are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. the year of the rabbit is considered the luckiest of the 12 zodiac animals. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. more boos and second from bottom everton lose again. with their owner and board in the stands to see the protests. the minute we are in a tough time it upsets everyone at the club and everyone is to try and stick together and move forward. mid table and mediocre. dsepite the debut of mudryk, liverpool and chelsea s 0 0 draw doesn t help either team. goals not a problem for celtic. they hit five to reach the scottish cup fifth round. also coming up in the programme. and he s played enough tennis for a whole tournament, but andy murray s australian open is over in the first week. a 350th appearance marked with a try and a win and danny care s harlequins have their first victory in more than a month. hello and welcome to spo
that shamima begum who left london aged 15 to join the islamic state group was smuggled into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. thousands of royal mail workers stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. full speed ahead for the world s largest operating offshore wind farm. hornsea two, off the yorkshire coast, will power more than one million homes. than one million homes. defending champion emma raducanu is out of the us open losing in the first round to france s alize cornet. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute. president biden described him as a man of remarkable vision. the un chief antonio guterres said he changed the course of history . our moscow editor, steve ro
And ten out of ten Max Verstappen makes formula one history as his domination continues. Also coming up on sportsday before 8. England are outplayed by new zealand with their hopes of winning their t20 series Hanging In The Balance and farahs farewell. As sir mo races for the final time in his home City Of London its very emotional but as i said when you achieve everything it must come to an end at some point. Welcome along, thank you forjoining us. So we were heading for a draw in the days big game between arsenal and Manchester United. But not for the first time in that fixture there was late drama. Which left the home side celebrating at the end. Nick parrott reports things are little different these days from the heights of the rivalry between arsenal and Manchester United. That tension in the tunnel has disappeared and despite the london whether it took time for things to heat up at the emirates. There were miss Mudgett Misjudgments and mistakes, we gave a goal away. We did not ha
And scotland will be fully or partially closed today, because of concerns about crumbling concrete. Investigations are also under way in schools in wales and Northern Ireland. Ministers have promised to speed up checks on schools where the material, known as raac, may have been used. 0ur reporter Louisa Pilbeam reports. From the midlands to suffolk. And london. More than 100 schools in england look like this today, with buildings roped off and closed on what for many should be the first day of the new term. The problem crumbling concrete called raac, meaning many schools are unsafe. Sarah, a mum of two who didnt want to be on camera, told us. The main issue for me is we dont have any certainty about when the children are going Back To School. The lack of certainty right now is worrying for everyone. The school havent been that specific about the actual meanwhile, on social media sites, including mumsnet, one parent said. The government has been criticised for not acting faster despite