and st helens secure this year's super league league leaders shield. hello there.ots to get through. we're starting with simon yates because he's on the verge of winning the vuelta a espana, which would make him the 3rd british rider to win a grand tour this year. he's leading the race by more than a minute and half with just one competitive stage left. joe lynskey reports. through all hills climbed in spain, the vuelta destination would come down to the neighbours. stage 19 rides into andorra, but the welcome is deceiving. the day's last 20 kilometres would see them ride up 1,200 feet. a climb to stretch out the entire field. everyone is in first gear. but in red, simon yates faced the hills he is familiar with. he and his brother adam train and live here. it would make this a title decider played on home turf. yates‘ job to stop his rivals making up ground overall. but with ten kilometres to go, he decided not to wait for them. he moved away from the pack and towards the stage leaders. whether brave or foolish, the final miles would decide. he opened up a minute

st helens are trailing 80 — 1a and the dragons are the bottom but st helens are the top.pic champion greg rutherford jumped for the last time in his career at the great north games in newcastle this afternoon. seven metres 38 was his final leap into the sandpit, but greg will be remembered for taking long jump gold on super saturday at the london olympics — in the same hour that mo farah and jessica ennis—hill won their respective golds. a great crowd turned out to support him. it was an emotional farewell for him. he retires as one of only five british athletes to have won olympic, world, commonwealth and european gold medals. it was remarkably emotional the final round. i have been ignoring the fact that this is going to be the fact that this is going to be the last one i think all day. i was trying to enjoy it and then it hit me likea trying to enjoy it and then it hit me like a tonne of bricks. it was the final time i was ever going to run down as a professional long jumper. it was an incredible sendoff, i am jumper. it was an incredible sendoff, iam not jumper. it wa

a 19—year—old woman and a 22—year—old man were taken to hospital from the reminisce festival in st helensr of other people are also being treated in hospital following suspected overdoses. north korea has staged a huge military parade this morning to mark the country's 70th anniversary. the show of strength was packed with soldiers and tanks but — unlike previous parades — there were reportedly no ballistic missiles on display. earlier, our seoul correspondent, laura bicker told usjust how significant the lack of missiles were. this parade comes at a very sensitive time when talks between north korea and the united states appeared to have stalled. everyone remembers that big summit, the big handshake between president trump and kimjong—un but since handshake between president trump and kim jong—un but since then there's been very little movement. the us wants north korea to disarm, north korea wants some kind of peace treaty, and enter for declaration north korea wants some kind of peace treaty, and enterfor declaration in return but us seems unwilling to give it. but showing off military

toomua. 23—18 the final score. 0ne match in super league's super 8s — it was top verses bottom as st helenstes ago the dragons were winning but st helens responded with a late try. danny richardson goal in the last ten minutes the game. and they kept going — in the last five minutes of the game morgan knowles made the final score, 26-22. before the ryder cup at the end of the month the pga tour is reaching its conclusion — the third event of four in the fed ex cup play offs is at the third round stage. xander shauffele was the overnight leader on 13 under par. rory mcllory has made a strong start to his round. the northern irishman picked up two birdies in his first two holes and is currently 11 under par. —— currently 12 under par. tiger woods did the same and the 1a time major winner is on ten under. justin rose shot up the leaderbaord yesterday to end friday in second place. he's currently sitting pretty on 13 under. the leader shaufele has picked up a shot and is 1a under par. olympic champion greg rutherford jumped for the last time in his career at the great north games in newcastle t

they remain second, four points behind leaders st helens. that's all from sportsday.k ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former director of communications for the conservative party, giles kenningham and polly mackenzie, director of the centre—left think tank, demos. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times says the nerve agent used in the salisbury attack was strong enough to have killed a000 people. the guardian leads with the pressure put on russia at the united nations over the poisoning. the telegraph says the head of the spy agency gchq says he is planning how to retaliate against russia. the sun reports claims that borisjohnson has separated from his wife. the metro goes with the data breach at british airways, in which the details of 380,000 bank cards were stolen. the ft leads with the government's proposed energy price cap, but notes it is lower than had been promised. the express has figures suggesting four out of five burglaries go unsolved. and the mirror goes with the death of hollywood legend burt reyn

st helens beat castleford 26—nil. both will be in the semi—finals.play warrington wolves who won 36—23 at wakefield trinity. saints will play wigan who won 14—12 at home to hull. wasps are level with second placed exeter in the rugby union prmiership after beating newcastle 23—22 away. they scored three tries to the falcons 2. juan de jongh converted try brough wasps back into it, and lima sopoanga's late penalty saw them win by a single point. in the pro 1a cardiff blues came from behind twice to deny cheetahs their first win of the season. olly robinson barged his way through with ten minutes to go to score the winning try. 24—21 it finished at arms park. it was a tight affair in the other pro—14 match where edinburgh almost surrendered a 16—point lead over benetton. they hung on at murrayfield to win by 31 points to 30. the government say they will give their full support to a potential bid from all four home nations and ireland to host the world cup in 2030. england were one of the nations that lost out to russia for the right to stage this year'

it was top versus bottom as st helens travelled to challenge cup winners catalans dragons. last five minutes a try from morgan knowles made the final score 26—22. britain's simon yates has retaken the lead at the tour of spain, the vuelta a espana. he broke free of the pack in the final kilometre to win stage 14. the victory puts him back in the red race leader's jersey that he lost tojesus herrada three days ago. yates leads alejandro valverde by twenty seconds in the overall standings with seven stages remaining. whilst at the tour of britain, team sky's ian stannard claimed the first british victory of this year's race with a solo breakaway win on the penultimate stage. overall leaderjulian alaphillipe finished in the peleton to maintain his 17 second lead going into sunday's final stage. olympic champion greg rutherford jumped for the last time in his career at the great north games in newcastle yesterday. 7 metres 38 was his final leap into the sandpit, but greg will be remembered for taking long jump gold on super saturday at the london olympics. he retires as one of

in rugby league, super eight st helens beat warrington for the third time this season, winning 34—14, chance to do it again in the semifinals a week on thursday. meanwhile, the question of who will win a place in the super league next season by the qualifiers are still wide open after yesterday's results. toronto beat widnes to stay within a chance with london broncos beating salford and hull kr losing to toulouse, it will all come down to the final round matches. matt davis has one briton's first silverjudo medal for nine yea rs, first silverjudo medal for nine years, the best result of her career and she was inspired to compete after peeing in volunteer at london 2012. for the first time in the 214 year history of the gold cup, there was a dead heat, the racecourse judge could not split the 5—1 favourite and the 28th outsider, cameron noble, not even by a nose. billy monger, the real racing driver who lost both legs in a crash at donington last year returned to the same track yesterday and was ecstatic to claim pole position for the first of the week and's formula 3 races. he finish

super league leaders st helens have beaten warrington for the third time this season. 14. the sides will meet again in the semi—finals a week on thursday. that's all the sport for now. i'll have the latest throughout the evening. let's get more now on our main story, the american cable giant comcast has beaten its rival 21st century fox in the auction for the broadcaster, sky. joining me now isjoe mayes, a reporter at bloomberg. how excited is the world of media about this breaking news? the sky shareholders are definitely very excited. £17.28 is a huge increment on what they started trading on. the media industry is pretty stunned by these numbers. it is a massive win for all the staff and shareholders and it is quite a moment. what on earth was going on with 21st—century fox ? earth was going on with 21st—century fox? did they really want this 61% share? a difficult one to call. fox have forced comcast to pay perhaps more than they wanted to. in the final round of bidding in this auction, fox were behind at the start, they increased their bid, comp are “— start, they

role partly paid for by a million pound lottery grant that has been used for major repair work to st helen'smake out the church now. i wasn't making it up, it is there. it's been closed for some repointing and to be turned into our interpretation and education centre. the building work has taken a year to complete. when it reopens, it will contain a new exhibition about the island's history and wildlife. sian played a major part in its design. it's been months of work, sourcing information and photographs, getting the tone right for the exhibition, so it'll be exciting to see it finally going into place now. the bishop of exeter is coming to officially open it in two days. it's a race against time to get it finished. meanwhile, sian is getting on with her dayjob. snorkel safaris are definitely one of the highlights of myjob and it is what i've fallen in love with. it's a whole other kingdom of lundy under there. we'll probably stay quite close in the bay, maybe hope a couple of seals come up and see us. it's days like this when you wonder, "how on earth is this really myjob?" it's got to be

wigan denied local rivals st helens, the chance to secure the league leaders' shield, with a 30—10 winith four games to spare, but the warriors ran in six tries to lead throughout, and secure their place in the semi—finals. elsehwere wakefield trinity beat huddersfield giants. that's all the sport for now. it's time for the weather. it's the 1st of september, the first day of meteorological autumn. we see something a little bit summary this weekend thanks to high pressure, largely dry with sony ‘s bells. —— sunny spells. these weather friends continue to flirt with parts of scotla nd continue to flirt with parts of scotland and northern ireland, high pressure means we draw up a southerly wind from spain and france. that's why we see temperatures rising. a fairly cloudy afternoon across much of the north and west, the best of the sunny spells across the eastern half of england. at least it is largely dry, light winds, and good sunny spells. we could make the low to mid 20s. for most, 21 cells is across the west. thicker cloud across western wales may bring spots of light and patchy rain

they remain second, four points behind leaders st helens. that's all the sport for now. double rainbows across the northern half of the uk. plenty of showers, some thunderstorms earlier on as well. a lot of those have now faded away but till some wet weather to the north and north—east of scotland. further south we had a spell of rain pushing its way south eastwards, the last dregs of that clearing away from the south—east corner. for many of us are south—east corner. for many of us a re pretty south—east corner. for many of us are pretty cloudy seen through the afternoon. i think we will see a bit more sunshine on the way for tomorrow. the skies clearing, a north—westerly breeze still bring in one or two showers over the irish sea into the north—west of england. most of the rain in northern and eastern scotland, close to these north sea coast. on the whole it will be dry and clear and quite chilly overnight. we will find those temperatures widely into single figures. a complicated weather map over the next few days. low pressure actually sitting through the north sea, a

wigan denied local rivals st helens the chance to secure the league leaders' shield, with a 30—10 win with four games to spare, but the warriors ran in six tries to lead throughout, and secure their place in the semi—finals. elsehwere, wakefield trinity beat huddersfield giants. stand by for a big crash. this is sauber‘s magnus ericsson, in second practice for the italian grand prix. thankfully, the swede walked away unharmed. sebastian vettel led a one—two for ferrari with mercedes' lewis hamilton in third place. there it goes like a toy car. luckily he was ok. that is all the sport. good news. thank you mike. mike bushell. a host of stars including stevie wonder and bill clinton were among the many well wishers saying goodbye to aretha franklin at her funeral in detroit yesterday. the memorial service lasted over seven hours and also featured music from ariana grande and chaka khan. aleem maqbool was there. a public that adored her queued for hours to get inside the church to get a chance to say their final goodbyes to the queen of soul. i could not sit at home and watch it on telev

and st helens secure this year‘s super league league leaders shield. hello there.der to win a grand tour this year. he‘s leading the race by more than a minute and half with just one competitive stage left. joe lynskey reports.

super league leaders st helens have beaten warrington for the third time this season.n in six tries to win by 3a points to 1a. the sides will meet again in the semi—finals a week on thursday. arguably the most important games of the day are in the qualifiers, where super league survival and promotion are at stake. toronto wolfpack beat widnes vikings 20—12 to keep them in the hunt for one of the three automatic promotion spots, while widness drop out of super league for the first time in 7 years. elsewhere, salford were top of the table, but they lost 11—8 at london broncos. hull kr beaten 311—23 in toulouse. andy murray is going to play two tournaments in china over the next fortnight before bringing an early close to his season. now outside the top 300 in the world following hip surgery injanuary, and he says he needs a long period of training and reconditioning to get ready for next year. i decided, along with my team, that i need a long period of training and reconditioning to get myself in the best shape possible for the beginning of the 2019 season and getting my

st helens won rugby league super league's league leaders' shield after a comfortable victory at hometic remain second in the scottish premiership after a goalless d raw with st mirren tonight. they had to play much of the game with just ten men after 0livier ntcham was sent—off for a second yellow in the first half. it was 0ran kearney‘s first game in charge of st mirren. hearts are still top of the table two points ahead of celtic. west brom missed the chance to move into the championship top three after being held to a 1—1 draw against birmingham in tonight's west midlands derby. birmingham's point takes them clear of the bottom three but they were dominant for long periods of this game. they took the lead when jota scored from close range in the first half but the spaniard then missed the chance to put garry monk's side two up from the penalty spot. west brom punished them soon after with matt phillips finding the equaliser, but a point keeps the baggies three points off the league leaders. dan da n eva ns dan evans beat denis istomin in five sets. cameron norrie has lost tonight.

st helens are beating castleford wakefield are leading warrington, wigan are trailing to hull, the importantin for leeds would see them keep their place in superleague, wolfpack would take a massive stride towards promotion if they win you can see the latest there is at leedsis you can see the latest there is at leeds is 10—8 up, they've come behind from the early stages there. championship leader lewis hamilton was fastest in second practise ahead of this weeeknd's russian grand prix in sochi hamilton ended the session almost two tenths of a second clear of his mercedes team—mate valterri bottas. they were followed by the two red bulls, but they'll be near the back of the grid on sunday, no matter what happens in qualifying tomorrow after changing their engines. title contender sebastian vettel was fastest in first practise but he was fifth second time round with teamate kimi raikonnenjust behind. england wicketkeeper sarah taylor will miss the world t20 in west indies in november as she continues to manage her anxiety. a decision was made by both the player and the ecb who say taylor's wel

wigan denied local rivals st helens, the chance to secure the league leaders‘ shield, with a 30—10 winrinity beat huddersfield giants. stand—by for a big crash in formula 1. this is sauber‘s magnus ericsson, in second practice for the italian grand prix. thankfully, the swede walked away unharmed. sebastian vettel led a one, two for ferrari with mercedes‘ lewis hamilton in third place. cani can i tell everyone about what happened to you yesterday after the programme? you got in trouble with your mum. understandably. you would if you put ice cream on your face. we were talking about phil neville, talking about him getting to know his players in their everyday lives, having ice creams. my mum said i‘d ridiculous myself. i‘ve got a lot of critics but you take notice of don‘t you? i'm sure she'll forgive you. today you were marvellous. the fallout from frank field‘s resignation continues — as the mp vows a legal challenge to labour‘s ruling that he can‘t remain in the party. so what do the events of the last couple of days tell us about labour, and will any more of its mps be following mr

wigan denied local rivals st helens, the chance to secure the league leaders' shield, with a 30—10 winr place in the semi—finals. elsehwere wakefield trinity beat huddersfield giants. stand—by for a big crash. this is sauber‘s magnus ericsson, in second practice for the italian grand prix, thankfully the swede walked away unharmed. sebastian vettel led a one, two for ferrari with mercedes‘ lewis hamilton in third place. and usain bolt‘s foray into the world of football continues. he's on trial with the australian side central coast mariners and he made his first appearance in a pre—season friendly yesterday, coming as a sub in the second half. he had a glimpse of goal late on...but couldn't quite get on the end of this cross. he's quick, but not that quick. if he'd slid in he might have got there. stand up paddle boarding has been one of the biggest growing sports in the uk over the last decade, but what do you do if you don't like water? you could try the new sport of landpaddling. i was told it's easier than skateboarding, so i went to southport this week to join a club session invol

st helens have won super league's league leader's shield, after they beat hull fc 38—12.ed to victory, scoring six tries. it's the sixth time they've finished top in the super league era. there were also super 8 wins for wigan and wakefield. now, we are used to seeing canoes and kayaks racing through the white water against the clock. but until now paddlers haven't battled down the course against each other. this sounds very dangerous. they are doing ski cross, boardercross, motocross, they are doing ski cross, boa rdercross, motocross, and they are doing ski cross, boardercross, motocross, and it had to happen sometime. that's changing thanks to the new discipline of extreme slalom, otherwise known as boater cross. it is featuring at the british open this weekend at the lee valley centre. i've been to take a look. britain's paddlers are entering uncharted waters. no longer are theyjust up against the clock but in the new discipline of boater x, it's a race to the finish against your rivals, who are trying to knock you off course. this has been inspired by the success of

in rugby league's super 85, st helens beat warrington for the third time this season, running in sixhips for nine years. it's the best result of her career. she was was inspired to compete after being a volunteer at london 2012. six years later, she has world silver. not bad at all! for the first time in the 214—year history of the ayr gold cup, there was a dead heat. the racecourse judge could not split the 5—1 favourite son of rest, ridden by chris hayes, and the 28—1 outsider baron bolt, not even by a nose! —— the mount of apprentice rider cameron noble, not even by a nose! a photo finish. not a nostril between them. no splitting it at all. the dead heat for the first time. you may have seen yesterday on breakfast, we heard from billy monger, the young racing driver who lost both his legs in a crash at donnington last year. this is an extraordinary story. well, he returned to the same track yesterday and he was absolutely ecstatic when he claimed pole position for the first of the weekend's formula 3 races. amazing. he finished fourth, and there are two more races to come today. w

st helens have won super league's league leader's shield, after they beat hull fc 38—12.ixth time they've finished top in the super league era. there were also super 8's wins for wigan and wakefield. the man behind one of football's most controversial mascots is stepping out of the suit. watford's harry the hornet has been criticised for diving on the floor after crystal palace winger wilfried zaha, was booked for simulation. palace manager roy hodgson, called him ‘disgraceful‘. gareth evans, who's hanging up the hornet suit, says he's ‘proud' and ‘heavy hearted' to be leaving. i kind of want to see him. you never know what he would look like. that's the thing, it is a bit like the stig. would we have even known if it was the new person? it's a big day for britain's vicky holland, who, in the next few hours, could be crowned champion, as she goes for gold in the final, of the world triathlon series on australia's gold coast. louise is out there for the race, which is under way, and we can speak to her now. hi louise, how is vicky doing? when i last looked it was the swim

super league leaders st helens have beaten warrington for the third time this season, this one in rugbynts to 1a. the sides are going to meet again in the semi—finals a week on thursday. arguably the most important games of the day are in the qualifiers, where super league survival and promotion are at stake. salford were top of the table but they lost 11—8 at london broncos, so a win for toronto wolfpack will keep them in the hunt for one of the three automatic promotion spots, along with hull kr, who are winning in toulouse. no points between toronto and widnes yet. andy murray is only going to play two more tournaments this season. he'll play in shenzen and beijing in china over the next fortnight, before focusing on a long period of training and conditioning in preparation for the start of next year. murray has only played nine matches after hip surgery injanuary and he's slipped outside the top 300 in the world. nekoda smythe—davis has won great britain's first silver medal at the world judo championships for nine years. it betters the bronze that she won last year. it's the best r

they remain second, just four points behind leaders st helens.ersey. this is them crossing the line. it was the frenchman alexander geniez claimed the victory in a sprint finish ahead of dylan van baarle, but then an official wasn't paying enough attention and his spectacles went flying and both riders fell off, still going at speed having crossed the line. a pileup! you would be annoyed there, wouldn't you? but it'sjesus herrada who now holds the overall lead. i bet it hurt. the spanish rider started the day over five minutes behind, but now has more than a three minute lead over yates in second. do you know what you are doing on the first of march, 2006? all those yea rs the first of march, 2006? all those years ago? chico time was number one. i remember that. that's bringing happy memories back for you. alastair cook's last match for england begins today, as his side play india in the fifth and final test at the oval. they boast a unassailable 3—1 series lead. cook will bow out as england's most capped player, their highest runscorer in test c

helene. most likely is for florence to st to sea. itat's filled eight or nine days away. too early to shut the door on any possible run at the ent coast the u.s. we'll be watching very, very carefully. what was gordon continues t race out as it moves into arkansas, western tennessee and st. louis.ly eventuhat moisture will find its way here. in the meantime before it does, it's all about there tempera we're in the uppe 9 80s and low 90s. rain chances are below 20%. t headed downthe cardinals and nationals game, stilln the 90s on your way down to the stadium. still in the 80s h no matter many innings that game goes. as long as the game is over before 4:00 a.m. tomorw morning, it will still be bo80a degrees. a quick rebound into the mid-90s again for tomorrow. extreme h heat andidity today and tomorrow. you can always use your nbc washington app toind any local cooling stations in your neighborhood. nothing wrong with that. cooler weather does move in for the weekend. pretty high chances for showers. afternoon highs in the 70s. next week it would be in the thursday, friday

st helier today. that tropical weather pushing north ahead of helene, with winds of up north ahead of helene, with windslingers longest in the far north. a blustery day, sunshine and showers. winds not as strong as through the night but with the sunshine out, it will feel quite warm with high temperatures of 17 to 25 not out off the question. the strongest winds coming on wednesday. low pressure. uncertainty about its exact track but northern england and northern ireland could see winds of up northern ireland could see winds of up to 70 mph causing disruption and further south widespread gales. sunshine and showers further south and east with rain in the north and west. a little bit of everything to come and that is just the next three days. thank you. a bbc 5 live survey which has come out this morning, suggests that older people are more optimistic about brexit than young people. it's one of the issues steph's looking at today, marking six months to go until we leave the eu. she's at the university of salford. she has been talking to lots of people. good morning. good morning to you and good morning t