we set hello from the bbc sport centre. the three—time olympic dressage gold medallist has been suspended from all competition for one year following a horse whipping controversy that saw her withdraw from the paris games. video was released injuly showing what she described as an error ofjudgment during an error of judgment during coaching an error ofjudgment during coaching session will stop she was shown whipping a horse more than 20 times during a private session at the stable. at the time, she said she was deeply

ashamed, and has since lost sponsors, funding and some of her horses. in a statement, she apologised, saying she understands the responsibility coming with her position in the sport, and will forever aim to do better. should she wish to return to the sport, be challenges ahead within rebuilding her string of horses and her reputation, but this fall from grace from the former golden girl of british dressage has far broader ramifications thanjust herfuture, because than just her future, because there thanjust herfuture, because there are concerns about the ramifications for public trust in the sport. the title might be decided, but there's still been controversy ahead of the final fi race of the season, with mercedes driver george russell telling media in abu dhabi that now four time world champoin max verstappen is a bully that needs

standing up to, and that he s allowed to get away with murder. tensions have been increasing throughout the season between verstappen and his rivals, but this follows an incident during the last grand prix in qatar when the red bull driver was penalised for slowing down too much in qualifying, blocking russell. verstappen later said he d lost all respect for the british driver, and called him two—faced. today though russell claimed verstappen also told him after the session that he would deliberately crash into him and put me on my expletive head in the wall. former scotland rugby union captain stuart hogg has had his sentencing for abusing his now estranged wife deferred until january. but he has been given a five—year non—harassment order and fined after breaching bail. hogg had previously admitted

shouting and swearing and acting in an abusive manner towards his wife gillian over the course of five years. the deferral is to see if it's possible for hogg to complete a rehabilitation course remotely now that he is playing rugby in france for montpellier. two key test matches start on friday, with two teams hoping to build on big wins from the opening games of their series. new zealand and england are in wellington for the first time since their epic meeting there in 2023. while there's a day night test in adelaide which starts with india leading the five—match series against australia after winning comfortably in perth last week. they are strengthened by the return of captain rohit sharma who missed the opener due to the birth of his second child. australia are without josh hazlewood but scott boland has come in and australian skipper pat cummins is expecting a reaction. this week has been great, and everyone is really focused on what is the head and excited for the next four test matches. everyone has a lot of personal pride, so there is pressure on you anytime you play, let alone the scoreboard being down 1—0. la lakers coach i] redick says he's embarrassed by his team's historic two—game slump that includes defeats by a combined total of 70 points — a franchise record. monday's loss to the minnesota

timberwolves was followed up on wednesday with a 134 to 93 defeat in miami to the heat, only the 11th time in lakers history — that's nearly 7,000 games, they've lost by more than a0 points. meanwhile miami's margin of victory was their third best and they tied a franchise record with 2a three pointers. the milwaukee bucks winning streak ended at seven after they were beaten 119 to 104 by the atlanta hawks who have now won five in a row themselves. the two teams are neck—and—neck for fifth place in the eastern conference. head to our website for much more on _ head to our website for much more on other— head to our website for much more on other stories, - head to our website for much more on other stories, but i head to our website for much i more on other stories, but now it is back to anita. inaudible are to be offered a weight loss drug over the next 12 years, in what is the longest roll—out for the national health service. the healthcare watchdog nice said the length of time was necessary, because of the large

number of people eligible for the drug, so as not to overwhelm nhs services. but charities have said its too long for patients to wait. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. it's estimated that over 60% of adults are either overweight or obese in england, risking their health and putting pressure on the nhs. but only 40,000 are treated by nhs weight—loss services each year. the gp was very enthusiastic about me buying it privately. now, in an attempt to improve nhs weight loss services, the health watchdog nice has given the green light for several million obese people to be treated with tirzepatide branded as mounjaro. but the roll—out will be over a record 12 years so as not to overwhelm the nhs. the drugs are expensive and therefore we cannot treat several million people with these drugs at this moment in time. and also, the nhs is not ready to treat several million people with these drugs. we have to develop the systems, as it were, to be able to prescribe these drugs in a safe and appropriate manner within the nhs, and that will take time. thatjust simply will take time. so, who will get this weight—loss drug first? 220,000 people with the highest clinical need will be part

of an initial three—year phase. they must have obesity with a bmi higher than 35 and at least one weight—related illness, such as cardiovascular disease. patients already treated at specialist nhs weight—loss services will be included, and for the first time, its expected that family doctors will be able to prescribe this weight—loss drug. the move has generally been welcomed, but some charities have said they're concerned about the long length of this 12—year roll—out. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. it's just over eight months since the francis scott key bridge, in the us city of baltimore, collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship. six people died and the port was closed, putting thousands out of work. tonight, a bbc documentary will explore what went wrong and how bridges can be made safer. our transport correspondent sean dilley has the details.

hold all traffic on the key bridge. there's a ship approaching just lost their steering. 213 dispatch, the whole bridge just fell down, the whole bridge just collapsed. this is the moment the baltimore skyline changed forever. in seconds, the colossal ship toppled the francis scott key bridge... what's going on, man? we got one out of the water. 0k. leaving only one survivor and the loss of six lives. as night turned to day, the extent of the damage became clear. i remember speaking with the person who was running the operations from the coastguard, and i said, "what is the probability that we're going to find someone alive at this point?" and the answer that he gave was, "governor, my professional assessment is zero.

there's a 0% chance." a new bbc documentary has been given exclusive access to the $100 million operation to find those victims and clear the shipping channel, and it's seen new footage of the dali the day before it struck the key bridge. investigators say a power outage caused the dali to lose control and hit the bridge. their report found that it experienced two other blackouts the day before. this exclusive footage appears to show dense smoke from one of those blackouts. and this previously unseen angle shows the full extent of the bridge's progressive collapse. as well as the recovery, the salvage team would need to map the debris, free the ship and lift 115,000 tonnes of steel and concrete before they could fully reopen the port, with danger at every turn. the other side of that pendant, is it disconnected? yeah, it looks still connected to a beam, like a truss. you turn left and you went underneath something, you have to remember that that's where you have to come back out otherwise you could become trapped.

everything that could make diving more difficult, it was on this job. the mission led up to a dramatic but carefully sequenced controlled demolition, where precision explosives were placed into a series of holes cut into the wreckage to free the dali. we were telling people it wasn't going to be, as you see in the movies, a big explosion. but at the end of the day, it turned out to be a pretty big explosion. as for the dali, a number of lawsuits allege that poor maintenance and cost cutting caused it to lose power and hit the bridge. its owners reject these allegations, but if settled, the total insurance claims could be over £3 billion. eight months on and work will soon begin to replace the fallen bridge. protective structures will be installed to prevent another disaster. meeting notes seen by the bbc show that the baltimore harbor safety committee had wanted underwater bollards like these for years, though they were never installed. safety experts stress that improving pier protection on existing bridges is an urgent priority.

we can't let our old bridges be sitting ducks. we can't just leave them unprotected. notjust sitting and waiting and hoping that nothing happens. a message that will resonate around the us, where an estimated 1500 bridges are believed to be at risk, and a message that will be heard around the world. sean dilley, bbc news. and that report is from a new bbc documentary "why bridges collapse: the baltimore disaster". here in the uk, you can watch it on bbc one at 9pm tonight, and you can stream it now on the iplayer. just a reminder of a line coming to us from france this summer, the news that the prime minister, michel barnier, has indeed resigned, and been asked

to stay on in a caretaker capacity. the french president, emmanuel macron, is due to make a speech later on. ben brown will be here next with all the latest. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. stormy weather is heading our way over the next few days as we head into the start of the weekend. this is where we see the arrival of the next named storm. this is storm darragh, named by the met office. biggest impacts are likely to be from the strength of the wind, although there's the risk of some flooding and briefly, some snow in the scottish hills as well. this is the cloud head that's going to develop into the storm, but already ahead of that, a different system is bringing more cloud and it's bringing some rain in from the west as well. but we have quite mild air across us today. so temperatures could be as high as 13 or 1a in england and wales, but we've got wet weather around as well. gusty winds with that

quite heavy rain. that's going to sweep across during this evening, followed by a few showers for a while, but tending to become dry and clear overnight and it will be a bit colder as well. shouldn't get too cold because there's enough of a breeze blowing, but the greatest risk of frost is likely to be across some eastern areas of scotland. now many places will start tomorrow dry with some early sunshine, a few showers in western scotland and over the irish sea. but gradually we saw the cloud on the earlier satellite picture. we're going to get swamped by this cloud. it will cloud over more and more, and we start to see the winds picking up and the rain arriving. and this is the start of storm darragh. now temperatures are going to be lower than today on friday, 7 to 9 degrees typically, but the winds will continue to strengthen overnight and into the weekend. the centre of the storm moves right over the uk, and on friday night there'll be some snow over the scottish hills as well. the strongest of the winds are going to start to arrive from the early hours of the morning as the storm pushes away into the north sea. so we've got this amber wind warning from the met office. gusts 70—80 miles an hour from the early hours of the morning through much

of saturday for this part of the uk. and there's likely to be some damage and disruption. so this is where we've got the centre of the storm by saturday, out into the north sea. so we've got these really strong north to north westerly winds, feeding in showers or longer spells of rain across the uk. and it will be windy everywhere. now, as the winds start to ease a little bit in western areas in the afternoon, it gets really windy around some of those north sea coasts and the temperatures aren't changing too much on saturday, again around 7 to 9 celsius.

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