Steve Cooper News Today

Welcome to the programme. Well start with the news manchester city fans didnt want to hear. Manager pep guardiola has confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a long time. He went off injured in citys 22 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. The full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. The confirmation of rodris injury came after city booked their place in the fourt...

Confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a long time. He went off injured in citys 22 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. The full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. The confirmation of rodris injury came after city booked their place in the fourth round of the english league cup. They overcame championship side watford 21. Jeremy doku gave city an early lead bef...

Welcome to the programme. Well start with the news manchester city fans didnt want to hear. Manager pep guardiola has confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a long time. He went off injured in citys 22 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. The full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. The confirmation of rodris injury came after city booked their place in the fourt...

focused on the war in sudan? the death toll is now well over 12,000, with reports tonight the rebels have overrun the countrys second biggest city. and in colorado, the state supreme court strikes donald trump from the ballot, just weeks before the first presidential primary in iowa. good evening. counting the dead is a challenge in any war zone, and especially one in which journalists are locked out. and how can we possibly know what the true figure when so many bodies remain buried u...

the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire. israels president has said his country is now ready for what he calls another "humanitarian pause". nearly 20 thousand people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1,200 were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. the un security council is about to start discussing a new draft of a gaza resolution and a vote could take place any minute now. the whit...

and coming up on bbc news... nottingham forest confirm nuno espirito santo as their new head coach. he takes over from steve cooper, who was sacked yesterday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the rate at which prices are rising fell again last month. inflation was down to 3.9% in november, thats compared to 4.6% in october. the office for national statistics said the drop had been driven by falls in the cost of fuel and food but that prices remain "substantially above...

should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it has not been obvious. and the reason is the connection steve cooper had built with this club and with its fans — picking them up at the bottom of the championship, taking them to the premier league, getting them to stay in the premier league against the odds. what hes done is given whole generations of fans a connection and experience theyve never actually had...

his lastjob was in the saudi pro league, where he won the title with al ittihad, but he was sacked by them last month. hejoins forest one place above the reelgation zone with just one win in 13. big chance. im very honoured, its a pleasure to be at forest and be able to manage such a great club with such great history. so im delighted. we had a good training session today, we had the chance to build up the players. and more important is the knowledge, i think, the chance to be with the...

disruption. gales or severe gales. it will be windy wherever you are. cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain in the west moving south, from the north, a return to sunshine and blustery showers, perhaps a bit of wintriness over the higher ground of scotland and temperatures up to about 13 in london but only five in aberdeen. moving ahead towards friday, it will be another blustery sort of day but not as windy as it will be tomorrow. thanks, sarah. and thats bbc news at six. you can keep up ...

the former wolves and spurs manager, nuno espirito santo, has been in talks with the club and his appointment is expected to be confirmed shortly. colin hazleden has more. yes, well, there are moments at football clubs, sporting institutions, when boards, when owners know exactly what needs to be done — whether a manager should stay and fight or whether they should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it h...