Hello, this is bbc news with me, the quest the headlines are. A power cut is affecting large areas of the country its thought to be due to a National Grid failure and is affecting trains, airports and homes. A churchwarden found guilty of murdering an author he had tricked into changing his will. Now police warn hed drawn up a list of future targets. Here is a cold, calculating, devious man who took pleasure from inflicting both physical and mental torture on his victim. The chancellor says he doesnt expect the uk to slide into a recession after the economy shrinks for the First Time Since 2012. Im not expecting a recession at all. And in fact, dontjust take my word for it theres not a single leading forecaster out there that is expecting a recession. The family of a policeman who survived a frenzied machete attack say theyre proud of his bravery. Heavy rain and strong winds cause disruption across the uk. Many Outdoor Events and festivals are cancelled. In a few moments, we will have sportsday but first our breaking news. In the last hour, a Major Incident on the National Grid has caused power cuts affecting homes, trains and airports across large parts of england. London and the south east, parts of the north west and cheshire and north staffordshire have all been hit. Transport for london says the drop in power has affected some traffic lights. The Uk Power Networks commented on the situation and tweeted this. Our correspondent ben ando is here with the latest. Where are we on this . One difficulty is theres been nothing at all out the National Grid. They have not tweeted at anybody and told what is going on. As far as we can see, there seem to be some kind of spike or surge which has caused some kind of huge failure in the Power Transmission service, widespread come as you say. Some of the power is coming back. Western Power Distribution come who cover homes in the midlands, southwest england and wales, say powers coming back online. Where this is really being affected is in terms of transportation, because the real network, many of the lines are electrified. There were many problems. Trains come to a halt when there is no power to power it, and this is happening on lines from kings cross, saint pancras. So that is causing huge problems for rail travellers. Police officers having to go to direct traffic. Nothing from National Grid, but any indication from the likes of Uk Power Networks or western Power Distribution if all power will be restored 7 distribution if all power will be restored . They seem to suggest think should be ok in about an hours time depending on where you are, but its very difficult for them to know until we can be clear exactly what is causing this. At the moment, we dont really know. In ipswich, a hospital is having real problems because they are saying they had a power cut and degenerated not come back on. We will leave it there for now. Thank you very much indeed. Just hearing from lner. They operate from the. Of the advice they are giving customers, passengers, is not to travel tonight following that power outage. Its eckley find out what is happening. Our reporter Michael Cowan is at Kings Cross Station for us now. Michael, that latest advice coming from lner, saying dont travel tonight. But for people who are there, hoping to travel, not the best advice. Not the best advice for them at all and it doesnt make for a good friday evening. You go inside kings cross behind me, it is packed with hundreds, if not well over a thousand people, all facing boards with their trains on thatjust a delay, delay, delay. It is a difficult situation for thousands of travellers across england. Tube lights are affected. Some traffic lights are affected. Some traffic lights are affected. Some traffic lights are not working. The power issue that happened, Uk Power Networks have tweeted another person in the last ten minutes or so ago, saying the fault was on the transmission network. There are no more details on that and we still dont know exactly where in the country power has been restored and where it hasnt. Here at kings cross, for hundreds and hundreds of passengers, they are being told, as we understated, that they should leave the station and that it will be very difficult to travel tonight. What it done i are they saying to you, michael, the passengers could what are they saying to you, the pastor just . What are they saying to you, the pastorjust . A lot being quite jovial about it. It was raining so they are happy to be inside escaping it. It is very frustrating. They dont know what to do. There was a neural in enormous queue for taxes. Is not just in enormous queue for taxes. Is notjust commuters. This is a big stations, but it is peak of tourist season. People are going home for the school holidays. It is very difficult. For hundreds of people, they just dont difficult. For hundreds of people, theyjust dont know what difficult. For hundreds of people, they just dont know what to difficult. For hundreds of people, theyjust dont know what to do. And theyjust dont know what to do. And the information for many doesnt seem to be forthcoming. Michael at kings cross, thank you very much indeed. We have received a statement from National Grid. A spokesman have said, we experienced issues with two power grids. The issue is not resolved and the system has returned to normal. Anyone continuing to experience a local issue should contact their local Distribution Network operator for assistance. As far as we Network Operator for assistance. As faras we are Network Operator for assistance. As far as we are hearing, from the National Grid, the problem, the issue, has now been resolved. It might take some time for the system to catch up, and we will of course be watching this and we will have more on this from 7pm. In the meantime, it is sportsday. Hello there. Im holly hamilton. Were live from anfield for the start of the new premier league season. Welcome to sportsday. Coming up on the programme will Manchester Citys dominance continue . After last years domestic treble, who if anyone can stop them . New season, new rules, including var love it or hate it. The video assistant referee will be introduced to the premier league for the first time. A familiar face at chelsea, as Frank Lampard makes his managerial premier league debut. I want everyone to come to work with a smile on their face, whether it be players or staff, try and improve every day. Also coming up in the programme with me, jane dougall jofra archer makes the england squad for the second ashes test against australia but theres no place for moeen ali. And its England Wales at twickenham on sunday. With places in their world cup squads at stake, who will impress . Hello and welcome to the programme. We are live from anfield. Welcome as well to the new premier league season. We have been talking about the weather, but there is no electricity problem here because these fans are electric. The fans have pointed 94 days for the start of the season, and some of those liverpool scarves are coming quite handy. It all starts here at anfield tonight as liverpool host newly promoted norwich city. Liverpool, of course, they will be ona liverpool, of course, they will be on a mission. They were runners up last season. There was just the one point between them and Manchester City, who enjoyed another dominant season winning the league, the fa cup and the league cup the domestic treble. This year, they will be hoping to do the quadruple, get the Champions League as well. The question is, who if anyone can stop them . Patrick gearey reports. The summer began with two parties into cities, a little less than two weeks apart for some Manchester City paraded the english trouble, liverpool the european cup. For a season, they fought each other and squashed everyone else. Two buses disappearing over the horizon. The drivers arent planning on touching the brakes. We have to state the tea m the brakes. We have to state the team who nobody wants to play against and not because the name, not because the quality, but the intensity we put in the game. Always, we can improve. I saw the team, i saw the scene quite well this week, training. Incredible good stopping what is new . The liverpool, very little stopping what is new . The liverpool, very little what stopping what is new . The liverpool, very little what is new . Liverpool have broken their transfer record. Most of their high end ingredients are still there. Leroy sane has suffered a cruciate injury. The verbal, lost just sane has suffered a cruciate injury. The verbal, lostjust one game last season to city. They played in the Community Shield and drew city one on penalties. It was a good race last year, and it remains to be seen. You dont know whether someone else will emerge. It is only three yea rs else will emerge. It is only three years ago we were celebrating le i ceste rs unbelievable winning the print really. Things can change very quickly. You have to go some ways to find the competition. Down to chelsea. Under new management, again, with Frank Lampard in charge. Ata again, with Frank Lampard in charge. At a transfer band still in place. Spurs have added furnish into their show home. A new stadium will host several new players. The midfield may still lose christian eriksen. Over at arsenal, david luiz and tierney have been signed to shore up the back door. A manchester united, they have spent £80 million to bring in centre back Harry Mcguire but have lost striker rama lukaku to enter. Wolves seem to have strengthened. Styling may mean falling. I think that season will be the season where the top six are challenged. The way i see it personally is i think united and chelsea will be the weaker of the top six teams, where i look at wolves, everton, leicester, and that they are going in the same direction. 38 games spread over 40 weeks. Expect trauma, wonder, anger, height and panic, a new series of the ever popular soap opera that might we end up watching a repeat . Patrick gearey, bbc news. So much to talk about, so much to get there. Well, joining me now is football journalist melissa reddy. Youve got a few fence here as well. Very popular among the liverpool fans. I would not say my fans. I think they want to get little tv time for themselves. I think event if you fans there talk about liverpool of course. They will be wanting that trophy this season, surely. I think they will be desperate for it, given they were so close. I think they left everything on the pitch last season. It is quite difficult to think about how you improve on such a Remarkable Campaign when you do not win the league, a third highest tally of all time, but league, a third highest tally of all time, but i think what they will look to is their experience and how much they develop over the last year. They improvement will come internally. I dont think they are looking at the total points, but just showing that consistency of performance. And i think their aim will be to be within touching distance of Manchester City throughout the campaign. What a sight in the Community Shield was that the intensity they showed, how have quarterly getting a yellow card ina have quarterly getting a yellow card in a friendly and all these things, all told me that these two teams think that they will be one and two again and its anybodys as he was going to finish where. A lot of people say that about the Community Shield. If that is any indication of how the season is going to play out, we are in for a really exciting season. Manchester city once again dominant last season. The question, who can beat them. Anyone else springs to mind . Tottenham. They have done new business. They have continuity. They have a good manager. Pep will feel the ripple are his biggest challenges. The other clubs, think arsenal have a good manager in emory, but they havent . About them still. Emory, but they havent . About them still. They have question marks about them. Chelsea, they have an almost new manager this season. Frank lampard, he is the record go score for the club. He has quite a legacy there. Frank lampard wants to make sure the fans know he and the players still have the passion for their club. I want the club to be exciting i wa nted i want the club to be exciting i wanted to be as one. I want the fans, firstly, who are the club, just to be players go on the pitch with a huge passion. Thats what i would say. I want the players to work daily in training how they want to play, because i dont you can switch it on and off. I think when he fence see that, see that Input Committee effort can be effective players love the club, i think thats the huge starting point that bodes well. I want to bring the place together. One of the lucky things i did have was on my first day here, it wasnt like new school. It was like a new a school i knew already. I once eve ryo ne a school i knew already. I once everyone to come with a smile on their fees, whether it is a player ora their fees, whether it is a player or a staff, and we will see how it goes. And you can see more of that interview on football focus, which returns to bbc one this saturday at midday. Lampard is going to be talking but the clubs transfer band, being a modern dad and risking his chelsea legacy as well. That is at 12pm tomorrow on bbc one. I will be back here at anfield in a moment of ability head over to the studio. Jane is going to bring the rest of the news. Holly, thanks very much. Jofry archer is going to be in the second ashes. Welcome to the programme. What do you make of the 12 man squad . Thank you for having me on the show. With the second test, the squad is probably, as it should be, moeen ali hasnt contributed with the bat and he is kind of struggling. I think the selectors are thinking, how do we get steve smith out . The ball turning away with jack leach coming into the squad. He did well as a batsman and lords. Into the squad. He did well as a batsman and lords. I think theyve got the squad spot on for the second test match. Monty, you mentioned jack leach. He was a very surprising hero in the test against ireland as nightwatchman, top scoring there, but do you think you can do that against australia . I think thats what Everyone Wants to see. They wa nt to what Everyone Wants to see. They want to see jack leach is being come his first time in an england shirt asa number his first time in an england shirt as a number one spinner, going there on wednesday, being the premier spinner, and how does he cope with that pressure . If i was him, i would be looking forward to this challenge, and he biggest impact you can make is if you can get steve smiths wicket early when he comes onto ball. I think that would be a great start for him in this ashes campaign. Also, being the peoples ambassador of cricket, i urge the fa ns to ambassador of cricket, i urge the fans to come and support england on wednesday because this is a must win game for england. Thank you so much. Its england against wales at twickenham on sunday as both sides warm up for next months Rugby World Cup injapan. Gloucester scrum half willi heinz and bath wing Ruaridh Mcconnochie will be trying to impress boss eddiejones when they make their england debuts in the match. Our Rugby Union Correspondent Chris Jones was at the team announcement. Its always second guessing england bus eddiejones, its always second guessing england bus eddie jones, futile. Its always second guessing england bus eddiejones, futile. Wales are coming fully loaded. Jones has made a fundamental done that experimental and callow side. There is a new look back row. There are five debutantes in the 23, two of them in the starting 15. The gloucester scrum half has come from nowhere to make his england debut on sunday, and he looks set for a place on that plane to japan. Its been a world free months. Getting the call from eddie, interested in how he was playing, to get named in the training squad to start preparing for the world cup, its been incredible, still pinching myself that im here and just feel so grateful to be surrounded by quality players in the squad that help me and really looking for you sunday. After weeks and weeks of shadow boxing in training, candy real world cup countdown start now . The first game on sunday committee squad being named on monday, with jones saying they have these four matches to be ready to be in a place to win that world cup injapan. For wales, the england game is the first of four world cup warm up matches. Theyll welcome england to cardiff next weekend before playing ireland home and away. Scrum half Gareth Davies admits staying injury free will not be easy. It is not ideal, playing warm going into a world cup, knowing we have to play these games to prep as well as we can for the world cup. Hopefully the majority of the boys can come through in these games, just looking forward to the world cup now. And ireland face italy tomorrow in a warm up match details of that and the latest from scotland, who dont play til next weekend, on the bbc sport website. Lets have a quick look at a few other stories around today. Visit ozil will not play in arsenals opening fixture on sunday due to security concerns. Last month, they were involved in intent to carjack on the vehicle they were travelling in in north london. Tiger woods has withdrawn for the pga playoff event in new york ahead of his second round because of a problem with his side. The 19 time major champion struggled yesterday. It was its first round since missing the cut at