sir cliff richard leaves the high court after giving evidence in his case against the bbc, he had wept in the witness box as he told the court the bbc breached his privacy during a police raid of his home in 2014. britain's national security adviser says russian special forces were trained to put nerve agent on door handles, as investigations continue into the salisbury poisoning. the russian embassy says the situation looked more like forcible detention or imprisonment. forcible detention or imprisonment. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a ‘staged event', carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. 1,000 contract staff are to go at britain's biggest carmaker, as jaguar land rover announces cutbacks at its plant in solihull. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news...

more on the intelligence that suggests yulia skripal‘s email may have been hacked by russian spies years before she was poisoned in salisbury. we'll get reaction from a former head of thejoint intelligence committee. as three female jockeys prepare to take centre stage at the grand national tomorrow, we ask if more women are being attracted to the sport. and later in the film review, jane hill and jason solomons look at dwaynejohnson‘s monster flick rampage, based on the cult 80s video game. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. good evening. 0ur headlines this evening. a favourable draw against roma in the champions league. smiles for

katerina johnson thompson who takes heptathlon gold at the commonwealth games. niamh emerson takes third. tom daley winds another diving gold and uses his moment to highlight abuses towards the lgbt community gci’oss abuses towards the lgbt community across the commonwealth. by birmingham, the next commonwealth games, i hope we see a decrease in that number of countries that criminalise lgbt that number of countries that criminalise lg bt issues. that number of countries that criminalise lgbt issues. and a narrow victory in the ladies day at aintree. good evening. i think liverpool fans

will be quietly confident. they will be vocally confident that they can't reach the champions league final. today's semifinal draw was favourable. they face rome in the last four and avoid real madrid and bayern munich. we will talk through that but we begin by discussing liverpool's chances. 0n that but we begin by discussing liverpool's chances. on paper it's the wea kest tea m liverpool's chances. on paper it's the weakest team in the champions league, rome, but they've had such good results this season. geggtcesultslm if; against season. the comeback against barcelona was, perhaps, if one of the greatest comebacks. in 2005. it's good to have avoided bayern munich and real madrid since michael but it will be a tough game. they've

got people in superb form. they were amazing against barcelona. mohammed sala goes back to rome, they sold him for what looks like a bargain now, £47,000. it's a repeat of the 1984 european cup final. a really interesting tie. let's hearfrom 1984 european cup final. a really interesting tie. let's hear from you can clock. he knows this will be so tough. it is the only week have never played before. it's already exciting. it is a difficult two games because it is a fantastic site, you saw the games against barcelona. if only somebody saw these games, you already know pretty much everything about rome. and maybe even neutrals won't be too happy with the semifinal line—up.

bayern munich take an real madrid. they've met 24 times, in 11 winds each. there are so many subplots to this one. the last team to win the european cup three times in a row would buy in munich. and real madrid could win three times if they get to the final. their bosses leaving at the final. their bosses leaving at the end of the season. they've had a couple of recent meetings as well. they met in the quarterfinals where real madrid one. in 2014 real madrid went on to win the decimal. we can confirm those fixtures for you. liverpool will be at home against rome. liverpool fans will have wa nted against rome. liverpool fans will have wanted the anfield atmosphere for the second leg, but a huge night for the second leg, but a huge night for them. and in the europa league, not one of the neutrals will have wa nted not one of the neutrals will have wanted to see. not what arsenal fans

would have wanted. they will have wa nted would have wanted. they will have wanted to avoid athletic or madrid. they are the toughest team left in the league. they are probably the best defence in europe at the moment. they've only conceded 15 goals in the entire season. they have one of the best strikers in the world. 12 goals in nine games. diego koster has got history. but you can never tell. red bull salzburg were seen as the easiest draw, but they have beaten some of the big names. 0n have beaten some of the big names. on paper arsenal have got the most difficult draw, but sometimes that works out well for you. they will fa ncy works out well for you. they will fancy their chances. more football later. another busy day at the commonwealth games with five gold medals. katerina johnson thompson recovered from a lacklustre first

day to live up to her billing as favourite and grab the gold. mike busheu favourite and grab the gold. mike bushell has the details. in the action has finished for the day. the music is entertaining the crowds as they pour out of the venues into this area just off broad beach. the home fans are reflecting on a day when england's big names rose to the fore and delivered. a historic day fore and delivered. a historic day for scotland and wales. katerina johnson thompson has long been touted as the area tojessica ennis hill. in the 800 metres, the final event, she had a healthy lead and gold in her sights. their £5553 $35,155; 5£ 55— 5355525 f 5 £55553 $35,155; 55£5 55— 5355552: f 5 £55555 $35,155; 5555 5:5— 5-355555 5 5 55:5 to claim fourth