they produced the upset of the fa cup fourth round we ll hear how grimsby town s victory over luton town last night has gone down with the mariners players and fans. it was a record that seemed set in stone but history has been made as lebronjames sets a new nba all time career scoring record. also coming up in the programme. we speak to great britain s sophie mckinna who s had her shots stolen and says it s disrrupted her paris olympic preparations. and we hear from justin rose after his first pga they ve it s not as if they don t have any value. it s a could put them somewhere so that i could get them back. good evening and welcome along to sportsday. we will start with tonight s premier league action. manchester united host leeds at old trafford. erik ten hag s side will be seeking to close the gap to premier league leaders arsenal. as for leeds, they go into this evening s fixture managerless after relieving jesse marsch of his duties on monday, and as michael redford
members are on strike. and at 3.30pm on the bbc news channel, talking business with aaron heslehurst. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means 0ctopus will take onboard bulb s one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the government, who pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business, but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to customers, taxpayers, but also hundreds of staff. today, 0ctopus were confident
parents claim universal credit. it s parents claim universal credit. a rather chilly start the it s a rather chilly start the day, the risk of some and snow across scotland and northern england but turning world for all of us. it comes with wet and windy weather. what are the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 27th of december. our main story. two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of elle edwards in merseyside on christmas eve. last night a 30 year old man was held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and a 19 year old woman was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. our correspondent fiona trott has this report. a beautiful angel. that s how elle edwards has been described by colleagues. a beautician who was shot and killed whilst celebrating christmas here with family and friends. a man opened fire at the entrance. four others were injured. one is in a critical condition in hospital. at a time of year when rel
drier weather, time of year. into tomorrow, some drierweather, drierthan time of year. into tomorrow, some drier weather, drier than it was today but still some showers affecting parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and may be some rain fringing back in the south west later in the day. again, very mild, 7 degrees for aberdeen and ia for norwich and london. this little ridge of high pressure here gives a window of slightly drier weather through wednesday night into the first part of thursday but that window will then close as the next weather system approaches with northern ireland and western scotland as we go through thursday with strong winds late in the day and staying a little drier south and east and as you can see, very mild, and for the end of the week drier weather on friday, not completely dry but not as much rain, but there will be more wet weather at times through the weekend. thanks, ben. and that s all from us , you can keep up with all
assess his momentous life. also tonight. in pakistan, 33 million people are now said to be affected in some way by the worst flooding in the country s history. floods happen during the monsoon here every year but not like this. britain s pub chains say that without urgent government help the industry will be devastated by rising energy bills. and the british number one emma raducanu says it s all about positive energy as she prepares to defend her us open title. and as well as the latest from the us open. coming up on the bbc news channel, there s a saints stunner at southampton. we ll have all tonight s premier league action. the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev, one of the most influential statesman of the 20th century has died at the age of 91. the news was announced by russian news agencies within the last hour. mikhail gorbachev came to power in 1985 and ended the so called cold war between east and west, a process which led to the reunification of germany eventual