at the etihad stadium as english premier league winners manchester city took on german champions bayern munich while benfica hosted inter milan in the first leg of their quarterfinal. now to bring us up to date with a busy night of action, our reporterjoe linskey has joined us and is with us now. joe, really good to see you. let s start by talking about that game in england, then manchester city. they looked very impressive, didn t they, against bayern munich? yeah. paul, this has been one of the great european nights really for manchester city in the champions league, 3 0 winners against the german champions bayern munich at the etihad stadium. city manager pep guardiola recognising this as a real statement scoreline from his team, but also saying they ll need to be wary of defending that lead properly when they meet again in that second leg next wednesday in bavaria. the spanish midfielder, rodri, he opened the scoring for city with a brilliant curling effort on the edge of
then, for sunday, much more sunny but noticeably cooler, light winds. for next week, it looks like staying chilly with overnight frost. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday 1st february. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our hello and welcome to sportsday i m laura mcghie. shattered spending records, excitment and disappointment, we look at the biggest news and moments from january transfer deadline day. they ve had no trophy since 2017 but can manchester united make the league cup final tonight? we ll be live at old trafford ahead of their game against nottingham forrest. with reports that saudi arabia s tourism authority is to be named an official sponsor of the 2023 women s world cup, the co hosts of the competition are disappointed they weren t consulted. also coming up in the programme. this time it s for good . seven time super bowl winner tom brady says he is retiring after 23 seasons in the nfl, a year on from reversing his
in many areas. it could be chilly across southern parts of the uk, temperatures could be as low as seven or 8 degrees. milder in the rain in scotland and northern ireland. the rain moves away slightly from northern ireland and scotland with sunshine following. that reign was over the receipt gets wetter in northern england, cumbria and wales. ahead of that, in other parts of england we see some spells of sunshine. we are still in the same air mass, so it is quite warm. further north across the uk, after the rain it is cooler air so temperatures will be around 15 or 16 degrees. by the time we get to friday we have the rain across east anglia and the south of england so a different look to the weather across this part of the uk. a scattering of mostly light showers and the most of those will be in scotland and northern ireland but there s temperatures are typically back down to 17 degrees. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 21st of september you can k
there are warnings of a potential threat to life and property as super typhoon noru hits the philippines, with forecasted winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour. good afternoon. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of income tax which the tories are abolishing but keep the 1p cut in basic rate income tax also announced by ministers. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrowing billions to cut taxes, in a dash for economic growth a strategy labour s leader slammed this morning as wrong headed . i see a very big p
the home secretary tells police chiefs that common sense policing must take priority over diversity and inclusion initiatives as she sets out her the priorities of her crime cutting agenda. good afternoon. the government has defended its sweeping range of tax cuts from criticism that they favour the better off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny moves the government say will promote growth. the institute for fiscal studies says the richest who pay the most tax will benefit most. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. it s an all out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market, in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s signalled a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like reversing the national insurance rise? will that help, do you think? i