where you ve got government in such terrible paralysis, you do have to do something as dramatic as this in order to have your voice heard. nicola sturgeon says no westminster government can ever stand in the way of scotland choosing indpendence. iam i am setting up today our strategy to win our country s independence. and manchester city stand just two wins away from retaining their premier league title after they beat burnley 1 0. kipchoge is the champion again. kenya s eliud kipchoge wins the london marathon with the second fastest time in history, as britain s sir mo farah finishes fifth. and stop the clock as the tens of thousands raise millions for charities, big ben gets stuck and needs a helping hand as he attempts to cross the finishing line. good evening. the people of sri lanka have been marking a week since the bomb attacks which claimed the lives of at least 250 people on easter sunday. the attackers were islamist extremists who targeted christian worshippers in
of the next couple of weeks and maybe more, cos there s no question omicron continues to surge through the country. scotland records more than 20,000 new covid cases, its highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. france toughens its rules around facemasks all children over six now have to wear them in shops and on public transport. india begins vaccinating 15 18 year olds as the country records its sharpest ever weekly rise in infections. hello, and welcome. a legal document which prince andrew s lawyer believes could stop a civil case against him in the us has been made public. the duke of york has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. the document, which has been unsealed, is a settlement agreement betweenjeffrey epstein and virginia giuffre, now known as virginia roberts. it dismisses the case for damages brought by ms giufrre, in return for the sum of $500,000. the question is what impact this is the question is what impact
hello there, i m 0lly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening: getting to the root of the problem. the ashes are gone, but there s still fighting talk from the england captain. there s a huge amount to play for for this group of players. we ve got to stay tight, we ve got to stick together and we ve got to put on a performance in one of the great test venues in world cricket. they re into the second half at old trafford. we ll have the latest from the game between manchester united and wolves. and we ll look ahead to the world darts championship final at the ally pally. will it be bully boy or snakebite for the title? hello there. welcome along. all the football coming up injust a moment, but we re going to start with cricket. it was just six days ago that england were skittled for 68 runs in the third test, another innings defeat in the series, and australia had retained the ashes. six days to regroup, you d have thought, but the head coach chris silverwo
we begin in west africa. sierra leone s vice president says the state will provide economic assistance to the families of 100 people killed on friday when a fuel tanker exploded in the capital, freetown. the city s hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of people injured. umaru fofana reports from freetown. the blast happened in eastern freetown after a truck rammed into a petrol tanker. people rushed to collect the leaking fuel, causing a heavy trafficjam, according to eyewitness accounts. there was a vast explosion, leaving fireballs spreading through the crowds. vehicles in the traffic jam were set alight. hospitals in freetown are overwhelmed with injured people, many in critical condition. most of the dead have been taken to the central mortuary. we started transporting bodies from 11 until 4:00. the last set of bodies, i had to convey them with some soldiers to the morgue, for us to get a total headcount. anxious relatives. just outside here are anxious relatives
2 1win over brentford. the victory put a smile on farke s face momentarily, but the three points weren t enough to save his job. norwich have twice been promoted under the german, but he leaves with the club bottom of the league. manager ole gunnar solskjaer still has hisjob, despite manchester united losing 2 0 to fierce rivals city in the derby. the loss has increased pressure on the manager with united fifth in the table. it was a lack lustre performance at old trafford with eric bailly scoring an own goal. then bernardo silva got a second for cityjust before half time. an impressive performance from them, but it s united s fourth defeat in six premier league matches and a second consecutive loss at home to one of their biggest rivals, prompting more questions to be asked of the united boss. it isa it is a couple of steps back again after a few steps forward last week. we need everybody back fresh in their minds and look like what we started to look like before the liverpo