gareth bale was the talk of the town — ahead of tottenham's premier league encounter with rivals west ham. and with spurs 3—0 up and cruising at half—time, the stage was set for bale‘s long awaited return to the spurs side off the bench. the hammers had other ideas though — launching an incredible comeback — with drama right through to the final seconds. adam wild reports. the surroundings may have changed, the reception perhaps a little quieter than he dreams of, but this was gareth bale making himself at home once more. the substitute‘s bench a tonne i'm 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 for the opening goal to be scored. just moments later, spurs were at it again. tone and making things look very easy. just over a quarter of an hour in, they had a third. and that is the way it stayed until, with the game seemingly one, spas

chose their moment. his introduction certainly did that. instead of spurring totte n ha m did that. instead of spurring tottenham on, it was west ham who finally found some fortune. 3—2. with the game's final kick, a moment that was almost unbelievable. an astonishing equaliser. bale is back, but it is the comeback that will make the headlines. what a finish that was. after the match the delighted west ham manager spoke to steve barr. we are planning against a team that everyone is talking about at the moment. i was sitting there, thinking, is this going to be a six ora thinking, is this going to be a six or a seven thinking, is this going to be a six ora seven here. thinking, is this going to be a six or a seven here. but he sort of changed how we setup. he changed it 15, 20 minutes into changed how we setup. he changed it 15,20 minutes into the game. and it made us better. how good was that third goal? i have not seen

it again. ijust saw my celebration. i just think the david pleat moment came to mind. i was saying, you know, i know someone else who has i’ui'i know, i know someone else who has run down the touchline, slid down the touchline, so i wasn't going to touch that. right from the first, when you get a moment like that, despite all the games that you have had, what is that feeling like? it's difficult in football. you get a lot of downs in football. if you're working hard and trying to attain the top level and get top level players. you have good moments, but you have lots of bad moments as well. today was a good moment. we played really well today. we have to continue to make progress. giving credit to west ham and trying not to analyse our responsibilities on this result. it is easier for me to praise west ham for

their belief. they were losing 3—0 at half—time, and by the majority of the second half the game was controlled. they didn't have chances, they didn't have a big creation of opportunities. one free kick brought them to the game, increased their belief, which is something i keep raising. they were lucky, but maybe they deserved that luck. we were unlucky, but maybe we deserved that bad luck. it's 3rd against 4th tonight in the premier league, with villa at leicester — the latest score from there is 0—0. villa just need a draw to go 2nd. and there were 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

this is a different age. when were barely noticed challenges can be... 1-0 barely noticed challenges can be... i—o four palace. they had had 16 shots and not scored, when in the 90th minutes looking at 17 was smashed home. a red card. even in these strange 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 sheffield united. that rather sums up their start. for games, sheffield united. that rather sums up theirstart. for games, no points. what a time to take charge of things. perhaps the turning point for them are needed. but it was about to pivot against them again. billy sharp snatched a point for sheffield united. 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 is not clear how long he will 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 2 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. 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 14 years old, he was involved in the launch event for tea m involved in the launch event for team sky in 2010. five years later,

hejoined them as team sky in 2010. five years later, he joined them as a trainee, team sky in 2010. five years later, hejoined them as a trainee, and team sky in 2010. five years later, he joined them as a trainee, and two yea rs he joined them as a trainee, and two years ago wrote in his first grand tourin years ago wrote in his first grand tour in spain. he was meant to support the welshman, but after he retired the 25—year—old londoner took its time 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 timed his attack to perfection. with the finish line in sight, he couldn't be caught. he dedicated the win to team ineos sporting director. after starting the day in 11th, he has now up to fourth. just a couple of seconds away from taking a place on next sunday's final podium. fabio quartararo 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 third. england's matt wallace had to settle for second place in golf‘s scottish championship. wallace began the final day as leader, but was overtaken by adrian 0taegui. the spaniard carded a round of 63 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 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 116,000 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, who becomes 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 grateful, 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. and britain's kell brook will be in the limelight again soon — when he takes on the unbeaten terence crawford for his world welterweight title next month. crawford is a three—weight world champion and has won all 36 of his professional bouts. brook is himself a former world champion at welterweight, and last fought in february when he knocked out american mark deluca. a venue for the bout is yet to be confirmed. that's all for today. we will see you soon. hello. there may not have been a much sunshine this weekend. the autumn colours, though, are trying to make up for that. here's a view from earlier in west yorkshire. and, well, some of these leaves will not be on the trees too long this week. the winds are picking up. nothing too extreme, mind you. more significant will

be the rain coming in as low pressure will be moving across the uk as the week goes on, and some of that rain is going to be quite heavy. in fact, the rain is moving into northern ireland and scotland as the night goes on. parts of northern england, especially the further north you are. south of that, it will stay mainly dry. a few breaks in the cloud. one or two mist and fog patches. this is where temperatures may end up a little bit lower than this. but double figures in belfast as we start the day tomorrow. maybe a brief lull in the rain early on in northern ireland, but further heavy rain will come in quite quickly in the morning and stick around throughout the day, and then push across scotland as well. so the rain totals will certainly start to mount through monday parts of northern ireland, and particularly western scotland. so there may be a few impacts from that, and some rain pushing more widely across north—west england as the day goes on, into parts of wales. whereas, elsewhere in england and wales, maybe some hazy brightness. all parts having the breeze picking up. there will be higher temperatures.

it is a southerly breeze. and into monday night, this weather front is going to take its rain across england and wales. those areas that have stayed dry during the day. not too much on this one. still some further heavy rain, though, on tuesday across northern scotland. quite a strong easterly wind, here. whereas, elsewhere, mild winds coming in from the south with sunshine and a few showers. but it looks like some prolonged downpours coming back into northern ireland and parts of scotland during the day. it looks to be the windiest day on tuesday. some gales through the irish sea. the mildest day, too. look at this. 18 celsius in hull on tuesday. but then again it is going to be pretty blustery and you may catch a shower. tuesday night into wednesday, eventually the rain is going to ease from scotland and northern ireland. but we are going to see another area of rain pushing into particularly central and eastern parts of england, though wales could see a bit of rain, too. and some of this is going to be quite heavy as well with brisk winds associated with that. still mild to the south, turning a little bit cooler across scotland and northern ireland. so it is all change in our weather this week. there will be rain, some heavy rain at times, and winds are picking up, too.

milder to start the week. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: the mayor of greater manchester accuses boris johnson of exaggerating the spread of coronavirus in the area to try to persuade local leaders to accept tougher restrictions, as he calls for increased financial support. the figures have been falling in manchester itself in the last few days. across greater manchester, up slightly, but certainly not doubling every nine days. andy has a straightforward choice. is he going to put public health and the economy of the people of greater manchester first? if he is, then we can secure agreement today. the government says there have been nearly 17,000 more cases of coronavirus in the uk reported in the last 2a hours, and a further 67 people have died. debate over possible further

lockdown restrictions in wales that