This is bbc news, the headlines at six. President trumps doctors say he is continuing to improve as hes treated in hospital for coronavirus they also reveal more details of his condition before he was admitted he received oxygen twice but they remain optimistic. If he continues to look and feel as well as he does today our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the white house where he can continue his treatment course. I came here, wasnt feeling so well. I feel much better now. From hospital earlier the president said he hoped to be back soon, acknowledging that the real test lies in the days ahead. The Prime Minister says its too early to tell if the latest covid restrictions are working and urges people to keep
following the rules. Thousands ofjobs are at risk as the uks largest cinema chain cineworld considers temporarily closing all of its sites. And a surprise result in the London Marathon as the 2020 race delayed for months takes place. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Im laura trevelyan. Donald trumps medical team says his condition is improving as he continues his treatment for covid 19. However, his doctors have admitted he has faced difficulties breathing since being diagnosed with the virus and that his oxygen levels dropped more than once. Hes now being treated with a steroid and an anti viraldrug. Nomia iqbal sent this report from the Walter Reed Medical Center. I came here, wasnt feeling so well,
i feel much better now. No big rallies, no crowds of supporters but President Trump still has his twitter following inside the hospital. After the chaotic handling of the messaging about his health by his staff yesterday, the president clearly decided to do thejob himself and released a long unscripted update on his and the first ladys health. I want to thank everybody, our first lady is doing well, melania asked me to Say Something as to the respect she has for our country, the love she has for the country. We are both doing well. Melania is really handling it very nicely. He even avoided mentioning china, as he usually does when it comes to the virus. We are going to beat this coronavirus, or whatever you want to call it and beat it soundly. But there were also uncharacteristic signs of hesitancy from a normally bullish president when it comes to his health. So ijust want to tell you that im starting to feel good. You dont know, over the next period of a few days, i guess thats the real test and we will see what happens those next couple of days. After his performance yesterday, the president s doctor tried again to reassure the American Public that the president is really on the mend. As with any illness, there are frequent ups and downs over the course, particularly when a patient is being so closely watched 24 hours a day. We review and debate every finding compare every finding, compare to existing science and literature, weighing up the risks and benefits of every intervention. If he continues to look and feel as well as he does today our hope is we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the white house where he can continue his treatment course. There has been a real show of support outside the hospital for
donald trump which he says he is grateful for but the messaging from the white house is causing real confusion about when he fell ill, who he may have infected and what that means about the president s health. From his team and family, the message remains that he is getting on with his job and in charge. But the numbers of cases of people falling ill around him are going up. The latest in his circle is the former governor Chris Christie who checked himself into hospital last night. He was at the rose garden ceremony last weekend for the Supreme Court nominee amy coney barrett. It may turn out to be the super spreader event. For the time being, President Trump has to stay inside. He says campaigning for the election has not stopped. Operation make America Great again is in full swing. And it is also ramping up on the rival side with democratic candidate joe biden hitting the virtual trail last night. Both men were meant to meet in 11 days for the next president ial debate which looks increasingly unlikely now. Instead, the next few days will be dominated by the question of how ill the president is and when he will be able to return
to the fight to hold on to the white house. Nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. Lets cross live now to the Walter Reed Medical Center where mr trump is being treated and speak to our correspondent lebo diseko. The president could be discharged as early as tomorrow but he is taking a steroid and his oxygen has dropped twice. What are we to make of this . Well, that is the question. What are we to make of it . I think the white house team, the medical team, would have hoped that this would allay any fears or confusion that we had at the end of yesterday. Nomia explained they are the really quite muddled messages that were coming from the president s team yesterday. Im not sure that that was the case, whether they have allayed any of those fears. There were questions about the drops in oxygen, the
president s doctor, his personal physician, talked extensively about the first time oxygen dropped, how long he was given oxygen for. He mentioned a second time but didnt really go into how long he given oxygen for. When asked about it he said we will have to ask the nurses about that. Similarly, there were questions asked about damage to his lungs. He didnt really elaborate on that either. It was really interesting hearing the guests you had in the last hour saying that if donald trump was an ordinary citizen, she might be worried about him going back home. But obviously this is the president of the United States and he has access to 24 7 ca re states and he has access to 24 7 care when he is in the white house. So it is possible that he may well be able to go back home tomorrow. Thats certainly what his team are hoping. Towards the end of that press c0 nfe re nce , hoping. Towards the end of that press conference, the president s physician had to admit that yesterday they had been trying to reflect this upbeat attitude. They
didnt want to veer into a cause that may throw his recovery. It is extraordinary that he had to admit that. Indeed so. Thanks so much. We can see behind you the president s loyal supporters. Theres been a spate of contradictory information from the white house and doctors treating President Trump about how hes been doing. During the briefing on saturday, the doctors insisted the president was doing very well and there is no cause for concern. But those same doctors have just confirmed that his oxygen levels had twice dipped to levels that caused enough concern for them to administer oxygen. Well, Infectious Diseases expert, dr ingrid katz says given the information provided so far, it appears mr trump may have a moderate form of illness. We know from data from very large Clinical Trials that the medication he is now receiving,
dexamethasone, is only really indicated in people who have a need for respiratory support, and we know from these latest findings that he did indeed need oxygen during this time. So we know, given these two pieces of evidence, that we would at least characterise this as a moderate form of illness. People can be a week or even two weeks out from their exposure before they develop severe symptoms. And in those cases they can often appear relatively symptom free initially and then decompensate quite quickly, and we have seen this many times over in patients who were in hospitalisation, or mechanical ventilation to support their breathing. This is a very difficult situation. If he were not the president of the United States i probably would err on the side of being cautious and keeping him in the hospital, particularly if he has any need for supplemental oxygen. Given that he is the president ,
i understand the urgency with which people would like him to return to the white house. And so i think if i could ensure that he would have 24 hour monitoring with an oxygen saturation monitor and supplemental oxygen needed, and ready to be available, with close follow up, i think it would probably be safe to send him back to the white house. Doctor ingrid katz speaking to me a short time ago. Lets speak to steve yates, who worked as a National Security advisor to Vice President dick cheney during the bush administration. Steve has also been an active member of the Republican National committee. Thank you forjoining us. What do you think the mood is behind the scenes there as the president is being treated for this pretty serious illness . Im sure eve ryo ne pretty serious illness . Im sure everyone is focused first and foremost on what theirjobs are. 18 yea rs foremost on what theirjobs are. 18 years ago when president bush temporarily had a pause for a
medical procedure, Vice President cheney was made acting president and it didnt change much for anyone except the men involved. The National Security council remains, the National Security council remains doing itsjob is, and in terms of the staff that is there that are meant to support the operations of the presidency. Of course, it is different working things from walter reed hospital, but for the most part, everyone that works for a president , republican or democrat, they are pretty much 100 committed to just doing theirjobs. You can see that the president is itching to get back to work. He wa nts to itching to get back to work. He wants to campaign. There is a wall street journal poll today saying wants to campaign. There is a wall streetjournal poll today saying he is trailing joe biden by 14 points. But shouldnt his health be the priority at this point . Isnt there a real tension there . Priority at this point . Isnt there a realtension there . When it priority at this point . Isnt there a real tension there . When it comes to polling it is somewhat heartening in 2020 to hear a pole like that because almost exactly to the day there was a poll saying Hillary Clinton was ahead 14 on october ten
in 2016. For most of the republican faithful these dont phase us. In terms of the president s health, we all wish him well. After all, president s are human beings and Prime Ministers are as well. Sometimes they can get sick. This is in close to an important event, an election, but by all indications so far he does seem to be pushing through this and the symptoms do not seem as through this and the symptoms do not seem as severe. We through this and the symptoms do not seem as severe. We hope that remains the case and he gets back to the job and the election proceeds. The case and he gets back to the job and the election proceedsm the case and he gets back to the job and the election proceeds. If he is discharged tomorrow, as his doctors are suggesting, can you give us some kind of insight as to what sort of medicalfacilities are kind of insight as to what sort of medical facilities are available to him at the white house . There are of course excellent medical capabilities at the white house. Im sure depending on what the realities are of his condition they will have added equipment if necessary but the residence is fully capable of supporting whatever the president might need . There is a full time
medical staff available to the president , sometimes even aides avail themselves of those Services Since they are giving 24 7 support to the president anyway. But there is no lack of service there. It was wise to move him off site for two reasons. One, just in case things got worse he would be where the best treatment is available, rather than moving the treatment to him. And also to get the white house cleaned up, if in fact there was infectious bacteria around the white house, its important to clean up space and get people out for a time to do that. There are operational explanations for what was going on. Most of the staff of the 4000 that work inside the white house compound dont have daily interaction with the president and their work will go on largely unchanged. The white house physicians were definitely trying to clean up today. How problematic is it for the president , the conflicting messages we have
been getting about how ill he really is . I dont think it is terribly disturbing to a lot of people that are following things in the media, just because 2020 is a year like no other. There is messaging all over the place no matter what anybody says or does. So i think a lot of People Factor that out. The most compelling message is going to be able to see the president in a day 01 able to see the president in a day or two, possibly even tomorrow, and how does he come across. If he comes across as healthy and in charge, then thats basically going to be then thats basically going to be the end of the discourse unless there are facts put in evidence that say otherwise. Steve yates, thank you for being with us. My pleasure. Earlier today, we discovered that the spread of the virus is continuing inside the white house. Nicholas luna is reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus. He is the director of Oval Office Operations in the white house, and serves as the president s personal attendant. Youre watching bbc news. Theres plenty of background and analysis on this story on our website. Including this piece by our Reality Check Team which explains the protocol of what could happen if the president becomes too ill to carry out his duties. Thats at bbc. Com news. Laura trevelyan there in washington. If you are watching in the uk the website address is bbc. Co. Uk. Well, here in the uk we are awaiting the release of the latest figures on new confirmed cases of the virus and deaths. Yesterday there were almost 13,000 new cases reported close to double the previous days figures the government says that was due to a Technical Glitch that had prevented all the new infections from previous days being recorded on time. Our Health Editor hugh pym says government sources are saying this is a serious issue but is has been contained. The backlog of cases going back to the week ending october 1st were not properly entered into the nhs test and trace system in england. This meant that people who had been tested positive did get the information but their contacts were not immediately followed up. There was a delay there which sources say was unfortunate and the figures were distorted yesterday as these numbers were put in. I gather that the latest figures out shortly will also be up at that high level, 12,000 or 13,000, and the trend will probably revert back to what it was but this comes at an unfortunate time. It is just when ministers and policymakers and Health Officials really want to know what is going on with the spread of the virus, and there have been rows over testing figures. So this comes at a difficult and embarrassing time for ministers. Hugh pym talking to Mishal Husain a little earlier. Borisjohnson has warned that the pandemic would mean a very tough winter but that he hoped things would be
radically different by the spring. Boris johnson was speaking in a bbc interview as the conservative Party Conference got under way online. This report from our Political Correspondent iain watson contains some flashing images. How times change. Despite a big election victory, many of borisjohnsons winning policies have been obscured by the coronavirus crisis. Temperature check here. The political temperature is rising with covid cases going up and his poll ratings coming down. Today he acknowledged peoples frustrations but delivered the grim news that it might not be all over by christmas. They are furious with me and the government but, but, i have got to tell you in all candour, it is going to continue to be bumpy through to christmas. It may even be bumpy beyond. Labour are accusing him of losing control of the virus. He acknowledged testing needed to improve and promised it would. It is not perfect, im not going to claim it is perfect. Am ifrustrated with it . Yes, of course i am. Am i going to blame nhs test and trace and attack the thousands of people who are doing a good job . Of course im not. But i take full responsibility for the service, i think by International Comparators it is really very good indeed. Boris johnson will speak online to his virtual Party Conference this week and some of the faithful want him to reflect on his performance as Prime Minister. I have been speaking to some long standing conservative mps and some of the new intake and quite a few of them say they still want further proof that boris johnson, having battled the virus himself, is still up for the job, and some say they would like to see the old boris back, the man who used to denounce the doomsters and gloomsters but who these days seems to be the bearer of bad news. This is a government facing an unprecedented crisis and i think that if people wanted me to approach
it with, you know, the sort of buoyancy and elan and all the other qualities that i normally bring to things, i think people would think that was totally inappropriate point as for his health. The issue is that when i last got this wretched thing, i was too fat. But i am fitter than several butchers dogs as for other peoples health, household and other people have been living under enhanced restrictions since august and some want to know when it will end. If the restrictions are still as confusing, i think it might increase even more because people willjust do their own thing. I do think its going to destroy oldham. Pubs are restricting people coming in, people arent going in. We need to abide by the rules so it wont last longer than it has to. Labour says more clarity was needed on when and why restrictions were imposed. We are not going to blame the British Public like borisjohnson tried to do, we are proud of what the public are doing. We understand why local restrictions may be needed but andy burnham has been saying its a bit like hotel california, places go into these restrictions, you check in but can never leave. Borisjohnson says we should go forward without fear but with common sense but it seems that balancing act may have to be maintained well into the new year. It is 6 19pm. The headlines on bbc news. President trumps doctors say he is continuing to improve as hes treated in hospital for coronavirus they also reveal more details of his condition before he was admitted he received oxygen twice but they remain optimistic. Here the Prime Minister warns there could be a very tough winter ahead, as the country deals with the pandemic. The cinema chain cineworld is expected to close indefinitely in the uk and elsewhere with more than 5,000 jobs are at risk here. At least two people have died
and dozens more are missing after storm alex struck south eastern france and northern italy destroying bridges, blocking roads and leaving communities isolated. Its been described as the worst storm to hit the region for more than 60 years. Mark lobel reports. Catastrophic scenes for this french commune. Yelling an intense rescue effort to get out in time. Roads, bridges and homes washed away. An elderly couple took refuge on the roof of this house but their home was swept down the river. Translation we tried to convince them to come out and unfortunately, we didnt succeed. The road manager managed to reach his hand out to the lady and tried to tell her to come out, but nothing. And in the end, the whirlwind crashed right through the house and the house floated away, and them with it. Frances Prime Minister has announced Financial Support and deployed the army to help these crushed communities. The priority is to find the victims, he says, and provide accommodation for those affected, as well as restore the means of communication for those hardest hit. In northern italy, roads and bridges were swept away too. Residents rescued from their roofs. But not everyone was so lucky. A firefighter lost his life, and a man in his 30s, whose car was swept into a river. Beach clubs were flooded, towns destroyed. And on italys coast, it was not business as usual. This woman says she has to laugh not to cry. This man says his Food Products are unsellable. And this woman says water came up to her knees, ripping down shelves. As calm follows the storm, they are left to count the cost of the clear up. Mark lobel, bbc news. Heavy rain has brought flooding and travel disruption to parts of the uk with more than 40 flood warnings in place. These are some of the pictures from somerset which has been particuarly badly hit. Homes have also been flooded in hampshire, hertfordshire and northumberland. In scotland, safety checks have been carried out during today on rail lines and bridges following heavy overnight rain. Hundreds of muslims are being welcomed back into saudi arabias great mosque in mecca to perform the pilgrimage of umrah after a seven month pause because of coronavirus restrictions. The numbers will be limited but saudi nationals and Foreign Residents will be allowed to perform the ritual. Millions of muslims from around the world would normally arrive
in saudi arabia for the pilgrimage. More than 5,000 jobs at the uks largest cinema chain cineworld said it was considering the temporary closure of all its venues. Cinemas have been hit hard by the release of big budget films being delayed most recently the announcement yesterday that james bond wont now be out until the spring. Our business correspondent, katy austin reports. Most cinemas have now reopened but social distancing is limiting capacity and many big budget films have been postponed. The films that cinema operators have been banking on in order to rebuild the business, in order to generate revenue, pretty much all of them have disappeared and we are now facing a situation whereby between now and at the end of the year there are almost no significant films. James bond. Struggling cinemas, or those who still hadnt yet opened were hanging their hopes on the newjames bond film. On friday, its released was delayed for a second time from november until next april. Cineworld, which lost £1. 3 billion in the First Six Months of this year amid the pandemic, is writing to the government saying the industry has become unviable. It is expected to announce it will close its uk sites, potentially putting more than 5,000 jobs at risk. This afternoon, cineworld confirmed it was considering the temporary closure of its uk cinemas and those in the us but said a final decision had not yet been reached. One cinema industry analyst told me he expected other chains to hibernate their sites. If they remain open, they have to demonstrate they have content to play so perhaps some arthouse or independents
have a different stream of content but for the main stream multiplexes and globally, they have to make a sensible decision. Without many big movies remaining in this years schedule, experts are concerned that when delayed movies finally open, there will be fewer places to show them. The home secretary has announced the biggest overhaul of the uks asylum system in decades. Speaking at the conservative Party Conference priti patel said the Current System is fundamentally broken and promised an overhaul of the laws would be firm but fair. Ms patel pointed to the failure of successive governments of being unable to control the high levels of migration into the uk. She warned that changes to the system would take time to implement. I will introduce a new system that is firm and fair. Fair and compassionate towards those who need our help. Fair by welcoming people through safe and legal routes. But firm because we will stop the abuse of the system. Firm because we will
stop those who come here illegally, making endless legal claims to remain in our country. At the expense of the British Public. And firm because we will expedite the removal of those who have no legitimate claim for protection. After decades of inaction by successive governments, we will address the moral, legal and practical problems with the asylum system. Because what exists now is neither firm norfair. And i will bring forward legislation to deliver on that commitment next year. I will ta ke that commitment next year. I will take every necessary step to fix this broken system. A mountain to the biggest overhaul of our asylum system in decades. But ill be honest with you, this will take time. Priti patel. The spanish capital madrid has been put back under partial lockdown because of an increase in the number of coronavirus cases. Spain has the highest infection rate of any country in europe but the re imposition of the controls is proving controversial. Damian grammaticas reports. In spains capital, what every government, what every scientist has feared covid 19 surging again. 10,000 new infections every day, a second wave breaking over an already battered country. So whats the reason for this resurgence . It seems spain may have been too hasty to lift the original lockdown that brought the first wave of the virus under control, too quick to let people back into bars and restaurants and too slow to build an effective system to test, identify and isolate new cases. Intensive care units are overflowing, extra icu beds again being used. The Warning Signals are everywhere. Psychologically, its the worst thing. Because all the people are afraid the tsunami will come again. Spain, like many countries, has been trying to target infection hotspots with local controls. But its not been working. Like this part of madrid, home to 200,000 people who already had a fortnight restricted to essential movements only. This wave is not as bad as the height of the pandemic, but one in four tests for covid 19 in madrid has been coming back positive. In recent weeks spain, like the uk, brought in its own rule of six, limiting gatherings to six people, told bars and restaurants to stop serving at 10pm. Now the restrictions are being expanded to many other areas. Translation we all went back to work, crammed on the trains, metro and buses. The infections are back because they didnt control it. Miguel hernan advised spain on its first lockdown and says
the new measures may be too little, too late. What we have seen in spain over the summer is a serious warning that we cannot relax, that there is the possibility of a serious second wave all over the world. A warning to london, to new york and other cities . Right. So is this what might come to madrids rescue . Trials of a new rapid test for covid which costs less than 5 and takes just 15 minutes to get a result. We needed those tests sooner, says carlos. This neighbourhood has been abandoned. But until testing can be done at scale, and with a Health System heading towards saturation, spain may stand as an example of what happens if countries let things slip out of control. Damian grammaticus, bbc news, madrid. Now, its time for a look at the weather with helen. Hello. It has been so wet in the past three days that some places have already had their october average rainfall. There are numerous flood warnings in force and those may well start to increase as the rain makes its way into the river systems. If you are travelling lots of standing water and spray and flooded roads and bbc local radio will have more for you. You can see where the rain is, pretty heavy rain across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland and in between a few showers and a bit of sunshine. Generally speaking, the rain continues to rotate around the area of low pressure, perhaps becoming a bit more fragmented and showery if you like through the night, but overall cloudy, still pretty windy in western and southern end areas, in fact, northern, western and southern areas, particularly cold night, and some mistiness in the steeler areas. It looks like a brighter day tomorrow for those areas where we have seen persistent rain but there is a chance of more persistent rain coming back into Northern Ireland and western england and. Given more sunshine elsewhere, it will be slightly warmer. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. President trumps doctors say he is continuing to improve as hes treated in hospital for coronavirus they also reveal more details of his condition before he was admitted he received oxygen twice but they remain optimistic. If he continues to look and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the white house we can continue his treatment course. Here the Prime Minister warns there could be a very tough winter ahead, as the country deals with coronavirus. I have got to tell you, and all candour, it is going to continue to be bumpy through to christmas. It may even be bumpy beyond. But this is the only way to do it. The cinema chain cineworld is expected to close indefinitely in the uk and elsewhere with more than 5 thousand
jobs are at risk here. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. A penalty, five goals, and a red card all in the first half. Safe to say it was an eventful match at old trafford with questions being asked of solskjaer again. Its a marathon and a sprint. A surprise finish in london for the ethiopian shura kitata. And the top seed is out of the french open, simona halep beaten by a teenager. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Welcome to the programme. Where do we start with the match at old trafford . A penalty in the first thirty seconds and then five goals and a red card in the first half. It finished 6 1 to tottenham withjose mourinho celebrating a comprehensive win over his old side, and ole gunner solskjaer wondering what happened. Alex gulrajani was watching. The last time i was a marine neo was here, it was in the other dog out in his return to old trafford did not go the way he envisaged. Penalty to Manchester United and within 30 seconds of kick off, Bruno Fernandez had them ahead. But it was as good as the day would get. And defence, their variation on the season that totte n ha m their variation on the season that tottenham would punish every lapse. He was the first, the partnership of harry kane the next. Spurs are back
in this and soon there after noon would become even easier. His team 110w would become even easier. His team now down to ten, as tottenham continued to apply pressure on the home defence is kane adding his name to the scoresheet before a player many thought would be out injured got his second ball before half time. More of the same team after the break after grabbing a fifth and spurs were not done yet. Kane completed the route with their sixth from the penalty spot. Just the return he would have wanted. The absence of manager david moyes seems to be working for west ham who put in an impressive performance to pull off a surprise 3 nil victory against leicester, ending their 100 per cent winning start to the season. Moyes is self isolating after contracting coronavirus. Drew savage was watching. The only thing missing from his western performance was his manager,
alan irv this invested with the boss self isolating because of coronavirus symptoms. The link between the two. The premier league has been for west end, as antonio goes on the early lead and doesnt look like losing. Against opponents w011 look like losing. Against opponents won theirfirst look like losing. Against opponents won their first three games and one away at Manchester City. The second goal came from an Old Fashioned up and under. Perfectly judged goal came from an Old Fashioned up and under. Perfectlyjudged his getaway from the off site track. It was stamped at the on the counter attack to determine the defence. Essentially, the out lester lester. And wrap things up. His team seventh premier league goal and two matches. Lester only showed what they were capable of and this time, this is the football the top of the week. Finished off by Harvey Barnes but then chopped off off site. Not even
a conservation goal that sums of their day. He has been involved in everything. Really important that people know that. He picks a team meeting we talk about it every day and we talk about substitutions and things during the game as well. So, if it deserves a lot of credit. David. Arsenal beat Sheffield United 2 1 at the emirates. The first goal from bukayo sako, then nicolas pepe here getting the second for the gunners. Blades manager chris wilder far from happy david luiz remained on the pitch after appearing to pull back ollie burke in the first half. Ive seen its system manager seen it. All of our subs have seen it, and does matter how big a bullet is, does it go on, how far you pull his shirt is it a tug or is it not . Is
he ripping his shirt off the back or not . At tottenham, or is yards of sight. He is pulling his shirt. So Sheffield United are without a point this season and so are fulham, who suffered their fourth Straight Premier League defeat after losing at wolverhampton wanderers. Pedro neto got on the scoresheet at molineux, which moves wolves up to 12th in the table improvements needed to be made and today was certainly the case, i feel we defended pretty well. Hard work this play is a been putting in the understanding to keep learning and improving in this league. This team is in the Championship League and its players, it weeks ago and now theyve come back into the big league we are learning at the moment. In one of the early matches, southampton were helped to a 2 0 victory over west brom at st marys with goals from Moussa Djenepo and this volley from oriol romeu. Lets take a look at some of the other football headlines today. Celtic snatched a late victory at macdiarmid park,
scoring two goals in added time against stjohnstone. Leigh griffiths headed in the first in the 90th minute, then Patrick Klimala smashed in the second. Rangers are still top of the scottish premiership after beating ross county 2 0. Us world cup winner alex morgan is yet to make her debut for tottenham, watching on as they lost 4 1 to Manchester City in the womens super league. Goals from chloe kelly, Samantha Mewis and ellen white helped seal the emphatic win. Meanwhile, Manchester United beat brighton 3 0, with this ella toone penalty setting them on their way. There were also wins for arsenal, chelsea and reading. We knew it would be different, but no one could have predicted the dramatic finish to this years London Marathon. Because of covid, only elite runners actually ran a specially mapped out course. But the hot favourite, four time winner Eliud Kipchoge only
came eighth and there was a 100 metres sprint to the line with kenyas Vincent Kipchumba and shura kitata from ethiopia vying for the win. It was kitata who won through with a time of 2 hours, five minutes and 41 seconds. Joe wilson reports. So began londons first auto marathon. Covid 19 changed everything and nothing. The course was the park but still the same distance. This is where they demanded more endurance than ever. Streets ahead for the time and the race finish. She has beaten the course, the rain and all of arrivals. But not a records. A day for perseverance. Very tough race, because it rained all the way. Freezing her legs. The elite men we re freezing her legs. The elite men were doing their laps here, mass participation was happening
everywhere. Many were doing the marathons were ever in however they could. Running for children with cancer uk. The charities still counted it in fact may be more than ever. And so to the greatest, the quickest. But with reference to sleep, he talked about a block to ear, he is only human. But this is almost unthinking. Off the pace. He was definitely there for someone else to win, but who. The long stride and alongside him from ethiopia, after 26 miles, suddenly they were both you seen bolt. Both of them locked in battle and it is going to be him who takes the victory. A great finish. Taking over
ten minutes of her own personal best to win the womens wheelchair if, at 41 his first London Marathon. Measure the event and miles and emotions. The first marathon, checked her watch, olympic qualification time. Wherever you are, all you get is everything. Lets take a look at some of the other headlines today. There was a big shock at the french open, with womens top seed simona halep knocked in just over an hour by unseeded 19 year old iga swiatek injust 68 minutes. No such trouble for the 12 time champion at roland garros, rafa nadal. He dropped just four games as he reached the quarter finals with a straight sets victory over sebastian korda. Englishman aaron rai has won the Scottish Open after beating fellow countryman Tommy Fleetwood in a tense playoff. Fleetwood had the chance to take it
to an extra hole but he missed a 3 foot putt to hand rai his Second European tour title. And sot sass has won europes richest horse race, the prix de larc de triomphe at longchamp, beating the hotly tipped Frankie Dettori mount enable who was going for a third victory. Bristol are in the premiership play off spots after a bonus point win over london irish and because bath failed to get a win. In fact, bath lost a 14 point lead, only managing to draw against saracens whore already relegated. It now means bath drop to fourth in the table, and gives sale a chance to get the final play off spot in their re arranged match against worcester on wednesday. It was postponed after 15 sale players tested positive for covid. Meanwhile, former england captain Chris Robshaw said goodbye to harlequins with a 32 26 win over leicester tigers. An emotional robshaw was clapped off by his team mates,
and the leicester players, after playing for the club for 17 years. Hell end his career in the United States, where hes signed a two Year Contract with san diego legion. Surrey are into the t20 blast final after beating gloucestershire by six wickets at edgbaston. After a washout yesterday, both semi finals were reduced tojust 11 overs per innings. Liam plunkett took 3 wickets as gloucestershire were limited to 73 7. Surrey reached that target with eight balls to spare ben foakes top scored with 20 and Jamie Overton hit the winning runs. Theyll play either notts outlaws or lancashire lightning who are playing at the moment in this evenings other semi final. Notts are chasing 95 to win in that one. Geraint thomas is up to third place at the giro ditalia, which ended in a sprint finish on stage two in sicily. Thomas expected rival, fellow briton simon yates, has also moved up the standings. Hes now eighth. Thomas remains 26 seconds ahead of him after getting through todays stage safely, his team mate Filippo Ganna keeps the pinkjersey for now, after winning yesterdays time trial. And there was a second italian stage winner in two days. Home favourite diego ullisi was the fastest man on a slightly uphill finish. Britains Lizzie Deignan has won the womens liege bastogne liege cycle race her second victory at one of the major one day races known as monuments. She broke away to beat australias grace brown by nine seconds. Its her third race win since the cycling season resumed, having also won la course, the womens one day race organised by the Tour De France. And how about this for a comeback . Primoz roglic, who missed out on winning the Tour De France after leading for two weeks, won the mens liege bastogne liege race but onlyjust . Julian alaphilippe wearing the rainbow stripes
after winning the World Championship thought hed won and put his arms in the air. However, he didnt see the yellow and blackjersey coming past him. Roglic the winner by millimetres. A reminder of our top story. Tottenham have battered Manchester United 6 1 at old trafford. A favourable return tojose mournihos old club, celebrations from goal scorers Heung Min Son and harry kane. But with united down to 16th in the table there will be serious questions for ole gunner solskjaer to answer. Thats all from sportsday