royal mail apologises to customers as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. powering over a million homes. the world s largest offshore wind farm goes into operation near the yorkshire coast. and big disappointment for emma raducanu as the defending champion is beaten in the first round of the us open. and coming up on the bbc news channel. with one day to go until the transfer window deadline, five teams are playing in the premier league tonight, with liverpool and manchester city both in action. good afternoon. mikhail gorbachev was one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century, and now preparations are being made for his funeral. the last leader of the soviet union died yesterday at the age of 91. but thoughts on his death vary wildly. many russians including vladimir putin blame him for what they believe was russia s loss of prestige and respect after the fall of the iron curtain. yet in the west, he s lauded for ending the repression of communi
Spared jail, before 8. 00 we will be live in washington to speak to our correspondent who is gauging reaction to his release. And at iron 9. 30 we have a special programme. David sillito will look ata programme. David sillito will look at a few other build information the running for the riba sterling prize for architecture which was awarded to the restored hastings pier. Now it is time for sportsday. Were down there, that is the view high above ewen fields, home of hyde united. This is ourfirst fa cup sports day of the season. It is the start of the fa cup first round proper. It all begins here this evening, three ties and now hyde united. They have come through five rounds already, just to make it to the first round proper, a run that started way back in august, and they are promising the tigers to go further. We will be ready for it. The supporters are getting on our back, helping us through, i think, fingers crossed it could be a good night for us. Its hyde from the eighth tier of
Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes. Patrice evra is suspended and faces a lengthy ban after kicking a fan in the head before a match last night. No giant killing in the first round of the fa cup just yet as non league hyde united are beaten by mk dons. And could this be an early contender for try of the season . As glasgow make it 8 wins from 8. 50 lots of sport about for you tonight, were starting with the news that patrice evra has been suspended by his Club Marseille while uefa investigate the defender after he kicked one of his supporters in the head last night. It happened during the warm up for marseilles Europa League game against the portuguese side, vitoria guimaraes. The 36 year old evra could face a lengthy ban. Heres our Sports Correspondent Katie Gornall with more. It is unclear what prompted patrice evra to react the way he did but it flared up during the warmup. Patrice evra went towards the stands to confront some of the fans who came over the fence. He was pulled over initiall
Theres been a major purge in the government in saudi arabia. Ten royal princes, among them, several senior ministers, as well as dozens of former ministers, have been detained in a campaign to stamp out corruption. The crown prince appears to have sidelined powerful rivals. Sport now. Heres james pearce. Ill have some fa cup goals and premier League Results for you injust a moment, but lets start in scotland, where celtics unbeaten run in domestic matches now stands at a british record 63. That beats their old mark that had stood for 100 years. In his 50th league game in charge manager Brendan Rodgers named an Unchanged Team for only the second time. Afterwards he paid tribute to his players. It means everything. It is an incredible feat by the players, and an incredible example of professionalism and playing and creating high standards every day. They faced everything. Going behind in games, playing on dodgy surfaces, astrotu rf su rfa ces, in games, playing on dodgy surfaces, astrotu
League results for you in a few moments but lets start in scotland where celtics unbeaten run in domestic matches now stands at a british record of 63 which beats the old record that stood for 100 years in its 50th league game in charge the manager Brendan Rodgers named an Unchanged Team only the second time and afterward, he paid tribute to his players. It means everything. It is an incredible feat by the players and a wonderful example of professionalism, of playing and creating high standards every day. And we have faced everything, going behind in games, playing in dodgy surfaces, playing on astroturf pitches, being tired in games, going behind, semi finals, finals. They deserve all the credit they get for it. West ham manager slaven bilic is beginning to sound like a man who is expecting the sack. Liverpool have pulled the pressure on him the 4 1 win at london stadium. West ham regret an early chance and two liverpool goals in 2. 5 minutes but Jurgen Klopps fibre in charge, alex 0