parents claim universal credit. it s parents claim universal credit. a rather chilly start the it s a rather chilly start the day, the risk of some and snow across scotland and northern england but turning world for all of us. it comes with wet and windy weather. what are the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 27th of december. our main story. two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of elle edwards in merseyside on christmas eve. last night a 30 year old man was held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and a 19 year old woman was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. our correspondent fiona trott has this report. a beautiful angel. that s how elle edwards has been described by colleagues. a beautician who was shot and killed whilst celebrating christmas here with family and friends. a man opened fire at the entrance. four others were injured. one is in a critical condition in hospital. at a time of year when rel
to mark the 40th day of mourning since a nine year old boy was killed during anti government protests. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello. thanks forjoining us for this boxing day sportsday. i m ben croucher. these are your headlines. welcome back, premier league. well, maybe not the return that spurs wanted, but they salvage a point at brentford. no stopping newcastle powering past leicester and up to second the news from today s seven games on the way. and boxing day horse racing is a brave man s game as the 11 4 shot battles to victory in the king george. it s been 43 days, but the wait is over. the premier league is back. seven games on boxing day, a new team in second, and at the bottom. it all kicked off at lunchtime at the brentford community stadium. a cracking game it was, too. brentford were on course for a fine victory against tottenham, only for the visitors to salvage a point, on a poignant day for english football. patrick gearey re
before kickoff, the life of george cohen was marked at every ground with applause an english world cup winner. the most recent tournament interrupted arsenal s stride. they went in top of the league, but on restart fell behind to west ham. the world cup saw arsenal lose gabrieljesus to injury, but qatar did show where goals can come from. bukayo saka drew on his three for england to equalise. now arsenal had lift off. here s martinelli now at the near post! arsenal have turned the game around. goals from gabriel martinelli and eddie nketiah sealed a 3 1 win. it puts them seven points clear. the team, one place behind them are now newcastle. he s on to that in a flash and he s put them 2 0 up, who beat leicester 3 0 for six wins in a row. they last did that ten years ago. now newcastle dare to ask, could they win the league?
as fulham won at crystal palace, the day s third london derby finished 2 2, helped by the head of harry kane. spurs came back to draw at brentford. no extra time or shoot outs here. the top flight s won and lost in 38 games and for the team at the top, each win takes them closer. joe lynskey, bbc news. so a huge win for arsenal there, as they hunt for a first title since 2004, under arsene wenger, who was actually at the emirates, for the first time since leaving the club in 2018. arteta was pleased with the way his side responded to coming back from a goal down. we needed that, and i think we scored in perfect time. the crowd, it was incredible. but in the moment that we conceded a goal, which is not easy to see, the way they reacted with the team after conceding is very strange to see. and they they kept that belief in the team,
the season is still young enough for all possibilities to exist for us, but it s a bit pointless me talking about stuff like that. i think it s very much game by game stuff. liverpool restart a long way off the top, but through the break mo salah has waited. and salah s got it into the goal. of course he has. he s had six weeks to recharge. now against aston villa, his team had fresh legs and fresh faces. 18 year old stefan bajcetic scored his first senior goal in a 3 1 win. liverpool s league position s not ideal, but across nerseyside it s bleak. everton have now lost three in a row, having let wolves in for a 95th minute winner. theirjoy was in a first away win of the season and a first in charge forjulen lopetegui. that kind of bounce hasn t come yet for southampton, who ve now lost both league games under nathan hones, booed off in a 3 1 loss to brighton. the saints are now bottom and,