bbcuk--2020-01-19--Bingham fights back to win snooker's Masters

England 's Stuart Bingham became the oldest Masters winner by defeating Ali Carter 10-8 in a thrilling and fluctuating final at Alexandra Palace .
Bingham , 43 , claimed his second Triple Crown event title to go alongside his 2015 World Championship win .
Carter turned around a 5-3 deficit to lead 7-5 , but world number 14 Bingham showed tremendous bottle to fight back .
He sealed victory with a nerveless break of 109 - his first century of the tournament ending Carter 's hopes .
Bingham becomes the 24th different name on the Paul Hunter Trophy , collecting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Welshman Ray Reardon was 43 years and three months when he claimed the Masters in 1976 , while Bingham is five months older .
`` Ali played so well I was starting to think about what to say after being beaten .
How I turned it around I do n't know , '' said Bingham .
`` I have won seven major tournaments now and want to get to 10 .
Hopefully one will be the UK Championship and I will go into the history books for winning the Triple Crown .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and I think that 's the key to my game and why I can perform like that .
`` I am shattered .
I 've had about nine hours ' sleep in two days .
Every time he was scoring I was sitting in my chair thinking 'this is getting really comfy ' .
To get my hands on this trophy means the world . ''
Bingham 's record in this tournament was dreadful with eight defeats at the first hurdle in nine appearances .
He was a 50-1 long shot when he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Crucible Theatre and at the start of this tournament he would have been an outside bet to take the invitational event in London .
Bingham 's form has been poor this season , reaching just one quarter-final at a ranking event , and his most recent silverware came at the Gibraltar Open last March .
Bingham missed this lucrative tournament two years ago as he served a six-month ban for betting breaches but has redeemed himself and the late bloomer - who won his first title in 2011 after first turning professional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to win the UK Championship to complete the Triple Crown series .
Having seen defending champion Judd Trump , UK winner Ding Junhui and former world champions Mark Selby and Neil Robertson all exit in the first round , he seized the opportunity to add a major to go alongside his six ranking titles .
`` People will stop saying Bingham was a fluke to win the World Championship , '' said former world champion John Parrott .
`` He 's backed it up and proven he 's a top-class player . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this tournament and withstood a lot of things thrown at him , '' said Parrott 's fellow BBC pundit Steve Davis .
`` Under pressure he held his nerve and his cueing stood the test . ''
Seven-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan 's decision to withdraw from the event meant his place went to world number 17 Carter , who he does not see eye-to-eye with following an on-table clash at the World Championship two years ago .
Away from the table , Carter has battled to recover from both testicular and lung cancer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Crohn 's disease , stating after his semi-final win that he had `` been to hell and back '' .
But there was to be no fairytale with Carter falling short in his third Triple Crown final , having lost to O'Sullivan in the 2008 and 2012 World Championships .
BBC pundits Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty had said `` fate '' and `` destiny '' might be on Carter 's side having beaten former world champions Selby , John Higgins and Shaun Murphy to advance , but it was not to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ centuries , though a £100,000 runners-up cheque may be of some comfort .
`` I 'm very disappointed to not win but he was the better player , '' said Carter .
`` I have to say all the right things but I am gutted .
`` The interval swung the match .
I was on fire to win those four frames .
I look back at the pink but I 've missed one ball in four frames . ''
The story of the match These two Essex-born players used to compete against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but were meeting in a major final for the first time .
Carter made the perfect start with a superb 126 break and also compiled 56 and 93 - in between Bingham 's 75 - for a 3-2 advantage .
Play was momentarily halted with Bingham at the table in the fifth frame when someone seemed to have left a 'whoopee cushion ' device inside the arena which kept emitting sounds .
The crowd laughed at the incident but neither player found it funny .
Carter should have taken the sixth which could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With a deficit of 69 points and only 67 remaining on the table , he got the snooker required but then missed the final brown , allowing Bingham to pinch the frame on the black .
World number 14 Bingham made 50 in the next , as well as snatching a 40-minute frame for a two-frame cushion heading into the evening session .
The evening session was thrilling .
Carter turned the match around by punishing Bingham 's mistakes , clinching four frames in a row , including breaks of 95 and 133 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the mid-session interval by taking four on the trot with frame-winning contributions of 64 , 85 , 58 and 88 to go one from victory .
Carter halted the flow with a quick 77 after Bingham missed a red with the rest , but he finished off in style to avoid a nervy decider .

England's Stuart Bingham became the oldest Masters winner by defeating Ali Carter 10-8 in a thrilling and fluctuating final at Alexandra Palace.
Bingham, 43, claimed his second Triple Crown event title to go alongside his 2015 World Championship win.
Carter turned around a 5-3 deficit to lead 7-5, but world number 14 Bingham showed tremendous bottle to fight back.
He sealed victory with a nerveless break of 109 - his first century of the tournament ending Carter's hopes.
Bingham becomes the 24th different name on the Paul Hunter Trophy, collecting a record £250,000 winner's prize money.
Welshman Ray Reardon was 43 years and three months when he claimed the Masters in 1976, while Bingham is five months older.
"Ali played so well I was starting to think about what to say after being beaten. How I turned it around I don't know," said Bingham.
"I have won seven major tournaments now and want to get to 10. Hopefully one will be the UK Championship and I will go into the history books for winning the Triple Crown.
"I've really enjoyed the week and I think that's the key to my game and why I can perform like that.
"I am shattered. I've had about nine hours' sleep in two days. Every time he was scoring I was sitting in my chair thinking 'this is getting really comfy'. To get my hands on this trophy means the world."
Bingham takes his chance
Bingham's record in this tournament was dreadful with eight defeats at the first hurdle in nine appearances.
He was a 50-1 long shot when he lifted the sport's biggest prize at the Crucible Theatre and at the start of this tournament he would have been an outside bet to take the invitational event in London.
Bingham's form has been poor this season, reaching just one quarter-final at a ranking event, and his most recent silverware came at the Gibraltar Open last March.
Bingham missed this lucrative tournament two years ago as he served a six-month ban for betting breaches but has redeemed himself and the late bloomer - who won his first title in 2011 after first turning professional 16 years previously - now just needs to win the UK Championship to complete the Triple Crown series.
Having seen defending champion Judd Trump, UK winner Ding Junhui and former world champions Mark Selby and Neil Robertson all exit in the first round, he seized the opportunity to add a major to go alongside his six ranking titles.
"People will stop saying Bingham was a fluke to win the World Championship," said former world champion John Parrott. "He's backed it up and proven he's a top-class player."
"Stuart played himself into form in this tournament and withstood a lot of things thrown at him," said Parrott's fellow BBC pundit Steve Davis.
"Under pressure he held his nerve and his cueing stood the test."
No fairytale ending for wildcard Carter
Seven-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision to withdraw from the event meant his place went to world number 17 Carter, who he does not see eye-to-eye with following an on-table clash at the World Championship two years ago.
Away from the table, Carter has battled to recover from both testicular and lung cancer, as well as being diagnosed with Crohn's disease, stating after his semi-final win that he had "been to hell and back".
But there was to be no fairytale with Carter falling short in his third Triple Crown final, having lost to O'Sullivan in the 2008 and 2012 World Championships.
BBC pundits Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty had said "fate" and "destiny" might be on Carter's side having beaten former world champions Selby, John Higgins and Shaun Murphy to advance, but it was not to be his day despite a resurgence and two centuries, though a £100,000 runners-up cheque may be of some comfort.
"I'm very disappointed to not win but he was the better player," said Carter. "I have to say all the right things but I am gutted.
"The interval swung the match. I was on fire to win those four frames. I look back at the pink but I've missed one ball in four frames."
The story of the match
These two Essex-born players used to compete against each other in the junior county league but were meeting in a major final for the first time.
Carter made the perfect start with a superb 126 break and also compiled 56 and 93 - in between Bingham's 75 - for a 3-2 advantage.
Play was momentarily halted with Bingham at the table in the fifth frame when someone seemed to have left a 'whoopee cushion' device inside the arena which kept emitting sounds. The crowd laughed at the incident but neither player found it funny.
Carter should have taken the sixth which could have been a huge turning point. With a deficit of 69 points and only 67 remaining on the table, he got the snooker required but then missed the final brown, allowing Bingham to pinch the frame on the black.
World number 14 Bingham made 50 in the next, as well as snatching a 40-minute frame for a two-frame cushion heading into the evening session.
The evening session was thrilling. Carter turned the match around by punishing Bingham's mistakes, clinching four frames in a row, including breaks of 95 and 133.
But Bingham provided a gutsy response after the mid-session interval by taking four on the trot with frame-winning contributions of 64, 85, 58 and 88 to go one from victory.
Carter halted the flow with a quick 77 after Bingham missed a red with the rest, but he finished off in style to avoid a nervy decider.


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Olive ridley turtle found injured off Seaford beach

A rare turtle has been rescued off the south coast by two women who were out swimming .
The injured olive ridley turtle , usually found in Mexico or the Canaries , was spotted 20m off Seaford beach in East Sussex .
Emma Holter and Lisa Glandfield brought the reptile to shore and saw it had injuries to its face and shell .
They called the British Divers Marine Life Rescue , which took the turtle to Brighton Sea Life centre for treatment .
This endangered species of turtle was also found in British waters in 2016 , off the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a marine medic , said : `` She does have some damage but her injuries are not life threatening .
`` However , it is a big concern that she only had a temperature of 10.8C when picked up .
She is in cold shock .
`` We are really hoping she survives . ''
Once the juvenile turtle is at a more natural temperature for her breed , it is hoped she will be able to feed , Ms Gordon added .
Nettie Glandfield was with her mother Lisa when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We thought she may be dead , but every now and then she would make a small movement , '' she said .
`` The beach was windy , so we wrapped her in a wet towel to keep her a bit warmer , and sheltered , until the vet arrived .
`` She was n't very big , about the size of a Jack Russell , and she 's so far from home . ''
Dr Sky Yates , a vet who helped with the rescue and confirmed the markings and colour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said : `` It was so bizarre seeing this turtle on Seaford beach .
`` She 's got a long way to go with recovery , but the ladies who pulled her from the water did a great job . ''

Dr Sky Yates, a vet who helped with the rescue and confirmed the markings and colour were consistent with the olive ridley breed, said: "It was so bizarre seeing this turtle on Seaford beach.


bbcuk--2020-01-19--House of Lords 'could move to York or Birmingham' - Tory chairman

The government is examining whether to move the House of Lords out of London , the Conservative Party chairman has said .
James Cleverly told Sky News the idea was among a `` range of options '' being considered to `` reconnect '' politics with voters outside of the capital .
According to the Sunday Times , York and Birmingham have emerged as contenders to permanently host the upper chamber .
But Labour MP Nadia Whittome described the idea as `` superficial '' .
According to the newspaper , a decision on whether to relocate the chamber will be determined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launched in the spring .
It reported that disused land near York railway station has been identified as a possible site to host the chamber , which houses 795 peers .
• How stand-in Commons chamber will look • What is the House of Lords ?
The House of Lords is already due to temporarily relocate out of the Palace of Westminster as part of refurbishment plans due to begin in around 2025 .
A parliamentary committee has previously recommended the chamber should move to the government-owned Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The venue would only be a short walk from Richmond House , the former home of the Department of Health , which has been proposed as a temporary home for the House of Commons .
Asked to comment on the proposals in the Sunday Times report , Mr Cleverly told Sky 's Sophy Ridge : `` It 's one of a range of things that we are looking into .
`` What we are looking at is a whole range of options about making sure every part of the UK feels properly connected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Fundamentally what this is about is demonstrating to the people that we are going to do things differently . ''
For many reasons , 'The Lords of the North , ' as some are calling it , appears far-fetched .
However , the fact that it is being considered at all highlights the government 's desire to address a perceived disconnect between politicians and voters .
The subject has also featured heavily in the Labour leadership contest , with several of the candidates calling for our democracy to be far less London-centric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the north of England turned Conservative in the election - and the government wants to bring Westminster closer to the voters it represents ; perhaps literally .
Whether or not it actually comes to pass , the idea of moving the second chamber north fits in nicely with Downing Street 's `` levelling up '' agenda .
Sending peers to work hundreds of miles away from MPs would , though , present logistical as well as constitutional challenges .
What would happen , for example , on the day of the Queen 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ travel to York ?
Would Black Rod take a train to London , only to have the door of the Commons ceremonially slammed in her face ?
Would MPs go on a coach trip up the M1 to hear the government 's plans ?
International Development Secretary Alok Sharma said he was not involved in discussions about a Lords relocation but was `` supportive '' of the idea .
He told the BBC 's Andrew Marr show : `` As a principle it 's a perfectly good thing that we are connecting government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I think it 's absolutely right that if you want to be a government of the people , you must reach out to people across the country . ''
But Nadia Whittome , the newly-elected MP for Nottingham East , told the programme : `` Working class people whether in the North , the Midlands or the South do n't care about the unelected House of Lords . ''
`` We want jobs , we want proper investment and meaningful decentralisation of power , '' she said .
`` Replace the House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ move it to the North and then we 're talking - but this is superficial , it 's tinkering around the edges . ''

Would Black Rod take a train to London, only to have the door of the Commons ceremonially slammed in her face? Would MPs go on a coach trip up the M1 to hear the government's plans?


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Village Manchester FC: FA probes reports of homophobic abuse

The FA is investigating after a team comprised of many gay players complained of `` toxic '' homophobic abuse from an opposing side .
Village Manchester FC players said Chadderton Park Firsts subjected them to `` appalling '' homophobic verbal abuse during the match on 11 January .
Village Manchester chairman James McNaught described it as `` outrageous '' .
Terry Jennings , chairman of Chadderton , said `` five idiots '' had `` tarnished the good name of our club '' .
The club claims it suffered a dozen homophobic incidents last season and has formally complained to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The club wants tougher sanctions to stop such `` appalling behaviour '' .
Mr McNaught said that during the match in Oldham , Chadderton players had `` chanted '' the words of the disco anthem YMCA at his team while in the dressing rooms and that one man was told : `` get up you fairy '' , after being injured in a tackle .
`` It was the most toxic game I have ever been involved in , '' Mr McNaught said .
`` Their behaviour was appalling and the incredible thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all kicked off in the last 20 minutes .
`` Some in the crowd were also shouting lots of sexual abuse .
It was outrageous .
`` There were two red cards and three or four yellow cards as the game descended into chaos .
There were lots of bad tackles . ''
Village Manchester FC was formed in 1996 .
On its website it says it `` is a gay/bi/straight inclusive club that welcomes anyone who loves football '' .
Chadderton Park has 92 teams in all , including sides aimed specifically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has also played for their veteran side but is not connected with the First team .
Chairman Terry Jennings said : `` We are devastated that one of our teams has behaved in this way .
`` We even have an LGBT flag flying over clubhouse . ''
An FA spokesman confirmed Manchester Football Association was `` aware of and investigating alleged discrimination '' at the game .
Chadderton Park has meanwhile suspended its First team .

Mr McNaught said that during the match in Oldham, Chadderton players had "chanted" the words of the disco anthem YMCA at his team while in the dressing rooms and that one man was told: "get up you fairy", after being injured in a tackle.


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United: Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah goals secure win

Liverpool 's procession towards their first title in 30 years continued with a hard-fought win over Manchester United at Anfield .
A win that extended their lead at the top of the table to 16 points with a game in hand .
Jurgen Klopp 's side were the superior side but faced late United pressure as they defended Virgil van Dijk 's 14th-minute header before wrapping up the win in style in injury time - goalkeeper Alisson 's long clearance setting Mohamed Salah clear to spark wild celebrations among supporters now convinced that long wait is coming to an end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Roberto Firmino had a goal contentiously ruled out by VAR for Van Dijk 's foul on David de Gea , while the United keeper touched Jordan Henderson 's shot on to the post and Salah missed an open goal from six yards .
• How Henderson has grown into the complete midfielder United , who saw striker Marcus Rashford ruled out for a lengthy period before kick-off with a back injury , actually had chances of their own as Andreas Pereira turned wide of an open goal in the first half and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an inviting position after the break .
It came as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's side rallied in the second half , but it was to no avail as Salah struck and Liverpool march relentlessly on , with 21 wins from their first 22 games as United , the only team to take points off them this season , were beaten .
It is simply a case of when the coronation comes as Liverpool reeled off yet another win en route to the Premier League title - not only doing their own job but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , chasing from afar it must be said , fall further behind as Manchester City and Leicester City drop points .
There was rare anxiety around Anfield in the closing minutes before the sweet release of Salah 's goal - Alisson rightly running the length of the pitch to join in the celebrations after his long clearance sent the Egyptian clear to score .
Liverpool could have wrapped up victory more comfortably , but with the imperious Van Dijk at the back and the menace up front , it is hard to see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ game - they certainly will not in this title race .
And , of course , victory was made even sweeter as it was at the expense of Manchester United , the old foe who famously fulfilled Sir Alex Ferguson 's promise to knock Liverpool off their perch .
United now trail Liverpool by 30 points and this is not a gap that flatters Klopp 's men .
The gulf is not only huge between Liverpool and United .
In the Premier League context , it is huge between Liverpool and the rest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may point to the fact they were in with a chance of gaining a point until the closing moments here but any suggestion they matched Liverpool is an exercise in delusion .
In United 's defence they are without key players such as Rashford , Scott McTominay and Paul Pogba but they now trail Liverpool on and off the pitch by an embarrassing margin .
Solskjaer 's side were clinging on for so much of this game and squandered the big opportunities when they came in the shape of those chances for Pereira @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was symptomatic of his performance .
United were counting on him even more in Rashford 's absence but he simply failed to deliver .
He was laboured and lack-lustre .
United did close down Liverpool 's potent full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson for large parts of the game but there is a glaring lack of quality that has been exposed so often this season .
Liverpool found it was a very long way back to title glory once momentum had been lost and too many poor decisions made .
On this evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be any easier for Manchester United .
'The energy was incredible ' - what they said Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp : `` It 's a big relief , I was really happy with 85-90 % of the game , we were brilliant .
We dominated the game , especially in the first half .
The energy they put on the pitch was incredible .
`` On a normal day we would have scored three times in the first half and in the second half until 65 minutes we should have been more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obvious quality , played a bit more football and we had to defend .
There were little mistakes here and there , we did n't use possession well enough and so the game stays open .
`` Then we scored a wonderful , wonderful goal at the end , a really good feeling . ''
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer : `` The players gave us everything .
Today we hung on a bit at the start of second half , but the last 25-30 minutes we pressed them and pushed them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a corner and with the last kick - but very many positives .
`` I felt in the second half we performed really well against a good team and at a difficult place .
`` We did n't have quality with our finishing or last pass .
Fred was absolutely top and David de Gea .
As a team we worked together as a unit . ''
91 from 93 - Liverpool 's incredible run and other stats • Liverpool have won consecutive home Premier League games against Manchester United for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ row between September 2008 and March 2011 .
• Manchester United have lost nine of their last 16 away Premier League games ( W3 D4 L9 ) , failing to score in eight of those games .
• Liverpool have taken 91 points from the last 93 available to them in the Premier League ( P31 W30 D1 ) .
• Liverpool became the first team since Arsenal in 2001-02 to score in their first 22 Premier League matches of the season - the Gunners went on to score in every game and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Liverpool have kept seven consecutive Premier League clean sheets for the first time since December 2006 ( seven in a row ) .
• Since the start of last season , Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has more Premier League assists than any other player ( 21 ) .
• Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson became the first Reds goalkeeper to assist a Premier League goal since March 2010 , when Pepe Reina assisted against Sunderland .
Liverpool travel to Wolves on Thursday , 23 January ( 20:00 GMT ) while Manchester United are at home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GMT ) .

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As a Liverpool player, Mohamed Salah has now scored against 23 of the 24 Premier League teams he has faced more than once in the competition, only failing to do so versus Swansea City
Liverpool's procession towards their first title in 30 years continued with a hard-fought win over Manchester United at Anfield that extended their lead at the top of the table to 16 points with a game in hand.
The hosts were the superior side but faced late United pressure as they defended Virgil van Dijk's 14th-minute header, before wrapping up the win in style in injury time when goalkeeper Alisson's long clearance set Mohamed Salah clear to score and spark wild celebrations among supporters now convinced that long wait is coming to an end.
Liverpool could have emphasised their superiority as Roberto Firmino had a goal contentiously ruled out by the video assistant referee for Van Dijk's challenge on David de Gea, while the United keeper touched Jordan Henderson's shot on to the post and Salah missed an open goal from six yards.
United, who had striker Marcus Rashford ruled out for a lengthy period before kick-off with a back injury, actually had chances of their own. Andreas Pereira turned wide of an open goal in the first half and Anthony Martial shot over the top from an inviting position after the break.
It came as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side rallied in the second half, but it was to no avail and Liverpool march relentlessly on, with 21 wins from their first 22 games.
Liverpool simply unstoppable
Liverpool have scored in all their Premier League games this season
It is simply a case of when the coronation comes as Liverpool reeled off yet another win en route to the Premier League title. They are not only doing their own job but watching in satisfaction as the chasing pack - chasing from afar it must be said - fall further behind, with dropped points for Manchester City and Leicester City on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
There was rare anxiety around Anfield in the closing minutes before the sweet release of Salah's goal - Alisson rightly running the length of the pitch to join in the celebrations after his long clearance sent the Egyptian clear to score.
Liverpool could have wrapped up victory more comfortably, but with the imperious Van Dijk at the back and menace up front, it is hard to see how they can be stopped in one game - and they certainly will not be in this title race.
And, of course, victory was made even sweeter as it was at the expense of Manchester United, the old foe who famously fulfilled Sir Alex Ferguson's promise to knock Liverpool off their perch.
United now trail Liverpool by 30 points and this is not a gap that flatters Klopp's men.
The gulf is not only huge between Liverpool and United. In the Premier League context, it is huge between Liverpool and the rest of the Premier League.
Man Utd trail in mediocrity
Martial had Manchester United's best chance but fired well over when in on goal
Manchester United may point to the fact they were in with a chance of gaining a point until the closing moments here but any suggestion they matched Liverpool is an exercise in delusion.
In United's defence they are without key players such as Rashford, Scott McTominay and Paul Pogba but they now trail Liverpool on and off the pitch by an embarrassing margin.
Solskjaer's side were clinging on for so much of this game and squandered the big opportunities when they came in the shape of those chances for Pereira and Martial.
Martial's wild finish was symptomatic of his performance. United were counting on him even more in Rashford's absence but he simply failed to deliver. He was laboured and lack-lustre.
United did close down Liverpool's potent full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson for large parts of the game but there is a glaring lack of quality that has been exposed so often this season.
Liverpool found it was a very long way back to title glory once momentum had been lost and too many poor decisions made.
On this evidence, it does not look like it will be any easier for Manchester United.
Man of the match - Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Virgil van Dijk (left) has scored eight league goals for Liverpool since joining in January 2018, the most of any Premier League centre-back in that time
'The energy was incredible' - what they said
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "It's a big relief, I was really happy with 85-90% of the game, we were brilliant. We dominated the game, especially in the first half. The energy they put on the pitch was incredible.
"On a normal day we would have scored three times in the first half and in the second half until 65 minutes we should have been more clear.
"But then United have obvious quality, played a bit more football and we had to defend. There were little mistakes here and there, we didn't use possession well enough and so the game stays open.
"Then we scored a wonderful, wonderful goal at the end, a really good feeling."
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United: Liverpool played sensational football - Klopp
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: "The players gave us everything. Today we hung on a bit at the start of second half, but the last 25-30 minutes we pressed them and pushed them back. I'm disappointed with conceding from a corner and with the last kick - but very many positives.
"I felt in the second half we performed really well against a good team and at a difficult place.
"We didn't have quality with our finishing or last pass. Fred was absolutely top and David de Gea. As a team we worked together as a unit."
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pleased with 'many positives'
91 from 93 - Liverpool's incredible run and other stats
Liverpool have won consecutive home Premier League games against Manchester United for the first time since winning three in a row between September 2008 and March 2011.
Manchester United have lost nine of their last 16 away Premier League games (W3 D4 L9), failing to score in eight of those games.
Liverpool have taken 91 points from the last 93 available to them in the Premier League (P31 W30 D1).
Liverpool became the first team since Arsenal in 2001-02 to score in their first 22 Premier League matches of the season - the Gunners went on to score in every game and win the title that season.
Liverpool have kept seven consecutive Premier League clean sheets for the first time since December 2006 (seven in a row).
Since the start of last season, Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has more Premier League assists than any other player (21).
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson became the first Reds goalkeeper to assist a Premier League goal since March 2010, when Pepe Reina assisted against Sunderland.
What next?
Liverpool travel to Wolves on Thursday, 23 January (20:00 GMT) while Manchester United are at home to Burnley one day earlier (20:15).


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Cleeve Hill proposal photo: Snapper seeks happy couple

A photographer who captured what she thinks was a marriage proposal at a beauty spot is hoping to find the happy couple to share her image with them .
Charlene-louise Johnstone took the photo while walking with her children on Cleeve Hill , near Cheltenham .
She said : `` He dropped down on one knee and I quickly took a picture because I thought it was really cute - I 'm 99 % sure she said yes . ''
She says so far no-one has come forward to identify the couple .
The mum of three , who took @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` She was hugging him , wiping tears away - I walked round the long way because I did n't want to intrude or anything like that .
`` It was really nice .
It was a really nice day up there , a nice place for it .
`` He was definitely not tying any shoelaces , he was definitely proposing . ''
Although the photo has been shared more than 13,000 times on Facebook , she is still waiting to share her photo with the couple .
`` I 'd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
It 's not the sort of picture that is easy to get , or the sort of picture that everybody could have .
`` I had quite a few miles to go with my kids and I did n't want to hang around because I had to get back before it got dark .
`` Every few minutes or so they would hug again so I did n't want to intrude on their moment . ''

"I'd love for it to get back to them. It's not the sort of picture that is easy to get, or the sort of picture that everybody could have.


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Prince Harry's 'great sadness that it has come to this'

The Duke of Sussex has spoken about his decision to step back from life as a senior royal at a @ @ @ @ @ Sentebale .
Prince Harry said he and his wife would not be `` walking away @ @ @ @ @ `` no other option '' in their pursuit of a `` more peaceful life '' @ @ @ @ @ and Meghan : No other option but to step back , says duke

The Duke of Sussex has spoken about his decision to step back from life as a senior royal at a reception for his charity, Sentebale.
Prince Harry said he and his wife would not be "walking away", but there was "no other option" in their pursuit of a "more peaceful life".
Read more: Harry and Meghan: No other option but to step back, says duke


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Thomas Markle: Meghan and Harry 'cheapening' royals

Five things Harry and Meghan did differently The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will step back as senior royals , @ @ @ @ @ the couple have done things differently .

Meghan Markle's father has accused the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of "cheapening" the Royal Family by choosing to abandon their official roles.
Thomas Markle, who's been estranged from his daughter since her marriage, spoke to Alaska TV/Channel 5 after Harry and Meghan said they wanted to step down as senior royals.
Read more: Harry and Meghan drop royal duties and HRH titles


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Belfast artist Jordan Adetunji on Ireland's hip-hop music scene

Hip hop music has seen a surge in popularity right across the island of Ireland over the last number of @ @ @ @ @ seeing their music make waves both at home and across the globe , headlining shows @ @ @ @ @ Jordan Adetunji admits that only a couple of years ago `` would n't really be @ @ @ @ @ artist became the first ever hip-hop act to play at the NI Music Prize in @ @ @ @ @ BBC News NI about the `` developing '' scene that is n't `` just the @ @ @

Hip hop music has seen a surge in popularity right across the island of Ireland over the last number of years.
Local artists are seeing their music make waves both at home and across the globe, headlining shows and playing venues, something Jordan Adetunji admits that only a couple of years ago "wouldn't really be happening".
The Belfast artist became the first ever hip-hop act to play at the NI Music Prize in 2019.
He spoke to BBC News NI about the "developing" scene that isn't "just the typical".
Video journalist: Jordan Kenny


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Rotherham sex abuse: Failure to identify police officer questioned by MP

Rotherham 's MP Sarah Champion has said she finds it `` difficult to believe '' that a police officer mentioned in a report into the treatment of a sex abuse survivor can not be identified .
Ms Champion said South Yorkshire Police needed to make `` dramatic changes '' in the wake of the police watchdog report .
It said police failed to protect the complainant , exposing her to abuse .
It also found an officer - whose identity is a mystery - said `` racial tensions '' meant nothing could be done .
The Independent Office for Police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complaints made by a Rotherham woman , who was abused as a child for several years .
In its report , initially leaked to the Times newspaper , the watchdog upheld the woman 's complaints , saying that `` police took insufficient action to protect you from harm '' and that `` police failed to adequately deal with offenders '' .
• Exploited children 'were not protected from abuse' The IOPC also upheld a complaint that the victim 's father was told by a senior - but unidentifiable - officer that the force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on 30 years and the police could do nothing because of racial tensions '' .
South Yorkshire Police said on Saturday it accepted the findings of the IOPC .
A report in 2014 by Prof Alexis Jay found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013 , predominantly by men of Pakistani heritage .
Ms Champion told BBC Radio 5 live that the IOPC inquiry was the latest in a series of investigations that showed `` victims and survivors were let down by paid professionals '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do n't actually know who the officers were that repeatedly let down this survivor , which I find incredibly difficult to believe , '' the MP said .
`` I think what we as a town need to see , and definitely for the survivors to get closure , they need to see cases of misconduct .
They need to see people held to account . ''
South Yorkshire Police could not be contacted for comment about the Labour MP 's remarks .
Her views were echoed by Sammy Woodhouse , who was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yorkshire town .
She said she was not shocked by the report 's findings .
`` I think for the last six years we 've more than proved what happened to us , '' said Ms Woodhouse .
`` How we were viewed how we were treated , failed , ignored , blamed ... unfortunately that 's not a thing of the past , it 's still happening today .
`` We 've started to now see perpetrators that have committed the rapes and the abuse being held to the account , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I feel that we constantly hit a brick wall and I do n't think anybody will be ever held to account . ''

"We've started to now see perpetrators that have committed the rapes and the abuse being held to the account, but yet whenever when it comes to professionals I feel that we constantly hit a brick wall and I don't think anybody will be ever held to account."


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Scottish independence: Ex-SNP minister Alex Neil calls for 'consultative' vote

A former SNP minister has called for Holyrood to hold its own `` consultative vote '' on Scottish independence if such a move is declared legal .
Alex Neil argued a majority for independence would put huge political pressure on the UK government .
Mr Neil rejected suggestions that opponents would boycott such a vote .
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon believes a referendum without Westminster agreement would not secure international recognition .
The UK government last week formally rejected Ms Sturgeon 's call for a second independence referendum , refusing to grant a Section 30 order which paved the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Indyref2 : What does 'once in a generation ' mean ?
• Could a new independence referendum be held ?
Speaking on the BBC 's Sunday Politics Scotland , former Scottish health secretary Alex Neil said a consultative vote , if judged legal , would force the hand of the government at Westminster .
He dismissed comparisons with Spain where an unofficial independence vote in Catalonia was boycotted by opponents , with only 42 % of eligible voters taking part .
He said : `` It 's not a Catalonia situation where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constitution made the Catalonian referendum unconstitutional and therefore boycotted it .
`` There 's a very big difference between boycotting an 'unconstitutional illegal ' referendum and boycotting a legal referendum .
`` The point I 'm making is let 's see if a consultative referendum , at the right time , could be legal . ''
Last week QC Aidan O'Neil said there were `` good arguments '' to be made for holding a referendum without UK government approval .
In a legal opinion commissioned by a pro-independence group , he said it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the powers to do so under the Scotland Act , although that would have to be tested in court .
`` The political reality is that if you ran a legal consultative referendum and the result was in favour of independence , the game 's a bogey for the union because the political reality is that 's it , '' Alex Neill added .
Mr Neill claimed a pro-independence result would be valid , even if a large proportion of voters boycotted such a referendum .
`` The rest of the people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even those who do not want to boycott it but want to vote against independence , they ca n't be held to ransom because the Conservative Party and their cronies are going to abstain , '' he said .
Nicola Sturgeon has said she will set out her government 's `` next steps '' before the end of January .
A Scottish government spokesperson said : `` The rejection by the UK government of the people of Scotland 's right to choose is further demonstration of the need for Scotland 's future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` We are keeping our options open on how to respond to the UK government 's refusal to accept our mandate , endorsed by the Scottish Parliament , and will provide an update in due course . ''
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said a consultative referendum would be `` dead in the water '' before it started .
`` People like me would not support it .
We would see it as another distraction ... .
I ca n't see us wanting to support such an initiative , '' he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be another distraction from the government to focus on the real challenges . ''
Pro-union campaign group Scotland in Union said the majority of Scots did not want `` another divisive referendum '' .
The group 's chief executive Pamela Nash said : `` The nationalists should stop dreaming up new ways to divide people .
`` Anti-UK campaigners do n't have a positive case for separation , so all they want to do is stoke division . ''
Elsewhere , another SNP veteran Jim Sillars has urged pro-independence supporters to `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr Sillars , a former deputy leader of the SNP , told Scotland on Sunday it would be `` sheer madness '' to continue demanding a referendum this year .
He said : `` We have hardly moved the numbers in favour of independence .
`` And , until Brexit is done by the end of this year and we know the full details of any trade deal , it 's impossible for the independence movement to construct a policy in relation to England , which is our largest market by far .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ done , and we can examine it in detail to see how it works in practice , we can not devise a policy that will convince people to vote for independence in a substantial majority . ''

"The rest of the people who want to vote in a legal referendum, even those who do not want to boycott it but want to vote against independence, they can't be held to ransom because the Conservative Party and their cronies are going to abstain," he said.


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Tuition fees rise not right, says Michelle O'Neill

Michelle O'Neill has rejected Arlene Foster 's suggestion that increasing university tuition fees in Northern Ireland could be an option for raising funds for the new Stormont executive .
Last week Mrs Foster , the first minister , said higher fees for students should be debated in a `` positive way '' .
Sinn Féin 's Mrs O'Neill said increasing the fees was `` not the right approach '' .
It comes after the Northern Ireland secretary suggested the executive should find new ways to raise revenue .
• No tuition fee rise for EU students in NI • NI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Julian Smith said he was disappointed the parties in the executive had ruled out introducing water charges .
Stormont is set to get an extra £1bn as part of the deal to restore power sharing after a three-year impasse but Finance Minister Conor Murphy said that sum was not enough .
Mrs Foster told BBC News NI last week that the executive needed to `` have a look '' at how universities were funded .
`` We can look at other issues as well - it does n't mean we decide one way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) leader .
`` Government costs money and when people say : ' I want to have all these things dealt with , ' we have to say : 'Where are our priorities ? '
'' Ms O'Neill , the deputy first minister , told the BBC 's Sunday Politics Northern Ireland programme the debate about tuition fees was an `` age old argument '' .
`` Every time we talk about finances we revert to water charges and tuition fees , '' she said .
`` We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barriers to access education - we should be trying to break them down . ''
The Sinn Féin vice-president said there were `` financial challenges '' for the executive but suggestions of raising tuition fees was not helpful .
University fees in Northern Ireland can be up to £4,275 a year , while in England they can be up to £9,250 .

"We can look at other issues as well - it doesn't mean we decide one way or the other," added the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader.


bbcuk--2020-01-19--Hove flats fall death: Nicola Redman's family pays tribute

A mother of two killed in a fall from the seventh floor of a tower block was `` vibrant and @ @ @ @ @ has said .
Nicola Redman was pronounced dead at the scene at Clarendon House , @ @ @ @ @ , on Saturday morning .
A 52-year-old man arrested on suspicion of her murder remains @ @ @ @ @ Sussex Police said .
`` Life is not going to be the same without her @ @ @ @ @ 's family said in a statement .
`` Nicola was the life and soul of @ @ @ @ @ statement said .
In a separate statement , her son said : `` She was @ @ @ @ @ beautiful mother who will be greatly missed . ''
Ms Redman , of Monument View @ @ @ @ @ arrested man were known to each other , the force said .
The Independent Office @ @ @ @ @ ) has been notified , as Sussex Police had had recent contact with the man @ @ @

A mother of two killed in a fall from the seventh floor of a tower block was "vibrant and loving", her family has said.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Harry and Meghan: No other option but to step back, says duke

The Duke of Sussex has said he is `` taking a leap of faith '' in stepping back from being a senior royal , saying `` there really was no other option '' .
Speaking at an event on Sunday evening , Prince Harry said he and Meghan had hoped to continue serving the Queen , but without public funding .
`` Unfortunately , that was n't possible , '' he said .
It was his first speech since the couple said they wanted to stand down from being full-time working royals .
The prince said he had found `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hoped for all my life '' with Meghan , but he wanted to make it clear they were `` not walking away '' .
`` The UK is my home and a place that I love , that will never change , '' he said .
Prince Harry said it was a sign of the pressures he was feeling that he would `` step my family back from all I have ever known '' in search of `` a more peaceful life '' .
Earlier this month , Prince Harry and Meghan said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'senior ' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent '' .
On Saturday Buckingham Palace announced that from the spring they will stop using their HRH titles and withdraw from royal duties , including official military appointments .
On Monday Prince Harry was pictured arriving at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London , where he was expected to hold a number of private meetings .
• Harry 's speech in full on his royal future • Harry and Meghan : What we know so far • How could the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a fund-raising reception in central London for Sentebale , the charity he co-founded which helps children living with HIV in southern Africa , he said : `` I can only imagine what you may have heard and perhaps read over the past few weeks .
`` So I want you to hear the truth from me as much as I can share , not as a prince or a duke but as Harry . ''
During his address , the prince said he would always have `` the utmost respect for my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` Our hope was to continue serving the Queen , the Commonwealth , and my military associations , but without public funding .
Unfortunately , that was n't possible , '' he said .
`` I 've accepted this , knowing that it does n't change who I am or how committed I am . ''
Prince Harry and Meghan have both spoken about the difficulties of royal life and media attention , with the duke saying he feared his wife would fall victim to `` the same powerful forces '' that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He told the audience at the reception for Sentebale , which he founded to continue Princess Diana 's legacy in supporting those with HIV and Aids , that he felt they took him `` under your wing '' after she died .
`` You 've looked out for me for so long , but the media is a powerful force , and my hope is one day our collective support for each other can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us , '' he said .
As part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Queen , senior royals , and the couple , Harry and Meghan agreed they will no longer formally represent the monarch .
However , the statement by Buckingham Palace said they would continue to maintain their private patronages and associations .
Prince Harry said in his speech that he and Meghan `` will continue to lead a life of service '' .
`` I will continue to be the same man who holds his country dear and dedicates his life to supporting the causes , charities and military communities that are so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Johnny Hornby , chairman of Sentebale , said the new arrangements would not affect the prince 's work for the charity .
`` We do n't need - from Sentebale 's perspective - his title , we just need his time and his passion , '' he told the BBC .
There are two big messages in this speech .
The first is to deal with the `` Meghan myth '' - the idea that the Duchess of Sussex is at the root of the couple 's desire to lead a different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months '' of discussions over how to deal with the challenges of `` many years '' ; he 's making it clear that he was unhappy with his role long before Meghan entered his life And he talks about the decision that `` I '' made , a decision `` I '' did not make lightly .
He stresses that this was his call , though it was clearly one that they came to together .
The second message is that he wanted to continue in some sort of a royal role ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that was n't possible . ''
Both sides - the Sussexes and the Palace - thought at the beginning of negotiations that such a half-in , half-out role might be possible .
But the tension between a royal life and an independent life was too great ; the contradictions and possible conflicts of interest were too many .
Harry may or may not believe that to be true .
But he wants to let people know that his desire , at least , was to continue to serve .
Former Liberal Democrat MP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a critical book about the Royal Family , said the public could end up paying for part of the Prince of Wales ' ongoing financial support for his son .
Mr Baker told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme that the Queen already offset support for family members against the tax bill for the Duchy of Lancaster , the sovereign 's estate .
Much of Prince Harry 's funding comes from his father 's estate , the Duchy of Cornwall .
Mr Baker called for Prince Charles to say how he will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be no loss to the taxpayer through a reduction in his tax liability .
The former MP also called for the Commons public accounts committee to investigate royal finances .
• Why Meghan and Harry have Canada in their sights • The big question Canadians have about royal move Journalist and royal author Robert Hardman said the agreement with the Queen meant the duke and duchess 's Sussex Royal brand , which they applied to trademark last year , is not `` sustainable '' .
`` The whole thrust of what has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wo n't be trading on their royal credentials , '' he said .
In Prince Harry 's speech , posted on the couple 's Instagram account , he said that when he and Meghan were married `` we were excited , we were hopeful , and we were here to serve '' .
`` For those reasons , it brings me great sadness that it has come to this .
`` The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back is not one I made lightly , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many months of talks after so many years of challenges and I know I have n't always got it right , but as far as this goes there really was no other option . ''
The couple said they plan to divide their time between the UK and Canada , after they spent six weeks on Vancouver Island with their son Archie over Christmas .
The prince told attendees it was a `` privilege ... to feel your excitement for our son Archie , who saw snow for the first time the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ! ''
The duchess is currently staying on Canada 's west coast with her son , after briefly returning to the UK earlier this month .
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bbcuk--2020-01-20--Lord Hall to step down as BBC's director general

Tony Hall is to step down as director general of the BBC in the summer , after seven years in the role .
Lord Hall said the decision had been hard , adding : `` If I followed my heart I would genuinely never want to leave . ''
But he said he felt it was important the BBC had the same leader for the BBC 's mid-term review in 2022 and the renewal of its charter in 2027 .
BBC chairman Sir David Clementi said the search for the next DG would begin `` within the next few weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was `` committed to selecting the best qualified person for the job '' .
Speaking of Lord Hall , he said the corporation had been `` lucky to have him '' .
He described him as `` an inspirational creative leader '' who had `` led the BBC with integrity and a passion for our values '' .
Culture secretary Nicky Morgan thanked Lord Hall for his service , saying he had made `` a huge contribution to public service broadcasting in his career '' .
`` In this ever changing broadcast landscape @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Lord Hall 's success , '' she wrote on Twitter .
In a letter to staff , Lord Hall said he believed he would be `` leaving the BBC in a much stronger place than when I joined '' .
His appointment in 2012 followed the resignation of George Entwistle in the wake of the Newsnight Lord McAlpine row .
Lord Hall said the BBC felt `` a very different organisation '' that was `` more innovative , more open , more inclusive , more efficient [ and ] more commercially aware @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at times , '' he wrote .
`` But I believe our recent record of transformation stands comparison with virtually any other creative organisation in the world . ''
Director general of the BBC is one of the most privileged , but also one of the most relentless and tough jobs in Britain - and it gets tougher every day , because of the technological context .
His successor will need to combine world-class political , commercial , editorial and managerial talent , while coming under a relentless barrage of criticism from all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it will depend on where the BBC Board and its chairman , Sir David Clementi , want to place their emphasis .
Someone with commercial nous , or someone who can charm Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings ?
Someone with a track record at managing talent - or someone who can make a brave , correct call on a Panorama investigation ?
The perfect candidate will be able to do all this - and therefore does n't exist .
Read more from Amol here Lord Hall 's departure comes amid another turbulent time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equal pay disputes , political bias , diversity and TV licences at the top of its agenda .
Earlier this month presenter Samira Ahmed won an employment tribunal in a dispute over equal pay , while radio presenter Sarah Montague has confirmed she won a settlement and an apology from the BBC after being treated `` unequally '' .
The BBC has also faced criticism over its reporting on the recent general election , presenter pay and a lack of diversity both on and off screen .
Last year TV presenter and campaigner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first director of creative diversity in a bid to improve the BBC 's `` on-air talent portrayal '' .
Sarpong said it had been a `` great pleasure and honour '' to work under Lord Hall 's `` visionary leadership '' .
`` I can not overstate the support he has shown me in helping to start the process of inclusive change , '' she wrote on Twitter .
`` He will be sincerely missed . ''
Other developments during Lord Hall 's tenure include the growth of BBC iPlayer and the increasing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also announced last year that free TV licences for all over 75s would be scrapped and replaced by a scheme based on pension credit benefit .
Last week Lord Hall outlined a plan that will see at least two thirds of the corporation 's staff based outside London by 2027 .
Lord Hall , 68 , joined the corporation as a trainee in the Belfast newsroom in 1973 .
He became editor of the Nine O'Clock News at the age of 34 and was appointed chief executive of BBC News in 1996 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ general , he took up roles as the chief executive of the Royal Opera House and deputy chairman of Channel 4 .
Lord Hall , whose official title is The Lord Hall of Birkenhead , was made a cross-bench peer in 2010 .
Bonnie Greer , who served alongside Lord Hall on the Royal Opera House board , noted that the BBC had been going through a difficult period .
`` I think it 's been a lot of pressure for the organisation and a lot of pressure for him , '' the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Derbyshire Show .
Talent agent Jonathan Shalit said Lord Hall had been `` fantastic '' in the director general role and that it was `` normal '' for someone in his position to move on after seven years .
`` He was going to be moving on soon , '' he told the same BBC programme .
`` I think the point he makes about making sure one person oversees the midway point of the licence fee is important . ''
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The question of who gets it will depend on where the BBC Board and its chairman, Sir David Clementi, want to place their emphasis. Someone with commercial nous, or someone who can charm Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings? Someone with a track record at managing talent - or someone who can make a brave, correct call on a Panorama investigation?


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Seven Kings stabbing: Three killed after disturbance

Three men have died in a stabbing in east London .
Police said they were called at about 19:40 GMT on Sunday to reports of a disturbance in Elmstead Road in Seven Kings , Ilford .
Three men , aged in their 20s or 30s , who were involved in a fight , were found by emergency services with stab injuries , the Metropolitan Police said .
All three were pronounced dead at the scene .
Two men , aged 29 and 39 , have been arrested on suspicion of murder .
Ch Supt Steve Clayman said a fight had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ armed with knives , leaving three men fatally stabbed .
`` We can now say that two arrests have since been made , so there has been progress .
`` The parties are believed to be known to each other and the group are within the Sikh community , '' he added .
Formal identification of the victims is yet to take place .
The stabbings bring the number of homicide investigations launched by the Met in 2020 to six .
There has been a visible police presence here since Sunday night .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports of a disturbance but when they arrived , they found three young men - all in close proximity to each other - with fatal stab wounds .
At the end of one of the police cordons put in place you can just about make out the tops of the forensic tents - three dotted next to each other - which marks the exact spots where these individuals were pronounced dead .
Despite the works of the emergency services , these men could not be saved .
I 've seen graphic video from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the incident showing pools of blood on the street .
I 've been speaking to some residents here this morning who say they have raised concerns to police over gangs congregating behind Seven King 's train station , where they often drink and smoke cannabis .
Road closures and an enhanced police presence will be seen in the Redbridge area .
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted : `` My thoughts are with their families and the local community at this dreadful time . ''
He said extra police enforcement powers had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ borough until 08:00 on Monday .
A forensic examination of the scene is under way and will continue into Monday , police said .
Jas Athwal , leader of Redbridge Council , said : `` An incident like this is unheard of within the Sikh community here in Redbridge .
`` I think tragically there are at least three families who are going to be in mourning and this is going to last a lifetime for the people left behind . ''
He was critical of bloody footage shared on social media appearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` I think the first response should be 'What can we do to help ? '
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To put it on social media is not right . ''

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bbcuk--2020-01-20--HS2: Rail link costs could rise to £106bn, says review

Building the high-speed rail link HS2 could cost up to £106bn , a government-commissioned review has said .
The unpublished report , leaked to the Financial Times , says there is `` considerable risk '' that estimated costs could rise by another 20 % .
In 2015 , HS2 was set to cost £56bn .
The review also recommends pausing the second phase of the project while experts look at whether conventional lines could help link Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds instead .
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham told the BBC 's Today programme it would `` not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ portion of HS2 was delayed or downgraded to slower speeds .
`` To me that would be the same old story .
London to Birmingham , money is no object , and then all the penny pinching is done in the North of England , '' he said .
• Will HS2 ever get built ?
Mr Burnham said the development of an east-west rail route across the North - known as HS3 or Northern Powerhouse Rail - relied on HS2 being built .
But Lord Berkeley , a vocal critic of HS2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said : `` I suspect that most of the people who like to use the trains around Manchester and Leeds would rather have a really good commuter service just like there is in London , rather than get to London half an hour quicker . ''
Some £8bn has already been spent on the project , which will connect London , the Midlands and northern England using trains capable of travelling at 250mph .
On Friday , Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said a decision on whether to go ahead with the project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The government previously promised to make a decision before the end of 2019 .
Some of the UK 's largest construction firms have written a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to warn that cancelling the project would do `` irreparable damage '' to the industry , costing thousands of jobs , the Times newspaper reported .
Balfour Beatty , Skanska , Morgan Sindall , Costain , Mace and Sir Robert McAlpine are among firms arguing that a dearth of other big projects mean skills could be lost .
The review , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , comes as about 15 Conservative MPs from across England prepare to meet the prime minister this week to raise significant concerns about the project .
Some will press him to abandon the rail link in favour of other infrastructure spending in the north of England .
Claire Walker , co-executive director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce , told the BBC on Monday that the project must go ahead .
`` Business communities are united that this project should be delivered and should be delivered in full , '' she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has been proposed that will go so far in delivering the transformational change to the Northern business communities as this project will . ''
The first phase of project , between London and Birmingham , is due to open at the end of 2026 , with the second phase to Leeds and Manchester expected to be completed by 2032-33 .
Despite concerns about the rail link , Europe 's largest infrastructure project , work is not on hold and the project currently gets through about £250m a month .
`` The North @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tirelessly that major infrastructure investment is so badly needed to provide the capacity so urgently needed on our rail network , '' said Northern Powerhouse Partnership Director , Henri Murison .
Trains on the London to Birmingham route would be 400m-long ( 1,300ft ) with up to 1,100 seats .
They would run as many as 14 times per hour in each direction .
The Department for Transport says the project will cut journey times between the cities from one hour 21 minutes to 52 minutes .
Once the second phase is complete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one hour seven minutes ( down from two hours seven minutes ) , and Birmingham to Leeds would take 49 minutes ( down from two hours ) .
This would effectively reduce journey times between London and Edinburgh and London and Glasgow by an hour , to three-and-a-half hours .
The government hopes its creation will free up capacity on overcrowded commuter routes .
If you 've followed the HS2 drama , then an estimate of £106bn for the entire project is n't surprising .
But the fact that it 's in yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ review makes it part of the official narrative .
Those opposed to HS2 feel a perfect storm is brewing .
Conservative MPs ( including ones newly elected in constituencies in the north of England ) are pressing the PM to reconsider ; the government 's spending watchdog will soon publish a critical report ; and Boris Johnson 's transport advisor , Andrew Gilligan , is sceptical about the scheme .
Tinkering with the project ( reducing the speed of the trains or adding a station in between Birmingham and London ) wo n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line down , defeating the point of it being super-high speed .
So , in broad terms , it feels like the government has an all-or-nothing decision to make .
HS2 currently burns about £250m a month , so you 'd think the government would be in a hurry to make up its mind .
But the fact we 're told this 'is n't a final draft ' of the review ( even though we were previously told that the review should have been done at the end of last year ) suggests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A decision will probably come , I 'm told , after Brexit .
HS2 has always been split into fairly distinct parts ( Phases 1 , 2a and 2b ) so putting the second phases on hold for a bit longer while further options are explored would n't in itself be a radical option .
But the project has a lot of support from political and business leaders in the north of England and the Midlands , so if the government was then to scale back that second stretch of the railway @ @ @ @ @ @ @ storm .

However, Lord Berkeley, a vocal critic of HS2 who was deputy chairman of the review before withdrawing his backing, said: "I suspect that most of the people who like to use the trains around Manchester and Leeds would rather have a really good commuter service just like there is in London, rather than get to London half an hour quicker."


bbcuk--2020-01-20--'Dad died violent death in dementia care unit'

The daughter of a man with dementia who died after being pushed by another patient in a care facility , has said her family has been let down by authorities .
John O'Reilly died a week after sustaining a head injury at a dementia care unit in County Armagh .
The 83-year-old was pushed twice by the same patient in the days leading up to the fatal incident .
His family were not made aware of this until after his death .
In a statement the Southern Trust said : `` The tragic circumstances of Mr O'Reilly 's death have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which the trust fully participated in and which concluded his death was a tragic accident . ''
Mr O'Reilly 's family said they only discovered about previous pushing incidents during the police investigation that followed their father 's death .
His daughter Maureen McGleenon said the Southern Trust told them about the previous incidents at a meeting , weeks after their father had died .
She said : `` I could n't believe it , especially because they had happened only days before the push that led to dad 's fatal injuries .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ morning during this time period and various family members visited dad over that time frame , so there were ample opportunities to tell us this had happened .
`` If we had known that dad had been pushed twice before , we can say with total assurance that we would have taken him home where he would be safe .
Mr O'Reilly , a former Ulster GAA chairman , was a father of seven .
His daughter said they had grown up in a very happy home .
`` He was married to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grandchildren .
`` He loved the GAA , there were times he would travel to Cork and Kerry for a day , just to see a match .
That was dad . ''
After being diagnosed with dementia a number of years ago , Mr O'Reilly was referred to the Gillis Unit in November 2018 on the grounds of St Luke 's Hospital in County Armagh .
It is a specialist ward for people who have dementia or who are being assessed for dementia symptoms and is run by the Southern Health and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2018 , Mr O'Reilly was pushed by another dementia patient causing him to hit his head off a wall .
His family have said he was pushed with such force that it left a dent in the wall .
He was admitted to Craigavon Area Hospital with severe head injuries and died a week later .
Last week , an inquest heard that the dementia patient who pushed Mr O'Reilly had a history of aggressive behaviour linked to dementia .
The inquest heard evidence that the patient , referred to as Mr Y @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a previous nursing home and had threatened to kill his wife .
It also heard that Mr Y had pushed Mr O'Reilly twice on 30 November in the Gillis Unit , which led to him being medicated and placed on close one-on-one observation .
On 4 December , Mr O'Reilly and Mr Y met in the doorway of a corridor in the unit , a nurse was behind Mr Y at the time when Mr O'Reilly was pushed .
Concluding the inquest , the coroner said the fatal push happened by `` pure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accident '' .
Following Mr O'Reilly 's death , Mr Y was sectioned on mental health grounds and has since died .
Maureen McGleenon said her family still have many questions that remain unanswered .
`` Dad could n't tell us anything because of his dementia , we relied 100 % on the health trust staff to tell us how he was .
`` We found out things through the inquest , including the fact that there was n't a formal written risk assessment carried out with dad after the first two pushing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did n't know until the inquest that Mr Y had been considered a high risk to patients in the care home where he had been a resident of preceding his placement in Gillis .
`` To say that dad 's death was only a tragic accident has devastated us to be honest .
We 're completely gutted by it .
`` Instead of dying peacefully as was his right , dad died a violent death . ''
The Southern Trust is carrying out as Serious Adverse Incident ( SAI ) investigation into Mr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` Our experience of the SAI process has been dreadful .
In our view it allows the trust to park the fact that something catastrophic has happened to a family .
`` We were told it would be a 12-week process .
It 's over a year now and we 've expended so much energy trying to figure out this process and find things out for ourselves .
She added : `` The system just knocks you down and makes you want to give up .
`` We 'll never get over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't give up on trying to understand it . ''
A spokesperson for the Southern Trust said : `` An SAI review has been conducted by an independent chair and independent panel members external to the trust , which unfortunately can take longer to complete , due to complexities of managing the time and availability of the expert members . ''

"If we had known that dad had been pushed twice before, we can say with total assurance that we would have taken him home where he would be safe.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Ffair Rhos: Boy, 4, critical after fire killed brother in caravan

A four-year-old boy remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital following a caravan fire that killed his younger brother .
The boy , 3 , died after a touring caravan and vehicle were destroyed in the blaze early on Sunday morning in Ffair Rhos near Tregaron , Ceredigion .
The father is in hospital in a stable condition after he managed to escape the fire with the eldest child .
Both suffered burns and police and fire crews are investigating the cause .
A major incident room has been set up in Aberystwyth .
I 'm around 100 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rhos .
From here I can see that the caravan seems to be on private land near a house in the middle of the village .
There 's plenty of police presence there this morning .
Understandably this morning there 's great sadness at Ffair Rhos , a little rural village that 's waking up to the news that an innocent little boy has lost his life here .
`` We are deeply saddened by the events , '' said community councillor John Jones .
`` When it happens on your doorstep in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it 's a total shock . ''
Ted Jones lives near to where the blaze happened and said it was `` lucky '' there had been any survivors .
`` My neighbour saw the fire and the caravan just went up in flames and they said it was lucky that anyone got out , '' Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales .
`` Ffair Rhos is a tiny , quiet little village in rural Ceredigion so it is a big shock to everybody especially when a small child has died . ''
Emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 05:30 GMT on Sunday and as well as destroying the caravan and a vehicle , it also damaged an adjacent property .
The Welsh Ambulance Service said it sent three ambulances to the scene , taking two patients to Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth .
`` This was a tragic incident , and we will be doing all we can to find answers for the family , whose world will have been torn apart , '' said Det Ch Supt Cockwell of Dyfed-Powys Police .

"My neighbour saw the fire and the caravan just went up in flames and they said it was lucky that anyone got out," Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Olive ridley turtle found injured off Seaford beach dies

A rare turtle which was found stranded off the south coast of England by two women out swimming has died .
The injured olive ridley turtle , usually found in much warmer waters , was spotted 20m off Seaford beach in East Sussex on Saturday .
Emma Holter and Lisa Glandfield brought the reptile to shore and saw it had injuries to its face and shell .
It was taken to Brighton Sea Life centre for emergency care but could not be saved .
In a statement , the centre said : `` The female turtle presented with a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as some other injuries .
`` Despite the very best efforts of our specialist marine biology and veterinary teams , the turtle has n't survived . ''
The centre said the species was normally found in warmer climates and it was unsure why it was in cold , shallow waters .
Announcing the animal 's death `` with great sadness '' , it thanked everyone involved in the rescue attempt .
Nettie Glandfield was with her mother Lisa when the reptile was brought to shore .
`` We thought she may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then she would make a small movement , '' she said .
`` The beach was windy , so we wrapped her in a wet towel to keep her a bit warmer , and sheltered , until the vet arrived .
`` She was n't very big , about the size of a Jack Russell . ''
A marine medic , Corinne Gordon , had said the turtle 's injuries were not life threatening but the `` big concern '' was its body temperature .
The vulnerable species of turtle was also found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the north coast of Wales .

But this olive ridley is only the second UK record of the species, he said, adding that they "seem to be quite fragile and rarely survive after stranding, even with good rehabilitation".


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Department store Beales collapses into administration

One of Britain 's oldest department stores has collapsed into administration , putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk .
Beales has appointed KPMG as administrators after failing to secure a sale .
The department store began trading in Bournemouth in 1881 and has 22 shops .
It is understood there will be no immediate closures and Beales stores will continue to trade , although the website is offline .
The business has tried to secure rent reductions and was in negotiations with potential investors and buyers in a bid to preserve itself .
In the year to March 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ £3.1m , up from £1.3m for the year earlier as costs swelled and sales dipped .
Beales ' chief executive Tony Brown led a management buyout of the firm in 2018 .
Beales has stores in the following towns and cities : The company 's decision to appoint administrators comes at a difficult time for UK retailers .
Recent data from the British Retail Consortium revealed that retail sales fell for the first time in a quarter of a century last year .
John Lewis has warned that its staff bonus may be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at its department stores were down 2 % for stores open at least a year .
Some companies are prospering , however .
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports says it expects to report full-year profits at the top end of forecasts .
Next lifted its profit forecast after better than expected sales over Christmas trading period .

KPMG's Will Wright, who is the joint administrator to Beales, said: "With the impact of high rents and rates exacerbated by disappointing trading over the Christmas period, and extensive discussions around additional investment proving unsuccessful, there were no other available options but to place the company into administration.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Sarah Montague: Radio presenter confirms £400k pay settlement with BBC

Radio presenter Sarah Montague has confirmed she won a £400,000 settlement and an apology from the BBC after being treated `` unequally '' by the corporation for years .
The World At One presenter said she would `` prefer not to be talking about my pay '' but felt she had to respond to `` erroneous '' reports in the press .
She said the settlement followed `` a long period of stressful negotiations '' .
Montague said she accepted the payout , which is subject to tax , last year .
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A BBC statement said : `` We are pleased to have resolved this matter with Sarah some time ago . ''
In a series of tweets , the former Radio 4 Today programme presenter said : `` When I discovered the disparity in my pay and conditions , I was advised that rectifying it all could run into the millions .
`` I chose not to seek such sums from the BBC but I did want some recognition that they had underpaid me .
`` Last year after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I accepted a settlement of £400,000 subject to tax and an apology from the BBC for paying me unequally for so many years . ''
Her comments followed newspapers reports that she had received £1m , which the BBC said was incorrect .
In 2018 , Montague said she was `` incandescent with rage '' after finding out her £133,000-a-year salary for working on the programme was less than her co-presenters were earning .
At the time , a BBC spokeswoman said it was committed to closing its gender pay gap by 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Samira Ahmed won an employment tribunal which she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay .
Ahmed claimed she was underpaid by £700,000 for hosting audience feedback show Newswatch compared with Jeremy Vine 's salary for Points of View .
The unanimous judgement said her work was like that done by Vine , and the BBC had failed to prove the pay gap was n't because of sex discrimination .

The World At One presenter said she would "prefer not to be talking about my pay" but felt she had to respond to "erroneous" reports in the press.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--M1 motorway closed after crash

M1 motorway closed after crash

The M1 has been closed in South Yorkshire after a vehicle hit a pedestrian , according to police .
The @ @ @ @ @ Tankersley and J35A at Stocksbridge was shut following the crash at about 05:30 GMT .
@ @ @ @ @ had all been turned around by about 09:00 GMT , said Highways England .
The @ @ @ @ @ closed for some time , said South Yorkshire Police .
No details of injuries have @ @ @ @ @ is being diverted off the motorway via the A61 and A616 .
Motorists are advised @ @ @ @ @ avoid the area if possible .
Traffic was queuing about 5 miles ( 8km ) @ @ @ @ @ said Highways England .
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Motorists were diverted off the motorway via the A61 and A616 and had been advised to plan their route and avoid the area if possible.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--England in South Africa: Tourists win by an innings in Port Elizabeth

England sealed their biggest away win in more than nine years in the third Test against South Africa to move 2-1 up with one match left in the series .
Needing four wickets on the fifth morning , the tourists bowled the Proteas out for 237 to seal victory by an innings and 53 runs .
From 102-6 overnight , still 188 short of making England bat again , South Africa 's margin of defeat would have been even greater had it not been for Keshav Maharaj , who clubbed 71 .
In a freewheeling 10th-wicket stand of 99 with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ took 45 runs from 14 deliveries .
Before that , England 's progress had been serene .
Just as he did on Sunday , Stuart Broad removed Vernon Philander in the first over of the day , before Mark Wood had Kagiso Rabada caught at mid-on and Dom Bess bowled Anrich Nortje .
However , what started as Maharaj and Paterson trying their luck turned into genuine frustration for England , with the ball disappearing to all parts and fielders scattered all over Port Elizabeth .
It was eventually ended when Maharaj attempted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beat a Sam Curran throw that hit the non-striker 's stumps .
England will win the series if they avoid defeat in the fourth Test in Johannesburg , which begins on Friday .
England were in such disarray at the beginning of this series that Ben Stokes revealed they were referring to their trip to South Africa as `` The Cursed Tour '' .
Illness swept through the squad before and during the first-Test defeat in Centurion , Stokes ' father was admitted to hospital with a serious illness and opener Rory Burns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injury sustained playing football .
Even though England have suffered injuries to bowlers James Anderson and Jofra Archer since then , they have turned their fortunes around to stand on the verge of only their second away series victory since they won in South Africa four years ago .
They have done so with experienced players like Broad , Stokes and Joe Root performing , but what is most encouraging is the development of the younger players .
Dom Sibley , 24 , struck his maiden century in the second-Test win , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bess recorded a first hundred and first five-wicket haul respectively .
After an even first day , England utterly dominated this match on a flat , slow pitch , the kind of surface on which they have struggled so badly away from home in recent times .
The end result was their first innings win overseas since the famous 2010-11 Ashes triumph in Australia .
• Pope is the real deal and belongs in Test cricket - Agnew • 'It was time to pull my finger out ' - Bess reflects on England @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad weather on days two , three and four , but any hope South Africa had of being saved by the elements was dashed by clear skies and sunshine on Monday .
Root , who took four wickets on Sunday , hunted his first five-wicket haul in professional cricket by bowling unchanged for more than an hour .
Meanwhile , Philander 's push at Broad resulted in an inside edge on to pad that was held by Pope at mid-wicket , Rabada was caught by Broad off a leading edge and Nortje was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ himself the second new ball , only to be hit for three fours and two sixes in an over by Maharaj .
When the final delivery went for four byes , the 28 runs conceded equalled the record for the most expensive over in Test history .
That was the signal for Maharaj and Paterson to play shots at virtually every ball , with Wood and Curran also coming in for some harsh treatment .
By this point , England were somehow unable to hit the stumps when bowling and were only spared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Not only did the tourists ensure they will at least draw the series , but they strengthened their position in third place in the World Test Championship , albeit some distance adrift of India and Australia .
South Africa 's win in the first Test ended their run of five successive defeats , but since then they have quickly unravelled .
And their obstacles to preventing a 3-1 series loss - which would be a repeat of the scoreline when South Africa visited England in 2017 - are growing .
Pace bowler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Test , while the threat of Vernon Philander , who retires after the match in Johannesburg , has gradually diminished throughout the series .
However , it is a lack of runs that is the home side 's main problem , not least the form of captain Faf du Plessis , who has gone nine innings without a half-century .
On Sunday , South Africa coach Mark Boucher said he had `` no clue '' if Du Plessis would carry on as skipper , with the player then confirming his desire to continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is one part of a misfiring middle order .
Number three Zubayr Hamza 's place is under threat from Temba Bavuma , who made 180 in South African domestic cricket last week .
'Young guys are stepping up ' - what they said England captain Joe Root : `` It 's a great template for how we want to play our cricket : a big first-innings score and drive the game forward from there .
`` We want to keep giving our young guys confidence so that when they get their opportunities they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team is all about the collective and we 've got a very good squad of players .
Having guys at a young age stepping up is a really exciting place to be . ''
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis on his future : `` I have heard the rumours about a possible retirement .
I have been clear and consistent that the Twenty20 World Cup [ starting in October ] is the time I am looking for .
Nothing has changed . ''
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew : `` I 'm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mark Wood and Jofra Archer together for the last Test .
Confidence in that South Africa dressing room must be rock bottom - and they have lost Kagiso Rabada .
`` But there 's still life in this series .
If South Africa win in Johannesburg , they will draw the series - they must remember that . ''

Dom Bess (far left) took his maiden five-wicket haul and Ollie Pope hit a first century in Port Elizabeth
Third Test, Port Elizabeth, (day five of five): England 499-9 dec (Pope 135*, Stokes 120; Maharaj 5-180) South Africa 209 (Bess 5-51) & 237 (Maharaj 71, Root 4-87) England won by innings and 53 runs; lead 2-1 in series Scorecard
England sealed their biggest away win in more than nine years in the third Test against South Africa to move 2-1 up with one match left in the series.
Needing four wickets on the fifth morning, the tourists bowled the Proteas out for 237 to seal victory by an innings and 53 runs.
From 102-6 overnight, still 188 short of making England bat again, South Africa's margin of defeat would have been even greater had it not been for Keshav Maharaj, who clubbed 71.
In a freewheeling 10th-wicket stand of 99 with Dane Paterson, Maharaj at one stage took 45 runs from 14 deliveries.
Before that, England's progress had been serene. Just as he did on Sunday, Stuart Broad removed Vernon Philander in the first over of the day, before Mark Wood had Kagiso Rabada caught at mid-on and Dom Bess bowled Anrich Nortje.
However, what started as Maharaj and Paterson trying their luck turned into genuine frustration for England, with the ball disappearing to all parts and fielders scattered all over Port Elizabeth.
It was eventually ended when Maharaj attempted a single to mid-on, failing to beat a Sam Curran throw that hit the non-striker's stumps.
England will win the series if they avoid defeat in the fourth Test in Johannesburg, which begins on Friday.
England's complete performance
England were in such disarray at the beginning of this series that Ben Stokes revealed they were referring to their trip to South Africa as "The Cursed Tour".
Illness swept through the squad before and during the first-Test defeat in Centurion, Stokes' father was admitted to hospital with a serious illness and opener Rory Burns had to go home with an ankle injury sustained playing football.
Even though England have suffered injuries to bowlers James Anderson and Jofra Archer since then, they have turned their fortunes around to stand on the verge of only their second away series victory since they won in South Africa four years ago.
They have done so with experienced players like Broad, Stokes and Joe Root performing, but what is most encouraging is the development of the younger players. Dom Sibley, 24, struck his maiden century in the second-Test win, and in this match 22-year-olds Ollie Pope and Bess recorded a first hundred and first five-wicket haul respectively.
After an even first day, England utterly dominated this match on a flat, slow pitch, the kind of surface on which they have struggled so badly away from home in recent times.
The end result was their first innings win overseas since the famous 2010-11 Ashes triumph in Australia.
'You're a world record holder, Joe'
Victory completed - eventually
This match was hit by bad weather on days two, three and four, but any hope South Africa had of being saved by the elements was dashed by clear skies and sunshine on Monday.
Root, who took four wickets on Sunday, hunted his first five-wicket haul in professional cricket by bowling unchanged for more than an hour.
Meanwhile, Philander's push at Broad resulted in an inside edge on to pad that was held by Pope at mid-wicket, Rabada was caught by Broad off a leading edge and Nortje was bamboozled by Bess.
Root even gave himself the second new ball, only to be hit for three fours and two sixes in an over by Maharaj. When the final delivery went for four byes, the 28 runs conceded equalled the record for the most expensive over in Test history.
That was the signal for Maharaj and Paterson to play shots at virtually every ball, with Wood and Curran also coming in for some harsh treatment.
By this point, England were somehow unable to hit the stumps when bowling and were only spared more toil by Curran's accurate throw.
Not only did the tourists ensure they will at least draw the series, but they strengthened their position in third place in the World Test Championship, albeit some distance adrift of India and Australia.
South Africa problems
Keshav Maharaj and Dane Paterson added 99 for the last wicket
South Africa's win in the first Test ended their run of five successive defeats, but since then they have quickly unravelled.
And their obstacles to preventing a 3-1 series loss - which would be a repeat of the scoreline when South Africa visited England in 2017 - are growing.
Pace bowler Kagsio Rabada is banned for the final Test, while the threat of Vernon Philander, who retires after the match in Johannesburg, has gradually diminished throughout the series.
However, it is a lack of runs that is the home side's main problem, not least the form of captain Faf du Plessis, who has gone nine innings without a half-century.
On Sunday, South Africa coach Mark Boucher said he had "no clue" if Du Plessis would carry on as skipper, with the player then confirming his desire to continue in the post-match presentation.
Du Plessis is one part of a misfiring middle order. Number three Zubayr Hamza's place is under threat from Temba Bavuma, who made 180 in South African domestic cricket last week.
'Young guys are stepping up' - what they said
England captain Joe Root: "It's a great template for how we want to play our cricket: a big first-innings score and drive the game forward from there.
"We want to keep giving our young guys confidence so that when they get their opportunities they feel they can perform.
"Our team is all about the collective and we've got a very good squad of players. Having guys at a young age stepping up is a really exciting place to be."
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis on his future: "I have heard the rumours about a possible retirement. I have been clear and consistent that the Twenty20 World Cup [starting in October] is the time I am looking for. Nothing has changed."
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: "I'm sure Joe Root would love to have Mark Wood and Jofra Archer together for the last Test. Confidence in that South Africa dressing room must be rock bottom - and they have lost Kagiso Rabada.
"But there's still life in this series. If South Africa win in Johannesburg, they will draw the series - they must remember that."