tom currie's performances have been crucial for tom currie's performances have been crucialfor englanderformances have been crucialfor england, and he will enjoy some extra special support on saturday — his twin brother ben also plays for sale sharks. after a social media campaign gathered momentum, the club agreed to give him afew momentum, the club agreed to give him a few days off to fly out to be there. my sister has been out there and has come back. she can't get enough of it. we have friends and cousins coming, godparents. england will go into the biggest game of their lives as favourites, but it's clear they're preparing for a bruising battle. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. that's all from me. now, back to sophie in westminster. thank you. welcome back to westminster, where a short time ago, mps backed in principle a general election in december. we still don't know the exact date. that should be decided later this evening, but it looks increasingly likely that we will be heading to the polls in around six weeks. laura kuenssberg is in the houses of parliament. it looks like it coul

flankers tom curry and sam underhill impressed, they'll likely be two of the first names on the team—sheetiggest game of your career, do you keep your emotions under control? difficult things are probably staying calm, staying collected. i think with any big game, the sort of sense of occasion is already there, the excitement is already there in the excitement is already there in the background, so i don't think it ta kes too the background, so i don't think it takes too much to take it to another level in terms of physically or emotionally, i think when you turn up, generally speaking, that's there. so i think the difficult thing is sort of building up, you know, so you peek at the right time for me you are not getting over excited. you are not getting carried away before the game. and lastly, the nba is under way with defending champions the toronto raptors getting off to a winning start against the new orleans pelicans last night. last season they became the first canadian side to win the championship. their coach, nick nurse began his career even further afield. he's been speaking to o

flanker tom currie's performances have been crucial for england, and he will enjoy some extra special. after a social media campaign gathered momentum, the club agreed to give him a few days off to fly out to be there. my my man died have been out there since the quarterfinal, semifinal. __ my since the quarterfinal, semifinal. —— my mum and dads. my sister has been out there and has come back. she can't get enough of it. we have friends and cousins coming, godparents. england will go into the biggest game of their lives as favourites, but it's clear they're preparing for a bruising battle. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. that's all from me, now it's back to huw in westminster. reeta, thank you very much. a pre—christmas ballot would be the third general election in the space of five years. and it will be the first december poll since 1923. experts think the winter conditions will have little impact on the turnout. but what do voters think about this snap election? our political correspondent alex forsyth has been to worcester, a narrow conservative marginal in 2017, and which voted leave

they have added to the team new stars like tom curry and sam underhill so if all of these talents combinede not yet reached under eddiejones, but this would be the defining moment of his four year long tenure. eddiejones took over after the last world cup. how much will this match define his time as coach? everything he has done since he took overin everything he has done since he took over in the wake of the appointing failure of england's own world cup four years ago has been geared towards this moment. they gave him a task, to win the world cup for the first time since 2003. and knock new zealand off their perch. this is the moment he has been waiting for and the opportunity. it could not be any better, in —— new zealand do not have the aura of incident —— invincibility they once did but they still represent the best in rugby and if england to wit it would be a real changing in world but it —— rugby's order. yankee, dan. -- thank you. for the first time in 12 years, the great britain rugby league lions will take to the pitch this morning. you can watch them play tonga in hamilton in new

ben curry is the twin of england forward tom, and he also plays professional rugby for tom's club sidehis boss to skip work took some effort. there have always been two currys — from birth. ben and tom learned to play rugby together, both became professionals with sale sharks, basically play in the same position and, as they reveal to the bbc, can only really be separated by the different way they brush their hair. i think that's kind of stuck now. it's not intentional, it'sjust... i think this looks better and he thinks that looks better, but i don't agree. tom curry‘s performances have been crucial for england in the rugby world cup. with his twin in the final, get ben to japan was the online campaign. his club agreed to release him, the flight was booked and brother tom in japan was getting the tickets. he doesn't know it yet, but he's bought mine. he's paid for mine. no, we're good with that in terms of family members. for us being there as a family, it's about supporting him. it's obviously a massive occasion and for us being there to support him, it's an absolutely incredible opp

we will be speaking to the twin of tom currie, ben currie will be here.ome way so his two cats. they are not coming in some way so someone has his two cats. they are not coming in some way so someone has to his two cats. they are not coming in some way so someone has to set for him. is the whole family going out? when the brother comes back there will be two new cats knocking about in the house as well. that is coming up in the house as well. that is coming up later. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tarah welsh. a new safety rating system for lorries is being lost as a way to prevent deaths involving hgvs. they account for just 4% of traffic in the capital, but were involved in 63% of fatal collisions with cyclists. the new scheme will be enforced from this time next year and those who fail to comply could be fined up to £550 a day. new apprenticeships and training schemes are being introduced specifically for young people who've been in care. six companies including chelsea football club have

sale sharks are sending flanker ben curry to watch his brother tom in japan.en was scheduled to play for sale on friday, but is flying out thanks to twitter. thousands of the clubs followers responded to posts which carried the hastag #getbentojapan. i think it was something that was engraved in us from a young age, whether it was rugby, football, cricket, wrestling, anything. we just happen to play rugby at the same position. i think theyjust wa nt to same position. i think theyjust want to win. as a family, we are massively proud of anybody who achieves anything. this happens to be on achieves anything. this happens to beona achieves anything. this happens to be on a massive stage and so we have a lot of people going out there for my family a lot of people going out there for myfamily and a lot of people going out there for my family and friends come a lot of good people around and like i said, whether it is cricket, football, this is rugby, we want to support each other and that is why i'm going out to support him. it is so exciting. the experience he had t

sale sharks are sending flanker ben curry to watch his brother tom in japan. the clubs followers responded to posts which carried the hastag #getbentojapan. i think it was something that was engraved in us from a young age, whether it was rugby,

earlier, ben curry, twin of england forward tom, joined me on breakfast. japan to watch his brother play in the world cup final. they've been absolutely amazing about it. i sent him a text message. i was going to try to do it in person about going to japan, and i was like, yeah, i'll explain the situation. it's a once—in—a—lifetime thing. go for it. absolutely incredible. i can't state my gratitude towards him. lots of people trying to get tickets. how many does he get as a player for family? two free ones and then you get a ccess family? two free ones and then you get access to quite a few but you have to buy them. he doesn't know what you but he's bought mine. laughter what a good brother he is. the build up to saturday's rugby world cup dominates the back pages. the guardian — with eddiejones‘ response to warren gatland suggesting that england had played their "world cup final" in the win over new zealand. jones' told gatland and wales should enjoy the third place play off. the times says referees will start using var pitch side screens in the premier l

had tom on yesterday from kdw talking about 15-year lows >> i'm not saying they're, like, schlumberger, up $2 at 4:00. and now it is barely up. can you imagine? these are, like, bear markets, currytrust the banks. but, look, the good news is they're so depressed take goldman sachs, okay please goldman sachs is trading -- i can't believe this, it is trading 2 -- now it is up to -- trading 7 bucks above tangible they have a card an apple card that may already have 5 million users they have spent the money that they need to make it work. they have a good story to tell will anyone listen will anyone listen i don't know >> that stock is up 22, 23% for the year versus morgan stanley, a terrible performer versus the -- >> first quarter, remember when james gorman -- he was objected, yes, i didn't have a great quarter. he's very self-effacing man. but i've got to tell you that the yield curve is not right to tell the story the one that is most interesting to me is, believe it or not, wells fargo. and here because it yields 4, sells at the lowest multiplier i can ever remember and charlie sharp is coming in elizabeth warren has no problem, senator warren, has no problem with charlie shar