aand hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the latest headlines: in the zimbabwean capital harare there have been violent clashes between security forces and opposition supporters alleging fraud in monday's elections. soldiers opened fire and at least one person has been shot dead. northamptonshire county council is tonight holding crisis talks amid concerns that it will no longer be able to pay for services for vulnerable children and adults. it must save up to £70 million. the former leader of the english defence league, tommy robinson, has been freed on bail after winning an appeal against a finding of contempt of court. the far—right activist received a 13—month jail term in may after he filmed outside leeds crown court during a trial. campaigners against

anti—semitism have accused jeremy corbyn of failing to apologise properly — after it emerged he'd shared a platform with speakers who compared israel to the nazis. the labour leader said he didn't agree with the views and that he was sorry for the anxiety and concern he'd caused. bbc analysis of government figures shows the number of grammar school pupils in england has grown by 11,000 since 2010. the data suggests the equivalent of 2a new selective schools will have been created by 2021. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... we'll be focusing on the elections in zimbabwe at 7 o clock, and will be live in harare to speak to an activist who stood as an independent candidate for parliament. and as protesters gather outside northamptonshire

county council to oppose plans to cuts to services, we'll be speaking to an expert in local government for her assessment of whether the situation will be repeated at other english councils — and if so, which ones? and polly mackenzie, director of the the think—tank, demos, and steven swinford, the deputy political editor at the daily telegraph will be here to review thursday morning's newspapers. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins. after a solid start, it's all falling apart for england in the evening sun on day one of the first test against india. konta finds form — the british number one inflicts the heaviest defeat of serena williams‘ illustrious career. and from playing icon to championship manager —

how will frank lampard fare as his derby side kick—off the new english football season? it certainly has brought another intensity to my later this week. it had been an intense pre—season a nyway had been an intense pre—season anyway before that. we will see..., match day. come match day. hello and welcome to sportsday. let's start with the cricket at edgbaston, where after a bright start england have faltered on day one of the first test against india. they slipped from 216—3 to 283—9 after tea. captainjoe root top scored with 80, before being run out by virat kohli. and watching all the action for us in birmingham

is our reporter patrick gearey. a bit ofa a bit of a turn up, isn't it, patrick? go yes, sarah. ithink england fans will think they have seen this before over the course of —— yes, there was a position of strength turning into one of wea kness strength turning into one of weakness because of a clatter of late wickets. it started so well, a lwa ys late wickets. it started so well, always seems to have. england won the toss and decided to bat and although they lost the wicket of alastair cook to a deliverer of —— ripper of a delivery from ravi ashwin, it was only wicket to fall in the morning session and after that england batted through to west, then losing wickets ofjennings and malan, but then two yorkshiremen on yorkshire day took england to a position of real strength, putting on 100 runs together, jonny bairstow and joe root, and it looked like they would make hundreds of their own, it seemed inevitable. but then the moment that changed the match,

joe root run out by the indian captain virat kohli. it was a superb piece of fielding, and kohli gave him a bit of a send off later. joe root so desperate for that century which would have put england in a position of absolute strength, but after that other wickets followed, jonny bairstow, ben stokes, jos buttler, all gone, then the deal collapsed underneath them. not the position of england thought they would be in when the won the toss and not the position they should've beenin and not the position they should've been in when they were in batting so well with root and bairstow in the afternoon. but this is of course against the number one test team in the world. patrick, how serious do you think the top order issues are, for england? the problem is that they seem to be going so well then they seem to be going so well then they have this one moment of indecision, thejoe they have this one moment of indecision, the joe root they have this one moment of indecision, thejoe root run out, really just turning indecision, thejoe root run out, reallyjust turning everything, and it seems to trigger a domino effect in the middle order, going through the tail end, and that is a difficult problem to solve, quite a

psychological issue, really. i think these are all players of the top calibre, they can score runs and have proven they are a good run scoring side but they are just not doing it often enough, and they are letting good positions go to waste. they did that time and time again through the ashes series and it seems that has come up again. in terms of the conditions, it's a very different british summer we have at this year. india obviously is the different conditions at home. is there anything we can take from conditions today? well, i think it looks pretty dry out there, and i think it will be pretty dry all through the summer. india will be delighted with that because they are used to dry conditions back in their home country, and it favours spin bowling and ravi ashwin‘s dismissal of alastair cook today showed their strength in that department. because it has not been too gloomy and too damp today, those were conditions india have struggled over the years, losing their previous two series on

english soil, so the dry conditions will favour them. england need to break through with a good spin bowler, which could be adil rashid, who they brought in for this game somewhat controversially, lots of pressure on him, we could see a bit of him tomorrow and we will certainly see a bit of him later in this test match. thank you, patrick gea rey this test match. thank you, patrick gearey in birmingham. we will see what the second day brings. now, could this mark a revival of form forjohanna konta. the british number one inflicted the worst defeat of serena williams‘ career at the silicon valley classic overnight. she beat the 23—time grand slam champion in less than an hour, dropping just one game on the way to victory. alex gulrajani has more. with the us open looming large serena williams‘ quest to get back into major winning habits should be in full swing. johanna konta provided the next test on that road and it proved to be tough. williams‘ i°y and it proved to be tough. williams‘ joy in san jose and it proved to be tough. williams‘ joy in sanjose would be her...

providing this in the match, only success. konta on against the 23—time grand slam champion. the first set disappeared in a matter of minutes. williams was far from the powerhouse that reach the all england club final just powerhouse that reach the all england club finaljust over two weeks ago, and konta took full advantage. the wind for the british ten were once sealed in under an hour, the worst defeat of williams‘ career, winning just one game. konta can takea career, winning just one game. konta can take a lot from this result, but maybe not too much. the grand slams remain the place to beat serena. alex gulrajani, bbc news. celtic continue their bid to reach the champions league group stage later. they‘re in norway for the second leg of their second round qualifier against rosenborg, which they lead 3—1. alasdair lamont is in tronheim for us. the city of tronheim is familiar

territory for celtic. we visited on champions league business last season, 364 days ago, to be precise, and they emerged victorious. there is also a familiarity about the celtic squad. of the team that won here, stuart armstrong and sea urchin go have departed. celtic‘s summer urchin go have departed. celtic‘s summer editions were already on loan at the club. —— but the manager doesn‘t see that as a problem. nowadays it is all about getting a new players but i also enjoy the continuity of coaching and seen players improve, and seeing them, there game, continually develop. but of course we want to strengthen the squad, of course. still a month for celtic to do that. brendan rodgers has stressed that this transfer window is not about bolstering the squad for the sake of it, but rather he wants one or two players who can make his first team better.“ he wants one or two players who can make his first team better. if he's going to pay big money and bring a

real quality player and i think it will be across midfield, you know, that player who can pass the ball, control the game, alongside scott brown, really top—class. that is the top end. i think it also has two maybe bring in an experienced one at the back. while celtic should have enough to repeat last season‘s success against rosenborg tonight, but beyond that there is a tough looking tie against aak patterns, and beyond that they would have another road to negotiate to get back into the champions league group stage. —— aak athens. it is in those matches brendan rodgers may be grateful for one matches brendan rodgers may be gratefulfor one or two matches brendan rodgers may be grateful for one or two quality additions to his squad. bbc news, tronheim, norway. also coming up in the programme... 0n the eve of the inaugural european championships... we hear from we hearfrom one of we hear from one of the we hearfrom one of the biggest names in swimming. and when is a sport not a sport? when it is an

e—sport, apparently. we will get the latest on the gaming fight to get recognition. well, it‘s not long since the world cup ended — but we‘re already getting set for the return of football this weekend. reading host derby on friday in the championship as the efl kicks off a new season. and there‘s no doubt all eyes will be on frank lampard in the derby dugout. countless trophies as a player — how will he fare as a manager. joe lynskey looks ahead to what should be the big stories of the season. arguably the english championship is one of the most competitive divisions in world football now, as teams like huddersfield town and cardiff in the last two seasons have shown, anyone from this division can the hopes of finishing in the top six and getting promoted to the premier league. that makes it even harderfor premier league. that makes it even harder for the premier league. that makes it even harderfor the teams premier league. that makes it even harder for the teams coming down from the top division every season. this year it is west brom, swansea and stoke who have come down to the

championship. west brom have kept faith in darren moore, in his first job as a manager. but stoke have made a change, bringing in gary rowett as their new boss, and swa nsea rowett as their new boss, and swansea have rowett as their new boss, and swa nsea have ta ken rowett as their new boss, and swansea have taken a punt on a very different type of head coach. graham potterjoins from different type of head coach. graham potter joins from the different type of head coach. graham potterjoins from the swedish side who made headlines last season when they took on arsenal in the europa league, but managing in england‘s second tier is going to be a very different challenge. so have the swa ns different challenge. so have the swans made a risky choice? is a gamble for swansea city? i would see it as more of a long—term venture for the club, who spent seven years in the premier league only to be relegated last season. this looks like a long—term job for the man who dared wonders in sweden, raising his team from the fourth tier of swedish foot ball team from the fourth tier of swedish football to the top flight and having that remarkable run in the europa league. he has a realjob on his hands here. the big hitters are leaving swansea city, and i think

there is already concerned how little activity there has been in the transfer market, so this looks like a long job for potter, and i think it could be a slow burner for swansea city. most of his playing career was with york city, a very different background to that of another man starting life as a manager in the english championship. frank lampard has more than 100 caps for england, after a summer on the bbc‘s punditry team at the world cup hisaj this new season as manager of derby county. well, i'm excited, definitely —— ye start this new season. i am focused. it certainly has brought another intensity to my later this week. it was an intense pre—season anyway before that, but i am very excited, and of course there will be nerves, match day. close to frank lampard‘s managerial debut, and you wouldn‘t really know it. he might not be showing it but there is pressure on thisjob. might not be showing it but there is pressure on this job. they reach the play—offs last season and will be expected to do the same this time

around at least. to enter that the spotlight on them because of lampard, and it could be a very interesting season ahead wood ahead. to see the fans are excited is a bit ofan to see the fans are excited is a bit of an understatement —— season ahead. they have loved every minute of pre—season under him, the city of derby is fully behind him and we are waiting with eager anticipation to see how the lampard era unfolds. studio: that was chris from bbc radio derby. 0ne studio: that was chris from bbc radio derby. one other intriguing appointment in the championship... leeds united have gone for the marcelo bielsa, who has worked with pep guardiola. high praise from him, saying he is the best coach in the world, for him. along with leeds,

plenty of teams now in the championship with huge fan bases and trophy cabinet who have come down from the premier league and then struggled to get back out of this division. last season aston villa invested heavily in bringing the likes ofjohn terry to villa park to try to get them back to the top flight, try to get them back to the top flight, but try to get them back to the top flight, but it try to get them back to the top flight, but it hasn‘t worked. they are still in the second tier and when they lost the play—off final to fill in may the money spent on deals like this means this summer they very nearly have paid the ultimate price, as bbc‘s mark regan explains. this was the summer aston villa came very close to financial meltdown. under their previous owner they had all sorts of issues and they were very real as well, but it seems to change overnight in their favour, with new owners coming in, and it went from a case of everybody in the first—team squad being up for sale to nobody being up for sale. which was obviously good news for the manager, steve bruce, however he still faces a battle to hang onto his influential midfielderjack grealish, with tottenham hotspurs very interested. it has been very

eventful here in the west midlands, and you get the feeling there is still more to come. so the first game of this english domestic season sees frank lampard‘s derby sidekick on friday night against reading, and there will be updates on that match on bbc five live, and coverage from the opening weekend of the efl across the bbc sport website. joel 0leksandr shovkovskiy there. i can‘t believe it is back already dashed joe lynskey there. —— joe believe it is back already dashed joe lynskey there. ——joe lynskey there. glasgow city will host the opening party this evening for the first ever multi—event european championships. it brings together cycling, gymnastics, rowing, swimming, triathlon, golf and athletics, and will be co—hosted by berlin. the 11—day event will involve 4,500 athletes from 52 nations, and nick hope is in glasgow for us... this is the biggest sporting event to hit glasgow since the 2014 commonwealth games. the european championships are in multisport event, in many ways like a mini 0lympics, though as we see this time

it is all but the best in europe battling it out. this is the full list of sports involved. athletics, swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, track and road cycling, as well as mountain biking and bmx. you will also be able to see rowing, triathlon, golf and gymnastics. the full programme is on the bbc sport website. the reason all the sports have been brought together is to try to create a little bit of buzz around european championships which individual sport sometimes struggle to attain, and there is also the cost factor. it should be inferior cheaper to run something like this going forwards. the action starts on thursday with qualification in some of the sports. 0ver my left hand shoulder in the hydro, women‘s gymnastics underwear, a couple of miles away at the velodrome laura kenney continues her comeback after giving birth to herfirst kenney continues her comeback after giving birth to her first child kenney continues her comeback after giving birth to herfirst child last year. when i first fell pregnant i think i was nervous about how to juggle think i was nervous about how to juggle being a mum with my career, because i knew deep down being a mum would always come first. i mean,

after giving birth my body com pletely after giving birth my body completely changed, you know. i couldn‘t train as hard as i wanted to in the gym because my bodyjust wasn‘t used to it, so it took a while to get back to full strength. yeah, iam while to get back to full strength. yeah, i am happy with where i am now. friday is when the action really gets going, though, with the first of 188 medal events taking place, and adam peaty, the olympic champion, is desperate annika beck impact after his shock defeat at the commonwealth games earlier in the year. —— desperate to make a big impact. sign as he had as a disappointment, a failure. —— impact. sign as he had as a disappointment, a failure. -- yes, i see it as a disappointment. look, it was learning curve, a mass of one at that. it almost gave me fuel, could've renewed me. i don'tjust like to win but i like to dominate. i expect some strong competition from europe but i willjust get the heats done and see what happens. the organisers hope this will become a regular event, every four years in the sporting calendar, but before

they can think about 2022 this event in glasgow and across in berlin as well needs to be a success, and you will be able to see extensive coverage a cross will be able to see extensive coverage across the bbc‘s tv and radio outlets as well as live coverage of every single event through the bbc sporting website from friday. let‘s take a look at some of the other sport stories today... just two days after becoming the first welshman to win the tour de france, geraint thomas has already crossed another finish line as the winner. he joined the likes of peter sagan and tour runner—up tom dumoulin at a criterium in the netherlands — his first since becoming tour champion. the fa is considering an england bid to host the 2030 world cup. the last major tournament played here was the 1996 european championship, 30 years after the only world cup to take place in england. wembley will host seven games during euro 2020, and the fa have a bid in to host the european women‘s championship in 2021. england captain dylan hartley will return to the england set—up this weekend as he continues his comeback from concussion.

hartley hasn‘t played since march, missing the end of the regular season and thejune series defeat in south africa. double commonwealth games gold medallist becky downie is out of the british gymnastics team for the european championships — that‘s after sustaining an injury in training. she‘ll be replaced in the squad by taeja james. now, it can be a source of frustration for parents up