has christmas come early for manchester united fans or not? a deal is finally agreed for british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe to buy a stake in the club. no festive joy for chelsea beaten for the eighth time in the premier league this season but it s all smiles for wolves. and rangers win at motherwell to close in on cetlic and the top of the scottish premierhship. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. so much for a quiet sporting christmas eve. it s been announced in the last few hours that british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe has agreed to buy a 25% worth a little over £1.25 billion in manchester united. the news comes over a year after the club s owners, the glazers, stated they were considering selling. ratcliffe s ineos group will take control of united s football operations and provide over £230 million in future investement into old trafford. our sports editor dan roan reports. when sirjim ratcliffe toured old trafford earlier this year, the british billion
society to do that. are you getting the right workplace support while going through fertility treatment? more than 50,000 women go through the process every year, but many don t feel comfortable telling their boss. we ask what are your rights? laying it all on the table. we hearfrom ronnie 0 sullivan on how he overcame addiction and anxiety to climb to the top in snooker. friends together the moment kevin sinfield carried former team mate rob burrow who has motor neurone disease over the marathon finish line in leeds. some scattered showers this morning across the far north west of the uk, some rain the south east as well, but then if day of sunny spells. a few scattered showers but not feeling as warm as it stood through the weekend. all the details throughout this morning s programme. good morning. it s monday 15th of may. senior doctors in england will start voting today on whether to strike in a continuing dispute over pay in the health service. their union, the
to create many chances, but we are competitive. we marched and tried until the last minute, in the first minute of the match against city, it is difficult. we start to have a little bit more balance within the game as well. in some moments, we push them back, but we were not able to create many chances, but we are competitive. we marched and tried until the last minute, manchester united gave their champions league hopes a boost with a 1 0 win over aston villa, who d gone unbeaten in 10 matches. a 100th league goal from bruno fernandes was all united needed to secure the three points in a victory that could have been 2 or 3 0. they re now fourth in the table, well ahead of liverpool and with a game in hand over newcastle above them. villa remain seventh in their hunt for europe. before that victory, manchester united fans held a protest outside the club and through the streets of the city, with banners opposing the continued glazer ownership. 0ur bbc football reporter simon s
have topped the table since february. they re a point ahead of arsenal who play midweek and they still have a game in hand. three days, four days, it is a lot, but we knew that after beating them at home, knowing that winning this type of game today was really, really important and the players behaved amazingly. on tuesday, arsenal is going to play. normally at home is strong but it is one game at hand and then after that we will be ok. in after that we will be ok. in the first after that we will be ok. in the first minute of the match against the first minute of the match against a the first minute of the match against a city, it is difficult. we start to have a little difficult. we start to have a little bit difficult. we start to have a little bit more balanced within the game as well. in some moments, we push them back, but we were moments, we push them back, but we were not moments, we push them back, but we were not able to create many chances. we were no
economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter thanks to robust consumer spending after lockdowns were lifted. but factory output has lagged due to weak global growth and this latest data raises questions about the sustainability of china s recovery. a market strategist told me these numbers show how uneven china s recovery has been. a pretty dire set of numbers, although services is still an expansion. it has come below expectations, but of course the bigger shock on the manufacturing side, and shows how uneven the recovery is in china. two things worth noting. first, we are coming from a strong first quarter where we had this initial euphoria after the reopening of the economy, as well as some benefit from the chinese new year period. so of course, manufacturers are a little bit downbeat after that initial euphoria has come down. secondly, my bigger concern is about geopolitics and the impact on making the external demand weaker for china s manufacturing sector. we