‘on monday, . g.” 1&fii!§t‘t€=.?"..~:v»t- cardiff on monday, everything will matter. —— since fabbri. —— february. it will be some atmosphere, going home now, the final game, with everything to play for, that is what we wanted and we have put ourselves in this position and hopefully we can enjoy that evening and have something to celebrate at the end. this is how the table looks tonight with the final round of games to go on monday. serbia were beaten 3—2 in austria tonight. the game between wales and ireland will be huge, second placed is not guaranteed a play—off, there are only eight play—off places and there are nine groups. england's under—21ss has scottish counterparts in the european challenge qualifier at the riverside in middlesbrough this evening, finishing 3—1 to

england. by top of their qualifying group. —— they are top. this was the highlight, from josh onomah. the spurs man is on loan at aston villa. now rugby, harlequins put on a —— an impressive display to beat sale sharks will stop quins eventually winning 42—26, even though sale sharks came back in the second half of the rematch. —— of the match. england's tommy fleetwood has broken the course record at carnoustie,

scoring 63 on his second round at the alfred dunhill links jan mucha to share the lead —— links cbbc. frustrating season for rory mcilroy, he's three shots back. the uncertainty surrounding ben stokes, the england selectors have added steven finn to the squad to face australia. ben stokes remains unavailable following an incident outside a nightclub in bristol as it stands he will not be travelling to australia with the at the end of the month but the ecb still awarded him a central contract for next season which comes as no surprise to our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew. the status of his relationship hasn't changed, despite the police inquiry that is going on, but what we do know, and this is a new development, he won't travel at the start of the tour at the end of

october, and he does have fractured finger and maybe would not have been fully fit anyway, and although they haven't ruled him out of the ashes, that decision is still to be taken, but he won't travel with the rest of the party at the start of the tour. steven finn has been added to the squad, what does he add? extra bowler. without ben stokes, he really is two cricket is in one, you say bowler and the batsman, and they have recognised they need some more cover in the bowling. steve finn had a nightmare tour of australia four yea rs a nightmare tour of australia four years ago which resulted in him losing his place and confidence, so he will be looking to put that right. there are questions whether they should have added another batsman to this squad anyway, and i would not rule that out as they look at the impact of ben stokes not being there. or interesting announcements from the ecb, the one—day squad is being investigated

—— more interesting. something serious has happened? three have been fined, jonny bairstow, jake ball and liam plunkett, they have excepted a formal written warning, for unprofessional conduct, they said this is unrelated to what happened with ben stokes alex hales can abut it relates to the one—day international series with the west indies. —— but it relates. clearly the board are investigating and they are already giving out punishments, so are already giving out punishments, so that would suggest the board accept there are issues that need to be addressed before heading out for a long tour. some of these players might go away at the end of october and not come back until april a very long tour and they need to make sure that the tour party is disciplined from the start. jonathan agnew, speaking to us earlier. days after

it appeared birmingham was the only city in line to host the commonwealth games in 2022, the bidding time has been extended. the committee said birmingham's application was not fully compliant. the city was the only bidder before the original deadline last saturday. f1 is injapan this weekend and after sebastian vettel went fastest in first practice, p2 was virtually washed out. many drivers struggling with the conditions, esther —— este ba n with the conditions, esther —— esteban ocon going off the track. lewis hamilton was the quickest but the pace was well off in the rain. rugby league super league's season comes to an end this season when leeds take on castleford in the grand final. castleford finished top for the first time in 91 years but they have got to do without their star player zak hardaker after he was dropped for a breach of club rules. the former leeds captain says

there is spirit will be a advantage will stop —— an advantage for them euro you you understand the noise, the experience will help, 15 other leeds players have been there and one, some of them on a number of occasions, castleford have one player who is experienced it in their career and that will play a part. it will be an absolute brilliant game. it is very tight to call, and you are looking at it, and i can't wait to be there and to see it. what advice would you be given to the players? enjoy this, many other sports will be watching this, and we can't wait. castleford have never been in the final before, that could have an impact, and also the

loss of zak hardaker. that will have a huge impact. it is very sad because he's one of the star players, managed the contender, which was announced last weekend. he was beaten by luke gale. it is disappointing because we want to see the star pies, but it provides an opportunity for somebody else. one of those players who bubble begot told bid which he wouldn't be playing this weekend will now be full of excitement —— one of those players who were told he wouldn't be playing this weekend. leeds have not beaten castleford in their last eight games against but castleford have never beaten leeds in a major final, so many stories around this game and it will be brilliant. that will be exciting. that is it from me and the rest of the team for this evening. coming up, the papers. welcome to our look at what the

papers will be talking about tomorrow. we are with the assistant editor from the huffington post and the former tory adviser, both of whom have turned down glamorous offers to be with us tonight. these are the front pages i hope the prime minister does not read too many newspapers tomorrow. in the times they say she could be

kicked out before the end of the year. the telegraph says eu have broadened their eu talks with labour, admit concerns that theresa may will not survive as prime minister —— labour. the financial times says britain have had their hopes —— by france and germany over a quick brexit. the daily mail says wealthy families are exporting a scheme to help first—time buyers. the daily mirror says wayne rooney is doing his community service and a garden centre after his conviction for drink—driving but the son says he is painting park benches in macclesfield —— this —— the sun newspaper. and now to the times.

when cabinet colleagues have to start saying she has my full confidence, you know things are a bit wobbly. she's not having a great time. she was in a stronger position last night benji was tonight after downing street flushed out grant —— last night than she was tonight after downing street flushed out grant shapps for the time being, but she is in a precarious position. some other players have been outdoing each other, saying she will be gone by tomorrow, but now they are saying she will be there until christmas, and the timespan has now lengthened? that is right. i agree that grant shapps has done her a favour, frag becoming she is in a stronger position this evening than she was last night —— and she is in a stronger position. grant shapps has got the fire and it is a real

failure of a putsch. great word. yes, it is. she can afford to sleep slightly more soundly this evening asa slightly more soundly this evening as a result of that. she will be pleased that colleagues across the house have come out more supportive of her, then they might have done if they hadn't been prodded to do so by him. but not massive fans of her necessary , him. but not massive fans of her necessary, but they don't want a leadership election and they don't wa nt leadership election and they don't want a general election, and she is there by default. there's a warning from her reins of a monumental mess at downing street —— from her aides. two of them are not there any more,

nick timothy. for example. yes, that is why, many of the tory mps blamed those aides for the election result. this is focused on the process of managing but not the bigger picture of policy and the direction of the government. this is part of examining exactly how some of the things that happened at the co nfe re nce things that happened at the conference this week happened. was she being taken care of in terms of her voice, dicicco to too many meetings? —— did she go. her voice, dicicco to too many meetings? -- did she go. she kirikiri, as well. absolutely. -- security breach, as well. questions have got to be asked. they did not know what to do. they were like rabbits in the headlights, they did not know what was happening and whether it was a member of the

party, somebody who was disorientated themselves, somebody who was very dangerous. to the extent that she handled that particular element of the disruption really quite well. they were very polite about it for stop the daily express. theresa may slaps down rebels, the dead expose giving her a positive spin. —— the daily express. this is the most positive headline coming out, but i'm not sure that she has slapped them down, but she's ina she has slapped them down, but she's in a stronger position than it 24 hours ago. what the country needs, she says, is calm leadership. that might be true, but you could not describe what is going on in the tory party at the moment is calm, it is the exact opposite. the thing is, politicians, conservatives, they are very pragmatic and they will hold

onto herfor as long very pragmatic and they will hold onto her for as long as very pragmatic and they will hold onto herfor as long as it very pragmatic and they will hold onto her for as long as it suits. very pragmatic and they will hold onto her for as long as it suitslj could be totally wrong, but i wouldn't be surprised if she hangs on for another two years, until after the brexit negotiations. that would be the plan. yes, that is the longer term sensible idea would be, andi longer term sensible idea would be, and i would be surprised if they got rid of her during the negotiations. at the moment, it is a week by week development but when she next goes in front of the 1922 committee, this fugitive —— this coup will have worked in her favour and she might be regarded a bit warmer. the idea that there are not people out there plotting challenges is ridiculous. yes can but there are these forces holding her in place and she is there for the time being. let's see her get on with something. we have some policies to talk about. brexit

of course. germany and france crushed hopes for swift transition deal, after the florence speech there were tentative rumblings that this is britain heading in the right direction, starting to sound more like the kind of thing that the eu 27 wa nted like the kind of thing that the eu 27 wanted to hear, but by not giving much away. yes, they were restarting the agenda as far as the talks were going, that britain was taking the initiative, and if this is the case, this is bad news for theresa may and somewhat more concerning to her i would have thought then these issues about things going on within the conservative party. her premiership has to be if nothing about brexit, and that was one of the strange things about her speech, when we did get to hear what she was trying to say, she didn't really say very