And record breaking joe root makes history as england continue to dominate the second test against sri lanka. Welcome along, thank you forjoining us the latest on a history making day forjoe root to come we start tonight with football and manchester city who are looking to maintain their hundred percent start to the season. They re away at west ham in the late game where it s half time and they currently lead 2 1. Both goals coming from that man erling haaland. The norwegian opened the scoring after ten minutes before a ruben dias own goal made it 1 1. But this strike has pep guardiola s side ahead with the second halfjust about to get under way. Earlier, last season s runners up, arsenalfailed to make it three wins from three. As did brighton. With both sides sharing the points at the emirates. The defining moment of the game came early in the second half as declan rice was sent off. Arsenal were made to pay thereafter as alex fletcher reports. The end of the transfer window and t
At the emirates. Gold rush in the pool for paralympics gb in paris as alice tai wins her first individual title. And record breaking joe root makes history as england continue to dominate the second test against sri lanka. Welcome along, thank you forjoining us the latest on a history making day forjoe root to come we start tonight with football and manchester city who are looking to maintain their hundred percent start to the season. This one finished a short while ago for that 3 1 against west ham for the all scores by holland a week on from his hat trick for the seven goals now in cities first three games league games. Yes, west ham managed to pull one back for the early heartland here making sure that it was job well done for manchester city, back at the top of the premier league with three wins from three or pep guardiola your side. Earlier, last season s runners up, arsenalfailed to make it three wins from three. As did brighton. With both sides sharing the points at the em
Forecast. A reminder of our top story. Another new vaccine has been shown to be effective, the second and 2a hours. If approved the uk has millions of doses on order. Thats all from the bbc news at six, so its goodbye from me. On bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes, heres whats coming up tonight. Well look at two of the biggest issues in football west broms Romaine Sawyers the latest to be racially abused online, we speak to the chair of kick it out. Were also talking about concussion, as the Premier League takes further steps to protect players. Also coming up in the programme. Premiership rugby is back after an enforced break caused by the pandemic, well be with Northampton Saints to find out how theyre coping with covid. And Tracey Neville joins us on sportsday to tell us about her return to netball. So a busy sportsday for you tonight and were starting with more on the distressing story this week that se
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are uk trade and economics correspondent for politico, anna isaac, and Chief Executive of the think tank new Economics Foundation and former labour adviser, miatta fahnbulleh. Tomorrows front pages start with the metro. A National Treasure is how the metro describes captain sir tom moore, whos died in hospital at the age of 100. Hed been battling both pneumonia and coronavirus. The i describes the Second World War veteran as the best of us he was knighted by the queen last year after raising more than £30 million for the nhs by walking laps of his garden. Under its large image of a smiling captain sir tom, the telegraph reports on the results of a study which has found just one dose of the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is successful in cutting Virus Transmission rates a key factor in tackling the pandemic. That encouraging news about the oxford jab is also the main story for the mail, describing
Beyond mid february. Buy now, pay laterfirms face stricter controls following fears over young shoppers debts. A Court In Moscow is due to decide shortly whether to jail president Vladimir Putins leading critic, Alexei Navalny. Also coming up heavy snow hits parts of Northern England with the met Office Warning some Rural Communities are at risk of becoming cut off. This morning. Door to door tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African Coronavirus Variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant and find every case. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 people over the age of 16 will be swabbed to find the true extent of the new variant. Theres no