one of the victims of the salisbury poisoning, yulia skripal, has released her first statement since the attack. she says she woke up a week ago and that her strength is growing daily. it comes as russian state television broadcasts an unverified recording of a phone call. it claims yulia skripal tells her cousin in russia that "everything is fine". a bbc investigation has found cladding used at grenfell tower fell short of its claimed safety standard in fire tests — and a uk body that grades building materials wasn't informed. concern over the capital's growing murder rate as two more men die in separate attacks in east london. the suspected burglar who died after a struggle with a pensioner at his home has been named as 37—year—old henry vincent. and a former nhs consultant has been jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of possessing firearms with intent to endanger life. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this

evening on bbc news. in beyond 100 days after 7 o'clock, the former head of communications for the white house, anthony scaramucci, speaks live to our north america editor about his time working for donald trump's administration. in light of the rising murder rate and increase in violent crime in london, we examine what glasgow did to make its streets safer from gang crimes. and in meet the author at quarter to nine, jim naughtie speaks to the former us border patrol agent francisco cantu about his first novel — the line becomes a river. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday, the headlines tonight. time to say your prayers around ahmad jarba corner, the 82nd masters under way at augusta, a double battle between england and

scotla nd double battle between england and scotland dominates the second day of the commonwealth games as the top of the commonwealth games as the top of the medals table has a familiar look. the attack on the manchester city as from the inside, one member of staff posts pictures of the way liverpool supporters greeted them before the first leg. and a week of european football ends with arsenal whose trophy hopes hang on the europa league. we'll be live at the emirates to look ahead to their quarterfinal first leg. welcome to sportsday. thank you for joining us on what was the first day of the commonwealth games on the gold coast. it brought the 14th gold medal in the glittering career of one of scotland's great cyclists. it made a welsh girl, the youngest

competitor at the games, aged 11, she has her first competitor at the games, aged 11, she has herfirst win on competitor at the games, aged 11, she has her first win on the competitor at the games, aged 11, she has herfirst win on the books. s for the england flag bearer for once the expectations could not be met. i knew i would struggle on the run. literally i've run a handful of times in the last month or something. i knewi times in the last month or something. i knew i could swim well that i would struggle. or to come. let's start and the glorious azaleas and the breathtaking greens of augusta. masters even more anticipated than most with the return of tiger woods and mcilroy backheel form. —— back in form. johnny is lucky enough to be spending the next two days in those surroundings, hello, ailey. the first major of the year is under way and it's absolutely glorious conditions for this opening round. we are in the early stages, let's look at the leaderboard as things stand on day one. out in front,

vijay singh, the winner of the green jacket back in 2003, under par alongside marc leishman who is playing with tiger woods. no tiger woods on that leaderboard at the moment, we'll get back to that. birthday boy henrik stenson, another open champion, one shot back and the leading british playerjust turned 60 years old, sandy lyle, 30 years after his historic victory here. ken brown is with me. tiger is one of par at the moment. quite early stages but you've been impressed by his play, despite not being on that first page. yes. he started by hooking his opening tee shot in the tees which he has done many times before and scrambled out a par. then he had wonderful shots but left himself awkward putts which somehow, it meant he is scoring about as high as it could on the first few holes,

he should have been out in about a school but is still doing well. as are many more but still plenty of big names yet to head out for the opening round of the augusta national. the world number one, dustinjohnson, he missed last year with a back injury and is desperate to begin i'm sure. phil mickelson in the background looking for fourth green jacket, they are the background looking for fourth greenjacket, they are both just about to tee off. 0ne greenjacket, they are both just about to tee off. one of the other favourites are looking for an elusive first green jacket and a win would complete the grand slam of majors for rory mcilroy. he's heading out very shortly, alongside adam scott and jon rahm. such big pressure on the shoulders of mcilroy every time he comes looking to win, could this be his year. he's got everything in place, his game is in good shape, he comes with confidence having won a few weeks ago, he is putting better, and an afternoon

start, not quite as cold so good time to start, first thing this morning it wasn't easy so he might be lucky. he might well be. catch up with the opening round on the bbc coverage which will be on tomorrow, bbc two, from 545 with all the highlights of day one and will be on the red button from tomorrow morning. we are live across the weekend of course as well. the first major of the year, i am sure there will be plenty of drama as the week unfolds. eilidh, ken, thank you, live in augusta. the pool, velodrome and gymnastics arena with a focus for today at the commonwealth games on the gold coast in australia. 14 medals on offer in those sports and the home teams played a part in almost all of them. at the aquatics centre mike bushell tells us about a dramatic day of swimming. it's been

a great night for england boss mike summers, you know that when the australian tv networks are discussing tonight england's dominance in the pool. — might it has been a great night for england's swimmers. hannah miley was bidding to become the first scottish woman to become the first scottish woman to win three consecutive gold medals in the same event but aimee willmott would have none of it. miley was leading for most of the 400 women's individual medley final but the englishwoman moved up a gear to take her first international gold. commentator: aimee willmott is going to win. gold for england. goodness me, that's incredible. i did not see that coming. what a fantastic second 100 metres. just believe that this could be time, maybe. wejust swum the race, i am sure it was a battle between me and hannah and the crowd loved it. it's so nice to finally

get a gold medal. another scottish defending champion was favoured the men's 200 metres final. ross set the fastest time in qualifying but was also eclipsed as james wilby of england finished first. australia got the first two places in the men's 400 metres freestyle, james gulliver england got bronze behind mike horton and jack mcloughlin. in the first paralympics final a new world best in the men's s 14 200 metres presold, tom heyman of england, who won silver last time in glasgow moved to gold smashing his own record and all royal approval. ellie robinson of england was favoured in the women's s seven women's butterfly and she swum a lifetime best in the heats, keeping it up to win gold. narrowly missing out on a world record. for me this is not about winning a medal or

about winning gold, i have won the battle against any doubts or challenges faced. it so much. i have proved to myself and proved that i can overcome challenges and win that battle. after winning paralympic gold in rio the 16—year—old now has another from another commonwealth games and it seems to mean just as much. jimmy lumsden, bbc news. it a lwa ys much. jimmy lumsden, bbc news. it always seems in the open air pool tomorrow. many eyes will be onjames guy. he'll be going to the second of seven medals that he is aiming for and the games, to add to the bronze he got on the first day. mike bushell. while scotland is surprisingly fell short in the pool, in the velodrome no such disappointment. neil fachie's career is littered with gold medals and with his pilot he powered to another today, his third of the commonwealth games to add to an olympic title and ten world golds. he broke his own

commonwealth record to win the blind and visually impaired men's 1000 and visually impaired men's1000 metres time trial. england also won the first cycling goal of the day, sophie thornhill and helen scott claimed the blind and visually impaired women's sprint, they also broke the world record in qualifying. the australians won three of the gold medals on offer in track cycling and broke the world record in beating the england quartet to victory in the men's team pursuit. england's first gold of these games came in the men's gymnastics team event, double 0lympic gymnastics team event, double olympic champion max whitlock top scored with his floor and bomber routines to an alongside mile winson, courtney tulloch, james hall and dominic cunningham, his team—mates. and dominic cunningham, his team-mates. each one of us tried to do our best, we tried maybe not to think about the medals too much, it's about your job, think about the medals too much, it's about yourjob, if think about the medals too much, it's about your job, if you think about the medals too much, it's about yourjob, if you do your job, everyone is pushing themselves to their limit, everyone has massive

potential and we have much more to prove so hopefully we can make a lot of finals, hopefully bringing back more medals. max whitlock helping england to the first goal after games. not the one people expected to be the first, the england flag bearer from the to be the first, the england flag bearerfrom the opening to be the first, the england flag bearer from the opening ceremony alistair brownlee only finished tenth in the men's triathlon although there were still medals for the home team. let's speak to us, just, a woman who like alistair brownlee won gold twice at glasgow in 2014. dash—macro stick to our guest. commentator: in the last 20 metres she is getting even quicker and judy stenson of england wins the first gold of the games. ——jodie —— jodie stimpson. and ——jodie stimpson. and here she is, jodie stimpson, the two—time gold medal winning triathlete from 2014,

it was of course a big year for alistair brownlee and such is our expectation, we expect him to deliver every time, don't we. so no doubt we understand why he is disappointed to finished tenth and his brotherjonnyjust seventh. disappointed to finished tenth and his brother jonny just seventhlj think they will both be devastated. you go into a metal and you've kind of the medals around their necks which is wrong but they will also be devastated, jonny had the cleaner run but they didn't have a smooth run but they didn't have a smooth run into this one and they couldn't pull it out off the back. it was almost like leeds. made the choppy waters but it wasn't the swim or the ride that was the problem, it was the run, because alistair has had hip surgery and a calf problem. tough going. definitely because it was a shorter sprint race and you need to be on your running form. he

would have known that and i think he would have known that and i think he would have known that and i think he would have made the first two as ha rd would have made the first two as hard as possible, if it was the 0lympic distance he could have had a girland the 0lympic distance he could have had a girl and the boys more. but henry schuman had a great race and finished it off. he was a worthy winner, the bradley brothers in rio 2016, he came third behind them, and bronze for marc austin of scotland, especially impressive as he was probably outside of the reckoning going into the event. we can hear from alistair now. it played at the way i expected. i knew i was going to struggle from the run, i've run perhaps a handful of times in the last month or something. i knew i could swim well but i struggled. to be honest i kind of enjoyed being out there racing. i did have a couple of moments where i could just enjoy it a bit rather than concentrate on the race, but i give it my all with a sprint finish at

the end. tenth place alistair. the women's event was the first event of the games, it went to flora duffy of bermuda, she was not a surprise by any means, she has won the world championship in the last two years and was very much favoured in this race. she's been dominant for quite a few races, she put herself in a great position on the swim, right behind jess, she is the best cyclist, not the best runner but doesn't need to be when she can swim and bike like she did. she finished it off, a worthy winner. and this is jessica learmonth getting silver for england. this bodes well for the relay which comes with jess england. this bodes well for the relay which comes withjess and the keyhole and going for gold in that. england's definitely have a strong team. they've got a title to try to defend. i wish them the best. we can

see jessica defend. i wish them the best. we can seejessica winning defend. i wish them the best. we can see jessica winning silver earlier today, let's hear from see jessica winning silver earlier today, let's hearfrom her. see jessica winning silver earlier today, let's hear from her. it was an eventful race, i knew it would be because of the different athletes in the race. it was fun all the same and hot out there. i ran from the front. i was hoping that if it didn't happen i would have tried to run well but it seems i didn't run that well but luckily it didn't matter that much today. our thanks tojodie matter that much today. our thanks to jodie stimpson comedy triathlon really is a saturday, midnight our time. other stories from the commonwealth games on day one. unforgettable commonwealth games on day one. u nforg etta ble for commonwealth games on day one. unforgettable for anna hursey, the welsh table tennis player who is just 11 years old. the youngest competitor in the game. she and partner charlotte carey won their doubles match today against india, she began playing reggie was five, she began playing reggie was five, she still only five feet tall but they their opponents three games to

two. australia had a good day but not in the bowls where they were on the bench of a huge shock, they were one of the favourites but they were beaten by dues, malcolm de souza, derek boswell and the team won both their opening group claims today. those five gold medals have australia second on an early medals table, just one behind england. the aussies desperate to overturn their old rivals's plays in glasgow, four of england's gold medals have come in swimming, scotland fifth with five and wales are tenth. elsewhere, u efa five and wales are tenth. elsewhere, uefa has charged liverpool after cans, bottles and flares were thrown at the manchester city team bus as it approached anfield last night for the champions league quarterfinal, the champions league quarterfinal, the club face four charges, setting

off fireworks. no players stuff or injured but two police officers were hurt, the bus had to be replaced for the return journey, hurt, the bus had to be replaced for the returnjourney, liverpool have called the behaviour completely unacceptable. a dramatic week of european football ends to with a crucial game for arsenal, a top four premier league finish since beyond them, they are and of the champions league so the rubber cap is large on their list of priorities. they play cs ka m oscow their list of priorities. they play cska moscow that the quarterfinal at the emirates, richard conway is there. very much the last chance for arsene wenger and his team to claim a trophy this season. yeah, hugh, they are five points adrift of chelsea in fifth, 15 points adrift of fourth place, it seems if arsenal

wa nt of fourth place, it seems if arsenal want european competition next season they will need to win the rugby league, they will have to beat cs ka rugby league, they will have to beat cska tonight and move on if they get past the second leg into the semifinal, arsene wenger knowing there's a lot on the line, his teachers always a matter of debate and there has been blown of the emirates this season because of their performances and their form. so they will be hoping for a good winter nights to set them up for that second leg to set them up to the leg in moscow, the russian team won't be a pushover, they are third in the russian league but arsenal should be the favourites of both legs. this game is being played against the somewhat difficult diplomatic relations between great britain and russia at the moment. bottas had some impact on the number of fa ns bottas had some impact on the number of fans who have attended 500 russian fans were expected here but i'm told there may be less than that in attendance tonight. not the full

allocation being taken. we'll get under way at five past eight, arsenal hoping to progress to the semifinal. rigid, enjoy the game. that's later on. england and wales play a women's world cup qualifier in southampton tomorrow, wales top of qualifying group one with england one point behind, group winners will qualify with the fall just runners—up making the play—offs. after an impressive she believe campaign the lionesses will arrive at saint mary ‘s tomorrow ranked second in the world, tomorrow might also marks phil neville's first competitive game in charge since becoming manager and his first game on home soil. they would have it easy, they are up against wales are currently top of group one, with england, unbeaten in qualifying, but with a one—point advantage having played one more game. phil neville admits he knows it will be a tough evening for the lionesses. my team

are used to big games. they are not fazed by big games. it's something they looking forward to, they've got that bring it on attitude, that is what is impressive, they can't wait for friday, they want to get rid of all the training and get to seven o'clock tomorrow when the game sta rts o'clock tomorrow when the game starts because that is when it matters. that is when it is another step closer to getting way we want to be, qualification for the world cup. 23,000 tickets so far sold for the game tomorrow night, saint mary ‘s holds 32,000 people but if you can't make it to the south coast you can't make it to the south coast you can watch the match on bbc two starting at 6:45pm tomorrow night with kick—off starting at seven. back to the commonwealth games, here's what to look out for on the second day, 17 gold medals to be one including the gymnastics final, wales and england in that one, and katie archibald