‘ should've ‘should've been wflr ‘sheuld've been making inroads. they should've been making inroads. the party's leader, jeremy corbyn, said he admitted voters who disagreed with his backing of brexit had deserted the party. but it was a great night for the liberal democrats. the green party, and over 500 independent candidates who all gain seats. in other news, the black at her star, sir tony robinson, has said he is quitting the labour party. —— the blackadder star. also later on bbc news come more than £100 million released by india's prime minister to help people in the east of the country affected by a huge cyclone. more than a million people have been ordered to leave their homes to escape winds reaching

speeds of 125 mph. new research shows that taking anti—hiv drugs stops gay men passing on the virus to sexual partners. ina in a moment, it will be time for sportsday. just going to show you some of the other stories coming up this evening on bbc news. just after 7pm, ona this evening on bbc news. just after 7pm, on a day of huge losses for the two main parties can closer look at the story in a couple of keenly fought areas at opposite ends of england. also tonight, a coroner calls for universities to destigmatize mental health issues after finding destigmatize mental health issues afterfinding a student destigmatize mental health issues after finding a student at the university of bath took his own life. and at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm, tomorrow's papers with our reviewers... some interesting headlines on the papers tomorrow.

that's all i had on bbc news. right now, let's catch up with the sport. hello and welcome to sportsday. thanks forjoining us. i'm holly hamilton. coming up: is this the end of the line for caster semenya's professional career? speculation she's run her final race. and she claims gold in doha. i will be looking at what could be a big weekend in premier league. manchester city could be crowned champions by monday night. and it's the old hands against the first timers. we look ahead to the women's fa cup final that pits holders manchester city against a west ham side in their first season as a professional team. also coming up in the programme: we'll be at the crucible theatre in sheffield, where david gilbert has a commanding lead overfour—time champion john higgins in the semi—finals. and jofra archer gets his first

international wicket as england have got themselves into a hole in their one day international against ireland in malahide. good evening — welcome to the programme. we begin in doha, where caster semenya may have just won her final professional 800 metres. she's hinted she may "walk away" from competition after the court of arbitration sided with athletics‘ governing body to keep strict limitations on testosterone levels in women. it could mean as of next week, the two—time olympic champion would have to take hormone supressing medication if she wants to race. adam wild has more. while the arguments and the acrimony continues to run on, so too for the time being does caster semenya. for

how much longer? after the events of recent days, semenya's presence in doha is significant. what happens next, even more so. doha is significant. what happens next, even more so. on wednesday, the double dipping champion lost a landmark case against athletics governing body, meaning it will be allowed to restrict testosterone levels in female runners. now she, and other athletes with differences of sexual develop is, must either ta ke of sexual develop is, must either take medication or change to another distance. such as commission is a proportionate means of achieving the objective of preserving the integrity of female athletics. in response, semenya said she knew... as usually complex, controversial issue, at least for most watching on. i think it's pretty straightforward, injurious report for any international federation in

sport. athletics has two classifications. it has age, it has gender. we are fiercely protective of both and i'm really grateful that the court of arbitration has upheld that principle. semenya is, of course comes to at this diamond league meeting in doha and can still make an appeal about the ruling. at cryptic messages on social media yesterday made her future beyond that even more unclear. with so many questions, semenya's character insert this evening has again taken centre stage. given the circumstances, even making the startling was an achievement. and after a ll startling was an achievement. and after all the words, it was time for the action to speak. even in a competitive field, the rest were left in some and you's wake. —— in semenya's way. without recent run, the attention turns to where semenya turns next. hers is a journey which teams which are much further to

travel. injusta injust a few in just a few minutes, speaking after that race in doha, caster semenya says she has no interest in retiring. more on that story on the bbc sport website. big weekend of premier league football to come. just a couple of games left now, and manchester city could be crowned champions on monday night if results go their way over the next few days. austin halewood's got more details. one of the fiercest title races in history that i can remember. it could actually be all over in the next few days, hard to believe. could actually be all over in the next few days, hard to believem is. it could all be over by monday night, because manchester city are the team and the driving seat and they could be crowned champions on monday. if you look at the table, we can see it here right at the top. manchester city are in the lead come a point ahead of liverpool, just the one point in that. so let's see weekend's fixtures. the people are

away at newcastle on saturday in the late kick—off wall city host leicester in theirfinal late kick—off wall city host leicester in their final premier league season match at home. what are the permutations? if the ruble loose at newcastle and city beat leicester on monday night, city will be the champions for the second season be the champions for the second season in a row. and what a blow that would be for liverpool after they were messi in barcelona. deliverable bosley jurgen they were messi in barcelona. deliverable bosleyjurgen klopp say is the most need to much picking up —— liverpool bossjurgen klopp. is the most need to much picking up —— liverpool bossjurgen kloppm is... come on, go on! that is in us. we knew it. you cannot go into barcelona 3—0 up to macro it is not like this. if you want to have everything, you need to come if you

wa nt everything, you need to come if you want to win, you need to accept the rules. that's how it is. on sunday, manchester united travel to huddersfield. and today, ole gunnar solskjaer has given david de gea confidence. he has got confidence from his manager. he will play against huddersfield on sunday. his been a nightmare —— it has been a nightmare couple of weeks. he has played 123 matches. in those five seasons, he is only made three errors that have directly led to goals. he has made the same amount in the last four matches. he has averaged 2.5 goals conceded in those three matches. before that, the average is 1.11. the former manchester united midfielder paul schools has been around for a while. he knows what players have to be

through at the top. he told the bbc he would stick with de gea is. he is having a bad time at the minute. we all know that. would you have said this a few weeks ago, a year at two ago, that he's been... he's been one of the best of manchester united. without him, it would not be anywhere near where they have been, finished in the league last for five years. asked about that bottom of the table matter, that could be resolved. it is a straight shoot out between cardiff city and brighton. brighton are four points clear of brighton are four points clear of brighton in 18th. —— brighton are four points clear of carta. cardiff need to win both of those games if they want to stand any chance of staying up. brighton, two draws would be enough of them, but they are difficult games. look at these. arsenal away in manchester city at

home. as for cardiff, their manager once his team to put up a big fight. we have to be a good palace side first. that's all you can ask. we can't look at anything else. it would be lovely to go to old trafford and to win the game there, give us something to do rather than disco out for the game. with two games to go, we have nothing to lose. i don't want us to be tepid. i wa nt lose. i don't want us to be tepid. i want to a go, really. i will be disappointed if we don't have a go tomorrow. bus to be decided this weekend. -- lots to be decided. everton play burley tonight. austin cummings very much. —— austin hale would, thanks very much. it's always been a key date in the diary for women's football but tomorrow's fa cup final is set to break records. more than 50,000 tickets have been

sold for the fixture between west ham and manchester city — as the defending champions look to do the double. our reporterjo currie has more. just 12 months ago, west ham were playing the third tier of women's football. but after heavy investment from the club, they recruited a new squad of professional players and we re squad of professional players and were awarded a spot in the super league, i nowjust 90 minutes away from a first major trophy. the main aim was to survive in the league. and to stay in it. we did that by christmas. and then obviously, i remember going, girls, we can have a big cup run. it will be fantastic regardless of what happens, if we win, if we lose, whatever. i am so glad to be a west ham player. standing in west ham's wacom of the, formidable opponents. manchester city. they have artie won the league cup and are yet to lose a domestic game this season. they will start as heavy favourites. i respect west ham for the journey they have been on the season and he players they have as part of their squad. we have to make sure we run it and give our

best performance that we can. over 52,000 tickets have been sold for this final which will be a record. many of these west ham players will be the biggest crowd —— for many of these west ham players come it will be the biggest car they have played in front of. we are going to go into wembley on friday, get that out of the way, so when we get there the players can country on theirjobs. tomorrow's occasion starts a month before the women's world cup gets under way in france. this could be the start of a very successful summer. delighted to say i'm joined by former england international sue smith. there is a danger of thinking of this is a bit of a david and goliath but this will be a remarkable achievement for west ham. unbelievable achievement. it is the first time as a full—time professional clu b first time as a full—time professional club in the top league, the fact that i think matt beard, the fact that i think matt beard, the manager, delete service a lot of credit. desh deserves a lot of

credit. desh deserves a lot of credit. he seems to have just got it right. that said nothingness is there. —— the togetherness is there. you can see the togetherness there in the first asian. it's a fantastic achievement and i think matt beard and the players deserve a lot of credit. of course manchester city are the favourites. they have done it, they play international football. they will be used to that whole occasion. yes, they are favoured but i think west ham will certainly put up a good account of themselves. city, they are yet to lose a domestic game this season. they will be looking for silverware. definitely full topic they've spoken about that. they're so disappointed they could not get that league title. —— definitely. they've already spoken. to miss out on the league after going unbeaten so far, i think, it hurt them because they

are winners. they want to win everything they go into. label 100% be going into this final thinking this and more silverware for the clu b this and more silverware for the club and they were 100% be wanting to make sure they get their hands on the trophy stop with the final taking place at wembley once again —— on the trophy. i would love to of played an fa cup final therefore tied by didn't. the tickets are £15 foran tied by didn't. the tickets are £15 for an adult. it's free... i would say to anybody, if you have not got a ticket, go and support the teams. the atmosphere is great. the fact that now come every season, we are getting more and more people wanting to come and watch the women's fa cup final shows there is an appetite there for women's football, and if we can keep continue to grow it, it shows how important the women's game is toa shows how important the women's game is to a lot of fans now around the country. in its... we vet the world cupjust

country. in its... we vet the world cup just around the corner. elin picks after that. it's fantastic. it's fantastic. —— the olympics after that. you want to play in fa cup final. you don't the international —— the international players will be playing in france. england coming off the back of winning the super league cup. they are going out there with a belief that they can go on and win the tournament. you think that will really have an impact back in the country, in the league i'm hopefully more fans will come and watch it. country, in the league i'm hopefully more fans will come and watch itm all more fans will come and watch itm a ll starts more fans will come and watch itm all starts tomorrow. the farewell stories —— fairy tale stories. the youngest football bus, as he's been dubbed. it's great. as you say, which creates more interest around the game. the whole fact that he is 18 years old and he is in charge of a football team, but i think we have to give credit that they are putting in that investment to west ham. they

allow matt be a 2—out and get the players that he wants. i think they will finish mid table in the league but they will probably do something in the competitions and the fact they've got to a final, i think they we re they've got to a final, i think they were looking more like a year, then year after, unbelievable. have you got a prediction? i've actually got manchester city 2—0, because of the experience of the city players. i'm going for a 2—0 city win. experience of the city players. i'm going for a 2-0 city win. sue smith, thank you very much. and you can of course watch that coverage on bbc one from 5:10pm tomorrow. o nto onto cricket now, and glenn are in trouble. the match was reduced to 45 overs. anthem time, and spot the new boy.

singing is always optional. jofra archer did play a part in the first wicket of the day, catching. the dangerous ball sterling out for 33, one of three wickets for tom curran. but why does archer excite england? this. 90 miles an hour to dismiss. is liam plunkett‘s place under third cosmic for wickets for him today, furthering his case too. his name was also an opportunity for ireland players. —— the scheme was also an opportunity. the catch to get rid of james vince would certainly grace the world cup. the bowlerjosh little was making his debut. and what a delight to get eoin morgan out like this! new 19090 wyndham england were in an awful mess. if this match had begun to some kind of world cup trial, it became an intense competition. joe wilson, bbc news.

and this is the score as it stands right now. england 123—6, with 13 overs left to go, and live commentary is available right now on five life support extra. —— five life support extra. to the crucible theatre in sheffield next, where the 16th seed david gilbert has opened up a really good lead over the four—time champion john higgins in their semifinal. favourite judd trump's also in action against qualifier gary wilson. hazel irvine and the team are watching on. middle section of our semifinal, betweenjudge middle section of our semifinal, between judge trump and middle section of our semifinal, betweenjudge trump and our qualifier gary wilson. what was your view of the wayjudge trump turned on the afterburners? -- judd trump. he did. he found something after the interval. he found another gear. and

he really imposed himself on the match, that i was waiting for it to happen, and he did for that forgive stretch. he did indeed but so much character from gary wilson. stretch. he did indeed but so much characterfrom gary wilson. 77 break. he is still very much in this one. a very important one to win, the last one. gary wilson, evil, should be very pleased with himself even though he finds himself behind. he just had to turn the tables of it. two long sessions potentially tomorrow. a very busy saturday for them. in our other semifinal, tomorrow. a very busy saturday for them. in our othersemifinal, a third session this evening, and fascinating, because dave gilbert is a fourframe fascinating, because dave gilbert is a four frame advantage over the four—time champion john higgins a four frame advantage over the four—time championjohn higgins for some how do you view the importance of this one tonight? i thinkjohn higgins is under massive pressure tonight. he has to win this session.

if you lose it 5—3, can you come back from six frames behind? i don't know. huge session tonight. how much are we going to learn about dave gilbert's temperaments on the big stage? dave gilbert has been playing good snicker. it is an intriguing evening ahead. you can share it on bbc two and on the red button and online as well from 7pm. now for a quick round up of today's other sports news. johanna konta has reached the first clay court final of her career at the morocco open in rabat. the british number one beat the australian fourth seed ajla tomljanovic in straight sets. britain's lizzie deignan finished in the pack in the opening stage of the women's tour de yorkshire.

the former world champion was racing in britain for the first time since the birth of her daughter. the stage was won by dutch rider lorena wiebes. and leicester tigers could condemn newcastle falcons to relegation from rugby union's premiership if they beat harlequins tonight. both newcastle and leicester have been close to the drop in recent weeks, but the tigers just need two more points to make themselves safe. great britain's inventors are dominating after the badminton horse trials. six other british writers in the top ten. it's the cross—country phase of the equestrian trial. welcome to badminton. the biggest, boldest, most prestigious of all the events and majors from all over the world. the very best and only the very best get here. this is to a venting what wimbledon is to tennis,

acosta to golf, and we have artie had the dressage. we have this, the endurance phase. it's called the cross—country. peace writer has to write around the course almost as long as the grand national over. —— each writer has to. to find out what is like to take on this famous course, and what it is going to be like and! course, and what it is going to be like and i have a couple of first—timers here. you have both that really interesting stories. you're the on youngest competitor here, and you've got a fascinating story. you only took up writing eight years ago... my dad had riding lessons book... for them, not for you. pretty much from there onto my was hooked on you would really. it

is pretty crazy. david is another first timer. you've also got an interesting story. your horse you are writing here at act i is the same horse you competed on in the grassroots. this is like someone in the people cosmic to fake up finding themselves in the real fa cup at wembley —— in the people's fa cup. the last thing i hear... i will show what i can do. best of luck with the cross—country. you have already beaten quite a few big names here at badminton. it all gets under way at 11:30am tomorrow. you can follow coverage on the bbc red button from 11:20am. best of luck to you. tomorrow sees the final of the irish cup. in what is set to be a real david and goliath showdown, premiership giants crusaders take on championship underdogs

ballinamallard united — a team based in a small village in county fermanagh, with less than 3000 inhabitants. the odds may be stacked against them but the ‘mighty ducks' are still daring to dream. thomas niblock reports. dreams of winning and irish cup are not supposed to be for children of ballinamallard. the 2019 journey will come to an end saturday, potentially the greatest day in the club's history. the mighty ducks are confident. i've been supporting them since i was four years old, and i hopefully, we do when the cop. i'm looking forward for them to win and i want it to be an exciting match. and we get money and we get new players, so it would help us a lot. it's a wonderful community. i think there's, we are seeing now people, what football means to them. but the fa ct what football means to them. but the fact that through the medium of football, that is what he can bring

tojust the smiles on people cosmic faces, the energy around the place. the fact that you have so many groups of people outside of the club now wanting to know what is going on, and almost what is the secret of our success. on, and almost what is the secret of our success. ballinamallard were relegated from the local game's top flight relegated from the local game's top flight last year. on saturday's match, they take on crusaders. they are better resourced and big favourites to win. but ballinamallard believe. favourites to win. but ballinamallard believelj favourites to win. but ballinamallard believe. i always say, challenger players. the first thing when i came, put kits on and challenge them. you've got down syndrome, children with autism. those challenge the absolutely relish them. i love the way you stretch us. that is what i want to do, stretch these boys. whatever happens on saturday, it's a huge learning for them, and it will stay

with them for the rest of their lives. lives that could change forever on something as simple as a win tomorrow. we do love an underdog story here, don't we? returned to our top story now, castor semenya winning in ballinamallard. —— winning in ballinamallard. —— winning in ballinamallard. —— winning in doha for such is been speaking straight after that race and here's what she had to say.|j have a goal. the go i want to fulfil comedy goal i want to achieve. at the moment, what i would say is i am going to keep on doing what i do best, which is running. willl see you here in doha? what you going to do? it doesn't matter at the moment. with a situation at this, you can never tell the future for the only

thing you know is that you will be running. there is more on that story on the bbc sport website. just a quick update from the cricket. england 146—6 the last check. chasing ireland's 199 england 146—6 the last check. chasing ireland's199 in the one—off, one day international in dublin. commentary continues but thatis dublin. commentary continues but that is all from sportsday. enjoy the rest of your evening. goodbye. good evening. whether across the uk is on the change. we have artie seen the first signs of it today, or felted. this arctic air pushing its way steadily southwards. this weather front was slowly clear all by the southern counties tonight. still the odd spot of rain here. clear skies elsewhere. that's going to allow the subject to fall away,

close to freezing and places, so a light frost not out of the question to the north and west. a chilly start, maybe some early moaning sunshine. it's not expected to last. this brisk wind driving some showers. some of those further in the end as well. further west, a notable breeze but not quite as strong. here, fewer showers. tem ptress strong. here, fewer showers. temptress perhaps a bit warmer. on the east coast, vector and the strength of the wind, it will continue to feel quite cold. it looks as of the will be a good deal of dry, if not cloudy weather around, on sunday. a good deal brighterfor monday. we ask, what drives this news to silence? join us at 7:45pm.

this is bbc news, the headlines at 7pm: voters send a clear message to westminster, as the conservatives and labour lose hundreds of seats in the local elections. some of them we re the local elections. some of them were local factors, and some where people probably disagreeing with both parties on attitudes towards the eu. these were always going to be difficult results, elections for us. be difficult results, elections for us. with us nine years into a government. of course, there is the added dimension that we haven't got the brexit deal over the line at. but it was a great line for the lib dems, the green party and over 500

independent candidates, who gained seats.