The british empire. And england play montenegro tonight needing just one point to take them to the euros next summer, but theyll have to do it without star player Raheem Sterling who was dropped after his bust up with liverpoolsjoe gomez. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The army is preparing fresh defences for flood stricken parts of South Yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. Forecasters are warning there could be a danger to life in the village of fishlake near doncaster where hundreds have been forced to leave their homes and businesses. A yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, doncaster and nottingham, and will last until the early hours of friday morning. Tim muffett reports. The floodwaters are dispersing, but more heavy rain is expected here, so soldiers from the light dragoons cavalry regiment have been building barriers to try and protect fishlake. Youve got sandbags here. Yep. You have barriers as well. How does it w
There was a scare for world number 11 david goffin who dropped the first set, but fought back to beat colombias daniel galan in three sets. It gave belgium a 2 0 lead after they won their opening singles match as well. Welcome to bbc news, im mike embley. Our top stories colombia playing at the top level of in hong kong, younger activists are led out of the besieged 00 01 28,924 2147483051 37 29,177 university campus, 2147483051 37 29,177 4294966103 13 29,430 but a hundred protestors remain. Tennis for the first time, won the double match. All that action only took place after this Opening Ceremony in madrid, with rafa nadal taking part for the hosts spain. Its the first year the davis cup is seeing this format, with 18 countries split into six groups of three, with the Group Winners and two best placed runners up into the knockout stage. Great Britains Andy Murray says hell only give his thoughts on the revamp once the tournaments over. For years, mens tennis has been dominated by fed
Harry billinges tribute to his fallen comrades and this morning on Armistice Day, were live at the National Arboretum. I talk exclusively to three of tennis biggest stars about life on tour, family and their future in the game. It is either all of us stop on that of a stop. I think i will be the first to go, come on. Mike bows out of strictly in style he may not have won the glitterball but hes done breakfast proud. Its monday the 11th of november. Our top story. Six months after the collapse of British Steel, a chinese manufacturing giant is on the verge of agreeing a rescue deal for the firm saving up to 4,000 jobs. The agreement will secure the future of the firms flagship scunthorpe plant, but theres a warning that costs may have to be cut. Bens here with more details. 0n the face of it, this is really good news. A significant move given the Big Questions over the future for British Steel after its previous owner backed out blaming rex that uncertainty. What we know so far is that
Of todays figures on the election and talking to a Senior Consultant in emergency medicine. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Several people are injured after a shooting at a high school in california, near Los Angeles Police say a suspect is still at large. A man who crushed a toddler to death with a car seat is jailed for seven and a half years. Victims of the floods across england brace themselves for more rain, with more than 90 flood warnings in place. And devastating floods in venice the Italian Government is set to declares a state of emergency there. Its five oclock our top story accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began, in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treated or assessed within a maximum of four hours. But todays figures show that was only achieved with 83. 6 of patients. They also show a raft of other targets are bei
Never been done home and away, back to back. I am looking forward to the challenge and obviously you learn things from doing it the first time. It is nice to have the opportunity to go and do it again. So matthew delighted to be taking up the role and she will be doing it with a tried and tested formula. She will bring back her vice captains from 2019, catherine emery, Suzanne Pedersen and laura davies. Although Suzanne Pedersen ended up playing at that event. So plenty of opportunity to bring on 2021. Matteo berrettini has become the first italian to win a match at the season ending atp finals. Hed already been knocked out of the tournament, but put that disappointment behind him to beat Dominic Thiem in straight sets at the 02 arena in london. Thiem is already in the semi finals. Theres a big match this evening, in the same group as berrettini and Thiem Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer play for a place in the semi finals. The pair havent met since djokovic won wimbledons longest sing