paid tribute to the late queen, elizabeth ii. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i m gavin ramjaun. a miserable start to the new yearfor spurs unai emery s aston villa come away with the points at the tottenham hotspur stadium. sterling s on the mark for chelsea, but did they hang on to beat forest and continue the kick start to their season. and high fives all around, as great britain reach the play off round of the inaugural united cup. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. it s a been a new year s day to forget for tottenham fans the opening game of 2023 saw them beaten at home by an aston villa side, enjoying a resurgence under unai emery. the loss piles the pressure on spurs boss antonio conte, yet to win since the season resumed last month. jo currie was watching. inconsistent form left tottenham starting to entry three in fifth, a win against aston villa would take them back into the top four. a lackluste
spurs lose to aston villa, and have now won only two of their past seven matches. good morning. and happy new year. today is a cold start for many. it will be a sunny one when we lose the showers. the outlook for the rest of the week remains fairly changeable. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, january 2nd. senior doctors are warning that some a&e departments are in a complete state of crisis because of the extreme pressures facing the nhs this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it s impossible to provide the best standard of care, and there is no doubt that patients are being harmed. louisa pilbeam has the details. patients lying in a&e corridors. .ambulance delays, and staff who say they re at breaking point, and surging flu cases, all at a critical time for the nhs. the diagnosis from a leading emergency care doctor? unless there s more investment in services, patients are at risk. there is no doubt that when we are trying to tre
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englishman stephen bunting, while belgium s van den bergh knocked out welshmanjonny clayton. three time winner michael van gerwen is among the players aiming for a last four spot later on sunday. new zealand and pakistan are preparing for the second test of their two match series starting on monday. the first test ended in a draw, ending both teams losing streaks, but both will be hoping to start 2023 with a win and put a poor 2022 behind them. new zealand batting coach luke ronchi is expecting the condition of the pitch to be very different from what they experienced in the first test. obviously for the experience, the wickets were different. the wickets were nice and hard, and flat, they had a bit more pace in them. so this one here at the moment is different from the first test, may be a bit more moisture in it at the moment. so i think everyone will be doing the same thing first thing tomorrow