he's on six under par, alongside justin rose — the british pair are a couple of shots off the leader. of the pandemic. neil robertson has a 5—3 lead over barry hawkins at the world snooker championship. their second round match was delayed though after the 2010 champion had a mishap with a cup of coffee. robertson then had to go and change his trousers! it was delayed further when hawkins sat in the australian's chair, which had to be sanitised before play could get under way. live action is continuing a sheffield this afternoon with a heavy weight‘s second round match between ronnie o'sullivan. it's currently seven all and you can watch that match on the bbc sport website and the red button. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in sportsday at 6.30, including a look ahead to chelsea's champions league tie against bayern munich tonight. a spike of coronavirus cases in preston has led to tougher restrictions coming into force from midnight. friends and families are now banned from meeting in each other‘s homes or gardens and from mixing in pubs and restaurants. an extension on

england's tommy fleetwood and justin rose play later, just two off the lead.ererd castleford in first of the evening's super league fixtures. they won a0 points to 14. so defeat for tigers on their first game back following the coronvirus shutdown. jason baiteri with the last of their seven tries, to move catalans third. and bournemouth have appointed eddie howe's former assistant jason tindall as their new manager following relegation from the premier league. in the next few minutes, chelsea will undertake what might seem an impossiblejob — three goals down, against the german champions. but boss frank lampard still has hope, ahead of their second leg last i6 tie with bayern munich. bayern won 3—0 at stamford bridge back in february. and with a place in the last 8 in lisbon at stake, lampard's not ruling anything out. it has been a long season for us, successful in many ways. and now we have a huge challenge in a one—off game to try and do something special. i understand the difficulties of the game, so all i want to see is a performance and attitude from the

jordan spieth, dustin johnson and justin rose go next. ong with world number one justin thomas at 4:33 this afternoon. john higgins hit a maximum 147 break at the crucible this morning. it was the first at the world championship for eight years and it gave the four time winner a crucialframe in his second round match against norway's kurt maflin. they are 8—8 going into tonight's final session. no crowd allowed but still some fake applause for the tv cameras. and a potential prize of fifty five thousand pounds if no one matches his effort. wolves and rangers are aiming to join manchester united in the quarter—finals of the europa league tonight. wolves are 1—1 with olympiakos, while rangers are 3—1 down to bayer leverkusen, ahead of the delayed second legs. united completed a 7—1 aggregate win over austrian side lask to make it through to the one—off knockouts in germany, where they will face fc copenhagen on monday. they are favourites, closely followed by inter milan who have agreed a deal to make the loan deal of alexis sanchez permanen

tommy fleetwood and justin rose are in the mix at the top of the leaderboard at the us pga championshipn san francisco, shooting the joint lowest score of round two. he's on six under par, alongsidejustin rose. the british pair are a couple of shots off the leader. remember, this is the first major championship to be held since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile, the grand final of the rose ladies series golf has been cancelled because of a fire near wentworth. the fire had spread from nearby chobham common, and got very close to the tenth tee. and there's live world championship snooker and formula one on the bbc sport website and app this afternoon. qualifying at the 70th anniversary grand prix at silverstone starts at 2pm. that's it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 6:20pm this evening. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. our main story this hour and the united nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster in lebanon, with widespread medicine and food shortages, after this week's explosion in the capital, beirut. 154 people are now known to have died in the blast and

justin rose is also well placed to end the waiting, but with tiger woods on our way behind, other americanse field on nine under par. he has this expert plasma consistent man. he has been top two at all four majors —— expert's and sister man. i definitely have experience in the situation and having that experience is definitely going to be beneficial. and on the final day, more players will emerge from afar. both finished this round with... golf is not because tournaments can still door the extraordinary. there were no heroics for chelsea in the champions league. they were absolutely thumped by bayern munich in their last—16 tie. 4—1 in their second leg last night, 7—1 on aggregate. robert lewandowski the star once again for the german champions. elsewhere, last night lionel messi was back doing what lionel messi does. scoring a brilliant individual goal in barcelona's win over napoli. that sets up a mouthwatering quarter final tie against bayern munich. )and that tie, along with all the other matches in the latter stages of the champions league will be played in a straight knockout tournam

tommy fleetwood and justin rose also also still in the mix.ie says he's confident that his sailing team can end what will be a i70—year wait for british success in the america's cup. the 36th edition starts in new zealand next march and ainslie and his team have have been fine—tuning their new yacht in british waters for the final time this weekend. nick hope's been to meet him. three years ago, sir ben ainslie's brits battled in bermuda, but they were well beaten as the kiwis cruised to victory and then won the 2017 america's cup. now, though, with a new boat and a new sponsor, they have renewed hope. i am really confident in the team, we've got a fantastic team. i love the america's cup because it's this marriage of technology and sport, and it is sailing's version of formula i, really, and the history that goes with it. you know, it started in 1851. britain's never won it. so, it's an incredible sporting story for us. we've got to right that wrong in our maritime history. this is the last chance to see the ac75 britannia on british waters,

england's justin rose, is in contention at the first golf major to take place since the coronavirus pandemicfrancisco. the tournament was originally due to happen in the spring and is being played without spectators. like many other events. that's all the sport for now. thousands of cabin crew at british airways will find out today whether they still have a job. the airline has been locked in a bitter dispute with its staff, who face significant pay cuts if they remain. management say cost—cutting is vital to ensure ba's long term survival. but many staff have been protesting about the plans. who's been cabin crew for british airways for 25 years. we can now talk to angela — that's not her real name — who's been cabin crew for british airways for 25 years. she took voluntary redundancy on monday because she couldn't bear to be told she didn't have a job any more. thank you for talking to us in what is an incredibly difficult week and difficult time for you. as we mentioned, you have been with ba for 25 years, mentioned, you have been with ba for 25 yea rs, tell mentioned, you have been with

to the us next, where tommy fleetwood and justin rose, lead the british charge at the us pga championshipipating something special once again from jonathan edwards. it is a tough fight to follow but he has done it again. i don't believe it. a slight following wind, 1.3 don't believe it. a slight following wind,1.3 metres per don't believe it. a slight following wind, 1.3 metres per second and don't believe it. a slight following wind,1.3 metres per second and i suppose you have to say once you are in the groove nothing can go wrong. that one jump would have made in the groove nothing can go wrong. that onejump would have made it in the groove nothing can go wrong. that one jump would have made it all worthwhile for the thousands of british spectators who have come here to gothenburg. it is exactly 60 feet and one quarter", jonathan edwards has made history again. so good to see it again...60 feet and that quarter of an inch...or 18.29 metres...super human. . . ..0lympic gold medallist and world record holder jonathan edwardsjoins us now. morning jonathan, watching that back, can you belie

tommy fleetwood and justin rose also also still in the mix.ix from the front row of the grid this afternoon. but there was a surprise to see racing point's nico hulkenberg qualifying in third. he's only taking part because sergio perez is still out with coronavirus. hulkenberg is known as the best driver never to have been on the podium in any of his 177 races. he has a great chance to right that wrong at silverstone today. sir ben ainslie says he's confident that his sailing team can end what will be a 170—year wait for british success in the america's cup. the 36th edition starts in new zealand next march, and ainslie and his team have have been fine tuning their new yacht in british waters for the final time this weekend. nick hope's been to meet him. three years ago, they battled in bermuda, but they were well beaten asa bermuda, but they were well beaten as a kiwis cruised to victory and then won the 2017 america's up. now, though, with a new boat and a new sponsor, have renewed hope. though, with a new boat and a new sponsor, have renewe

england's justin rose, is in contention at the first golf major, to take place since the coronavirusthe highest possible in the sport. it's his first maximum ever at the crucible, and the first there by anyone since 2012. what an achievement. he still lost to kurt maflin. maximum breaks alone don't win you matches. it is still a brilliant thing. i actually chaired because i could not remember last time i had seen it but you said it was 2012. you chaired then or in 2012? just then. that makes me feel warm inside.” then or in 2012? just then. that makes me feel warm inside. i will give you a cuddle later... well, socially distanced one. across the uk, we've seen lockdown measures re—introduced locally to try and stop a second wave of coronavirus from spreading nationally and now council bosses in preston are warning their city could be next after 47 new cases last week. they've already introduced new guidance to residents to avoid having visitors in their homes, but are expecting more official restrictions today. joining us now is dr sakthi karunanithi, director of public health for la

justine back to you. forces. >>it was a beautiful day in san francisco for some golf. but don't come up rose on that or that because they are all bundled up like it was the dead of winter, not used to that bay area august breeze. i suppose bga championship got under way this morning at tpc harding park first major tournament of the season major golf tournament of the year. what a great opportunity for harding park tiger woods on 13 he played well today he gets to birdie here on the par 4 he's tied for 23rd. after the first round at 2 under here's rory mcilroy he was even on the day shot a birdie here on the par 5.10. now jason day he chips in the birdie for the first hole and he did a lot of that all day he's currently at the top of the leaderboard at 5 under par. he said his day involved a little love but as all golfers know you take that when you get it. so great start, i mean a little bit lucky between the bunkers on 10, but you know i got to take a look when now when it comes by, but. >>today a driver really nicely and when i was at a position i i left myself on the right side of fairway

rose from stronger than what had been predicted. economists coming on stream after the lockdowns in the country. the aussie market also justin positive terrain. look at some of the majors. what we saw after the abe announcement -- the yen is recovering. inlar weakness is resulting gains forthe -- in the euro. there is not much movement taking place in sterling. >> it is going to be a long talk there. first word headlines -- tiktok appeared the sale of its u.s. options as they stumble over approvals from china. bytedance is said to have met with china's ok. we are told that the government permits will now be required for transfers to safeguard national economic security. microsoft, walmart and oracle are known to be interested. centric has is also -- center ricus is also said to be in the game. talking u.s. politics now -- president trump is talking tough about the protesters in oregon. postsesident reach we did that accused portland's mayor of having blood on his hands. and we're talking about the president who is set to visit kenosha. say that the state governor told him to stay away. antnam says it expects agreement to be

it was set up by justin rose and amidst the pandemic. justin rose and his wife, kate, and it was also pretty historic as well today because this was the first professional ladies tournament that was being played on the iconic west course at wentworth. so you know, they have just had no luck really, but it will recommence tomorrow. as they say, it doesn't rain it pours. many thanks indeed for that. alarming scenes there we ntworth for that. alarming scenes there wentworth today. still to come on sportsday... 25 years on from his record breaking jump in gothenburg — jonathan edwards tells us of the surprise that his record has stood for so long. it's been a busy day on and off the track at silverstone ahead of this weekend's formula one 70th anniversary grand prix. lewis hamilton and valtteri bottas took it in turns to top the time sheets, but the bigger news involves their mercedes team who say they have concerns over "legal, commercial and sporting" issues in the contract f1 want them to sign to take part next season. they've got till wed

jordan spieth, dustin johnson and justin rose go next. 3 this afternoon. just the 11th maximum 147 break in world snooker championship history was made byjohn higgins at the crucible this morning. it was the first at the event for eight years and it gave no crowd allowed but still some fake applause for the tv cameras. and a potential prize of £55,000 if no one matches his effort. you can watch all of that on bbc two this afternoon. that's all the sport for now. more now on our top story this afternoon: the economic slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic won't be as deep as first feared, but, the recovery will take longer than anticipated, according to the bank of england. the bank expects the economy to shrink by 9.5% this year. while this would be the biggest annual decline in a century, it had predicted the economy would shrink by 14%. the governor of the bank of england has warned that recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will take longer than first thought, despite a pick—up in the economy. andrew bailey said the uk faced a period