alonso will retire at the end of the year, after he failed to secure a deal away from the mclaren team, but red bull boss christian horner insists they haven't offered him a contract since 2007. alonso said horner had apologised by email for previous comments, claiming he's difficult to work with, and he hopes he'll apologise again this weekend. on the track though, formula one is back from its summer break. ferrari's kimi raikkonen seems to have benefitted most from the rest, clocking the quickest time of the day in practice for the belgian grand prix. he was a tenth ahead championship leader lewis hamilton, with sebastian vettel down in fifth. he was a tenth ahead championship leader lewis hamilton, with sebastian vettel down in fifth. they called me in the summer. completely out of context. they had been chasing me in the last seven years and now they say that they are

loyal to their programme and their commitments and they junior drivers, and it has been cleared and unfair to me. great britain's women have reached their first ever final at the wheelchair basketball world championships in hamburg. they put on a dominant performance to beat the hosts germnay 60—37. co—captain helen freeman, the team's longest serving player, led from the front putting up 31 points for the team. great britain's women will face either the netherlands or china in tomorrow's final. it is absolutely amazing. the first time we have ever got to the championship final, and after a game where everyone worked so well together against a strong german side, i couldn't be any happier. britain's men also made it thorugh to the world championships final after beating iran 86 points to 63 in their semi—final. they'll face rio 2016 paralympic champions, the usa in sunday's final. doesn't feel real. haven't many

words at the minute, feels amazing. the first time in 16 years that this tea m the first time in 16 years that this team has got to a final so no matter what happens we can go into that game and make history. we will be hoping to go one better and we are going in with full confidence and still believes that we can challenge for the gold medal. there s been further success for great britain at the canoeing world championships in portugal with lizzie broughton and jeanette chipping—ton claiming silver and bronze medals. it takes the british team s total to five with two days of competition still to go. there for us is bbc olympic reporter nick hope. it has been another stunning day here today was the temperature ranging around the mid 30s all week, today no exception which hasn't made it easy for the competitors. it was a little cooler this morning when jea nette a little cooler this morning when jeanette cherrington took to the water. she is the reigning paralympic champion of the k—1200 metres event, but the 48—year—old

couldn't quite keep pace with the ukrainian leader who took gold. she missed out on silver by a quarter of a second. it is good to see the sport moving forward so that pushes me on as always, but i am really chuffed. sad to lose your world championship title but there's always next year. rob oliver was an agonising fourth in the final but better news for gb in the women's able—bodied k—1 final featuring leslie wharton. she is traditionally a marathon distance specialist but showed talent for the sprints as well. she surprised even herself. initially i was just looking to make the final and i was thinking top five would be good, and it wasn't until the last 100 metres that idealised where i was. it is amazing. coming off over the weekend jea nette amazing. coming off over the weekend jeanette chadlington is back in action on saturday and going head—to—head with fellow paralympic champion, that should be

fascinating, the best of the action on the bbc sport website. this gb have already added six medals to their tally on day five of the european para athletics championships in berlin. david devine won great britain's first track medal of the day with victory in the t13 5000—metres. that's on top of the silver he won in the 1500m earlier in the week. there's also been double medal success for poly maton. she's added t47100m bronze to the long jump bronze she won this morning. is my coach has said i read this just go to the front and control for four kand just go to the front and control for four k and get ready to go with two la ps to four k and get ready to go with two laps to go one that is exactly what idid. laps to go one that is exactly what i did. one of the spanish guys went past me a few times but deliver half a lap each time, so i made up, exactly how i wanted it to go. catalans dragons are the rank outsiders to win tomorrow's challenge cup final against warrington. catalans are appearing in the final for only the second time, while warrington will be aiming to win rugby league stop prize for a ninth time.

but the french club — who are only 18 years old — are aiming to upset the odds and write another chapter in their short history. dave woods has been to the club to find out more about them. the catalan dragons, formed of two historic clubs, founding members of the french championship. the merged initially under the name utc and got a cce pta nce initially under the name utc and got acceptance into super league which changed their name to the club we know today. you were the man who brought the teams together. how difficult was it to merge the two clu bs 7 difficult was it to merge the two clubs? i thought it would have been harder but actually it went very well. it was a great necessity for the two clubs to join together for the two clubs to join together for the start of the rugby union and i think it is what saved the rugby league years and more importantly it

was the birth of a new great club, cata la n was the birth of a new great club, catalan dragons. it was impossible at first but it was because it was impossible that they did it and it is funny to think that a few years after being merged, those two clubs finally went to wembley, which is a very big thing. good running, still glowing! ears over! 2007, we were up for the final. it was amazing. very loud and it was very impressive. for the final. it was amazing. very loud and it was very impressivelj was loud and it was very impressive.” was so loud and it was very impressive.” was so desperate after the game and i kept saying to myself, maybe, but we will never come back to wembley. more than ten years after, here we are.

i knew we were ready for that game, we prepare really well. a performance like that is not by accident. it doesn'tjust happen. the reaction of the fans up to the semifinal, very fanatical. they are eitherup or down, no semifinal, very fanatical. they are either up or down, no real in between, where their heart on their sleeves constantly and will let you know when you're doing well and not so know when you're doing well and not so well. it is a working—class area. the south of france is a beautiful place and the sun is out on the beaches are there, but it is not an afflue nt beaches are there, but it is not an affluent area. it is a tough area and people work extremely hard for their money and you expect the team to represent the type of people that live here. full coverage of the final across the bbc for you. and finally sussex sharks are the second side

through to the t20 blast finals day after they won their quarter final against durham jets by five wickets. the key wicket for the sharks was that of england all—rounder ben stokes, who'd looked well set before falling lbw to will beer. durham finished on 140 and sussex got there comfortably thanks to 63 from laurie evans who hit the winning runs. lancashire lightning reached the semis last night. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

with me are the political commentator giles kenningham and nicola bartlett, political correspondent at the daily mirror. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i weekend reports on the sex assault claims against the former first minister alex salmond as police confirm an investigation is ongoing. he denies the allegations. the daily mirror leads with claims from the daughter of a couple who died while on holiday in egypt, she raises questions over their deaths. the daily express also has the same story — as kelly ormerod believes her parents didn't die from natural causes. the daily mail says the plastic bag tax is set to be extended to all shops, with the levy increasing from 5 to 10 pence. it's the same lead on the daily telegraph too, which it describes at prime minister theresa may's war on plastic. a picture of the notting hill

carnival queen ahead of this weekend's events which will see metal detecting knife arches for the first time. the main story on the ft weekend is about senior executives leaving tsb following a disastrous it upgrade in april. the independent say half a billion pounds of annual science funding will be lost in the event of a no—deal brexit. a variety of stories making the front page of saturday's papers. as you can see, no clear lead across the hall of them. a big variety taking the prime spot, but let's see what our reviewers make of all of this. let's start with the daily mirror, huge holiday season at the moment but this leading a few of the papers as a holiday horror.m moment but this leading a few of the papers as a holiday horror. it is absolutely your worst nightmare, this couple, john and susan cooper,

oi'i this couple, john and susan cooper, ona dream this couple, john and susan cooper, on a dream holiday with their daughter and grandchildren and they have both died. what we have got is a very emotional interview with doctor kelly, daughter, who describes watching them die before high—rise, doctors tried to save them but they were unable to, and she says she doesn't believe that they died of natural causes. thomas cook, who they booked with and to have run a lot of holidays at this hotel, have ta ken have run a lot of holidays at this hotel, have taken guests out of the hotel, have taken guests out of the hotel, the kind of precautionary measure, but they obviously don't know at the moment what has caused this tragedy to happen. and for holiday—makers there are heading out with thomas cook it is all about trying to reassure people and get some answers because as you are hearing, nobody seems quite sure what has happened but the daughter

is convinced something is not quite right. it is a huge hotspot for holiday—makers, more than 300,000 went last year and the daily mirror has accounts of other holiday—makers talking about being hit by food poisoning, ear infections, it doesn't seem like isolated incidents. perhaps not unprecedented forup to incidents. perhaps not unprecedented for up to the operator to pull eve ryo ne for up to the operator to pull everyone out, so not great for egypt's's image. there is already a question over whether you should also quite disturbing. and some of the accounts talking about people being poorly, mention of somebody who apparently contracted typhoid, but it is that hearsay moment for people are seeing, we were there and this happened but we don't have it quite pieced together. that is one of the reasons thomas cook have acted as we have, which is to take a dramatic step just to reassure

people who might be staying there are due to go, so they are not worried about using these accounts from other people, because as you say, you just don't know what the moment. it is one of the stories that more will gradually, it may be a slow process. the daily mail also has that story but then something more mundane but something that affects all of us, the plastic bag tax, things changing and getting more pricey. talking about doubling the levy from 5p more pricey. talking about doubling the levy from sp to 10p, introduced in 2015, and perceived to be incredibly successful, and the daily mail quotes that plastic bag usage has fallen from 7.5 billion to just 1 billion since introduced, much of the money going to good causes, the tories having seen the need to reach out to the green lobby and woo young

voters so this is obviously testa m e nt to voters so this is obviously testament to the fact they think it is working but also trying to get ahead of labour. just before i let nicola end, are you good, do you ta ke nicola end, are you good, do you take the bag for life? sometimes, not all the time. my son is better than me. what about you? i am terrible, i have huge stack of bags because i always forget.” terrible, i have huge stack of bags because i always forget. i wonder whether that point the money goes to good causes has not been plugged and not quite realised. it is not obligatory. i think shops are encouraged. some of them celebrate it more than others, and it is interesting, this policy obviously was quite dramatic when it was introduced because it affects everyone so much, every time you go, and it is interesting to see the tories try to use attacks the change

behaviour, and obviously it has changed behaviour, the cuts in the amount of plastic bags used, despite our forgetfulness, is having an effect, and with this whole green agenda, as it were, making a comeback, very big under david cameron and then fell by the wayside, but michael gove, as environment secretary, has picked it up environment secretary, has picked it up again. it is one of these areas where it gets people talking a little bit because it is these things that you use all the time, whether plastic bags or plastic straws. it is hard to argue against it. but going from 5p straws. it is hard to argue against it. but going from sp to 10p. and into every shop. corner shops didn't have to do it. it wasjust the big supermarkets. it'll be interesting how public opinion with that.