silver medallists neah evans and josie knight in the women's endurance squad, while academy riders megan barkerd debuts. discussions will take place over the viability of developing a women's british and irish lions team. england and harlequins prop shaunagh brown will form part of a 13 member panel to be chaired by the former lion ieuan evans. the board will assess the financial viability, strength of opposition and scheduling, in weighing up the merits of starting a women's equivalent to the men's side that has toured since 1888. the nfl has confirmed that dusseldorf, frankfurt and munich are the three german cities in talks to stage regular season games. the move is part of a bid to expand its international operation into mainland europe. germany willjoin the uk, which has successfully hosted games in london since 2007. the league is due to play its 30th game in the capital on sunday when the jacksonville jaguars face the miami dolphins at tottenham hotspur stadium. the powers that be in golf are proposing to limit the distance of drives, by shortening the length of clubs used. any club, oth

two at the track cycling world championships in roubaix, in france. josie knight, neah evans, megan barkerod, charlie tanfield, ethan vernon, and ethan hayter won bronze in the men's team pursuit beating the reigning champions denmark by almost two seconds. and it was bronze again in the men's 60—lap scratch race. 22—year—old rhys britton showed his endurance and determination, finishing third behind france's donavan grondin and belgium's tuur dens. and in tennis — andy murray's been knocked out in the second round of the european open in antwerp. he lost to second seed diego schwartzman 6—4 7—6. the world number 14 came from 4—1 down to take the first set, before winning a tight battle in the second. and that's all for me and the team at the bbc sport centre. goodnight. good evening. after the deluge many of us saw last night, today turned into a drier, brighter, but colder day of weather, with a scattering of showers. and as we go through this evening and tonight, we will see more of those showers pushing southwards, with some extra cloud as well. the clearest of the skies likely to rema

in the women's team pursuit, great britain's josie knight, neah evans, megan barker and katie archibaldtch on the bbc sport website. across the month of october, bbc sport is taking a look at four different sports in a series called trailblazers. it's to celebrate black history month, and this evening we're focusing on two influential women from the sport of rugby union. world cup winner maggie alphonsi played over ten years for her country, whilst the qualified doctor, simi, pam currently plays for bristol bears. they met up to share their experiences in the sport. asi as i made the transition from athletics to rugby, people would set you could be like the ranks maggie alphonsi. i was like... maggie, do you consider yourself a trailblazer? i guess any way i don't — trailblazer? i guess any way i don't. when i came to a rugby club and picked — don't. when i came to a rugby club and picked up a rugby ball, ijust wanted _ and picked up a rugby ball, ijust wanted to— and picked up a rugby ball, ijust wanted to be a good rugby player, didn't— wanted to be a good rugby player, didn't think a

josie knight, neah evans, megan barker, and katie archibald claimed the final medal of the night ford out in the second round of the european open in antwerp. he lost to second seed diego schwartzman 6—4 7—6. the world number 14 came from 4—1 down to take the first set, before winning a tight battle in the second. and that's all from me and the team at the bbc sport centre. goodnight. hello. where skies have been clear, temperatures have been allowed to drop, but there is quite a lot of cloud in the mix as well. that cloud spilling down from the northwest in places producing some outbreaks of showery rain. so, many of us starting friday morning with lots of cloud. some showers here and there. showers tending to become fewer and further between through the day, and there will be some sunny breaks. best of the sunshine, though, across northeast scotland into orkney and shetland. it will stay quite windy here. the winds easing a little elsewhere. temperatures for most a little up on where they were on thursday. 12—14 celsius, still decidedly chilly in the northeast of scotland. as we he

silver medallists neah evans and josie knight in the women's endurance squad, while academy riders megan barker8. the nfl has confirmed that dusseldorf, frankfurt and munich are the three german cities in talks to stage regular season games. the move is part of a bid to expand its international operation into mainland europe. germany willjoin the uk, which has successfully hosted games in london since 2007. the league is due to play its 30th game in the capital on sunday, when the jacksonville jaguars face the miami dolphins at tottenham hotspur stadium. golf's power brokers are proposing to limit the distance of drives by shortening the length of clubs used. any club, other than a putter, can be a maximum 48 inches in length, but this would be reduced to 46 inches under planned new rules. at the recent ryder cup, the american bryson dechambeau smashed a drive a17 yards to leave a 72—yard second shot at the par five fifth hole at whistling straits. for more on that and all of the world cup qualifying action, you can head to the bbc sport website. but that is all your sport for now. hello. there

josie knight, neah evans, megan barker and katie archibald claimed the final medal of the night for britainore people to come forward for covid booster vaccines and the winter flu jab. it comes amid growing calls for the government to re—introduce restrictions in england to slow the spread of the virus and protect the nhs. yesterday more than 50,000 covid cases were recorded in the uk for the first time since the middle ofjuly. let's get some analysis. joining me now is dr deepti gurdasani, clinical epidemiologist and senior lecturer at queen mary university. thanks for being with us once again. those case figures yesterday, 52,000, how worried are you by the rising case numbers? filter? 52,000, how worried are you by the rising case numbers?— rising case numbers? very worried. we are seeing _ rising case numbers? very worried. we are seeing higher _ rising case numbers? very worried. we are seeing higher than - rising case numbers? very worried. we are seeing higher than 50,000| we are seeing higher than 50,000 cases and we are not even into winter yet. cases and we are not even into winte

silver medallists neah evans and josie knight in the women's endurance squad, while academy riders megan barkerh of opposition, and scheduling in _ viability, strength of opposition, and scheduling in weighing - viability, strength of opposition, and scheduling in weighing up i viability, strength of opposition, l and scheduling in weighing up the merits of studying that women's equivalent to a men's side that's been taught since 1888. the nfl has confirmed that dusseldorf, frankfurt, and munich are the three german cities in talks to stage regular season games. the move is part of a bid to expand its international operation into mainland europe. germany willjoin the uk, which has successfully hosted games in london since 2007. the league is due to play its 30th game in the capital on sunday, when the jacksonville jaguars face the miami dolphins at tottenham hotspur stadium. and that is all the sport for now, but everything else, including those world cup qualifiers at the bbc sport website. but that's all i have for now, back to you. all he has asked mike that was very generous. tulsen tollett

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silver medallists neah evans and josie knight in the women's endurance squad, while academy riders megan barkers are having to pay more and more for the right staff. recognising they are in high demand, bricklayers in particular are going back to their contractors, asking for higher and higher pay. we are paying people what we need to pay them to attract them to come to work for us because the labour market is so hot at the moment. but what we are not seeing is the productivity of those people adding value to our business on all levels and at all times, and that is what businesses need. in order for businesses to be sustainable and to grow, particularly as a small business, we need our productivity to be reflected in the increase in wages that we are paying. construction workers' pay has jumped by 9.7% this year. in the finance and business services sector, pay is rising even fasterr, up 11.1%. overall, stripping out distortions, the official estimate is that average earnings are up somewhere between 4.1 and 5.6%. the negative affect of labour shortages is most obvious in specialised jobs, from

on the second day of the track cycling world championships in france. josie knight, neah evans, megan barker took place. good morning. people waking up here to this news and it is a shocking story, very sadly the director of photography has been killed. can you give us a rundown of what we understand happened? like give us a rundown of what we understand happened? like you said, i am a local— understand happened? like you said, i am a local reporter— understand happened? like you said, i am a local reporter here _ understand happened? like you said, i am a local reporter here in - understand happened? like you said, i am a local reporter here in the i i am a local reporter here in the albuquerque area close to where this happened. deputies here were called to that set for an accidental shooting is what we heard originally was the call, and found those two people were shot. at that time that is all we knew. we went to the set, i was there. they told us it was on lockdown and did not get a lot of details for a couple of hours but slowly we pieced it together and then of course later this eveni