friend for his continued campaign to improve rail services in warrington.e is right: we will be investing £12 billion to better connect manchester and liverpool. that would allow for the delivery of northern powerhouse rail, exactly as previously planned, including high-speed lines, which would provide better rail connections for the people living in northern towns such as warrington. i know that he will be discussing this further when he meets the rail minister. >> we all continue to unequivocally condemn the abhorrent terrorist attack on the jewish people and the israeli state. we fully support the defeat of hamas and, of course, the safe return of all hostages who have been taken. so, too, i hope, do we all share the same common humanity of protecting civilians and condemning any acts of collective punishment against the palestinian people. in that regard, many of the images emanating from gaza in recent days will shock us all to the core, so may i ask the prime minister: will he join those of us on these benches and call for an immediate ceasefire in th

a big fight to come tomorrow for wood and warrington.ear from the fighters ahead of their meeting in sheffield. let's start with the cricket world cup, which continues today after england's defence of the trophy started with that crushing defeat on the opening day yesterday. today it is pakistan taking on the netherlands. netherlands winning the toss and deciding to have a bowl. they did have some early luck, reducing pakistan to 38—3 at one point. but, after that, pakistan rallied. both saud shakeel and muhammad rizwan passing their half—centuries. paksitan though not making it through their full 50 overs. they were bowled out with six balls to spare. 287 is the target for netherlands to win. you can listen to that on bbc sounds and five sports extra. we are at the crunch stage of the rugby world cup as the final round of pool games continues across the weekend. there's a big match for the hosts france later as they take on italy. that group is still far from decided, after new zealand's demolition of uruguay last night. 73—0 was the fi

that pressure is to return warrington to its place amongst the league's best.bbc news. i'm 34 years old. an opportunity in front of me here. so i'm just looking forward to that. so i'm just looking forward to that. ben croucher, bbc news. just before we go, a reminder you can watch the ballon d'or awards on the bbc later. argentina's lionel messi the overwhelming favourite to win the men's award for the eighth time. quite a few british names in there too including kane. quite a few british names in there too including kane. live coverage from paris is on bbc iplayer, bbc sport app, website and the red button from quarter to eight. that's all from sportsday. thanks very much for watching. we will see you next time. goodbye. goodbye. hello. this week's big weather story is likely to be storm ciaran, named by the met office, expected to bring widespread heavy rain, exacerbating the risk of flooding. also damaging winds most likely in the south of england and the channel islands through wednesday night and on into thursday. in the shorter term, a met office amber w

_ at warrington wolves. does he not call you every week? i _ at warrington wolves.rn ireland, —— eight met office amber weather warning. you can see from the radar picture overnight we have had heavy and persistent rain which has been affecting northern, eastern and south—eastern england where we have had some thunder as well. driest conditions with the fewest showers across scotland but as this band weakens, to the south it will brighten up for a time. more rain coming into the south—west. this is an area of low pressure, and through the evening and overnight it will push northwards and eastwards. there will be a first across the highlands before we see the milder air come in but even so on higher ground there will be some snow for a time before the rain moves in. showers for southern scotland, northern ireland, england and wales with sunshine in between. it will be windy tomorrow across the north—east and south—west. this is storm ciaran, and through the course of wednesday into thursday, it is going to drift across southern parts of england and wales bringing not

williams was initially banned for one game for a shoulder charge playing for his club side warringtoner losing an appeal. he goes in front of a disciplinary tribunal this evening. so here is the squad in full. five players from australia's nrl are named, including the compeition�*s top try—scorer, dom young. there's a recall for wigan skipper liam farrell, fresh from leading his side to a grand final win at the weekend. it's the first time he's been involved with england for two years. the first test against tonga is at st helens on sunday before games at huddersfield and leeds later this month. britain's lucy charles—barclay set a new course record as she won the ironman world championship in hawaii for the first time. charles—barclay is just the third briton to win the ironman world championship after leanda cave and chrissie wellington. the 30—year—old is also the first woman to lead the event from start to finish. charles—barclay finished just over three minutes ahead of germany's anne haug. it feels incredible to be world champion, especially after the journey i have had, i have

the half—back�*s initial one—game suspension for a shoulder charge playing for his club south warringtonchallenged the ban again in the hope of having it overturned but that was rejected by a new three—person tribunal. to formula one now and daniel ricciardo will make his return from injury at this weekend's united states grand prix in texas. the 34—year—old australian has missed five grands prix since breaking a bone in his left hand in practice for the dutch grand prix in august. red bull decided against having ricciardo return for the previous event in qatar to give his injury more time to recover, saying there was no need to take any risks. after the news that flag football is amongst the new sports at the olympics, many nfl players hinted that they would be interested in playing at the games, and it could be on the cards. nfl executive peter o'reilly says the league will work with the players�* union on allowing current and former players to participate. ultimately that decision on the make up ultimately that decision on the make up of team usa is a decision of usa football, the nat

, under every _ rochester and warrington, under every village, town and city across our great — everyget britain building again. but the tories would have you believe we can't build _ the tories would have you believe we can't build anything in britain any more _ can't build anything in britain any more in — can't build anything in britain any more. in fact, the single biggest obstacle — more. in fact, the single biggest obstacle to building infrastructure, to investment and to growth in this country— to investment and to growth in this country is _ to investment and to growth in this country is the conservative party itself _ country is the conservative party itself. just — country is the conservative party itself. just look at the fate of h52. _ itself. just look at the fate of h52, a — itself. just look at the fate of h52, a major transport project lost. hsz, a major transport project lost. another— hsz, a major transport project lost. another promise broken. because the government could not keep costs under— government could not keep costs under control. by the time this governmen

sam burgess has spoken for the first time as the new head coach of rugby league side warrington wolvese of injury and said the decision to move from sydney wasn't an easy one. it was a hard choice but these are choices that you have to make. and now we are here, we are really enjoying our time, the club is fantastic and it's a great opportunity and a wonderful club, so when you really look at the job at hand, it's quite an easy decision. after an incredible year of football in the women's domestic leagues and major international tournaments, the vote for the bbc women's footballer of the year is now open with five nominees vying to be your champion. today, we focus on the australia and chelsea striker sam kerr. as the top scorer in the women's super league last season, she fired chelsea to a domestic league and cup double and also overtook tim cahill to become australia's all time record goal—scorer. will she be your choice? even without stepping on the pitch, walking out at a home world cup, not many people in their career get to do that. �* , . ., m do that. australia reached the sem

benefit fully from this rail upgrade and that a hub station at warrington bank key, thinking powersillion to better connect manchester and liverpool. this will allow all the delivery of more than power will exactly as previously planned, including high—speed lines which will provide better rail connections for the people living in northern towns like warrington and i know he will be discussing this further when he meets with the rail minister. brute discussing this further when he meets with the rail minister. we all continue to — meets with the rail minister. we all continue to unequivocally _ meets with the rail minister. we all continue to unequivocally condemn| continue to unequivocally condemn the apparent terrorist attack on the jewish people and the s release date. we can support the defeat of hamas and of course the safe return of all hostages have been taken. so, too, to be all hope the same common humanity of protecting civilians and condemning any acts of collective punishment against the palestinian people. in that regard, many of the images emanating from gaza in recent

was initially banned for one game, following a shoulder charge whilst playing for his club side warrington after losing an appeal. he goes in front of a disciplinary tribunal this evening. and ivor robson, the official starter at the open, has died aged 83. 0nat on a tfrom ireland, all done. robson, described by the r&a as "one of the most distinctive voices in golf", began his career at carnoustie in 1975 and retired in 2015. he held the role for 41 years and delivered the famous "0n the tee..." introductions at the open — and many other tournaments. during his career robson announced almost 19 thousand players at the open. and that's all the sport for now. back in the uk, scotland's first minister humza yousaf has used his speech at the snp party conference to call for an end of the siege of gaza. the snp leader, whose wife's family were injured in a raid earlier today after getting trapped in the region, condemned the attacks by hamas last week but said �*collective punishment�* against israel could never be justified. let's take a listen. we're absolutely clear, the life of a palestini

and i know that warrington.is further when he meets with the rail minister. >> snp leader stephen flynn . >> snp leader stephen flynn. yeah, yeah. >> thank you, mr speaker. we all continue to unequivocally condemn , um, the abhorrent condemn, um, the abhorrent terrorist attack on the jewish people and the israeli state. >> we fully support the defeat of hamas and of course the safe return of all hostages who have been taken. >> so , too, i hope, do we all >> so, too, i hope, do we all share the same common humanity of protecting civilian homes and condemning any acts of collective punishment against the palestinian people ? the palestinian people? >> in that regard, many of the images emanating from gaza in recent days will shock us all to the core. so can i ask the prime minister, will he join with us on these benches and call for an immediate ceasefire in the region . here region. here >> mr speaker, we believe that israel does have a right to defend itself, to protect its people and to act against terrorism a

so brianna, guy was a 16 year old from warrington . she was murdered. warrington. she was murdered.tement saying she was a beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter , daughter, sister, granddaughter, daughter. that should be the end of it. she she was the family was sent deluges of abuse. misgender being deadnaming and the people responsible for that. that's a hate crime that needs to be recorded in law. and they need to be punished accordingly. okay >> but there are differences between punishing people in law and people doing things that are nasty, a as general nasty, that as a as a general rule in law, you can't libel the dead. and that surely is sensible can't that sensible that you can't that once somebody is dead, the libel laws, for example , fail to take laws, for example, fail to take effect because you can't offend somebody who is dead. you can offend the family. >> you can offend the family, you could offend. >> being offended ought not to be a criminal offence for which people prison. people could go to prison. >> take another one then. >> let's take another one then. >> le

the warrington player's one—game suspension for a shoulder charge in the play—off defeat to st helensfirst time since winning the world cup. former spanish football federation president luis rubiales kissed hermoso during the world cup trophy presentation, which she says was not consensual. rubiales eventually resigned and was given a restraining order. former paralympic head coach paula dunn has been appointed interim head coach of uk athletics. dunn will lead the performance programme at the paris olympic and paralympic games. her appointment follows the departure of stephen maguire. let's take you to india now, where the cricket world cup is getting really interesting. afghanistan were hoping to build on theirfamous victory against england, but it was the in—form new zealand who were their opponents today — and it turned into a rather different occasion. joe wilson reports. world cup match day in chennai, looking for some afghanistan supporters. arriving without standing, optimism here. is supporters. arriving without standing, optimism here. is the last match, we standing, optimis

talking points are come out of that squad selection, of course the captain george williams, the warringtonior side to ground victory for the a lot of excitement about the inclusion of robbie moeller and capping off a wonderful season with his inclusion of the brilliant season. i'll be catching up with sean wayne this afternoon. taste catching up with sean wayne this afternoon. ~ ., ., ., ~ afternoon. we got a great three week [an for afternoon. we got a great three week plan for them- _ afternoon. we got a great three week plan for them- i— afternoon. we got a great three week plan for them. i remember _ afternoon. we got a great three week plan for them. i remember some - afternoon. we got a great three week plan for them. i remember some of l plan forthem. i remember some of the comments last year that was the best six— the comments last year that was the best six weeks we had. i know this is going _ best six weeks we had. i know this is going to — best six weeks we had. i know this is going to be better four weeks as well _ is going to be better four weeks as well. trainings can be good

warrington's matty ashton has been called into england's 19 man squad for the second test in huddersfields also injured. —— ben currie. organisers of the masters and open championship say they have no plans to create exemptions for liv golfers next year. their application for global ranking points was rejected earlier this month and liv players phil mickelson and bryson dechambeau called for an exemption category to be created to ensure they do not miss out on qualification as a result. all this week, we have been taking a look at the five nominees for the bbc women's footballer of the year award, and our profile today is of the manchester united and england goalkeeper mary earps, who was part of sarina wiegman's side that made it all the way to the world cup final. iam i am privileged to have so many standout moments. obviously world cup finalist, winning the fifa best, fa cup final as well and on the ballon d'or shortlist which is obvious they just ballon d'or shortlist which is obvious theyjust incredible. we have just kind of always accepted that strikers are at the forefront of thing

is alliance instead past sunday to warrington foreign foes. >> in my administration for israel securityksolid and unwavering, let me say this as clearly as i can this is not a moment for any party hostile to israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. the world is watching. lauren: fox news white house correspondent peter doocy joins us with more. >> officials are aware of reports coming from israeli counterparts that some of the hostages held in gaza are american citizens. >> we will be closely correlating and working with our israeli partners on making every effort to bring those people back safely. that said this is a situation, as you read the israelis say is likely to play out for quite some time. early do think we will wrestle for this with a while. >> a former national security advisor thinks there are specific aspect president biden can and should be deploying. >> we have hostage rescue teams and our special forces that need to be shipped immediately to the c-17's and c5's to prepare to rescue the american citizens. we have to have the fbi hostage rescue team deployed to

leeds, st helens, catalans, warrington and the two hull clubs have also been given a provisional top reports. arguably dom young was the poster boy for this series. he is suffering from a brain infection after having a sinus infection and then having to have an abscess drained. he is still in hospital. however, england managersays in hospital. however, england manager says he is recovering well and getting the best of care. his attentions are firmly focused on tonga after eight narrow 22—18 victory at the weekend. he says that tonga will come back even stronger on saturday and he is preparing his side for that. it’s on saturday and he is preparing his side for that-— side for that. it's in our runs and we want to _ side for that. it's in our runs and we want to win? _ side for that. it's in our runs and we want to win? and _ side for that. it's in our runs and we want to win? and it's - side for that. it's in our runs and | we want to win? and it's going to side for that. it's in our runs and - we want to win? and it's going to be hard work _ we want to win? and it's going to be hard

to lose hs2 to birmingham and also northern powerhouse rail, so that the line from liverpool and warrington to this prime minister does commitments, he said to me when i first met him when he was a backbencher that his mission in politics was to deliver that new line across the pennines and he would be the prime minister that destroys it, notjust for this generation but many generations to come, and puts back the cause of levelling up, of genuinely closing the north—south divide for 100 years. the north-south divide for 100 ears. �* ., ., , ., years. but there are many here who think rishi sunak— years. but there are many here who think rishi sunak is _ years. but there are many here who think rishi sunak is on _ years. but there are many here who think rishi sunak is on the - years. but there are many here who think rishi sunak is on the right - think rishi sunak is on the right track. is it officially scrapped? we don't track. is it officially scrapped? - don't know. i think hsz is a white don't know. i think hs2 is a white elephant. i think that money could be better spent on other thing

st helens remain on course to win their fifth consecutive super league title, beating warrington by 16itself up thank you, it's all setting itself up very, very nicely for a massive game between scotland and ireland at the rugby world cup. looking forward to that one. new trading rules for northern ireland are coming into force today as part of the deal between the uk and european union. it's designed to ease the movement of goods from great britain. the democratic unionist party is continuing to boycott devolved government in northern ireland in protest at the framework. chris page reports. brexit has been a challenging course to navigate. the irish sea became a trade border. the fallout for business and politics has been anything but calm. the changes coming in today have a particularly big effect on the food sector. this wholesale company makes deliveries to 5000 customers every week. this rives us a to 5000 customers every week. this gives us a level _ to 5000 customers every week. this gives us a level of _ to 5000 customers every week. try 3 gives us a level of certainty but it i

and in coventry, sunderland and in blyth and jobs retrofitting homes in keighley, rochester and warrington every village, town and city across our great country . we are ready our great country. we are ready to serve , ready to lead, ready to serve, ready to lead, ready to serve, ready to lead, ready to rebuild britain . to rebuild britain. and conference ice if we want to spur investment, restore economic security and revive growth . and we must get britain growth. and we must get britain building again. the tories would have you believe we can't build anything in britain . in fact, anything in britain. in fact, the single biggest obstacle to building infrastructure and to investment and to growth in this country is the conservative party itself . just look . just party itself. just look. just look at the fate of hs2, a major transport project lost another promise broken because as the government could not keep costs under control by the time this government even recognised that they had a problem , the project they had a problem, the project was already £30 billion over budget . the was

the 28—year—old from hull was knocked down four times in his match on the leigh wood v josh warringtonver featured at the games before, despite being at the commonwealths since 1998. la has also opted for flag football, a non—contact version of american football played by teams of five. lacrosse and baseball/softball will also feature in a move that could see 11,000 athletes at the games. it's been a long time coming, hasn't it? i think it was 2005 when we first spoke about the disappointment for missing out. so it's been a long road for the sport, but one which will be celebrated, of course, around the world. but also i think that because of those disappointments, it should stand the sport in good stead because everyone won't rest on their laurels. now, everyone will make sure that we're there to stay. thank you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. there is a storm heading our way. absolutely right. storm babet will be making its presence felt. today is dry out with brighter weather around. we will see rain coming in from the west later on. mid week it will turn that b

in the north east would be able to come here to manchester and on to places like liverpool and warringtont. so if the northern section of h52 is isn't. so if the northern section of hs2 is gone. _ isn't. so if the northern section of hs2 is gone. if— isn't. so if the northern section of h52 is gone, if that _ isn't. so if the northern section of h52 is gone, if that decision - isn't. so if the northern section of h52 is gone, if that decision is - hs2 is gone, if that decision is made, what is the alternative, what would you hope for? so made, what is the alternative, what would you hope for?— would you hope for? so the fallback osition would you hope for? so the fallback position that _ would you hope for? so the fallback position that we _ would you hope for? so the fallback position that we thought _ would you hope for? so the fallback position that we thought the - would you hope for? so the fallback position that we thought the prime | position that we thought the prime minister might go far, but now looks unlikely, would be to still build a section of hs2 between manchester airport