the government says it has no plans at the moment for the army to drive fuel tankers. there are still long queues at many petrol stations today, with many forecourts closed or running dry because of the tanker driver shortage, but for now the army is not being drafted in. we always have several contingencies sectioned, the army is always on standby should they be needed, but we do notjudge that is necessary at the moment. the government is urging people only to buy fuel when they need it. also this lunchtime — labour unveils its plans for the economy at the party's annual conference. rachel reeves promises to be the

first green chancellor. new research says you'll spend longer on an nhs waiting list in england if you live in a poorer part of the country. political stalemate in germany — after knife edge election results. and it's football, but not as we know it — an experimental game where heading is banned because of concerns it's linked to dementia. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says it has no plans at the moment for using the army to drive fuel tankers.

thousands of petrol stations are still closed or running dry because of a shortage of tanker drivers, and there've been more long queues today of drivers trying to fill up. ministers are urging people to get their fuel as normal. the government is issuing temporary visas to bring in 5,000 foreign lorry drivers. the government has also suspended competition law so that oil companies can work together to get more fuel to the pumps. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. from early this morning, queues began to form, drivers are seemingly desperate to fill their tanks, but for a key nhs workers like these, their frustration is clear. for a key nhs workers like these, theirfrustration is clear. i for a key nhs workers like these, their frustration is clear.- their frustration is clear. i need to net to their frustration is clear. i need to get to work. _ their frustration is clear. i need to get to work, and _ their frustration is clear. i need to get to work, and people - their frustration is clear. i need | to get to work, and people have their frustration is clear. i need i to get to work, and people have a panic about, so i have struggled to get fuel and now i will be late to work. y . , get fuel and now i will be late to work. g ., .,, get fuel and now i will be late to work. g ., ., get fuel and now i will be late to work. g . , .,, ., ., work. my habit was going through the s l work. my habit was going through the s , i went work. my habit was going through the sky. i went to — work. my habit was going through the sky, i went to asda, _ work. my habit was going through the sky, i went to asda, no _ work. my habit was going through the sky, i went to asda, no petrol. - work. my habit was going through the sky, i went to asda, no petrol. i- sky, i went to asda, no petrol. i went _ sky, i went to asda, no petrol. i went to — sky, i went to asda, no petrol. i went to £550, no petrol, no diesel, every— went to £550, no petrol, no diesel, every single — went to esso, no petrol, no diesel, every single place i went. i went to esso, no petrol, no diesel, every single place i went.— every single place i went. i was lookin: every single place i went. i was looking for— every single place i went. i was looking for petrol _ every single place i went. i was looking for petrol from - every single place i went. i was looking for petrol from five - looking for petrol from five

o'clock, but there was none available, but luckily i rang here at 6.30 and they said they were open, so i came here and joined the queue. open, so i came here and “oined the cueue. . , open, so i came here and “oined the cueue. ., , ., , . , queue. retailers to the picture is mixed across _ queue. retailers to the picture is mixed across the _ queue. retailers to the picture is mixed across the country. - queue. retailers to the picture is mixed across the country. that i queue. retailers to the picture isj mixed across the country. that is queue. retailers to the picture is i mixed across the country. that is no roblem mixed across the country. that is no problem in — mixed across the country. that is no problem in northern _ mixed across the country. that is no problem in northern ireland, - mixed across the country. that is no problem in northern ireland, plenty| problem in northern ireland, plenty of fuel. _ problem in northern ireland, plenty of fuel, plenty of drivers, no panic buying _ of fuel, plenty of drivers, no panic buying. much the same in the north of scotland — buying. much the same in the north of scotland and in rural parts of wales, — of scotland and in rural parts of wales, so— of scotland and in rural parts of wales, so we are really looking at a situation _ wales, so we are really looking at a situation which is focused on the bil situation which is focused on the big urban — situation which is focused on the big urban centres on mainland uk. the government blames the shortages at thousands of petrol stations on people who are filling up unnecessarily.— people who are filling up unnecessarily. there isn't a shortage- _ unnecessarily. there isn't a shortage. there _ unnecessarily. there isn't a shortage. there have - unnecessarily. there isn't a shortage. there have been| unnecessarily. there isn't a - shortage. there have been some shortages of hgv drivers getting petrol to forecourts, but that is quite limited in the petrol sector. the cause of the common problems as the panic buying episode, the most important thing is for people to stop buying petrol as they normally would. but stop buying petrol as they normally would. �* ., , ,, would. but labour were unimpressed b the would. but labour were unimpressed by the government's _ would. but labour were unimpressed by the government's handling - would. but labour were unimpressed by the government's handling of- would. but labour were unimpressed by the government's handling of the | by the government's handling of the situation. , ,., , situation. this government is incompetent. _ situation. this government is incompetent. this _ situation. this government is i

incompetent. this government situation. this government is - incompetent. this government is in denial _ incompetent. this government is in denial this — incompetent. this government is in denial. this government is careless and chaotic, — denial. this government is careless and chaotic, and they are responsible for this mess. there were rumours — responsible for this mess. there were rumours that _ responsible for this mess. there were rumours that the _ responsible for this mess. there were rumours that the army - responsible for this mess. there were rumours that the army was responsible for this mess. there i were rumours that the army was to responsible for this mess. ii—ii” were rumours that the army was to be brought in to help deliver fuel, but the government insists that will not be necessary. instead, it has suspended competition law to allow oil firms to target fuel deliveries at petrol stations, and is introducing temporary uk visas for 5000 drivers. the question is, though, will they come? i 5000 drivers. the question is, though, will they come? i don't think so. though, will they come? i don't think so- i— though, will they come? i don't think so. i think— though, will they come? i don't think so. i think a _ though, will they come? i don't think so. i think a solution - though, will they come? i don't think so. i think a solution like l think so. i think a solution like this is a solution based on panic without a clear strategy, and which worker would quit his job without a clear strategy, and which worker would quit hisjob in the eu to go for a temporary workplace in the uk and be terminated again on christmas eve? ads, the uk and be terminated again on christmas eve?— christmas eve? a shortage of lorry drivers has — christmas eve? a shortage of lorry drivers has caused _ christmas eve? a shortage of lorry drivers has caused problems - christmas eve? a shortage of lorry drivers has caused problems for i christmas eve? a shortage of lorry drivers has caused problems for a | drivers has caused problems for a range of industries in recent months, from supermarkets to fast food chains. the government has sent out nearly a million letters to drivers who hold an hgv licence to encourage them back behind the wheel, and plans are in place to train 4000 people. many are also being enticed into the sector by

higher wages, being enticed into the sector by higherwages, but being enticed into the sector by higher wages, but will being enticed into the sector by higherwages, but will that being enticed into the sector by higher wages, but will that be enough? higher wages, but will that be enou:h?�* , higher wages, but will that be enou~h? �* y,. i, enough? anybody sitting there with no 'ob enough? anybody sitting there with no job thinking. _ enough? anybody sitting there with no job thinking, well, _ enough? anybody sitting there with no job thinking, well, i— enough? anybody sitting there with no job thinking, well, i will- enough? anybody sitting there with no job thinking, well, i will go - enough? anybody sitting there with no job thinking, well, i will go for. nojob thinking, well, i will go for that, but what they are not telling them is to get that figure, you have got to not see your family, sleep out in the truck, they are not giving them the real picture. ladle giving them the real picture. we ho -e is giving them the real picture. we hope is that queues like these will soon disappear, but many business groups are warning that driver shortages will have a much deeper impact going forward. ramzan karmali, bbc news. the labour party says it will cut business rates in england the government making it clear today they are not bringing in the army for now at least. hat they are not bringing in the army for now at least.— they are not bringing in the army for now at least. not yet and some ofthe for now at least. not yet and some of the government's _ for now at least. not yet and some of the government's strategy - for now at least. not yet and some of the government's strategy at i of the government's strategy at the moment seems to be a wait and see. many ministers are hoping that this situation essentially resolves itself, that a lot of the people who are worried about running out of petrol have already been down to their local station, filled up their tanks, and because of that, some of the queues we have seen over the

last few days might start to die down. interestingly, the minister we have had from this morning, the environment secretary, has been saying that the only reason that there are queues at petrol forecourts in the first place is because people are buying more petrol than they need. so the message from government continues to be, there's enough petrol to go around, the with hgv drivers isn't that bad in the fuel industry, and that bad in the fuel industry, and that of people stick to their normal habits, this situation will die down. the question, of course, that ministers are continuing to face is what happens if that strategy doesn't pay off. if we continue to see large queues outside petrol stations. and although the line from downing street at the moment is that they are not deploying the army currently to drive tankers around the country, it is very much something that is still being kept on the table. there is a no—deal

brexit plan that has been dusted off in recent days, that has been studied by ministers, and discussed by officials. it is absolutely not been ruled out as an option. but the plan a is that this starts to die down if people start to return to their normal purchasing habits when it comes to petrol.— it comes to petrol. nick, thank you. we will also — it comes to petrol. nick, thank you. we will also speak— it comes to petrol. nick, thank you. we will also speak to _ it comes to petrol. nick, thank you. we will also speak to our _ it comes to petrol. nick, thank you. we will also speak to our transport | we will also speak to our transport correspondent caroline davies. the government is trying to attract foreign lorry drivers with these temporary three month resource. what are the imprecations, do you think they will want to come here? for --eole they will want to come here? for people will _ they will want to come here? for people will be — they will want to come here? fr?" people will be attracted to come to the uk for a short period of time. speaking to some unions in europe this morning, they were concerned people would not want to come, they already have jobs, people would not want to come, they already havejobs, but people would not want to come, they already have jobs, but at the moment there is also a shortage of drivers in the rest of the eu, and searched with other people will want to leave the eu to come over to the uk to work instead, particularly for only three months, they are not certain. they also point to the fact there are a lot of other underlying issues

that have not yet been resolved, saw things are not necessarily change. if drivers decide to leave the uk to go back to the eu in the first place, i was still going to be concerned about conditions working here, tax issues that have changed in the course of the last year, are they concerned about whether they will be able to get back to see theirfamilies? a lot of will be able to get back to see their families? a lot of issues that existed when they made those decisions are still in place now. the other big question the industry had is about numbers. the road haulage assocation says there is a shortage of 100,000 drivers. of course, these visas are only for 5000 drivers, there are other measures the government is suggesting is trying to put in place as well, but they wonder whether this will be enough to fill that gap- this will be enough to fill that ua., ., ., this will be enough to fill that .a . _ ., ., ., ~' this will be enough to fill that ua., ., ., ., the labour party says it will cut business rates in england and then phase them out completely if it wins the next general election. at the party's conference in brighton, shadow chancellor rachel reeves has

been outlining its economic plans. 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake is in brighton. how are you doing? i'm keir, this is rachel. getting down to business in brighton. after days of wrangling over party rules, the labour leader and shadow chancellor are pitching their plans for the economy. they say the system is stacked against small businesses like this, and want to scrap the tax they pay on their property. it's part of a promise from the woman who, under labour, would be in charge of the economy, to take careful decisions about who pays and what is spent. we will make the tax system fairer, ensuring that the burden is notjust fallen on the wages of working people, but that those at the top pay their fair share, people, but that those at the top pay theirfair share, too. she said the business tax system

wasn't fair or fit for purpose and that under labour there would be changes, meaning bigger companies paid more. we will look at every single tax break, and if it doesn't deliver for the economy, orfor the the economy, or for the taxpayer, then we will scrap it. there was no detail about what labour would put in its place, though. all tax breaks would be reviewed, rachel reeves said, billions invested in making the uk greener, and taking aim at the tories, labour would demand money back from companies given covid contracts that hadn't delivered. the aim of these announcements is, in part, to show labour can be trusted with our taxes. they may win support from those who want to see the wealthy are paying more, and many in the party frustrated that policies like this are long overdue. but there are big questions still for labour about how it would fund its promises, and the personal taxes that people would pay if they were in charge. labour has now shed some light on its plans for the economy. the party's leadership will hope it is enough for now to encourage voters to look again.

jonathan blake, bbc news, brighton. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in brighton. lots of green promises from labour, what else were they announcing? that's right. let's talk about these green promises initially, because this is what i think got the biggest yearly conference call from the shadow chancellor rachel reeves when she announced that she would be britain's first green chancellor. that is subject to the electorate backing labour next time around. she suggested that she would be prepared to spend £28 billion a year every year until the end of this decade investing in green technologies, such as factories to make batteries for electric vehicles, new wind turbines, and so on. just to put that figure in context, that is about three times the annual budget of the home office, and she confirmed that this would be paid for by borrowing. what she is hoping people will listen to it as

everything else she is saying about how labour would tax and spend, because time and again in her speech, she said labour would spend wisely as well as tax fairly. she is trying to convince people that if you borrow to invest, you will get a return, that is sensible, because... pledging money that they simply don't know where it is going to come from. a couple of other areas, i think it was quite interesting, she was talking a lot about reforming business taxation, bringing in a new property tax, but what she did not talk about was personal taxation, income tax and interestingly, she said nothing at all about labour's pledge at the last election to increase those taxes on people earning more than £80,000 a year. but from conversations i have had here, it looks like, just like the green nationalisation of the energy companies pledge and the income tax pledge is also biting the dust. thank you, iain watson in brighton. detectives are continuing to question a man in connection

with the murder of sabina nessa, the teacher whose body was found in a south—east london park. the 36—year—old was arrested at a property in east sussex in the early hours of sunday morning. despite injunctions which mean they could be sent to prison, insulate britain climate protesters have caused disruption on the m25 for a sixth time in a fortnight. activists blocked a slip road of the capital's orbital motorway near heathrow airport. the met police say 53 people were arrested. new research shows people in poorer parts of england are nearly twice as likely to wait more than a year for treatment than those in wealthier parts of the country. millions across the uk are currently on nhs waiting lists. the research shows some are taking out loans or even crowdfunding to pay forfaster, private health care. victoria derbyshire reports. running a flu clinic outside this surgery in north london, dr leora harverd

is struggling to keep up. i feel at the moment we are so overwhelmed that i cannot deliver medicine and the care to the level that i would like to. it is leora harverd here, the gp. and it is notjust the demand on her time that's putting pressure on dr harverd, it is also worries from her patients who are struggling to get to see hospital consultants. one patient who says she can't wait any longer has written to dr harverd. so this lady is worried about waiting to be seen on the nhs and might be going privately. so ijust want to phone her. hello, it's leora harverd from the surgery. you know, you shouldn't have to go privately for this. i'm sure i can help with this one. 0k, thank you, bye. bye. according to research by the think tank the king's fund, shared with panorama, since the pandemic began people waiting for treatment in the most deprived parts of england are almost twice as likely to wait more than a year for care.

hello. they've been looking at the impact of the pandemic on some of the poorest people in the country. is there a concern that we are seeing the beginnings of a serious two—tier health system? i think that's one of the risks that the government and national bodies in the nhs are absolutely going to have to manage because we have the choice as a society where we go after this pandemic. it can either be the pandemic that exposed health inequalities and made us make hard decisions over who we prioritise for— treatment, or we can ignore it and keep doing almost what we were doing before and focus on things like the headline number of how many people are being treated, without really realising if that's leading to widening health inequalities or not. so, one shoulder higher and one shoulder more prominent. so you can actually see it is curved there and you can see the shoulder blade sitting out more. 12—year—old hayden kildea lives in strabane in northern ireland.

he needs surgery to straighten his spine. but because of the backlog caused by covid, mum shauna says they were told they would have to wait more than two years for the operation. the more it curved the more it interferes with _ his organs and stuff so that's actually really scary. - shauna found a clinic in turkey who could do the operation immediately but at a cost of £50,000. the family turned to crowdfunding. we were put in the position where you are basically - begging of people, begging for them ito help you get your child's surgeryl that they should be able to get here. i victoria derbyshire, bbc news. and there is more on that story in panorama — nhs: wait 0r pay, that's tonight at 7.35 on bbc one. the manchester arena inquiry has begun hearing evidence from witnesses who tried to help the 22 people who died in the 2017 bombing. police officers have

been describing their efforts to help 15—year—old megan hurley. judith moritz is outside the public inquiry. judith has the latest. the inquiry is auoin judith has the latest. the inquiry is going through _ judith has the latest. the inquiry is going through the _ judith has the latest. the inquiry is going through the process - judith has the latest. the inquiry is going through the process the | judith has the latest. the inquiry i is going through the process the at the moment of hearing the individual experiences of each of the 22 people who were murdered that night in 2017. each case begins with some emotional testimony about their backgrounds and personalities, and then goes into detail, much of it very distressing, but what happened to them that night, the extent of their injuries, attempts to try to help them and whether any of them might have survived if treatment had been better. it's obviously very difficult for the bereaved families to listen to this and this morning it was the turn of the hurley family, 15 —year—old megan was killed that night, and she was at the arena with her brother bradley who was also there but very badly injured. bradley sat in court with her parents and we listened as they

were told that they had walked into the sitting room 11 seconds before the sitting room 11 seconds before the bomb exploded and megan was three metres away from the bomb. we heard about attempts to resuscitate her by police officers but the court was told that she died of multiple injuries which were on survivable. this afternoon we will hear about 2—macro more teenage girls both killed in the bombing, and this whole process is due to last for the next three weeks.— whole process is due to last for the next three weeks. judith, thank you very much- — next three weeks. judith, thank you very much. judith _ next three weeks. judith, thank you very much. judith moritz _ next three weeks. judith, thank you very much. judith moritz reporting. | very much. judith moritz reporting. it has been revealed that an mp threatened to reveal naked pictures. she denies the charge of harassment between september 2018 and april last year. the time is 1:18 pm. the top story this lunchtime. the government says it has no plans at

the moment for the army to drive fuel tanker lorries. we talk to the boss of one of britain's biggest supermarkets, who says he's expecting christmas as usual despite shortages. coming up in the sport in 15 minutes on the bbc news channel, it's time to reflect full team europe after a humbling record defeat against the usa at whistling straits in the ryder cup. — time to reflect for team europe. germany could face months of coalition talks after a knife edge election result. the centre—left social democrats are claiming a narrow victory and insisting they have a mandate to form a government. but the conservative party of the outgoing chancellor angela merkel are determined to fight on. both rivals are now trying to win over smaller parties to form a government in what is europe's biggest and most powerful economy.

jenny hill reports from berlin. the morning after the night before and germany still has no idea who will be its next chancellor. this man, it seems, has won the election but social democrat 0laf scholz will have to form a coalition government if he wants the keys to the chancellery. this morning he was in a determined mood. translation: angela merkel�*s conservatives have notjust lost angela merkel�*s conservatives have not just lost a lot of votes, they have also had a message from the people, they should no longer be in government, they should go into opposition. but the cd you are not going down without a fight. their leader, armin laschet, may have come second but if he can form a coalition he could still become chancellor — cdu. last night he was on pugnacious form. translation: we night he was on pugnacious form. translation:— night he was on pugnacious form. translation: ~ ., , translation: we will do everything to create a government _ translation: we will do everything to create a government led - translation: we will do everything to create a government led by - translation: we will do everything to create a government led by the i to create a government led by the cdu because germany needs a coalition for the future that modernises our country. germany's

game of thrones _ modernises our country. germany's game of thrones has _ modernises our country. germany's game of thrones has begun. - modernises our country. germany's game of thrones has begun. both i modernises our country. germany's i game of thrones has begun. both the conservatives and the social democrats will most likely try to form a coalition with the same two parties, the greens and the free democrats. their leaders are having a whale of a time, relishing their role as kingmakers in this election. the greens would probably prefer a coalition with olaf scholz, they are politically closer. but the free democrats are keener on the conservatives. their leader cristian lindner wants his party and the greens to decide together which way they will go. angela merkel is known to be looking forward to getting out of the driving seat. that coalition negotiations are going to take time. it could be weeks, months perhaps, before she can finally hand over the keys to the german chancellery. jennyjoins us now live from berlin. the horse trading begins. what is the latest? , ~ .,

the horse trading begins. what is the latest?— the horse trading begins. what is the latest? , ~ ., ~ ,, the latest? yes. angela merkel was at the party's _ the latest? yes. angela merkel was at the party's headquarters - the latest? yes. angela merkel was at the party's headquarters this - at the party's headquarters this morning for a postmortem with the party's leadership. this is a humiliating result, the worst in the party's history. they have lost a lot of votes to the green party, they have lost even more to the social democrats, and armin laschet, cdu party leader, is giving a press conference as i speak and has said the result is in part down to him, but has also reiterated the fact he is still prepared to try to form a coalition government. what does all this mean for the watching world? well, broadly speaking, regardless of which party leads that coalition government when they finally nail it down, you don't need to expect any really dramatic shifts in terms of foreign policy from germany. positions on issues like europe, defence, russia, china, will remain. speaking broadly, the same, regardless, of what kind of coalition government actually ends up coalition government actually ends up in place. for germans there are

weeks of waiting ahead. this is not going to be an easy process, reading about it in the newspapers for weeks to come if not months. those party leaders are olaf scholz from the social democrats, armin laschet from the cdu, and have promised to go about this speedily. they say they want to get the process wrapped up by christmas. ladle want to get the process wrapped up by christmas-— by christmas. we will see. jenny, thank ou by christmas. we will see. jenny, thank you very — by christmas. we will see. jenny, thank you very much _ by christmas. we will see. jenny, thank you very much indeed. - by christmas. we will see. jenny, l thank you very much indeed. jenny hill in berlin. an earthquake has hit the greek island of crete, killing at least one person and injuring several others. the quake struck early in the morning, southeast of the capital, heraklion, where it was felt strongly. the national observatory of athens said it had a magnitude of 5.8. the chinese military says it has tracked and issued a warning to a british warship sailing through the taiwan strait. it accused britain of engaging in behaviour that "harboured evil intentions". china regards the island of taiwan as part of its territory. hms richmond is part of an aircraft

carrier strike group deployed to the indo—pacific region. aldi — one of britain's biggest supermarket chains — has reassured its customers that there won't be disruption in its stores over christmas because of the lorry driver shortage. aldi is also promising to invest more than £1 billion on expanding its uk business, creating 2,000 jobs. our business correspondent emma simpson has been speaking to the company's chief executive. last year was a challenging one for the discounters as shoppers flocked to buy groceries online. the boss of aldi told me shoppers are now coming back to stores. availability at the moment is excellent. and his business has now won more customers than it lost. we actually hit our record market share in the summer at 8.2%. it's that confidence in our performance which means i'm delighted to announce that we will go again in terms of expansion, and that means 100 new stores across the length and

breadth of the country. where are you on hgv drivers? how big a shortage do you have? at the moment we are well set, but i have to say we are never complacent, we are always recruiting. always have done and that won't change. it's business as usual for us. we actually employ more of our drivers directly than a majority of the market, so i can assure customers that they should continue to shop as normal, our stores are fully stocked and our deliveries are running as normal. he says there's no impact from fuel shortages either. for quite some time, shoppers have enjoyed subdued orfalling prices here in the supermarket aisles. but for retailers, a whole host of costs are really starting to stack up. and some of that will have to be passed on to consumers. the question is — how much? it's widely reported there are inflation pressures out there. i don't think that can be denied. and i don't think anybody is going to be immune from that. but we have within our business a very unique, efficient model which means i think we can insulate customers far better than anyone else.

the nfu, trade bodies and tesco have warned about panic buying this winter. what are your thoughts on that? there have been a lot of warnings about christmas, but i think we should take a step back and just reflect on the last 18 months. you know, the british grocery sector has shown itself to be remarkably resilient in the face of some extraordinary circumstances. it won't surprise you to hear that at aldi for the past 12 months, we've been working incredibly hard on planning christmas and i don't envisage any disruption for our customers. the wider uk food supply chain is under an awful lot of strain, but he believes aldi is well placed to weather the storm. emma simpson, bbc news, lutterworth. europe's golfers have suffered their heaviest defeat in the ryder cup. they were beaten by 19—9

at the whistling straits course in wisconsin. us captain steve stricker described his team as the best ever. andy swiss was watching and sent this report. a day of american delight. a record win in front of their own supporters and a victory that never really seemed in doubt. even before the start of the fans were partying. # ymca...# and while rory mcilroy briefly gave europe something to cheer with an early point, it proved the briefest glimmer of hope. from there the us swept them aside. wins for patrick cantlay, scottie scheffler and bryson dechambeau took them to the brink of triumph before the winning moment fell to collin morikawa. as the celebration started, the only question was how much they'd win by. when daniel berger took the final match, the answer was 19—9, europe's biggest defeat in ryder cup history. the us were very strong, they seemed to get everything, they got it right, whatever their plan was they got it right this week. a strong team played well, kept momentum that would have been tough to beat at the best of times, let alone when they are on top form

and it's a great win for them. well, after so much recent ryder cup success for europe, this has been a chastening experience. but for the american fans here, what a victory. their team came here as favourites and they have certainly delivered. and with a young team currently dominating the world rankings, they'll be hoping this stunning victory is just the start. andy swiss, bbc news, whistling straits. britain's first ever �*no heading' adult football match has taken place. the game, organised by charity head for change, only allowed headers in the penalty box in the first half, and then restricted all heading during the second half. it comes as scientists continue to study the possible link between football and dementia, which may be caused by heading the ball. nesta mcgregor went along to see how it worked. kicking off the game, former middlesbrough defender bill gates. now 77, he's been diagnosed with dementia.

a game organised by his family, aiming to raise awareness for sport—related brain injuries. we really want people to start thinking, talking, considering alternatives with the overarching aim of protecting the players and protecting the game. on the face of it, football as we know it with one simple rule, no heading outside the 18—yard box. a uk first, it was always going to take some getting used to. heading is, and has always been, an important part of the game. although increasingly, research is being carried out to look at what the long—term effects of that might be. england's 1966 world cup winning squad. dementia has played a part in the deaths of martin peters, ray wilson, nobby stiles and jack charlton. many will point to the fact that the weight, size and materials used to make footballs has changed a lot since then.

however, the football association recently updated its rules on heading, including a ban for under 115 during training. plenty of goals so far but this game was never about the result but the issue, and now that we are into the second half heading is banned anywhere on the field. i think it is instinctive if the ball is in the air to go and attack it and win the ball but it brings a different dimension to your game. you've got to adjust, you've got to move your feet quicker, maybe bring the — ball down with your chest and try and find different solutions really. but it was an interesting game. the link now proven heading a football, . and there are so many great players now who are _ really struggling, it certainly needs looking at, the fa, the _ premier league, they all need - to look at it to decide what we are going to do with it, _

what is a safe way to move forward. we are unlikely to see any changes to the