Were so nearly on the end of the latest upset against nigeria. The african side were more than a match and could so easily have won the match inside 90 minutes. Englands struggles not helped by in form laurenjames being sent off, for an off the ball incident shades of David Beckham in 1998, if youre old enough to remember that. The match went all the way to penalties but this time, as not the case back then, england progressed, keeping their dreams of a first Womens World Cup alive. Jane dougall is in brisbane for us. England were given an almighty scare and questions will be asked as to why they could not go against a country ranked 36 places below them. In contrast, nigeria looked strong right from the start and were the better side throughout this match. In the first half though, england had shout for a penalty when it looked as though rachel daly had been pushed down on the box but var deemed no penalty. Much to the disgust of the fans. And then, in the second half, drama. Striker
there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. and it s exactly a0 years since henry 8th s flagship the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent, after 437 years under the sea. the bank of england has been forced to intervene once again in the markets warning of a material risk to financial stability. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore conditions in the markets. it follows on from yesterday s announcement of further meaures aimed at ensuring an orderly end to its emergency bond buying scheme. today the institute for fiscal studies think tank warnted the chancellor will need to make big and painful spending cuts to put the country s finances on a sustainable path. it suggests the chancellor could increase working age benefits in line with average earnings, limit public investment to 2% of national income and cut the budgets of every government department except he
trying to approach from the north west but lots of dry weather this afternoon, the best sunshine the further south and east you sit on top temperatures are around 16 degrees. underthe on top temperatures are around 16 degrees. under the cloud, some rain by the evening approaching western scotland and northern ireland, hides between 12 and 1a. this evening and overnight cloud continues to drift east across the uk, does not look like much will get into east anglia and the south east so we could defrost towards the end of the night. generally milder elsewhere because of the wind is picking up at the cloud insulating things, temperatures in double figures. northern ireland, wet overnight and first thing on wednesday. should brighton quite quickly across the north east of scotland, pain in the south lingering in the morning, drier weather for northern ireland for the second half of the day, temperatures very similar to today. england and wales overall have more cloud and patchy ra
side of the autumn weather, the windy aside and by friday it picks up windy aside and by friday it picks up across all areas with sunny spells for many and heavy showers in western scotland and blustery across the uk this weekend. there will be rain or showers around but not all the time and some sunnier moments as well. thanks and that s all from the bbc news at six. the news continues here on bbc one as now its time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome along to sportsday live from the bbc sport centre. here s what s coming up in the programme. on the brink of history. wales women have world cup qualification in their sights as they look to reach the finals for the first time ever. we ll be in glasgow as celtic face elimination from the champions league they need to get something from their match with rb leipzig. and what next for w series starjamie chadwick, as the season is brought to an abrupt en