Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday im james pearce. Beaten at home the champions of england are undone by wolves. Beaten away the champions of scotland are shocked by livingstone. France dream of being champions they hang on against tonga to reach to world cup quarterfinals. Also coming up in the programme as more medals are dished out to british athletes well assess the World Championships on their closing day. We havent even reached the middle of october, so liverpool fans will not need reminding that there is still a long season ahead, but the premier league table makes very pleasant reading for them this evening. Liverpool will take an eight point lead into the International Break after Manchester City were beaten at home by wolves. The champions couldnt convert their possession into goals despite numerous chances, and wolves caught them on the counter attack twice late on adama traore with both for the visitors. It was citys first defeat at hom
Champions, manchester city, fall eight points behind in the title race after suffering a shock home defeat against wolves. And in inside out in half an hour, tracy gee speaks to firefighters who believe theirjob caused them to have cancer. Good evening. The parents of a teenage boy harry dunn who was killed in a Road Accident have made an emotional appeal for an American Woman to return to the uk to face justice. The woman, whos the wife of an american diplomat, was driving a car which collided with the 19 year olds motorbike in august. She told police she would remain in the uk, then returned to the United States and is claiming diplomatic immunity. The police have said they want to arrest and question her over the incident. Duncan kennedy has been speaking to harry dunns parents. The death of harry dunn has created a profound sense of parental loss. Tim and charlotte say their pain is deep. We cannot grieve for him at the minute because we are just unaware of where we are going. Harr
Them in the back. More than 270 arrests as Extinction Rebellion block bridges and roads in westminster in a protest over climate change. Police forces across england and wales are battling rising levels of knife crime. Figures today show offences involving knives are rising sharply outside london, but with the capital still the most dangerous area. The trauma team at the Royal London Hospital in the east end is one of the busiest in europe, dealing with knife and gun attacks, and the bbcs clive myrie was given exclusive access to their work over a period of several months. You may find some of the images distressing. This the pained face of knife crime in britain. Still early, the guys arent even tipping out the pubs yet, and absolutely anything could happen tonight. These are stories over a three month period, from the front line of the epidemic. When he came in, hed lost a lot of blood volume, his pulses were very weak. Stories of courage, kindness and honesty. Lets face it, it doesn
Rapidly in recent years. Also tonight following the death of this teenager in a Road Accident in northamptonshire, the uk calls on the us to waive the diplomatic immunity of the American Woman whos the main suspect. The businesswoman alleged to have been offered favours by borisjohnson when he was mayor of londonrefuses to deny they had an affair. As american troops withdraw from northern syria, the uss main allies in the fight against the Islamic State group, the kurds, say theyve been stabbed in the back by President Trump. And more than 200 arrests in Central London as climate activists take to the streets as part of a worldwide protest against global warming. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we look at the cricketing credentials of former bowling coach Chris Silverwood, as he takes the top job with the england cricket team. Good evening. We start tonight with a special report on the relentless increase in knife crime across england and wales. Police say theyre struggling to
Hello and welcome to sportsday im james pearce, our headlines this evening off and running new zealand start the defence of their world cup title with a win against south africa. A late drop goald helps france survive a second half fightback by argentina to win by two points back with a bang. Manchester city respond to last weekends defeat by scoring eight against watford also coming up in the programme, ferraris sharl leclair is on pole for the third race in a row. Hell start tomorrows Singapore Grand Prix ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton. And a bit closer to home, ahead of the World Championships that start tomorrow, the worlds top paracyclists take to the yorkshire roads. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Good evening, well have all the news about Manchester Citys record breaking afternoon and the details from todays other premier League Matches a bit later, but lets start injapan with the Rugby World Cup. Of the days three games it was defending champions new zealand again