Few others. Hello again. Welcome along to sportsday this evening. With the new Champions League Formatjust bedding in, tonights match at Villa Park is one that conjures up memories of what europes top Club Competition used to be. Its aston villas first Home Game since it was just called the European Cup, and villa had just won it. How fitting then that the team theyre up against tonight was the one they beat to lift the trophy in 1982 Bayern Munich. Players like captain dennis mortimer, nigel spink, and Goalscorer Peter Withe became heroes that night in rotterdam but now their modern counterparts take on a team that have had a blistering start to the season under new manager Vincent Kompany, and scored nine goals in theirfirst Champions League Match. So, lets head to Villa Park and speak to our correspondent nesta mcgregor. It could barely be a more significant set of circumstances tonight. Yes, sport is a funny way of throwing up these incredible narratives, doesnt it . More than four
Both the labour and conservatives dont add up, accusing them of using numbers that arent credible. Net migration to the uk has fallen to its lowest level in 16 years. And campaigners are calling for higher charges for bags for life, or a com plete charges for bags for life, or a complete ban as Research Shows that households bought an average of 5a of the plastic bags a year. Now on bbc news, it is time for sportsday. Hello, im 0lly foster, heres whats coming up on sportsday. Men against boys uniteds teenagers come unstuck in kazakhstan. Wolves need a draw in portugal to join united in the last 32, it is going to plan at the moment. And if the gloves fit. Hopes on standby to keep. Also coming up in the programme. Dressed to impress we meet the skater looking to sew up a medal at the british championships in sheffield. Its another busy night of football across europe. Manchester united took a very young squad on the long journey to kazakhstan. They had already qualified for the knockout
Minutes. Ivan perosic helped. So munich heading in with the first game to spare. Juventus will be joining them in the knockout stages. A bit more difficult for them actually. A 2 2 2 one win against locomotive moscow. Locomotive moscow fought back. And then right at the end, what a goalfrom douglas costa. Took out about seven players, got in the box, prevent finish. Juventus heading into the last 16 with two games to spare. That was our target to come into the game, when it and secure qualification. We still have work to do to finish up but we achieved our target of qualifying tonight so we are happy we did that. So we look forward to the next matches. Elsewhere, Manchester City missed the chance to qualify when they were held to a 1 all draw by atalanta at the san siro in milan. Raheem sterling scored after only 7 minutes for the english champions who would have qualified with a win. After gabrieljesus missed a penalty for city. Mario pasalich equalised for the italians scoring agains
Good morning from leeds, where we are talking to a local business about what it wants from this next election. And it is not all about brexit. A chaotic finish for Manchester City in the Champions League, as injury and then a red card means defender kyle walker goes in goal in their 1 1 draw with atalanta. Favourite day of the week . Monday. Friends reunited. I find out how muchjennifer aniston and Reese Witherspoon really have in common, as they tell me about playing rivals in the drama set behind the scenes of a morning news show. And lots of heavy rain around this morning for the commute and a met Office Amber Warning set to come in gcioss Office Amber Warning set to come in across parts of Northern England. Flooding is likely for some. All the details here on breakfast. It is thursday 7 november. Our top story the economy will be at the top of the Election Campaign agenda today, with the conservatives and labour at odds over public spending. But seniorfigures in labour say they are
Across england and wales. The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker, Grace Millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. Several people have been injured and more than 1,000 people were evacuated from a theatre in londons west end, hello, this is bbc news after part of the ceiling collapsed. With me, annita mcveigh. In the bbcs your questions, the headlines former labour minister ian austin, we head to leeds home to five universities, who left the party in february, to answer students questions has urged people to vote about next months election. Conservative in decembers general election. And in sport, tottenham edge closer towards the Champions League labour promises an additional knockout stages by thrashing £150 billion of Public Investment in what it calls an irreversible shift in wealth red star belgrade. In favour of working people. But the tories say its fantasy economics. The liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the greens