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,
let s speak to james smith, developed markets economist at ing. people are talking of a mild recession. what does that mean? quite often when we talk about recessions and the gdp numbers we think of two courses of negative growth being a technical recession. but that doesn t always feel like a recession to people. when we see a recession to people. when we see a recession we associate it with widespread job losses, people spending less money, people trying to save more, because they re uncertain about what is to come. we are not necessarily seeing that now. the fall in gdp we saw in the third quarter was small, we might see another slight fall in the fourth quarter. but it is not comparable to recessions in the past such as 2008 and the covid recession. so it is worth putting that in context. fix, worth putting that in context. a recession is two sets of three months where growth has been negative. in terms of what it means for people, what will this mean? the uk economy is
pep guardiola has really been building up the importance of this tournament as his european champions manchester city get ready to face the south american champions fluminense from brazil. both are playing in the final for the first time. city are looking to become the fourth english club to win the trophy after manchester united, liverpool and chelsea. it is so difficult to come here, so difficult. you have to win and champions league. both competitions are really tough. that s why it s a unique gift, all we have. when you re in this competition, you are in it forever. all six premier league sides that originally backed the breakaway european super league in 2021 have now re affirmed their committment to playing in uefa s european competitions. this 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 and the two governing bodies had abused a dominant position . liverpool were
it isn t now. two years ago, a proposed european super league prompted fury from the fans. it soon collapsed. uefa and fifa s threats was today ruled to be illegal, and within hours, a new european super league was being touted. this proposed format. involving 64 men s teams and 3a women s teams. it s one competition for all clubs, all players and all fans. those behind the revamp said the ruling was a landmark moment. it paves the way for the creation of a new more exciting competition at european level in which clubs can determine their own future. the strongest message today goes out to the fans. football is free. uefa which runs the champions league one by manchester city last season said they d withstand any rival tournament. we can show that many times, altogether, of the football and all of european society. nothing can change that. how tempting would revamp super league be? manchester nader one of the six english clubs that signed up to the super league him in a state
this cloud is streaming in across the atlantic and that is what will push into my. to clear skies, one or two showers and outbreaks of rain, snow in the far north of scotland and icy conditions in shetland. the further south another mild night, not quite as mild as last night. but it will be a cloudy start to tomorrow for many of you. sleet and snow across north and east of scotland particularly in shetland. thicker for northern ireland, north west england and down towards east anglia and outbreaks of rain moving further north. we will see brighter skies to the north east of scotland later and wales, midlands, england, some sunshine breaking through in the afternoon. the amount they across southern areas and 1 degrees in shetland and that cold air remains in place. the weather fronts tomorrow is still with us into saturday and moves further north woods and reinvigorate. the dividing line between the cold, wintry out which will bring sing significant snow on the hills of scotl