Into the History Books with the fastest ever odi hundred for england. Englands women take on sri lanka at leicestershire� s grace road. With the game to 31 overs each, the visitors won the toss and decided to field Tammy Beaumont and alex capsey went cheaply. But Nat Sciver Brunt gaining her hundredth odi Cap Steadined the ship, hitting the englands fastest ever odi century, coming off 64 balls. Coming off 66 balls. She was eventually caught four 120. England are currently 256 5. They currently lead the series 1 0. Its transfer deadline day in the womens super league, and Manchester United have announced the signing of spanish world cup winner Irene Guerrero from atletico madrid. The midfielder is uniteds sixth signing of the off season. The window closes at 11pm uk time, and you can keep across all the latest deals on the bbc sport website. Meanwhile, united winger jadon sancho will train away from the first team until issues between the player and manager erik ten hag are resolved, the club confirmed in a statement on thursday. This follows ten hags revelation that sancho had been left out of his squad for the Premier League defeat at arsenal earlier this month because the winger� s training performances were not up to the level required. However, sancho countered with his own statement on social media, saying he rejected the dutchmans claim and felt he was being made a scapegoat. The captain of the scottish womens football team, rachel corsie, has withdrawn an inequality case against the sfa on the day the hearing was due to start. Corsie was due to represent her National Team mates after accusing the Governing Body of not treating the women fairly on pay and conditions. However, a new statement from the sfa now says both parties are pleased that the matter has been resolved. Heres scotland manager Pedro Martinez losa. Im pleased obviously that the players felt there was an agreement reachable that things could be resolved. And obviously i have to say that has never defaulted on the professionalism or application of the players since day one. You have seen the unity and performance of the team in the workday today, and im pleased that now we can move forward and focus on the natch objectives and the next challenge as an entity together which is always been the case with the staff and players. Tottenham hotspur stadium has been designated the official home of the nfl in the uk. It comes after tottenham extended its deal to host nfl games at its stadium until 2030. The new expanded partnership will ensure a minimum of two regular season nfl games a year will be held at the spurs� stadium. Opened in 2019, the north london venue is the first purpose built American Football Stadium outside the us. Shane lowry is looking to continue his return to form as he defends his title at the Pga Championship at wentworth. The irishman achieved a first top ten finish since february, coming joint third at the irish 0pen. There had been some criticism of his selection for europes ryder cup team, particularly given polands Adrian Meronk won three events, including mays italian open at the ryder cup course. But its been a good time for lowry to find some form, a solid first round at wentworth, with a three 3 under five shots off the lead. Despite a double bogey at 17, swedens Ludvig Aaberg who was also given a wild card spot on the european team, still managed to card a li under 68. Denmarks Marcus Helligkilde leads the field at 8 under, hes two shots ahead of the chasing pack. Sepp kuss has retained his overall lead after stage 18 of the vuelta a espana. Reigning champion Remco Evenepoel rode to victory, finishing almost five minutes clear of the next rider in northern spain. Kuss, though, doing what he needed to do, supported by Hisjumbo Visma team mates Premoz Roglitch and yonas vingergaur. The american finished ahead of them in tenth place to maintain his eight second overall lead. And thats all the sport for now. 63 projects have been chosen to share £145 million of Government Funding to help support englands most endangered species. The money is part of the 25 year Environment Plan to reduce species decline. Injanuary, the Conservation Charity the Wildlife Trusts said ministers needed to commit an extra £1. 2 billion a year if it was to meet its uk targets for nature. Live now to cambridge to speak to tonyjuniper, chair of Natural England. Welcome here to the programme. I think its 50 of the countrys species are at risk. This is delightful this news, so many of those groups actually try to combat all of that. , ,. , all of that. Yes, indeed. This is an important all of that. Yes, indeed. This is an important step all of that. Yes, indeed. This is an important step in all of that. Yes, indeed. This is an important step in our all of that. Yes, indeed. This is an important step in our species important step in our Species Recovery programme weve been running at Natural England after more than three decades. And weve had some notable successes over the years, including the return of the bittern, that beautiful wetland bird which is so iconic in our wetlands and now much more widespread. The red kite, which 30 years ago was a very scarce bird in the british isles, now very widespread and can be seen in many places. What we now need to do is build on those achievements to go to the next age and relate scale of this work. And today, we are supporting the fact of £145 million now being invested in 60 projects that will help 150 different species ranging from the water bowl through to the butterfly and from the white Cloth Crayfish through to the brown trout. And many others besides. This is an Urgent Programme of action because if we are going to meet the targets the government has set, and their good targets, to eliminate Extinction Risk and to improve the abundance of wildlife, that we are going to take these targeted actions to take some of these very rare and declining species literally back from the brink and to get them into recovery. We are seeing some of those species on the screen, pictures of them as you speak to us. In terms of the projects he decided to back, how did you decide . Projects he decided to back, how did ou decide . ~ projects he decided to back, how did you decide . You decide . Well, we wanted to back roects you decide . Well, we wanted to back projects that you decide . Well, we wanted to back projects that had you decide . Well, we wanted to back projects that had a you decide . Well, we wanted to back projects that had a good you decide . Well, we wanted to back projects that had a good chance you decide . Well, we wanted to back projects that had a good chance of. Projects that had a good chance of success, that would be giving good value for money. As Appellate Money Thatis Value For money. As appellate money that is giving and really those are the two main criteria. Lots of detail behind all of that. We were delighted to see a lot of very high quality applications come in, and to the point where we were able to back 63 projects totalling £145 million getting on board. So this is good and i do hope over the next couple of years during the lifetime of these projects we will see things beginning to turn around. And actually visited one this morning in southwest london, which is a programme of work along the hartsville river. That is a beautiful little stream, a chalk river, which means is one of the rarest kinds of rivers on planet earth and it runs through from the north downs around epsom down to kingston. And its got a lot of pressure on it. Its got urbanisation up to the edges of it in some places, sewage works located along different parts of the river. There are Runoff Problems coming from roads, but really great work going on from the southeast rivers trust that i saw today whereby for example theyre going to put a new wetlands into the catchment which will take water coming from one of the tributaries and clean it before it goes into the main river and create a new habitat in the process. We were delighted to put £a00,000 into that particular project. Just indicative of the great work thats going on amongst our Conservation Groups right across the country. Aha, groups right across the country. A final question then because you mentioned and talked about the 14. 5 million but i said in the introduction that figure from the Wildlife Trust of 1. 2 billion a year to meet the targets for the uk on nature. Today, this is in reality a fraction of what is needed, is it not . It fraction of what is needed, is it not . ,. ,. ,. , fraction of what is needed, is it not . ,. ,. , not . It is a fraction of that number. Not . It is a fraction of that number, but not . It is a fraction of that number, but happily not . It is a fraction of that number, but happily what| not . It is a fraction of that number, but happily what weve announced today and Celebrating Todayis announced today and celebrating today is a fraction of what we are doing. So Natural England has enjoyed a tripling of its budget during the last four years from about £110 million back in 2019 to this year our budget is over £330 million. And we are not the only organisation of course which is delivery on the natural environment. Our colleagues at the Environment 0ur Colleagues at the Environment Agency investing in various schemes that are complementary and indeed joint schemes with what were doing and of course there if the force a commission as well, plus also dont the fantastic work of the rsp beat, the fantastic work of the rsp beat, the national trust, the Wildlife Trusts they were also putting in hundreds of millions of pounds through all of their good work, too. So today is a great contribution to all of that but is not the only thing by any means. But we do need more, im not saying that we are there yet. But its also not meant to say this is the only thing thats coming out. To say this is the only thing thats coming out to say this is the only thing thats coming out. To say this is the only thing thats cominu out. ,. ,. ,. , coming out. Tony, we are to leave it there, coming out. Tony, we are to leave it there. Chair coming out. Tony, we are to leave it there. Chair of coming out. Tony, we are to leave it there, chair of natural coming out. Tony, we are to leave it there, chair of Natural England, there, chair of Natural England, thank you so much for taking him to speak to us there for gamebridge, thank you. Downing street has refused to guarantee that the Hs2 Rail Line will run to manchester as planned after reports the Prime Minister and chancellor are in talks about scrapping it. Number 10 suggested the government would need to balance the interests of passengers and taxpayers when asked whether the scheme could be shelved in the face of spiralling costs and delays. The Prime Minister has acknowledged that his target of reducing nhs Waiting Lists is in doubt, as the number of people waiting to start routine Hospital Treatment in england reached a record high. Nhs figures released today show an estimated 7. 68 Million People were waiting to start treatment at the end ofjuly, up from 7. 57 million injune. It is the highest number since records began in august 2007. Its estimated that at the end ofjuly, 7289 people in england had been waiting more than 18 months for routine treatment. That number was also up onjunes figure. The Prime Minister sat down with our Health Editor hugh pym a little earlier. Heres the moment he conceded the target may not be reached. Well, with Industrial Action, its very hard to continue to meet these targets, but what i would say is we are making very Good Progress despite Industrial Action. Last year, we virtually eliminated the number of people waiting two years for treatment, and earlier this year, we practically eliminated the number of people waiting a year and a half. Now those were interim steps that we had. We have delivered those, and we also were delivering a record amount of care. But Industrial Action obviously makes meeting these targets very challenging. Are you saying that without Industrial Action, you wouldve met your targets . Yes, im confident that we would have, and thats what all our plans showed. The evidence for that is before Industrial Action really intensified, we had actually met our interim target of virtually eliminating the number of people who were waiting a year and a half. But now that target is in doubt, is it . Well, of course it is with Industrial Action. I mean, weve now had over half a million appointments cancelled because of Industrial Action. Half a million appointments cancelled, half a million treatments that have not happened as a result of the Industrial Action. And thats in spite of the government. And if you dont mind, this is important this is in spite of the government investing record sums in the nhs. Thats a fact. This is in spite of the government accepting in full the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies. Its not my view on what pay should be, its independent. But why as Prime Minister can you not get round the table with the doctors to try and find a way through this . Why cant you initiate some talks . We have tried in the past, and actually im really grateful to the over a million nhs workers, including all our nurses, who did do exactly as you described got round the table, worked it out with the government, came to a sensible resolution. But no talks with the doctors for months, nothing at all. Well, as i said, over a million nhs workers and half a dozen nhs unions did do exactly as you described, work constructively with the government. Im very grateful to them for all their hard work. 0n the doctors, we have a process. We have a process where an independent body. This is not the government. This is an independent body that sets a recommendation on pay, and the government accepted it. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, says if he becomes Prime Minister, he would work closely with the European Union to target the gangs trafficking migrants across the channel. He visited the hague, where the uk gave up its seat at the eu Law Enforcement agency, europol, after brexit. Sir keir denied the talks with the Eu Institution meant he was reversing his position on brexit and rejected conservative claims that the uk would be forced to accept thousands more Asylum Seekers as part of any eu agreement. He told the bbc� s mark easton his government would end the use of hotels for Asylum Seekers. The government has completely lost control of this, and the cost now to the taxpayer year on year for Hotel Accommodation is £2 billion. So what i would do is use a small amount of that money to recruit more caseworkers to get the cases through and to ensure that, you know, within a reasonably short period of time lets say 12 months from when this is operational that we would clear out all those that are currently in Hotel Accommodation. Earlier, i spoke to our Political Correspondent peter saull. We are seeing here the labour party trying to get on the front foot of an issue that Rishi Sunak Has made one of his top five priorities, to stop the boats. When we get to the general election at some point next year, no doubt this will be a key battleground, and were seeing, i think, today what labours approach to this issue starting to crystallise, this idea of getting all Asylum Seekers out of hotels after a year. He wants to get a new Security Agreement with the eu to help with things like data sharing, and also the possibility of this returns agreement, too, which would mean that the uk would be able to send back some of the Asylum Seekers who arrive on uk shores back to the continent. Now, the potential issue with that is what does the eu get in return. And it might mean that the uk would have to take in some of the Asylum Seekers that are dispersed across mainland europe at the moment, and that is a point that the conservatives have been really highlighting today. Have a listen to this. This is the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, on a visit to a hospital in devon earlier on. Well, keir starmer spent all of this year voting lagainst our stop the boats bill, | the toughest legislation that any government has passed i to tackle illegal migration. I think he spent most of last year voting against a previous bill, which has since then led to almost 700 arrests related to organised. Immigration crimes. So i dont think its credible that he really wants to grip this problem, and his plans today seem to amount to saying that we might one day accept 100,000 eu migrants every year. That doesnt seem like a credible plan to me to stop the boats. Meanwhile, we are getting on and delivering. For the First Time Ever this year, the number of small Boat Arrivals is down, by almost a fifth. The number of illegal. Migrants crossing from albania is down by 90 . Weve got a plan. The plan is delivering. And im determined to stop the boats. L now that figure of 100,000 Asylum Seekers coming to the uk has raised a few eyebrows. Its based on the current eu wide arrangement, which is based on Population Size and wealth of countries, so that is a kind of guesstimate of what the uk might have to take in. But keir starmer has described that as embarrassing nonsense, that particular line of attack from the conservatives. He says that what he would be looking for is a bespoke arrangement with the eu. Remember, the uk of course is not a member of the eu, and the numbers would be nowhere near that. The government, too, incidentally wants a returns agreement, but they say that the red line is they would not want any type of quota involved to take people over from the eu. So this debate really hotting up today. Also interesting to note, i think, a clear indication from sir keir starmer that he wants a bit of a rapprochement with the European Union, a bit of a signal of what a Labour Government would do in terms of our relations with our closest neighbours. A man who murdered his partner and hid her body in a suitcase and a taped up wheeliebin has been sentenced to life and will serve a minimum of 32 years injail. 35 year old Matthew Waddell killed 38 year old sarah albone, a mother of three, at her home in biggleswade in bedfordshire. Lets cross to Luton Crown Court and speak to our correspondent jo black. Can you give us the background to the case . Yes, sarah albone was 38 years old, a mother of three who lived with Multiple Sclerosis and had other Health Issues and was vulnerable. She had been in an On Off Relationship with matthew and it met in 2020 but two years later he murdered her. He put her body into a suitcase, wrapped cling from around and put it into a willie band, put carpet on top of that and then take the willie been them and put a sheet across that. In their her body remained for three months. Now in court, it was explained that she had died after her airway was obstructed, caused by catastrophic injuries to her head. And after her death in november 2022, matthew told her friends that she was in london and thought that she was getting him initiated. She also faked a text to make her think she was still alive. But over time, that nature, the grammar and the style of the messages and the nature of the hospital in london, they began to become suspicious. Now waddell and sarah albones relationship was described as toxic as she reported him for assault. She was committed of her murder two days ago and today was the sentencing here here at Luton Crown Court and during sentencing, thejudge Luton Crown Court and during sentencing, the judge said you Luton Crown Court and during sentencing, thejudge said you put on a front of being the loving, caring and supportive partner when all the time missed sarah albone lay deadin all the time missed sarah albone lay dead in a suitcase and a being in the garden. He sentenced him to 32 years. Judge made some remarks about police needing to review this case . Yes, he did. He said that Domestic ViolenceRisk Assessment classify the relationship as high risk and i do not seek to prescribe blame here in order why indicate that her death might have been avoided by Greater Police action. However, i would encourage the relevant section of Bedfordshire Police to undertake a full review of this case and their contact and involvement with sarah albone to consider whether any lessons can be learned that might help to prevent other deaths or serious consequences and domestic context. We have had a line from Bedfordshire Police which says a domestic Homicide Review will take place were all issues will be investigated. Place were all issues will be investiuated. ,. Investigated. Thanks very much, thank you the metropolitan police has paid damages to two women arrested at the Clapham Common vigil for Sarah Everard in 2021. Patsy stevenson and Dania Al 0beid took legal action against the force following the gathering that was held during covid restrictions. The law firm representing the two women described the sum paid as substa ntial. Heres our special correspondent lucy manning. A picture that shocked. A woman pinned down, handcuffed by met Police Officers at a vigilfor Sarah Everard, murdered and raped by a met officer. Patsy stevenson was arrested that night. Dania al 0beid was also arrested at the vigil for breaking covid restrictions. Today, the met has agreed to pay the Women Damages and says it regrets what happened. We were blamed for going there, for the arrest itself. 0ur Motivations were constantly questioned. We were told that we hijacked the event. So to get some sort of recognition that we are allowed to be angry for the murder and rape of a woman by a serving officer, its kind of like, 0k, we actually feel seen and heard somewhat and it gives us that sense of validation and our sanity back. Hundreds of women gathered in march two years ago on Clapham Common to remember Sarah Everard, but the police claimed Lockdown Restrictions meant they had to clear the area. Too abusive, claimed women there. Shame on you, shame on you. I was putting a candle down for sarah. A woman held her hand out and asked me to come up to the bandstand to help. The police were very heavy handed with a lot of women. We just didnt expect to be arrested. Ijust wanted to show my support for other women. It sounds like its still really distressing for you to talk about. Yeah. I think its been a huge part of my life for the past two and a half years. As dania listened, she realised she was the woman who patsy was describing trying to help as police moved in. Id just found out she was the woman putting her hand out, and i didnt even know. I didnt know that was you. She sobs. You said it there, and it clicked. We never really spoke about it. We didnt know each other before the vigil. I sort of held my hand out. And we grabbed each other� s arms, and she climbed over with me. And then we put our arms around each other. And youve onlyjust realised now. Yeah. Just realised, yeah. Weve never really spoken about it because we havent been allowed to. But despite the payouts, the women still feel the met hasnt properly apologised, just expressing regret, and it says its officers acted in good faith. Lucy manning, bbc news. Thats a lot, thats a lot, yeah. Meanwhile, three metropolitan Police Officers will face a Misconduct Hearing over the 2020 strip search of a 15 year old schoolgirl known as child 0. They face allegations that it was inappropriate to carry out the search while the girl was on her period. It is also claimed she was discriminated against because of her race and sex and no appropiate adult was present. A fourth officer faces a misconduct meeting. Finally on verified live we had to show you these pictures of a remarkable challenge. Have a look at this. 0k, have a look at this. Ok, here we go thisis the moment that former raf pilot colin bell began his abseil down the side of the 17 storey colin, a world war ii veteran, is 102 years old. He was taking part in a challenge to raise money for the london air ambulance, the Royal College of Nursing Foundation and the raf benevolent fund. Afterwards, he quipped that it was money for old rope. 0h, oh, no, i was quite relaxing really. I have been much higher than the London Hospital building in my time. It was fairly straightforward, and i was surrounded by lots and lots of well wishers, which made me suitably humble. And i see myself purely as a vehicle for raising money for these three fantastic charities. So that really is what its all about. Good old collin, understated as you would expect. Thats it from us. Thanks forjoining us here and hopefully i will see you at the same time tomorrow. Bye for now. Hello there. Weve had quite a mixture of weather across the uk today. Across the south, dry, sunny, quite warm. Northern areas of the uk had a day of sunshine and these passing showers, but between across wales, the midlands, into lincolnshire we had a Weather Front bring some fairly persistent outbreaks of rain. Now this front is tied to another area of low pressure out in the atlantic that is set to deepen and swing toward iberia, where its quite likely to lead to some severe thunderstorms over the next few days. For friday, it also flicks warm air across england and wales, but then will bring some heavy rain for some of us into the weekend. That low to the south, its quite important. 0vernight tonight, outbreaks of rain turning heavier for a time across wales, the midlands, northern england, pushing northwards to reach Southern Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. For most, its a mild night, but quite cool air across the far north of the country. Now, we pick up on our weatherfronts on friday across northern england, Northern Ireland, Southern Scotland. Through the day, the rain on it will tend to weaken somewhat. Weve got sunshine developing to the south across england and wales, but underneath that band of cloud and rain in the north, those temperatures are going to struggle somewhat. Highs of 13 15 degrees. In contrast to that, england and wales turning a lot warmer, 21 25 degrees, feeling a little on the humid side. Now, saturday, the same Weather Front is still with us, draped across parts of northern england, wales, perhaps eastern counties of Northern Ireland. Could be a few patches of light rain here and maybe a few heavy showers in the south through sunday. 0therwise, well get some spells of sunshine, still warm and humid in the south, with that fresher air still affecting scotland, Northern Ireland and increasingly the far north of england as well. For sunday, that area of low pressure near iberia starts to bring much heavier rain across parts of the uk. Now were most likely to see that heavy rain across england and wales. Thundery, too, probably heavy enough to cause localised surface water flooding. And through the day, that will drive northwards, so its quite likely to reach Northern Ireland. And there is a small chance of it moving right the way northwards into parts of scotland as well. But the general Rule Of Thumb is the further north you are, the more likely you are to keep the dry weather with a bit of sunshine. Into next week, well, it looks very unsettled. A sequence of low pressures coming our way. Its going to be wet and also really quite windy as well. Its going to feel a bit more like autumn. At six the Prime Minister admits it will be difficult to keep his promise to reduce nhs Waiting Lists in england. Hello hi nearly 7. 7 Million People now waiting to start routine Hospital Treatment rishi sunak says striking nhs staff have made his task harder. With Industrial Action, its very hard to continue to meet these targets, but what i would say is we are making very Good Progress despite Industrial Action. Up to 20,000 are now feared dead in libya the un says most of those lives could have been saved with proper warnings and evacuations. We reveal how an raf Surveillance Plane had russian missiles fired at it over the black sea and why this world war ii war veteran is going over the edge at the age of 102. And on bbc london. Coming up later in the hour, frozen out at Manchester United. Jadon sanchois out at Manchester United. Jadon sancho is made to train on his own because of escort discipline issue. Ace scored discipline issue. The Prime Minister has admitted it will be difficult