dipping down to around eight celsius. breezy tomorrow in scotland, with western scotland seeing light rain or drizzle. drier and brighter the further east. some cloud and sunshine for northern ireland and the far north of england, and lots of sunshine across the rest of england and wales. it is continuing to heat up in the strong sunshine, so temperatures reaching the mid—20s in the south—east, up to 26 or 27 celsius. across england and wales many places will move into heatwave conditions by next week, and mid—30s by thursday in the south—east. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. the palestinian health ministry says 15 palestinians have been

killed in the gaza strip — where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia — killing twelve polish people and injuring more than thirty others. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve — after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. thank you very much for your company does afternoon. chris rogers takes up does afternoon. chris rogers takes up the baton at seven o'clock. but now, appropriately enough, it's off to the commonwealth games and sportsday. welcome to sportsday, i'mjane dougall, live from birmingham where 33 gold medals were available to be won today, some have already been claimed. let's tell you about them.

northern ireland have their best ever commonwealth games medal haul as they win a second gold. it's hammer time — england's nick miller defends his title and takes the top spot. and gaming is being piloted as an event at the games, we'll tell you how. also coming up in the programme... a return to the top flight for fulham and a great result for them against liverpool.

hello and welcome. we will start here at birmingham on a bumper day at the commonwealth games. three golds for the home nations so far, there could be more to come. england's nick miller dug deep to take gold in the hammer, wales's gemma frizelle won an historic gold in the rhythmic gymnastics hoop final. but northern ireland broke their commonwealth games medal record as their men's fours won the final in the lawn bowls. nick parrot reports. martin mccue knows how to win at the commonwealth games. he was part of the men's four who claimed the title 24 the men's four who claimed the title 2a years ago. at victoria park, northern ireland's flag bearer led his team by example, delivering the winning ball to beat india to secure his country's second gold of the games. i his country's second gold of the names. �* ~' his country's second gold of the names. �* ~ ., . ~ games. i didn't think it would take too lona games. i didn't think it would take too long to — games. i didn't think it would take too long to get — games. i didn't think it would take too long to get another _ games. i didn't think it would take too long to get another gold - games. i didn't think it would take i too long to get another gold medal. full credit to the boys. i couldn't ask for a better rank. overwhelmed.

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crowd, then this was. being a world champion should make you favourite for your event, champion should make you favourite foryour event, in champion should make you favourite for your event, in the 1500 metres, scotland's jake whiteman was hoping to at the commonwealth title, but in the end can have to settle for bronze. after he said he was just relieved to get a medal after mental fatigue from his success at the recent world championships. bronze is still very good, though. england's hopes of winning commonwealth twenty twenty gold are over after a four—run defeat by india in the semi—finals at edgbaston earlier today. our reporterjo currie was following the action. with a place in the final at stake, england knew they would have to bring their a game if they were to have a shot at the gold medal. india won the toss and opted to bat and made it clear early on that they also meant business. smriti mandana hit a 61 off 32

balls, including three sixes. and jemimah rodrigues made 44 as india set england on the challenging target of 165 for victory. jones run out for 31. leaving england heading into that final needing 1a runs from the final six balls, however, in the end, they felljust balls, however, in the end, they fell just short, balls, however, in the end, they felljust short, losing by four runs. india will not take on the winner of australia or new zealand for the gold medal, england now has to focus on the bronze medal match. asjoe mentioned, india will face the winners of the other semifinal which is under way now. australia won the toss and chose to bowl first, a decision they've justified after taking a wicket in the first over. new zealand are currently xx for one with x overs gone. new zealand are currently 2 down for one with 9 overs gone. you can watch it live on the iplayer and commentary is on five live sports extra. it is the first time that women's 2020 cricket has been included in the commonwealth games. but cricket has always been part of the commonwealth, or to give it another name, the empire. in britain deep issues

of representation and accountability have been raised through cricket, particularly after the testimony of former yorkshire player azeem rafiq of instances of racism. the commonwealth games offers an opportunity to make progress. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. this summer, the nations come together, cricket is commonwealth, it is legacy, it is empire. read the map of this part and you follow the outline of the british empire, history, which is shaped so many modern identities. cricket has been transformed by the diverse nations that play, can you now bring common purpose and britain as it finds as it finds a home at the commonwealth games.

we begin in mumbai, the modern centre of the global game. it was here in the 1890s that the british governor promoted cricket with colonial motivation. this governor promoted cricket with colonial motivation.— governor promoted cricket with colonial motivation. as the empire . rew colonial motivation. as the empire crew and colonial motivation. as the empire grew and crickets _ colonial motivation. as the empire grew and crickets came _ colonial motivation. as the empire grew and crickets came to - colonial motivation. as the empire grew and crickets came to be - colonial motivation. as the empire | grew and crickets came to be taken up grew and crickets came to be taken up in different parts of the empire, people like lord harris believed that this was a sign of the success of the british civil civilisation, and that credit could be a metaphor for the empire itself, this notion of it isn't cricket, if you are battening to get out for me don't question the verdict of the empire. that is a very good way of about the relationship between colonisers and colonised. he may not like it but you have to accept it. —— for the umpire. sports was also right from the beginning. this terrain on which communities and societies are dictating their own identities. for

exam - le, dictating their own identities. for example, the cricket island of antigua, a ford british slave colony and the home of one man who, through crickets, embodied independence like pride. crickets, embodied independence like ride. , crickets, embodied independence like -ride. , . , ., pride. delighted west indian contention _ pride. delighted west indian contention here. _ pride. delighted west indian contention here. i— pride. delighted west indian contention here. i have - pride. delighted west indian| contention here. i have given pride. delighted west indian - contention here. i have given this world a lot. _ contention here. i have given this world a lot, we _ contention here. i have given this world a lot, we have _ contention here. i have given this world a lot, we have given - contention here. i have given this world a lot, we have given this i contention here. i have given this i world a lot, we have given this well and the _ world a lot, we have given this well and the generations to come through whatever— and the generations to come through whatever period of colonialism and were responsible for that should tell their— were responsible for that should tell their generations and the kids and let_ tell their generations and the kids and let them know exactly how some obviously _ and let them know exactly how some obviously gained their wealth. we care about — obviously gained their wealth. we care about these days, reparations, that to _ care about these days, reparations, that to me. — care about these days, reparations, that to me, it's a good call. that is an issue _ that to me, it's a good call. that is an issue which _ that to me, it's a good call. twat is an issue which reverberates around the caribbean. in britain, deep questions of fairness and accountability have been raised recently through cricket, and the testimony in particular of az.

prayers and birmingham, one of england's most prestigious cricket grounds. england's most prestigious cricket rounds. ., ., , ., grounds. from the outside world, --eole grounds. from the outside world, people are _ grounds. from the outside world, people are looking _ grounds. from the outside world, people are looking and _ grounds. from the outside world, people are looking and saying, i grounds. from the outside world, i people are looking and saying, wow, this is amazing, some people here in one location, thousands of people, it sends a positive message of community, positive message of diversity, and also from the perspective of a cricketing perspective, it shows that steps are being made to engage with the community and to work with the community. community and to work with the community-— community and to work with the community. community and to work with the communi . , , ., community. this is the venue for the summer's international _ community. this is the venue for the summer's international tournament. | summer's international tournament. sri october the 8th and final team to qualify for the first ever women's cricket competition at the commonwealth games. tradition innovating. i commonwealth games. tradition innovatina . , commonwealth games. tradition innovatinu. , , commonwealth games. tradition innovating-— innovating. i truly believe that cricket has _ innovating. i truly believe that cricket has the _ innovating. i truly believe that cricket has the power - innovating. i truly believe that cricket has the power to i innovating. i truly believe that i cricket has the power to influence and to set the example of how to be inclusive. unfortunately, we have gone through a period in the last couple of years which has been really uncomfortable and it's been hard for everyone involved in cricket. we all have to take a look

at ourselves and be better. sadly, the band—aid had to be ripped off to uncover a lot of these truths. to then be able to move forward. broadening cricket participation in britain is a long—standing ambition at the chance to shine charity. the commonwealth games, it believes, could have a big impact. the england is such a diverse country, having these role models for young girls will be an amazing opportunity to say ii i will be an amazing opportunity to say , will be an amazing opportunity to saj , ., will be an amazing opportunity to saj , ., ., say if i see that on the tv, that could be me — say if i see that on the tv, that could be me one _ say if i see that on the tv, that could be me one day. - say if i see that on the tv, that could be me one day. if- say if i see that on the tv, that could be me one day. if cricket| could be me one day. if cricket was exorted could be me one day. if cricket was exported as — could be me one day. if cricket was exported as a _ could be me one day. if cricket was exported as a way _ could be me one day. if cricket was exported as a way of _ could be me one day. if cricket was exported as a way of making i could be me one day. if cricket was exported as a way of making the i exported as a way of making the empire more british, is it now means of discussing and displaying the very many ways of being british? and if cricket is not a common language for commonwealth, then what is? we are here in birmingham for the

commonwealth games. competitive gaming is being included as a parallel pilot event at the commonwealth games and takes place this weekend in the centre of birmingham. the event will have separate medals and marketing, but the commonwealth games foundation say they want to trial new events that will encourage younger audiences to engage with the games. miriam walker—khan reports. e sports history, the inaugural commonwealth e sports championships will run alongside the games, but the hope is that it could become part of the full programme by 2026. now it is my pleasure and honour to open the commonwealth e sports farm in the very first commonwealth e sports championship. thank you. it means a huge amount to each of the video— means a huge amount to each of the video games and the e sports in their categories. it means a huge amount— their categories. it means a huge amount to — their categories. it means a huge amount to the communities, the players. — amount to the communities, the players, because it is recognition, it is prestige, it is something

different, it is like a medal, and your— different, it is like a medal, and your country, and your friends, and your— your country, and your friends, and your family~ — your country, and your friends, and your family. their parents are not going _ your family. their parents are not going to realise until these kids lo, going to realise until these kids go. look. — going to realise until these kids go, look, mum, iwon this. where? the commonwealth games. the sporting world has— the commonwealth games. the sporting world has embraced us, we are embracing _ world has embraced us, we are embracing them. the possibilities now are _ embracing them. the possibilities now are endless.— now are endless. there is this method that _ now are endless. there is this method that gamers - now are endless. there is this method that gamers are i now are endless. there is this method that gamers are not l now are endless. there is this i method that gamers are not very active, but on simulators like this burn up to 500 calories per hour. if it was 500 calories on that, then who knows what was on this? for the gaming community, this weekend is a huge moment. england women's rocket league team will be battling it out for the gold medal at the championships. it for the gold medal at the championships.— for the gold medal at the cham--ionshis. , . , ., championships. it is incredible to see that the _ championships. it is incredible to see that the commonwealth, i championships. it is incredible to see that the commonwealth, of. championships. it is incredible to i see that the commonwealth, of be said to him it's not something you never thought of when you started playing the game right. be said to him it's not something you never

thought of when you started playing the game right. he started playing for fun at the game right. he started playing forfun at home, and to be at for fun at home, and to be at the commonwealth competing for your country is just an incredible feeling. in order to be a top competitive gamer, you have to be really self—critical and strive for improvement. have that competitive gene inside you. you have to want it to. �* , ., , ., , gene inside you. you have to want it to. ., ., to. and young people love to watch aaamin to. and young people love to watch gaming mo. _ to. and young people love to watch gaming mo. 40 — to. and young people love to watch gaming two. 40 496 _ to. and young people love to watch gaming two, 40 496 of— to. and young people love to watch gaming two, 40 496 of 16-24 - gaming two, a0 4% of 16—24 —year—olds watch gaming two, a0 a% of 16—2a —year—olds watch live streams of video games, and that's one of the reasons it's been piloted here. we aet a reasons it's been piloted here. we get a significant review about who we are, _ get a significant review about who we are, what we are, how to stay relevant — we are, what we are, how to stay relevant to — we are, what we are, how to stay relevant to the youth of the commonwealth, so when this opportunity came to us it was like why not? — opportunity came to us it was like why not? so opportunity came to us it was like wh not? ., , why not? so if it goes well, we could be seen _ why not? so if it goes well, we could be seen more _ why not? so if it goes well, we could be seen more of- why not? so if it goes well, we could be seen more of these i why not? so if it goes well, we i could be seen more of these gamers at future commonwealth games. right, let's have a quick look at some of the other stories from the games today. england's defence of their netball crown has come to an end. the side they famously beat to win gold in 2018 — australia — got revenge this time round, winning by 60 points to 51.

england will now face new zealand in the bronze medal match whilst the aussies will take onjamaica for gold. a stunning final throw from australia saw them defeat england duo amy pharaoh and sophie tolchard in a thrilling final of the women's pairs lawn bowls. england though have now won four medals in total on the green at these games northern ireland's aidan walsh has beaten wales' garan croft, in the men's light middleweight semi—finals. walsh will now face mozambique's tiago muxanga in the gold match fight. england's demi—jade resztan will go for gold in the minimum weight boxing final after a semifinal points decision win. england's kiaran macdonald is also guaranteed at least a silver in the flyweight category. away from the commonwealths and the premier league is back.

in the early game, liverpool had to come from behind twice to earn a point at newly promoted fulham. matt graveling watched the action. fulham's return to the premier league couldn't be much more daunting. visitors liverpool, last year's runners—up by a point, were back with a point to prove. but the championship champions struck first. aleksandar mitrovic scored a record a3 last season. and they have scored, it is mitrovic! one game in, one goal. in the second half, liverpool evolved through darwin. welcome to the premier league for darwin nunez! new signing darwin nunez showing why he is worth the £6a million paid. the home side hustled and went mitrovic went down... he is over, he says penalty. ..the serbian stepped up. 2—1, fulham. but then, ten minutes from time, a loose ball in the box saw mohamed salah react and rescue the reds.

and it finished a point apiece in west london. a game full of twists and turns, starting a season that promises many more. matt graveling, bbc news. so liverpool, who missed out on the title last season byjust a point, having to settle for a draw on the opening day. afterwardsjurgen klopp was far from happy with the performance of his side. they never felt the game properly. may be directly after they equalised, looks like we found a little bit where we want to go. yeah, so, really bad again. really bad game for my side and from us. you know, we got a point for it, so that's the only positive thing. overall i think we did really well. i overall i think we did really well. i have _ overall i think we did really well. i have to — overall i think we did really well. i have to complement both, it was fantastic — i have to complement both, it was fantastic. something that i asked to always— fantastic. something that i asked to always be _ fantastic. something that i asked to always be behind the team. they did

it, it always be behind the team. they did it. it was _ always be behind the team. they did it, it was a great performance, great _ it, it was a great performance, great attitude, great commitment, it was really— great attitude, great commitment, it was really important. the biggest win of the day came at tottenham who came from behind to thrash southampton a—1. antonio conte's side trailed afterjust 12 minutes in north london but replied with four goals to get their season off to a great start. eric dier, ryan sessegnon and dejan kulusevski were all on the scoresheet, along with a mo salisu own goal, which cancelled out james ward—prowse's opener for the visitors. i like that a lot, the game, for the final result, but basically the way that we reached this results creating many chances to score, a good position goal, high—pressure, medium pressure. we were good also when we lost the ball to go again

and to win the ball again. i think i've seen a lot of positive things. newcastle united got a first victory of the season as they spoilt nottingham forest's return to the premier league at st james' park. after dominating a goalless first half, newcastle finally got the breakthrough they deserved thanks to a fabian schar rocket before callum wilson wrapped up the win with a well taken second on a day when steve cooper's side were decidedly second best throughout. bournemouth were the only promoted side to win on the opening day as they beat aston villa 2—nil. goals from jefferson lerma and kieffer moore were enough to secure all three points on the south coast and ensure a disappointing start for steven gerrard's side. leeds beat wolves 2—1 in a fiesty game at elland road, with an altercation between the managers at full time. leeds trailed before coming back to win the game thanks to an own goal from rayan ait nouri.

and in the late game, frank lampard's everton hosting his former club chelsea. it's the vistors who lead thanks to jorginho's first half penalty. everton's ben godfrey was stretchered off with a serious injury early on. it was the second weekend of the scottish premiership season and there were wins for both old firm sides rangers and celtic. aberdeen were comfortable a—1 winners over st mirren at pittrodie. stjohnstone were 2—1 winners at motherwell. alfredo moreles was on the scoresheet as rangers beat newly promoted kilmarnock 2—nil at ibrox. celtic were 3—1winners at ross county. let's have a quick look at some of the other sports stories today. south africa's ashley buhai leads the women's british open at muirfield. she's had a storming round so far today, which has included seven birdies in 1a holes as she moves to 1a under par, five

——birdies in 16 holes as she moves to 1a under par, five clear of the field. french riderjohann zarco clocked a new track record in qualifying at silverstone to secure pole for the british motogp. remarkably spain's al—eish espargaro recovered from this crash in final practice to claim sixth on the grid. british number one cameron norrie is through to the final of the los cabos open in mexico after beating canada's felix auger aliassime in three sets. he'll face the world number one daniil medvedev in the final. in the hundred, alex hales and joe root inspired trent rockets to a six—wicket win over birmingham phoenix. root scored 3a off 26 balls including this six with hales adding a further 58 towards the chase of 1a7 to win — a target which the rockets reached with three balls to spare.

new zealand suffered their fifth defeat in six matches as they slumped to 26—10 defeat at the hands of world champions south africa in the opening fixture of the 2022 rugby championship. the result will place even more pressure on underfire head coach ian foster off the back of their home series defeat to ireland last month. great britain womens' american football team take on the united states of america in the women's world championship final tomorrow. it's their first time in the final after beating canada 20—13 in the semis, thanks to a touchdown with just seconds left. middle linebacker bo steward says they're embracing going up against the tournament favourites. i'm100% confident, we as a team have always lived under the under dog rule and we've always been successful with it. it's something

we pride ourselves in. you know, we want to be the best, and to be the best, we have accomplished canada, so the sky is the limit with this. seeing how impressive women's sport is in the uk at the moment, we are just part of that. it does a great week for women in sports. now the alexander stadium here in birmingham has been overhauled in the four and a half years since the city found out it was staging these games. right now it holds 30,000 spectators but that'll be reduced to 18,000 going forward. and asjoe lynskey reports as part of our legacy series, the stadium rebuild's also had implications for the surrounding area of perry barr, which was set to be home to the athletes village, before unexpected delays. the beating heart of these games is on the edge of the city. this is four miles from new street station where the stadium is transformed. the place around it is still in

development. birmingham hoped perry bar would be the hub of these games, but in four years to prepare, events got in the way. you but in four years to prepare, events got in the way-— got in the way. you must stay at homes. tougher _ got in the way. you must stay at homes. tougher restrictions i got in the way. you must stay at| homes. tougher restrictions have come in various _ homes. tougher restrictions have come in various and _ homes. tougher restrictions have come in various and birmingham | homes. tougher restrictions have i come in various and birmingham to try to _ come in various and birmingham to try to stop— come in various and birmingham to try to stop the spread of the virus. and the _ try to stop the spread of the virus. and the lockdown, the country set to host the world would have to adapt. this part should have been the athletes' village, but there two years of covid setbacks, plans changed. now the participants are spread across the whole region and this development becomes housing. the very fact that we are committing the athletes and the officials at the athletes and the officials at the university of birmingham, the university of warwick and hotels around the national exhibition centre is a model forfuture generations of the commonwealth games and olympic games, because the construction of a village is very, very expensive, pushes up the cost of hosting these events, and the commonwealth games federation working to reduce the cost going forward to make these events more

affordable for more cities around the commonwealth. the affordable for more cities around the commonwealth. the athletes may live elsewhere. _ the commonwealth. the athletes may live elsewhere, but _ the commonwealth. the athletes may live elsewhere, but here, _ the commonwealth. the athletes may live elsewhere, but here, the - the commonwealth. the athletes may live elsewhere, but here, the work- live elsewhere, but here, the work goes on. the village plans will become nearly 1000 homes. it's brought huge disruption and traffic casts. the stadium here is world—class venue, but for local people, it has come at a price. the price has been a lot of noise, disruption, of those things you would expect, but also a sense of almost disappointment at the lack of engagement there's been bring people into this event. it's a running joke about it will be great when it's finished, and i think this is perhaps another extension of that. it's gone from local track to national emblem, and in years to come, they want the world athletics champs here. most host cities get seven years notice, birmingham had four, and yet, still built it all in the face of the greatest hurdle.

on day nine, let's take a look at the medal table. australia still top of the standings, they've had a fantastic games haven't they, with 55 gold medals, but hosts england are catching up. another great day so far with victories in diving and gymnastics — a8 golds for england. scotland are sixth in the table, wales are in tenth place scotland are in seventh in the table, wales are in tenth place and northern ireland sit in 13th. lots more to come from the commonwealth games on day nine, particularly from the alexander stadium, where scott and's laura and england's keeley both running an 800 metre final, that is later on. plus, and's beth dobbin is running along side and applicants to jamaica's elaine thompson and the 200 metres final. plus england's sir now hughes is going later in the final of the men's 200 metre, so a bumper day in birmingham, lots to look forward to but that is all from sportsday for

now. more throughout the evening. thanks very much for watching. bye—bye. hello there. it's been feeling warm in the sunshine today, and through the rest of this weekend, we're going to stay dry and quite sunny across many parts of the country. we've still got some cloud, maybe some rain to come in some parts of scotland, not necessarily where it's needed most. this is the rainfall accumulation for the next five days, and really no rain to speak of at all across england and wales. it is mostly in the north and northwest of scotland, as we've seen today. and not only that, it's also going to heat up next week across england and wales in particular with a heatwave on the way. now, the temperatures today have been more comfortable, getting up to the mid 20s or so in south eastern parts of england. not particularly warm, though, in scotland and northern ireland, where it's quite breezy in scotland, and we're still seeing

some cloud and some rain in the north of the country. overnight, we'll see some of that rain trickling down into western scotland, very light and patchy. elsewhere, though, we've got clear skies, dry weather, temperatures in rural areas, perhaps 8—9 degrees, but it's going to be milder underneath that cloudy, breezy weather in scotland. and we've still got some patchy light rain to come in western scotland tomorrow, drier and brighterfor the east of the country. some cloud across northern ireland and the far north of england, but some sunshine, too, much more sunshine, again, across the rest of england and wales. and in light winds, it's going to feel very warm. temperatures getting up to 26, maybe even 27 degrees, maybe up a degree or so in scotland and northern ireland. reasonably warm in eastern parts of scotland. start of the week sees, again, the potentialfor some more rain in the highlands and islands. but elsewhere it's dry, the winds will be light, and there'll be more strong sunshine and temperatures will continue to rise widely into the mid 20s across england and wales, could be up to 29 degrees in the southeast. what's happening? high pressure again.

that's keeping it dry, and it will even start to push any rain away from the far north west of scotland, and it's underneath that high pressure with the ground so dry that it will heat up very quickly, especially across england and wales. gets a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland, but the higher temperatures are going to be across england and wales, with heat wave developing across many parts of england and wales. by the middle part of the week, it could be 35 degrees in the south east of england in the sunshine.

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