First electric cars, now electric lorries. A Battery Powered truck is launched in california. The makers say it can go 500 miles on a single charge. Good morning. Our commuting time is getting longer and we are travelling further than ever to get to work. Why, and what does it mean for passengers . I am at one of the countrys busiest train stations to find out. In sport, englands women need 20 20 vision. Its crunch time down under, and if they lose this mornings 20 over match, the ashes will be back in the hands of australia. Concern for sea life prompts one chain of childrens nurseries to ban the use of glitter. Well discuss the thinking behind the move. And matt has the weather. Good morning. A sprinkle of natures litter this morning, frost to begin friday for many of you. Lots of sunshine later on. People forecast in the next 15 minutes. The full forecast. Good morning. First, our main story. Police investigating the disappearance of a teenager in dorset are continuing to question a
Collided with a helicopter in bucks. One of those killed has been named as mike green, a helicopter instructor. And tributes for the co founder of the Australian Rock Group ac dc, malcolm young. He died at the age of 64. Time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby unions autumn internationals. North london bragging rights go to arsenal as Arsene Wengers side get their first win over tottenham since 2014. Ruling the race to dubai justin rose is ahead in the desert but Tommy Fleetwood is still in the chase. Also coming up in the programme. It wasnt perfect. Head coach Trevor Bayliss on a difficult day for englands bowlers in theirfinal warm up match. And david beats goliath. Goffin sends the great Roger Federer packing at the world tour finals. So, plenty to come in this evenings spo
Much stronger position on tackles. There are strict rules about tackles that prevent a lot of injuries, particularly at the international level. Also, the absence of helmets , ironically, might be a cause cause for fewer concussions. Could you please talk about the difference between rugby union and American Union and american football, whether or not you have looked at that . And if you have not looked at that, take a look at the new Zealand Rugby union seem and maybe open up a dialogue with the National Rugby team to see whether or not you could learn something from new zealand and maybe they could play more games of the year. Thank you very much. Its interesting. I have heard from a number of folks. This issue is raised repeatedly. The biggest. Is the one you hit on about helmets, the absence certainly changes the way players tackle in the game. We we address this in the book. In many ways, the helmet has made the concussion issue worse. It is overpriced piece of plastic that has em
Women in combat, but its also their changing roles in war and the ever present danger of Sexual Assault and harassment and the stress on daily lives, families and relationships, when they come back home. But the overall take away from the book is much greater than that. I was wondering what you hope to address through telling these three stories of these three women . You know, i think what i was hoping to address and what i wound up addressing might be two Different Things. At the outset, really, outset, really, i think what i was hoping to address was may be, there was this Huge Division in our society and i just saw two authors walkin who have written books who are both veterans and novelists and their books are really amazing and i hope you have a chance to check them out. I think they are speaking later this afternoon. At 330. I think i was hoping to address a really big question between civilians and military mindsets. I put myself in the camp that ignorant group of people with c
Really miss home. Yes. I am going to be back there. I am very excited. I will no longer be coached by alberto salazar. I would like to thank everybody involved in the project and alberto for his time over the yea rs. And alberto for his time over the years. This is a new start. I cant wait to be back home, and of yze cannot wait to see my team, arsenal, at the emirates. And of course i cannot wait. Now to football and inter have moved back to second in italys serie a after they won 2 1 at hellas verona. Luciano spalettis side needed Ivan Perisics effort to hand them the win that takes them back to within two points of leaders napoli as they remain unbeaten in their first 11 matches with their next two matches at home to torino and atalanta. Confirmation of the table as inter chase a first title sincejose mourinho led them to an historic treble in 2010. Championsjuventus sitjust a point behind them as do lazio while napoli with ten wins from 11 played maintain their position at the top.