onto a news programme? that is a fair comment. it's a busy morning for many people, on a saturday. people have the tv in the corner of the kitchen, someone will be screaming that they have lost their car keys. i wonder if you could read us something? because you say poetry should be for crazy times as well as calm times. it's a poem about climate change and clean air, something you were talking about earlier — it's called in praise of air. "i write in praise of air, i was six or five when a conjurer "opened my knotted fist and i held in my palm the whole of the sky. "i carried it with me ever since. "let air be a major god, its being and touch, "its breastmilk always tilted to the lips, both dragonfly "and boeing dangle in its

see—through nothingness. "among the jumbled bric—a—brac i keep a padlocked treasure chest "of empty space and on days when thoughts are fuddled with smog "or civilisation crosses the street with a white handkerchief "over its mouth, and cars blow kisses to our lips from theirs, "i turn the key, throw back the lid, breathe deep. "my first word, everyone‘s first word, was air." the new poet laureate there, simon armitage. a huge waterspout surprised singapore residents on saturday morning. as it would! videos were posted on social media showing the waterspout swirling in the southern shore of the island. witnesses say it was seen for around 20 minutes. the local rnvironment agency say there are generally three waterspout occu rances each year. they form when strong

winds occur over water. we always like to keep the weather geeks happy. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. it has been a day of sunshine and showers with dramatic clouds filling the skies across central and eastern england, clouds like these, cumulonimbus clouds threatening skipton in north yorkshire. thanks to our viewer for sending that weather watcher picture in. now those showers lasting across eastern england for a time during the next few hours so there are still some heavy downpours around, potentially a rumble of thunder, but essentially those showers will fade away as we go through the night, and with light winds and clearing skies it will be a cold night, cold enough for temperatures in the towns and cities to get down to low single figures but head out into the countryside and you will notice some blue on the charts, yes, there will be patches of frost to start the day on sunday, so a chilly start to things, but plenty of sunshine throughout the day across most of the country thanks to high pressure building. that said, high cloud in the western isles making the sunshine hazy and showers for the northern isles, but otherwise dry. 16 in edinburgh and manchester,

17 in cardiff and london. that is your weather.

hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: the un says houthi rebels in yemen appear to be honouring a pledge to withdraw troops from key ports, opening a lifeline for millions of people facing famine. three gunmen have stormed a five—star hotel in the pakistani province of balochistan, killing at least one person. concerns over climate change might restrict the growth of flying in the uk, according to a senior civil servant. a 73—year—old man who was shot with a crossbow bolt in north wales last month has died. fly—tipping in england is up by nearly 40% in the past five years. the local government association says nobody has yet been given the maximum sentence.

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me gavin ramjaun. the headlines this evening: the top two in european rugby go head to head. it's the champions cup final between leinster and saracens. jos buttler smashes the second quickest one—day hundred by an england player, but pakistan respond well in the second one day international in southampton. it's advantage aston villa in their championship play—off semifinal against west brom. they won the first leg 2—1 at villa park. also coming up in the programme: it's a hat—trick of pole positions for valtteri bottas as once again he gets the better of his mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton, who'll start tomorrow's spanish grand prix from second on the grid.

hello and welcome. the final of rugby's champions cup is taking place in newcastle with two heavyweights of the game going head to head. saracens up against leinster. leinster hoping to become the first side to win europe's top competition five times. saracens lead 13—10. leinster started strongly, tadhg furlong's try helping them to a 10—0 lead. but saracens were level at halftime, thanks to this converted try from sean maitland in the final seconds of the half. saracens have just taken the lead thanks to a penalty from owen farrell. sarries are unbeaten in the competition so far this season. but leinster have won the last three encounters between the sides in the champions cup.

it's been a great day for the batsmen so far in the second one dayer with pakistan fairing well in chasing down 374 to beat england in southampton. england got off to a flyer with openers jonny bairstow and jason roy both passing 50, the latter making 87. superb work from jason roy. the innings was given real impotus at the end withjos buttler clubbing an unbeaten century as the home side posted 373 for 3. in reply, pakistan's opener fakhar zaman has kept pakistan in with a strong chance of winning with a century of his own. he eventually perished for 138 and was followed back to the pavilion not long astra by his team—mate for 51. it will be a tight finish. this is how it looks at the moment. pakistan on 299—4, so they need 75-40 pakistan on 299—4, so they need 75—40 balls.

it's shaping to be a real cracking finish to the football season. european cup finals to come. the premier league finale tomorrow. and today, the start of the championship playoffs. norwich and sheffield united are already up. let's see what happened in the first semifinal between aston villa and west brom. michael redford reports. with a place in the premier league on offer, the championship play—offs are never short of drama. throw in the added element of a west midlands derby and this match had an extra spark. an early goal would have settled any pre—match nerves, a combination of fingertips and crossbar denied jay rodriguez and west brom that luxury. with so much at stake, pressure can affect even the most experienced players. veteran glenn whelan with a rare mistake, and west brom's player of the year dwight gayle making him pay. chances were few and far between for both sides. one moment can change a match and substitute conor hourihane provided it. four minutes later, aston villa were ahead, jack grealish brought down, penalty. a massive moment in the tie, tammy abraham calmness personified.

it would get worse for west brom before full—time, gayle shown a second yellow card and sent off for this challenge. he will miss the next leg on tuesday. aston villa are a step closer to a second successive play—off final. so advantage villa in the first game. leeds are playing derby in the other championship play—off semifinal. they're well into the second half. leeds united are winning. kemar roofe with the goal. leeds, who came third in the table, on terrible run of form, picking upjust one point in their last four league games. derby, on the other hand, have only lost once in the last 12. leeds united currently winning1—0 away at derby county. sunderland ta ke away at derby county. sunderland take on portsmouth later on. it is a repeat of the fl trophy final, where portsmouth won on penalties. —— efl

trophy final. salford have been promoted to the football league for the first time in their history. they beat afc fylde 3—0 at wembley in the final of the national league playoffs. emmanuel dieseruvwe putting salford ahead. and it was 2—0 shortly after halftime. carl piergianni with the header. and salford had a third moments later. ibou touray‘s fortunate finish sealing victory. a day to remember for the squad, and david beckham, ryan giggs, nicky butt, and gary and phil neville who all own a share of the club. to the scottish premiership now. kilmarnock are back into third. they beat hibs1—0. eamonn brophy with a 32nd minute penalty. aberdeen had earlier gone third with a win over hearts. kenny miller scored the only goal for already relegated dundee who ended a run of ten straight defeats with victory at livingston. stjohnstone secured seventh place with a comfortable victory over nearest rivals motherwell. and it finished 1—1 in the game between inverness and ayr united in the scottish championship playoff quarterfinal. inverness win 11—2 on

aggregate to go through. they face dundee united in the premiership play—off semifinal. arsenal women secured the women's super league back in april in front of a new record wsl crowd of 5,265. they've dominated all season, losing only twice. and today, they beat manchester city 1—0 to end city's unbeaten season. arsenal finishing their campaign with 18 victories in 20 games. miriam walker—khan has more. the gunners have waited seven years to lift the wsl trophy. that is a long time for the most decorated club in english women's football. but this year has been a breeze. they only lost two games all season and when they were already guaranteed the title with a game to go, the celebrations were never in doubt. a stunning emma mitchell left—footed shot in the 88th minute somehow found the top corner. but it meant more than just 1—0. a consolation prize for manchester city was that they had not lost a game all year.

that was until today. as fate would have it, those bragging rights taken away by the champions. this makes it the 15th time arsenal have won in the top flight since 1993, and the first since the arrival of the manager, joe montemurro. for the gunners, it is back to winning ways. despite that defeat manchester city still finish second in the table. liverpool beat everton 3—1. chelsea won 3—2 at reading to secure third place. brighton won 4—0 at west ham, while already relegated yeovil town ladies went down 2—0 at home to birmingham. don't forget you can watch all the action on the women's football show via the red button at 9 o'clock this evening. mercedes valtteri bottas will start on pole position for the formula 1 grand prix in barcelona on sunday after beating team—mate lewis hamilton to go top of the great in qualifying. nick parrott has the

details. formula 1 drivers do thousands of laps during pre—season testing at barcelona, but despite the familiarity, it can still catch you out. those who struggled ranged from the experienced like nico hulkenberg to the rookie briton george russell. at the sharp end, valtteri bottas was looking more comfortable than ever. his mercedes team could not catch ferrari during pre—season testing but look invincible now. at the end of the second session, the finnish driver broke the track record and at the start of the final one, he did it again. in the other mercedes, world champion lewis hamilton was looking ragged. the british driver usually reigns in spain but was dethroned by more than half a second. the one—point gap between them in the championship looks set to grow. i really enjoyed that, i enjoyed the adrenaline rush you get from those laps, so i am very pleased. practice was difficult with the spin, so we have moved on. i did not get the laps together so the last couple of laps were,

in 03 in particular, they were not strong. i had to go out early because i came in too early and had a low battery pack, so i had to go out ahead of everyone, but it was not a good enoughjob. with the ferrari of sebastian vettel a distant third, the season is shaping up to be a two horse race between the mercedes team—mates. in rugby league, championship side bradford shocked super league leeds rhinos to reach the quarterfinals of the challenge cup. bradford led 22 points to 1a at half—time, mikey wood with this tryjust before the break. the rhinos almost forced extra—time when tom briscoe crossed late on, but liam sutcliffe‘s conversion hit the post and the bulls held on to record a 211—22 victory. so a real shock there at bradford. what a win for the bulls! also through to the quarterfinals are cataland dragons, after they thrashed doncaster, and hull kingston rovers, who won at salford red devils

the iaaf world relays are being held in tokyo this weekend. it's the fourth edition of the event, which takes place every world championship year. and it was a great start for team gb. the women's 4 x 400 team qualified for the final, bagging the second qualifying spot, after poland caught emily diamond in the last few metres. the men's 4 x 400 team also qualified, after finishing third in their heat. but team gb didn't qualify for the mixed 4 x 400 final, after their heat was dominated by canada, germany and kenya. the mixed four by four is a new event, and it will be included in the 2020 olympics in tokyo. gb men, however, did make it through, beating both brazil and jamaica to win their heat. and they crossed the line in a world—lead of 38.11 the reigning world champions last medalled at the world relays back in 2014, when they won bronze. britain's women failed to qualify, and will now have to rely on world rankings if they are to qualify for

the world championships in