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at different colleges in london and the midlands. yet after a lifetime apart, the memories of their time in powis live on. i mean, i feel as if we haven't really missed a time, you know? yeah. you know, we've both had completely different lives. it makes me very grateful i've lived so long. exactly, exactly. and you may find it hard to believe it's already been a year since we celebrated the wonderful wedding of prince harry and meghan, and to celebrate their anniversary the royal couple have released a number of unseen from that special day. in a video they've shared on social media, there are new images of meghan with her mother —
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in that famous dress we all remember. we can see harry with his brother william, both in their wedding suits, and there is even a touching image of megan, with her new father—in—law prince charles. they released the images on their instagram account, thanking all their followers around the world for making the day even more meaningful. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. a bit more warmth in the sun has led to showers developing widely over the past hour or two and those showers will linger into the evening and become fewer and lighter overnight. we will keep a lot of cloud across the north and west of scotland into northern ireland. there's a lot of low cloud in the north sea, lapping onto the coast and that will head further inland so a misty and murky start to the morning, a bit like this morning and then the sun comes out. that triggers some warmth which in turn triggers some showers, quite a few for northern ireland, over the hills of scotland and wales, down the spine of england, temperatures similar to today. on monday it may start off chillier
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out towards western areas of the uk, fewer showers, most places will be dry, a risk of one or two showers developing across eastern england, bit of rain for northern scotland, those temperatures aren't changing much, once again with light winds it will feel warm in the sunshine. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may promises mps a ‘bold' new offer on brexit, to try to get her deal through parliament before she leaves office. security sources in egypt say at least 17 people have been injured, in a blast appearing to target a tourist bus. the new national rail summer timetable has come into effect today — train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer. president trump has intervened in the debate on abortion — as states across the country prepare new restrictions on the procedure.
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now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. chris woakes takes a ‘five—fer‘ as england beat pakistan. in the fifth and final one day international. ‘it‘s the right time‘ — captain vincent kompa ny leaves manchester city after 11 years and it's been a great week but britain'sjohanna konta falls just short in the italian open final.
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hello. england's cricketers have sealed a 4—0 series win over pakistan as the build up for this summer's home world cup, stays perfectly on course. england posted another high score of 351. before their bowlers also made a strong impression, as they sealed a 5k run win at headingley. patrick gearey reports. the next time you see england cricketers crossing the boundary, there will be walking into the biggest tournament of their lives. they will be the favourite for the world so young world cup come after four years in which they did not just raise the ceiling, but at times smashed the roofing. whether owen or joe, this is a team that is seeing score runs all over the place. today they threatened another monumental total, but sometimes the higher, the wobbly are the foundations. after they went for 84, they followed.
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england stalled, and still scored 351. somehow. if there is a question mark amid the exclamation marks, it's around england's here was chris's answer. the first of three wickets in his first two overs, pakistan studied themselves, but we re pakistan studied themselves, but were then sparred for the chorus. crickets equivalent of a back field finish. this is the final whistle, england takes the series for nail. next england takes the series for nail. n ext sto p england takes the series for nail. next stop world cup. patrick erie, bbc news. "one of the greatest players, leaders and role models" — a man who "defines the essence of the club" — those, are some of the tributes given to manchester city's vincent kompany.the club captain has announced he is leaving the etihad stadium to become player/manager at the club where he started his career, anderlecht, in his native belgium. kompany bows out after helping city to win an unprecedented domestic treble in english men's football. our correspondent katie gornall reports.
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at the heart of this thriving city, there has always been a solid company. yesterday's fa cup was the tenth and final major honour, they finished with all three domestic trophies, something no english men's tea m trophies, something no english men's team had done before. it's the best team in the world for me, you know? to set such a high standard for such a long period of time, i'm not talking one year, i'm talking two is running. what a team, what a privilege. the morning after celebrating coming he told the world he would be leaving, and a statement he would be leaving, and a statement he said it still doesn't feel real. manchester city has given me everything. i tried to give back as much as i possibly could. hejoined the club in 2008, week before the ta keover the club in 2008, week before the takeover by the abu dhabi —based, which would transform city. in 2012, he became the first city player to lift truck to mac top division trophy and 44 years, and he went on to win three more league titles, two fa and four league cups. perhaps a
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company moment which will live longest and memories happened inside his final two weeks at the club. 0h his final two weeks at the club. oh my goodness me! they won the game, and put company into premier league folklore. the biggest contribution that any player has ever made to the club. every buddy loves them and everybody respects him. his next up will be retracing his steps, he's going back to his boyhood club to be player manager, city will miss a part of their modern soul, but company says himself, this is no goodbye, it's a see you later. i'm sure he will be missed. that's katie there. kilmarnock scored a late winner against rangers to clinch third spot in the scottish premiership. they looked to be missing out with aberdeen beating hibernian, but three minutes from time, stephen o'donnell had his shirt pulled inside the penalty area. giving kelly a great chance. eamonn brophy rifled home the penalty to earn killie a 2—1win and their first season in europe since 2001.
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after the game kilmarnock boss steve clarke hinted strongly this would be his last game, having been heavily linked to the vacant scotland job. celtic rounded off another title winning campaign by beating hearts 2—1. mikeyjohnston bookended the scoring at celtic park. before they received the title there. british number one johanna konta says ‘she's pleased with her progress'. despite defeat in the final of the italian open... it was one of her biggest career matches to date but the world number four kiki bertens proved a bridge too far. rhia chohan watched konta's 6—3, 6—4 defeat. you have to go back to 1971 for the last time a british woman reached the italian open final. johann oco nto the italian open final. johann oconto was excited, because regardless of whether she would follow in the footsteps of virginia wade, she had found the form and depth to beat to top ten players to
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get here. at the nerves of what was writing on this showed a shot into the net handed care lena a break in her opener, that some couldn't watch. sharper fewer errors, her opener, that some couldn't watch. sharperfewer errors, the world number seven served up the first set 6—3. warmed up by the second set, the british number one stood firm, but it was just for a moment. she had her eyes on the prize, and is swinging, and the check never looked back. she couldn't recover losing the set, the wait for herfirst couldn't recover losing the set, the wait for her first title continues, the trophy in her hands, but now seated at the french open, the british player leaves with a plate of confidence going into next week. rafael nadal comprehensively beaten novak djokovic 6—0, 4—6, 6—1 to claim his ninth rome masters title earlier today. the spaniard raced through the first set in just 39 minutes, the first 6—love between the rivals in 141 previous sets.
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djokovic did manage to force the match to a deciding set, but nadal was dominant, winning in two hours and 25 minutes in the last tournament before the french open later this month. it is just over a month until wimbledon and this year, will see less matches postponed because of the weather. as today saw the new roof for court one unveiled. the second roof of wimbledon cost 70 million pounds and took three years to complete it will only take ten minutes to close with another 20 for the air conditioning to fully acclimatise the stadium for indoor play. rain meant the roof was needed for today's celebration event, which included musical perfromances and matches with tennis legends including john mcenroe and martina navratilova. this years tournament starts on the firstjuly great britain's women picked up only their second win of hockey's pro league event in london, beating belgium
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2-0. grace balsdon and lily owww—sley scored the goals at london's lee valley hockey centre. the victory moves them up to sixth in the table. great britain's men were soundly beaten by world champions belgium in their match though. their 4—0 defeat drops them to fourth in the pro league standings, while belgium go top... five—time moto gp world champion marc marquez has increased his lead at the top of the rider's standings with victory in the french grand prix at le mans. marquez finished almost two seconds clear of italy's andrea dovizioso, with danilo petrucci third. it's marquez‘s third victory in the last four races and means he is now eight points clear in the overall standings. solvenia's primoz roglic emerged as the overwhelming favourite for the giro d'italia title. with a stunning win in today's ninth stage — a near 35 kilometre individual time trial. he was 11 seconds clear
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on the stopwatch, finishing in 51 minutes, 52 seconds. and claimed his second stage victory in this year's race. the win lifts him up to second in the overall standings, one minute and 50 seconds behind italy's valerio conti with 12 stages remaining. britain's tom daley has finished third in the men's 10m platform final at the world series in london. this last dive wasn't quite enough to claim a silver medal. china's yang hao won the event, with his countryman lian junjie finishing second. daley already has a gold at this world series, having won the 10m synchro with partner matty lee earlier this week. an emotional ama abweze has said she still wants to carry on playing international netball after being omitted from england's world cup squad. agbeze captained england to commonwealth games gold last year. head coach tracey neville will announce her 12—strong squad on thursday.
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i'm hoping that they do really well, andi i'm hoping that they do really well, and i would be part of it, but still, hopefully it still there in spirit, and hopefully i'll be able to watch one of the games if i don't end up crying like this. but yeah, i'm definitely disappointed, but it's, i don't know that that's a performance sports. sometimes you win, and sometimes you don't. boxing fans, like me, may be dreaming of a superfight between deontay wilder and britain's anthony joshua one day. and the american continues show why it would be so hotly anticipated. he's added to his incredible record with a first round knockout of his countryman, dominic b reazea le. wilder now has 41 winds from 42 fights, with a single draw against britain's tyson fury. meanwhile, joshua fights next against andy ruinr
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on the 1st ofjune in new york. i'm an intelligent fighter in the ring, they say speed is power, if you have power on top of speed, it's, i don't know what to call my right hand any more. the hammer of thor! the hammer of thor! the hammer of thor! the hammerof the hammer of thor! so what next for wilder ? his manager says that a fight with britain's tyson fury or anthony joshua will "probably" take place next year. the three heavyweights are signed to different us broadcasters, making negotiations more difficult. fury took to instagram earlier today. the browns bomber is the most fearsome, most destructive puncher in the heavyweight division, but it's just a pity that he had to lose to the gypsy kings. anyone who stands in for dion to while there, he will knock them out. the onto wilder is the second baddest man on
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the planet behind the gypsy cane, aka tyson furey, the number one heavyweight in the world. nobody can beat me. can't be touched. boom. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening, including all the latest from the final round of the uspga tournament in new york, where runaway leader brooks koepka hasjust teed off but now on the news channel it's time for the film review. see you later. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode.

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