hello from the bbc sport centre. manchester united and striker mason greenwood have agreed it would be best for him to leave the club to continue his career. it follows an internal investigation at old trafford into claims against him of attempted rape and coercive control. criminal charges against him had already been dropped. the club said he had not committed any offences. greenwood remains on full pay while united work with him to find him a club, as olly foster reports. manchester united is all mason greenwood has ever known, but he was arrested in january last year and

appeared in charged charged with attempted rape, because the behaviour and assault. he was suspended by united but in february this year all charges were dropped because key witnesses withdrew, but that trickled the start of an internal investigation at the club and there has not been a mutual agreement that he should leave. they say that based on the evidence available to us we concluded that the material posted online did not provide a full picture and that mason did not commit the offences in respect of which was originally charged. that said, he has made mistakes, which he is taking responsibility for. in his own statement, green continued to deny that he committed any of the original offence is that he was originally charged with, but he understands that people willjudge him. he says he is learning to understand the responsibilities of setting a good example as a

professional footballer and a huge responsibility of being a father. on the first day of the season there were protests at old trafford from women's charities and supporters groups, when it appeared that mason greenwood would be reintegrated into the squad, so was their u—turn by the squad, so was their u—turn by the club? the squad, so was their u-turn by the club? . , , ., the club? clearly it became a pr nightmare _ the club? clearly it became a pr nightmare for— the club? clearly it became a pr nightmare for manchester - the club? clearly it became a pr| nightmare for manchester united the club? clearly it became a pr - nightmare for manchester united over the last few days and on friday night they had reached the where the backlash from those charities, from mps, backlash from those charities, from mp5, from supporters have become so intolerable that united realise there was no way back. i’m intolerable that united realise there was no way back. i'm glad it is happening _ there was no way back. i'm glad it is happening now. _ there was no way back. i'm glad it is happening now. i _ there was no way back. i'm glad it is happening now. i feel— there was no way back. i'm glad it is happening now. i feel they - there was no way back. i'm glad it is happening now. i feel they are. is happening now. i feel they are listening — is happening now. i feel they are listening to the voices of women, not listening to the voices of women, nonnat— listening to the voices of women, notjust manchester listening to the voices of women, not just manchester united women, but the _ not just manchester united women, but the fans, the players, but listening _ but the fans, the players, but listening to the voices of a woman across_ listening to the voices of a woman across the — listening to the voices of a woman across the world.— listening to the voices of a woman across the world. manchester united said the club's _ across the world. manchester united said the club's standards _ across the world. manchester united said the club's standards and - across the world. manchester united said the club's standards and values | said the club's standards and values were taken into consideration when making the decision, but also the damage to the global brand and the reaction of the fans. united say they will continue to support him

and his alleged victim. arsenal made it two wins from two in the premier league as they beat crystal palace 1—0 on monday thanks to a penalty from captain martin odegaard. mikel arteta's side had to play the last half an hour or so with ten men following takehiro tomiyasu being shown a red card for two bookings, the first of which was for taking too long on a throw in. the arsenal boss wasn't happy with the dismissal, but praised the players who got them through the remainder of the match despite being a man down. to play 30 minutes in this game away from home with ten men is something extremely difficult to do. the contribution of the substitutes were magnificent, they really understood what we had to do, they hardly give anything away and credit to them. so, a good result for arsenal and a newjob for an arsenal legend. thierry henry has been appointed coach of france's under—2is on a two—year contract. henry scored 51 goals for france, and was most recently an assistant coach with belgium. he will lead a france under—23 side

at the 2024 paris olympics. spain's women's world cup winners have returned home. these were the scenes in madrid last night as the team showed off trophy. thousands of fans waited for hours for the champions to arrive back on home soil. it was the first time spain had ever reached the final — cue wild celebrations in the capital city. on day three of the world athletics championships in budapest, america's sha'carri richardson claimed herfirst global championship gold medal, winning the women's 100m final. richardson, who struggled in the semis and just about qualified for the final, claimed gold in 10.65 seconds. the 23—year—old missed the tokyo olympics due to a drugs ban but held off jamaica's shericka jackson, while five time champion shelly—ann fraser—pryce had to settle for bronze for the first time at a world championships. obviously, i didn't make the team

last year. i don't think you had to say that, but the fact i am sitting here now and i'm world champion it is the difference between now and then, i have been holed with myself, i have been able to stay in my faith, stay grounded, the people around who generally genuinely care for me, blocking out the noise, blocking out media like yourself, and continuing to go forward. to major league baseball next, and a first grand slam for san diego padres shortstop ha—seong kim. kim hit the first grand slam of his major league baseball career off miami's ryan weathers in the second inning of the padres game against the marlins. it was the second home run in his last three games and 17th of the season for the south korean. and that's all the sport for now. we will be back a little bit later. much more news on the mason greenwood story. and the win for

arsenal in the premier league. welcome back. chess maybe centuries old, but it's enjoying a surge in popularity amongst young people, and the government wants it to continue. the english chess federation will be given half a million pounds in funding to support coaching and install 100 new chess tables in public spaces. celestina olulode reports. the strategy, skill and anticipation of a game that's captivated minds for more than 1500 years.

these new recruits from malorees school in north—west london have been learning since january. i feel relaxed and calmed because you got lots of, you have to put lots of concentration into thinking of how you would checkmate with the pieces and it's just really calm. always focus on the game cos there could be a secret attack on one of your special pieces like a rook or a bishop or a knight. so always focus. zachary and his friends learned to play with the help of a charity called chess in schools. and now isaac is teaching his parents. yes, i've been teaching my mum and my dad, and it's been really fun going through the experience of that. and what do your parents say to you? well, they're really, like, i think they're really proud of me and my brother playing chess, it's a really good game of the mind and thinking. since leo started playing chess, i've seen a big improvement. he seems to be far better

at solving problems. definitely, there has been a change, especially it has made _ them grow in confidence. and one key move ahead, the government has announced £500,000 of funding for the english chess federation over two years. zachary hopes it will mean more children will take up the game. chess is a very good game or sport and it helps with your tactical thinking, your decision making. my message to the prime minister would be to help encourage the chess federation to encourage more children to play chess. in england, chess is not officially recognised as a sport, so it can't get access to funds that sports groups can. malcolm payne is a former player and international master. he says a lot can be achieved with the funding. so it's potentially transformational because what it means is that we'll be able to get the very best

coaching for this enormous group of incredibly talented young players. and the thing about chess is that it's very low cost. the money will be used to support disabled and female players and give the national team a much needed boost. i think it's only really the beginning. i mean, there's an awful lot more that we can do. we'd like to try and regain england's former status as the second best nation, but it will be extremely difficult. want to play chess online or learn how to improve? but there's love for the game at every level, with interest rising during covid lockdowns. with more than 130 million registered users, online platform chess.com has recorded a 350% increase in members since the start of the pandemic. i don't want to disturb you if you're in the middle of this, but there's loads of people playing chess... set up less than two years ago with ten chess boards, jake's group now meets at multiple locations. he's in favour of government funding, but wonders if it

will benefit his community. so i think it's a good contribution. but in terms of community chess, what we do here, it will probably have very little impact on us. we're self—funded, we do things ourselves. i know you went to a state school, so you were given boards, but not much supervision after that. it's nice to feel when you're, when you come from the poorer side of the track, it's nice to feel that you can not only compete but do better than the richer side of the track without. .. again, iwas fortunate because i had some guidance from someone at home, but there were other people in my school who didn't have that guidance. with each move winning more admirers and government funding announced, there's eager expectation a greater number of champions will come through the ranks soon. celestina olulode, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. over the next few days, pollen levels are going to be high across parts of england and wales. we're talking weed pollen. in fact, the weather over the next few days is going to be very samey, as well. sunshine and showers, a lot of which will be across the north and the west, warmer and drier with sunshine in the south, but it all changes at the end of the week. what we have is low pressure anchored to the north, high pressure to the south and a weak front in between. that weak front has been producing some cloud and some showers in the northern half of the country through the day. it is a breezy day and that westerly breeze blowing in some showers across western scotland and northern ireland. the driest conditions across southern england and this is also where we're going to have the highest temperatures. yesterday in parts of suffolk it reached 26 degrees. it could easily do that again today, but, generally speaking, our range is low 20s to mid 20s.

as we head on through the evening and overnight, a lot of the showers will fade, but not all of them. at the same time, we've got a weak weather front coming in across wales bringing thicker cloud and some splashes of rain. that could head over towards the midlands by the end of the night. clear skies, with overnight lows of 10 to 1a degrees, but cooler than last night in parts of scotland. as we head through tomorrow, our weather front is still very much with us, but it is weakening all the time as it moves across the area of high pressure. although we start with some rain across wales and also around cheshire, for example, that will tend to give way to just cloud through the afternoon and there will be a lot of dry weather, but still some showers, in the north and the west. the north and the west seeing highs of 15 to 19 degrees, the south in the east 21 to about 25. moving through the latter part of the week, low pressure starts to drift eastwards, ending up in the north sea. this weather front sinks south. it's a cold front, so fresher conditions will pull in behind that

as we head through the weekend. on friday, you can still see the hint of the oranges before and saturday, as that cold front moves away, before, on saturday, as that cold front moves away, the cooler, fresher conditions move into all of us behind that. as we head on into the latter part of the week, we still are looking at that mixture of sunshine and showers. some of the showers could be heavy and thundery during the course of thursday. it's also going to cool down a bit, with highs of about 20.

live from london. this is bbc news. pakistan's army launches a rescue operation for eight people including six children trapped in a cable car over a remote valley. thailand's parliament votes in a new prime minister hours after a former pm thaksin shinawatra is sent to prison. after the baby killer lucy letby is jailed in the uk, there are calls for health service managers to face tougher regulation. hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. let's start with some dramatic developments in pakistan. military helicopters and commandos have begun a rescue operation to free eight people including six

school children who are stuck in a cable car.