And Table Football is finally Coming Home this Weekend ive been to the birthplace of subbuteo in kent, as it stages the World Cup. And good morning. Today we will see some Sunny Spells developing across many parts of the uk, but like yesterday there will be the risk of some heavy and thundery showers. Where you catch them they will really be intense. Bring you all the details very shortly. Its saturday 21 september. A former manager of fulhams womens Football Team has told the bbc that extra precautions were put in place to protect female players from Mohamed Al fayed when he owned The Club. Mr Al Fayed, who died last year, was also the owner of harrods until 2010, and has been accused of rape and Sexual Assault by dozens of Women Who worked for the Department Store. Harrods says its utterly appalled by the allegations and has condemned his actions. Our reporter simonjones has More. How widespread was Mohamed Al fayeds alleged offending . Dozens of women have come forward to say that t
which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
win over loughborough. the late game was between bottom side leicester and harlequins. harlequins took an early lead and held on, eventually winning 33 24 leaving the tigers rock bottom of the premiership on just one point from six games. meanwhile the wolfhounds scored five tries away from home to knock edinburgh off the top of the celtic challenge table. aoife wafer scored twice, including the irish side s final try of the game as they secured a 27 17 bonus point win in the multi national rugby competition. the wolfhounds are in scotland again next weekend, as they take on the glasgow warriors. the opening finals of the new tennis season are set as the first of the australian open warm up tournaments reach their conclusion. it s just a week and a day before the first grand slam of the year. and the top two seeds holger rune and grigor dimitrov will meet in the brisbane internationalfinal. dimitrov beat the home favourite joredan thompson in straight sets whilst rune was also a comfor
saracens extended their lead at the top of the women s premiership as they thrashed sale sharks 69 points to 3. they re six points clear of gloucester hartpury who moved up to second with a a2 2a win over loughborough. the late game is between bottom side leicester and harlequins. at half time, the harlequins lead 19 7. meanwhile the wolfhounds scored five tries away from home to knock edinburgh off the top of the celtic challenge table. aoife wafer scored twice, including the irish side s final try of the game as they secured a 27 17 bonus point win in the multi national rugby competition. the wolfhounds are in scotland again next weekend, as they take on the glasgow warriors. the opening finals of the new tennis season are set as the first of the australian open warm up tournaments reach their conclusion. it s just a week and a day before the first grand slam of the year and the top two seeds holger rune and grigor dimitrov will meet in the brisbane internationalfinal. dimitrov beat
they re 206 for 8 with 4 overs remaining. najmul hossain shanto scoring 58 for the hosts. adil rashid and mark wood have taken two wickets each. blackburn rovers produced another special chapter in the club s history according to their manager, after the biggest upset of the fifth round so far. they beat premier league side leicester, and what a goal for tyrhys dolan, a great strike to get them on their way. they went two up when sammie smodics got their second and whilst leicester pulled one back, rovers held on, into the quarterfinals for the first time in a long time. phil foden says he s 100% fit now after what he called one of the worst parts of his career with a run of poor form kepping him out of the side. he scored twice to send manchester city into the quarter finals against bristol city. they won 3 0. foden had lost his place since the world cup but has now scored three times in two games. the lowest ranked team left in the competition are grimsby town of league two.