he's just signed a new contract that will take him beyond his 44th birthday. kent had originally decided to let him go but a spectacular late season run of form made them change their mind. patrick gearey reports. summer is into its final innings and cricket is about to hide beneath the covers. one player refuses to accept ot in‘s advance. covers. one player refuses to accept ot in's advance. i am darren stevens andi ot in's advance. i am darren stevens and i am a3. ot in's advance. i am darren stevens and i am 43. next season stevens will become england's oldest professional cricketer. in the last couple of games he has looked like one of the best. 445 runs. kent were going to release him but now they have given him a new contract. he will be kept out of the house at least one more summer. will be kept out of the house at least one more summer. happy wife, happy life. a lot of questions have been asked about why i am carrying on. ifeel like i have a lot to give any big thing is i still have the

drive and desire to do well and i wa nt to drive and desire to do well and i want to win games of cricket for kent, so why give it up? one astonishing match at headingley, he smashed 237 scoring more than a run a ball. after the brilliance was done, he set up an amazing victory. i think done, he set up an amazing victory. ithinki done, he set up an amazing victory. i think i was trying to prove a point. there was a rumour going around i was not getting any runs andi around i was not getting any runs and i was struggling a bit. i suppose there was a point to prove, i knew i could get big runs. i love just getting out there and competing against the county's best. stevens will have to go some to beat the likes of wg grace. brian close was 45 when he was battered by bounces from the west indian bowlers. in the modern game only somerset‘s marcus trescothick is older. he is finally leaving the crease while stevens plays on. he is a good kid. i know

he is the elder statesman in our dressing room but he is young at heart and i think that is why he is playing at the ets. how long can he go on for? who knows. but the way i finish this summer i have no intention of retiring any time soon. i don't think i should do. personally, for kent cricket, if we are winning games of cricket, why retire? so the close of play is delayed. darren stevens, 43, defiantly not out. so cricketers going strong their 40's, boxers in their 50's, luke matheson is just a teenager starting out in his sport, the 16—year—old defender is rochdale's youngest player and last night was boy's own stuff, he scored the equaliser at old trafford to force a penalty shoot out against manchester united. they lost and luke was back in school this morning, he has just started his a' levels after passing io gcse's last month.

i love learning, it is what i want to do because football is not a guarantee, you don't know what could happen. you can be the best player in the world but you never know what could happen. anything is possible so could happen. anything is possible soi could happen. anything is possible so i want to make sure i have that back—up plan, just in case. that is a wise head to end sports day. they will athletic championships start tomorrow, coverage across the bbc. the woman's marathon just before midnight local time. that is it. we'll have more throughout the evening. for me and the rest of the team, goodbye. more now on our top story, boris johnson is refusing to apologise for

his language after he was accused of inflaming divisions in the country over brexit. the prime minister faced widespread criticism for using words such as a surrender and betrayal during an angry debate in the commons last night. in the past hourjeremy corbyn has been reacting and has said his language has been encouraging others to act any disgraceful and abusive way. there isa disgraceful and abusive way. there is a rough and tumble in politics, there is bad language used and i made it clear today, members in our party should think about their language and think about it very carefully. there is increasing threats being made on the streets, increasing abuse being made of those elected to office, both leave and remain supporting mps are getting a lot of abuse and a lot of death threats. jo cox was murdered on the streets of her constituency during the eu referendum. her neighbouring mp raised the question in parliament yesterday, her successor as mp

raised the question in parliament yesterday, and the response of the prime minister was hardly empathetic towards what had happened or are realising the enormity of a public figure being assassinated on the street of their constituency and said, this is humbug. sorry, that is not acceptable and the prime minister refused to come to parliament today to answer questions that have been put directly to him. are you seriously saying that boris johnson's words are putting mp's lives at risk? i am saying mps using the excessive emotive language, betrayal, surrender, all these things about negotiations with the european union, create any atmosphere in which some people take it to unbelievable extremes, and i think people need to tone down the rhetoric, engage in the politics, engage in the issue of the problem ofa no engage in the issue of the problem of a no deal exit, the problems of

medicine supplies, food supplies, the problems of exports of our goods. engage with that and understand why people voted remain and why people voted reeve. those that wanted security and those that felt they had been offered nothing by the british political establishment. it sounds like you are blaming boris johnson establishment. it sounds like you are blaming borisjohnson for making mps less safe but without being willing to name them. the prime minister pass language is encouraging people to behave any disgraceful and abusive way towards other public figures. i have witnessed it myself on the streets in this country. we will have plenty of other views at eight o'clock. any moment it is time for a beyond 100 days, but first a look at the weather and here is helen. good evening. it's been another showery day, and the rain and showers this week have more than made up for the dry start to september, but we have more to come. we are watching this massive cloud brewing up in the atlantic. that's the next very

significant rainmaker, but even ahead of that, this area of low pressure is going to throw more showers our way in the next 24 hours. but the system as we head towards the weekend is going to bring with it the risk of some gales as well, they will coincide with a full moon, and therefore high tide, so we could have coastal flooding, as well as other flooding with as much as 100—150 mm of rain coming some parts way. so it's a very showery picture out there through the rest of the evening. overnight, we tend to ease back a little bit to the coastline, but again, they gather force towards the end of the night close to that area of low pressure. i think the notable thing about tonight it will be cooler, cooler for northern ireland, cooler for scotland, most definitely as the winds are ligher here, there could be mist and shallow fog towards morning. and then the rush hour sees some heavier showers, lengthier spells of rain torrential downpours, gusty winds near the showers, but otherwise, the light regime of winds in the north means the showers will be slow—moving, whilst further south, they should push through more quickly. of course there will be some sunshine in between the showers, it will feel pleasant enough outside the wind and the showers, but it will be a cooler day, compared with today, compared

with recent days. temperatures just a degree or two down. now that one area of low pressure moves out into the north sea, and as we go through saturday, we watch that next rainmaker coming in, it's got some tropical air mixed in amongst it, hence the concern that we will see an awful lot of rain coming our way this weekend. initially, it's showery, and those showers ease somewhat during the day on saturday ahead of that developing area of low pressure. as well as rain coming into the southern and western areas as we go through the afternoon, a strengthening wind. so through saturday night, the potential for some gales, even severe gales, and with the full moon, the high tides, some potential coastal flooding as well. and a look, itjust drags its heels, then moves out of the north sea, and then behind it, we get a strong northerly wind hitting the east coast through sunday and into the start of monday. so really wet start for many of us sunday, it does look set to ease a little and perhaps for northern scotland, we escape the worst of the rain anyway, but some uncertainty on its positioning. what we will find is that northerly wind coming in behind will make it feel really quite chilly in comparison. and has the potential for gales or severe gale

force winds by then down the north sea coasts. the warnings are on the website. bye— bye.

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