skies are clear, temperatures for close to freezing. a touch of frost into tomorrow. southern england stays cloudy with patchy rain, may push back toward south wales as the day goes on. elsewhere you may catch a shower, especially into northern western scotland sunny spells to be had. the weather front bringing western scotland sunny spells to be had. the weatherfront bringing more rain into parts of scotland and northern ireland on monday and tuesday, pushing further south of england on wednesday on wednesday, mainly dried to the of the week. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: a call for coronavirus vaccines to be available for all as leaders from the world's biggest economies meet for an online summit hosted by saudi arabia. in the uk, an alternative to a covid vaccine for people with weakened immune systems is entering its final stage of trials. borisjohnson is facing questions

about whether he tried to tone down an independent report which said home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. the government is to change how it invests in big spending projects to ensure the north of england gets a fair share of the cash. the film review is coming up, but first it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. i'm john watson. our headlines tonight. jonny may proves the difference with a brilliant try for england in the autumn nations cup. it's been a double header at twickenham today as england's women leave it late against france.

chelsea top the table but spurs could move above them with a win over city. and is it thiem's time at the atp tour finals as he ends the run of the world number one? good evening. england wingerjonny may produced a stunning solo try as they beat ireland in their second autumn nations cup match at twickenham. he crossed over twice in the 18 points to seven victory, which leaves england top of their group and on course to compete for the title on the finals weekend. joe lynskey reports. every year, every yea r, test every year, test match rugby lights up every year, test match rugby lights up the autumn, but with twickenham

silence, england players say now it's down to them to make a spectacle. so here wasjonny may. before today, he'd gone five england games without a try. for him, that's a long wait. so, having just scored the opener, he then set off by himself. one man to beat... from deepin himself. one man to beat... from deep in his own half, he kicked and weaved his way to the ireland line, his 31st england try means only rory underwood has more, and extraordinary score and an exhausted player. two tries was all england needed. they topped up their lead through the bit of owen farrell. he was scoring points against his dad, the ireland coach. their winning forms syslog and has been built on a tough defence. ireland broke through eventually, but by then it was too late. this will go down as one of twickenham's great tries. for england rugby in november, it was all about me. —— may.

wales are desperate top overturn a six—match losing streak, one of their worst runs in history, with coach wayne pivac making 13 changes to his side. victory should come against georgia, a match which sees sir ian botham's grandson james botham make his international debut in the forwards. it's another youngster, 19—year—old winger louis rees—zammit, though who's put wales in charge with the only try of the first half. that looks set to ease the pressure on pivac with wales leading by ten points to nil with around 25 minutes to go. argentina followed up their shock win against new zealand last week, their first over the all blacks with an impressive draw against australia. all 15 of the visitors points came from the boot of nicolas sanchez, just as they did last week. and it means argentina are in with a chance of winning the tri nations championship with games against the all blacks and australia again to come. this finish 15—15. england's women came out on top against france to win their series, but they left it late in an absorbing encounter.

emily scarret scoring a penalty with the last kick of the game as they won by 25 points to 23 at twickenham. imean, i mean, you've got to credit that french line. we have had some battles with those girls and we keep coming out on top and i think everybody is going to talk about world cup draws and what those things will mean, but i mean, that was a poor performance from them and i'm really proud of the girls. they finished their mistake make it well and to have emily scarret on the field is great. england will face france again in next years six nations and have been drawn against them in theirgroup at next year's rugby world cup. captain sarah hunter, who missed today's match through injury, joined me earlier to refelct on that win and to assess england's hopes ahead of the tournamnet. it certainly put us to it, watching it, but i had every confidence if they could just cut out the errors that have happened in the first half and get back into the game, which we

did, early in the second half that, you know, we pushed to the end and when you have somebody like emily scarret on your team who has nerves of steel to slot over that penalty kick and take it, last play of the game, it's a pretty good thing. kick and take it, last play of the game, it's a pretty good thingm was a match which really had everything, and uncharacteristic display from england in the first half when france were on top. yes, i think france had a lot to prove since last week. i think they would have been disappointed with how they played and they certainly came out firing in the first half and put us under a bit of pressure. uncharacteristic errors from people and wejust uncharacteristic errors from people and we just did uncharacteristic errors from people and wejust did not uncharacteristic errors from people and we just did not play very well, but if we could cut out those errors then we would be more competitive and that is certainly what happened in the second half. sir hunter speaking to me earlier on. —— sarah hunter. just four weeks after the premiership campaign concluded, it's back. newly promoted newcastle began their campaign with a 19—12 win at bath this lunchtime. newcastle's ben stevenson ran in for the crucial score at the rec,

in what was one of three tries for the falcons who were well clear in the championship when the season was cancelled earlier in the year. bath reached the play offs. the new leicester era under head coach steve borthwick began with a win against gloucester. richard wigglesworth with the pick of the tries in a 38 points to 15 victory. the former england forwards coach looks to improve on what was a disappointing season last time out. and in the day's other game worcester warriors won a tight contest against london irish by 11 points to ten. tom howe with the decisive try for worcester. the premier league returned today after the international break. chelsea moving to the top of the table — for the time being at least — after a 2—0 win over newcastle in the early kick off. tammy abraham with one of their two goals as jo currie reports. chelsea travelled to newcastle knowing a win could take them top. and they meant business right from the off. the united goalkeeper had to be alert early on.

minutes later, the goalkeeper in action again, this time keeping out abraham. there was little he could do, however, about the resulting corner. a well—worked delivery and a defender getting his feet in a muddle. fernandes failed to get in south out of the way as he bundled the ball into the back of his own net. chelsea's dominance continued. timo werner carved up the defence before finding abraham who coolly slotted it into double the lead. the home side needed some inspiration and it almost came from sean longstaff, his rocket denied by the crossbar. chelsea had a chance to make it 3—0, but the miss didn't matter. with a win in the bag, their title push remains on track. for newcastle, there is work to be done. that's five wins in a row in all competitions for chelsea. the international break not disrupting the run of his side who'd scored 14 goals in four games

before the interuption. it was a tough match to come here after the international break, challenges for the players who have been away and i think we dominated the game and we could score more goals which are a frustration on oui’s goals which are a frustration on ours but i think the lads dealt with it very well. yeah, i have to be happy, the wind today was hugely important. a dangerous game for us, we lost here last year so it was a huge improvement to be happy, the wind today was hugely important. a dangerous game for us, we lost here last year so it was a we giveaway a soft goal and a second on the soft as well, so we have to be a bit more cunning and create a foul there. they ran far too far, but make no mistake, it was a difficult afternoon but, you're right, it is believing that you can ta ke right, it is believing that you can take something away from the big teams in the big games on the big occasions. brighton won at villa park for the first time in their history, beating aston villa 2—i. danny welbeck‘s lung bursting run was rewarded with his first goal since joining brighton as a free

agent last month. villa levelled early in the second half through defender ezri konsa. but solly march's strike less than ten minutes later was enough to earn brighton their first win in two months. it was villa's third home league defeat in a row. we did enough in the game to justify being ahead and then, as you can imagine, against aston villa, the mum they're in, the former in, the players they have, you have to suffer and i think we did that and defended a group. really delighted for the players, we have played well recently but we did not get the points of today it is good we got the points. we had opportunity to punish brighton today and, you know, tyrone has had one from set pieces and we've made big mistakes from their goals. i was a bit aggrieved at the ball we nt goals. i was a bit aggrieved at the ball went out by the corner flag and they took a flowing from the 18 yard line. we have to defend much better

and that is something i can do but the referee allowed them to take a throw in from the 18 yard box. well, tottenham could move above chelsea if they beat manchester city. that game kicked off at 5.30pm. the late game sees manchester united at home to west brom. kick off their is 8pm. a teemu pukki penalty saw norwich beat middlesbrough 1—0 to move to top of the championship. they leapfrogged bournemouth who briefly occupied top sport after beating reading 11—2 thanks to a stunning second—half comeback. two goals in the space of three minutes in the second half drew them level. then the pick of the goals from lewis cook put them in front and helped preserve their unbeaten home record this season. after a briliant start to the season, reading now on a dreadful ruin, their fourth defeat in a row. let's take a quick look at some other stories. a special day for portuguese rider miguel oliveira who set a new all—time lap record to claim pole at his home grand prix

on what is the final race of the motogp season. britain's cal crutchlow will start from fourth in what could be his final race. joan mir secured the title in spain last weekend. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the final of the northern ireland open after beating ali carter by six frames to three. he'll face eitherjudd trump or david grace who meet in the other semifinal tonight. and bristol de may, ridden by darleacob, won the betfair chase at haydock park for the third time in four years. defending champion and favourite lostintranslation struggled into third. austria's dominic thiem ended novak djocovic‘s hopes of winning a record—equalling sixth season ending atp tour title. it took him three sets to see off the world number one who will face the winner of rafa nadal and danil medvedev in tomorrow's final. sue barker is with andrew castle.

a three hour marathon, it was, andrew and how did he come back? he just hit winner after winner. very impressive. also impressive was the way after having match points in the second set, he managed to establish and just carry on, deal with the disappointment going into the third, but you're right, to be 4—0 down, i do not think novak djokovic would have lost a tie—break from 4—0 down ever especially in a situation like this. there were times when he was a little bit flat today, but thiem was there to tick advantage. i think he is taking changing the game and despite having only one hand, he is hitting it so hard. if you can hit 60 winners past novak djokovic, you are doing something right. 60 winners past novak djokovic, you are doing something rightlj 60 winners past novak djokovic, you are doing something right. i knew star in the game. the servant for arejust star in the game. the servant for are just exceptional. the backend is are just exceptional. the backend is a thing of beauty, serving on the right place at the right time. he

has just had right place at the right time. he hasjust had a right place at the right time. he has just had a match against probably the best return of all time did not lose his serve. why would you not be confident? you havejust w011 you not be confident? you havejust won its first grand slam, so i am glad he is too. he has been so informed this week. he has been a i°y informed this week. he has been a joy to watch and he mentions that 110w joy to watch and he mentions that now there will be a new champion at the atp finals because tonight it is daniel med to beth against raff and adele which will be a fascinating example. tough to pick a winner. i would never bet against rafa nadal. that seems sensible. he has won 13 french opens, joining roger fedor on 20 grand slams. he is loving life, nothing to lose now, he has done everything before but he has never w011 everything before but he has never won this. he is bubbly a bit cross that it has never been on clay because he would have won if it was, but he will want to finish the year with strength, so he has this new generation knocking on the walls of

the old guard. it is a fascinating storyline and i think the tennis will match that. it has been one full way to end the year with the top four in the finals. it is a shame no one is here with us, but they can enjoy on television and radio. sue will be back with the final on bbc two at six o'clock tomorrow evening. coverage of tonight's semifinal is on five live sports extra and the bbc sport website. and finally, olympic champion caeleb dressel has broken not one but two world records on the opening day of the international swimming league grand final. the american became the first man to swim the hundred metre butterfly in under 48 seconds. and then 110 minutes later knocked just under a tenth of a second off his 50m freestyle world record. you can see the best of the action from the swimming on the bbc sport website. that's all from sportsday. now on bbc news, the film review.