side sheffield united. it s 0 0 after 30 minutes. if villa win they will leapfrog both arsenal and liverpool to the top of the table. you have to go back 25 years to the last time they led the way at this stage of the season. a win for sheffield united would see them move off the foot of the table, but they would still be three points from safety. all six of the premier league sides that originally backed the breakaway european super league have now re affirmed their committment to playing in uefa s european competitions. it follows yesterday s ruling by the european court ofjustice that the ban by uefa and fifa on clubs from joining the european superleague was unlawful . arsenal and liverpool have followed tottenham, manchester city, manchester united, and chelsea who issued statements yesterday. all six were founder members of the breakaway league in 2021 before quickly withdrawing their support after a backlash from fans. liverpool say their involvement has discontinued,
christmas charts for 2023. millions of people are on the move across the uk as the christmas getaway begins. there have been long queues at the port of dover after a surge in demand for ferries caused by yesterday s eurotunnel strike in france. and road and rail travel is also heavy, with more than 13 millionjourneys predicted between today and sunday. here s our transport correspondent katy austin. the christmas getaway is in full swing after a very bumpy start. train services have been recovering after yesterday s severe disruption. these passengers at leeds were travelling hopefully. i was glad that i wasn t going back last night, so i had friends that were going from euston and everything was kind of chaotic, so. a little bit stressed, cos see if these trains get cancelled, not sure if my train s going to be cancelled or not, so. now that i ve looked, it s all right. there have been long queues at dover s ferry ports, partly put down to a higher demand after a strike at e
bell rings. bell rings. bell tolls. bells peal. bells peal. the bells tolling in memory of the dead. this is an incident which has deeply, deeply shocked this country. as well as those who died, people are thinking about the people who were injured, a number of those are still in hospital, some with serious injuries. we know that many of the casualties were cheque, three czech. czech. details have been emerging about the identities of some of the victims, one of them was the director of the institute of musicology at the university. she was 49 years old, she was the mother of two children. the institute put out a statement saying that this was an extremely cruel time for us all. meanwhile, the police investigations are continuing, people here continuing to ask themselves what it was that could have driven this 24 year old gunman to behave in this way. this is a very sad moment coming as it doesjust before is a very sad moment coming as it does just before christmas, a time
American Deontay Wilder suffers a shock points loss to Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia, scuppering plans for the long-awaited heavyweight blockbuster with Anthony Joshua next year.
RIYADH (Reuters) - New Zealand's Joseph Parker pulled off a stunning upset win over former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at the Kingdom Aren.