Of the summer for england as they beat Sri Lanka in the second test at lords. Also coming up on sportsday before 8pm. Marc marquez ends a three year Barren Run to win the spanish motogp. And 15 stages in to the vuelta a espana, but its still not clear whos going to win the Red Jersey yet. Welcome along, thank you forjoining us. We start at Old Trafford, where before the Game Manchester united manager erik ten hag had asked his team to bring the fire, but it was liverpool who burnt far brighter today. Luis diaz and Mohammed Salah Lighting their path to a 3 0 win at the home of their fierecest rivals. It means they keep pace with Manchester City at the top of the early Premier League table, with three wins from three, as Ben Croucher reports. If you want to endear yourself to fans, how about winning at Old Trafford in your first attempt as Liverpool Boss . So, arne slot, this Premier League Management Lark Isnt Half bad, is it . They had already had a goal disallowed when they opened uni
Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im holly hamilton. Watford get their first win of the season, leaving norwich languishing at the bottom of the table. Scotlands women maintain their emphatic start to euro 2021 qualifying with victory in albania. Dawid malans century puts england back in with a chance of winning the t20 series in new zealand. Hello, and welcome to the programme. Well, norwich citys win over the premier League Champions back in september must feel like a very long time ago. They were beaten once again tonight, this time by watford. Their 2 0 defeat moves them to the bottom of the table and without a win in seven games. Michael redford was watching. If you are a supporter of norwich or watford, it is been tough to watch her side of life. Norwich winless since september and wofford willis all season. Both sides in need of a superhero to break the elements and try and guide them towards premier league safety. In a game of such magnitude, it is vital you start well. Emiliano
Hello, good, welcome to bbc news. The bbc has learnt that chancellor, sajid javid, voiced his anger to borisjohnson over the abrupt sacking of one of his special advisers. Whitehall sources say sonia khan was questioned about government leaks by borisjohnsons senior adviser, Dominic Cummings. She was then dismissed from downing street, despite no evidence that she was behind the leak of sensitive material. Asked about the sacking on bbc radio 4s today programme, mrjavid said he would not talk about individuals and insisted that he had a fantastic relationship with mrjohnson. Lets get more on this from our political reporterjohn 0wen. Ina in a sense the fate of one individual who after all exists purely according to their political masters and mistresses might not seem important. Why is this row front page in the newspapers and headline the news because it goes to the heart of government. It speaks i suppose to that crucial relationship between number ten and ii, which has been so fraug
In fact some really cool air for the to an english cathedral. Time of year across the northern half of the uk, we see showers and longer spells of rain putting erratically southwards in eastwards, but look at sunday afternoons temperatures, across scotland, 14 or 15 degrees, still clinging on to something in the low 20s across south wales and southern england. As we move into monday, low pressure still close by, the isobars by this stage really opening up, the winds will be much lighter, there will be some spells of sunshine, some showers which could be heavy in hungary, the showers perhaps most likely to develop into a line across scotla nd likely to develop into a line across scotland and northern ireland, slinking sinking slowly southward as temperatures barely get up to 20 degrees as we go through monday. 0n tuesday original High Pressure pressure tries to build its way in, so that promises a dryer interlude for some of us, but as you will see behind me, weather systems will be gat
Gusts of wind, maybe 50 or 60 miles an hour, could cause disruption gcioss an hour, could cause disruption across england and wales. With lively and thundery downpours elsewhere, you will want to join lively and thundery downpours elsewhere, you will want tojoin me for the full cup full forecast here on breakfast. Its saturday, the 10th of august. Our top story the Energy Watchdog has demanded an urgent report from National Grid, after yesterdays massive power cut which affected nearly a Million People in england and wales. 0fgem has warned it could take enforcement action following the blackouts, which caused huge disruption to the rail network and cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes. Some rail passengers were stuck on trains until the early hours of the morning, as andy moore reports. Darkness at clapham station. The lights went out, the display boards died, even the ticket machines were com pletely died, even the ticket machines were completely dead. After four hours o