Looking unstoppable. Liverpool thrash Leicester City 4 0 to go 13 points clear at the top of the premier league. Sam curran stars for england taking four wickets on day one of the opening test in south africa. And clan des obeaux makes it back to back wins in the King George Vi chase with victory at kempton. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Welcome to the programme. First to liverpools statement win tonight they are 13 points clear at the top of the premier league with a game in hand, after thrashing second placed Leicester City 4 0 at the king power stadium. It comes just five days after they won the Club World Cup in qatar. Patrick geary reports. A chance for leicester to look livable in the eyes. To keep them on their side of the horizon. There is a probable chasing liverpool, the relentless pace, most are stretched leicester to breaking point and the just about stayed intact. Like managers all over the world, Brendan Rodgers tried to crack the puzzle but if you focus on one red mena
there will be a lot of cloud around and we could have some rain around from time to time. condition should improve in the afternoon. we have got some heavier rain affecting the south west of england. through the day rain becomes more patchy and places they become drier. across other parts of the uk, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers in the north west of scotland. it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine, temperatures hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 thousand workers stage a walkout in the biggest rail strike so far. prime minister liz truss has arrived in birmingham for the conservative annual conference she has admitted that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops just a day after moscow annexed the area. millions o
arrived in birmingham for the conservative party conference, as she admits that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops just a day after moscow annexed the area. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. who can catch arsenal at the top? mikel arteta s side are too good for tottenham in the north london derby. keeping the pressure on rangers hit four past hearts, but rivals celtic end the day top. it s pole for leclerc in singapore and a spanner in the works for verstappen as he chases a second f1 title. welcome to the programme. arsenal s superb start to the season goes on, after a dominant performance in the north london derby to beat rivals tottenham 3 1 this lunchtime. spurs weren t helped by a red card as they missed the chance to leapfrog their riva
even in, prime minister! is your party behind you? prime minister liz truss has arrived in birmingham for the conservative party conference, as she admits that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops, just a day after moscow annexed the area. a man has been charged with murdering nine year old 0livia pratt korbel five weeks after she was shot in the chest at her home in liverpool. 34 year old thomas cashman is accused of killing 0livia, who died after convicted burglar joseph nee was chased into herfamily s property in dovecot in august. at a press conference in liverpool this evening, maria corr from the crown prosecution service outlined the charges. let s hear what she said. the crown prosecution service has authorised merseyside police to charge thomas cashman, 3a, from grenadier drive, west derby, with the mur
will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. shutters down, empty platforms it s the most disruptive train strike yet. i ve got no train, so now i m having to. i ve just rung my husband, he s got to drive two hours, well, longer than that, down to here, to pick me up. everything has gone up in price so they need to be paid for the work they are doing. but i don t like the strike, no. so, for my money, 100% behind them, all power to them, - and i hope they win. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to raise money for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant changing her plans to get there. so, for me, thisjust blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked. the red lines on this map sh