either way, england boss eddiejones has been encouraged by how his players have trained.'s been forced to pick a forward pack that looks underpowered and inexperienced, especially compared to the springboks. at prop, alec hepburn makes a first start, while the back row is only ten caps between them. i deliberately picked this pack. we are missing 400 caps, so we had to replace that, but we have got gunners, wilson is a good hard—working player, curry and shields are hard graft is, murray is plain good rugby, george cruise is back, so i picked a tough pack. and a young one! for flanker brad shields, who was capped in the summer in south africa, it will be the first time he has been to twickenham, let alone played. i've driven past it. haven't been inside yet. apparently got to go and watch a football game but it's definitely exciting, and tomorrow we'll get a feel for where we are going to be. in the backs, 0wen farrell starts at fly half, ben te‘o centre... i don't think we should overhype his entry back into the england side. the kid has had a tough run. and he's doing t

england had coach eddiejones has made a bold call in his team selection.n hartley who is co—captain. he has dropped him forjamie george the saracens hooker. this is a significant move. just a year out from the world cup. george has been knocking on the door for a from the world cup. george has been knocking on the doorfor a long from the world cup. george has been knocking on the door for a long time but hartley has so much more experience, with 96 caps as opposed to his 31. now eddiejones insists he has picked his best team to face the wallabies. weeping australia will come out like they normally do, like a bull in a china shop. jamie isa like a bull in a china shop. jamie is a very good defender, very good when the players open. i think he sits out in that first period of the game. —— ease suits team news too concerning warren gatland's wales side and liam williams will start at full—back against south africa on saturday. the last few years of his career have been blighted by injuries and disciplinary issues. he scored 11 tries in his 26 caps. he is the

eddiejones names the squad for this weekend's test at twickenham.ming up in the programme: simone biles underlines her superstar status once again, with her fourth all—round title at the world championships. good evening. welcome to tonight's sportsday. it's been described as one of the hardest weeks in leicester city's history, and today the club's manager, claude puel, has admitted the death of their chairman along with four others on saturday night has left them numb and in shock. he delivered a moving statement during his pre—match conference this afternoon, where he said it's been the hardest moment in his career. earlier, former manager claudio ranieri joined with the son of vichai srivaddhanaprabha to lay a wreath in his honour. david 0rnstein has the details. this is a football club, a whole city in morning, and the sense of grief and loss is really very palpable, but even stronger perhaps is the feeling of gratitude and togetherness that this tragic event has brought. today, for the first time, we've heard a member of leicester city's hiera

some better news for head coach eddiejones is that manu tuilagi and courtney lawes both return to thead for saturday's test against the all blacks. olympic champion adam peaty could risk missing next year's swimming world championships if he opts to take part in a new competition. peaty says the controversial new international swimming league is "exactly what the sport needs". but the swimming governing body, fina, say all new events must seek approvalfrom them six months before they go ahead and it's warned any swimmer opting to race in the competition next month risks

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england coach eddiejones end this year on a high.ar on a high. england coach eddiejones has made a bold selection. first, he has dropped dyla n selection. first, he has dropped dylan hartley who is cocaptain. hartley has got so much more experience. look at this. 96 caps as opposed to george's 31. he has insisted he picked the best sites to face the wallabies. we feel like we're going to come out and jamie is a very good defender he is a very good player of all weather. he sits us good player of all weather. he sits us in the first period of the game. —— 5uit5 u5. us in the first period of the game. -- suits us. another important decision. manatu is back. injuries have limited him in the last four yea rs, have limited him in the last four years, but this performance back in 2012 against the all blacks just shows against the english —— shows the illustrates just how good he can be. leon williams here in the corner is the only survivor for the team that thrashed tonga leslie give. he moves the fullback. 1a changes for warren and his si

eddiejones really eddie jones really happy eddiejones really happy with a november.om cardiff. well still leading. arlen haven't really tried. they lead 7—0. we'll keep you updated. busy day in the premier league today, holly has all the details. quite a lot to bring you in the premier league. let's start with delay kick—off. —— the late kick—off. a huge london derby clash with spurs hosting chelsea at wembley. . .. and maurizio sarri's side look to be heading for their first defeat this season. spurs currently ahead after deli alli opened the scoring afterjust eight minutes and harry kane doubling their lead with a long range strike. 49 minutes left in that game... let's stay at the top of the premier league, where manchester city remain firmly lodged after comfortably batting aside west ham 4—0 at the london stadium — all the ss with the goals — silva, sterling and two for leroy sane. i had the feeling we would be a little bit lucky today, arriving five times, we scored four goals. 0k. i'm pretty sure that sooner than later we will come back to what we normally are

eddiejones eddie jones funnily pretty eddiejones funnily pretty please with his england team.ting the usa. we will keep you updated. —— finally pleased. —— ireland are still bidding. busy day in the premier league today, holly has all the details. loads to bring you as the premier league returns after the international break, and we'll start with the late kick off where chelsea's unbeaten run came to an end... beaten 3—1 by tottenham. who now move above them to third in the table... joe lynskey was watching. it will take something impressive to win the premier league this season. right now being beaten isn't even enough. chelsea hadn't lost before today, but came to wembley seven points off the top. facing a spurs side showing promise, with christian harrison's delivery to have a quality to sweep teams away. here the pace on this cross meant delle ali only needed a flick on and i like the wembley surface, there is no sign of wear and tear on harry kane. they shot deceived the worlds most expensive cap a ballade that might have been unsightly. this manga did make some amends to

the england boss eddiejones has hinted he wants to see owen farrell more at fly half this autumn andthe number 10 shirt with ben te‘o alongside him in the centre suggesting england might be tweaking their style. a friend, england looked callow, kyle sinclair doesn't have meant starts. tom cu rley, doesn't have meant starts. tom curley, marc wilson amber rudd shields have just ten caps curley, marc wilson amber rudd shields havejust ten caps in curley, marc wilson amber rudd shields have just ten caps in total. there is more inexperienced on the bench with ben moon and zach mercer set to make their debuts. that is the welcome return of manu tuilagi as a replacement. he will bring power in as england look to beat a resurgent and zach mercer set to make their debuts. that is the welcome return of manu tuilagi as replacement. he will bring power in second half as england look to beat a resurgent unconfident springbok side. wales meanwhile have included luke morgan in their xv for their match against scotland at the principality stadium on saturday. the osprey‘s winger is wales‘ all time

eddiejones' side have only won one match in seven and are suffering from a string of injury troubles.s year with south africa winning two of them. patrick gearey is at twickenham for us. less tha n less than a year to go now until the final of the rugby world cup and england head coach eddiejones is not so much fine tuning the team as throwing out the engine and a couple of wheels with it. less than half of the squad which took part in the final six nations game here are back here today to face south africa. that's because of a string of injuries, players falling out of favour, joe marler retiring. eddie jones is experimenting and has even named two captains, 0wen hart play —— south africa will provide a real challenge, they are much improved of late but england have two face new zealand as well. later in cardiff wales faced cardiff —— scotland in the doddie weir cup named in honour of the former scotland international and ireland face italy, the team from the northern hemisphere many feel has the best chance of challenging for the rugby world cup. bmx supercross has been part of the

of course, any coach is only as good as the players he picks, so who can eddiejones rely on to bring is quite experimental. it is hard to keep track of all the changes. here is the england squad from the last home game, back in march. joe marler has since retired. five of these players are now out of favour, while another six are currently injured. options are wide open. england now even have two captains, dylan hartley and owen farrell. they both start tomorrow's game. do you think two captains can be better than one? i don't see why not. we spend that much time together, during the week, talking about things, making sure that we are aligned, so that we are on the same page, so that come the weekend, decisions are not that far away and that has never been a problem. well, autumn rugby internationals are coming far and wide. wales and scotland play each other in cardiff tomorrow. europe's highest ranked team, ireland play italy in chicago. it is a global game. england must hope that their portugal break did the trick. a year before the world cup final, well, a team which falls one au

and the coach eddiejones has been severely diluted.rell. do you think our two captains can be better than one? i don't see why not. it is probably a little less stuff off the field to do because you are splitting it. and more time to think about what is most important for us, which is the team both on and off the field, so i think it can be a good thing in that respect. now, elsewhere on saturday, tomorrow scotland and wales away from the southern hemisphere, the teams play each other in a match which welsh coach warren gatland assurers are certainly will not be friendly. meanwhile, ireland, the highest ranked european rugby team take the rugby message to the united states, playing italy in chicago. where novembers i am told i very rarely mediterranean. and we can look at the weather now for the weekend forecast will here's darren bett.

of course, any coach is only as good as the players he picks, so who can eddiejones rely upon to bringre tomorrow is quite experimental. it's hard to keep track of all the changes. here's the england squad from the last home game, back in march. joe marler has since retired. five of these players are now out of favour, while another six are currently injured. options are wide open. england now even have two captains, dylan hartley and owen farrell. they both start tomorrow's game. do you think two captains can be better than one? i don't see why not. we spend that much time together during the week, talking about things, making sure that we are aligned, so that we are on the same page, so that come the weekend, decisions are not that far away and that has never been a problem. well, autumn rugby internationals are coming far and wide. wales and scotland play each other in cardiff tomorrow. europe's highest ranked team, ireland, play italy in chicago. it is a global game. england must hope that their portugal break did the trick. a year before the world cup final, well, a team which fal

but after beating the pressure was mounting on coach eddiejones.th africa and a performance against new zealand to build on, the mood among the team and fans as listed. a really emphatic victory for scotland against fiji after a tight first half. scotland were ahead 17—14 at the interval, but ran away with it in the second half. 54—17 was the final score. tommy seymour ran in three of scotland's eight tries and adam wild watched the match. music. murrayfield is a stage that is rare to want for passion or pride. the scottish performances have matched of late. scotland save their best for their home fans, but here was a clash of rugby cultures. fiji, the game's great entertainers, though they are much more than that. the challenge laid down, scotland did not so much rise to it, but burrow underneath. early tries from two of the front row, the platform is set. but the fiji reputation is well—earned. a glorious piece of action, what a try! dazzling, at times unplayable. incredible, absolutely brilliant! still the flashy stuff is all very well, but disc

heritage, and face japan, the country of coach eddiejones's heritage, and a team used to be in charge england to physically smash them. finally, a bit of road in the world darts about breaking wind at the grand slam of darts yesterday. both gary anderson and wesley harms accused each other of letting rip during their match. harms lost and blamed anderson's bowels for the problem. anderson said it was 1010% not him. that is all the sport for 110w. not him. that is all the sport for now. now time for the weather. after a drizzly start of the weekend, it gets brighter. a lot more sunshine developing. some of it will be there this afternoon. high pressure a cross will be there this afternoon. high pressure across continental europe, clear skies here working towards us so clear skies here working towards us so far this morning, especially in the east. there have been some brea ks the east. there have been some breaks in the west, thanks to the breeze from the south east. from cloud hanging on across devon, cornwall and the isles of scilly. in the peak district on the pennines, some cloud w

the flanker went off in england's win over south africa at the weekend, with what head coach eddiejones a "severe ankle injury". the world karate championships began in madrid today. it's the last major event for the sport before it makes its olympic debut at tokyo 2020, so there are major qualification points up for grabs. britain's defending world champion jordan thomas is in action tomorrow and bbc sport's nick hope is in spain for us. record number of athletes and nations entered this year world championships showing how much the sport grows ahead of the olympic debut in tokyo 2020, we saw growth in both discipline, they had to combat. that we will come to the moment the first to this one that kicked off this morning, he is —— it's 50 minutes of preset moves combining strength and technique when theyjudge they look at technical and athletic performance is not all completely traditional it's very much athletic and much more difficult than it looks to be honest., who claimed europeanjunior bronze earlier this year is 16 years old and won her first contest before exiting the second rou

chris ashton will make his first start for england in more than four years after being named in eddiejones'shampions new zealand at twickenham on saturday. the sale winger comes in forjack nowell, who's been dropped to the bench. it's one of three changes following the narrow win over south africa. having missed last week through injury, manu tuilagi is rested as a precaution. wales, meanwhile, have picked josh adams for saturday's test against australia, also one of three changes to their win over scotland. the worcester winger replaces luke morgan and plays ahead of british and irish lions star liam williams. and scotland have received a boost with news that full—back stuart hogg has been passed fit to face fiji. he only had ankle surgery eight weeks ago. he starts alongside finn russell and greig laidlaw, who also return after missing last weekend's defeat to wales. elsewhere in sport today: everton have been banned for two years from signing academy players after being found guilty of breaching premier league recruitment rules. they were also fined £500,000. mark selby made the third max

with england start of a important series for eddiejones with england struggling forform ahead eddiejonesssure on your shoulders? i cannot see why they would be, mate. there is pressure every time you play a test match. 80,000 fans, we want to play well for them. james graham will captain the rugby league side, sean o'loughlin has been ruled out, the regular captain. fake news on social media is being blamed for damaging parents‘ faith in vaccines. england's chief medical officer professor dame sally davies has been speaking on the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the combined measles, mumps and rubella — or mmr — vaccine. she says online myths are behind a fall in children getting the jab. james gallagher reports. this is an almost forgotten sight in the uk. measles is one of the most contagious diseases in the world. for most, it's unpleasant, but it can be deadly if it spreads to the lungs or brain. vaccination is why we now have so few cases. this is the mmrjab. it protects against measles as well as mumps and rubella. but completely discredited claims by this man, andrew wakef

he's one of three changes made by eddiejones as his side welcome the return of the all blacks to twickenhamdon for the autumn internationals for the all blacks. it's been a while. new zealand confronted that the verdict the value of the spectrum does make it a bit social and there is mutual and influence wherever you look in european rugby. england's team, brad shields starting in england jersey having played for —— all his rugby career in new zealand. here's what the new zealand coach makes of that. he will be facing the team he has always wanted to play for and unfortunately we did not pick him and for his sake he has the opportunity to play against them so it will be some present great mates in that team so i think he will find it emotional. eddie jones and his england team won themselves some breathing space with the narrow victory over south africa last weekend but they did not score a try. maybe chris ashton back in the tea m try. maybe chris ashton back in the team will give some creativity and try scoring options. there is much talk at the new zealand media conference about the diff

it's the first of four autumn internationals for eddiejones' men — new zealand, australia and japan tourn to one of our headline stories. google staff around the world are set to stage a series of walkouts in protest at the company's treatment of women. the employees will demand the process by which sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm changes. google has angered employees since it emerged one high—profile executive received a $90 million payout after resigning over an allegation of sexual misconduct. 0ur correspondent sophie long is outside a google hq in london. sophie, what more can you tell us? morning, rachel. well, there's not a lot happening outside — offices in central london here. we are told inside, a quiet protest is taking place, and many employees will have left their desks and moving to another area of the building, leaving at the workstation a note saying, iam not leaving at the workstation a note saying, i am not at my workplace because i am walking out to protest against a lack of transparency and a culture that is not working for everyone. the new

eddiejones' side are chasing their first victory against the all blacks in six years.nal action is world cup winner and commentator, maggie alphonsi. thank you forjoining us. you know what it means to score against the new zealand team. what does it mean for a player to do that? it is amazing to score against new zealand because you idolise them growing up. in the women's team i wanted to almost beat them and when i saw the men's team i thought, wow, i would love to have the chance to take them on. to score against them is one of the things you will never forget. for those new england players facing them for the first time, how do you deal with the haka, what is the tactic, a when it comes to the beginning of the match? there are many theories about how you should approach it, some have said that you should look down and ignore it, others have said you should turn your back, but others believe you should acknowledge and respect it, but also why they did it. i acknowledge that. i love it, it is a really did you see something like that in our country and you should feed

eddiejones team were in all sorts of trouble against his former side.ir second meeting, it was the visitors who rose to the occasion. they led by five points midway through the second half, but three late england tries saw them win 35—15. ben croucher reports. to twickenham for japan's brave blossoms. a team that tend to entertain a world group rather than dominate. bravery does make tackles for you and england scored as early as the third minute. so you could west right as and means turning of counties for easy tries. england were wilting with michael leach, a flanker, evading three tackles and elliott daley to lead the roses plenty to ponder at half—time. earlier than they planned the first string was called upon and that depth and fitness allowed them to carry on. he stretched his way past japan for a try on debut. if they turned on the boosters, dylan hartley turned bulldozer for the final score. for a0 minutes at least a brave japan entertained but england's late dominance for more than enough. we finish this game and they had a massive impact for

the bad news right eddiejones aside, selections and injuries. it was important to getjust a win.ngland had to play new zealand next week and australia this autumn. it's important for the belief and confidence that they got off to a winning start. picking the posters at twickenham is nearly as tough as picking the team. ayman‘s cast of players is currently changing, retired, dropped, injured. less than half of this squad finished the six nations with england. just a year to go to the rugby world cup is not the ideal time to experiment. but experiment they must. so onto twickenham's testing ground came not one but two captains owen ferrell and dylan hartley. as well as being co—skipper he is their kicker. england spent much of the half defending their doormat eventually south africa would find a way through. he spotted it. despite that england went into the break only two points down but the team talk cannot wait for the dressing room, something had to change. momentum came from his book. this could carried 60 metres and carried him and into the lead. south africa snatched it back.

eddiejones‘ side have only won one match in seven, and are suffering from a string of injury troublesthe teams met three times earlier this year with south africa winning two of them. we have obviously got a pretty big pack and they have got some key individuals that tend to get them some go forward. they are usually up for the battle. so, as i said, we have got to make sure we put ourselves in the right place, so that we are buzzing come kick—off. scotland will be hoping to record their first win in wales since 2002 when they meet in cardiff in the doddie weir cup. the match is in honour of the former scotland international who's battling motor neurone disease. money raised from the game will go towards research into the condition. and six nations champions ireland face italy at soldier field in chicago later this evening. coachjoe schmidt has rested several of his first—team regulars including johnny sexton who was this week shortlisted as world rugby men's player of the year. at the world gymnastics championships in doha, the remarkable run of simone biles continues as she looks to

the england head coach eddiejones is comparing it to a movie, playing new zealand.s his side will not be sitting back and eating popcorn watching the film. he wants his team to star in it and dictate play! the script, the last time the famous haka provided opening titles was in 2014. new zealand won that time. they have shown they can draw out victories when they are up against it, england. the co—captain is well aware of what they are up against. we have to make sure that we do not dip our tone michael cole toe into the weekend and feel our way —— d|p toe into the weekend and feel our way —— dip our toe into the weekend and feel our way in. as i said, we have prepared well this week. we are looking forward to it. it kicks off at 3pm. commentary on radio five live. the highlights on bbc two at 7:30pm. it's a case of unlucky 13 defeats in a row for wales against australia but wales are enjoying a winning strea k but wales are enjoying a winning streak against other sides. after rushing past scotland last saturday, warren gatland thinks it is time to record a first wi

coming up on sportsday on bbc news: eddiejones reveals the england side set to face south africa in the week we've been looking at the impact that the food we buy has on the environment and how people can reduce the impact by choosing food that's more sustainable. elaine dunkley has spent time with one family in west yorkshire who are trying to change their shopping list so that it's friendlier to the planet but still within budget. the edwards family from calverley are, like most, busy. i can put away the cereal. when it comes to eating, cost and convenience are important and now they're trying to shop in a way that's more sustainable. today i did buy a couple of different things, so usually we would get the everyday essential ones because a pea's a pea but they were next to the british ones so itjust made me think about, well, where have those peas come from? food expert duncan williamson has helped the family shop for more sustainable ingredients. the biggest surprise most people have is we're actually saying you don't have to give up anything. you don't have to go vegan or vegetaria

coach eddiejones' response afterwards: "sometimes the game loves you, sometimes it doesn't."number one team in the world at the minute. i thought our belief was there as well today. i didn't feel at any moment in that game that we did not believe that we were going to win it. and unfortunately, we did not come out on the right side. it was much more comfortable for scotland, who ran in eight trys in a convincing 54—17 victory over fiji at murrayfield. tommy seymour with a hat—trick. ireland beat argentina 27—17 in dublin. the irish scored three tries to argentina's one, luke mcgrath with the last. it was a less than impressive display by ireland, who host the all blacks next saturday. they will need to raise their game. there were six matches in the premier league, including an emotional return to king power stadium for leicester city. their match against burnley finished goalless. elsewhere, cardiff city secured only their second win of the season thanks to a last—minute goal against 10—man brighton. huddersfield drew 1—1 with west ham. southampton against watford finished 1

after half time, eddiejones‘ men ran in three unanswered tries, joe cockanasiga scoring on his debut. team that beat australia last weekend, but they still eased into an early lead against tonga in cardiff. a spirited tonga managed to level the score at 24—24 just after the break. sione vailanu's breakaway try was converted, but wales in the end ran away with it. liam williams scoring his second in a 10—try rout. wales remain undefeated in this yea r‘s autumn internationals. the world's top two nations, ireland and new zealand, are battling it out in dublin at the moment. it's been a tense affair so far, but ireland have just scored the first try of the match. jacob stockdale got the score and johnny sexton converted. ireland are currently leading 16—6. scotland have fielded a much—changed side for their nations league match against albania in shkoder. a win by two goals would leave the scots a point away from winning the group. they're just over half an hour into the match and scotland lead 1—0. ryan fraser with the goal after 12 minutes. england are closing in on a series win over s

eddiejones says his players are relishing it.player whose diets for england. ben taylor was also born in new zealand, but i am sure they would love nothing more than to get something over on their original countrymen. chris ashton plays his first test match for four yea rs, plays his first test match for four years, a mouthwatering prospect, england against new zealand here at twickenham later on today. it's a three o'clock kick—off at twickenham and there's commentary on radio 5 live, plus highlights on bbc two at 7:30pm. now, it's been an unlucky 13 defeats in a row for wales against australia, but the welsh are enjoying a winning streak against other teams and after brushing aside scotland last saturday, they're eyeing their first win over the wallabies for ten years. and you can watch it live on bbc two. and scotland against fiji is on bbc one. the scots will be glad to be back on home turf — they've won eight games in their last nine there — and they'll be smarting after that defeat to wales last weekend. and flanker sean o'

eddiejones says he wants england to physically smash them.ries now. steve brown has resigned as the chief executive of the rugby football union, afterjust over a year in charge. he says it was a difficult deciisoon, but needs to take some time out. the director of professional rugby, nigel melville, will stand in until a replacement is appointed. we now know the semifinal line—up for the world tour tennis finals. alexander zverev will face roger federer. that's after zverev beatjohn isner in straight sets this afternoon. world number one, novak djokovic, will play kevin anderson. arise sir kenny — the liverpool legend kenny dalgliesh says he was "humbled" to receive a knighthood for his outstanding football career and helping fans after the hillsborough tradgey. asi as i say, if somebody in their wisdom wants to do this, then you will not object to it, but it is harassing. it is very humbling, but iam very harassing. it is very humbling, but i am very proud, as well. it is very humbling, but i am very proud, as well. after a golden games for

in the 2nd half, eddiejones‘ side ran in three unanswered tries withjoe cokanasiga scoring on his debutdiff. they're now one win away from their first autumn clean sweep. and scotland came close, but not close enough, as they fell to a narrow defeat against south africa at murrayfield. it's scotland's first defeat at home in a year. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. the french president, emmanuel macron, delivers a speech to the german parliament within the next hour. his visit takes place on germany's annual day of mourning for people who've died in armed conflict. mr macron hopes to get german support for stronger eu cooperation. 0ur correspondent damien mcguinness is in berlin. i suppose, at a time when britain is still negotiating its departure from the eu, this shows the closeness, really, of france and germany is the kind of motors, the engines of european unity. yeah, well that is the hope, anyway, of president macron. he really wants german support for some quite ambitious plans he has for the eu. first, he was to establish a new euros and budget. th

in the 2nd half, eddiejones' side ran in three unanswered tries with joe thokanasiger scoring on hisas they comfortably beat tonga 74—24 in cardiff. they're now one win away from their first autumn clean sweep. and scotland came close, but not close enough as they fell to a narrow defeat against south africa at murrayfield. it's scotland's first defeat at home in a year. there was a strange ending to the semis at the atp world tour finals as alexander zverev beat roger federer. the german stopped play in the tie break after a ball boy dropped a ball at the back of the court. it's all above board and within of the rules of tennis for him to do that but sections of the crowd didn't like it, and they booed him in his post—match interview. zverev will play novak djokovic in the final later today. football, and scotland hammered albania 4—0 in the nations league. bournemouth‘s ryan fraser scored the first of the night with a fine curling effort. he was involved in the 4th goal as well, setting up celtic‘s james forrest to dink and volley into the back of the net. if scotland beat israel a

eddiejones' side have only won one match in seven, and are suffering from a string of injury troublesa winning two of them. we have obviously got a pretty big pack and key individuals that tend to get them to go forward —— they have obviously got... we're back to make sure that we put ourselves in the right place so that we are whizzing from kick—off. scotland will be hoping to record their first win in wales since 2002 when they meet in cardiff in the doddie weir cup. the match is in honour of the former scotland international who's battling motor neurone disease. money raised from the game will go towards research into the condition. and six nations champions ireland face italy at soldier field in chicago later this evening. coachjoe schmidt has rested several of his first—team regulars including johnny sexton who was this week shortlisted as world rugby men's player of the year. at the world gymnastics championships in doha, the remarkable run of simone biles continues as she looks to add yet more titles to her collection. in her first international event since taking a year off af

head coach eddiejones says his team lost their focus in the early stages. week we had a really good attitude in the game, sometimes you get seduced by the start of the game, the first touch we scored a try and subconsciously the players think this is going to be easy. then points against you, the referee gives them a few calls and then we had a bit of a panic there for a little while. we got to half time, regrouped, i was pleased with how we went about the second half, i think we won the second half 20 50. to the nations league, italy are coasting portugal in group three of league a. in saturday, they are into the last ten minutes or so and it is still goalless. meanwhile, sweden kept their hopes of promotion alive, beating turkey i—0 sweden kept their hopes of promotion alive, beating turkey 1—0 to relegate their opponents. serbia are inching closer to promotion after a win over montenegro. in the other match in that group, romania lead lithuania 3—0 and scotland are thrashing albania 4—0 in group c. roger federer will have to wait until 2019 for is that c

it's a blow for head coach eddiejones, who's already without a raft of other forwards for the matchesustralia. meanwhile the scotland full—back stuart hogg has confirmed that he's joining premiership side exeter next summer. he leaves glasgow warriors and has agree a two—year deal at the chiefs. another retirement for you. the british modern pentathlete samantha murray is bringing her career to a close. she won a silver medal at the london olympics in 2012, and also claimed world championship gold in 2014. she's been speaking to our olympic reporter nick hope. it is really hard actually, it has probably taken a year to fully make my mind up that i'm going to move on. i have been in olympic cycles for london and rio and now i don't think i felt the same connection approaching a third olympics. i also feel in a really natural way that i've done as much as i can do as an athlete in modern pentathlon. you have a fist full of medals, which is your favourite? world gold? olympic silver? everybody loves the olympic medal and it is definitely the best. how special was that, looking back? i go

england head coach eddiejones will use today's match againstjapan to look at some of his fringe playersd in mind. he's made 11 changes from the side thatjust lost to new zealand last weekend. and there's a big test for scotland, who host south africa at murrayfield. head coach gregor townsend's made six changes from last weekend's win over fiji to face a side that he says are in the top two or three in the world. and england's danny willett has a share of the lead at golf‘s world tour championship in dubai. willett sank this putt at the 16th for his third birdie in a row to put him 14 under par. tommy fleetwood needs to win the tournament if he's to successfully defend his european title. as it stands he's way down the field, leaving his friend and ryder cup teammate francesco molinari in pole position to top the rankings. there's more on the bbc sport website — bbc. co. uk/sport. for now, that is all from me. thank you very much. katherine downes at the bbc sports centre. you can see more on all of an old today's stories on the news channel throughout the next news on bbc one is at fiv

head coach eddiejones has told our reporter chrisjones he ‘s not looking for anything specialfrom tuilagid a tough run, and he is doing the simple things well. he has got himself nice and fit and all we wa nt has got himself nice and fit and all we want him to do is the simple things. is that part of the reason you have kept him on the bench, so as not to breed that hype?” you have kept him on the bench, so as not to breed that hype? ijust think he needs a gradual excursion into test drug the again and i think we can manage that in november. —— into test rugby again. that's all the sport for now. and now your latest live up from bbc weather, and this warm studio seems a good place to be because there is a good place to be because there is a widespread frost taking hold across the uk, the last one of this cold spell. still a few showers dotted about through western parts of scotland, pushing into merseyside, north and west wales as well, where we have these temperatures not going down as far as elsewhere. you can see the frosty blue taking hold, and when you get temperatures like this in t

in the second half, eddiejones‘ side ran in three unanswered tries with joe coka nasiga scoring on hisat tonga 74—24 in cardiff. they're now one win away from their first autumn clean sweep. and scotland came close, but not close enough, as they fell to a narrow defeat against south africa at murrayfield. it's scotland's first defeat at home in a year. scotland's footballers thrashed albania 4—0 in the nations league. bournemouth‘s ryan fraser scored the first of the night with a fine curling effort. he was involved in the 4th goal as well, setting up celtic‘s james forrest to dink and volley into the back of the net. if scotland beat israel at hampden park on tuesday night they'll be promoted to the second tier of the competition, and also secure a play—off spot for euro 2020. the scene is set for a dramatic afternoon at wembley. it's winner takes all as england host croatia in the nations league, that kicks off in just under three hours' time. a repeat of the world cup semifinal which of course croatia won. if england win today, they'll top their group. lose and gareth southgate's si

dropped for england's clash against australia on saturday, while number 8 nathan hughes returns to eddiejones's millions of people across the uk across suffer from food allergies suffer from food allergies and the issue of labelling is particularly under the spotlight after a number of deaths. now there could be fresh hope for people with nut allergies. a treatment developed in cambridge could soon be offered more widely on the nhs. immunothera py involves patients being given small amounts of nut protein to boost their tolerance. jo taylor reports. hi, gabriella, do you want to come through this way, sweetie, and we will pop you into one of the rooms? you can come as well, mum. 17—year—old gabriella house has a serious nut allergy. it'sjust a pain, like, when you go out to restaurants and things like that, you've always got it in the back of your mind, always worrying about whether it could be, like, there could be traces in your food and that. it limits, like, your menu choices as well, so you are always... i always sort of go for something that is like low—risk. gabriella is taking part in p

head coach eddiejones has brought chris ashton in on the bench with the sale wing now in line to earnnearing half—time. edinburgh lead the scarlets. while ospreys trail at home to glasgow. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30pm. well, campaigning is well underway in the united states ahead of the midterm elections next week — all 435 members of the house of representatives, 35 seats in the 100—member senate and 36 out of 50 state governors, along with many state and local offices, are on the ballot. president donald trump is campaigning right now in huntington, west virginia. mr trump himself is not on the ballot, but the midterms are considered by many as a test of his presidency, halfway through his first term. it's in his interests to keep republican control of congress. let's listen to a little of what he has to say. asian—americans, unemployment, have all reached the lowest levels in the history of our country. how do you lose that in a debate? it is always nice when you go into a debate it is a lwa ys nice when you go into a debate it is alw

head coach eddiejones has brought chris ashton in on the bench with the sale wing now in line to earnn a few days' time, millions of voters across the united states will have their biggest say yet on the donald trump's presidency. the midterm elections on tuesday will see americans casting their ballot for members of congress and state governors. the president himself is travelling around the countrying rallying republican support. last night, he was in missouri, which is expected to a very tight race. he urged voters to throw out their democratic senator. philippa thomas is in st louis for us. ben, thank you. welcome to st louis, you can see the gate way arch, the gate way to the west. we are in the heart of the country and donald trump is coming here quite a lot. he is spending a lot of time her. —— here. that is largely because of the senate race. there is a democrat in the skweet, but the republicans scent blood and their candidate, josh hawley is saying a vote for him isa josh hawley is saying a vote for him is a vote for donald trump. that is the other key factor, donald trump i

eddiejones was in charge all of those, and yet wants no mention of them. because australia will put in their best performance of the year. this is the game they have been waiting for. it's their last game. so we're prepared for that game, and that's all we're worried about. history's for you blokes. the present is for these blokes — or some of them, anyway. after a year in which they have lost more than they won, a chance to finish how they mean to go on. england's cricketers are currently in action on the second day of their final test against sri lanka. they didn't have the best start to the day, losing the final three wickets of their first innings quickly, moeen ali the first to go. england only adding 2a runs to the overnight score, ending on 336. they did take an early wicket thanks to this excellent reaction catch from keatonjennings, off the bowling of spinnerjack leach. but sri lanka have looked comfortable at the crease, and are currently 74—1. england's women, meanwhile, will face australia in the world t20 final in antigua at midnight. they wil

rugby union and england head coach eddiejones was in philosophical mood after his side lost to new zealandthe first half — that was before the all blacks responded with 16 unanswered points of their own. england thought they'd won it when sam underhill crossed in the last five minutes — only for the officials to spot an offside earlier in the play. i thought we played well. you consider we had 400 caps compared to their 800 caps. we played a really good, tough game of rugby, to get to new zealand. we did not handle some pivotal moments well but we will learn from that and be much stronger in the future. it's the brazilian grand prix this evening and lewis hamilton — as he has for half the races this season — will start from pole position. the newly crowned five—time world champion just pipped sebastian vettel in sao paolo — although vettel is expected to have the better pace in the race. that was a tough qualifying session and obviously, the weather was going up and down and we didn't really know what to expect but obviously ferrari are incredibly quick this weekend and just a lot of work

eddiejones was in charge all of those and yet wants no mention of them.ustralia were put in their best performance of the... this is the game they had been waiting for, it is their last game, so we are prepared for that game, and that is all we are worried about. history is for these blokes. the present is for these blokes, or some of them, anyway. after a year in which they have lost more than a one, a chance to finish how they mean to go on. england's cricketers are currently in action on the second day of their final test against sri lanka. their morning hasn't started very well, losing the final three wickets of their first innings quickly, adding only 2a runs to the overnight score, ending on 336. sri lanka have lost their first wicket, and are currently 74—1 at lunch. england's women, meanwhile, will face australia in the world t20 final in antigua at midnight. they will be looking to add to the 50 over world cup title they won last year, and captain heather knight says it is a once—in—a—career opportunity to try and become double world champions. i

and the times focus on eddiejones saying england are desperate to beat ireland in the six nations nextu can follow it on the cricket social on the bbc sport website. and the latest boxing podcast from mike costello and steve bunce is on radio 5 live, with build—up to saturday's world heavyweight title fight between tyson fury and deontay wilder. we were talking about lewis hamilton's success earlier. and there's someone who'd rather like a piece of the action. hamiton posted this video on his twitterfeed — showing him tied up by none other than will smith, who told him he needed to let someone else win for a change. you already won! save it for other people! let's go! your black and i am black and nobody is going to know the difference! seriously! needless to say, hamilton somehow broke free! that's all for now. don't forget sportsday at 6:30pm on bbc news. more from the bbc sports centre throughout the day. thank you. it's been ten years since the climate change act was signed and the uk became the first country to introduce legislation to cut carbon emissions. a decade on, leading sc

head coach eddiejones has told our reporter chrisjones that despite his team's indifferent form, he'slooking forward to it, and we are well prepared for the game and what drugs we know the run hasn't been good recently, so any pressure on yourself? are you putting any extra pressure on your shoulders? you say there is pressure in every game? every time at a test match, is pressure. we've got 82,000 fans, we wa nt to pressure. we've got 82,000 fans, we want to play well for them. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. let's get more now on our breaking news this hour, and as we've been reporting the sport minister tracey crouch has resigned from the government over perceived delays in cutting the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals. the chancellor announced in the budget that the change would take effect in october 2019. campaigners had hoped the changes would come in next spring. the government has insisted there has been no delay. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. a popular and respected minister, tracey crouch today chose to put principle before her

good and bad news for eddiejones as his england side prepare to face new zealand at twickenham this weekendbeat south africa on saturday. owen farrell is set to play. he's not been cited for his tackle at the end of that match. wales have brought in a couple of new faces for their nations league match against denmark next week with anderlecht defender james lawrence called up for the first time. the 26—year—old joined the belgian side in august after four years playing in slovakia. gareth bale and aaron ramsey are back in the squad after missing the win over the republic of ireland last month, and boss ryan giggs has backed bale to make a big impact having been booed by real madrid fans at the weekend he was with us more or less the duration in the last camp, trying to get over his injury, and it is good to see him back playing and know that he cannot wait to join up with the lads and be a part of the game. we have got one weekend to get through. hopefully, he will be there for denmark. liverpool midfielder xherdan shaqiri will miss the side's champions league game against red star belgrade