From next season, fa cup matches will now only be played at weekends with no replays after the first round. The decision has been condemned by many efl and lower league clubs. And even politicians have commentated, the Prime Ministers spokesperson said, David And Goliath fixtures are a part of the magic of the cup and we know that replays have been a welcome source of income for smaller clubs throughout the years. And the opposition leader, sir keir starmer, had similar sentiments. Wrong position. Traditionally, theyve been part of the game. The fa cup is a great leveler. Its that chance in football you have to play a team outside of your own division. Its part of the tradition of the fa cup, but equally importantly, for smaller clubs, its a real revenue raiser. Small clubs are really struggling financially. They need that revenue and they deserve it. Theyve gone far enough to get a replay and they should have the replay. The everton and scotland defender Nathan Patterson is out for th
The action appears to have been limited in scope, with no casualties or major damage reported. Protestors took to the streets in tehran, denouncing israel, but Iranian State media has played down the incident; one official said there were no plans for further retaliation against israel. A minister in Benjamin Netanyahus government described the israeli action as lame. The us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is at the summit of g7 foreign ministers. He said his focus remains on De Escalation. Let me simply first of all repeat what our focus has been and what it remains. De escalation, avoiding conflict, and so, yes, calling on all concerned to exercise restraint. That is what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks, and, as necessary, that is what we will continue to do. And again, that is reflected in the statement that you will see coming from all of the g7 countries. On rafah, we have been very clear about this. President biden has been very clear about this. We cannot supp
Look at the possible causes. Good morning from Durham Police headquarters. We are here as part of a series on Policing Britain. I live in the call centre where they are dealing with the 999 called this morning. More on that a bit later on. In the sport, Head Injuries in by on. In the sport, Head Injuries in rugby union must be taken more seriously, according to a review into an incident involving Wales International george north, which has made nine recommendations to change the way concussions are handled. And carol has the weather. This morning across england and wales we have some patchy fog and some frost. Some of that will be slow to clear but most will see a dry day with some sunshine and just a few showers. Scotland and Northern Ireland, still very windy, especially across scotland, with some showers, some of which will be wintry. More in 15 minutes. 0ur our main story German Security services are facing questions about why they ended a Surveillance Operation on a suspect who is
that this is from the day of the attack. now, the caption says that there is no damage to the nuclear site, and as the video progresses you can see what appears to be a group of troops. there also seems to have been some flight disruption. here i want to show you a notice to air mission, and what it describes is air space on the western border of iran as being closed between 1.30, local time in iran, to 7am. and if you look at the flight tracking website, flight radar, you will see that there are two flights here that were going towards tehran in that window of time that were then diverted and turned back. you can see the loops right here. there are also reports of strikes in iraq and syria where armed groups backing iran are based. but this is typical of the shadow war that israel and iran have engaged in for years. iran has several proxies