Match away from reaching the group stage of the Europa League after victory in the third round of qualifying tonight. Both took comfortable first leg leads into tonights matches. Wolves already 4 0 up against armenians pyunik. There were four more tonight including a first senior goal for teenager Morgan Gibbs White and a brilliant finish from diogojota saw them go through 8 nil on aggregate. Rangers swept aside fc midtjylland, 3 1 on the night, 7 3 on aggregate to set up a play off with legia warsaw the winner ino the group stage. Welsh side new saints are out, losing nine nil on agregate to ludogorets whilst aberdeen fell at the Europa League third qualifying round for the sixth consecutive season with an abject defeat at the hands of croatian side rijeka. The head coach of the scotland Womens National team, shelley kerr, has spoken about a row with her players after they were knocked out of the world cup in france which left some in tears. Kerr admits she, along with other members o
Political developments, and you can get in touch with your thoughts on this story and the rest of the days news by contacting me on twitter rebeccajonesbbc or using the hashtag bbcyourquestions the Arcadia Retail chain is expected to go into Administration Today, putting 13,000 jobs on the high street at risk. Cows m00. The biggest changes to english farming in more than half a century, as ministers publish post brexit plans to phase out eu farming subsidies and reward enviromental work. Environmental work. Farmers says the funds dont go far enough. The money available to achieve the objectives of farming for more wildlife is simply not going to be enough for us to deliver successfully. And coming up this hour, formula one driver Romain Grosjean says hes lucky to be alive after a crash at the bahrainian grand prix. Well have more on that in our sports bulletin in half an hour. Coronavirus cases are down by almost a third in england, after the latest lockdown restrictions began. The new
This is bbc news, im simon mccoy. The headlines one in ten people across the uk had contracted covid 19 by the end of december. Hospitals in the midlands are short staffed and care homes remain on the front line. The vaccine has been certainly the big thing that every provider is now desperate to get into their services and the roll out, it is happening, but it is not as quick as we would all like. Fortress washington as donald trump spends his last full day in office, america anxiously waits for the inauguration of his successor. Scotlands first minister Nicola Stugeon is to update the Scottish Parliament on covid 19 restrictions. Well bring you her statement live later this hour. The government is to set up a new regulator for the Construction Industry following evidence at the Grenfell Tower inquiry that manufacturers
covered up safety issues. Grave concerns over the future of the Justice System in england and wales as the covid pandemic creates a backlog of crown court cases. The b
He was planning an escape, smashing india ever closer. Pujara went, agarwal followed, pant continued. A late indian wobble did not affect him one last glorious shot in a remarkable series. Incredible one more doubt over australias captain. Im loving doing myjob. Its a difficultjob and at times like this, it can be bloody hard work when you are copping it left, right and centre but its what i signed up for. Weve got to keep perspective on it. Weve been outplayed. We had our chances. To win the series and win this test match. And we did not take them. This has been a series you could not take your eyes off. And with the ashes approaching and the aussies losing, england have watched with some interest. Patrick geary, bbc news. Areas of northern, central and Eastern England are preparing for flooding as storm christoph approaches the uk. Yellow warnings have been issued for england, wales, Northern Ireland and southern scotland and the met office has issued an amber warning across a large
James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and Lucy Dunn for the latest update on Scottish politics. Humza Yousaf has been on a ‘reset’. But critics claim the Scottish First Minister is simply rehashing Nicola Stugeon’s policies. Also on the podcast, will Labour take the Scotland by-election from the SNP? And what happened at the Holyrood