after his rio 2016 success. the 25—year—old is back at the scene of his finest hour this week for the canoe slalom world championships. and although clarke is currently number four in the world, he admits to having doubts about his own ability, as our olympic sport reporter david mcdaid found out. joe clarke's rise has been as rapid as the waters he strives to master. once barely known outside the sport of canoe slalom, in 2016 he became a national hero. commentator: sensational! joe clarke has secured himself a medal. this week he goes back to rio to claim world gold to add to his olympic gold. excitement from performing their well. add to his olympic gold. excitement from performing theirwell. i'm expecting to go and bring home a medal. he hasn't always felt so self—assured. after the olympics eke

took a six—month break from the sport and struggled for form on his return. i'd lost all confidence. you start questioning whether your performances are at that level or whether it is a one—off performance. the fitness wasn't there and technique was dropping off as a result. times were lagging and that affects your mentality. you know that even if you put down your best run you are not capable of winning medals. he has turned things around claiming podium places since that olympic gold. it augurs well for the world championship and the tape towards the tokyo championships. it's about showing where you are nationally and internationally and building towards tokyo. this year i'm the most mentally, technically and physically ready for any competition than i have been before. the course sounds good to me. fingers crossed. with confidence

restored and form recovered, the medals arena could beckon. before we go we are going to head back to ryder cup preparations in paris as we take a look at what is sure to be one of the most testing holes at the le golf national this week. the rather tricky 16th hole. bbc 5live commentator conor mcnamara is our guide. take a look. you are going to hear an awful lot about how picturesque the golf course is here for the ryder cup. no less tha n course is here for the ryder cup. no less than here at the 16th. what a panorama. what a vista. oliver wilson, you have played in the ryder cup before. give us a sense how different it is from your regular tour? it's one of the biggest events in the world. comparing it to a normal tour event is almost impossible. this is a familiar course that we play on year after year but the way it is setup with

the infrastructure and the stands and everything. the atmosphere building before the tournament it's incredible. as an amateur, i see scary things to the right. an awful lot of sand. how intimidating is it? is there such precision that you are just worrying about a small landing zone. do they have the fear that we have about avoiding the water? those fears are still there. it is not the longest hole. it will play between 160 and 180 yards. downhill. there isa 160 and 180 yards. downhill. there is a massive pond that everyone will wa nt is a massive pond that everyone will want to get away from. it's quite tricky with the slope. if you stay away from the water it leaves a very tough put a band down from the left. it's tough. that said, they are the best players in the world. but nerves play a part. come sunday again or towards the end of the

matches, everybody is going to be a little bit edgy. oliver is going to be part of our commentary team. you can hear it across the weekend on radio five live. this is huge. this is the ryder cup. that's all from sportsday. it's the book that resulted in one of the most famous trials in british literary history. the copy of dh lawrence's lady chatterley‘s lover used by the judge who presided over the trial for obscenity in 1960 is to be sold at auction. it's predicted to fetch as much as 15 thousand pounds. our arts correspondent, rebecca jones reports. it's the book that changed britain. dh lawrence's novel about a passionate affair between an aristocrat and her husband's gamekeeper. played here in this television adaptation by richard madden, who recently starred in the hit drama bodyguard. although it was written in 1928, the novel had never been on sale here because of britain's

strict obscenity laws. in 1960, penguin tried to publish the book but the company was taken to court in a bid to stop its publication, as this bbc dramatisation of the sensational trial shows. is it a book that you would even wish your wife or servants to read? well, yes, it seems. thejudge's wife marked up the sexually explicit passages of the novel in her husband's copy. she wrote down the page numbers which featured lovemaking, and more lovemaking, as well as sections she considered coarse, on headed notepaper from the central criminal court. and have a look at this. she also hand—stitched a silk bag to conceal the book in. no doubt to prevent the press photographers from capturing an image of thejudge carrying the racy novel into court. the trial itself came to encapsulate the clash

between the old establishment and the new wave of liberalisation in britain. and penguin was acquitted. this represents such a key moment in our recent history, you know, the chatterley trial was such a moment at the opening of the 1960s, one of the great first moments for the permissive society. the book sold 200,000 copies on its first day of publication, and 2 million in two years. it was a novel everybody wanted, though book shops reported not everybody wanted to admit it. some of them just ask for lady c, some just give you three and six, and others ask for lady chatterley. this is far from the only copy of lady chatterley‘s lover to be read with particular attention to the sex scenes. but as the judge's copy, in one of the most notorious trials in british legal history, it is unique. rebecca jones, bbc news.

beyond 100 days coming up injust a moment. but now look at the weather the day got off to a pretty cool start but as far as the days are concerned, things have been warming up. temperatures up to around 23 degrees. parts of eastern scotland and northern ireland saw sunny skies and northern ireland saw sunny skies and temperatures in the low 20s. across north—western parts of scotla nd across north—western parts of scotland particularly we had outbreaks of rain. to the south of the weather front we have some pretty warm air in place. that's why temperatures rose so high today. even with warm air in place, the nights are long enough that if the

skies stay clear it will turn chilly. there could be some fog patches. further north, north—west england and northern ireland and particularly the north west of scotla nd particularly the north west of scotland will see further outbreaks of rain and it will be mild. we have some fog patches across central and southern areas. they should clear it then we should see some sunshine. the rain pushing southwards across scotla nd the rain pushing southwards across scotland and northern ireland. there will be a band of cloud left behind. north of that, the winds switch around north—westerly bringing cooler and fresh air. a much cooler day for the likes of aberdeen. to the south, again, 22 degrees. however, as we move out of thursday into friday, this frontal system will edge southwards. and north—westerly float developing. that will introduce cooler air across all parts of the uk. we can

wave goodbye to daytime temperatures in the 20s. there will be a fair amount of sunshine once we have pushed this band of cloud away. temperatures 14—16d at best. into the weekend, high—pressure looks set to dominate the scene. frontal systems trying to squash in from the northwest so a bit of rain and perhaps a breeze as well. saturday the sunniest day. some cool days and chilly night as well. you're watching beyond 100 days. the senatejudiciary committee is looking into new allegations of sexual assault against brett kavanaugh. a day before the committee is due to hold hearings to hear about another accusation, the news throws more confusion into the supreme court nomination. michael avenatti says he's the lawyer for the woman raising this new accusation. you may remember that name — he's also the lawyer for the porn star stormy daniels. donald trump has just

chaired his first session of the un security council — and fair to say it wasn't global peace and harmony. regrettably we found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election. also on the programme... one of the suspects linked to the nerve agent attack