elysse perry's 99 providing the platform for this first innings lead to the ashes holders. the test is worth four points in the multi—format series and is england women 5 first over five days on home soil, rather than the traditional four days. top seed carlos alcaraz is back in action later for the quarterfinals at queen's in london. he's up against grigor dimitrov later. alcaraz cruised pastjiri lehecka 6—2 6—3 to reach his first career quarter—final on grass. queen's is just the third tournament the us open champion and recent french open semifinalist has played on grass. after his win, he said he thinks he's ready for a "good result" on grass. venus williams�* short, but unexpected run at the birmingham classic came to an end with defeat by second seed jelena 0stapenko in a three—set thriller.

the second seed plays magdalena freck later. the 43—year—old american fought tenaciously, but lost 6—3 5—7 6—3 in the last 16 at the wimbledon warm—up event. williams was handed a wimbledon wildcard earlier this week, so it isn't the last we've seen of her. 0stapenko said it was very special to beat someone she called an idol for a lot of people. lee—anne pace of south africa made a two—putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5—under 66 and the first—round lead in the women's pga championship, the second women's major of 2023. leona maguire of ireland, the winner last week in michigan, is in a group on two under. world number one, jin young ko, and lilia vu, the only two—time winner on the lpga tour this year, shot 72. defending champion gee chun was two under at the front nine, but had five bogeys on the back nine and finished at 7a. two—time major winner brooke henderson of canada and ruoning yin and xiyi lin of china are a shot back from pace.

everything is working pretty well. i would like to hit a few more fairways tomorrow! i got up and down a few times. the patter was rolling and it is nice to make five bodies out on this golf course. hopefully, i will do something similar over the next two days. look at this at the pga travellers championship — world number three rory mcilroy hitting a hole in one for the first time on the pga tour. after the heartbreak of losing last weekend's us open byjust a single shot, the northern irishman was smiling again after getting an ace on the eighth hole, but he wasn't getting too carried away with it. this i threw it away sentimental, i don't care. i would rather have trophies and golf balls. i have had holes in one in the past where it is an okjob, you get a bit lucky or whatever. that was the best shot of the day that i heads. that was the best shot

of the day that i heads. as expected, victor wembanyama was selected first overall by the san antonio spurs in this year's nba draft. the 7—foot—5 french teenager took to the stage after the pick was finally official. his new coach, greg popovic, says he wants wembanyama to just be himself, while the frenchman described what was going through his mind as he awaited his name being called. the longest five minutes of my life, you know? this is when i started getting the butterflies. i started seeing my family gets silent. everyone watching their watch. then i got called and i went to the back and, yeah, iwas i got called and i went to the back and, yeah, i was congratulated by a lot of people there. i saw adam silver, i shook his hand again, give him a hug, then someone gave me

this. someone knew this was happening somehow. yeah, i'vejust got a lot of love. yeah, i've just got a lot of love. major league baseball returns to london this weekend as the st louis cardinals and chicago cubs renew their rivalry at the london stadium, which has been transformed from a football pitch to a baseball field for the games. it is the second time the sport has been played here, after the first event in 2019, and it comes at a perfect time following great britain's performance at the world baseball classic earlier this year. it's a it�*s a i— it's a i— to punch for major—league baseball in terms of bringing in the eyeballs of british people, casual fans, generalsports fans. eyeballs of british people, casual fans, general sports fans. you're just coming out of the back of the premier league season, the champions league finaljust out of the way, the cricket season hasn't really wind—up, so it is good timing. people will be alighting on something new. people will be alighting on something new.

everton have announced majority shareholder farhad moshiri willjoin the club's board as a non—executive director and chairman bill kenwright remains in his role. the everton board have come under much scrutiny from supporters in recent years, leading to protests. earlier this month, chief executive denise barrett—baxendale and former player graeme sharp left the board, but kenwright stays. moshiri's move tojoin the board may not sit well with supporters who are unhappy with the club's direction under his ownership. edin dzeko has moved from inter milan to fenerbahce on a free transfer. the striker�*s final game for the milan club was the uefa champions league final, which inter lost 1—0 to manchester city in istanbul. the 37—year—old has signed a two—year deal with the turkish side. this that's all the sport for now. the stage is set and the crowds are ready. the glastonbury music festival gets officially underway today, with its first headline acts this evenings. our entertainment correspondent

colin paterson is there today. this is the day when music finally starts at glastonbury on the main stages, and good news forfans of arctic monkeys. the english band are headlining the pyramid stage tonight. they had to cancel their dublin show on tuesday as alex turner, the lead singer, had laryngitis. but last night, we saw a giant mirror ball with "arctic monkeys" written on it being delivered, so almost certain they will be performing tonight. a couple of bands, we don't know who they are. the churnups are listed at 6.15pm. there's a big strong rumour that is actually going to be foo fighters playing the main stage. and over at woodsies, another venue, there is a belief that rick astley, the english singer, could be teaming up with blossoms to play the greatest hits of the smiths, which is quite a thought! one band we know are definitely playing, we can show them now, these are the master musicians of joujouka. and i can speak to the man, frank rynne, who is their manager. how are you? very well.

and we are very excited to have them on because they are opening the pyramid stage today. they are opening the pyramid stage today. it's their third time at glastonbury. they came in 1980 and played at the farm, an old festival. they were here in 2011 opening the pyramid, playing all around the site. this is our third time back with the musicians. they are from north africa, from ahl srif in morocco. the south of the rif. they play sufi trance music. they have a dancer, bou jeloud, who is like the pan of the roman times. they have been described by billy corgan of the smashing pumpkins as the loudest acoustic band in the world. he said, "nothing, no heavy metal band mic—ed up, sounds as loud as them." so blame me, we'll hear what they sound like! we can hear that in a minute, but brianjones from the rolling stones was the man that brought them to the attention of many people. well, yeah. the beat generation, william burroughs, brion gysin in the �*505.

in the 1960s, brianjones came down to the village and he was so enamoured with the music that he came back in 1968 and recorded what's called the first world music album. this came out posthumously in 1971. it was called brian jones presents the pipes of pan atjoujouka and it's really one of these totemic things. it's brought people to the village ever since. we do a festival every year in the village for 50 people and the musicians play occasionally outside the village — and we're delighted to be here at this festival today. they are opening up the pyramid stage at midday. the festival will end with sir eltonjohn on the same stage. and the last time it was u2 on this stage. but, yeah, over to the music. yeah, let's hear a little bit on the channel. let's take it away. music.

at least is not the manifested normally is! at least is not the manifested normally is! now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. we've got some weather changes around at the moment and then we've got a bit of wet weather. but this weekend we have still got some heat and humidity to contend with, notjust by day but by night as well. and it will all culminate on sunday with some particularly potent and thundery downpours. out there today, though, thunder is not really the risk but a rain or drizzle coming and going across parts of scotland, north—west england, north—west wales and indeed northern ireland for the rest of the day. the odd heavier burst. but while it will be particularly grey around these western areas, south and east and the channel islands the sun shines out, a hot day here. 27-28. and in shetland it will be another sunny day. how is here of around 16. but humidity levels are rising. they will rise further through tonight. southerly wind, plenty of cloud around, further rain at times in scotland, northern ireland — and quite misty and murky with some drizzle in the air across some western coasts and hills. but note the temperatures into tomorrow morning. not dropping lower than

around 15 or 16 degrees. many will spend much of the night with temperatures in the high teens or low 20s. so a pretty warm start to saturday. a fair bit of cloud around, especially in the west. light rain or drizzle. scotland, the odd heavier shower to contend with, pushing their way north eastwards. during saturday afternoon, the cloud brings up a bit more readily with more sunshine around. you really will feel the heat. with that humidity, it is going to be quite a stifling afternoon. temperatures — 26 around the moray firth, 29 or 30 towards the south—east of england. another very warm night will follow. still drawing air in from the south around this area of high pressure. pressure conditions trying to work in off the atlantic and a dividing line is this by the front which will bring some heavy thundery downpours late in the night and into the start of sunday across ireland. and through sunday, that will spread into many western parts of the uk. it could get close to glastonbury, and then later in the day very close to edgbaston, too. not too much rain across southern counties, and some eastern areas will stay dry throughout. here, the highest of the temperatures. the heat, humidity still in place. 30 degrees across the south—east compares to 18 or 19

in northern ireland. and that fresher air will push eastwards with those thundery downpours during sunday night. and then into next week, we have got high pressure to the south of us, the air coming off of the atlantic. so a slightly different week. it won't be a cold week but we will see some further rain at times, especially across the north and the west. the further south and east you are, always are set to be that little bit drier with some sunshine at times. and in the sunshine, we will see the temperatures lift up once again into the mid 20s. and that is how it is looking. goodbye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. the co—founder of the firm that developed the titan sub rejects claims it cut corners. tributes are paid to the five tributes are paid to the five people killed on board — people killed on board — the sub suffered the sub suffered talks over mortgages a catastrophic implosion. a catastrophic implosion.

uk bank bosses in government uk bank bosses in government talks over mortgages after interest rates rise to 5%. and glastonbury festival bosses confirm the arctic monkeys will play, despite frontman alex turner contracting laryngitis. we'll have all that and more with our music