the team do not know how far north they'll get. but this expedition into the unknown may be the start of a new era of arctic voyages. rebecca morelle, bbc news. it's the stuff of dreams — a soprano is taken ill at london's world famous wigmore hall — and the person who's drafted in to replace her at the last minute is a 23—year—old music student, who usually takes the tickets and works in the cloakroom. for one night only, milly forrest swapped coats for the stage and wowed the audience and critics alike. chi chi izundu went to meet her. singing. it's the stuff of dreams. milly's normally back here taking coats and bags a couple of nights a week. sometimes she even gets to page turn doing a live concert.

but not for the season's closing night. and that's because one of the evening's performers was taken ill. and milly was asked to step in. she says she was shocked by the opportunity. really excited. really scared. really, really nervous. but when i had a good look at the music, and i realised it was doable. i knew i could make sure i learned it in time. that was a bit of a relief. one critic dubbed her "breathtaking", even though at 23, her voice is still not mature enough to go into the profession full—time. a few people who i trust have said look at this girl. she's very young. so we have to take care of her and make sure that we don't do things too quickly. but there is a quality to the voice and her interpretation that came out very much, towards the end of the audition actually. milly's heading to the royal college of music for her postgrad in september, but has already been booked to perform at the hall again. maybe mum and dad will catch that one. i rang them and i said, "mummy, i'm going to be stepping in at the wigmore hall."

she said, "oh, i really wish we could go, but we're going out for dinner." my dad called me again and he said, "i'm sorry, treasure. you're going to have to forgive mum for this one." next month, she'll be back taking cloaks and bags in that cloakroom. chi chi izundu, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm leah boleto. coming up tonight: liverpool win the first leg of their champions league play off in germany. maria sharapova is back — she's been given a wildcard pass to the us open. coming up, england at edgbaston preparing for their first day/ night test match and trying to get to

grips with a pink ball. hello, welcome to the programme. let's start with the champions league this evening because liverpool take a 2—1 win and those important away goals over hoffenheim in germany. well, with all the details, here's tim hauge. forget the smiles. it's philippe coutinho leaving liverpool? everyone wa nts to coutinho leaving liverpool? everyone wants to know, and jurgen klopp would have to deal with all of that tonight in the qualifier. it was tricky from the off. a penalty, and the goalkeeper saved an awful attempt. then the non—obvious choice stepped up. the road to victory is never smooth, and liverpool should

have that more goals both before and after half—time. although they would get a second thanks to james milner‘s defecting —— defected ci’oss. milner‘s defecting —— defected cross. not the perfect night followed paul, but plenty to smile about. well, celtic are in champions league action tomorrow night. their play—off is against astana from kazakhstan, with the first leg at celtic park. the two sides met in the qualifying rounds last season, and the scottish champions won 3—2 overall. they went on to qualify for the group stage, and manager brendan rodgers says it's important to be there again. you have to approach it as another game. there is a huge consequence on the game, but the only way you can get through is by staying focused, staying very much in the present and

on what you have to do. the players with what they have created and built over the last season is this ability to handle pressure. and emotionally to deal with big games. you understand what's in it, you understand where it is you want to be. nobody wants to be him more than us. be. nobody wants to be him more than us. for that, there is a process which is to play, that is something they will because of trading on. everton have agreed a deal to sign swansea city midfielder gylfi sigurdsson for a fee believed to be about £16 million. the iceland international will have a medical at goodison park on wednesday and become everton's record signing, beating the £30 million they paid sunderland for goalkeeper jordan pickford last month. one player who's leaving goodison park, though, is gareth barry. he's joined west bromwich albion on a one—year contract, for an undisclosed fee. 36—year—old barry is just five games short of breaking ryan giggs‘ record

of 632 premier league appearances. the premier league celebrates its 25th birthday today. more than 25,000 goals have been scored in england's top division since 1992 and fans were asked to pick their favourite in a bbc poll. and the winner was this one scored by arsenal's dennis bergkamp, against newcastle in 2002. now here is bergkamp. he's turned him! whata now here is bergkamp. he's turned him! what a goal by dennis bergkamp. he turned the defender inside out. did he mean that? i think he did. he slips the ball past shay given. let's turn our attention to cricket now, and later this week, it's all about the power of the pink ball, as england play their first ever day/night test match against the west indies at edgbaston. why pink?

well, it's believed to be easier to see than the traditional red ball in darker conditions. here'sjoe wilson with more. when it comes to playing a test match under floodlights one key issue is the ball. this is a red dux, one that has been used for many years in test matches in england, you can see its colour and a prominent seam and that will deteriorate as the day goes on which is part of test cricket. but under light it is too dark. no good. so what do you do? you go over to the pink. a compromise. visible under light, also durable so it will last for several hours of play and won't have to be replaced like a white ball when it gets discoloured. you can see the prominent seam, this is a dux pink ball and to keep that sheen there's an extra layer of protective coating. some batsmen say it feels different when you hit it and under light when you are bowling, the evidence of england practising last night, as far as i'm aware it did a lot. it is very difficult to bat against.

getting this in your hand under floodlights has to be a good idea. i haven't used it except to train last night and it did move a bit in the twilight period. i suppose that is the time to bowl. it isn't easy to say, yes, we will bowl in that period, you might have to bat in those conditions as well. i suppose the more we can get used to using it in practice sessions the better. it isa it is a little unknown to howard reacts. i know england buyers love to get here. will it be more like a 2020 atmosphere, one or two spectators may have had a beer or two. it will be like a test match atmosphere. you hope for that? of course we do. the crowd a re

hope for that? of course we do. the crowd are always brilliant here, whether a day game or an evening game or 2020, whatever. with a few drinks down them at 8pm, it could be entertaining. it is exciting for the players to be involved in that. and they/ night cricket is away is exciting, no matter what format it is. it will be different, but the atmosphere will be fantastic. we are looking forward to that. at least one player will hope that the ball behaves impeccably. mark stoneman will be trying to solve england's opening batting problem this week. as we saw in practice today, he can certainly catch. joe wilson, bbc news, edgbaston. staying with cricket, an incredible, record—breaking performance from southern vipers' suzie bates helped them to a comfortable 46—run victory over loughbrough lightning in the women's super league. bates became the first player in the competition's short history to reach three figures as she carried her bat to score 119 not out as part of a total of 180 —

the highest super league score. she then took three wickets and this brilliant catch as the lightning were all out for 134. british cyclist chris froome says he has "unfinished business" as he gets ready for the tour of spain which starts this weekend. froome is desperate to win the race, having been he runner—up three times. if he does win, he'd become only the third rider to win the tour de france and the tour of spain in the same year. certainly does feel as if i've got unfinished business. having finished second three times now, it would be incredible to win it. it was a race i love doing every year. amazing crowds, amazing rivalry between the riders. it is a relentless race. the

course is a lot more mountainous than the tour de france. the conditions are tougher. in need august in spain, it is, do have to bridge is up in the mid—405. it is brutal, absolutely brutal. to win something like that, it feels as if you are taking on a big challenge. maria sharapova has been given a wildcard entry to the us open. it's the first time she's received a wild card into the main draw of a grand slam tournament since her drugs ban. although the russian is currently struggling with an injury which forced her to pull out of of her last two tournaments. the us open begins in new york on august 28th. and finally, tiger woods had five different drugs in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in may. a urine test revealed a mixture of strong painkillers, sleep and anxiety drugs and thc, which is a chemical component of marijuana. the 14—time major winner pleaded not guilty to the dui charge last week.

that's all from sportsday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and former conservative advisorjo—anne nadler, and the broadcaster david davies. a warm welcome to both of you. good to have you with us. let's bring you up—to—date on what the front pages are saying so far. the express leads with new figures that suggests house prices have soared by £10,000 on average since last year's brexit vote.

the i claims the government is to announce there is be to no land border with the ireland after britain leaves the eu. the guardian say that the plan is already being ridiculed in brussels. the ft carries a picture on the indian prime minister celebrating the 70th anniversary of his country's independence. the mirror headlines calls from campaign groups for the government to freeze rail fares after an increase of 3.6% was announced for january. the telegraph claims the number of babies left brain damaged by nhs blunders has increased by almost a quarter in one year. the daily mail says that they could reconsider the decision to stop big ben forfour years, as reconsider the decision to stop big ben for four years, as some did reconsider the decision to stop big ben forfour years, as some did not know that it would be silenced for that time.

after many months of the government being somewhat low paid about their intentions for brexit, we are now going through a deluge of hopefully clarifying information about what we may all be dealing with over the next few years. of course, today, we have had a lot of discussion about customs unions and tomorrow we will be hopefully finding out more about how this issue of the border between northern and southern ireland will be handled after brexit. what the i will be saying is there will be no land border. we have only seen the front pages and what i found amusing about this front page is that it says, brexit blueprints, we beat them so you don't have to. laughter

—— we read them. hopefully we will have more detail and tell people slightly more detail on this. that is the critical point, it looks