t£1 “ni fi£1§iifli “£121 parts of scotland. temperatures 8—12 celsius, a little lower in southern scotla nd celsius, a little lower in southern scotland and north england. still breezy across the southern half of the uk, and the potential we will see some showers moving from the channel islands into southern and particularly south—western parts of england and may be clipping into south wales as well. it will also be a little cool for some of the north sea coast, temperatures may be pegged back to 14 or 15 celsius in places. a decent day for northern ireland with sunshine, and the low cloud across scotland will become fight dash might become confined to the far north—east. through saturday night, this low cloud will roll in through the central belt of scotland, parts of northern england as well. it should break up to some extent through sunday to allow brighter skies to develop. still possible of the odd shower in the south, but most places fine with sunshine. not as breezy and southern areas by this stage, 2a celsius,

cooler further north. if you like the dry weather, make the most, because big changes are coming next week. wind and rain at times and it will turn much cooler. a reminder of our top story... the prime minister warns a second wave of coronavirus is on its way. he says he wants to keep schools and businesses open and avoid a second national lockdown, but further restrictions may be necessary. 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 holly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme... welcome back, bale: the former spurs star returns to his old club to finalise one

of the premier league's most anticipated signings so far. after some impressive scores in the opening round, will winged foot bare its teeth on day two? we'll have the latest from the us open. relegated saracens play their final game of the season as the european champions captain returns. also coming up in the programme... and coming up: billiejean king on the fed cup being named after her, and how much it means to her. every time i see the cup, i always go over to it, and it brings back wonderful memories of when it started. good evening, and welcome

to tonight's programme. well, it's like he's never been away. gareth bale was all smiles, as he made his much—anticipated return to tottenham's training ground this afternoon. seven years on from signing with real madrid, yet to be fully confirmed, but it's understood he'll rejoin his former club on loan on a year long deal, and perhaps is putting pen to paper right now. our sports editor dan roan is at enfield. spurs fans have been hoping for yea rs now spurs fans have been hoping for years now that one day, gareth bale might return from his stay at real madrid. that dream has almost become a reality. the 31—year—old welshman flew by private jet from the spanish capital earlier on this morning, landing at luton airport. a short while later, he arrived here at totte n ha m while later, he arrived here at tottenham hotspur is a training ground near enfield in north london,

where he reacquainted himself with his old surroundings, met some of his old surroundings, met some of his new team—mates. we await confirmation and an announcement that should come later this evening, i understand. but really, the tees are being crossed in the eyes being dotted — the final elements of this remarkable, surprised transfer that's being described as the tra nsfer of that's being described as the transfer of the summer. but there's no doubt for spurs fans that are hugely excited. when bail drove through the training ground, we spoke to some earlier on. it'll make the team better and bring a lot of ivy. the team better and bring a lot of joy. because what he brought to the club, all the memories and goals, i just can't wait. it's really exciting, and honestly is. i can rememberwhenl exciting, and honestly is. i can rememberwhen i was exciting, and honestly is. i can remember when i was seven years exciting, and honestly is. i can remember when i was seven years ago when remember when | was seven years ago when he left, i was gutted. but you can't blame him for leaving for real madrid. it's brilliant. he'll walk in there and he's a superstar. you

can't deny he's a superstar. he'll lift us. bail's return as arguably british football's most successful export. but injury and a falling out with the manager meant he became sidelined and his spanish adventure turned sour. and that's why spurs have swooped of course. he'll earn around £600,000 a week, we understand, with real madrid paying at least half of that, so desperate we re at least half of that, so desperate were they to get him out of the burn about. clearly that relationship with the manager had broken down. this remarkable deal comes at a time when clubs are desperate to get fans back inside study, and there are lobbying the government hard to be able to do that because they are losing hundreds of millions of pounds in matched a revenue that's lost, and it comes at a time when

lower leagues are desperate for help from the premier league to help survive an unprecedented crisis. so as exciting a player as gareth bale currently is, i think this deal will raise eyebrows and it will be fascinating to see whether or not he can help jose fascinating to see whether or not he can helpjose mourinho's i'd get into the champions league this season. dan rowen reporting there. well, first time around, bale signed with spurs back in 2007 — yes, 13 years ago. and a lot has happened in that time. the goals, the champions league titles, the money, the hairstyles. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson looks back at bale's career. gareth bale is back — older, richer? sure. but better? spurs can hope suffering here's a chance for bale to seal it! cardiff born and raised, taught them as a second home. his performance as their first time around convinced real madrid with

that bale was the most valuable player on earth, with 100 million euros in 2013. how much magic is left? he'sjust a special player. this is an amazing signing for totte n ha m. this is an amazing signing for tottenham. i was looking at them a week ago and couldn't conceive how they would make the top a0 this year. suddenly, this changes everything. gareth coming in — now i'm looking at tottenham and thinking i would be very disappointed if they didn't make the top four. step to the right, and strike, instruct brilliantly! bale... his passion has always glowed for his country. for madrid, remember him that way. but along with the trophies and the goals, things soured. bale said he enjoyed his nickname, the golfer, but he struggled to impress his manager, paid millions on the sidelines, in madrid the operation was over. in

totte n ha m , madrid the operation was over. in tottenham, it's just reduced madrid the operation was over. in tottenham, it'sjust reduced dell my. i'm finally wearing might bale shirts again! it's so exciting. i think we are also excited to just get the memories back, and hopefully we can build new memories with an even bigger and better squad. we can build new memories with an even biggerand better squad. he'll definitely feel the love from us. and hopefully we can go back into the stadium and start saying his name again. that would be great. spurs have a stadium which is the envy of the world, a stadium of course currently without fans. covid—19 might be wrecking sport's finances, but spurs will still invest in gareth bale's wages if it brings success and smiles — in football logic, it will be worth it. joe wilson, bbc news. that transfer we're waiting to be confirmed — one big deal has been completed this afternoon, though, liverpool have officially signed spanish midfielder thiago alcantara from bayern munich. he posted an emotional farewell message to the german club and their supporters on social media

earlier, and says leaving was the most difficult decision of his career. thiago is fresh from winning the champions league with bayern last season of course, as well as seven consecutive bundesliga titles. before that he won la liga twice with barcelona. at 29, he's initially costing liverpool £20 million — that could rise to 25 — on a four—year deal. all these major signings and no fans in the stands to see them in action. but this weekend, up to 1,000 spectators will be returning to some games in the english football league with eight pilots welcoming back crowds for the first time in six months. we've seen how this has worked in other parts of the country already but, if successful in the efl, it's hoped it'll allow fans to gradually return to stadiums across the county. laura scott has the details. last year, it was barry, expelled from the football league after

running out of money. this week it was macclesfield town, bound up in the high court over unpaid debts. coronavirus has decimated football's finances, putting the future of clu bs finances, putting the future of clubs in and. our intent is to keep all of them alive, if we can. we've said that all along, so we don't wa nt to said that all along, so we don't want to scaremongering. that said, we are hugely dependent on external sources of funding. 0ur we are hugely dependent on external sources of funding. our model is broken. we are dependent on £a00 billion plus of funding. up in the top flight, multi—million pound tra nsfers top flight, multi—million pound transfers are still being signed. but with letters reaching £100 million a month, the messages they can only help out if they get supporters back at a meaningful scale. it's actually dependent on us being able to pay it our own bills, first and foremost. it is difficult for us to contemplate helping other clubs at lower levels if we are unable to pay our own bills. and in

order to do that, we need to get our own football economy at the premier league level moving as fast as we can. that's about getting fans back into the stadiums, it's about getting our stadiums operating as best they can as quickly as that we can. the government's plan for larger clouds democrats is under review, with concerns understood to... in the safety of fans using public transport. charlton athletic are one of seven efl clubs allowed to open their clubs to fans this weekend. up to 1000 supporters will be here to see their league 1 fixture on saturday. but local lockdowns and a recent upturn in cases has meant other planned pilot events have had to be called off. middlesborough has been granted a test event despite the town being on the government's watchlist. but local leaders have defended their decision to give approval. being safe from the virus doesn't mean cancelling your life, but acting sensibly and getting businesses to

act sensibly. as things stand, i think the 1000 people at mfc is a sensible place to start and learn, and it is far too early for people to talk about much bigger events. we need to learn. sorts are in a precarious position. but given the criticism... laura scott, bbc news. it's perhaps one of the most unpredictable of golf‘s majors — but the opening round of the us open was smooth sailing for most with some impressive scores. rory mcilroy and lee westwood were both in superb form, but the americanjustin thomas made light work of winged foot as he took an early lead. 0ur golf correspondent iain carterjoins me now to talk through day two. day one seemed all smooth sailing. has winged foot finally bared its teeth today? it has, it started to give them a kicking. i think members

of winged foot, the usga, i'm not sure they like what they saw today, 21 players breaking power. that had never happened at winged foot us 0pen before. last time in 2006, there was only one score under par. but it's got an awful lot tougher today. it's going to little bit, the greens are drier, they're faster, the pin position is more difficult, and from that position of 21 players being under par, now there are eight -it being under par, now there are eight —itis being under par, now there are eight — it is now the war of attrition we are expecting. tougher conditions today too, we mentioned lee westwood flying yesterday. i think you dropped four shots in his last three holes, and he will be kicking himself. he didn't get off to a good start, bogeys in the first two holes, 3—over par. a disappointing day also for tommy fleetwood, he was ran 7a, taking him to 8—over. he'll probably missed the cut and the putters just didn't behave for him either. so that's a big

disappointment. but i think as far as mike wallace is concerned, he sta rts as mike wallace is concerned, he starts at level power. rory mcelroy, 67, getting his underground from yesterday. and matt fitzpatrick was another i think we had real hopes for, he had a great moment on the 15th with an eagle. but u nfortu nately 15th with an eagle. but unfortunately it all added up to 7—over par, and that'll be the wrong side of the cut line. rory mcelroy teeing off in the next few minutes or so. always a lot of pressure on him, being a new dad as well. how will he manage? that's the big question, he got the start he needed, but those conditions yesterday were the most conducive that he would've wanted. soft greens, no wind at all. this will be a much bigger test of his golfing game today — can he make the most of the platform he earned yesterday? i think that's one of the big questions for this evening. we can see the leaderboard. if we can just

talk through the leaderboard and how it's looking at the moment? justin thomas at the top after his 65. no one has been able to threaten that today. level par 70 is the best, there's only been a handful of those, including dustinjohnson — that got him to 3—over par, but you have thomas at the top there was 65 yesterday, the best ever scoring we've seen at the us open at winged foot. just behind him, patrick reed after his 60 66. but with this breeze, it'll be a massive test. it'll all unravel. ian carter, thank you for your time. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories. and british number onejohanna konta has been knocked out of the italian 0pen. ninth seed garbine muguruza won in straight sets, as both players continue their preparations on clay for the french open, which starts later this month. konta's also announced she won't be working with coach thomas hogstedt on a permanent basis. novak djokovic is into the quarter finals of the men's draw.

but he had to work hard for it against his fellow serb, filip krajinovic, who djokovic has mentored in the past. the world number one won 7—6, 6—3. he's playing in his first tournament since being disqualified from the us open. and the manchester united manager, 0le gunnar solskjaer, says he asked england not to pick mason greenwood for the recent nations league games. the striker made his debut in the victory over iceland, but was sent home along with manchester city's phil foden after video footage emerged of a breach of the squad's bio—secure bubble. just two days remaining of the tour de france — never too late though for a surprise stage winner. denmark's soren kraow andersen pulled away from a pretty elite group with ten miles remaining, and held on to claim his second stage win at this year's tour. primoz roglic retained the leader's yellowjersey, while ireland's sam bennett moved a huge step closer to winning

the points classification ahead of tomorrow's time trial stage. meanehwile, elisa longo borghini has won the penultimate stage of the giro rosa. the italian held off dutch rider anna van der breggen, who leads the race after her compatriot annemiek van vleuten withdrew due to injury yesterday. for the first time since lockdown, rugby's premier european club competition finally resumes this weekend. premiership leaders exeter are trying to reach the semi finals for the first time, while for last year's winners saracens this could be their last competitive game of the season. austin halewood looks ahead to the action. it's the competition they've dominated for years. three titles out of the last four. but the latest was well over a year ago and, since then, saracens's world has been turned upside down. the team heading for relegation after breaking salary—cap rules. their season

redundant, apart from this game. a trip to dublin to face leinster, the tea m trip to dublin to face leinster, the team they beat in last year's final. the irish site haven't lost since then, though, and they are the favourites. before saracens win, he still gives his team to chat, or chat. will this game and hinder them or help them? both. i think they're lacking the motivation in the premiership. there's more than enough experience to understand the situation of what it is and not take the game too much on emotion. but my experience tells me you don't really write off a saracens team as good as this one, even without 0wen farrell. that's another competition for saracens. without england captain 0wen farrell, he is currently serving a five—game ban for a dangerous tackle against wasp to dust wasps two weeks ago. but still, lei nster dust wasps two weeks ago. but still, leinster will be taking them lightly. they left a legacy and built a legacy, they built a ragged, current reputation. they won't let

that go. this is for them to prove that go. this is for them to prove that there are still worthy of the european crown. a crown that others have their eyes on too. it's been more than eight years since they passed the stage. for them, a difficult plan to make a trip to toulouse awaits. the best team in england right now, they face a northampton side ravaged by injuries, but that's no reason to be complacent soft green it's a competition we want to do well in. we've not gotten past the stage before. i would like to think that, regardless of the opposition, we would have the ability to focus on ourselves. this should be players now appearing to have the best game of the season. exeter have been here before and failed to convert their good form into european success. but so far, the signs have been good for the chiefs — so often that this really could be there year. austin halewood, bbc news. we've also finally reached the quarterfinal stage of rugby

league's challenge cup this weekend. the first two games are tonight — leeds face hull kr later, while it's just reached half time in the last eight tie between catalans and salford. the french side had taken a 12 point lead, but this drive from salford has reduced that gap to 12—10 at the break. you'll be able to watch the reamining two matches live on bbc tv tomorrow afternoon. hull against wigan is live on bbc two at a.30pm. and ahead of that at 2pm are the reigning champions warrington wolves, facing super league champions st helens. i'm delighted to bejoined by saints and wales winger regan grace. thanks forjoining us ahead of such a big game. losing last year's final must give you added motivation to right the wrongs of last year. 100%, yeah. very good run last year

in the league, and also the challenge cup. and we managed to get to ourfinal. i think it was a bit ofa to ourfinal. i think it was a bit of a lack of experience, i probably didn't take the day through as big as it was. by the time we realised the game had slipped out of our hands, we've learned some lessons and hoping this year will be a lot better. saints had a difficult start to the season, but have won all six games since lockdown — what do you put the turnaround in fortunes down to? i think it was just, we needed to just relax a bit. i think we were putting too much pressure on ourselves at the start, and we just weren't getting our footing. ourselves at the start, and we just weren't getting ourfooting. we weren't getting ourfooting. we weren't getting ourfooting. we weren't getting the role on together. after some time to ourselves and coming back in and refocusing, i think that was pretty much all we needed, really. you've also been in great form, scoring six tries since the restart, including an incredible

hattrick against leeds. are you enjoying the new rules, which have allowed you the thrive? yes, it has pros and cons. like i said, there's a lot more contact, fewer breaks. the bigger men are starting to suffer, but that opens up starting to suffer, but that opens up the game for people like me. so yeah, it's a love— hate relationship, really. we appreciate your time with us this evening, good luck tomorrow. and a reminder, you can watch that game between warrington and st helens live on bbc one from 2pm tomorrow afternoon. and following that at a.30pm, you can watch hull versus wigan. thank you so much. thank you for having me. the word "legend" is bandied about quite a bit, but for this woman — well, it's the only term that truly fits. one of the greatest female tennis players of all time, billiejean king won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. and now, the fed cup has been renamed in her honour.

she's been telling us what that means to her. i don't know what it feels like. i have such different emotions all day, and of course coming to this day, and of course coming to this day — i'm trying to wrap my head around it and pinch myself. in 1963, it was the first federation cup, they called it, in 1963. we played at queen's club in london. and i kept saying to my team—mate, the best player we had on our team, carol caldwell was also 19. i was billiejean carol caldwell was also 19. i was billie jean moffat then. carol caldwell was also 19. i was billiejean moffat then. i love history, ijust billiejean moffat then. i love history, i just love billiejean moffat then. i love history, ijust love history. i kept saying, "we have to be the first ever. we need our names on that cup. " they said, "we know you love history, calm down." we likely beat

australia barely against margaret smith and leslie turner — we were all very young at the time. it was a very close doubles match at the end. i'll neverforget it very close doubles match at the end. i'll never forget it as long as i live. and every time i see the cup, i was go over to it and it brings back wonderful memories of when it started. great to have billie jean king on the programme. now, if you think of britain's best divers, you'll probably picture tom daley and jack laugher, who have multiple olympic and world medals between them. but britain's most dominant diver is actually another man — gary hunt. he's an eight—time red bull world series champion and a double world gold medallist, but he'll no longer be turning out in gb colours. last year, he took up french citizenship after concerns about brexit, and he's now hoping to compete at the paris 202a 0lympics. he's been speaking to our reporter, nick hope.

gary hunt has made a career out of bold moves. there's always been risk, but also reward in leaping from 27 metres, with hunt becoming the world's most dominant high diver ball competing for great britain. but now a decade after moving to france initially for work, he's decided to compete for his adopted nation. every year, i'mjust gradually draining more and more. i'm trying to make are starting to feel strange being away. so this, coupled with the brexit factor, i'll need a passport travel between the two countries. my real dream is to do high diving at the olympics. i think it'll eventually be part of the limbic programme, but not in paris. so i have this little idea in my head that i'll do ten metre competitions again. considering

having to compete against thomas daley to get my qualifying spot is not an idea that i'm up against. it's going to be in france, so what better than to compete for the country and the team i've been training with for almost ten years? it wasn't an easy decision, but back what was it like then, competing for the first time for france at the weekend? did they make you sing the anthem? weekend? did they make you sing the anthem ? what happened weekend? did they make you sing the anthem? what happened during the presentation over the weekend? no, i'm very shy with singing. i've never sung to the british national anthem, so i'm not going to start singing. idid anthem, so i'm not going to start singing. i did have to sing it with a group of people when i got my passport, but since then... flying the flag was a strange moment, but i just feel like it's a move forward for me. does anyone else hold their

breath after he dies? unbelievable. well australia's national women's team have scfored a bit of an own goal, with news today that the team's away kit would not be available for purchase in women's sizes until 2022. a post from the matildas' twitter account today replied to a number of fans requesting the team's green away jersey. the tweet prompted dozens of irate replies from fans who wanted the issue rectified as soon as possible, not almost two years later. among those unhappy with the decision was matildas player elise kellond—knight, who tweeted the lack of women's sizes was "a fairly significant problem". i think most would tend to agree. you can see more of that story on social media. that's all from sportsday. see you soon, thanks for watching, good night.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a second wave of coronavirus is on its way, says the uk prime minister. he says that while he doesn't want another full—scale national lockdown, further measures may be needed. i don't think anybody wants to go into a second lockdown, but clearly, you know, when you look at what is happening, you've got to wonder whether we need to go further. it comes as new restrictions are announced for parts of the north west of england, the midlands and west yorkshire from tuesday to tackle rising coronavirus infections. "stay at home" is the message to israelis as it becomes the first country to reimpose a nationwide lockdown to combat a surge