well you're aware that there are critics of your time at twickenham.s reign in senior positions at twickenham. he pointed to four failed previous appointments, martin johnson, andy robinson, brian ashton and stuart lancaster, and then, of course, and you have already referred to 2015, the world cup — it was an absolute disaster — the first home country not to qualify for the knockout phases. "if there was a car crash, then it was andrew that was sitting behind the wheel," writes stephen jones. yeah, well, stephen's got... he is a well—respected writer. he is a very well—respected writer. by some... but not by you! there you go. look, i think he has had an agenda for most of his career, as far as i'm concerned. an anti—andrew agenda? yes, no question about that. when i was a player and in my time at the rfu. you know, other people were involved, you know, in terms of the coaches, i was not involved in andy robertson's appointment. i did appoint brian ashton. this is the teflon rob andrew coming out, now, isn't it? not really. i think it is about underst

remember, eddiejones has won all of his games as england coach at twickenham. tested here this afternoon. thanks for now. england's women have thrashed canada 79—5 in the opening match of their three test series — harlequins wing jess breach scoring six of their 13 tries, on her debut. the sides play again next tuesday and saturday. english motorcyclist daniel hegarty has died after crashing at the macau grand prix. he was 31. the race was stopped and leader glenn irwin declared the winner but there were no anthems played or celebrations on the podium. the para badminton championships get underway in south korea this week. great britain is one of the leading nations in the sport, which will make its paralympic debut at tokyo 2020. krysten coombs is hoping for medals at both events — kate grey has been to meet him. game of thrones is one of the biggest tv shows in the world, watched and loved by millions. but i bet you didn't know it's also featured one of the world's best para—badminton players, krysten coombs, hot favourite to win a medal in tokyo when the spo

samoa come to twickenham on underprepared and underfunded.mber of players playing in england. they will be desperate to perform at the highest level. but england say they are equally hungry to finish 2017 in style. 0ur rugby union reporter chris jones there. wales have made three changes from the team beaten by australia for this saturday's test against new zealand in cardiff. hallam amos comes in for the injured liam williams, with scott williams at outside centre in the place of the injured jonathan davies. veteran jamie roberts will be on the bench, as tomos dafydd reports. 61 yea rs of 61 years of hurt. it's even longer now. three years ago, the last time the all blacks were in town, and another defeat. these are the players hoping to make history. the coach sticking with the majority of the team that lost against australia earlier this month. there are no changes in the pack from that side with alun wynjones the skipper of the side. josh navidi is at open side, winning his sixth cap. justin tipuric, not playing so far this autumn, on the

he's looking to some good old english rugby at twickenham this saturday.rom bisham abbey, where the red roses, the england women's rugby team, are preparing for their autumn series against canada. for now, the focus is on cricket and, with the ashes now just seven days away, a number of england's batsmen have made claims for places in the starting team an” : (inminanf aicnbyw— w, ,, andy swiss reports from townsville, where mark stoneman has stated his claim for an opening spot. with the ashes just a week away, ru ns well with the ashes just a week away, runs well what england wanted and, by and large, they got them, especially the man who is proving the form batsman of this tour. after three 50s in his previous innings, mark stoneman ggkeg‘ up - he té’é at sing; at the 7:5 at the 2“? left eff “£92, at the ether sec! welcome runs “mt m ‘if: sf: we teeethe', tl‘e eet eh “£2 fer the , ~ , f opening wicket teeethe', the 2et eh “£2 fer the , ~ , f opening wicket cookfa’i'" " teeethe', the 2et eh “£2 fer the , ~ , f opening wicket cook was ~ 555223— but mark st

the red roses thrive on home soil as england's women thrash canada at twickenham.he women's ashes will remain in australia — but a thrilling final match sees england claim an historic victory to tie the series. a very good evening to you and welcome to the programme — where we start with the champions league and tonight liverpool had qualification firmly in their sights at half time in sevilla. 3—0 up before the break, what could possibly go wrong? well, the hosts made a dramatic comeback to snatch a late draw which meansjurgen klopp's side still need a draw in their last match to secure their place in the last 16, as nick parrott reports. severe's dazzling light show wasn't needed to make this match is a spectacle —— similar. it took less than 90 seconds for firmino to score liverpool's quickest goal of the season liverpool's quickest goal of the season and lessons were not learned from that corner. mannarino p diddy feat. 0n the half—hour mark the game looked as good as over when firmino got his second. for the seville fans all fans seemed lost but as liverpool k

our correspondent, joe wilson, reports from twickenham.there was one australian smiling. england's coach eddie jones could grin in the end. second half, an england clearance kick turned into attack. rugby‘s eternal unpredictable is the bounce of the ball. australia curly beale waited for it to go out. elliot daly kept it in. and the england player had just enough energy to finish it all off. from one end to the other. with the match in the balance, australia crossed the line, officials decided the bald—headed moore was offside. in the way. no score. australia's coach michael cheika choked. and then england ran away with it. slid away with it. jonathanjoseph using the conditions. wet grass was made for this. jonny may scored a try and then made one for danny care. suddenly, england had 30 points. to win in this style would make anyone smile. sometimes, you have to wait until the final minutes and earn the right to make an impact on the try line. these autumn internationals are meant to be a test against the best. and that was certainly the

. —— twickenham.to employ any meaningful programme to ensure consistency in progress. that is one way of interpreting it. some people would agree with you, and some people would say that, but i would disagree with that, and say... on what basis? i would say that when you look at sporting systems, and there was not a great deal of system work back in english rugby in 2006, which is what i mean by that... in 2003 was that once every ten years england team. the 2011 and 2015 world cups were clearly very difficult. systems take years to build. when you talk to uk sport or any sporting organisation, there is any sporting organisation, there is a timeline to these things. the proof will be in the pudding over the next ten years. so talking about the next ten years. so talking about the world cup in 2019, if you win that, you are saying that it would be to your credit, because you put the systems... no, i am not saying that. but if you understand sport systems, you understand how long it ta kes to systems, y

here is twickenham. if we pull out and takea here is twickenham. big picture, you will see why we have that contrast. to the south—west we have thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. further north we have clear skies and sunshine. through the south—west and england, we will keep the rain around through this afternoon. also in south wales. cloud in the midlands hopefully breaking up this afternoon. further north, sunshine from the get go. hopefully it is going to help and improve the way that you feel when you out and about. we have a keen northerly wind, so, for their rugby at murrayfield, it will be sunny but it will be actually feel. in cardiff it will be actually feel. in cardiff it will be rain that stays with us. through the afternoon and into the evening, the clear skies are across the british isles, but not before we have seen heavy and intense rain across wales and southern england. by across wales and southern england. by the end of the night, the worst of the rain to the south, with showers chasing behind. but essentially we are moving into

england made it three wins out of three with a 48—14 victory over samoa at twickenham.e lost every game this autumn, but england only pulled away in the second half, elliott daly scoring two of england's seven tries in what proved to be a record victory over samoa. meanwhile ireland beat argentina in theirfinal test. david stockdale was named man of the match for scoring two tries. cj stander got the other withjohnny sexton‘s kicking adding to the final score of 28—19 in dublin. england's women put 10 tries past canada to pull off an autumn series whitewash at twickenham. it finished 69—19 with five tries coming from jess breach who returned to the side following injury. there was also a hat—trick from abigail dow to bring the total number of tries across all three tests to 32. in the premier league yesterday, chelsea came from a goal down to draw at liverpool. it was a former chelsea player who opened the scoring — mohamed salah with his 15th goal for the reds injust 20 games. but the champions didn't let up — willian came off the bench after scoring twice in midweek,

but the rugby, if you are in cardiff but twickenham is a chance some rain during proceedings.night we would drag the cloud and drain away towards the south—west and that leaves clearing skies. at this time of year that means frost. this is the profile in the countryside. as low as —a1 minus five but at least that is a glorious start of the new date. —— minus four or minus five. i think we will have more cloud into western areas and it will bring rain from the north of wales into scotland and northern ireland. further east increasingly hazy sunshine. despite the presence of the dry and fine weather, five or six or seven only. into monday the weather fronts coming from the atlantic. part of the problem is we are pushing this mild air into some cold air, particularly in the heart of scotland. that could be snow for a time to really quite low levels. elsewhere i am afraid that is one of those days we have got the cloud and the mild aircoming those days we have got the cloud and the mild air coming in from the atlantic. we will keep you posted on the snow. hello and welcome to date

tour against the barbarians at twickenham.all—blacks captain beauden barrett said there were a few blank looks on their faces at half—time but they were much improved in the second half. three second—half tries including this one from nathan harris saw them win 31—22. ulster narrowly beat the pro14‘s worst team the southern kings in an amazing 12—try match in port elizabeth. with the score at 36—36 and just three minutes remaining, robbie diack powered over for the visitors. the win means ulster regain second place in conference b. edinburgh beat 0spreys 37—10 at myreside, securing a bonus point thanks to magnus bradbury‘s last minute break through. it's a fifth consecutive win in all competitions for richard cockerill‘s side. that'sa ll the sport for now. we'll have more for you on bbc news throughout the evening. here's an interesting fact, only around half of fixed speed cameras in the uk are actually switched on, according to figures obtained through a freedom of information request to police forces around the country. and

england are 6—3 head against argentina at twickenham. and scotla nd argentina at twickenham.oa, with a try in the opening minutes. i will have much more at 5:30pm. the husband of a british woman jailed in iran is asking for an urgent meeting with the foreign secretary. it follows remarks by borisjohnson, which suggested nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe had been in iran training journalists when she was arrested. herfamily insist she was on holiday. this morning, richard ratcliffe told bbc breakfast her ordeal was taking a huge toll on his wife. what she's been through is just awful and the process of cruelty and isolation and manipulation and threatening her, and at a point she was so traumatised she couldn't walk. obviously, the physical consequences of that, but the psychological consequences. sometimes on the phone she's ok, sometimes she's really down. the bbc understands that the labour mp, kerry mccarthy, will submit letters to party officials on monday which she says show she received "unwa nted attention" from her fellow labour mp, kelvin hopkins. mr hopkins is currently sus

couple of good tries coming up for you — starting with the barbarians against new zealand at twickenhamthing a bit different place kicking the ball across field. the ball was juggled amongst the players before sam carter broke free to score to end game on a high for the twickenham crowd. the game finished 31—22 to new zealand. meanwhile, ulster narrowly beat the southern kings in an amazing 12—try match in port elizabeth in the pro 1a. the score was 36—all with just three minutes remaining, but robbie diack powered over for the visitors to steal the win. elsewhere, edinburgh beat 0spreys and there were wins for cardiff and connacht. in golf, england's georgia halljust missed out on winning the abu dhabi open for the second year in a row. despite a joint—best round of 66, she finished runner up to the indian teenager, aditi ashok, missing out by a single shot. hall said her putting let her down. justin rose has given himself a great chance to win his second tournament in two weeks. he shot 64 to move to within two shots of the lead at the turkish 0pen, with one round to play. he's 12 und

now, for the rugby, well, we're expecting some rain in cardiff, maybe a bit of patchy rain in twickenhamurrayfield and also a dry evening for the ireland game in dublin. looking at things going through saturday evening and saturday night, some wet weather affecting wales and southern england overnight, becoming confined to the far south—west of england. elsewhere, clearing skies and the temperatures dip and the frost will be more widespread going into sunday morning. temperatures lower than this away from towns and city centres. so some of us will be at or below freezing, but with some sunshine to follow on sunday across much of scotland, northern england and the east of england. clouding over in the midlands, cloud for south—west england. for wales, northern ireland — not as chilly here but here, we have cloud and some outbreaks of rain. most of that light, most of us in single figures, so it will be another cold—feeling day. going sunday night and into monday, we take cloud and outbreaks of rain northwards, but into colder air, particularly with scotland and the risk of snow, perhaps n

fifteen for the first time under head coach eddie jones, for saturday's match against samoa, at twickenham as hooker jamie george get his first start. chris robshaw and george ford are named co—captains. here's our rugby union reporter chrisjones. when england boss eddiejones said 2017 was the year the building depth, this selection really supports that. a host of changes from the side that overwhelm australia. meanwhile, after 22 straight test as hooker and had been hardly drops to the bench. straight test as hooker and had been hardly drops to the benchm straight test as hooker and had been hardly drops to the bench. it was just a good opportunity to give jamie and opportunity to start. dyla n jamie and opportunity to start. dylan has been reconditioned this week so has not been training with the team as we have done with a number of the players, again looking towards six nations and the world cup. if you are playing new zealand this saturday, would we be seeing a different team ? this saturday, would we be seeing a different team? 10096. is it with samoa in mind? it is the third week of

sam simmonds makes a starting debut at twickenham.n the bench. for the last 22 games, we have asked the squad to contribute, with the role we have. whether you are a squad player, starter, finisher, you give something to the team. those guys are trained on monday, tuesday, go home disappointed at not being involved. supporting the starting team. it is my turn to support the team. it is my turn to support the team. that is all from sportsday. thank you for watching. next on bbc news, it is the papers. welcome to look ahead at what the papers will bring us the murder jason beattie is with us, and ian martin, columnist for the times newspapers. don't be fooled, their blue shirts may be all they have in common. the metro leader to a story about a potentially lethal drug use by date rapists targeting women. the express says a cure for cancer could be ready to test on patients next year. the ft frontpage deals how british gas owner centrica suffered its worst single day of stock market loss due to problems with the us and uk arms. the mirro

jones admitted to being frustrated by his side's lacklustre performance at twickenham, and was caught argentina. normally i'm pretty good and i apologise from the lag —— for the language used. i got a phone call from my 93—year—old mother wrapping me on the knuckles, i'm in trouble with my mother. that's a big enough punishment for me. i'm in the doghouse and i certainly won't do it again. six months ago we brought you the story of matthew bryce, who was stranded at sea for two days after his surfing trip went disastrously wrong. matthew almost died, and was rescued 13 miles off the coast of northern ireland, vowing never to surf again. well, time is a great healer, and matthew has decided he's ready to get back in the water. alex gulrajani has been to meet him. a moment matthew brice thought would never happen again. a moment matthew brice thought would never happen againli a moment matthew brice thought would never happen again. i knew i was going to die, it wasn't a question, it was a fact. lucky to be alive, that's how belfast coastguard have described a surfer who was rescued las

the rugby authorities over his conduct and comments made during his side's defeat to england at twickenhamangrily to several decisons which went against his side. he was also was involved in an exchange with a supporter just before half—time. but before that, england have arrived in brisbane ahead of the first ashes test with australia which starts on thursday. joe root‘s side hold the urn after victory here two years ago and will be desperate to make a good start, which will be far from easy at the gabba, where the hosts have not lost a test in 27 years. andy swiss is there. welcome to the gabba. behind me, you can see australia's players being put through their paces. this is a hive of activity as they get ready for the first ashes test on thursday. england's players have been taking things a lot of lazy today. earlier, a few of them at the gabba helping to launch a new pool deck, looking resplendent in official england gear. they include jake ball. he is backing and then —— contention for the final bowling spotin contention for the final bowling spot in the team. it looks like a shoot o

we have some rain in cardiff and twickenham, some sunshine there in murrayfield.tures will fall sharply under the clear skies in the north. we have another dose of rain to arrive across wales and southern england. again, it could be quite heavy. this moves through a little more quickly, but it should be generally gone by sunday morning. those temperatures really do start to drop. showers arrive as well. the weather system is out of the way for sunday and we can is out of the way for sunday and we ca n follow is out of the way for sunday and we can follow the isobars all the way to the arctic. this is proper arctic maritime air that is spilling southwards across all of the uk. it will feel cold. we will start with quite a few showers in northern ireland, wales and the south—west. those were peters out. instead, we will see the showers transferring to the north sea coasts. all the while we have wintry showers in the north of scotland. for inland areas it will be dry, quite sunny, but it will be dry, quite sunny, but it will feel cold, especially in the wind. we star

views on the bench further meeting with some more at twickenham.s suspended for the clu b after rangi chase was suspended for the club after testing positive for cocaine injuly. a review of existing studies suggests that drinking moderate amounts of coffee is more likely to benefit health than cause harm, except in pregnant women. the findings, published in the british medicaljournal, found that drinking three or four cups a day, compared with drinking none, was linked to a lower likelihood of developing heart problems. a morning caffeine fix. for many of us, the only way to start the day. but it has long been debated whether that cup of coffee is good or bad for you. i think any more than two cups of coffee kind of accelerates the stress a bit more so i draw the line at two. i feel like most things are good in moderation and if you drink good coffee, then it should be good for your health. i can sometimes drink about six cups and then i can't sleep at night. so it's learning what that balance is. to try to find the answer, doctors at the universit

bit of rain for the start of the rugby season, the autumn international ‘s, games at cardiff and twickenhammurrayfield. it will be quite cold beer and the temperatures fall quickly. further south of the spread of rain will run across wales in southern england. heavy bursts overnight. showers follow one behind this is where we start to see the colder air beginning to do again. the weather system beginning to do again. the weather syste m m oves beginning to do again. the weather system moves out of the way and we can system moves out of the way and we ca n follow system moves out of the way and we can follow the isobars up to the arctic. this is proper arctic maritime air that arrives on sunday. it gets colder and the wind is strengthening as well. most of the showers to begin within northern ireland and wales and the south—west and the ease off on the same time we tra nsfer and the ease off on the same time we transfer those showers into the north sea coast. wintry showers in northern scotland but for many inland areas it will be dry and sunny but it will feel cold, especially in the wind.

maybe patchy rain in twickenham. cold for murrayfield.ing wales and southern england overnight and becoming confined to the far south—west of england. elsewhere, clearing skies. frost will be more widespread through sunday morning. temperatures lower than this away from towns and city centres. but sunshine to follow on sunday across scotland, northern england and the east of england. clouding over in the midlands, south—west england, wales, northern ireland — not as chilly. but we have cloud and some outbreaks of rain. most of us in single figures. another cold day. this is bbc world news. pressure is growing on president robert mugabe to step down from the state media in zimbabwe, saying all branches of his own party have passed a vote of no confidence in him. that's been echoed by the vetera ns him. that's been echoed by the veterans of the president's previously most ardent supporters. earlier on friday, mr mugabe appeared in the public for the first time since the military

no glimmers of sunshine in twickenham, sadly.ales. hopefully, perhaps the south—east becoming dry this afternoon. further south—west of england and south wales, pretty 5°99y england and south wales, pretty soggy this afternoon. grey skies, perhaps a little bit of drizzle for the south—east and the southern half of the midlands. further north, sunshine peeking through. further north, writer, brighter for sunshine peeking through. further north, writer, brighterfor northern ireland. sunshine in northern england and scotland, but feeling chilly. showers could turn wintry across the higher ground. it is the calder area that will win out as we look further ahead. for murrayfield, i think look further ahead. for murrayfield, ithinka look further ahead. for murrayfield, i think a pleasant enough afternoon, although it will feel chilly. rain for the match in cardiff. tricky conditions heading home, with heavy rain coming in. showers following on from the north, that change in wind direction. by the end of the night, thicker cloud and per

couple of good tries coming up for you — starting with the barbarians against new zealand at twickenham—try match in port elizabeth in the pro 1a. the score was 36—all with just three minutes remaining, but robbie diack powered over for the visitors to steal the win. elsewhere, edinburgh beat ospreys and there were wins for cardiff and connacht. in golf, england‘s georgia halljust missed out on winning the abu dhabi open for the second year in a row. despite a joint—best round of 66, she finished runner up to the indian teenager, aditi ashok, missing out by a single shot. hall said her putting let her down. to cricket now and both england‘s men and women are in live action this morning. joe root‘s side are continuing their ashes preparations with their first warm up match against a western australia eleven. just a two—day match. england posted a score yesterday of 349 and in reply today, western australia are 117- reply today, western australia are 117— four. the women are gearing up for the standalone ashes test match against australia starting on thursday. in their second innings, eng

not as much excitement down at twickenham as england isjust excitement down at twickenham as englandejordan is far from content. an off day from the argentine kickers helped, as did a final try. but england's know they need to improve. we need to be a lot it. this is the start of the international season, so we need to step up the intensity and application to beat australia next week. that's just what eddie jones is hoping for. despite the international weekend, there was some club rugby in the anglo welsh cup. gloucester ran in seven tries against london irish, to win a7—7 and gain a bonus point. in the late games, newcastle falcons thrashed cardiff blues 57—0 and northampton saints won a1—7 at home to newport gwent dragons. there was more british success at track cycling world cup in manchester last night. great britain's men's pursuit team made sure of a gold medal on day two of the event. the team ridden by steven burke, kian emadi, ed clancy and ollie wood beat denmark in the final. the success didn't end there. the women put the world champions belgium to the win by two points.

jonny may will miss england's first autumn test against argentina at twickenham with a hamstring strainury in england training. 0ur rugby union reporter chrisjones is with the squad at the training camp in portugal. 20 degrees in portugal, a far cry from england in november but a crucial preparation here. the curse struck again and a host of players have bumps and bruises and a jonny may is set to be ruled out against —— for the game against argentina. her big up is this? it is a big blow, especially for a jonny may. it's the best form i have seen from him fora it's the best form i have seen from him for a long time, ten tries in nine games. it just him for a long time, ten tries in nine games. itjust goes to show, the embarrassment of riches that england have could be there for us. it we are congested with quality. a disappointment forjonny may but england have the players to deal with it. the door could be opened for marlon yard, who missed out on the squad initially. he has been in the squad initially. he has been in the news today after completing his switch from harlequins to sail.

a few good tries coming up for you now. starting with the barbarians against new zealand at twickenham— 22 to new zealand. meanwhile ulster narrowly beat the southern kings in an amazing 12—try match in port elizabeth in the pro 1a. the score was 36—all with just three minutes remaining, but robbie diack powered over for the visitors to steal the win. elsewhere, edinburgh beat 0spreys and there were wins for cardiff and connacht. to cricket now and both england‘s men and women are in live action action this morning. joe root‘s side are continuing their ashes preparations with their first warm up match against a western australia 11. it‘s just a two—day match. yesterday england posted a score of 349..and in reply today, western australia are 172—for—4. james anderson with a couple of the wickets for england. a tough warmup therefore the england side. and the women are gearing up for their standalone to ashes test as well against australia which sta rts as well against australia which starts on thursday to begin second innings, england have declared 305 — seven. setting australia a targe

tour against the barbarians at twickenham.nk looks on their faces at half—time, but they'll learn a lot from the experience. three second—half tries, including this one from nathan harris saw them win 31—22. ulster narrowly beat the pro1li's worst team the southern kings in an amazing 12—try match in port elizabeth. with the score at 36—all and just three minutes remaining, robbie diack powered over for the visitors. the win means ulster regain second place in conference b. four england cricketers hit half centuries on first day of their opening tour match. it's a two game in perth against a western australia eleven, henry moeran is there for us. england will be satisfied with the first day, four of the batsmen england want to get into form did so s half centuries for vince, milan and ballance and stoneman to reassure the selectors. the two failures for alastair cook and joe root won't be too much of a concern, they have proved their quality before. tomorrow, we will see what england's bowlers have gone. that is all the sport

if you're in cardiff or twickenham, there's a chance of rain during proceedings. sort of night. the wind might be a bother for the kickers there. overnight, i think we'll find that we drag that cloud and rain prospect away to the south—western quarter of the british isles and that leaves clearing skies. at this time of year, that means frost. this is the profile in the countryside, as low as minus four or the countryside, as low as minus fouror minus the countryside, as low as minus four or minus five. at least that equates to a glorious start to the new dayment still quite breezy —— day. still breezy across the north—east. through the day we push more cloud into western areas and eventually it brings the prospect of rain from the north of wales through western scotland and northern ireland. east, the sunshine becomes increasingly hazy, despite the presence of the dry, fine weather, five, six, seven degrees only. as we get into monday, weather fronts come in from the atlantic. part of our problem is that we're pushing this mild air into some cold air, particularly

at twickenham all eyes on england's evolution, against argentina, their series up and running, nathan owen farrell was rested, george ford on kicking duties, england leading but onlyjust. head coach eddie jones looked rattled, the home side looked rusty. england start with a win but there's room for improvement. john watson, bbc news. england head coach eddiejones admitted it was far from his side's most exciting display and said there was plenty to work on ahead of next week's game with australia. we just want consistency. we had opportunities out wide which we didn't finish. we've just got to get better at finishing those. the understanding between the players wasn't great, which is understandable because they haven't played a lot of rugby together. and then we just need that consistency around the set pieces. we need to get better, it was the start of the season so we will take that result but we need to step up the intensity and application to beat australia next week. scotland head coach gregor townsend was a relieved man after surviving that late samoa fightback to win his first

our sports correspondent was at twickenham watching the action.h slipped away from australia. only in the closing few minutes was the match settled and certain. at key points in the match the australian coach was visibly fuming at the decisions. an australian try disallowed and offside at a crucial time. at one point australia were reduced to 13 men. england can say they have great finishers to bring off the bench to make a finishers to bring off the bench to makea game finishers to bring off the bench to make a game like this certain. as the coach, eddie jones, make a game like this certain. as the coach, eddiejones, pointed out, it is imperative to play for 80 minutes in these international. eddiejones has still won every single game as england coach. argentina beat italy 31—15. wells could only manage a 13—6 win over georgia. ireland edged it 23—20 against fiji. currently france trail south africa 10—8 with half an hour to play. david coughlin has shocked tennis fans by knocking roger federer out. dimitrov has lost the first set against jack's

maybe patchy rain in twickenham. cold for murrayfield.her affecting wales and southern england overnight and becoming confined to the far south—west of england. elsewhere, clearing skies. frost will be more widespread through sunday morning. temperatures lower than this away from towns and city centres. but sunshine to follow on sunday across scotland, northern england and the east of england. clouding over in the midlands, south—west england, wales, northern ireland — not as chilly. but we have cloud and some outbreaks of rain. most of us in single figures. another cold day. this is bbc news. the headlines: state media in zimbabwe has confirmed that eight out of ten regional branches of the governing zanu—pf have passed a vote of no confidence in president robert mugabe, following a military takeover on wednesday. they also want his wife grace, who was apparently planning to succeed him, to quit the party. the lebanese prime minister, saad hariri, has left saudi arabia for france on his private plane. he's been in the kingdom since tende

chance of rain in cardiff and later this afternoon at twickenham.l help the scots to do something against new zealand. overnight, clearskies, safe for the south—western quarter. that'll keep the temperature is up here, but a wide spread frost elsewhere. at least it will be a bright start for many central and eastern parts of the british isles. cloudier over northern ireland into the early afternoon. we will find rain associated with that cloud pushing in to western scotland, northern ireland, and west and wales. despite the sunshine it won't bea wales. despite the sunshine it won't be a warm day in the east. late autumn, i would be a warm day in the east. late autumn, iwould have be a warm day in the east. late autumn, i would have said, be a warm day in the east. late autumn, iwould have said, rather than winter. thanks very much, you have made your point, it isn't winter. chuckles thank you, we will see you later. dr rosena allin—khan, a doctor and also the labour mp for tooting, joins us now from bangladesh. good morning. good morning. we've seen

not as much excitement down at twickenham, though, as england just about emerged victorious over argentinave them the foundation but they never really took off. eddie jones far from content. an off day from the argentine kickers helped, as did a final try. but england's know they need to improve. we need to be a lot better. this is the start of the international season, so we'll take that result, but we need to step up the intensity and application to beat australia next week. and that's just what eddie jones is hoping for. in rugby league, england are about to kick off in the world cup against france — that's in about half an hour. a win for enlgand will see them through to the quarter finals to meet papua new guinea. in the final match for both teams, ireland are beating wales 22— 6 in the world cup — this converted try from ben morris putting the welsh on the scoresheet as they attempt a comeback. there was more british success at the track cycling world cup in manchester last night. great britain's men's pursuit team made sure of a gold medal on day two of the event. the team ridden by

england's women put ten tries past canada to pull off an autumn series whitewash at twickenham.eries and finished the match 69—15. england have a slim lead over australia after day three of the first ashes test in brisbane. but after a superb century from captain steve smith and two quick wickets in the final hour, the hosts have the upper hand. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. after a balanced start to the ashes, was this the day that the pendulum finally swung? it edged tantalisingly towards england, shaun marsh one of a cluster of early wickets, but they couldn't shift australia's rock. steve smith had notjust a century but a batting masterclass. he guided australia into the lead. when the innings finally ended australia were 26 ahead and smith 141 australia were 26 ahead and smith 1a1 not out, cheered to the rafters. now for england's openers to steady the ship — or not. a hook from alastair cook. james vince next. 17 for two as australia's paceman piled on the pressure. a a horrible moment forjoe root, thankfully unhurt. he clung on to the close but england are

dropped for the first time in 2 years under eddie jones, for saturday's match against samoa at twickenhamaving lost just once to ireland in the six nations earlier this year. lions hookerjamie george will replace him for his first start in an england shirt after being a regular substitue. sports people often call on the crowd to help the team out in times of need. in minnesota they go a step further. everson griffen of the minnesota vikings nfl side is a new father. the vikings tweeted on his behalf asking the fans to name his new baby. let's hope mum's on board with that idea. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport but from me tulsen tollett that's your sport briefing. i bet they had some interesting suggestions that. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments — we'll have more on black friday and the eu summit in brussels. tell me what you think about our talking point today — is black friday a big dealfor you? let us know your thoughts — use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. stay with us here on bbc news so m

now, for the rugby, well, we're expecting some rain in cardiff, maybe a bit of patchy rain in twickenhamoking at things going through saturday evening and saturday night, some wet weather affecting wales and southern england overnight, becoming confined to the far south—west of england. elsewhere, clearing skies and the temperatures dip and the frost will be more widespread going into sunday morning. temperatures lower than this away from towns and city centres. so some of us will be at or below freezing, but with some sunshine to follow on sunday across much of scotland, northern england and the east of england. clouding over in the midlands, cloud for south—west england. for wales, northern ireland — not as chilly here but here, we have cloud and some outbreaks of rain. most of that light, most of us in single figures, so it will be another cold—feeling day. going sunday night and into monday, we take cloud and outbreaks of rain northwards, but into colder air, particularly with scotland and the risk of snow, perhaps notjust on hills on monday, so keep checking the forecast throughout

maybe patchy rain in twickenham. cold for murrayfield.ight and becoming confined to the far south—west of england. elsewhere, clearing skies. frost will be more widespread through sunday morning. temperatures lower than this away from towns and city centres. but sunshine to follow on sunday across scotland, northern england and the east of england. clouding over in the midlands, south—west england, wales, northern ireland — not as chilly. but we have cloud and some outbreaks of rain. most of us in single figures. another cold day. sunday night and into monday, taking cloud and ran north. —— rain. the risk of snow notjust on the heels. -- hills. risk of snow notjust on the heels. —— hills. we will keep you updated. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories: robert mugabe's zanu pf party calls on him to quit the presidency as opposition continues to grow against zimba bwe's long—term leader. lebanon's prime minister, saad hariri, has left saudi arabia on a plan

maybe patchy rain in twickenham. cold for murrayfield.g confined to the far south—west of england, elsewhere, clearing skies. frost will be more widespread in the sunday morning. temperatures lower than this away from towns and city centres. but with sunshine to follow on sunday a cross scotland, northern england and the east of england, clouding over in the midlands, south—west england, wales, northern ireland, not as chilly. but we have cloud and some outbreaks of rain. most of us in single figures. another cold day. this is bbc news, the headlines. state television in zimbabwe has state television in zimbabwe has confirmed that eight out of ten regional branches of the governing party have passed a vote of no—confidence in robert mugabe. the prime minister of lebanon has left saudi arabia on a plane for france. he had announced his resignation during a visit to riyadh earlier this month — but tweeted that it was a lie to suggest he had been held there against his will. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has warned ther

with the first of the rugby union autumn internationals next week, there was a curtain—raiser at twickenhamainment was guaranteed and there was almost a shock as the baba's led 17—10 at the interval. all—blacks captain beauden barrett said there were a few blank looks on their faces at half—time, but they'll learn a lot from the experience. three second—half tries, including this one from nathan harris saw new zealand win 31—22. ulster narrowly beat the pro14‘s worst team the southern kings in an amazing 12—try match in port elizabeth. the south african side, without a point heading into the game, led for the most part. but with the score at 36—36, and just three minutes remaining, robbie diack powered over for the visitors. 43-6, the 43—6, the score. the win means ulster regain second place in conference b. edinburgh secured a 37—10 bonus point victory over 0spreys at myreside thanks to magnus bradbury‘s 81st minute break through. it's a fifth consecutive win in all competitions for richard cockerill‘s side. leicester tigers made a winning start to the defence of their anglo—welsh cup titl

they got their fifth straight win over the wallabies at twickenham, scoring three tries in the finalgame. danny care going over for the final score to seal a record win by 30—6. england face samoa next weekend. well, yeah, i thought early on probably we were just a little bit sloppy in our attack. we created some opportunities, picked some wrong options. defensively we were good most of the game, dropped our line speed. but having so many players coming in and out of the side, i was really pleased. the game of the day though was in scotland — they came within one converted try of a first ever win over new zealand, but they were beaten 22—17 in a thriller at murrayfield. fly—half beauden barret scored this breath—taking try for the all blacks to put them into what looked like a commanding lead, but scotland pushed the world champions all the way. in the final minute of the match stuart hogg thought he might‘ve broken through to win the game, but he was just forced out of play as the clocked hit full—time. we spoke in the week. you don't get too many chances, just because of scheduling

start with rugby union's autumn internationals and an impressive win for eddiejones' england at twickenham tries as they ran out 30 points to 6 winners over jones' native australia. but as joe wilson reports, it was a closer encounter than the scoreline suggested. the bricks and mortar of the same, but english rugby union is now defined by an australian. eddie jones has rebuilt it all, with a cautious smile. eyeing up the post, owen farrell, back in the starting line—up, partly to do this on a day of persistent drizzle, any point we re of persistent drizzle, any point were gratefully received. australia's coach simmered with officials at half—time, he had two players in the sin bin. but it was back to 15 versus 15, when an england kick suddenly turned into attack, rugby's perennial unpredictable as the bounce of the ball. the australian player waited for it to go out, the england player had just enough energy to finish it off from one end to the other. replays agonised over the touchline, the ball stayed in, the tri— stewed. much of the second half got stuck in replays, when australia cros

england take on argentina at twickenham.shock win over new zealand beating them 28—22. the pacific islanders came from behind to pull off this incredible victory. the winger scored a hat—trick of tries. they will face lebanon in the quarterfinals. scotland have drawn level against samoa, 14—14. that means scotland cannot qualify for the quarterfinals. this is what happened earlier. they almost save their tournament, they were leading 14-10, their tournament, they were leading 14—10, which would have been enough to ta ke 14—10, which would have been enough to take them through, but in the end samoa scored a try with 15 minutes left. scotland are out on points difference. britain's two—man bobsleigh team are bruised but 0k after a lucky escape after going at nearly nine badge 90 miles an hour on concrete like ice. 0ne nearly nine badge 90 miles an hour on concrete like ice. one of them flipped out when it flipped over. amazingly brad polk is still inside, he tucked himself in to protect —— protect himself. they had been 15 aft

at twickenham, all eyes on england's evolution and against argentina, their series up and running, nathan leading but onlyjust. head coach eddiejones england leading but onlyjust. head coach eddie jones looked england leading but onlyjust. head coach eddiejones looked rattled, the home side looked rusty, rokoduguni attempting to shake that off, set free after 65 minutes. england starting with the win but room for improvement with two tests in this series to come. england need to salvage a draw in the final day of their test against australia to keep the ashes alive. england will resume with 40 without loss but australia have a lead of 128 runs. it's been a troublesome 24 hours for mercedes after members of their team were robbed at gunpoint in brazil. on the track, world champion lewis hamilton crashed out of qualifying on the first lap. he was unhurt and will start from the back of the grid, although team—mate valterri bottas will be on pole for tomorrow's brazilian grand prix. there was a surprise result in rugby league's world cup with tonga beating new zealand. but scotland are out of

autumn internationals but the world champions new zealand warmed up by beating the barbarians at twickenhamcks will face france, scotland and wales over the next three weeks. don't forget the bbc sport website for all today's results and also goals from the first round of the fa cup — three league sides were knocked out by non—league clubs. that's all your sport, reeta. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. the weather story tonight is a tale of two halves, east and west. most of two halves, east and west. most of the blustery showers will be in the west. some heavy with hail, thunder and wintriness over the high ground. central and eastern areas will be dry with clear skies and cold. cold across the board with a touch of frost in sheltered eastern areas by dawn. tomorrow a better day. some good spells of sunshine. but it will feel cold. we start with off with showers in the morning through central and western areas. some wintriness over the higher ground. but they will fizzle out in the afternoon and many places staying dry with

further rugby, if you were in cardiff for twickenham, there's a chance of ranger in proceedings.e bothered with the kickers. overnight, cloud and rain prospects tracking towards the south—west corner. that leaves clearing skies at this time of year. that means frost. this is the profile in the countryside, as low as —4 minus five. at least that equates to a glorious started the new day. easy across the north—east. i think we are going to push more cloud into these western areas and eventually it brings the prospect of rain from the north of wales up into the western side of scotland, through northern ireland. out east, the sunshine increasingly hazy. despite the presence of the dry weather, five to 7 degrees only. into monday, weather fronts coming from the atlantic. part of the problem is that we are pushing this mile area to some cold air, particularly into the heart of scotland. it could be snow for a time to really quite low level. elsewhere, it is one of those days. the cloud and mild air coming from the atlantic will keep you —— and we will keep you posted. ivan this is bbc