british formula 1 fans arrived here at silverstone not just british formula 1 fans arrived here at silverstone. he is now a record equalling five—time grand prix winner at silverstone, four of those in a row. he had a perfect race. he recorded the fastest lap and of course he wondered british grand prix. behind him, more interesting contest. sebastian vettel, he was immediately overta ken sebastian vettel, he was immediately ove rta ke n by sebastian vettel, he was immediately overtaken by max verstappen. it was a fascinating is the full —— castle. both ferraris suffered punctures. kimi raikkonen move from second to third. vettel moved from second to seven. lewis hamilton is made up a lot of ground on vettel. he is only one point behind in the driver standings and that title race is d eftly standings and that title race is deftly now on. england's cricketers will need to produce a herculean effort if they're to avoiud defeat in their second test against south africa at trent bridge the two lists have extended their lead. —— tourists. england lead the four match series 1-0. that's all sport for

monger has driven a racing car for the first time since losing both legs in a crash during a british formula and other formula one drivers donated. it raised almost a million pounds. billy drove a car with hand controls at brands hatch.. he wants to make a racing comeback next year. now we'll close the show with a very special guest — and a voice that may sound familiar. i. i, everyone, it is andy murray here. no, obviously i'm feeling ok after playing pretty well yesterday. obviously i'm struggling with a very boring voice. but i'm doing ok. poor old andy murray! this is in fact josh parry, an impersonator who has risen to overnight fame at wimbledon because andy murray spotted your impersonation and interview due a week ago as you come as himself. a great bit of viral footage on the website. yes i been doing this for four years or so, website. yes i been doing this for fouryears orso, and had website. yes i been doing this for four years or so, and had a lot of success with it, it began in 2013 andi success with it, it began in 2013 and i have been doing impressions ever since. so he was a

teenager billy monger has driven a racing car for the first time since losing both legs in a british formulaught in almost a million pounds afterjenson button and other formula 1 drivers donated. billy drove a car with hand controls at brands hatch thanks to team brit racing. and he wants to make a full racing comeback next year. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. in the last hour, the dup reader arlene foster has confirmed the party has failed to reach a power—sharing deal with sinn fein. let's cross to stormont now and talk to our island correspond and chris page. good afternoon to you. no great surprise really because it's clear the talks weren't progressing as well as many people had hoped. and she was asked, wasn't she, bad weather mlas should still be paid and she said, well, that question would be relevant if they weren't working but she said they will be. yes, that's right. arlene foster, the leader of the democratic unionist party, saying that she wa nts unionist party, saying that she wants discussions to continue over the summer. the suggestion is that perh

the reason bear here is to promote formula 1 as an industry. it is the british here in the uk. that's a lot of money coming into our economy. it is also a lot of know—how and tech expertise that trickles down into a manufacturing sector. to find out a little bit more this morning, as promised, here isa man more this morning, as promised, here is a man who knows a lot more than me. welcome. thanks forjoining us. formula 1 is a hugely expensive industry and it is also one that makes an awful lot of money. when it comes to the future of british racing, in particular, iwanted comes to the future of british racing, in particular, i wanted to ask you about all the stone, there have been a lot of questions raised about what will happen. what do you think post—2019 will there still be a british grand prix?|j think post—2019 will there still be a british grand prix? i believe so. most of the teams are based in the uk. the innovation that's here, the engineering skills, the work ethic, sees britain's leading the way. so it finds himself in the middle of a negotiation over

the busy weekend of sport continues, as silverstone hosts formula one's british grand prix.han an hour. we've had the third and final practice session already today. lewis hamilton is looking good in front of the home fans. he was fastest this morning, and with his teammate valterri bottas facing a 5—place grid penalty for the race, plenty of reason for him to be cheerful. england's cricketers are playing theirfinal group game of the women's world cup right now. they are taking on west indies, having already qualified for the semi—finals. england were put into bat in bristol. and they lost wickets early on — sarah taylor was out first ball. moments ago they were 91-4. and it's day two of the second test between england and south africa at trent bridge. the visitors started the day on 309 for 6. and james anderson has been in fine form in the first hour of play, he's taken four wickets today including that of vernon philander for 54 in the first over of the day. and a reminder, sean, coverage of the ladies singles final begins at1 o'clock on bbc1. thank you. enjoy your aftern

we love putting on formula 1 races here. the british racing drivers club is potty about f1 as well.ll find a way of achieving it. 100 years down the line we will be looking back and genuinely saying this is the home of f1 in this country. never mind about the future for now. lewis hamilton, after all, may be just hours from history. chris froome is back in the yellowjersey for stage 15 of the tour de france today. the uphill finish in the pyrenees saw the team sky rider finish a second behind stage—winner michael matthews. but, he was well ahead of previous leader fabio aru. froome now has a 19—second lead. golf now and ian poulter has a share of the lead heading into the final round of the scottish open. he is nine under par, along with another englishman callum shinkwin and andrew dodt of australia. poulter, who finished second in the players championship back in may, went round in 71. three birdies for him, this approach shot on the eighth helping him to one of those his playing partner 24 year old shinkwin, ranking outside the world's top 400, had a mixed round, but did manage a

we love putting on formula 1 races here. the british racing drivers club is potty about f1 as well.ll find a way of achieving it. 100 years down the line we will be looking back and genuinely saying this is the home of f1 in this country. never mind about the future for now. lewis hamilton, after all, may be just hours from history. south africa have a big task to save this test. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour turkey's president erdogan has given emotional speeches to tens of thousands of people — marking a year since the country's failed military coup. nearly 250 people died and over 2000 were wounded during the coup attempt by an army faction lastjuly. mr erdogan backed the wave of arrests since the coup and said there should be no mercy for the plotters. at dawn this morning, the president inaugurated a monument to those killed. 0ur turkey correspondent mark lowen was at saturday's rally and explained how the country is now very much divided. the opposition are not coming tonight as they are critical of the mass arrests following the coup. 7000... the g

we love putting on formula 1 races here. the british racing drivers club is potty about f1 as well. will find a way of achieving it. 100 years down the line we will be looking back and genuinely saying this is the home of f1 in this country. never mind about the future for now. lewis hamilton, after all, may be just hours from history. chris froome reclaimed the leader's yellow jersey after stage 1a of the tour de france in the pyrenees. the team sky rider finished a second behind stage—winner michael matthews but overtook the previous leader fabio aru. froome now has a 19 second lead. ian poulter has a share of the lead heading into the final round of the scottish 0pen golf. he's on nine under par along with another englishman callum shinkwin and andrew dodt of australia. poulter, who finished second in the players championship back in may, went round in 71. three birdies for him, this approach shot on the eighth helping him to one of those, his playing partner 24—year—old shinkwin, ranking outside the world's top 400, had a mixed round — but did manage an eagle on the 14th. there

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the longterm future of the british grand prix is in doubt tonight after silverstone's owner confirmed they've activated a break clause in their contract with formula silverstone has been home to the race every year since 1987. however, the british racing drivers‘ club which owns the circuit, is struggling with the financial cost of running the event. we have lost £2.8 million in 2015 and 4.8 million in 2016 and we expect to lose a similar amount this year. we cannot go one sustaining and subsidising the british grand prix with the rest of the grass roots motorsport activities we run. we wa nt roots motorsport activities we run. we want to preserve the british grand prix at silverstone and think it isa grand prix at silverstone and think it is a terrific venue and the fans love it. we think the tv audience laughs silverstone. liberty wants to preserve it here and we do. we ought to be able to come to a solution. it will probably need compromises on each side. after yesterday's rest day the riders were back in action at the tour de france today and there was a familiar stage winner — with germany's marcel kittel winning for the fourth time in this y

and lewis hamilton makes up ground in the formula one drivers‘ championship, winning the british grand, and for the fourth consecutive year. good evening. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said cabinet colleagues who have been briefing the media against him should instead focus on thejob in hand. after newspaper reports about discussions around the cabinet table, he said noise was being generated by people opposed to his focus on jobs and the economy during brexit. he also addressed claims he'd described public—sector workers as overpaid. here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. the man of the moment — for perhaps the wrong reasons. philip hammond has, for the second time in a week, found himself defending private comments in public. i've told you, i'm not going to talk about what comes out of a private cabinet meeting. five of your colleagues have. they shouldn't have done, because cabinet meetings are supposed to be a private space in which we have a serious discussion. i am the chancellor, you would expect me to put a discussion about public—sector pay in the context o

that result means vettel has extended his formula one world championship lead over the british drivert easy. i did not do a favourto kimi, i it wasn't easy. i did not do a favour to kimi, i could go faster but i did not have the pace. i did come back a bit and had a bit of a cushion and could read a bit but i had to stay focused the whole race. —— could breathe. wigan warriors will play hull fc in the challenge cup final at wembley next month, after coming from behind to beat salford red devils 27—1a. despite dominating early on, wigan were behind at half time, before finishing strongly. this try from michael mcilorum helping them to victory. it will be wigan‘s 31st challenge cup final appearance, while hull are the current holders. great britain picked up silver in the men's a by 100 metres relay today at the world swimming championships — their seventh and final medal. the team of chris walker—hebborn, adam peaty, james guy and duncan scott knew beating the usa would be tough and it was. but two—time breaststroke world champion adam peaty dragged britain back into contention with a

that results means vettel has extended his formula one world championship lead over the british drivervour to kimi raikkonen. it wasn't easy, i did not do a favourto kimi raikkonen. i it wasn't easy, i did not do a favour to kimi raikkonen. i didn't have the pace. towards the end it came back a bit, i had a couple of la ps came back a bit, i had a couple of laps with a cushioning to breathe a bit but yeah, i had to stay focused the whole race. wigan warriors will play hull fc in the challenge cup final at wembley next month after coming from behind to beat salford red devils 27—1a yesterday despite dominating early on wigan were behind at half—time before finishing strongly. this try help them to victory. it would be wigan 31st challenge cup final appearance while hull are the current holders. we dominated the first 20 minutes and then went slack. we gave them too much ball. the second half we were in control for most of it. great britain picked up the seventh and final medal of the swimming championship with silver in the four by 100m medley relay. the team beating the usa was tough.

that result means vettel has extended his formula one world championship lead over the british drivertories are on the bbc sport website, including the draw for the second round of the scottish league cup. that's all for now from the bbc sport centre. now back to sophie in belgium. the battle of passchendaele — one of the bloodiest of world war i — began 100 years ago tomorrow, in the early hours of the morning. this cemetery behind me is where just some of the fallen — almost 12,000 men — are buried. but the vast majority of these graves have no names. i'm joined here by dr glyn prussor from the commonwealth war graves commission. this is very much the focal point tomorrow of the commemorations. it very much symbolises the real horror of that battle? perhaps nowhere better epitomises the horrors of this particular battlefield. there are even some of the remnants of the german defences, concrete pillboxes, within the cemetery. 12,000 graves of british and commonwealth soldiers and a few germans, a reminder that this was a battle that traumatised soldiers on both sides of the line. the

and lewis hamilton makes up ground in the formula one drivers‘ championship — winning the british grandx for a fifth time, and for the fourth consecutive year. the chancellor phillip hammond has defended the government's pay policy, saying public sector workers get a 10% premium over the private sector, once pensions are taken into account. mr hammond would not comment on reports today that he said public workers were "overpaid", but pointed out ministers should not be discussing private cabinet meetings. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. the man of the moment, for perhaps the wrong reasons. philip hammond has, for the second time in a week, found himself defending private comments in public. the sunday times reports that during a cabinet meeting on tuesday, the chancellor used language that the paper says left colleagues thunderstruck. mr hammond reportedly said public sector workers are overpaid when you take into account pensions. would he deny that? i've told you, i'm not going to talk about what comes out of a private cabinet meeting. five of your colleagues hav

formula 1 returns to silverstone this weekend — for british grand prix.tonshire circuit is already under way. the row is all about the escalating amount of money the organisers have to pay f1 bosses to host the race. the league of the british grand prix, there's much to be done before the fans up. thousands of people over three days make it the biggest sporting event in the uk. but how long can the show go on for? solution can't afford to keep hosting the event unless it can be negotiated contract. formula 1's new owners have publicly said they want to protect the sport's races, and of course, full list and is one of the crown jewels. it course, full list and is one of the crownjewels. it has course, full list and is one of the crown jewels. it has first course, full list and is one of the crownjewels. it has first been on in 1950 crownjewels. it has first been on in1950 and crownjewels. it has first been on in 1950 and has continued ever since. in 2010, they paid £12 million to host the race, but each year, that rises by 5%. by the time the contract ends

we love putting on formula 1 races who. british racing drivers club is potty about f1 as well.will will be looking back and genuinely saying this is the home of f1 in this country. never mind about the future for now. lewis hamilton, after all, maybe just hours from history. chris froome reclaimed the leader's yellow jersey after stage 14 of the tour de france in the pyrenees. the team sky rider finished a second behind stage—winner michael matthews but overtook the previous leader fabio aru. froome now has a nineteen second lead. england's under 19 football team are the new european champions. manchester city's lukas nmecha scored the winner as they beat portugal 2—1 in georgia. it's the third title for an england youth team this summer — after success in the under—20's world cup, and the toulon tournament. back here at wimbledon, as well as the men's final there is the little matter will make matter of the final day of our challenge here. our breakfast mug challenge is coming to an end and andy murray remains unbeaten at the top of our leaderboard. but hoping to take his crow

british grand prix, but can he go all the way? >>> welcome back. lots of sports today in europe. in formulas hamilton hoping to thrill the home crowd at sunday's british grand prix. amanda davis is there with us for more on that. look, amanda, you're going to tell me about the fans in a second. first, just the resilience of this man, lewis hamilton. he had a tough week, and now he's bounced back and claimed pole. >> reporter: he has. welcome here to the home of the british grand prix. this is the main entrance, a lot of the tv cameras and the snappers are focused on there as the drivers have now arrived. we saw fernando alonzo, the mcclaren driver, arriving late, pretty much running through the turnstiles. now the celebrities and those invited by the teams, really one of the highlights of the british if not international sporting calendar have started to arrive, michael johnson, the four-time olympic gold medal-winning sprinter, has just arised. the kaiser chiefs expected to be here later on. the focus has bon what has been a spectacular battle so far on the track. as you mentioned, three-t

before we go, these are pictures of the formula 1 team taking over trafalgar square in preparation for the britishon. goodbye. hello there, good morning. yesterday was a lovely day across large swathes of the uk. after some early rain in the south—east, that soon cleared away, and the sun came out for the afternoon. and it was a fine and sunny day in cumbria, thanks to the weather watchers for sending in the pictures. we saw the sunshine through the day yesterday. clear skies overnight, and that will take us on into the morning. with those clear skies it will be chilly in some rural spots. major towns and cities starting in double figures for most, up to 111—15 at the very best. in more rural parts, rural scotland, three degrees, england and wales down to about four or five, so a bit on the chilly side for some. high—pressure is in charge of the weather for the most part through the day today. you will notice this weather front in the north and west, more isobars here, so a bit more of a breeze. the weather front will see cloud and will bring rain to northern ireland, and into western scotland as

the race is on now to get the formula i freight over to silverstone for what is going to be one of the highlights of the british sporting summer, the british grand prix next weekend. with the world athletics championships now under four weeks away the british contenders kept their preparations going in the anniversary games at the olympic stadium which will also host the world champs. on the track he won to deliver gold medals on back in 2012, some of our was back at it again, winning the 3000 metres. the world championships will be his last track event before competing in road racing and having faced questions this week about doping, he was quick to defend himself. i love my sport. a lot of what i do, you know. never, everwill fail i love my sport. a lot of what i do, you know. never, everwillfaila test. that is honestly... people who know me know who i am and how hard i work. and, you know, i do it year after year was a joy and belief. there was not much more you can do other than run and do what you do love and i love being on a podium and making so many people, like these people, happy and proud to be briti

in the uk i think it's a very important race for formula 1 so i hope that they can find a solution somehow to make it than >> and how important is british grand prix in general to you >> i think not only for drivers, also for the teams because so many teams are based here in england. and that is a chance where they can come with the families and fans are so passionate last year it was full, 150,000 people >> and today is a huge event to try and encourage enthusiasm for the sport. my understanding is that viewer numbers are dropping, it has had trouble recently attracting new crowds what do you think it is about the sport that is deterring new fans from getting involved >> i think this year we have new regulations in formula 1 that is trying to make the sport more exciting again with faster cars and more spectacular cars pfrp i think the sport especially this year is going up again where there has been some difficult years. this year there is more interest around it and i think it's going in the right direction and with new media taking eeover, they ae trying to get new you and younger fan base and so hopefully that will help glow the sp

formula 1. what do you say to people who say, they will come together and reach a deal? i hope we do. we want to preserve the britisha terrific venue. the fans love it. tv audiences around the world love it. we wa nt audiences around the world love it. we want to preserve it. we should be able to reach a solution. it will probably need some compromises on both sides. but we have the grand prix for the next couple of years. there is time for us to sit down and reach a sensible solution that works for everybody. hundreds of thousands of fa ns for everybody. hundreds of thousands of fans will be arriving at silverstone for the british grand prix in the next few days. their spirits will be dampened by the news today. what have liberty media said? they say it is regrettable silverstone have taken this stance. they say it is just posturing. both sides have two years to reach a deal. silverstone needs formula 1 and formula 1 needs silverstone. the spitfire and hurricane are just two of the iconic planes that fought in world war two's battle of britain in 1940. almost 20 years later, a former hurricane pilot decided to form

the future of the british grand prix has been left very uncertain, after silverstone's owner confirmed they've activated a break clause in their contract with formulang with the financial cost of running the event. with 11 stages to go, chris froome still leads the tour de france by 18 seconds. germany's marcel kittel won stage 10. after a rest day yesterday, all the action happened in the last mile. and with many of his main sprint rivals like mark cavendish and peter sagan out of the race, kittel stormed to his fourth stage win this year. froome finished safely in the main bunch to keep the leader's yellow jersey. that is all your sport. much more at half past six. thank you. the government has published a review into working practices in the modern economy. the review was led by matthew taylor, chief executive of the royal society of the arts and former adviser to tony blair. the report calls for an end to the cash—in—hand economy like window cleaning and decorating, which are worth up to £6 billion a year. it recommends that people working in what's known as the gig economy should receive new legal protections, and their employers should make n

the race is on now to get the formula 1 freight over to silverstone for what is going to be one of the highlights of the british grand prix. the british contenders for medals at the world championships prepare for. mo farah won the 3000 metres. the world championships will be his last track event before competing in road racing. having faced questions about doping, novara was quick to defend himself. i love my sports. a lot of what i do. never, ever will fail i love my sports. a lot of what i do. never, everwillfaila test. that's honestly, people who know me know who i am. and how hard i work. and you know, i do it year after year was a joy. i believe... there is not much more the can do other than run and do what you do and are lobbying on the podium and making so many people like these people happy and proud to be british. a personal best in the british mile but it wasn't enough to beat kenya. the double european champion has recently recovered from a stress fracture in her foot. recently recovered from a stress fracture in herfoot. in his last ever track faced the six time paralympic champion david weir, one

hopefully more british success with several swimmers in action in finals later on. which former formulafor a comeback, it would be a fantastic story. six, seven years ago, he was regarded as one of the best driving talents in formula 1, many predicted he would be a future world champion, i was he would be a future world champion, iwasa he would be a future world champion, i was a big fan. 2011, it all changed, life changing injuries in a rally driving accident. despite intensive treatment, he only regained limited movement of his arm and he has not been in a formula 1 race since, but that could change. he will drive for renault this year ina he will drive for renault this year in a test in hungary next week. his former team have described it as a new phase. it would be a fairy tale return for someone new phase. it would be a fairy tale return for someone whose career ended so abruptly. he is said to be confident he can perform with the new car on the tracks. we could see him coming back to formula 1 very soon. him coming back to formula 1 very soon. it would be an amazing comeback. than

british grand prix for a record—equalling fifth time. the historic victory moves him to within a point of sebastien vettel at the half way stage of the formulafing. i love it. it feels amazing to be out here. i am so proud to see all of these flags. the support has been immense. i am proud i could do this for you. thank you for the support and pushing us. the team was faultless. it was an exceptionaljob. the team was faultless. it was an exceptional job. the perfect team was faultless. it was an exceptionaljob. the perfect weekend for us. they always get the best people to do those interviews. that was 0wen people to do those interviews. that was owen wilson, hollywood filmstar. england's cricketers need to produce an heroic effort if they're to avoid defeat, when the second test against south africa resumes this morning. the tourists are firmly in control after setting england a target of 474 for victory at trent bridge. englands reply got off to a nervous start when alastair cook was given out first ball. that decision was eventually overturned but england face an uphull task to stop south africa levelling the series. we did not play very