her with resits and remarks. leaves her with resits and remarks. she is planning a protest later this week, calling for the whole system to be overhauled. the fact that they have done a u—turn now, i am really glad, it shows they are listening to us glad, it shows they are listening to us but i wonder if that is because they want a good reputation and want to be re—elected or whether they actually care about us and our futures and everything else. just four students back at stories from four students back at stories from four students back at stories from four students who have had a four days they would rather forget. jon kay, bbc news, bristol. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. hello, yet again this afternoon, we have seen dramatic thunderstorms breaking out across england and wales. some great looking cloud scapes on the ground if you have been caught in the showers, not so clever. localised flash flooding and plenty of shell are still rattling away at the moment, working their way northwards through the evening, they will start a payday but this curl of rain will push its way into wales and the north—west of england by the end of the night. it gives

northern ireland a little break as it moves away. a keen eye will notice towards the side a little brighter spot are showing up by the end of the night. further showers will push their way across england and wales through tuesday and as the sun comes out, they will break out in certain spots. some areas will miss them all together, others again will get heavy downpours and a lot of rain in a short space of time and that risk transfers to scotland, pushing from south to north during the day through tuesday, the risk of some localised flash flooding thanks to the showers. wednesday is slightly more straightforward, a band of fairly solid rain coming in from the south—west, so all parts of england and wales likely to get wet at some stage. windy as well, gusting up to 35—40 mph, they ground is already pretty soggy and adds more rain and low winds, we could see some trees going down and some damage and disruption. where to buy northern ireland by the afternoon, scotla nd northern ireland by the afternoon, scotland stays largely dry but the area of low pressure which is starting to swell the rain on wednesday really winds things up for

thursday and friday. thursday relatively dry for many parts of the uk but it will be breezy and gusty. friday, further rain sweeps in but the wind is particularly strong around the coasts, gusts up to 45—50 mph, which will make for some around the coasts, gusts up to 45—50 h°ppy seas, particularly if you are heading close to the south or west coast. back to you. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and, on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. the rain relents, with england hoping to saving face on the final day of what's been a wash—out of a second test against pakistan. simona halep chooses not to play this month's us open. the world number two puts health first, over coronavirus fears in the country.

and after victory in the world championship for ronnie o'sullivan, could the 44—year—old inspire younger players to follow in his footsteps? still to come on sportsday... crisis at the camp nou. questions over the future of lionel messi, as barcelona look for a fresh start following that 8—2 champions league hammering. and the woman turning heads with her hijab. we meet the uk's first female muslim referee. you female muslim referee. say things like, this is a m game, you say things like, this is a man's game, i'm like, no, it is a man's game, i'm like, no, it is a man's game and a woman's game. hello and welcome along to sportsday. thanks forjoining us.

we will get the latest from the cricket any moment. but first two headaches perhaps for organisers at the us open tennis. world number two simona halep is the latest big name to choose not to play in the us open — over health concerns due to coronavius. the grand slam, taking place in new york at the end of the month, is missing several key names from tennis. we can speak now tennis commentator gigi salmon for more on this. when we look at this decision from simona halep, it is a big call, isn't it? she is the current reigning wimbledon champion, could we see more players taking a lead from her? it is a big call but it is not very surprising. the world number one has said we are not going to rest, not going to travel from australia. the murmurings from the halep camper she would say in europe and she would go to roland garros at the end of the year. we have four players left of the wta top ten currently taking part in the us open in flushing meadows. we have got

four grandson champions among them, we have serena williams among them. there will be more withdraws before the tournament starts, on both the women's and men's site. as long as they keep those kenyans, novak djokovic and serena williams to take pa rt djokovic and serena williams to take part in the us open. how much of a worry for organisers will this be, given six of the top ten women's players won't be there? i think the big thing in the women's side of things as there is strength in depth. there is a number of stories that teenage phenomenon, venus williams, the usda, the tennis association of america sent a court surface to serena william's house so she could practice so that she would play at the us open, which she is doing. the big thing for the usta, they need to go ahead. they needed to go ahead safely, they need the tv

income. they need the big names, they still have enough big games to make this tournament a success. they have a lot of players within the women's game who can create headlines. who have won titles like this before. they do not want anyone else dropping out, but they will still be happy with the players they have got. and the fact that, at this stage, the tournament is going ahead. they have done a good job to get it to go ahead. opportunities for other players perhaps to shine? it is interesting to think that. the world number one, number two it is interesting to think that. the world number one, numbertwo are it is interesting to think that. the world number one, number two are not there. they are missing six members of the top ten, is it going to be the world number 105 that comes through in ones? four of those players that remain, serena williams is going for history one more time to equal the record of 2a grand slam singles titles, petra kvitova has w011 singles titles, petra kvitova has won a couple of grand slam titles, as has naomi osaka. karolina pliskova has reached the final in

the us. as much as there will be an asterix next to the us open for this year because of everything that has gone on, i do not see the biggest of surprises. i do not see someone other than one of the names that we are familiar with walking away with the title. quite possibly, history could be made and it could be serena williams. we could see that indeed. thank you very much. it was the test that never really got going. it was a lwa ys that never really got going. it was always heading for a draw after bad weather decimated the second test. there was some action today, but nowhere near enough time to secure a result. there were cricket reporter is at there for us. a while for play to start today, wasn't it? rain again bringing out the covers. but there was some action. can you tell is what happened today? we sort of thought when we woke up this morning and it was grey clouds again and there was the umpires inevitable inspection. we had five of them before we finally got a start time. that's our time was announced to be

3:20pm. we knew we would probably get two and half hours of cricket. the match was always going to be a draw, but it was a good opportunity for some of the england top order to get some time batting. crawley made 53. an encouraging partnership between him and sibley. i worry for england today was the wickets that did eventually fall. crawley departing and then pope went as well. at that point, it looked a little bit ragged. speaking tojoe root in the last few minutes, he said to me it is really difficult playing in this environment when you know that the match is going nowhere. there's not much you can do asa nowhere. there's not much you can do as a batsmen other than survive. there's not anything to take from it. some encouraging signs from england will stop the big positive i suppose is going into the final test oi'i suppose is going into the final test on friday, everyone is rested and fresh and it should be set up for a good final. i am sure they will be fresh. hardly any action at all in the last five days. a quick turnaround, though, what can england hope for this last edge? sign that

what they can hope for is more of the same from that top order. another serious one at home. joe root is on a fabulous run as england captain. they will want to ensure they finish this summer of test cricket on a high. it is an excellent pakistan side. the big question ahead of the series was whether the pakistan bowling attack would be able to stay fit. they have a lot of young bowlers and could they stay the course and play the three test matches? the lack of cricket in the series, means they will be fresh as well. it is going to be full—strength sides against each other and as long as the weather plays ball, we should have a really good test match to finish the test summer. letters hope for that. let us hope the weather plays ball. thank you very much for that. inter milan and shakhtar donetsk meet in the second semifinal of the europa league tonight. they'll play sevilla in friday's final after they consigned manchester united to their third semifinal defeat in cup football this season. it's a loss that's prompted united boss ole gunnar solskjaer to say the club needs

to strengthen it's squad. they were beaten 2—1 in cologne. united actually took the lead thanks to a bruno fernandes penalty. but sevilla equalised and despite loads of chances for united it was the spanish side that found a winner. cue frustration for the manchester united players and their manager, who have now gone three seasons without a trophy. one spanish side there, on the verge of more success in europe, then. but there's something of a crisis brewing at barcelona. the club were totally embarrased by bayern munich in the champions league quarterfinals, 8—2 the score last week. reports of unrest among senior players, with rumours captain lionel messi wants out, after becoming frustrated with the club's lack of success. this is the first time barca haven't won a trophy in 12 years — beaten to the title by rivals real madrid — leaving coach quique setien almost certainly out of a job. spanish football journalist

guilliam balague told me he is not fully to blame. he is not the one at fault. this is a big problem at barcelona. he is a victim of the whole thing. he should have never been barcelona's manager. he was fourth choice stop, and said no in january. he was fourth choice stop, and said no injanuary. other managers were approached. there was nobody else and they wanted to get rid of their manager. they brought him in and, as you say, it was a bit of a disaster. in terms of how you assess things at barcelona, what would you say in terms of how they have been this season, their resilience and ability to close out games? barcelona is a tea m to close out games? barcelona is a team in decay. it has been for many yea rs. team in decay. it has been for many years. this is in particularly, it was a mistake to get rid of the manager who was papering over the cracks. previously they won the cup

and the season. when he left, they we re and the season. when he left, they were top of the season and qualified for the last 16 of the champions league. at barcelona thought it was not enough. the president, the one who everybody is blaming, thought that was not enough. moore had to be demanded from a site that was on its last legs. when he came to the champions league without the proper preparation, that really isn't a scandal. but of holidays here, no focus on training, and coming to lisbon not knowing who they are facing. with all that in mind, you have to see the collapse was about to happen. perhaps not 8— to against by munich, but you could see the end was coming. what about the future of big players, lionel messi in particular, do you think you could be on his way out? lionel messi has not communicated what he wants to do to the board. but through other

sources, he has got a decision to make. does he want to be the leader of this transition. barcelona is going to take two or three years to get to the level they have been in previous years. two or three years if they are lucky. does he want to be in the last years of his career, the reader of that transition. or does he want to take one of the offers that are still arriving from psg, manchester city, and then be at a club when he can one thing straightaway, be part of a competitive side that can win domestically and in europe? that is the decision to make. he is upset and angered by the whole situation. you had better not sit down to talk to him about anything. he has one year left on his contract. right now, he could say i do not want to be part of this. things will come down at some point and then he has to ta ke down at some point and then he has to take a decision. leader of a transition or change clubs. guillem balague talking to me earlier on.

couple of other lines of football news today for you. and joe hart is expected to join tottenham on a two—year deal. he's a free agent after leaving burnley at the end ofjune, and will compete with paulo gazzaniga to be hugo lloris' deputy at spurs. hart's former manchester city colleague vincent kompany has retired from playing. he's 3a and spent last season as player—coach of the belgian side anderlecht. he'll now focus full time on management. and staying with city because they have announced plans for a statue at the etihad stadium of the departing david silva. silva's 10—year spell at city came to an end