the population of the faroe islands is 48,000.otland has a checkered past with them. it would be typically scottish to get a result against an arguably better where a larger country and then not to get a result against a smaller one. ., ., ~ ., , to get a result against a smaller one. ., ., ~ . , ., one. you would like me have seen far too much of— one. you would like me have seen far too much of scotland _ one. you would like me have seen far too much of scotland over— one. you would like me have seen far too much of scotland over the - one. you would like me have seen far too much of scotland over the past i too much of scotland over the past few years to take anything for granted in terms of the scheme or any other game so you're absolutely right. we do have a history of sometimes outdoing ourselves at times and then falling and we are not really expected to. as i mentioned previously i get a sense that this is a slightly different scotland under steve clark my pragmatic when they have to be but also as we saw in the second hal

up in the sport, scotland continue their quest for world cup qualification as they take on the faroe islands. good evening. the decision by borisjohnson�*s government to delay the first covid lockdown was a "serious error" and part of one of the "biggest public health failures" in the history of the united kingdom. that's one of the stark conclusions of a report by two parliamentary committees at westminster. the mps say the delay in introducing a lockdown last year cost thousands of lives. many of those lost were elderly and vulnerable people in care homes. there was also criticism of �*light touch border controls' only applied to countries with high infection rates. the start of the nhs test and trace system was said to be "slow, uncertain and often chaotic." there were "unacceptably high" death rates among ethnic minority groups and among people with learning disabilities and autism. but the committee praised the uk's vaccination programme as a highly successful and effective initiative. the report's focus is on england. the mps did not look at steps taken individually by wales, northern

scotland have played the faroe islands many times in the past, but clarke says their squad has developederent to face over there will be different to what a lot of these players have faced before but the historic results don't matter. what does matter is that now they are improving all the time, much improved, qualified little section of the nations league and can win this. the new part owner of newcastle amanda staveley has met manager steve bruce at the clubs training ground amid speculation about his future. staveley, who owns 10% of the club, met players along with her partner as the squad got preparations underway for their match against tottenham this weekend. a large proportion of fans want bruce to leave after a poor start to the season. the majority owners are a saudi led consortium who took over the club in a controversial £305m deal and have been linked with former borussia dortmund manager lucien favre and former chelsea boss frank lampard as potential replacements. dan evans has lost his third round match to argentina's diego schwartzmann at the indian wells masters. evans w

they're part of denmark, but they're their own country. 49 000 people live here, in the faroe islandseems to know everyone. it's a very small, close-knit community. on this specific island, there are four adults and four kids. lots of animals: 450 sheep. they have sheep

investigated. 200 miles north of home scotland and their followers knew the reputation of the faroe islands almost 1—0 up here. craig gordon in gold. scotland's position from other optimism demanded a win, there were four minutes left, there was lyndon. one goal was as good as ten. qualifying ambition sustained. northern ireland's focus lies on tournaments beyond 2022, they lead in bulgaria and lost 2—1. more experience for challenges to come. announcing her squad today england head coach serena wiegman has spoken of her excitement of the women's team playing their first competitive game at wembley this month, one of two world cup qualifiers coming up. they play northern ireland there on the 23rd of october before travelling to latvia three days later. obviously it is very, very special to play at wembley. and yes although i am very excited, but i'm also call him up. because, you know, we play another match and we just want to play really well, have people come and watch us that have a very nice evening and enjoy themselves also people that watch on the tv enjoy themselves, and will be happ

scotland have played the faroe islands many times in the past, but clarke says their squad has developeduch improved, qualified little section of the nations league and can win this. the new part owner of newcastle amanda staveley has met manager steve bruce at the clubs training ground amid speculation about his future. staveley, who owns 10% of the club, met players along with her partner as the squad got preparations underway for their match against tottenham this weekend. a large proportion of fans want bruce to leave after a poor start to the season. the majority owners are a saudi led consortium who took over the club in a controversial £305m deal and have been linked with former borussia dortmund manager lucien favre and former chelsea boss frank lampard as potential replacements. dan evans has lost his third round match to argentina's diego schwartzmann at the indian wells masters. evans who beatjapan's kei nishikori in the last round came from it i down to take the first set 7 5 and held a break of serve in the second set before losing that 6 it and the last set to 16. after a c

we're in the faroe islands. there are 18 different islands.but they're their own country. 49 000 people live here, in the faroe islands. everyone seems to know everyone. it's a very small, close-knit community. on this specific island, there are four adults and four kids. lots of animals: 450 sheep. they have sheep

now are — matters is that the faroe islands now are improving all the time, much improved, _ now arehas been speaking about the difficulties of isolating. we have been in kind of hard quarantine to start with, which was then reduced to soft quarantine that we haven't left the hotel until today, so today is the first training session. we did a bit of fitness within the hotel, but nothing other than that, so today is the first blow out, and busily getting used to the heat, it is pretty hot out here, so good to get a run out. ben stokes has posted a photograph of himself holding a cricket bat, just days after a second operation on his injured finger to remove screws and scar tissue. the england all—rounder wasn't expected to recover in time for the ashes in december, but he's showing good progress on his social media account. he captioned the photograph "12th of april, broken finger, 11th "of october, first time able to get round my handle". staying with cricket, and ireland's amy hunter i516 years old today. and her birthday present is that she's broken a cricket record. the score goal

scotland have played the faroe islands many times in the past, but clarke says their squad has developedroved qualified in the league can win games. well organised, some difficult some at hand. the new newcastle partner has met steve bruce at the training ground this afternoon amid speculation about his future. safely who owns 10% of her club and her partner also met the players as a squad began preparations for the match against tottenham this weekend. a large proportion of fans wanted bruce to leave after a poor start to the season. the majority owners are a saudi leg consortium who took over at the club and a controversial £205 million was up they have been linked but former bruce eeh dortmund manager and former chelsea boss frank lampard is part of the club in a controversial £205 million was up they have been linked but former bruce you dortmund manager and former chelsea boss frank lampard is part of potential replacements. england's cricketer�*s are in quarantine after arriving at a training camp in the middle east to prepare for the upcoming t20 world cup. oman is hosting the tou

elsewhere, scotland narrowly beat the faroe islands, but northern ireland lost to bulgaria, ending theirti—racism. early in the game, spectators in the hungarian section clashed with police. this was a reaction, police say, after they arrested a man for racially—aggravated abuse towards a steward. it was the backdrop. it is the context. sima 0n the pitch, there was a penalty for hungary, given for this challenge by luke shaw, the height of the foot was enough. and england were behind. commentary: it's an - unexpected turn of events. well, after the plain sailing of their qualifying, now they had to respond. reaction from john stones... 1—1 at half—time. stones came close to winning it. england's draw will require analysis. what happened in the crowd will, say the fa, be investigated. 200 miles north of home, scotland and their followers knew the reputation of the faroe islands. population of 50,000, almost 1—0 up here. thank you, craig gordon in goal. scotland's position, all their optimism, demanded a win. there were four minutes left, there was lyndon dykes. one goal was as good as ten

they're taking on the faroe islands.e's side are second in group f, seven points behind leaders denmark, but four ahead of israel and austria. ijust borrow these players. i borrow them for ten days at the moment every month. and then you go into the winter and you don't see them, i don't see them in december, january, february, get them together again in march. so the fact that we can keep that bond, and keep that togetherness within the group is really important. if you want to be successful, the better your group of players, the more together they are, then the more chance you have to be successful. british number one dan evans is out of the indian wells masters in california after losing to argentina's diego schwartzman. cameron norrie continued his excellent run of form coming through a three set battle with the spaniard roberto bautista agut to reach the last 16. the white ball england cricket squad are in oman at the minutes. with the ashes on the horizon, allrounder chris jordan says ashes on the horizon, allround

they are preparing to face the faroe islands later.g and welcome to the bbc news at six. one of the worst ever public health failures — that's what a new report by mps has called the uk's failure to do more to stop covid spreading early in the pandemic. they said the government's approach — backed by its scientists — was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve herd immunity by infection. the report says the delay in introducing the first lockdown cost thousands of lives, many of them elderly and vulnerable people in care homes. there was also criticism of "light—touch border controls" only on countries with high covid rates. the start of the nhs test and trace system was "slow, uncertain and often chaotic". there were "unacceptably high" death rates in ethnic minority groups, and among people with learning disabilities and autism. but there was significant praise for the uk vaccination programme, described as "one of the most successful and effective initiatives in the history of uk science and public administration." the

beat faroe islands 7—1 at hampden. they have got experience of playing in the world cup. is a fickle game. you need taiust _ football is a fickle game. you need tojust focus on football is a fickle game. you need to just focus on your next game and that is_ to just focus on your next game and that is hungary. it's going to be a tough _ that is hungary. it's going to be a tough one. — that is hungary. it's going to be a tough one, i would love to get to the world — tough one, i would love to get to the world cup but we will set the goals— the world cup but we will set the goals within the camp that expresses orientated _ goals within the camp that expresses orientated rather than getting to one _ orientated rather than getting to one. ~ , . orientated rather than getting to one. . , ., ., , one. wells are in action this evening- — one. wells are in action this evening- a _ one. wells are in action this evening. a crucial— one. wells are in action this evening. a crucial game. i playing their 200th official game tonight in lendava. to put that into context — england are pla

che adams will miss scotland's game with the faroe islands tomorrow after picking up an injury in theirver israel at the weekend. adams will not travel for the world cup qualifier in torshavn, instead returning to his club southampton for treatment on a muscle problem. scotland manager steve clarke has confirmed no one else is injured. manchester united's marcus rashford has been speaking for the first time about the racsit abuse he receieved after missing a penalty for england at euro 2020. —— racist. rashford, who received an honourary doctorate from manchester unibersity, came off the bench before missing his spot kick in teh final with italy. he's been speaking to sally nugent about the racism he faced afterwards and what the support he's received since has meant to him. there is never a time that racism is acceptable, or that you should acceptable, or that you should accept racism and get on with your life. but probably on the biggest stage, racism has been in front of us as young players, it was nice to see so many people supporting us without us even saying anything. derby county

investigated. 200 miles north of home, scotland and their followers knew the reputation of the faroe islandscoach serena wiegman has spoken of her excitement of the women's team playing their first competitive game at wembley this month, one of two world cup qualifiers coming up. they play northern ireland there on the 23rd of october before travelling to latvia three days later. obviously it's very, very special to play at wembley. and yes, although i'm very excited, i'm also calm. because, you know, we play another match and we just want to play really well, get a good win, have that come and watch us have a very nice evening and enjoy themselves, also people that watch on the tv enjoy themselves and will be happy. and then itjust a special occasion because you are playing at wembley. it's a busy few months for england's cricketers. the white ball squad are in oman, hoping to add the t20 title to the 50 over world cup. but with the ashes on the horizon too, all rounder chrisjordan says there's no danger of the players becoming distracted. the ashes quite a big event as well, and it's quite

they've travelled north to face the faroe islands.y need two wins from their three remaining qualifiers to secure their place. they face hungary at wembley and boss gareth southgate says he's delighted with the stability and proficiency of his current group of players. we can't be a team that has a day off and we want to keep the consistency of performances. we've had that definitely throughout this calendar year. everybody knows there is that competition for places, everybody knows that they can't afford a day off. and they've got pride in putting the shirt on every time they play, and they want to show what they're capable of as a team. but northern ireland's world cup hopes were effectively ended by losing to switzerland on saturday. that left them third in their group on five points, only above tonight's opponents bulgaria on goal difference. and some sad news, preston north end owner and three—time grand national winner trevor hemmings has died at the age of 86. he took over the club in 2010 and was also well known as heavily inv

scotland left it late to beat the faroe islands i—o away. lyndon dykes with the goal. scheduling in weighing up the merits of starting a women's side. the defending championjudd trump eased into the second round of the northern ireland open without his opponent scoring a single point! trump won all four frames against china's gao yang who couldn't get a footing at the table in belfast. the englishman will play another chinese player, lu ning, for a place in the last 16. golf's authorities are proposing to limit the distance of drives, by shortening the length of clubs allowed. bryson de chambeau is among the players who have been experimenting with longer clubs to hit the ball further but from the end of this season, competition organisers will be allowed to ban longer drivers from players bags. bryson absolutely losing run down the fairway. the is, this debate is so contentious in golf. the the fairway. the is, this debate is so contentious in golf.— so contentious in golf. the reality is it doesn't _ so contentious in golf. the reality is it doesn't really _ so conte

they've travelled north to face the faroe islands.the stability and proficiency of his current group of players. we can't be a team that has a day off and we want to keep the consistency of performances. we've had that definitely throughout calendar year. everybody knows there is that competition for places, everybody knows that they can't afford a day off. and they've got pride in putting the shirt on every time they play, and they want to show what they're capable of as a team. northern ireland's world cup hopes were effectively ended by losing to switzerland on saturday. that left them third in their group on five points, only above tonight's opponents bulgaria on goal difference. british number one dan evans is out of the indian wells masters in california, after losing to argentine diego schwartzman. evans beat former us open finalist kei nishikori in the previous round, but his game fell apart after taking the first set, and being a break of serve up in the second. he lost eight consecutive games, losing the deciding set 6—0. in

breaking news, chez adams will miss scotland's match with the faroe islands tomorrow after picking upverstappen by six points with six races to go after finishing fifth in turkey, but was angry with his team for calling him in for a late pit stop when he was third. versappen finished second, mercedes teammate vallterri bottas won the race. i feel like a should have stayed out, my gut feeling was to stay, thatis out, my gut feeling was to stay, that is what i should have done, frustrated with myself and not following my gut, but i work as a team, so i did the best i could with the advice i was given. saint helens won the women's grand final trophy to go with the men's after beating regning champions leeds rhinos 28—0 at headingley. saints ran in six tries, with newly crowned woman of steeljodie cunningham scoring the pick of them under the posts. saints become the first team to win the title, as well as the challenge cup and the league leaders' shield in the same season. tyson fury said he wants to bask in saturday's heavyweight victory. and he's clearly been doing that. have a look at

they're taking on the faroe islands.ver andorra last time out in which phil foden and jadon sancho impressed. signs again of the potential he has at his disposal in the squad. we can't be a team that has a day off and we want to keep the consistency of performances. we've had that definitely throughout calendar year. everybody knows there is that competition for places, everybody knows that they can't afford a day off. and they've got pride in putting the shirt on every time they play, and they want to show what they're capable of as a team. chelsea midfielder mason mount could feature later, fresh from his place on the shortlist of nominees for football's ballon d'or. he joins the likes of lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo alongside harry kane, raheem sterling and phil foden, who are also nominated. not that he expects to win it. it was special. i probably find out exactly the same time as everyone else. to see that, to see the names, to be alongside those names, it is obviously a dream and i think for all the years th