as forjurgen klopp's side, they'll be hoping to put september's frustrating run of results behind them. there were a few teams that are flying, so doesn't mean other teams should not stratify also, so we all have to close super well, manchester obiang so well this year! i want to season obiang so well this year! i want to season ticket! we need to sort our things out, and to improve with all of our problems, but we still have 11 points. with no problems with criticism, i have problems with people with saying that they can't sort this problem. they have charted every game, they saw lots, and we need to be solid and not to give them the chance to create so many so we can talk about they defend well or badly but they don't tack badly

because they don't take all of their chances, so somewhere we can be solid but they are very offensive, creative in attack and normally they have lots of chances so it will be a tough game. in the championship, there's a yorkshire derby taking place this lunchtime, sheffield wednesday are hosting leeds at hillsborough. leeds are looking to go second with a win but if so, they'll have to pull off an impressive second half performance. they trail 2—0 with the second half just getting under way. gary hooper with both goals for wednesday. there's been two course records at cardiff half—marathon this morning. it's the uk's second largest half—marathon, behind the great north run, and a record 25,000 people took part this year. and it's the kenyan runners who have dominated... john loytang won the men's race, crossing the finish line in 60 minutes and a0 seconds, to set a new the record. he was followed by his countryman, and defending champion, kenyan shadrack kimining. wales' dewi griffiths finished fourth in a personal best time, of 6! minutes and 32 seconds.

in the women's race, edith chelimo also set a course record with her victory, completing a kenyan clean sweep. melissa nichols and richie powell won the wheelchair races. birmingham should know by the end of this year whether its bid to stage the commonwealth games in 2022 has been successful. it was the only city to submit a bid to the commonwealth games federation before yesterday's deadline. the governing body will now review birmingham's application to check it meets the necessary requirements. the closing ceremony of the invictus games has taken place in toronto... and you might have seen this clip that really captures the spirit of the event. america's tiana lopez was quite off the pace in her swim race... finishing more than 30 seconds behind the winner... but she was cheered to the end by her fellow competitors — the uk's emma pack and jen warren... a great show of sportsmanship! now on bbc news, it's time

for the travel show. this is the mighty river sava, flowing for nearly 1,000 kilometres from the alps in slovenia, right across to belgrade, in serbia. it's the longest river within the balkans. a vital artery that's borne witness to so much history, stretching all the way back to ancient and medieval times and of course the turmoil of recent decades. today, the sava connects four countries that just a generation ago were at war. 0n myjourney i'll be exploring how

today this river is healing wounds by boosting trade and tourism and creating a new identity for the region. and finding out why locals call this the ‘vital heart of the balkans'. a nation ofjust two million people, slovenia prides itself on its close relationship with nature. it's one of the most densely forested countries in europe and nearly two thirds of its landscape is green space. this river, the sava, has been a crucial trading route for centuries, dating back to 400 bc, when the celts named it after their river god savus, protector of merchants

and travellers. and this is the river's source, the magnificent savica waterfall, bursting from two separate points on the cliff face there. and my intention is to follow the river from here, at its very beginning, until it meets the danube, in belgrade. it's a near 1,000 kilometre course, flowing through four countries that just over 25 years ago were joined as part of yugoslavia. the emerald waters snake through the cliffs and then widen into one of the sava's main tributaries, which has now become famous for watersports. and i'm getting a face first perspective. this is bellyaking. and, yep, there's a hint in the name. it looks like a kayak, but you lay on top of it

and use your hands to peddle. like many slovenian kids, luka grew up in the countryside and the sava was a huge part of his childhood. i spent my whole life in the same house about 50 metres away from the river, so when i wake up, if i had my window open, i can already hear it. here in slovenia, the river isn't just used for watersports — it's an important source of hydropower, and luka thinks the river also has an important role to play in uniting the communities who live throughout its course. we were formerly part of yugoslavia, so we are sort of still connected. while our languages may not be that similar, they still have the same origin, so we are still sort of one nation and it's sort of nice to have the sava river connect us all.

the river isn't always this placid. it can rise a metre higher in the autumn and winter and turn a lot more aggressive. frankly, the relative calm of these rapids is more than enough for me to deal with. ah! oh my god! 0k... not sure if bellyaking is the sport for me. further down the valley, two tributaries merge and the sava starts its journey proper. and at the fork in the rivers lies this majestic castle, lake bled, and its historic castle of the same name. this is slovenia's oldest castle, first built in medieval times.

it's got a kind of fairytale ambience to it and, because of its location, it's been a strategic lookout for 1,000 years. and standing here, i can kind of get why. you can see for miles! this place is legendary in slovenian history. 0n the banks of the lake still sits the former holiday home of the father of post—world war ii yugoslavia, presidentjosip broz tito. tito took the helm of the newly formed federal republic and more or less kept the country together until his death, in 1980, when yugoslavia began to fall apart. slovenia became the first to break away, with a short—lived war that lasted just ten days. it's been a sovereign nation state

since 1991, and my next stop down the river sava is slovenia's capital, ljubljana. the city centre is made up of vast squares, lined with baroque buildings and the streets are packed with tourists ambling around. but it wasn't always like this. just over a decade ago ljubljana was clogged with traffic and the city's main piazza was a car park. but in 2006, the city's mayor made the decision to ban cars from the centre. now the only vehicles allowed are these so—called cavaliers, electric cabs that give free lifts to those with luggage or who need extra help getting around. if you had to compare how this city looked ten years ago to now, can you tell me the difference? and the children are still following you. and it's notjust the kids that

are using the car—free streets as a playground. filip and blaz are ambassadors for the city. they met when one was a juggler and the other a gymnast, and together became a social media sensation with their urban acrobatic antics. we tried to put ljubljana on the map in our videos. so you can imagine running in a circle or something, we would run off a building. and you've done that? yeah. filip and blaz have good reason to keep the city centre, which doubles as their performance space, spick and span and they've been part of the efforts to keep it that way. cheering wow! thank you! once a year we have action. the whole of slovenia

is cleaned up and the river, they have divers and clean up all the bicycles out. and you've played a big part in those campaigns? yeah. we try to help. we are strong, so we lift all of the heavy stuff, help them to keep it clean and keep it on the next level. citywide cleanups and specialist waste disposal points helped the capital win the accolade of being europe's greenest city in 2016, and filip and blaz are keen to encourage other locals and tourists to see the potential in ljubljana's spruced up streets. wow! and the gymnasts are firm believers that anyone can be taught to do this. just change the arms. oh, sorry. yeah, like this. and three, two, one, go! see? i told you it's simple. you can move one arm as well. push ups!

three, two! three... i don't know how i managed that. it's kind of superhuman strength. time to leave this urban oasis and head downstream again to radece. this region, like most of slovenia, is densely forested and has a thriving timber industry. hi. nice to meet you. welcome. hundreds of years ago, the sava was the only way to get the huge logs to major cities across the balkans. and i'm here tojoin other tourist to get a taste of those centuries—old rafting journeys. we managed to revive this tradition, because otherwise we would forget all that and it was important because it was alive more than 500 years ago. and duska sees the sava playing a much larger role

in the region in the nearfuture. now there is a perception of sava as a connector. connecting with who? with other communities along the river and, most important, connecting also across border regions. croatia, bosnia, serbia. and we already started to connect. baby steps, they are still, but, yes, we are connecting now along the sava river. but before i head across to my next country on the sava, duska tells me i need to be fully initiated into life on the river with this time—honoured tradition. are you going to behead me? no, we don't do that any more! but if you want to be a member, you have to show us if you are able to sharpen that wooden stick. ah, you show me.

and just when i thought the wood chopping was bad enough... here you go — on your knees. you have to leave the head down. like this. whoa! baptised by the water of the river sava. next up on my voyage down the longest river within the balkans, croatia's capital, zagreb. next up on my voyage down the longest river within the balkans, croatia's capital, zagreb. croatia was part of

the austro—hungarian empire until the end of the first world war. and you can see much of that architectural influence around zagreb. the city has been fought over by competing armies for centuries. in the 15th century, so the story goes, the ottoman army was camped on the other side of the sava river, just over there, preparing to attack the city. to deter them, a cannonball was fired with such pinpoint accuracy, it landed on a chicken intended for the commander's dinner. so freaked out were the turks by this that they scarpered and never returned to the city again — so the legend goes. but ever since 1877, as a nod to this alleged act of defiance, a cannon has been fired every day at noon from this tower. wow!

incredible. alem is a trained engineer who used to work on the zagreb trams before he saw an advert for the position of cannon man in 2008, and landed the job. ah, how come — what does it do? laughs. the cannon firing has become a big tourist attraction in zagreb. alem needs at least 15 minutes a day to prepare and in his nine years doing thejob, he's never had a misfire. alem needs at least 15 minutes a day to prepare and in his nine

years doing thejob, he's never had a misfire. maybe we should pray. no, no, no. no, no praying. 0k. um, we can... let's wait. 0k. please stay here. yep. you stay here. thank you. it's 11:58. 0k. speaks croatian. one minute to shot, please! i'm feeling a bit nervous. bit tense. he's very, uh, focused. waiting for that clock to change. bang. 0oh! whoa! even though i knew it was coming, that was still a bit of a shock!

it's still, oof, surprised me. wow! look at this! he's milking the applause! another day, job done. well done. have a nice day. thank you. croatia's struggle for independence from yugoslavia was more prolonged, complex and bloody than the slovenians‘. today, though, it's a country of five million and a very popular travel destination, especially zagreb, dubrovnik, and the rest of its spectacular adriatic coastline. but venture away from the capital down the sava and you come across a lesser—known city. sisak lies on the confluence of three rivers and it's home to croatia's biggest river port. the town of sisak is where the river sava actually becomes wide enough for cargo ships like these to sail downstream to belgrade and serbia, and that's what has made the town

such an industrial centre. now, sisak actually has a rich and colourful history but in recent times, it's been characterised as dull and dreary. in fact, most guidebooks don't even mention it. but that is now changing. i am actually the fourth generation born here. and i lived with this town, i grew up with this town, and ijust, you know, when you're reading something about your town, you're reading the bad news and you're thinking "what are you talking about? this is not how it is here." so, last year, dahna and her team set about creating rezthink sisak — an art festival that uses the town's buildings as a canvas for murals. this one, by croatian artist lonac, was one of the first to be created. it's the biggest mural in croatia and took 23 days and 400 cans of spray paint to complete.

and how do the locals feel about this? um, well, at first, when we had to have the permission, they were first a little bit, "what are you going "to do with this?" but then, when it all started, they came every day here, they brought him lemonade and cookies, and they were very, very proud of it. they got really emotionally involved — as in people from this building call this, ‘our mural‘ — which is what we tried to accomplish, you know, for people to accept them as their own. the murals are scattered around the city, each with a different theme or message. dahna shows me one that highlights a particularly painful part of sisak‘s history. during world war two, this was the place where the children were gathered to be put in the only concentration camp for children in europe. really? just here? yes — in this general area. n this general area?

yes, yes. the camp was set up by the nazi—affiliated ustase regime during world war two. the victims were serbian, jewish and roma children. this mural by austrian artist robin abramovic is dedicated to their memory. i believe that the artist gave them a tribute that they deserved and maybe a sort of place of remembrance of all those children who didn't make it. we called him to be a part of our festival because we, as a team, decided that his work does have that certain dark undertone that maybe we kind of lacked in the festival. and needed to portray. and needed, of course, yes, because the art has to provoke thinking, so, notjust be pretty. there are now 17 murals in sisak and the festival has been such a success, they've decided to keep on painting. mind you, people don't come to this part of croatia just for the art. they come to see the country's largest wetland, which i'm heading through to my next stop

on the sava river — the marshlands of brodski varos, where i encounter a man on an unusual fishing expedition. because stjepan goes out every day to collect food for this family of storks. stjepan found the mother, malena, 2a years ago after she had been shot and critically disabled by hunters. she still can't fly. because malena can't hunt, stjepan has to help feed the chicks. the fact that i can get so close, incredible. and they're beautiful! wow. congratulations!

over the years, a male stork, klepetan, became malena's mate but each winter, malena has to say goodbye to klepetan and their brood of baby storks as he migrates to africa for the winter. this bond between stjepan and malena has become internationally famous and is even the subject of a brand—new documentary, the old man and the stork. and so, the first half of myjourney down the sava is complete and i'm beginning to grasp how important the river is to the people who live along its banks. next week, i will head to bosnia

and herzegovina and then east, all the way to serbia's capital, belgrade. i'll find out how a generation who were born by the sava after the war in the ‘90s have new priorities and why the river has become so important to the future of serbia's capital. and i hope you'lljoin me. back to the uk now and so far not so good for the weather today. rain but not too heavy, this picture from cumbria is earlier this morning with some heavy burst suddenly in scotland. many of us willjust find it cloudy and damper fair, clouds moving eastwards across the uk attached to the area of low pressure which will pass to the north of scotla nd which will pass to the north of scotland but clearly is producing some rain initially, but winds picked up tonight and into tomorrow.

for some of us picked up tonight and into tomorrow. foi’ some of us across picked up tonight and into tomorrow. for some of us across northern ireland, parts of scotland and western england and wales, a bit dry and brighter coming for the end of the day but as you can see overnight showers packed into scotland, northern ireland and northern england eventually in what will be strengthening winds, temperatures and down too far overnight. a windy day tomorrow, across the uk, a cold wind at that and wind strongest in scotla nd wind at that and wind strongest in scotland and parts of northern ireland, and northern england, so gales in places, perhaps severe in exposure, and 50 or 60 miles an hour of gusts in the central belt of scotland, some impact in the afternoon, check the situation before heading out in the morning. those winds remain strong to gale force in the day, further showers into scotland and frequent in the north—west and northern england, western wales will state dry, as will southern england but rain moves into the afternoon. temperatures 18

and is most falling short of that, with that pressure meaning less humid and cold fealty things stop a change in wind direction from what is now sourced westerly, and stays windy for monday night and tuesday, worst in scotland and the northern isles, any rain in the very far south of england falling away, showers in the west a little, but sunny weather for tuesday. any wind left will make it feel chilly however. i pressure squeezes away southwards on wednesday, a fleeting visit, allowing more weatherfronts to come in initially into scotland, north—west scotland quite wet on wednesday, and on wednesday outbreaks of rain push across parts of scotla nd outbreaks of rain push across parts of scotland and northern ireland and into northern england, where the south will stay mainly dry. a met 0ffice weather warning in force for

those winds available online. this is bbc news — the headlines at 2pm: theresa may has promised that the whole system of university funding in england is to be reviewed. and the students build up. so voters clash with riot police in the spanish region of catalonia, region of catalonia, as they try to take part in a banned the low—cost travel company, monarch, has been granted a 24—hour extension to its licence to sell package holidays. also in the next hour — a 17—year—old boy is charged with arson and causing danger to road users. the arrest is in connection to a mysterious material which sparked an 11—hour full closure of the m3 last week. the former american footballer and actor, oj simpson, has been

released from prison in nevada.