england s lionesses, the european football champions, have now qualified for next year s women s world cup. the manager said england s qualification for next year s world cup has made herfeel proud, especially on the back of not having had much rest following their success at the euros. they beat austria 2 0 to book their place at the tournament with a game to spare. natalie pirks reports from veener noyshtad. at the euros, quarterfinalists austria may have won new fans but england won the trophy, albeit fans of the lionesses were a rare breed in wiener neustadt. after the summer we have completely fallen in love with women s football. we are lucky, we live here so there might a few of us here, but i don t think there will be many. i would have preferred it to be in the big stadium in vienna because i think the lionesses deserve a bigger crowd. yes, this tiny stadium was a far cry from wembley, and that wasn t the only difference. unlike her super sub role in the euros, ale
at an emotianal concert to pay tribute to foo fighters drummer taylor hawkins, who died in march. the lionesses are going to the world cup. victory in austria sends england through to next summer s tournament in australia and new zealand. hello, good morning. we ve still got some heavy rain about at the moment. it will clear away northward, we will be left with a few showers, but also some warm shum shine. sunshine. i ll have more details later on. it s sunday the 4th of september. our main story: the foreign secretary liz truss who looks likely to become the next prime minister on tuesday has given her clearest indication yet of how she plans to tackle the cost of living crisis. writing in the sunday telegraph, she says she would set out immediate action on energy bills. her opponent, the former chancellor rishi sunak, says nothing is off the table to ease the pressure on households. ben wright reports. as borisjohnson as boris johnson packs as borisjohnson packs
pope francis has beatified one of his predecessors popejohn paul i in a ceremony at the vatican. police investigating the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool have arrested two men. olivia pratt korbel was shot in her own home in the city last month. detectives are questioning a 34 year old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and a 41 year old has been arrested for allegedly assisting an offender. our correspondent laura trant is with me. what more are merseyside police saying in their latest statement? the latest development is that two men were arrested this morning in the runcorn area, south east of liverpool, in relation to the death of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. the police force said a 34 year old man from liverpool was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. he remains in police custody and is being questioned by detectives. a 41 year old man from knowsley was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and h
olivia pratt korbel in liverpool one of the suspects was detained on suspicion of murder. eight year old twins a boy and a girl and an 18 year old woman have died after a violent incident at a house in dublin in the republic of ireland. donald trump calls president biden an enemy of the state at his first rally since the fbi searched his florida resort for sensitive files. hello. i m ben croucher. thanks forjoining us for this sunday sportsday. coming up rashford wrecks s arsenal s100% start to the season. they re still top. leicester are still bottom. all the goals from the two premier league games today on the way. dutch delight as max verstappen powers to victory on home soil. a dream season, the success for eilish mccolgan continues as she smashes course record at the big half in london thanks forjoining us. stay tuned for the bravest pigeon in sport too. but first to old trafford where arsenal s perfect start to the premier league season came to an end at the h
we start tomorrow with heavy rain, windy conditions in northern ireland that will push away as it starts to brighten up. we will see some further pulses of rain pushing north through scotland, persistently wet through parts of eastern scotland. as for wales, the western side of england, some showery rain occasionally too, just starting to push a little bit further in towards parts of the midlands and across northern england, whereas the eastern side of england, much of east anglia, for example, stays dry with warm, sunny spells. just looking into sunday evening, the rainjust peps up again towards south wales and south west england, and once again with a stronger breeze. low pressure close by throughout the week ahead, further rain or showers around. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: nasa calls off their second attempt to launch its most powerful rocket, artemis 1 to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. moscow blames maintenance problems for