Talking therapy services. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport withjohn watson. Thank you, everton manager at marco silva is facing the sack this afternoon after another defeat, this time in the Merseyside Derby to liverpool. Thanksjohn, and ben rich has all the weather. As the saying goes, red sky in the morning, shepherds warning, we had some beautiful red sun rises this morning but the warning is for a lot of rain in places. It is turning milder but i will have full details just before half past. Thanks, ben. Also coming up. The christmas advert getting tens of thousands of views, and it only cost a hundred pounds to make. Hello, this is afternoon live. With one week to polling day, the Political Parties are beginning theirfinal push for votes. Boris johnson is promising to pass his brexit deal and bring a tax cutting budget within 100 days, if the conservatives win the election. Labour have outlined plans to recruit almost 20,000 extra teachers in england overfive years. Mean
Questions we would like to put to mr johnson, so you can hear his replies. A week out, because he wa nts replies. A week out, because he wants it. Frances largest strike in years brings much of the country to a standstill workers are angry about planned Pension Reforms that would see them retiring later orfacing reduced payouts. Teachers, transport workers and lawyers are among the workers taking part in industrial action which is expected to last several days. The us speaker of the house of representatives announces that impeachment proceedings against President Trump will go ahead he becomes only the third president to be officially accused of abusing his office. The president has engaged in an abuse of power undermining our National Security and jeopardising the integrity of our elections. Fast cars and cybercrime charges are filed against two russian nationals, alleged to have used Malicious Software to steal millions of pounds across a0 countries including the uk. Everton sack man
Of modern football. Now the president of uefa warns that racism in the game is rising. The situation is not the same as 20 years ago. Its much worse, and its getting worse and worse. Its all over. The former fast bowler and england captain bob willis has died at the age of 70 and santas new little helper the us first lady pops into a Salvation Army centre in london to help with christmas preparations. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Divock origi Takes Centre Stage for liverpool in the merseyside derby. All of tonights results in england and scotland. Good evening. A show of unity at natos 70th anniversary gathering embodied in the traditional end of meeting statement has been overshadowed by footage of the canadian Prime Minister, justin trudeau, in conversation with other leaders, apparently mocking donald trump. The president responded in a press conference by calling mr trudeau two faced. It came after testy exchanges yesterday betwen the us leader and frances president , un
39 people found dead in a refrigerated truck in essex. The snp launch their Election Campaign, saying they would try to form an alliance with other parties, to lock the conservatives out of power. An 18 year old boy is jailed for minimum of 12 and half years, for the murder of his former girlfriend. In a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc. After this evening on bbc. Borisjohnson is accused of misunderstanding after borisjohnson is accused of misunderstanding his own exit deal in relation to customs checks in the Northern Ireland. We hearfrom our reality check correspondence. As floods gripped the north of england we examine the catastrophic effect it is having on farms in warwickshire were in some areas the soil has become so sodden they cant plant any crops. And at 8 45pm, we go through the cinema releases. Thats all coming up. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. A R
To the programme. Lets begin at the Rugby Union World cup in france, where in the last hour england have booked their place in the semi finals, after a narrow 30 21; win over fiji. Andy swiss is in marseilles and joins us now. Andy, england have done it but they were pushed all the way. They certainly were. The england fans have Onlyjust Stop celebrating inside the stadium behind me. They are through to The World Cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama. They got off to an excellent start, they scored two first half tries, the first from man u to langa who bulldozed his way over. How was his First International try for two years. Followed by a try from joe marchand. England were in total control of the star of the second half. They seemed on course for a straightforward victory but back came fiji and harrow, two tries in quick succession. And higher. Not much more than ten minutes left when the score was 2a all and the fiji fans sensed a remarkable comeback. But in th