hoping that their friendship cup option with faro hoping that theirfriendship on cup option with farol make a difference at twickenham. we have spent a lot of time together training. we are pretty open and the way that we go about being around here in terms of being on the same page in terms of thinking. i think that's important so thinking. i think that's important so that the team get some continuity in how we think. hopefully we are going to be on the same page. eddie jones has made an interesting call with tom cuddy and sam underhill starting together in the same back i’ow starting together in the same back row but one man not in the calm was left out of the squad last week and has taken himself out of contention by signing for a french club. what has the england boss made of that? he has made his choice that we wish him all the best and there's not much more to say. was he on standby list? it doesn't really matter. if he has said... but he's not so it doesn't matter. have you been in contact with him? i have been in contact with him? i have been in contact with him? i have been i

by winning 6—0 away at the faroe islands.wice in the opening five minutes, with goals from natasha harding and emma jones harding got her second from the penalty spot and the faroes scored an own goal before she sealed her hat—trick in style. wales added a sixth in injury time for a thumping win england's lucy bronze was named the uefa women's player of the year a little earlier today. she is the first english winner, voted for by top coaches in the women's game and journalists. she's been in action for england tonight, against belgium in a friendly. england don't have to qualify for that tournament in 2021. lets head over to the bbc‘s gabby logan, with news of that 3—all draw in leuven. yes, england playing in belgium tonight, the first match since their world cup semifinal exit to the usa and phil neville was looking for the former performance of the lionesses and now they do not have to qualify for 2021 because it is in england but this was not the ideal start. notan but this was not the ideal start. not an exemplary perfo

but harding scored one, then the faroe islands scored an own goal.is 5—0, and we are into injury time at the moment. that's on the bbc sport website. the road to a home european championship in 2021 has begun in belgium for england women. they are against belgium. remember, these will all be friendlies. they don't have to go through qualifying. that is live on bbc two. it remains goalless with 20 minutes gone. history is on the line for side linfield right now. they're in action in azerbajan against qarabag — aiming to becomre the first northern irish team to reach the group stages of the europa league. the irish premiership champions started 3—2 up from the first leg — but it took just six minutes for qarabag to make it 3—3 on aggregate. jaime romero with finish. a few minutes ago, they sealed the win. for— three on aggregate, and linfield have just scored win. for— three on aggregate, and linfield havejust scored in win. for— three on aggregate, and linfield have just scored in the final few minutes. you linfield have just scored in the finalfew mi

harding got her second from the penalty spot and the faroes scored an own goal before she sealed herw in new york, wherejohanna konta has made an impressive statement in her second—round match, easily beating the unseeded russian, margarita gasparyan. the british number one cruised to a 6—16—0 win in less than an hour. the other remaining british hopeful, dan evans, set up another grand slam meeting with roger federer by beating french 25th seed lucas pouille. he impressively took the opening two sets 6—4 6—3, then recovered with a 6—4 victory after losing his way in the third. that's all the sport for now. we saw 25 degrees on thursday in the south of england. 20 of sunshine and warmth but further north, it was more unsettled and outbreaks of rain and strong winds and that is how it is looking on friday. it would be a windy day across the north. brazier further south. 0utbreaks windy day across the north. brazier further south. 0utbrea ks of windy day across the north. brazier further south. outbreaks of rain becoming heavy and more persistent across scotland, northern england and n

aiming to make a first major finals, wales women kick off their euro 2021 campaign in the faroe islandsand welcome to sportsday. we have the champions league group stages in the diary. if you are a liverpool, tottenham, manchester city or chelsea fan, all of the details are to come. in the last couple of hours, defending champions liverpool have got a familiar trip to napoli. the head again, they also face salzburg. joe lenski is here. not a bad group for liverpool.” think they'll be happy with this one. it isn't even that long since we we re one. it isn't even that long since we were watching these scenes last season, the win and create at liverpool, with liverpool winning the champions league there last season. the champions league there last season. i think they will look quite favourably on this draw for the istanbul in turkey is the city. at least 32 sides are looking to get in the draw. three english sides were in the top seeded pot of teams, and they might have drawn a sigh of relief when real madrid, who are in pot two, were drawn away from any of their groups. there will be som

so think -- >> are you saying you fear a parallel between -- >> what if the party goes too faro the left that so many of those independents are going to feel uncertain, especially in states like michigan where we were for the debate. pennsylvania where i gw up, you know. wisconsin. these are states that the democrats ought to be abl to win against president trump, and yet i thinkee mak it a lot harder if we're out there talking m abouticare for all. the big idea is health care is a right not a privilege. now, they are fighting for one way to get there. i'm fighting for a different way to getthere. we are both fighting for the same big idea. we will have to let the voters see which idea is more saleable. in other words, which idea will get votes. >> and you are one of the candidates who actually supports fracking. aumber of your competitors are calling for a total ban on fracki o. youe even drank fracking fluid. >> well, you know, the frac fluid that i drank, and this -- it's funny. we were meeting with a couple of the ceos of large oil companies that operate in colorado. colorado is the

the plane will first had to scotland before crossing the atlantic ocean via the faroe islands iceland greenland in canada. it is expected to return to good with england on december eighth. jenny begins. that's we're gonna leave it for this edition do take. this summer how about we leave all uniforms behind whether it's floaty sundresses cotton shirts denim cutoffs we'll tend to return time and time again to the same summer looks the moment has come to shake things up. and while the price tags maybe a loving and there's nothing wrong with finding some inspiration in the rarefied world could chew experimentation is at the core of the latest collection from dutch decided it was about to happen. she only works with the best i also collaborated with an artist can keep. and he makes a really beautiful. the water paintings shows with photography sorry combines the two disciplines and. his work is really an exercise on mood. so i really tried doing that is the collection as well. model coco rocha doesn't think twice about wearing the souls of dresses in her day to day life. this is easy i mea

wales' women have begun their qualifying campaign for the european championship in 2021 against the faroeke their first ever majorfinals. councils in england are warning they will have to start ending contracts which provide vital care for older and disabled people within weeks, unless they get more certainty over how much money they will get from government next year. nearly 2.5 billion pounds‘ worth of short term grants are due to end next year and local authorities don't know if they will be replaced. figures released by the organisation representing county councils show on average they represent more than a third of the money councils get from central government. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. another person arrives at harrogate hospital in need of urgent medical help. to meet these constant pressures , help. to meet these constant pressures, staff have to do all they can to get other patients who are ready to leave back home quickly and safely. the north yorkshire county council patients waiting to go home with four calls per day to support them. teams like thi

the men acted as the detact faro land lore. land lore.allowed the warehouse to be used as party. he said that's like someone stopping on the gas at a red light, waiving at the police officer. >> he put up a blank screen saying there ain't nothing on it because there ain't nothing to it. >> he wants to put up a blank screen and say here's the evidence of arson. that's false. he accused the d.a. of being unprofessional. >> emotional tirade is the last refuge of a dying cause. he screamed at the jury. he paced up and down, he yelled. >> for families of the victims nothing will bring their loved ones back but in death may come change. >> i hope this poison will turn to medicine that something is done. this cannot happen again. this can't be allowed to happen again. >> this is how this will work, the jury will meet every day but friday and this monday. >> this just got the case today. what can you tell us about to make up of the jury. nine women, three men. the alternates won't join in the deliberations unless someone on the jury can't continu

wales are also in action tonight, they play the faroe islands in theirfirst qualifier for the euros.ers has been secured after a takeover deal was completed to save the club from liquidation. the league one side was on the verge of going out of business after entering administration in may. a potential sale to a group called football ventures limited looked to have collapsed on monday, but it was rectified and completed yesterday — just a day after bury were kicked out of the football league. and wales have handed test debuts to 0wen lane and rhys carre for saturday's rugby world cup warm—up game against ireland in cardiff. they are among 14 changes to the side that defeated england, with warren gatland set to name his final squad for the tournament on sunday. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. ruth davidson has resigned as leader of the scottish conservatives — urging borisjohnson to strike a brexit agreement with the eu before the end of october. she said her decision to step down was primarily for

wales won their euro qualifier against the faroe islands.eague, after beating torino 2—1 in front of a jubilant molineux crowd, celtic and rangers also made it through. and more good news. and johanna konta was impressive in her second—round match at the us open, easily beating the unseeded russian margarita gasparyan in less than an hour. a bit ofa a bit of a shock there, though. wimbledon champion simona halep is out. potentially opening up the competition. so, good news forthem, good stuff. john, thank you very much indeed. we will have the full sports report later. it's 6:12am. now here's nick. good morning, nick. good morning. it is expected to turn cooler, heading in to the end of august. today it is more of a north— south split across the uk across northern parts, scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and north—west wales, a greater chance of seeing rain today. we've got the strongest winds as well the further south you are with some sunshine. rain mostly in the north—west of the uk, we have this weather front ), rain mostly

. >> mark sandy and ranna faroe, thank you. >>> let's chew over this with the experts. the president is watching what is happening on the market and tweeted six tweets on the subject, one said our problem is with the fed. he went in to call jerome powell, quote, clueless jay powell. first of all, we're a long way away from the buck stops here. but is there a plan there beyond tweets? >> it seems like the plan may be to just make sure that there is someone else to blame. if things go south. and right now it is looking like that is going to be jay powell, that he'll -- he may have to kind of bear the brunt of this from the president because of things -- if things go bad president trump will say things were going well but the fed messed me up because he doesn't want to talk about what is going on with china and how even though he tweeted that trade wars were good and easy to win, that is just not happening right now. and you saw the administration blink this week when they said, oh, we're not going to put 10% tariff on all $300 billion of imports and extra additional impor

they're in the faroe islands. that game kicked off a little over half an hour ago.r. they take on belgium. the tournament is being held in england, so they don't have to qualify, so instead they've got a succession of friendlies between now and then. the match in leuven is live on bbc two and on the bbc sport website. it will be good to just get the ball rolling again. on the back of the world cup, we are still in preseason now, and hopefully we can start as we mean to go on and just see where we mean to go on and just see where we are at as the team and come off the back of the world cup, we are on a bit ofa the back of the world cup, we are on a bit of a downer because we've not spent enough time together. four british teams are in action in the europa league play—offs this evening. celtic, rangers and wolves all kick off later, but one game already under way, where linfield are taking on qarabag in azerbaijan. they are a goal down, so that's currently 3—3 on aggregate. linfield looking to be the first tea m linfield looking to be the first team from northern irel

aggregate and reached the semifinals welsh team the new saints held the previous record will play faro the area on saturday as they look to further extend this record. to baseball now in the chicago cubs are back on top of the national league central after winning a slugfest against san francisco the giants open the scoring in the 1st and then when even longer oriya hit a 2 run home run the cubs quickly clawed that back through home runs of their own and were up 62 by the end of the 3rd any that didn't last long either san francisco went on to score 9 quick runs but chris bryant blasted another 2 run home runs to give the clubs the 12 the cubs the 12 to 11 victory. championship leader ought to set the pace at the world rallies last latest stop in germany the estonian it was quickest during thursday's down 6 time reigning champion sebastian. was just half a 2nd off tonics pace but the norwegian driver also bird was lucky to get away without damaging his car after ending up in a field you may remember sister jeanne who became an internet sensation last year when her u.s. college basketba

wales are also in action tonight, they play the faroe islands in theirfirst qualifier for the euros.ecause of rain. roger federer, meanwhile, is through to the third round. but he didn't have it all his own way at flushing meadows. he lost the first set to damir dzumhur, but eventually got his act together and won in four sets. as for novak djokovic, he's going for back—to—back titles in new york and beat the argentinianjuan ignacio londero in straight sets to qualify for the third round. he wasn't entirely comfortably though, and had to be treated three times for a problematic shoulder. midway through the first set i didn't know if i would be able to you know, finish the match, so i am really glad i have, iam you know, finish the match, so i am really glad i have, i am going to assess the, this injury tomorrow, each more with further consultations with experts in sports medicine, and i'm hoping that in two days' time, i will be able to play pain free, if thatis will be able to play pain free, if that is possible. in the women's draw serena williams confirmed her place in the third r

england, wales‘s women have to qualify for euro 2021 and they made the perfect start, beating the faroewho was told via a text message.. he says he thought it was a wind up and that the message from the england camp was a prank. he‘s pleased it‘s not. also in the squad for the first time is manchester united‘s aaron wan—bissaka, as the manager continues to promote young players. we have had the two year period of progress and constant improvement, i think, but we can‘t stand still and there are young players coming through that we might not see the best of in the next two years, actually, but for the long—term, for england we need to start integrating them because i think this team can constantly improve and evolve. he will certainly hope so. that england squad dominates the back pages this morning. "no one is safe", says the express, with a picture of kyle walker, who‘s been dropped. "walker axed in youth drive" is the times headline, as gareth southgate looks to speed up the development of younger players. and the guardian focus on england‘s women, saying they were "punished" by belgi

wales are also in friendly action tonight, they play the faroe islands. second round matches were postponed because of rain. roger federer meanwhile is through to the third round. but he didn't have it all his own way at flushing meadows. he lost the first set to damir dzumhur, but eventually got his act together and won in four sets. as for novak djokovic, he was struggling with a sore shoulder, but still had enough to beat the argentinianjuan ignacio londero in straight sets. he's going for back—to—back titles in new york. and in the last couple of hours, serena williams has confirmed her place in the third round. she lost the first set against fellow american caty mcnally, but found her rhythm and won the next two pretty comfortably. now you might think that after retiring from a long and successsful rugby career you'd want a little break. not james haskell. the former wasps and northampton player retired from rugby in may, and recently signed a deal with a leading mixed martial arts promoter. he insists though that it's not a gimmick, and he's taking

of denmark, the country that controls greenland, the queen as well and leaders of greenland and the faroentasy meets reality? >> at that moment when the foreign minister of the prime minister of denmark meets with donald trump at that moment we are all the foreign minister of denmark. we get to deal, they get to deal with what we see every day. they sit there with their eyes rolling and sure they're very proper. i've been in rooms with these folks, they're not gregarious. denmarkians are a calm and they'll say mr. trump, thank you, we like it, too. we're glad you like it. but it's not for sale. we do want to talk about why it's so important. because it's part of the arctic and you know it's one of the seven countries that have a vested interest in keeping the arctic on top and he'll say we had a great meeting, we talked about it. you know i said i wanted it. but we'll see, we'll see what happens. some drivel like that it's comical. these folks are laughing at us, better to laugh at us than us to -- it's not like we invaded greenland. >> i don't think they think it's as funny as we do. >>

wales are also in action tonight, they play the faroe islands in theirfirst qualifier for the euros.the league one side was on the verge of going out of business after entering administration in may. a potential sale to a group called football ventures limited looked to have collapsed on monday, but it was rectified and completed yesterday — just a day after bury were kicked out of the football league. there'll be 22 races on the formula one calendar next season, a record numberfor the sport. there'll be grand prixs in two new countries for the 2020 campaign. one is in the netherlands, the other is in vietnam, where hanoi will host formula one for the first time. it means there'll be seven back—to—back race weekends across the schedule which starts in march next year and will finish in abu dhabi in november. the german grand prix hasn't been retained. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. letters get more on the resignation of ruth davies. she said it had been privilege of her life to serve. joining me now isjo tanner, a former conservative party staf

pq: i don't know what blinders is an faro was tearing me -- and ferro was tearing me a new one. your cycle work in greg 2019 like politics in it worked in 1960? greg: 100%, and we have hard evidence to back that up. what we're talking about is getting the vector right. cyclical upswing or downswing? tom: i am hearing negative. greg: we have been in a slowdown for a year. it is slowly dawning on everyone and that is the vector. the question is, does that culminate in a soft landing or recession? trade tweet, maybe there is a soft landing, rates are being cut so values go down but if there is a recession, the interest rates will overwhelm rates will overwhelm the rate cut. tom: does a diminished vector advantage the incumbent or the democrats going against him? greg: i think for the incumbent, in my world, you have monetary policy and fiscal policy on steroids. there is so much stimulus. people often overlook the pig out we have had on spending, the fact that there might be talk about a tax cut next year. in washington, we are in overdrive on stimulus and that should help the incu

they beat the faroe islands 6—0 — and how about this for a goal from reading striker tash harding — aat the diamond league meeting in zurich. however, it wasn‘t enough to beat shaunae miller—uibo of the bahamas, who stormed to victory with the fastest time for four years. miller—uibo will be focussing on the 400—metres at next month‘s world championships in doha, leaving asher—smith as favourite over 200 metres. the two britons still in the us open both play again today. johanna konta takes on zhang shuai, after a stunning performance against the unseeded russian margarita gasparyan — she took less than an hour and dropped just one game. da n eva ns will play roger federer — the third grand slam meeting between the pair. the last time they faced each other, federer said it was like playing himself in a mirror. evans beat luca pouille in four sets to make it through to the third round. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. concerns about healthcare and dwindling pensions is leading some british ex—pats living in spain to consider whether to stay in the

wales are also in action tonight, they play the faroe islands in theirfirst qualifier for the euros.y is a magnificent football club after saving them from extinction. the league one side was on the verge of going out of business after entering administration in may but a takeover was completed yesterday — just hours after bury were kicked out of the league. steve smith is making his return for australia today in a tour match against derbyshire after missing the last ashes test with concussion. he's in the field at the minute and has bowled one wicketless over so far. the australian batsman says that now he's been given a clean bill of health, he's looking forward to facing jofra archer again at old trafford next week. the ashes is currently tied at one all — after that dramatic win for england at headingley. and archer reckons they've got the upper hand. you don't have to be an optimist to think so, i think we have planted a few seeds of doubt in their heads so they will probably think twice about declaring. jimmy coming back at his home ground, he will have want to do something spe