now to rugby, where referee tom foley says he's taking a break from the international game because ofnt of criticism and abuse" he received after the world cup final. foley was the television match official during that game when a yellow card for new zealand's sam cane was upgraded to red after a tmo review. he'll continue to officiate domestically in england. speaking to the bbc�*s jack killah, foley's been describing some of the abuse he's received. a warning — you may find some of what he says upsetting. what is quite frightening is, i think, at last count there will be 2000 messages, sorry, 2000 posts against major officials from the world cup which had reached they would consider as prosecution threshold. now, prosecution threshold is threats to life, direct threats to life, threats of violence, threats of sexual violence, and so on — against us and against families. so that puts it into context the scale of the problem. some of the messages you have had have been absolutely vile. yes. can you, without going into huge detail, can into any detail about the type of tone? yes, talki

the day highlights assured to more on that on the bbc sport website next to rugby, where referee tom foleytaking a break from the international game because of what he calls the torrent of criticism and abuse he received after the world cup final. foley was the television match official during that game, and a yellow card for new zealand's sam kane was upgraded to red after tmo review. he'll continue to officiate domestically in england. and speaking to the bbc�*s jack killer, foley has been describing some of the abuse he's received. warning now that you may find some of what he says upsetting. what's quite frightening is that i think at last count, there were over 2000 messages. so 2000 posts against match officials from the world cup, which had reached what they would consider as prosecution threshold. now, prosecution threshold is threat to life. direct threats to life. threats of violence. threats of sexual violence and so on against us and against families. so that puts it into context the scale of the problem. some of the messages you have had have been absolutely vile. yeah. can yo

a british referee tom foley will take a break from _ to be. yl will take a break from international rugby because of the torrent of criticism and abuse he received after the world cup final. fully was the television match official for south africa �*s victory over... the upgraded yellow card to a read. he says the increasing levels of vitriol and the demands of expectations are so high leading him to this moment. fully will continue to this moment. fully will continue to officiate in the premiership. kyle sinckler says more players may follow owen farrell's lead and take a break from follow owen farrell's lead and take a breakfrom rugby. he is prioritising his and his family positive well—being. sinckler says players need more support with the pressures of playing for england. wales centre george north has confirmed he willjoin second division club provence next season. north is out of contract with ospreys at the end of the current season. the club admitting it's struggling to keep the welshmen due to financial constraints. to cricket next, th

rugby union referee tom foley says he's stepping away from officiating at the highest level after socialfinal. tiger rediscovers his roar, saying it was fun to play competitive golf once again, eight months on from his last appearance. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. we start then with football and the final round of crucial women's nations league on tuesday

rugby union referee tom foley says he's stepping away from officiating at the highest level after socialing the world cup final. and tiger rediscovers his roar, saying it was fun to play competitive golf once again eight months on from his last appearance. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. we start with football and the final round of crucial women's nation league on tuesday, with plenty still to be decided. nowhere more so than at hampden, where england are hoping to beat scotland emphatically to book their place in the knockout stages. but there's more to it than that. england are trying to qualify for next summer's olympics on behalf of teamgb, so defeat for scotland on tuesday night could actually benefit some

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as you also talk about democrats who were pretty pro-gun, including then speaker of the house tom foley, who in 1994, foley was -- lost his own seat as part of the republican wave point he was the first speaker to lose his own seat since the civil war. and foley it was from spokane, washington, very eastern washington state. so, at the time, there was clearly overlap among republicans who were in favor of gun control and democrats who actually were pretty pro- gun rights. what happened in the intervening 30 years and how did it become as kind of hyper partisan iced as it is now? >> well, i think that is the last third of our book goes into great detail on all this, but you have an object that has now been declared something that has been banned. importantly, the gunmakers went to the atf and said, if we make these modifications, can we continue to sell the rifle? and atf said yeah. so, not entirely, but a lot of cosmetic changes were made to the rifle, and therefore, they were back in business. but the notion, the political notion that settled on the public was this gun was banned. they

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referee tom foley was more than a spectator though. he was accidentally tackled in the first half.ker helped saracens to maintain their unbeaten start to the season in the english premiership. they came back to beat bristol bears, packer among the try scorers as they added 27 unanswered points in the second half for a 32—10 bonus point victory. saracens top of the table. english darts player ricky evans was absolutely bouncing after knocking out the sixth seed nathan aspinall in the third round of the pdc world championship. he raced through the match, winning 3—0, and said afterwards that he'd enjoy geting to eat his christmas dinner knowing he was still in the tournament, which resumes on the 27th at alexander palace. we knowjust how big a party sports personality of the year was here in salford earlier in the week. on friday, the bbc in northern ireland handed out their award. there was no big ceremony. european and commonwealth 1500—metre silver—medallist ciara mageean thought she wasjust doing a normal interview, until her mum handed her the trophy. it was probably a good thin