cardiff from nantes and was on his way to join his new team cardiff from nantes and was on his way tojointes and was on his way to join his new team in the welsh capital. while trying to woo him, he had been flown between the cities in private jets, him, he had been flown between the cities in privatejets, the last flight, cities in privatejets, the last flight, after he had signed, was in a single engine turboprop, at night, and in poor weather, shortly after take—off from and in poor weather, shortly after ta ke—off from nantes, and in poor weather, shortly after take—off from nantes, in an audio message to friends, the footballer seemed concerned, even frightened. iamup i am up here in the plane, it feels like it is about to fall apart, says the player. i am heading to cardiff, we start training in the morning. if in an hourand we start training in the morning. if in an hour and a half you have not heard from you, i don't know if they will send anyone to find me. dad, i'm scared. those were his last words. less than one hour later, the plane crashed into the channel, killing the footbal

ten—man fulham held cardiff city to a one all draw in tonight's game in the championship.iff who took the lead in the first half, josh murphy with an angled finish beyond the reach of marcus bettinelli, but fulham were level within minutes, alexandar mitrovic tapping in an ivan cavaliero cross. that's his fifth goal of the campaign. fulham were reduced to ten—men in the second half after harry artur received a second yellow card for simulation. that's how it finished, with fulham moving up to fourth while cardiffjump to tenth. bury are not taking their expulsion from the english football league lying down. they now say they're considering legal action against the efl. members of the club's executive met earlier today to discuss their options, having earlier sent the efl a letter, questioning its handling of the affair. our sports editor dan roan, has spoken exclusively to bury‘s lawyer chris farnell. earlier today, senior members of bury senior and executive coaching team met at these offices behind me in cheshire. the offices of chris farnell who has been helping them try

midwives in cardiff are encouraging expectant mothers to take part in tests to see whether the technologythem relax, or even provide pain relief. if the trial is successful, the programme could be rolled out across wales. tomos morgan has been to find out more. iam sort i am sort of submerged within a herd of buffalo. hannah is soon to be a first—time mum. of buffalo. hannah is soon to be a first-time mum. there is one right there. and when she had then to give birth at cardiff's university hospital of wales you will be offered a virtual reality headset. it is not named as an alternative to medicine, but to provide a moment of calm and destruction. even if it was useful in the very early stages, and then you decided ono, i want to be more present or i want to try something else, i think that's fine. evenif something else, i think that's fine. even if it helps for that 20 minutes, one hour, it is going to be a good thing. pop on the headset for us... a good thing. pop on the headset for us... so what is it actually like? i wa nt to us... so what is it actually like? i want to touch them...

"i'll make it cardiff where we start training in the morning. to find me." "dad, i'm scared," were his last words. less than an hour later, the plane crashed into the channel, killing the footballer and his pilot. the body of the pilot, david ibbotson, has never veeb found. but without the proper qualifications, his competence to fly in such conditions at night has since been questioned. it now appears there may have been other factors involved. it's now been revealed by the air accidents investigation branch that there were higher levels of carbon monoxide in sala's bloodstream and presumably that of the pilot as well. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of a dj who's really out of this world. italian astronaut luca parmitano has become the first person to dj from the international space station. his set was transmitted to a cruise ship in the mediterranean sea so people on board could watch. hello. for many of you, wednesday was a

while city were wooing sala, he was flown between cardiff and nantes in privatejets.gned was in this single engined turboprop at night and in poor weather. shortly after take—off, in a message to friends, he seemed concerned, even frightened. "i'm up here in a plane that feels like it's about to fall apart," says the player. "if in an hour and a half you haven't heard from me i don't know if they'll send anyone to find me." "dad, i'm scared," were his last words. less than an hour later, the plane crashed into the channel killing the footballer and his pilot. shortly after his son's death, sala's father told me he couldn't understand why he'd been flown in such small plane. the body of the pilot, david ibbotson, was neverfound. but without the proper qualifications, his competence to fly in such conditions at night has since been questioned. but there may have been other factors. it's now been revealed by the air accidents investigation branch that there were higher levels of carbon monoxide in sala's bloodstream and probably that of his pilot as well. it's a gas that

while city were wooing sala, he was flown between cardiff and nantes in privatejets.gined turboprop at night and in poor weather. shortly after take—off, in a message to friends, he seemed concerned, even frightened. "i'm up here in a plane that feels like it's about to fall apart," says the player. "if in an hour and a half you haven't heard from me i don't know if they'll send anyone to find me." "dad, i'm scared," were his last words. less than an hour later, the plane crashed into the channel killing the footballer and his pilot. shortly after his son's death, sala's father told me he couldn't understand why he'd been flown in such small plane. the body of the pilot, david ibbotson, was neverfound. but without the proper qualifications, his competence to fly in such conditions at night has since been questioned. but there may have been other factors. it's now been revealed by the air accidents investigation branch that there were higher levels of carbon monoxide in sala's bloodstream and probably that of his pilot as well. it's a gas that can cause dizziness and s

can wales go to world number one with a win over england in cardiff tomorrow and scotland travel to parise round of 32 has been made— league round of 32 has been made and women‘s super league winners arsenal will meet italian side fiorentina. while manchester city will face lugano of swizterland. glasgow were drawn against russian side chertanovo, while hibernian will face slavia prague. the pick of the draw is barcelona who had the misfortune of drawing unseeded juventus. barcelona‘s men‘s team get spain‘s la liga under way later. the defending champions are looking for a third successive league title. they‘ve spent big over the summer bringing in antoine griezman and frenkie dejong — but the likely challengers real madrid and atletico have also invested well. . . .. new and old faces all set for a spanish showdown. well, let‘s look ahead to tonight and the season — ben croucher has more. well let us look ahead the start of the new season in spain with spanish football expert ernest massier. there he is. it starts tonight with athletic bilbao taking on barcelona, for the first time in te

studio: apologies for the sound quality in cardiff. thank you all.cial markets. the value of the pound has fallen following news that prime minister boris johnson is planning to suspend parliament. the pound is down around 0.05% against the euro and us dollar. it means £1 is worth one euro ten. and against the us currency one pound will buy you $1.22 cents. so what do voters think of today's news? our political correspondent alex forsyth has been getting the views of people in stratford—upon—avon. during the last days of summer on the banks of the avon, the seismic moves in westminster might seem a world away. but, at the deli cafe in the town centre, there is brexit talk. ownerjean voted to leave and welcomes what she sees as decisive action from the prime minister. we've had three years to do this, so mp5, i think now, let him do it. mps, suspend parliament and get on with brexit. some of the cafe's regulars, friends from across the midlands, have a similar view. it's sad that this little corner of politicians who didn't like what we, the public vo

tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff.t says the current rules need updating because its focus is on traditional campaign financing at a time when spending on political adverts on social media is rising sharply. our media editor, amol rajan, has more. there is a lot of talk around a possible snap election. well, who knows? but while there is such chatter, you are going to see a lot more political ads such as these recent ones from facebook and other social media. facebook, twitter and all the rest arose out of the 20th century advertising industry. they are advertising companies, giant persuasion machines which use thousands of data points to let advertisers micro target all of us in a very cheap way. that could be for commercial campaigns or for political ones. here is a recent facebook ad from the conservatives that targets younger people. and here is a similar one that was aimed at older women. many of the uk's election rules were designed when mark zuckerberg was still at school. now there are calls for election rules

tomos dafyad is in cardiff for us the prayers and a playful mood on the even of an encounter describedof an encounter described as a game of poker by their opponents, where no one is willing to share their best hand, it is part of the phoney war before the world cup and hosting england just six days after the last game is a test run for the scheduled wells will face in japan. run for the scheduled wells will face in japan. short training weeks and things you need to practise as well, it is notjust between the white lines so pressure on the week as well and you need to be able to do these things obviously for short turn. england may be forced into a

i'm heading to cardiff and we start training in the morning.d. were his last words. less than an hour later, the plane crashed into the channel, killing the footballer and his pilot. the body of the pilot has never been found, but without the proper qualifications to fly at night or on instruments alone, his competence to fly the plane in such conditions has been question. it now appears that there may have been other factors involved. the air accident investigation branch has revealed they were abnormally high levels of carbon monoxide and sala's bloodstream and presumably, that of the pilot as well. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? a bbc special report from the arctic has revealed shocking levels of plastic pollution in a region long considered a pristine environment. scientists say microscopic particles have been carried by winds from thousands of miles away and have been falling in the snow. pakistan's prime minister has said india will pay a heavy price for revoking indian—administered kashmir‘s special

our correspondent tomas morgan is in our cardiff newsroom for us now. this is an interim report?nvestigation report is not expected until the new year but this shows us some insight into what happens on the plane back in january. it has been seven months since the body of emiliano sala was recovered from the english channel after the plane carrying him and the pilot crashed into the sea travelling from france to cardiff. the toxicology report by the investigation branch has shown there was a dangerously high level of carbon monoxide which could cause seizures and unconsciousness. a level of 30% and a healthy person could be considered to be fatal but the argentinian's blood results found there was around 38% of the compound in his bloodstream. they also believe that the pilot, david ibbotson, his body has not been fined could also have suffered from similar exposure to the gas which could have inhibited his ability to fly the plane from france to cardiff. the wreckage has never been recovered from the bottom of the english channel. emiliano sala's family have responded to the new

now, rememberthat in newcastle, 15 the overnight low in cardiff.ll, by tuesday it really makes its move. drifting across the northern half of the uk. the heaviest showers a lwa ys half of the uk. the heaviest showers always in the centre of this area of low pressure. so through northern ireland, northern england and scotland, that's where we are likely to see the most widespread, heavy showers and torrential downpours. further south, perhaps not as many showers. quite breezy in the south of the uk as well. but very light winds further north. that means the showers will be pretty slow—moving, especially across northern scotland. some areas could get a real drenching if shower sits around for any length of time. temperatures 18— 23 degrees, a cooler, fresherfeel. now, wednesday is a similar looking day. some hefty showers for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. some showers further south, but toward south wales in southern england a better chance of staying predominantly drive through the day. 18— 23 degrees. now, thursday gives somethin

sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff.ctors, but what about singers? there will be no girls singing ina singers? there will be no girls singing in a prestigious german all boys choir anytime soon. a court in germany has ruled that the berlin state and cathedral choir is not guilty of sex discrimination by declining an application by a nine—year—old girl. judges said the 500 year old choir had an artistic right to reject the girl to preserve its distinctive sound. but they allowed to go's mother the right to appeal. she says the choir turned down her daughter on the grounds of gender rather than ability. for the first time, the annual eataly food festival in bologna has created a chinese lantern extravaganza. it combines a love of fresh italian produce with an ancient tradition from the other side of the world. chinese tradition in the heart of northern italy. there are more than 80 works of art, some inspired by chinese myths and legends, others the fun and colour. translation: these artworks were built entirely here by a0

they lost in cardiff 22—17 to ireland. patrick gearey reports.help them with her team singing lessons to help them with herteam him. singing lessons to help them with her team him. that is a warren gatland way, this is his final home match as wales' head coach but the first verse was set to an irish tempo. that is jacob stockdale with a new aerodynamic haircut, ireland hoping he will be their bullet train injapan. once he is off it is nonstop until he reaches his destination. they were 15—3 up at the break and then scored a penalty try in the second wales filing their final audition, a day before the world is cup squad is named. or lane taking his cue on debut and impressing his boss. probably... warren gatland said this week he doesn't care about rankings for the locals do and well is' number one spot was on the line, rhys patchell continuing the comeback charge but the momentum ended there while ireland might have found some are just the right time. from defeated dragons to georgia, scotland's next calling point on the path ofjapan. they ran in

the victim has been named as harry baker, who was 17 and from cardiff.who may have seen a disturbance in barry between midnight and 1.00 in the morning on wednesday. the us national hurricane centre says a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and florida has gathered strength, and is now expected to be the strongest weather system to hit the us coast in decades. hurricane dorian now has winds of more than 215 km per hour. this is how the bbc weather centre expects the hurricane to develop over the next few days. it's now marked as a category four storm, one that is considered to be extremely dangerous. we can cross to cocoa beach in florida and speak to hilary lane. what is the latest with hurricane dorian? a lot of people here are breathing a sigh of relief. much of florida and coco beach was in dorian‘s direct path yesterday, but overnight of those models shifted, and it showed stern going out to see, and also likely heading carolina and georgia as of now. many people in florida were in lines for hours getting gas, hunkering down, getting supplies, b

ten—man fulham held cardiff city to a 1—1 draw in tonight's game in the championship.within minutes, alexandar mitrovic tapping in an ivan cavaliero cross. that's his fifth goal of the campaign. fulham were reduced to 10 men in the second half after harry artur received a second yellow card for simulation. that's how it finished, with fulham moving up to 4th while cardiffjump to tenth. british number one johanna konta was in devastating form to beat china's zhang shuai and reach the us open fourth round. the 29—year—old won 6—2, 6—3 in 71 minutes to reach the last 16 for the third grand slam in a row. konta will face czech third seed karolina pliskova for a place in the quarterfinals. british number two dan evans was outclassed as roger federer showed his best form to ease into the us open fourth round. federer played with his trademark fluency in a 6—2, 6—2, 6—1victory on arthur ashe stadium. after that match, dan evans expressed his disappointment at being scheduled as the first match on arthur ashe on friday, having played a gruelling four—setter against lucas pouil

debuts to 0wen lane and rhys carre for saturday's rugby world cup warm—up game against ireland in cardiff side that defeated england, with warren gatland set to name his final squad for the tournament on sunday. meanwhile — ireland head coach joe schmidt makes 11 changes to the side that was demolished by england at twickenham last weekend. ulster full—back will addison will make his first appearance for ireland since january. sally conway has picked up britain's first medal at the world judo championships in tokyo. she's won bronze in the under—70 kilo category. the 32 year—old has now won medals at all major championhips, having already made 0lympic, european and commonwealth podiums. and warrington‘s dreadful run in the superleague continues as they were comprehensively beaten 22—6 by salford. a hat trick by ken sio doing much of the damage. the wolves, who won the challenge cup at the weekend, stay second, but are now level on points with salford. that's all from sportsday. more on the bbc sport website. including a season's best for dina asher smith in the 200 metres in zurich. comin

sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff. good luck to her. time for a look at the weather.ountry as the rain came down quite heavily. if we look at the radar picture, although the rain has cleared from scotland and northern ireland, the majority of england and wales are still underneath this area of rain, which is coming down very heavily. the rain is quite slow moving and it will be the early hours of saturday morning before it clears away from east anglia and south—east england, but showers will follow. we have seen but showers will follow. we have seen those for scotland and northern ireland, and some will work into western england and wales as well. a mild night with temperatures of 12-16dc. the mild night with temperatures of 12—16dc. the weekend will be dominated by this low pressure. the closer you are to this low centre, the more showers will be feeding in. showers from the word go for scotland, northern ireland and the north of england. a breezy day for many areas, but through the afternoon, the showers will merge to give lengthy spells of rain across western scotl

sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.ay and these are our headlines on friday. where — not for the first time this week — rain prevented much meaningful action in the second ashes test. we know the identity of the first of our scottish league cup quarter finallist. it's hearts. and there's a murray on both sides of the net at the cincinatti masters. we'll tell you if andy orjamie has the upper hand. thanks for your company. welcome to sportsday. not for the first time this week — we've seen more rain than we have cricket at lord's. the upshot is that the second test looks likely to be drawn with australia 80 for 4 in theirfirst innings — still trailing england by 178 runs — and still with steve smith at the crease. here's our correspondent with the story of the day. about 5:22pm here the empire made the decision to abandon pray for the day but i think it seemed inevitable for several hours and very frustrating for england because the rain came down just at the point where they felt they were really on topic. let's reflect

cardiff city was beaten on their return to the second tier.legated side had a 1—0 lead through joe ralls. this was topsy—turvy this night but reagan wrestled control and when this match 3—2 from the evans. good start then for wigan who were teetering on the edge of relegation last season. a nice cushion for them to start off this new campaign. a look at the rest of the scores in the championship. charlton, like barnsley, another newly promoted side to win — 2—1 against blackburnstoke — disappointing last season but many fancy them to be recharged for promotion under nathanjones this year — lost 2—1 at home to qpr though. swansea city — despite losing their two best players last season 0li mcburnie and danjames were comeback winners at home to hull city. you can see the result here. west brom have 12—1 and had to come from behind against nottingham forest. two sides with new managers getting their first taste of championship football, and sabri lamouchi's forest made the better start matty cash put forest them in front. kyle edwards, the academ

ashley williams has been left out of their squad for the euro 2020 qualifier against azerbaijan in cardiff wales captain's been capped 86 times and led wales to the euro 2016 semi finals. manager ryan giggs says he has been left out as he has not had a pre season — he is currently without a club after being released by everton but is now set to join bristol city. borussia dortmund's jadon sancho has agreed a new contract with the bundesliga club worth about £190,000 a week, including bonuses. the england winger — who was the subject of summer interest from manchester united — scored 13 goals last season as dortmund finished second behind bayern munich. sancho also scored in their 5—1 opening league win on saturday's. england have secured a place in the semifinals of the eurohockey championships with a narrow win over belarus... lily 0wsley opened the scoring in antwerp after ten minutes before isabelle petter got her first england goal. belarus struck back in the final quarter to level the score at 3—3, they failed to score in their opening two matches and were beating ii—0 by ireland last

the principality stadium in cardiff was talked of as a possible venue for the fight.to be held in his home country. in a press conference today, joshua's promoter, eddie hearn. he would not be drawn on the controversy of the fight location stop lid this could change the sport forever because if they invest or continue to invest in the sport of boxing as do other countries in the region you will see a lot of negative sites out there and i am one of every promoter and has tried to when eight negative fight in the region said the stick comes with that but we made a decision about this with a big moment for the sport of boxing and it is in a kind —— iconic fight and we decided to stage the fear on december the 7th. the question marks over saudi arabia hosting major sporting events have come up before. the world boxing super series took place injeddah last september — where callum smith beat george groves to lift the wba super—middleweight title. amir khan also fought there last month. golfers on the european tour were called out for playing at the saudi international in f

wells captain ashley williams has been left out of the squad for the 2020 qualifier in cardiff next monthmes to the euro 2016 semifinals and ryan said he has been left out because he has not had a preseason and without a club at the moment after being released by everton and is now set to join the city. when it is a big squad with players that are playing. we played games during the preseason and coming to the squad fit, obviously with ash, not having the club and still keeping fit but he is not the same as during the preseason with the club. so i spoke to them and they fully understood that. he is not an easy decision because he is the captain, he is done so well for me both on and off the field and it was not easy. rugby union and the international career of england is over. after he signed for the french clu b over. after he signed for the french club and was left out of thejones world cup but will now be ineligible for a call up world cup but will now be ineligible fora callup in world cup but will now be ineligible for a call up in the case of an injury after the rugby football union

i am heading to cardiff, we start training in the morning.n hour and a half you have not heard from you, i don't know if they will send anyone to find me. dad, i'm scared. those were his last words. less than one hour later, the plane crashed into the channel, killing the footballer and his pilot. shortly after his son's death, his father told me he could not understand why he had been flown in such a small plane, at night, over the sea. the body of the pilot, david ibbotson, has never been found, but without the proper qualifications to fly at night or on instruments alone, his competence to fly the plane in such conditions has been questioned. it now appears there may have been other factors involved, the air accident investigation branch has said that there was an abnormally high levels of carbon monoxide in the milly arlo in his bloodstream and presumably that of the pilot. the warning signs are that you start feeling woozy, and you start to lose yourjudgement. the plane's wreckage is still on the sea bed, recovering it is seen as too exp

and a double from ireland's jacob stockdale ends wales winning run in cardiff.he programme... the end of an era , after 85 years — bradford bulls will play their last game at odsal stadium. . .. good evening, welcome along to the bbc sport centre. lots coming up over the next half an hour, formula one is back but we've also had some terrible news coming out of spa in the last hour, the death of a driver in today's formula 2 race. we'll speak to our reporter in belgium. we've had we've had seven results in the premier league. we'll get all the reaction to manchester city's big win in a moment, but ole gunnar solskjaer was ruing a number of missed chances, as they slipped up at southampton. saints played the last 20 minutes with ten men but held on for a 1—1 draw. michael redford reports. just three games into the premier league season, southhampton and manchester united are still looking for a bit of rhythm. southhampton‘s new moves are coming from an old face. he was sent on loan to spain last season, he nearly gave the home side the perfect start. united on the

birmingham and manchester, really well connected, but even a great city like liverpool, glasgow, cardiff people from travelling by train at a time when we are all supposed to be being more thoughtful about our travel. you might expect somewhere like birmingham to be very well connected, right in the centre of the country but why the difference between someone like glasgow and edinburgh that are not geographically very similar? edinburgh has very good links in terms of its tram out to the airport. glasgow has a subway but it does not really connect with the rail network. and poor old leicester is just there rail network. and poor old leicester isjust there on rail network. and poor old leicester is just there on the east midlands mainline. it used to have superb connections with places right across the country. those have been scaled down and if you want to go from leicester to pretty much anywhere, you will probably have to change. and no one wants to do that. thank you forjoining us. that was a bit sharp of us to remove ben from the programme. and simon calder, paul simon! a quick updat

they lost by 22 points to 17 to ireland in cardiff. the world cup that starts in three weeks. patrick gearey reports. wales are planning their world cup down to the last note. they have had singing lessons to help them with the anthem. that's the warren gatland way. this is his final home match as wales' head coach, but the first verse was set to an irish tempo. that's jacob stockdale, with a new aerodynamic haircut. ireland are hoping he will be their bullet train injapan. once he's off, it's nonstop until he reaches his destination. they were 15—3, up at the break, then scored a penalty try in the second half. wales were failing their final audition, a day before their world cup squad is named. what a moment then for owen lane, taking his cue on debut, and impressing his boss, probably. gatland said this week he doesn't care about rankings, but the locals do. and wales' world number one spot was on the line. reese continued the comeback charge, but their momentum ended there, while ireland may have found some atjust the right time. p

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they beat cardiff city 3—0. john swift with the third on the counter attack.und of the scottish league cup after a convincing 3—0 win over east fife. it was jermaine defoe with the first of the goals after 26 minutes. a good ball into him on the edge of the box, he turned and put it past the keeper. filip helander got the second. joe aribo with the third. britain's dina asher—smith has come second in the 200 metres, despite windy conditions at the birmingham grand prix. the double european champion put on an impressive display, beaten only by olympic 400 metre gold medalist shaunae miller—uibo. miriam walker—khan reports. the birmingham diamond league was supposed to be a warm up for next week's british championships, but warm was not the right word for the alexander stadium. at the long jump pit, it was red—hot. katrina johnson thompson and thiam. thiam came out on top, beating the olympic medallist. she showed what kind of form she was in. johnson thompson was in third but pushed all the way to a season's best performance. in the men's 800 metres, irishman m

temperatures 11 degrees there in newcastle, 15 the overnight low in cardiff., by tuesday it really makes its move, drifting across the northern half of the uk, the heaviest showers always in the centre of this area of low pressure. so through northern ireland, northern england and scotland, that's where we're likely to see the most widespread, heavy showers and torrential downpours. further south, perhaps not as many showers. quite breezy in the south of the uk, as well, but very light winds further north. that means the showers will be pretty slow—moving, especially across northern scotland. some areas could get a real drenching if a shower sits around for any length of time. temperatures 18—23 degrees — a cooler, fresher feel. now, wednesday is a similar looking day. some hefty showers for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. some showers further south, but toward south wales and southern england, a better chance of staying predominantly dry through the day. 18—23 degrees. now, thursday gives something of a chance to draw breath. i'm not promisin

temperatures 11 degrees there in newcastle, 15 the overnight low in cardiff.i was talking about? well, by tuesday it really makes its move, drifting across the northern half of the uk, the heaviest showers always in the centre of this area of low pressure. so through northern ireland, northern england and scotland, that's where we're likely to see the most widespread, heavy showers and torrential downpours. further south, perhaps not as many showers. quite breezy in the south of the uk, as well, but very light winds further north. that means the showers will be pretty slow—moving, especially across northern scotland. some areas could get a real drenching if a shower sits around for any length of time. temperatures 18—23 degrees — a cooler, fresher feel. now, wednesday is a similar looking day. some hefty showers for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. some showers further south, but towards south wales and southern england, a better chance of staying predominantly dry through the day. 18—23 degrees. now, thursday gives something of a chance to dra

relegated premier league teams started with defeats — fulham lost at newly promoted barnsley — and cardiffot off to a good start with a win at blackburn. there were also victories for birmingham city, millwall, sheffield wednesday, qpr and swansea. in the late kick off, west brom have come from behind to lead 2—1 v notts forest. salford city made a winning start to their football league debut, beating stevenage 2—nil. the club owned by manchester united's class of 92 are already one of the favourites for promotion to league one. rhia chohan reports. the new season opener in a special for any football club and for salford city, and the ape team just five years ago it their debut in the english football league, an occasion indeed. with the hopes of another promotion to start off on the right foot? there were signs in the first half that they were up and running almost. all it took was for right back scott wiseman to set up the moment, letting the first league goal to mark the home site arrival and a career milestone. he gets a taste for the league goals and appetite for more still follows as

we'll match that in cardiff. eastern scotland that is, in rural spots temperatures first thing could be two or three degrees above freezing. but quickly it's going to cloud over. so look at all that — all of that cloud across the uk on wednesday. on and off rain. it's not one solid area of rain that will be sweeping across the country, it's sort of like bits of rain, so it will come and go, hit and miss, really, through the afternoon. and then actually later in the day, it looks as though some of these western areas could brighten up and that's because the weather front will be pulling away towards the east. then come thursday, we are inbetween weather systems, one out there in the atlantic ready for the weekend, but on thursday, before it arrives, the weather's looking absolutely fine. so after a cloudy, damp wednesday, thursday, more sunshine on the way. temperatures will get up to 23 degrees because there'll be more sun around, obviously, even nudging up to 20 or so just about across northern england. i think

cardiff city when his plane crashed into the channel the plane's wreckage and solid body were found 2 weeks later though not the pilot's body still investigators now believe the pilot was also exposed to carbon monoxide from an engine plane possibly causing him to lose control of the plane. history will be made tonight in the you wait the super cup for the 1st time ever a woman referee will be head of a major men's match in the european competition it is francis stefani for pa she will take charge of the all english clash between liverpool and chelsea in turkey and each of you caught up with a few supporters as well as local businessmen looking to cash in. the super cup showdown on the shores of the bosphorus is just hours away before they descend on this evening the travelling fans have been out and about getting to know istanbul. for sure she's wonderful about the ball and events on might this initial especially for the 6 time she. stayed in looks fantastic the people are friendly should be a bunch. of liverpool and chelsea are both global brands supporters have come from across the

bringing some humid air, so temperatures in plymouth in the morning about 1k, we'll match that in cardiffs above freezing. but quickly it will cloud over. look at all that cloud in the uk across wednesday. on and off rain. it's not one solid area of rain that will be sweeping across the country, it's sort of like bits of rain, so it will come and go, hit and miss really through the afternoon. later in the day, it looks as though some western areas could brighten up because the weather front will pull away towards the east. then come thursday, we are in between weather systems, one out there in the atlantic ready for the weekend, but on thursday before it arrives, the weather's looking absolutely fine. so after a cloudy, damp wednesday, thursday, more sunshine on the way. temperatures will get up to 23 degrees because there'll be more sun around and even nudging up to 20 just about across northern england i think. stornoway, no more than 15. here's the low pressure swinging in off the atlantic on friday. lots of isobars, so the winds will be pretty strong, gusting to around 40mph around th

cardiff left it late, but a dramatic 96th minute goal saw them beat luton 2—1.d sheffield wednesday. in the scottish premiership, champions celtic were rampant in front of goal for the second week running winning 5—2 at motherwell. neil lennon's side did have to come from behind though. as nick parrott reports. fir park has not been a happy hunting ground for celtic of late. their last three visits ended in draws and liam donnelly gave motherwell early hope of at least maintaining that run. but less than two minutes later, defender kristoffer ajer silenced the home fans with his first league goal for celtic. despite that, the champions looked vulnerable at the back end. and on another day, motherwell might have had a penalty. if manager neil lennon was feeling troubled, it didn't last.

wales welcome england to cardiff next weekend before playing two games against ireland.ick grigg the men to miss out. now here's one player we'll probably not see on a rugby pitch again. former wasps wing christian wade gave up the sport in october to try his hand at american football. he's hit the ground running all right. he made his debut for the buffalo bills overnight, having onlyjoined them in april, and he scored a clinical 65—yard touchdown in pre—season as his team beat the indianapolis colts. he now hopes to earn a place on the roster for the start of the season. that's all the sport for now. plenty more on the website, including build up to that game at anfield tonight. full commentary from the radio at 8pm, but if you can't wait until then, sportsday is live at anfield at 6:30. hope to see you then. i look forward to that. let's tell you more about that power cut. you power networks are saying they believe it's because of a failure on the national grid network committee drop in power also affecting a p pa re ntly drop in power also affecting apparently traffi

cardiff left it late, but a dramatic 96th minute goal saw them beat luton 2—1.l city survived a fightback to beat reading 2—1, and there were wins for brentford, preston and sheffield wednesday. in the scottish premiership, champions celtic were rampant in front of goal for the second week running winning 5—2 at motherwell. neil lennon's side did have to come from behind though. as nick parrott reports. fir park has not been a happy hunting ground for celtic of late. their last three visits ended in draws and liam donnelly gave motherwell early hope of at least maintaining that run. but less than two minutes later, defender kristoffer ajer silenced the home fans with his first league goal for celtic. despite that, the champions looked vulnerable at the back end. and on another day, motherwell might have had a penalty. if manager neil lennon was feeling troubled, it didn't last. after leigh griffiths marked his first week start since december, there was only going to be one winner. every celtic shot on target ended up in the back of the net and every goal came fr

half—time, around ten minutes to go until carl cardiff, still goalless but full of them have come through—ups after midweek league cup matches. a big blow for england, in the ashes — james anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the series. he had been playing for lancashire's second 11, in a bid to prove his fitness. but he felt a pain in his calf yesterday. following that, medical teams have ruled him out for the final two tests. earlier this week, there had been some positive noises from anderson. he said he felt like he was getting somewhere and seemed hopeful of playing in the fourth test next week. he'll be replaced by somerset seamer craig 0verton. with the ashes series tied at one all, the momentum is with england after that sensational win at headingley last week. this is as worse as it gets for an athlete. the one thing you want to do is play on your home ground. he will be feeling his pain, i know he will be feeling his pain, i know he will be feeling his pain, i know he will be gutted. and it might give him a bit more steel to come back to us him a bit more steel to come ba

the pharmaceutical home as there are numerous documents showing that doctors in oxford doctors in cardiff work keen to test facts or a concentrates infectivity on their patients to all hemophilia sense directors. initial production batches may have been tested for infectivity by injecting them into chimpanzees it is unlikely that the manufacturers will be able to guarantee this form of quality control for all future batches it is therefore very important find out why studies in human beings to what extent the infectivity of the various concentrates has been reduced. the reason they used humans instead of chimpanzees was one because chimpanzees were expensive and essentially patients were free when they don't know that experiment we tried to speak to the pharmaceutical companies that produced factory took the time over the last 50 years they have changed names and ownership several times and none wanted to talk about the contaminated blood issue now. what we know now is that the trolls are also conducting tests regularly and keeping records of liver function tests which made you think ok s

debuts to 0wen lane and rhys carre for saturday's rugby world cup warm—up game against ireland in cardiffarren gatland set to name his final squad for the tournament on sunday. meanwhile, ireland head coach joe schmidt makes 11 changes to the side that was demolished by england at twickenham last weekend. ulster full—back will addison will make his first appearance for ireland since january. sally conway has picked up britain's first medal at the world judo championships in tokyo. she's won bronze in the under—70 kilo category. the 32—year—old has now won medals at all major championhips, having already made 0lympic, european and commonwealth podiums. the head coaches of the women's and men's southampton —based team for the former captain edwards is currently coach of charlotte edwards and mahela jayawardene will be head coaches of will be head coaches of the women's and men's southampton—based teams for the hundred. former england captain edwards is currently coach of kia super league side southern vipers and hampshire director of women's cricket. we've got a huge successful background i