we were expecting the second test between england and sri lanka to be back under way by now, but the late august manchester weather is having its say in that. this is an idea of how old trafford is looking after a pretty wet morning. so no play has been possible. the forecast is for the weather to improve later, and england will be looking to press home the advantage they built on day one. they bowled out sri lanka for 236 after the tourists won the toss and chose to bat. bad light on wednesday meant england's reply was just four overs old before the players were forced off. so england, under the temporary captaincy of ollie pope, will be looking to build a first innings lead. you can follow the action when play does get under way on the bbc sport website and we'll bring you updates throughout the day on bbc news. meanwhile, saud shakeel and mohammad rizwan have impressed with the bat, as pakistan build

a healthy first innings total on day two in the first test against bangladesh. shakeel made 141, while rizwan blunted the bangladesh bowling attack. they added 2a2 together for the fifth wicket before shakeel was stumped by bangladesh wicketkeeper litton das. rizwan remained unbeaten on 133 at the tea interval. pakistan have moved on to 366—5 in what is the first of a two—match test series. chelsea begin their european campaign later. enzo maresca's side are up against servette in the europa conference league play—offs. but, away from the on—field action, the club have been getting more transfer business done. this is england midfielder conor gallagher being unveiled at atletico madrid after departing the blues. portuguese forward joao felix moved in the other direction. more exits are expected, with the likes of raheem sterling and ben chilwell left out

of the first—team squad. one of chelsea's new signings, kiernan dewsbury—hall, says things will settle down soon. yeah, i mean probably when the transfer window finishes then it can be just pure focus on the season. of course when it is open you have got speculation, every club does but i think you are right the minute it closes everybody knows where they stand, everybody knows what is happening within the club and we can kick forward. but that doesn't mean for the next however long it is open we can't do that anyway. it is just about dealing with that and letting the club do what they need to do. meanwhile chelsea's london neighbours fulham have done some transfer business of their own. norwegian midfielder sander berge hasjoined from burnley for around 32 million dollars. it's afterjoao palhinha left for bayern munich earlier in the transfer window. this will be berge�*s third premier league club after he moved

to sheffield united four years ago. golf's final major of the year, the women's open, is under way at st andrews in scotland. the players who've gone out early on thursday have been dealing with windy conditions, with gusts of up to 38 miles an hour making things tricky. yin as you can see leads the way so far. the world number one nelly korda is due out in the next 90 minutes alongside last year's champion lillia vu and england's charley hull who finished second last year. meanwhile, the men's world number one scottie scheffler has toned down his comments on the pga tour's end of season format. a few days ago scheffler — who's got six pga tour wins this season — called the fed—ex playoffs "silly" because it doesn't always recognise the best player over the course of the season. but the american�*s conceded maintaining his huge lead over closest rival xander schauffele wouldn't make great tv.

i think there is a balance between identifying the best player over the course of the season and having a good tv product because maybe some years if you kept the point the same for the entire year and had a true season—long racejust for the entire year and had a true season—long race just based for the entire year and had a true season—long racejust based on for the entire year and had a true season—long race just based on the points it would not be too exciting of a finish unless xander was able to win the last three play—off events or something like that. so you have to find the balance between having a good tv product and also identifying the best player for the season. right now, my comments last week, it is not technically a season long race. basically you have to play solid golf for most of the season and then you have to have a really good play—offs. it is the fedex play—offs. the winner who plays the best for the three weeks in the play—offs and some weeks that will be the best player for the whole year and sometimes it won't. it's one year today until the women's rugby world cup and the tournament organisers are building up the excitement as new zealand look to defend their title in england. in fact, it was england

that the black ferns beat in the final four years ago. those two teams are again among the favourites, but england head coachjohn mitchell has been playing down the impact of playing on home soil. yeah, even though you are at home what are the advantages? we will be trying to create an equal playing field in terms of the facilities in the way you move around the country. the only way i think where there are advantages is to make it a very normal environment and lets get away from being cooped up in hotels and let's connect with our communities and make sure that we enjoy the process and have fun with it rather than seeing as high pressure. that is all our than seeing as high pressure. that is all your support _ than seeing as high pressure. that is all your support for now. goodbye. —— all yourfor

is all your support for now. goodbye. —— all your for now. asa as a reminder, the search for the last remaining person is continuing and that is after the luxury yacht sank in a storm off the coast of sicily on monday. five bodies were found yesterday and i have been identified, including two, according to reports, the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch. now, according to multiple reports of his body was recovered. the bbc is in contact with the italian authorities and we do need to make clear that they have not yet independently confirmed the identities of those recovered. having said that, a source has told the reuters news agency that his body was recovered but that the body of his 18—year—old daughter, hannah, is still missing.

and the coastguard has told the pa news agency that one body is yet to be recovered and it is the body of a woman. now, as a reminder that there were 22 people on the yacht when it sank in bad weather on monday morning stop and given these multiple reports that mike lynch's body has been recovered, there have been tributes that have already been coming out. now, again, all of these updates are on our live page as soon as we have them, as well as an analysis from our correspondence, so please do go on that website if you want to follow this for the latest. there have been large falls in the number of work and student visas issued by the home office, according to new figures. over 280,000 people were granted work visas in the yeartojune, an 11% fall on the previous year. the number of visas issued to health and care workers has dropped by more than a quarter. there was a i3% drop

in the number of student visas. today's statistics also suggest a fall in the number of people applying for asylum in the uk. just over 97,000 sought refugee status, 8% fewer than in the previous year. and figures on small boat arrivals to the uk show the top five nationalities of those crossing the channel were afghanistan, iran, vietnam, turkey and syria. we will bring you more on that and any reaction there is. floral tributes have been left for a mother and her three children who died following a house fire in bradford. bryonie gawith, nine—year—old denisty birtle, five year—old oscar birtle, and 22 month old aubree birtle, died after the incident on westbury road in the early hours of yesterday morning. a man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in hospital with critical injuries. graham satchell reports.

westbury road in bradford and a terrible tragedy. a house fire that killed a mother and her three children. 29—year—old bryonie gawith died at the scene. nine—year—old denisty, five—year—old oscar and 22—month—old aubree died later in hospital. at a press conference, west yorkshire police announced they have started a murder inquiry. we believe the fire was started deliberately, and this incident was domestic related. detectives from our homicide and major inquiry team have launched a murder investigation into the fire. neighbours who saw the fire have been left devastated. it's horrible, ijust feel sick. you know, ijust wanted to help, but, what can you do? i've never seen anything like it. it were really intense. the sky were lit up. it were just like - thunder and lightning.

it were just blue, literally blue, and it were just pumping out. l family and friends have been leaving flowers and messages as they try to come to terms with the loss of such young life. one message reads, "bryonie and your three angels, gone way too soon." a 39—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. he remains in hospital with critical injuries. graham satchell, bbc news. that's all from me. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. the met office has named the low pressure system coming our way our dilemma as storm lillian. this is it moving in later but at the moment we have a weather front weakening all the time pushing down towards the south—east. that is taking this cloud and patchy light

rain and strong winds with it. behind it there will still be blustery conditions, a lot of dry weather, bright skies, sunny intervals and a few showers but strong winds prevail across the north west. you can see even in land we are looking at gusty conditions. temperatures today ranging from roundabout 14 in the north to a high of about 21 in parts of the south—east and eastern england. as we head on through the evening and overnight what you find is we will have a dry start and then we start to see the heavy rain coming in and by the end of the night strengthening winds, gales through the irish sea but very windy across northern england in particular. it will be windy across the rest of england and wales as well. storm lillian could affect the m6, the 866 and the aim because the longer the strong winds the heavier the rain. —— the strong winds the heavier the rain. -- the a66. that

strong winds the heavier the rain. —— the a66. that moves away, the other end of the rain pushes away from the south—east, the winds ease a touch and then we are looking at brighter skies, a touch and then we are looking at brighterskies, not a touch and then we are looking at brighter skies, not as windy through the afternoon. blustery showers coming in through the north and west. temperatures i3 coming in through the north and west. temperatures 13 to 23. moving on then as we move into friday night, this system coming up from the south, it looks like it could clip parts of wales, central, southern and eastern england before it moves away but it could move further north or a little bit further north or a little bit further south so one to watch. this is what we think at the moment though, the rain slowed to so —— showery outbreaks of rain coming in on a strengthening wind across the north west. temperatures 14 to 20 degrees. as we head on into the weekend for sunday, bright and breezy, some rain around and then as we head into monday bank holiday for some of us. for england and wales mostly dry, the scotland and northern ireland they will be rain coming in later.

live from london. this is bbc news. a fifth body is recovered from the luxury yacht which sank off sicily.

the search continues for the one person still missing. this is the scene live off the coast of the sicilian city of porticello — we'll bring you the latest. democrats get a pep—talk from coach tim walz as kamala harris�*s running mate makes a pitch to middle america. we've got 76 days. that's nothing. there'll be time to sleep when you're dead. we're going to leave it on the field. gcse exam results in england, wales and northern ireland are released — with the pass rate falling for the third year running. and confirmation that the first drug to slow the progression of early—stage alzheimer's — won't be available on the nhs because it's too expensive. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, welcome to bbc news now.