end a run of three successive premier league defeats as they beat newcastle united 2—0 to spoil steve bruce'sto villa park. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. britain's most seniorjewish leader — the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis — has intervened in the general election campaign, condemning what he says is the labour leadership‘s failure to deal with anti—semitism and questioning ifjeremy corbyn is fit to lead the country. writing in today's times newspaper, he says "a new poison — sanctioned from the very top — has taken root" in the party. mr mirvis says, "the overwhelming majority of britishjews are gripped by anxiety" at the prospect of a labour victory in the election, adding, "i ask every person to vote with their conscience. be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake." today, the archbishop of canterbury — head of the church of england — reacted, saying such an unprecedented statement "ought to alert us to the deep sense of insecurity and fear felt by many britishjews." the intervention comes on the day that labour launches its race and faith manifesto, which

plugged into the roof of the net by not and unmarked player. 13 months after being sacked by villa, steve brucewho scored just one goal in the off—season. it does not get any easierfor the magpies, the off—season. it does not get any easier for the magpies, they travel to manchester on the weekend. i think we have competed in every game and we will fill we deserve more points we have at the moment but our main point was to be competitive in each game. we have a group of players who i firmly believe in their performance and they are making me make them better which is good. in italy, there was plenty of drama in the game between lecce and cagliari, which was postponed from sunday. there were four goals, including two penalties, and three red cards. cagliari were leading 2—0, through a first—half penalty from joao pedro, and this goal from radja nainggolan mid—way through the second—half. and then came four minutes of madness. first, fabrizio cacciatore was sent off for deliberate handball and the visitors were reduced to 10 men. then gianluca lapadula put away the resultant penalty, to pull a go

and steve bruce's old club beat his new one as aston villa move four points clear of the premier league relegation zone. also coming up in the programme... why emery‘s in trouble at the emirates as football's sack season begins. hello again. thanks forjoining us. the day afterjofra archer was racially abused by a fan during the first test defeat to new zealand, england say the alleged culprit may have tried to get in touch with the fast bowler via social media. it's part of an investigation into the insults levelled at archer, which is being carried out by both the ecb and cricket new zealand — who have apologised to archer. there was an incident asjofra archer left the ground, as he was dismissed, there was something set in the crowd, i think on the scoreboard of the ground, which was offensive. joffrey appointed this immediately as it came off and also reported it to our security when he got back into the changing rooms that he sensed it was a racist, it was racist abuse. it is really u nfortu nate. was racist abuse. it is really unfortunate. he was obviously emotional, it hurts. here

premier league tonight as aston villa host newcastle and it's a match that means a lot to this man — steve brucego that he was in charge of villa, leading them to the championship play—off final in 2018. he left shortly after and arrived in newcastle via sheffield wednesday, and says he has no regrets about how things have panned out. i thought i would have demanded a bit more time but it wasn't the case after a difficult period really where the club financially was in a difficult place. we nearly got there, lost in the play—off final. but overall i can look back on it and say i thoroughly enjoyed it. it isa and say i thoroughly enjoyed it. it is a great club with big tradition but i want to go back and beat them, it's as simple as that. simple as that! and there is full commentary of aston villa against newcastle on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. now to this man here — sam ward, because earlier this month he scored twice in the match that secured team gb‘s place at the tokyo 0lympics next year — but he also suffered a horrific injury in that game, which resulted in him losing the sigh

slowly, newcastle are edging away from the bottom three and things are starting to come together for steve brucehe club. we looked rock—solid, and on the counterattack, we looked very dangerous. but the thing is that with the real chances we've got, if we wa nt with the real chances we've got, if we want to be... if we hadn't taken them, it could have been 4—5. the match ongoing right now is at vicarage road where watford play chelsea. they have just taken a 2—0 lead. elsewhere, brighton were winners over norwich. and this is what it means for the table, with liverpool retaining that big lead at the top. sheffield united you can see up there gate—crashing the big six, with bournemouth alongside them on points. at the bottom, newcastle have moved four points clear of the relegation zone, while norwich and watford will start to feel the need for urgent points soon. we'll have the goals from that watford match in sportsday at 7.30pm. many thanks indeed, see you then. in the championship, a late goal saw swansea city beat wigan athletic 2—1. kieffer moore's penalty had wiped out nathan dyer‘s opener

slowly, newcastle are edging away from the bottom three and things are starting to come together for steve bruce—solid, and on the counterattack, we looked very dangerous. but the thing is that with the real chances we've got, if we want to be ultra—critical... if we hadn't taken them, it could have been 4—5. elsewhere, brighton were winners over norwich, while in the day's late game, chelsea have gone up to third with a 2—1win over watford, a result which keeps the hornets rooted to the bottom of the table. nick parrott reports. the premier league's top two teams had to come from behind to win their matches, but there was no danger of that happening to chelsea. watford we re that happening to chelsea. watford were up at the table because they struggled to clear goals. the striker has more than their whole tea m striker has more than their whole team put together. and added to his tally injust team put together. and added to his tally in just the fifth minute. watford can get forward, but the hornets have lost their sting. fortu nately, hornets have lost their sting. fortunately, they have a top

and it involves steve bruce taking his current team to his former one.m the relegation zone. that's all the sport for now. the spoty nominees announced today. we will have a little profile at half past ten p:m., when we will have sportsday. hugh, thanks so much. students at almost half of all uk universities are facing disruption to their classes — as lecturers and support staff started an 8—day strike over pensions, pay, and working conditions. this latest action follows strikes in february and march last year — meaning some students are being affected for the second time. universities say they'll do all the can to minimise the effect on students. our education correspondent lisa hampele reports. across the country, around 1 billion students are being affected by the strike. union members say they have reached breaking point. now they are striking over pay, workload, equality and job security as well as pensions. it is thought that over 43,000 members at the university and college union are on strike today. the union is angry that members are now having

that's two successive wins for steve bruce's side and they're up to eleventh above spurs.n? yes, i used to do it myself. that is vitally important because we know how crucial set pieces are, we were just talking about bournemouth and again they are crucial at this level two. set pieces are a huge advantage and when you have three centre backs playing... burnley ended a run of three straight defeats with a comfortable 3—0 win over west ham despite having a goal disallowed by var at turf moor. in the scottish premiership, managerless hearts claimed their first home win in seven months beating st mirren 5-2. hamilton accies held on for over an hour with 10 men to claim a point at kilmarnock. a three one win at ross county takes aberdeen upto 3rd in the table. and another managerless team won away from home, hibs hammered stjohnston 4—1. christian doidge with a hat—trick. celtic and rangers both play tomorrow. it's a 90 thousand sell out at wembley tonight where england's women are taking on germany in a friendly. the lionesses will attempt to beat the germans on home soil for

steve bruce's return to villa park didn't quite go to plan, as his newcastle united side lost to astonmoved up to ninth with a win, but they remain 1ath and just a point ahead of villa. i think we didn't do enough with the ball without it too because aston villa any real threat. we didn't hang onto it enough when we did turn the ball over, and that's what we've been very good at of late, playing on the counterattack but you must ta ke on the counterattack but you must take care of the ball better than what we did. for half an hour we we re what we did. for half an hour we were too passive, and that's the frustrating thing because aston villa weren't that great either. the world anti doping agency will recommend that russia be banned from all sports for four years. a commmittee investigating violations of doping rules concluded the country should be punished for an alleged manipulaton of test results. it has also been recommended that russia serve a four—year ban from hosting all major international sports competitions. it puts their hopes of hosting matches at euro 2020 in jeopardy. ru

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it was a disappointing night for steve bruce on his return to aston villa.a park — a result that sees them move out of the bottom three. it's a big night in the champions league. a win for spurs injose mourinho's first home game would see them qualify for the last 16. manchester city can also progress with a draw. and, wada's committee has recommended that russia serve a 4 year ban from all major international sports competitions. it puts their hopes of hosting matches at euro 2020 in jeopardy as it has also been recommended they are banned from hosting major events. great britain hockey player sam ward says he's confident of returning to the game despite losing the sight in his left eye. he sustained a crushed retina and facial fractures after he was struck in the face by the ball during an olympic qualifying play—off win against malaysia earlier this month. it isa it is a gruesome scar but he is determined he can carry on. he is on the programme later. determined he can carry on. he is on the programme laterlj determined he can carry on. he is on the progr