here is one for fulham against sheffield united. that rather sums up their start.s. perhaps the turning point that fulham needed. but it was about to pivot against them again. the ar spotted in other misdirected kick. a pipe was snatched for sheffield united. burnley, who play at west brom tomorrow, are the only team still awaiting their first points of the season. the result there could see both fulham and sheffield united drop down again but both managers are pleased to get their teams off the mark. the players are suffering a little bit at the moment, which is understanding with the run that we have been on. so we are not playing with that freedom and flow that teams on top of their games produce. so it is a bit ofa teams on top of their games produce. so it is a bit of a battle. it is a bit of a grind. but delighted to get something out of the game. when you look at the game in the fine details, a couple of glorious chances. you like to think that maybe you can see out the game. not meant to be today, of course. but some real positives from my side. still plent

fulham remain rooted to the foot of the table and still in search of their first win of the season.ten by crystal palace 2—1. wilfried za ha with his side's second. tom cairney did pull one back for fulham who had a player sent off, it onoly proved a consolation as palace move up to fifth in the table. we scored our two goals, claim close to scoring one or two more and the only thing that spoils the otherwise perfect day was another goal in the 90 odd minutes which prevented it clea n 90 odd minutes which prevented it clean sheet but i would be very greedy if i was upset about that. manchester united are in action at the moment against chelsea... its currently 0—0, while the champions liverpool play sheffield united later — that one kicks off at 8.00 pm. it's been a busy day in the championship. in the lunchtime kick—off bournemouth scored a 95th minute equaliser to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. one all it finished against watford who took the lead in the first half and it looked like they were going to take all three points before chris mepham scored in stoppage time

fulham remain bottom and still in search of their first win of the season.by crystal palace 2—1. wilfried za ha with his side's second. tom cairney did pull one back for fulham who had a player sent off, it only proved a consolation as palace move up to fifth in the table. it's been a busy day in the championship. in the lunchtime kick—off bournemouth scored a 95th minute equaliser to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. one all it finished against watford who took the lead in the first half and it looked like they were going to take all three points before chris mepham scored in stoppage time. it means bournemouth are fourth whilst watford move into second in the table. there were 10 matches in the championship this afternoon. league leaders reading beat rotherham 3—0 to remain five points clear at the top. third placed bristol city drew 1—1 with swansea city, while blackburn produced a convincing 4—0 victory away at coventry. hibernian are back up to third place in the scottish premiership after a 1—0 win at kilmarnock kevin nisbet scored the only

here is one for fulham against sheffield united. that rather sums up sheffield united.. for games, sheffield united. that rather sums up theirstart. for games, no points. what a time to take charge of things. perhaps the turning point for them are needed. but it was about to pivot against them again. billy sharp snatched a point for sheffield united. one other line from the premier league, liverpool centre—back virgil van dijk will have surgery. it”s on his knee ligaments after he was injured in the 2—2 draw at everton yesterday. the defender was unable to continue following a rash challenge by toffees keeperjordan pickford in the first half. it is not clear how long he will be out as he recovers from the injury. just one game in the championship today — cardiff kept up their impressive away form beating preston by a goal to nil. sheyi ojo who is on loan from liverpool scored the games only goal. in the women's super league, arsenal's vivianne miedema put her stamp on the record books this afternoon. she became the all—time leading scorer in wsl — in arsenal's 6—1 hamme

stowe 1—0 to wills against fulham. that is all the sport for now. —— wolves against fulham.to accept redundancy in the hope of re—joining the company when cinemas open again. the film criticjason solomons said many cinema chains are finding it difficult to entice people back to the big screen. ifjames bond isn‘t brave enough to go into the movie houses, nor is black widow, nor is wonder woman, then what hope do we mere mortals have? people are running scared of going back to the cinema, which is a dreadful shame, and no one knows quite whether to blame the studios for not giving us the blockbusters that would get us out of the house and off our seats and back into the cinemas, or do we blame the whole tent pole culture, where now we have three or four big movies and if they don‘t fill up the cinemas, then the whole of cinema culture collapses? we‘ve got to this very, very difficult moment in the cinema industry, because of covid, and you can understand the studios, the big producers like eon who make james bond, they don‘t want to lose all their money. they want people to go

premier league strugglers fulham 1—0. thanks to marcus, the finish third goal in as many games. city and then liverpool and arsenal meet for the second time in 72 hours. the second of the women's fa cup semi—finals gets under way shortly. everton reached the final last night with a 3—0 win at birmingham and they'll find out tonight whether manchester city or arsenal will face them in the final at wembley next month. coverage begins at seven over on bbc two and gabby logan is there for us. i think it is fair you can call this tie a belter because... we seem to be having a few problems with that report from gabby. hope we can hearfrom with that report from gabby. hope we can hear from them with that report from gabby. hope we can hearfrom them later on in the programme. let's take a look at some of the other sports stories around today. england centre manu tuilagi will miss the finale of the six nations and possibly the entire 2021 tournament — he needs surgery on his achilles. it'll keep him out for six months meaning he'll also miss the autumn nations cup next month. england's l

mitra whichjust missing alexander mitra which —— alexander mitra which just missing a penalty for fulham including crystal palace against rivals brighton — that one kicks off at 2pm. and at 4.30, we could see the return of gareth bale to the premier league following his loan move back to tottenham from real madrid. spurs face west ham and manager jose mourinho says the return of bale, seven years after leaving for spain is an exciting prospect for the fans. the team is the most important thing. to win against west ham is the only thing that matters in this moment. but every player is a very important player. the gareth situation is quite special, because of his history in the past couple of seasons. of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care as of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care as much about him as he cares about tottenham. there's an exciting clash between two in—form sides. fourth placed leicester city host aston villa, who are third following their 7—2 thrashing of champions liverpool last time they p

fulham had the chance to go in front from the penalty spot after a handball, but alexander mitrovic hitpeared to have won it for scott parker's side with a brilliant solo run and finish to make it 1—0 but then mitrovic became the first player in eight years to miss and give away a penalty in the same premier league game. billy sharp made no mistake with the kick. the players are just suffering a bit at the moment, which is understandable with the run that we have been on. so we're not playing with freedom and flow that teams on the top of their game, players on top of their performances, produce. so it's a bit of a battle, a bit of ha rd so it's a bit of a battle, a bit of hard work at the moment, bit of a grind but delighted to get something out of the game. when you look at the game in detail, if missed chances, and then when you are one up... if missed chances, and then when you are one up... not meant to be today of course but some positives from my side. still plenty of learning, ple nty of side. still plenty of learning, plenty of improvement to do. a young team with players in th

fulham had the chance to go in front from the penalty spot after a handball, but alexander mitrovic hited to have won it for scott parker's side with a brilliant solo run and finish to make it 1—0, but then mitrovic became the first player in eight years to miss and give away a penalty in the same premier league game, billy sharp made no mistake with the kick. crystal palace and brighton are into the second half of their game. palace took the lead through a wilfired zaha penalty in the nineteenth minute. one nil there. and then we could have gareth bale in action for tottenham for the first time since his return against west ham. that kicks off in just over an hour. the team is the most important thing. to win against west ham is the only thing that matters in this moment. but every player is a very important player. the gareth situation is quite special, because of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care as much about him as he cares about tottenham. just one game in the championship today, where cardiff kept up their impressive away form beating preston by a goal to nil. sh

perhaps the turning point fulham needed but it was about to pivot against them again.t for sheffield united. patrick gearey, bbc news. w've seen gareth bale back in a tottenham shirt today. the wales captain left spurs for real madrid seven years ago for a then record fee and returned on loan last month. he started on the bench against west ham. spurs scored inside the first minute thanks to heung—min son, harry kane has also scored twice, they lead 3—0 in the second half. aston villa face leicester later. arsenal's vivianne miedema has become the women's super league record goal—scorer the netherlands international scored a hatrick international scored a hat—trick to take her up to 52 for arsenal. they thrashed tottenham 6—1 to maintain their perfect start to the season and stay top of the table. british cyclist tao geoghegan hart has won stage 15 at the giro d'italia. it was a fifth stage victory for his ineos grenadiers team and he is now up to fourth, almost three minutes behind the portuguesejoao almeida who retained the leader's pink jersey. rugby union now and n

so sheffield united are without a point this season and so are fulham, who suffered their fourth straightosing at wolverhampton wanderers. pedro neto got on the scoresheet at molineux, which moves wolves up to 12th in the table. obviously, improvements needed to be made. ifelt like obviously, improvements needed to be made. i felt like today certainly that was the case of the team, i felt like we defended the team and the hard work that they put in then the hard work that they put in then the understanding to keep learning going to improve in this league. the tea m going to improve in this league. the team is in the championship in these players are in the championship it weeks ago they've come up into the big leagues where we are learning at the moment. in one of the early matches, southampton were helped to a 2—0 victory over west brom at st mary's with goals from moussa djenepo and this volley from oriol romeu. let's take a look at some of the other football headlines today. celtic snatched a late victory at macdiarmid park, scoring two goals in added time against stjohnstone. leigh gr

billy sharpe equalised from the spot after ademola lookman had put fulham ahead.g he needs surgery on his knee following a rash challenge by everton keeperjordan pickford during saturday's derby match. it's unclear just how long van dijk will be out for. he took to social media yesterday and posted that, "i'm going to make sure i return better, fitter and stronger than ever before with the support of my wife, kids, family and everyone at liverpool, i'm ready for the challenge ahead." vivianne miedema became the women's super league record scorer as arsenal thrashed tottenham 6—1. miedema claimed a hat—trick for the league leaders. she's the first player to reach 50 goals in the wsl, and her total now stands at 52. manchester united are still unbeaten in the wsl after a a—2 win over west ham. us summer signing kristen press scored the fourth goal. elsewhere, everton and brighton drew, as did reading and manchester city. birmingham putfour past bristol city. britain's tao geoghegan hart claimed a grand tour stage victory for the first time in his career at the giro

fulham stay bottom after losing to crystal palace. united and chelsea. in scotland, hibs are back up to third in the premiership after a win at kilmarnock. a penalty gave them the 1—0 victory. motherwell scored four against ross county. and it was goalless between stjohnstone and dundee united. lewis hamilton is on course for a record breaking 92nd formula 0ne victory after taking pole position for the portuguese grand prix. qualifying was delayed though when a drain cover came up on the track. after repairs, hamilton beat team mate valtteri bottas by a tenth of a second. red bull's max verstappen starts from third. there's more on the bbc sport website, including alun wynjones equalling richie mccaw‘s world record of 148 caps in wales match against france. but that's it from me. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. hello. this is bbc news. ecologists have criticised plans to move ancient woodland habitat in the warwickshire countryside to make way for hs2 — describing the idea as "fu

sheffield united and fulham played out a 1—1 draw which gives them both their first point of the season albion also drew. wayne rooney has tested negative for covid, but says he's angry that he has to self—isolate and miss games for derby county. rooney was visited by a friend who had been instructed to be tested for covid—19 and was later found to have coronavirus. a derby county spokesperson said the club was relieved rooney had tested negative but that they were disappointed that the "selfish and careless act of one individual put both wayne and his family at risk, as well as having a detrimental impact on derby county." rooney tweeted that he was angry and disappointed to be missing the next three matches for the club. cycling's vuelta a espana starts tomorrow and it will be chris froome‘s last race with his curent team ineos grenadiers. froome is aiming to win the vuelta for a third time. it'll be his first major ride since he suffered an horrific crash in a practice ride in france last year. i don't actually remember the crash itself, so that doesn't haunt me at all. i've got a bi

fulham's miserable start to life in the premier league continues with another loss, this time againstthree points. in one of the early matches, southampton were helped to a 2—0 victory over west brom at st mary's with goals from moussa djenepo and this volley from 0riol romeu. in scotland, celtic rescued three points with two goals in added time against stjohnstone. leigh griffiths headed in the first in the 90th minute and, then just a few moments later, patrick klimala got up from a tackle outside the box to smash the second in, putting celtic to the top of the scottish premiership. closest rivals rangers currently lead 1—0 against ross county. in the women's super league, new american signings cristian press and tobin heath got their first win in a manchester united shirt, beating brighton 3—0. meanwhile, fellow american alex morgan is yet to make her debut for tottenham, watching on as they lost a—1 to manchester city. goals from chloe kelly, samantha mewis and ellen white helped seal the emphatic win. top seed simona halep has been knocked out of the french open by a 19—year—old

before that though, fulham who are anchored to the bottom of the table, are under way against crystaleason. but they're trailing 1—0 in the early stages. it's a busy day in the championship. in the lunchtime kick—off bournemouth scored a 95th minute equaliser to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. 0ne all it finished against watford who took the lead in the first half and it looked like they were going to take all three points before chris mepham scored in stoppage time. it means bournemouth are fourth whilst watford move into second in the table. 10 matches under way in the championship. leaders reading are in action against rotherham where its 0—0, while third placed bristol city play swansea city — its currently 0—0. and games in the scottish premiership. kilmarnock goalless against hibs. amongst the latest scores there. it's a huge day of rugby union action, with the resumption of the six nations to come. but after over a year, the premiership season draws to a close, as exeter chiefs take on wasps at twickenham, exeter are going for a historic double. a week on from bein

elsewhere, crystal palace beat fulham.after a 1—0 win at kilmarnock. kevin nisbet with the only goal from the penalty spot — his eighth of the season. elsewhere motherwell beat ross county and it was goalless at stjohnstone. now we all put our clocks back an hour last night. venlo of the dutch league eredivisie may be hoping they could turn theirs back 2a hours. they were beaten 13—0 by ajax in what was the biggest margin of victory in the league's history. they scored nine of those in the second half. as you can imagine, the players were on hand to console the venlo keeper who probably wasn't feeling that great. bad day at the office. to a huge day in cycling because later britain could have only its second giro d'italia winner, with tao geoghegan hart perfectly placed to win his first grand tour. the 25—year—old londoner — in blue — beatjai hindley to win the penultimate stage and become joint overall leader with the australian. today's final stage is an individual time trail ofjust under ten miles to milan. on the race'

elsewhere crystal palace beat fulham 2—1 at craven cottage, wilfred zaha with the winner and currentlyffield united scoring first with a penalty and liverpool equalising just before half time. lewis hamilton is on track for a record breaking 92nd grand prix victory after taking pole position for the portuguese grand prix. the world champion starts ahead of his mercedes team mate valteri bottas with max verstappen in third. but there was a delay to qualifying after a drain cover came loose on the track. they've fixed it now. british rider teo geoghegan hart won stage 20 of the giro d'italia on saturday, beating jai hindley to the line in a sprint finish. hindley will wear the pinkjersey for the first time going into sunday's final stage, with geoghegan hart second in the overall standings on the same time. two rug by two rugby now. ireland have recorded a resounding 50—17 victory over italy as the six nations resumed on saturday. their bonus point victory means they can win the tournament with another bonus point win in paris next weekend. 18 points forjonny sexton from boot and hand. b

side are now four wins from four played this season and in second place, while sheffield united and fulham palace and brighton also finishing 1—1. a crowd of over 116,000 was at eden park to see new zealand beat australia 27—7 and edge ahead in their bledisloe cup series. the first test was drawn last week and the wallabies still haven't won at eden park since 1986. the all blacks head to australia now for two more bledisloe tests that also go towards the rugby championship involving argentina. we knew we had... there's been a lot of intent for the week. we've got a clear mind for test match rugby and i thought we set a mark today of where we need to be as a team, in terms of the mental side of the game and the approach to the physicality and the approach to the physicality and speed, and so really please with it, andi and speed, and so really please with it, and i thought the guys came with a lot of commitment. it was not a perfect performance, no, it wasn't, and there are things we left to change moving forward because they area change moving forward because they are a good team. last we

there's more pressure on fulham boss scott parker after a fourth defeat this season, championship sideirst time brentford have made it into the quarters. elsewhere stoke also beat premier league opposition in aston villa — 1—0 in that one. here's the quarter final line up. stoke's reward for that win — a match against spurs. brentford meanwhile face newcastle. arsenal will take on holders manchester city, and everton play manchester united. the games will be played in the week commencing december 21st. it's been a great night for british teams in the europa league as tottenham, celtic and rangers qualified for the group stages. spurs beat maccabi haifa 7—2. harry kane here scored a hat trick, giovanni lo celso got two, lucas moura and dele alli with the others for jose mourinho's side. rangers beat galatasary 2—1 at ibrox to reach the group stages for a third consecutive season. scott arfield there and captain james tavernier with the goals. elsewhere, celtic are also through after a 1—0 win against sarajevo. well, europa league and champions league group stage matches could be played

so sheffield united are without a point this season and so are fulham, who suffered their fourth straightmade and today was certainly the case, i feel we defended pretty well. hard work this play is a been putting in the understanding to keep learning and improving in this league. this team is in the championship league and its players, it weeks ago and now they‘ve come back into the big—league we are learning at the moment. in one of the early matches, southampton were helped to a 2—0 victory over west brom at st mary‘s with goals from moussa djenepo and this volley from oriol romeu. let‘s take a look at some of the other football headlines today. celtic snatched a late victory at macdiarmid park, scoring two goals in added time against stjohnstone. leigh griffiths headed in the first in the 90th minute, then patrick klimala smashed in the second. rangers are still top of the scottish premiership after beating ross county 2—0. us world cup winner alex morgan is yet to make her debut for tottenham, watching on as they lost 4—1 to manchester city in the women‘s super league. goals from chl

blackwall tunnel southern approach is building from blackwall lane the traffic lights are out on fulhameak through. watch out for one or two showers later in the afternoon. cooler than it was yesterday. overnight, a deep area of low pressure spiralling in from the south bringing strong gusts of wind and plenty of heavy rain to all of us but mostly the southern home counties with a weather warning valid all day tomorrow. plenty of rain, particularly through the morning rush hour and also strong gusts of wind. it is difficult to pin the detail down but it looks very unsettled indeed for the weekend. wet and windy weather. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: some of the toughest new covid restrictions in england are expected for 1.5 million people in merseyside as the region responds to soaring infection rates. the message from the government: the whole country is at a critical moment. not only cases

joining me is the labour leader of the london borough of hammersmith & fulham, stephen cowan.to october the 11th, very good evening to you and thanks for joining us. do you welcome this moving of london into the high alert level? yes, i think it's essential. for some time now we‘ve seen the infection rates growing exponentially was up which is a very alarming word to hear from health professionals in london. it‘s essential we have the breakdown. because that‘s very least that should be happening. i think we are doing it a little bit too late. and we need to and will move to a full circuit breaker over the next two weeks. because the essential thing is we cut this contagion in his truck. if we do this we can stop it from being a dreadful winter. we can protect businesses and we can save lots of lies. i think that's where we had to do. what support have you been promised to from businesses in your area they are? it's very sketchy. the chancellor has announced a series of support where sam is ben goodsumm hasn‘t gone far enough. what you‘re looking at now is retail and hospitalit

imperfect, they might not prevent infection, they might reduce symptoms and not work for everyone at fulham. and the vaccines don't provide protection for more than seven months to a year. so i think what we are going to end up with is something where we can manage this disease. we need to stop it from being a lethal disease that is causing a global shut down to something that is manageable, where we can both prevent infection, as well as reduce the severity of symptoms if infection a chilly takes place. when do you think we will get the information that we need on weather vaccines are safe and weather vaccines are safe and weather they work. i wish i could give you a firm answer. what i can say is the frontrunning vaccines will have completed or have completed their clinical trial enrolment. so by november, we should have at least the frontrunning vaccines, which does include 0xford and also includes the visor vaccine, where they will have completed the enrolment. the two parts we don't know is whether or not they have been sufficient infections in those clinical trials to be able to stati

elsewhere yesterday the games between sheffield united and fulham and crystal palace and brighton endedter learning he needs surgery on his knne following a rash challenge by everton keeperjordan pickford during saturday's derby match. it's unclearjust how long van dijk will be out for he took to social media yesterday and posted that... vivianne miedema became the women's super league record scorer as arsenal thrashed tottenham 6—1. miedema claimed a hat—trick for the league leaders. she's the first player to reach 50 goals in the wsl and her total now stands at 52. manchester united are still unbeaten in the wsl after a 11—2 win over west ham. us summer signing kristen press scored the fourth goal. elsewhere everton and brighton drew, as did reading and manchester city. birmingham putfour past bristol city. britain's tao geoghegan hart claimed a grand tour stage victory for the first time in his career at the giro d'italia. the 25—year—old londoner left it till the finish line was almost in sight, at the end of stage 15 to make his move. it sees him jump to fourth in the overall stand

this week hammer5mith and fulham and hackney have seen more police presence based on data from publicon poppy day. it is going ahead today but on a smaller scale. this year you will be able to pay for your puppy by co nta ctless. able to pay for your puppy by contactle55. if able to pay for your puppy by co nta ctless. if you able to pay for your puppy by contactle55. if you are working from home you can download a copy to di5play home you can download a copy to display in your window. the husband of the jailed british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe say5 of the jailed british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe says she has been summoned to court next week to face fresh charges. the 42—year—old is under house arrest in tehran, where she was sent to prison almost five years ago for alleged 5pying. she has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. a surrey council has defended its investments in commercial property following an enquiry into its £1 billion portfolio. spelthorne borough council, whose annual budget is £20 million, own5 office blocks at a time when commercial rent5 ha

elsewhere, yesterday, crystal palace beat fulham. 0nto the spl, leaders rangers and champions celticble yesterday with a 1—0 win at kilmarnock. kevin nisbet scoring the only goal of the game from the penalty spot — that's his eighth of the season. it was goalless at saintjohnstone. and a huge date in cycling coming up —— huge day in cycling coming up. britain could have only its second giro d'italia winner later today, with tao geoghegan hart perfectly placed to win his first grand tour. the 25—year—old londoner who rides for ineos grenadiers beat jai hindley to win yesterday's stage and become joint overall leader with the australian. today's final stage is an individual time trail ofjust under ten miles to milan. 0n the race's previous time trial, geoghegan beat hindley by more than a minute. lewis hamilton is poised to surpass the record for race victories he shares with michael schumacher at this afternoon's portuguese grand prix. the world champion will start from pole for the 97th time in his career, looking for his 92nd win. his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas lines up alon

sheffield united and fulham played out a 1—1 draw, which gives them both their first point of the seasoning a rash challenge by everton keeperjordan pickford during saturday's derby match. it's unclear how long van dijk will be out for. he posted this on social media yesterday, saying... "i'm going to make sure i return better, fitter and stronger than ever before. with the support of my wife, kids, family and everyone at liverpool, i'm ready for the challenge ahead." cycling's vuelta a espana starts tomorrow, and it will be chris froome's last race with his current team, ineos grenadiers. froome is aiming to win the vuelta for a third time. it'll be his first major ride since he suffered an horrific crash in a practice ride in france last year. i don't remember the crash itself so that doesn't haunt me at all. i have a blank there. mentally, i have been waiting for this moment is just to be back on the start line of a grantor it for ages. it has been a long road back and i'm looking forward to being in the race again. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour

some of the councils promising to provide the meals include redbridge, southwark and hammersmith and fulham spanish princess, which is now being aired 50 countries. i had quite a bad experience when i was doing the audition for a particular drama school. so deflated. first of all, feeling like a massive outsider, i just felt like i just did not belong. kind of remember thinking to myself, if this is what the industry is like, i don't... i don't want anything to do with this. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube — all clear across all lines the m25 is down to two lanes anticlockwise — just afterj25 for the recovery of a vehicle. in central london, lane restrictions continue at hyde park corner for emergency gas work. now the weather with kate kinsella. hello, there. well, it's a reasonably mild start this morning. you should see some sunny spells to start with, but then more cloud later on, with one or two outbreaks of rain. so enjoy the breaks in the cloud first thing this morning. we will see that cloud thicken through the course of the day and then, with it, some out