're working, there is not much left. it is all right to say the market will do what the market will do, butany market will do what the market will do, but any working woman will tell you, child care is now incredibly expensive and eats into any salary. and obviously they should begin over time, but they should begin special money because they have worked so many hours, and it's outrageous that we are not looking after them. yeah, it is heart wrenching when you listen to naomi gordon talk about what she has been through, so that is the metro, just highlighting that on its front page. we touched upon the sensitive negotiations that you mentioned. let's go to what was happening, the telegraph has got it on its front page, earlier on today, because the post brexit conversations are still continuing. we had a conversation, a phone call between ursula von der leyen and borisjohnson, between ursula von der leyen and boris johnson, and the between ursula von der leyen and borisjohnson, and the mood music is not great. do you understand where the conflict is here, what is the sticking point? it might not feel like we have moved very far, and michael gove said today that the chances of a deal still are 50%, but there has been some progress and we still have some of the same sticking points. really briefly, it still looks like state aid, the amount of money a government can give to certain businesses to transport them to help them grow, it is still a sticking point, try ensure there is fair competition on both sides of the channel. this time, it looks like the particular problem with state aid is the bailout package, the seven and 50 billion that the eu is raising to help out different countries in their economic recovery from the coronavirus. or trondsen saying that should count as a state aid, and the eu is saying, no, we should treat it differently —— boris johnson saying. that is one sticking point. and then there's this other issue of fish around whether or not you should have something like 50% of the uk's quota returned immediately and then a three year transition phase for the rest, which is with the uk wants, and then the eu saying, we can give you back 20% and we need a ten year transition period. these are the two main sticking points recur again and again. they are getting more and more detailed in the media reports, which suggest they are getting honed in on, so what is clear in what we have heard from other eu leaders is there maybe a deal by the weekend. i know we have heard that many times, we have heard about the sticking points many times, but there are some signs of progress, so they are still fall apart, some signs of progress, so they are stillfallapart, because some signs of progress, so they are still fall apart, because engines is very farapart in still fall apart, because engines is very far apart in trade negotiations. —— inches are far apart. in this instant, the inches are diminishing, even if they could be enough to derail the whole thing. they are certainly taking it, eve, down to the wire. would you have ever imagined we would still be here given that we are days, moments away from the 31st of december? the only reason why i thought we might be is if you are the eu, you have to make it really difficult to leave and have a trade deal. otherwise other countries could follow in our wake. and there certainly are other countries who quite vaguely orjust in following out in our wake. you read. i do not know how true it is. you've got to make it tough to macron is very keen that somehow britain... they are very worried that the government could give enormous amounts of money to companies in this country to help them and possibly will have to come up them and possibly will have to come up at the french have always helped their own industries, the industries have always gotten great hand—outs, but i think that was assumed to be 0k but i think that was assumed to be ok in the eu and the brits follow some of the rules better than the eu countries, but now this is nickel and dining. this is like a bad divorce. will you have the dog or will i have the dog? will i have the books or you have the books? who is going to get the pocket money to the children? it is those things. i think and hope that we will get a deal in the end, but there are different views amongst different groups in the eu, and some are buried where we lead, others will follow, is what i feel. it is interesting, the divorce analogy is a lwa ys interesting, the divorce analogy is always a fascinating one, but as anna was suggesting, inches, and it could potential tip over. i do not think it will tip over in the next half—hour or so, so we will still be talking about it in the waiting game context, so thank you, eve and anna, for being with us, and we will be back with another look at the papers ina half back with another look at the papers in a half an hour's time, so dojoin us for that. good evening. two goals from marcus rashford helped manchester united to their tenth straight away win in the premier league as they beat bottom side sheffield united 3—2. it was a dream start, though, for the home side, who capitalised on a mistake by returning goalkeeper dean henderson to take the lead through david mcgoldrick. but ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side were ahead before the break thanks to goals from marcus rashford and anthony martial. and rashford grabbed his second of the night to seal the three points. the home side pulled one back, but it was too late. and the defeat means they've now made the worst ever start to a top—flight english season. in the early kick—off, it somehow finished goalless in the match between aston villa and burnley. that's despite villa carving out 23 chances, but theyjust couldn't find a way past nick pope in the burnley goal. the point, though, lifts burnley out of the relegation zone. marcus rashford has been rewarded for the inspirational work at the best fifa football awards. the england and manchester united striker has won a fifa foundation award for his work trying to end child poverty in the uk. elsewhere, liverpool boss jurgen klopp has been named the best men's coach for the second year in a row after leading liverpool to their first league title in 30 years. and manchester city defender lucy bronze has become the first english player to win the best women's player award. sam allardyce has spoken to the media for the first time since becoming west brom's new manager. the former england boss has signed an 18—month deal after slaven bilic was sacked yesterday. and despite being out of the game for over two years, allardyce says he's ready for the challenge ahead. i have never been so refreshed, i've never been so ready and eager to come back. and sometimes thisjob can wear you down. i actually realised how many years i was a manager, try to get to those divisions, he realised that when you get a break, but this break went on so long, and i had so much pent up energy, i needed to expend it as quick as i could. and this is where ican quick as i could. and this is where i can expend all the energy of got reserved, ready for this battle. premier league clubs have voted against allowing teams to make five substitutions per match at a meeting today, but they have agreed on introducing two additional concussion replacements. the premier league hopes to start the plans from january, after the approval of trials was given the green light for the new year. the new rule means that permanent substitutions can be made if a player suffers a head injury, even if all of the replacements have already been used. to avoid potential abuse of the rule, opposition teams will also be able to make a change at the same time. in other news, more former rugby union players have joined the legal process against the game's authorities for alleged negligence. it means there are now nine players preparing to face the rugby football union, wales rugby union and world rugby. a letter highlighting their claims, including their intention to sue, was delivered today. the former wales under—20 center adam hughes, who is now aged 30 and seen on the ball here, is the youngest to claim that he's suffered permanent brain damage through playing the sport. the law firm representing the group say more than 100 players have come forward. the ban on russia competing at major sporting events after a doping scandal has been upheld. but it's been cut from four to two years by the court of arbitration for sport. it means russia won't have a formal presence at the delayed tokyo olympics next summer or the football world cup in 2022. the country was initially given a four—year ban by the world anti—doping agency, following an investigation in 2016 which found at least 1,000 russian athletes across at least 30 sports were implicated in state—sponsored doping programmes. our sports news correspondent alex capstick has more. during the case, as i understand it, the forward a hearing which took place in september, russia did not really defend the fact that they we re really defend the fact that they were guilty of covering up this data or providing fake evidence in these documents which they handed to wada earlier this year, but they did argue that the sanction was unfair, it was unfairon argue that the sanction was unfair, it was unfair on clean athletes who we re it was unfair on clean athletes who were innocent victims on all of this, athletes who wanted to represent their country at a olympics games. and the panel felt it was not proportionate, the four—year ban was just too harsh, although they said the same and that it in no way validated the conduct of the russian authorities. they are reducing it to two years which, for a lot of people won't be enough. a lot of people wanted it to be a four—year, wada said they were disappointed by this, and in the nitty—gritty, the detail of the judgement, if you look at it, russia, russian athletes can compete, they are allowed to compete, they are allowed to compete, they are allowed to compete, they will be allowed to have the name rush on the uniforms, although the flight and the anthem will be banned, so will be a bit like thejohn —— young chang winter team. there was a team called the... they were neutral. we can expect a good number of russian athletes in tokyo next year. and wayne rooney's son is following in his dad's footsteps by signing for manchester united. kai, who's now 11, was pictured alongside his dad and mum coleen signing a contract with the club. united's record goal—scorer wrote on twitter... no pressure, then! that is all of the sport. bye for now. hello there. earlier on today, we had a respite from this wet and windy theme, but we have seen the cloud increasing, thickening up, moving in very rapidly from the atlantic. it brought rain in some places. these weather fronts will take the rain across northern ireland, scotland and push it further into england and wales. for a while, that rain could be heavy as well. it will eventually push down towards the southeast of england, other areas away from here becoming drier later on in the night. but there is a lot of cloud around, and it's quite blowy out there as well. so it's going to be very mild to start friday, with temperatures in double figures. but more rain to come on friday, and the focus of the heavier rain is now across south wales with this amber rain warning from the met office. flooding and travel disruption is likely — there could be as much as 100 mm of rain. four inches of rain in the hills. not only wet here, but we will find the threat of flooding rains in the southwest of england. that heavier rain moves across wales, northern ireland, and it gets much wetter through the day in scotland. probably not too much rain for east anglia and the southeast, but all areas will have a windier day. gales are likely in the southwest, but because it's southerly wind, it is unusually mild for this time of year. temperatures hitting 13—14 celsius. the rain and potential flooding is the story, and that rain continues in the same sort of areas during friday evening before pushing into eastern england during friday night, to be followed by this area of low pressure. now, the very mild air and the more persistent rain will move away by the weekend, but we draw in slightly cooler air coming in from the atlantic around that area of low pressure. so, temperatures are going to drop away through this weekend, and essentially, we're left with a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers. now, on saturday, the bulk of the showers will be across western parts of scotland, wales, and western england. there will be a few showers around elsewhere, perhaps, but probably more in the way of sunshine. temperatures still in double figures on saturday — not quite as mild as friday, and the winds will still be strong, as well. it stays quite windy, actually, right the way through the weekend. there's more showers in the same sort of areas, perhaps some longer spells of rain in the northwest of scotland. again, more sheltered eastern areas missing the bulk of those showers with more in the way of sunshine. but on sunday, it will be a little bit cooler than on saturday. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nigerian officials say the group of more than three hundred schoolboys who were kidnapped last week are safe and well, and on their way home. britain warns that post brexit trade talks are in a serious situation, we'll examine how its busiest port could be affected even if there is a deal. large parts of southern england will move into the toughest coronavirus restrictions on saturday and there's no easing up for much of the north of england despite a fall in new cases. and as chinese 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