which i think is very important. in this instance, i do not think the inexperience will necessarily work against it. i think it can be a plus in this case. this is the reality, though. he faces a rapid celtic pretty much out of sight. and as gerrard was chatting, his old boss had this to say. i am delighted for him. he obviously has had an incredible playing career and wanted to manage, wanted to coach. and now he gets the opportunity to do that. i always say to new managers into the job it is welcome to the land of no sleep. do not talk to rangers fans about sleepless nights but can the they now dare to dream? i think what we need to come back... he will bring passion, and a physical presence to rangers and that is what we are not getting at this point in time. a big move, a bold move to him and maybe even a gamble. the gerrard era begins. well there was one game

in the league gerrard will be joining next season. although at least one of these teams are likely to not be there. ross county remain two points adrift of partick thistle at the bottom of the scottish premiership after coming from behind to draw 1—1. chris erskine scored his first goal since december to put partick ahead midway through the first half. but billy mckay levelled for the visitors just before half time. the result leaves county five points from safety with two games to play. brighton have secured their premier league status for next season by beating manchester united 1—0. it's their first season in the league and the seagulls needed the goal decision system to confirm that pascal gross' had scored by the finest of margins. 2.8 centimetres, that's just over an inch. it's only their second win over manchester united in their history and leaves them on an uncatchable a0 points. manchester city's yaya toure

will leave the club at the end of the season. toure will play his final game for city against brighton on wednesday but is expected to continue playing in england. toure joined the club in 2010. and his current one—year deal expires in the summer. he's been there for all three of city's premier league titles and scored the winner in the final of their fa cup victory in 2011. but has only made nine league appearances this season, all as a substitute. zlatan ibrahimovic admits there are still huge differences between the the english premier league and mls. having moved from one to the other in march. the former manchester united striker has already had a significant effect on his new side la galaxy... but admits he's getting used to more than just the difference in playing styles... pace. big difference. that is not that it pace. big difference. that is not thatitis pace. big difference. that is not that it is slower. it is the way you handle it. and what speed you handle it. everybody can passed ball. the

question is how fast can you pass it. how fast they react? how fast they read the game? what is the difference between top level and the lower levels ? difference between top level and the lower levels? obviously, after we get the climate here, it is hot. it is not like you can run for 90 minutes crazy. it is different factors. you are just after everything and try to make it better. —— you add just after everything. britain's chris froome finished 37 seconds behind winner tom dumoulin on the first stage of the giro d'italia injerusalem. froome landed heavily on his right hip just hours before the 9.7 kilometre time trial but said later that his injuries were "superficial". here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. a date when just getting to the start was a struggle, hours before hand on his last practise right, chris from had crashed, the aftermath caught on camera after a bruising few months now cuts and

grazes, suddenly his fitness was the focus as his team set about patching them up. but after a final warm—up, that he was, chasing what would be a famous one at his titles in france and spain, the tour of italy would com plete and spain, the tour of italy would complete the set, but his preparations haven't been easy. he's being investigated after an adverse drug being investigated after an adverse d rug test being investigated after an adverse drug test and today, that tumble took its toll. only 21st in the opening time trial, still three weeks ago, but playing catch—up. increase will always happen. it is not ideal to race after having a crash. that is bike racing. all part of the sport. any problems you think long—term? of the sport. any problems you think long-term? no, not at all. superficial. after a difficult build—up, and a difficult day for chris froome. his hopes of a historic went are off to an uneventful start. the first summit finish in the history of the tour de yorkshire has been won by a sprinter. magnus cort nielsen held off olympic

road race champion greg van avermaet up the cow and calf rocks on ilkley moor. the dane‘s victory on the second stage put him in the overall lead, with two stages left to race. megan guarnier made it a birthday to remember with victory in the women's race. the american powered away on the climb into ilkley winning by an impressive 1a seconds on her 33rd birthday. britian's dani rowe finished third for the stage to take second place in the overall standings. harvey livett scored a hat—trick as warrington beat super league champions leeds at headingley. this was his third. and was the second of four tries in the last 20 minutes for the wolves who came from 22—11 down to win 33—22. their ninth win in a row. warrington are third. four points behind leaders st helens. there were also wins tonight for second—placed wigan and huddersfield. caster semenya has run the fastest 1500 metres of her career at the diamond league in doha.

it's her first race since the iaaf ruled that female athletes like her with naturally high levels of testosterone will have to take medication from november. her time of three minutes 59.92 is also the fastest time in the world this year. john higgins remains in control of his world championship semifinal against kyren wilson. the four—time champion has maintained his two—frame advantage over kyren wilson with just one session left to play of their world championship semifinal. higgins, who is aiming to win his fifth world title, needs just four more frames to reach the final. barry hawkins is leading mark williams 9—7 after two sessions of their match. williams won the final frame of the session to stay within two of hawkins who was runner up at the crucible five years ago and had won the previous three frames. 17 frames are needed to go through. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport

throughout the weekend. enjoy it wherever you watch it. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ayesha hazarika, political commentator and evening standard columnist, and the former conservative minister nicola blackwood. hello to bother you. i know is very busy for you. let's take a look at the front pages. —— hello to both the front pages. —— hello to both the you. the ‘i' says the tories, labour and lib dems

all claim success in local elections, but the big losers were ukip. the times reports thatjeremy corbyn was criticised by mps and defeated candidates yesterday, for not dealing with anti—semitism, as his party failed to secure predicted victories in the local elections. the daily mail says brexit voters rallied behind theresa may to crush labour's hopes of an election breakthrough. the financial times reports that the trump administration has presented china with a list of hardline trade demands, including requiring beijing to cut its trade surplus with the us by $200 billion pounds. by 200 billion pounds. the daily telegraph has news of an injection that reportedly helps people lose more than a stone injust four weeks. the guardian looks forward to a sweltering weekend, saying the uk is set for the hottest may bank holiday on record. and the sun has a picture

of meghan markle‘s father, following confirmation that he'll walk his daughter up the aisle at the forthcoming royal wedding. let's begin. laughter it is all about the local elections. i know you both have been very busy but we will start with the eye. what is everybody a winner? everybody is claiming that they wear a winner. everybody is claiming victory. i think to be fair, the conservatives we re think to be fair, the conservatives were expecting to have i think a tough night. i think they actually did better than most people expected including themselves. i think the liberal democrats will be very interesting because nobody except number have any sort of revival, they did with the a big moment. had

p°p‘up5 they did with the a big moment. had pop—ups of revivals. and you get with a big losers. a lot of the ukip boat going to the conservative. particularly elite areas but definitely a labour was to be very interesting story of the night because the applications were very high. that was a tactical mistake. —— expectations were high. they wa nted —— expectations were high. they wanted to these elections very bullish and as a former labour adviser, i think what you try and do is manage expectations for these midterms elections or any elections, only what you do is underpromise and over deliver. they allow a narrative to get set the conservatives which said that success meant winning these and very entrance conservative councils and limited which were a lwa ys councils and limited which were always going to be hard to win. to be fair, that make you had sadiq khan going out saying they were the ci’owi‘i khan going out saying they were the crown jewels. i think labour is that

the expectations he wants. labour actually did an ok job. the expectations he wants. labour actually did an okjob. the the expectations he wants. labour actually did an ok job. the capelle at odysseys and gain some seats, no overall control in trafford, the conservatives lost that. they won plymouth. the expectation management was not handled very well. the expectations were way too high. never going to take those conservative councils. naud lfl and quite... they were too high but also what you would expect from an opposition party. halfway through a parliament like this. eight years into a government is a better performance. between 1997 in 2005, new labour lost 4000 counsellors. so far the conservatives of all a lost a few hundred. which of the show tremendous performance from labour. he have to ask why. given the fact that the government really has not had a great few weeks. we had a windrush, loss cabinet members, there has been the breast cancer screening scandal yet labour still are not making good progress that

you would expect them to be making. and you see labour's own counsellors, their own private is coming out and saying is because of experience and and ideology. that is a problem for a party that aspires to be the party of government. it doesn't look promising. when you look at how the voting has divided, it is divided with the conservatives entrenching and gaining ground in the towns and rural areas and amongst older voters and leave voters. and to labour at remaining in the comfort zone in the cities and with younger voters and lib dems consolidating and there remain some call. so we have stayed essentially exactly and status were were were at the general election with other like it will heal any of the rest with came from the referendum which is what we want to see. very quickly i wa nt to what we want to see. very quickly i want tojump in here. the second point on the front of the paper is the pm survives the biggest test of public opinion since last year election. as she really? she's been given a lifeline. a stay of

execution because the wagons are a lwa ys execution because the wagons are always circling theresa may and i think as soon as brexit is done, the leadership contest will begin. but i wa nt to leadership contest will begin. but i want to go back to something she said about the general election the important thing to note about this local elections as they are very useful snapshot over the country is but very different from a general election. it is unwise to draw conclusions about a general election, so for example into the other 14, the labour party had a fantastic night, we went 300 seats in game six councils, then lost the 2015 election campaign, attitude the gabba 17, 2015 election campaign, attitude the gabba17, local elections and the conservatives had a superb night, fantastic night! of course and three months later, a think

&—— l7? i'm not :——. 7 . l7? i'm not sure ——. 7 . 175i i'm not sure it 7—7 7 . l7? i'm not sure it is 7—. 7 7 l7? i'm not sure it is peak, 77. 7 7 the carbon. i'm not sure it is peak, but maybe plateau carbon. we have to wait and see. we ought thought the conservatives going in with a 26 point lead and then they lost the proceeds, you can't tell. nobody should be in the business of predicting anything in politics ever again have to look at what this means an order for political parties to respond. rather than predicting the times is actually looking at a postmortem because mps are calling foran postmortem because mps are calling for an inquest. the first part this was somebody saying that he was calling him n:e.c. because labour should have done a lot better. he

wa nts to should have done a lot better. he wants to know what is going wrong. should have done a lot better. he wants to know what is going wronglj hope the labour party does do this. when i was at the labour party, we lost the 2015 election campaign and we did this. we asked a n:e.c. to do a review into what went wrong and i think this is really important. the thing the labour party has got to understand is it is not good just sorting of both in cities where you already have labour mps. we want to wina already have labour mps. we want to win a general election, we have to improve our standing outside of london, notjust in the metropolitan areas, in the sires, and the towns, in the rural areas and that is a big issue. the idea of devolution... richard burton was saying that we need to reach ever yes. exactly! would need to reach out. we want