broadcast to his millions of online followers — harmed young people, as many teachers and police officers allege. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to andrew tate this morning. andrew tate has built his image around cars, cigars and controversy, his followers swallowing his sexism along with his success. you know i'm innocent. he's said little in public since his arrest in romania five months ago for rape and human trafficking. today, the bbc was the first major media outlet to challenge him on those allegations and on concerns from police, schools and rights organisations that he's spreading misogynistic attitudes among boys and men. andrew tate. hello. have you raped anybody? absolutely not. have you trafficked anybody? absolutely not. exploited any women for money? absolutely not. but you have admitted using emotional manipulation to get women to work in the webcam

industry for you. no. the bbc has spoken to somebody since your arrest who says exactly those things — that with you, it's all manipulation. there's an ulterior motive to everything... is this sophie? 0h, sophie. the fake name. no face. "i was so intent on wanting to please him and wanting him to be "happy that i was just kind of, �*yeah, 0k, do whatever you want.”' has she accused me of a crime, this imaginary sophie? she's making the point that there... has she accused me of a crime? ..emotional or psychological manipulation... i've asked you a question. and i allowed you into my house. i'm asking you a question. correct. but you're not the boss here because i've allowed you into my house. i'm asking you the questions... correctly, and i'm telling you... you get to decide the answers. no, we are equal here. i've allowed you into my house. you don't come here with a position of authority. i'm doing you the favour as legacy media, giving you relevance by speaking to you. and i'm telling you now — this sophie, which the bbc has

invented, which there is no face of, nobody knows who she is... the bbc did not invent her. of course not. because you never invent anything. we've got the chief executive of rape crisis naming you individually as spreading a dangerous ideology of misogynistic rape culture. absolute... it's the comments you make that are leading people to say things like this. absolute garbage. national organisations who are saying, blaming you for increasing levels of misogyny, schools that are saying they are having increased incidents of girls being attacked, of female teachers being harassed... if that was true... ..by pupils, because of you and your teaching, and your influence. that's absolute garbage. i have never, ever encouraged a student to attack a teacher, male orfemale, ever. i preach hard work, discipline. i'm an athlete. i preach anti—drug. i preach religion. i preach no alcohol, i preach no knife crime. every single problem with modern society i'm against. i've presented you with case after case after case with quote after quote after quote of people who are genuinely concerned about the impact you're having and you brush it off as if it's nothing. no, what you have done is come here with an agenda. you've come here with loaded questions. things taken out of context.

you come here with things that you don't understand are satirical and you expect me... satirical, sarcastic and jokes. that's how you explain the comments you make. for you to sit down... would you like to apologise for any of them? for you to sit down and say that one woman said that her boyfriend watched an andrew tate video and now he won't do the dishes or whatever your argument is, and that i'm somehow the worst, most dangerous man in the world because i have a car, isjust disingenuous. andrew tate�*s arrest and detention haven't dented his influence. he's followed by media to the prosecutor's office, followed by millions on twitter. an indictment in this case, expected here within weeks, will mark a new phase in his fight with romania's legal system, as teachers across the uk continue to battle his message. lucy williamson, bbc news, bucharest. a little earlier we spoke to lucy, and asked her why it was important to interview such a controversialfigure.

well, we have been following this case very closely here in romania ever since the tate�*s were arrested at the very end of last year, and we have spoken to as many people as possible around the case to try to get an accurate picture. we've spoken to the prosecutors, we've spoken to former employees, witnesses, neighbours, everyone to try to build up an accurate picture. the tate�*s themselves were in custody for three months and not able to do media interviews, but they were released in april into house arrest when that became possible. at that point, we were talking to their team because we thought it was important that we try to put some of these allegations to them, and also, as i sat there in the interview, some of those wider concerns that schools and police and others in the uk have expressed about the things they say. we went to their compound outside bucharest to do the interview. very much on their territory. it was quite combative, as you heard there. mr tate was quite evasive on some of the issues, quite hard to pin down on some of the specifics. but i think, you know,

it was valuable to put some of those allegations to him and to hear how he responded to them. there will be some people in the audience who feel that giving him a platform was wrong, but i think on balance, we did consider it quite carefully. i think on balance, it was important to talk to the people at the centre of the story and hear what they had to say about those very serious allegations. that was our correspondent lucy williamson after interviewing andrew tate a little earlier today. let's speak to the panel. what do you make of that interview? does it dispel orders simply reinforce some of the perceptions you had about who andrew tate really is. first perceptions you had about who andrew tate really is-— perceptions you had about who andrew tate really le— tate really is. first of all, well done to the — tate really is. first of all, well done to the bbc— tate really is. first of all, well done to the bbc journalist, . tate really is. first of all, well i done to the bbc journalist, lucy, done to the bbcjournalist, lucy, for keeping her calm, because when i was watching it, my blood was boiling. as much as he angers me, he inspires others, and that is part of

a societal problem. many young men here in the uk but also across the world. seeing him, a body that they envy because he is in the jan, prosperity that they cherish because he drapes himself and those luxuries. and if that a sense of if you don't have these things, it is someone else's fault, and it is usually the modern world, including feminists and powerful women. so i think there is a problem here about alternative role models. to some extent, he is the perfect iconic celebrity for the era of trump and elon musk, a sense of post truth masculine aggression that is poisoning our democracy, and we have to wake up more widely to it and find a way of challenging it. i want to come back _ find a way of challenging it. i want to come back to _ find a way of challenging it. i want to come back to that _ find a way of challenging it. i want to come back to that point - find a way of challenging it. i want to come back to that point in - find a way of challenging it. i want to come back to that point in justl find a way of challenging it. i want| to come back to that point in just a second. let's bring in more on this

point, because teachers have been very vocally critical of andrew tate. is he a known figure in the united states? i tate. is he a known figure in the united states?— tate. is he a known figure in the united states? . ., ., united states? i have never heard of him, and united states? i have never heard of him. and quite _ united states? i have never heard of him, and quite frankly, _ united states? i have never heard of him, and quite frankly, i— united states? i have never heard of him, and quite frankly, i am - united states? i have never heard of him, and quite frankly, i am glad - him, and quite frankly, i am glad they don't know who that is. i think that's the interesting _ they don't know who that is. i think that's the interesting point, - they don't know who that is. i think that's the interesting point, isn't i that's the interesting point, isn't it? followed by millions and millions of people, particularly young men here in the uk. and wanting, perhaps, to spread his appeal elsewhere, but interesting, not known yet in the united states. at that point that you raise is the division, the blame game, saying that someone else is at fault for any problems rather than perhaps your own situation. politics has been guilty of that sort of rhetoric recently, hasn't it? fii been guilty of that sort of rhetoric recently, hasn't it?— recently, hasn't it? of course it has, recently, hasn't it? of course it has. across— recently, hasn't it? of course it has, across the _ recently, hasn't it? of course it has, across the world. - recently, hasn't it? of course it has, across the world. if - recently, hasn't it? of course it has, across the world. if we - recently, hasn't it? of course it i has, across the world. if we could take any part of this programme and show it to enter tate, i would love to take the five seconds of video where you asked what you thought of

her and she said ten faced, i've never heard of him. that would be beautiful video for him to record him watching that, because that is the way i would like it to be, but unfortunately, i worry that more and more young men in the states will be exposed to him or the next iteration of him in a way that is really unhealthy. but you are right, politics hasn't escaped the scapegoating of others in the uk or in the us are in very many countries across the world at the moment. his fame has grown thanks to social media, the ability that he has to speak directly to millions of his followers without any sort of third—party checks and balances. and thatis third—party checks and balances. and that is the problem here, isn't it? these people are able to speak directly to their audience. they don't have to play by the roles that perhaps anyone else has to, and it builds a cult following. in some

cases, parents of those children don't even know that their children are being exposed to it. mi don't even know that their children are being exposed to it.— are being exposed to it. all those thins are being exposed to it. all those thin . s are are being exposed to it. all those things are concerning. _ are being exposed to it. all those things are concerning. of - are being exposed to it. all those things are concerning. of the - are being exposed to it. all those i things are concerning. of the things he said _ things are concerning. of the things he said make me sick, quite frankly. at he said make me sick, quite frankly. al social_ he said make me sick, quite frankly. at social media plays such a big role in — at social media plays such a big role in it. — at social media plays such a big role in it, but you also mentioned having _ role in it, but you also mentioned having this — role in it, but you also mentioned having this platform to speak to millions— having this platform to speak to millions of people without being fact checked in real time. so withoui— fact checked in real time. so without any, like you said, third party— without any, like you said, third party or— without any, like you said, third party or any— without any, like you said, third party or any research on their own and to— party or any research on their own and to say— party or any research on their own and to say if— party or any research on their own and to say if that is actually true. is and to say if that is actually true. is that _ and to say if that is actually true. is that based in any kind of fact whatsoever, or is this personjust feeling _ whatsoever, or is this personjust feeling things and i'm eating it up because _ feeling things and i'm eating it up because a — feeling things and i'm eating it up because a part of me feels like that to? and _ because a part of me feels like that to? and that is scary. it�*s because a part of me feels like that to? and that is scary.— to? and that is scary. it's 'ust too eas to to? and that is scary. it's 'ust too easy to say — to? and that is scary. it's 'ust too easy to say that's * to? and that is scary. it's 'ust too easy to say that's not _ to? and that is scary. it'sjust too easy to say that's not true. - to? and that is scary. it'sjust too| easy to say that's not true. i don't recognise that, and as lucy was putting those statements to implement this is what you have set on your website he said no, that is not me. he on your website he said no, that is not me. , , , ., ., on your website he said no, that is not me. , ,, ., ., , not me. he dismissed it, and to his followers, people _ not me. he dismissed it, and to his followers, people who _ not me. he dismissed it, and to his followers, people who have - not me. he dismissed it, and to his followers, people who have bought| followers, people who have bought into him. _ followers, people who have bought into him, they are going to believe him _ into him, they are going to believe him why— into him, they are going to believe him. why wouldn't they? that is what

we have _ him. why wouldn't they? that is what we have to _ him. why wouldn't they? that is what we have to come back. i don't know how we _ we have to come back. i don't know how we get— we have to come back. i don't know how we get there. up to the point you made — how we get there. up to the point you made earlier about how many young _ you made earlier about how many young people are following him, that is a concern — young people are following him, that is a concern about the future looks like _ is a concern about the future looks like. , ., ., ., like. there will be a lot of debate about this, _ like. there will be a lot of debate about this. a _ like. there will be a lot of debate about this, a really _ like. there will be a lot of debate about this, a really interesting i about this, a really interesting combative interview there. thank you for now. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. swarming bees filmed recently on campus at the university of warick in coventry, this spring has seen a surge in such incidents. just ask any beekeeper, like alan. it's been a lot more this year. at times, i was getting six or seven calls a day whereas last year and previous years, i would probably get that in a week. alan helps run an apiary at the university, which has around 25 hives, and it's the queens that caused the swarms. at this time of year,

she will be laying something like 2000 eggs a day, and the colony is growing very, very rapidly. the captured swarms are re—homed into a hive where they can carry on making honey. bees have to fly around 50,000 miles to produce just one lb of honey. each hive produces around £60. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. well there's a big event happening tonight in washington — and for once it's got nothing to do with politics. it's the final of the scripps national spelling bee. ii brainy students from across 50 states have made it through to this year's final — but only one will take home the 50,000 dollar cash prize and the honor of being the 2023 spelling bee champion.

so i thought i would see how our panel would fare against these super spellers and put them to the test. these are real words from the rail contest. so you have to bill this for us. your word is kumquat: a small, citrus fruit, native to china. because i am part of the liberal elites, i know what it is, but, i'm going to guess... maura, your word is mnemonic: a device or technique that aids memory. is it p-n-e-u... you've got the and riaht but is it p-n-e-u... you've got the and right but not _ is it p-n-e-u... you've got the and right but not the _ is it p-n-e-u... you've got the and right but not the beginning. -

right but not the beginning. m-n-e... we right but not the beginning. m—n—e... we should also be really clear to all reviewers, that you cannot see the text that is on the bottom of the screen right now. so there are no clues about how to do it. he both failed dismally, so i don't know why we have you on the panel. don't know why we have you on the anel. ~ ., ., ., ,~' i. ., panel. when do we get to ask you one ofthe panel. when do we get to ask you one of the words? — panel. when do we get to ask you one of the words? you _ panel. when do we get to ask you one of the words? you don't! _ panel. when do we get to ask you one of the words? you don't! that's i of the words? you don't! that's the oint. of the words? you don't! that's the point- you — of the words? you don't! that's the point. you don't. _ of the words? you don't! that's the point. you don't. this _ of the words? you don't! that's the point. you don't. this is— of the words? you don't! that's the point. you don't. this is amazing. l point. you don't. this is amazing. are you going to watch at? we said that $50,000, that star price, this is big money. that $50,000, that star price, this is big m(they-— is big money. that is a big deal. i love it, i will _ is big money. that is a big deal. i love it, i will be _ is big money. that is a big deal. i love it, i will be watching - is big money. that is a big deal. i love it, i will be watching it. it's so sweet — love it, i will be watching it. it's so sweet. what an opportunity and experience for those kids to get up there. _ experience for those kids to get up there. win — experience for those kids to get up there, win or lose, that is an incredible _ there, win or lose, that is an incredible experience for them. 50 incredible experience for them. 5© states, incredible experience for them. “3:2 states, whittled it incredible experience for them. lj;2 states, whittled it down incredible experience for them. lj2 states, whittled it down to 11 finalists that will take part in a grand final tonight. i love this, because it celebrates being a bit of a nerd, and that is what is so amazing. you can be academic, clever, this is a celebration of all of those sorts of things. sometimes,

but not always. _ of those sorts of things. sometimes, but not always, for— of those sorts of things. sometimes, but not always, for the _ of those sorts of things. sometimes, but not always, for the kids - of those sorts of things. sometimes, but not always, for the kids to i of those sorts of things. sometimes, but not always, for the kids to get i but not always, for the kids to get to pick last for sports teams, and from our own childhood we remember that as a child, those kids that were picked last, and also, in a world where there are probably too much information and not enough wisdom, we get to celebrate wisdom, and that is a marvellous thing. thea;r and that is a marvellous thing. they are alwa s and that is a marvellous thing. they are always such _ and that is a marvellous thing. they are always such brilliant _ and that is a marvellous thing. they are always such brilliant characters as well, those that take part, so jealous that you get to watch that tonight. i'm sure it will be fun. we will talk about some other stuff and just a second, because of course, it is now time for the panel. i'm going to let you go first here. you are talking about national park etiquette. you might have to explain this for us. so park etiquette. you might have to explain this for us. 50 i park etiquette. you might have to explain this for us.— explain this for us. so i would actually like _ explain this for us. so i would actually like to _ explain this for us. so i would actually like to use _ explain this for us. so i would actually like to use a - explain this for us. so i would actually like to use a british i explain this for us. so i would i actually like to use a british term, and would — actually like to use a british term, and would request that everyone not to be so _ and would request that everyone not to be so daft when they get to

national parks. please don't get off the trails. — national parks. please don't get off the trails, please don't decide to id the trails, please don't decide to go up _ the trails, please don't decide to go up to— the trails, please don't decide to go up to a — the trails, please don't decide to go up to a bison and take a southee, as unfortunately a woman recently tried to _ as unfortunately a woman recently tried to do — as unfortunately a woman recently tried to do. i don't understand why people _ tried to do. i don't understand why people do— tried to do. i don't understand why people do this. but to national parks — people do this. but to national parks are — people do this. but to national parks are treasure number please respect _ parks are treasure number please respect then, enjoy them. but stop engaging _ respect then, enjoy them. but stop engaging with the wildlife. do respect then, enjoy them. but stop engaging with the wildlife.- engaging with the wildlife. do you think that people _ engaging with the wildlife. do you think that people forget _ engaging with the wildlife. do you think that people forget that i engaging with the wildlife. do you | think that people forget that these are national parks and think that they are zoos? i are national parks and think that they are zoos?— are national parks and think that they are zoos? i think that people are obsessed _ they are zoos? i think that people are obsessed with _ they are zoos? i think that people are obsessed with their— they are zoos? i think that people are obsessed with their cell i they are zoos? i think that people l are obsessed with their cell phones and think— are obsessed with their cell phones and think that they can do whatever they want— and think that they can do whatever they want to get the best picture, to get— they want to get the best picture, to get the — they want to get the best picture, to get the best instagram photo or the best— to get the best instagram photo or the best southee and don't really have much regard for the rules, i think. _ have much regard for the rules, i think, unfortunately. but, no, it's not a _ think, unfortunately. but, no, it's not a zeal~ — think, unfortunately. but, no, it's not a zeal. these are live animals cannot _ not a zeal. these are live animals cannot live — not a zeal. these are live animals cannot live hydrothermal is if you are in _ cannot live hydrothermal is if you are in yellowstone. don't go stepping _ are in yellowstone. don't go stepping off the trail. you probably will die _ stepping off the trail. you probably will die. yes, it is a big issue

here i— will die. yes, it is a big issue here. i know there are national parks _ here. i know there are national parks in — here. i know there are national parks in the uk. i don't know if it's as — parks in the uk. i don't know if it's as big — parks in the uk. i don't know if it's as big of an issue with people being pretty reckless, but as the summer— being pretty reckless, but as the summer approach is to make like it's an inrportant— summer approach is to make like it's an important psa to share with people — an important psa to share with people to — an important psa to share with people to not be so daft. this is basically evidence, _ people to not be so daft. this is basically evidence, do _ people to not be so daft. this is basically evidence, do you i people to not be so daft. this is basically evidence, do you thinkj basically evidence, do you think that would sort of forgotten about the divide between the real world and maybe stop the real world and maybe stuff we see on telly and on screens? we forget where animals come from, but they are wild animals. ~ ., �* ., come from, but they are wild animals-— come from, but they are wild animals. ., ., come from, but they are wild animals. ~ ., �* ., ., , ., animals. we don't have any of those here in the — animals. we don't have any of those here in the uk. _ animals. we don't have any of those here in the uk. there _ animals. we don't have any of those here in the uk. there is _ animals. we don't have any of those here in the uk. there is other i animals. we don't have any of those here in the uk. there is other stuff. here in the uk. there is other stuff to be afraid — here in the uk. there is other stuff to be afraid of _ here in the uk. there is other stuff to be afraid of is _ here in the uk. there is other stuff to be afraid of is there? _ here in the uk. there is other stuff to be afraid of is there? there i to be afraid of is there? there are lots of things _ to be afraid of is there? there are lots of things in _ to be afraid of is there? there are lots of things in scotland. - to be afraid of is there? there are lots of things in scotland. but i i lots of things in scotland. but i think this idea that if you don't have a southee, then you weren't there. i think it's just become pervasive and we've got to get used to it. in continuous time, it will be something even more ridiculous than being daft in the national

parks. ii than being daft in the national arks. , ., than being daft in the national arks, , ., ., �* than being daft in the national arks. ., �* ., ., than being daft in the national parks. if you don't have a picture of it, it clearly _ parks. if you don't have a picture of it, it clearly didn't _ parks. if you don't have a picture of it, it clearly didn't happen. i parks. if you don't have a picture | of it, it clearly didn't happen. you can talk to me aboutjose mourinho, who doesn't want silver medals. why not? , ., , ., , ., ., not? there is a story here that not eve one not? there is a story here that not everyone watching _ not? there is a story here that not everyone watching around - not? there is a story here that not everyone watching around the i not? there is a story here that not. everyone watching around the world will know about. last night, the second competition in european football, to use an american term can be used a british one. soccer, and his team lost, and jose mourinho as some of the most vulgar of all managers. he's managed most of the leaks and been sacked from all of the leaks in the air, and last evening, his team lost the final and he threw the loser silver medal into the crowd, and that wasn't a lovely gesture, it was just for their vulgarity. and i don't enjoy this trend in football, which is if you come second coming are presented with your medal can be taken off your neck straightaway and never see again. at the olympics, people happily, not tapley, but people

proudly stand the silver podium and the bronze podium and bite into the medal. and i think that paul can learn from other sports.- medal. and i think that paul can learn from other sports. there is a fine line between _ learn from other sports. there is a fine line between being _ learn from other sports. there is a fine line between being ambitious| fine line between being ambitious and being competitive. i don't want silver medals come i don't keep silver medals come i don't keep silver medals, so i gave it away. you get a silver medal, but you aren't the only entry in the contest. there were hundreds of teams that enter that competition and you came second. i accept that you didn't want to come second, but no one who stands on the silver medal podium at the olympics listens to the present with the gold medal�*s national anthem, there was a way that silver medal. i don't enjoy it. it is a modern fad. perhaps i'm getting old and grumpy. this thing that strikes me _ getting old and grumpy. this thing that strikes me with _ getting old and grumpy. this thing that strikes me with both - getting old and grumpy. this thing that strikes me with both of i getting old and grumpy. this thing that strikes me with both of the i that strikes me with both of the stories that you have showed me tonight is this is about adults setting an example to the next generation. people getting too close to animals, jose mourinho throwing away at medals. none of this says this is how you behave in public.

absolutely. it's a disturbing trend, and it kinda makes you wonder what the future is going to look like if this is how we are going to behave. what sort of lessons should parents be setting? sportsman sending that message to the young fans, that is not a great example. it’s message to the young fans, that is not a great example.— not a great example. it's not. and as ou not a great example. it's not. and as you can — not a great example. it's not. and as you can see _ not a great example. it's not. and as you can see from _ not a great example. it's not. and as you can see from my _ not a great example. it's not. and i as you can see from my background, perhaps, i've got some football memorabilia behind the screen. i've been to watch children's football, i've tried to referee children's football, and it's not an enjoyable experience. the parents take it more seriously than the children. they scream and shout and occasionally you have to send parents off. we have talked about this on the programme. some of the referees having to wear body cams it's incredible that we have got to that stage. i incredible that we have got to that sta . e. . . incredible that we have got to that sta i e, ., ., ., incredible that we have got to that stare. ., ., ., , , stage. i have had to send parents off the pitch _ stage. i have had to send parents off the pitch for _ stage. i have had to send parents off the pitch for screaming - stage. i have had to send parents off the pitch for screaming and i off the pitch for screaming and shouting and using foul language. i

can only guess how they talk to the kids behind closed doors. perhaps we are all in the modern world and we can all be grumpy are all in the modern world and we can all be grump— can all be grumpy here on the programme — can all be grumpy here on the programme together. - can all be grumpy here on the programme together. you're l can all be grumpy here on the l programme together. you're in can all be grumpy here on the i programme together. you're in good company. a really lovely to see you. thank you for your contributions tonight. you have been watching the context on bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm marc edwards. no better place to start than at lloyd's. ——no better place to start than at lords. england's cricketers are in complete control of their one—off test against ireland after the opening day's play at lord's in london. after winning the toss and choosing to field — england's bowlers — led brilliantly by stuart broad — struck at regular intervals before england's batters then showed off their ability in the evening sun. joe wilson reports. ireland, lords and a sunny day. it

suited england, especially stuart broad, right and suited england, especially stuart broad, rightand hit suited england, especially stuart broad, right and hit read them to prove what he already knew, essential to england. 0n five occasions, too good for ireland, too good for australia. that will be the hope through the next two months. the confidence and can have anjack leach, the competency has in himself should also have been noticed. three wickets for leach, ireland allowed for 172 and england soon it batting. whatever england do in test matches these days, they do it quickly, and so zak crawley and ben duckett took those innings to 100 inside the 16th over. it is, we presume to know what they will try to do against australia because they know no other way. england will resume just 20 behind, but zak crawley not there. he was out for 56 thanks to the fast fingers, good reaction. a really good reaction. test matches are rare. make the most of this one. joe wilson, bbc news. an excellent day for england and an excellent day for broad —

something he acknowledged when he spoke to us after the close of play. ultimately, the day couldn't have gone much betterfor us. we won the toss. helpful conditions for that first hour and half, then the sun came out and the pitch played a lot nicer. it was crucial to couples for wickets in the first session. the way the guys played with the bat tonight was pretty awesome. we put ourselves in a really good position. like always, in test cricket, you've got to back that up the next day. to roland garros where's the women's number one iga swiatek cruised to the action at roland garros where there's been another big name exit from the men's draw of the french open. the eighth seed jannik sinner is out — beaten in a five set thriller by germany's daniel altmaier — a player ranked 70 places below him. the match lasted nearly five and a half hours — before altmier eventually won the deciding set 7—5 and will play grigor dimitrov in round three. no such drama for world number one and defending champion iga swiatek. she beat american claire liu 6—4, 6—love to progress to the third round with ease on her chase for a fourth grand slam title. the two—time champion will now face china's xinyu wang in the next round.

off the court, there's been more disruption for former us open champion emma raducanu. she's on the lookout for her sixth coach in two years — after parting ways with sebastian sachs — despite only teaming up with him in december. speaking on social media, raducanu said... "i have really enjoyed seb's coaching and working with him, it's unfortunate that circumstances made it unfeasible for both of us to continue right now." to football where english referee anthony taylor has had ——police in england have said any protesters will be dealt with in a speedy and robust way if they try to disrupt the fa cup final between manchester city and manchester united this weekend. much of the build up to saturday's match has focussed on train strikes causing disruption to travel. more than 1,200 officers from three forces will be deployed to wembley. anyone that intends to disrupt or comes to london with the intention of disrupting the fa cup final will be met with the same sort of response that similar sort of

protests have been met with, which is a rather robust and expeditious response that will make sure that whatever happens, they managed to disrupt it a little bit, we will limit them out of time on the field of play in whatever way they decide to disrupt it. there is nothing to suggest that that is going to happen, but if it does happen, we will respond in a expeditious and rather robust manner. in scotland, partick thistle are closing in on completing a stunning season — and becoming a premiership side once again. partick — who finished fourth in the championship — are 2—0 up against ross county in the first leg of their premiership play—off final. aidan fitzpatrick with partick�*s opener. ross county are down to ten men though — after dylan smith was sent off afterjust 17 minutes. and britain's elfyn evans was two seconds off the pace on the opening stage of rally italia on the island of sardinia. hyundai's finnish driver esapekka lappi won the stage. evans, who drives for toyota, had to settle for eighth place overall. he'll be hoping to bounce back

from failing to finish last time out in portugal. the rally finishes on sunday. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. for many parts of the country, there's been no significant rain for the last two weeks or more, and there's no rain, really, in the outlook for the next ten days. we're going to be playing with the cloud again, there was a bit of cloud coming in and sticking around across some eastern parts of england in particular during thursday, but there's drier air following around the top of that area of high pressure, coming in off the north sea, so prospects are better, perhaps, in terms of sunshine because the cloud that we start with on friday will be thinner, it's more likely to break more readily, and sunshine will develop across pretty much the whole of england and wales, not just scotland and northern ireland. not much cloud around come the afternoon at all. still quite breezy in the south—east, and the winds

coming in off the north sea, so right on the coast it's going to be cooler, but with more sunshine around, those temperatures more widely will be reaching 20 or 21 celsius. now, into the weekend and there's the same area of high pressure. it's not going anywhere through saturday and sunday. it's sitting in the same place. you can see more isobars there in the south, so it will be windy through the channel and the south—east of england, but it looks like saturday should be dry and sunny, across many parts of the country, but this time we've got more cloud along the north coast of northern ireland and more cloud in the far north of scotland, so here, it will be a little bit cooler, but with the sunshine around and light winds for many away from the south and south—east, those temperatures creeping up a little bit day by day, 22, possibly 23 degrees. second half of the weekend — still cloud for the far north of scotland, but it's rolling down the north sea, maybe just hugging some of these north sea coasts in the north—east of england, a little bit cooler here but, otherwise, temperatures very similar

i think on sunday in the sunshine reaching 23, possibly even 2a in western areas of scotland. let's have a look at early next week and there it is. high pressure. really, this pattern isn't changing very much at all, so all the wet weather continues to be through the mediterranean, although, even here, it's becoming a little less wet next week. but we've got more cloud coming our way through the north sea, so we're going back to the weather that we've seen over the past couple of days, keeping some eastern coastal counties a little cooler and cloudier but, again, west is going to be best in terms of the sunshine and the highest temperatures. and as you can see, there's the same area of high pressure, there's cloud within it, and coming in off the norths sea there's some cloudy skies as well. that will be moving further inland overnight across a good part of england, perhaps into scotland as well. through the day, it will gradually retreat back to those eastern coastal areas where the breeze is coming in off the north sea. so, again, cooler maybe cloudier for eastern areas, warmer with more sunshine out towards the west. this is a familiar story. is it going to change? well, this is our usual model, our preferred model,

and preferred story. high pressure still there, stronger winds in the south and south—east at times, and maybe a little weather front on the tail end of that area of low pressure coming into the north—west. now, not all models are in total agreement. we know there's been a lot of rain in the south of europe, and one computer model actually pushes lower pressure and some rain towards the far south of the uk later next week. that looks less likely to happen. but you can see a bit of rain there in london on wednesday. totally overdoing it, there mightjust be a spot of drizzle because there's some more cloud around but, essentially, it's dry for many parts of the country, it's going to be feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine and no significant rain on the horizon.

tonight at ten — the escalating legal battle between the government and the public inquiry into the covid pandemic. the inquiry wants all of borisjohnson's private messages and papers from the time handed over, but the government is still refusing, and taking legal action. finding answers for the families of victims is part of the inquiry�*s duty, and it says all material must be seen and examined. it is thought to be the first time that a government has taken legal action, against an inquiry that it's set up. also tonight... the former itv presenter phillip schofield talks to the bbc and expresses regret for his relationship with a younger colleague.

what was unwise was the fact that it happened,