-- about rafe on the dow as well. —— about rafe on the dow as well. —— about rafe on the dow as well. —— about rafe on the dow as well. now to that other ecord equling feat, rafael nadal dismantling novak djokovic at roland garros to bring up french open title number 13, grand slam number20, drawing level with roger federer. let's speak to our tennis correspodnent who was in paris for the fortnight. russell, before you start talking about the 20, andy murray says that 13 titles at rolling garros, that beats any other sporting record,., just by itself. quite possibly he thinks the greatest achievement in sport. he made the comparison with pete sanford who was the leading male player for so long pete sanford who was the leading male playerfor so long in pete sanford who was the leading male player for so long in terms of grand slams. —— pete send first. here is the doll, just one of the four grand slams within one of the overall record. —— rafael nadal. an astounding achievement in the way he played in the final against novak djokovic, he really was not close at all. it will be thinking maybe he didn't have enough matches and it has about coming into rolling garros, having on played three

matches since february because of the shut but he dismantled him. he demolished them. you have to think when they picked up in several months' time assuming they are fit come he will after excellent chance of winning a 14th french open title. you wrote a piece on the website today about the greatest of all time race. really interesting when you look at the three, how all of those grand slam titles between them, the emotional attachment their fans have for each when you try to separate them. it is a very partisan debate. it isa them. it is a very partisan debate. it is a very dangerous debate to get involved and i should say. there is no definitive answer because how you the site who was the greatest of all time? do you look at number of grand slams one? that may be at the tie—breaker if you want to come up with a solution. you can look at how many weeks at world number one weather as player has one davis cup is an olympic gold medals in all these things. but ultimately, the

point i was trying to make of it what it boils down to the emotional attachment and many people did pick attachment and many people did pick a side when federal and a dog came onto the scene. it is been hard for novak djokovic. he's had to fight its way in. —— pick a side between roger federer and rafael nadal. it makes life difficult indeed. djokovic there, he has years on his side as have rafael nadal when looking at more grand slam titles. 57 between the 3 cents federal one is first back at 17 years ago. —— roger federer. is there any negative we can look at from this dominance? there have been a few generations of players who just haven't been able to get close to these titles because of how good those three are. is that damaging any way for the sport coachella and spent an amazing period for the sport but i think when they do finally stop playing tennis, then the players who are left are not as well—known perhaps as they would otherwise have been because those three in particular.

in any murder in the uk too. they have committed so much attention. there players like milos raonic. —— and andy murder in the uk. kei nishikori. —— andy murray. there's a lot of star issues, being beaten by all those through to often. things are slowly changing. it is an evolution. not a case of a changing of the guard. but you look at dominic team, a grand slam champion him with her at the grand slam finals. and stefanos they like their on this completing the education learning what it takes to win a grand slam title one day. thank you, russell. now to some of tonight's other headlines. fly half finn russell is back in the scotland squad for the conclusion of the six nations championship and their autumn internationals. he was dropped injanuary after a breach of team protocols. los angeles lakers are nba champions for

the first time in 10 years. lebronjames was the most valuable player as they beat miami heat in game six to take the series 4—2. it's looking like eoin morgan's kolkata knight riders are going to lose. they have lost by 82 runs. there was a remarkable six outside of the ground. he hit two cars. the scottish women's premier league starts next sunday and nine months after she signed for rangers, bala devi could make her debut against hearts. she's the captian of india and has scored 52 goals in 58 appearances. she's also the first indian woman to play professionally outside her country and she's been speaking to jane dougall. music. it's been a baptism of fire for her. the first woman from our country to play professionally abroad and she came to scotland just before lockdown. quickly she discovered no

quy lockdown. quickly she discovered no guy is very different from where she grew up. especially the weather. very cold when i came here. the weather is so cold. timbers are very low. india may be better known for sports other than football, but her father with a semipro, so at the little girl, she was given opportunities that many others were not. i actually started playing football from very young age. from four or five years. because football from very young age. from four orfive years. because my father always encouraged me and luckily, there are no restrictions for girls to play any sport x—rays and he swung from every night i used to sleep with a ball. —— play any sport activities where i'm from. ice to think about football. whenever you sleep, take the ball he was tell

me. at 14, michaelwent you sleep, take the ball he was tell me. at 14, michael went selected for a national team and eventually being named captain if her in began to attract attention from further afield. —— bala devi was selected. attract attention from further afield. —— bala devi was selectedlj got afield. —— bala devi was selected.” got to know the rangers were interested to sign me. for me, it is a dream move not only for me and family but also for my friends and supporters. i hope that by play playing here at rangers fc, i hope many more girls will start playing for in india. if more girls play from our team can be better. this is my dream. there is a lot to learn about her new adopted city including some ancient rivalries. specifically, the old firm match. the rangers men play celtic on saturday, and she will be watching. i will watching tv in support the

rangers fc. in the woman slick also, we will play against celtic, i am excited. —— in the woman's leak. we will play against celtic, i am excited. -- in the woman's leak. he came on as a substitute and a friend elect in a recent friendly. she's helping to make her day beat on sunday. —— she came on as a substitute in a friendly match recently. she's helping to make her debut. good luck to her. that's all from sportsday. go onto our website for more on our story project big picture and thus radical changes for football. good night for now. hello again and good evening. you're watching bbc news. borisjohnson has announced a new set of restrictions designed to curb

the rapidly rising number of coronavirus cases. the prime minister told mps that every area of england would be placed into "medium", "high" or "very high" alert levels. mrjohnson said there'd be no return to a national lockdown — but the stark reality of a second wave of covid meant the government could not let the virus "rip". here he is explaining the three alert levels. just as we simplified our national rules, with the rule of six, we will now simplify and standardise our local rules, by introducing a three—tiered system of local covid alert levels in england, set at medium, high and very high. the medium alert level will cover most of the country and will consist of the current, national measures. this includes the rule of six and the closure of hospitality at 10pm. the high alert level reflects the interventions in many local areas at the moment.

this primarily aims to reduce household to household transmission by preventing all mixing between different household or support bubbles indoors. in these areas, the rule of six will continue to apply outdoors, where it is harder for the virus to spread, in public spaces as well as private gardens. most areas which are already subject to local restrictions will automatically move into the high alert level. as a result of rising infection rates, nottinghamshire, east and west cheshire and a small area will also move into the high alert level. the very high alert level will apply where transmission rates are rising most rapidly and where the nhs could soon be under unbearable pressure without further restrictions. in these areas, the government

will set a baseline of prohibiting social mixing indoors and in private gardens and, i'm sorry to say, closing pubs and bars. we want to create the maximum possible local consensus behind this more severe local action, so in each area, we will work with local government leaders on the additional measures which should be taken. the labour leader sir keir starmer said that while his party recognised the need for action to be taken, it seemed that the government was reacting too late. we are at a critical moment. we have all seen the clear and alarming trend in infection rates. the virus is now spreading in all areas of the united kingdom. the much faster in some areas than others. as the prime

minister said, the deputy chief medical officer said, they are now more patients in hospital with covid—19 today than when the country went into lockdown on the 23rd of march. and deaths are rising. nobody should be under any illusion about where this is heading. or of the need for decisive action. the question today is whether the restrictions announced by the prime minister can bring the country back from the brink, whether they can regain control of the virus and provide the support and confidence that local businesses and communities need. that is how high the stakes now are. so we will consider the package, we will look at the small print of the prime minister's statement, we will discuss them with local mayors, councillors and leaders in the areas most effective. we will scrutinise the economic package that sits alongside them. but i have to say to

the prime minister, i am now deeply sceptical that the government has actually got a plan to get control of this virus, to protectjobs or gain public trust. we have tried to give the prime minister benefit of the doubt, but it increasingly feels like the prime minister are several steps behind the curve and running to catch up with the virus but he has lost control of it long ago. it was less than three weeks ago, 22nd of september, that the prime minister came to this house to announce new restrictions. he said then that the measures he was introducing then would, i quote, curve the number of daily infections, that those restrictions were carefullyjudged to retrieve the maximum reduction in the r number. that has not happened. those measures have not worked. we would not be here today if they had. sir keir starmer there. coming up at 8:30 p:m., we willansweryour questions on those new covert restrictions for england and we will bejoined by the

restrictions for england and we will be joined by the virologist christmas from the university at cambridge so send us send your questions so you can use to hash—tag. —— chris smith. e—mail them as well. let us look at the weather with the been rich. good evening. today back cloud and rain eastwards a cross evening. today back cloud and rain eastwards across the ek. brightest ice following from the west. we will see more in the way of dry and fairly bright weather this week. it will stay though on the chilly side. through the rest of this evening, we see operates a brain pushing feast in england and bending back in towards north england and rain returning to parts of eastern scotland. 2 degrees and glasgow, chilly and southwest scotland and we keep some showers out towards the west. they will push southwards the wales in the southwest of england during tomorrow and i'll bring terrain continue to affect parts of eastern england, northern england and north wales to the afternoon. drying up and brightening up on the

north across scotland in northern ireland but it will be particularly windy here and it will feel very cool indeed with highs of 12 or 13 degrees. towards the end of the week, things look increasingly dry. fairly bright but with quite a lot of cloud and will stay rather chilly. in a moment, we will be live in downing street, where the prime minister will be holding a news conference and taking questions on the new system of restrictions for england. boris johnson announced the latest measures in the house of commons this afternoon, telling mps that every area of england would be placed into medium, high or very high alert levels. so far, only the liverpool city region has been placed

into the highest tier, which prohibits any mixing of households indoors. other households, up to six people, can meet in outside spaces such as parks. pubs and bars will close. go to the press conference as soon as it starts, but fergus walsh is with me. we have had the announcement of these three tiers, are they going to be enough, fergus? well, that is the big question, because we have had restrictions in many parts of the north of england for weeks, and in some areas for months, and yet the figures keep going the wrong way. and we have a huge number of cases, and that is now feeding into hospitals, because what matters is not so much the cases but the impact that this has on hospital care, and some hospitals are now almost, almost, getting to the levels of patients with