you will be happy as a liverpool fan. day two today of the premier league season. two matches to keep us league season. two matches to keep us entertained this afternoon but after yesterday's curtain raiser between liverpool and leeds united, let's say there's plenty to live up to. a 7 goal thriller at anfield. with the champions liverpool edging it 4—3 over newly promoted leeds. but they certainly kept us entertained. as alex gulrajani reports jorgen klopp said it best, "the premier league came back came back with a bang". only four minutes into their game with leeds, and mohamed salah had won liverpool a penalty. he didn't make any mistake from the spot. marcelo bielsa's side had waited a long time to be back in the top flight but they did not have to wait too long to be level. kalvin phillips, fresh from an england debut last week, with a pass, jack harrison with the finish. a pulsating start and one that did not let up,

as liverpool got themselves ahead again, thanks to virgil van dijk. while the centre—half flourished in attack, he was a touch rusty at the back. patrick bamford on hand to bring things level for a second time. commentator: that sums up liverpool's defensive display so far. once again, liverpool hit back and this time, in a style. no stopping this from salah. oh, wow! given the way the game had played out already, you would be a fool to back against leeds. mateusz klich! would you believe that! level again. but an opening—day draw at the champions was snatched away late on — another penalty. here comes salah. liverpool four, leeds united three, it is an opening day hat—trick for mohamed salah. there were mistakes we usually do not make but if you make them you will struggle against everybody but we usually don't do

it and so we have just to continue the work. i loved the desire we showed immediately again. it didn't stop, i like that. welcome back to the premier league. alex gulrajani, bbc news. arsenal are the early pacesetters at the top of the table, as they beat newly promoted fulham. they won 3—0 at craven cottage. pierre—emerick aubameyang with arsenal's final goal. alexander lacazette and debutant gabriel also scored. newcastle have been busy in the transfer market pre season and one of their new players quickly made their mark. callum wilson — a £20 million signing from bournemouth — scored newcastle's first in their 2—0 win at west ham. elsewhere crysral palace beat southampton 1—0. rangers manager steven gerrard says his side need to sign more players after four of his team suffered injuries yesterday

they still managed to beat dundee united 4—0 to stay top of the premiership, 3 points clear of hibs. meanwheil celtic thrashed ross county 5—0. they're third, but they do have two games in hand. if you went to bed last night watching the start of the women's final of the us open, you may have thought it was all wrapped up for victoria azarenka. but number one seed naomi osaka came from a set down to claim her third major title, her second at flushing meadows. our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. it's been seven years since victoria azarenka last walked out into a grand slam final. off court struggles in the meantime letter to contemplate retirement. but now, against the odds, she is back at the top of her sport. relentless pressure. brilliance from azarenka. her opponent, naomi osaka, is only 22, but was also chasing her third major title.

early on, she was given the ru na round. azarenka cruising through the first set 6—1. but the numberfour seed has never lost a grand slam final and eventually found herfight. that's the best point we have seen from osaka. claiming a second set 6—3. now, the momentum had shifted. azarenka was struggling to keep up. osaka saving her best when it mattered most. what a finish. osaka is the champion. throughout this tournament, osaka has used her platform to highlight racial injustice. yet again, she is a champion. but for her, that has always been about something bigger. so a third grand slam for osaka and a second us open title, but she acknowledged afterwards just how tough it was after losing that first set.

i really wanted to fight and just compete and, i don't know, there wasn't another thought in my mind, i wasn't another thought in my mind, i wasn't thinking about winning, i was thinking about competing and somehow i ended up with the trophy. formula one might be visiting the mugello circuit in italy for the first time, but it's still the the same old story with lewis hamilton on pole yet again. the world champion will start this afternoon's tuscan grand prix from the front after securing the 95th pole of his career. it was close though, he was just five hundredths of a second quicker than his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas. i can't tell you how happy i am. it doesn't matter how many pole positions you have, each one is challenging in a different way and it is crazy to think i have 95, but it is crazy to think i have 95, but it definitely feels just as good as the first. rugby union's covid—delayed proili

season has finally come to a close with leinster winning the title for the third year in a row they beat ulster 27—5 in the dublin final. ireland centre robbie henshaw scored one of their three tries. not too long to enjoy it though...the new season will start on the opening weekend of october. rugby league fans returned to the terraces for the first time since march as 5000 were able to watch wigan warriors beat catalan dragons. the match was held in the south of france in perpignan but wigan spoiled the home coming for the dragons. joe burgess scored two tries in their 28—12 win. tom marquand earned his first classic victory at the st leger at doncaster, despite being the replacement jockey. he only found out he'd be riding galileo chrome 2a hours beforehand after regularjockey shane crosse tested positive for coronavirus on friday.

i know it's early in the season, but i think we already have a winner for the worst miss already.. whilst playing for kv mechelen in belgium, midfielder aster vranckx — from a yard out — somehow trips over the ball. to make thinks worse the other team scored the only goal in the 95th minute to win and leapfrog them in the table. that is quite difficult to watch. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news — it's time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rosamund urwin —

senior reporter at the sunday times and ben chu — the independent‘s economic‘s editor. welcome to both. thank you for spending your sunday with us. let's start off with the sunday times. it splashes on leaked documents, that suggest coronavirus is once again spreading through care homes. the observer says that some of the country's top lawyers have criticised the attorney general for destroying the uk's reputation, as the row over brexit continues. brexit is on the front page of the sunday telegraph too. the newspaper says the prime minister risks another row with the eu — with plans to opt out of parts of european human rights laws. the sunday express carries an interview with borisjohnson, in which he vows to radically overhaul jail sentences. the mail on sunday urges an end to the covid restrictions, which have seen thousands of women forced to endure labour alone. the sunday mirror reports that ufc star, conor mcgregor, was taken into custody in corsica

on suspicion of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure — and was released without being charged. and the independent carries a picture of sir terence conran, the british designer who revolutionised retail and decor, who has died at the age of 88. let's start off, rosamond, let's start off with the sunday times. along with many of the other papers, featuring that letter from tony blairand featuring that letter from tony blair and john major criticising the government's brexit plans. there are strong words, as the world looks on aghast at the uk, whose words was once accepted as inviolable, this government's action is shaming itself and embarrassing our nation. yes, it's quite a brutal intervention from two former prime ministers from rival parties. they are saying that tearing up part of

the withdrawal agreement will jeopardise peace in northern ireland. it will make it harder to negotiate other trade deals and it would destroy trust in britain, so it's not exactly looking great for boris johnson's new it's not exactly looking great for borisjohnson's new plans. they actually say within the article, that we have all got to a point with brexit where it has dragged on for so brexit where it has dragged on for so long that many others feel quite exhausted by it and they may not realise how shocking this latest turn is, but they say it absolutely is shocking because it undermines everything that britain is known for and so it is incredibly damning. it is quite a big deal that the two of them have come together, it is quite ha rd to them have come together, it is quite hard to get them to do something together, i have actually tried in the past as a journalist about a year ago. so, it

the past as a journalist about a yearago. so, it is the past as a journalist about a year ago. so, it is a the past as a journalist about a yearago. so, it is a big the past as a journalist about a year ago. so, it is a big deal and the past as a journalist about a yearago. so, it is a big dealand i think people would do well to listen to watch two former prime ministers have got to say. although, ben, i suppose boris johnson and have got to say. although, ben, i suppose borisjohnson and his allies might say that it's the same old faces making the same old criticisms. s i think that this gives it extra power when they talk about the northern ireland peace process. downing street suggesting that they are trying to protect the good friday agreement. these are the two architects of the good friday agreement, two very important people in bringing peace in northern ireland and they are saying that this could jeopardise it and this is the consensus of pretty much everyone who was involved in that. so it is powerful for them to make that point. i also think it is powerful for them to make the point that lot, europe can retaliate. europe has this ability to withhold the ability for uk financial firms

to participate in a single market. this is a very, very important thing for british businesses. maybe uk trillion dollar tech firms in the future, they need that access. they should be mindful of the ability for europe to not cooperate on other matters which will very much hurt the uk economy in the years to come. and the sunday telegraph are talking about boris johnson being and the sunday telegraph are talking about borisjohnson being set to opt out of human rights laws, saying that britain is preparing to opt out of major parts of european human rights laws, risking an explosive new row with the european union. absolutely. he isn't really making any friends as he goes down to the wire on negotiations. so this story, which is really playing to the sunday telegraph reader here, it is sort of their dream story, this paranoia that human rights have overstretched and is now essentially protect criminals. of course, human rights are the rights of last

resort. they are when nothing else, when there are no other rights to rely on. of course, there are insta nces rely on. of course, there are instances where they can be misapplied and it is obviously worth looking at their scope, but i have to say, it is always deeply worrying when the idea of getting rid of human rights is met with glee, because these are often protecting very vulnerable situations, people in vulnerable situations. but this is very much playing to the sunday telegraph reader here. ben chu, let's see at the sunday express. they have boris pledging to see that justice is truly done and a radical shake—up in the criminaljustice system for a couple of decades. potentially giving some teenagers whole life terms. i think it's interesting that the first sentence of this article, written by boris johnson for the sunday telegraph, he says that the entire point of the

justice system is to punish the guilty and protect the innocent, with the implication that that is not what's happening at the moment, which might raise a few eyebrows considering we have had a conservative government for ten years, but this government styles itself as a sort of the year zero that nothing happened before boris johnson. this is setting up some criminal justice johnson. this is setting up some criminaljustice reforms this week. they seem to be along the lines that they will avoid life sentences, able to apply life sentences to people under21. at the moment, you to apply life sentences to people under 21. at the moment, you can't do that. it is also about tightening up do that. it is also about tightening up criminaljustice do that. it is also about tightening up criminal justice procedure do that. it is also about tightening up criminaljustice procedure is on parole, the granting parole. there may be a case for some of these things, there are examples in recent months, where we can say that the syste m months, where we can say that the system does need tightening, but the whole style of it, which is that everything is broken in the criminal justice system and everything... and

people who know about the system would question that, and just the general thrust of it has not been building confidence in a system which, in many ways, is functioning very well. the other big problem is that prisons are really overcrowded and the idea of giving people even longer sentences, unless we deal with this very basic issue that there is a huge number of people sharing cells as the howard league, which campaigns for prison reform will tell you. we also have to sort out the fact that we are sending an awful lot of people to prison often for non—violent offences, there is a? around that. of course, there are a lwa ys a? around that. of course, there are always exa m ples a? around that. of course, there are always examples when people should have had longer sentences. i'm sure eve ryo ne have had longer sentences. i'm sure everyone would agree with that but i'm sure there are a lot of people in prison who spent a long time and therefore non—violent offences and perhaps we need to think about that as well. rosamond, i'm going to ask you about your own story in the sunday times.

the headlines is virus cases in care homes spiralling again and care homes, as we know, have seen so many tragic deaths of people because of covid—i9 and a great fear i suppose it's being that we might see a return to something like that again. tell us about what was in that story because there was a letter sent out on friday to care homes. yes, there was. matt hancock wrote a letter to ca re was. matt hancock wrote a letter to care homes on friday and what that said was that staff who were supposed to be being tested as of the start ofjuly, weekly to be checked for coronavirus, that doesn't happen, that deadline got pushed back by two months, and the suggestion is that staff are bringing it into care homes, not through any fault of their own of course, and then unfortunately it has started to spread to residents. what we had as our splash today is a

department of health report which was circulated on friday, this was actually the official secret part of it, and it was showing that testing, indicative testing, was showing that there is a massive rise in the number of cases. i would say that thatis number of cases. i would say that that is against the backdrop of the number of cases in care homes having fallen dramatically since april when, obviously, unfortunately people were discharged into care homes, some from nhs hospitals, some of whom unfortunately brought coronavirus with them because they hadn't been tested. i would say that ca re hadn't been tested. i would say that care homes are working incredibly ha rd to protect care homes are working incredibly hard to protect people inside them and it is a very difficultjob to do, because of course, there is also the quality of live questions. in nursing homes, the subset of care homes that have nursing staff there for 2h hours a day, the average life expectancy when you go in there is 13 months. it is often end—of—life care. if people are being kept away

from the relatives for huge chunks of that, essentially for six months, that also seems very cruel and there area that also seems very cruel and there are a lot of heartbreaking stories that i have heard and written about of people who haven't seen their relatives and to have become very depressed in care homes. so, it's a very difficult balancing act. when needs to happen is the government needs to happen is the government needs to happen is the government needs to deliver fast testing so that people in care homes get the results back faster and they know if a staff member needs to go off sick, because at the moment, some operators say it is taking over seven days to get a test back and thatis seven days to get a test back and that is not very helpful if you have had a member of staff working all the time. then, there is a story here in the mail about ending the trauma of loan births. this is quite interesting because we have received some nhs advice which rather contradicts that daily mailfront page. nhs england

says that in most circumstances, it is fine for visitors to see new mums and mums to be, especially when they are partners, so what is the truth here? well, i think the truth is that it probably varies from nhs trusts from hospital to hospital. the official guidance, both from the nhs and from the government, is that new mothers, people giving birth, and people going in for scans, should be able to have a partner with them. but it seems that some trusts, who are concerned about the risk of infection spreading, are not really following that or using their discretion to apply it fully. i think it is an important issue because people who know and have been through this process know how important it is to have a partner that the solidarity and support, what can be very emotionally fraught and tricky times. so it is a

legitimate issue and it is concerning that some people are not getting this support because of these health reasons. but to be fair, it is, we can't on the one hand say, we want local organisations to use their discretion and then say, don't use discretion, follow the national rules at all times. so it is a tricky one. one would hope that this would lead to, as i say, more mothers getting that support, and a very vulnerable time. mothers getting that support, and a very vulnerable timelj mothers getting that support, and a very vulnerable time. i am very glad to have two men speaking about this, asa to have two men speaking about this, as a woman of seven months pregnant, i would like to speak about this. i am glad that the mail on sunday has picked this up as i have had to go to one of my scans alone. so, it isn't just about birth, to one of my scans alone. so, it isn'tjust about birth, it is also about scans and yes, it varies hugely from hospital to hospital, i have looked at this myself and talked about this extensively, but the big problem is that some people

are being left in hospitals having had very traumatic deliveries, obviously feeling the worst time in their life essentially, very very scared and their partner isn't allowed to be with them. that does feel very cruel. mostly, people can come in for births, for the actual labour, but you are very, very limited in terms of the amount of time you're allowed to be in there asa time you're allowed to be in there as a partner. so, you are giving birth in two months' time. what are you hoping will happen in terms of people being around you? well, i would like the mail on sunday to win this campaign because at the moment, i have to be in active labour before my husband is allowed to come in with me. he isn't allowed to come to my 36 week scan either, so he won't have come to anything. he has never been allowed into anything that has happened and, on top of that, he will then have to leave as soon as i have given birth, so that is quite brutal on people and i would say, he

is allowed to go to the pub, he is allowed to go on holiday to various places, there is all sorts of other ways that he could be around, spreading coronavirus, not that he is doing those things, but obviously, this most worrying times, this is my first child, i think this is harder on people who have had difficult first pregnancies and so i worried and for people who are going through it for the first time full stops i hope that the mail on sunday when the campaign. well, very good luck to you. i hope it goes very well indeed. then, as if we haven't got enough to worry about with coronavirus and climate change and anything else, the sunday telegraph has a story about a russian missile. the russians are developing a nuclear powered missile that could fly around the earth for years on end ready to strike at any moment. that's a rather terrifying prospect. well, i suppose flying round the

earth for years on end, that doesn't sound too bad, but the problem is that it could come as you say in the headline, strike at any moment. it is called sky fall, which is obviously resonant of the james bond films. it is a worrying development which has been briefed out by the intelligence hope, so it is something that clearly, the uk and the us and others want to get into the us and others want to get into the public domain. i think the point about this, you can actually bring it back to europe. the fact that russia is still investing in this high—tech, dangerous weaponry shows the need for cooperation from western governments and, with defence cooperation being a big part of the uk and eu talks, it shows you, why don't we focus on these threats rather than these parochial issues and take this kind of thing seriously? because the military clearly are.

rosamond, the observer has a nice front page about terence conran. it's a rather nice introductory sentence. the man who dragged britain's front rooms and parlours into the modern age, has died at the age of 88. he was revolutionary. absolutely, not just in age of 88. he was revolutionary. absolutely, notjust in terms of interiors but also in the world of food, with some of the leading restau ra nts. food, with some of the leading restaurants. he revolutionised our dinner tables as well and dramatically improved, my parents talk about the terrible days of british cuisine, going out for dinner, you could eat very badly, and this is one of the things that arejust got and this is one of the things that are just got better and better in oui’ are just got better and better in our country and we owe him a lot for that. then, any thoughts on terence conran? do you think he is as revolutionary as he's being portrayed? i didn't realise he was being credited as bringing duvets to

britain, so he deserves accolades that alone. i have very fond memories of going to habitats when i was a young child and playing in their children's play area, which was also a new introduction, so he was also a new introduction, so he was also a new introduction, so he was a great man and it's a very sad day. lets finish up with a nice story in the sunday times. would you adopt air misogynistic parrot? well, we have seen soaring demand for kittens and puppies during lockdown because people would like some company. but parrots are not doing so well. they are struggling to rehome birds and in fact, some people are ditching their birds. perhaps because they are rather irritating to be stuck at home with, but also, it turns out that some of them are a little bit, theoretically, sexist. i don't think they can actually be sexist, but

some parrots prefer to live with men, but not enough men want to adopt parrots, so if there are any male viewers who would like a parrot, there clearly is a lot of parrots in desperate need of a home, so parrots in desperate need of a home, so that is the story. ben, my producer chris is saying that a parrot isn't just for producer chris is saying that a parrot isn'tjust for lockdown. what you make of this? would you like a parrot? not really. as the article points out, it can be a bit distracting when you are doing a zoom call and you have a squawking bird in the background. it's bad enough for squawking children, let alone a bird as well. i'm interested though that there doesn't seem to be any reference to man hating parrots in the article, considering that the reason that they are misogynistic is because they were brought up with a man, they must be a few that are brought up by women and don't like the idea of a man taking charge of them. isn't it remarkable that they live so long? who would have thought

that you can get a parrot that is 87 years old? that you can get a parrot that is 87 years old ? i that you can get a parrot that is 87 years old? i think that's remarkable in itself. it is actually, now you mention it. well, you learn a lot here on the bbc newspaper review. then an rosamond, thank you so much for being with us. very good of you tojoin as. that's it for being with us. very good of you to join as. that's it from all of goodbye. hello. temperatures are set to climb over the next few days and a burst of september heat on the way. and today is a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. dry for many, the best of the sunshine towards the south and east but towards the north—west of scotland more rain in the forecast, potentially enough to give localised flooding and travel disruption. for southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england quite a windy day with gusts of around 45 mph. 19 degrees in glasgow, 21 in belfast and the highest temperatures

across eastern england, up to 25 or 26 this afternoon. this evening and tonight the rain will slowly peter out in the north—west of scotland. a lot of cloud around and some patches of fog in one or two spots down towards the south in what will be a mild night, 11 to 1a degrees. through monday and tuesday temperatures in the south could get close to 30 degrees but warming up further north as well. it will then turn cooler but mostly dry from midweek onwards.

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