hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 6:30pm. the metropolitan police has paid compensation to the former head of the army, lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary lord brittan, who were falsely accused of child sexual abuse. more than m00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. police arrest a man after a crossbow bolt was fired into the oval cricket ground during a match on thursday. a campaign group says more than 700 homes have been burned down in a rohingya muslim village — as tens of thousands of the minority group continue to flee the country. we will cross live to houston where president trump has arrived. he arrived a half hour ago in texas. this is one of the relief centres we believe he will be visiting with the

first lady melania, and he will also be visiting louisiana, with people saying they hope he will be the comforter in chief. we'll have more of that at the top of that are so stay tuned to that but in the meantime we will cross to the bbc sports centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. a record 69th pole for lewis hamilton. he overtakes michael schumacher‘s record at a rainy monza, ahead of the italian grand prix. wales in their qualifier with austria. also coming up in the programme:

t20 action from the final. and are you crzay for crazy golf — you could become a professional, as mike bushell has been finding out. welcome to the programme. we'll start with formula one because in the last hour lewis hamilton has set a new pole position record in reaching his 69th career pole, breaking the previous landmark set by michael schumacher. in treacherous conditions that saw qualifying suspended for more than two and a half hours hamilton was more than a second quicker than his nearest rival. williams driver lance stroll also made history becoming the youngest driver to secure a place on the front row. hamilton will be hoping to overtake sebastian vettel in the championship. the ferrari driver will be sixth on the grid. tom hamilton is in monza. yes, lewis hamilton kept a cool head, draw the sublimely and beat michael

schumacher‘s time, as are caused by mike reports. roman brochure was the first to find out just how tricky roman brochure was the first to find outjust how tricky monza to be in the wet. —— romain grosjean. he could walk away, but the track needed to improve, it was decided, before action could continue. everyone waited, trying to keep the tedium at bay. eventually after two and a half hours they were allowed to go back out and things hotted up, for kimi raikkonen at least. heart in the most moment that turned out 0k. conditions worsened as the claim climax approached. penalties for changing the red bull engine meant the drivers would not stay at the front. record—breaking was in the airas lance front. record—breaking was in the air as lance stroll became the youngest driver to claim a place on the front row of the grid. the grand finale came from who else but hamilton. the briton underlining his superiority by going more than a second quicker than everyone else. as he wrote his name into history.

italy, i love you, i'm so happy to be here. even though we are with ferrari in their homeland, such great support for mercedes. so to do this on such a historic circuit, great country, great to celebrate. so hamilton understandably emotional in the press conference after qualifying and whilst it was the red bull drivers of max verstappen and daniel riccardo saponara alongside him in that room, it will in fact be the 18—year—old rookie who drives for williams, lance stroll, the 18—year—old rookie who drives forwilliams, lance stroll, lining up forwilliams, lance stroll, lining up alongside hamilton on the front i’ow up alongside hamilton on the front row of the grid. that is because the red bull drivers are two of six people carrying engine penalties into this grand prix. so hamilton is sitting pretty at the front of the grid with a rookie alongside him, and what of his main championship rival sebastian vettel? ferrari struggled on home turf, raikkonen lining up seventh and vettel only

eight, so it is a golden opportunity for hamilton to close that 7—point gap with vettel in the world championship. that was tom clarkson reporting. another busy evening of european qualification. wheels are in action against austria. the wells were in third place in group d with only goal difference separating them from tonight's opponents, and the welsh manager says only a win tonight will do. ian is in cardiff for us. we are almost at the point of no return for wales and their hopes of qualifying for russia next summer. john hartson is alongside me, and it is virtually win or bust for them? they virtually need to win all their games? basically, yes, and i think the fixtures are in our favour. we have two the better sites here at home, austria this evening and the republic on october the 9th, then two of the weaker sides if you can

see that, moldova, bottom of the table and have not won again yet in the group. wheels can take care of business on tuesday, then georgia away, so the next format games for me sit us cover you. you are sounding optimistic and gareth bale is back after his suspension, but no joe allen orjoe ledley. is that i worry? it is worried always when you better players are missing, especiallyjoe better players are missing, especially joe allen better players are missing, especiallyjoe allen who has been outstanding rate through the qualification. and i think wales have played well, i really do, without getting the results. we have cove red without getting the results. we have covered every game, took the lead and have been pegged back four out of the five things they have taken the lead, slightly unfortunate. a little bit of not seeing the lead, slightly unfortunate. a little bit of not seeing the game out right until the very last kick of the equaliser from mitrovic by serbia. sol equaliser from mitrovic by serbia. so i don't think they are playing particularly badly. theyjust need to turn those draws into wins, but

as you said, it is a must win situation now. wales can't afford a draw. austria can't afford a draw, so draw. austria can't afford a draw, so chris coleman thinks it will be a very open game. certainly the atmosphere is building and they have all the welsh flags on all of the seats here. the first time i have seen seats here. the first time i have seen that at the cardiff city stadium. join us on five live for the match which kicks off at 7:45pm. are very enthusiasticjohn hartson they are! as i mentioned, the republic of ireland in the same grip and they are playing georgia right now. martin o'neill‘s men went 1—0 up now. martin o'neill‘s men went 1—0 up with duffy after four minutes, his header they are, but they're not too long before half—time georgia had equalised. —— but then not a lot of half—time. it is still i—i had equalised. —— but then not a lot of half—time. it is still 1—1 at the minute with just under ten minutes left to go. the republic of are second in group d with serbia five points ahead of that group above them. england, scotland the northern ireland all played their qualifiers last night.

england came away from malta with a 4—0 win, but perhaps the scoreline was a little flattering with three goals in the final six minutes. harry kane scored twice, with ryan bertrand and danny welbeck getting the other goals. england lead the group ahead of slovakia by two points — they meet at wembley on monday. we'll recover well now. it's a short turnaround, so then the next couple of days we'll be looking at their team, and kind of their strengths and weaknesses and seeing where we can exploit. but, at the end of the day, we are england and we're expected to win these games, you know. we have to go out there, we're at home, and dominate right from the start. again, if it is 0—0 or 1—0 behind at half—time, we're not going to panic. we're patient and composed and we'll wait for the right time and then be clinical. the scotland manager gordon strachan hailed his side's 3—0 win over lithuania as the "most impressive" victory of his four—year reign. strachan has been under pressure during a testing world cup qualifying campaign, but last night's win

means there is still hope of reaching russia next year. andy robertson's lovely looping drive was their second goal before james mcarthur settled the game with their third. the win moves scotland ahead of slovenia into third place in group f on goal difference, four points off the second place play—off spot. scotland face malta on monday. the players and the coaches, i think we never felt we were not in the next. it has only started. we are not getting carried away. it was a very good performance, and the fans we re very good performance, and the fans were a different class for us throughout the game. but we have three big games now, three cup finals, and we need to take that into monday, and we can't slack off. northern ireland host the czech republic on monday night needing just one more point to make the play—offs, and guarantee second place in their group. that's after their 3—0 victory, over san marino — all three goals coming in the second half. michael o'neill‘s side are now seven points clear of the czechs in second place. germany top that group.

we've been through before. you know, if you look back at the last campaign, hungary, greece, those types of things, where we have at that big price to play for and we have handled the situation, so this is another opportunity. the great thing about this is we have three chances. the czech republic have to win their three games to overcome us. win their three games to overcome us. we will have the chances against germany at home or norway away, which is a nice position to be in. but hopefully come monday night we are ina but hopefully come monday night we are in a guaranteed safe spot in the group. away from the qualifiers... away from the qualifiers... barcelona say liverpool wanted £183 million for philippe coutinho on the final day of the spanish transfer window — which was yesterday. that closed a day later than ours. the reds had turned down three offers from the spanish club for the 25—year—old, who put in a transfer request. speaking in a news conference barcelona director albert soler said that "the situation ended as it ended and there is nothing else we can do." liverpool have described barcelona's claim as "absolutely false." qualifying to reach the first round of the fa

cup is well under way — and big spending billericay town of the isthmian premier league have won their latest match 5—0 beating didcot town. the former england international paul konchesky and champions league finalistjermaine pennant lined up for billericay in the victory. jake robinson scored two of theirfive goals. steel magnate glenn tamplin has transformed the essex club into one of non—league's most powerful outfits — and they are now odds on favourite to win the isthmian premier league this year. arsenal and england defender alex scott has announced her retirement from international football. the 32—year—old ends her career after 140 caps, making her the second most—capped player in england history. scott has played in three world cups and four european championships — including this summer's euro 2017 tournament. a difficult decision for alex scott. football has been my life, it's given me so much. and i always said that the day that i don't feel i can give it 100% any more,

that's the day i have to walk away. there's no way i could commit to another two years. i think i'd sacrificed so much, i've missed so much time with my family and i think it's just important for me that i need to give it back to them now and itjust feels right. on to the cricket now. it's t20 blast finals day and the final itself is about to get under way between birmingham bears and notts outlaws. to get there birmingham beat glamorgan by 11 runs. this catch sealed it for the bears in front of a mostly home crowd, despite the fielders bumping into each other. this is birmingham's third finals day appearance in four years. notts beat hampshire to seal their place in this evening's finale.

they got the important wicket of shahid afridi with the very first ball of the hampshire innings. quick wickets kept the hampshire score down, and they were bowled out falling 23 runs short. you can listen to that match on bbc five live extra. police say they have arrested a man suspected of firing an arrow into the oval cricket while a match was under way on thursday. the arrow landed on the outfield during the county championship game between surrey and middlesex. nobody was hurt but the game was abandoned with armed police evacuating the ground. a 35—year—old man been released on bail pending further inquiries. police have asked for any fans who might have video footage of the incident on their mobile phones to come forward. former england cricket captain

charlotte edwards has called on every school in the country to make cricket their summer sport for girls. following england's triumph at the women's world cup, interest in the game is ever increasing and edwards says participation through schools would be game changing. i really do feel it is vibrant at the moment. you know, there is a real buzz around the sport. hopefully so many young girls now wanting to participate in the sport. now the big question is that we have to get cricket played in schools as much as we possibly can. we have, through the chance to shine scheme, but we need more girls playing. there has to be a real push from the schools to actually get it on their curriculum for the summer sport. you know, i think that is going to be the game changer, for me. to get every school in this country playing girls cricket as their summer sport. it's the first weekend of domestic rugby union action — both the premiership and the pro12 got under way last night — and saracens have laid down an early marker this afternoon. the european champions ran in nine tries in a 55—24 win over northampton saints at twickenham,

including a hat—trick for sean maitland. saracens lost in the premiership play—off semi—finals last season, but won the european champions cup for a second successive year. also in the premiership, london irish are currently beating harlequins 21—10. earlier wasps beat sale sharks 50—35. london irish of their first double—header win at twickenham... the twickenham. .. the results twickenham... the results are up there now. the results from the other games as well. leinster got their proili campaign off to a winning start, beating welsh side the dragons 39 points to 16. they ran in five tries, with this try to secure the bonus point win. reigning champions scarlets are hosting south african

new boys southern kings. leigh halfpenny signed for the welsh club ahead of this season, and hasn't wasted any time in scoring his first points. it's currently 27—10 to scarlets. -- 29-10 to —— 29—10 to scarlet in that game. in the day's other matches, ospreys play zebre. 22-13, 22—13, ospreys winning that one, and connacht will kick off against glasgow soon. play is just starting at the us open in new york but there will not be any british interest in the second week of the grand slam after kyle edmund was forced to retire, in his third round clash with canada's denis shapovalov. the match was evenly poised at a set all with both players getting into their rhythm. but at the start of the third set edmund called for the physio, citing a neck problem. he returned to the court briefly but lost that third set and he then had to retire at the start

of the forth set, alebit reluctantly. —— albeit reluctantly. ijust feel a bit helpless, really. what can i do, you know? do you carry on to the end, but you just go through the motions in a sorry state? and you don't want to pull out straightaway. you want to see, oh, is this going to get better? but ultimately, i thought, i'm not going to win two more sets like this. you know, iwas... i knew that i wasn't going to win two more sets feeling like that. maria sharapova has made it through to the fourth round in herfirst grand slam event since returning to the game, following a is—month drugs ban. the former number one beat teenage american, sofia kenin, on the main show court — arthur ashe court — where she's plyed all three of her matches in the tournament so far. and afterwards she hit back at caroline wozniacki's complaints, that sharapova gets favourable treatment when it comes to the show courts. with regards to scheduling,

as you know i don't make the schedule, and you know i'm a pretty big competitor and if you put me out in the parking lot of queen's in new york city, i'm happy to play there. that's not what matters to me. all that matters to me is i'm in the fourth round and i'm not sure where she is. the 23—time grand slam champion, serena williams, has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in florida. sports stars and celebrities have sent their congratulations. a name hasn't been announced yet williams though had already said that she was planning to return to tennis for the australian open in january. there is a strong english contingent at the top of the leaderboard at the czech masters golf. lee slattery leads the way — he's three under for the day, 12 under in total.

steve hanson is three shots behind him, withjonathan thomson, james morrison and callum skinkwin all in the top ten. england's jodi ewart shadoff is two shots off the lead on 8—under going into the 3rd round of the portland classic in oregon, after shooting a five—under second round of 67. american stacy lewis, south korea's chun in—gee and 19—year—old canadian brooke henderson are all on 10 under. britain's chris froome has a 55 second lead at the vuelta a espana. today's 14th stage was won by poland's rafal maj ka. froome finished in fourth a few seconds behind vincenzo nibali — who is second in the overall

standings. the inaugural british triathlon ‘mixed relay cup‘ has been taking place on the banks of the river trent in nottingham today. it was won by the leeds team featuring aaron royle, jess learmonth, georgia taylor—brown and tom bishop. mixed relay triathlon races feature teams of two men and two women, each completing their own mini triathlon before tagging their teammate. it's 50 years since cricket's first trade union — the professional cricketers association — was set up. it was an important step for the sport. our sports correspondentjoe wilson has been to meet one of the men who changed the modern game. a sitting and worcestershire talking cricket history with a man who changed the game. —— a sitting room in worcestershire talking cricket history with a man who changed the game. formed last night, cricket's first trade union. there in the front row, the instigator, fred ramsey. he looked happy there, fred. i was young. i didn't care what was said of me what they did with me, but ijust thought it was grossly

unfair that the players were a period of development which they were having nothing at all to say about. they weren't even allowed to comment on whether they should start at two o'clock in the afternoon on a sunday. even the church had more say than the players! they were almost like servants of the game. yes, total servants. australian players would not recognise that term, servants. they confronted their governing body this year over contacts, even threatening the ashes. meanwhile english bowler tamara mills, he gets £1 million contract in the ipl. players are powerful and ramsay in general approves. why not? you are a professional, and you have your bat or your ball as your tool. take it wherever you can get the income. in the 19605 fred ramsay was left—arm fast bowler measuring 93 mph. all these t20 franchises would pay a mint to have you. yes, possibly. but you could bring a lot of the people from my era into this era and say that. 50 years ago fred ramsay decided cricketers should be paid and treated better, and the history he keeps is the foundation of every modern career. now most of us will have ever played

crazy golf maybe on holiday, but did you know if you're good enough you can turn professional. the world championships took place in hastings this summer and the british team leave for croatia this week for the world adventure golf masters. mike bushell went to the south coast to final out more... earlier this summer they came flocking to the home of crazy golf at hastings which has hosted the world championship for the last 15 years. it may not be st andrew's or erin hills even, but attention to detail is just the same. they do have some of the most challenging holes of many mini—golf courses in the world, including the watermill. while for most of us it is just a bit of fun on holiday, some like three time champion chris here, take it very seriously indeed. a lot of people say crazy golf, but when they come and try it and see how skilful it can be.

you can go around the country opening courses, advertising crazy golf video games i've done in the past. so you get to play internationally as well. at least in miniature golf you don't have to worry about big tee shots and the power of your stroke — it is about the putting, isn't it? it is about the putting. lovely. he has got past the blades, or the arms of the windmill. it's a risk. in the middle. it's a blustery day so the windmill is quite apt today. has it gone through? oh, it went through, but too long. mini golf started in the usa in the 1920s when rooftop courses popped up everywhere in new york. it was an easy way for inner city golfers to improve their putting. well, they come here from over the world to compete including olivia from the czech republic who won here in 2013 and turned professional when she was aged seven. and perhaps why olivia was crowned world champion again this summer. i started playing when i was three years old. i like it. crazy golf, it's myjob and my life. it is part of a thriving professional world scene

now in crazy golf. our great britain team are going over to croatia to play in the world adventure golf masters. we play the top germans, the top swedes and against people across the world. even america have got a team. there is this whole domestic and international scene, but the world crazy golf championship, there is nothing like it. it is just unique as an event. the world championship which offers a £1000 prize, is open to amateurs too, using whatever they can find, but it is the professionals who now go on to represent great britain at the masters in croatia, hoping to inspire the next generation as well. for all of us, crazy golf can be oh so frustrating. all the holes are par two including the helter—skelter. could it go? no! can i have that? it bobbled out. it bounced out. it was almost a hole—in—one! just to let you know about the world

cup qualifier between the republic of ireland, it was 1—1 in the end which means the republic of ireland are second in the group behind serbia. serbia won there are games of the republic of ireland are now two points behind. wales play austria later. they are in the same group, and we will have more on that in sportsday at 7:30pm. that is all for now. goodbye. what a lovely day for the first saturday of september. most of us dry with some sunshine with just the odd heavy shower and affecting parts of anglia. a gorgeous day in newcastle upon time. skies like this for most places but that does not tell the whole story. look at this massive cloud in the atlantic. sung—joon will be harder to come by. certainly clear blue sky tomorrow compared with today. already that

rain is not too far away from northern ireland. it will edge east through the night across northern ireland, the western fringes of scotland, wales and south—east england and with the wind is picking up england and with the wind is picking up we will see gales developing to the irish sea. cloud increasing the temperatures not going down as far tonight as in the past nights. let's look at the morning. to start the day, across the south facing hills of the south, heavy bursts in this rain. it is windy as well. i think there will be some hazy brightness of the eastern side of the uk were actually for some of us that they will stay dry, just not as much sunshine as today. that rain just knocking on the door of north—west england, across northern ireland and pushing into south—west scotland at this stage. north and east, though, will be dry, with figure temperatures at this stage in the day. a wet and windy picture for many of us day. a wet and windy picture for many of us across day. a wet and windy picture for many of us across the west of the uk to begin the day, and we will keep

hold of some bricks of rain into the afternoon. it just turns hold of some bricks of rain into the afternoon. itjust turns a bit lighter and more patchy. some of that tries to break further east into parts of the midlands, the further west and in south—east england, but in the eastern counties of scotla nd england, but in the eastern counties of scotland and england, it will stay dry throat. even though the cloud increases —— it'll stay dry throughout. cloud increasing, breeze increasing, but staying in the drive. through sunday evening, not a great deal of change to show you. just head that some of this rain might try to push further east again, into parts of south—east anglia and south—east england but essentially this weather system from monday's just grinding to a halt. it leaves a lot of cloud across the uk, patchy and mostly light rain and drizzle, perhaps head of brightness, but another weather system coming in bringing more persistent rain and stronger winds into parts of scotla nd stronger winds into parts of scotland and northern ireland. so we have had the best of the weekend.

some rain in the forecast now over the next couple of days and of course the forecast for where you are and where you are going for the second part of the week and is available online and on the app. this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at seven: the retired field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late lord brittan receive compensation from the police, overfalse child abuse accusations. more than 11100 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. president trump and the first lady touchdown in texas for the second time this week, to visit those affected by the us flooding. he praises the people of texas.|j think it is then a wonderful thing

for the country only want to watch, although it has been hard. a campaign group says more than 700 homes have been burned down in one village — as tens of thousands head to bangladesh. investigators say the chemical cloud that affected parts