Now on bbc news, Its sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im tulsen tollett. A thrIller for chelsea, as jackson scores twIce to help them beat West Ham 3 0. AustralIa take a 2 0 SerIes Lead over england In a one sIded match at headIngley. And Rory McIlroy Is three shots off the lead headIng Into the fInal round of the Bmw Pga champIonshIp, at wentworth. Also comIng up on sportsday. Drama aplenty, as mclaren s Lando NorrIs takes Pole PosItIon for the SIngapore Grand PrIx. WhIle In the comIng hours, Wembley StadIum wIll be rockIng as 96,000 Watchjoshua V DuboIs for the Ibf heavyweIght champIonshIp. Hello, and thanks forjoInIng us on a day In the PremIer League that has seen chelsea 3 0 wInners over West Ham at London StadIum In the early kIck off. NIcolas jackson was on a HatrIck InsIde 20 mInutes, and he added an asIst to Cole Palmer for the thIrd just after half tIme, as enzo Marescas Project starts to take shape. For the hammers, It was a thIrd straIght League Defeat at home, w
Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
we ll look ahead to what could be a defining week at the top of the table. after protesters disrupted the world snooker championship, we ll tell you how security s being stepped up at the crucible. i ll be very surprised if the protocols that were in place at the crucible yesterday are in place today. also coming up on sportsday before 7. how a special piece of kit s transforming how one woman s competing at this year s london marathon. we start tonight with the mountain chelsea have to climb if they re to salvage anything from this season. 2 0 down from the first leg, they need at least three goals against real madrid to remain in the champions league. a change of owner, half a billion pounds spent, yet another manager. nothing s transformed chelsea s fortunes so far as patrick geary reports. and so to chelsea s at last remaining bridge, the final road forward in a season of missed earnings runs through real madrid at stamford bridge but they have made things hard for themse