is a gamble for swansea city?r league only to be relegated last season. this looks like a long—term job for the man who dared wonders in sweden, raising his team from the fourth tier of swedish foot ball team from the fourth tier of swedish football to the top flight and having that remarkable run in the europa league. he has a realjob on his hands here. the big hitters are leaving swansea city, and i think there is already concerned how little activity there has been in the transfer market, so this looks like a long job for potter, and i think it could be a slow burner for swansea city. most of his playing career was with york city, a very different background to that of another man starting life as a manager in the english championship. frank lampard has more than 100 caps for england, after a summer on the bbc‘s punditry team at the world cup hisaj this new season as manager of derby county. well, i'm excited, definitely —— ye start this new season. i am focused. it certainly has brought another intensity to my

the former blackburn rovers, hartlepool, bury, burnley and swansea city player put in more than 400 gamesh motor neurone disease. len‘s been talking to radio lancashire. when we found out, we both broke down, but it was in the world‘s biggest surprise. probably, for the next week or so, i couldn‘t have been more pragmatic about it. it was, right, this is what we have got to do, and all that sort of stuff. mentally i was ok, really, for the first few days. like i say, a week. it was, let‘s get things sorted out. then it hits you, and that was when it started to be a struggle. then it hits you, and that was when it started to be a strugglelj then it hits you, and that was when it started to be a struggle. i would imagine, telling your wife would be the first horrendous scenario to go through that although she was around the whole time. she was with me. we went to the hospital together, to the tests together, what have you. so, we came home. we actually went to her mum‘s and told her mum, but we didn‘t really tell anybody else at the time, kept it fairly low—key. i had to tell my employers,

swansea city start life outside the premier league away to sheffield united. ce takes his aston villa side to former club hull city on monday. it was a hugely emotional moment for andy murray in washington last night to reach the quarter—finals of a competition for the first time in over a year. so overwhelming in fact, that the former number one was reduced to tears. but that victory came at a cost — with match pointjust after 3 o'clock in the morning. he's due to play australia's alex deminaur this evening — but murray says there's a chance he won't play. kheredine idessane has more. in the end, he had nothing more to give. tea is a triumph for andy murray after his latest comeback victory. emotional, he said, at the end ofan victory. emotional, he said, at the end of an extremely long day and a long match, finishing matches at 3am is not good. it is not good for the players and not good for anyone involved in the event, fans, tv on a nobody. his mum probably summed it up nobody. his mum probably summed it up best. brutal. after a year out with his hip proble

championship table, boring 2—2 at swansea, pablo hernandez with the second equaliser on the night, swansea cityugh endorsements. richard whitehead was one of three gold medallists in the second day of the para athletics championships in birling, stormed to victory in the 200 metres. that is all your sport for now. how difficult is it to to rent somewhere to live if you're on benefits? according to a report out today from shelter and the national housing federation, five of england's leading letting agents actively discriminate against tenants on housing benefit and could be in breach of the equality act. it's being argued that because people protected by anti—discrimination laws, like those with disabilities are more likely to be in receipt of benefits, landlords and letting agents who refuse to rent to them might be acting illegally. in the studio we have stephen tyler, who says he can't find rented accomodation because he's on housing benefit. he's been using a wheelchair since an accident in 2016 and says he's been sleeping in his car since february. richard lambert, of the landlords associa

swansea, who were relegated last season. ipswich art in all sorts of trouble against bristol city. above middlesbrough if they win. swansea could codejoint top with middlesbrough if they win. leeds have had a good start before? last year they had a good start, everybody gets excited. playing for leeds united, a wonderful club, they just want success. it is 1a years since they have been in the premier league and theyjust want to get back. it is a hard crowd to play for when things don't go well. they need to sustain this good start. if they drop away it becomes a little bit difficult and they are a hard crowd to please. this could be their year, everybody is getting excited. years since they were in the top division. you went through nine managers in your three years at the club, it is a lot! yes, a lot of change. when they are not going so well it is how the players handle it. a lot of pressure goes on to the manager. i think this guy can take the pressure, you will be strong enough. it is great to see them doing well and they‘ re enough. it is great to see them doing well and they

installation will travel all round the country, starting in london and taking in six other cities, including dundee and swansea is jailed for life with a minimum of 13 years after becoming the youngest woman convicted of plotting a terror attack on british soil. in the last few minutes, the manjudged to have won the zimbabwe presidential election, emmerson mnangagwa, has called for peace and unity in the nation. the opposition leader nelson chamisa earlier said he had evidence that proves vote rigging went on. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. the trade war between the us and china escalates. the chinese government says it will place new tariffs on £46 billion worth of us goods. beijing said its actions were "rational and restrained" the royal bank of scotland announces it will pay its first dividend in ten years. that‘s despite reporting a fall in profits to £888 million for the first half of the year. rbs‘s bottom line was hit by a £1 billion settlement with us authorities over mis—selling mortgage—backed securities. and despite a jump in profits, amazon paid less tax in the uk last year. the