and lewis hamilton has a record—equalling 7th world title in his sights, following victory at the emilia romagna grand prix at imola. the number seven significant for his team, mercedes. hamilton's win securing them a 7th consecutive constructors title. a landmark in the sport — as adam wild reports. this was formula 1's return to italy's famed imola circuit, a fitting place for lewis hamilton, who at every corner this season makes a little more history. as he races towards another world title, the team surrounding him are setting records of their own. it's lights out and away we go! mercedes entirely dominant, although it was their other driver, valtteri bottas, who started out front. but the strength of the team is in the strategy as well as the speed, and when others made their stops, hamilton just kept going, leaving all the other drivers and the drama behind. max verstappen crashing out started a chaotic few moments. britain's george russell inexplicably losing control

behind the safety car, and even in the pits the problems persisted. but for hamilton, no such issues leading home a mercedes 1—2, and yet more history. seven consecutive constructors‘ championships for mercedes! what an incredible achievement! another win for hamilton, another title for mercedes — formula 1's unstoppable force. adam wild, bbc news. well, hamilton was full of praise for his team, after securing another constructors‘ crown. giving credit to their consistency over the years — and he believes they can go on to achieve more. we really worked hard to figure out where we wanted to go, figure out what the limitations are, and no short cuts were taken, it was just... every year, even though we have won multiple championships, every year we continue to do the same with the same approach. and i believe we could continue for a long time if we wanted to. and there will be multiple obstacles ahead, but i am definitely

looking forward to that. yes, incredible achievement there. they were pushed all the way to extra time — but manchester city prevailed to beat everton in the fa cup final at wembley this afternoon. the match was originally scheduled for may — but was delayed due the pandemic. jo currie is at wembley for us. being held six months later than planned because of covid—19, these players have had to wait a long time for their moment of the biggest stage. after a slow start, it was the defending champions who leapt into the lead, sam mewis, a us world cup winner, heading them into the front. but everton struck back. valerie gauvin had to have eyes in the back of her head for this one. neither side could break the deadlock in 90 minutes, so into extra time they went. 19—year—old jess park finding innard's georgia stanway who came off the bench to pounce on her past, but manchester city in front again. with everton‘s heartbroken, their heads dropped

and janine beckie was able to make sure the trophy at the end. yeah, a special trophy, notjust for us as a club, but myself personally. i think these finals don't come around often, so when they do you want to win them. it is a third win in four years for manchester city. they may have had no friends or family in the stadium to watch them, but their dominance in this competition is now clearfor all to see. to the premier league now — and the big game of the day between manchester united and arsenal — where the gunners managed to end a m year wait for victory in the league at old trafford. they came away with a precious 1—0 win piling the pressure on united boss old gunnar solskjaer, oe gunnar solskjaer, piling the pressure on united boss ole gunnar solskjaer, whose side sit 15th. drew savage reports. 100 games in charge of manchester united for ole gunnar. hopeful they were carrying momentum for their five—game when ince in the premier league. they were against arsenal. but in the first half, this is the best they could manage, mason greenwood not really testing them.

the visitors had better chances before half—time, william a couple of centimetres away from his first arsenal goal. that trend continued after the break, hector collecting a clumsy challenge, which offered pierre a chance to end just over seven weeks without a premier goal. not a classic match by any means, but something to celebrate. donnie‘s deflected shot was the closest manchester came to saving face, but another player saved arsenal with his. advice or intervention that the goalkeeper knew nothing about. the gunners were helped to a rare premier league win at old trafford. and a milestone match to forget for manchester united's manager. bbc news. well, for arsenal it's a win that ends a 29—game wait, for an away win against a fellow big six rival — something the manager tried to play down with the players. united's boss though knows they need to improve. wanted to keep it quiet fort

players i wanted to keep it quiet for the players because i didn't want to put that in their minds, ijust wanted to generate belief and i asked them to generate belief and i asked them to be who we are right now as a team. at old trafford, it has to be at old trafford and on the back of the defeat that really hurt against leicester, the reaction that we got it weakened today, it says a lot about the spirit of the team and i am delighted because we played with am delighted because we played with a lot of courage and big personality in this stage. that is football for you. it goes up and down with the opposition, if you get the first goal, if not, so... that is not formation, that wasjust we didn't turn up, especially the first half and full. we were off to the races, that is what we have to address because we know these boys can be so good and then to produce that form again and again, that is the key. everton keeperjordan pickford was dropped to the bench for this afternoon's premier league game at newcastle, and watched his side lose 2—1.

pickford had started the last 120 league games since joining everton in june 2017, but his form has dipped this season. everton were undone by two goals from callum wilson, the first a penalty. dominic calvert—lewin pulled one back in injury time. some quality, some speed, some attention, more attention, i think that today was imbalanced. that is what we wanted to have, in balance and to wait the opportunity comes. we gave them a penalty, u nfortu nately, with less concentration there and after that the game was more difficult. we can see the rolling counter attack, we had good reaction, but it was not good enough. earlier, southampton moved up to third in the premier league with victory at aston villa. it was a great birthday for captain james ward—prowse — he scored with two fantastic

free—kicks and provided the assist for the opener forjannik vestergaard before danny ings made it 4—0. two stoppage time goals from villa took some gloss off the victory, which ended 11—3 we played against a very strong side today and with a fantastic mentality, they never give up and we knew that it can get tight in the end, but we had a fantastic first half and in the second half we missed a little bit of doing what we can and also doing with the ball, it was in our possession the best in the second half and mentally it was a little bit difficult, the most difficult since our time here, but then you concede the first goal and then it is the second half and you look at the time and think, oh! it is always dangerous. just one match to go — and it's coming up to half time, in the match between tottenham and brighton. 1—0 spurs. harry kane scored a penalty. tottenham can go second with a win this evening. celtic will play hearts in the delayed 2019—2020 scottish cup final next month.

the holders beat aberdeen in their semi 2—0 thanks to goals from ryan christie here and mohamed elyounoussi. celtic had gone four games without a win, but are now in with a chance of securing their fourth scottish cup in a row. they'll play hearts next month, who knocked out hibs yesterday. meanwhile, in the scottish premiership this afternoon, leaders rangers have gone nine points clear of celtic. they beat kilmarnock1—0, thanks to james tavernier‘s first half penalty. celtic do have two games in hand. but nine wins in a row for rangers in all competitions. england world cup winner, and manchester united legend sir bobby charlton has been diagnosed with dementia. sir bobby spent 17 years at old trafford, winning three league titles, a european cup and an fa cup. his wife lady norma said she hopes the diagnosis could help others. the news follows the deaths of his older brother jack injuly and fellow world cup winner nobby stiles on friday — both had also been diagnosed with dementia. let's take a quick look at some of the day's other sports news now.

england's netballers have suffered a 3—0 series defeat to new zealand after losing the third test in hamilton. england lost 62—117 to the world cup holders, meaning the silver ferns complete a clean sweep of the series. england's callum shinkwin has won his first european tour title after victory in the cyprus 0pen — following a play off. the 27—year—old from watford finished on 20 under par but won on the first play off hole. british cyclist hugh carthy has won stage 12 of the vuelta a espana. it's the 26—year—old from preston's biggest victory of his career. he moves up to third place overall — 32 seconds behind the new leader, richard carapaz, of the british ineos grenadiers team. munster clocked up their fourth straight win in the pro 1a with a 28—16 victory at the dragons. matt gallagher going over with two tries, whilstjj hanrahan kicked 13 points for the irish side. england have completed back to back six nations grand slams — they beat italy 54—0 in parma

scoring eight tries in the process. emily scarrett among the scorers in the first half — as they ran riot to claim a bonus point. sarah bern, jess breach and leanne riley add tries in second half. the red roses were crowned six nations champions last week after france failed to beat scotland. plenty to celebrate for english rugby all round. head coach eddie jones has praised the efforts of his players in the wake of their six nations success yesterday. players received their medals and there were also some fireworks at their london hotel base earlier today. a bonus point victory against italy proved to be enough to win the championship after france beat ireland in their final fixture. i am really proud of their efforts. i really like the way the team conducted themselves during this tournament particularly. i prepared the team poorly for the french game, which was widely documented.

and then their approach to the rest of the tournament has been outstanding. got on with the job, not looked for any sort of excuse, regardless of what has happened and played good, tough, hard rugby, which you have to do in the six nations. indian head coach there. —— england head coach there. that's all from sportsday. coming up after this it's click. hello there, part two of the weekend also looking unsettled, we didn't do too badly this afternoon with some sun trained around, but today will see less sunshine, more cloud and rain, so that rain will be heavier with the risks of flooding in places. this new area of low

pressure contains remnants of what was hurricane zita and will contain quite a punch to north—west scotland with strong winds, bringing in rains across parts of northern ireland, central and southern scotland, north and western england, wales and that rain getting into the eastern side of england and scotland at times, rain heavy in the western hills. into this evening, the wind very strong, a0 or 50 mph self self, in excess strong, a0 or 50 mph self self, in excess of 70 mph in the north—west scotland. temperatures, as we head into the evening very mild in england and wales, 1517 degrees there, staying windy, mild, wet, through the evening and overnight, some heavy rain piling into western hills. the rain and gales into northern scotland, turns a little bit drier here later, on the cool side, single figure values, but 15 01’ side, single figure values, but 15 or16 side, single figure values, but 15 or 16 degrees further south, so very mild. we will start off windy on monday, as that clear cold front

introduces cooler air this was front will enhance the shower activity. we start off with gales for northern england and wales and outbreaks of rain and that will clear through, sky is bright enough in the afternoon, lots of showers in north and western areas, rattling through strong winds, rain merging together to produce longer spells of rain. windy day tomorrow, not as windy as it has been, starting to turn a bit lighter winds for scotland and northern ireland and the temperature is coming down as well. our demand start in the south and east, 10—13 , which will be noticeable. we are moving into much cooler air as we move out of monday, coming down from the north—west around an area of high pressure. you will see these values as we move through these weak, for many not getting much above 12 degrees, wins lighter, and above 12 degrees, wins lighter, and afairamount of above 12 degrees, wins lighter, and a fair amount of sunshine as well. settling down for the rest of the week, thanks to high pressure and it will be less windy, sunshine around, but it will be cold, both by day and

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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8. the government says that england's a—week lockdown could be extended for longer if coronavirus infection rates don't come down enough. we need to recognise that we do need to get the infection rate, the r—rate, below one. we believe, on the basis of the evidence that we have, that we will be able to do so. the labour leader welcomes the new measures, but calls on the government to use the time to ramp up test and trace. the government has to keep its side of the bargain here. because if they don't use this time to fix test, trace and isolate then i think 2nd december will be a review date, not an end date. with the furlough scheme also extended for lockdown,