Sir Ed Davey says only the Liberal Democrats can deprive borisjohnson of a majority, at the next Election, and urges activisits to reach out to voters in traditional tory heartlands. They just dont feel that borisjohnson represents them or shares their values. Theyre not convinced the Prime Minister is competent or worse still, decent. The British Government says its confident theres no risk to Energy Supplies for customers, amid soaring Gas Prices and warnings more companies could go bust. We are not being complacent about this at all, but i think the clear message that i want to give to people is that we do not see risks of supplies right now and prices are being protected. Welcome to bbc news. One of englands greatest and best known footballers, Jimmy Greaves, has died at the age of 81. He was Tottenham Hotspur s Record Goal Scorer with 266 goals. His former club said today they were extremely saddened to learn of his passing. Greaves began his career with chelsea, before spells at
hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m sarah mulkerrins. yet another game off due to covid newcastle s trip to southampton in the premier league is cancelled as the club battles an outbreak. noise that we don t need thomas tuchel hits back at an interview from romelu lukaku in which he suggested he was unhappy. and we look ahead to one of the big events of 2022, the winter olympics in beijing, with former ski racer chemmy alcott giving us her tips for team gb. hello, and welcome along to sportsday. we re ending the year with yet another game of football called off due to covid. the latest fixture to fall is sunday s match between southampton and newcastle at st mary s. eddie howe s side are unable to fulfil the fixture because of covid cases and injuries in the sqaud. their match at everton on thursday had already been postponed because of the issues, issues that many football clubs across the leagues have been facing all month. ourfootball reporter simon stone has more.
leicester city have got their title push back on track in the championship. they d wonjust once in their last six in the league, but came from behind against norwich to win 3 1 at the king power stadium. that moves them back to the top of the table, for now. jane dougall reports. their prospects of automatic promotion had taken a dent in recent weeks after a bad promotion had taken a dent in recent weeks after a had run of form so leicester city finds could be forgiven for feeling nervous with norwich visiting. gabriela sarah did little to lift the mood. their first shot of the little to lift the mood. their first shot of the game, little to lift the mood. their first shot of the game, cheeky. - little to lift the mood. their first - shot of the game, cheeky. leicester city needed shot of the game, cheeky. leicester city needed a shot of the game, cheeky. leicester city needed a lever shot of the game, cheeky. leicester city needed a lever and shot of the game, che
stephy mavididi put them ahead. and thenjamie vardy sealed the win with his fourteenth league goal of the season. meanwhile, huddersfield took a precious point from their trip to stoke as they battle to get out of the relegation zone. bojan radulovic scoring on the stroke on half time for the visitors. stoke equalised just after the restart through kijana hoever. let s take a look at some of the other scores in the championship. despite winning 2 1 against millwall, rotherham are on the brink of relegation. had they lost, that would have sealed their fate. with just 23 points and four wins this season. they may have just delayed the inevitable. meawhile, blackburn rovers beat sunderland 5 1. they re five points off the relegation zone. ipswich and southampton have just kicked off. ipswich are one point behind leaders leicester, so could leapfrog them with a win. southampton are fourth. third placed leeds play hull later. there are five matches in the premier league tomorrow,
after leo varadkar s surprise resignation. now on bbc news sportsday. here s gavin. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. coming up on the show. a dominant start for england in the women s six nations, despite a red card in their opener with italy. a monumentous collapse sees england lose the third t20 against new zealand. and max verstappen feels the melbourne heat, as carlos sainz leads a ferrari one two in the australian grand prix. and chelsea are back on top of the women s super league after they beat west ham. hello there, and welcome to sportsday. it will take something special to stop england in the women s six nations this year, as the defending champions cruised past italy in their opening match today. the red roses turned on the style in the second half, as they begin their campaign for sixth tournament victory in a row, with 48 0 bonus point win in parma as jane dougall reports. for the 100th time, marley packer strode out to represent her count