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tomorrow, a split across the into tomorrow, 3 split across the uk. right into tomorrow, a split across the uk. right in central and eastern england cloudy, some outbreaks of rain. sharp showers in parts of east anglia and the further out these delinquents. a cool breeze coming in to those used in areas. some sports on the coast into the mid—teens. in the west, a warm day. 2425 celsius in glasgow. through the evening, some outbreaks of rain across parts of england's. gradually clearing. most of us would find a on tuesday with some pleasantly warm, sunny spells developing. letter on wednesday. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:30pm: the bbc‘s director general, lord hall says he'll go further and faster to tackle the pay gap. he was responding to a letter by high—profile female personalities who have called on the corporation to "act now". prince william and prince harry have spoken candidly about their relationship with their mother, princess diana, in a documentary marking the twentieth anniversary the
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twentieth anniversary of her death. a 20—year—old man has died after being confronted by a police officer in east london. cctv footage has emerged of the officer wrestling rashanjermaine charles to the floor of a shop in hackney. police in the us state of texas say eight people have been found dead in a lorry at a supermarket car park in the city of san antonio. the believe the incident is linked to people trafficking. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jessica creighton. sensational shrubsole! she takes six wickets as england women win the cricket world cup at lord's. jordan spieth lifts the claretjug at the open after another special performance. and there's champagne on the streets of paris for chris froome. he seals a fourth tour de
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france title in a row. good evening, thanks forjoining us. lots of british success to bring you tonight. let's start with cricket. after a day of pure drama at lord's, england women have beaten india to win the world cup. this had everything — a sell—out crowd, suspense and a brilliant team performance by england to turn the match around. david ornstein has more. there was a time when women's cricket barely even registered with many sports fans. now you can't keep them away. almost 27,000 would fill lords, millions more watching around the world. only a match, yet so much more. england won the toss and opted to bat. the loss of sarah taylor handed india the impetus.
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if this was an advert for the women's game, natalie sciver was providing the promotional material though elsewhere runs were in short supply and, even when england looked to kick on, moments of indian magic checked their momentum. chasing 229 to win, india looked to be cruising and, at one point, needed just 38 runs with seven wickets in hand. but england dared to dream and clawed their way back from a seemingly irretrievable position. alex hartley and anya shrubsole did the damage, shrubsole taking six wickets in a devastating spell that broke india and guided england to glory. a breathtaking end to a truly groundbreaking tournament. david ornstein, bbc news, lords. let's show you just how impressive that anya shrubsole performance was. it's quite remarkable when you look
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at it because, at one point, it looked like india were heading towards a first ever world cup trophy. they were at 191—3 at one point. but anya shrubsole spot the collapse, and india lost seven wickets for just 28 runs. remarkable. anya shrubsole obviously named player of the match, and we have had reaction from the dead, who said this was when she was a lot younger. she was at lord's said this was when she was a lot younger. she was at lords and she said in 2001 when she was nine, what a place, i'd like to play theirfor england in the world cup. a real dream come true for young anya shrubsole. jordan spieth has won the open for the first time, after an exciting battle with his fellow american, matt kuchar. let's take a look at the leaderboard. he won with a score of 12 under.
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although this really doesn't encapsulate just how chaotic yet brilliant his performance was, particularly on the back nine. let's go to our correspondent, andy swiss. hopefully he should be live for us at royal birkdale. there you are, andy fordham nice to speak to you. what a day forjordan spieth! that leaderboard didn't what a day forjordan spieth! that leaderboa rd didn't really what a day forjordan spieth! that leaderboard didn't really show what jordan spieth had done. a chaotic last round, and he has long been touted as a special player, but now he has won his third major. history box will show a three shot win for jordan spieth, very simple, but that doesn't tell half the story, because this was a title he seemed to spend most of the day doing his best to throw away before finally grabbing it back in the closing hole—esque with extraordinary golf. he becomes
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the youngest open champion since seve ballesteros in 1979. it was a day of high drama. he started leading, finished it winning, the bit in the middle, if only it were that simple. jordan spieth‘s three shot lead had evaporated by the time he reached 13. that is his ball in southport shrubbery. where to drop it? the practice range will have to do. miraculously, he walked off with a bogey and out of the lead. royal birkdale was witnessing another jordan spieth in road meltdown, but success jordan spieth in road meltdown, but success depends less on the strength of the body, more on the mind. many minds might have been muddled, but jordan spieth's unscramble trying 0pen winning display. his putt on the shot after that never looked like missing. birdie, eagle, two more birdies following in the next two hole—esque. he turns 24 on
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wednesday with a third major title. the only other man to have done that, jack nicklaus. the british players never really threatened in the end, rory mcilroy well off the pace, seven shots behind, but were there any other notable performances? what if you low scores on the final round. the early pa rt low scores on the final round. the early part of the day, conditions for low scoring were very good, but the wind and rain came in later on. the early starters, the best round of the day came from haotong li, 63 from him. four straight of the day came from haotong li, 63 from him. fourstraight birdies of the day came from haotong li, 63 from him. four straight birdies at the end. some performance. what a while, as matt kuchar and jordan spieth were slipping back, it looked he could be involved in the play—off, but it didn't happen. rory mcilroy finished second, a closing round of 67. he has struggled with his form in the build—up to the
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championship, so afterwards he was pleased with the improvement each made. a good day, played well, a step in the right direction, so i'm getting there. technically, ifeel like i've got better as the week went on. i was working on a couple of things with my swing that felt more comfortable over the past few days, so comfortable over the past few days, so that's good. it's nice to keep working on those things and in heading in the right direction. there was another major in three weeks andl there was another major in three weeks and i feel like i am going to be ready for that. what jordan whatjordan spieth what jordan spieth might whatjordan spieth might have taken place, but the silver medal was handed out for the lowest scoring amateur, and that was won today by a postman. what a day for him! yes, a tremendous performance from alfie plant, finishing on six over par. he is 25 and from south—east london. it was a fantastic display from him. he was a fantastic display from him. he was the only amateur to make the cut, automatically winning the silver medal. lots of friends and
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family were up with him. team alfie, they were called, celebrating with him afterwards, around 150 of his friends and family. they had been staying at the nearby pontins and clearly enjoying themselves. they've had so much to celebrate from his performance. afterwards, he said... itook performance. afterwards, he said... i took a bit longer to walk down 18 today, and the crowds and the cheering was exceptional. was it ha rd to cheering was exceptional. was it hard to keep your game face on this week? not the first three rounds, i was so week? not the first three rounds, i was so focused. but today it was time to enjoy it, time to sit back and take it all in. i don't want to forget this. a terrific performance from alfie plant. some big names have won the silver medal here, the likes ofjustin have won the silver medal here, the likes of justin rose, have won the silver medal here, the likes ofjustin rose, and he would seem to have a fantastic future. and no doubt the story of the day is
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jordan spieth, a man who threw away the open and grabbed it back with an extraordinary display in the closing holes. 0ne extraordinary display in the closing holes. one of the most eventful as chaotic finale is in recent history. chris froome has sealed his fourth tour de france title to put him second on the all—time list. it's his third triumph in a row, and he did it without winning a single stage of the tour. 0ur correspondent richard conway is in paris. this was a very closely fought tour de france but in the end chris froome showed dominance with an emphatic right in marseille in that time trial on saturday, the 14 minds, 22.5 kilometres, showing he was the writer of his generation. this is his fourth tour de france victory and perhaps the sweetest, given that rigoberto uran and the french rider pushed them all the way
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until the penultimate stage. in the final stage, this was a ceremonial ride, a chance for chris froome and his team sky riders to sit champagne as they rode into paris, and reflect on what they have achieved over the past three weeks. they can now celebrate the victory, celebrate the fa ct celebrate the victory, celebrate the fact that this is a fourth tour for chris froome, but also perhaps look at the british dominance in this race at the british dominance in this ra ce over at the british dominance in this race over the past few years. yet again, teams by winning the race, showing how they have dominated and come to the fore of road cycling. —— tea m come to the fore of road cycling. —— team sky winning the race. at 42, questions are posed about where chris froome can go from here. can he come back next year and claim a fifth title, maybe a in the future? that would put him up against the very best riders that have ever competed here. that is something that i think he would want, and something i think we will be talking
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about and he returns nextjuly. reat britain have ended the world para athletics championships with 39 medals. their 18th and final gold at the london stadium came this morning for sammi kinghorn. she added the t53100 metre gold to her 200 metre title she won earlier in the week. i had no idea when i crossed the line. i heard the crowd scream and i was like, i've won a medal. i saw my name go up and i was like, really?! my start was good. i knew that was the biggest thing to work on from rio, so i'm glad it's all worked out. gb also won three silvers in the final morning session, in bt 47 long jump final morning session, in bt 47 long jump competition with a lifetime best, and second—place finishes for jordan houghton and mickey bushell.
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great britain and the championships third in the table. 39 medals in all. that's eight more than they won two years ago. their head coach says that the home support the team received in london was amazing. the guys came off the back of rio and were really focused on performing well in london and it's gone better than we anticipated. we had a few blips, but people have risen to the challenge and performed brilliantly. i'm really pleased with all the performances. scotland have been beaten for the second time at the women's european championship. they did score their first goal of the tournament against portugal — erin cuthbert levelled the scores at 1—1 in rotterdam. but portugal retook the lead soon afterwards. 2—1 it finished, which means scotland's hopes of progressing to the knockout stages are out of their own hands. so scotland have lost
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their second game. and england kick off shortly elsewhere in group d, facing spain. and our sports correspondent, katie gornall, is with the team in breda. england fans have descended here ahead of their big game. the game could decide who wins group d, after both teams won their opening matches, spain beating portugal and england beating scotland. spain are rising quickly through the rankings in uefa, and many people have them down as dark horses for this tournament. mark sampson has tipped them to do well, saying that they play a pleasing style of football, easy on the eye, but he also says they are a difficult team to fall in love with, because they sometimes feign injury, and he has warned his players to be wary of spain's dark arts, as he calls them.
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