and it's begun with a merseyside derby.iverpool coming away with a 2—0 win. the first from natasha harding, and then with just seconds remaining, niamh charles made sure of the victory. it's the first time the women's season has coincided with the men's. liverpool off to a flying start. christiano ronaldo, lionel messi and neymar are the three men nominated for the best fifa men's player shortlist. ronaldo won the inaugural award last year, which replaced the longstanding world player of the year. that was the fourth year the real madrid star won a version of the title. messi has also won a version in four years. his former teammate neymar, who became the world's most expensive footballer when he moved from barcelona to psg for £200 million this summer, has been nominated before but always finished behind the others. chelsea's antonio conte is up for the men's coach award after leading them to the premier league title in his first season at stamford bridge. he's up against zinedine zidane, whose champions league—winning sid

the merseyside derby between everton and liverpool gets the wsl campaign under way on friday the 22ndthat on radio 5 live. a world 11 cricket team has arrived in pakistan ahead of a three—match twenty 20 series. it's hoped that the series will open the doors for international cricket's return to the country after eight years. pakistan has only hosted one international series since militants attacked a bus carrying the sri lankan cricket team in 2009. three russian cyclists are taking legal action against the world anti—doping agency and canadian investigator richard mclaren. kirill sveshnikov, dmitry strakhov and dmitry sokolov were banned after after mclaren's report into state—sponsored doping in russia. the trio claim, wada and mclaren, "unfairly implicated them in an alleged doping scheme". they all deny cheating. wada is yet to respond. boxing now, and anthonyjoshua has been speaking ahead of next month's world title fight against kubrat pulev in cardiff. the briton defends his ibf, wba, and ibo belts against the bulgarian, whose only defeat came against wladimir klitshko in 2014

merseyside police are looking for a man who walked into a nursery school this morning carrying what lookedhave entered the childsplay nursery in the wavertree area of liverpool, before leaving with a second man on a motorcycle. detectives say he was looking for another man, who is not a member of staff. ryanair has announced it will cancel thousands more flights over the next few months in a move which will affect up to 400,000 passengers. simon gompertz is with me. imean, i mean, this will mean more misery for passengers. at it is terrible for passengers. at it is terrible for those passengers who have booked flights over christmas in order to get home, because this is a continuation of the problem ryanair has had, giving its pilots the holiday they are ji hwan still flying planes. it is going to take out of service 25 planes between november and march, and that means suspending dozens of roads, including important ones, edinburgh and glasgow to london stansted, belfast to london gatwick, roots that a lot of people rely on. they will be able to get a refund, and they will even be given a

the 79—year—old was being held at the ashworth secure unit in merseyside when he died in may.ile on hunger strike, but this did not contribute to his death. there was no mention of what has happened to his remains. president trump has announced new sanctions targeting north korea. he said they would affect individuals and companies that trade with pyongyang. earlier the south korean president told the united nations that he didn't want to see the colla pse that he didn't want to see the collapse of north korea. the number of acid attacks in the uk is on the rise and it looks like we'll see record numbers by the end of the year. it's a cruel and painfulform of attack that's no longer just associated with shame or honour attacks. it's now being used by thieves and gangs. adina campbell has this report. some viewers might find some of the images distressing. in a case of mistaken identity, this man was doused with sulphuric acid on his doorstep in cornwall three years ago. the attacks left him with life—changing injuries, including blindness in one eye. but the mental effects are

the 79—year—old died at ashworth secure unit in merseyside in may. so a few days before his death but this was not a contributory factor. a 17—year —old has been arrested in thornton heath in south london by police investigating last week's attack on a london underground train — in which 30 people were injured. meanwhile a 21—year—old man, thought to be yahyah farroukh, has been released with police taking no further action against him. greenpeace protestors claim they've forced a cargo ship carrying volkswagen diesel cars to turn around in the thames estuary. campaigners who managed to get on board demanded that what they called "toxic cars" were taken back to germany. activists say they also scaled fences at sheerness in kent where thousands more vw cars are waiting to be distributed. the united nations is to launch an investigation into the massacre of yazidis — a minority religious community in iraq — by so—called islamic state. the security council voted unanimously to set up a unit which will gather evidence of crimes by is. the international l

liverpool's brazilian star phillipe coutinho has long been wanted by barcelona but the merseysiders rejectedsfer window doesn't close until tonight so it could still happen. lewis hamilton headed a mercedes one—two in first practice at the italian grand prix. he was four tenths of a second quicker than team mate valtteri bottas and over a second faster than his title rival sebastian vettel. vettel leads the drivers‘ championship by seven points with eight races remaining. the world number one and two time champion rafael nadal is through to the third round of the us open overnight — he came through against japan's taro daniel, in four sets. joining him there will be roger federer who was pushed all the way for the second time in three days — this time by russia's mikhail youzhny. he'll face spain's feliciano lopez next. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. and i'll have more in the next hour. thank you. good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. let's take a look at the scene in washington because we are expecting a

merseyside police are looking for a man who walked into a nursery school this morning carrying what lookedldsplay nursery in the wavertree area of liverpool before leaving with a second man on a motorbike. measles has been eliminated in the uk, according to the world health organisation. a disease is defined as having been eliminated if it hasn't spread freely for at least three years. but health officials have also warned against complacency, saying that large outbreaks are still evident elsewhere in europe. lady lucan, the widow of lord lucan, has been found dead at her home in london. she was one of the last people to see her husband alive before he disappeared shortly after their nanny was murdered in 197a. police say that they're not treating lady lucan‘s death as suspicious. ryanair has announced more cancellations over the winter months which will more than double the number of passengers affected. last week the airline grounded around 2,000 flights until the end of october. now it says it's cancelling another 18,000 from november to march. the airline denies it is struggling to ret

has been a tough few months, but mark has put me in a position to play seniorfootball at home in merseysidee experience, really. you wanted to make a statement? yeah, definitely. there are some intriguing efl cup third round ties this evening. darren ferguson's father sir alex duelled with arsene wenger for many years and now he has the chance to put one over the arsenal manager. his doncaster rovers side travel to the emirates where wenger is expected to give some of his younger players a chance.. of his younger players a chance. comparable to the best site i had before, arsene wenger plays well, promising. now we're at the stage where the first step is to know we have the quality and the second step is to continue by good coaching, and third step is to integrate them in the first team, and that is the most difficult. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. you can find out what's been cancelled or postponed in mexico city on the website. more in the next hour. more on our main story this afternoon. more than 220 pe

there was filed in the forecast across merseyside, manchester.ment will brighten up and we will see some sunshine. across scotla nd we will see some sunshine. across scotland this morning, a beautiful start yet chilly. libraries with temperatures reaching nine celsius at nine o'clock. across the north of england, don't forget there is the fog on the north—west, but away from the fog another beautiful start to the fog another beautiful start to the day. for the midlands it on the east anglia in the south—east there is patchy mist around, possibly some fog yet to form. away from that, again, there is an charlotte was an bournemouth. as we drift across the southern counties into the south—west, a similar story again. chilly before stepping out that the there. sunny across wales with a temperature picking up nicely in the sunshine and the same for northern ireland. later in the day will cloud overin ireland. later in the day will cloud over in the west of northern ireland. through the day we will see some cloud bubble up. you may see the odd shower,

he died aged 79 in may at a psychiatric hospital in merseyside.he was being force—fed right up until his final days. we know that he died from heart failure, amongst other complications, but we will hear from two doctors today to give us more details about exactly what those complications were. we are also likely to find out what has or will be done with ian brady's body. that is not yet known and is likely to be revealed in the inquest. the coroner christopher sumner had said he will not allow ian brady's ashes to be scattered on saddleworth moor in greater manchester, which is where four of the five victims are buried. that is something the victims are very keen not to happen. so what will happen to him is likely to be revealed today. his remains may already have been disposed of. myra hindley died in prison in 2002. her remains were scattered in a secret unmarked location by a prison officer. we will find out if that may be similar treatment for ian brady's remains. kate sweeting, thank you for speaking to us. time and again we hear about peopl

and it's begun with a merseyside derby. everton against liverpool.'s. that chance from walker was cleared off the line. still goalless. ronaldo, messi and neymar are the three men nominated for the best fifa men's player short list. ronaldo won the inaugural award last year, which replaced the longstanding world player of the year. that was the fourth year the real madrid star won a version of the title. messi has also won a version in four years. his former team—mate neymar, who became the world's most expensive footballer when he moved from barcelona to psg for £200 million this summer, has been nominated before but always finished behind the others. chelsea's antonio conte is up for the men's coach award after leading them to the premier league title in his first season at stamford bridge. he's up against zinedine zidane, whose champions league winning side real madrid beatjuventus in the final, managed by the category‘s third nominee max allegri. you can find the full list of nominations on the bbc sport website. probably not voting for conte is

that's after tonight's curtain raiser, a merseyside derby.y coming to an end. he's set to re—join former club atletico madrid injanuary. costa's yet to play for the club this season after being told he had no future there. and st helens all but book their place in the rugby league super league play offs after a convinving win at salford, who's own hopes had already gone. stay with us, we will have that in a couple of minutes' time. but as the weather. matters here with us. good morning to you. welcome to the autumn equinox. it is that time of year, i'm afraid to say, when we see those nights —— we see those nights draw in. note, it's not exactly equal day and night yet. that will not occur until about sunday, monday. it is called the equinox. it certainly feels like autumn. a chilly start across the country. temperatures above frost. a different story in northern ireland, temperatures in double figures. you have cloud. be wary, parts of eastern wales, a few dense fog patches to the morning commute. the morning journey to work will be differen

the 79—year—old was being held at the ashworth secure unit in merseyside when he died in may. the earthquake which has killed almost 240 people and injured thousands more. we can get more of an understanding of what is happening in this situation now. on the line is ray gray from the international rescue corps. you have a team ready to go, tell us what you are planning. it looks like from the coverage we have seen, are planning. it looks like from the coverage we have seen, the request for specialist equipment, we have a tea m for specialist equipment, we have a team of eight people with pieces of equipment ready to go. we are waiting for that request to be confirmed by the mexican government. why is that equipment so important? it means that if you are trying to track a voice you can locate somebody buried under rubble. it works using powerful microphones that you place on top of the rubble. eubank three times, you listen, and you get a response if somebody is alive underneath. —— you bang three times. you literally go around and x marks the spot, you know that the person is

. —— in merseyside. you wanted to make a statement? definitely.on and everyone is involved. a serious situation and everyone is aware involved. a serious situation and everyone is aware of that. we try our best. but again it is about the foot ball our best. but again it is about the football and the players have really focused on that and the staff have been incredible to focus on that and when you prepare now and give yourself a chance, you can perform like tonight. well eni aluko — the player who has accused sampson of bullying and racism — wasn't particularly impressed... issuing a pretty damning response via twitter. another player who's raised grievances against sampson also got involved. these the comments of former england forward lianne sanderson... northern ireland's women have lost two out of two after being beaten 2—0 by the republic of ireland. rachel furniss with an own goal to hand the republic the lead... megan campbell completed the scoring in the second half. premier league sides stoke and burnley were both knocked out of the efl

the 79—year—old serial killer died at a secure hospital on merseyside in may. 79, at as hworth he died in may at the age of 79, at ashworth hospital, a psychiatric unit where he had been for more than 30 years. he had been on intermittent hunger strike since 1999, and force—fed from any of those years. a nasalfeeding 1999, and force—fed from any of those years. a nasal feeding tube was only removed in the days before he died. today at the inquest we heard from dr brian rogers, a home office pathologist, who carried out the postmortem. he found that brady's body was in good condition. he was not emaciated. he concluded the hunger strike had little effect on his death. he also heard —— we also heard from dr thomas, a co nsulta nt also heard from dr thomas, a consultant forensic psychologist, who told the coroner that brady had been accepting snacks and meals intermittently from different carers throughout his time at the hospital. nevertheless, brady had been fighting for many years to move to a prison in scotland, where he might be allowed to die. that request w

merseyside police are looking for a man who walked into a nursery school this morning, carrying what believed to have entered the childsplay nursery in the wavertree area of liverpool, before leaving with a second man on a motorcycle. detectives say he was looking for another man, who is not a member of staff. the budget airline ryanair has announced it will cancel thousands more flights over the next few months — in a move which will affect up to 400,000 passengers. the airline has already been forced to cancel some 50 flights a day over a six week period — due to a shortage of available pilots. with me now is paul charles, former communications director of virgin atlantic and founder of the pc agency. yet more cancellations by ryanair. 400,000 people potentially affected, what do you make of it? now nearly1 million affected overall taking into account last week's announcement when they said they were initially cancelling flights. as predicted last week by some, this was going to go on for most of the winter. they are effectively cancelling thousands of flights over the entire winte

super league has kicked off and it began with a 2—0 victory for liverpool against everton in the merseysideharles made sure of the victory. it's the first time the women's season, has coincided with the men's. hull fc will play leeds rhinos in the super league semi finals after they beat castleford tigers 118—16 last night. hull led by 22 points at the break against a much—changed castleford, who gave a full debut to former bank worker tuoyo egodo, and he scored three tries. but there was little doubt about the result once hull fc‘s jake connor scored his own hattrick. leeds beat huddersfield in the evening's other match. worcester stay rock bottom of rugby union's premiership, but at least they picked up a bonus point in losing at gloucester. yes gloucester found it easy to break down the worcester defence, especially billy twelvetrees, who scored the third of their tries. but worcester did narrow the gap, late on, and went down fighting, 2a —19. lizzie deignan is hoping to become the world road race champion later today, just four weeks after having her appendix out. she won the title two

merseyside police are looking for a man who walked into a nursery school this morning, carrying whatelieved to have entered the childsplay nursery in the wavertree area of liverpool, before leaving with a second man on a motorcycle. detectives say he was looking for another man, who is not a member of staff. the headlines. jeremy corbyn tells his party conference that labour is the political mainstream and is ready for government. a man has died after armed police opened fire on a carjust off the m5 at portishead near bristol. the government warns boeing its behaviour in a trade dispute that threatens thousands ofjobs in northern ireland could jeopardise future contracts. 176 for evin lewis. england need to chase down 357 if they are to chase the series. brighton striker tomer hemed will serve a three—match ban after a retrospective violent conduct charge from the fa. and britain's kyle edmund is out of the chungdu open after losing to americanjared donaldson in three sets in the second round. i will be back with more just after a.30pm. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has

peter metcalf, donald denton, alan foster and the former chief constable of south yorkshire and merseysidehe disaster, has been charged with four counts of misconduct in a public office. match commander david duckenfield, who is not appearing today, faces 95 counts of gross negligence manslaughter. tens of thousands more people are streaming over the border between myanmar — formally known as burma — and bangladesh. the rohingya muslims are escaping what they say is a bloody campaign by the burmese military against insurgents. but myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi says fake news is fuelling the crisis in rakhine state — where most rohingya muslims live and she made no mention of the exodus of refugees. caroline hawley‘s report contains flash photography. the human toll of this crisis is growing by the day. more and morrow hint see yas are fleeing from burma for their lives —— rohingas. the terror they've endured, the difficulty of reaching safety, is writtenory their faces. translation: they burned our houses, we couldn't take our belongings, we we re we couldn't take our belongings, we we

merseyside police are looking for a man who walked into a nursery school this morning, carrying whatery in the wavertree area of liverpool, before leaving with a second man on a motorcycle. detectives say he was looking for another man, who is not a member of staff. measles has been eliminated in the uk for the first time, say global health leaders. in the uk for the first time, the disease was nearly eradicated in the 1990s but the mmr scandal saw vaccination rates plunge. health officials said rates have now reached the recommended 95% coverage level in five—year—olds. let's get more on this story with our world health correspondent tulip mazumdar. how significant is this announcement today? well, it is very significant. it is very positive news. what this means is that we have managed in the uk to stop this disease which is one of the world's biggest killer of children. we have managed to stop it spreading freely which means even if we have cases coming in internationally or there are small outbreaks, they are quickly contained and they don't spread wildly through the population a

merseyside police are looking for a man who walked into a nursery school this morning, carrying whatavertree area of liverpool, before leaving with a second man on a motorcycle. detectives say he was looking for another man, who is not a member of staff. ryanair will continue to suspend flights until next march. the airline's boss michael 0'leary admitted a major scheduling failure in scheduling pilots' leave. cancellations will now go into next year. 0ur correspondent simon gompertz is here. michael 0'leary already under pressure, why this bombshell now? ryanair in one dramatic swoop are solving the pilot rostering problem. they say they will now eliminate all risk of further flight cancellations. by cancelling the flights! but from the passengers' point of view, in one dramatic swoop this is creating another 400,000 annoyed people, because their journeys have been cancelled, so it involves suspending 34 routes between november and march. looking at important groups like london to edinburgh, london to glasgow, other flights from edinburgh and glasgow and some from newcastle, and a n

super league has kicked off — and it began with a 2—0 victory for liverpool against everton in the merseysidecharles made sure of the victory. it's the first time the women's season has coincided with the men's. hull fc will play leeds rhinos, in the super league semifinals after they beat castleford tigers a8—16 last night. hull led by 22 points at the break, against a much—changed castleford, who gave a full debut, to former bank worker, tuoyo egodo, and he scored three tries. but there was little doubt about the result, once hull fc‘s jake connor scored his own hattrick. leeds beat huddersfield in the evening's other match. worcester stay rock bottom of rugby union's premiership, but at least they picked up a bonus point in losing at gloucester. billy twelvetrees here finding space to break through the worcester defence, scoring the third of their tries. but worcester did narrow the gap late on, but eventually lost out 2a—19. ulster scored eight tries, as they easily beat the dragons, in the pro1a 52—25 at the kingspan stadium. they have a three point lead at the top of conference b over l

peter metcalf, donald denton, alan foster and the former chief constable of south yorkshire and merseysiden a public office. match commander david duckenfield, who is not appearing, faces 95 counts of gross negligence. sinn fein has called for the resumption of formal negotiations to try and form a power—sharing government in northern ireland. the stormont executive collapsed in january and months of talks have failed to overcome disputes between unionists and republicans. in a speech this morning, michelle o‘neill said she believed progress was possible. in the past fortnight, i have met with all of the party leaders and with both governments. and the sinn fein and dup leaderships have, for more than one week now, been engaged in intensive dialogue to determine whether political progress is possible. we do believe progress is possible and therefore are ready to re—engage in a formal negotiation, together with all the other parties, and both governments, to try and reach an agreement in a short, sharp and focused negotiation. this process should begin now and without delay. michelle o‘neil

we might see some rain into merseyside and greater manchester but for much of northern england into scotlandeast. all of us tonight at some point seeing a spell of heavy rain. in the west with some clearer skies, it could turn chillier, compared to last night. this is how thursday is shaping up. quite cloudy and damp in the morning across eastern parts. rain will continue in the far north—east of scotla nd continue in the far north—east of scotland into the afternoon. elsewhere, there should be brighter skies. for the bulk of the uk, thursday afternoon is looking quite pleasa nt thursday afternoon is looking quite pleasant really, again temperatures above where they should be for the time of year with that sunshine. it's sure not to last. by friday, we've got a big area of low pressure moving in. a weatherfront we've got a big area of low pressure moving in. a weather front moves we've got a big area of low pressure moving in. a weatherfront moves in as well. the isobars are tightly packed in the north—west so breezy conditions in the north—west. rain spreads east. some of that could be heav

liverpool's brazilian star phillipe coutinho has long been wanted by barcelona but the merseysiders rejectedent of deadline day, we shouldn't forget that its international week, with all the home nations involved in world cup qualifiers this weekend. last night england arrived at their camp in malta ahead of their group f game tonight. england manager gareth southgate says he knows who will take over from wayne rooney as captain, but feels it should not be the focus of attention. we've focused too much on wayne in particular in the last few years, and we've got to start building a more resilient group of leaders, and allowing people to take responsibility. so for me, it's not the most important decision. the more important thing is trying to build the group into a stronger group that they react in the right way collectively. in the same group, scotland badly need to win in lithuania, to keep their hopes alive. they play tonight as well — four points off the play—off spot in the group, and have only won once there before. their manager though has confidence in his players. and northern irelan

the merseysiders have even rejected a £114 million bid.s international week, with all the home nations involved in world cup qualifiers this weekend. last night, england arrived at their camp in malta ahead of their group f game tonight. england manager gareth southgate says he knows who will take over from wayne rooney as captain, but feels it should not be the focus of attention. we've focused too much on wayne in particular in the last few years and we've got to start building a more resilient group of leaders. and allow them to take responsibility. you know, for me it is not the most important decision. the more important decision. the more important thing is trying to build the group into a stronger group, so they react in the right way collectively. in the same group, scotland badly need to win in lithuania, to keep alive hopes. they kick off tonight as well, four points off the play off place. they've only won once there before. but their manager has confidence in his players. and northern ireland need to avoid any mishaps tonight a