him. andy murray illness behind him. andy murray arrived as the world number one and attempted to master the red clay for the first time. he seemed to wait foran the first time. he seemed to wait for an unforced errors. the russians seemed happy to oblige. despite losing his serve, andy murray took the first set 6—4. but his opponent had a good clay season. he made semifinals last week. here he was showing what he was capable of. andy murray was not helped by a misfiring third that was broken three times as the russian won the second set 6—4 to level the match. andy murray change gears and then it was the russian making the mistakes. andy murray breeze through the sets to ta ke murray breeze through the sets to take a 2—1 lead. then he cruised through the fourth set 6— love. in the second round he will face issue because of backing player. good news

for carl edmonds. he was facing a player from portugal and he for carl edmonds. he was facing a playerfrom portugal and he came through it in straight sets. his second round opponent is likely to be from france. it could get more difficult for him but there was a shock for one of the favourites in the tournament. the german youngster who won in rome earlier this year lost and sets to a spanish veteran. british women's number one johanna konta has a dismal record on the french clay — she's never won a match at roland garros and sadly for her that record continued today with a first round defeat to the world number 109 as jim lumsden reports. konte‘s improvement does not yet extend to clay. she was looking to

get past the first round for the first time. the first set was a formality. the second set was the opposite. the chinese player picked up opposite. the chinese player picked up by opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance and opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance and despite being below third by —— being below konte, she won the set. dernbach was hitting the shots straight at her opponent. the chinese player continue to chip away. she survived another game but her arrival was short lived. better disappointment for konte, who is still to win this kind of match. former us open champion sam stosur has suggested that some players may decide to boycott playing on the arena named after margaret court at next year's australian open this comes after court, who won 2a grand slam singles titles including wimbledon in 1970, and is now a christian minister, re—affirmed her views against gay marriage.

the arena was renamed in honour of court in 2003, but now stosur has said that although she accepts that everyone is entitled to an opinion, she added "i don't agree with her and when we get to the australian open we'll see who wants to play on the margaret court arena and who doesn't". australian tennis‘ governing body have released a statement saying that court's views do not align with their own. using sport to inspire and to heal. that's what prince harry hoped the invictus games would do when he first created them for servicemen and women who had suffered life—changing injuries. today, he was at the launch of the latest united kingdom team at the tower of london. emma jones went along to meet some of the athletes who will competing in toronto in september. smiles and jokes with prince harry as the united kingdom team for this

yea r‘s invectives games as the united kingdom team for this year's invectives games is unveiled at the tower of london. it is a cause close to prince harry's heart, he created the game is saying he wa nted he created the game is saying he wanted to demonstrate the power of sport to inspire recovery and showed there is life beyond disability. this is part of what he had to say last year in orlando. you are now ambassadors for the spirit of these games, spread the word, never stop fighting, and do everything you can to lift up the people around you. since the first invectives games we re since the first invectives games were baton in london they have continued to grow. the uk will be taking 90 competitors to toronto to compete and ii sports. taking 90 competitors to toronto to compete and 11 sports. when i was first in the chair i was in a very bad place. ifind basketball to start with and then i found wheelchair racing. it has helped me to concentrate on something and keep

me on the straight and narrow. the applet size spoken to today has spoken about the self confidence and self worth they have gained from being part of this invectives games squad. they have also talked about the pride of being part of a team representing their country. to see so representing their country. to see so many guys i've been rehabilitated with here who are allowed and confident, that is what the games are about, bringing people out of their shells. the guys can compete. these competitors it is a much about taking part as it is about bringing home a medal. this is a positive time in what has been a challenging journey. best of luck to the team. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. now the latest on the election

campaign. throughout the general election campaign, we're going to be taking an in—depth look at some of the topics most important to you, and hearfrom our specialist editors. today, we've been focusing on education, which is a devolved issue. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys, has been assessing what big issues are facing schools in england. many things make a difference to your child's education, but it is what happens in the classroom that matters the most. is the teacher an expert in their subject? are they really good at passing their knowledge on? england has a teacher shortage, and secondary schools are feeling that impact. for several years, not enough people have been starting teacher training, and a growing number of young teachers are leaving afterjust a few years. among those most likely to leave are maths and science teachers. that's despite the fact you get

£30,000 cash if you start training as a teacher in those subjects. meaning more lessons being taught by people who have not studied those subjects to the highest levels themselves. so what is behind england's teacher shortage? teacher's salaries have fallen behind other graduate pay. because of the 1% cap on public sector pay rises. economists say it needs to be looked at again. no sign of that in conservative plans, the labour and the lib dems have said that they would allow greater salary increases to recruit teachers. and, teachers say that they need more time outside of the classroom. compared to the most successful education systems in the world, england's teachers get less time to prepare their lessons, and study themselves, on how to be a really good teacher. and if you want more on the election in your area, a reminder to viewers across england that you can watch a tv debate from where you live tonight

on bbc one at 10.45pm and whenever you like on the bbc iplayer. the gower, in south wales, is the most marginal constituency in the uk. it has the smallest majority of just 27 seats. if just 111 voters switch from the conservatives, labour will take it. before 2015, labour had held it for more than 100 years. jayne mccubbin has been to meet its residents to hear about the issues they'll be voting on. cockling was once a way of life for neil, not any more. these are too small. something is stopping the cockles from reaching maturity here. he once earned £7,000 in a month. today he's lucky to get £700. you nearly lost your house? twice. i know two or three of the boys that have lost their homes. people don't want to know.

he tells me no politician's ever cared about the demise of cockling here, nor he says the demise of the heavy industry which once dominated gower‘s coastline. all gone. so when the ballot paper comes through your door... it goes in the bin. parts of gower have changed beyond recognition, politically too. in 2015, after 100 years of solid labour support, the conservatives won with a lead over labour ofjust 28 votes. what way has your family historically voted? traditionally labour. however, i voted conservative in the last election. what's changed ? well, a lot of people have been laid off and forced to go self—employed. minority parties have supports but they don't come close to the votes harnessed in the battle between red and blue.

the winds good? yes. are you going up? iam. we'll give you a wave. gower represents something seismic in welsh politics, rise above this most marginal of marginals just a month ago, you would have seen polls suggest the conservatives have a 10—point lead across wales. look out now and a fresh poll puts labour back in the lead. these are turbulent political waters, nothing is certain. gower is, of course, dillon thomas territory, a life—long socialist. this pub is on his old stomping ground along the famous mumbles mile. what would dylan thomas make of this? he'd be spinning in his grave. he'd lovejeremy corbyn and loathe theresa may. my feelings are about the same. why? he was for the distribution of wealth. he wanted everybody to have as much chance to enjoy what everybody else does.

this is a historical moment in wales. what's changed ? if i was to give you a lecture on this topic i could talk for an hour but i know we are on tv... 20 seconds. if i had to say it in a word, brexit. polls suggest the sun might be setting on ukip support, the fight between red and blue forjust a dozen or more of those votes could make or break labour or conservative control here. and we'll have much more of the political battle across wales tonight here on bbc news. at 8.30pm join us for the bbc wales leaders' debate live from cardiff. huw edwards will chair the discussion between the leaders of all the main parties in wales. stay with us for that. and tonight's edition of newsnight here on bbc news will be at the later time of midnight.

here with the details are kirsty wark and jonathan blake. a special collaboration between newsnight and radio one's newspeak and our debate from newcastle. we will be looking at the generation gap in this election. an audience will challenge politicians on everything from housing to jobs to brexit. join us at 9pm on radio 1 and here on the news channel at midnight. time for a look at the weather. it has been a better day for many parts of the country. in kent we had some sunshine. no storms as they had during the holiday weekend. bricks in the cloud ahead of the thicker band of cloud. the cloud swept across scotland and it is weakening as it heads into england and wales. behind it we have some cool and

fresh air. the air comes in behind the weather front. not much rain left. that will weaken as it moves south. abandon cloud across southern parts of england and wales. clearer skies to the north by cooler than it has been. more comfortable sleeping. still warm in southern parts of england and wales. wednesday morning that some cloudy and maybe since default in the channel channel that could come onto the south coast in the afternoon. 0xford could come onto the south coast in the afternoon. oxford and northwards into the midlands and northern england will be cool and fresh with a bright and sunny start to wind state. similar in northern ireland and scotland. it can be windy in the north—east of scotland overnight but they will continue to use. at fine data come on wednesday with a good deal of sunshine. the cloud will break up in wales and southern england but there could be one to isolated showers. light went for

many of us in temperatures a bit higher than today, especially inland, peaking at 23—24, cooler along the coast. high pressure over the uk is building in unsettling things down. a big area of low pressure threatening to bring in this weather front in the northwest. scooping up some warm air from the near continent and temperatures will be rising ahead of the cloud and rain. that will begin to affect northern ireland and western scotland, uses colin should stage right. for england and wales looks like it will be fine with sunshine and temperatures continuing to rise. overnight you can see how slowly this rain pushes across scotland and northern ireland into western parts of england and wales on friday. temperatures continuing to rise and maybe one to thunderstorms not far away. although the weekend we will

push that away and we will enjoy spells and sunshine, scattering of showers and a cooler and fresher feel. hello and welcome to one hundred days plus. president trump slams germany in a tweet with capital letters. he says the relationship is very bad for the us. the german chancellor hits back — reiterating her claim that europe must now take its fate into its own hands. in a morning tweet storm, president trump again defends his son in lanared kushner against accusations he had contacts with russia. all of which may help explain why the white house communications director is suddenly out of a job. is the big staff shake up about to begin? and ariana grande is heading back to manchester this sunday to honour those attacked at her concert. she'll be joined by some of the music worlds biggest stars.