welcome along, thank you forjoining us. we start tonight with the day's only premier league game, which has seen aston villa beat west ham by 4—1. the result moves villa up to fifth in the table and is their 11th win in a row at home, as adam cottier reports. aston villa are on their longest home winning run for more than four decades. the manager unai emery marks a year in charge this a year in charge this week. under his guidance, villa are leaving an imprint on the top end of the premier league table — helped by in—form players like midfield players douglas luiz,

who gave them the lead, scoring in a sixth successive home premier league game. a foul saw villa awarded a penalty in the second half and another goal from the spot. west ham briefly rallied with jarrod bowen benefiting from a deflection to become only the third player ever to score in each of his club's opening five away matches of a premier league season. no answer to villa's dominance, as ollie watkins scored his eighth goal of the campaign and substitute leon bailey added a fourth, as villa crowned an 11th successive home league win. aston villa's tally of 19 points is the highest after nine games of the premier league season for 25 years. before kick off at villa park, these were the scenes — a minute's applause for sir bobby charlton, a day after the england world cup winner died at the age of 86. at old trafford today, fans have continued to sign a book of condolence and pay their respects to a manchester united legend, with flowers placed in front

of the holy trinity statue which also includes george best and denis law. sir bobby charlton spent 17 years at united, winning three league titles, a european cup and an fa cup. former players have also been paying tribute. when the club decided that for all he'd done for manchester united, it was to name the south stand after him. and it was before the everton game at old trafford, and we had a lunch, and i had tojust be there and be with him as well, as one of our great players — not only for united, but for manchester city as well. and we were on our own and i saw a tear in his eye, and i said, "are you 0k?" and this was bobby being really humble. and hejust said, "oh, i don't deserve this." i said, "bob, you deserve everything that comes your way for what you've done for this club,

for your country and the world in football generally." and if you've seen any of the footage when he goes on to the pitch with his lovely wife norma, the tears were still in his eyes, because that's the kind of man he was. people who came into contact with sir bobby will have realised that here you have a very humble, ordinary man from the northwest of england, who became a football player and achieved extraordinary things on the football pitch, things that will be remembered forever. there are more tributes on the bbc sport website. celtic are back seven points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a comfortable win at hearts this afternoon. matt o'riley led the way with a superb early opener. there were further

goals from daizen maeda and kyogo furuhashi before this fierce tomoki iwata strike made it 4—1. for the champions, it was a 10th successive win over hearts in all competitions, with the edinburgh side staying in fourth place. but there was no joy for celtic in the women's premiership — they've been beaten by rangers who are a point clear at the top of the table tonight after a 2—1win. the first goal came shortly after half time from celtic�*s caitlin hayes. a few minutes later, rangers equalised with a header from 18—year—old kirsty mcclean. and ten minutes from time, rangers found the winner thanks to rio hardy, ending celtic�*s100% start to the season. fourth place hearts were also winners — though motherwell made things interesting here. what a strike that was from amy anderson! but the home side eased to victory in the end,

5—1 the final score. in the women's super league in england, chelsea are level on points with manchester city after coming from behind to beat brighton. sjoeke nusken scoring twice as they won 11—2 at kingsmeadow. manchester united maintained their unbeaten start with a 5—0 win at everton whilst west ham scored a 95th minute equaliser as they drew 1—1 with liverpool. one late school, bristol city 1—1 arsenal. more frustration for england at the cricket world cup. fast bowler reece topley�*s been ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a broken finger. the 29—year—old was injured during yesterday's crushing defeat by south africa in mumbai. topley�*s england's leading wicket—taker in india, with eight in three matches, despite being left out for the first match. no worries for india — their unbeaten start continues as they look to win the world cup on home soil. new zealand, who also hadn't lost, were their opponents today in dharamshala but virat kohli

powered his side to victory by four wickets asjoe lynskey reports. a ground carved into the mountains and the two teams at the summit. india and new zealand were unbeaten and on course. the top two in the pool but the hosts want so much more. early wickets for india turned up the volume and slowed down new zealand. daryl mitchell came in and crashed through the noise. he scored a century at a run a ball but the response was emphatic. india took all ten wickets, new zealand had come up short. the hosts went to chase 274 and took aim for the himalayas. that has gone a long way. the one thing in their way is what came down from the hilltops. fog held this match up but it did soon pass through. when india came back,

they were hazy. virat kohli was still at his end. india's sports icon was there to guide his nation through. he scored 95, his team were there with balls to spare. at his home world cup, they have five wins from five. india at their peak atjust the right time. india against england to come next weekend. next to rugby league, where england held off tonga to win the opening match of their three—test series. watching at st helens was our reporter adam wild. a real moment of rugby league history this afternoon. such is the growth in interest and the expansion of the international game. this was the first time a tongan side had toured england in a three—match series. be under no illusions, they are a very good side indeed. ranked fifth in the world, england only ranked fourth,

as they did in the world cup last year they brought plenty of noise and plenty of colour. england left in no doubt this was a real, proper test match. it was shaun wane�*s side who opened the scoring. micky lewis on his england debut, jinking and winging his way through the tongan defence. tackled just short of the line. from the resultant play out it went, toby king to crash over. tonga hit back. the winger going over in the corner. the try awarded eventually by the video referee. tonga, moments later, took the lead. the kick through gobbled up by tyson frizzell, his debut for tonga. the hugely experienced forward having previously represented both wales and australia at international level. mikey lewis, a man of the match performance from him. fruit for england producing a moment of magic, ducking and diving, time going over himself. 12—12 at the break.

a superb firt half of international rugby from the man who may not have been involved at all had it not been for the suspension of george williams. the same could be said for the catalan winger coming in for dom young. johnson put england ahead in the second half, a great looping pass out. in he went at the corner, 16—12. johnson was making the most of his opportunity. last weekend, he was on the losing side in the grand final. a weekend to remember here. his running was unopposed for the second try of the afternoon for him. a late tongan try brought them to within 4 points — 22—18. that was the way it finished. as a team we did a really good thing for short periods. we can do a lot better than that, i'm sure. i know what my players are capable of. i do not say that flippantly. i know they will improve.

a win for england but this was far from comfortable, far from convincing. both sides will improve with more time to gel over the coming weeks. they have not got much time. the second testjust next weekend in huddersfield, harlequins have their first win of the premiership season after beating exeter chiefs by 22 points to 1a at the stoop. exeter went head through an ethan painter try before jack kenningham, louis lynagh and willjoseph all crossed the line to give quins a 19—12 lead at the break. exeter answered back with a dan frost try, but will edwards' late penalty deprived the visitors of a losing bonus point. harlequins, who also failed to earn a bonus point, are sixth after two games, exeterfifth. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. south africa rugby say they're

reviewing the available evidence after an accusation that their player bongi mbonambi used a racial slur during their semi—final win against england at the rugby world cup towards england flanker tom curry. american ben shelton has won his first atp tour title at the japan open. he hit 18 winners on the way to beating russia's aslan karatsev 7—5, 6—1 in tokyo. the victory will move him up to a career—high of 15th in the men's rankings tomorrow. and grace harris smashed a new women's big bash league record score of 136 not out off 59 balls as brisbane heat beat perth scorchers by 50 runs. harris also hit a record 11 sixes in her innings — including one with a broken bat. in less than half an hour, the us grand prix will get under way at the circuit of the americas in austin in texas. forjust the third time this season, ferrari's charles leclerc will start from pole. he'll be hoping to make a better get away than he did in last night's sprint race where he was overtaken by lewis hamilton at the second corner. world champion max verstappen won

with ease, but repeating the feat might be a little more difficult as a mistake in qualifying means he's starting from sixth. right behind verstappen on the grid are the two alpeen cars of pierre gasly and esteban ocon. they're hosting rory mcilroy and the ryder cup in their garage this weekend. as well as helping the drivers with their putting skills, the northern irish golfer is one of several sports stars who earlier this week invested in the team to become part of the ownership group. the growth of f1 in this country in particular, in the united states, going off the back of the netflix show, itjust seems like every month, every year, that it's just more and more interest in the sport, which is really cool to see. like, you just, you see all the people here on a race weekend and how much they're into it, it's really cool to be a part of. it's not if i had, like, a huge ambition to be a part owner of an f1 team but the opportunity came along and i think the people we're investing with, it's a really cool group of people, but also speaking

with the alpeen team, their mindset and their vision for the future and where they want to go, i think that is going to be a really cooljourney to be a part of and hopefully the group that have come in and have invested can help them on their journey and push them up the grid and, you know, hopefully we're to help and try to be additive in any way that we can. emma raducanu has told the bbc that she hopes to be fit for the start of the new tennis season. this year has been a write—off, she's been out for six months after a series of operations on her wrists and ankle. she also explained why she has been through so many coaches in her short career nesta macgregor reports. the emotions that come with winning a grand slam. disbelief, joy, pride.

atjust 18, emma raducanu etched in a name on the us open trophy and into the record books. her potential seemed limitless. two years on, she is happy to be back on the court. the former british number one underwent surgery on both hands and an ankle. the biggest thing from the last few months was how much i missed the sport. that was the standout thing, how much i missed training, how much i missed my body hurting and feeling tired and dragging yourself through certain exercises where you don't feel like it. that is the biggest stand out. currently ranked 260 in the world, it is a long climb back to the top. her victory at the us open made her a global superstar overnight, although some questioned of business done away from the court was affecting performances on it. certain scenarios, i am still trying to get my bearings. i would say overall i am a lot better. ijust feel it is part of my day now, part of my life.

it is notjust tennis and fitness. it is the other commercial side as well. at the end of the day, tennis and training is my priority. the 20—year—old is still in the very early stages of her return to competitive tennis but hopes to rejoin the tour early next year. by then it may be with a new coach, as she is currently without one. in fact, she has had four since that triumph in new york. i'm not someone you can tell me what to do and i do it, i need to understand why and then i will do it. honestly, i ask my coaches a lot of questions. on certain occasions they have not been able to keep up with the questions i asked so maybe that is why it ended. emma raducanu, inquisitive, independent and still an insatiable appetite to be back on top of the world. nesta macgregor, bbc news. we hope to see her back in action next year.

nominations for the european golden boy and golden girl awards have been released — the honour dedicated to the best under 21 player, voted for byjournalists. previous winners include lionel messi, kylian mbappe and erling haaland. this year's nominees feature england and real madrid starjude bellingham, plus chelsea defender levi colwill. it's the topic of this week's football news show, which i'll leave you with tonight. here's ben croucher. hello and welcome back to the football news show, where we will start by quoting a certain former scottish footballer turned pundit who, 28 years ago, said you cannot win anything with kids. well, mr hansen, how about this lot?

just a few of the nominees for this year's golden boy award. thank you forjoining us. john bennett is here as well. if you were like me growing up, it is a conversation you might have had on the playground in the bus or a bit older, in the office. who is the best player? today we are going to look at the bet young players. this is the best european player under the age of 21. we will go into details later on. how prestigious is this award? piling on the pressure, you join an amazing list of names. it is by an italian publication and they go to other publications and ask for nominations. they give a top five.

you get ten points for the player in the top position and one for the player in fifth place. it started in 2003. remember, when wayne rooney burst onto the scene at the euros. he won it. the biggest name on the list, lionel messi in 2005. let's have a look at the nominees this year. just a few of them here. in the premier league the likes of evan ferguson, what about jude bellingham 7 he has had a stunning start to life at real madrid. there might be a bias giving how he started the season. the start he has had

at real madrid is astonishing. ten goals already, his previous best season all about the fact they have built a team around him. he is in the number 10 position. he is compared to zinedine zidane. in spain, they are talking about him as a future great. make no mistake, he is the big favourite to win this award. make no mistake he will win the ballon d'or as well. let's focus on a couple of the home—grown names on the list. jamal musiala levi colwill.

plenty of pride for southampton�*s city central fc. they have been associated with that club for 23 years. how much pride do you feel when you see the success they are having now? when you see them on the telly it is so surreal. you cannot believe what has happened in such a short space of time. the journey the boys are under is incredible. —— are on. i saw levi colwill playing a couple of years ago at huddersfield. he was calm and confident. has he always been like that? the first time i laid my eyes on him when he was five years old. you knew he was something special because he always had to play with older children. you could not put him with children his age. he literally dominated everything. how much is that nature and how much nurture from coaches like yourself?

it is probably a god—given talent he got given. a lot of people played a part in nurturing levi at certain stages. i was lucky enough to be there at the start of his journey. helped develop him so he could get into a good grassroots team and showcase his talent. great to speak to you. thank you forjoining us on the football news show. let's have a look at some of the youngsters lighting up european football outside of the uk. we have touched uponjamal musiala already, one of the strong contenders for the award. playing his football in germany for bayern munich now. tell us about him. what a year he is having! bayern munich player of the year, german national team player of the year as well. they are having difficult times with the germany national team.

but jamal musiala really gives them hope for the future. he could do with scoring a few more goals, they have dried up a bit. he only scored three goals in the second part of last season. only two goals so far, one for bayern munich and one for germany. a promising partnership developing in the germany national team with jamal musiala and florian wirtz. another player on this list. another nominee. there is talk that one day they may link up not only for the germany national team but also bayern munich. bayern munic and barcelona also interested. do not write off germany for the year as next year at home, despite all their problems. these two are really exciting. barcelona can boast most winners of the award, along with manchester united.

he is la liga's youngest ever scorer. following in some illustrious footsteps. tell us a bit more about him. he was born in a city close to barcelona. he moved to another city. at this point he seems something different. we saw him for 16 years. he seems to occur at this point the only player to 100% can win a one on one. we are looking at something exceptional. xavi is the head coach at barcelona.

is he the perfect person to guide him? i think he is the perfect person to guide lamine yamal. the situation is the perfect situation. barcelona is struggling at the financial end. no other option for young players. perfect for him. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. a pleasure as usual. if you want to have your say, you can join the debate using the hashtag bbc sport on social media. see you next time. goodbye. hello. it's obviously been a lot drier, sunnier across most of the uk after that deluge. unfortunately, the flooding continues in some parts of the country and these are the rainfall amounts

after storm babet. eastern parts of scotland — over 200 millimetres of rain, in excess of 100 across so many other parts of the uk. and in parts of east anglia, even record—breaking rainfall for the month of october. now, tonight, the skies are going to be generally clear across the country and it's going to turn quite chilly. the winds will fall light. we are in a window of much calmer weather at the moment. you can see weather systems and cloud around the uk. but across the country, it's a case of clear skies. so, calm this evening, with light winds. a bit of mist and murk forming through the early hours. we've had a lot of moisture after that rainy weather. and the temperatures early in the morning — around freezing, orjust above, in the glens of scotland. for most of us, 5, 6, 7 degrees. the south coast there, in plymouth, around 12 or 13. rain is forecast in the tip of cornwall, perhaps nudging into parts of pembrokeshire, onlyjust, and into northern ireland. but i think the bulk of the uk, both in the morning and the afternoon,

generally bright and sunny. and look at the picture across scotland in the north and east, generally sunny skies on monday. monday night into tuesday, weather fronts approaching the uk once again. we are expecting thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain almost anywhere in the uk. there will be some sunshine too, so it's not raining all through the day, but these eastern coasts will be fairly cloudy and damp at times, only around 11 degrees. a little bit of sunshine in the south, and one or two showers are possible in the south—west. and then i think from wednesday onwards, it really turns very unsettled. atlantic weather systems sweeping in on a strengthening south—westerly wind, up to gale force. so here's the morning, then. some rain across eastern scotland, but here is that main weather front that spreads across ireland, reaches wales, south—western parts of england and moves northwards through the course of the day. so the last place you will see the rain on wednesday is the north sea coast. here's the outlook for the week ahead — it is a distinctly unsettled one. remember, it won't be raining all the time, but i think a fair amount of rain

again is on the way towards the end of the week, but nothing of the level we've had in the last few days.

live from london. this is bbc news the white house says us presidentjoe biden has again spoken to the israeli prime minister. on sunday, benjamin netanyahu told troops the war against hamas was "do or die" for israel. we are fighting a double battle on the israel border to make sure that they back off and the other battle they back off and the other battle they are in the south to ensure decisive victory that will crush hamas. a second convoy of trucks carrying supplies is being checked

at the rafah crossing between egypt and the gaza strip. the archbishop of canterbury visits jerusalem and tells the the bbc the hope of peace — despite everything — must never be allowed to die. and hundreds of homes are evacuated in parts of the uk, because of flooding caused by storm babet. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. the push to find a diplomatic solution to the israel—gaza war continues. us presidentjoe biden this evening again spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. while france's president, emmanuel macron, and the dutch prime minister, mark rutte are due to also this evening, the israeli military expressed regret for the shelling of an egyptian position near the border with gaza by one of its tanks. it said the incident not far from the rafah crossing, was a mistake and would be investigated. egypt said one of its soldiers

suffered minor injuries from shell fragments.