Dank start across northern and western parts of the British Isles are nowhere near the level of sunshine you have enjoyed today across eastern parts, as this cloud and rain tumbles in. Any good news . Things brighten up across scotland and Northern Ireland to finish off your day on sunday. Here is monday. A frosty start across eastern parts but at least you hold onto your sunshine. In the west, the best of the temperatures but not very much sunshine. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines at 6 32 the South African president , jacob zuma, has spoken of the enormous challenges facing the country and the governing anc, as it chooses his successor. A leading supporter of Brexit Jacob Rees Mogg has said that the uk cannot become a colony of the eu during the expected two year transition period after britains withdrawal in march 2019. Police in canada say theyre treating the deaths of the billionaire businessman Barry Sherman, and his wife, as suspicious. Thousand of homes in tewkesbury, in gloucesetershire, have been left without water for a second day, following a burst water main. Severn trent water says work to repair the broken pipe is proving extremely difficult. Time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday with me Hugh Woozencroft and Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening australia bats england out the ashes. Steve smith scores a double hundred as the host make the englands bowlers toil. Can Manchester City make it 16 wins on the trott in the premier league . . Well you in on another busy day of football action. All of the stories coming up. And premiership title holders exeter are dealt a blow to their hopes of a quarterfinal spot in the european rugby champions cup. Good evening. Shortly we will take you through all the days football. But we start the show in australia, where englands cricketers were forced to watch australian captain steve smith bat through the entire day to score a double century as englands hopes of retaining the ashes slipped further away. Smith was supported by Mitchell Marsh, who scored his maiden test hundred and narrows in on a double hundred. Australia will go into the 4th day on 549 4, with both men still at the crease, a lead of 146. The bbcs Sports Correspondent andy swiss is in perth. You get the sense this is a day when englands fading ashes hopes might finally have been extinguished. It really was a torrid day for their bowlers but an extraordinary one for steve smith and Mitchell Marsh. Their unbeaten partnership of 301 has put them in control of this mac, and within touching distance of the ashes. For two australians, a day to remember. For 11 englishmen, one to forget. But if this was when their ashes dream finally died, it was at the hands of batting brilliance. First, steve smith, resuming on 92, he soon reached his half century. As it turned out, hed barely started. At the other end, a flicker of english hope. Moeen ali removing shaun marsh. Little did they know it would be their only wicket of the day. Enter shauns little brother, Mitchell Marsh, who set about showing his sibling precisely how its done. Perfection from marsh. Australia were ruthless, englands bowling more toothless. Flailed to all corners of the waca, for captain joe root it was hard to watch. And marshs aggression soon reaped its reward. A first test 100 to the delight of his fans, and his family. And as the runs kept coming, so did the milestones. Smith completing his double century. The worlds number one batsman with yet another masterclass, as australia piled on the misery. Smith still there on 229, marsh on 181 on a day when englands bowling limitations were painfully exposed. A tough day for englands bowlers. Credit to craig 0verton, who was bowling with a cracked rib. What a show of courage from him. But the limitations of the bowling attack was very plain to see. Afterwards paul farbrace, englands assistant coach, admitted it had been very difficult day for them. The majority of our ways of taking wickets with the attack we have is to be monotonous with lying on length and we tried that exceptionally hard. We thought the cracks might open up a bit more and come into play for us. There was a bit of variable bounce yesterday but it hasnt been case today. It bounced off the nice nicely off the middle of the bat most of the day. As for australia, what performances from steve smith and Mitchell Marsh, who was recalled to the team for this match. He replaced Peter Handscomb and he certainly justified the face replaced Peter Handscomb and he certainlyjustified the face of replaced Peter Handscomb and he certainly justified the face of the selectors. Afterwards he reflected on his brilliant century. Selectors. Afterwards he reflected on his brilliant centurylj selectors. Afterwards he reflected on his brilliant century. I think everyone says it but it was genuinely pure elation. I didnt feel too nervous in the 905, almost a feel too nervou5 in the 905, almost a weird feeling when i got in there. Any time youre in a 905 as a bat5man, you cant help but not think about making 100. Iju5t mage ori think about making 100. Iju5t mage or i try to focus on watching the ball as hard as i could. I dont remembertoo ball as hard as i could. I dont remember too much about my celebration. Im certainly not a jumper, i dont have too many 5pring5 jumper, i dont have too many springs of my step iju5t went for the fist pump i think. What a day for Mitchell Marsh and also for the captain steve smith, with his unbeaten double 100. As for england, when they resume tomorrow they will need something very special indeed if they are to save this mac and save their ashes hopes. Yes, a huge day for england coming up yes, a huge day for england coming up in the ashes tomorrow. So a huge day for england in the ashes coming up tomorrow. But now, with all the news of todays premier league, lizzie is with our football reporter john bennett. The game at the weekend, top of the table Manchester City playing totte n ha m. Table Manchester City playing tottenham. Manchester city going for what would be their 16th Straight League win. They are winning1 0 at half time. If it stays like this, 16 wins ina half time. If it stays like this, 16 wins in a row. Closing in on a european record which is 19 in a row. Bayern munich, also managed by pep guardiola. Lets look at the only goal of the game, gundogan, terrible defending by tottenham. 0ne of the smallest players on the pitch managed to head the ball into the back of the net. Manchester city have been all over tottenham. Totte n ha m have been all over tottenham. Tottenham had a decent start to the game, first five minutes, but since then they have had enough of the ball to create anything. Harry kane had a shot wide but they have hardly had a shot wide but they have hardly had any shots on target. Manchester city a joy to watch at the moment. It looks as though they are going to get a 16th winner rob rob but still only 1 0 but completely dominated. When can we say it looks like another league title . Pasta close to that point, 1a points clear as it stands. If it stays as it is, the 1a points clear of Manchester United and chelsea, we will talk about in a moment. They are very close. The pundits on match of the day think man city won the tip le already. When can you say a i a lwa ys tip le already. When can you say a i always say when can you say team haswon and leicester. Crystal palace beat leicester 3 0. Their first away win since april. For me, it underlines this slow progression and the roy hodgson. They were impressive today, wont they . Yes, when that he took over that it was five games of the season, they hadnt won a game or scored a goal and now eight unbeaten under roy hodgson. Lets take a look at the polls. They were very impressive. Taking the lead through christian benteke, ending his goal drought. It was a long goal drought of 13 games. Then Wilfried Zaha, who was the star, making it 2 0. Right at the end sako making it 3 0. Leicester went into this game on a run of four straight wins, so very impressive Crystal Palace. You mentioned it, away from home they have been so poor all season. It is a huge win. They move out of the bottom three and if they keep playing like this and keep Wilfried Zaha fit you have to say i think they will stay up in the premier league this season. Before we hear from roy hodgson, brave refereeing from roy hodgson, brave refereeing from the referee. He sent off ndidid for diving. Yes, on his 21st birthday second booking, a dive in the penalty area. He is not really that sort of character normally but it was a clear dive and you have to say the referee got it right. Everything went against leicester today but Crystal Palace deserved the win. A late sendingoff so not much impact on the result. There was a time when we were looking up at everybody on the gap was quite massive. Now the gap is no longer massive, so really i concern myself a little bit less whether we are in the bottom three or out of the bottom three, i concern myself more with the number of points we are divorced from the pack of teams that to scrap it out between now and the end of the season. I still believe it is going to be made which will decide everyones fate but if we can produce performances like this all the way through to may, at least weve given ourselves a chance. It will be very tight. It is tight at the bottom. It could be quite an exciting month of may for the neutrals. Chelsea, and narrow home victory, 10 chelsea, and narrow home victory, 1 0 against southampton. Were they unlucky . I heard they were dominant. It should have been more. The goal came before half time, Marcos Alonso with a free kick. Possibly the wall at fault. He bent it around the wall, second half they were all over southampton. Southampton offered very little. 0n shot on target. Fraser forster very busy in the southampton goal. Antonio conte, who by the way crew his beard back. They are in great form an eight wins in the last ten games. As it stands, 1a adrift of Manchester City. He was really pleased with their performance despite the fact it was a narrow win in the end. Quite hard becau5e5 of the result, it was only 1 0. I think that we dominated the game, we created many chances to score. In one game you shoot 24 times, eight on the target, it means that you dominated the game. Also 1 0 at the emirates, arsenal beating newcastle. Arsenal are back in the top four but not necessarily setting the world on fire . Theyre not clinical enough, they should have been out of sight at half time. Brilliant goal by mesut 0zil, goal of the month contender, great volley, superb technique. You thought they would go on and score more but they didnt. New cars came back into it near the end and maybe could have got a point. Arsenaljust about deserved it. Arsene wenger, after three games without a win, delighted they are back to winning ways. I think overall we deserved to win, we had plenty of chances, but the last five or ten minutes, it became edgy because we had absolutely to win today and we hadnt made enough of a difference to become fourth. But overall, i feel that we dominated quite well the game. It was physically difficult, because it was our third game in six days and physically very intense. A very intense period for football. I feel sorry for them at christmas, a lwa ys i feel sorry for them at christmas, always so busy. I dont know why am feeling so for them newcastle loss to arsenal. This is not looking good. They are getting dragged down into real trouble, struggling. Good. They are getting dragged down into real trouble, strugglingm this destruction is off the pitch . I think it has to be having an effect. There of the takeover, the takeover, the offer is there, but no blue initiations are ongoing. 0n the pitch they are in real trouble. The negotiations are ongoing cost without a win in their last nine games, their last win was in 0ctober. We shouldntjudge them on their performance today, i think they did 0k today but in the last few games, for example Leicester City last week and they were really, really poor. Next week is a crucial game for newcastle, against west ham, who are also struggling. We will talk about them in a moment. That is a massive, massive game. Rafa benitez is an stackable. You said icahn is he really . Rafa benitez is an stackable. You 5aid icahn is he really . rafa benitez is an stackable. You said icahn is he really . I think so. No one would do that when the ta keover no one would do that when the takeover is about to happen. Newcastle fans hope. The pressure is certainly an newcastle as a team because they are in the bottom three now. Lets hear from because they are in the bottom three now. Lets hearfrom rafa benitez. We did well. We had chances to draw. Its a pity, because in the end we are learning, we have this situation in some games that we are just one goal behind and then we have to improve quickly to make sure we get these draws or wins because we are making a great effort, the players are working so hard and its a pity. Next, watford and huddersfield. The first time these two have met in the top flight. Huddersfield won 4 1. Who wouldve thought the first meeting between these two teams would result in that score. On the best wins of the season. The best one will be their Manchester United win. Away from home, struggling, five successive away defeats this was a brilliant performance. You can see their celebrations here. Aaron mooy on the scoresheet. The only negative was kachunga was stretchered off. Troy deeney was sent off for watford will stop there was also Jonathan Hogg sent off for watford will stop there was alsoJonathan Hogg sent off for huddersfield, both sides ending the game with ten men. The david wagner it was important they started winning away from home. A big relief they got this win and it was a resounding win. That makes me 5ati5fy, that the players were able to transform the theory into the practice on the gra55. They have shown an unbelievable performance today. I am so unbelievable performance today. I am so delighted for them and for our 5upporter5. It was a very exciting and very satisfying afternoon for us. This match was delayed by an hour at the home at stoke because of a power cut. But in the end, it went a way of west ham, which is not good news for stoke. Stoke would have been hoping it would have been postponed. It really was. The power cut lasted a long time. Marcuse under serious pressure now. He has lost five of his last six games and everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. Marcos alonso, who they sold to west ham, hes scored. A three nil win to west ham. At the end you could see, all the seeds because the stoke could see, all the seeds because the sto ke fa ns could see, all the seeds because the stoke fans left, basically. They we re stoke fans left, basically. They were blowing marcuse as he left the stadium. 606 is on their on five live, people calling in saying he should lose hisjob, under real pressure. As for west ham, excellent performance by them. Now three and beaten for david moyes and west ham. They beat chelsea, drew against arsenal, almost won that game and our really good away defeat. First away win of the season. David moyes doing a greatjob. Away win of the season. David moyes doing a great job. What is he doing . What has david moyes done . It wasnt necessarily the most popular decision when he want went there. What has he done . Why are they suddenly doing so well . He talks about increasing the fitness of the players. Thats basic. Certainly more organised than they were under slaven bilic. Getting the best out of the players. As you say, it was an unpopular appointment but you cant argue with the result, three unbeaten now and they are on the right track to stay up. Unbeaten now and they are on the right track to stay uplj unbeaten now and they are on the right track to stay up. I know that its clearly not funny when you talk about managers losing theirjobs but on the phrases i heard in the office today was who would go there . Tony pulis, that would be ironic. Surely they wouldnt have tony pulis back at stoke. They want to keep them up. This is a story to watch in the next few days. The owner peter coates is very loyal but the fans have turned against him marcuse. Brighton in burnley, they missed a penalty, brighton . The only flying high in the premier league. Glenn murray s guide a penalty. Brighton will be thinking they should have won that game. An opportunity missed the brighton. Burnley had these best of the second half. The brighton. Burnley had these best of the secondhalf. Looking at the top of the table to see where todays results are leaving things. Manchester city still ongoing and still winning at the moment. Who is the big winner today . I suppose it must be. Well i guess arsenal and chelsea staying third and arsenal moving into the top four. Arsenal moving into the top four, chelsea on level points with Manchester United. Leicester city, disappointing for them, they would have been wanting to gain ground on liverpool and tottenham. Crystal palace, a wonderful win and we will see what it has done for them. At 1. I see what it has done for them. At u think they were 14th forced up they were bottom a few weeks ago, then they just they were bottom a few weeks ago, then theyjust moved out of the relegation zone today. No, still 14th, relegation zone today. No, still 1ath, extraordinary. They were bottom and looking like they were the odds on favourite to go down not long ago. Very tight between 11 and down to 19th. This is what roy hodgson the same can any one of these teams could go down. Newcastle in the bottom three, in real trouble. Stoke city just in the bottom three, in real trouble. Stoke cityjust above the relegation zone, the pressure on marcuse. Interesting weekend and two war games tomorrow. That is the football, back to you. Manchester city still winning 1 0 but harry kane has tested ederso