To the bbc news at six. Doris has stormed her way across the uk, leaving havoc in her wake. Winds of up to 95mph have caused one death as a woman was killed by flying debris in wolverhampton. Trees have been brought down, taking power lines with them and blocking roads and railway lines. Nearly all Rail Operators are reporting delays. Planes have been grounded, the Port Of Liverpool was shut, and the strong gusts have forced the closure of bridges and many major roads. Thousands of homes have been left without power. Danny savage is in retford in nottinghamshire. Danny, for some time today, the entire network was suspended there. Fiona, this is the East Coast Main Line behind me, which should be busy with services at this time of day, but they are few and far between. To be Fairto Virgin but they are few and far between. To be fair to virgin east coast, they try to keep things going, but by mid afternoon, they had to say to passengers, do not travel to date. Storm doris swept from west
Time for reporters. Welcome to reporters. Im philippa thomas. From here in the worlds news room, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the world. In this weeks programme. Football on the front line. Richard conway reports on syrias world cup dreams, and asks whether soccer can help to unite a country at war. Football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries. At least for 90 minutes. The plight of the people of western mosul. Orla guerin reports from the camps in iraq, struggling to feed up to 500,000 survivors of the so called islamic state. They say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical supplies, and people in the queue are really afraid that the food is going to run out before they have been able to get some. Returning to crimea, after three years. Steve rosenberg finds out how people feel about russian rule and sanctions. Moscow insists that most of the people who live here are happ
to victory in just 73 minutes. norrie appeared to be struggling, grabbing his stomach at times in the second set. meanwhile in geneva, grigor dimitrov moved into the semifinals with a hard fought victory over american taylor fritz. the bulgarian lost the first set, but stormed back to take the next two to set up a clash with nicolas jarry, who knocked out french open semifinalist alex zverev. max verse tappan was fastest in the second practice in monaco. red bull look to extend their dominance of the 2023 f1 season. the dutchman topped the time sheets, six hundreths of a second ahead of ferrari s charles leclerc in what is the monagasque s home race. leclerc s team mate carlos sainz, who was fastest in p1, was in contention in the second session, but went too close to the wall which meant he had to settle for third. and that s all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed, sarah. british cycling is to ban transgender women from the female category of its competitions after a nine m
meanwhile, who needs a manager? just days since steven gerrard was sacked at aston villa, they thrashed brentford 4 0. where was this result when he was still in charge? danny ings with a couple to claim what was only their third win of the season. leicester picked up their first away points of the season, after a 4 0 victory over wolves. youri tielemans with the pick of the goals as the foxes climb off the bottom of the table. arsenal and manchester united can t be separated at the top of the women s super league. arsenal won away at liverpool. lia walti fired the gunners into the lead after a quarter of an hour in a 2 0 win. united beat leicester. chelsea joined them at the top after beating brighton, but have played a game more. max verstappen has equalled the record for most wins in a single f1 season after winning the us grand prix. he controlled the race until a delay at his final pit stop handed