anastasija sevastova with her unorthodox game, he uses a lot of slice and varies the pace, cause her an upset. anastasija sevastova took an upset. anastasija sevastova took a mid career breakfour years ago before coming back and stringing together an impressive sequence of results. the other semifinal has two of the younger players, ers. maddison keys was in the final last year. but this year has been calmer and less late—night drama under the lights and she looks a more complete player. the new scotland football captain andy robertson believes he's the man to lead his country back to a major tournament. he watched scotland's women reach the world cup earlier this week and the liverpool defender says ending the men's 20 year absence from the main stage would trump any of his football achievements. alasdair lamont has more. leading from the front, the new scotla nd leading from the front, the new scotland captain relishing the role. he will lead out the team against

belgium. tomorrow's match is about getting players ready for the nations league and with that another attempt to qualify for a major tournament. that is something their female counter parts have begun to make a habit of of with world cup qualifications after the euros that. s. the game was on the television andi s. the game was on the television and i had seen the end of it when they were celebrating, you could see how happy they were and they look forward to a world cup. that is a fantastic achievement for the women's team and well done to them. but it leaves a bit of fire in the belly for any squad and they will think that can be us. it is the type of attitude he will need to follow in the foot steps of colin hendry, the last man to lead scotland at a majorfinals. the last man to lead scotland at a major finals. going back to 98, the

previous captains will sit there and, ina previous captains will sit there and, in a quiet time, the one regret is they never qualified for a tournament. for me, it is a fresh start and i think we have got a good chance, we have got the right balance of squad and it about trying to show that on the pitch. i believe that i will be able to lead this tea m that i will be able to lead this team to a championship. bold words which will hopefully be borne out. we will keep you up—to—date with the match between wales and ireland. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. we'll have more throughout the evening. some breaking news now from british airways regarding customer day that theft. these are the tweets they

have posted a short time ago. we're investigating the theft of customer data from our web—site and our app. the stolen day that did not include travel or financial data. personal and financial details of people making books were compromised. the breach has been resolved and the web—site is work. the police and the authorities have been notified. they express deep regret for this. we ta ke express deep regret for this. we take the protection of our customer's data seriously. so a customer's data seriously. so a customer data breach at british airways from 21st august to 25th september. that is all we have at the moment. one

50 years ago professor bell burnell discovered a new type of star, that emits pulses of radiation. the work received the nobel prize for physics in 1974, but it was her male colleagues, not her, that were named as the winners. the award of the breakthrough price for her work in part writes what many see of a great injustice and now she wants to use the prize money to fund a scholarship to get more female and black physics students into research jobs. i hope it will increase the flexibility of thinking, the openness to new ideas, new results, new ways of doing things. i hope that that will enable other breakthroughs in physics, because we have a more diverse body. black and female students are underrepresented in physics research. in 2016 more than three times as many boys studied a—level physics than girls. in the same year, the number of black first—year undergraduates was just 85, 1.7% of the total intake, half of what it should be. today, we're talking about velocity... female and black applicants for research jobs face an unconscious bias against them according to the professor. scholarship could counterbalance

that unintended discrimination. we want physics to matter to everybody, we want physics to be important in everybody‘s lives and we want everybody to feel there's an opportunity for them in physics no matter what their background and where they come from. professor bell burnell became one of the greatest scientists of their generation, against the odds. and now she wants her scholarship to help others in a similar position to follow in her footsteps. pallab ghosh bbc news. let's remind you of this breaking news from british airways regarding a customer data theft. they're saying that 380,000 payment cards we re saying that 380,000 payment cards were compromised in this customer data breach from their web—site and their mobile app. it was personal and financial details of customers

making bookings. the breach has been resolved. the web—site is working and the police have been informed. but 380,000 payment cards are compromised in that breach. when there is more we will bring it to you. ina there is more we will bring it to you. in a moment time for beyond 100 days. but now the weather. hello the heavy showers that we have been seeing in parts of scotland are going to fade as we go through the night. still some patchy rain through the evening for parts of east anglia and south—east england. that will clear away. a fresh area of rain developing through eastern scotland, parts of north—east england later. a few showers for north—west england and wales. many places deeper into the night will be dry, clear, chilly with temperatures into single figures. some sunshine to start the day tomorrow. but still some rain in eastern scotland and north—east england. pulling away into the north sea. some showers,

some rain for shetland and 0rkney and many places having a dry friday afternoon. the breeze will be stronger from the west or north—west and that will contribute to a cooler feel to the weather for many, particularly across southern areas, very few places getting to about 20 celsius tomorrow. you're watching beyond one hundred days. richard nixon had deep throat, donald trump has deep state throat. an anonymous white house official throws the administration into turmoil. a slew of denials from senior presidential staff doesn't stop speculation that the new york times opinion piece reflects reality. mr trump himself is furious that a member of his team has betrayed him publicly with this searing denunciation. and there's a fair amout of criticism for both the author and the newspaper. british and russian officials clash at the un, several countries support the uk's conclusion that the kremlin "almost

certainly" approved the poisoning of a former russian spy. they played dice with the