of pittsburgh, it's reported there are multiple casualties, police will not confirm how many people died. the gunman, who was inside the synagogue, is in police custody. he entered the building during a saturday morning service. it's a very horrific crime scene. it's one of the worst that i've seen. here, the former cabinet minister lord hain says he stands by his decision to name sir philip green as the businessman facing allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse, something he categorically denies. former england footballer and manager glenn hoddle is taken to hospital afterfalling ill. monday's budget will include business rate cuts for small retailers and cash to improve transport links as the government looks to boost the high street economy. now on bbc news it's time for

sportsday. hello there. welcome to sportsday. the headlines tonight. liverpool on top — a win against cardiff and they're top of the premier league — at least until city play on monday. a piece of magic from a man making his debut gives england's rugby league players the advantage in the tri series with new zealand. and qualifying for the mexico grant deedis and qualifying for the mexico grant deed is under way. lewis hamilton looking to win the title this weekend. also coming up in the programme... the longest game in world series history. the la dodgers pull it back to 2—1 against the boston red sox after the pair slug it out for over seven hours everybody is going home now and trying to wrest for a couple of hours and back to play. and try to win the second game and tie the series. and rain, rain, stay away — roy shines as england look to close out the only t20

of the sri lanka tour. hello there. welcome to sportsday. thanks very much forjoining us this evening. before we get to all the day's action, let's start with the news that the former tottenham and england midfielder and england manager glenn hoddle has been taken to hospital after being seriously ill. hoddle was broadcasting on bt sport when he collapsed — today is his 6ist birthday. the channel cancelled their saturday afternoon score update programme. hoddle is considered one of spurs‘ greatest players and made 377 appearances for the club. winning the fa cup twice in the early 1980's. he won 53 caps for england and later turned to management, taking england to the world cup finals in 1998. there's been a lot of support for him on social media.

hoddle‘s former england teammate gary lineker tweeted. .. from spurs — his former club... and from the england camp... we are expecting an update on his condition and the next half hour or so. condition and the next half hour or so. we will keep you updated on that here on bbc news. for now let's go tojohn for today's football results. how's it looking? thanks. we're starting with liverpool. we're talking about mo salah again today. mo salah — 51 goals in 66 games for liverpool now, he was on the scoresheet again as liverpool beat cardiff 4—1 to move clear at the top of the table. answering those who were questioning whether he could replicate the form

of last season in this campaign. he now has four goals in three matches. sadio mane scored twice, xerdan shaqiri with the other. cardiff grabbed one, nothing more than a consolation. to round off a good week for liverpool who also won in the champions league. here'sjurgen klopp. yes, the goals are nice. but today it was kind of the right game because it woke us up, us and the opponent — gave us space so that we could finish the game off. so i am fine. and you've got a clean week — finally on top of the league for 24 hours at least? laughter my whole life i've always wanted to be top of league for 2h hours! so it's not too decisive, but 26 points are really good. our fans are being fantastic. they know we are up against it. we are limited. we only had seven subs today. so we are a bit short on numbers, but i cannot tip my hat off more to the lads. the lads have given me everything today. another day and we might have got a decent result. cardiff are struggling as are fulham

who were heavily beaten at home by bournemouth. striker calum wilson with two in a 3—0 win. fulham in the bottom three. we will show you the table in a moment. owner shahid khan in the stands — he'd said this week manager slavisa jokanovic‘s job is safe despite seeing little return from the £100 million that was invested in the squad this summer. is that still case after this defeat? at the moment this premier league is hard for us. it is a different pace, different threat. in the end, that means the energy, we need to be more aggressive and midfield area. and today and during the game. we paid an expensive price. still keep going and working hard. for us to restrict them in the way that we did offensively — we were very good. i thought it was a much better away

performance than the watford game, which we did really well in recently. so a lot of positives to take. plenty of positives. huddersfield are bottom tonight beaten 3—0 by watford. one of the goals of the day came from roberto pereya, a lovely dribble through the entire huddersfield defence. well worth watching a match of the day to night. huddersfield replacing newcastle at the bottom. defensively today, this was not the performance which we wanted to have. we not often enough looked solid, stable, compact. they caused us real problems especially in the transition. but in the open play as well, there we were not aggressive enough and we didn't shuffle over and make it tight enough for them and make it uncomfortable enough for them — so they looked very strong. we have played a lot of games better than today. and we have scored three goals.

we have played maybe on counterattack, and they had different chances in the first half to score. they were forced to make maybe two, three good saves. and after that we dominated. we were able to get with ourselves. but i think today we have many things to improve. leicester left it late to salvage a draw against west ham. having been up against ten men forfifty minutes,

it took until the last minute for them to make their man advantage count... west ham took the lead in the first half. after the ball rebounded off the post, it was tucked away by the defender fabian balbuena. but the visitors then had mark noble sent off for this challenge — it was a straight red card. then it was wilfried ndidi who made it one all in the 89th minute via this deflected effort. 1—1 the final score. let's ta ke let's take a look at the rest of the day's results. brighton beating wolves at home, while southampton and newcastle finished goalless at st mary's. so here is the top of the table, liverpool top for 2h hours at least — with manchester city up against tottenham on monday night. chelsea are away at burnley tomorrow, palace and arsenal tomorrow lunchtime as well, whiel manchester united and everton meet tomorrow afternoon. and at the bottom it's huddersfield who replace newcastle. the two level on points. fulham make up the bottom three. sheffield united are top of the championship this evening — a hattrick from billy sharp helped them beat wigan 4—2. that came after an absolulte howler of an own goal meant middlesbrough and derby drew i—i —

both goals were own goals, but this was the worst. jayden bogle totally misjudging the pass to his keeper. boro are down to second, derby in 6th. they all count, don't they? just two matches in the scottish premiership today. kilmarnock leapfrogged celtic into second — they drew one all with hamilton — one other result — stjohnstone beat st mirren two nil. and that is all of the day's football. thanks very much. let's turn our attention to the rest of the day's sports news. to rugby league where england got their three match series off to a winning start against new zealand — but it was close, just two points in it. 18—16 the final score, with a dream debut for oliver gildart, who scored the match—winning try. joe lynskey reports. few traditions in world sport catch the eye like the haka. it is new zealand's

spectacle made to intimidate, but a year on from losing in the world cup final, england have players out to make their own impression. that catch from tommy came two minutes into this first started. an intervention to set up sam tomkins for the finishing touch. but new zealand's response would be typically swift. this is a nation that plays rugby at high speed. like a hot knife through english butter. that score gave the kiwis a six—point lead. but england earned half—time parity through a referee's decision. connor here had not grounded the ball for the score. but a penalty try was given for new zealand's late tackle. it was a decision time to change the game. i'm not having any debate, it is a try. let's go. if that first half was free—flowing the second was marginal.

new zealand kicked their way back in front, but to settle this match england found something far more remarkable. he sizes up his man! what a try! what a debut try that is! oliver called it surreal, just being in the england squad. he was in as a late replacement. this on his debut, was the footwork he won't forget. it was the flash of youthful ambition that capped england's fighting foundations and gives them the advantage in a test series now set up to be one of the greats. joe lynskey, bbc news. unbelievable. seen a bit of spurs and i got over. talk me through it. does it happen as fast as we see it or is it almost in slow motion for you? no, it happens really quick. i wasjust sprinting as fast as i can. i looked up and seeing a fullback. trying my best to beat him. and i did in the end. we've got so many players out from la st we've got so many players out from last year's world cup so that is

what made today remarkable from that point of view. only about ten players missing the play last year. building some depth, and that is what we need to have a good squad, good depth. the guys today were outstanding. wales began the defence of their european championship title against france in carcasonne the score currently at 42—18 to france — this try from morgan escare was their seventh of the match. wales also face ireland and scotland in the series next month. they won this tournament three years ago — the winner and runner—up will qualify automatically for the 2021 world cup. it's been you up—to—date with qualifying for the mexico grand prix. it is under way and is lewis hamilton wants to win the title with a win he will have to work this out.

max verstappen wind quickest in the practise session. he was just for thousands of a second ahead of hamilton. title rival sebastian vettel was left than a tenth off the pace. the final session is about to get under way. it should be an absolute thriller. you can find out who gets pole position. follow it on the bbc sport website right now. what a big weekend it could be for lewis hamilton. england are well placed to take victory in the only t20 intenational with sri lanka in colombo. jason roy was the key figure for england with the bat. theresa may posted 41 but three wickets including eoin morgan's

runout slowed the progression. he continued to impress him bringing up 50. after being dropped four times. on 69, his luck was out. after the rain delay, the hosts improved. moeen ali and later ben stokes vote 188 was the victory target. back in the team for the first time in eight yea rs, the team for the first time in eight years, joe denly did not hang around. two wickets in his first three overs causing concern. then adil rashid answered, claiming three wickets as the hosts were caught short. joe denly finished what he started as england secured to a limited overs double by 30 runs. now the focus is on the upcoming test series. time for a quick look at the rest of the sports stories making the headlines this evening. england'sjustin rose had a mixed third round at the world golf championships event in shanghai. he had the lead at one stage but this double—bogey at the 17th and another dropped shot at the last saw him slip to two under for the round. he's three shots off the overall leader tony finau. england'sjodi ewart shadoff is two shots off the lead heading

into the final round of the lpga taiwan championship. shadoff, the first—round leader, lost ground with a 73, as american nelly korda and taiwan's wei—ling hsu moved to the top of the leaderboard. england's netballers have been struggling. they're playing in the fast 5's. basically 5 a side netball. in shorter games. england are the defending champions but they lost all three of their games this morning. to new zealand, malawi and south africa. they'll be hoping to do better tomorrow when they play australia and jamaica. in rugby union's premiership rugby cup, saracens have beaten leicester 29—21, both teams missing star players, with the autumn internationals looming. it was a chance then for some young talent to make their mark, and for sarries that's what they did. as james burford can tell us. the opening weekend at the inaugural premiership rugby cup and with most of the big guns away on international duty — this is an opportunity for

the youngsters to stake their claim. with halloween just around the corner, there are few scarier sights in rugby than the rolling maul. and he's been haunting teams for years. but saracens were just getting started. this trick was a treat for the saracens fans. perhaps the performance of the day belonged tojoel, making his first start in the senior saracens team. one shudders at the thought he is only 19. the saracens star factory in full working order. just as tha cauldron threatened to boil over, leicester sparked into life and started to work their magic. david touching down before this late score. too little too late though — their fate sealed and saracens start their cup with a win. james burford, bbc news. in the other cup games, there were wins for gloucester, harlequins and northampton. the result is on the screen.

meanwhile... in the pro 1a... leinster thrashed benetton 31—3 away in italy. munster beat glasgow 25—24. and cardiff blues are behind away at the cheetahs. it may be 10 months and 2a days to go until the start of the next rugby world cup but the stadium that will stage the final in yokohama welcomed australia and new zealand before they head off on their autumn international series. the all—blacks ran out 37—20 winners to complete a clean sweep of victories. beuden barrett scored 17—points including this second half try. both teams begin their autumn internationals in two weeks time — new zealand play england at twickenham while australia go to cardiff to take on wales. four—time olympic champion simone biles has made her return to competition after an 18 month break — and she looks in excellent form. she's looking to add to her 10 world golds, and tops the standings in qualification for tomorrow's finals at the world championships in doha. and this, 2a hours after a trip

to hospital for treatment for kidney stones. it's being pretty crazy. i was an er last night and came back early in the morning like at 1:00. found out i had a kidney stone so we're going from there. but the pain is pretty ok right now. so that is good. so we can expect to see you out there going for team usa? you don't want to let the team down, do you? no, of course not. team is number one priority. absolutely nothing is going to stop her. super league triathlon is in malta this weekend, but some of britain's best are missing the action. double olympic champion alistair brownlee is one of six britons unable to take part. his brotherjonny was in the eliminator race, which sees the slowest athletes drop out after each stage. the race was won by south africa's richard murray, with brownlee finishing fourth. america's katie zaferes won all three stage races to take victory in the women's eliminator. great britain'sjodie stimpson was fifth. there are super league events in mallorca in a week's time

and singapore in february, before the final in australia in march. sloane stephens has reached the final of the wta finals in singapore, after beating karolina pliskova in the semi—finals. it was an incredible comeback from the world number six — she lost eight games in a row at the start. she eventually came through to win love—6, 6—4, 6—1. and she goes through to the final. ...where she'll face elina svitolina tomorrow. she became the first ukrainian woman to reach the finals, after beating kiki bertens over three sets. the match lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes — and was the longest of the tournament so far. this one may take some topping. the los angeles dodgers have clawed their way back into the world series with an epic 3—2 victory over the boston red sox in game 3 in la. the sides played for a staggering seven hours and 20 minutes in the longest world series game ever. the red sox lead the series 2—1. our reporter chris mitchell is out in la for us. let me put this amazing

marathon game — this hollywood epic — into some sort of context for you. a regular game of baseball takes about three and a half hours to finish. this one took a staggering seven hours and 20 minutes. the players were tired, the fans were tired, everybody was tired at the end. in fact when max hit the winning home run, there was a huge cheer. of course there was — from the home fans. but then there was a rush for the exit doors. because of course many of them had missed their dinner reservations in downtown la. they would have to get back for the baby—sitters perhaps. and what about — pity then perhaps — the poor boston red sox fans who had watched on the east coast throughout the night? they would not have gone to bed much before 5am. but the people we really have to think about here are the players. what do they do now after a marathon game? how are they going to prepare for game four?

we play an amazing game today. one of the longest games i ever played in my life. 18 innings on a seven hours, this is amazing. i'm so happy. now we need to be back at the stadium in a couple of hours. everybody is going home now for try to rest for a couple of hours and back to play. and try to win the second game and tie the series. so where does this leave the series? well, it has made it very exciting of course. we're not going to get the what many people were talking about. the dodgers are back in it. but you have to say, the red sox are still the favourites to take it overall. if you look back though, in the history of world series, you will see that there is one team that has done very well when it has been 2—0 down before. and that is the los angeles dodgers. so they have given themselves a chance, 2—1 it is, game four, back here very shortly. he is loving it. absolutely. plenty

of exciting stuff to come still. as the players get bigger and the challenges get even more bone crunching in full contact rugby, it's perhaps no wonder, that more, are turning to the tag version of the sport. the 88—strong british team took off for australia for the tag world cup, and our reporter mike bushell went to train with them. if you want to play more rugby, but don't want get flattened... well, there is an alternative. the version of the game that has boomed over the last decade. you see, the worst that can happen in this game is you get your tags taken off your shorts. a bit like rugby league. you get six phases, six tackles before you concede possession. a tag — that is the tackle. i'd never have been able to get

you down in a normal game of ruby. you can get the luxuries of rugby with the social components that rugby brings to it, as well as a very good work—out. and playing the game that you love, without having to go to work with a black eye or not make that interview. it's mixed — mens and womens, makes it nice, and all engaging sport. when i left school i went to play for a men's rugby club, and you have got people who are six foot five and then, you know, me who is five foot nothing. it is quite daunting. there is a bit of contact in tag, but it is fairly minimal. it suits people like me who are a bit more on the agile side, let's put it that way. this form of tag rugby was invented by an australian rugby league team in 1992 who wanted to keep players fitter in the off—season. and it is a focus on the shorts. mike, tuck your shirt in, please. part of the rules.

tuck my shirt in? safety apparently. come on. but don't be loaded into thinking the lack of tackles makes it easy. it's virtually nonstop play — for 20 minutes in a half. may not have the tackles of rugby union or rugby league in this version, but it is so fast and so furious. after all the ball doesn't go to ground, there is no line to slow things down. it is consistently go, go, go. we don't know what's happening half the time, but it gives us a thrill to play and make tags and catch balls and score tries. there's a lot of different skills that you can bring into it. the kicking and the shoulder height. really good. having arrived in the uk just nine years ago, more than 20,000 players in league matches every week. and the pick of the players are added to the world cup in australia this weekend to play with men's, women's and mixed great britain teams. i come from a netball background so quote unquote they wanted girls that can throw and catch.

jumped in a tournament team, won, and went from there. cannot believe it, it has gone from social in 2012 and up to this in 2018. maybe the gb players were saving themselves. maybe they were just bamboozled by my wiggling hips. eventually ijived my way through to put the ball down and score a point with my shorts untouched. shortly after that, i had never been so glad to hear a final whistle. that is it. i've never done anything as exhausting — the running, the speed, the mental taxing, the positioning and skill. just having a good sit. the australian world cup. at the beginning of the programme we told you we were expecting an update on former england manager glenn hoddle who was taken to hospital. this is what his spokesman has said

in the last few moments. "earlier today glenn collapsed at the bt sport studio. he received immediate medical attention on set and was transferred to hospital in london. the latest is that his condition is serious, but glenn is currently receiving a specialist treatment and responding well. " and he goes on to say his family are with them. and they will like to thank everyone for their support and would also like to respect their privacy at this time. an update there on that statement on his condition after being taken seriously ill today. that's all from sportsday. they started running as this saturday evening. and i'll have 2a you throughout the evening. goodbye. good evening. quite a wintry feel to oui’ good evening. quite a wintry feel to our day—to—day. that was actually

some wintry stuff as well. snow showers are high ground in this area and four north of scotland. also frequent showers running in off the north sea, affecting the midlands down into the southwest. do showers are going to continue in that southeastern corner overnight tonight. that is going to prevent the temperatures from falling too low. further west we will see clearer skies, fewer showers and the cold est clearer skies, fewer showers and the coldest in sheltered rural parts of scotland. at the west will see the best of the sunshine tomorrow. the winds will swing around for more of a northeasterly direction. hiv the showers off the north sea. they will be around first thing in the morning, hopefully easing in touch into the afternoon. the best of the sunshine is further west, highest values 8—11d. and then as we go for sunday night, the showers will continue to fade. it would be a quick chilly start at as we move into the middle part of the week we will be surrounded with a warm weather front try to push him from the west. and other moving up across the west. and other moving up across the near continent, which could bring some heavier rain to eastern

england for the regular part of the week. it is all changed yet again. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm... a gunman opens fire in a synagogue in the us city of pittsburgh — it's reported there are multiple casualties. police say the shooter is now in custody. he entered the building during a saturday morning service. president trump has been briefed. a lot of people killed, a lot of people very badly wounded. they say the crime scene is one of the worst that some professionals that have seen many, many crime scenes, they say it's one of the worst that they've seen. here, the former cabinet minister lord hain says he stands by his decision to name sir philip green as the businessman facing allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse — claims he categorically denies. former england footballer and manager glenn hoddle is taken to hospital afterfalling ill.