By beating him to a place in the barcelona open semi finals. So lots to get through tonight. Were starting with world heavyweight title fight between britains anthonyjoshua and former champion Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night. The fighters weighed in this afternoon, withjoshua ten pounds heavier than his ukrainian opponent. Klitschko weighed in at 17 stone 2 pounds. Its is his first fight since losing his belts to Britains Tyson fury in 2015. But this is klitschkos 69th professional fight, joshua has had just 18. Joshua scaled 17 stone, 12 pounds, the heaviest hes ever been for a fight and is the bookies favourite to win. Six foot six apiece, a good fighter, but one that will have to come up against myself. I am ready to go as far as against myself. I am ready to go as farasi against myself. I am ready to go as far as i need to go to get the wind. I showed it before. Thats all it is. I have the skill and determination and are ready to dig deeper. And staying with we
In the last 2a hours and a further shut, weddings are 67 people have died. Banned. Vigils and rallies are held cyprus has hit a new peak of over across france in a show 200 daily infections. Of solidarity with the teaching profession following the killing and in italy, the Northern Region of a of lombardy, worst hit teacher on by the first wave in february, friday. Has ordered all bars britains high streets under threat to shut as a Record Number of shops close at midnight. Over the First Six Months in germany, it is a of this year. Similar message stay at home. Translation meet far fewer people, whether outdoors or at home. Give up any travel that is not really necessary, any celebration that is not really necessary. Please stay at home good afternoon. As much as possible. The labour mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, has accused borisjohnson the netherlands, too, of exaggerating the severity has had tough restrictions imposed after a surge in cases. Of coronavirus in the regi
Nothing exceptional for this time of year. Tomorrow, quite a lot of cloud in the north east of scotland, still some showers further south particularly in the eastern half of england. The best sunshine in northern ireland, wales and the south west. Not quite as windy as it has been in the last couple of days but still pretty cool, 10 14 at best. Similar on friday, some fairly large areas of cloud around, potentially thick enough to squeeze out the odd spot of rain or light shower but equally, there will be some brighter spells with highs of 1113. Some brighter spells with highs of 11 13. Weekend looks predominantly dry, not always desperately sunny with a fair dry, not always desperately sunny withafairamount dry, not always desperately sunny with a fair amount of cloud and temperatures once again struggling, 13 or 1a degrees at best but a big change heading into next week because low pressure will take over, you can see frontal system is approaching and that brings the potential for so
Sharp rise in cancellations. What does the latest measures mean for businesses like this, and what do they mean for your holidays . How a dip in cold water has proved to be a promising lead in the search to find a cure for dementia. There was a remarkable comeback by west ham at tottenham in the premier league. 3 0 down, the hammers fought back to draw 3 3 and scored one of the goals of the season. Good morning. This week we are looking at an unsettled week with periods of rain, windy at times, but certainly for the first half of the week it will also be milder. All the details in about ten minutes. Good morning. Its monday the 19th of october. Our top story. A Short National lockdown across wales which has been described as a fire break could be announced as early as this morning. The restrictions are expected to last for two to three weeks, and may include an instruction for people to stay at home. It follows talks over the last couple of days about how best to tackle rising cases of
Cornwall, and owner fiona has said she will make free lunch bags this half term for any child who would normally get a free school meal. She says shes angry at the governments spending priorities. I know the countrys under pressure, everybodys under pressure but were a wealthy country and if weve got hungry children, i think its obscene, frankly. Under scrutiny, ministers insist they are providing support for low income families, billions extra in welfare and over £60 million via local councils, and congratulate organisations and businesses who are stepping in to help feed children this half term. I think its complementary to what we are doing as a government. We are supportive of that, we support local authorities to do it, thats what the £63 million is there for and its notjust £63 million, it is on top of the hundreds of millions we have put into local authorities to support those most in need. So no u turn, no change in a word . I think we have the package in place so people hav