good evening. manchester united have sacked their manager, ole gunar solskjaer, sacked their manager, following yesterday's 4—1 defeat at watford. he'd been in charge for almost three years but the club has suffered a string of poor results and is currently seventh in the premier league. our sports correspondentjane dougall reports from old trafford. a dark and dismal day for him and manchester united football club. even he seemed to know this would be his last game in charge. a club legend like ole gunar solskjaer could have been forgiven for losing 4—1 to watford but after is only disappointing results the patients of the fans had been pushed to their limits. the boys are in a terrible place in their heads right now. of course they are disappointed. they've let themselves down, we have let ourselves down. and the fans down. it's hard to stand there and explain that but that's football. anyway, we have to take the flak for it. the manner in which they loved and left even the players bemused. it was embarrassing for me, to be honest. it is unacceptable for this club, the level of players that we have. so it is another nightmare. it prompted crisis talks with club owners, the glazerfamily, and manchester united fans woke up to the news that their manager had gone. finally. ole out. i think it was always going to happen. he started off well. at the start and then obviously the last seven of games he's only won two. he spent all that money and he's just not good enough so a change is necessary, isn't it? many had wished for social to succeed. as a player he helped the team of the way to winning the treble in 1999, his famous goal in the champions league final cementing him as a cult hero. and that was acknowledged by the club. they said ole will always be a legend at manchester united and it was with regret that we have reached this difficult decision. while the past few weeks have been disappointing that should not obscure all the work he has done over the past three years. but in that time, he produced no silverware and for a club with high expectations like manchester united, that was not acceptable. the dream of the super sub with a late reprieve was not to be. jane dougal reporting. police have clashed with protesters in the belgian capital brussels after tens of thousands of people marched against recently tightened coronavirus restrictions. some protesters threw fireworks at police officers, who hit back with tear gas and water cannon. the protesters are mainly opposed to the use of covid passes, which prohibit the unvaccinated from entering venues such as restaurants or bars. it comes after a second night of violent protests in the netherlands against further covid lockdown restrictions. anna holligan reports. another demonstration of the discontent seeping through dutch society. galvanised by calls on social media, groups gathered in the hague, young men hurled rocks and fireworks at police, they torched bikes and targeted an ambulance. an emergency order was issued by the mayor. it took hours to restore calm. at least 19 people were detained and similar scenes erupted elsewhere. these small explosive demos are being held in the context of rumbling frustrations about the current and possible future restrictions considered essential to fight record high covid cases. this week a far worse than expected almost 150,000 new infections were detected. earlier the dutchjustice minister said he believes the virus is being used as a cover, an excuse to use extreme violence, and made the distinction between the mostly peaceful protests and purely criminal behaviour. translation: these i are not demonstrations. these are attacks on police and firefighters. more than 50 arrests have been made and many more will follow. among the rules implemented here last weekend, cafes, bars, restaurants and supermarkets have to close by 8pm. but the country's top virologist has warned these rules are not yet having an impact on the infection rate here the netherlands and beyond in other countries with competing visions on how best to fight this virus. and there was more evidence of this in brussels today. at least 35,000 people turned out to protest in the belgian capital. more trouble and turmoil. police used water cannon and tear gas against part of the crowd. the world health organization has called for an intensification of covid measures. with varying vaccine rates and stubbornly high degrees of hesitancy, getting the shots in may be part of the solution but won't cure the wider distrust and division exacerbated by the health crisis. anna holligan. bbc news, in the hague. the health secretary sajid javid says the covid jab booster programme should prevent the uk from experiencing the spike in cases seen in the netherlands and in some other european countries. boosters are being extended to the over forties in england from tomorrow. mrjavid said there are no plans to put any european countries back on the travel ban list — but the situation is being constantly reviewed, as danjohnson reports. this is the european backlash to tightening lockdowns, restricted freedoms, even mandated vaccinations, all in response to a wave of rising covid cases. sajid javid, the health secretary... but here in the uk, the health secretary this morning said we wouldn't be going down the same route, with the focus instead on the boosterjab campaign. well, we are extending it from tomorrow, actually, to people in the age group, a0 to a9, and we will keep under review how that might be extended in the future. and we're seeing record numbers of people come forward, but i would urge everyone to, if they are eligible to do so, to come forward, because that's the best way we can look forward to the kind of christmas that we all want to see. there's no plan to restrict travel. the feeling is the delta variant may be spreading through europe, but it's already here. our vaccination rates are high, but one of the scientists behind the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine was asked, are we getting close to herd immunity? well, it depends what you mean by herd immunity. if you mean stopping the virus so it can no longer spread, that's not going to be a thing. unfortunately, this virus is going to be with us for the decades ahead. if you mean slowing it down, then that's something which the vaccines are already doing. we know the pandemic has hit some people harder than others. and the health secretary thinks he's found one reason why. these pulse oximeter devices used to measure oxygen in the blood give more accurate readings from white skin. so there'll now be a review to make sure medical equipment�*s equally effective whatever your skin colour. it's absolutely crucial that those who use pulse oximeters- in their practice, or provide them to the public, - take skin pigmentation - into account when considering effectiveness amongst users. this is not to say that. pulse oximeters are bad. what we are saying is that. more care needs to be taken when looking at the readings from these devices. - but, as parts of europe lock down and close up again, and the christmas markets are quiet, the short—term question here is whether we can stay free from further covid restrictions. dan johnson, bbc news. let's stay with that concern over pulse oximeters, mentioned in danjohson�*s report. dr michael sjoding is from the university of michigan. he led research on racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement last year, finding a critical need to understand and correct racial bias in medical technologies. he told me more about his findings. this research came from the covid pandemic. i am a practising pulmonary physician and during the pandemic when caring for certain patients we noticed the pulse oximeter seemed to be less accurate when we looked at a more accurate labatory test called arterial blood gas that we don't perform as often. we saw that there seemed to be this discrepancy and we didn't quite understand why so we looked at, you know, skin tone as a factor and we looked at black patients compared to white patients and we found that there was a significant discrepancy. how significant a discrepancy in health terms? so, for a white patient in general, when the pulse oximeter is reading on a normal range, say 92% to 96%, it is inaccurately reading maybe 3% of the time, so that's pretty low, so most of the time it's very accurate but in our study we found that same thing was happening getting closer to 12% of the time, so maybe one in ten times which, again, doesn't sound like that much but when you consider how often these devices are being used and how critical this information is, that means that at least twice as often, perhaps three times as often, the device is less accurate in black patients. so how do you resolve this discrepancy or these discrepancies, then, particularly the fact that it could mean the difference between surviving covid—i9 or not? yes, i think this is a critically important question. you know, we use these devices like a pulse oximeter to make important medical decisions — how much oxygen a patient needs, when they are hospitalised, whether they get admitted or not, so in the immediate short—term we're trying to spread the word and increase awareness that while this device is accurate it can have imperfections and particularly inaccuracies in darker—pigmented patients, so the first step is to be aware this device has limitations and be careful about using this device without considering other information when you're caring for patients and if you really need to know, you should consider doing something else like this arterial blood gas, so i think that is an immediate short—term fix but i do think the longer—term fix is to redesign the devices to make sure that these devices work the same in all patients. well, let's look at the situation in the uk in more detail, with the latest government coronavirus figures. they show there were just over 40,000 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. on average, 41,029 new cases were reported per day in the last week. 61 deaths were recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 147 related deaths were recorded every day. and on vaccinations, more than 15 million people have now had their booster injection. the taxi driver who survived the liverpool terror attack has said it's a miracle he survived and no one else was injured in the terror attack. david perry and his wife rachel have issued a statement through police thanking the public for their "amazing generosity" and thanking hosital staff. the explosion outside liverpool women's hospital killed emad al swealmeen. the missing chinese tennis star peng shuai has said she's safe and well in a video call with the head of the international olympic committee. the news comes as videos showing her at a junior tennis tournament have been released by chinese state media. the athlete hasn't been seen in public since she made accusations of sexual assault against a senior chinese politician. our china correspondentjohn sudworth has the latest. this appears to be the first solid evidence of peng shuai's whereabouts since she made her allegation. released by chinese state media operatives, you can hear her name being announced. and then a smile and a wave, seemingly sent to send a message, "all is well." but there are few allegations more sensitive in china than one of sexual assault levelled against a man as senior as former vice premier zhang gaoli. and previous material released by state media meant to show that peng shuai is not being held under duress has only fuelled further speculation. i don't think this thing is going to end any time soon, which is why i think in the next few days we can expect more of these quite bizarre and suspicious proofs of life from chinese state media because they're starting to realise that this is getting out of control. peng shuai is also reported to have held a video conference with the head of the international olympic committee in which sue says she is safe and well but once her privacy respected but that too is unlikely to satisfy those calling of a boycott of the winter olympics. —— in which she says. the government failed to make any of the human rights —related promises it made to get the games. we can see that the situation inside the country has deteriorated significantly. one wonders if players feel safe to go and compete there. olympics officials insist politics should be kept out of sport. the trouble for china the headlines on bbc news: ole gunnar solskjaer has been sacked as manchester united's manager after three years, following a bad run of results. belgian police fire water cannon at protesters in brussels marching against coronavirus restrictions. chinese tennis star peng shuai has said she is �*safe and well�* in a video call with the international olympic committee, according to its president. the man deposed as sudan�*s prime minister during last month�*s military coup has been reinstated. abdalla hamdok signed a deal with the country�*s military leaders to establish a cabinet. but there�*ve been violent protests in the capital, khartoum, where thousands of demonstrators have marched on the presidential palace, saying the military are untrustworthy. mr hamdok said the deal with the military was necessary to end the bloodshed. translation: signing this framework agreement widely opens the door - for fixing all the causes and challenges of the transition. the last two years have certainly achieved much when it comes to this partnership, removing the international isolation, removing sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, economy, peace. there are many achievements, but there are still great challenges facing us. we are trying to preserve the blood of sudanese youth. i know our youth has the capacity for sacrifice, determination and giving up all that is precious, but sudanese blood is precious. let us stop the bloodshed and direct the youth�*s energy into construction and development. this agreement helps release the suffocation, the international and external suffocation, and to bring us back on the path towards transition to achieve long—lasting democracy in our country. midwives are calling for urgent help, claiming maternity services have reached "crisis point". hundreds joined protests across the uk to highlight the issue. the government says it is "committed to patient safety" and wants to make the nhs "the safest place in the world to give birth". jim wheble reports. with two healthy children and dog keith in tow, lara and rui�*s family are happy and settled but to this day memories of her first traumatic birth still linger, a birth she believes made worse by a locum midwife due to staff shortages which the hospital apologised for. they said, we�*re so sorry, the care that you got wasn�*t what we would normally have given here and we don�*t know who that midwife was, because they hadn�*t heard of her and i think that�*s it, because she wasn�*t part of the team. that experience inspired her tojoin today�*s march with midwives protest in parliament square, one of 50 happening across the uk, calling out a maternity crisis. a recent study by the royal college of midwives suggested that 60% of midwives are thinking of leaving. and also in the crowd, new mum for a second time around, tv presenter rachel riley, accompanied by the team of midwives who helped her. all my friends are a similar kind of age and a lot of them are having children at the moment, and a couple of them particularly have had really bad experiences recently and reading the stats on how underfunded and how understaffed the nhs is at the moment, i can now understand why these things have happened which have serious health imprecations for them. ——implications for them. we aim to have one midwife looking after one person in labour at the moment and we are seeing more and more that we are not able to cover that staffing wise. the government know there is a problem. they are spending £95 million on a recruitment drive to try and get 1200 more midwives. they also said that there are more midwives in the nhs now than there have been at any time in its history. but that�*s not the full picture. in the latest report from the nursing and midwifery council, they found the numbers leaving the job at the highest level since 2017, a trend many midwives seem to be feeling the effects of now. jim wheble, bbc london. shoppers are being warned that some retailers may not have enough stock for black friday this week because of supply chain issues. the uk�*s online retail association — the imrg — says problems getting goods from china and a shortage of drivers and warehouse staff mean stock might not arrive on time. our business correspondent caroline davies has more. we know that the course of the last 20 months has been difficult for many retailers. the pandemic, of course, caused stop—starts in the supply chain, backlogs at ports, and on top of that, there have been difficulties in some cases in getting hgv lorry drivers to be able to transport the goods to wherever they are needed. now, on top of that, we are building up to black friday, which is a big day in the shopping calendar where retailers slash the prices of some of their goods in order to try and encourage people to purchase in the run—up to christmas. it is originally something that started in the us and has come over to the uk in recent years. but some tech retailers are already concerned that there might be some disruption due to delays in deliveries. now, that�*s according to the imrg, the uk�*s online retail association. retailers will often buy goods well in advance of black friday, maybe months in advance, and quite often bulk buy them so that they then can sell them at a discount and still make a profit. however, if those goods are delayed by 4—6 weeks, that means they might have to change their promotional campaigns from that particular stock into whatever they do now have in stock and is available to sell. now, according to andy mackay, the group�*s insight director, asia is a real pinch point for this, and goods coming out of asia in particular. some companies might be able to find a workaround, they might have deep pockets to be able to do that, but others, he says, might really find themselves in a difficult position. he also says there are some worries that some retailers might struggle to find enough staff to fill their warehouses, as well as finding enough hgv lorry drivers to be able to transport those goods as well. however, having said that, just because certain products might be a little more difficult to come by, he also says there will still be plenty of tech products on the shelves. the rac has issued a warning over soaring petrol prices as drivers face tough choices in managing their budgets. the motoring organisation has said the record prices at the pumps are hitting families at a time when pressures on finances are already high. rod dennis is from the rac and he told me more about the costs involved. the average price is around about £1.47 at the moment and £1.50 for diesel and what we are saying here at the rac is if we look at what is happening in the wholesale market, this is the price which retailers buy fuel in for, there have been some dramatic drops in the last few days. what we�*re saying to retailers, especially the biggest ones, is they really should be cutting petrol prices now. the price that drivers are paying on average at the moment simply isn�*tjustified on the basis of what retailers are spending themselves. isn�*t there often a lag, though, between resale prices catching up with wholesale and they could explain away that way? i think that was the case if they were buying fuel on a sporadic basis. smaller retailers who don�*t top up that often perhaps bring in new fuel deliveries every fortnight or so but if you�*re one of biggest retailers or supermarkets you are buying fuel all the time and we have said this consistently at the rac, there is this effect of rocket and feather, prices going up extremely quickly when wholesale markets go up and dropping really slowly when prices are going down, and given what you said in the intro there we know there is a huge amount of pressure on household finances going into this winter, particularly with high inflation, high domestic energy prices as well. we really think it�*s not justified for retailers to hold on to the amount of extra money they�*re making at the moment. the prices do seem particularly high because they did drop quite a lot during lockdown, didn�*t they, because people were not travelling and the demand dropped? what sort of leverage have you really got, though, against these big buyers and sellers of petrol? it is a difficult one but i would like to think here at the rac we have got a good record of calling for retailers to cut prices and for them to actually follow. what we�*re doing is looking at what is happening in the wholesale market, the sort of thing ofgem are doing all the time in the domestic energy markets and at the rac we do that for drivers when it comes to petrol and diesel prices. we know retailers aren�*t paying as much for fuel at the moment and we would really like, especially at the present time, for those price reductions that retailers are benefiting from to be passed on at the pumps. what has been happening here is the amount of margin retailers are taking is around 10p on every litre at the moment and that is double what it was basically before covid—19 was around so they are taking significantly more at the moment and all we�*re saying is play fair especially people are particularly hard up and depend on their vehicles, and actually start to charge petrol prices at much more affordable levels. breaking news regarding the queen. she has attended a private ceremony to celebrate the baptism is of two of her great—grandchildren today. of course, the queen spent a night in hospitalfor course, the queen spent a night in hospital for the course, the queen spent a night in hospitalfor the first course, the queen spent a night in hospital for the first time in many years last month what the palace called preliminary investigations, and she was seen in public only about four days ago since that hospital stay. she had to pull out of the remembrance day because of a sprain back. the ceremony today took place at the lodge in windsor great park. the baptisms are for the child of princess eugenie, and the grandchild of princess anne. britain�*s panto season has arrived and — as ever — audiences can expect songs, laughs and plenty of family fun. but the producers of one show claim to have something a bit different. cinder—alyah is billed as the first ever muslim pantomime. shabnam mahmood has more. sings in arabic. it�*s that time of the year again. oh, yes it is — rehearsals for christmas pantomimes have begun. the great muslim panto is not much different to your average production but this one has been made with muslims in mind. for the british muslim audience, there is nothing like this out there and itjust makes it for a very relaxed outing with the family, knowing that they can trust me, first of all — i�*ve make sure that�*s clear — that everything will be on the halal side, there will be nothing inappropriate, they can bring kids of any ages to come and have a laugh. i�*ve written it for the kids but also for the parents to enjoy as well. cinder�*aliyah follows the traditional story of a young girl mistreated by her evil stepmum and sisters. you're facing the wrong way! am i? like all pantos, it has plenty of songs, costume changes and comedy. i think people are eager to see representation and diversity on the screen and in the theatre and this is exactly what we are doing and it is what penny appeal are doing and i think, yeah, we're just trying to make it, you know, very inclusive. both scream. look! what is it? it�*s a spot! the performance is not restricted to a muslim audience. organisers are hoping panto can transcend religious boundaries. she i think it�*s nice to just see other cultures, other religions and just see that they are just like everyone else. it�*s fun and you can resonate with them as well. now you've got a spot too! we�*re not shoving religion down people�*s throat, we�*re just saying this is a classic tale, you all know it, but he, it�*s asian—style. this is — have fun with it, join us with this and just see that we�*re just as fun and eclectic as, you know, the western community. billed as the first—ever muslim panto, the show has proved to be a surprising hit since coming to the stage four years ago. and tickets for this year�*s tour have already almost sold out. where did the smoke come from? i have wind! the show is also hoping to raise thousands of pounds for charity. shabnam mahmood, bbc news, wakefield. now, it�*s time for a look at the weather with phil avery. once again, whether you like it or not, we�*ve all made the transition into something a good deal colder and fresher across all parts of the british isles and through the rest of sunday, as was the case earlier on here in great yarmouth and norfolk, there�*s still that possibility across eastern parts to see a peppering of showers. now, that�*s the exception to a fairly dry rule for a two or three days across many parts of the british isles. but it will feel much, much colder. and for that, in the short term, we have to thank this run of northern is flowing along the isobars, the isobars fairly tightly packed. so it�*s a gusty old wind and it�*s coming from the north. never a warm direction and certainly not at this time of year. so through the rest of the afternoon, on into the evening, we�*ll keep plenty of showers going across these eastern areas until they begin to fade away overnight. a little run of showers through the channel areas. the winds just beginning to ease back as well. and with that combination we�*ll end up say, for the northern parts of scotland, we are going to keep some cloud and rain, quite a widespread frost in inland areas, probably the widest we�*ve seen for a good while. but it does mean a bright and a fresh start to the new day on monday for southern scotland, parts of northern ireland, england and wales. still the run off showers in the southeast, still the cloud there from the weak weather fronts with your bit and pieces of rain passing by. and the temperatures at their very best might make ten degrees, if you�*re lucky, but it will feel fairly cool. little bit of frost, perhaps, if the cloud clears east wales overnight monday down into the midlands, central, southern england. but a lot of cloud generally on tuesday. still a lot of dry weather because the high pressure at this stage is still the dominant feature. and that could well be the mildest day of the week that i can find for you. eight, nine, ten, possibly 11 degrees. but it will change again on wednesday and on into thursday we�*ll bring a weather front down across all parts of the british isles like we did on saturday. and then the isobars flick around to north, to south. and again, that�*s the vehicle that imports another shot of cold air down and across all parts of the british isles such that we close out the week with no signs of mild air at all. there will be some night—time frost. and with the temperatures beginning to fall away, particularly across the north of britain, expect some wintry mix in some of those showers. across the uk, ole gunnar solskjaer has been sacked as manchester united�*s manager after three years, following a bad run of results i think it was always going to happen, wasn�*t it? he spent all that money and it's just not good enough. the change is necessary. the taxi driver from the liverpool terror attack says it�*s a "miracle" he is alive, and thanks the public for their �*amazing generosity�*. belgian police fire water cannon and tear gas at protesters in brussels marching against coronavirus restrictions. missing chinese tennis star peng shuai is reported to have said she�*s safe and well in a call with olympic officials. in formula one lewis hamilton closes the gap with max verstappen to just 8 points with a win in qatar.