teenagers with the disease is rising. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello, i m john watson. welcome along to sportsday, these are our headlines. after suffering concussion steve smith will miss the third ashes test at a key moment in the series. how do they replace him? twitter suspends a series of accounts after paul pogba s racially abused is it time for social media companies to do more. and after announcing he s stepping down who will the ecb turn to in replacing england women s head coach mark robinson? also coming up in the programme. as climbing prepares for its olympic debut why british hopes are in safe hands. news on another medal at the world championships. hello and welcome to sportsday. he was a major doubt diagnosed with delayed concussion after a blow to the neck in the second ashes test cricket australia confirming today steve smith will miss thursday s match at headingley having failed to recover in time. the man of the series so far, his a
and says it is filing for administration. the east midlands based airline, which operated more than 29,000 flights last year, blamed recent spikes in fuel and carbon costs. some passengers have posted messages online saying they only found out about it after turning up at airports this evening. our business correspondent rob young reports. flybmi, no longerflying. it s cancelled all flights with immediate effect. the company is also filing for administration. the carrier flew more than half a million passengers last year. its smalljets operated on routes from aberdeen, bristol, newcastle, east midlands, sta nsted and others, to 25 european cities. passengers who have been affected are anxious. i m in belgium at the moment and ijust got the bbc alert that flybmi have gone into administration. all the flights for me to return home are really expensive and flybmi have said they won t return the £134 that i initially spent, so i don t know how i m going to get back. flybmi, base
talk about her new book that has been inspired by the need to metoo movement. mrs may is expected to condemn russia for the skripal poisoning, but and at 10:40pm, we ll be taking our daily look at tomorrow s front pages. join me this evening. that is all to come here on bbc news. it is now time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. mind the gap as the premier league s top three made history by maintaining their unbeaten starts to the season for the very first time the gulf with those at the bottom looks wider than ever. real madrid are set to appoint santiago solari as their permanent manager, after the interim boss secured four wins in the last four games. england s women finally kickstart their world twenty20 campaign against bangladesh in st lucia this evening. their opening game against sri lanka was abandoned due to rain. hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome to the programme. it is manchester city who head into the international break at the top of th
this afternoon across the south west of england and wales, we will see heavy rain, strong and gusty winds and for the south west of wales there is a met office amber warning, the potential the rain could cause significant disruption and further flooding. the rain clipping into northern ireland, north west england, south west scotland, the black wind arrows show the wind gusts which could reach 60 or maybe 70 mph in exposed spots. really rough weather to come, eastern areas staying dry, through the evening and overnight we will see rain and strong winds sweeping eastwards. some clear spells behind it, a fair rash of showers packing in towards the west. it will not be a cold night, six to ii the west. it will not be a cold night, six to 11 degrees. tomorrow, the start of the weekend, tonight s rain will essentially clear by tomorrow morning, some hanging around across shetland for retirement briefly across the south east of england, but with low pressure in charge this takes us
ahead. the uk economy grew by 0.6% in the three months to september thanks to the warm summer weather boosting spending. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. finally, some good news for the travelling fans as england beat sri lanka on day four of the first test to end their 13 match winless run away from home. more at 230. and we have all the weather. good afternoon. rough weather for the rest of the day, heavy rain and strong winds in the west. details to come, plus i will be answering your questions, just before half two. also coming up thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes as wildfires rage across northern california. hello, everyone this is afternoon live. good afternoon and welcome to afternoon live. the prime minister has laid wreaths at the graves of the first and last british soldiers killed in the first world war. she was at a cemetery at mons in belgium, ahead of this weekend s armistice commemorations, marking the hundredth annive