and as she attempts to become a two—weight boxing world champion, katie taylor tells us what motivatesve being a trailblazer in the sport and being a pioneer in the sport and being a pioneer in the sport is absolutely huge for me. also coming up in the programme... we'll show you just how strong england's rugby team spirit really is. hello and welcome to sportsday. we are inching, hour by hour, minute by minute, ever closer to that rugby world cup final on saturday in japan. about 39 hours to kick—off between england and south africa in a match that could define a generation. and today head coach eddiejones named an unchanged side to the one that beat new zealand, so comprehensively in the semi—final last weekend and he also said his side are ready to produce their finest hour. from tokyo here's our correpsondent andy swiss. it is perhaps hardly surprising that eddiejones is sticking to exactly the same starting team that performed so brilliantly against the all blacks in the semifinal so that means that george ford continues at fly—half with a captain 0wen farrell outside and at centr

and, as she attempts to become a two—weight world champion, boxer katie taylor tells us what pushes hero become the best. i love breaking down barriers and being a trailblazer in the sport and to bea being a trailblazer in the sport and to be a pioneer in the sport is absolutely huge for me. welcome to sportsday. we are inching, hour by hour, minute by minute, ever closer to that rugby world cup final on saturday in japan between england and south africa. today, head coach eddiejones named an unchanged side to the one that beat new zealand so comprehensively in the semifinal last weekend. he also declared that his side are ready to produce their finest performance. from tokyo, here's our correpsondent andy swiss. hardly surprising that eddiejones is sticking to the exact position that performed so brilliantly against the all blacks in the semifinals and the george ford continues and owen farrell outside at centre. there is one interesting new name though on the bench, then spencer. now spencer only arrived here injapan on monday, he wasn't in the original squad, he was called out as an

the words of olympic gold medallist katie taylor, who's challenging for the wbo super—light—weight titleworld lightweight champion, taylor has gone up a weight to take on christina linardatou. if she suceeds this weekend, the irishwoman will become an undisputed champion in two weight categories — almost unheard of in boxing. patrick geary reports. spending her life punching glass ceilings when she first boxed competitively, she had to pretend to bea competitively, she had to pretend to be a boy, she now tops the bill above men, she wants to defeat christina, when the super lightweight title and become a world champion at a second weight. lightweight title and become a world champion at a second weightm lightweight title and become a world champion at a second weight. it is a huge milestone in my career to headline, this is a crowning moment for me but the belt is so important, and yet, i just for me but the belt is so important, and yet, ijust want for me but the belt is so important, and yet, i just want to for me but the belt is so important, and yet, ijust want to be able to make his

boxer katie taylor wants to inspire the next genration of girls, as she bids to become a two—weight worldekend. scientists believe measles is more dangerous than previously thought because it can also make children more vulnerable to other infections. researchers have shown that the measles virus can destroy parts of the immune system that had built up protection against other diseases. they say it makes it even more vital that children are given the mmr vaccine, as fergus walsh reports. the measles virus is highly contagious. last year there were around 1,000 cases of the respiratory infection in the uk and it can cause serious complications, even death. measles can be prevented by two doses of the mmr vaccine but uptake has fallen. now researchers have shown how measles can put people at risk of other diseases. in two studies, more than 100 dutch children who had not been vaccinated had their blood analysed before and after a measles outbreak. before they caught measles, the children had lots of immune memory cells which were primed to defend them against diseases they had previously en

katy, for your question. it is no coincidence that republicans stormed this secure facility to stop witness interviews literally the day after ambassador bill taylor'sevastating opening statement that indicted donald trump in a quid pro quo. they don't want to hear from d.o.d. official laura cooper today because she's going to cooperate parts of that devastating testimony. that's why they're acting out. that's why they're acting like children. >> so what holes are you trying to fill now? you had bill taylor yesterday talking about omb. he was talking about john bolton. he was talking about conversations he had with gordon sondland. who are you going to call in? what are you going to subpoena in order to fill some holes that bill taylor opened up? >> so bill taylor in his opening statement very clearly said a number of instances that the military aid as well as the meeting between the ukrainian leader and donald trump was conditioned on the ukrainian leader investigating the bidens, investigate the democratic national committee, and that he had to announce it publicly. laura cooper today is going to testify that she knew about parts of what bill tayl