weapons against suspected chemical weapons sites in syria without the consent of parliament. let me be absolutely clear, we have acted because it is in our national interest to do so. this statement serves as a reminder that the prime minister is accountable to this parliament is, not to the whims of the us president. the government admits terrible mistakes and announces new measures to help measures of the windrush generation, many of whom say they have been threatened with deportation or refused access to health care. ant mcpartlin has been fined more than £80,000 after pleading guilty to drink—driving at wimbledon magistrates' court. the tv presenter apologised over the car crash involving three vehicles in richmond last month. in a moment it will be time for sports day but first they look at what else is coming up this

evening. more on the fallout from former fbi directorjames comey‘s big interview in which he cold donald trump morally unfit to be president, on beyond 100 days tonight at 7pm. at 8:30pm, an in—depth interview with sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister who warns avenues of communication are closing between moscow and the west. and the pub chainjd wetherspoon is logging out of social media for good. we ask an advertising analyst if it will be good or bad for business. now, sports day. hello, i'm olly foster, these are our headlines tonight... what now for the champions? we look at the premier league records still to be broken by manchester city this season. . .and just how good is guardiola? pep guardiola's legacy will be that

he massively improved notjust manchester city but brought great success to the club and english football. the kompany credit card was behind the bar last night, but the captain is already looking forward to next season. and after 11 days of commonwealth games compettion, the baton is passed to birmingham. good evening, manchester city are premier league champions. we've known for a few months that that would be the headline but the title is now theirs with five games to spare. manchester united's surprising defeat to west bromwich albion yesterday meant that city have their fifth league title, their third in the premier league era. we will look at

their targets for the rest of the season in just a moment, the goal—scoring and points records that should fall, but first here are thoughts of match of the day's gary lineker. i think guardiola is great for our game, so many people said he can't play his style of football in the premier league, i always thought that was nonsense. i'm glad he has stuck with his principles, that he came through and his style of football has not only proved you can win with it but it's so beautiful to watch at times. i think we will a lwa ys watch at times. i think we will always be grateful in the premier league and in english football because we all know that success is copied and imitated by other teams for a start, other coaches, copied and imitated by other teams fora start, other coaches, children playing the game, it can only be good. eventually, pep guardiola's legacy will be that he massively improved english football and brought success to the club. he has spent a lot of money but so have

eve ryo ne spent a lot of money but so have everyone else, it's not like they went out and bought messy and ronaldo which guarantee success, they have done it by recognising where they might be weak. you seriously interesting thing is how guardiola has improved so many footballers, not just football guardiola has improved so many footballers, notjust football is that our younger players like kyle walker, ferdinand ennio, even de bruyn, you could make the list right around the side. —— fernandinho. that's where his level of management is so above everyone else's which we have possibly not seen the like of before. and they are winning. if they can keep that going for three 01’ they can keep that going for three orfour they can keep that going for three or four years they can keep that going for three orfour years and they can keep that going for three or four years and keep the levels as high as they have kept them this season, they have possibly had a couple of champions league is to it as well, they will be competing to be one of the greatest sides in english football history if not world football. so what next for manchester city? in the short term, the five games left this season, there are still a few

records to be broken, john watson has the details. first i want to show you this picture, pep guardiola out on the golf course yesterday just as picture, pep guardiola out on the golf course yesterdayjust as he said he would be, not watching manchester united's match with west brom. these celebrations did get under way last night and vincent kompany under way last night and vincent kompa ny the under way last night and vincent kompany the man city captain was at the centre of it. this was him celebrating at home having watched the defeat to west brom at old trafford, hugs from his family and even a manchester united supporting member of the family as well. that party continued at a local pub, close by in the north—west of england, company leading some of the victory chance that with various members of the manchester city team. great scenes there from vincent kompany. great scenes there from vincent kompa ny. manchester is

great scenes there from vincent kompany. manchester is blue, he says i'm so proud to be part of this team. this tweet as well. after the defeat to west brom, that must have been hard to write. manchester city have already equalled, winning the title with five games remaining, they have equalled the record set by manchester united 17 years ago. other records that could tumble, 95 points ina other records that could tumble, 95 points in a single season set by chelsea in 2004, 2005, just eight more points needed by city and they should surpass that record. 30 winds and a premier league season, currently the record held by chelsea, man city and chelsea on 78. you wouldn't bank on them surpassing that. the biggest winning margin, 18

points the current record, man city leading second place, manchester united by 16 points at the moment. other records which looks set to tumble, 103 goals in a premier league season, chelsea also hope that record, just 11 more needed for manchester city and they would surpass that total. we are running out of superlatives to describe the performance of this team. those records certainly speak for themselves. let's talk more about manchester city's achievement now with the daily mail's football editor ian ladyman. those were the targets but the job is done. how does this rank with jose mourinho's first chelsea, alex ferguson's treble winners, the invincible ‘s arsenal! —— the

invincible ‘s arsenal! —— the invincible is of arsenal? hard to answer, players like van nistelrooy, paul scholes and ryan giggs, they would get in this city team. what we have seen this season is a title race that has almost become a procession. it's been a long time since we have seen that. i was trying to work out when we all knew that city were going to win the title, nobody could say they knew at the start of the season but most adverts are expected by the time or was with us and certainly winter. they went on that incredible run that 18 match winning run, another record which has fallen. what is so special about pep guardiola if there is something special about him, is it the style he has brought to man city and there's no compromise in his approach? that is what has had

us his approach? that is what has had us all in his parole. city have been a powerful winning team but we have seen that before, it's the way they played. they play magical football at times. they score goals and create endless chances. occasionally they have an air of vulnerability about them from the back as well which makes them even more attractive to watch. when they are on their game they can sweep anybody away. they can sweep anyone away, but they did have this wobble last month that saw them go out of europe, the defeat to man united that meant little and the grand scheme of things, but that is because he does not have a plan b and just dress his players to get it right nine times out of ten? they did point to the achilles' heel the

tea m did point to the achilles' heel the team has which is a slight inability to close a game down, in my opinion, when you need to and to stop the game getting away from you. for the first game at the first champions league game at anfield, i asked guardiola in a press conference whether he chose not to play occasionally defensive football or whether he was unable to coach that way. he almost dismissed it, he said he would not even think about it. he would not think about changing the way the team plays, he said that he would be scared if the team asked him to suddenly change the way they we re him to suddenly change the way they were playing. incredibly brave and admirable, i still wonder if they might come back to it again. that's the way they will try to do it. as the way they will try to do it. as the team goes forwards, they want to win more. vincent kompany says i wa nt to win more. vincent kompany says i want to retain a title for the first time but europe is the big thing. can they go one and crack that?

guardiola himself said he was not sure if they were ready but that is what matters to man city now, europe. that is what matters to pep guardiola. city have never won the champions league, and guardiola has not won it since he left barcelona. some people, a minority, they say you only won the champions league because he had lionel messi. because he could not win it with bayern munich. regardless of what some players might think about retaining the premier league title, the champions league is the next thing. fantastic champions league is the next thing. fa ntastic stuff. champions league is the next thing. fantastic stuff. many thanks for drawing us. there are five matches in the premier league spread across the next four nights. there's one this evening at the london stadium and it's all about the relegation battle. west ham have pulled themselves six points clear in recent weeks, stoke are second bottom and six points adrift of safety. steve wilson and chris sutton are at the match tonight.

here we are at the london stadium, the stage set for an extremely important game for both these clubs who have suffered disappointing seasons, chris sutton is alongside me. is this more important for stoke ? me. is this more important for stoke? they are in such a poor run of form, games are rounding out, their manager says they had to win three games. surely they must start tonight? an absolute must win for stoke. southampton lost but huddersfield one, palace one, there isa gap huddersfield one, palace one, there is a gap that has emerged. from west ham's pointed view, win and they are safe but it is must not lose for we st safe but it is must not lose for west ham. how they approach this game will be really interesting. west ham have some very difficult games to come but actually they're running is looking slightly less difficult now because they must play

arsenal who are now prioritising the river league, they have to play man city who have won everything they will win and man united he now cannot win the premier league. suddenly it looks a little easier for west ham. i'm not so sure david moyes sees it that way. both have shown they are fragile at times which makes this evening so important. people will be talking about mark arnautovic, the move to west ham 425 million the summer. his first part of the season was a bit ofa first part of the season was a bit of a dog's dinner. but he has now scored nine for west ham, not having him could be the reason stoke go down and having him could be the reason west ham go up. dreadful decision, he has been the difference for west ham this season. if they stay up which i think they will, it will be down to mark arnautovic. he's been so impressive. it is live on five live this evening.

let's have a quick whizz through some of today's other headlines. great britain's dan evans will return to competition later this month in glasgow after his 12 month drugs ban. he tested positive for cocaine during the barcelona open last year. the 27 year was a former top 50 player. to mark their return to the rugby union premiership next season, bristol are having a rebrand and will be known as the bristol bears. they say it'll help target a global audience. the opening round of matches in the county championship were all affected by the weather to some degree, especially in leeds where it was a draw between yorkshire and essex . the match was abandoned with not a ball being bowled across all four days, the first time since 1967 that that has happened at headingley in the county championship. the chairman of ulster rugby has been speaking for the first time about the decision to terminate the contracts of their players paddy jackson and stuart olding despite both men being cleared in a rape trial last month. ulster and the irfu

decided that the men's conduct had fallen short of the games core values and should be sacked. speaking to the bbc‘s mark simpson , shane logan says he can't see the pair playing in ireland again. the decision has just been taken, thatis the decision has just been taken, that is not something that has been envisaged. ever? i repeat, it is not something we are envisaging. do you rule it out they will ever play for ulster again? it has not been contemplated. i know you can't speak for ireland but do you think they still have the door open? it's a joint irish and ulster position. it's not something we are contemplating. after 11 days of competition on the gold coast, the commonwealth games baton has been passed to birmingham. australia topped the medal table as expected with england the best of the home teams in second. away from the sport, which has given us some fantastic memories, local businesses have been far from impressed by the economic impact

of the games. here's our australia correspondent hywel griffith. being a host city brings the promise of gold, medals for the athletes and lots of money for the economy but some of the gold coast have been left feeling short—changed by these games. i've been here 22 years, worst i've seen in 22 years. it's impacted almost a month and a half of trade, and we're all down at least 50%. when they planned the games, the organisers warned of delays and disruption. the reality has been rather more empty, after local people left town. that "get ready" campaign was done so well that it made people imagine it was going to be gridlocked. you scared them away? in a way, i have to admit that we would have played our card differently. so what can birmingham learn from all this? there's been a team on the ground looking at what to copy and what to avoid.

there are some things they can't replicate. without miles of golden sand, there probably won't be beach volleyball in birmingham. every host city has to play to its advantages. and so birmingham wants a diverse, urban games. there were only awarded in december, after being taken away from durban, leaving much less time to prepare. it means we may not have three years of wrangling about what a decision might be. we have four years to go, so we've got to crack on, so we need to make our decisions quickly, so i think that might actually play to our advantage. home games normally help to produce medals, but australia didn't have it all its own way. commentator: they've done it! the captain of england's victorious england netball team is a brummie, and thinks the games bring something special. i've been talking to the general public and volunteers, and usually i go round birmingham and no—one even looks at me, so if it can bring the city together just because of the games, then i think that's a bonus for birmingham.

every games needs its golden moments. it's up to birmingham to prove it can deliver. hywel griffith, bbc news, on the gold coast. so the last of the home teams athletes are heading home...earlier i was was joined by liz nicholl the chief executive of uk sport, the body that distributes funding to olympic and paralympic sports, and also nile wilson, the english gymnast who won three gold medals and two silvers at the games. it is such a proud moment. it's what we do it for, it's what we put in the hours for. if i'm honest, for me, i'm so, so happy and i aspire to this but in terms of myself, i learned this quickly, these objects have not much correlation to my happiness, it's what i'm doing. the fa ct i happiness, it's what i'm doing. the fact i found the sport i love to gymnastics and what i'm doing day—to—day, it's already enough for me, ithink

day—to—day, it's already enough for me, i think that's why i progress so much because i love what i'm doing and the work i put in. incredible trip, incredible support, could not be happier. gymnastics one of the key sports uk is behind, that must fill your heart with glee when you hear one of the athletes not see what he's done, but the joy he takes on his board as well. amazing performances from nile and the whole team, ithink performances from nile and the whole team, i think there were 16 medals won by our gymnasts in australia. they have a system now that is bringing through young talent as well. some years ago we thought this was a system where you could only ever produce one gymnast every now and again and would we really have a throughput of great talent, we now have a fantastic squad. the support we get, its vital for getting the support success breeds success we

are creating in our country for sport in general specifically gymnastics is exciting and truly incredible. the criticism uk sport has her is because it's all about the medals, that's how you get your money. this bronze medalfrom rio from two years ago, would you say thatis from two years ago, would you say that is more valuable than those five there he has in the commonwealth? it's not the actual medal, it's the middle moment. it's that moment when the nation is watching somebody who is incredibly talented from within our shores that actually achieve something incredibly special at a world level. that is what is the inspiration and ouraim at uk that is what is the inspiration and our aim at uk sport is to invest in medal success in order to inspire the nation. tracey neville says she is feeling that netball have a noose around their neck regarding funding, that's worrying many women winning that's worrying many women winning that amazing gold was one of the game highlights.