women s nations league on tuesday with plenty still to be decided, nowhere more so than at hampden, where england are hoping to beat scotland emphatically to book their place in the knockout stages. but there s more to it than that. england are trying to qualify for next summer s olympics on behalf of team gb, so defeat for scotland on tuesday night could actually benefit some scottish players who want to be part of the great britain squad. not that they re thinking about it that way is joe curry now reports. that way as joe curry now reports. it s been a qualifying campaign of twists and turns for the lionesses, but now they re one game away from taking a big step towards securing team gb a spot at next summer s olympic games. itjust so happens to be against a very familiar foe, scotland. not only do you have to win it, but you have to score like this. there s goals that come along with it. it s notjust how you win. you win the game, and it s done. we re going to have to rea
on tuesday, with plenty still to be decided. nowhere more so than at hampden, where england are hoping to beat scotland emphatically to book their place in the knockout stages. but there s more to it than that. england are trying to qualify for next summer s olympics on behalf of teamgb, so defeat for scotland on tuesday night could actually benefit some scottish players who want to be part of the team gb squad not that they re thinking that way, asjo currie reports. it s been a qualifying campaign of twists and turns for the lionesses, but now they are one game away from taking a big step towards securing teamgb a spot and next year s olympic games. itjust so happens to be against a very familiar foe scotland. not only do we have to win it, there are goals that come along with it, it s notjust you win the game and it s done. we re going to have to really go for it, you know, just let loose from the very first whistle to the last whistle. you know some energy, you try to
scotland we are looking at clear skies and a frosty start. in southern scotland, england and wales, a cloudy start with rain, but brightening up later from the west. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday the 5th of december. the home secretary james cleverly is on his way to rwanda this morning. he s due to sign a new deal which he hopes will mean that the uk government will then be able to send some be able to send some asylum seekers to the the east african country. the visit comes just hours after mr cleverly announced a series of measures to reduce the levels of legal migration into the uk. our political correspondent peter saull has the details. immigration has long been a tricky issue for the government. successive conservative prime ministers have promised and failed to bring the numbers down. the new plan a ban on foreign care of workers bringing family members with them. an increase in the minimum salary for skilled workers of almost 50% to
scottish players who want to be part of the team gb squad not that they re thinking that way, asjo currie reports. it s been a qualifying campaign of twists and turns for the lionesses, but now they are one game away from taking a big step towards securing teamgb a spot at next summer s olympic games. itjust so happens to be against a very familiar foe scotland. not only do we have to win it, there are goals that come along with it, it s notjust you win the game and it s done. we re going to have to really go for it, you know, just let loose from the very first whistle to the last whistle. you know some energy, you try to win in the game. we have to go hell for leather. england sit second in the group, level on points with the netherlands who have a better goal difference of three. with belgium only point behind. what that means is england know they need to beat scotland and potentially by a big score if they are to secure a place in the nations league semi finals. but do
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