Headlines david moyes men get their first victory for the manager. Trouble on tour ben duckett dropped from todays ashes tour game after another bar incident in perth and ronnies run at the uk snooker championship continues. The rocket is through to the final good evening and welcome, we start at the london stadium were david moyes has recorded his first win as west ham boss against london rivals chelsea, who fall further behind the premier leagues leaders, Manchester City. It was moyes fifth game in charge of west ham since replacing slaven bilic. A first half Marko Arnautovic goal separated the two sides, adam wild was watching. It may only be december, but chelseas hopes of retaining their premier league title are already beginning to cool. For west ham, their struggle to stay is real. Struggle to stay up is real. Change is needed. The first came in goal, joe hart left out in the cold. But the difference on the pitch is what matters and it needs to come quickly. A fact lost on no on
Of any potential suitors coming up shortly. And in the weather, ben has the details. The calendar rises further in the autumn but the temperature is climbing over the next two days. How long can that u pwa rd the next two days. How long can that upward trend last . All the details coming up. Thanks. Also coming up, the british diver who thought things couldnt get any worse separated from his boat four miles from the shore then he realised he was being stalked by a huge shark. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. The Prime Minister is to update mps this afternoon on progress in brexit negotiations, after her meeting with eu leaders at dinner in brussels last week. But a separate meeting with the president of the European Commission is now the subject of a leaked account in a german newspaper, which claims that theresa may begged Jean Claude Juncker for help, and appeared anxious and tormented. It follows a call from the uks biggest business lobby groups for an urgent b
And a pioneer of rock and roll, fats domino, has died. He was 89. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a new managerial appointment in the premier League Tonight as claude puel is appointed as the new manager of leicester city. Good evening. The uk economy grew slightly faster than expected in the three months to september, raising the prospect of a rise in Interest Rates as early as next week. An initial assessment by the office for National Statistics suggests the level of gdp or the total amount of goods and services produced in the uk rose by 0. 4 , with strong performances in the services and manufacturing sectors. However construction is continuing to perform poorly. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. Not exactly firing on all cylinders but today better news on the economy that will have cheered the chancellor. He visited the Francis Crick Research Centre in london, just the kind of high skilled innovation he would like to encourage. Well, its a solid performance by the u
Im katherine downes. Humbled down under. Englands Rugby League Campaign starts with a defeat to defending champions australia. On the brink of glory a top five finish for Lewis Hamilton in mexico this weekend and a fourth world title will be his. England on their best behaviour promises from captainjoe root as the ashes squad prepare to fly to australia without ben stokes. We know that what has happened hasnt been good enough. We are determined to get that right. Also coming up on the programme. Will they cope without kane . Spurs will be missing their star striker when they take on Manchester United at old trafford tomorrow. Im in cardiff ahead of Anthony Joshuas latest world title fight. Its a big weekend of sport with that anthonyjoshua fight, Lewis Hamiltons fourth world title almost in the bag, and some big clashes in the premier league but it all kicked off with the start of the Rugby League World cup this afternoon where england lost their first match of the tournament to the od
Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of spanish unity. It follows madrids decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has called on his supporters to show democratic defiance of direct rule from madrid. But supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. Gavin lee reports from barcelona. The organisers say the silent majority are coming out. The police say there are 300,000 in the crowd, the organisers say more than a billion. This is what has been developing in the last few hours. Claiming back their streets. Thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by their now ousted government. This is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. Chanting. Well, this is becoming a