news. good evening. this is your update from the bbc sports centre. liverpool shrugged off missing three players due to positive covid tests to beat newcastle 3 1 this evening and move a point behind premier league leaders manchester city. newcastle took a surprise lead thanks tojonjo shelvey s long distance strike which found its way through, shelvey scoring against his former club. it wasn t long before liverpool hit back, diogojota pulling them level. and four minutes later, who else but mo salah put them 2 1 up. and how about this for an early christmas cracker from trent alexander arnold! no stopping that one as liverpool cruised to a comfortable victory, keeping the pressure up at the top while newcastle remain second from bottom. it s more points dropped for chelsea this evening. they were held to a 1 1 draw with everton at stamford bridge. mason mount gave them a second half lead. everton s jarrad branthwaite equalised soon after in a match where they had few chances.
minister has rightly said that we made mistakes and he regrets that those mistakes happened. wales announces tighter coronavirus restrictions with the return of social distancing and nightclubs shut from december the 27th. an investigation is under way to determine the cause of a house fire in south london after four children died last night. and in sport. england pick up late wickets giving them some hope on the second day of the second ashes test in adeleide. the liberal democrats have pulled off a political shock in the north shropshire by election, taking one of the country s safest conservative seats. it follows the resignation of tory mp owen paterson, who was found to have breached parliamentary rules on lobbying. he won the last election in 2019 with a majority of nearly 23,000. but the lib dems helen morgan took the seat by almost 6,000 votes making it the seventh biggest by election swing in modern political history. 0ur regional political editor for the mi
a turbulent few weeks for the government with claims of sleaze, lockdown parties and a backbench revolt over new covid regulations. four young children have died in a house fire in south london. the city s fire commissioner says the incident has left everyone numb. nightclubs to close and a return to social distancing in the workplace, as wales introduces tougher covid restrictions after christmas. the chancellor rishi sunak returns from the us for key talks with business leaders. good morning. and coronavirus is also wrecking havoc with the premier league. another five games have been cancelled ahead of this weekend, including manchester united s match with brighton, plus more in the efl. and thanks to high pressure, a dry and settled story today and over the weekend. i will be back with the details. it s friday december the 17th. our top story. the liberal democrats have pulled off a stunning victory in the north shropshire by election, taking one of the country s safest co
for children. it s hard to fathom what effect this teacher s - for children. it s hard to fathom what effect this teacher s are i what effect this teacher s are making this retired staff call up is going to have both the thing about school, obviously i think we can all agree that it s paramount to keep schools open. we also how much the children suffered by having the closed and having teaching online, albeit the teachers just did an incrediblejob albeit the teachers just did an incredible job throughout those lockdowns. but i think it s interesting that the government has never really put much weight behind helping to put in the measures that would enable schools to stay open. so it s really only had this group of cursory interest in things like ventilation, and helping schools get ventilation, and helping schools get ventilation and helping schools get the equipment that would enable them for ventilation and to have larger buildings so that they are safer distancing. one is