by providing these opportunities and increasing support, uk sport hope that athletes can continue to succeeding, even when the sport stops. nick pope, bbc news. double world indoor medallist laura muir says next year's european indoor championships in glasgow will be one of the highlights of her career. she's an ambassador for the event, next march. and after controversial rule—changes, relating to testosterone levels in female competitiors, she says she'll happily race any of her rivals cleared to compete. kheredine idessane reports. on her marks for the european indoors, an event close to her heart, and for which she is now an official ambassador. it was such a big moment in my career. it was my first international level at senior —— international medal at senior level. i have great memories of this. to have an opportunity to compete in front of a home crowd, it is just compete in front of a home crowd, it isjust one compete in front of a home crowd, it is just one you never want to miss. so excited to be out there, hopefully lots of friends and family in the audience. athletics ha

funding agency uk sport's culture health check presents a mixed picture.e part of the world—class programme but, alarmingly, almost a third said they'd experienced or witnessed unacceptable behaviour, and 31% feared reprisals if they gave negative feedback. we need to create a system here where the quality of the discussion is improved and the athletes‘ feedback is as valued as the coaches' advice and support. quite simply, what the survey has done is identified something that can be better in this high—performance system. in an admission that resources for whistle—blowers and those with grievances have been overstretched, funding for the british athletes commission, which represent 0lympic and paralympic competitors, is being doubled. i don't think the bac has been resourced effectively in the past. i don't think we have had enough specialists on the ground helping and supporting athletes. thanks to state—of—the—art facilities like these here at bisham abbey's centre of excellence, british sport has gained a world—class reputation when it comes to physica

a survey of summer olympic and paralympic athletes by uk sport was undertaken following a series of bullyinghey didn't have opportunity to give feedback "without fear of negative consequences". quite simply what this has done is identifying something that could be better in this system. we have people in every sport that want to be better and the concentrate now on the action plan and can address that and enable that to be easier for athletes to be able to give that feedback and we will monitor how that progresses and improves over the coming years. double world indoor medallist laura muir says next year's european indoor championships in glasgow will be one of the highlights of her career. she's an ambassador for the event next march. and after controversial rule—changes relating to testosterone levels in female competitiors, she says she'll happily race any of her rivals cleared to compete. kheredine idsan reports. on her marks for the europeans. an event close to her heart and for what she is now an official ambassador. it was a big bow in my career, my first international medal and to co

that is bbc. co. uk/sport, first test match against pakistan. t, and i will be back in the next hour. studio: hugh, thank you very much indeed. let's hear more now about former foreign secretary david miliband decision to back a cross—party intervention on the brexit negotiations. joined by lib dem nick clegg and conservative nicky morgan, he called on mps of all parties to use their voice in parliament to maintain britain's close economic ties with the european union. our correspondentjonathan blake spoke to us earlier from essex where that intervention took place. well, what we had was three parties with one message — two former big hitters in british politics, sir nick clegg, the former leader of the liberal democrats and deputy premier of course, and david miliband, the former labour foreign secretary, leave — excuse me, remain—supporting mp — the only one of the three still in parliament — but they were here at this rice factory in essex to come together today to put forward what they believe is a strong case for maintaining close economic t

a survey of summer 0lympic and paralympic athletes by uk sport was undertaken following a series of bullyingis survey has done is identify something that can be better in this high—performance system and we have people who pay the sport and want to be better and is to become easier for athletes to be our will to give that feedback and we monitor how that progress and im proves and we monitor how that progress and improves over the coming years. britain's simon yates leads the giro d'italia after winning a second stage of this year's race. he attacked with a thousand metres to go at the end of the hilly 156—kilometre 11th stage, ahead of his nearest rival for the title tom domoulin, to extend his lead over the reigning champion to 47 seconds overall... british number one johanna konta is through to the third round of the italian 0pen she beat taiwanese hsieh su—wei in straight sets and will face french open champion jelena 0stapenko in the next round later this morning kyle edmund beat lucas pouille in straight sets to book his place in the third round. the british number one will face defend

trains on several lines chelsea football club owner roman abramovich faces delays in renewing his uk visa. sportsport centre. simon yates has won the 15th stage of the cycling. he made a move and left the rest behind. he finished the stage over 40 seconds ahead of anyone else and leads the world champion by two minutes and 11 seconds. chris froome was well behind in italy and bugs out of contention as yates becomes the first brit set to win this race. rafael nadal is set to top the tennis rankings again. he was involved in a tough match in rome. he recovered from being a breakdown at one set all. shots like that helping him on his way. he found his rhythm to break twice after a rain delay and take the decider 6—3. he will replace roger federer as world number one tomorrow when the rankings get them. timely with the french open beginning a week today. the rugby football league has confirmed its magic weekend could head to new york last year. it revealed it was one of the options after this year's super league event finished up in newcastle this evening. the highlight of this fixture saw hull at s

chelsea football club owner roman abramovich faces delays in renewing his uk visa. sport, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. we start with a record breaking win for rafael nadal, who will return to the top of the tennis world rankings tomorrow after winning the italian open for an eighth time. the spaniard was involved in a really tough match with alexander zverev in rome. he recovered from being a break down at one set all. shots like that helping nadal finding his rhtyhm to break twice after a rain delay and take the decider six games to three. he replaces old rival and friend roger federer as world number one. the french open begins a week today. championship side livingston are back in scottish football's top flight tonight, for the first time since 2006. they beat partick thistle 3—i on aggregate in their premiership play—off. they led 2—i going into today's second leg, and scored the only goal of the game straight after the half time break. keeganjacobs with the goal that secures back—to—back promotions for livingston. we already knew chelsea were champions, b

roman abramovich, has put plans for a new stadium on hold after delays to the renewal of his uk visa. our sportsedevelop stamford bridge have now been put on hold, perhaps forever. described by its architect as a cathedral of football, construction of a new 60,000 seater stadium which would have required six million bricks to build, was slowly progressing. but roman abramovich has now made the personal decision to stop the process. the billionaire and ally of russian president vladimir putin has faced difficulties obtaining a new uk visa, amid increased to a project in a country flthe tthe gr; feitfiefiqfli'm n " on his ability to work. one former club insider believes other factors will also have played a part in his decision. a billion pound real estate project in central london, given everything that is happening in the economy generally, and the political situation, it doesn't feel like a good use of his capital. abramovich has bankrolled chelsea to premier league and european glory since buying the club in 2003. it emerged earlier this week that he has obtained israeli citizenship, something t

roman abramovich — has put plans for a new stadium on hold after delays to the renewal of his uk visa. our sportses of his visa and the new stadium linked? we understand they are very definitely linked. roman abramovich had plans to change down the bridge, to redevelop it into a new 60,000 seater ground, 6 million bricks, the same architects that put together the beijing bird nest stadium. that is now all on hold. he has in recent weeks had difficulties with viewing his uk visa. he is of course an ally of the russian president vladimir putin, and of course there have been diplomatic tensions between london and moscow in recent months, following the sergei skripal poisoning case in source brief. so mr abramovich in recent days has become an israeli citizen. that gives him the right to visit the uk but not to work here. and i am told he is now, in light of all those factors, taken the decision that he doesn't want to invest £1 billion in redeveloping the stadium in a country where he cannot work. that is the situation as it is for now. that is what we are told will remain the case as long as the st

a survey of summer olympic and paralympic athletes by uk sport was undertaken following a series of bullyingr in this high performance system and we have people out there in every sport who really wa nts people out there in every sport who really wants to be better and we will concentrate on the action plan and address that and enable that to be easierfor and address that and enable that to be easier for athletes to give that feedback. we will monitor how that progresses and improves over the coming years. britain's simon yates has stayed in the pinkjourney at the giro d'italia. —— pinkjersey. the second stage of this year's race. he attacked with a thousand kilometres to go and he finished ahead of his nearest rival for the title, extending his lead over the reigning title to 47 seconds over all. british number one johanna konta is just getting all. british number one johanna konta isjust getting under way against the french open champion jelena 0stapenko is at the italian open. you can listen to that one over on radio 5 live. there is more sport for you in the next hour. thank you. we are

it's the first time the sport's come to the uk.er. ye old, and not quite so old. ye brave, and not quite as brave. the bold, and not quite as bold! a force like never before. the chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of a time gone by. but this is no re—enactment, it's a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello! we are from china! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history but we are doing it as a sport. this is full contact sport. this is mma in armour. most things are allowed. there are certain zones you shouldn't hit. you shouldn't hit the groin for obvious reasons, you shouldn't hit the back of the knees and you shouldn't twist limbs in an unnatural action, we don't want bone breaks. we get a few injuries but it's not that bad. 0ther full contact sports, like hockey, rugby, that's same level of injuries. we do have them but they're not that common. watching scotland against the not so ye old usa, it is amazing there aren't more injuries. but it's that thick armour and helmets that protect you. it was

it is the first time the sport has come to the uk, and was in to help from across the known world, theyite so old, the brave and not quite as brave. the bold and not quite as bold. a force like never before. a chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of the time gone by. but this is no re—enactment. it is a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello, we're from china! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history but we are definitely doing it as a sport. this isa definitely doing it as a sport. this is a full contact sport. this is mma in armagh. —— armour. most things are allowed. there are certain places you shouldn't it. you shouldn't hit the groin for obvious reasons. you shouldn't hit the back of the knees. you shouldn't twist limbs and a natural direction. we don't want bone breaks. the get a few injuries but it is not that bad. 0ther full contact sports, hockey and rugby and stuff, that is basically the same level of injuries. we do have them but now that common. watching scotland against the not so ye old usa, it is amazing barrage more injuries, but it is t

street league pro open — arrived in the uk for the first time over the bank holiday weekend and bbc olympic reporter nick hope was there for us? skateboarding is not a sporta lifestyle. it is based on your creativity, your talent, your personality. it is the best feeling. it can be brutal. we are tackling concrete, nine times out of ten. whether you get the trick or not, you're learning something about yourself. it is 10096 a sport, we are athletic and so many different ways. it isa

sport. we're on the cusp at the end of this year of formula 1 going behind a pay wall in the uk, which is theouldn't have what the sport growing up if that was the case. “— sport growing up if that was the case. —— wouldn't have watched. and still sitting pretty in pink. simon yates keeps hold of the lead in the giro after winning stage 11. a former youth footballer who says he was sexually abused by former rangers youth coach gordon neely at ibrox in the 1980s, has been told by the club he should direct his complaint to a company of liquidators, according to an emailfrom rangers' lawyers seen by the bbc. neely, who has been accused of multiple sexual attacks on boys, died in 2014. mark daly‘s report contains descriptions of abuse that some viewers may find upsetting. david, which is not his real name, trained at rangers in the 1980s but says an encounter with youth coach gordon neely would have a terrible and lasting impact on his life. his words are voiced by an actor.” and lasting impact on his life. his words are voiced by an actor. i was summoned to go into his room, asked me to lie on t

it's the first time the sport, has come to the uk and mike bu5hell was drafted in to help team scotland quite as brave. the bold, and not quite as bold! a force like never before. the chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of a time gone by. but this is no re—enactment, it's a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello! we are from china! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history but we are doing it as a sport. this is full contact sport. this is mma in armour. most things are allowed. there are certain zones you shouldn't hit. you shouldn't hit the groin for obvious reasons, you shouldn't hit the back of the knees and you shouldn't twist limbs in an unnatural action, we don't want bone breaks. we get a few injuries but it's not that bad. other full contact sports, like hockey, rugby, that's same level of injuries. we do have them but they're not that common. watching scotland against the not so ye old usa, it is amazing there aren't more injuries. but it's that thick armour and helmets that protect you. it was beautiful. beautiful. it was brutal. i can't even

sport today team, goodbye. the weather is looking fine across the uk. 0n the weather is looking fine across the uk. the way. not necessarily from the word "go". in the morning, in eastern and northern counties, it will be cloudy. it's the big picture across this part of the world, here, the jet stream with system is being diverted northwards. in the direction of iceland and scandinavia, this jet stream this far north, we are well away from it. so the weather will be settled. warming up across europe over the next few days. the warmth is heading through us to the end of the week. short—term, this is how it looks. those are the morning temperatures. here is the cloud first thing, it burns back to the coastal line that these coastal districts here could stay cool and cloudy. here are those yellows compared to the deep oranges. a contrast across the uk. it could even be a 10 degrees difference. 23 in london, 13 in newcastle. but for most, a fine and beautiful day. a slight change, quite a big change, on. it may be a small weather front but it will upset weather in southern areas, pretty much from the w

bmw recalls more than 300,000 cars in the uk over safety concerns. in sportr beating novak djokovic for the first time in his career. that sees him move into the world's top 20 and he faces david goffin next. chris froome in 50 seconds of the pace in this year at the local favourite was the winner of today's's racing in a sprint finish. and tiger woods will play at the open championship in carnoustie injuly, play at the open championship in carnoustie in july, he play at the open championship in carnoustie injuly, he made his competitive return to golf in november after recovering from multiple back operations. let's hear from naygar mortazavi, an iranian—american journalist who joins us from washington dc. more on that main story. thank you for being with us. your thoughts on what happens now to this nuclear deal, can be salvaged by the other powers who signed up to years ago? it is unclear and depends on the european partners, the european union has said they are going to protect their companies who are doing business with the iranians from the us sanctions

sport today team, goodbye. hello there. well, for most of the uk, thursday was a glorious, sunny, dry day.ington in cheshire, of a flowerful field and shrubs, with the blue skies above, and a lovely end to the day with some gorgeous sunsets. but, like the last few nights, temperatures really falling away under those clear skies, particularly across eastern scotland. for much of england and wales, close to freezing in one or two places, with a touch of frost in fact, but not so much for the north and west of the uk. in western scotland and northern ireland, here a veil of cloud will continue to move in from the atlantic, so it'll be less cold here to start to friday. a chilly start elsewhere, another lovely sunny one expected for england and wales. more cloud, though, across scotland and northern ireland could spoil things a little bit bit. some holes still, with sunny spells, and those temperatures up a notch, i think, compared to thursday, around 19 in the south and the east. high pressure still the dominant feature of our weather as we head into the weekend, but weather fronts never too

uk, which is the first time that has happened. i probably would not have grown up watching the sport if that was the case.here is no question that we are used to that business model now, that some sports you have to pay if you want to watch them. in terms of growing the sport, mr ecclestone who sold to liberty media, they are expanding into new media. a lot of people are attracted to the sport not necessarily as a driver, but the interest in engineering or mechanics or whatever. there are so many elements that come into it. if it is not being broadcast as widely, maybe we will lose some of that opportunity. the first four grand prix ‘s have been great because they have been mixed up with accidents and safety cars, there have been unpredictable results. it has been a roller—coaster. they have been hollywood scripts to an action movie. you never want to see crashes, especially where someone could be injured, but if they walk away and show that the technology, the safety cells are good, then your favourite team or driver wins through at the end, that gives you the perfect script to that sporting event. would

he's now been summoned to appear before the uk's digital, culture, media and sport committee to answeria for facebook‘s annual conference for developers. they've had their access to user data severely curtailed as the company tries to limit the fallout from the ongoing privacy scandal. addressing the crowd, mark zuckerberg said despite changes, facebook will continue to pursue anyone wanting to misuse data in the future. you know, what happened with cambridge analytica was a major breach of trust. an app developer took data that people had shared with them and sold it. so we need to make sure that this never happens again. so we are taking a number of steps here. first, as you all know, we are restricting the data that developers will be able to request from people. the good news here is that back in 2014, we already made a major change to how the platform works to prevent people from sharing a lot of their friends' information. so this specific situation cannot happen again today. and since then we have taken a lot more steps as well to restrict other data. but there are still more st

this is a story that broke yesterday afternoon in the uk but we saw reaction on financial markets. us judge is clear the way the sportst did they decide here in the us? it is significant and interestingly enough, this case was brought forward by newjersey which is home to the struggling casinos in atla ntic is home to the struggling casinos in atlantic city and what they have been trying to do is emulate the las vegas model of gambling because this has been now overruled, we could see sports gambling legalised in all us states. that is a major game change ofa states. that is a major game change of a global betting companies and we saw shares of companies like william hilland saw shares of companies like william hill and paddy power shoots through the news. european gambling companies have surpassed the us rivals because of this. it's very controversial because gambling raises a lot of revenue via taxes but it does target vulnerable people. this is a real problem. shares in william hill were up 8%. it is staggering. the final hour of trade in london, it caused a real stir. let's talk about this. seattle passes a compro

traditionally american of sports — has announced plans to play two regular season games here in london next year. the boston red sox and the new york yankees will come to the ukr nbc sports, joins me now from new albany. just to be clear, this is notjust an exhibition game this is a regular—season game? to these two games in the middle ofjune which is the height of the major league baseball regular season. they must definitely count. and presumably about money? absolutely, major league baseball has seen what the national football league in the uk has done and basketball in europe and it looks a bit about money itself. these are big deal clubs in baseball but why these two clubs? the new york yankees in the boston red sox are the most storeyed franchises in baseball. they have the biggest stars in baseball and that the two best teams in baseball and probably will be next you as well. it doesn't hurt thatjohn henry, the owner of the red sox, also happens to love liverpool. he wa nts a also happens to love liverpool. he wants a bit of synergy across the pond. how to red sox fans feel about losing a couple of games in boston? they are ambivalent about it, but i t

viewers in the uk can see the programme on the bbc news channel. now the sport.in for leinster in rugby union's champions cup final in a moment, but we start with football. and a historic football relegation. hamburg fans threw flares and delayed the match, as their side exited the german bundlesliga after 55 seasons in the top flight. wolfsburg's win over cologne meant hamburg were always going to be relegated regardless of their result. and hamburg's 2—1win over borussia moenchengladbach was held up for ten minutes. a minority of the home fans acting angrily to the relegation, with several flares lit and thrown behind the gladbach goal. confirmation of that result. hamburg will join cologne in the second division next season. wolfsburg go into a relegation playoff. at the other end of the table hoffenheim pipped bayer leverkusen and rb leipzig to fourth place, as they beat borussia dortmund 3—1 to secure champions league football next season. there are 36 days until brazil play their first game at this year's world cup. and neymar has just given them a huge boo

it's the first time the sport, has come to the uk and i was drafted in to help team scotland, at scoone. a chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of the time gone by. but this is no re—enactment. it is a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello, we're team china! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history but we are definitely doing it as a sport. this is a full contact sport. this is mma in armour. most things are allowed. there are certain places you shouldn't hit. you shouldn't hit the groin for obvious reasons. you shouldn't hit the back of the knees. you shouldn't twist limbs in an unnatural direction. we don't want bone breaks. they get a few injuries but it's not that bad. other full—contact sports, hockey and rugby and stuff, that is basically the same level of injuries. we do have them but not that common. watching scotland against the not so ye olde usa, it is amazing there aren't more injuries, but it is that big armour and helmets that protect you. brutal! i can't even watch ufc or anything like that, boxing, i find it too violent. yes! people are

traditionally american of sports, has announced plans to play two regular season games here in london next year. the boston red sox and the new york yankees will come to the uk basketball and ice hockey. earlier i spoke to craig calcaterra, baseball writer for nbc sports about the decision to play these matches in london. visa to games in the middle ofjune, which is the height of the major league baseball season, they most definitely count. basically presumably it's about money? absolutely, major league baseball has seen what the national football league has done in the uk, seen what basketball has done internationally, particularly in europe, and wants a little bit of that money for itself as well. i realise obviously these are very big deal clubs in baseball, why these two specific clubs doing this? the new york yankees and the boston red sox are the two most storeyed franchises in major league baseball, they probably have the biggest stars in baseball right now and as it's currently going there the two best teams in baseball and probably will be as well next year. it doesn't hurtjohn henry, the owner of the boston red sox, owns liverpool in the premier le

uk's creative industries? later in the hour we'll have sportsday on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sportsillion a year to the uk economy. with only ten months to go before the uk leaves the european union, people in the sector are asking how they'll be affected. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has this report. what you're looking at is the work of a british company called jellyfish, which is just a part of the uk's fast—growing visual effects industry. this is rogue one, star wars, we've done a lot of work on star wars within the last two or three years. this is really high—end hollywood stuff, though. yeah, and we are one of the — if not the leading centre for doing visual effects animation in the world. this has become very big business. there are more people making special effects in the uk these days than work in the coal industry. but what's really striking is how international the workforce is. as you can see everyone's busily working away here. this fellow‘s from spain, poland, ireland, belgium, sweden. well, if we're going to really show you what it's like here we've got to g

sport on the bbc website. for reaction and analysis from around the uk, and around the globe, go to bbc.com/news — or downloadcounter this risk of thunderstorms. we have already seen some of them across the southern counties of england. that is because you are a little bit closer to the main area of activity, a big area of low pressure and it could be unstable across iberia, biscay, into france. we have seen the first signs of this wanting to drift north across the british isles as we get into sunday. a muggy start here, fresher further north, sunshine around, that's the shore. after the fresh start, look how that recover. 22, 23, quite widely across parts of england scotland. maybe 21 in northern ireland, 25 in the south and feeling close. you can see the storms become fewer and further between and are still close night in the south. the two ridges dribble away well down into single figures. temperatures are still being influenced by the continental air. that amount of cloud are around but not without the prospect of a decent, hazy sunny spells. we could see another spiral of cloud activity later on in the a

on any lost consciousness in the uk there were two or three deaths every day on a building sites for such a business worth billions but just how murky coffee is the sports world in reality . to get your son starting june sixth on t w. hi and welcome back to sarah's music we're in huts the pro in denmark and we have a very danish episode planned today the danish string quartet are playing danish folk songs in denmark you can't get more danish than that. the danish string quartet are performing here and hosts the battle at the classic a day international music festival. in. this city it's full of art and music and everyone here knows that the danish is in town. yes thank you for inviting us to your wonderful festival holstered may be small but this festival is really huge but it must be amazing if you to have real danish stars here it is because as you said we specialize in inviting and internationally but it's just a wonderful thing that we have a danish quartet like this is very unusual other danes very proud of the danish string quartet incredibly proud but also because they i think one of the special qualities is that. they makes a lot of. traditions

sport. also in the programme, the war on plastic. a school in the uk's started treating bringing plastic bottles into school as antisocial behaviour and punishing those responsible. is this a step too far or necessary to save the planet? join in the conversation #bbcthebriefing. let us begin. the three americans released by north korea have thanked president trump and his secretary of state, mike pompeo, for securing their release. they are flying now to andrews airforce base outside washington, where they'll be met within hours by the president. according to the white house, they've been freed as a gesture of goodwill ahead of the planned summit between mr trump and kim jung—un. chris buckler reports. after many months are being held prisoner in north korea, tony kim and kim hak—song will soon be reunited with their families. like kim dong—chul they were accused of crimes against the state. they're released as part of an astonishing change between the relationship with north korea and the united states. president trump considers as a gesture of goodwill

sport. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: new revelations about the russian spy poisoned in the uk.kripal or his daughter would survive. italy's two main populist parties call for peaceful protests, after an unelected, pro—eu technocrat is chosen as prime minister. who should own the land in south africa? the governing anc is under pressure to confiscate white property and hand it over to the black majority. time not to have a look at the stories making headlines in media across the world. let's start with the financial times. it's leading with the political and market tensions in italy, as the president put forward a former imf official to run a technocratic government. arab news is reporting on how iran is under pressure from enemies, as much as allies, to withdraw its alleged militias from syria. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said only syrian army troops should be on the country's southern border. the japan times is looking at the ongoing international labour organisation's conference, aimed at setting the first international rules to end violence and harassment in t

sport on the bbc website. for reaction and analysis from around the uk, and around the globe, including updated live pages moreers of north and south korea on saturday. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in seoul. one of the main things is this added commitment to try to denuclearise the korean peninsula. well it sounds like it. we have heard from president moonjae—in here in seoul in the last hour or so holding a press c0 nfe re nce in the last hour or so holding a press conference about the meeting yesterday with kim jong—un in which he said several times that kim had committed himself to the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. another is this is a phrase we have heard many times before and when he was challenged on it, he said the interesting things, one was president moon said it was not a case of will north korea denuclearise out when, and while the united states give up its hostile policy and guarantee north korea's security. according to him that was john roar concerned, the survival of his regime and the perceived hostility and desire of the usual okra for you before regime chan

sport for now. wh smith has been voted the worst shop on uk high streets by more than 10,000 people.omplained the stores were out—of—date, products were expensive and staff were rude. wh smith says just 184 shoppers commented. the top companies were the cosmetics chain lush, the discounter savers, and the toy chain smyths toys. a fatherfrom north london is to be released from prison in ethiopia after being on death row for four years on suspicion of being a terrorist. andy tsege, a prominent critic of ethiopa's ruling party in the 1970s, was given asylum in the uk in 1979 but later tried for terrorism in his absence. in 2014 he was kidnapped in yemen and taken back to ethiopia. he's now been pardoned after two years of foreign office appeals and a change in the political situation there. he still needs emergency travel documents and is not yet out ofjail. 0ur correspondentjohn mcmanus has been following the story. nearly four years ago, andy tsege was apprehended while travelling through yemen. he disappeared for about ten days. his family in britain had no idea what had happened to

sport. from all of us, see you soon. goodbye. hello there, good morning. on monday there was some respite, most parts of the uk not out of the woods yet. there's more storms, more heavy rain in the next few days in this warm and humid air that we got across the uk. cloud threatened to give us a few storms in the south of england. there weren't very many at all, 27 degrees here. it was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland and northern ireland. much cooler under the grey and misty skies in the north—east of england and on those north sea coasts. and that low cloud, misty weather is pushing back inland right now on the easterly breeze because we've got higher pressure to the north, lower pressure to the south and that's going to bring more storms. perhaps by the morning, some showers coming into southern counties of england. grey start in the midlands, northwards across eastern england, eastern scotland. low cloud retreating back to coastal areas and sunshine developing more widely. a few more heavy showers possible through the midlands towards wales later on in the day. not quite as one today for south

county's finest hospitality with images of the uk's most beautiful countryside scene to millions around the world. does the prime minister agreed that major sporting events provide significant economic benefit an investment in our regions, and will she joined me for next year's event? >> prime minister. pm may: can i say to my right honorable friend that it was very good to see the people on the roads of yorkshire cheering on the event. has he said, these events are hisonly hugely enjoyable to fourth fans, but bring economic benefit to the area and show off the best of britain to the world, and that is why i'm delighted that next year we will see the cycling world championships in yorkshire next september, bringing the world's best cyclist to yorkshire, and we are providing financial support for the championship. constituent to parents who have the right to stay in the u.k. indefinitely, his entire life has been in schooling, university, and now professional work as a structural engineer, but he can't get a british passport. he tells me he fears the knock on the door. assuredprime minister my constituent and the many people like him this cases are

one of the fastest growing parts of our economy, so what will brexit mean for the uk's creative industries? and in sportnly british player left in the singles of the french open. he reached it in four sets. cameron norrie and heather watson are both out. i will be back with more on those stories at around half past. torrential rain and severe thunderstorms have been predicted in wales and the south west later. the met office has issued an amber warning between four o'clock this afternoon and 06:00 on friday, meaning there is a potential risk to life. let's get more from phil avery. these are very difficult to predict exactly which idiots get hit? yes, and they certainly won't be a feature here. this is a picture of the waverley in the gairloch, and i put it in not only because it is a glorious sunny view, but also because i happened to steam past the waverley myself selling the western side of scotland last week. it wasn't quite as glorious as that, but they have had a great spell of weather. it isn't like that everywhere. if we just come out of the gairloch, and that is just to prove it was they are, w

sport. and you can be part of the conversation. today we're asking you this: as the uk's first private police force prepares to go nationwide, would you be prepared to pay £200 a month to have a bobby on call? will tell us what you think, just use #bbcthebriefing. the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has warned president trump that pulling out of the nuclear deal with iran could lead to an arms race in the middle east, triggered, in his words, by the iranians "dashing for a bomb". mrjohnson is in washington, where he'll meet the us vice—president, mike pence. the uk, france, and germany are looking at options to keep the iran deal alive if the us pull out. president trump has been scathing about the agreement. andrew plant reports. donald trump has long been clear about his contempt for the deal with iran, saying it has disastrous flaws. it was signed in 2015 between iran and six world powers... ..so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. ..and was one of president obama's key foreign policy achievements. iran agreed to mothball its nuclear programme, whi

sport have been sending messages of support. a new customs partnership with the european union, after the uk leaves, is still on the table.according to the business secretary, greg clark. petition fugitive jamie a court, who is wa nted fugitive jamie a court, who is wanted over alleged drugs offences, has accepted his extradition to britain. his transfer to the uk could now happen very soon. and coming up in this week's edition of meet the author, the american author madeleine miller on taking inspiration from greek mythology for her new novel. for now, though, on bbc news, it is sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday — our main headlines. neil warnock works his magic once again... his eighth career promotion sees his cardiff city side return to the premie league... manchester city lift that title today. that is despite a goalless draw against huddersfield. john higgins trails mark williams by two frames after the snooker world championship final got underway at the crucible. good evening, another day of ups and downs across sport... cardiff city have sealed the second automatic—promotion spot in the championship... i

uk visa. the bbc understands abramovich does not want to invest one billion pounds in an infrastructure project in a country where he's not allowed to work. our sportss correspodent richard conway has more. plans for a new stadium here at chelsea are on hold. it was that it would be replaced by new stadium, 6 million bricks, same architect that designed the beijing birds nest stadium, but that is now on hold and the reason is because roman abramovich has made a personal decision we understand, to halt the plans because of the delays in renewing his visa. there's been difficulties in that process, it's all in the context of heightened diplomatic tensions between london and moscow following the poisoning of surrogate screwball, the former russians —— in light of that, he is a close ally of liber putin, the russian president has had difficulties renewing the visa, he's a israeli citizen but he can't work your, and that's because of that he is putting up plan, on hold. in terms of chelsea and the team, his investment and committed to backing the team remains unchanged. if the question of the stadium and it looks as if stamford bridge will not be redevel

street league pro open — arrived in the uk for the first time over the bank holiday weekend and bbc olympic reporter nick hope was there for us? skateboarding is not a sporttalent, your personality. it is the best feeling. it can be brutal. we are tackling concrete, nine times out of ten. whether you get the trick or not, you're learning something about yourself. it is 10096 a sport, we are athletic and so many different ways. it isa athletic and so many different ways. it is a culture, a lifestyle, not a sport, it is more than that, more important than that. they may be divided about how to define skateboarding but all skaters agree it is growing faster than ever before, particularly for women. it is growing faster than ever before, particularly for womenm is insane. when i was younger, i will go to the park and be the only girl, i thought i was the only girl ever and now when you go to the park to see some girls there and it is normal, it is amazing. we are getting more opportunities,. we have sponsors. i think the olympics is going to be great for us. skateboarding has been fast tracked over squash for a place in the olympics. listen to the reaction of

uk's most wanted fugitives is arrested in spain. fresh volcanic eruptions in hawaii before the islands are rocked by a major earthquake. in sport, a record crowd heads for wembley, for the women's fa cup final, this evening, as arsenal and chelsea meet in a repeat of the final two years ago, which arsenal won. sarah has the weather. we've got some fine and dry weather for many of us through the bank holiday weekend. it will not be wall—to—wall sunshine but plenty of sunny spells and things will be warming up quite nicely. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump has said the uk's strict gun laws has led to a rise in knife crime, adding that a hospital in london was like "a war zone" because of the number of stabbing victims. it comes as the president tried to defend americans‘ right to own guns, which he said were "under siege" in a speech to the powerful national rifle association. gary o'donoghue reports. there is donald trump. travelling to the convention has been an annual pilgrimage for donald trump. today he remained staunch in his defence of them and their right constitutionally to own a gun. your second amendme

sports conference as that happened. you could not believe the sense of panic and flurry. it's interesting because ukple like paddy power, ladbrokes have been making small bets of their own that this is going to happen. 0f bets of their own that this is going to happen. of course the supreme court ruling that this band which has been in place and sports betting since 1992 is unconstitutional is going to be very interesting. i don't expect there to be a gold rush immediately. what they are doing is allowing states to decide for themselves. not every state wants to be nevada or newjersey. not every state wa nts be nevada or newjersey. not every state wants a las vegas. i think it will be softly softly but it's estimated that americans spend $150 billion in sports betting but it's mainly underground. they say bring it out, regulate it, tax it which is the crucial bit. and there will be a real bunfight for the party. you'll have the sports owners themselves, the club owners wanting a piece of that, the states wanting a bit of it, you'll have the companies themselves. is going to be really interesting to

uk's performance. but the night belonged to favourites israel. iamso i am so happy! in sporte premier league season comes to close today, and who will snatch that final champions league spot? will it bejurgen klopp or antonio conte? liverpool and chelsea both have chance to finish the season in the top four. and stav has the weather. good morning to you. our sunday weather is not looking too bad, in fa ct. weather is not looking too bad, in fact. plenty of sunny spells in the eastern parts of england and as we head into next week, it will be turning even sunnier and a bit warmer. join if all the details. —— join me for all the details. good morning. first, our main story: french police have launched a terror investigation after a man armed with a knife killed one person and injured four others in paris last night. so—called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack, which happened on a busy street near to the city's main opera house. the man was shot dead by police. bill hayton reports. it should have been a pleasant night out in a popular part of paris. instead, a

uk visa. the estimated cost for a new 60,000 seat stamford bridge would be around a billion pounds. we can get more from sportsis a retaliation by mr abramovich for the delays we have seenin abramovich for the delays we have seen in him getting a british these are? officially, chelsea say that the reason why the redevelopment of sta mford the reason why the redevelopment of stamford bridge has been put on hold is because of an unfavourable investment climate. but it's my understanding that roman abramovich does see this as a personal decision. he sees this as him not going ahead with the redevelopment because of the difficulties in renewing that visa. he has been waiting for a number of weeks for that to happen. and this comes amid diplomatic tensions between london and moscow following the sergei skripal poisoning case, that former russian spy. mr abramovich, an ally of vladimir putin, has recently applied and been granted israeli citizenship, allowing him to come to the uk to visit, but does not allow him to work. i understand that personal decision to stop investment at sta mford personal decision to stop i

uk visa. the bbc understands abramovich does not want to invest £1 billion pounds in an infrastructure project in a country where he's not allowed to work. our sportsns for a new stadium are on hold. it was thought that stamford bridge would be preplaced by a new stadium, the same architect that designed the beijing bird's nest stadium. but thatis beijing bird's nest stadium. but that is on hold, because roman abramovich has made a personal decision we understand to halt the plans, because of the delays in renewing his visa. there has been difficulties in that process. it is all in the context of heightened diplomatic tensions between london and moscow after the poisoning of the former russian spy who was poisoned in salisbury. in light of that, roman abramovich, a close ally of vladimir putin the russian president, has had difficulties renewing his visa. he is now an israeli citizen, so he can come to visit, but not to work. in term of chelsea, and the team, his investment and his commitment to back nag team, remains —— backing that team remains unchanged. it looks as if stamford bridge will not be re—developed any time soon. also coming up in the

sport for now, i'll have more in the next hour. a rail timetable overhaul, billed as the biggest in the uk, has begun.every train in its franchise, which includes southern, thameslink and great northern services. but passengers in a number of smaller locations complain they will be served with fewer or slower services. here's our transport correspondent victoria fritz. from today, arrival and departure times will change on every train run by great northern, thameslink, southern, and the gatwick express. it will also have a knock—on effect on southeastern trains. together, these operations run more than a quarter of all railjourneys in the uk. this is what is part of what was once known as thameslink 2000. it's a few years late. more trains, more seats and more destinations at a cost so far of £7 billion. they've had years to prepare, but are they ready? it is going to be ok. i am not saying we won't have a few bumps, we will, but we are here for the next two weeks, means longer hours for me, to make sure the transition is as smooth as possible. this is the reality of train travel for many. capacity ha

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