britain's joanna konta is through to the second round in germany, beating japanese qualifier naomi osaka in three sets. konta was playing her first wta event since winning the miami open and won a difficult first set on the tie—break. osaka soon presented even more of a problem to konta — she immediately broke her and went on to win the second set 6—3. but konta moved up a gear and after nearly two hours on court, the world number 7 took the deciding set 6—1, and with it the match. onto the world snooker championship and five—times champion ronnie o'sullivan is out — beaten 13 frames to 10 by last year's runner—up ding junhui. a fantastic match was settled by a century from ding — after o'sullivan had made a tournament best break of 146 earlier in the session. o'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby in a repeat of last year's final. as for selby, he made it into the semi—finals with a clearance of 143,

a break which six—times champion and bbc commentator steve davis described as the most astonishing he's ever seen. selby dominated his match against marco fu — winning13—3 with a session to spare. john higgins is through to the semis for the first time in six years. the four time champion began the final session against kyran wilson needing just two more frames for victory — and it didn't take him long to get them. higgins going through 13—6 and will play either barry hawkins or stephen maguire. josh griffiths says he's still coming to terms with being the fastest british runner at the london marathon. griffiths qualified for august's world championships in london as he finished the marathon 13th overall in two hours 1a minutes 49 seconds. the 23—year—old, who aims to continue coaching himself, says he only had his national record on his mind on sunday. i was iwas aiming i was aiming for two hours 16 which was the welsh commonwealth games

time but i thought that might be a long shot. i knew i'd been training really well. i was going to give it my best shot and exceeded my wildest expectations. what mile was it you realised, this is going to be a good time and a good place? even in the last mile i was looking at my watch, trying to chase that two hours 16, it's been my aim for so long. when i crossed the line i realised i was probably the first british athlete over the line and what that would mean. it was crazy, i couldn't believe it. there's a shot of me with my head in my hands. to be back in london, in front of those crowds again, they really carried me through to the end and i couldn't have done it without them. a busy summer have done it without them. a busy summer ahead forjosh griffiths. now sport isn't always about the competition in fact it's is often about the community it creates. this was definitely the case for a rugby match that our reporter jj chalmers has been at today. here in south—east london, this park is usually home to blackheath rugby

club. today it plays host to a special match between the met police and the london ambulance service. it's being played to raise funds, show support and solidarity for the victims and families of last month ‘s westminster attacks. victims and families of last month 's westminster attacks. the club has been involved with the services for a long time, the army and ambulance and police and fire service for many yea rs. and police and fire service for many years. we've had a lot of players coming through, and we've been happy to remain associated with them as long as possible. anything we can do when given the chance, we'll gladly step up and get involved. we've raised so much money for the cause, so raised so much money for the cause, soi raised so much money for the cause, so i think both teams were happy with that. it was a fair result. a good game of rugby. while it could have got a bit spicier than it did there is an appreciation for what there is an appreciation for what the police do and what our guys do. the camaraderie was there. there was a lot of banter and jokes shared in the scrums and stuff like that. it

was a really good feeling throughout the day. after a tough match it came down to this converging in the 80th minute. the final score, 31—31. this match was never going to be about the result. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. business and financial records as well as computers and mobiles have been seized at west ham united and newcastle united by customs officers, investigating alleged tax fraud. in the last few moments we have heard newcastle united have confirmed a member of its staff have been assisting hmrc with their enquiries. we can speak to keirin matt prior who is a football finance

expert at the university of liverpool. good evening. a word from you about what is being looked at and what the key issues might be.|j think and what the key issues might be.” think there will be two main areas. first of all issues in relation to player transfers. newcastle will spend £4 million on players in 2014, that had increased to £116 million by 2016. when you sign a player, the paid by the buying club isn't necessarily the cash received by the selling club. that money is normally split between the player and his agent and advisers. somebody is responsible for the tax and it appears that's where some of the money has disappeared. at this point we can't say something has actually been done, that is wrong, but what you are pointing to is a potentially open eight system. players are

entitled to employ agents and the buying and selling clubs are able to use agents to recruit. there's nothing untoward in what has happened. what is an issue is what has happened to the money which has been given to these individuals who are acting as intermediaries. especially if that money has gone a disease or gone to intermediary companies or an offshore. that can be perfectly legitimate but hmrc clearly have had this investigation for a period of time. they said a few months ago that they were investigating 12 clubs. it could be they've come to an agreement with some of those clubs and there has been a settlement but there seems to been a settlement but there seems to be some outstanding issues as well. what do you make of the timing of the action, and the scale of it? we're talking about 180 officers. the action, and the scale of it? we're talking about 180 officersm seems an awful lot of individuals involved with only two or three clu bs. involved with only two or three clubs. also the sun quoted, £5 million, clearly it is a sizeable sum of money but given the wage bill

for the premier league is coming in at around £2.2 billion, it's a very small element of the total costs involved in football. i'm just reading a line on this as we talk. newcastle united's lee charnley has been released without charge by hmrc. he was arrested at home at 6am this morning. he was released at 5pm this morning. he was released at 5pm this evening. bbc sport is understanding hmrc may wish to speak with him again and over the course of the next few weeks. from newcastle's point of view, it's bad timing, they should be celebrating because they've just been promoted back to the premier league. i'm certain fans will be celebrating and it's a great achievement by the club. it's a great achievement by the clu b. asto n it's a great achievement by the club. aston villa and norwich found it was so difficult to bounce back at the first attempt. it is going to have a cloud over the affairs of newcastle somewhat. at the present time there is no evidence that

anything illegal has taken place so i think the fans should just enjoy themselves. i think they are playing tomorrow night and will be chasing tomorrow night and will be chasing to get the championship, unless brighton can pip them to it. thank you. theresa may is due to meet european commission president jean—claude juncker. alex european commission president jean—claudejuncker. alex forsyth is there. i can't imagine what's on the agenda for that working dinner.” can't imagine they will be discussing the brexit negotiation that all! this is the first time theresa may is meeting michel barnier. we know that both sides at this stage in proceedings have set up this stage in proceedings have set up broadly the way they want these negotiations to proceed with theresa may saying they want to as soon as possible talk about a trade deal, the future relationship with the

european union, alongside negotiating the terms brexit. we know that the eu and the commission have set out their stance and said they need to resolve some issues first. things like the rights of eu citizens and whether or not the uk has any financial settlement with the eu before departure. that will form part of the discussions that will go on tonight. we are told the prime minister will be reiterating what she set up tonight in her letter to the european council. the letter to the european council. the letter that started the negotiation process. and we can imagine that the eu's side of things will be about exactly what their priorities will be, and a big focus on the wants and needs of the other 27 member states. this is happening as theresa may is in the middle of a general election campaign. i wasjust wondering, in the middle of a general election campaign. iwasjust wondering, how much progress can realistically be

made at this point, when nearly election in june is made at this point, when nearly election injune is in the offing? that will inevitably be the prime minister's focus. but she has framed this election in terms of brexit, in terms of the referendum result. because with the eu there is a finite period in which they have agreed the terms of the uk's departure from the eu, a two—year period that started when theresa may sent the article 50 letter, there is a sense they have to get on with it. where we are in that process is that the european union are discussing their negotiating position. that has to be agreed with the 27 other member states. we've seen some draft guidelines, that has to be signed off. only after that stumbled the talks proper start. i think theresa may with this fairly short election campaign, relatively short compared to the run in we've had with previous elections, will inevitably be focusing on that. the other huge thing is happening which is the uk's

departure from the eu, she cannot ignore that. that is where they will be positioning from both sides and taking measure of each other, they are incredibly important. thank you. now the weather. good evening. it was a day sunny spells and also a pro—shah was. the best of the sunshine was across western areas. we've seen good spells of sunshine with an looking proud that in cornwall. here is the radar that shows the showers we've seenin radar that shows the showers we've seen in the last few hours. notjust rain but hail, sleet and snow, all driven along by these cold winds. we will see something a bit milder wafting in as we get towards the weekend. still a few showers up there at the moment but they are tending fade away. there is a frost

developing. further north, more cloud with patchy rain giving south. but. the frost forming here. more readable spots in central and southern england, we are looking at quite a harsh frost. maybe a degree also lower. it is a cold start with also lower. it is a cold start with a good deal of sunshine first thing, not particularly windy. a reasonable start a pa rt not particularly windy. a reasonable start apart from being quite cold first thing. further north, the northern half of the uk generally seeing more cloud through the morning. there will be a few breaks here and there. not much rain but there will be some through the morning that is fairly light and patchy. there is a breeze blowing down through scotland, northern ireland and northern england. that will push the cloud ever southwards. after a bright start we will see the cloud spreading down bringing patchy rain with it. things should be brightening up in scotland through the afternoon with a bit of sunshine coming through. we'll see

temperatures around 13 degrees in glasgow and london, close to 11 or 12 for belfast and cardiff. in the evening, cloud and rain moves south. most of it is quite light. it begins to turn chilly. a chilly start friday but a decent day with most places and dry. there will be some sunshine with patchy cloud as well. one or two showers but most places fine and dry, top temperature 14 degrees. through the weekend, the breeze is coming in from the south. that will bring some relatively mild air. this global spread some rain in. —— this low pressure will spread some rain in. there's also some rain in the forecast with most of it in the south and west, more particularly on sunday. hello and welcome to 100 days. the entire us senators on its way to

the white house for a rare briefing on korea. on the korean peninsula there has been competing of force with each side demonstrating their military hardware. all options are on the table. we want to bring kim jong unto his senses, not to his knees. nafta is one of the largest trade agreements in the world that has