for me, whether that is the shining lights and on the big west end stage, or if it's maybe back here helping and inspiring other young people to follow their dreams and kind of do what makes them happy. that report there from our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it has been a hot and humid for some parts of the country again with temperatures not quite as high as yesterday, around 29 degrees because we have seen more cloud and more thundery downpours and this time gci’oss thundery downpours and this time across the midlands and parts of wales and southern england there has been over 12,000 lightning strikes together with torrential downpours and some localised flooding as well. let me put the cloud on that, and you can see there is more cloud gci’oss you can see there is more cloud across the north—east of scotland and north—east of england as well and north—east of england as well and here in county durham, under the cloud, it's only been 16 degrees. we

will see a similar contrast in the next couple of days. 0vernight we have more of these thundery downpours threatening southern parts of the uk and elsewhere we will see me stand low cloud reforming and developing more widely in this muggy airand it will developing more widely in this muggy air and it will be another uncomfortable night for sleeping on the southward with temperatures no lower than 18 or 19 degrees. tomorrow starts grey and misty in places and we should get sunshine coming through but we are likely to find a risk of further thundery downpours in wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern england. in the sunshine, we will find temperatures in the mid 20s, so not as hot as today, 26 properly the top temperature and if you are in the cloud in the north—east of scotland 01’ cloud in the north—east of scotland or england it will be cooler again. as we head into the weekend, spot the difference on saturday. again, southern parts of the uk that run the risk of picking up localised flooding because of the torrential thundery downpours, and some sunshine around in the temperatures between 21 and 25 degrees, so not

changing much through the weekend but there is some rain around, longer spells of rain, may be heavy and thundery heading north and into northern england and northern ireland and a top temperature of 25 celsius. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good evening.

hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. england gained a crucial wickets against pakistan, but rain interru pts against pakistan, but rain interrupts the first day of the test in southampton. late drama in first of the quarter finals of the champions league, with psg into the semi's. can we expect more of the same tonight? and chris froome puts a brave face on another disappointing day at the criterium du dauphine.

also coming up in the programme... frustrations for the five time champion ronnie 0'sullivan, as mark selby gains the upper hand in their world championship semi. and when is it ok to not take the knee? we'll be discussing the symobolic gesture as sport continues to battle against racial prejudice. hello there, and welcome to sportsday. england's bowlers have been held back by the bad weather in southampton today, on the first day of their second test with pakistan. much of the day was lost to the rain — but they still managed to take five wickets, with two forjames anderson. let's head to henry moeran, who's at the ageas bowl for us. a breakthrough for england after lunch, how pleased

will they be about taking those wickets considering the weather? i think they'll be thrilled with the position they are in after this first day, considering the amount of time that we've lost. the players headed off the field for the second time around about two hours ago. they've not returned since. we've got word that is it for the day, so no further play available on this first day. but england crucially have five pakistan wickets, 126—5 at the close. england, with a couple more breakthroughs, will be right in amongst the opportunity of getting pakistan all out for a reasonably low total. especially considering pakistan one —... a big statement from england and the second match. where does this leave the test, considering the forecast for the coming days? that's a good question. we've spent

the entire day looking at different radars, different apps telling us the forecast, and it tends to be you look at the one you like most which tells you the best news. i think most likely, it will be a waiting game. every day we will see showers and players will have to go on and off. it will be, who react better to that? it is notoriously difficult to get out and restart an inning, so perhaps that will work in england's favour. also james anderson seems to be an excellent form, two wickets today, now eight away from 600 and test match cricket. plenty of encouragement, we have to make sure the showers stay away to get enough cricket in on time. henry, thanks very much for that. paris saint—germain became the first team to secure a place in the last four of this season's champions league, with a dramatic late victory over italian side atalanta last night. all the games in the latter stages are being played in a straight knockout tournament in lisbon.

atalanta were on course for a huge upset against psg. the italian side were 1—0 up as the game ticked into injury time — and that's when things took a dramatic turn. two goals in the space of three minutes sent the french champions through to the semis — eric maxim chupo—moting with the winner, he was relegated from the premier league with stoke city just a couple of years ago. so tonight, rb leipzig and atletico madrid will look to join psg when they meet in the portugese capital. atletico have been two—time finalists in the competition in the last six years, while leipzig are playing at this stage of the competition. only a decade ago, they were making their debut in the fifth dan, it's been a remarkable ride to the stage, but their progress hasn't a lwa ys the stage, but their progress hasn't always been met with universal approval, leipzig, has it? correct, only four 11 years ago, and german football fa ns only four 11 years ago, and german football fans like their clubs to

have tradition and no corporate ownership. it was formed by a drinks company 11 years ago, they've gone through five divisions. but even to this day, despite the way they play, which is great to watch, lots of fa ns which is great to watch, lots of fans of other clubs really don't like leipzig. how good a side are theyin like leipzig. how good a side are they in terms of the rest of the bundesliga and other teams in the champions league? they are a good site at their own merit. they cannot compete with domestically bayern munich and dortmund on an even keel. they have a fantastic young team, 1-2 they have a fantastic young team, 1—2 players get taken on by bigger clu bs, 1—2 players get taken on by bigger clubs, we've seen timo werner leave. a great young coach, 33 years old, and he's done a greatjob. they are 110w and he's done a greatjob. they are now a team who i think they can impose their own style on teams which they couldn't do before. they play with a real confidence they've exposed with the ease in the last round. they are a good side and now i think as a force in the wider

european context, as well. timo werner was their star player for much of the season, but he's not there now. how will they cope? 34 goals and 13 assists is a big hole to fill. they have players who can, patrik schick will be on the line tonight, but behind him... they sign for psg, so there are players who can fill the whole, great players with great records. timo werner is a huge hole to fill, notjust for leipzig. dan, thank you. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now. and there will be no fa cup replays next season to ease pressure on the football calendar. the competition will start with the extra preliminary round on 1 september, and the final is due to be played on 15 may next year. the efl cup semi—finals will also be reduced to one leg. world number one novak djokovic has confirmed he will play at the us

open in new york later this month. it's a boost for the organisers after some high profile pull—outs because of the coronavirus pandemic, including rafael nadal. england rugby league head coach shaun wane has extended his contract to 2022, taking him beyond next year's world cup. the former wigan coach took over last year, but has yet to take charge of a match due to england's schedule for this year being postponed. it's been another challenging day for chris froome and team ineos at the criterium du dauphine. the race is an important warm up for this month's tour de france. primoz roglic won today's second stage to take the leader's yellowjersey, with froome losing more time to team mate egan bernal, who slips to fourth overall. nick parrot reports. after a disappointing opening stage, chris froom got a pep talk from his

indios team—mate, egan burnell. the champion says he wants the briton alongside him for cycling's biggest race. the colombian is just 23 years old and grand enough to realise the experience of others can help his experience. his immediate one is to win the criterium du dauphine. the second stage was billed as the hardest of the race and, with less than five miles ago, ineos took the lead in familiarfashion. their tactics are usually spot on. but once again, froome couldn't keep up, sliding back before his team—mate slipped up. gareth thomas was next to top off, leaving bernal exposed. whilst they were running on empty, primoz roglic had enough in his tank. the slovenian broke through to what looked like a comfortable win. the challenge has been laid down, and rising to it will be far from easy for him at ineos. nick parrot, bbc news. denmark's nicole broch larsson leads the women's scottish 0pen

after the first round at the renaissance club near edinburgh. she's one shot clear of the field on four under. scotland's gemma dryburgh is two shots back. but all the talk going into the event was about american daniella kang. she's looking to become the first woman since 2016 to win 3—straight tournaments on the lpga tour. but she's not had the best of starts. she's four shots off the lead on opening power after an opening round of 71. thomas pieters is a shot clear after the celtic classic in wales. that was the belgian‘s seventh of eight birdies in a round of 64. englishman tony tree is a shot back in second. it's been a gripping day of semifinal action at the world snooker championship in sheffield. kyren wilson pulled back six frames to square his match against anthony mcgill at 8—all, while mark selby had the better of the afternoon session and came from behind to lead ronnie 0'sullivan 9—7. jason mohammad joins steve davis and ken doherty to analyse the day's drama.

temperature is rising across the country, and it is hot at the crucible. yes, certainly hot for 0 sullivan, he would be fuming after that session. it looked like he would win the first frame of the session and go 6—3 at the front. he got a bad kick, and it seemed to change the storyline of the day. then he started missing a couple of balls, and mark selby got back into the match. and he's such a tough competitor. one of the toughest you'll see also what a great session of snooker from him. you'll see also what a great session of snookerfrom him. 6—2, firmly you'll see also what a great session of snooker from him. 6—2, firmly in the driver's seat. ronnie has it all to do now, they start back in the morning. but it is tough for ronnie. we saw at the end of the match what it means to mark, a bit of a fist pump there, and ronnie punching the table. ronnie nearly got out of it in the last frame. he couldn't get in position and it had a difficult pink in the corner pocket. it wobbled and stayed out, and he showed his frustration by banging

the table. when mark selby won that session, there's only one fan in the room for mark. they both have one person in the room, so it was an important one. a big day for mark selby today. anthony mcgill against kyren wilson, fascinating? kyren wilson has come roaring back this morning, beautifully poised. really looking forward to tonight's session. let's keep stressing, mcgill had to qualify for this session, and here he is at a semifinal, possibly in a world final? he's got a great chance, and he may never have a better chance. he would've fancied his chances, but all of a sudden he may have frozen just a fraction, who knows? very impressed with him and how he dealt with it at eight all. very impossible to pick a winner, the third section may be the telltale sign. you're in the studio this

evening, and you're commentating. 6:55pm on bbc two. we look forward to it there. it's been a gesture synonymous with the return of sport after the coronavirus shutdown — taking a knee as a show of support in the battle against racism. global protests after the death of george floyd in may have seen teams and individuals marking the moment in this way. but it's not being done by everyone. nesta mcgregorjoined me in the studio to explain. what's important here is football is one of the main sports to return in the uk and the premier league almost set the agenda where you have all the outfield players, managers, officials all taking the knee. for a long time when it was just football, that was the norm, and i guess that's what people expected. but like you said, other sports have returned and it has not been the same. if we look at f1 where louis hamilton has been very vocal about being the lone voices in fighting racism, we saw him take the knee and a few other f1 drivers decided not

to. but those f1