also coming up, a great start for warwickshire. lancashire in the county championship showpiece. welcome along to sportsday and it's another champions league week across europe. the standout tie is in the french capital tonight — paris st germain against machester city. el cashico is one of the labels given to this meeting of two of the richest clubs in the world. and that's not the only tie that catches the eye. austin halewood can take us through it all austin, man city edged their semifinal against psg last season before losing to chelsea in the final. how's it looking this time? there were so close last time because we know that winning the champions league has long been pep guardiola's ambition since arriving in manchester. they nearly did it, didn't they, last season butjust lost out to chelsea in the final. well, as you say gav, city have strengthened. they paid a whopping £100 million forjack grealish — they're hoping he might be the key to take them one step further this season. however, psg could be their toughest opponen

so, warwickshire well in command of that five—day game.ffected most parts of the rain on tuesday, wednesday gives us a chance to draw breath. it will be dry and bright with some sunshine. still breezy with one or two showers and a rather chilly start to the day. single digits quite widely, one or two places in the countryside around 3 or four degrees but with some sunshine to greet us best thing. some showers against — across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. by the end of the afternoon, most places will be dry with some sunshine but highs ofjust 13 to 16 degrees, a chilly not far off where we should be this time of year. turning chilly for a time on wednesday evening but overnight and into thursday, we will see cloud and rain returning, it will turn windy for a time, and we stick with this unsettled and autumnal fame with rain at times and some strong winds. welcome to newsday reporting live from singapore. the headlines. america's top general says the united states reputation has been damaged by the chaotic exit from afghanis

warwickshire are cricket's county champions for the first time in nine years.the final wicket to ensure the win by 118 runs at edgbaston. and warwickshire could do the double this season as they're into the final of the bob willis trophy at lord's next week. there was a big surprise in tonight's super league eliminator as hull kr ended warrington's season with a 19—0 victory. rovers finished bottom of the table last year, but are nowjust one game away from the grand final. they play catalans dragons in the semi on thursday night for a place at old trafford. west bromwich albion are top of the championship after coming from behind to beat qpr. it was 1—1 with three minutes to go, but a wonderful flowing move was finished off by karlan grant to give west brom the win. they're above coventry on goal difference, who beat peterborough 3—0 tonight. red bull's max verstappen will start sunday's russian grand prix from the back of the grid as a result of a penalty for using too many engines this season. in second practice today, it was a mercedez one—two with valtteri

in reply, warwickshire reached 120 without loss before bad light stopped play, so warwickshire well in will still be quite breezy and there will be one or two showers but we are essentially between weather systems — this band of cloud that brought the rain on tuesday, this area of cloud waiting in the wings in the atlantic — but, in between, a zone of clearer skies thanks to this little ridge of high pressure building its way in. notice the white lines on the chart, though — the isobars still fairly tightly squeezed, so it will still be quite breezy and certainly we�*re getting off to a very cool start, quite a chilly start in places — three or four degrees in one or two spots in the countryside, but we should see a good deal of sunshine through the day. now we will see some showers, too — these most plentiful across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland, drifting through northern england, into the midlands, perhaps one or two into east anglia and the south—east, but many spots by the end of the afternoon will be dry with some sunshine. the winds easing a little by the end of

warwickshire are county cricket champions, for the first time in nine years. pip lancashire to the title. and three wickets from craig miles helped take them to the brink of victory. then, liam norwell claimed the final wicket to ensure victory by 118 runs at edgbaston. they will face lancashire in next week's trophy final at lord's. let's have a quick look at some of the other sports stories making the news today. the former rugby league player rob burrow, who has motor neurone disease, will present the man of the match trophy at next month's grand final. burrow twice won the award during a successful career with leeds rhinos. fi championship leader max verstappen will start sunday's russian grand prix from the back of the grid after his red bull team received a penalty for using too many engines. mercedes�* valterri bottas was fastest in both of today's practise sessions in sochi. and britain's eventers are in the team gold position after the dressage phase of the european champipoships. the all—girl team led by world champion ros canter have nearly a five—p

now let's turn to cricket, and warwickshire remain on course time for a quick look at some of the otherments this weekend or for the following midweek matches owing to the fuel crisis. the board "advises clubs to seek alternative transport if necessary". should the situation worsen, the league say they will review the situation. warwickshire remain on course to complete a huge victory over lancashire in county cricket's bob willis trophy at lord's. when bad light ended play on the third day, lanacashire were stil1269 runs behind with just four second innings wickets in hand. england's men will play three one—day internationals in the netherlands injune next year. the games were due to be played this summer, but were postponed because of the covid—19 pandemic. england's test team are due to play new zealand in a series at the same time. staying with cricket, india's women made a good start to their one—off test against australia in carrara before bad weather forced play to end early. smriti mandhana made an unbeaten 80 as india finished the first day on 132—1. an investigation into corru

look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack.as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. but otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain during day on sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. the rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. but there will be a few areas that pick—up is much as 30 or a0 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding across the east. many western areas actually, the weather will improve through sunday afternoon with a bit more in the way of sunshine. taking a look at the week ahead, it's not a bad start to the week with some sunny spells, some dry weather. however, later in the we

look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack.and and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. but otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain during day on sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. the rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. but there will be a few areas that pick—up is much as 30 or a0 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding across the east. many western areas actually, the weather will improve through sunday afternoon with a bit more in the way of sunshine. taking a look at the week ahead, it�*s not a bad start to the week with some sunny spells, some dry weather. however, later in the week low pressure is going to be moving in and that�*s going to be

warwickshire are cricket's county champions, taking the title for the first time since 2012.s bob willis trophy final at lord's. another huge sporting event taking place this weekend is the world heavyweight championship fight between anthonyjoshua and oleksandr usyk. the pair have weighed in this afternoon ahead of the bout tomorrow night at the tottenham hotspur stadium. usyk was at his heaviest ever weight for the fight, withjoshua still 20 pounds heavier. the brit's wba, wbo and ibf are on the line. red bull's max verstappen will start sunday's russian grand prix from the back of the grid as a result of a penalty for using too many engines this season. in second practice today, it was a mercedes one—two with valtteri bottas finishing quickest, just ahead of his team—mate lewis hamilton. verstappen's grid penalty gives hamilton and mercedes a golden opportunity to gain ground in the championship — the dutchman is five points ahead of hamilton heading into this weekend. the liverpool managerjurgen klopp says now is a "good moment" to consider bringing in safe standing at st

that was how the day finished in wakefield but a different —looking weather picture in parts of warwickshireoment and it will porsche north and east —— it will porsche north and east —— it will push. maybe the odd rumble of thunder mixed in. across east anglia and much of the east midlands, not much rain at this stage. but into sunday, these areas of rain will continue to push east over time and eventually as they reach east england, probably during the afternoon mainly, it will grind to a halt and the amount of rain we will get from this will vary from place to place but some could be looking at around 30—110 millimetres of rain enough to cause localised flooding, but further west the weather improves. for most a fresh feel to the weather by the time you get to the weather by the time you get to the afternoon. next week, a quiet start to the week, predominantly dry monday and tuesday but mid week onwards, low pressure will move in bringing heavy rain and strong winds andindeed bringing heavy rain and strong winds and indeed gales will blow in later in the week.

look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack.hes its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. but otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain during day on sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. the rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. but there will be a few areas that pick—up is much as 30 or a0 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding across the east. many western areas actually, the weather will improve through sunday afternoon with a bit more in the way of sunshine. taking a look at the week ahead, it's not a bad start to the week with some sunny spells, some dry weather. however, later in the week low pre

look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack.g a bit heavier, a bit more extensive as well as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. the rift deepens between france and key western allies over a cancelled submarine contract — the french foreign minister says relations with australia and the us are in crisis. from paris, here's hugh schofield. for the americans, the australians and the british, it's a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. but australia's decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated.

look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack.e extensive as well as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. but otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain during sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. the rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. but there will be a few areas that pick—up as much as 30 or 40 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding across the east. many western areas actually, the weather will improve through sunday afternoon with a bit more in the way of sunshine. taking a look at the week ahead, it's not a bad start to the week with some sunny spells, some dry weather. however, la

coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, a brilliant start by warwickshire in trophy as lancashire collapse at lord's. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the transpory secretary grant shapps says after days of fuel shortages at the pumps, there are indications the situation is stabilising. the petrol retailers association says anecdotal evidence from its members suggests demand on forecourts is still significantly higher than normal but not as high as it was this weekend. the government is still putting the army on standby to drive tankers, but mr shapps said the measures already put in place appeared to be having some effect. the surge in demand came because of fears that a shortage of drivers would hit fuel supply although there is plenty at refineries. here's our business correspondent emma simpson. day five and it is still a very long wait for petrol around telford. not every four has problems, urban areas are the worst affected. drivers hoping to fill up before the pumps run out, delivery is unable to keep up run out, delivery is unable to

warwickshire put lancashire into bat, and the wickets have been tumbling. been tumbling. it was 12—6 in just the wickets have been tumbling. it was 12—6 injust the ninth over. lancashire as crumbly as their cheese, they are due out again shortly for the afternoon session, 57-8. this shortly for the afternoon session, 57—8. this five—day match will not be lost in five days at this rate. the champions are on top. the england test captainjoe root has been named men's play of the year by the professional cricket association. the award round of a brilliant summer for the association. the award round of a brilliant summerfor the batsman, brilliant summer for the batsman, who brilliant summerfor the batsman, who scored 661 runs including hundreds in three successive test matches against india. —— including 1005 matches against india. —— including 100s in three successive test matches. that's all you're spot for now, go to the bbc sport website, lots more tributes being paid to roger hunt, the england world cup winner who has died at the age of 83. only half of chi

county champions warwickshire are firmly in control over runners—up lancashire in the bob willis trophyeven better. he was 151 not out at closure and they are for c4— he was 151 not out at closure and they are for ca— seven. andy murray says he's getting better with every match and happy to be playing week in, week out, after reaching the second round of the san diego open. he's in the draw as a wild card, and he beat the american denis kudla in straight sets. but murray, currently the world number 109, will now face the norwegian casper ruud, who is ranked tenth in the world and seeded second. still to come, we get a look at the queen's baton.— still to come, we get a look at the queen's baton. what is something modern but _ queen's baton. what is something modern but also _ queen's baton. what is something modern but also traditional- queen's baton. what is something modern but also traditional and i queen's baton. what is something i modern but also traditional and able to tell a modern story as it travels the world. the bell has rung on boxing legend manny pacquiao's career in the r

on the bbc news i channel, a shocker for lancashire as wickets tumble in the showpiece against warwickshirenflict. as we saw last night in a report byjeremy bowen the area has been devastated by the war. but what�*s it like for the british service peronnel who fought there for so long seeing helmand and afghanistan now firmly back in the hands of the taliban. caroline hawley, has been talking tojon white, a former member of the royal marines who suffered life—changing injuries when he was there. this must have been one of the last photo is taken of me before my injuries. photo is taken of me before my in'uries. , ., ~ photo is taken of me before my in'uries. , ., . ., , ., injuries. john white was 27 at the time in command _ injuries. john white was 27 at the time in command of— injuries. john white was 27 at the time in command of 30 _ injuries. john white was 27 at the time in command of 30 men. it l time in command of 30 men. it was his second tour of afghanistan. in 2010 it was the most dangerous place in the country for british troops. yes, definitely the scariest place i have been for

an extraordinary start to the bob willis trophy and they will put it in by the county champion warwickshire to 78 five of those wickets in the play, work should reach 120 without loss before stopping the play. while in command of that five day game. and that is all the sport for now and we'll have more on the bbc news channel later on. the train company southeastern which operates one of the busiest networks in the country between london, kent, and sussex has been stripped of its rail franchise after it failed to repay £25 million it owed to the taxpayer. the government will take over the running of services from the middle of next month. it'sjust one of a number of uk rail franchises that has had to be placed in public ownership in recent years. 0ur transport correspondent, caroline davies, has more. it is not unusual for train lines to be renationalised. what is rare is when it's about trust. this morning the government announced it would be taking over running southeastern services after it found £25 million had not been declared by the operator. the company itself is taking a large numb

the bob willis trophy, they won at lord's, warwickshire absolutely running away with it against lancashireh, but for me that is all for now. borisjohnson has boris johnson has promised borisjohnson has promised to appoint someone to chair the public enquiry into the corona virus pandemic by christmas following a meeting with bereaved family members. the prime minister also lent his support to the national covert memorial wall suggesting that it could become a permanent national memorial to the tragedy. let's speak now to 1 of the members of the group who met borisjohnson in downing street this afternoon. he lost his father to covid—19 and joins us now. good afternoon to you. just to start with, tell us 1st of all the circumstances in which you lost your father. ,:, :, circumstances in which you lost your father. ,., ., ., ., ., circumstances in which you lost your father. ., ., ,, circumstances in which you lost your father. ., ., ~ , ., father. good afternoon, thank you for havin: father. good afternoon, thank you for having me- _ father. good afternoon, thank you for having me. i— father

and it's day two of the bob willis trophy final at lords' between warwickshire and lancashire.ons league matches and a full build up to the football this weekend. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. more now on the labour party conference, and leader keir starmer�*s first in—person speech at the conference praised the nhs and criticised the government's handling of the fuel crisis. he re—emphasised that labour was the party of working people, so how will that have been received across england? let's speak now to jamie driscoll, metro mayor for north of tyne. also i'm joined byjoe twyman, co—founder of the public opinion consultancy deltapoll. good afternoon to you both. i wonder if i can start with you, make it clear he were not in the conference but you have i hope manage to listen to some of the speech and get a flavour of it. what did you speak with matt you are quite right. i worked up here today but i has in the speech playback. a number of things he had to do as an opposition leader, any opposition leader. yet to be likeable to the public and also have to set

warwickshire needing to beat somerset to pip leaders lancashire to title.d by dermot nolan who is the former ceo of ofgem, the uk energy regualator. the may what are the main issues? you might be price of gas nationally, and over the world. it's gone up by a huge amount. we use gas for all our heating the, and gas is also the main way we generate electricity. when we see the huge spike throughout the entire world. the higher price for electricity as well. that is basically what has happened. if your firm goes if yourfirm goes bust, don't worry. you will be moved to another supplier at hopefully the same rate. in that sense, don't worry. it's never great to see a firm go bust but some firms that are not done as well as they should be arguing boss so don't panic, you will be switched to someone else and have continuity of supply which is really important to emphasise. there is no evidence that any of the big firms are going bust but there is a regime set in law and this will sound a bit of a mouthful but a special administration regime. one of the big firms i

lancashire both out in their first innings forjust 78 runs against the county champions warwickshire,f the nasuwt. thank you for being with us on bbc news. what examples have you learnt of from your members of the impact this is having so far?— this is having so far? we've been heafina this is having so far? we've been hearing from _ this is having so far? we've been hearing from members _ this is having so far? we've been hearing from members the - this is having so far? we've been | hearing from members the length this is having so far? we've been - hearing from members the length and breadth of the country and their representatives, who are telling us that despite their best endeavours, without wanting to engage in panic buying and fuel, they are struggling to obtain fuel. for many, that has left teachers either stranded on the way to work or stranded on the way home from school. 0r, way to work or stranded on the way home from school. or, you know, very anxious about whether they are going to be able to make the journey for the remainer of the week. that is one of the reasons why w

warwickshire are now 380—4. they have got a huge first innings lead at the moment.road. katie price was trapped inside and a member of the public stayed with her until the paramedics came and freed her from the car. a police officer said at the scene she said she knew she should not be driving and that she had gone to visit a friend and she admitted being under the influence of alcohol and also it was later said there were traces of cocaine after a test. her lawyer said she had had a lot of issues recently and we also found out she has a lot of driving penalties on her record already. she will now undergo a treatment programme at the priory rehabilitation centre. she was supposed to be there at 130 this afternoon although was not able to make that appointment because she was here at court, she has been reminded that she must not get behind the wheel of a car and she would undergo treatment at the priory before returning here in decemberfor priory before returning here in december for sentencing. megan, thanks forjoining _ december for sentencing. megan, thanks forjo

it's congratulations to warwickshire, who are are county cricket champions, for the first time in ninele to sink in. there was a big surprise in the super league eliminator play—off, as hull kingston rovers, ended warrington's season with a 19—0 victory. rovers finished bottom of the table, last year but now are just one game away from the grand final. they play catalans dragons, in the semi finals, on thursday night for a place at old trafford. in union, george ford delivered the perfect response, to being left out of england's latest training squad, as leicester beat gloucester 33—26, in the premiership. ford, who's won 77 caps and played in two world cups, will miss an england camp that starts tomorrow. he kicked three penalties and two conversions as they secured a bonus—point win at kingsholm. rugby union's new united rugby championship got underway last night. it's the replacement for the pro 14 league. ulster held off glasgow warriors to win a 9—try thriller in belfast by 35—29. in the night's other match cardiff rugby overcame adversity — they lost two key players in the openin

and even landed a helicopter in a family's garden in warwickshire.re will set the scene? sarah, let's start with you. - morning. here will set the scene? sarah, let's start with you. where | sarah, let's start with you. where were you and what happened? we were auoin for a were you and what happened? we were going for a walk — were you and what happened? we were going for a walk after _ were you and what happened? we were going for a walk after work. _ were you and what happened? we were going for a walk after work. we - going for a walk after work. we often go to but after work. we got to the bottom end, so thejet often go to but after work. we got to the bottom end, so the jet skis, which you are not allowed on buttermere. we saw the helicopter of the motorhomes and thought what is going on? we asked somebody and they said there are some parachutes coming in, you will have to move to the end of the pack, so we did. we walked on, as we got further down the path and someone said i read last night that tom cruise is in the area. we were like, oh, righ