around it so through the rest of this evening and tonight, heavy showers in the nuts south—west, pushing northwards for the odd rumble of thunder. some heavy rain for eastern scotland through tonight but it should be frost free with temperatures 5—10d. tomorrow, eastern scotland keeps heavy persistent rain, flooding issues here. away from eastern scotland, sunny spells and scattered showers. most of them will be across southern and south—western england. some sunshine for northern ireland, central parts of england, and temperatures io—isd. the tuesday, the winds turned to a northerly direction so things will turn colder. one or two shows the eastern england and top temperature is 7-13d. england and top temperature is 7—13d. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc news. the brexit party leader, nigel farage, says he is not

going to stand as a candidate in the general election. doi do i find doifind a do i find a seat, get myself in parliament will serve the cause better? i have decided the latter course is the right one. the government confirms the benefits freeze introduced by the conservatives three years ago will end next april. income tax will rise for the top 5 per cent of earners and there'll be increases to corporation tax, under a labour government, according to shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. 33 people have been injured in a coach crash in france — ii of them are british. a very good evening and welcome to sportsday — i'm richard askam. on the programme tonight

a horrific injury to everton‘s andre gomes marrs their 1—1 draw with spurs in the premier league. lewis hamilton has a date with destiny... he's on the brink of securing his sixth formula one world title in texas tonight. and great britain's women will defend their olympic hockey title next year after safely coming through their qualifying tie against chile. also coming up in the programme.. a hiccup for england's cricketers in their second t20 match in new zealand. and as south africa celebrate winning their third rugby world cup, a legendary springbok captain calls it their most significant ever. for the first time since 1995, again this country now is just celebrating something that is extraordinary and that has the power of sport.

good evening — lots to come with lewis hamilton expected to win his sixth formula one world title in the next few hours, but we start with the premier league, and some distressing scenes at goodison park where there was a horrific injury to everton‘s andre gomes. there was a long delay as the midfielder received treatment on the pitch. everton and spurs drew the game 1 all. joe lynskey reports. even the premier league superstars are only human. everton‘s man had just seen his to make his team—mate break his leg. they had not been in the league since january and they started this match in 13th place.

they hoped that their season was kick—starting. nicotine, his personal farm has been kick—starting. nicotine, his personalfarm has been slow kick—starting. nicotine, his personal farm has been slow to start going. soon, the argument was put in perspective. everton‘s portuguese midfielder, andrea gomez fell to the ground. park could not look. a red ca rd ground. park could not look. a red card for the south korean, it almost felt like a mercy. the time it took gomez to see clearly the field late everton 12 minutes to find a goal. it came last, but what ijust happen, the stadium had new priorities news of gomez could come later this evening, but those who sought up close and need every comfort. that was a very difficult moment for us as if it were, in her

dressing room under group, but we have to be strong. ijoe gomez will be strong and we will become strongerfor be strong and we will become stronger for sure. be strong and we will become strongerfor sure. —— be strong and we will become stronger for sure. —— andrea be strong and we will become strongerfor sure. —— andrea gomez will be strong. we are his quality. his professionalism has allowed a fantastic lad and everyone loves him and this football club and he will become stronger after this serious injury. that he has suffered this afternoon he will become stronger. i do not have any doubts about that all the support that we give him as all the support that we give him as a group will be big. and as soon as you can, we will take time. it was difficult to see. everyone at wishes him the best. it was difficult to say. and as sunny as one of the nicest people you would like to meet and he would not want to hurt elements of the p cannot even take as setup. it was sad to see. tears

everywhere. we had to try and pick each other up and like i said, the hollow tottenham centre best. we wish andre gomez all the best with his recovery. in the day's early kick off, leicester city continue their fine run of form under brendan rodgers. they of course thumped southampton 9—0 last time out, and today they travelled to crystal palace — michael redford was watching. after the record—breaking nine will win the foxes arrived knowing that this will bring them into top three. the eagles have been flying her themselves with one defeat in the last five matches. despite had been just around the corner, this match struggle to find any spike. jamie vardy with the best chance and if the opportunities. the second half began with a bang. a late challenge from jonny evans and he was perhaps fortu nate from jonny evans and he was perhaps fortunate only to get given illegal card. it was evans's depends a partner who finally lit up proceedings. —— given a yellow card.

most are silky when my time with a much more familiar name and that is ten now for the season forjamie vardy. ten now for the season forjamie va rdy. lester ten now for the season forjamie vardy. lester almost scored a third late on. the last time leicester won at this park was in march 2016. they went on to win the league that year. it feels like maybe there could be direct once again for brendan rodgers said. 11 games and, with native in really good start and the place will be getter. —— the players will get better. the supporters enjoy watching the team and getting them is good victories. we're certainly not getting carried away. it is a long season, but we have made a good start. leicester in great form and so. rangers are through to the final of the scottish league cup after they beat hearts at hampden park. filip helander scored the first goal of the game just before half—time.

alfredo morelos added a second early in the second half, before sealing the victory with his second of the game here to make it 3—0. rangers will face their glasgow rivals celtic in next month's final. to italy next, where the former manchester city and liverpool striker mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse. balotelli, who now plays for his hometown club brescia picked up the ball, kicked it into the stands and tried to leave during their game at hellas verona. the referee suspended play as part of uefa's anti—racism protocol. and after being persuaded to stay on the pitch by his team—mates , balotelli then scored his team's only goal in a 2—1defeat...and it was an absolute stunner. it is a huge night for lewis hamilton — he's on the verge of winning his sixth formula one world title, and he's almost certain to do it at tonight's us grand prix.

they're under way in texas, hamilton started fifth on the grid with the only many who can stop him today on pole — that's his mercedes team—mate valterri bottas. hamilton needs to finish in the top 8 to be certain of claiming the title. england's cricketers have lost the latest t20 on their tour of new zealand. they lost by 21 runs in wellington, with the five match series against the black caps now level at 1—1 as adam wild reports. they call the ground and eating the ca ke they call the ground and eating the cake tin and here was an england tea m cake tin and here was an england team bringing their own raw ingredient. the bowler on his england debut and take just a little time to warm up. at began his england career. it was the fielding that was letting england down. this, one of five catches dropped. others we re one of five catches dropped. others were rising to the challenge, here was lois gregory's first ball in international cricket, some start.

but i'm in new zealand were down, they had 176 on the board. i would include puzzling axemen respond cosmic went on a fell, with a petty personal —— how would england's batsmen respond? england were sloppy and getting their just batsmen respond? england were sloppy and getting theirjust deserts. adam wilde, bbc news. let's have a run through some of today's other sports news headlines, and... rory mcilroy‘s won his fourth tournament of the year. he came through a play off to beat defending champion xander schauffele at the world golf championship event in shanghai. ashleigh barty has picked up the biggest prize money ever offered in tennis by beating elina svitolina to claim the wta finals title. the australian world number one won in straight sets in shenzhen in china and was rewarded with a record £3.11 million. exeter chiefs overcame 3111 point deficit to beat worcester warriors by 2a

points to 20. harry williams got the cruicial try with five minutes to go at sixways. and there was a brilliant performance from kenya's joyciline jepkosgei at the new york marathon. she won the women's event, in what was her first ever competitive race at that distance. she almost broke the course record as well. one to watch for sure. it's been a great day for british hoickey. both the men's and the women's teams have qualified for next year's olympic games in tokyo. they did it by winning the second legs of their qualifying matches today, and katie shanahan was watching at lee valley in london. confidence was high amongst these home fans as great britain started to be day with a three—goal lead and a fit on the plane to tokyo.

gb may be the reigning olympic champions, but there are few familiar faces from the side that won in rio. a bright start was needed and they got it through tessa howard. the 20—year—old's neat finish settling any early nerves. these players need to make their own legacy is only seven golden girls remain. one of them is laura unsworth, whose touch of magic doubled their lead, showing she hasn't lost her spark. chile have never reached an olympic games — the pinnacle of this sport. in the final quarter, they managed to get a goal back, but it was little consolation. when you and we were disappointed not to come away with a medal. we knew we had to put in a tough few weeks and we are all working hard enough and is, we do not have many breaks, so we put any solid block of training and you can see the results and we're through to the olympics. it is job done for gb women as they had beaten chile 5—1 of the two games.

there was relief and joy out there as they know that they can defend their olympic title in tokyo. the men's turn was next. would they bejoining the women in japan? they took an advantage in today's qualifier against malaysia. alan burnside opened the scoring with a slight penalty flick for his 100 international goal. —— and forsyth will stop with the pace at the olympics has occurred for the men and women, there is a big nine months ahead. the stars of the south african rugby team are preparing to head home after that dominant win over england in the world cup final yesterday. one man proudly watching on in yokohama was their 1995 world cup winning francois pienaar. he's a man who knows all about iconic moments having lifted the webb ellis trophy alongside nelson mandela. but pienaar says that this win could be the most significant in springbok history.

immensely proud. the images and the m essa 9 es immensely proud. the images and the messages from back home is emotional. for the first time since 1995, again in this country now is just celebrating something that is extraordinary and that has the power of sport. everybody was glued to their television sets and when they lifted the cup, people just poured out into the streets and celebrated as one country, so they did such a tremendousjob as one country, so they did such a tremendous job yesterday, so very, very proud of them. in many terms, it is better than 1995, the team is transparent and at the first—ever black capped team. i was —— his story, coming from retention and what he has done his dad flying for the first time like to watch is in play. it is hollywood stuff —— the first—ever black captain of our team. in a moment it will be time

for click, but before we go, we loved this from match of the day last night — as gary lineker teased ian wright over the rumours he's about to head to the jungle, for i'm a celebrity, get me out of here. good night. city leave it late and wright is off to eat leaves. i looking forward to much that one or are you off? no, i will be watching that one. i will be watching it. norwich had come out of thejungle watching it. norwich had come out of the jungle that has the championship. it must be happy camp, i would have thought. annie, frank and his young team are passing all the trials at the moment. —— i mean, frank and his young team. hejust got it, eventually!