cameron norrie and dan evans of course. old—school type player with seven volley and everything else and he did well until he went out of the italian open yesterday. cameron norrie however it got to today and of course went out as well. how do you rate their chances for the french?— for the french? disappointing today losin: to for the french? disappointing today losing to the _ for the french? disappointing today losing to the second _ for the french? disappointing today losing to the second round - for the french? disappointing today losing to the second round player . losing to the second round player quite comfortably. they are ranked similarly, cameron norrie and the spaniard but he has had a fantastic clay—court campaign it was a semifinalist and wanted quarter finalist in barcelona and lots of matches under his belt. and losing the first round to tell her fritz was a surprise for dan evans because he is not a clay—court layer but is done so well that he is given is of the best chance of having his best ever performan

a good win for dan evans. a good win for dan evans.bbc sport centre. and staying in madrid... women's, world number one ash barty is through to the semi—finals — she beat petra kvitova in three sets. she'll face paula badosa next. rory mcilroy says the proposed super golf league is nothing more than a "money grab" and he's still against it, reports suggest the saudi—led plan has resurfaced and players are being offered lucrative deals tojoin. and organisers of the tokyo olympics have held a marathon test event in the northern japanese city of sapporo, with covid—19 measures in place, 6 international athletes took part, after under—going stringent testing protocols before and after entering japan. spectators were urged to stay away. warren gatland is due to name his british and irish lions squad tomorrow, ahead of their tour to south africa this summer. now jack willis looked like he could make the tourining party after a brilliant season with wasps saw him named the 2020 premiership player of the year. but all that changed when a secon

the british number one dan evans is through to the second round at the madrid open as his clay courtt win of dan evans�* career, beating novak djokovic in monte carlo equalled his highest world ranking. now time for madrid. a tricky opening match against france�*s jeremy chardy, tricky opening match against france�*sjeremy chardy, here he showed his true force of backhand which gave him a break of serve. but evans rallied and in the next game he had a break of his own. it would take the tie—break to separate them, evans showing force in his forehand as well as his fist bump. he had a chance to wrap it up in straight sets but chardy wasn�*t quite done yet. there was another tie—break, this time it was evans who blinked, one set all. the third set was anything but tight, as evans showed the kind of skill that saw him beat the kind of skill that saw him beat the world�*s best player. clay isn�*t a service that has always suited him but he finished with a flourish for his first win in madrid. that wraps it up from me and sportsday. next on bbc news, ros atkins takes a look at the reality

it was a day to forget for british number one, dan evans.r a8, miomir kecmanovic, despite winning the first set 6—1. but the serb hit back to win the next three sets, and leave evans still searching for a first singles win at roland garros. elsewhere, two—time finalist dominic thiem has also been knocked out. motor racing has been mourning the death of swiss moto3 rider jason dupasquier. a minute's silence was held ahead of the main race. dupasquier was struck by another bike afterfalling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday, and died of his injuries today. he was just 19 years old. polesitter fabio ouartararo won the race to claim his third win of the year, and afterwards he dedicated his victory to dupasquier. and, after winning the tour de france back in 2019, colombian egan bernal has added the pinkjersey of the giro d'italia to his grand tour collection. it's after he wrapped up victory in milan today following the final time trial stage. drew savage was watching. after three weeks of tough racing, all the hard work finall

dan evans is now the sole british singles interest there. this month. organisers say grandstands will be at up to 40% of capacity, with a maximum of 7500 spectators per day. we started with all the look ahead to the big news in the champions league this evening with manchester city taking on paris st germain, looking to make a first champions league final. but some team news to bring you ahead of that second leg against psg. manchester city have made two changes from paris last week, they won 2—1 last week. there still no recognised striker in city as micro 11. the big news we have all been waiting for about psg is that kylian mbappe is only fit enough for the bench. so, interestingly, he has been replaced. there will be full text commentary on the bbc sport website. you can follow it all there and also on radio five live, there will be lots of commentary. all the build up from 7pm, so in about seven minutes' time, with the team there on radio five live, and also commentary from 8pm, it's an 8pm kick—off. manchester city, a big week in the c

british number one dan evans is through to the second round of the madrid masters after a three set victoryvans took the opening set on a tie—break. chardy then took the second in the same way, but evans was too good in the decider, sealing it 6—2. he'll face eitherjohn millman or hubert hurcatch in the second round. and that's all the sport for now. more on that will by mark selby in the world snooker championship on the bbc sport website. hello. when it comes to bank holiday weather, our expectations are normally low, but even they were undercut by whatjust happened. up to two inches of rain in the wettest parts of scotland, but very few avoided a spell of lashing rain. a wind gust over 90 mph off the south coast of england. even where the rain held off until late in the day, the temperature only reached 14 celsius, and that's the lowest high temperature the uk has had on the early may bank holiday, so that makes it the coldest early may bank holiday on record. it's not going to feel any warmer during tuesday. it'll still be windy, though not quite as windy, and there'll be showers around

british number one dan evans has been knocked out of the madrid open losing his third round match inthe 5th seed zverev took the first set 6—3 it was looking ominous. but evans battled hard in the second as the match went game for game until the tie break was needed to separate them, zverev will now face top seed rafael nadal in the quarter—finals. the giro d'italia starts on saturday — and great britain's simon yates is joint favourite. it's a race he came close to winning in 2018, and he says it made perfect sense to return to italy this year, rather than take part in the tour de france. i think the course also suits me a lot. i mean, a lot of climbing. in recent years not so much kilometres. the last two years also coincided with the olympic games as well, which is also a main goalfor me. personally. and i just think that doing the giro is a better way to prepare for the games and doing everything, really. and it was the kit launch for team gb today as the start of the olympics in tokyo draws closer. there is still some trepidation injapan as another surge of coronavirus cases swe

britain's dan evans has continued his fine run of form — he's through to the last 16 of the madrid opene semi—finals — she beat petra kvitova in three sets and will face spanish wild card paula badosa tomorrow afternoon. rory mcilroy says the proposed golf super league is nothing more than a "money grab" and he's still against it, as reports suggest the saudi—led plan has resurfaced. world number one dustinjohnson and britain'sjustin rose are among 11 players who have reportedly been offered lucrative contracts, said to be worth up to a staggering £36 million up front. but players have been warned by pga tour commissionerjay monahan that they could incur instant suspensions and lifetime bans — which will affect their chances of playing in this year's ryder cup. horse racing has started a two—month pilot of saliva testing jockeys, to provide on—the—day screening for cocaine and other banned substances. previously, testing methods used blood, urine and hairsampling. the british horseracing authority said they were concerned by the rise in cases over the past two years, and they expect pen

meanwhile, british number one dan evans has been knocked out in the first round.a's miomir ketmanovic. 19—year—old rubin colwill is the surprise inclusion in wales' squad for the european championship, having only made his debut for cardiff city in february. caretaker manager robert page has also named gareth bale as captain, and they'll be hoping to improve on their semi final appearance five years ago. their first game will be against switzerland onjune 12th. blackpool are back in the championship after a six—year break. they came from a goal down to beat lincoln city 2—1 in the league one play—off final at wembley. nesta mcgregor reports. most of us have a re—occurring dream about work, and, chances are, footballers are no different. so, picture this, blackpool versus lincoln, the league one play—off final at wembley in glorious sunshine. perfect. the thing about dreams, some turn into nightmares. just 47 seconds in and ollie turton turning the ball into his own net. despite conceding so early, the seasiders never looked in a panic on their big day out. comment

dan evans has lost in the opening round of the rome masters, taking his frustrations out on his racketm in the world. there was a surprise at the giro d'italia today. filippo ganna of the ineos grenadiers team still leads overall, but stage three belonged to the dutchman, taco van der hoorn. riding his first giro, he managed to hold off the chasing peloton to win the stage. organisers of the delayed tokyo olympics are facing another battle on their hands — with a poll injapan suggesting the majority of people don't want the games hosted in the country this july. of those who said the olympics should go ahead, almost a quarter said they should take place without spectators. the news comes as japanese tennis star expressed her reservations, if people were to be put at risk. patrick geary reports. in this age where we so often connect without ever actually meeting... we will gather in tokyo from all over the world. the meeting. .. we will gather in tokyo from all over the world.— from all over the world. the best laid plans- _ from all over the world. the best laid plans- tokyo _ from all

it was a day to forget for british number one, dan evans.vich it had looked like evans was well on his way to a first win at roland garros after winning the opening set 6—1, but the serb hit back to win the next three sets, and knock evans out of the tournament on the opening day in paris. elsewhere, naomi 0saka breezed past patricia maria teeg from romania in straight sets. 0saka letting her tennis do the talking after a controversial build up to the tournament in which she said she wouldn't give any post—match press conferences in order to protect her mental health. in the last few minutes, eggan bernal has won the giro d'italia, after succesfully negotiating the final time trial in milan. the colombian, who rides for the british—based ineos grenadiers team, adds the pinkjersey to the yellow one he won at the tour de france in 2019. after 21 stages, bernal finished 1 minutes 29 seconds ahead of italy's damiarno caruso. britain's simon yates confirmed his place on the podium — he finished third overall, after challenging for the lead in the

meanwhile it was a first round exit for british number one, dan evans yesterday.ater on today — roger federer and serena williams are both in action. some breaking news and it'sjust been confirmed that striker sergio aguero will move from manchester city to barcelona this summer. he'll leave the premier league champions with his contract expiring at the end of next month, having scored 260 goals in 390 games for the club, more than any other player in their history, and having won 15 major trophies during his time in england. luton town defender tom lockyer has been called into wales' squad for this summer's euros. it's afterjames lawrence was forced to withdraw due to injury. caretaker manager robert page has named gareth bale as captain. and 19 year old rubin collwill was the surprise addition, having only made his debut for cardiff city back in february. wales will be hoping to improve on their semi final appearance five years ago. their first game is against switzerland on the 12thjune in baku. the league two playoff final is underway at wembley. newport count

meanwhile british number one dan evansis meanwhile british number one dan evans is also out.tory. writers say navigated the final trial stage in milan to add though euro title to the tour de france 131 backin euro title to the tour de france 131 back in 2019. team—mate 0gata won the final stage bob written simon yates secured a podium spot finishing third in the overall standings. chelsea manager thomas oogle has challenges to measure remainder hunger. chelsea are heading back to london from porto after their one — zero victory and former defender of bears says to joel deserves all the credits of the owner abramovich appointed him to ta ke to take over from frank lampard four months ago. you to take over from frank lampard four months age-— to take over from frank lampard four months ago-— months ago. you look at the trail was trophies _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is 1 - months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is 1 cen

he's had a great clay court season so far — but dan evans has lost in the opening round of the rome mastersg beaten by america's taylor fritz in straight sets the british number one, ranked 26th in the world, struggled on serve throughout — and showed his annoyance at the end of the first set. he beat novak djokovic in monte carlo and reached the last 16 in madrid last week but a first round defeat for him here in rome as he lost 6—3, 6—2 to fritz who is ranked five places below him in the world. australia have started vaccinating their athletes against covid—i9, ahead of this years olympics and paralympics the country has been slow to roll out the vaccine for the general population, but have decided to let their athletes jump the queue to give them what they say is "comfort and certainty" in their final preparations for the games in tokyo. olympic swimmer cate campbell was among the first to receive the vaccine: it isa it is a huge weight off your shoulders to be able to have access to this vaccine and i would really like to thank the aoc and federal government for allowing us to have this

british number one dan evans is through to the second round of the madrid masters after a three—set victorying the semi—finals stage at last month's monte carlo masters, evans took the opening set on a tiebreak. chardy then took the second in the same way, but evans was too good in the decider, sealing it 6—2. he'll face eitherjohn millman or hubert hurcatch in the second round. sadly i won't be able to join you for the papers later. i've got some snooker to watch!— for the papers later. i've got some snooker to watch! have you, now! we mi . ht snooker to watch! have you, now! we miaht need snooker to watch! have you, now! we might need you! _ snooker to watch! have you, now! we might need you! it's _ snooker to watch! have you, now! we might need you! it's all— snooker to watch! have you, now! we might need you! it's all part _ snooker to watch! have you, now! we might need you! it's all part of - snooker to watch! have you, now! we might need you! it's all part of the - might need you! it's all part of the “ob! might need you! it's all part of the job! thanks! _ as we've been hearing, pre

and dan evans' brilliant clay—court season continues.sjeremy chardy in three sets. evans reached the semi—finals of the monte carlo masters last month, and is looking more and more comfortable on the clay. he took the opening set on a tiebreak. chardy then took the second in the same way, but evans was too good in the decider, sealing it 6—2. he'll face eitherjohn millman or hubert hurcatch in the second round. that's all the sport for now. i told you there was some good news and there. for the leadership of the democratic unionist party. the leader of the party's mps at westminster faces competition from stormont�*s agriculture minister, edwin poots. the current dup leader arlene foster resigned last week and stands down at the end of may. sirjeffrey�*s anouncement co—incided with today's 100th anniversary of the formation of northern ireland. a rather subdued commemoration of the centenary of the important date in the history of northern ireland and the republic of ireland. earlier our ireland correspondent, chris page, explained who w

meanwhile, it was a first round exit for british number one, dan evans yesterday.ts are in action in the sunshine in paris. diyas from kazakhstan. it's currently 3—2 in the second set. cameron norrie is taking on american, bjorn fratangelo — norrie has just taken the first set 7—5 in that one. and 19th seed johanna konta gets her tournament under way against sorana cirstea in the next hour or so. roger federer and serena williams also play later on. luton town defender tom lockyer has been called into wales' squad for this summer's euros. it's afterjames lawrence was forced to withdraw due to injury. caretaker manager robert page has named gareth bale as captain. and 19—year—old rubin collwill was the surprise addition, having only made his debut for cardiff city back in february. wales will be hoping to improve on their semi final appearance five years ago. their first game is against switzerland onjune 12th in baku. the copa america is due to start in two weeks. but as things stand, there's still no host for this year's tournament. argentina has been stripped of

dan evans has made a great start to french open campaign.anovic 6—1, but the serbian is 4—1 up in the second. evans has never made the second round at roland garros, but he's been a revelation on clay this year, with novak djokovic among his scalps. after all the controversy ahead of the tournament, naomi 0saka has won her first round match. the world number two beat patricia maria tig from romania in straight sets, even though it went to a tie—break in the second. remember, we won't be hearing from her, of course, after she decided not to take part in any post—match media conferences to protect her mental health. there was a sombre mood ahead of the italian motogp this afternoon, following the death of the swiss moto3 riderjason dupasquier. a minute's silence was held ahead of the main race. dupasquier was struck by another bike after falling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday, and he died of his injuries today in hopsital. he was just 19 years old. jordan spieth has a one—shot lead going into the final round of the charles

dan evans has a realfight on his hands if he's to reach the second round of the french open, despitean hit back, taking the next two sets, and has just missed a chance to wrap up the match in set four. evans breaking with kekmanovich serving for the match. evans still trailing 5—4. meanwhile, no such concerns for naomi 0saka in the women's draw. the world number two beat patricia maria teeg from romania in straight sets. she did give an on—court interview after her match, but didn't appear for her press conference, as she stated she wouldn't before the start of the tournament, a decision she says has been taken to protect her mental health. now, after leading overnight great britain have slipped to second in the standings with just one event to go at the european team championships in poland. lawrence 0koye added maximum points to the tally by winning the discus. it's the first time he's represented great britain since the 2012 olympics. he's returned to athletics after a spell in american football. he threw 64 metres and 22 centremetres, well short of the olympic qualifying standard

coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, frustration for the british number one dan evans, who isritz in straight sets. there's a new warning that violent drugs gangs are causing misery across the country, expanding their operations from cities into smaller towns and cities. —— villages. the bbc�*s panorama programme has been filming with kent police for the last year, with so called county lines drug running reaching a peak during the pandemic. panorama filmed the force's dedicated "county lines and gangs team" as it investigated the drugs networks. rahil sheikh reports. police! don't move, don't move, don't move! kent officers are increasingly carrying out raids like these. 0n the floor, on the floor, get hold of your dog, get hold of your dog. targeting dealers believed to be part of county lines, transporting drugs worth millions from london to the county. great big rambo knife there. we've got multiple weapons, drugs, all sorts. a county line is a drug dealing network, often with a city—based dealer distributing illegal drugs to smaller towns. the gangs sell their drugs throu

and dan evans�* brilliant clay—court season continues, the british number one is through to the secondon a tiebreak. chardy then took the second in the same way, but evans was too good in the decider, sealing it 6—2. he�*ll face eitherjohn millman or hubert hurcatch in the second round. that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more in the next hour. thank you very much, austen. sirjeffrey donaldson, has confirmed he is standing for the leadership of the democratic unionist party. the leader of the party�*s mps at westminster faces competition from stormont�*s agriculture minister, edwin poots. the current dup leader arlene foster resigned last week and stands down at the end of may. she�*ll continue as northern ireland�*s first minister until the end ofjune. she is in and she is leaving the party as it no longer censor what she believes and built up our next century will be built on the of persuasion. century will be built on the of persuasion-— century will be built on the of ersuasion. , ,.,, persuasion. this will need positive leadership. _ persuasion. this will need positive leade

coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel, dan evans' brilliant clay court season continues.o prioritise swimming lessons for children who've been unable to take to the pool because of the pandemic. swim england, the sport's governing body, says more than two million youngsters missed out. joe wilson reports. a busy afternoon in birmingham. after school, swimming lessons are back on. so, children learning, parents watching. a long time, you couldn't do it? oh, yeah, oh, yeah. especially derek, he loves swimming more than anything. it's about the mental health benefits of being with their peers and doing something that they love, and getting out and doing some exercise. over the past year of lockdown restrictions, some two million children have missed out on swimming completely, the governing body swim england estimate. there's concern that, this summer, there might be 250,000 children in england who should have learned to swim but won't have managed to. now, with summer holidays in particular often taking place near to water, the fear will move towards drowning. the drowning

british number one dan evans has been knocked out of the madrid 0pen losing his third round match in the tie break was needed to separate them, zverev will now face top seed rafael nadal in the quarter—finals. the giro d'italia starts on saturday — and great britain's simon yates is joint favourite. it's a race he came close to winning in 2018, and he says it made perfect sense to return to italy this year, rather than take part in the tour de france. i think the course also suits me a lot. i mean, a lot of climbing. in recent years not so much 200 kilometres. the last two years also coincided with the olympic games as well, which is also a main goalfor me. personally. and i just think that doing the giro is a better way to prepare for the games. and it was the kit launch for team gb today as the start of the olympics in tokyo draws closer. there is still some trepidation injapan as another surge of coronavirus cases sweeps across the country... but gymnast max whitlock and cyclist laura kenny looked optimistic as they modelled their kits in london. kenny, who is a mum to three—year—

british number one dan evans is through to the second round of the madrid masters after a three set victoryt hurcatch in the second round. and that's all the sport for now. more on that will by mark selby in the world snooker championship on the bbc sport website. hello. tuesdayis tuesday is going to be a windy day. there will of course be plenty of showers around. though showers merge and to give a longer spell of rain preaching out of scotland into parts of northern england. winter in the hills in scotland, very gusty winds but whether strongest overnight in southern england in south wales are going to ease. shortest of the day along the north sea coast, for the visa include gusting to a0 mph or more. and he is of course going to feel quite chilly in that window. 0ther showers spread south of course going to feel quite chilly in that window. 0ther showers spread south overnight and into wednesday. clear parts of scotland and northern england could well see a frost going into wednesday morning. that will make it actually start to the day. it won't feel very warm at all during wednesday, ag

britain's dan evans has continued his fine run of form — he's through to the last 16 of the madrid openleague is nothing more than a "money grab" and he's still against it, as reports suggest the saudi—led plan has resurfaced. world number one dustinjohnson and britain'sjustin rose are among 11 players who have reportedly been offered lucrative contracts, said to be worth up to a staggering £36 million up front. but players have been warned by pga tour commissionerjay monahan that they could incur instant suspensions and lifetime bans — which will affect their chances of playing in this year's ryder cup. horse racing has started a two—month pilot of saliva testing jockeys, to provide on—the—day screening for cocaine and other banned substances. previously, testing methods used blood, urine and hairsampling. the british horseracing authority said they were concerned by the rise in cases over the past two years, and they expect penalties to be increased for jockeys who test positive. ireland's sam bennett sprinted to victory in the first stage at the tour of the algarve 2021. the decurnic

the british number one, dan evans, is out after the first round the french open.ture grand slam expulsions, if the boycott continues. great britain finished third at the european team athletics championships in poland. lawrence 0koye came back from a nine—year break from the sport, after trying his hand at american football, to win the men's discuss, while the victory for beth dobbin in the 200m was inside the olympic qualifying time. motor racing has been mourning the death of swiss moto3 riderjason dupasquier. a minute's silence was observed ahead of the italian motogp this afternoon. dupasquier died after being struck by another bike after falling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday. he was just 19 years old. and finally, you can head to the bbc sport website to read about colombia's egan bernal winning cycling's giro d'italia. britain's simon yates finished in third. that's it from me. that's it. i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. bye for now. hello. if you're watching bbc news. i'm jane hill

britain's dan evans is through to the third round of the madrid open, after he knocked out tenth seedyers involved in the indian premier league have arrived back home. their departure follows the continuing covid—19 crisis, with india now the second country to register over 20 million infections. the players were on an overnight flight that landed at heathrow this morning. they'll now begin ten days' quarantine in government—approved hotels. the three players remaining in india are eoin morgan, chrisjordan and dawid malan, but they should be leaving within the next 48 hours. obviously, a lot of people just desperate to get home. that is all from the bbc sport centre now. we will see you thenjohn, thank you very much indeed. let's bring you more on those elections across great britain this week. let's head back to my colleague clive myrie in holyrood. hi ben, we've been talking to all the major parties over the last couple of days to get their sense of how they think people will go. tomorrow when voters cast their ballots. and now we can talk to the smp. let's go to fiona hyslop candid

meanwhile, a day to forget for british number one, dan evans. this year's tournament. argentina has been stripped of rights to hold the competition because of a surge of covid cases. brazil are the defending champions — they won it in 2019. argentina were originally set to co—host with colombia, who were removed earlier this month after protests in the country. the south american football confederation will meet today, to decide on the next steps. zinedine zidane says he resigned as real madrid manager because he felt the club no longer had faith in him. the frenchman left the la liga side for a second time last week, after they failed to win a trophy this season — and finished second in the league, two points behind rivals atletico. in an open letter to fans, he said i'm leaving because i feel the club no longer has the faith in me i need — i know when you don't win, you have to leave. the playoff finals continue today, with newport county and morecambe battling it out for promotion to league one. yesterday, blackpool beat lincoln city 2—1 to r

british number one dan evans has been knocked out of the madrid open losing in straight sets to worldictories and after the german zverev took the first 6—3 it was looking ominous. but he battled hard in the second as the match went game for game until the tie break was needed to separate them, zverev will now face top seed rafael nadal in the quarterfinals... it was the kit launch for team gb today as the start of the olympics in tokyo draws closer. there is still some trepidation injapan with another surge in coronavirus cases across the country and the president of world athletics, seb coe said there would be some tough days ahead. gymnast max whitlock and cyclist laura kenny, collected their olympic kits at somerset house in central london. kenny, who is a mum to three—year—old albie, said she and husband jason, would miss having him in the crowd to cheer them on. this one will be the most strange i suppose. just not have any support in the crowd. we were going to take him with us. he was going to come. for him not going to travel it seemed a little bit strange. but you know, if w

meanwhile, it was a day to forget for british number one dan evans.t three sets, and it leaves evans still searching for a first singles win at roland garros. elsewhere, two—time finalist dominic thiem was also knocked out. as it stands, there's no host for this year's delayed copa america, which is due to start in two weeks. argentina was removed due to circumstances in the country, following covid surges. brazil are the defending champions — they won it in 2019. argentina was originally set to co—host with colombia who were removed earlier this month after protests in the country. the south american football confederation commebol will meet today to decide on the next steps. premiership champions exeter boosted their chances of a home play off semifinal after thrashing newcastle by 74—3. it's the chiefs' record win in the top flight, with this try from henry slade one of 12 they ran in. and what a game for the returning crowd of about 4,000. the win sees them move back into second place and just three points behind league leaders bristol. and it was

meanwhile, it was a day to forget for british number one dan evans. , with a special visitor on board, and the party continued back at their cobham training ground. united in that victory, i'd they? 19—year—old rubin colwill is the surprise inclusion in wales' squad for the european championship, having only made his debut for cardiff city in february. caretaker manager robert page has also named gareth bale as captain, and they'll be hoping to improve on their semi final appearance five years ago. their first game will be against switzerland onjune the 12th. the football league playoffs continue today with morecambe and newport county bidding to reach the third tier. blackpool climbed out of it, bouncing back from an own goal in the opening minute to beat lincoln 2—1 at wembley and return to the championship after six years away. premiership champions exeter have sealed a home play—off semifinal after thrashing newcastle by 74 points to 3. it's the chiefs' record win in the top flight, with this try from henry slade one of 12 they ran in. the win also

he's had a great clay court season so far — but dan evans has lost in the opening round of the rome mastersarlo and reached the last 16 in madrid last week, but a first round defeat for him here in rome as he lost 6—3, 6—2 to fritz, who is ranked five places below him in the world. australia have begun vaccinating their athletes against covid—19, ahead of this year's olympics and paralympics. the country has been slow to roll out the vaccine for the general population, but have decided to let their athletes jump the queue to give them what they say is "comfort and certainty" in their final preparations for the games in tokyo. 0lympic swimmer cate campbell was among the first to receive the vaccine. it isa it is a huge weight off your shoulders to be able to have access to this vaccine. i would really like to this vaccine. i would really like to thank the aoc and the federal government for allowing us to have this extra line of protection, because we are going into a pretty unknown situation over in tokyo, so they have this little band—aid is every one is —— having this little band—aid is a

british number one dan evans' good form in the clay court season continued, with a win in the first roundtop story — at least 23 people have died in mexico city — after an overpass collapsed onto a busy road as a train travelled across it. 70 people have also been injured. speaking a little earlier from mexico city, journalist yoarm grillo explained how the accident happened. really tragic images, the train, as it was coming, the structure collapsed completely and the train really broke into two pieces, there were several cars underneath it, so there is one theory that one of the cars hit one of the columns holding up cars hit one of the columns holding up this structure and that's what caused the collapse. immediately, a very chaotic scene as emergency services and people arrived, tragic images of one mother looking for her 14—year—old son, and various other people searching for missing people, a lot of messages going around, trying to locate people. there was a suspension on the rescue and care operations because of fears of further collapses that could injure or kill more people. this

think my family was a bit scared to see me. family was a bit scared to see me like this — britain's dan evansor canvassers and campaigners and candidates to get out there, press the flesh, banging on doors and try to solicit votes, so a bit more subdued but nevertheless lots of nervous nail biting going on in all the campaigns, as we get closer to the vote. let's get the perspective of kevin hague who runs the unionist campaigning group, these islands. thank you forjoining us. ijust wonder where you disappointed that perhaps there wasn't a loose grouping of unionist or union supporting parties, labour, conservative and liberal democrats, to try to press the case for the union against the onslaught of the snp? i union against the onslaught of the snp? ., �* ,_ union against the onslaught of the snp? ., . snp? i wouldn't say i was disappointed _ snp? i wouldn't say i was disappointed because - snp? i wouldn't say i was disappointed because i i snp? i wouldn't say i was i disappointed because i don't snp? i wouldn't say i was - disappointed because i don't think anybody realistically expected th

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he's had a great clay court season so far — but dan evans has lost in the opening round of the rome mastersp by a stroke, in front of a packed 18th green in north carolina. the crowd loved it. it's the northern irishman's first tournament win since november 2019 — and look what it meant to him. you know, when we came back from the pandemic i thought i would enjoy the peace and quiet a little bit and i soon realised to bring the best out of myself i need this. and i feed off the energy so much and, you know, maybe hear more so than anywhere else just because it is the first place i have won three times and so the crowd has just been awesome all week. and finally some baseball from the us — this is jake cronenworth making a splash with a home run in san franciso. he connected with this pitch playing for the san diego padres against the san francisco giants. and it made it all the way out into the bay where a giants fan very nearly caught it in her kayak. a near miss and a ball retrieved and quite a souvenir even if her team did lose 11—1. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you i

britain's dan evans has continued his fine run of form. mike, a complex picture still. _ with those rising cases there. mike, a complex picture still. thank i with those rising cases there. mike, a complex picture still. thank you. i a complex picture still. thank you. that is mike live at somerset house for us this morning. after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in february, raf veteran lez wainwright wrote a bucket list of things he'd like to do. last weekend he ticked one thing off — climbing the steps of the national memorial arboretum, despite normally needing to use a wheelchair. next on the list? a skydive in aid of the mnd association. we're joined now by lez, his wife anita, and stepdaughters charlotte and alice. good morning to you all. good morning- _ good morning to you all. good morning- lez _ good morning to you all. good morning. lez and _ good morning to you all. good morning. lez and anita, i good morning to you all. good i morning. lez and anita, explained to us wh the morning. lez and anita, explained to us why

it's all over for british number one dan evans at the madrid 0pen. road, and has signed a one—year deal to have his logos. we understand they will be mathematical symbols he says it's his way of showing his support. ed sheeran also posted this image on instagram of himself looking a little younger. he said, "this bloke is the new sponsor of ipswich football town. do well!" he's a huge, huge fan. he attends games as often as he can, home and away. and to have his support in this manner is phenomenal. not the first pop star to get involved with former clubs. we will look at that after 7:30am. we have jake bugg talking about his support for notts county. we will show you what's happening hartlepool. we are awaiting the result of the by—election. it has been a labour seat since 1964 and it is up for grabs after the labour mp mike hill announced his resignation in march. we are interested, because it is seen as a key seat, in all senses, we know, we understand, has been lost to the conservatives. the conservative candidate isjill mortimer, a local council

evans tries to explain. i'm back in half an hour. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan many parts of the country? i am hospitality in many parts of the country? iam in hospitality in many parts of the country? i am in york to find out how business got on. italy's victorious in this year's eurovision — but the winning act is forced to deny claims of drug taking. we'll speak to the band just before eight. in his own words, "exceptionally awesome" — phil mickelson becomes the oldest man to win a major. he claimed the us pga championship and a sixth major title after an extraordinary few days of golf. good morning. today we have got rain across scotland, dry or across northern ireland and northern england, but for the rest of england and wales some heavy, thundery showers. in between, sunshine. the weather starts to settle down on thursday. details coming up. good morning. it's monday, the 2ath of may. flights over belarus could be suspended, after a ryanair plane was forced to land there so that an opposition journalist on board could be detained. the plane was en route fr