tv Sportsday BBC News October 18, 2020 6:30pm-6:46pm BST
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now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. autumn weather is waking up again, wind and rain heading our way. spreading across northern ireland and scotland as the night goes on, parts of northern england, the further north you are. south of that a few breaks in the cloud, if you mist and fog patches around and temperatures are lower than this in some spots for 10 degrees in belfast to start the day tomorrow. a brief lull in the day early on but more heavy rain will come on quickly in the morning and then spread across scotland, parts of northern england, north west england, that rain into the afternoon. elsewhere in england and wales, hazy brightness. the wind picks up, turns mother in the southerly wind as well, but for the northern ireland and scotland and particularly western scotland it
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hello, this is bbc news with tim willcox. the mayor of greater manchester accuses boris johnson of exaggerating the spread of coronavirus in the area in a bid to persuade local leaders to accept tougher restrictions — as he calls for increased financial support. anywhere could end up in tier three this winter. in fact, i would say places are likely to end up in tier three. therefore, it is everyone‘s concern to protect the lowest paid in our community. the earlier we have the restrictions, in those areas where there is high instance, the better for the economy of those
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areas because we stop the infection spreading in a way which will do further damage to the economy. the government says there's been nearly seventeen thousand more cases of coronavirus in the uk — reported in the last 2a hours, and a further 67 people have died. vigils and rallies are held across france in a show of solidarity with the teaching profession, following the killing of a teacher on friday. that is it so far. but let's pause and catch up with the latest sports news. hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. coming up on the programme... west ham come back from three down to get a draw at tottenham in the final seconds of the game. the pressure pays off —
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but brighton leave it late for share of the spoils with rivals crystal palace. miedema makes history, in the north london derby as arsenal crush spurs to stay top of the wsl. and a first grand tour stage win for britain's tayo gaygan—hart, who jumps up the giro leaderboard. hello, and welcome to sportsday. well, what a match to tell you about in north london this evening. all the talk centred on this man — gareth bale — ahead of tottenham's game against west ham. and after spurs were 3—0 up at half time — and cruising. it seemed the perfect point to make his long awaited second appearance in a spurs shirt off the bench. the hammers had other ideas, though
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— launching an incredible comeback. as adam wild reports. the surroundings may have changed. the surroundings may have changed. the reception, perhaps, a little bit quieter then he trained. but this is him making himself home once more. the substitutes bench at tottenham not quite the plan, but when his new team—mates are playing like this even he could only sit back and marvel. against west ham, it took under a minute to score the opening goal. partnership with harry kane has lit up the season. i was later, spurs were at it again. 2—0. totte n ha m spurs were at it again. 2—0. tottenham are making things look very easy indeed. just over a quarter in, they had a third again. totte n ha m quarter in, they had a third again. tottenham are feeling that something special is building. with the game seemingly won, spurs and choose their moment. but instead of spurring tottenham on, it was west ham who finally found some fortune.
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fabia pulled a ball back, before another goal made it 3—2. in another moment, with the games dying breath, he left everyone breathless. what a finish to that match. aston villa go to leicester later. a win for either would take them second. two other games in the premier league earlier, both finished i—i. sheffield united and fulham was all square, so too a feisty encounter at selhurst park, between crystal palace and brighton. patrick gearey reports. many rivalries come from geography. this one is rooted in history. the match began in the 70s. this is a different age. one where barely noticed challenges can be punished with penalties. i—o, palace.
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the eagles ke pt with penalties. i—o, palace. the eagles kept lapping at the wrong moment. in the 90th minute, lucky number 17 smashed home. brighton sensed they could still win it. a red card. even in these strange times, this is still a derby. this season times, this is still a derby. this season has been frequently punctuated by penalties. here is one for fulham against sheffield united. that rather sums up their start. what a time to take charge of things. perhaps the turning point that fulham needed. but it was about to pivot against them again. the ar spotted in other misdirected kick. a pipe was snatched for sheffield united. burnley, who play at west brom tomorrow, are the only team still awaiting their first points of the season. the result there could see both fulham and sheffield united drop down again but both managers are pleased to get their teams off the mark. the players are suffering a little bit at the moment, which is
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understanding with the run that we have been on. so we are not playing with that freedom and flow that teams on top of their games produce. so it is a bit ofa teams on top of their games produce. so it is a bit of a battle. it is a bit of a grind. but delighted to get something out of the game. when you look at the game in the fine details, a couple of glorious chances. you like to think that maybe you can see out the game. not meant to be today, of course. but some real positives from my side. still plenty of learning, improving to do. we are a young team. with players coming into this team never eight days, making their debuts, but overall very pleased. one other line from the premier league, liverpool centre—back virgil van dijk will have surgery. it's on his knee ligaments after he was injured in the 2—2 draw at everton yesterday. the defender was unable to continue following a rash challenge by toffees keeperjordan pickford in the first half. it's not clear how long he will
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be out as he recovers from the injury. just one game in the championship today. cardiff kept up their impressive away form beating preston by a goal to nil. sheyi ojo who is on loan from liverpool scored the games only goal. in the women's super league, arsenal's vivianne miedema put her stamp on the record books this afternoon. she became the all—time leading scorer in wsl — in arsenal's 6—1 hammering of tottenham in the north london derby. the dutch striker cooly slotted home to put them two up, breaking the tally of 49 she held with nikita parris going into the match. miedema went on to score her hat—trick, and pull further clear. arsenal have now won 5 out of 5 — and sit top of the table. manchester united are still unbeaten after a 4—2 win against west ham. alessia russo scored twice, and there was also a first goal in english football for united's world cup winner tobin heath not to be outdone, their other other us summer signing kristen press came off the bench to wrap up the points.
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it's united's fourth league win in a row. and united pulled level on points with everton in 2nd — that after they were held to a 2—2 draw with brighton today. in the other wsl games, us midfielder sam mewis equalised for manchester city, in theiri all draw with reading. and birmingham hammered bristol city 4—0. britain's tayo geoghegan—hart is up to 4th in the giro d'italia standings — after claiming a first grand tour stage win today. the ineos grenadiers cyclist left if late for victory on stage 15, as several others faltered in the climb, including leader joao almeida whose overall advantage has been cut to just 15 seconds. nick parrott reports. he has followed his team from the start, at ia—year—olds he was involved in the launch event for tea m involved in the launch event for team sky. five years later, he joined them as a trainee. two years ago did his first grand tour in spain. after the
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welshman retired the industry after the fourth stage, the industry after the fourth stage, the 25—year—old londoner took a chance to shine. his greatest strength is climbing, and as the mountains got higher he got better. he came to the front with five miles to go and time to his attack to perfection. with the finish line in sight, he couldn't be caught. he dedicated the win to nick porter, tea m dedicated the win to nick 0 porter, team ineos's manager. he is now up to fourth. just a couple of seconds away from taking a place at next sunday's final podium. fabio ouartararo has lost the lead of the motogp championship afterfailing to finish in the points at the aragon grand prix. alex rins took the chequered flag after starting from tenth to claim his first victory of the season. a third place finish was enough forjoan mirto take the championship lead. britain's cal crutchlow could only manage eighth despite starting from
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third. england's matt wallace had to settle for second place in the scottish championship golf. wallace began the final day as leader, but was overtaken by adrian otaegui. the spaniard carded a round of 69 to finish on 23 under par. wallace ended on 19 under. a dramatic game in the ipl, where england's world cup winning captain eoin morgan helped his side, kolkata knight riders, beat sunrisers hydra bad, who are led by englands world cup winning coach, trevor bayliss. david warner needed two from the final ball, but couldn't quite manage it — meaning the match was tied. it went to a super over, but sunrisers could only manage to score two — losing two wickets in the process. and kolkata went past that score with a couple of balls remaining. new zealand have extended their unbeaten run at eden park to 44 tests after beating australia 27-7. the all blacks haven't lost
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at the ground since 1994, three second half tries saw them pull away for a comfortable victory. the match was played in front of a crowd of over 16,000 after covid—i9 restrictions were lifted in new zealand earlier this month. there was a huge upset in one of the biggest fights of the year last night as american teofimo lopez ended the unbeaten run of ukranian vasyl lomachenko to unify four lightweight divisions in las vegas. lomachenko was the odds on favourite with the bookies, but was beaten unanimously on points by lopez, to become a four belt champion. i outboxed him. i won every round. at least most of the rounds, you know? to win it by unanimous decision. i'm thankful, man. i'm 23 years old, man. but that is a true champion right there. he was a hell ofa champion right there. he was a hell of a fighter. he knows what he is doing. but his time is over. i told you guys. i'm smart when i'm in
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there. i you guys. i'm smart when i'm in there. lam you guys. i'm smart when i'm in there. i am going to take bumps and bruises. that is part of it. this is the boxing world. and i know what comes with it, sol the boxing world. and i know what comes with it, so i dig down deep in those last rounds for a reason. they give me a contract that the that if you lose, that is what you can get for your next fights. it's fine. now, he has got to eat it up. suck it up. and now is the time for us to move forward. that's it, i told you all. outwith the old come in the new. what a win for him. that's all from sportsday. we'll be back in a little later on. see you then.
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welcome to click. for some, it has started to grate. but there are those for whom being a lockdown with someone those for whom being a lockdown with someone else has been nojoke at all. we have heard a lot about how mental health issues had been on the rise because of the pandemic, but so has domestic abuse, and sadly some technology can make it easier to abuse a partner or even x partner who has been trying to break away. the abuse and my relationship was kind of emotional abuse. nothing really being done that was obviously tangible, but that changed very
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