nearly 1800 miles from belfast, the northern ireland felt right at home and skopje, and after the break from northern ireland and puts them level on points with austria in second. spare a thought for north macedonia, though. they have to do it all again on monday night. lydia campbell, bbc news. defending champion neil robertson has been knocked out of the first round of the uk championship by an amateur. there was little the australian world numberfour could do asjohn astley pulled off shots like this. the english former professional, who�*s highest ranking was 65 won by six frames to two in york. it�*s the second time in three days an amateur has beaten a top ranking professional. after shaun murphy suffered the same fate, he said they shouldn�*t be allowed to compete against professionals. exeter chiefs rugby union club say they�*ll decide "in the next few weeks" whether to drop their native american—style branding. it follows criticism from the national congress of american indians earlier this month. the club�*s board released a statement this evening, saying they will �*go away an

they were returning to skopje from a trip to istanbul in turkey.t yet been officially named. a cause has yet to be determined, but witnesses reported hearing a blast. translation: the question is, what caused this blast? - if it was an explosion inside the bus or a blast caused by the bus hitting the guard rails. this brings us back to the main leads in the probe. if it was a technical fault of the vehicle or a human error that caused the crash. seven people escaped from the wreckage. the survivors were brought here, to this emergency hospital in sofia. they have been treated for burns and other injuries. it seems they only managed to escape by breaking through the windows of the bus. for relatives and friends, this is an agonising time. this man said he hadn't heard from his nephew. translation: i saw information about the crash at 6:00am - morning. i saw it on the internet, and on facebook, to be more precise. as my nephew was in turkey, i started searching for more information on the internet. i called the company's phone number for three or fou

they were returning to skopje from a trip to istanbul in turkey.ause has yet to be determined, but witnesses reported hearing a blast. translation: the question is, what caused this blast? - if it was an explosion inside the bus or a blast caused by the bus hitting the guard rails. this brings us back to the main leads in the probe. if it was a technical fault of the vehicle or a human error that caused the crash. seven people escaped from the wreckage. the survivors were brought here, to this emergency hospital in sofia. they have been treated for burns and other injuries. it seems they only managed to escape by breaking through the windows of the bus. for relatives and friends, this is an agonising time. this man said he hadn't heard from his nephew. translation: i saw information - about the crash at 6am this morning. i saw it on the internet, and on facebook, to be more precise. as my nephew was in turkey, i started searching for more information on the internet. i called the company's phone number for three orfour hours, and we do not have any

they were returning to skopje from a trip to istanbul in turkey.se has yet to be determined, but witnesses reported hearing a blast. translation: the question is, what caused this blast? - if it was an explosion inside the bus or a blast caused by the bus hitting the guard rails. this brings us back to the main leads in the probe. if it was a technical fault of the vehicle or a human error that caused the crash. seven people escaped from the wreckage. the survivors were brought here, to this emergency hospital in sofia. they have been treated for burns and other injuries. it seems they only managed to escape by breaking through the windows of the bus. for relatives and friends, this is an agonising time. this man said he hadn't heard from his nephew. translation: i saw information about the crash at 6:00am - this morning. i saw it on the internet, and on facebook, to be more precise. as my nephew was in turkey, i started searching for more information on the internet. i called the company's phone number for three or four hours, and we do not have a

the his party lost a second round of mayoral elections in a number of towns, including the capital skopje. his social democratic party heads the country's governing coalition. by law, the coalition itself can agree on another candidate for prime minister without a further election. at least 7 people were injured after two trains collided in the south of england. the crash happened after one of the trains hit an object in a tunnel near the city of salisbury, john k has the details. one mile from the centre of salisbury. it was here that are great western railway strain is an object inside the fish at an tunnel. it is believed part of the train derailed, knocking out the signalling. a few minutes later, a south—western train travelling from london to devon collided with the first. does this massive impact and i fell across the table and the table came off the board and i ended up underneath another table. . , , ended up underneath another table. ., , , , , table. there was “ust suddenly a lot of jostling, _ table. there wasjust suddenly a lot of jostling, possessions l a lot ofjostling, pos

they beat north macedonia 11—0 in their world cup qualifier in skopje. and rebecca holloway also on target this afternoon. it means northern ireland go level on points with austria, who face england on saturday at the stadium of light. now, could this man be making a return to arsenal? well, according to the current boss, mikel arteta, it's on the cards. arteta was asked during this afternoon's press conference if a formal offer had been made to bring arsene wenger back to the emirates where he previously guided the club to three premier league titles. arteta told reporters there had been communication, but it's unclear in what capacity. i would like him to be much closer, personally to me because i think it will be a great help, a great help for the club, and things take time and i think he has had to dictate those timings. elsewhere in football, we've had a couple of managerial departures this morning. in the women's super league, leicester have sacked manager jonathan morgan with the club bottom of the table. and sheffield united have parted company w

ireland's women were relentless as they hammered north macedonia 11—0 in their world cup qualifier in skopjemanager kenny shiels says it meant even more to get that result, on the anniversary of george best's death. he wore number 11 when he played for us. we have done it in the 11th month, we scored 11 goals, so all of thatis month, we scored 11 goals, so all of that is resonating with me, that is a fantastic... i hope he is watching us up there, to see that we're it for northern ireland, because he was one of our heroes. defending champion neil robertson has been knocked out of the first round of the uk championship by an amateur. there was little the australian world numberfour could do asjohn astley pulled off shots like this. the english former professional who's highest ranking was 65 won by six frames to two in york. it's the second time in three days an amateur has beaten a top ranking professional. after shaun murphy suffered the same fate, he said they shouldn't be allowed to compete against professionals. mark cavendish has been released from ghent hospital following his crash on

ireland's women were relentless as they hammered north macedonia 11—0 in their world cup qualifier in skopje now level with david healy�*s record of 36 goals for her country. it means they go level on points with austria — who face england on saturday. northern ireland manager kenny shiels says it meant even more to get that result on the anniversary of george best's death. he wore number 11 when he played for us. we have done it on the 11th month, scored 11 goals. all of that is resonating with me that it is a fantastic... i hope he is watching us up there to see we are doing it for northern ireland. because he was one of our hero. now, could arsene wenger be making a return to arsenal? well according to the current boss, mikel arteta — it's on the cards! arteta was asked during this afternoon's press conference if a formal offer had been made to bring wenger back to the emirates where he previously guided the club to three premier league titles. arteta told reporters there had been communication about a comeback — but it's unclear in what capacity. i would like him to be much closer, perso

the bus appears to have been returning to the north macedonian capital, skopje, from a holiday trip toaccident happened. 0ur correspondent nick thorpe is following the story from budapest. so, an investigation is in the initial stages but what do we think we know about what might have happened? we know about what might have ha ened? ~ we know about what might have happened?— happened? well, different information, _ happened? well, different information, for _ happened? well, different information, for example l happened? well, different i information, for example the emergency services in bulgaria and the local mayor of a village near the local mayor of a village near the motorway. so, our understanding at this stage is the bus for unknown reasons veered off the road, hit the crash barrier, the local mayor said some 50 yards or so of the crash barrier was torn away and seems to have bounced back towards the middle of the motorway, where it burst into flames. the images are really shocking of that completely burnt out bus, very little chance for people on board to survive. we understand

the bus appears to have been returning to the north macedonian capital, skopje, from a holiday trip torkey when the accident happened near a village south of sofia. 0ur central europe correspondent nick thorpe told us the latest. well, different information, for example the emergency services in bulgaria and the local mayor of a village near the motorway. so, our understanding at this stage is the bus for unknown reasons veered off the road, hit the crash barrier, the local mayor said some 50 yards or so of the crash barrier was torn away and seems to have bounced back towards the middle of the motorway, where it burst into flames. the images are really shocking of that completely burnt out bus, very little chance for people on board to survive. we understand that seven passengers did manage to escape from that blazing inferno and they are being cared for in a hospital in nearby sofia. a senior red cross official says policies designed to withhold international funds from the taliban are depriving ordinary afghan people of the means of survival. speaking 100 days after the taliban swep

women's world cup qualifiers, belguim scored 19 while northern ireland hammered north macedonia 11—0 in skopjen second place in group d. the austrians play england tomorrow. with the ashes less than two weeks away, australia have announced batsman tim paine will be taking a break from all forms of cricket for an indefinite period of time due to concerns over his mental health. paine resigned as captain last week after details of a historical investigation into texts to a female colleague were revealed but he had remained in the squad. however, he's decided now to step away from the sport with paine's manager saying they are "extremely concerned for his and his wife's well—being". pat cummins will replace paine as captain for the ashes series, which starts on december 8th. a break for tim a breakfor tim paine, a breakfortim paine, he was a breakfor tim paine, he was exonerated by cricket australia after the investigation, saying he had not breached any code of conduct. there has been a row about the way he has been treated by cricket australia. he is now taking some time out. at the ashes are l