able to order something to is able to order something to happen, but i think if you get... this probably extends to civil servants. if you really want this to happen, it's going to cost this many hundreds of billions of pounds. the whole thing will probably take 15 years to build, and after that, it will probably have to be abandoned because it's impossible. any prime minister that hasn't completely taken leave minister that hasn't completely ta ken leave of minister that hasn't completely taken leave of their senses will probably feel, you know what, take your point. some of the descriptions of what we need to happen because of how deep the water is in between scotland and ireland, having at least 30 towers taller than any that have ever been built anywhere in the world. when you put it like that, you start to think perhaps... it

sounds good on paper, but it might not... ~ . , ., , sounds good on paper, but it might not... ~ . , ., not... when civil servants call the -ro'ect not... when civil servants call the proiect brave. _ not... when civil servants call the proiect brave. you _ not. .. when civil servants call the project brave, you know- not... when civil servants call the project brave, you know what - not... when civil servants call the | project brave, you know what they really mean. the guardian talks about andrew neil. martin, he founded this channel. he's out of his own channel, how does it work? these for boom -- presumably— channel, how does it work? these for boom -- presumably he _ channel, how does it work? these for boom -- presumably he wasn't - channel, how does it work? these for boom -- presumably he wasn't the i boom —— presumably he wasn't the only person — boom —— presumably he wasn't the only person there, so we understand. i don't _ only person there, so we understand. i don't think_ only person there, so we understand. i don't think we've heard directly from _ i don't think we've heard directly from him — i don't think we've heard directly from him. but not quite happy with the direction that's developed there since he _ the direction that's developed there since he went on holiday in the summen — since he went on holiday in the summen i_ since he went on holiday in the summer. i suppose, since he went on holiday in the summer. isuppose, innocent, it's taking— summer. isuppose, innocent, it's taking a— summer. isuppose, innocent, it's taking a more right—wing direction and i_ taking a more right—wing direction and i think— taking a more right—wing direction and i think somebody with his journalistic background would perhaps — journalistic background would perhaps wanted to have gone. that clearly _ perhaps wanted to have gone. that clearly seems to be a factor in his

departure — clearly seems to be a factor in his departure. there are investors, as yourm _ departure. there are investors, as yourm was — departure. there are investors, as your... was talking eloquently early on in _ your... was talking eloquently early on in making that point that andrew neil was_ on in making that point that andrew neil was not the only person. you're not to bench — neil was not the only person. you're not to bench watch _ neil was not the only person. you're not to bench watch the _ neil was not the only person. you're not to bench watch the earlier - not to bench watch the earlier coverage, that's cheating! jessica, are you surprised he's left? i coverage, that's cheating! jessica, are you surprised he's left?- are you surprised he's left? i think it's possibly _ are you surprised he's left? i think it's possibly not — are you surprised he's left? i think it's possibly not a _ are you surprised he's left? i think it's possibly not a surprise - are you surprised he's left? i think it's possibly not a surprise that. are you surprised he's left? i think it's possibly not a surprise that gb| it's possibly not a surprise that gb news had to go in this direction in order... it's going to have to double down on its usp because it's not been getting a great deal of viewers since it first launched. you can have culture wars and having these right wing talking points, and if that's what it will do, it may go

down a path. some of its more middle—of—the—road journalists, with great careers. they might not be happy with that. in the last few seconds, final newspaper, him up's in the last few seconds, final newspaper, him ups the queen of new york city —— emma is the queen. you each get two sentences with their thoughts on emma raducanu. definitely brilliant. it’s thoughts on emma raducanu. definitely brilliant.— thoughts on emma raducanu. definitely brilliant. it's great to see her celebrating. _ definitely brilliant. it's great to see her celebrating. she - definitely brilliant. it's great to see her celebrating. she really| see her celebrating. she really deserves that.— see her celebrating. she really deserves that. , , ., , , deserves that. lets see how she gets on at the australian _ deserves that. lets see how she gets on at the australian open. _ deserves that. lets see how she gets on at the australian open. can - deserves that. lets see how she gets on at the australian open. can you i on at the australian open. can you imagine the press coverage when wimbledon comes around? jessica and martin, thank you both. i will see you in about 41 minutes. that's it for now, goodbye.

good evening. everton came from a goal to beat burnley in tonight's premier league game at goodison park. the win preserves their unbeaten start to the season and puts them level on points with the league's top three. all the goals coming in the second half, burnley captain ben mee headed his side in front on his 200th appearance. the lead didn't last long, though. good work from andros townsend set up michael keane for the equaliser. townsend scored a beauty to put everton ahead, a curling shot from outside the box, and the win was sealed in a minute later. demarai gray going clear to make it 3—1 to everton, his third of the season. smiles all around as their unbeaten run continues, with everton fourth on goal difference. well, it was a match winning performance from townsend — a player well accustomed to top level football.

he was at crystal palace last season and paid credit to his mum, for giving him the motivation to keep performing. she's always working hard on the mental side of the game and always sending me messages. she sent me a little compilation of all my goals. she said, "watch this whenever you get it." maybe it worked. i remind myself to score goals like that. it was a really tough game. champions league holders chelsea turn their attention to this season's competition tomorrow. their first group match is against zenit st petersburg. head coach thomas tuchel says, despite winning the trophy in porto last season, he's putting that win to the back of his mind and focusing on new challenges. it is absolutely necessary to forget it and _ it is absolutely necessary to forget it and start from scratch, to show there's _ it and start from scratch, to show there's mentality again, and this is what _ there's mentality again, and this is what i _ there's mentality again, and this is what i feel — there's mentality again, and this is what i feel. this is what i demand from _ what i feel. this is what i demand from myself and from everybody else

around, _ from myself and from everybody else around, that if you don't change in terms _ around, that if you don't change in terms of— around, that if you don't change in terms of hunger, you will have this -- you _ terms of hunger, you will have this -- you can — terms of hunger, you will have this —— you can create a bond out of it and _ —— you can create a bond out of it and we _ —— you can create a bond out of it and we can — —— you can create a bond out of it and we can create confidence out of it. but _ and we can create confidence out of it. but it _ and we can create confidence out of it. but it is — and we can create confidence out of it, but it is about looking up front and taking — it, but it is about looking up front and taking up challenges which are coming _ the start of the group stage also sees manchester united travelling to play swiss champions young boys. united have only reached the quarterfinals twice in the last ten years. when we go into this tournament now, it's to _ when we go into this tournament now, it's to go _ when we go into this tournament now, it's to go all _ when we go into this tournament now, it's to go all the — when we go into this tournament now, it's to go all the way. _ when we go into this tournament now, it's to go all the way. we _ when we go into this tournament now, it's to go all the way. we know - when we go into this tournament now, it's to go all the way. we know it - it's to go all the way. we know it will be _ it's to go all the way. we know it will be difficult. _ it's to go all the way. we know it will be difficult. always - it's to go all the way. we know it will be difficult. always is. - it's to go all the way. we know it will be difficult. always is. but . will be difficult. always is. but we've — will be difficult. always is. but we've added _ will be difficult. always is. but we've added some _ will be difficult. always is. but| we've added some experience, will be difficult. always is. but - we've added some experience, some quality. _ we've added some experience, some quality. some— we've added some experience, some quality. some youth, _ we've added some experience, some quality, some youth, and _ we've added some experience, some quality, some youth, and hopefully. quality, some youth, and hopefully we are _ quality, some youth, and hopefully we are better— quality, some youth, and hopefully we are better prepared _ quality, some youth, and hopefully we are better prepared this - quality, some youth, and hopefully we are better prepared this year. . meanwhile, chelsea's women's team have a tough draw for the group stages of the competition. chelsea were finalists last season and will take onjuventus, wolfsburg, and servette. arsenal play the holders barcelona, and hoffenheim, plus danish side hb koge.

it's fair to say emma raducanu will still be on cloud nine after her sensational victory at the us open. she's been basking in the glory of the famous win by taking in some of new york's famous sights. the 18—year—old posted this photograph on social media of her in times square, in front of a billboard of herself! that's a sign of things to come. the young brit beat canada's leyla fernandez in straight sets to become the first ever qualifier and first british woman for 44 years to win a grand slam singles title. former british number one, sue barker, said the media attention on raducanu would be incredibly intense. she also paid tribute to the 18—year—old's parents, saying the way they had prioritised her education was impressive. money, offers, magazines are going to be on. but they also have to find time for their tennis. i really like the way the parents have dealt with emma. the tennis can wait. they seemed to really understand it, and i hope that they will protect her

because emma is going to have photographers outside her door for a long, long time. but we've got to get her time to develop and we've got to protect her because her world is going to hit her like a sledgehammer. i don't think she realises what's coming her way. and on the men's side of the draw, daniil medvedev says he's incredibly happy after winning his first grand slam title. the russian number two seed beat novak djokovic in straight sets in the men's final to end the world number one's hopes of taking the calendar slam. djokovic had won this year's three other major tournaments, but looked completely lost at times, particularly when he was on the way to losing the second set. so, medvedev completed an emphatic victory to win his first grand slam, and he said he thinks it could be a turning point for the new generation. a few years, i think we started to gelm _ a few years, i think we started to gelm that's _ a few years, i think we started to get... that's normal. and i'm really happy—

get... that's normal. and i'm really happy that— get... that's normal. and i'm really happy that i— get... that's normal. and i'm really happy that i think i gave more confidence by doing this in the final— confidence by doing this in the final because nobody did this before — final because nobody did this before i_ final because nobody did this before. i think it can be one more turning _ before. i think it can be one more turning point. finally, in case you haven't seen it, here's why the all—ireland women's t20 cup semifinal between bready and csni has gone viral. and it was because play was briefly stopped when a four—legged pitch invaderfancied playing a bit of throw and catch! 0h, oh, the dog has the ball! laughter play resumed after the brief interruption, with bready winning via the duckworth—lewis—stern method. that is impressive fielding, i have to say. can always rely on animals to say. can always rely on animals to provide entertainment. and that's all the sport for now. we'll see you soon. hello there. this weekend is looking very changeable. we're starting off on a rather unsettled note. then things look like they'll calm down around the middle part of the week, thanks to a ridge of high pressure building

in with some good spells of sunshine around. and by the end of the week, another weather system will arrive to bring some wetter and windier weather certainly for friday. and we have this cluster of weather fronts moving up from the near continent, so this rain could be quite heavy as we push through this evening, and certainly overnight. the rain will start to pep up across southern areas to become quite heavy, but the rain will be pretty extensive across western parts of the country here, variable cloud and some low cloud and mist in places, too. quite a muggy night come across southern areas with that heavier rain. 13—15 degrees here, closer to 10—12 further north. now it does look like tuesday will be pretty wet across parts of wales, central, southern, and eastern england — and that rain will pep up through the day, you can see some bright echoes through there, some very heavy rainfall, perhaps some rumbles of thunder, too, for both central and eastern parts of england. but conditions are improving across wales, southwest england later in the day, and some sunshine for western scotland and northern ireland. disappointing temperatures where we have the rain, otherwise highs in the brighter spots probably touching

around 19—20 celsius. now that weather front clears away during the course of tuesday night into wednesday — a ridge of high pressure builds in for both wednesday, and certainly for thursday. so, it's looking like the better day of the week, pretty it particularly thursday, where we'll see quite a bit of sunshine. because wednesday looks rather grey, misty and murky, with quite a lot of clouds to begin the day, even a bit of a hang—back of rain across eastern england from that weather front, which should eventually clear way. perhaps a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. otherwise for most, it should be a drier day, and we should start seeing increasing amounts of sunshine across some southern and western areas, pushing temperatures up to around 21 degrees. thursday probably looking like the best day of the week with that ridge of high pressure across many areas, it'll be dry with good spells sunshine around. late in the day, cloud and breeze will start to increase for western scotland and northern ireland ahead of this new weather system. but in the warmest spots on thursday, we could see low—20s celsius quite easily. now as we head into thursday, though, this new weatherfront associated with this area of low

pressure sweeps across the country during friday to bring outbreaks of rain, fairly strong winds across northern scotland. so, it looks like it'll be wet across western areas to start friday, rain pushing towards the east late in the day, sunshine and showers follow on behind.

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