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england's women first played at twickenham last year when over 58,000 fans watched them beat france tolly exciting as a squad, to be honest. we are a squad that wants to keep breaking world records, and what better place to do it than at twickenham, again, against new zealand? i think another stand—alone game. the others we had the ireland one in six nations, but you have new zealand there, it will be a game we want to be involved in. it's been a day to forget for two british tennis players. despite winning the first set, andy murray lost in three to argentine tomas etcheverry in the second round of the swiss indoors. and in vienna, fellow brit cameron norrie is out of the austrian 0pen, also in the second round. he was beaten in straight sets by 5th seed alexander zverev, losing 6—2, 6—4, in a match that lasted just over an hour. no problems for the defending champion daniil medvedev as he eased through to the last 16. the top seed beat frenchman arthur fils in straight sets, losing just five points on his own serve. wins too for gael monfils and jannik sinner. the route for next year

there are also talks underway for an international against new zealand at twickenham next year.t recent world cup final in auckland last november, which the black ferns won. the first time england played a standalone women's test fixture at twickenham was in april, when a world record crowd of 58,198 watched them beat france to win the six nations grand slam. england captain marlie packer says the red roses want to continue setting new benchmarks. really exciting at the squad, to be honest with you. we really exciting at the squad, to be honest with you.— really exciting at the squad, to be honest with you. we are a squad that wants to keep — honest with you. we are a squad that wants to keep breaking _ honest with you. we are a squad that wants to keep breaking world - honest with you. we are a squad that wants to keep breaking world records and, you know, what better place to do it than at twickenham, again, against new zealand. another stand—alone game. we've got the island one in six nations, but new zealand there, one that we all want to be involved in and actually keep bre

with the twickenham, yeah.been disruptive for a lot of people, but lives would have been saved. the second part of the covid inquiry will run until christmas and examine key decisions made during the pandemic, including whether lives could have been saved if lockdowns had been imposed earlier or differently, the effectiveness of social distancing, facemasks and other lockdown measures, and public confidence in the government, including the effect of any rule breaches by ministers and officials. these are the four walls, that was all i saw every day. james had to shield in his flat for 18 months through the pandemic. the medication he takes for arthritis weakens his immune system. i didn't see another human being the whole entire time, except for when i went to the hospital to get myjabs. and that was my first interaction with a human, was the nurse giving me myjab. he filmed these video diaries in 2020. my day to day life has changed so much. i used to be a really outgoing person. four million were told to shie

england's women first played at twickenham last year — when over 58,000 fans watched them beat franceed in and actually keep breaking world records. —— we had the first black one. manchester city have beaten young boys three goals to one. —— we had the ireland one. all the rest on the bbc sport website, untilthen, good night. hello there. we did have some sunshine today through the midlands and wales in particular. the earlier heavy rain across southern parts of england cleared away, but it was rather cloudy in scotland and that cloud likely to linger into this evening and overnight. same, too, across parts of the north—east of england with some showery outbreaks of rain, a brisk east wind. at the same time, a weather front moving in towards northern ireland bringing some heavier outbreaks of rain, also in towards wales, the south—west of england. and as we approach midnight and the early hours of thursday morning, that wet weather pushing in towards the midlands, the north—west of england and in towards the far south—east. temperatures here overnight, a rather chilly four degrees in

twickenham burst into the song. side of life. >> that's terrific , isn't it? >> that's terrific, isn't it? >> that's terrific, isn't it? >> and. and i missed it. that's the only sad bit. >> rugby crowd's fantastic . you >> rugby crowd's fantastic. you know, i went to twickenham a couple of years back. england playing france , and all the playing france, and all the supporters mixed in together and huge amounts of mickey taking and 1 or 2 of these going down before, during and after the game . it seemed to be no before, during and after the game. it seemed to be no aggro. oh no, no. rugby still has a fan tastic atmosphere doesn't it? >> it does. it does. um, you know, sadly, the game's altered. i think that professionalism in any sport alters it . people any sport alters it. people trying to protect their jobs, whether it's the coaches or the players. yeah. you know, so there's, there's elements in it that different people play play the for different reason the game for a different reason . when there's no money . i

twickenham burst into the song. side of life. >> that's terrific , isn't it? >> that's terrific, isn't it? >> that's terrific, isn't it? >> and. and i missed it. that's the only sad bit. >> rugby crowd's fantastic . you >> rugby crowd's fantastic. you know, i went to twickenham a couple of years back. england playing france , and all the playing france, and all the supporters mixed in together and huge amounts of mickey taking and 1 or 2 of these going down before, during and after the game . it seemed to be no before, during and after the game. it seemed to be no aggro. oh no, no. rugby still has a fan tastic atmosphere doesn't it? >> it does. it does. um, you know, sadly, the game's altered. i think that professionalism in any sport alters it . people any sport alters it. people trying to protect their jobs, whether it's the coaches or the players. yeah. you know, so there's, there's elements in it that different people play play the for different reason the game for a different reason . when there's no money . i

england's women first played at twickenham last year, when over 58,000 fans watched them beat franced slam. you can get more on that and everything else on the bbc sport website. i'll be back bit later. here in the uk, two met police officers have been sacked after a disciplinary panel found that their actions during a stop—and—search of two black athletes amounted to gross misconduct. british sprinter bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos were pulled over in 2020. their three—month—old baby was in the back of the car while the couple were handcuffed and detained. no weapons or drugs were found. video of the stop—and—search went viral on social media. the two sacked officers, pcsjonathan clapham and sam franks, have a right to appeal the decision. the other three officers — acting sergeant rachel simpson, pc allan casey and pc michael bond — were found by the panel not to have committed gross misconduct and all allegations against them were not proven. ricardo dos santos spoke to reporters outside the court. allegations made by the police officers that i was guilty of ba

twickenham games on your mind the one from august?ld be wrong of us to sort of try and dismiss it. we're a better team, a much better team now than we were then. but, you know, ithink there are some clear things that we had to take away from that and kevin sinfield has been very clear about reminding us, showing us a few clips that hurt, you know what i mean? like when you watch us defend like that, that's always going to hurt. so he showed us a few clips and made sure that, you know, we're fully aware that, you know, we probably owe them one. looking forward to that game. that's jamie george with rugby union correspondent chris jones. don't forget, you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app or from our website as well. that's bbc.co.uk/sport, but for me and the rest of the team at the bbc sports centre, goodbye for now. hello. some fresh autumn weather on the way. chilly even for some of us in northern parts of the uk, but certainly nothing out of the ordinary. it's been so mild across many parts of the country so

the last time the two sides met was last year, when south africa comfortably claimed victory at twickenhamked the end of eddiejones�* reign as england coach. here's a check on england's starting 15, then. confirmation there of the inclusion of steward, marlar and martin. vice—captain ellis genge drops to the bench alongside george ford as owen farrell retains his fly—half role. meanwhile, the defending champions, south africa, are unchanged from the 15 that beat france in that thrilling quarter final on sunday night. that means marnie libbok continues at fly half, ahead of handre pollard while cobus reinach keeps his place ahead of faf de klerk. when we had the selection meeting as a coaching group and with other selectors, there were lots of discussions, but at the end of the day, we felt that everybody that's played on sunday had a proper performance as an individual and as a team, they played quite well together, so looking at that, we decided to just go for continuity. so england take on south africa on saturday, but the first semi final takes place tomorrow evening — with argentina up

next year, they could be playing in a potentially record—breaking match against new zealand at twickenhamthe six nations decider between england and france in april. we area we are a squad that wants to keep breaking world records, and what better place to do it than twickenham against new zealand. i think another stand—alone game, obviously the island one in the six nations, but to have new zealand there would be a game that we would want to be involved in. let's have a quick look at some of other headlines today. the route revealed today starts in rotterdam and ends in nice rather than paris due to the olympics. britain's mark cavendish will have eight opportunities at next year's tour de france to break the stage victories record he shares with belgium legend eddie merckx. cavendish said he's "shocked at how hard this tour de france is". 17—year—old stan moody is into the last 16 of the northern ireland open. he beat gary wilson by four frames to two in belfast in what is his debut season as a professional on the tour. deontay wilder says it would be a disaster if he doesn't fight anth

they aim to get revenge for that defeat to fiji for the first time in an august warm—up game at twickenham on argentina in the first of the quarter final games, and they'll be able to call on full—back liam williams and fly—half dan biggar in marseille. centre george north will become the first welshman to appear in a fourth world cup quarterfinal. north is the third most—capped player for wales. meanwhile, ireland take on new zealand, who'll be without winger mark telea. he's been dropped by new zealand for saturday's game over a breach of team protocol. telea, who made his all blacks debut against scotland last november, has scored three tries in two matches during the world cup. some good news for hosts france — their captain antoine dupont will start at scrum—half in their world cup quarterfinal against south africa on sunday after recovering from a fractured cheekbone. dupont was injured in the second half of france's 96—0 win over namibia in the group stage. rugby�*s new global tournament — the women's wxv competition — starts today, with scotland and ireland both in action. women's

we have broken records before or weather it was not winning in paris, in twickenham, not beating englandt years, so this is another opportunity for them to break another record and we believe in them. we believe where they are mentally, where they are as a group, where they are physically, they are ready to play their best rugby. england will have george ford and owen farrell starting together at fly—half and inside centre for the first time in more than 2.5 years when they take on samoa tomorrow. england have already sealed their quarterfinal place as pool d winners after winning their first three group matches. wales are also assured a place in the last eight, but a bonus point againt georgia tomorrow will mean they finish top of pool d. it's a fourth successive quarterfinal appearance under warren gatland. there have been some ups and downs over the last few years and everyone in this team was confident that we are a better team than we have shown up are a better team than we have shown up points. we wanted to come to this woke up and keep getting better, keep getting and deliver the

come the season finale at twickenham, the league thought it could look to the future but there was anotherk to come. the latest deadline for london irish to prove that they have a future has passed with the prospect of them becoming the third premiership club within a year to be thrown out of the division. the challenging part is that we weren't all together when we were told. ultimately, it's a human story, isn't it? it's sadness, and a lot of people were hurt very badly by not being able to know where they were going to be. and at the end of it all, it was, you know, a pretty harrowing time, really. i think one of the major impacts has been covid. clubs in the premiership um, rely heavily on ticket sales. so the fact that the stadiums were empty, that revenue wasn't coming in. you've then got the, as i say, the hospitality side, the merchandise. 0n the back of covid there hasn't been that influx of people back in the stadiums in the same way. and i think one of the major issues for rugby, which is very different to football, is that the business model is on its head. so the premiership i

a last—eight clash is likely to be against fiji, who they lost to at twickenham just before the worldd by talking about the team selected by steve borthwick. that team which england had named for the game against samoa on saturday, which will take place down the road at the big stadium just outside the city in lille, does feature george ford and owen farrell, starting for the first time since 2021 together. that was a combination that was relied upon and encompassed my class run to the final of a world cup. it looks like thatis final of a world cup. it looks like that is the way steve borthwick will go for the rest of the tournament. 0wen farrell is on the brink of becoming encompassed my all—time top scorer for england. becoming encompassed my all—time top scorerfor england. tom curry comes back after being suspended in the first game of the tournament. manu tuilagi will face the country of his birth, he left samoa as a teenager to play england —— to play rugby in england. to play england -- to play rugby in encland. , ., ., _ . ., . , england. they do fancy their chances for progres

they're up against fiji, a team they'd expect to beat, but shocked them at twickenham, in a warm up matchfor steve borthwick�*s side include owen farrell returning at fly half, with george ford on the bench — as england look to maintain their 100% record in the tournament so far. finallists from four years ago, for many in the squad, they know this could be the last chance to make an impact. when you are not here, for whatever reason, you miss it and you craved to be back involved. previously, i think i have taken it for granted. knowing that this is the last time i will get the last time i will get an opportunity to play in a world cup quarterfinal, to put on that shirt come as a special feeling. i am very proud, honoured, privileged to have that chance and just trying to make the most of it whilst i can, because i know that it is going to be gone in a couple of weeks because i am loving every moment of it, really. it's definitely a group of us that know that this is our last campaign, this is our last chance together. and we've been together a number of years and we have built friendshi

with the twickenham, yeah.should have been the right decision, yeah, it would have been disruptive for a lot of people, but lives would have been saved. the second part of the covid inquiry will run until christmas and examine key decisions made during the pandemic, including whether lives could have been saved if lockdowns had been imposed earlier or differently, the effectiveness of social distancing, facemasks and other lockdown measures, and public confidence in the government, including the effect of any rule breaches by ministers and officials. these are the four walls, that was all i saw every day. james had to shield in his flat for 18 months through the pandemic. the medication he takes for arthritis weakens his immune system. i didn't see another human being the whole entire time, except for when i went to the hospital to get myjabs. and that was my first interaction with a human, was the nurse giving me myjab. he filmed these video diaries in 2020. my day to day life has changed so much. i used to be

sharks were beaten by saracens in the premiership final at twickenham in may.n rugby league's super league, after coming from behind to beat toulouse olympique in the championship grand final. (oov)the french side led 14—4 at half—time, the french side led 14—4 at half—time, but the broncos fought back with three second half tries — including two from iliess macani. cue the celebrations for the london club, who are back in the the top flight for the first time since 2019 when they were relegated on points difference. to the cricket world cup in india where afghanistan have pulled off the biggest win in their world cup history — beating england by 69 runs in delhi. patrick geary reports on a disappointing day for the defending champions. afghanistan believe they are getting closer to england, belief has always been important in their cricket. allowing them to clear hurdles but few expected the force unleashed. rashid the match turner, halting the afghan church. others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root, england back on top of the sun had not yet se

now there are reportsjones will retrace his steps not to twickenham but tokyo.ones will be back this weekend when he leads the barbarians in a match against wales. australia's re—emergence they take a wild longer. they are next test is in july. and wild longer. they are next test is injuly. and in 2025 the host a lions tour. withoutjones they must rebuild from perhaps the lowest point to be a wallaby. forget about it. one other rugby union line, another england player has retired from the international game jonny may made his debut 10 years ago and is england's second highest try—scorer with 36 in 78 tests. his final match was the world cup semi—final earlier this month against eventual winners south africa. the 33—year—old gloucester wing was initally left out of the squad in france before being called up as injury cover. time for our latest contender for the bbc women's footballer of the year award. today it's one of the games most clinical forwards. the wolfsburg and germany striker alexandra popp, she bounced back from injury to lift the german cup, scored f

i know fiji won twickenham in back twickenham back in back in august, but think this is august, but butopportunity for england this evening. do. this evening. i really do. >> oh, that the kiss of >> oh, is that the kiss of death? aiden. what time it? 4:00. >> it is 4:00 in marseille. yeah, it's going to be watched by the princess wales. wales, by the princess of wales. wales, wales. lost wales. we should say. lost yesterday they played a yesterday as well. they played a brilliant game against argentina, about argentina, but just about fell short. least we've short. so at least now we've entered knockout phase. entered the knockout phase. we're starting to see the rugby world of world cup deliver in terms of entertainment. goodness me, entertainment. but goodness me, it's started five weeks ago. it's almost was in it's almost well, i was back in new zealand yesterday, who it's almost well, i was back in new i zealand yesterday, who it's almost well, i was back in newi backld yesterday, who it's almost well, i was back in newi back today?>rday, who it's almost well, i was back in newi bac

, in the summer at twickenham, which was a surprise. england haven't been terribly convincing . so it's going to be convincing. so it's going to be a tricky game, there's no question about that. so that's on sunday. the big one is france. well, the big one, they're all big. france versus south africa. so many people are talking about an and the hosts against the holders is wales are going to be playing argentina who have already beaten. who england have already beaten. and wales kind of and i think wales are kind of like the radar little like under the radar a little bit going through to the bit here going through to the final. if wales be final. and if wales should be argentina, they play the argentina, they will play the winner ireland or new winner of ireland or new zealand, also is a huge zealand, which also is a huge game and ireland who have truly come to form. it seems that every world cup, you know, they're great before the world cup and then the world cup comes along and it's just doesn't seem to work for them at that point. bu

they lost in twickenham they lost them in twickenham in august. in august.d test of how far they've come. it's not just that , because if it's not just that, because if they past there, they're of they get past there, they're of course final they course in the final where they will new zealand. will have to beat new zealand. who last night against who won last night against argentina? listen, argentina? 44 six. so listen, they've got big name players. we interviewed lewis moody this morning. thinks they've got a morning. he thinks they've got a puncher's chance . but as i say, puncher's chance. but as i say, it's difficult gauge where it's difficult to gauge where they they've not they are because they've not played good and it's played anyone any good and it's gone on for long well. gone on for too long as well. this tournament, really gone on for too long as well. thisnow. tournament, really gone on for too long as well. this now. well ament, really gone on for too long as well. this now. well amentafrica rlly gone on for too long as well. this now. well a

and they won at twickenham quite comfortably. past comfortably.lieve kate middleton is going to be there as well down in marseille cheering them on. yeah, let's just say yeah, exactly. so let's just say the of wales, of the princess of wales, of course. sorry. sorry. the princess of wales, of cou let's sorry. sorry. the princess of wales, of coulet's get sorry. sorry. the princess of wales, of coulet's get itrry. sorry. the princess of wales, of coulet's get it right. rry. >> let's get it right. >> let's get it right. >> sure, true. that's true. >> so i only say that and not to have a go, but because i just think really suits that think she really suits that title. she does. think she really suits that titlnsheie does. think she really suits that titlnshe does. 5. think she really suits that titlnshe does. she does. and she >> she does. she does. and she loves her sport, doesn't she? >> does. yeah, absolutely. she's always she's not the first time >> does. yeah, absolutely. she's alway attended )t the first time >> does. yeah, absolutely. she's al

when the rivals clashed at twickenham last november . so there was last november.ason, cannot repeat and would not want to, by the way. exactly what was allegedly said to tom curry. but it was i mean, unequivocally racist. and let's be honest with you , if it let's be honest with you, if it was anything if there was a whiff of a suspicion that something like this had happened the other way round, we all know what the result would be by now. don't joining me now is don't we? but joining me now is daily mail rugby reporter alex bywater. alex, you very bywater. alex, thank you very much entering fray. much for entering the fray. as we tread minefield of not we tread the minefield of not actually what was actually saying what was allegedly so what is allegedly said but so what is the reaction to this now i must say i was quite surprised that they've just shut the door on it. i mean, am i missing something here? is this non—event? >> well, there's been a full investigation by rugby investigation by world rugby into the event and mbonambi the south african has been clear

reports officers were called to reports of a group trying to remove an is set fire to union flags in twickenhame remarks about the ongoing conflict in israel . meanwhile a london israel. meanwhile a london underground driver who led a free palestine chant on his pack train has been suspended . free train has been suspended. free palestine . hope you will have palestine. hope you will have a blessed day today and look after yourself . well, transport for yourself. well, transport for london is saying the driver who appeared to lead that chant on saturday has been suspended pending further investigation into the incident, which happened on saturday. as around 100,000 protesters took part in a pro—palestinian demonstration in london. footage posted online by a journalist appeared to show the chant being led over the train's speaker system . now a train's speaker system. now a man who bought a pool table after winning £2.4 million on the national lottery is now queuing up to represent england at the european pool championships. neil jones and his partner julie kirkham won the money just before chri

they're mediocre they're very, very mediocre in that they lost at home to fiji, at twickenham, at twickenhamack in, back in august. and there high hopes for there were no high hopes for this tournament. okay, look, this tournament. but okay, look, they a row. they they won five in a row. they took south africa, as we discussed week, within discussed last week, within three sensational three minutes of a sensational win, point in it and win, just one point in it and close but no cigar. >> the world's longest tournament reach tournament rumbles on reach pinnacle tonight. >> it tonight, south africa >> is it tonight, south africa against two against new zealand? not the two best the world in terms best teams in the world in terms of the ranking, that accolade still belongs to ireland and france, believe are france, who i still believe are the teams in the money the best two teams in the money on. i think he gets it right. south africa tonight. but goodness difficult goodness me, it's so difficult to from that one. to pick a winner from that one. i think south africa will just edge they've got e

ladder , if you the political ladder, if you like, when i was 19 and i met nigel farage outside twickenham. >> i was selling programmes because back then it was the only way i could get a ticket to go and see the rugby. it was harder for girls back then and there was he he selling there was he was, he was selling those holder those little pound pin holder signs and he was asking me about what i was studying and i was telling him he was like, you need to study european law and understand what's happening to the country. >> and he started he planted the seed and yeah, and was about seed and yeah, and it was about ten years later when the lisbon treaty was signed, i was like, gosh, i met outside gosh, that chap i met outside that was right that rugby stadium was right about the eu . and then i went on about the eu. and then i went on to study more and more and ended up in law . up with a master's in eu law. part of the brexit party got elected , couldn't believe that. elected, couldn't believe that. and fought uk's corner in elected, couldn't believe that. aivery fought uk's corner in elected

and england's women could be involved in a record breaking rugby game at twickenham next year with aattract a bigger crowd than the 58 and a half thousand who watched the six nations decider between england and france in april. funny and love the record could be broken by a six nations match between england and ireland planned next spring, so it could happen twice in a year. all about the numbers. are you one of the 80 million people who has read the da vinci code? published in 2003, the conspiracy theory thriller became a bestseller and lots of the books ended up in charity shops. the artist david shrigley decided to scour the shops and collect 6000 copies, which he has pulped for his latest project. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been finding out more. more than 6000 copies of the da vinci code, one of the best selling books of the century, being pulped in the name of art. this is a story which begins back in 2017 in an oxfam shop in swansea, where phil broadhurst was the manager. around that time there was one particular donation that we were getting kind of a

that was in autumn international at twickenham. second red warning. it's worth explain what that means, stav.— that means, stav. 0k, yes, widespread _ that means, stav. 0k, yes, widespread flooding - that means, stav. 0k, yes, widespread flooding in - that means, stav. 0k, yes, widespread flooding in the l that means, stav. 0k, yes, - widespread flooding in the midlands, wales, northern england and especially northern and eastern scotland. many of the warnings have been lifted across england and wales today but we have had a renewed red warning for eastern scotland. we have another train of rain which willjust be pushing into eastern scotland with strong winds through the course of today. this is valid until midnight tonight. the areas of most concern are angus aberdeenshire, where the rain has been piling on over the last few hours and also the north highlands. the white you can see some wintry weather over the top of the cairngorms but as the temperatures rise over the next few hours, it will revert back to rain. this is the ambe

buying don't see any immigrants buying half million in half £1 million two beds in richmond and twickenhamevelopers buying lots of that building homes of land that are building homes that affordable them. that aren't affordable for them. so absolutely, you they so absolutely, you know, they are frustrated because the government there's nothing. rishi speech all about rishi sunak speech at all about helping get onto helping young people get onto the ladder and they the housing ladder and they help to a lot of people to buy scheme. a lot of people don't at detail they don't look at the detail they help scheme actually gets help to buy scheme actually gets them lot debt because them into a lot of debt because you know even though you only have to say, a 5% deposit have to have say, a 5% deposit once the of mortgage, once the rest of the mortgage, it comes extra cost, extra it comes with extra cost, extra interest actually it's interest rates. so actually it's not about political correctness. i think they're just really frustrating. so very quickly, >> so very, very quickly, are they more like