gloucester—hartpury are the defending champions and face leicester tigers on sunday., it promises to be another very close season. the most interesting thing about gloucester heartbreak going for this trouble is actually their starting 15 will remain relatively unchanged and it's all about consistency for them. it's more the rest of the leak really strengthen to try and challenge them i would say would say would be the main thing to watch out for. we say gloucester heartbreak are going to a famous trouble, they will be frustrated each time they've heard over the last week. when kobe hit they were denied that opportunity but saracens women will certainly be challenging them as will the likes of bristol barros, may be (lightning, will the likes of bristol barros, may be ( lightning, it's will the likes of bristol barros, may be (lightning, it's going to be a very exciting season. and may be ( lightning, it's going to be a very exciting season.— a very exciting season. and a shorter season, _ a very exciting season. and a shorter season, more - a very exciting season. an

in the premiership women's rugby, saracens overcame champions gloucester—hartpury 49-38.heir lead in the second half as saracens ran in 21 unanswered points to secure victory. kyren wilson leadsjudd trump by seven frames to one after the opening session of the northern ireland open final. they'll play to a finish this evening with nine the target for victory in belfast. the la dodgers have taken control of baseball's world series — against the new york yankees. they've got 2—0 up in the best—of—seven tie, to determine the mlb champions. japanese pitcher yoshinobu yamamoto impressed for the dodgers — pitching into the seventh inning, withjuan soto's homer the only hit he allowed. teoscar hernandez and freddie freeman both helped put the dodgers out in front — eventually winning 4—2. the series now moves to new york, with game three at yankee stadium on monday evening. defending motogp champion francesco bagnaia has won the thailand grand prix to cut jorge martin's championship lead to 17 points with two races of the season to go. bagnaia slipped from pole position to third

in the premiership women's rugby, saracens overcame champions gloucester—hartpury 49-38.t they couldn't build on their lead in the second half as saracens ran in 21 unanswered points to secure victory. in rugby league, england held off a physical samoa side to claim a hard—fought victory in the opening match of their two—test series providing some degree of revenge for that famous defeat to the same side at the world cup semi finals 2 years ago. nick parrot was watching. samoa broke english hearts when they beat them in the world cup semifinal two years ago, and the hosts are still hurting from that defeat on home soil. with a pumped up crowd in wigan, that provided the perfect motivation. it took just seven minutes to make the breakthrough, and herbie farnworth will fondly remember his first international try. it soon became clear this was going to be england's day, as matty ashton claimed his fourth try in four tests. every time some hours seem to make a mistake, they were punished. this time by england captain and player of the match george williams, whose try was even

gloucester also retain the slater cup, named after ed slater, former captain of both men's clubs who'stories making the headlines today. the pressure onjorge martin at the top of the motogp standings by winning the japanese grand prix. the italian overtook pedro acosta on pole on the opening lap and lead to the chequered flag with martin finishing second. that's cut the spaniards lead to ten points with four rounds left. israel's oded kogut secured the biggest stage win of his career on the final day of the tour of croatia. brandon mcnulty was part of the main group behind him and that was enough for the american to take the overall victory. britain's fred wright claimed third overall. england's netballers missed out on a clean sweep against new zealand losing their final test 61—56 in invercargill. but still took the series 2—1. england return to action with back—to—back matches at home to jamaica in manchester next month. british—trained bluestocking romped to victory in the prix de l�*arc de triumphe, arguably the world's most prestigeous all—age horse race. trained by ralph beckett

gloucester has a proud military history... is doing for veterans?- is doing for veterans? we owe an enormous _ is doing for veterans? we owe an enormous debt _ is doing for veterans? we owe an enormous debt to - is doing for veterans? we owe an enormous debt to all- is doing for veterans? we owe an enormous debt to all of- is doing for veterans? we owej an enormous debt to all of our veterans and it was a great honour to announce that our party conference that our plans to build homes across the country will ensure that veterans are at the front of the queue for social housing. we recognise the incredible sacrifice and contribution that they've made. we will pay all those who served us and how is all those who served us, ensuring there are houses for heroes. we will support them with mental health and employment.— with mental health and emlo ment. ., employment. special education needs are under _ employment. special education needs are under huge - employment. special education needs are under huge pressure | needs are under

meanwhile, sale versus gloucester was also pretty close.ked like walking it, scoring five tries before half—time to lead 33—12. cardiff then twice came back to within four points, but glasgow surged clear each time. tom jordan with their eighth and final try of the night. and it was also very close between the scarlets and connacht in llanelli. scarlets had looked close to a first win of the season, but the irish team were too strong for them. ben murphy with their third try, and it ended 24—23. the first super league play—off semifinal took place tonight between hull kr and warrington wolves. hull kr, who, have never been in grand final before, have done it, they eventually won by 10—8. they'll be off to old trafford next saturday to play either wigan or leigh. and some cricket, and england's test captain ben stokes is a doubt for the first test against pakistan on monday. the all—rounder hasn't played since the beginning of august and is still recovering from a hamstring injury. stokes did bat and bowl in the nets today in multan, but wil

and the glorious glosters. >> in fact, almost 10% of gloucester households are home to a veteran.ster update this house on what this government is doing to support veterans, and in particular, how he will meet his promise to make sure that every veteran in gloucester has a roof over their head? >> prime minister , we owe an >> prime minister, we owe an enormous debt to all of our veterans, and it was a great honour to announce that our party conference, that our plans to build new homes across the country will ensure that homeless veterans are at the front line of the queue for new social housing, recognise the incredible sacrifice and contribution that they make. >> we will repay all those who served us and house all veterans in housing needs, ensuring homes are there for heroes . we are are there for heroes. we are also ensuring veterans have access to support , including access to support, including with mental health and employment . employment. >> sir julian smith, employment. >> sirjulian smith, mr speaker, >> sir julian smith, mr speaker, special education needs budgets in

let's continue with more reaction and head to gloucester to our correspondent dave harvey.have you there. 7 this building has been hurt in 1530, they've seen quite a few budgets, and you can read the sign, one of the best in the country. we come here because i watch the budget with the guy who runs it with other small businesses, like those people in leeds, the national insurance changes are causing people a lot of concern. let's meet the owner, you told me you have a big increase another course, fish, oil. we have not another course, fish, oil. we have got national _ another course, fish, oil. we have got national and _ another course, fish, oil. we have got national and insurance - got national and insurance increasing, and we have the increase of minimum — increasing, and we have the increase of minimum wages, which is great. what _ of minimum wages, which is great. what i'm _ of minimum wages, which is great. what i'm missing in here as support for small— what i'm missing in here as support for small businesses. where is it coming _ for small businesses. where is it com

reevaluate self employment. much you think about some particularly wanted you to see uh uh, in, from gloucester, zebo. uh, new use your fan or we don't assume solve the problem that you got. they don't, they come to lots of sort of pop ups. you could do a few months of these follow sort of a pop tune up also to do much more than others on do the, to multiple the full. so i'll talk to you if someone prevents what is what it talk to include a lot, but she just wants to know about, you know, if i don't feel comfortable yet before the pandemic, the head of fonts is human rights watch dog describes a study erosion of civil liberties in fonts. in 2021, the european committee for the prevention of torture, raised concerns of violence and abuse suffered in police custody. and in the same year, a coalition of organizations filed a close action lawsuit, altering that the government had failed to take measures to prevent racial profiling, and systemic racial discrimination by the police. how would you describe the current states of civil liberties in france today? i mean from what you've mentioned, i'm no

everything that we've been documenting and seeing across the gloucester from the one of the genocide, the words spinning down into israel. larger plan as of reading buffer zones in these areas, very close to the eastern part of the border. that includes many of the densely populated neighborhoods that they eastern part of gauze and city. here in the been from area all directly. you can, i'm in the eastern part of the basement part of the city and eastern part of con units where there's really military not only cleared up the residential buildings, all of them destroyed them more severely damaged public facilities and prospector for those. and i would culture align all of this been feeding into making dogs off of uninhabited. busy uninhabitable places and just pop a few minutes as it was prepared for. there were reports about talking a raise refugee times where people bar jewelry, one person the board is building another young boy, transfer you to the hospital after it was shot out. he was walking when we talked to the father, he said he was leaving the house. when do i close by? baker

gloucester ran in six tries as they thrashed newcastle falcons by 36 points to seven.ing the bonus point tryjust before the interval at kingsholm stadium. victory moves the cherry and whites up to sixth in the table, newcastle remain bottom. defending champions glasgow are up to second in the united rugby championship after beating stormers by 28 points to 17 in cape town. sione tuipulotu marked being named scotland captain this week by winning the player of the match award. he scored a try and set up kyle rowe for the pick of the warriors four tries as they twice came from behind to secure their bonus point win in stellenbosch. ospreys just missed out on a bonus point win over edinburgh in bridgend. they moved off the bottom of the table as they scored three tries at brewery field to win by 22 points to 13. two more games taking place, cardiff against ulster — no score there yet — and connacht against dragons, with the hosts 7—0 up. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. kyren wilson is through to the final of the northern ire

gloucester also ran in six tries as they thrashed newcastle falcons by 36 points to seven.against fourth. a big win would take sarries back to the top o

graeme berratt, a gardener from gloucester, england, got into the guinness book of records, thanks toe harvest. he grew the world's largest cildery root. and this root weighs 6 kg. wow. by the way, this is 4.5 kg more than the previous record holder. this is how it all looks, you can see it on our screen. the vegetable competition was held at the autumn show in marvel. in addition , graeme grew a huge cucumber weighing 13 kg, but he failed to break the record, because the vegetable turned out to be half a kilogram lighter. graham admitted that the weather conditions this year had a strong impact on his harvest, which is why he was unable to bring more of these unusual large vegetables, because some simply did not live to see this one. well, you know, you take one look and you understand that such celery will be remembered for a long time, just some kind of bearded story. bearded celery, but by the way - such celery not only gives a reason to smile, but is also an excellent an assistant in the fight against stress, because it contains vitamins of group b, and they in turn are responsib

and highness duke of gloucester. the raf club, actually commissioned through a competition. beautiful and one of our own aviators won it. oh , chad kenney who actually it. oh, chad kenney who actually won that? so it's a fantastic story. >> could i could i ask you just finally, in terms of the current conflict in the middle east and would your reservists be asked to play any sort of role in that wherever right now , today, wherever right now, today, wherever right now, today, wherever the raf are serving, there are reserves out there serving. >> so cyprus everywhere, everywhere. i mean, for example, just two weeks ago i came back from romania, where we had 12% of our of that force out there doing nato air policing. so guarding the base, logistics, intelligence briefing, the pilots, 12% of that were reserves. so we're out there supporting them. so wherever the raf are. so there are reserves, civilian jobs, then do their bosses have to agree to give them time off to go on these deployments? that's why eamonn you signed

meanwhile sale against, gloucester was also pretty close.g it, scoring five tries before half—time to lead 33—12. cardiff then twice came back to within four points but glasgow surged clear towards the end of the match — tom jordan with their eighth and final try of the night. 52—36 the final score. cricket, and england's test captain ben stokes is a doubt for the first test against pakistan on monday. the all—rounder hasn't played since the beginning of august and is still recovering from a hamstring injury. stokes did bat and bowl in the nets in multan yesterday but will undergo more tests before its decided if he'll play in the match. and there's a chance that if he does play, he won't bowl. now england's women play in the t20 world cup in the campaign against bangladesh. find world cup in the campaign against itangladesh-_ world cup in the campaign against banuladesh. : :, , :, :, it's time now for unspun world withjohn simpson, who's focusing on the war in the middle east. is somebody telling you to hurry up? we do _ is somebody telling

when she approached them didn't want to include them in the att unions so she started one at the gloucester hotel in london. she told betty who was 6 foot and spoke seven languages to stand by the door and did not let anyone out until she said they could go. and she pushed through the vote. and they drew up contracts and everything on the spot. they got it established. when she got fed up with how sports illustrated refused to cover women she started women's sport magazine. in the 70s reasoning why would people care about us if they don't know us. women were fighting to get on the show courts, not the back lots. she founded the women's sports foundation in 1974, partly to protect title ix and partly to keep track of its enforcement, create opportunity for women and sports, billy has always been preaching that it is not just playing opportunities because carriers are short, she wanted to be in the front office and management and wanted to create jobs for women in sports and today we see women breaking into the nfl all kinds of places. as i said, most people remember battle of the sexes match

so she started one at the gloucester hotel in london. she told betty stover, who was six foot and. seven languages to stand by the door and not let anyone out until said they could go. and she pushed through the vote. and they drew up contracts and on the spot she was pressing enough to do that. and they they it established when she got fed up with how sports and other media outlets refused cover women. she started women sport magazine. it's also in the seventies reasoning why would care about us if they don't know us? if if if they can't see us at the time women we're still fighting to get on the show courts not the back. lots. she founded the women's sports. in 1974. that was partly to protect title nine and partly to keep track its enforcement, create for women in sports, billie has always. preaching that it's not just playing opportune cities because your careers are short. she wanted people to be in the front offices in management and and she wanted to create jobs for women in sports today we see women now breaking into the nfl all kinds places women are running a sports franc

as a footage shows massive gloucester lighting up the sky line shortly before the ideas issued. and you will find to ration with us to areas of pay route that has been targeted by previous strikes on things. yes. and i couldn't think of the strikes during the day are limited to give or take a strike or 2 i'll be and they are pretty strong and effective and it does cause panic among the people. the reality is, the idea of picks up pace and the late to hours of the day, starting at approximately 10 in the evening. but what makes things worse is after midnight, this is the is really air force pix things up, and it has done that. the time now is just past midnight, and we haven't observed roughly half a dozen air strikes. the lebanese media has excited 2 attacks and we've witnessed at least 3 or 4 more attack us since then. they're mass of attacks. we've been following this event for the past 2 or 3 weeks, and i advise differently here. in the past 2 or 3 weeks, we've essentially witnessed a new shift in israel's attack as they were essentially targeting the suburbs of diet. the sou

gloucester is talking about private sectorworkers.the same rules will apply to know if the same rules will apply to the public sector. we to know if the same rules will apply to the public sector.— to the public sector. we know that actually some _ to the public sector. we know that actually some public— to the public sector. we know that actually some public sector - actually some public sector organisations won't have to pay the rise in_ organisations won't have to pay the rise in national insurance. that is what _ rise in national insurance. that is what the — rise in national insurance. that is what the government has said. we don't _ what the government has said. we don't know— what the government has said. we don't know exactly which organisations that is going to apply to, apart _ organisations that is going to apply to, apart from the nhs and schools, although— to, apart from the nhs and schools, although not private schools. the idea behind that is because it is coming — idea behind that is because it is coming out of governm

confirmed that hannah roberts has donned a variety of hairpieces to get around a shoplifting ban in gloucesterty centre . the 33 year old had city centre. the 33 year old had been banned from the city safe scheme from entering multiple shops, but had repeatedly ignored the sanction . nice curly ignored the sanction. nice curly ginger one would go very well with that neck tattoo . those are with that neck tattoo. those are your headlines for the moment. now it's back to patrick for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome along. labour have betrayed farmers and betrayed britain. do you remember when keir starmer said this losing a farm is not like losing any other business? >> it can't come back . >> it can't come back. >> it can't come back. >> well, yesterday rachel reeves took a hammer and sickle to british farming inheritance tax relief for farms will be limited to £1 million. the family farm tax, as it's now being called, will mean that farms that have beenin will

confirmed that hannah roberts had donned a variety of hairpieces to get around a shoplifting ban in gloucestercity centre. the 33 year old had been banned by the citysafe scheme from entering multiple shops, but had repeatedly ignored the sanction. i'd have thought the neck tattoo may have given it away. anyway, you're right up to date with the headlines. now it's back to nigel for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . alerts. >> good evening. i promise you, this story is not just about me, although i happen to be in the middle of it, but it raises some really serious issues about our borders, about some of the people that are coming into our country illegally, and about the fact that if they come from certain original destinations, we simply can't get rid of them. you may remember a couple of weeks back i talked to you about the case of a guy called madda parsa, and he got in trouble. he was arrested in malmo for carrying a knife . he fled the carrying a knife. he fled the country and dec