the rumour mill at newcastle united continues — with ongoing negotiations around the club's ownershipe mike ashley wants to sell — and today we're learning about another proposed bid — but newcastle fans have been left disappointed before. let's get more . this is the fifth time at newcastle united have been supposedly on the verge of being sold by mike ashley. well i spoke to a number offans sold by mike ashley. well i spoke to a number of fans today and understandably they are cautious given how many full storms that have been. the latest bid came to light after the group behind the bed took the step of releasing a statement saying they had agreed terms with mike ashley. they are spearheaded by sheikh khaled believed to be a distant relative of sheikh mansour, the city owner. he is a member of the city owner. he is a member of the abu dhabi royal family albeit a less prominent member and in terms of any comments from the club on this there has been none whatsoever. nothing from the premier league either. but the people i spoke to in the north—east are not knocking this back, we know

andy, what against newcastle united. andy, what a season against newcastle united.a season it has been for liverpool so a season it has been for liverpool so far. so much. many thanks indeed for that this evening. let's take a quick look at some of the days other story. concern from the former rio madrid goal keeper who was suffering heart problems at the training ground. thanking people for their m essa 9 es ground. thanking people for their m essa g es of ground. thanking people for their messages of support. hard work of her second round match at the open, the british number one withstood a fight back from romania to win in three sets, just the second quarterfinal of the season. cricketer alex will return to play for his county site, nottingham share on friday after serving a 21 day suspension. withdrawing from the prevention or world cup squad on monday. and jockey has announced his retirement after writing joint favourite to victory in the gold cup and is 2a year career, thousand winners including the grand national. to that landmark ruling from the court of ar

newcastle united and liverpool at st james park. the ripple of 1—0.r. good evening. chilly day uk wide. best of the sunshine in the west but elsewhere you were dodging the showers. still if you around. spots of blue and white on the radar here. thunder in the past two hours in the showers are becoming fewer. feedback for most. shetland may see the odd shower or two for cloud will increase into northwest scotland. that will stop the temperatures falling too much. the weather away from the city centres could give us frost in the morning. lovely start. further showers and wintry on the higher ground. there will be a bit more cloud coming and going across england and wales but compared to today, waiter winds, much drier in eastern areas and so it won't feel quite as chilly although temperatures are only at a high of 13. as for bank holiday monday, we will have more details on that throughout the evening. this is bbc news, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 8: former defence secretary, gavin williamson, says he is victim of a witchhunt after the polic

at newcastle united's saintjames park.acens full—back. revered by football fans, including the saracens full-back. st james's parkis the saracens full-back. st james's park isa the saracens full-back. st james's park is a brilliant place. the fans love it. it is in the centre of the city. if you talk about the atmosphere there and tell passionate people are, i can't wait to go out there on the friday, have a kickabout, take it all in, to play there will be unbelievable. saracens are taking on opponents who are aiming to become the first side to be european champions five times saracens themselves seek a third triumph infour saracens themselves seek a third triumph in four years. this club and this group will take us higher and higher. we need to make sure we win to do that i think it is a big motivation for us all. with more than 20 internationals between them, few doubt this is between the best two sides in europe. now to find out who is number one. it should be a great game. staying with rugby union... wales coach warren

the investment group in talks to buy newcastle united says it is "assisting" the premier league in itserson test and has provided proof of funds to buy the club. the bin zayed group, representing uae billionaire sheikh khaled bin zayed al nahyan, agreed terms with magpies owner mike ashley on monday. tomorrow, england will open the cricket world cup against south africa. they go into the tournament as favourites on home soil, which captain eoin morgan says he's happy about. the south africans have been dealt a hefty blow, though, as andy swiss reports. welcome to the oval, where the waiting is very nearly over, because tomorrow morning, 25,000 fans will be packed into those stands behind me as england get their world cup under way against south africa. it's fair to see england do not have a great record in recent world cups. the last tournament, four years ago, they were knocked out at the opening stage. but there is a real confidence around the team. they are the favourite with the bookmakers. their batting is particularly impressive. lots of hefty hitters, the likes ofjos buttler, jo

the newcastle united owner mike ashley is in talks to sell the club to billionaire sheikh khaled binnchester city owner sheikh mansour, and failed with a £2 billion bid to buy liverpool last year. it's thought the deal to buy newcastle could be worth £350 million. every tottenham fan will be desperate to know the answer to this question — will harry kane be fit for the champions league final? a few weeks ago it looked almost impossible — he'd injured his ankle in the quarterfinals and his season looked to be over. but today, a little more hope for kane. his boss — mauricio pochettino — says it's looking positive . and didn't rule out kane being available to play against liverpool in madrid. we have one week ahead and this saturday to evaluate, and to see how he is progressing in his problem. but of course like i told you in the past, it is so important that he feels well and he is very positive. we will see what happens. i still cannot tell you he will be fit 100%, or he is going to be available to play from the beginning on the bench or maybe out, but we are so, so positive. before

he learned the managerial trait at newcastle united, chelsea, west ham united and liverpool. bromwich albion, reading and then kilmarnock. leaving kilmarnock, clearly a bench. at my time at, knickerbocker, i'm sorry i did not win a trophy. i am telling —— at kilmarnock. i'm telling now that i take this, this is my trophy. he guided kilmarnock into europe and third place in the premiership, their highest league finish since their highest league finish since the 1960s. the buttoned up and down the 1960s. the buttoned up and down the country hope he will be just as successful as scotland manager. —— football fa ns successful as scotland manager. —— football fans up and down the country. steve clarke's three—year contract start straightaway. he is back here at the national stadium for a media conference. early next week he will name his first scotland squad for two huge euro 2020 qualifiers early next month against cyprus and belgium. he thinks scotla nd cyprus and belgium. he thinks scotland can still qualify and that isa scotland can still qualify and that is a big statement, b

the newcastle united owner mike ashley is in talks to sell the club to billionaire sheikh khaled binter city owner sheikh mansour, and failed with a £2 billion bid to buy liverpool last year. it's thought the deal to buy newcastle could be worth £350 million. the scotland manager shelley kerr says it would be monumental for the women's game if they were to break the attendance record at hampden tomorrow. scotland play jamaica in a friendly there and need just over 4,000 fans to attend to break the record for a women's game. take away the performance side of it, with always set ourselves a target to inspire a nation and i think it would be fantastic with the players if we were to get that 10,000 or more. every tottenham fan will be desperate to know the answer to this question — will harry kane be fit for the champions league final? a few weeks ago it looked almost impossible — he'd injured his ankle in the quarterfinals and his season looked to be over. but today, a little more hope for kane. his boss mauricio pochettino says it's looking positive and he didn't rule out kane being av

at the same time we want to play chelsea with newcastle united.en klopp is in the same position and will try to do his best for his fans and then we have 52,000 fans in our stadium. it's the last home game of the season. so i think everybody understands that we are per —— —— professionals and we are trying to do our best. that gain kicking off injust over an do our best. that gain kicking off in just over an hour's time. so let's take a look a the situation at the top of the table. cardiff city continuing there. about ten minutes in to the second half. a really u nfortu nate ten minutes in to the second half. a really unfortunate time for neil ward dick's site for sub it doesn't look like they will be playing championship football next season. stilljust the one point between the top two. if liveprool don't win tonight — it could be all over if manchester city beat leicester on monday. it might not last long though because that game between leicester and manchester city on monday. if liverpool was tonight it means manchester city claim that title o

newcastle united owner mike ashley is in talks to sell the club to dubai based billionaire sheikh khaledup for sale in 2017. the us president donald trump has been the first foreign leader to meetjapan's new emperor. president trump met emperor naruhito and empress masako at the imperial palace in tokyo. it's part of his four—day state visit to japan. now it's time for the weather with darren. by by the end of the week it will feel much, much warmer across many parts of the country. we started the week bank holiday monday with cooler, fresher air, sunshine and a few heavy showers. this is where we will find warmer and coming up from their mid atlantic later in the week. at the moment cooler, fresher air coming down from iceland bringing more showers overnight and into tuesday. the bulk of the showers on tuesday. the bulk of the showers on tuesday will be across the eastern side of the uk stop in the afternoon mainly eastern parts of england. further west, much drier and more into the way of sunshine and reasonable temperatures across south wales stop a chilly feel down the eastern side w

title race will go down to the final day after liverpool returned to the top with a win over newcastle united was tense victory at stjames park forjurgen klopp's men, however, with the winner coming in the 86th minute at st james park. jim lumsden was watching. liverpool arrived keen to put their champions league difficulties with barcelona to one side. and virgil van dijk did just that after ten minutes. virgilvan dijk! all alone! but the lead wasn't to last long. chaotic defending by the visitors ended with wristy and atsu firing home an equaliser. just when newcastle look like they might be capable of creating an upset, mohamed salah tried to put them in their place. the rafael benitez side we re their place. the rafael benitez side were not to be told was not they continue to cause liveable problems. as the hour approached, salomon rondon meder 2—2. then worrying scenes as mozela took a blow to the head and was swiftly removed from the pitch. this side had few since the pitch. this side had few since the first. with a few minutes left life was breathed into the title race. these boys deli

newcastle united owner mike ashley is in talks to sell the club to dubai—based billionaire sheikh khalede in 2017. the us president, donald trump, has been the first foreign leader to meetjapan‘s new emperor. president trump met emperor naruhito and empress masako at the imperial palace in tokyo. it's part of his four—day state visit to japan. today's football news is that aston villa will play in the premier league next season, after a memorable 2—1victory against derby county, in the championship play—off final at wembley. the promotion is worth at least £170 million, and returns the club to the top flight for the first time since relegation in 2016. our correspondent patrick gearey was watching. roll up, roll up, for wembley‘s big bank holiday giveaway. one lucky winner of derby county and aston villa gets a trip to the premier league, and with it at least £170 million over three years. if you stay up for one season, that becomes 300 million. it makes the 6.6 million going to next weekend's champions league winners look like peanuts. so, who wants to be a multimillionaire? villa buzze

the move comes amid a deepening trade war between china and the united states. newcastlen who claimed to have evidence of a vip paedophile ring, was himself a child abuser. carl beech had pleaded guilty to child sex offences in a separate trial, during the investigation into his own allegations, against several prominent figures. he denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. 0ur correspondent, june kelly has more. carl beech, in a police interview claiming he was a victim. that he was abused for years by a ring of powerful men from politics, the military and the intelligence services. today, the jury in his case was told that he is a paedophile. convicted earlier this year of possessing sexual images of children and secretly filming a boy indecently. while scotland yard were carrying out a £2 million enquiry into his abuse claims, at his home, he was accessing indecent images of young boys. his offences were only discovered when his electronic devices were seized after the scotland yard enquiry ended. prosecutor, tony badenoch, told the court...

united in 6th. and the relegation spots decided before today. but it's huddersfield, fulham and cardiff who'll be in the championship next season. brighton finishing two points above cardiff. newcastle'sl, of course, it's also play—off time in the other leagues, and in league one — charlton have the advantage over doncaster rovers, after the first leg of their semi—final. charlton won 2—1 today, scoring twice in the space of two first—half minutes, through lyle taylor and joe aribo. doncaster did pull a goal back just before full time, but charlton are at home for the second leg on friday. rangers have secured back—to—back home wins over celtic for the first time in seven years. they got the ideal start, with james tavernier scoring from a free kick within two minutes. and midway through the second half, scott arfield made it 2—nil. that was rangers' sixth win in a row and takes them to within six points of their city rivals but with the title already returning to celtic park, this was a real signal of intent ahead of next season. it was also a first defeat in 16 games for celtic in the league. dundee managerjim mcintyre has left the club, after their relegation from the scottish prem

newcastle ra relegated to a 4— male, speculation over his future as newcastle manages to continue, west and finishing a top ten but manchester unitedster united and ending on a sour note, they lost 2-0, ending on a sour note, they lost 2—0, one of theirfinal ending on a sour note, they lost 2—0, one of their final seven games of the season. and this is how the top of the table looks. manchester city clinching the title by a single point. liverpool's nguyen sees them but 97 points and an astonishingly high total, chelsea's goal and confirmation and sixth. lewis hamilton for the spanish grand prix, making it a sixth consecutive of the season, starting second past into the first corner and eased their way to ultimately a comfortable win, winds by seven points in the championship, more disappointment for ferrari as they finished third. and that is all this but for now, back to you. berliners have been marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the berlin airlift.. crowds gathered to mark the day in 1949, when the soviet union abandoned attempts to blockade west berlin. rahuljoglekar reports. west berlin, 1948. a soviet blockade aimed t

united states could lose that right. thank you very much. jurors at newcastleho claimed to have evidence of a vip paedophile ring was himself a paedophile. carl beech — known as nick during the investigation into his allegations against senior politicians and others — had pleaded guilty to child sex offences in a separate trial. mr beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. 0ur correspondent, june kelly, reports from newcastle crown court: erm, ive got, erm, what i can remember of it in there... carl beech in a police interview, claiming he was a victim, abused for years by a ring of powerful men. today, the jury in his case was told that he's a paedophile, convicted earlier this year of possessing sexual images of children and secretly filming a boy indecently. while scotland yard were carrying out a £2 million inquiry into his abuse claims, at his home, he was accessing indecent images of young boys. his offences were only discovered when his electronic devices were seized, after the scotland yard inquiry ended. prosecutor ton

newcastle tomorrow in their penultimate premier league game. a win will take them above manchester city again before city's match against leicester on monday night. david de gea will keep his place in goalfor manchester united's huddersfield on sunday despite a series of mistakes in recent games. manager 0le gunnar solksjaer migth have been considering promoting united's reserve keeper sergio romero... but he's injured anyway. in the headlines for may be wrong reasons but as i had said he has to deal with that. the goal their fantastic group together, with amelia and sergio and me and david. they had been such a tight group, they've experienced better times obviously, rather than just now, with that he's ready for sunday. leicester tigers took a big step towards survival in rugby union's premiership tonight, despite losing to harlequins at the stoop. the tigers did have the lead at half time but quins came out much stronger in the second half. semi kunitani sealing the win and taking them back into the top four. but with the clock deep into the red, michael fitzgerald managed to snatch a try for leicester, enough to seal a vital losing bonus point for them. if we look at the premiership table, it means that n

crowther from throckley in newcastle upon tyne has also been charged with criminal damage relating to a microphone the politician was wearing at the time. health officials in the unitedhad a fine start to the day. this was the scene this morning in paddington. skies ahead, there will bea paddington. skies ahead, there will be a bit of fair weather client developing but any change to dry and sunny weather will be across north—eastern scotland, some outbreaks of rain there this morning, the rain edging northwards into the northern isles through the afternoon, even here some some time developing. for most of us, dry and sunny, temperature is just developing. for most of us, dry and sunny, temperature isjust a little higher than yesterday, about 16—19d, reaching 20—22d in the south—east. in scotland this afternoon there could be quite heavy showers, thunderstorms across eastern areas towards northumberland and durham this afternoon. that in mind for the evening rush hour. they will eventually clear as we go through this evening. overnight at night, rain across the far north of scotla nd rain across the far north of scotland working its way south but again, forms, a dry n

newcastle yesterday. really good to talk to you. thank you very much. officials from the uniteministers this morning, amid reports that british steel is on the brink of collapse. ben's here to explain more. ben, more than 4,000 workers are based at the plant in scunthorpe? this is worrying years. the next 24 hours could be important. british steel said we could need some financial help because we're worried about the of brexit. they say sales have suffered. people putting off making big orders because of the concern of what might happen next. and that money has not been forthcoming. what we are led to believe and the report suggested a that unions will meet with ministers today to try to come up with a plan, plan to save the firm. if that money isn't forthcoming it could be placed into administration. as you say, a crucial day for the stuff that work there. it is still is the second largest steel producer in the country, employing nearly 25,000 people. that is both directly in british steel, but also in its supply chain. it supports thousands ofjobs supply chain. it supports th

newcastle tomorrow in their penultimate premier league game. david de gea will keep his place in goal against sunderland. solskjaer might have been considering promoting united'sfor sunday. the postponed champions match will not take place between bolton and bedford. it was originally delayed after bolton refused to pay our play over unpaid wages. the club say that his ta keover wages. the club say that his takeover was off. the senior made the comments of various news outlets today. the club is yet to comment. the afl say that they are remaining in contact with contacts from both parties. it will be just 48 hours since the petitioners sport dismissed her challenge. there is speculation it could be so many —— semenya's last race, after she posted that knowing when to walk away is wisdom. they beat the australian foot seed, in straight sets. johanna konta has not won a tournament for two years now. she was dropped to 47 in the world. david gilbert has a ten frame to six lead overjohn higgins at the crucible. that match resumes at seven this evening. with 16 the target for the players. the semifinal betweenjudge target for the players. the semifinal between judg