Chuggers rallies are taking place across spain as tensions continue over catalonias bid for independence. Just before we go to the sport, the Prime Minister has tweeted, my thanks to the First Responders at the incident this afternoon at the Natural History museum. Theresa may goes on she also thanks the actions of members of the public for their actions at the scene and says, my thoughts are with the injured. Time now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, john watson and Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening. Its grand final day at old trafford. Will it prove to be the crowning moment in castlefords impressive season . Lewis hamilton finds another level and another pole in sepang. Scotlands world cup hopes rest on victory over slovenia well assess the situation facing the rest of the home nations heading into the final match of european qualifying. Also coming up in the programme. Jazz carlin on jellyfish how the british swimmer is tackling her phobia a
When Hurricane Katrina hit his home town in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. Later there was a visit from George W Bush to replaced fats dominos president ial gold medal, lost in the floods and looting. As for his music, it remained as appealing and infectious as ever. Fats domino, whos died, at the age of 89. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Here is evan davis. Tonight, as it heads into the busy winter season, the nhs is already operating at full pelt with no slack. So how will it cope over the next few months . We have an inside look at Queen Elizabeth hospital birmingham to see just how stretch things are. Join me now on bbc two. Thats it, here on bbc one its time for all the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday imjohn watson. Coming up. A west ham fightback as tottenham are knocked out of the league cup. Claude puel makes a premier League Return appointed Leicester City manager. And englands women to look to bounce back i
The heat on england after another defeat down under. Out of touch and out of step the fa chairman greg clarke admitting today his organisation had lost the publics trust, over its handling of discriminatory remarks made by the former england womens manager mark sampson. Clarke today launched a cultural review into the fas practices, in a bid to tackle the fall out to last weeks meeting of the select committee. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conwayjoins us on sportsday tonight. The fa trying to clear up some of the negative press theyve received since last weeks hearing and address the cultural change needed. Is this review going to have that affect . Greg clark wants that to be the case. He went before the fa council today. We dont know the tone of the speech because cameras are not allowed in but weve got a copy of the speech, and from the words on the page it appears there isa words on the page it appears there is a mea culpa from greg clark, admitting the words he used to the
Well also be finding out why Council Spending on Agency Social workers has nearly doubled in the past four years and nine months on from lincolns record breaking fa cup run, the city is experiencing a baby boom. Join us for more on that at 8pm. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im katherine downes. Liverpool, city and spurs in Champions League action tonight, with tottenham playing host to the defending champions real madrid. With 100 days to go to the start of the Winter Olympics, we meet the american skier who feared his sexuality would ruin his career. I feared that they would think i had been deceitful or this time and they would resent me for that. I felt i had a lot to lose and i would lose it all, so i was scared. And im with englands cricketers in perth as they prepare for the first warm up as they prepare for the first warm up match ahead of the ashes. Good evening. Lots to bring you tonight, but were going to start with t
This morning across kent. But blue skies in york, a Beautiful Day here and sunshine across these central portions of the british isles. Then add to the north west we have cloud and rain moving across scotland and Northern Ireland with a strengthening wind. Where the temperatures with a maximum of ii degrees. This evening with the clear skies it is going to get chilly quite quickly through the evening then patchy rain moving south and east and by the end of the night telling chilly again across northern scotland. Those are the temperatures in towns and cities but much lower in the countryside. So with the cold air in place and some cloud rolling in from the north east, a pretty miserable start morning through the south east. Across wales something a little bit milder. Brighter skies already developing in Northern England and scotland and Northern Ireland with some spells of sunshine along with blustery showers across the far north of scotland. Those sunny skies gradually spread a little