we believe there are opportunities for uk sport to look at their own economy and save money elsewhere it does make, the negative impact of the decisions are that effectively you are throwing sports under a bus. we often thrown under a bus. particularly strong words from him. that leaves katherine grainger, the new chair for uk sport, quite a big job for her. yes, it's no coincidence they have decided to launch this revolt just as she is about to take as chair of the just as she is about to take as chairof the uk just as she is about to take as chair of the uk sport. she's about to become one of the most powerful figures in all british sport. she has excelled as an athlete, of course, the most decorated female british 0lympian of all time, but she now faces a great challenge as a sports administrator. and notjust because there are significant concerns over at the moment, with a whole spate of governing bodies embroiled in controversy is and allegations of bullying and sexism, but also over money. there isn't an unlimited amount of money going forward. national lottery ticket sales are

dame katherine grainger is the incoming chair of uk sport, and she says she has concerns about the welfarewe'll be back just after 10am. a 21—year—old man from oxford, who travelled to the so—called islamic state—controlled area of syria in 2014, says he's now being held by kurdish forces fighting the group. jack letts, dubbed "jihadijack", is suspected of going to syria to fight for so—called islamic state — he claims he is opposed to is and has left that area. his parents — who have pleaded not guilty to charges of funding terrorism after being accused of sending cash to their son — are calling on the british authorities to do "whatever they can" to help him. we spoke to sally and john letts recently and they told me about the last time they spoke to jack letts. it was about two weeks ago now. up until that point, we'd been having reasonably regular contact with him. about every other day, we were speaking to him for about two hours in the evening. and then, as of last thursday, all contact stopped. so we're not, we don't know what's going on now. where is he? erm, he's in protective cus

and uk sport needs to be clear to british cycling, if it doesn't reform itself, get proper structures their funding which would pay for the elite performance of british cycling. the british and irish lions have two more matches on tour before the first test against the all blacks a week on saturday. they have won two and lost two on so far. up next are the maori all blacks this saturday. johnny sexton could now be favourite to start against the all blacks. warren gatland had this to say about the battle for the fly half jersey before he knew about the injury. he was good coming off the bench. the combination with ten and 12 was pretty sea mless. combination with ten and 12 was pretty seamless. jonny himself knows that his last two games before that, the semifinal, and the game against the semifinal, and the game against the barbarians... he wasjust the semifinal, and the game against the barbarians... he was just down and out of confidence. he has got his mind back. we want to give him a start against the maoris. the scotland team are playing australia. towns and says he has picked a

as a writer, my main source of income was lottery funding by uk sport, because i was competing in: olympicr but i assumed men and women would get the same amount of money at championship level. i was surprised to learn it was only recently that this became the case. in 2014, a bbc study found 30% of sports did not equal prize—money. the same study this year has seen that figure dropped to 17%. squash started paying equally when the men's and women's tours join together two years ago. british number one laurent pushed to make that happen. without the support of the women's tour, they realised they could not, they had almost hit the ceiling. going to national governing bodies and saying for this money you can have the men and the woman and the best in the world. theyjust raised us both up together. i've enjoyed being part of the women's tour. organisers have always been very passionate that female riders get treated the same as male counterparts. certainly when we were creating the women's tour back in 2014 there was a lot less money that goes into the sponsorship of women in sport, that's a

in 2011, uk sport implemented a maternity policy of its own, but best practice of this policy is stillrformance directors at british skeleton once she began starting a family. i had ella in 2007, in october. i did feel that bit of pressure to get back to perform sooner than what i wanted to. i had the whole risk of the apa, it was being reduced while i wasn't competing and, you know, i had performance targets to get back to for it to be increased and that was an unnecessary pressure for me at that time. i was performing really well when my family were included and they weren't ignored. and then as soon as we had more of a family—orientated performance director, nigel, come on board, he just changed the whole feeling for both kristan and i, with ella, and was really happy with her and then the team kind of let down their boundaries and it was, it's ok, it's ok to talk to them. and did your performance change in this period when the stresses were removed? did it help you to perform better? yeah! i had the best season i've ever had. i won the overall world cup. i then won the world champi

in 2011, uk sport implemented a policy of its own but best practices are still open to interpretationshe began starting a family. had contrasting levels of support one she began starting a familylj had emma and 2007 in october. i did feel pressure to get back to performance sooner feel pressure to get back to performance sooner than what i wa nted performance sooner than what i wanted to. as soon as we had more of the family orientated performance director come on board, he changed the entire feeling. i had the best season i ever had. i won the overall world cup. i won the world championships and qualified for two more olympics. sophie arrived in 2015. igot more olympics. sophie arrived in 2015. i got called into a meeting with my performance director who was a different performance director to the one that was supportive. i asked what funding i would be able to go on to because i have got the mortgage to pay. the apa would not be able to cover those costs. i opted to retire from the programme. double world champion helenjenkins is amongst several triathletes to choose 2017 to start a

dame katherine grainger, olympic rowing gold medallist, will become the new chair of uk sport next weekr improvement. there are huge concerns without a doubt. i don't think anyone is pretending they're not. we have to address it. everyone is under pressure so athletes want to deliver, coaches are under pressure to get results, performance directors and chief executives... it's a situation where there is a, how good can we be how many more medals can we deliver? the future of the sport is dependent on it. jade jones is on course to win a career grand slam of major titles in tae kwon do. she is into the world championship semifinals in south korea. she got there with an 11—8 win over a chinese athlete. that guarantees her at least a bronze medal. she has never won a gold before in the competition. leading jockey michelle payne has been banned forfour jockey michelle payne has been banned for four weeks for taking a banned for four weeks for taking a banned substance. she is the only female jockey to win the prestigious melbourne cup and she took a weight suppressant melbourne cup and she

mentioned on the bbc sport website, bbc.co.uk/sport. have mentioned on the bbc sport website, bbc. co. uk/sport in sportsday papa sex. he always gets to end with good news! not always the case here. —— sports sportsday at half past six. the headlines on bbc news: cladding on 34 tower blocks in 17 local authorities fail fire safety tests. that a 100% failure rate according to the government. the brexit secretary, david davis, says he's ‘pretty sure' the uk will be able to reach a suitable deal with brussels on leaving the eu. officials in pakistan say at least 140 people have died after an oil tanker overturned and caught fire in punjab province. let's return to our top story. that is the cladding test or otherwise for cladding on residential buildings. residential buildings are being tested in the wake of course of the grenfell tower fire last week, when the cladding that had been added externally appears to have actually exacerbated the spread of the fire up the outside of the building. now, we have been giving figures in the last couple of days and we have had the latest set of figures from t

uk. in sport, it's queens week and andy murray begins his bid for a record fifth title tomorrow.o is in action. it's been nearly a year since the eu referendum vote and today the formal brexit negotiations which could define the uk's political and economic future have finally begun. they are taking place between the brexit secretary, david davis and the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier. mr davis acknowledged there would be challenging times ahead but said he was "determined to build a strong and special pa rtnership". our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from brussels. starting today, history being made and unmade. are you ready to make history, mr davis? david davis' mission in brussels, to unstitch a relationship 44 years old, with the uk heading for future outside the eu as mr davis headed to his talks. it is almost exactly a year since the referendum and david davis says that with these talks, he is going to end up with a deal like no other before it. the eu side are waiting to see what it is he wants. the conservative party does not yet have a united view

that's bbc. co. uk/sport — and i'll have more in sportsday at half past six.s not yet known, eye witnesses reported that the man shouted "i want to kill muslims". the attacker, who has been named as darren osborne from cardiff, was not known to the security services in terms of far right extremism. let's talk to dr chris allen of the university of birmingham who's worked closely with the cross—government working group on anti—muslim hatred. he's also written a book on islamophobia. thank you for coming in. what are your thoughts on the way the government has calibrated its response to this attack?|j government has calibrated its response to this attack? i think what we have seen with theresa may yesterday was it was put forward that this was an act of terror which was welcomed by muslim communities in particular. but also recognition that we need to tackle islamophobia now. i think there is a problem in terms of that. we do need to look at islamophobia and have done for the past 20 years, that has been something which some of us have been saying needs to be ta

lots of fun is coming from continental europe i've noticed the nail on the moscow metro from the sports uk stall is now both in cyrillic in european language so it's very very important for fans come in that i can feel comfortable about walking around in shops and getting on buses we do hope we do have all the sign there are in russian and english and are we going to have more before the full scope and there are not a lane english here or there will be some information desk in japan's chinese german and the english may be some of the dylan which is but mainly in english and it's all the science. in its role in the main distillations and finally how are you going to continue to build this enthusiasm among the local people because big tournament is now coming up everybody you need to be excited about football you can put some events on to bring them and. that's you know heavy in their costs in the. big dispute tournaments like the people's cup also always good to put a cd to the to develop and to have some. better infrastructure but most cool the growth in itself we'll without those kind of

uk. coming up in sport at half—past.rnoon stars from the world of comedy and television are at westminster abbey to celebrate the life of ronnie corbett who died last year at the age of 85. michael parkinson and joanna lumley are among those who did readings a the memorial service — and there‘ve been tributes from fellow comics rob brydon and jimmy tarbuck. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito sent this report. he was really a lovely man. what you saw was what you got, he was not that different off—screen. he was warm and generous. just a lovely man. westminster abbey is a place of great state occasions and today that occasion was a celebration of laughter. a gathering of friends, collea g u es laughter. a gathering of friends, colleagues and fans of ronnie corbett. good evening my wonderful to be with you again. it is boreal, but i say unashamedly i hope we have a few laughs to remember ronnie. i met in 60 years . been in west 555.5...5 .5. z fififiiffi 55 ‘ been in west twine. "5 5' 5: 75:5 1 ‘been in west twine. so 5: 75:

uk. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part infrica. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left the spice girls. ahhhhh! i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. not geri, why? this is bbc news. the latest headlines: reports from the philippines say at least 3a people have died following an attack on a crowded casino in manila. president trump says he's pulling the united states out of the paris

the company's largest shareholder is sports direct international, the uk bigger software retailer, is also pumping its stake in finish line to nearly 20%. finish line shares end ed the dy up about 7%. >>> and the fda approve d a blod thinner that is sbened to help prevent deep vein trhrombosis. the company said the treatment on cat p pillar from hold to buy citing concerns over whether the trump administration's $1 trillion infrastructure plan will actually take effect. the bank said without a stimulus, there is little prospect for continued instruction growth right now. caterpillar shares though rose on the day to $104.11. >>> now, to our market monitor who is saying he is finding investment opportunities here in the u.s. and overseas. steve is with us tonight. he's president of iht wealth management. steve, good to see you. welcome back. >> hi hey, bill. how you doing? >>. >> good. we were talk iing with another money manager abwr and how she leadership in technology. but you're sticking with one of the primary fang stocks right nouchl even at these near all time highs, you like ama

mps she wants to give the 3 million eu nationals living in britain the same status as uk citizens after brexit. sportgh. good evening. we are one week away from the start of wimbledon, the countdown has well and truly under way and has already an encouraging win today for the former british number one heather watson. she knocked out the fourth seed at the acorn classic at eastbourne. herfortunes had acorn classic at eastbourne. her fortunes had been acorn classic at eastbourne. herfortunes had been outshone acorn classic at eastbourne. her fortunes had been outshone of late by those at eastbourne resident one two and a contact, but the british and a two headed at a return to form an she saw off an opponent in three sets in the first round and she was straight out of the box again against the defending champion, that her opponent was hesitant and reluctant to spend any time away from the baseline. watson took the first set 75. a world ranking has slipped to 126, opponent is number six. but the british player was running rings around. simmer: is known for her speed and aggression, watson outran and out

details of how the government plans to treat more than 3 million eu citizens living in the uk after brexit. in sportlace manager, succeeding sam allardyce, who left after keeping the club in the premier league last season. less than ideal wimbledon preparation for british number two kyle edmund. he was beaten in three sets by america's donald young. and desperate is how the all blacks coach has described complaints about his side's tactics by warren gatland. he accused them of deliberately targeting scrum half colin murray. every single one of the 60 tower blocks that has been tested since the fire at grenfell tower, has failed fire safety tests — and more than 500 more still need to be tested because they have external cladding. the prime minister is expected to be updated on the scale of the crisis when she chairs a meeting of the grenfell tower recover taskforce later today. 0ur correspondent tom burridge reports. residents in camden still moving up this morning. matteo and angela told us they didn't feel safe. we don't own the flat and so we found out from an article online that we had to move o

sport today team, goodbye. hello there. it looks predominantly dry for the uk for the next three or four days.ugh the course of yesterday, we lost temporarily some of the heat. things freshened up behind our cold weather front. we still managed 25 degrees in the sunshine ahead of it. but the fresher atlantic air brought quite a pestering of showers, which continued into the evening but have been easing away overnight, as high pressure's built in. but we're not without weather fronts. there will be very weak weather fronts coming in across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. so it will be a more comfortable end to the night but we will have rather more cloud again to greet us across northern ireland, western scotland. cloud coming and going further south, i think, is really the name of the game, because it will be bright with some spells of sunshine, particularly in southern and western areas. for the west of scotland, and the islands, the western isles in particular, it looks to be fairly damp day, 14s or 15s here. east of the gambians, where the sun comes out, we could see 19 degr

there are almost 7,000 independent co—operatives across the uk, ranging from high street retailers and farmer—owned businesses to community sportsined by the secretary general of cooperatives uk. for lots of people, when they hear the phrase cooperative, they will think of the bank and the supermarket. how important are they the cooperative sector and especially the bank, given it is partly owned by hedge funds? yes, people will see co—op food, the bank with ethics, and they will think it is cooperatives, but there are many more cooperatives out there, 7000 indeed. they are behind some of britain's best known household products. ribena, all of the berries comes from a co—operative of farmers. it is a common form. it is just on the high street, it is the food on the bank. why are more peoplejoining cooperatives? where are we seeing the most growth? we are seeing growth right across the sector but some of the new areas, the creative sector, freelance workers coming together, for example, in a digital space, software programmers and the like, rather than operate on their own, they are coming together to form freelancer co—opts and

uk is tonight. >>> coming up in sports, the giants have trouble closing out their final game of the road trip.nd game 4 of the nba finals is hours away. that means the "dubs" could be hours away from being crowned nba champs. it's all coming up. 44 >>> in just a few hours the warriors could be celebrating their second nba championship this decade the first for the newest warriors kevin durant. he finds himself one win away from his first nba championship. while expectations were high when he signed with golden state, he didn't envision a 15- 0 start to the post-season. >> i didn't talk to these guys when i made my decision and -- and say we better make it to the finals and be up in the series around this time. this is our date or i'm not coming. i mean, it was just -- have some fun playing ball. let's just all get better and see what happens. >>> the giants hoping the brewers didn't race pack them for the third straight day. in the ninth shaw tied the game with a single but milwaukee strands a potential go ahead run at third. so we go to extras. in the tenth hunter pence with a pinch hit singl

operation that has ever been put in place for a sporting eventin been put in place for a sporting event in the uk put in place, of course, to make certain that what happens in the stadium runs as smoothly as possible this evening. if you think that's a big competition, you ain't seen nothing yet. forget football — spelling is even more intense... it's been the annual spelling bee in america. david eades picks up the story. could you repeat the word? from 11 million entrants, a 12 hourfinal and it all came down to this one word. marocain. and with victory,... how do you spell dumbstruck? you could be forgiven for thinking it mattered less to the 12—year—old girl and more to herfather. spelling bee is an institution in the united states and a monopoly for indian—americans. this was the 13th time in a row an indian—american took the trophy. how difficult can it be? he was the showman this year. cocky does not always mean correct. and when this young boy stumbled over this word the game was up. so the trophy, the kudos and the $40,000 first prize goes to this young girl. it leaves the rest of us trai

sport beyond excluding games of chance. the comments are not legally binding, but are normally followed by uk judges.n for vat payments on entry fees to tournaments. defensive stocks have helped bolster britain's blue chip index — the ftse 100 today, but it still remains on course for its widest weekly loss in two months after a week of political uncertainty and jitters about the consumer engine of the uk economy. investors were putting their money into perceived safer stocks like british american tobacco and international household goods giant unilever. tesco shares reversed course, erasing early gains to trade down 0.5% after weak international same store sales overshadowed the retailer's strongest uk sales growth in seven years. the numbers appear to show that the small ticket. less discretionary spending is proving quite resilient. that's all the business news. thank you. headlines in a feud minutes but first let's cut up the weather. good afternoon. a pretty decent start to the day for many places. good spells of sunshine to ta ke places. good spells of sunshine to take us into the afternoon. we

association of wales confirmed that this was the largest scale security operation for any of its sporting events in the uk thank you very much. and if you thought that was a big competition, you have seen nothing yet. the main competition this weekend is spelling. ok... it matters. it mattered to the competitors of an annual spelling bee in america. we have been taking a look. could you repeat the word? from 11 million entrants, a 12 hour final and it all came down to this one word. m a r 0 seat a i n. and how do you spell dumbstruck? you could be forgiven for thinking it mattered less to the 12—year—old girland more to mattered less to the 12—year—old girl and more to herfather. mattered less to the 12—year—old girl and more to her father. this is an institution in the united states and a monopoly for indian americans. this was the 13th time in the world and indian—american took the trophy. how difficult can it be? he was the showman this year. cockie does not a lwa ys showman this year. cockie does not always mean correct. and when this young boy stumbled over this world the game was up. so the trophy t

is now the largest security operation in any sporting eventin security operation in any sporting event in the ukry much. if you think that's a major competition forget % ananya vinay correctly spelled the word marocain — a type of dress fabric — to win over £30,000. she says she will split the money with her younger brother. ifi if i had known there was that kind of money in spelling i might have tried better at my spelling. we will try some spelling later. ovarian cancer affects more than 7,000 women every year in the uk. survival rates are lower than other forms of the disease and only a third of patients live beyond ten years. now a new drug could offerfresh hope for some patients who have stopped responding to standard treatment, as our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. marianne heath has advanced ovarian cancer. there are very few drugs to treat this type of cancer and the ones that exist can no longer help her. so she says when she was asked to take part in a trial for a new drug shejumped at the chance. well, i decided to go on the trial because there were no other way out f

uk. sizzling britain. let's get all the latest sport now with hugh.imbledon event in birmingham as she attempts to become the first british woman to win a grass court tournament on home soil in 40 years. she beat ukraine's lesia tsurenko in the first round of the aegon classic and took only half an hour to win the first set. konta was broken in the second though and needed to consult the doctor after complaining of a heart condition before taking three games in a row to force a tie break which she won to complete a 6—3, 7—6 victory. already through to the second round today is the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova. she beat fellow czech tereza smitkova 6—2, 6—3. she'll play britain's naomi broady next. andy murray will donate any winnings from this week's queens tournament to families of the victims of the grenfell fire tragedy and that could be as much as £350,000. the world number was due to play another birtish player aljaz bedene this afternoon in his first match, but bedene has withdrawn with a wrist injury. so murray will now take on the

discuss brexit, as the president of the european council says he hopes that the uk can still change its mind. and in sport fashion in plentiful supply. the big race is the gold cup at 4.20 but the racing is already underway with the winning of the 2.30 norfolk stakes team sky's geraint thomas has recovered from the injuries that forced him out of the giro d'italia to support chris froome in this year's tour de france. froome is looking for a third straight victory. and ireland are expected to be handed test playing status by the international cricket council, who are meeting to decide whether to approve their inclusion amongst other test nations. i'll be back with more on those stories. the man who died at the scene of the terrorist attack in finsbury park in north london on monday has been named as 51—year—old makram ali from haringey. his family have been paying tribute. we wish everyone to know what a lovely man he was. he spent his whole life without any enemies, choosing a quiet life instead. he spent time with his wife, children and grandchildren and a lwa ys children and grandchildren and always re

brussels to discuss brexit as the president of the european council says he hopes the uk could still change its mind. and in sporthaving been granted status by the international cricket council along with afghanistan, so increasing the number of competing countries to 12. crystal palace are close to appointing frank de boer as manager, the former netherlands international has been offered the job and negotiations are at an advanced stage. derek thomas has recovered from injuries and will support chris froome for team sky in the tour de france this year. chris froome is looking for a third straight victory in the race. more on those stories plus the result of the gold cup at ascot at 4:30pm. the prime minister is in brussels meeting eu leaders for the first time since she lost her parliamentary majority in the general election. brexit will be discussed and theresa may is expected to outline her proposals for the rights of eu nationals living in the uk post—brexit. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels. bring us up—to—date. bring us up-to-date. the leaders in their sessions, they finished the first di

sports, most of us fall short of that. secondly different picture on monday, been pushing east across the uk and when strengthening in the southllo, this is bbc news. the headlines at liz30pm... the prime minister has insisted that the conservative position on tax hasn't changed — that's after a senior cabinet minister appeared to go further than commitments outlined in the conservative manifesto. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn has been campaigning in lincoln, highlighting his plans for public services and a fairer society. ariana grande makes a surprise visit to fans injured in the terror attack at her gig last week ahead of her benefit concert tomorrow evening. seven people have been reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. now on bbc news, witness. hello, and welcome to witness, with me, tanya beckett, here at the british library in london. we've got another five people who have experienced extraordinary moments in history. this month on the programme, a french artist recalls the protests in paris in may, 1968. the son of a famous british sailor remembers his pioneering solo

uk's largest protein companies. i can remember being in college and always looking round every single sports nutrition website to getthe cheapest possible prices. when i did that, the lads in the rugby team got onto it too, so they'd be asking me to get them their protein, and then the pe teachers in school would be asking me to get them. when i went to university i had rugby teams from both the redbrick university and john moores asking me to get their protein, too, and so it just grew and grew and grew. i'd like to say we're the biggest retailer in the north—west of england, possibly one of the biggest in the uk. are you one of the country's protein kings, then? i'd never refer to myself as that. we do... we do sell quite a few tubs or two, yeah. what are the main problems you see, mistakes you see, to how people take protein? we always recommend protein, everything that i sell, they're supplements to a diet, they're not an existing diet. protein is there to supplement your diet, not be a base of a diet. it's when you use it as a base of a diet with no other foods, vitamins, minerals, greens, for example, that's w

uk expected to hit a forty year high. and triple oscar winner daniel day lewis announces he is retiring from acting after more than a0 years in the film industry. and coming up in sportbbc news. after six games on tour, some tough choices for warren gatland. he will name his lions fifteen to face the all blacks later today. good afternoon from westminster where the queen has delivered the government's legislative programme — what it plans to do — for the next two years at the state opening of parliament. the queen's speech had brexit very much at its core — with a commitment to make sure the uk makes a success of brexit. but many of the prime minister's general election pledges were not included — after the conservatives lost their overall majority in the commons. it was a very scaled back there and the queen was accompanied by prince charles after the duke of edinburgh was taken to hospital last night. first tier is eleanor ghani. no golden carriage and no horses. this is addressed down queen's speech. the crown not worn but travelling to parliament in a car of its own. a little time for preparations, the full pomp and ceremony has been slimmed down. bar the door. f

uk to more than 65.6 million. it's thought the change has been driven by immigration, but also by more births and fewer deaths. time now for all the sportson this programme: alexis sanchez becomes chile's all time top scorer, as his side draw 1—1 against world champions germany at the confederations cup. ireland and afghanistan are granted full test match playing status by the international cricket council. and roger federer moves through to the quarter—finals at halle, as he remains on course for a ninth title there. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with football and it was honours even in both of thursday's group b matches at the confederations cup. cameroon and australia drew 1—1, which did neither side any favours, while a 1—1 draw between chile and germany leaves them both on the brink of the semi—finals. colm harrison rounds up the action. germany were hoping to make it to be number 100, but suffered an early set back. the defender paid the price for a wayward path and his teammate alexis sanchez made the most of that mistake to put the south american champions in front after only six minutes. he is now the record goals

moving into the cities has helped the sport boom again. 50 clubs and in addition to temporary courses, there are 500 permanent ones across the ukt the other end of the scale... the finish! oh, dear, iforgot that bit... there is a lot to think about and i went way off piste which is why i am so far behind the winner who finished the course in ten minutes. that was exhausting just to watch. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. hello again. you did not need to catch a long flight to enjoy hot summer weather. temperatures hit 30 degrees and teddington was hotter than teneriffe. the hottest weather the uk has had so far this year with the heat widespread across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland not too bad either. beautiful skies as well, this was a picture showing the sunshine but it was not sunny everywhere. to the north—west of the uk we have a weather front bringing damp weather today into the western side of scotland, particularly the north—west. a mild start to the day, if you not been out already. 20 degrees to begin across norwich and london as well. it will rise quickly i

sport. but now hobbyhorse showjumping has arrived in the uk. it has proved controversial, as well. imagination running free in a real showjumping ring as she races against the clock are hoping for a clear round ahead of the inaugural national championships.” clear round ahead of the inaugural national championships. i like jumping because you can go as high as you want and i find that really cool as you want and i find that really cool. here we have mike rating breakfast charlie. this horse is a great steed for him. for those of us who cannot afford a horse or have been challenged by lack of writing ability, this is an ideal way of experiencing a showjumping competition. it is my first one ever, and i am being put through my paces. it is all about the angles and getting as tight as you can around the course. the fences may not be huge bite in heat in the summer it is certainly a physical challenge. exhausting. and try telling 5—year—old eli that this is somewhat silly. he did not know when he was beaten and had the stamina to keep going. he was glowing with pride when he eventually

uk city of culture. the author said she wanted to allow children more time to dream in a world where they're grappling with social media and the recent terror attacks. time now for all the sportso there, i am tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: 12 months ago novak djokovic owned all four grand slam titles, now he has none, as dominic thiem knocks him out of the french open. pakistan beat south africa after rain forces short their icc champions trophy match. and in 15 minutes the golden state warriors will look to make it 3—0 in the best of seven nba finals when they tip off against the cleveland cavaliers. hello and welcome to the programme. and we start at the french open in paris, and the story from wednesday is that defending men's champion novak djokovic has been knocked out at the quarter final stage. the 12—time grand slam winner lost in straight sets to austria's dominic thiem and austin halewood was watching. a year ayearago, a year ago, novak djokovic was just a few days away from winning his fourth straight clan slam. but what a difference 12 months can make as the defending champion desperately tried to

uk time. gatland has been involved in one or two feisty exchanges with his opposite number steve hansen this week and things escalated again earlier today. 0ur sportsall blacks in auckland things we re by the all blacks in auckland things were treated between the two coaches ahead of the second test in wellington with the all blacks boss steve hansen collingwood and predictable and a little bit desperate. it was in response to the comments about new zealand's treatments of their scrum—half conor moray. he thinks moray was unfairly targeted and could have been potentially injured. it is predictable comments from gatland, it is disappointing and what he is implying is that we are intentionally going out to injure somebody and that is not the case. we have never been like that and as a new zealander abbot expect him to know that it is not about intentionally trying to hurt anybody, it is about playing hard unfair. gatland city will speak about the rest to the d about it but before that in the lions face the hurricanes in brighton. —— wellington. the starting 15 has been announced. gatland is seeing there are opportunities still there to be grabbed. hi

voting closes in the uk's general election, and until we get the first indication of who will be leading the country in the brexit negotiations. and form the next government. and in os sportwe'll be talking about basketball, and asking whether the current golden state warriors team is the best one the nba has ever seen. we asked you to send in questions. that was about the james comey testimony, the broader story of donald trump. here's jane o'brien to answer them. hi, how are you? we can start with this question. russia has been accused of hacking the democratic committee. this was the huge hack that took place sometime last year. it revealed all sorts of embarrassing information about the democratic election process, the nomination process, and lead to the resignation of the chairwoman. it was embarrassing, and a lot of news that the democrats would really rather not have anybody know. it also, apparently, targeted the republican committee but that hack was not as well known. the russians, also accused of putting across fake news, propaganda, false information and generally trying to undermine the democratic process and confuse americans, making them turn on each other.

uk. very, very hot, much too hot for playing tennis. let's get all the sports news, here is hugh. tennis grounds across the country. but first, and a jew—macro has been accused of tax evasion from his time at real madrid when he was manager from 2010-2013. it's at real madrid when he was manager from 2010—2013. it's the latest in a series of high—profile tax fraud cases. i got more from our reporter simon stone. the claim made in the statement today is that manager macro owes 3—point treatment yet neuro is, to put £9 million, the allegation is that he failed to declare revenues from his image rights with the aim of obtaining illicit profit. the prosecutor says manager macro had already paid over £1 million in 2014 but the information provided at that time was incorrect, there's been no comment from manager macro who is not due back in the country for another two weeks ahead of pre—season training with man united. meanwhile cristiano ronaldo has then summoned to testify in the tax fraud case which has led to him claiming he wants to lead real madrid. his denies the charges, he is d

sports news. we start with a record—breaking effort from the england women's cricket team in the world cup taking place in the uknner of the tournament against pakistan. one of the interesting things about the women's world cup in england is ita the women's world cup in england is it a city venues you might not normally associate with international cricket. i am approaching grace road leicester. a well renowned first—class cricket ground in england and very proud to be an international venue for the women's world cup. it is where pakistan are based for the tournament and it is where england came after the shock defeat in their first game, looking for confidence and form, and they found it. they we re and form, and they found it. they were two wickets down early on against pakistan. pakistan chose to bowl. this decision with overcast conditions. the limitations in bowling and fielding were exposed by heather knight, captain, who made her first century heather knight, captain, who made herfirst century in heather knight, captain, who made her first century in one—day international cricket, and there alongside her

faith, restore the faith in the sport coming in.” asked you how you felt initially and you said upset, disappointed, everybody would understand that. yesterday, the outgoing ukr the greater good of the sport. he wasn't sure that was the way to do it. that is kind of what i am saying. yes, we all do want to see the sport, a sport we all love, we want to see it ina sport we all love, we want to see it in a better place. we want to see it fairly represented as the great sport that it is. yes, there is a doping problem, but it is not as big as in other sports, we arejust doing a lot more to fight it and a lot more to bring it into the open and make it a better sport for every clea n and make it a better sport for every clean athlete out there and protect them. i think we all want to do things. there are certain things where you are not going to give up things you have worked very hard for without a fight, just in the name of it being for the good of the sport. to raise athletes cheating and then lose records because of athletes that chose to cheat. i wish we had more time to talk to you but we are at the end of the programme. enjoy your run. we've got to go for

sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour so the polls are open and voting is under way across the uk, with 650r grabs. christian fraser has been looking at some of the numbers. it's a numbers game, a general election and there are some big numbers for us to consider this time around. here's the biggest of them all — 46.9 million people eligible to vote. a million more people on the register. there's been a surge in fact in places around the country, up to 10%, particularly in student areas. turnout last time around, slightly down on 2010 — 66.4%. but that's by no means the lowest. you have to go all the way back to 1918, to the end of the first world war when the turnout was 57.2%. up and down the country, there are 50,000 polling stations give or take, a maximum of 2,500 voters per station. you will see them in libraries, in schools, there is even one this time about in a launderette in oxford. polling began at seven o'clock this morning, it will close tonight at 10pm. don't worry if you get there very late and there is a queue, so long as you are there before 10pm, you will be allowed to vot

uk and for the eu. the former children's children presenter has died at the age of 83. brian cant. he had been suffering from parkinson's disease. ina in a moment, it will be time for sportsat what else is coming up this evening on beauty news. we will get the latest from the terror attack on muslim worshippers near a mosque in finsbury park which left one man dead and nine people injured. at seven, we will be in brussels to join christian fraser for 100 seven, we will be in brussels to join christian fraserfor 100 days plus to join christian fraserfor100 days plus to get the latest of the first day of the brexit negotiations. later this evening, i will have a look at who they's headlines at the papers. i will bejoined look at who they's headlines at the papers. i will be joined this evening by the veteran political commentator lance price and alison little from the daily express. that is all ahead on bbc news. now it is time to cross to the bbc sports centre. hello there. the headlines kyle eastmond has lost his first—round at queens to dennis of canada. bad news for heather watson, she is also out of the eagle classic in birmingham after losing her opening verses of cro

sports on the go. included with xfinity tv. xfinity the future of awesome. >>> a shocker in the uk election.sh prime minister theresa may's conservative party lost the majority in parcliamenparli. now her rival is calling on may to resign. we have nic robertson with the latest at 10 downing street. what a turn of play. >> reporter: no one expected, chris. she did not believe this would happen with the snap election. she called it for a period of stability. she will leave downing street and driving to buckingham palace to meet the queen. this is a formality. she will tell the queen she will form the next government. she does not have majority. she does not have the required majority within the conservative party. she is expected to align support. she is expected to use the unionist party. a hard line pro unionist party. she will require their help to prop up her leadership and her government. the leader of the opposition jeremy corbin called this a disaster. said she should resign. we are hearing from leaders in europe as far as the brexit negotiation which were due to begin in 11 days. she c

uk as well. let‘s find out what‘s happening in the sport, with mike.der—20 you play for the under—20s. presumably if you are good enough you play for england anyway. it is about bringing them all at the same pace. it is a bit complicated. it just struck me itjust struck me that it just struck me that there itjust struck me that there are a lot of classifications. anyway, they are doing well! they are, they are impressive. it‘s all going very well for the young lions. england‘s under—21s are into the semi—finals after a pretty comfortable win over the hosts poland. demarai gray hit a cracking opener, with jacob murphy and lewis baker also scoring in a 3—0 win. it‘s only two weeks since the england under 20s won the world cup. obviously the higher we get the more important the games are and the boys have been imported games before, because we had another tournament we won, so because we had another tournament we won, so we are used because we had another tournament we won, so we are used to playing in important matters and it is fantastic for us. we are

uk election has some calling for delayed brexit talks. what angela merkel says about that, coming up here. live-stream your favorite sportat the airport. binge dvr'd shows, while painting your toes. on demand laughs, during long bubble baths. tv on every screen is awesome. the all-new xfinity stream app. all your tv at home. the most on demand, your entire dvr, top networks, and live sports on the go. included with xfinity tv. xfinity the future of awesome. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. donald trump is saying he is 100% willing to testify under oath about his talks with james comey. the fired fbi director testified on thursday contradicting the president on some points and calling him a liar. the president tweeted later, he was vindicated and he called comey a leaker. >>> british police have arrested two more men in connection with the london bridge terror attack. the 27 and 28 year olds were arrested at separate locations in east london. investigators are now asking the public for help to learn

certain, the uk can secure a deal with brussels, as it leaves the european union. 0fficials officials in pakistan say over 150 people have died after an oil tanker turned over and caught fire. sportn called sebastian vettel‘s driving "disgusting" after the two clashed in an incident packed azerbaijan grand prix. a remarkable race that featured three safety cars and several crashes was won by red bull's daniel ricciardo. vettel was penalised for hitting hamilton's mercedes as they prepared for a restart following a safety car. hamilton was on course for victory with 19 laps to go in baku, but was forced to stop to replace the head rest on his car. he ended up fifth, behind vettel who's extended his championship lead over the briton to 1a points. we heard of the problems and it was just a crazy race and i made an unplanned pitstop at the beginning. after a few laps, we had some debris in the breaks so we had to stop and clea n in the breaks so we had to stop and clean it and we dropped back to 17th place and did i think i would then win? absolutely not. i would have put all my money on it that this was very unlikely. england's cricketers have beaten south africa by 19 runs in cardi

uk. the met office issued a health warning for those most vulnerable to keep hydrated and cool. now the sport in action right now at queen's where he is up against a different opponent to what he expected. he was due to face fellow brit aljaz bedene who then withdrew with a wrist injury. so, instead, the world number one is playing australia's jordan thompson, ranked 90th in the world. the pair have never played each other before. you can continue watching this live on bbc two. the man who murray beat in last year's final is already out. milos roanic of canada, who also reached the wimbledon final, was beaten in straight sets earlier by australia's thanasi kokkinakis who is the world number 698. and the shocks keep on coming. the three—time grand slam champion stan wawrinka is out as well. the swiss was beaten in straight sets by spain's feliciano lopez. johanna konta has reached the second round of the pre—wimbledon event in birmingham as she attempts to become the first british woman to win a grass court tournament on home soil in 40 years. she beat ukraine's lesia tsurenko in the first rou

uk. after the grenfell tragedy, an expert panel is empowered to come up with measures for building safety. in sportinst germany in poland. still 0—0 after 15 minutes. fifa publishes a controversial report into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cup tournaments in russia and qatar. and women's highest ever world cup total is beating in the second group match. pakistan are currently three wickets down, but heavy rain has stopped play in leicester. i will have more on those stories at half past five. join me then. thank you. see you a little bit later. the internet giant google has been fined a record £2.1 billion by the european commission, for putting its own online shopping services at the top of search results. it's the biggest fine in the commission's history — it said google had abused its market dominance. google now has 90 days to end the practice. more details from our technology correspondent rory cellanjones. put the name of something you might want to buy into google's search engine, and right at the top, up pops a helpful box with images of products. do it on a mobile phone a

uk to allow same sex couples to marry. a vote in favour would put it at odds with anglican traditionalists. let's go to the sports centre.ir third tour match in new zealand, as he tries to narrow in on his starting line up for the first test match injust over two weeks. wales skipper alun wyn jones will lead the side against the canterbury crusaders — a team with a perfect 1a wins from 1a games in super rugby. jonathan davies, conor murray, george north and sean 0'brien will all make their first appearances of the tour. chelsea striker diego costa claims manager antonio conte has told him in a text message that he's not part of his plans at the club. costa spoke to reporters after spain's draw with colombia last night, saying "i am a chelsea player but they do not want me there". he's still only 28, and his 20 premier league goals for the club helped them to the title. manchester city have signed goalkeeper ederson morice for 35 million pounds. he's a big prospect atjust 23, and won the portuguese league and cup double this season with benfica. he said he'd ‘always dreamed' of playing in english football. liverpool strik