it's after two goals in five minutes earned them a 2—0 win over bottom side st mirren. 1—0. wins too for motherwell and st johnstone. hibs and livingstone finished 2—all. for the second season running, manchester city have been knocked out of the women's champions league by atletico madrid. after the first leg ended 1—1, city lost 2—1 in the spanish capital they're defeated 3—2 on aggregate. derby county have sacked their captain richard keogh — for gross misconduct over his involvement in a car crash that led the arrests of two teammates. the republic of ireland defender suffered knee ligament damage — was ruled out for up to 15 months, after tom lawrence crashed into a lamppost last month. lawrence and mason bennett both pleaded guilty to drink driving. derby said that his contract had been "terminated with immediate effect". keogh has 11! days to appeal against the decision. sam burgess admits hejust couldn't be himself on the field any more. after retiring from rugby league. a player who's been described as one of the greatest of his generation. has failed to recover

in the other games, there were wins for kilmarnock, aberdeen and st mirren. his first tour final for 2 and a half years after beating ugo humbert at the european open in antwerp. patrick gearey reports. andy murray is not a man given to the dramatic. he has shuffled into the dramatic. he has shuffled into the spotlight step—by—step to him but this was a big one. his first tour semifinal in two years. he faced ugo humbert, 163 spots is junior. murray, the men with partly metal hip, responded with his spirit, seizing control of the second. macklin came back but maury was “— second. macklin came back but maury was —— ugo humbert came back but murray was strong. the final point to some things up, still the energy but murray had the quality. only two people can stop him when the title now, stan wawrinka, and his wife, who is due to give birth any time 110w. rugby union's new premiership season got underway this weekend and with several big names missing to the world cup, it wasn't a good opening day for defending champions saracens — who were beaten 27—25 at home

leaders celtic at home to st mirren while rangers travel to ross county.n sportsday. we'll speak to the new woman in charge of netball in england, tasked with running a sport riding the crest of a wave. and the most capped woman in irish sport as she prepares to win number 300. now, the theme of home disadvantage continues in baseball's world series. all six games played so far have been won by the away team. the latest — for washington in houston — making it 3—3 in the series. taking them to a winner takes all seventh. tulsen tollett is there. tulsen, if we're going to complete a clean sweep the washington nationals will be the world champions? you would think that way, wouldn't you? 1420, you would think that way, wouldn't you ? 1420, best—of—7 you would think that way, wouldn't you? 1420, best—of—7 series there have been, and guess what? this one is the first ever to have gone to the sixth away teams in those opening six games. and it all came down to what happened in game six. they got off to a really good start, alex brickman put them ahead. they we r

scotland, motherwell are third three points off the premiership leaders celtic with a 2—0 win over st mirrentic and rangers play tomorrow. there's more football to come on sportsday — including... disappointment for phil neville after england women fail to win again. the manager says it's "not acceptable". and 0lympic qualification for great britain's female gymnasts — we'll hear how they did it. it's the penultimate day at the world atheltics championships in doha. there are more british medal chances coming up this evening, let's cross live to the khalifa stadium, our sports correspondent the women's 1500 the women's1500 metres, laura muir just didn't have the legs? yes, it was a great effort by laura muir who has been injured for the past few months. she was in second place going into the bell, but she tired in the last 100 metres but it was his son hassan, who has won the double. congratulations, you made history today, you are very emotional down there? yes, i feel good. i can't explain howl emotional down there? yes, i feel good. i can't explain how i feel. how difficult have the last

draws at aberdeen and ross county, kilmarnock beat hearts and motherwell are still third — they beat st mirren were at middlesbrough‘s riverside stadium — that's a record for a lionesses‘ match outside wembley. but they were beaten 2—1 by brazil in a friendly. toronto wolfpack, have won the million pound game in rugby league. they beat featherstone 211—6 in their championship play—off final. they were playing on home soil but trailed at half—time before three second—half tries secured the victory and a place in next season's super league. it will be the first time that the top division has had a team from north america. there's much more on the bbc sport website, where you can follow the final event of the day at the world athletics in doha — the men's marathon. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. good evening. asa rain as a rain spread eastwards for all, into north—east england tomorrow, it will fall into saturated ground and that could lead to minor flooding and a lot of surface water and spray tomorrow morning. this is the pictu

there's a chance for kilmarnock to go third in the scottish premiership — if they can win at home to st mirreny tomorrow. lewis hamilton may have to wait until next weekend to secure his sixth formula one world title after struggling in second practice for tomorrow's mexican grand prix. ferrari's sebastian vettel topped the timesheets — and he was almost a second quicker than hamilton, who could only manage fifth. the briton needs at least a third place finish and 1a points more than his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas to claim the title. tiger woods said he surprised himself with a second straight 64, which gave him a two—shot lead at the half—way stage of the 2020 championship injapan. he's playing his first tournament for two months, after having knee surgery, and he said he didn't expect to be able to strike the ball as well as he has. the tournament will be completed on monday, after six inches of rain fell, disrupting the schedule. that's all the sport for now. now, it's time for click. this week, it's the 50th birthday of the internet. we will hear how it was switched on, how democra

elswehere kilmarnock beat st mirren, while the games between hibernian and ross county, and livingstonel on points at the top — host motherwell. after a twelve year absence, great britain's rugby league lions returned to play an international match in new zealand, but lost 111—6 to a tonga invitational fifteen. the match in hamilton was given official test status by the international rugby league, despite a dispute with tonga's governing body. our rugby league correspondent dave woods was watching. the match was 12 years in the making, try a 2007 since great britain last played under that banner but it wasn't to be their night. terrific performance by tonga and a huge result for international by and a huge result for international rugby league. brian noble, what you great britain learn from that defeat? you can't get a team like tonga, top four team, such superstars in the game, a start, they did. the first half was a little bit scruffy, they got a foothold, could roll the lines team on the field and could not call that deficit back in the second half, so thatis deficit back in the sec

it's after two goals in five minutes earned celtic a 2—0 win over bottom side st mirren.ngstone finished 2—2. for the second season running, manchester city have been knocked out of the women's champions league by atletico madrid. after the first leg ended 1—all, city lost 2—1 in the spanish capital and go out 3—2 on aggregate. he might have went two months without a win, but now kyle edmund has two victories in two days. he beat argentine diego schwartzmann in straight sets in round two of the paris masters. edmund, who has dropped from world number 14 to 75, produced his best performance in months to defeat schwartzmann and will now face world number one novak djokovic in the last 16 on thursday. former australia international lisa keightley will be the first fulltime female head coach of the england women's side. she replaces world cup winning coach mark robinson — who left after their humbling ashes defeat this summer. keightley says she can't wait to get started. really exciting. i feel ready to go and wanting to get into it. i am confident i can set up an environmen

today bottom side stjohnstone travel to ross county and 3rd placed motherwell host st mirren as theyngland are higher in the world rankings than the south americans and beat them earlier this year at the she believes cup. however, ellen white and fran kirby are missing through injury. nikita parris is the only one recognised striker in phil neville‘s squad. that game is live on bbc one — coverage begins at 12:35. just over one hour‘s time. there will also be live text commentary on the bbc sport website. that‘s all the sport for now. now it is time for the weather on bbc news. hello, there. it‘s been pretty unsettled this week, particularly across england and wales, and this weekend is continuing on that unsettled theme. today looks like most of the rain will be towards the west of the uk, a bit brighter further east, and on sunday, it‘s the reverse, with some very wet places expected across eastern areas as this front stalls. it‘s this front i‘m talking about, pushing gradually in off the atlantic to bring increasing cloud and outbreaks of rain to parts of northern ireland, western

and kilmarnock are third, with a win at st mirren. celtic and rangers both play tomorrow. mexican grand prix. he's only fourth on the grid, but his team mate and nearest rival, valtteri bottas, crashed heavily in qualifying. max verstappen will start on pole. that's the sport. back to you. many thanks. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. hello once again. to say there was a real mixture of whether on offer across the british isles on saturday hello, this is bbc news. police in barcelona say 350,000 people have turned out for another protest against the jailing of nine catalan separatist leaders. at least 200 people have been arrested at demonstrations across catalonia since the supreme court handed down sentences of up to 13 years. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford has been on the streets of barcelona this evening. well, i think you just saw their one man with his face covered in blood being led away by the dryer police. he is one of two that we have seen arrested by police here. for a long time, that two and a half hours

motherwell stay third after beating st mirren 2—0. "not acceptable" as his side were beaten 2—1 by brazil in a friendly in middlesbrough. debinha scored both of brazil's goals. the first, largely due to a goalkeeping error by mary earps. the second found its way in via a deflection. beth england pulled one back on 80 minutes, but brazil held on for the win. canadian side toronto wolfpack have won promotion to rugby league's super league after beating featherstone rovers. it means top flight rugby league will be played in north america for the first time next year. toronto trailed 6—4 at the break, but eventually ran in four tries to complete a 211—6 victory. that's all the sport for now. there is more on the bbc sport website. more than 1,600 uk high street shops have closed as a result of restructuring deals since the beginning of last year, according to new figures. ‘the local data company‘ has looked at the impact of so—called ‘company voluntary arrangements' and found that nearly two—thirds of closed stores are still sitting empty

scotland, motherwell are third three points off the premiership leaders celtic with a 2—0 win over st mirrenjohnstone. celtic and rangers play tomorrow. there's more football to come on sportsday — including... disappointment for phil neville after england women fall after england women fail to win again. the manager says it's "not acceptable". and olympic qualification for great britain's female gymnasts — we'll hear how they did it. it's the penultimate day at the world atheltics championships in doha. there are more british medal chances coming up this evening, let's cross live to the khalifa stadium, our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. natalie, years ago at the worlds in london, the relays really boosted the british team's medal tally, and the women's 4x400 metres relay heats have been taking place, how have the british team done? we are actually just waiting we are actuallyjust waiting for confirmation but i think they are out. britain's men that is. we are literally waiting because they are standing around looking at the second heat. thomas brittain‘s men, three successive

in the other games — there were wins for aberdeen, st mirren and kilmarnock.open tomorrow — his first atp tour final since 2017. it's after another hard fought three set win in the last four against frenchman ugo humberg. murray is ranked outside the world's top 200 after returning from a long standing hip injury. he came from a set down in antwerp to win a—6, 7—5, 6—2. that's your lot. you're up to date from the bbc sport centre. then, thank you. we are going to be looking to the sunday papers next, particular looking at the reaction to the vote in parliament today delaying brexit further. let's have a look at the weather before that. however, saturday was a day of contrast, we finally got some much—needed sunshine across central and southern england. in fact in hampshire, we had over seven hours of sunshine. that's not bad for this time of the other stops is a different story further north over the scottish borders there were some heavy persistent rain at times, and some blustery winds and in edinburgh had 3a millimetres of rain around an inch and a half of

. —— st mirren.left ashton claim pole position for tomorrow's mexican grand prix. bottas crashed on his last lap in the final session of qualifying and as lewis hamilton, etc were behind him, they could not improve their times. the stratton was quickest from his first run so he got pole. hamilton could only manage pole and if he finishes there tomorrow, he will have to wait another week to claim his sixth world championship. that's all the sports an hour. we'll have more to you throughout the evening. demonstrators are back on the streets of barcelona as a backlash over spain's jailing of separatist leaders continues. spanish police say 350,000 people have turned out today — as they continue to demand the right to catalan self—determination. at least 200 people have been arrested during demonstrations since the supreme court handed down the sentences earlier this month. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in barcelona. these are live pictures you can see here. sarah, we understand you might have to

in the other games, there were wins for kilmarnock, aberdeen and st mirren.r two and a half years. murray was playing ugo humbert in the semi—finals of the european open. the three—time grand slam champion is currently ranked number 243 in the world after his long lay off following major hip surgery. and he had to come from a set down against humbert in antwerp to eventually win 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. he'll play stan wawrinka in the final tomorrow. that's all from sportsday. we will have another update for you and our‘s time. —— in an hour's time. for now, bye—bye. good evening. many of us have been plainly whether lottery today, a few isolated showers, just like this weather watcher pictures sent in from london. others, it's been great, wet and pretty dismal. the scottish border, we got a couple of flood alerts out due to the intensity of the rainfall that's been stubbornly sitting across the scottish borders for much of the day and also into the northeast of england. a few scattered showers further west and some of these have filtered and then as we have gone throu

motherwell are still third, three points behind celtic after beating st mirren, and kilmarnock won aty goal. that leaves hearts two points off the bottom. the day's other matches ended in draws. england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games isn't acceptable. they were beaten 2—1 by brazil in a friendly in middlesbrough. debinha scored both of brazil's goals — the first a goalkeeping error by mary earps. unlucky again for the second which found its way in via a deflection beth england lifted the crowd with her first international goal. but having beaten brazil a year ago, and again in february, frustration this time for phil neville. we kept going to the very end. 0ur play at times was some of the best football i have seen us play for a long time. now we are in that period where things are probably not going for us where they were 12 months ago. we have to stick together and believe what we are doing is right. england were the first team through to the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup, thanks to victory over argentina. france can join them there with a win

in the other games — there were wins for kikmarnock, aberdeen and st mirren.of the european open after beating ugo humbert in his first tour semifinal for nearly two and a half years. patrick gearey reports. andy murray's not a man given to the dramatic. he has gradually shuffled back into the spotlight step—by—step that this stripe is a big one. his first tour semifinal in more than two years put him up against humbert, 11 years hisjunior and 173 ranking places his senior. both of those facts were apparent in the first set. 6—3. the way it was going, no wonder the autograph hunters were getting ready but andy murray, the man with a partly metal hit, responded with his steely spirit. humbert came back but murrary walker him down until even the simplest shots became complex. into a decider where he prevails often, humbert still had energy but murray had the quality. only two people can stop him winning the title now. stan wawrinka, who he plays tomorrow, and his wife, due to give birth any time soon. patrick gearey, bbc news. the rugby world cup may be still go

third motherwell host st mirren as they attempt to close the gap between themselves and rangers in secondoping to end a run of four games without a win. england beat them earlier this week. —— this year. nicky to paris is the only recognised striker available to phil neville. hopefully these people that have come and bought tickets and we have got a sell—out stadium, which is fantastic, they can really get behind us and put us on. as players, we are determined to put on a good performance and show what we are really about. it will be a tough game, but when we play in these high—pressure environments, it really does bring out the best in us. coverage gets under way at 12:35 p on bbc one. england have extended their lead over argentina at the rugby world cup. it is now 22—3 in the second half. that‘s all for now. more than 1,600 uk high street shops have closed as a result of restructuring deals since the beginning of last year, according to new figures. the local data company has looked at the impact of so—called "company voluntary arrangements", and found that nearly two—thirds of closed

callum hendry scored the winner in a 3—2 victory over hamilton. elsewhere kilmarnock beat st mirren,nd ross county, and livingston and hearts ended in draws. josh taylor is the new unified super—lightweight champion after beating american regis prograis in london. it was a tightly fought contest for the scot, who remains undefeated in 16 bouts. taylor won on a majority decison. derek chisora is a step closer to a world heavyweight title shot. he came out on top in the all british bout with david price — with the fight being stopped in the 11th round, after price's corner threw the towel in. terrible weather around the country yesterday, but that came in handy in the rugby union premiership. this was gloucester‘sjoe simpson scoring against wasps — and despite falling quite far from the tryline, simpson managed to use wet conditions to slide himself over to score! it was one of three tries for the home side — in a 25—9 victory. in the pro 1a, the dragons have eased to their second win of the new season. they beat glasgow 18—5, taine basham with the first of their two tries. elsewhere,

today, hibs drew with ross county, kilmarnock beat st mirren, livingston v hearts was goalless and hamilton 12 years has ended in defeat. they were beaten iii—6 by a tonga invitational team, part of a four—match tour of new zealand and papua new guinea. the home nations will continue to compete seperately at world cups. lewis hamilton could seal his 6th formula one world title this weekend. but the reigning champion was lith fastest in final practise for tomorrow‘s mexican grand prix, behind the pace setting ferrari‘s and his mercedes team—mate, valterri bottas. hamilton needs to outscore bottas by iii points or more to claim the title with three races to go. that‘s it from me, the bbc sport website has more on england‘s mammouth win over the all blacks and all the build—up to wales‘ semi—final against south africa. but for now, back to you. there‘s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we‘re back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one, it‘s time for the news where you are. goodbye. mainly wet in places thanks to this weather front. going through the first part of tonight

motherwell are still third, three points behind celtic after beating st mirren yesterday and kilmarnockn draws. england women's manager, phil neville, said a fourth defeat in five games just was "not acceptable" as his side were beaten 2—1 by brazil in a friendly in middlesbrough. debinha scored both of brazil's goals, the first largely due to a goalkeeping error by mary earps. the second found its way in via a deflection. beth england pulled one back on 80 minutes but brazil held on for the win. we kept going rates of the variation, our player times was some of the best football in a split for a long time. and now wearing that period where things are going forwards, may be as they were 12 months ago, we'vejust forwards, may be as they were 12 months ago, we've just got to stick together and believe in what we're doing is right. there are two matches in the rugby union world cup today: new zealand v namibia is well under way. they are not having it all their own way. meanwhile, in england's pool, france can secure a quarterfinal place with victory over tonga. england made sure of their

motherwell are still third, three points behind celtic after beating st mirren and kilmarnock won atlle said a fourth defeat in five games "isn't acceptable", they were beaten 2—1 by brazil in a friendly in middlesbrough. debinha scored both of brazil's goals, the first a goalkeeping error by mary earps. the second found its way in via a deflection. substitute beth england lifted the crowd with her first international goal, but having beaten brazil a year ago, and again in february, this was disappointing. a disappointing run. john, thank you very much indeed. we will have more support for you in an hour. we are on the bbc news channel and still nine a.m.. have a good day. thank you for staying with us, or switching over, if you're very keen. it's sunday the sixth of october. the move would break centuries of tradition and it would help to alleviate a shortage of clergymen. asjohn alleviate a shortage of clergymen. as john mcmanus reports. alleviate a shortage of clergymen. asjohn mcmanus reports. since he was elected pontiff, this is the first one and like the others, it is said to

elsewhere kilmarnock beat st mirren, while the games between hibernian and ross county, and livingstonis sixth formula one world title could be heading his way in mexico city. it's where he's won the title for the past two years, but he needs a few things to go his way this might help him, his teammate velterri bottas crashed in qualifying and will start from 6th on the grid. hamilton has to finish in the top three this evening and get 1a more points than bottas. it is quite complicated, the bbc website explains it all. it is quite complicated, the bbc website explains it all. max verstappen had been on pole but was bumped down to fourth for failing to slow down for that crash. hamilton starts from third, behind the ferrari's of charles leclerc and sebastian vettel. i enjoyed it, i enjoy the challenge. luckily i am happy. ijust have to see what i can do to my. i do not know why but we are never ever particularly good here. josh taylor is the new unified super—lightweight champion after beating american regis prograis in london. it was a tightly fought contest for the scot, who remains

today bottom side stjohnstone travel to ross county and 3rd placed motherwell host st mirren as they this afternoon hoping to end a run of four games without a win. england are higher in the world rankings than the south americans and beat them earlier this year at the she believes cup. however, ellen white and fran kirby are missing through injury. nikita parris is the only recognised striker in phil neville's squad. hopefully these people that have come and bought tickets, and we've got a sell—out stadium, which is fantastic, and can really get behind us and really push us on. and for us as players, we are determined to put a good performance and show what we are really about. and it's going to be a tough game but i think when we play in these high—pressure environments, it really does bring the best out of us. they have been a bit of a difficult run ever since they got knocked out of the semifinal of the world cup. packed house at the riverside later, i'm sure that may give them all the motivation they need to get that win that phil neville is desperately after. are you ever know?

motherwell are still third, three points behind celtic after beating st mirren, and kilmarnock won at matches ended in draws. england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games "isn't acceptable", they were beaten 2—1 by brazil in a friendly in middlesbrough. debinha scored both of brazil's goals — the first a goalkeeping error by mary earps. unlucky again for the second which found its way in via a deflection. beth england lifted the crowd with her first international goal — but having beaten brazil a year ago, and again in february, frustration this time for phil neville. we kept going to the very end. our play at times was some of the best football i have seen us play for a long time. now we are in that period where things are probably not going for us where they were 12 months ago. we have to stick together and believe what we are doing is right. england reached the quarter finals of the rugby world cup, france can join them there with victory over tonga this morning. england the first side to reach the knock—out stage, thanks to a 39—10 win over 1a—man argent

celtic also won against st mirren, which means that the old firm are now level on points, with celtic madrid for a second season running. city lost 2—1 on the night, 3—2 on aggregate. that's all the sport for now. hong kong has slid into recession for the first time since the global financial crisis. the economy shrank by 3.2% year on year. it's thought the protests there may have helped push the city into the downturn. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani is in singapore. tell us more about the reasons for this slide in the economy, for the first time in a decade, going into recession. the administration there has signalled that we would see some pretty bad numbers today when these figures were released, ahead of them being released, ishould figures were released, ahead of them being released, i should say, figures were released, ahead of them being released, ishould say, but what we have seen is a much sharper downturn than many economists expected. that is a reflection of just how much hong kong's economy is dependent, and depends on china's. we've seen five months of p

elsewhere kilmarnock beat st mirren, while the games between hibernian and ross county, and livingstonterri bottas crashed in qualifying and will start from sixth on the grid. hamilton has to finish in the top three this evening and get 14 more points than bottas. max verstappen had been on pole but was bumped down to fourth for failing to slow down for that crash. hamilton starts from third behind the ferraris of charles leclerc and sebastian vettel. i enjoyed it. josh taylor is the new unified super—lightweight champion after beating american regis prograis in london. it was a tightly fought contest for the scot, who remains undefeated in 16 bouts. taylor won on a majority decison derek chisora is a step closer to a world heavyweight title shot. he came out on top in the all british bout with david price, with the fight being stopped in the fourth round after price‘s corner threw the towel in. a good win forjosh taylor. kick-off at nine o‘clock. a good win forjosh taylor. kick-off at nine o'clock. yes, five live. let us at nine o'clock. yes, five live. let us hope that everyone has c

elsewhere, kilmarnock beat st mirren, while the games between hibernian and ross county, and livingstonmilton has to finish in the top three this evening and get 14 more points than bottas. max verstappen had been on pole but was bumped down to fourth for failing to slow down for that crash. hamilton starts from third behind the ferraris of charles le clerc and sebastian vettel. i enjoyed it. i enjoyed the challenge and the battle. luckily, i am happy valtteri bottas is ok. we have to see what we will do tomorrow. i don‘t know why we are not particularly good here. boxing, and josh taylor is the new unified ibf and wba super—lightweight champion after beating american regis prograis. it was a tightly fought contest for the scot, who remains undefeated in 16 bouts. taylor won on a majority decison and he‘s now the only british boxer to hold two world championship belts. derek chisora is a step closer to a world heavyweight title shot. he came out on top in the all—british bout with david price, with the fight being stopped in the fourth round, after price‘s corner threw the towel in. ret

third—placed motherwell host st mirren as they attempt to close the gap between themselves and rangersgland are higher in the world rankings than the south americans and beat them earlier this year at the shebelieves cup. however, ellen white and fran kirby are missing through injury. nikita parris is the only one recognised striker in phil neville's squad. hopefully these people have come and bought tickets and we have a sell—out stadium which is fantastic and can really get behind us and really push us on and for us as players, we are determined to put on a good performance to show them what we are a good performance to show them what we a re really a good performance to show them what we are really about and it will be a tough game but i think when play we in these high pressure environments it really does bring the best out of us. they have been on a tricky run ever since the world cup finished so they will be desperate to try to get a win but it looks like it'll be a full house at the riverside later, a sell—out, so plenty of support there. and we will cross life to later on? for

celtic also won, 2—0 at home to st mirren.l difference. the league cup, getting into the quarterfinals. it is not usually that much drama, let alone that many goals. ten goals before we got to penalties last night. what a match. we're going to have a look at today's papers. the huffington post is leading on what it calls the election exodus of mps standing down from politics — illustrated by a gallery of faces which won't be appearing on any election material in the coming weeks. the times uses the same language. its main headline describes an "exodus of moderate tory mps" from the party, with culture secretary nicky morgan joining the list of those who will not contest their seats at the election. many of them cite the impact of abuse on their decision. the telegraph reports that the brexit party is considering withdrawing hundreds of candidates to help secure a tory majority and it shows a picture of the commons speakerjohn bercow at his final prime minister's questions. and the guardian focuses on labour's election pitch. i