hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. party preparations at the palace — as the stars get ready to come out for the platinum jubilee celebrations. up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate the queen's 70 years on the throne. one of the biggest parties has been held at windsor great park's long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. all singing there've beenjubilee celebrations at epsom, too, for derby day, but the queen hasn't been there as originally planned. she's been represented by her daughter, the princess royal. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine's forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked

in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues — airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. but no one bbc news, it's time for sportsday. —— but now on. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm isaac fanin. it's on a knife edge at lords as england chase 277 to win the first test against new zealand. iga swiatek is the french open champion once again. the favourite desert crown wins the derby at epsom.

i'm going to tell you a little bit more about the cricket later. we will start with the tennis. iga swiatek was dazzling as she beat coco gauff to win her second french open title. the world number one produced some devastating hitting to sweep aside her american rival injust 68 minutes and win a 35th match in a row. lydia campbell has more. the court in 2022 has belonged to iga swiatek. 3a games unbeaten and ready for her second french open final, her opponent coco gauff hadn't dropped the set, but she hasn't come up against a force quite like swiatek and in a flash, the first that was gone. the 18—year—old broke first in the second, and gave the crowd the fight that they so

desired. but swiatek has been playing out a near superhuman level, the cards turned quickly with the top seed back in front. this was a master class from the world number one, even the best defence from gauff wasn't enough as swiatek set “p gauff wasn't enough as swiatek set up a chance to serve. one stance was all she needed. —— one chance. i want to thank my team. without you, i wouldn't be here. thank you. i am pretty happy that everything has come together. ifeel pretty happy that everything has come together. i feel like you are working hard and we all deserve to be here. . , working hard and we all deserve to be here. ., , ,, ., ~ , ., be here. ordinary, swiatek is not. l dia be here. ordinary, swiatek is not. lydia campbell. — be here. ordinary, swiatek is not. lydia campbell, bbc— be here. ordinary, swiatek is not. lydia campbell, bbc news. - in the last few minutes, andy murray has been beaten in the finals of the surbiton trophy. the two—time wimbledon champion

was up against american denis kudla. after taking the first set 7—5, he dropped the second to the american 7—6, before kudla took the deciding set 6—3. he'll play the winner of otto virtanen and jordan thompson in the final. in the match before murray on centre court, fellow britjodie anna burrage missed out on the women's singles final, being beaten by the second seed alison van uytvanck of belgium. the 23—year—old lost 6—3, 6—4. half centuries from joe root and ben stokes have given england a chance in their match against new zealand. stokes was out for sa as england chase 277. joe wilson is at lords. stuart broad urged england to believe, and then he made things happen. that was darrell mitchell dismissed for 108 and wickets seemed

to be falling with every delivery. eventually, they were. brought on one of his charges. soon new zealand were 285 all out, meaning if england could score 277 in their second innings, they win. if. here are three england batters. all the pope, and thenjohnny bear stowed. ben stokes had made one when this happened. this was calling. —— johnny bairstowe. could stokes make the most of his reprieve? england were defending on him and he was delivering, but here comes a ball he could not avoid, caught for sa and this time definitely out. the classic day of switching fortunes, kyle jamison the key key we work. —— kiwi goal are. the derby at epsom has been

won by desert crown, ridden by richard kingscote. the victory made 76—year old sir richard stoute the oldest winning trainer. the race was slightly delayed after a number of protestors lay on the track. here's our sports correspondent laura scott. despite the absence of the queen, for just the fifth time despite the absence of the queen, forjust the fifth time in her long rain, two of those because of the pandemic, there has been a carnival atmosphere here as it forms part of the platinum jubilee. atmosphere here as it forms part of the platinumjubilee. there've been several tribute to the queen and her impact on racing, including a parade of herformer resources, impact on racing, including a parade of her former resources, and also a guard of honour by a0 jockeys who have ridden for the queen. princess anne was representing, and the jockey who wonjoin anne was representing, and the jockey who won join me now. anne was representing, and the jockey who wonjoin me now. pure anne was representing, and the jockey who won join me now. jockey who won 'oin me now. pure 'oy and uuite jockey who won join me now. pure 'oy and quite surreal. fl jockey who won join me now. pure 'oy and quite surreal. they've i jockey who won join me now. pure 'oy and quite surreal. they've had i jockey who won join me now. pure 'oy and quite surreal. they've had the h and quite surreal. they've had the opportunity to win a darby, and i

think everyone hopes, but not many get to realise the. i'm grateful i had the opportunity. it get to realise the. i'm grateful i had the opportunity.— get to realise the. i'm grateful i had the opportunity. it being part ofthe had the opportunity. it being part of the elevations, _ had the opportunity. it being part of the elevations, does _ had the opportunity. it being part of the elevations, does that - had the opportunity. it being part| of the elevations, does that make this feel extra special?— this feel extra special? yeah, i think it's a _ this feel extra special? yeah, i think it's a big _ this feel extra special? yeah, i think it's a big occasion - this feel extra special? yeah, i think it's a big occasion and . this feel extra special? yeah, i i think it's a big occasion and they put the parade on and her majesty's colours, and you remember yourfirst ride. it's a real pleasure to don the silks and i hope she's well and shame she could make it today. england kicked off their nations league campaign in hungary. they're playing at the moment it's1—0 to hungary. the match was supposed to be played behind closed doors because of repeated racist behaviour from hungary fans. but due to a uefa regulation, children are allowed to attend as long as they're with an adult. when england players took the knee to highlight racial injustice, there were boos from the crowd. dominic szoboszlai scored from the spot after reece james was adjudged to have brought down

zsolt nagy. england are losing that 11—0. ten minutes left to go. ireland suffered a shock defeat in the nations league losing one nil to armenia in yerevan. armenia are ranked 92nd in the world, a5 places below ireland, but eduard spertsyan produced a stunning strike that left liverpool goalkeeper caoimhim kelleher no chance. couple of other football lines for you, and carlos tevez has confirmed his retirement from professional football at the age of 38 following the death of his father. tevez played in the premier league from 2006 until 2013 with west ham, manchester united and manchester city. he's been playing back in argentina for his boyhood club boca juniors. tevez said the loss of his dad in early 2021 is a key part of his decision to stop playing. he has had offers to continue in america with the mls. tottenham hotspur defender

emerson royal has thanked an off—duty brazilian police officer who rescued him from an attempted armed robbery in sao paulo. royal was outside a nightclub when a thief drew a gun and demanded his belongings, but the police officer, who he had been taking photos with just moments before, pursued the man, while royal was able to escaped unharmed. royal later posted on instagram calling the officer "an angel who risked his own life to save mine." let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. aleix espargaro said he "was on the limit on each bend" after setting a new track record in barcelona as he claimed pole position for moto gp�*s catalan grand prix. the spaniard beat francesco bagnaia byjust three hundredths of a second. world champion fabio quartararo completes the front row. overnight leader esapekka lappi's hopes of winning

rally italia sardinia came to an end when the finn crashed on this morning's first run. his compatriot ott tanak won six of the day's eight stages to take the overall lead going into tomorrow's final day as he hopes to claim his first rally victory of the season. joe cordina could become wales' first boxing world champion since 2015 tonight when he takes on kenichi ogawa for the ibf super—featherweight belt in cardiff. the 30—year—old says the chance to fight for a world title in his home city "is all he could ask for". it was the last day of the premiership rugby season. playoff spots were decided. northampton secured their place in the top four with a 65—26 win over newcastle. they'll now play local rivals leicester tigers with saracens hosting champions harlequins in the other semifinal. jim lumsden reports.

simple maths for northampton. a win would see them join lester, sarah in harlequins in the playoffs. anything else could open the door for gloucester. visitors had nothing to plead for and it showed. gloucester needed to be the saracens, already guaranteed a home game and the playoffs. —— in the playoffs. northampton were busy running away with it. tommy freeman scored the first try of a hat trick. 36 points to seven lead. meanwhile, gloucester were doing all they could to keep up their challenge. singleton going over again for the bonus point winning for try as they strove towards a thrashing of saracens. while northampton stayed there, it

mattered little. newcastle fall back, but when the captain claimed their tenth try, the remaining semifinal spot was assured. as for gloucester, they fell short again. jim lumsden, bbc news. in the united rugby championship, leinster got a big win over glasgow warriors in the playoffs quarterfinals. a week after their champions cup loss to la rochelle, leinster ran in 12 tries in dublin to win 76—1a. the victory sees them face bulls next weekend in the semi—finals, while glasgow's season ends in humiliating style. later, south african side stormers take on edinburgh. last week they won the challenge cup, today wigan got their first super league win in three games coming from behind to beat castleford tigers. liam marshall was the star man for the visitors. he scored two tries and set up another as the warriors won 32—12 at the jungle. in the day's other match, st helens are currently leading

at toulouse by 26 points to 1a. that is all the sports for now. i will have more later on. this book was... writing this magic faraway tree book... we are back, and it's brilliant! after an unbelievable three years, the hay festival is back to its full glory, gathering together authors and thinkers,

bookworms and those with the writing bug. it's all the same to me. ijust like writing — can't stop. i tell you, it is so good to be back — and this year especially is a really special year. not only is the queen celebrating 70 years on the throne, but the bbc is celebrating 100 years on air. and so, we thought we'd put on a show... spencer kelly! ..to talk about some of the technologies the beeb has been instrumental in developing. we talked sound and vision with our brilliant panel. and kind of place sounds around this microphone... in 1922, the idea is that the bbc had to make programming that would inform, entertain and educate the world. and because it was a public broadcaster, it kind of had quite a lot of freedom to decide what programming could be developed but also, it meant that they developed their own technologies to be able to make such a wide range of programmes for

the biggest audiences.