britain's geraint thomas avoided the worst of the chaos to finish alongside most of his main rivals. to keep your eyes on the road... but spectators too. in the first week, it's vital for the main contenders, like geraint thomas, to make it through unscathed. 181i riders negotiating the roads of the brittany countryside isn't easy. a second crash in the last five miles, the field split. chris froome, riding his first tour for three years after injury, lost 1a minutes, although he did eventually finish the stage. a much—reduced leading pack raced away and a clear picture emerged in the last mile and a half, as the rainbow striped jersey of the world champion, julian alaphilippe, left the peloton trailing in his wake. he had time to savour the moment, it's 20 years since a frenchman last won the first stage of the tour. while behind him the three race favourites, primoz roglic, tadej pogacar and geraint thomas all ensured they're still in contention, others weren't so lucky. drew savage, bbc. defending champion lizzie deignan finished ninth in la course — the one—day women's version of

that it is very much the objective of geraint thomas.er poel was the master of it for some he won an eight second time bonus by leading up the first climate, another ten were on offer if he could win the stage and that gave him the race lead. an emotional victory. time bonuses too for primoz roglic and tadej pogacar, the main rainfalls moved up to third and fourth while the welshman lost 33 seconds was not —— main rivals. mathieu van der poel may only wear the yellow jersey for a few days, but it means everything. well staying with the tour, french police have launched an investigation into the multi—rider pile—up yesterday. it was caused by a spectator holding up a sign, which one of the riders crashed into and brought down everyone behind him. the police intend to charge the unnamed spectator with "unintentional short—term injury and deliberate breach of care." it's the final day of the british championships in manchester with britain's best athletes bidding for places at the forthcoming olympics. teenager keely hodgkinson stormed ahea

but the hopes of two of the overall race favourites took a knock — 2018 champion geraint thomas, andre both involved in crashes. drew savage reports. having negotiated the first chaotic collision strewn we can, geraint thomas's tour was suddenly in doubt. it was a crash that came out of nowhere early in stage three. the champion is made of stuff though. back on his fight but with the pallet on balancing five minutes up the road. team—mate richard looked like becoming their only hope. but thomas now had help stop and fought his way back into the pack. no time lost but he will have scans tonight. those who expected a calm day of racing were to be surprised again. primoz roglic the deck, left behind as the pallet on to was a sprint finish. yet more drama, one more crash in the closing stages. tim merlier kept his head for these first stage win. thomas's to make best placed among the race favourites. third overall, the welshman finished safely also. roglic not so lucky. he lost 95 seconds and is down to 20th. now over the weekend, the top contenders across track and field were taking par

geraint thomas was determined to keep fighting.k. usually the welshman would be expected to do well, but today, he could only do his best under the circumstances. primoz roglic also crashed on monday, but last year's runner—up wasn't quite so hampered by his injuries. he'd move up to tenth overall. but a man in white was grabbing everyone's attention. tadej pogacar, who time trialled his way to a dramatic win last year, faster than anyone through the early checkpoints. thomas's best effort limited his losses, 16th fastest on the day. he's now only ten seconds behind ineos grenadiers team—mate richard cara paz. however, both are now over a minute and a half behind pogacar, who stormed to a stage win and got within eight seconds of the yellow jersey after mathieu van der pool put in a supreme effort. but it only looks like a matter of time before the defending champion takes it. drew savage, bbc news. before we go here on sportsday, let's head back to chetan pathak at wimbledon for an update. thanks, sarah. when you are with me last,

geraint thomas had to settle for third place on the criterium du dauphine, which is an important warmve miles from the finish, but managed to get back up and recover to cross the line just ahead of his ineos grenadiers team mate richie porte who took the overall victory. ukraine's mark padun was the stage winner for the second day in a row. england prop kyle sinckler has been called up to the british and irish lions squad for the tour of south africa to replace andrew porter. sinckler, who toured new zealand with the lions in 2017, willjoin the squad at the end of bristol bears�* season. ireland's andrew porter suffered a toe injury playing for leinster on friday. just one match in the english premiership this afternoon, with exeter chiefs coming from 18 points behind to beat northampton 29—26 in a thrilling game at franklins gardens. england s women beat italy 4—0 in their opening eurohockey championships match. catherine ledesma scored on her international debut with sarah evans, jo hunter and ellie rayer also adding to the scoresheet to help england take the three points. england a

geraint thomas had to settle for third place on the criterium du dauphine, which is an important warmhman crashed around five miles from the finish, but managed to get back up and recover to cross the line just ahead of his ineos grenadiers team mate richie porte who took the overall victory. that's all from sportsday. hello there. quite a mixed picture today, we saw variable cloud, some sunny spells and also a few showers especially across england and wales. this weather front is bringing thicker cloud and showers across england and wales, it will continue to weaken and move out into the sea. further north we could see miss developing. single figures in scotland and northern ireland, double figures for england. a lot of dry weather tomorrow with some sunshine. a bit of cloud into the afternoon, showers could develop in north wales, north midlands and central and eastern england. warmer across—the—board tomorrow, 23 for glasgow —— 20 degrees for glasgow and 23 for london. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm — the health secretary says the delta variant of the coronavirus is 40% mor

britain's geraint thomas is up to third overall but half a minute behind porte. halfway point of the us women's open in san francisco. reid is four shots behind the leader, 19—year—old yuka saso of the phillipines. st helens have won the women's challenge cup for the first time as they comfortably beat york city knights 3a—6. neither side had won the competition before but as craig templeton explains, more than just the trophy was on the line. a day for firsts. it not only would there be a new name on the women's challenge cup trophy but it was also on bbc tv for the first time. the extra attention it seemed to suit york city knights early on, coming close to the opening try. st helens held firm. and then started to show why they were the favourites, brilliant version leaving danielle burst with the easiest of finishes. york was still creating a big collision but it became one way traffic. they found a gap in the fast lane and then couldn't be stopped. fast lane and then couldn't be sto ed. ~ ., ., fast lane and then couldn't be sto ed, . ., ., , ., ,, fast lane

geraint thomas is part of a strong ineos grenadiers line—up and he's looking to regain the yellowjerseyse on five under par. she was one under for the day. you can get full coverage on the third women's major of the year by heading to the golf page on the bbc sport website. and there's loads more on the website as well. but that is all your sport for now. good evening. friday brought us a real mix of weather types. for some areas, some sunshine broke through, in other places we kept the cloud and the outbreaks of rain. this was the picture in whitby on friday, where it was a much cooler day, about 12 degrees cooler than we had during on thursday. looking ahead towards the weekend, spells of sunshine on offer, also a few showers around on saturday. more persistent rain in the south is likely to arrive on sunday, but things will turn drierfurther north. at the moment, we've got this slow—moving frontal system, not particularly active, still bringing in quite a bit of cloud around for the rest of this evening and overnight too, and a few spots of rain for northern england. one or two heavy

scans have shown geraint thomas hasn't broken his shoulder after crashing early today in the tour de was put back in by race doctors — he managed to rejoin the race and avoided losing much time. last year's runner—up, primoz roglic, also crashed and lost 95 seconds. there were several more incidents, including this one at the stage finish — tim merleer came through it all to win the stage, his team—mate and fellow belgian, mathieu van der pool, keeps the leader's yellowjersey. and that's all the sport for now. for everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website. hello there. it was another pretty disappointing day across the southern half of the uk. further north with the best of the sunshine and the dry and warm weather and we hold onto this theme for the next few days with the north seeing the best of the dry and bright sunny weather. further south will hold onto the cloud and there will be further showers and even thundery downpours at times. all because of this area of low pressure has parked itself over north—west france and is pushing this weather front across southern b

geraint thomas has work to do after stage four of the week—long criterium du dauphine race — as he preparesaded... to finish tenth fastest. he�*s eighth overall, 2a seconds off the lead. chris froome struggled again as he tries to come back from his serious injury two years ago. the four—time tour de france champion was only 93rd today, he�*s 57th overall. the british diving team for this summer�*s olympics has been announced. tom daley will be looking to finally add olympic gold to the world, european and commonwealth titles he�*s previously won, as well as bronze at london 2012 and at rio 2016. the team also includes defending olympic champion jack laugher and dan goodfellow, whilst16—year—old andrea spendolini—sirieix will be the youngest member. daley says he can�*t wait to compete at his fourth games: it is just exciting to think that the kid that was straightening up going to london 2012 minutes to get there in 2008, 12, 16 and 2020. i am over the moon to be selected for my fourth games. best of luck to him. and that�*s all the sport for now. have a very good night. hello there. wedne

geraint thomas has been confirmed in a strong ineos grenadiers team for the tour de france — alongsideird last year, and the former giro d'italia winner richard carapaz. thomas, the 2018 champion, will be joined by fellow british riders tao geoghegan hart and luke rowe. and red bull's max verstappen set the pace in second practice at the french grand prix, ahead of the mercedes' of valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton. the dutchman was eight milliseconds quicker than bottas, and just over a quarter of a second faster than hamilton. next, tottenham hotspur�*s search for a new manager continues. they're now not considering gennaro gattuso, who was available after leaving fiorentina. some spurs fans reacted angrily to stories linking gattuso with the vacancy and created a #notogattuso hashtag, which was trending on social media. some referenced controversial comments the former italy midfielder had previously made about same—sex marriage and women in football. that was communicated to the club by the tottenham hotspur supporters trust. mark bullingham — the chief executive of the fa — spoke

britain's geraint thomas put in the best ride he could, having dislocated his shoulder in a crash onks in great form and very much the man to beat for the overall title. england's women have beaten india by five wickets in the second one day international in taunton. mithali raj top scored with 59 for india while kate cross was england's star with the ball, taking five for sa — captain heather knightjust hanging on to this catch. england recovered from 133—5 thanks to an unbeaten partnership of 92 between sophia dunkley and katherine brunt. brunt hit the winning runs as england made it successive 0di wins. the third match is in worcester on saturday. england are now 6—2 up in the multi—format series. salford's next two super league games against wakefield and hull fc have been postponed after two players tested positive for covid—19 and six have been identified as close contacts. 0n the pitch this evening warrington wolves made it six successive wins, with jake mamo scoring a hat—trick in their a0—1a win over wigan while the warriors have now last their last four. for more on that an

a bad crash for geraint thomas at the tour de france — but how has it affected his chances of winning hello, welcome to wembley. this time tomorrow, england will be in the final stages of their last 16 match with germany, a match which carries so much history and expectation. we ll be hearing from gareth southgate, the england manager, shortly, having arrived at the team s hotel in london ahead of the game between these two great rivals. but before we do chris waddle, the former england player who missed a penalty against germany in the 1990 world cup has been speaking about the occasion. as hasjuergen klinsman, the former germany captain who won the european championship here as a player in 1996. a tournament famous for southgate s penalty miss. england germany is just, england germany isjust, it can't get any bigger. it’s england germany is “ust, it can't get any bigger._ england germany is “ust, it can't get any bigger. it's the first time en . land get any bigger. it's the first time england are _ get any bigger. it's the first time england are going _ get any bigger. it's the fir

britain's geraint thomas claimed his first stage victory at this year's criterium du daphine. he broke clear with around half a mile to go and just held on to win. he's now sixth overall, 1a seconds behind leader lukas postlberger. it's one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar — the epsom derby festival — which gets going tomorrow. and hollie doyle is hoping to make history. she's racing in the middle distance oaks on sherbet lemon — and could become the first female jockey to win a british classic. doyle made headlines last year — becoming the first woman to win at british champions day. she told me she hopes to follow in the footsteps of grand national winner rachael blackmore and bryony frost at the king george, and is confident her horse can get used to epsom well, after success in the trials it's all been going very well, she won her trial, so it's encouraging. we always liked her and she's taken huge steps forward, so we are pleased with her. find huge steps forward, so we are pleased with her.— huge steps forward, so we are pleased with her. and her best qualit

and after a disappointing time trial yesterday geraint thomas caught his rivals off guard to win thend just held on to take his first stage win of this year's race. he's now sixth overall — ill seconds behind leader lukas postl—berger. chris froome could only finish 85th though and he's now ruled himself out of contention for a record—equalling fifth tour de france title later this month, saying he needs more time to rediscover his best form. the boys on the radio, they got a gap, they went all in. but the be honest, i didn't think i had that on the line. ijust set up maybe two metres before the start to give it the big bone. but, he came to pass a fast, he nearly took my arm. but great, really nice to get that one for sure. perfect timing as well with the tour— one for sure. perfect timing as well with the tour de _ one for sure. perfect timing as well with the tour de france _ one for sure. perfect timing as well with the tour de france not - one for sure. perfect timing as well with the tour de france not too - one for sure. perfect timing as well with the tour de france not too f

britain's geraint thomas claimed his first stage victory at this year's criterium du daphine. ia seconds behind leader lukas postlberger. it's one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar — the epsom derby festival — which gets going tomorrow. and hollie doyle is hoping to make history. she's racing in the middle distance oaks on sherbet lemon — and could become the first female jockey to win a british classic. doyle made headlines last year — becoming the first woman to win at british champions day. she told me she hopes to follow in the footsteps of grand national

hart's ineos grenadiers team mate geraint thomas finished eleventh.s him up to fourth overall 13 seconds off the new leader alexey lutsenko. 27 years after his first win in the oaks, frankie dettori has england's mel reid shot a 67 and shares the first—round lead at the us women's open with 17—year—old american megha ganne. they'll both head out for their second round later four under at the olympic club in san francisco. i've been getting the thoughts of golfjournalist amy rogers — and started asking her about what she's made of mel reid so far? it's exciting to see mel read here and we should not be surprised. she has been out here plodding along and make your way through the ranks here on the ladies european tour and before finally breaking through just this past year on the lpga tour and getting herfirst this past year on the lpga tour and getting her first win that ship as she talked about yesterday, all the hard work that she has put in with her team and serving to pay off for her. that's bleeding over to the golf course and she has seemed very

geraint thomas has left himself work to do after stage four of the week—long criterium du dauphine, asstays eighth, 2a seconds behind austria's lukas postlberger, after fnishing tenth fastest in today's ten—mile time trial. john duffy has left super league side leigh centurions, following their eight—game losing streak. duffy had been in charge since november 2018. the side are currently bottom in rugby league's top flight, having lost all their matches this season. and eilidh doyle has retired from athletics. she won bronze as part of britain's 4x400 metre relay team at the rio olympics in 2016. the 34—year—old planned to return to the track after having her first child, but said it's the right time to leave the sport. tennis now — and to the french open, where serena williams is in action for her second round match against mihaela buzarnescu. williams still in search of that elusive record—equalling 24th grand slam title. there was an upset earlier, with one of the top womens seeds crashing out. he now talk to our correspondent in paris. how is williams getting on, and what are her c

but britain's geraint thomas was distanced, and lost just over half a minute.manchester with britain's best athletes bidding for places at the forthcoming 0lympics. teenager keely hodgkinson stormed ahead in the women's 800 metres, passing fellow brits jemma reekie and laura muir. so that means hodgkinson and reekie both claim automatic qualification, while muir will have to wait until monday to see if the selectors find her worthy of inclusion. meanwhile, jazmin sawyers has also qualified for tokyo after winning the women's long jump final. adam gemili has secured his 0lympic place after a comfortable victory in the men's 200 metres. gemili says he will be focusing on the 200m but is speaking to selectors about being considered for the 100 metres as well. and fabio quartararo has won the dutch motogp to extend his lead at the top of rider standings. the frenchman dominated on his yamaha to claim his fourth victory of the season. the series now has a mid—season break — no prizes for guessing how quartararo will be spending it, probably working on his golf game.

thursday's fifth stage was won by the former tour de france champion geraint thomas, who's edged outoverall, while postlberger leads byjust one second with three stages to go. well, you can get all the latest sports news at our website, including the latest from day one of golf�*s us women's open — that's at bbc.com/sport — but from me, austin halewood, and the rest of the sport team — bye for now. thanks very much. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @vfritznews. your business news is coming up in about three minutes. i will see very soon, goodbye. hello there. it was a bit cooler on thursday. we still managed temperatures into the low 20s in northern scotland. highest temperatures were across east anglia and the south—east — 25 degrees in suffolk. you may not find temperatures quite as high as that in the next couple of days but for many it will still be dry and there will be warm spells of sunshine, as well. the fly in the ointment is all this cloud we have kept a close eye on moving up from northern parts of spain across france and threatening to bring some showers across east angl

britain's geraint thomas has moved up to third overall with just one stage to go at the criterium du penultimate stage by 3a seconds ahead of australia's richie porte, whose second place secured him the overall lead. thomas finshed ninth, and although he's moved up the standings, he trails his ineos grenadiers team mate porte by half a minute. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. visitors may be returning to some of the uk's most popular tourist destinations, but employers are reporting problems recruiting staff. in cumbria, tourism bosses are warning the situation is reaching crisis point, and say the sector has been badly hit by new post—brexit immigration rules. yunus mulla reports. the lake district is looking busy. the visitors have returned in large numbers, but fewer people are choosing to work here. emma's deli in grasmere is facing an all too familiar problem. its owner has another cafe in keswick, that is down to opening just five days a week. here the chef retires soon. that position has not been filled. when we reopened lastjuly, we didn'

geraint thomas was 10th — eight seconds behind along with most of the favourites earlier, defending championing won the women's version of the race — la course. it'll be an eight day stage race next year rather than a one day event. max verstappen is looking to extend his formula one championship lead at the syrian grand prix this weekend. he's given himself the best chance too after qualifying on pole at the red bull ring for the first time — with his main title rival lewis hamilton starting alongside in second. britain's lando norris meanwhile will start a career best third. england look on course to make it a hattrick of t20 victories over sri lanka. they set the touring side 181 to win in southampton with dawid malan and jonny bairstow both passing 50 opening the innings although a late flurry of wickets stopped england reaching 200. in reply — sri lanka's batsmen have barely threatened. . .. wimbledon gets under way on monday and jelena ostapenko has had the pefect preparation by winning the eastbourne title the 2017 french open champion beat estonia's anett kontaveit in straight sets 6

britain's geraint thomas has moved up to third overall with just one stage to go at the criterium dumate stage by 34 seconds ahead of australia's richie porte, who's ——whose second place secured him the overall lead. thomas finshed ninth and although he's moved up the standings, he trails his ineos grenadiers team mate porte by half a minute. manchester city defender ruben dias has been named premier league player of the season, with pep guardiola taking the manager's award. dias was influential in central defence as city won a third title in four years. the portuguese international was named men's footballer of the year by the english football writers' association last month. a busy day of sport. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport the dial is leading in that first set. i am the dial is leading in that first set. iam back the dial is leading in that first set. i am back in an hour. —— rafael nadal is leading in that first set. visitors may be returning to some of the uk's most popular tourist destinati

geraint thomas is part of a strong ineos grenadiers line—up and he's looking to regain the yellowjersey website. and there is loads more on the website as well, but that is all your sport for now. hello there. friday evening brought some quite dramatic weather for some of us, especially across parts of england. through the western side of the midlands, there was some heavy, thundery rain. that was how it looked for a weather watcher in south staffordshire. and then to the northeast of london, and up into essex, some really vicious thunderstorms, with reports of localised flash flooding and even reports of a tornado in east london, or at the very least some squally gusty winds in amongst the showers, which did cause some damage. and the weather system responsible will still be quite close by as we head through this weekend. it will become slow moving across northern france, but from time to time, it will throw showers or longer spells of rain back in our direction. and we will see some showers during saturday, across england and wales particularly. through east anglia, into the midlands

britain's geraint thomas has some catching up to do on the final stage of the criterium de dauphine —before taking the tour three years ago. he finished ninth yesterday, to move up to third overall, but he's half a minute behind his ineos grenadiers team—mate and race leader richie porte. and with the olympics getting ever closer, the team gb boxing squad is taking shape. charley davison was among those to claim a place in tokyo, less than two years after returning to the sport following a seven year break in which she had three children. she beat sandra drabik in a dominant performance. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's joanna with the papers. hello and welcome to our look at what the papers are bringing us today. with me is the author and journalist, rachel shabi and the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie. let's start with the observer — it reports that the prime minister will call on fellow leaders at the g7 to pledge to vaccinate the world's population by the end of 2022. 0n the front page of the express — the �*historic�* deal reached today by the g7 gr

geraint thomas finished 8 seconds off the lead.res at the british championships. but that's it from me. that's it. tomorrow morning at nine, andrew marr�*s guests include the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis and the mayor of london, said it can't. but for me and the rest of the team, have a very good night. —— guests tomorrow include the mayor of london sadiq khan. second half promises more of the same for most of us, but not for all. across southern parts of the uk, we can expect some rain tomorrow, and some of that will be pretty heavy. this weather system has become very slow moving to the north—west of france. more persistent rain into the south of wales. northern ireland and scotland should be largely drivers from sunshine. thicker cloud into the far north—west of scotland. temperatures between 15—22 . through sunday we will see rain affecting seven parts. the midlands and wales, two if you showers into northern england. temperatures between 10—16 . through the coming week we will see further rain across southern parts

geraint thomas has work to do after stage four of the week—long criterium du dauphine race — as he prepares his serious injury two years ago. the four—time tour de france champion was only 93rd today, he's 57th overall. the british diving team for this summer's olympics has been announced. tom daley will be looking to finally add olympic gold to the world, european and commonwealth titles he's previously won, as well as bronze at london 2012 and at rio 2016. the team also includes defending olympic champion jack laugher and dan goodfellow, whilst16—year—old andrea spendolini—sirieix will be the youngest member. daley says he can't wait to compete at his fourth games. it is just exciting to think that the kid that was dreaming of going to london 2012 got there in 2008, 12,16 and 2020. i am over the moon to be selected for my fourth games. best of luck to him. and that's all the sport for now. have a very good night. hello there. wednesday was the hottest day of the year so far, but it will be cooling off a bit in the next few days. we've had a band of showers moving northwards. those remaini

geraint thomas finished safely in the group behind along with most of the favourites.ine at the british athletics championships in manchester this weekend. dina asher—smith won the final of the 100 metres. asher—smith ran herfastest time of the season in the semis and thought she'd improved upon her british record in the final. but the timing was incorrect and was adjusted back. asha philip came second. both runners are bound for toyko. european champion zharnel hughes was disqualified for a false start in the men's 100 metres. he'd been the fastest qualifier for the final. the race was won by ceejay ujah who gets a ticket to tokyo. hughes is now at the mercy of selectors. earlier, holly bradshaw set a new british record in the pole vault. she vaulted 4 metres 90. that's a personal best outdoors, and puts her third in the world this year. for the second sunday in a row lewis hamilton will be trying to catch max verstappen after the dutchman claimed pole for the styrian grand prix in austria. the championship leader was almost a quarter of a second quicker than hamilton

and after a disappointing time trial yesterday geraint thomas caught his rivals off guard to win theand he's now ruled himself out of contention for a record—equalling fifth tour de france title later this month, saying he needs more time to rediscover his best form. the boys on the radio, they got a gap, they went all in. but the be honest, i didn't think i had that on the line. i just sat up maybe two metres before to start to give it the big boom. but, he came past so fast, he nearly took my arm. but great, really nice to get that one for sure. perfect timing as well with the tour de france not too far away. and that's all the sport for now. have a very good night. hello there. it was a bit cooler on thursday. we still managed temperatures into the low 20s in northern scotland. highest temperature across east anglia and the southeast. 25 degrees in suffolk. you may not find temperatures quite as high as that in the next couple of days but for many it will still be dry and there will be warm spells of sunshine as well. the fly in the ointment is all this cloud we have kept a close

britain's geraint thomas put in the best ride he could, having dislocated his shoulder in a crash on with the ball, taking five for 3a — captain heather knightjust hanging on to this catch. england recovered from 133—5 thanks to an unbeaten partnership of 92 between sophia dunkley and katherine brunt. brunt hit the winning runs as england made it successive odi wins. the third match is in worcester on saturday. england are now 6—2 up in the multi—format series. salford's next two super league games against wakefield and hull fc have been postponed after two players tested positive for covid—19, and six have been identified as close contacts. on the pitch this evening, warrington wolves made it six successive wins, with jake mamo scoring a hat—trick in their a0—1a win over wigan, while the warriors have now last their last four. for more on that and everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website. but that's all your sport for now. hello there. the first couple of days ofjuly look pretty similar to how we ended the month ofjune on, and that's with quite a lot of dry weather aro

scans have shown geraint thomas hasn't broken his shoulder after crashing early today in the tour deeam—mate. and fellow belgian, mathieu van der pool, keeps the leader's yellowjersey. for everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website. but that's all the sport for now. hello. best place for the drier and sunnier weather during the first part of this week certainly in scotland and northern ireland. over the blue skies out in the highlands on monday, temperatures lift to a very pleasant 25 celsius. and we will see similar sorts of temperatures in southern scotland on tuesday. england and wales, though, it has been a different story. lots more cloud. and into tuesday, the same area of low pressure that brought the cloud on monday revolving around. it keeps the temperatures up as we start the day. so, again, mid—teens, quite a humid start, whereas clearer skies into scotland, northern ireland, northern england. single—figure temperatures to start the day. but here, some sunny spells, but a few changes. bit more cloud to the north and the west of scotland, later into northern ire

geraint thomas finished eleventh.nt. but first minister nicola sturgeon said there are now strong indications that vaccines are weakening the link between new cases and hospitalisations. speaking at her regular news briefing in edinburgh ms sturgeon confirmed another 992 positive cases with two more deaths in the past 2a hours. you can clearly see from the figures today that we are at a very criticaljuncture right now, in what we still hope, still very much hope and believe, is a transition to a less restrictive way of dealing with covid, but the position we are in at the moment on that transition is a fragile one and that will inform my comments today and the tone of the comments i want to make. 0n the downside, as we can see, cases are rising again, and they have more than tripled in the last month, and today more than 900 cases have been reported, the highest number of new cases since the 17th of february. the r number is now estimated to be above one and indeed many experts believe that notjust scotland, but the u

geraint thomas has work to do after stage 1; of the week—long criterium du dauphine race, as he preparesten—mile time trial, but faded to finish 10th fastest. he's 8th overall, 21; seconds off the lead. chris froome struggled again as he tries to come back from his serious injury two years ago. the four—time tour de france champion was only 93rd today. he's 57th overall. the british diving team for this summer's olympics has been announced. tom daley will be looking to finally add olympic gold to the world, european and commonwealth titles he's previously won, as well as bronze at london 2012 and rio 2016. the team also includes defending olympic champion jack laugher and dan goodfellow, whilst16—year—old andrea spendolini—sirieix will be the youngest member. daley says he can't wait to compete at his fourth games. it's just exciting to think that the kiddos streaming of going to london too thousand 12 managed to get there in 2016 in our 2020. i am over the moon to be subject to selected for the big games. borisjohnson says there's nothing at the moment in the data, to suggest that the f

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geraint thomas has left himself work to do after stage 4 of the week—long criterium du dauphine race,e second ahead of today�*s stage winner alexey lutsenko. the british diving team for this summer�*s olympics has been announced. tom daley will be looking to finally add olympic gold to the world, european and commonwealth titles he�*s previously won, as well as bronze at london 2012 and at rio 2016. the team also includes defending olympic championjack laugher and dan goodfellow, whilst16—year—old andrea spendolini—sirieix will be the youngest member. daley says he can�*t wait to compete at his fourth games. it's it�*s just exciting to think that the kid that was a dreaming of going to london 2012 managed to get their endeavours and eight, to visit in 12, two of them 16, and are now 2020. i'm 12, two of them 16, and are now 2020. i�*m overly meant to be selected for my fourth games. and in rugby league — leigh centurions head coach john duffy has left the club after an eight—game losing run in the 2021 super league. duffy had been in charge since november 2018. his final game was the

after his disappointing time trial yesterday geraint thomas caught his rivals off guard to win the fifthyear's race. he's now sixth overall 14 seconds behind leader lukas postlberger. chris froome could only finish 85th and has ruled himself out of contention for a record—equalling fifth tour de france title later this month, saying he needs more time to rediscover his best form. ireland coach andy farrell willjoin warren gatland's back room team for the upcoming british and irish lions tour of south africa. farrell was defence coach under gatland during the past two tours. he'lljoin the lions a week before theirfirst test against the springboks in cape town on the 24th ofjuly. celtic have applied to uefa for an exemption to allow ange postecoglou to become the club's new manager. the australian doesn't have the required coaching badges, with uefa saying the appeal could take several weeks. celtic are in advanced talks with postecoglou, who is currently in charge of yokohama f marinos injapan, as they look to replace neil lennon. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. now on the n

britain's geraint thomas put in the best ride he could, having dislocated his shoulder in a crash on al in taunton. england fielded after winning the toss and made regular inroads into the indian batting, but couldn't shift the captain mithali raj, who eventually finished with 59. kate cross was england's star with the ball, taking 5—34. england won the first of the three odis. the multi—format series also includes three t20s. the four—day test match was drawn. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. many thanks indeed. it's 5:37 p:m.. a further four bodies have been found in the shattered ruins of the collapsed building in miami, bringing the total number of dead to 16. nearly a week after the building fell, more than 150 people are still missing. but rescue teams say they still havent given up hope they still haven't given up hope here's the mayor of miami dade, giving the update in the last hour. we've now recovered four additional victims. the number of deceased is at 16. 12 next of kin notifications have been completed, that is four families still waiting to hear.

geraint thomas will have scans on a dislocated shoulder tonight after crashing early on stage 3 of thece and avoided losing much time. last year's runner—up primoz roglic also crashed and lost 95 seconds. there were several more incidents, including this one at the stage finish. tim merleer came through it all to win the stage, his team—mate and fellow belgian mathieu van der pool keeps the leader's yellow jersey. just to tell you that andy murray is still encore at the moment. he was 5-0 still encore at the moment. he was 5—0 up in this third set and is now 5-4 5—0 up in this third set and is now 5—4 and is serving at the moment. playing the world number 28. he has gone 15—0 up and he is almost through to the second round. i will have more spore a little bit later. who needs the live updates? we can just tell you what the score is. security reviews have been launched over the leak of compromising cctv images which forced matt hancock to resign as the health secretary. ministers have expressed surprise at the presence of security cameras in his office. the new health secretary says the

geraint thomas finished 11th. more than 900 cases have been reported, the highest number of new cases since the 17th of february. the r number is now estimated to be above one and indeed many experts believe that notjust scotland, but the uk, is now at the start of a third wave of covid. underlying this and indeed driving all of this is the new delta variant which now makes up the majority of all new cases in scotland. this variant is thought to be quite significantly more transmissible than even the kent variant we dealt with at the turn of the year. as you may have seen reported, there is early data suggesting that, all else being equal, it may increase the risk of hospitalisation. hopefully vaccines are reducing overall the risk of hospitalisation but even if it is a lower risk, the early data suggests the new delta variant has a higher risk than the variants that went before. it is important to say that that is something that is still under investigation and what has been reported in the last 24 hours is early

geraint thomas is part of a strong ineos grenadiers line—up and he's looking to regain the yellowjerseyter an incredible eight under round for the day, but you can get full coverage by heading to the golf page on the bbc sport website. there's international rugby league action tonight, england and wales women are currently playing and then following that in warrington, it's the england men playing a combined nations all stars team. but right now it's time for the weather with sarah keith—lucas. good evening. friday promise a realm — good evening. friday promise a real... sometime _ good evening. friday promise a real... sometime broke - good evening. friday promise a| real... sometime broke through good evening. friday promise a i real... sometime broke through in other places, we kept the cloud and outbreaks of rain. this was the picture in whitby on friday where it was a much cooler day, about 12 celsius cooler than we had on thursday. looking ahead towards the weekend, some spells of sunshine on offer, also a few showers around on saturday. more persistent rain in the south is likely

after his disappointing time trial yesterday, geraint thomas caught his rivals off guard to win the fifthed without spectators in the event of a coronavirus outbreak. there are just 50 days until the opening ceremony on the 23rd ofjuly. no international fans will be allowed at the olympics, or at the paralympics which follow. japan is dealing with a fourth wave of coronavirus cases, with ten areas of the country under a state of emergency. translation: the japanese people i are undoubtedly feeling anxiety i and frustration about hosting the games in tokyo, and so the reality is that voices are being raised in opposition. if an outbreak should happen during the games, that amounts to a crisis or an emergency situation, then i believe we must be prepared to have these games without any spectators. ireland coach andy farrell willjoin warren gatland's back room team for the upcoming british and irish lions tour of south africa. farrell was defence coach under gatland during the past two tours. he'lljoin the lions a week before theirfirst test against the springboks in cape town on the 24th of

geraint thomas has left himself work to do after stage 4 of the week—long criterium du dauphine race,n and commonwealth titles he's previously won, as well as bronze at london 2012 and at rio 2016. the team also includes defending olympic champion jack laugher and dan goodfellow. 16—year—old andrea spendolini—sirieix will be the youngest member of the squad. daley is overjoyed about competiting at his fourth games it is just exciting to think that the kid that was dreaming of going to london 2012 managed to get their 2008, 12, 16, to london 2012 managed to get their 2008,12,16, now 2020, i to london 2012 managed to get their 2008, 12, 16, now 2020, lam to london 2012 managed to get their 2008,12,16, now 2020, iam over the moon to be selected. rugby leagu,e and leigh centurions head coachjohn duffy has left the club after an eight—game losing run in the 2021 super league. duffy had been in charge since november 2018. his final game was the 40—16 defeat at hull kr on sunday. leigh replaced toronto wolfpack in the competition in december but are bottom of the table, having lost all their

the top ten so to be on the front row is incredible and i'm just proud of everyone britain's geraint thomasakfast two years ago, since then he's gone on to raise tens of thousands of pounds. let's take a look at his remarkable journey. i've never seen anything like it in my life. you had the ships firing over your head and you had the germans firing at you from inland. i'm very sorry i'm a bit choked. you are absolutely entitled to, we are grateful to you. thank you. don't thank me, and don't say i'm a hero. i'm no hero, iwas lucky, i'm here. all the heroes are dead and i'll never forget 'em as long as i live. there's about 35 quid there, harry. when i collect money for that memorial, i get a great calmness over me. i lost a lot of good men. young men! boys of 16. this is it. this is what you've been raising money towards and you've never seen this before. no, never. how does it make you feel? because the work you're doing, it's now concrete, it's tangible, it's there, you can touch it. marvellous. we just had a job to do. all these fellas did a good job. all these men, these wonderful men.

britain's geraint thomas put in the best ride he could, having dislocated his shoulder in a crash ono this catch. england's run chase has wobbled somewhat with nat sciver one of five wickets to fall. a few moments ago, they were 136—5 in the 31st over. england won the first of the three odis. the multi—format series also includes three t20s. the four—day test match was drawn and just before we go, some news just in that nuno espirito santo has been appointed as tottenham's new head coach on a contract until 2023, but that's all the sport for now. we wa nt we want to know if a contract until 2023 it really means he will be staying until 2023. thank you so much. let's stay with the european championships and look ahead to england's game on the saturday against the ukraine in rome. i'm nowjoined by england fan naim rahman, who's currently in rome ahead of the match on saturday. hello. how excited are you? i have been waiting _ hello. how excited are you? i have been waiting two _ hello. how excited are you? i have been waiting two years _ hello. how excited are you? i have been waiting

slovenia's tadej pogacar is the defending champion while geraint thomas is part of a strong line—up forr changes, to just be buzzing about it, you know? not every kid that goes on a bike, you know, they imagine at one point or another imagine they are in the tour de france. and even now at 36, if i'm not here, i still imagine i'm in the tour de france when i'm training and, yeah, that's why it really is everything, like... i love it, even in training now he imagines he is there in the tour de france riding for the ineos grenadiers team. ., ., , . , ., grenadiers team. fantastic. he is a very determined _ grenadiers team. fantastic. he is a very determined individual. - very determined individual. absolutely! he still does it for the passion and love of it at 36. mm} passion and love of it at 36. 2000 miles? you _ passion and love of it at 36. 2000 miles? you have _ passion and love of it at 36. 2000 miles? you have to _ passion and love of it at 36. 2000 miles? you have to have - passion and love of it at 36. 422: miles? you have to have something, don't you? england's charley hull has

geraint thomas caught his rivals off guard to win the fifth stage of the criterium du daphine, which sixth overall, 1a seconds behind leader lukas postlberger. that's it for the sport. so much going on, thank you so much. let's have a look at the weather now. ifind i find that out there across many places but not all of us will hold onto some sunshine, it is a fine start for many. we are some showery weather today, start for many. we are some showery weathertoday, it start for many. we are some showery weather today, it will go into the weekend. temperatures not as high as they have been, but still low teens and —— high teens and low 20s and feeling nice in the sunshine. this area of cloud is now starting to nudge some rain into the south coast of england. towards the isle of wight and eastwards and then running northwards across south—east england and towards east anglia, some outbreaks of rain on the way here. maybe if you have your best, may be a rumble of thunder, particularly the further east you are. —— there might be a few outbursts of rain. cloudy northern ireland and west sc

france has just finished, won by belgium's tim merleer — but one of the race favourites, britain's geraint thomasace in september of last year, just before the second lockdown, so here in birmingham city centre people were out at pubs and bars, there were revellers out and about. it happened late saturday night, early sunday morning. these attacks took place over a 90—minute period and eight people were stabbed. sadly, one lost their life, that was 23—year—old jacob billington, who was a university worker who was stabbed in the neck. he was from merseyside and his mother was here today at the hearing. zephaniah mcleod appeared in court today. he admitted one count of manslaughter, four counts of attempted murder and three counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. we heard in court today that zephaniah mcleod had suffered paranoid schizophrenia at the time so, as you might imagine, the courts have now been ordered to assess his condition and we come back here in september when he will be sentenced. winchester crown court has heard that teenage boy was "lured" to a park by a gir

geraint thomas has struggled after crashing on monday, he�*s lost time on his main rivals.. dozens of people have died in canada amidst this unprecedented heatwave. for the third day running, the country broke its temperature record yesterday. it reached 49.5 celsius in british columbia. police in vancouver have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since friday. heat is thought to have been a contributing factor in most cases. we do get heatwaves from time to time every summer. the summers have been getting hotter. but, you know, it's never this bad. we've never experienced anything in the 40s in vancouver. it is the western parts of canada, as well as north west parts of the united states, that are worst affected. at least a dozen deaths in oregon and washington state are believed to be linked to the heatwave. a big dome of high pressure has built across this part of north america. trapping the air in place. that air has been sinking and warming, allowing temperatures to climb day by day. this is not an uncommon situation in the summer, though. so why have the temperat

but ahead of the tour de france, geraint thomas had to settle for third place on the criterium du dauphine promised that all of its islands will be fully vaccinated by the end of the month, in what it's calling operation blue freedom. our europe correspondent nick beake reports from the island of milos. reaching the serenity of the greek islands has been a distant dream during much of the pandemic. but milos is now waking up and sprucing up, getting ready to welcome back visitors with open arms. for yannis, a diving instructor, there will be customers once more, descending to the shipwreck he discovered. these ancient food jars more than 2000 years old still visible. but it's modern medicine, in the form of the covid vaccine, which is raising his spirits. translation: this year, there is the vaccination. i we are vaccinated, most of our customers are vaccinated, we also have the tests, and we're not afraid. we know if someone has the virus or not, and this is how go on. greece has been prioritising its islands when it comes to covid vaccinations, that's because so many of them are hugely d