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and heavy showers. of sunny spells and heavy showers. the showers most plentiful across western areas south through western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, wales and the south—west, some will also blowing through the english channel into southern counties of england. may well avoid some of the showers and stay for a new driver some sunny spells. it is a windy start for all and afairly spells. it is a windy start for all and a fairly cool one with temperatures between 12 and 13 degrees.
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south yorkshire is the latest region to move to england's top level of restrictions. local leaders in sheffield call for an exit plan. the question is, at what point will come out of tier 3? no one‘s able to answer that question. even the mayor is asking that question and, well, the mayor should have asked that question when he was negotiating with the government for the last ten days. police in gloucestershire begin border patrols to stop nonessential travel as wales begins its first full day of a ‘firebreak‘ lockdown. marcus rashford says he is proud of the community response to his campaign to feed disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. president trump casts his vote for the us election in the key state of florida, where early voting is under way. now on bbc news it's
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time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the six nations is back... as ireland win in dublin.. a win which leaves them as frontrunners for the title a heart stopping finale for britain's tao geoghegan hart who's on course for a maiden grand tourwin.. the premier league at its unpredictable best, a stunner from michail antonio sees manchester city drop points again. and 91 and counting. why lewis hamilton is set to stand alone in race wins after securing pole in portugal
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hello and welcome to sportsday. it's been the longest six nations championship in history. and it will reach its conclusion next weekend, 280 days after it began. it's ireland who top the table tonight after a bonus point victory beating italy 50 points to 17 in dublin. it was the only fourth round match still to be played and it leaves three teams still in with a chance of lifting this years title heading into the final round of fixtures next weekend. craig templeton reports. the sporting picture since the game was postponed as anything but clear. but the island, the situation is. when both games... in early italian penalty kicked ireland into life and with pressure, they found their way
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through. he is a seasoned international, but it was a fresh faces international, but it was a fresh fa ces stu ck international, but it was a fresh faces stuck centrestage. hugo keenan with a try. keen on‘s day was about to get even better as he crossed over again full stopjust to get even better as he crossed over again full stop just a shame that no fans were there to see it. remember a bonus point is what they needed and with will connor also scoring on debut, that is what they got. the captain took over from the new recruits, asjonny sexton widened the gap even further. they added two more to hit the 50 point mark and an impressive irish performance. one more in paris next week, and the longest six nations in history will be theirs. greg templeton, bbc news. and the women's game has just kicked off between ireland and italy. it's also been postponed since marche because of the pandemic, its currently 0—0 ireland won two of their three matches before
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the coronavirus pandemic. england top the group with what has been an impressive four wins from four. to twickenham next where exeter are hoping to add to their trophy collection today. as they chase an historic double. crowned champions of europe last weekend, they're hoping to become english champions with victory over wasps in the premiership final. four players missing for wasps who are fortunate to be able to play after several positive coviod tests in their squad in the lead up. jimmy gopperth though has put wasps on top early on with a penalty. it is wasps who have continued that run so it is wasps who have continued that run so far despite a try for exeter, wasps lead to ten points to seven inside the first half at twickenham at the moment. to exeter with work to do. it could not be tighter as the giro d'italia reaches its conclusion tomorrow. britain's tao geoghegan hart
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is in with a great chance of winning his first grand tour title after victory in the penultimate stage today. there's nothing to split the ineos grenadiers rider and australia'sji hindley heading into tomorrow's time trial. nick parrott reports. tao geoghegan hart came to the gerard italia to help geraint thomas win. but after the welshman blocked out early on due to injury, the 24—year—old took charge. he won the stage but it wasn't until his team looks back... for britain starting the day third overall, 15 seconds behind and promising to get stuck in. withjust behind and promising to get stuck in. with just under six behind and promising to get stuck in. withjust under six miles behind and promising to get stuck in. with just under six miles to behind and promising to get stuck in. withjust under six miles to go, they took the lead. but there was a problem. australian jay they took the lead. but there was a problem. australianjay hindley is also a contenderfor problem. australianjay hindley is also a contender for overall victory and stuck to them like glue. tao
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geoghegan hart said he expected to have to go full gas and after 118 miles, he still had enough left in the tank to win the stage. now, with nothing to separate him with hindley at the top of the standings, tomorrow's time trial stage could see the closest finish in history. it was stage five of the vuelta a espana today, won by belgium's tim wellens in a gruelling climb to the line. ireland's dan martin, winner of a stage on thursday was involved in a crash in the peleton... defending champion primoz roglic finished fourth to retain the overall lead. chis froome in his final race for ineos grenadiers finished way down in 100th place. manchester city dropped more points in their title challenge, with the premier league proving unpredicatble this season. they were held to a one all draw with west ham, a result that leaves them in the bottom half of the table.
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as austin halewood reports. pep guardiola sighed... but the start of the season west ham have had, they are full of confidence and when you are confident, you can do things like this. michail antonio with a spectacular volley and west ham with the early lead. so, not quite the start manchester city had in mind. eric garcia with their best effort in a disappointing first half. city needed a spark and they found it. on at half—time and straight into the game. i twist, turn and then the finish. city back level. from then, they look like a different team. the chances started to come. kevin de bruyne coming
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close with this free kick, before the best chance to when it fell to raheem sterling. a glorious opportunity hejust raheem sterling. a glorious opportunity he just couldn't convert. even at the london stadium, manchester city's frustrating start to the season continues. fulham remain rooted to the foot of the table and still in search of their first win of the season. after they were beaten by crystal palace 2—1. wilfried za ha with his side's second. tom cairney did pull one back for fulham who had a player sent off, it onoly proved a consolation as palace move up to fifth in the table. we scored our two goals, claim close to scoring one or two more and the only thing that spoils the otherwise perfect day was another goal in the 90 odd minutes which prevented it clea n 90 odd minutes which prevented it clean sheet but i would be very greedy if i was upset about that. manchester united are in action
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at the moment against chelsea... its currently 0—0, while the champions liverpool play sheffield united later — that one kicks off at 8.00 pm. it's been a busy day in the championship. in the lunchtime kick—off bournemouth scored a 95th minute equaliser to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. one all it finished against watford who took the lead in the first half and it looked like they were going to take all three points before chris mepham scored in stoppage time. it means bournemouth are fourth whilst watford move into second in the table. there were 10 matches in the championship this afternoon. league leaders reading beat rotherham 3—0 to remain five points clear at the top... third placed bristol city drew 1—1 with swansea city. while blackburn produced a convincing 4—0 victory away at coventry.
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four matches in the scottish premiership this afternoon. hibs are third. after their 1—0 win away at kilmarnock. motherwell were 4—0 winners over ross county. stjohnstone and dundee finished goalless. league leaders rangers and champions celtic play tomorrow. barcelona were already playing catch up heading into the first el clasico of the season, and they continue to do so. new manager ronbald koeman watched his side beaten 3—1 by real madrid. the scores were level in the first half until sergio ramos put madrid ahead from the penalty spot. and luka modric added a third, with barcelona six points off madrid who now top the table. lewis hamilton is poised to break michael schumacher‘s record of race victories as he qualified on pole ahead of tomorrow's portuguese grand prix. it's mercedes one two with valterri bottas starting from second and max verstappen third. although as our formula one reporterjennie gow can tell
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us qualifying was not without incident in portimao. i think his 97th pole position has helped him to try and break that record tomorrow. of course, 92 race wins, more than anybody else has ever done. the record currently held by michael schumacher, set back in 2006 in china. people thought that would never go and here we are on the verge of another record going by lewis hamilton. and, worth pointing out, portugal hasn't staged a formula 1 race for some time and it looks like they weren't quite prepared for it with a number of issues out on the track in qualifying today. yes, it has been 24 qualifying today. yes, it has been 2a years since formula 1 was last in portugal but even then, it wasn't at this circuit. so it doesn't have the problems of cars going over, lifting them with the downforce, but that's what happened today. it was sebastien vet all got unlucky. no
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major damage to his car, but damage to the circuit, so a half—hour delay to the circuit, so a half—hour delay to qualifying just to put everybody on the edges of their seats and luckily, they got away with the rest of the session without any problems, but certainly, a concern going forward and there will be more work done overnight i'm sure. finally jenny, is there going to be anyone to challenge lewis hamilton tomorrow? theyjust might be, i'm not trying to give false hope because hamilton is extraordinary in his ability. he beat valtteri bottas, also max verstappen, maybe he could do something. but i think a few eyes will be on charles leclerc. it could be quite feisty at the beginning of the race. so i think, you know, there are some opportunities and at the circuit that the drivers don't know, with the possibility of rain around let's see what happens. lewis hamilton
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will be hoping they've ironed out thoseissues will be hoping they've ironed out those issues on the track. a quick look at some of the day's other stories. dan evans is out of the european open at the semi—finals stage after losing a three set battle against france's ugo humbert in antwerp. the british number one had four match points in the second set, but lost out in over three hours. england's tyrell hatton is three shots off the lead, heading into the third round of the zozo championship in california. american justin thomas leads on 1a under par. and mac swiney took victory in the final grade one race of the flat season at doncaster. the vertem futurity trophy — ridden by kevin manning and trained byjim bolger. and before we go just time for a quick update on the latest scores in the english premier league manchester united it looks as there was a chance there for manchester united but it is
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