you are on holiday in the england and wales will probably be loving the weather. more clout in scotland and northern ireland, rain to come tonight, patches on the western side of the country, otherwise dry and largely clear, temperatures dipping to eight or nine in rural areas. a breeze still blowing, milder in scotland, continues to blow into western parts of the country on sunday. drier, brighterand warmer for eastern areas. cloud for the far north of england, northern ireland, rest of england and wales bathed in sunshine, sea breezes development, in one temperatures rising to 28 in the south east perhaps. it touch warmer than today in scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, heat building, heatwave conditions into next week, temperatures possibly to the 30s.

hello this is bbc news — i'm chris rogers — 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 the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn.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 30 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. now on bbc news it's time for 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 to 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 fours 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 didn't think it would take too long to get another gold medal. full credit to the boys. i couldn't ask for a better rink. i'm just overwhelmed. so much experience in the past. it allowed us to play our best, that's what we did. the occasion was fantastic. you two weren't even born when these two were winning the gold medal. i'm not sure they will appreciate that on tv, but unbelievable. speechless. these pair here are legends of the game, and it's a pleasure to be a part with two legends and my best mate, brian. wales has also been making history, gemma becoming the first gymnast from her country to win gold in the rhythmic gymnastics hoop. i knew i was capable of it, mainly because my coaches were telling me so, yeah, like, i was just hoping to scrape

a medal, to be honest, today, but to come up with gold, obviously, is amazing. some things don't change, the hammer was england's most successful event beside badminton mixed doubles. nick miller retained his title to make that 12. if that wasn't a surprise for the sell—out crowd, then this was. being a world champion should make you favourite for your event, in the 1500 metres, scotland's jake whiteman was hoping to add the commonwealth title, but in the end had 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. in the last few moments, england's dan goodfellow has won the men's three metre spring board final. he topped the charts with a score of 484.16. it was an english 1—2—3, withjourdan houlden taking silver

and jack laugher picking up the bronze. congratulations to all three of those divers. scotland's james heatlyjust missed out on a medal in fourth. england's hopes of winning commonwealth 2020 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 they 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 the challenging target of 165 for victory. in response amyjones was run out for 31. leaving england heading into that

final needing 1a runs from the final six balls, however, in the end, they fell just short, losing by four runs. india will now take on the winner of australia or new zealand for the gold medal, england now has to refocus on the bronze medal match. competitive gaming is being included as a parallel pilot event here 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 forum and the very first commonwealth e sports championship. thank you.

it means a huge amount to each of the video games and the e sports in their categories. it means a huge amount to the communities, the players, because it is recognition, it is prestige, it is something different, it is like a medal, and your country, and your friends, and your family. their parents are not going to realise until these kids go, look, mum, i won this. where? at the commonwealth games. the sporting world has embraced us, we are embracing them. the possibilities now are endless. there is this myth 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 it 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 is incredible to see it at the commonwealth, of be said to him it's not something you never thought of when you of when you started playing the game, right? it's not something you never thought of when you started playing the game right. he started playing 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. and young people love to watch gaming too, 44% of 16—24 —year—olds watch live streams of video games, and that's one of the reasons it's been piloted here. we did a significant review about who 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? so if it goes well, we could be seeing more of these gamers

at future commonwealth games. 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 demie—jade resz—tan will go for gold in the minimum

weight boxing final after a semi—final 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 43 last season. and they have scored, it is mitrovic! 0ne 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 £61; 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. maybe directly after they equalised, looked like we found a little bit where we want to go. yeah, so, really bad again.

——yeah, so, really bad game. 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 have to complement both, it was fantastic. something that i asked to always be behind the team. they did it, it was a great performance, great attitude, great commitment, it was really important. there was disappointment across merseyside with everton losing 1—0 to chelsea. ben chilwell was brought down in the penalty area deep into added time at the end of the first half at goodison park. and jorginho's spot kick was enough to secure three points for the visitors. the biggest win of the day came at tottenham, who came from behind to thrash southampton 4—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—0. 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. 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 4—1winners 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. right we can cross now to the alexander stadium where the olympic and world silver medallist keely hodgkinson and scotland's laura muir are in the final of the 800 metres — steve cram has the commentary. commentator: she will do it, she will take it on and pick it up from here. she will strike hard from now and the other is lining up behind her. i think this is playing out well for laura muir.— her. i think this is playing out well for laura muir. mary in the back of the _ well for laura muir. mary in the back of the field, _ well for laura muir. mary in the back of the field, so _ well for laura muir. mary in the back of the field, so now - well for laura muir. mary in the back of the field, so now trying | well for laura muir. mary in the l back of the field, so now trying to do what she loves to do, stretch it out, looking much better coming to these championships. keely hodgkinson is in the perfect place. laura muir could be there to strike him up at the pace is fast and it's quick and mara is coming back again. noidea quick and mara is coming back again. no idea what sort of race she's running, but keeley had skin skin ——

keely hodgkinson. and going right to the back of the field, this is what keely hodgkinson is good at. she can just celebrate —— accelerates from here. she will always tend to beat her, she is going to come strong, the canyon has got something extra. she's the strongest i've ever seen in the home straight, and she is going to come away to take the gold medal, mary morrow with an incredible performance keely hodgkinson has two settle for silver again. laura muirthrew hodgkinson has two settle for silver again. laura muir threw herself over the line for the bronze, but what a race for or two. cons of 400 metre paste and i'm just not sure she still knows how to run an 800 metres. —— amazing race for mary moraa. goodness me, when she starts to get more experience with how she raises, and by the way, that dance move is brilliant, by the way. just,

when she went to the back after the first 400 and everyone come pastor i thought what are you doing? she charged, she charged, she charged them i think i said to be for the race, if mary moraa is close to keely hodgkinson at the top of the straight nobody, nobody finishes better than her. she straight nobody, nobody finishes better than her.— straight nobody, nobody finishes better than her. she throws out the rule book, doesn't— better than her. she throws out the rule book, doesn't she? _ better than her. she throws out the rule book, doesn't she? she - better than her. she throws out the rule book, doesn't she? she runs i better than her. she throws out the i rule book, doesn't she? she runs 800 metres and raises the 800 metres an array that other girls don't expect her to do. they were completely thinking 200 metres to go. as we saw, there is laura muirjust there. during a supperfor the line, saw, there is laura muirjust there. during a supper for the line, that's her learning that she got the bronze, fantastic, and england's keely hodgkinson getting the silver. she's a little disappointed with that. she was going for gold, but mary moraa, just too much from her. as he can see, the delight and elation from laura muir. not her natural discipline, a bronze for her and a silverfor natural discipline, a bronze for her and a silver for england's keely hodgkinson. fantastic news. back to

the football. well, manchester city begin the defence of their premier league title away to west ham united tomorrow. the game should see city's new arrival erling haaland make his debut in english football, and ahead of the game he sat down with the premier league's record goalscorer alan shearer to talk about the art of getting the ball in the net. when i score a goal, there is always this feeling... is there anything better? no, i don't think there is, you know? i agree. because it doesn't matter the goal, when you score a goal, it isjust something inside you that don't like... have you always had that feeling? yeah, always. when i was younger, and still, it is this feeling and also this kind of, when you celebrate your first goal, it is like, "this i want to do again." i get this often. scoring one — imagine doing this again. and also this thought about let's say for example you see someone score a hat—trick on saturday. "oh, man, it would be

nice to do this." and what about the mental side of the game? i read that you work on meditation and things like that? yeah, as a striker i think it is really important to not think too much. if i am going to go into the next game thinking about my miss, the chance i missed last game, it is not good. to go into the game hungry, doesn't matter what happened before. i think about not thinking about too much about it. it is difficult, and then it is about trying. do you think that gives you an edge, doesn't it? if that is true, that means there is something right inside you. it is about finding it as motivation and not some negative kind of going to training like this — it is about coming into training like this. you want to be the best in training today. this is also something that helped me a lot, this meditation outside the pitch, tojust kind of let go. do you feel under pressure, or can you just go out and play your football?

yeah, of course, it is pressure. i am playing in the champions, the one who won the premier league, so of course there is pressure. but in my head it is about trying to go out on the pitch and smiling as much as i can, trying to enjoy every single minute of it, you know? because i am really lucky to have thisjob and to be here, so i have to enjoy as much as i can. fascinating insights, wasn't a? 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 had a storming third round, which included eight birdies, as she finished on 14 under par. that's five shots 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 aleix 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 34 off 26 balls including this six with hales adding a further 58 towards the chase of 147 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 women's 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 beat 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 is 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 perry barr, four miles from new street station where the stadium is transformed. the place around it though is still in development. birmingham hoped perry barr would be the hub of these games, but in four years to prepare, events got in the way. you must stay at home.

tougher restrictions have come into force in birmingham to try to stop the spread of the virus. in the lockdown, the country set to host the world would have to adapt. this part of perry barr should have been the athletes' village, but with 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 acomodating 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 are keen to reduce the cost going forward to make these events more affordable for more cities around the commonwealth. the athletes may live elsewhere, but here, the work goes on. the village plans will

become nearly 1000 homes. it's brought huge disruption and traffic chaos. 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, 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. 0n on day nine. time for a quick look at the medal table. australia still top

of the standings, they've had a fantastic games haven't they, with 57 gold medals. but hosts england are catching up... another great day so far, 50 golds for england. scotland are seventh in the table, wales are in tenth place and northern ireland sit in 13th. while we have been on air keely hodgkinson has won silver in the 800 metres, and scott and's laura muir has taken bronze. —— scotland's laura muir has taken bronze. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. 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. 0vernight, 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.

this is bbc news, i'm chris rogers. the headlines at 8:00... the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. can ijust say, i am the proudest mum in the world. such a beautiful little boy. and he fought right until the very end. and i'm so proud to be his mum. 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 islamichhad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage

has crashed in northern croatia — killing 12 polish people and injuring more than 30 others.