Like the usa, germany and brazil knocked out. And englands lionnesses 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 couldnt score 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 england had a shout for a penalty when it looked as though rachel daly had been pushed Out Of The Box but var deemed it no penalty for that much to
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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 laurenjames was shown a straight red card and Video Replays showed that she had stamped on nigerias Mic
Wales and South West England probably seen fewer showers this afternoon and probably more sunshine. A few light showers coming and going in Northern Ireland and frequent showers in northern scotland today. A cool day, temperatures below par for the time of year. Showers keep going tonight across North East Scotland and england with temperatures between 11 and 14. Tomorrow we do it all again. Another showery day. Most starting on a dry note with sunshine and showers getting going in the afternoon. They will favour Eastern England because here we have a Convergence Zone with wind being bashed together and the showers are most likely to form. Away from that you have a decent chance of dryness tomorrow afternoon with sunshine coming through. Temperatures between the high teens and low 20s. However, we have more rain in the forecast and those totals are mounting up, particularly as we get into saturday. We are only three days into the new month and parts of Southern England have already had
Shot dead tells us America Needs better gun control. And, nearly a0 years after the First Successful separation of conjoined twins at Great Ormond Street Hospital, some of the children its helped meet up and share their experiences like, we obviously do fight a lot. We do scream at each other a lot. We get mad at each other. But then we always have that bond that we know well be sisters forever, and well love each other forever, and well care for each other forever. On bbc london, the mayor sadiq khan calls for a ceasefire in gaza. Stay with us here in bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. Good evening from jerusalem. Large explosions have been seen in the gaza strip tonight as the Israeli Army Says its increasing the number of air strikes on the territory and expanding its ground force operations. Communications in gaza including mobile phone and internet have been cut off. In response to the intensified bombardme