elsewhere it was dry. now, tomorrow is looking pretty similar, with parts of england and wales, particularly northern and eastern england, seeing some showers into the afternoon, some of which will be heavy. now, this is the weather front which has been destabilising the atmosphere across england and wales, bringing more cloud and the showers today. those showers will tend to ease away through this evening, and then overnight most places will be dry with lengthy clear spells. a little patchy cloud here and there. under clear spells, further north we could see a little bit of mist developing. temperatures dipping into single figures across parts of scotland, but for northern ireland, i think with much of england and wales should hold into double figures to start monday morning. now, there will be a lot of dry weather around tomorrow with some sunshine, a bit of cloud here and there. and as the temperatures begin to lift into the afternoon, we could see some showers develop from north wales, north midlands, northern and eastern england. some of these could be heavy and thundery. perhaps a little bit warmer across the board tomorrow. 20 celsius in glasgow,

23 celsius in london. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the health secretary says the delta variant of the coronavirus is 40% more transmissible of coronavirus restrictions in england due onjune the 21st. that does make life more challenging for everybody. and you have seen that the case rates have risen a little. but, the good news is that hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital is broadly flat. coronavirus cases in the uk rise by 49% in one week. 5,31” new covid cases were recorded in the last 2a hours. vaccinations are being opened up to the under—30s this week a in the drive to offer covid jabs to all adults in england. the duke and duchess of sussex announce the birth of a baby

daughter, who they have named lilibet diana — she was born on friday in california. a two—minute silence has been held at the british normandy memorial to honour more than 22,000 members of the armed forces, who died after the d—day landings. and movie and tv stars have started to arrive to the baftas red carpet, but — some as just a hologram. that's the baftas pandemic style. thatisit that is it from me. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, coming up on tonight's programme. heartbreak for max verstappen as a late spin denies him victory in azerbaijan but lewis hamilton

can't take advantage. a number of fans once again jeer england's footballers for taking a knee before theirfinal warm—up friendly. and no dramatic end at lords — where england and new zealand are heading for a draw. hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. an update on the cricket and england and scotland's football friendlies to come but we start tonight with formula one. a lewis hamilton mistake and a max verstappen crash meant sergio perez won this afternoon's azerbaijan grand prix. it was all fairly uneventful in baku, until a dramatic end as ben croucher reports:

some say f1 has become too predictable. it is either lewis hamilton or max verstappen winning. it is either lewis hamilton or max verstappen winning. so far this season yes, today not a bit of it. the first sign of drama came for stroll, a tyre failure at 200mph. a freak accident right? he walked away unhurt. verstappen still led. hamilton remained stuck behind the two red bulls. hamilton remained stuck behind the two red bulls. i don't think i can overtake these guys. he needed some luck. verstappen out. could hamilton kick verstappen while he was down. the restart was his chance. the win was in his grasp. he overshot. sorry, guys. putting the brakes only on his title ambition. verstappen keeps the championship lead and perez takes a victory. as memorable as it was

unpredictable. next to football where both england and scotland are in the closing stages of theirfinal euro 2020 warm up matches. marcus rashford led england out as their captain tonight at the riverside stadium in middlesborough, but for the second time in four days, a minority of fans booed the players as they took a knee to protest against racism before kick off. england haave just taken the lead. earlier dominc calvert lewin hit the woodwork in the first half. and the bar also stoped jadon sancho from getting on the scoresheet. captain for the day rashford has just opened the scoring from the penalty spot. it's exactly a week until england play croatia in their first group game at the euros next sunday. it is all happening now, jordan henderson is about to take a penalty. henderson is about to take a penalty. as scotland prepare for the euros — theirfirst major

tournament since 1998 — they're playing their final warm up game away at luxembourg. che adams with the first and only goal of the game just before the first half hour mark. luxembourg had defender vahid selimovic sent off shortly after that goal. john —— jordan henderson john ——jordan henderson has missed that penalty. not happy. not happy. england are attempting to bat out the final two sessions and draw the first test against new zealand at lords. chasing 273 to win, they're currently 124 for 2. patrick geary�*s been watching final day at lord's, pick a direction and set your piece. new zealand needed to travel fast to win. take the car —— game is far from englishman's grasp as possible. england might catch these risks but the kiwis like a challenge so at lunch they got the game rolling,

declaring and setting england 273 runs to win, new zealand would need ten wickets. they were thinking of an england batting collapse but their sting was drawn. he eventually departed. zach crawley was less stubborn. 56—2, by knowing the final session of the match england were thinking of saving it, not winning it. the focus drifted and the game settled into a sunday evening lull. neil wagoner saw trapping joe root lbw as significant. he went through to his 50 and saluted. this was not a match destined to end in celebrations. so here is confirmation of the score at lords in that first test. hundred and 53—3. dominic sibley on

his half—century. not too much to go until that one ends and aggro. —— a draw. america's lexi thompson has a one shot lead going into the final round of the us women's open in san francisco . thompson — who set a record as the youngest golfer to qualify for the us women's open in 2007 when she was 12 — shot a five—under—par 66 and leads the way after round three on seven under par. yuka saso, of the philippines, bogeyed the 18th hole to card 71 and fall a shot behind. five shots off the lead is 17—year—old high school student megha ganne. england's mel reid, who led after the opening round, fell to 23rd place, 12 shots off the lead, after carding 78. 0n the pga tour, there is a two way tie for the lead at the memorial

afterjohn rahm had to withdraw after testing postive for coronavirus. final round leaders colin morikawa and patrick cantlay get underway shortly whilst on the course rory mcilroy, who's well off the lead, has had early chances as he looks for a strong finish to his tournament. to tennis and roger federer has pulled out of the french open, worried about risking his knee — and his wimbledon chances — if he plays on. federer battled past dominik koepfer last night in a tough four—setter which took more than three and a half hours — and that was only his sixth match since double knee surgery. federer says "it s important that he listens to his body and makes sure he doesn't push himself too quickly on his road to recovery". he was due to play matteo berrettini in the fourth round tomorrow. from one legend of the game to another — serena williams is out of the french open after losing in straight sets to kazakhstan�*s elena rybakina.

serena's chasing that record equalling 24th grand slam, she didn't go into this tournament in great form and now leaves at the fourth round stage. like federer, she'll now be firmly focused on wimbledon where her chances are better. rybakina's into her first grand slam quarter final. alfie hewett and gordon reid have become the most successful all—british doubles pair, after a straight sets win in the french open wheelchair final. they've now won 11 grand slams together, as they beat stephane houdet and nicolas peifer 6—3 6—0. hewett is also into the men's wheelchair singles final later this week againstjapan�*s shingo kunieda. and, stefanos tsitsipas is through to the quarter finals after a straight sets winner against pablo carreno busta. tsitsipas is on the other side of the draw to nadal and djokovic and is being tipped by many to reach his first grand slam final. he'll face the second seed daniil medvedev next —

after he comfortably beat chile's christian garin in straight sets. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. portugal's miguel 0liveira claimed his first motogp win of the season at the catalunya grand prix in barcelona. fabio quartararo retained his championship lead despite being demoted to fourth after being penalised for running wide off the track. netherland's maya kingma won gold at the world triathlon series event in leeds. british athletes completed the podium withjessica learmonth second and sophie coldwell claiming herfirst series medal. in the men's race, britain's alex yee claimed his first world triathlon championship series win. very happy with that. britain's elfyn evans missed out on vital bonus points on the final stage of the rally italia sardegna after his toyota's engine briefly cut out.

he managed to get it going again to finish second behind team mate sebastien 0gier. the frenchman's championship lead over evans is now eleven points. geraint thomas had to settle for third place on the criterium du dauphine, which is an important warm up race for the tour de france later this month. the welshman crashed around five miles from the finish, but managed to get back up and recover to cross the line just ahead of his ineos grenadiers team mate richie porte who took the overall victory. ukraine's mark padun was the stage winner for the second day in a row. england prop kyle sinckler has been called up to the british and irish lions squad for the tour of south africa to replace andrew porter. sinckler, who toured new zealand with the lions in 2017, willjoin the squad at the end of bristol bears�* season. ireland's andrew porter suffered a toe injury playing for leinster on friday. just one match in the english premiership this afternoon, with exeter chiefs coming from 18 points behind to beat northampton 29—26 in a thrilling

game at franklins gardens. england s women beat italy 4—0 in their opening eurohockey championships match. catherine ledesma scored on her international debut with sarah evans, jo hunter and ellie rayer also adding to the scoresheet to help england take the three points. england are back in action tomorrow against germany. qualification for the boxing at this summer's tokyo 0lympics continues in paris. and it was a family affair today as pat mccormackjoined his twin brother luke in qualifying for the team gb squad after taking victory on points in the quarterfinals of the men s welterweight competiton. also through to tokyo is shev clarke after victory in the men s heavyweight quarterfinals. his brother fraser clarke will be hoping tojoin him, he needs just one more victory to qualify for the olympics

and his fight against berat acar is taking place very shortly. england are 158 at the moment. scotland lead luxembourg by one goal to nil. i will be back in an hour. next —— next stop is the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode — rounding up the best new movies available in cinemas and in the home.

last week, william friedkin, director of the exorcist, considered by many to be the scariest movie ever made, tweeted a quiet place 2 is a classic horror film. adding simply that cinema is back. that's quite an endorsement and, i'm happy to report, one that i broadly share. run. after a nail—biting prologue that plays out on day one of the alien invasion, a quiet place part ii picks up where the previous film left off, with emily blunt, millicent simmonds and noahjupe as the survivorfamily with a newborn baby trying to make their way in a world where any sound can be deadly.