a trader is in there perhaps it is gordon brown let me explain something about the gold market the gold market is a funding currency what it was i mean like the japanese end of the swiss franc you borrow against gold to go put on profitable trade somewhere else it's the gold is used as they funding currency nobody buys gold because they think it's going to go up people sell gold for the proceeds and then use that money that they get from selling the gold to go buy something that will go. ok that's what's called that's called a funding currency and this is the problem with the gold bug community is that they are creating an insatiable demand for gold i mean moment is not going to buy gold indian people buy gold by the tons one hundreds of tons people buy gold gold gold buy gold there's always people buying gold and the professional marketeers understand this and when the gold price goes to a certain level they've bang it down with short sales they're selling the gold naked or they're just selling it they're just doing short sales are not losing money they're just selling the gol

a trader is in there perhaps it is gordon brown let me explain something about the gold market the gold market is a funding currency what it was i mean like the japanese end of the swiss franc you borrow against gold to go put on profitable trade somewhere else it's the gold is used as they funding currency nobody buys gold because they think it's going to go up people sell gold for the proceeds and then use that money that they get from selling the gold to go buy something that will go. ok that's what's called that's called a funding currency and this is the problem with the gold bug community is that they are creating an insatiable demand for gold i mean no one is not going to buy gold indian people buy gold by the tons one hundreds of tons people buy gold gold gold buy gold there's always people buying gold and the professional marketeers understand this and when the gold price goes to a certain level they bang it down with short sales they're selling the gold make it or they're just selling it they're just doing short sales or not losing money they're just selling the gold

of traders as in there perhaps it is gordon brown let me explain something about the gold market the gold market is a funding currency what it was i mean like the japanese yen of the swiss franc you borrow against gold to go put on profitable trade somewhere else it's the gold is used as they funding currency nobody buys gold because they think it's going to go up people sell gold for the proceeds and then use that money that they get from selling the gold to go buy something that will go. ok that's what's called that's called a funding currency and this is the problem with the gold bug community is that they are creating an insatiable demand for gold i mean moment is not going to buy gold indian people buy gold by the tons one hundreds of tons people buy gold gold gold buy gold there's always people buying gold and the professional marketeers understand this and when the gold price goes to a certain level they bang it down with short sales they're selling the gold make it or they're just selling it they're just doing short sales are not losing money they're just selling the gold

will mark the 20th anniversary of the independence of the bank of england, famously delivered by gordon brown and new labour in 1997. she will mount a robust defence of capitalism, which you could say from a pro—market point of view, well, about time actually. whether theresa may is the right person to do it and whether that will carry credibility with the younger voters who are not convinced that markets work is another question. i suppose it shows more of the ideological divide between her and jeremy corbyn? totally a nd between her and jeremy corbyn? totally and never say again that all politicians are the same and there is nothing to choose between the parties. we saw is nothing to choose between the parties. we saneremy corbyn with a fundamental critique of capitalism and what he would describe as neoliberalism and theresa may going out tomorrow to defend it. now, corbyn believes, as we said earlier, that the centre of gravity has moved so that the centre of gravity has moved so far to the left that people are willing to go along with his critique of capitalism. i am not sure that is nec

there is also more room to manoeuvre than in the blair brown years because there is no gordon brown.re is no one going around with lots of aggression, both theirs and others, determined to oust the incumbent. interestingly, tony blair also got caught by a pack ofjournalists on the plane when doctor david kelly died. they got a lot of commentary out of him in that time. there seems to be something that happens on aircraft. i think you are right. the dilemma that theresa may faced was if she did not declare this, she was in dangerof if she did not declare this, she was in danger of becoming a caretaker and lame—duck prime minister. she has to be all in. she can't be half pregnant, so to speak. whether it is the intention to stay, she needs to declare this or else she loses control. i don't think she is going to stay. obviously she will wait until the brexit negotiations and then she will go and you are quite right. you know, she can't say no, i won't stay otherwise she will be deadin won't stay otherwise she will be dead in the water. she will wait for the brexit negotiations. i can't

shows you how life moves on and compared with the likes of tony blair, raking in a fortune, even gordon browne or two previous... and we don't know how much he is earning, it says this actually pays the speakers but doesn't reveal how much it pays them. mrs thatcher spoke, colin powell, benazir bhutto, they are not getting paid just what they make the door, they get paid a significant fee to turn up. i was to say... not making so much out of that. £100,000 publishing deal has been struck, compared with tony blair or margaret thatcher, significantly lower. a p pa re ntly thatcher, significantly lower. apparently tony blair made for .6 million, thatcher three and a half million. one more, let's go to the observer and its front page. fixed odds betting, quite a lot of concern about terminals, there is talk of a clamp—down. about terminals, there is talk of a clamp-down. yes, the crack cocaine of the betting world, super puggies as they are known in scotland. you can lose huge amounts of money on these and the government keeps saying it will do something about them but it slightly smacks of the g

he has no military background before the war, john brown gordon. he was one of those men with a genius for war he had been a , lawyer and a newspaper man. when john gordon puts on a uniform he finds it. that he finds his metier. he is closest in some ways to grant. grant was not meant to do anything else after he became a successful politician and so forth. but lee task gordon to come up to punch through the and just punish them, disrupt armies so much in the potomac so badly unsettled grant so much, just to buy enough time to leave, move out and get north carolina. davis,s time, president of the confederacy would not listen to the. lee was trying to warn him saying, i cannot hold out much longer. davis felt like welcome i have heard all of this before. so when it did collapse, richmond was not ready. gordon, does his very best, and lee gives him control of about half of the army of northern virginia for this attack on fort hedman. of the union lines at fort stedman, just south of the james river. remember, over the months, the line had already bee

we also heard from gordon brown earlier on, former prime minister who expressed similar worries that to happen may be breaking down and that the bank of england and other institutions which support that are exposed, their credibility is on the line. thank you, andy verity in the city. our top story this lunchtime: ryanair has been threatened with legal action for "persistently misleading" passengers about their rights. and coming up: he called himself a pioneer of sexual liberation but other accused him ofa sexual liberation but other accused him of a little in women. playboy founder hugh hefner has died aged 91. coming up in sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: tiger woods contemplates the end of his professional career. he says he may never play competitively again. the un says a planned visit to rakhine state in myanmar, where there's been a mass exodus of rohingya muslims due to claims of military atrocities, has been cancelled by the government. the un wants to assess exactly why close to half a million people have fled to neighbouring bangladesh injust one month. 0ur south

also thought there is more room to manoeuvre than in the blair—brown years because there is no gordon brown is no one person going around with lots of aggression, both theirs and others, coalescing, and they're determined to oust the incumbent. so i regard this as a pretty good thing. interestingly, tony blair also got caught by a pack ofjournalists on a plane coming back from china, when doctor david kelly died. and they got a lot of commentary out of him in that time. there seems to be something that happens on aircrafts. laughter i wonder if political leads should avoid this? i think you are right. i wonder if political leads should avoid this? i think you are right. the dilemma that theresa may faced was if she did not declare this, she was in danger of becoming a caretaker and lame—duck prime minister. she has to be all in. she can't be, so to speak, half pregnant, so to speak. whether or not it is the intention to stay, and i would presume she's going to read the tea leaves as the months pass, she needs to declare this or else she loses control. but i don't think she is going to stay.

it's remarkable this week, tony blair and gordon brown came here to this conference centre time and timeeels like they are notjust long gone, they are hardly even a distant memory. laura, thank you. women from across europe, whose children were harmed during pregnancy by an epilepsy drug they were taking, have been giving evidence at a public hearing in london. the drug — sodium valproate — alleviates the symptoms of epilepsy but has up to a 40% risk of causing autism and learning difficulties in unborn children. 20,000 children are estimated to be affected in the uk alone. our health correspondent sophie hutchin5on reports. annie i5 annie isju5t two annie is just two years old. she annie isju5t two years old. she has autism caused by the epilepsy drug sodium valproate, her mother took when she was pregnant. antonia says no one ever told her of the risks.” was no one ever told her of the risks.” wa5 heartbroken. because no one has really heard of the syndrome. and when i mention it to any health professionals, they don't actually know what it is. i have to tell them. making a difference!

and it is another move way from the legacy of gordon brown and tony blair, who maxed out using the contractser. but over the years, pfi contracts have changed quite a lot. the thought is that early on some had, we re thought is that early on some had, were quite bad value and had bad features, but they have changed and they have been phased out in scotland. the labour party tonight is still sketchy about the extent of the promise they're making. they can't tell us yet how much they would borrow to make this happen and they can't tell us how many of hundreds of contracts they would actually revisit and basically tear up. but this is another symbol of general feeling here this week that since the election the labour party is so much more confident in what they feel able to promise. thank you. thank you. a fourth round of brexit negotiations between british and eu negotiators started this evening in brussels. the brexit secretary, david davis, insisted there could be ‘no excuses' for standing in the way of progress, following the prime minister's speech in florence last friday. but the eu's lea

it was one of the principles tony blair and gordon brown followed to get lots of cash from the private after some of the worst excesses of the early contracts, the cliches about the £25 charge to change a light bulb, the contracts had been reformed and has been phased out in scotland already. labour cannot tell us how many of the many hundreds of contracts they wa nt to the many hundreds of contracts they want to tearup the many hundreds of contracts they want to tear up and how much money they would be prepared to borrow to do so. there is no question here, this idea is hugely popular and the leadership believes with politics shifting it could be popular in the country. there is no question labour is in buoyant mood and ready to push for government and the state to have a bigger role. thank you. the fourth round of brexit negotiations got under way today. and there is some hope that theresa may's speech in florence last week might help to break the deadlock. britain's brexit secretary, david davis, is in brussels again for talks with the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, who said

afterjeremy corbyn one that contest, tom watson said we can't carry on trashing tony blair and gordon brown'm told it will be like sadiq khan when he praised jeremy corbyn for that election win. we will hear from tom watson that corbyn defied expectations. he didn't win the election but he did really well. and he will save momentum is behind labour in large pa rt momentum is behind labour in large part because of jeremy momentum is behind labour in large part because ofjeremy corbyn‘s appeal —— the will say. thank you both indeed. one of the trickiest issues, because of the bearing of teeth is brexit. emily thornberry, i caught up with her earlier today. emily thornberry, former labour leadership candidate, said the failure to have a vote on brexit policy and a proper debate was a slap in the face for democracy. yeah. it's exactly the opposite. so what happens is the constituency parties put in various motions and then the delegates vote on what it is that they want to have a debate and vote on. we had a debate in the hall this morning on foreign policy and there was a lot of discussion abo

he had quite a lot to do with tony blair and gordon brown.air left office, the cardinal did receive him into the cardinal did receive him into the catholic church. he did not necessarily persuade tony blair of his opinions when tony blair was prime minister, not only on issues like same—sex adoption but also the cardinal was opposed to the war in iraq but he did not have clout there. good to have your thoughts. thank you for coming in. it may have been a chilly start to the day. plenty of sunshine. some cloud is starting to build. a few showers breaking out. much of the north and west of the uk will hold onto to find whether the south east scotland, parts of the pennines, through the east midlands and into east anglia there could be boundary downpours. even in these areas people will escape them and stay dry. berigaud cloud and sunny spells. some of the showers in eastern england hang on into the night. an area of cloud going into the morning. many places will be under clear skies allowing temperatures to dip into single figures. 0n temperatu

shriti vadera spent years as an economic adviser to gordon brown — eventually becoming baroness vaderashe was a key member of the team trying to ensure the bank survived — or at least that it didn't take the british economy down with it. she is now the chairman of santander uk, one of the most influential voices in the city, although here she is speaking in a personal capacity. i began by asking her about her recollections of that time. i do try and think of it as little as possible, it's fair to say it was just incredibly fraught then, because what we were doing was quite unprecedented, both globally and historically. so, i think it was unnerving. it was one of the most frightening times of my life, actually. did you know you were right, or did you think, i'm flying blind here and praying? i think, at the time, you have to have conviction and, in particular, carry your team with conviction. carry the team in government with the knowledge that you're doing the right thing. and be more private with your doubts. how much influence do you believe the crash ten years ago had on the politic

responsibility, the operational responsibility for achieving it so that was the case in 1997 when gordon browngave the bank of england operational control for setting monetary policy the bank of england act of 1988 clarified for the first time in three centuries for the only time in three centuries i should say the bank's responsibilities. it gave a new independent body of the bank, the mpc, a clear agreement to achieve the inflation target over the medium term we care as much about inflation above target as below target and it applies at all time subject to achieving the target, the mpc is required to support the government's economic policy which is currently to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth so under this system, what mervin king termed constrained discretion, the bank takes its orders from the remit and is accountable to parliament and the people for performance the expectations of parliament and people have certainly changed since the days that montague norman justified his decisions to a compliant predecessor, the treasury select committee, by appealing opaquely to his i

the only one that performs well that they is john brown gordon -- day is john brown gordon. they protect the trains as best they can. they take a hammering, but they hold together. corps will hold his together the best he can. they will fire the last shots fired by the army of northern virginia. after five forks, it is clear now it is over. you cannot mean. he -- cannot win. he has lost thousands along the way. it will be a fight at highbridge, cumberland church. you cannot win. lee just cannot bring himself to give up. ps2 brad. he spent -- he is too proud. he spent his whole life constructing this marble facade. my personal view, he just cannot stand the idea, excuse me, that he is going to be beat by ulysses s. grant. he cannot even remember grant from mexico. he cannot remember what he looks like. had a of course, reputation for being drunk in. -- drunken. lee is smart enough to discard it. whatever he was in the past, he is not drunk now. it has always been an army of incredibly high morale. the day after five forks, the morning after, lee has gotten two hours of sleep

change and a big break with conservative governments and labour governments run by tony blair and gordon brownfferent to what has happened before and they believe there will be some who will try and block that kind of progress. and that is jeremy try and block that kind of progress. and that isjeremy corbyn suggesting john mcdonnell is right to plan for these things. there is an optimism in brighton, we have seen that all week. yet, they didn't win the election, but some would say it wasn't as good a result you might think from the mood there? yes, there are others here, many of them labour mps who are pretty concerned that people are not being realistic and people are talking in terms of, we won the election. they are worried they are not prepared for the amount of work still needed for the amount of work still needed for the labour party to do to win another 60 seats, how did they win potentially in the south of england, where will they get those seats from, where will the appeal go even further and went over the voters, those who voted conservative. we have had the arguments about brexit. s

conservative governments and the way things are done, but the labour governments of tony blair and gordon brownes as the pfi which fund hospitals and schools and keep them running. the idea they wa nt to keep them running. the idea they want to bring most of those back into the state system is a huge change, which would require a lot of work. in one sense, he is saying they need to be prepared for that, but also there is the other issue that it could be unpopular with the establishment, with vested interests. they already have people from business saying they don't like these ideas and they are preparing for that as well. earlierjohn mcdonnell was asked by reported exactly what he had meant by those comments last night. are you planning for a run on the banks under a labour government? no. the group momentum, they were looking at all different options. 0ur investors getting spooked with the prospect of you in the treasury? not at all. i have been sitting down with asset managers and others through the summer. they are very interested in our infrastructure proposals on how we can work with them.

something that many in labour have complained about for years, although of course it was used most by gordon brownellor and then prime minister. but they think it's bad value for money, so they wa nt to it's bad value for money, so they want to try to get out of some of the contracts. the big question is, will it cost money? will it cost taxpayers' money? they seem to think, labour's treasury team, that it could be self—financing, that's how they describe it. earlier, i spoke to pauljohnson, from the institute for fiscal studies, about just how this might work. you are not going to save money by getting out because presume my you are going to have to pay the companies with which you have the legal agreement in orderto which you have the legal agreement in order to get out of them. i hope they mean that they'll pay in respect of the law, if they do, then they may well be right that it won't cost much but it won't cost much money either. in his speech, john mcdonnell sounded adamant saying we are going to bring the contracts backin are going to bring the contracts back in house. afterwards the brief

that phrase british jobs for british workers harking back to gordon brown, what is that say to you whentand the way it works. we don't live in else red is a fixed number ofjobs. we don't live in else red is a fixed number of jobs. if were we don't live in else red is a fixed number ofjobs. if were true when women into the workforce men would have been pushed out ofjobs. that didn't happen. we have a number of jobs. the more immigrants come in and supply labour, the also demand labour. we create jobs and supply labour, the also demand labour. we createjobs by and supply labour, the also demand labour. we create jobs by spending the money they earn. we don't need to think of this as fixed. the evidence is very strong that immigrants are mildly positive overall so we just and don't destroy or create jobs overall so we just and don't destroy or createjobs on overall so we just and don't destroy or create jobs on net. overall so we just and don't destroy or createjobs on net. the overall so we just and don't destroy or create jobs on net. the labour market impacts are quite neutral. they don

the uk had crashed out of the european exchange—rate mechanism, and indeed thousand three when gordon brownr's cabinet thatjoining the euro was not the best option. you will notice the common theme. on the specifics we have learnt about content, the specifics we have learnt about co nte nt, we the specifics we have learnt about content, we understand the prime minister will talk about the desire for a transitional period. that is a topic where the cabinet is united. the idea being that it could be around two years long, we understand, and that the uk will make, and we herded then report, a "open and generous" offer around money. that has been a sticking point with brussels till now. that could amount to around about £10 billion per year. the idea being that would not leave any individual eu member state out of pocket as a result of the uk leaving the european union, and therefore potentially leaving a gap in its budget if it does not make this kind of offer. but, the expectation from another source is that that kind of deal would be based on continued access to a single market along the lin

previous conservative governments, but a break with previous labour governments, under tony blair and gordon browni and the contracts that help bring hospitals and schools, bring them back in and have a bigger role for the state, denationalised the railways. there is a lot in the agenda and you could hearfrom railways. there is a lot in the agenda and you could hear from the meeting last night, there are those in the labour party who fear the establishment, the media and possibly people in parliament, they mean people in the city he will not like what they see and they will try any way of stopping it. so earlier, john mcdonnell was chased around the conference centre by some jealous and asked exactly what he meant by all of this. are you planning for a run on the banks undera labour are you planning for a run on the banks under a labour government? no. momentum, they were looking at all different options. our investors getting spooked with the prospect of you in the treasury? i have been sitting down with asset managers and others through the summer. they are very interested in our infrastructure

he actually got on better with gordon brown, really, who he was very close to.ery close to. he and tony blair were close and he received the former prime minister into the catholic church after he left downing street. you knew him and said he was an affable man. the catholics, as you asked as well, what did he mean to them, in terms of faith? he was a wonderful exemplar of how to live out your faith in the modern world. the big battle in a way the catholic church has had, besides the terrible paedophile scandals, is how to cope with a rapidly changing secular world, a world that is becoming, in many parts, distant from the faith. in some ways becoming hostile to it and aggressive to it. he was leading the charge while these battles were starting to be played out in the public sphere, in a way they hadn't been perhaps before. so the catholics, presented a confident and a kind face. where his strengths we re we re a kind face. where his strengths were were in the past oral field. as i say, he was a wonderful and likeable man. he was very friendly and always tried

you can make parallels between that and what tony blair had to go through with gordon brown many yearsmore on that and all of your market calls. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ within the september crush of news, do you know there is a bull market? seven straight days in a row ever higher. it's like the dreaded yankees chasing the boston red sox. in this hour, and janet yellen and ou dow 25,000. the president speaks at the u.n. today. the american taxpayer paying for all that green marble and democracy. the caribbean, by category five hurricane. this is "bloomberg surveillance." live from world headquarters in new york, i'm tom keene. visiting is francine lacqua. you will be speaking at the forum. francine: we are speaking to lots of heads of state, but you could argue there are two things to watch out for. showdown between theresa may and boris johnson and the implications it has for the brexit and pound. your president is giving the address of the u.n. to the. today. tom: let's get our briefing right now on first word news. here's taylor riggs. taylor: we are starting with that hurricane you

in your memoirs you said the best way to deal with gordon brown was to keep him inside the tent, and he was the best person for the job. if your foreign secretary was boris johnson, we do draw those same conclusions for boris johnson, best person for the job, and better inside the tent than outside? tony: he isn't. thant is a different issue others is. it divides parties and families. i'm opposed to brexit. i still hope we can ever from that course. theresa may has to decide what she wants to do on her own internal affairs. >> what would you do? tony: if i was her right now, i would put before the british people what are the options in relation to brexit. what does it mean to be in the political structures and economic structures? what does it mean to be out of the political structures and still in the economic structures? what does it mean to have a hard brexit? jonathan: if you had an unruly cabinet member doing his own interviews and commenting on his own line of thoughts of how he would take exit, what would you do? tony: i would not be happy. i would probably be -- jonathan: you

borrowing and we should remember that although we are massively better position than we were when gordon brownthat will grow to £110,000 a minute so we still have to keep tight control of public expenditure because each of these pounds has to because each of these pounds has to be borrowed or taxed and that has to be borrowed or taxed and that has to be paid for by people in the private sector. isn't the danger that the government has raised expectations among teachers, nurses and others that they can expect their pay to go up that they can expect their pay to go up next year and that may be very difficult to deliver? the government has been quite clear that they're going to stick to the advice of the pay review bodies which gives them a shield and these two bodies recommend these two public sector areas should get a modest increase but we have to go back to the incredibly simple facts that we are spending 42% of gdp and only raising 36% in taxation and we have to borrow the rest and the longer we go on, we are going to go on dumping a debt on ourselves, our children and grandchildren. last ye

and when we look at ciesm, we should look at what tony blair and gordon brown said two decades ago —society we haven't looked at the causes. thank you very much david. we'll talk to the chair of the equality and human rights commission david isaacs about this later on on bbc newsroom live. time now for the weather forecast. simon is here with the details. the big news of course is the hurricane in the atlantic moving through the caribbean at the moment. but the weather for us here in the uk is pretty unsettled over the next few days. heavy rain around this morning across southern parts of england. lots of cloud here, thunder storms perhaps possible later onthank across the south—east. elsewhere, a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. temperatures getting to about 14—16, making it feel chilly. this evening, the showers will continue to pile into the north and west areas. temperatures are down to about ten or11. on temperatures are down to about ten or 11. on saturday, temperatures are down to about ten or11. on saturday, a temperatures are down to about ten or 11. on saturda

. >> brown: dumps it off to gordon underneath, launching for the goal line and touchdown, los angeles! i've always approached play-by-play as a craft and as a very particular skill set that, quite honestly, not a lot of people want to do. it's a small fraternity and sorority that you really-- you know, i think of that 10,000-hour rule. you really have to put a lot of time in from a very young age. you really have to want it. quite often, it entails going out to small town, u.s.a., and getting a lot of reps, and sort of moving up, you know, steps of the ladder. and so it's an industry, i think, where you have to have a lot of patience, and you have to have a lot of confidence. and, quite honestly, you can't really have a fallback position. you know, when i was making $19,000 a year living in a, you know, aifre wasomething else i wanted to do, i probably would have gone and done it. >> ninan: is it difficult that there's so much attention placed that you're a woman? >> i have come to embrace it a little bit more. but, honestly, i've always looked at myself as a play-by-play announcer. a

celtic‘s scott brown and stuart armstrong are injured and are out of scotland's final world cup qualifiers. gordon matches against slovakia and slovenia next thursday and sunday, as they seek to secure second place in england's group. mo marley has been confirmed as interim manager of england lionesses, replacing the sacked mark sampson. former england captain marley has been in charge of the under 195 and will look after the senior team for the next three matches. former real madrid and ac milan midfielder clarence seedorf, a four times champions league winner, is the surprise new manager at oldham athletic. john sheridan left the league one side by mutual consent on monday. they are currently second from bottom in the table. it isa it is a formula i weekend. practice has not gone that well. ferrari have nowhere to hide coming into this weekend's malaysian grand prix. both of their cars were taken out on the opening lap of the singapore grand prix two weeks ago and sebastian vettel now lies 28 points behind lewis hamilton in the world championship fight. the german has to win the grand prix this

celtic‘s scott brown and stuart armstrong have been ruled out of scotland's crucial upcoming world cup qualifying double—header with hamstring and calf injuries respectively. gordonace. they're currently fourth in group f, six points behind leaders england. scotland will finish second should they win their next two matches. england are playing west indies in the 5th and final one day international in southampton eoin morgan's side won the toss and chose to bowl. the west indies are currently 174 macro— three after 38 overs. —— on hundred and 34—3. england are without ben stokes and alex hales following their involvement in an incident outside a nightclub in the early hours of monday morning. it's official — birmingham has received government backing to be the uk's candidate city for the 2022 commonwealth games. other countries will have until saturday to make a bid. the cwg federation has suggested birmingham could still face competition from canada, malaysia and australia. staging the event would cost at least 750 million pounds — making it the most expensive sports event here since london 2012. 0ther other uk cities have hosted the commonwealth games in the pas

celtic‘s scott brown and stuart armstrong have been ruled out of scotland‘s crucial upcoming world cup qualifying double—header with hamstring and calf injuries respectively. gordonches. mo marley has been appointed interim head coach of england women. she takes over from mark sampson, who was sacked by the football association earlier this month. marley moves up from her role in charge of the england under 19 team and will lead the senior side in a friendly against france in october. england will chase 289 to win the final one—day international of the series against west indies. chris gayle had a flying start. they have managed to post a score of 286—6. england are without ben stokes and alex hales following their involvement in an incident outside a nightclub in the early hours of monday morning. it‘s official — birmingham has received government backing to be the uk‘s candidate city for the 2022 commonwealth games. other countries will have until saturday to make a bid. the cwg federation has suggested birmingham could still face competition from canada, malaysia and australia. staging the event would cost at least £750 million — making it the most expensive s