Resources at his disposal than rafa benitez, and rafa could be forgiven for his one dimensional game plan. Defend and hope for the best. After half an hour city had already hit the post twice, and rahim sterling finally found a way through the newcastle rearguard. Almost inevitable, really. With a group as powerful as this, you could be forgiven for thinking the rest of the match would be a formality but with this slip from kyle walker, newcastle were almost back in it straightaway, but Nicolas Otamendi intervened. The hosts were heading for their fifth consecutive home defeat. They had hoped that perhaps they would get a chance from a set piece, but referee Andre Marriner was not impressed with this. Benitez will be hoping for reinforcements in january. Guardiolas squad, though, cant break that winning habit. On a night when they did just enough, they still have an aura of invincibility. It is difficult to play when the other team doesnt wa nt to play when the other team doesnt want t
Dijk willjoin liverpool when the transfer window re opens for £75 million a world record for a defender. And at 11 30 well bring you the paper review, with the independentsjosie cox and tom bergin from reuters. A very good evening to use and welcome to bbc news. The met office has issued 15 snow or ice warnings tonight, covering Northern Ireland, all of wales, and most areas of england and scotland. It follows a day of disruption in much of the uk with dangerous conditions on major roads and the rac warning that things could get worse. The runway at Stansted Airport was closed twice during the day with a number of flights cancelled. And thousands of homes have been left without power, as our correspondent phil mackie reports. Horn blasts. The motorway at a standstill. Its always busy here anyway, but throw in five centimetres of snow and youve got chaos. 0n the a14 things were even worse. This lorry span out of control, leaving drivers stranded. Good morning. Its just gone past ten oc
He was speaking as guest editor of radio 4s today programme this morning. And Southamptons Virgil Van Dijk will become the worlds most expensive defender when the january transfer window opens, as liverpool have announced they will be signing him for £75m more than £20m higher than the current record. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejosie cox, Business Editor at the independent, and tom bergin, Business Correspondent for reuters. It is not just it is notjust business news, folks, there is a lot of variety so stay with us. Tomorrows front pages, starting with the i hasJeremy Corbyn declaring hes ready to fight an election at any time, and will around in 2022 if the government survives a full term. The times claims the metropolitan police is failing to protect vulnerable children. The Financial Times reports that companies have made a record amount from floating on stock exchanges, mainly because of deals in the us and
The Prime Minister says shell review the whole system of student finance in england. But as the conservative conference opened in manchester, she faced questions over the loyalty of the foreign secretary. Is he unsackable . Laughter. Lets be very clear about what we have here in this government. We have a government that is determined to build a country that works for everyone. And the travel show explores the longest river in the balkans, connecting four countries which just a generation ago were at war. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The spanish by minister Mariano Rajoy has said the disputed referendum held in catalonia did not ta ke referendum held in catalonia did not take place. There was a day of violence and chaos on the streets. Speaking in the last half hour he said the majority of catalans did not want to take part in an illegal boat. Riot Police Closed down nearly 100 polling stations and repeatedly charged at voters waiting outside. Hundreds were injured, two seriou
Excited about High Pressure but this is going to be quite flat, squeezed by these weather systems that are running in from the atlantic. Threatening some more wind and rain. The heaviest of the rain across the western side of scotland, largely dry for eastern scotland and rain later for northern ireland. Dry for eastern scotland and rain laterfor northern ireland. Some sunshine and highs of 15 or 16 degrees. Hello, this is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines counting is under way in catalonias controversial independence referendum. Hundreds of people were injured in violent clashes throughout the day as police tried to stop the poll. The spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the vote was illegal. Right now i can tell you all emphatically, what we found today and what you already know, is that there was no independence referendum in catalonia today. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a knife attack that kil