this is bbc news. time for the latest headlines. two russian men have gone on state tv to deny carrying out a nerve agent attack in salisbury, claiming they were tourists who happen to be there at the time. the government has published the latest badge of contingency measures being prepared in case there is no brexit deal. westminster bridge attack inquest hears how a romanian tourist almost jumped into the thames to search for his girlfriend after the attack. and an exclusive bbc report reveals how one in five young people consider themselves to be a young carer whose families depend on them for everyday living. and preparing for everyday living. and preparing for hurricane florence, the eastern seaboard of the united states gets ready as forecasters say high rainfall and storm surges could trigger life—threatening floods. ina trigger life—threatening floods. in a moment, it is time for sportsday, first a look at what else is coming up this evening. we will

have more reaction to the interview given by those two suspects in the salisbury nerve agent attack, speaking on russian state television. after an exclusive bbc report showing one in five young people seen themselves as carers, we speak to a former care about her experience. and ken starr, the man whose report led to the impeachment of ball clinton, has written a book about that investigation. we will hear from that later. that is ahead. now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm chris mitchell. coming up. sorry finally sealed the county championship. paul collingwood gets emotional as he is over. announcing

it to the boys that i was retiring from cricket was pretty emotional, to be honest, i was a bit of a blubbering wreck. simon yates bowls onto his lead at the tour of spain with just two meaningful stages to go. and we meet the 17—year—old using instagram to dress football's biggest names. surrey beat worcester by three wickets earlier today to seal the title. andy swiss was watching. what an afternoon it has been here

for surrey as they wrapped up the title in slightly more nerve—racking style tha n title in slightly more nerve—racking style than they would have wanted. a middle order wobbled before rikki clarke and many more call saw them home and you can see what it meant. their first county championship since 2002 and once again in this match, best man was captain rory burns. a century in the first innings, half—century today. he is the top run scorer in the country. a lot of people are touting him as the successof lot of people are touting him as the successor to alastair cook at the top of the england batting and afterwards, he told mejust top of the england batting and afterwards, he told me just what this title means to him. we are just absolutely delighted, it is the one eve ryo ne absolutely delighted, it is the one everyone wants to win and to do it, we are delighted. a little bit more nerve—racking than you would have wa nted nerve—racking than you would have wanted at six down, seven down? definitely, especially when you have to watch. i could have done with being there at the end and it would have made it slightly easier. i was watching most of the time on my

phone and jinking coffee to distract myself but it was nice to get over the line. rory burns widely tipped for an england call—up and a ringing endorsement today from a man who knows about opening the batting for his country, alec stewart. it should not be a discussion, i know they have got to pick the squad but rory burns should be into that squad straightaway. he has done it for four years and this year, he is an even better player and he has scored heavily and when it matters both at the oval and away from home which is nearly 90 away from the oval this year which against big volumes. here'sa year which against big volumes. here's a quick learner and he has earned the right to play. what season earned the right to play. what seasonit earned the right to play. what season it has been for the burns! and four surrey. the last time they won the title in 2002, it was their third title in four years and they we re third title in four years and they were the kings of county cricket. they will now hope that this title can be the springboard to another in a row of domestic dominance. yes, the kings again. and you can

read about the game and surrey‘s triumph on the bbc website and you will find the league tables because after losing, worcester 20 points from safety with just two games to play. paul collingwood — the former england one—day captain — is retiring at the end of the season. it's 22 years since he made his first—class debut and he's done a lot in that time. he played in 68 test matches. he was part of three ashes—winning sides. and he led england to victory at the world t20 eight years ago. it's a lot to give up and he says it wasn't easy to say goodbye. it isa it is a bit sad. you know, ex—players always tell you they know when the time has come to retire and yesterday, announcing it to the boys that i was retiring from cricket was a pretty emotional time. i was a bit ofa a pretty emotional time. i was a bit of a blubbering wreck. but yes, i think everybody realises it is time now, the club realise that, i

realise that. i have put all my effo rts realise that. i have put all my efforts in over the last however many years i have been playing the game. that is going to be two more games. i have put all my energies into the club, into my playing career and there comes a time where you don't have much energy left. and i think it is good for durham and for myself that i move on and they get a new leader in the dressing room and hopefully, move on and do some special things. like we have donein some special things. like we have done in the past 20 years or so.“ you want to say goodbye to paul collingwood, his final game at the age of 42 will be with durham at home to middlesex on september 24. simon yates has maintained his lead at the vuelta a espa a leading by 25 seconds as we head towards the

processional root in madrid. if he holds onto the lead and wins, it would be a ground—breaking yearfor cycling, as we now report. mr raine could be where british cycling makes its latest breakthrough. the spanish mountains are the home of the vuelta a espa a, the last of the year's three grand tours and holding the last titles, chris froome and geraint thomas. my simon yates could com plete geraint thomas. my simon yates could complete the set. never before has britain had three different winners of cycling's three—week marathons and this would be a year to cherish. yates's job on and this would be a year to cherish. yates'sjob on stage 18 and this would be a year to cherish. yates's job on stage 18 was to stay in touch. the route was too fat to be decisive. instead, the fun and the race to win the stage and is two riders who broke clear from the start knowing the sprinters were coming. as it swung into town, they held off the charge, behind and belgium's rider getting the first

win of his career. two more days coming up when the mountains will be backin coming up when the mountains will be back in play. for yates and british ports, historic victory is now on the horizon. what a year it could be! yates holds onto his 25 second lead in the general classification with two more competitive stages left before we reach madrid on sunday. yates's nearest challenge is from kayden urmston—bancroft, of spain, 25 seconds behind. still to come... we meet the premier league ‘s personal shopper. still to come... we meet the premier league 's personal shopper. two days before the world cup final, i got facetime from paul pogba who i had never spoken to before. mesut ozil bought from the year ago. i sold him through one of his pr people or someone. through one of his pr people or someone. he is only 17! more on that ina bit. the build—up to the big fight

in las vegas continues. it's a rematch saul canelo alvarez against gennady golovkin. ade adedoyin is there for us. records could be broken, couldn't they? the middleweight division historically has produced the greatest fighters of all time, sugar ray robinson in the 1950s, carlos monza in the 1970s and marvin hagler in the 1980s and bernhard hopkins is jointly holds records for most consecutive title defenders, champion between 1995 and 2005. history will be made on saturday if golovkin wins because he will set a new mark for most consecutive defences in that division. i am speaking from the media centre where they were doing the rounds earlier and hopkins told me he rates golovkin as a top 20 middleweight and even if he does set a new mark

on saturday night, their records stand the same. to compare to any other fighter except for marvellous marvin hagman. and look at the titles and the recognition of the titles i had, it was wba, the number one wba with the wbc and the number one wc belt. the ibf belt. it was not the region, it was not watered down sanctioning bodies to give you a belt. saying, you are not the real champion, you the champion default. we don't do that. not in history. in history, it says, if you are the guy, you are the guide. history says he is the quy the guide. history says he is the guy on saturday, then i am not going to lose sleepover it. 0k, to lose sleepover it. ok, i think mr hopkins is saying that perhaps he thinks he is the better fighter no matter what happens on saturday! you have been

speaking to lots of the big names in boxing. you just met up with oscar de la hoya, what did he say about this? yes, he is mexican as well and he says mexico is anticipating this contest. you might hit clattering plates, that is because i am in the media centre and they are getting ready to feed lunch. de la hoya says this is as an important fight for both men and boxing and the first was controversial because it was a draw and people bought golovkin was the winner and he says we need a decisive victory, boxing needs a knockout. the light has gone out on you but the lights will be on on saturday night in las vegas! have a good time! see you later. other stories now. britain's kelly sotherton will be awarded her bronze medal from the beijing games at the team gb ball in london on thursday. she's been upgraded from fifth to third in the heptathlon after two rivals failed drugs tests. england's georgia hall is three—shots off the lead after the first round of the evian

championship. hall is 3—under par. england netball star beth cobden has signed for adelaide thunderbirds, having spent the last three seasons with loughborough lightning. she's the latest commonwealth gold medallist to move to australia. the former f1 champion kimi raikonnen says it wasn't his decision to leave ferrari and join sauber at the end of the season. he was asked whether he'd agreed to the move and whether sauber be competitive next season. why are you trying to make it so complicated? why are you trying to make it so complicated ? i why are you trying to make it so complicated? i mean, i don't know anything more than you guys were they will be finishing. i don't know what could happen, nobody knows what will be happening next year. what comes to the cars and change. we will see what we can do. obviously,

i have my reasons and that is enough for me. the tottenham goalkeeper will carry on as the club's captain, despite his recent drink—drive conviction. hugo lloris will play no part in saturday's opening premier league game, though. the spurs keeper is injured so tottenham — in fifth — face the leaders, liverpool, in the day's big game without their choice keeper, or deli alli, who is also injured. the spurs boss says liverpool are one of the best team's in europe right now. liverpool, for me, is one of the best teams in europe, not only in england. i have very good players. great manager. and of course, they will be a very tough opening. and of course, it is going to demand a lot of energy for is and is to have a very good performance if we want to be close to winning. manchester city's women

are in champion's league action this evening. they've just kicked off in spain. atletico madrid. no score as yet. the hearts manager craig levein will decide on friday if he will be in the dugout for saturday's trip to motherwell following his recent health scare. levein was admitted to hospital last month and spent two days in edinburgh royal infirmary's coronary care unit. my my daughter said to me, dad, this is the best decision you ever made! it has been overwhelming really. people keeping in touch and i feel a has been overwhelming really. people keeping in touch and ifeel a lot better, i am stronger every day. i have not 100% made my mind whether will be in the dugout or not. i still feel a bit lacking in energy. but i will make that decision. depression in football is much more widespread

than people might realise. that s according to the former bolton and burnley striker marvin sordell. sordell — who played for the england under—21s and team gb at the olympics — is now with the league one side burton albion. for years, during the peak of his career, sordell had depression, he attempted to take his life ? and kept it a secret from the clubs he played for. he told the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire about the effect its had on his career, and how writing poetry helped. the birds are singing. the flowers are blooming. it is all so beautiful. sky clouds over, but the car is still in my control. swimming anxiously from lane to lane while the glorious sunshine turned string. many people know football is an industry where it is not something thatis industry where it is not something that is talked about, people don't talk about feelings and emotions. i think that is rife amongst men in general anyway. but i was not really

sure how that would affect me playing and the opportunities i would have. should professional football clu bs would have. should professional football clubs employ counsellors?” think so. and i think it is something that the pfa and the fa need to address. and i think even if it is not, even if someone is not directly employed by the club, i think if they are a member of the clu b think if they are a member of the club and not employed by the fa or the pfa for example, i think these people need to be around on a daily basis to be a part of the staff and the group and to understand the players and to know. because these are professional people who know the difference between somebody having a down day and somebody who is actually suffering from a mental health issue. the pfa says more football players are using their welfare services but they still have to make members aware of what is in place. if you

have been affected by depression, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support on the bbc action line website. if you're a premier league footballer these days, not only do you have to play well on pitch, you have to look good off it, too. fashion and football are close friends these days. but the stars need help, help to find the right look and help to find the right clothes. that's where sam morgan comes in. the teenager's been telling us how instagram and fortnite helped him become a personal shopper for some of football's biggest names, including paul pogba, kevin de bruyne and dele alli. i enjoy the hustle and getting the sale and i broadcast on whatsapp. kyle walker just text at me. sale and i broadcast on whatsapp. kyle walkerjust text at me. i would just answer quickly. i have always been selling and when i was 12 and

13, icame been selling and when i was 12 and 13, i came home every day with e3. it is the same now but on a much bigger scale. from chris, it is the same now but on a much biggerscale. from chris, i it is the same now but on a much bigger scale. from chris, i got rees, they have gone out on loan, one of them was friends with as three who introduced me to kyle walker and that was my breakthrough. from there, i got multiple spurs players like dele alli. from him, i have been introduced to multiple england people. it's nobles from one player to another and as long as you are providing a service, that is it. you are set. i got facetime from paul pogba before the world cup who i have never spoken to before and he was saying, you the one benji has told me about, i have been trying to connect through on time. i was thinking, i should connect through on time. i was thinking, ishould be connect through on time. i was thinking, i should be the one trying to connect you! two days after the world cup final, i got the eurostar to paris and he had multiple gucci

jackets and vintage glasses. i got off the train straight to the team hotel where everyone stayed the night before because they were with the president in paris. ijust rocked up and delivered everything to paul and chilled. alex lacazette told his friend about me because he saw him wearing his clothes and said, where did you get that and he said, there is a little kid that lives near as, little kid as if! kid that lives near as, little kid as if i was 12. aubemayang contacted me. our message pieere and said, let me. our message pieere and said, let me know if you need anything. he message me back saying that... got his number and send photos on whatsapp and the day after, i was with him. mesut 0zil bought from me a year ago. i sold to him through one of his pr people. it could be a com plete one of his pr people. it could be a complete lie, trying to get a discount to sell to mesut 0zil the

day mesut 0zil signed his contract for arsenal, he was wearing the off—white piece i sold to him which is one out of 30 made in the world. sensational story! and you can hear more from sam on his dealings with the premier league elite on the premier league show tonight — that's on bbc2 at 10pm. perhaps he could come