the first of eleven games in the championship saw queens park rangers host barnsley.ley had gone 2—0 up in the first half but rangers battled back to earn a point, austin converting in stoppage time to make it 2—2. elsewhere in the championship, fulham beat hull city 2—0 to head to the top of the table. west brom and stoke city are level on points after they beat blackburn rovers and nottingham forest respectively. sheffield united's terrible return to the championship continues though. were beaten by huddersfield town at bramall lane. there were also wins for cardiff, coventry, preston and birmingham. just two games in the scottish premiership today — but plenty of goals. most of them from celtic — they thumped 10 man st mirren 6—0. david turnbull with his first career hat trick. meanwhile livingston stay bottom of the table after losing 2—1 to motherwell. to rugby now, and hull fc narrowly beat hull kr by 23 points to 22 in a thrilling superleague derby. the two sides were level with just over half an hour's play remaining, when bureta faraimo crossed over to put hu

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barnsley had gone 2—0 up in the first half but rangers battled back to earn a point, austin convertingmirren — liel abada with both goals. st mirren are also down to ten men. and bottom of the table livingston are playing motherwell. the third round is well underway at the aig women's open in carnoustie and it's rather changeable at the top of that leaderboard. a hat—trick of birdies for yealimi noh sees her now sitting alone at the summit. it was very cluttered earlier. geigia hall is one shot back on 7 under in a very packed leaderboard. but what about scottish amatuer louise duncan? she has been fantastic so far and has picked up another 4 birdies today to put herjust two off the lead on 6 under. it's the inurgural finals of cricket's newest tournament, the hundred today — and rain had threatened to dampen the mood at lord's. the men's final takes place tonight between birmingham phoenix and southern brave. and the women's final has just got underway. southern brave playing 0val invincibles. brave captain anya shrubsole won the toss and chose to bowl first. georgia adams struck an e

bbc look north, barnsley. some more olympic newsjust in.e at or below average for the time of year, in the sunshine it still feels quite warm. the other face, though, torrential downpours. already reports from the met office that one spot on the isle of wight has had over 100 millimetres of rain today from a particularly heavy downpour that's moved through, so there is a chance of flooding from these. that risk of the heaviest downpours as the day goes on from south—east wales, the south midlands, across much of southern england, including london. not everybody catching them but if you do, there could be some impacts from them. elsewhere in england and wales, sunny spells, chance of a shower. northern ireland, a lot of cloud, rain towards the west and south clearing, and sunny spells in scotland, isolated shower, maybe be a few spots of rain where it's cloudy in the northern isles. now, where we have this torrential downpours developing in parts of england and wales, they'll slowly fade into this evening. the second half of the night is loo

colletta smith, bbc news, in barnsley.h government said national5, higher and advanced higher exams would be held in spring, providing public health advice allows them to take place. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow. so exams get the green light, but there are backup plans in place? yes, george, exams are back, but the scottish government is being upfront in saying that contingency plans are in saying that contingency plans are in place should covid create difficulties over the coming academic year. the first back—up plan is to further modify courses that have already been modified, while the second is if covid creates difficulties that mean it is not easy or reasonable for exams to take place, that they will be scrapped again for the third year running, and replaced with teacher assessed grades. well, across the uk, ministers and qualifications regulators have been clear that they expect exams to take place next year, so scotland is the first place to announce these contingency plans, but the main tea

colletta smith, bbc news, in barnsley. them to take place. new analysis suggests sixth form colleges in england face a big fall in funding per pupil. the institute for fiscal studies says an extra 570 million pounds is needed to keep up with the rising number of students. the trial of the grammy—award winning us singer r kelly got under way today at a us federal court in new york. the r&b star is accused of racketeering, sexual abuse and bribery — charges which he has denied. if the singer is convicted on all counts he could face ten years to life in prison. samira hussain reports. for r kelly's many accusers, this federal court in brooklyn is where, finally, their voices may be heard. jonjelyn savage is here. for years, she has been pushing for charges against kelly. she says her daughter had been held captive by the musician. the opening statements will open some people's eyes to what we have been knowing for the last five and a half years, when we started this journey, because we knew something wasn't right and we knew

i can speak now to danjarvis, the labour mp for barnsley central and mayorfor sheffield city region.is, thank you forjoining us. i want to start by asking you what you make of that defence of dominic raab by ben wallace, saying no amount of phone calls to an afghan government at that time, last friday, would have made any difference to what was going on with the situation with the interpreters? well, we will probably never know if that was the case or not. but it seems to me that at a point of international crisis the foreign secretary should be at his desk and not on the beach. so i think it is right to the questions are being answered about the way in which the government has responded to this unfolding crisis in afghanistan. i think it is incumbent upon them now to demonstrate that they are getting a grip of the situation, that they are engaging with international allies, working with partners in the region, doing everything they possibly can to speed the evacuation effort that is currently under way, and to avert a humanitarian catastrophe that afghanistan is facing. catastrophe

. -- honorable and gallant member for tonbridge and malling (tom , for barnsley central, for plymouth, more view, from norwich south, for aldershot, isle of wight, felton and bradley stoke, and for wells. they and the tens of thousands of others deployed in afghanistan served in difficult and challenging circumstances, and the labour party and-i am sure-everybody across this house thanks each and every one of them and of the 150,000. many returned with life-changing injuries and, tragically, 457 did not return at all. mr. gray later today, i will : attend the service at raf lyneham, outside royal wootton bassett, to commemorate the 10th anniversary, which falls today, of the last repatriation through bassett. will the right honorable gentlemen agree with me that the message to the people i will see today must be that those young lives were not wasted but played an absolutely essential role in deterring and destroying terrorism and carrying out so many other good works in afghanistan? mr. starmer: i wholeheartedly agree with that point and will address it in one moment. for many of tho

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i also thought that the honourable gentlemen from barnsley central spoke particularly powerfully abouts allies when they consulted us. another member gave witness to the many terrified afghans who now face the threat and the risk that comes with the taliban control. i give way. t comes with the taliban control. i rive wa . . , comes with the taliban control. i rive wa . ., , ., ., give way. i am very grateful. i have had lots of — give way. i am very grateful. i have had lots of constituents _ give way. i am very grateful. i have had lots of constituents get - give way. i am very grateful. i have had lots of constituents get in i had lots of constituents get in touch today to say that the thing they are most anxious about and i think many members have reflected this today is those people who are terrified in afghanistan today wanting to get out, many we want to help get out, but for some reason we are saying it is 20,000 we will take over several years, are saying it is 20,000 we will take overseveralyears, but are saying it is 20,000 we will take over several years, but only 5000 this