patrick gearey, bbc news. the actorjohn bluthal, has died at the age of 89.for playing the likable but dull parish council secretary frank pickle in the vicar of dibley. tell us what you had for breakfast. toast. laughter i need a bit more than that, so make something up. let your imagination run wild! wild. great. two pieces of toast. laughter its star dawn french paid tribute on social media, saying "cheeky, naughty, hilarious. bye darlin bluey." he also appeared in carry on films and worked regularly with spike milligan. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:05 — bye for now. you're watching the bbc news channel with ben brown. it'513:10. president trump has said the us will determine in the next few days who it thinks was behind the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. there have been reports that the cia believes mr khashoggi's killing was ordered by crown prince mohammed bin salman. saudi arabia has blamed rogue intelligence agents. essentially they're continuing with a policy of

patrick gearey reports. the ashes gone, and still they come.eason england's fans are called the barmy army. when they're not watching cricket, they're playing it. and they've called up mr root to their team. not the england captain, but his brother, billy — a professional himself, who has had to watchjoe lose the urn with everyone else. i think he will always enjoy the challenge of it. i think there will be times where he is frustrated. but i think it is the sort of thing he will enjoy taking on, a tough challenge like this. challenge is an understatement. comment and criticism comes with cricket in australia. in the past week, root‘s had to watch the ashes go, and had to listen to his captaincy be described as "soft and childlike" by former australian skipper ricky ponting. he doesn't spend any time in our dressing room. he doesn't spend much time around the squad, so. i don't think i go about things as a little boy, for sure. i have my own way of doing things. i think it is important that you don't try and be something that you're not. now he

patrick gearey, the match, now they must survive longerstill. patrick gearey, bbc news.ns jabeur‘s remarkable run at the kremlin cup in moscow goes on. the tunisian qualifier is through to the semi—finals after beating estonia's anett kontaveit on thursday. colm harrison rounds up the day's action. another day, and another milestone reached by ons jabur. ranked 101 in the world, she followed her win over former us open champion sloane stephens by beating the number eight seedin stephens by beating the number eight seed in straight sets. she won a tight first set but lost just one game in the second set to secure a place in the semis and to is the first from tunisia to get to a wta semi—final. first from tunisia to get to a wta semi-final. i'm very happy. i started bad so i had to win at a certain point. really happy with the grass season certain point. really happy with the grass season this year and finishing like this in moscow is amazing. i keep thinking about the vacation i'm going to have after this tournament, so going to have after this tournament, so maybe this i

patrick gearey watched the action.bley was always going to pause and reflect tonight, but events in leicester made the minute of remembrance still more poignant. football at its best can be escapism, especially when manchester city are in full flow and especially for riyad mahrez — the goal—scorer until earlier this year had been a leicester player. tottenham and wembley looked slightly worn. the mud and markings told of the nfl game played on this pitch only yesterday — maybe that explained harry kane's touch here. pep guardiola has built manchester city's success on perpetual motion, passing until there is a chance. the only problem here, they did not get around to a shot until it was too late. that is what the boss would have done. spurs survived, having enjoyed their best ever start a premier league season. they spent the evening running into city's defensive brick wall, waiting for a crack. here it was. there it went. erik lamela would not get another go. this is a gritty rather than particularly pretty city but t

patrick gearey has more.fghanistan believe they're getting closer to england and belief has always been important in their cricket. it allows them to clear hurdles. but few expected the sheer force gurbaz unleashed in the opening overs, he hammered england's bowlers unsparing, unsettling. time to change direction. and that's adil rashid's area, their lead spinner, their match turner with skill and the helping hands of his captain, jos buttler, he halted the afghan charge. others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root. england back on top. but the sun had not yet set on afghanistan, finishing as they started. they smashed themselves up to 284, a total far more than it might have been. so in the delhi darkness they had something to conjure with. get root early and you know you're in business. getjos buttler too... well, they tell you the significance. england four down, nearly 200 short, more wickets fell. harry brook was left trying to steer through the crisis, but without support and against an incr

patrick gearey, bbc news.to get better as the tournaments go on and we build on confidence, so pleased with the start today, and there is a lot of room for us to improve for next week and a few things to tidy up on, with the breakdown and a few things. yeah, that will be our focus for this week. barcelona's lionel messi won the fifa best men's player of the year this evening in milan, while usa's megan rapinoe won the women's award. it's the 6th time messi has won the award, he beat cristiano ronaldo and virgilvan djik. england's lucy bronze and american alex morgan missed out to rapinoe — she scored 6 goals for the usa on the way to their world cup victory. and also became a vocal advocate for many of the issues facing women footballers during the world cup — and continued that theme this evening in her acceptance speech. i feel like, if we ifeel like, if we really i feel like, if we really want to have meaningful change, what i think is most inspiring would be if everybody other than... if they were as outra

patrick gearey, bbc news.ens are being given one last manicure, the fairway is a final trim, and a field of the finest players in the world have assembled for the world have assembled for the final major of the golfing calendar and it is all taking place at the sport's spiritual home in st andrews. the women's open tees off on thursday but the playing to the first time at st andrews featuring defending champion charley hull. she says just keeping warm on the famous course will be difficult enough. course will be difficult enough-— course will be difficult enou:h. ., , ., enough. you can prepare all you want, enough. you can prepare all you want. monday — enough. you can prepare all you want, monday through - enough. you can prepare all you i want, monday through wednesday, but it's all about the weather and taking it a shot at a time. and it's also fun because it's a different creative side to golf where you work the ball and sometimes more than you are used to because you are hitting bumps and runs and its mo

patrick gearey reports.ch will go into a fifth day but india will inevitably win it with needing just one wicket to do so. with needing just one wicket to do so. england suffered batting colla pses. so. england suffered batting collapses. jennings caught behind. alastair cook caught in the slips sparking doubts about how much longer he will go on in this england side. 0llie pope, another caught in the slips. ben stokes and jos buttler showed resistance, stokes to his slowest test 50 just after tea. the real starjos buttler going for his maiden test century. an innings that shows his maturity as a test batsman. he was trapped lbw by the bowler who took the new ball. 0ver twojimmy bowler who took the new ball. 0ver two jimmy anderson and bowler who took the new ball. 0ver twojimmy anderson and adil rashid to see out the final overs to take this into a fifth day. it might only last one ball. it is inevitable india will make the series 2—1.m was important to turn up and show character and fight and not give it t

patrick gearey, thank you, and andy swiss _ anfield. at the etihad, - anfield. patrick gearey, thank you, | and andy swiss at the etihad, thank you. match of the day is on bbc1 at 10:30pm tonight to look back on all the action. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall are to appear in a special platinum jubilee episode of eastenders. they visited the set of the bbc soap in march — it's now emerged while there they were filmed for an episode to be broadcast on the 2nd ofjune. rhaya barton reports. eastenders theme. when tv royalty meets real—life royalty. this was the duke and duchess of cornwall visiting albert square back in march. but it wasn't just a social visit. we now know the royal couple will be starring in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders to celebrate the queen spending 70 years on the throne. cheering. they won't be tangling with the mitchells or setting up on the market, though. they will be dropping in on a street party celebration as themselves. it's one of the best days of my life, honestly. and i mean that. i'm su

patrick gearey, bbc victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, bbc news.ighlights of today's prmier league games, but here come the results, if you want them. liverpool are now 16 points clear at the top of the table after they beat manchester united 2—0 at anfield. virgil van dijk and mohamed salah scored the goals. in the day's other match, burnley beat leicester 2—1. that's your sport. that is it for us, a first look on the paper is coming up hello. this is bbc news. the prime minister has said he will raise the ‘driving habits' of us military personnel with the secretary of state, mike pompeo, after video footage emerged of another incident of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road, near the army base where harry dunn died. police also revealed details of a third incident in which a police vehicle was struck by a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in october. we are certainly raising all those issues about the driving habits of us personnel at the base and we are continuing to work forjustice for harry dunn and for his family. the

patrick gearey, bbc news.ng the fans back gave them joy and against a big rival like leeds. i think today was almost the perfect day.

patrick gearey reports from the oval in london.ok at it, as hosts and favourites, this is their opening to do what they have tried to do over 18 attempts in 42 years. win a one—day trophy. we have been here before — well, not here, but up the road at lord's. 1975, the first cricket world cup, won on english soil by west indian skill. since then, kits, bats and hairstyles have changed. the outcome hasn't. until now, perhaps? if you are near an england net session today, you are best off keeping an eye out. these guys are specialists in big hits, and big scores. what's bad news for visiting bowlers and local pigeons is good news for expectant england fans! coming into the tournament as one of the favourites is pretty flattering. this trophy, and the world cup, they are huge opportunities for this squad of players. they are hard—working and talented, and recognise that we do have something special. making the most of that is hopefully gathering some silverware along the way. bangladesh remember when england got it wrong. these were th

patrick gearey, bbc news.ic the professional footballers association has been telling us its seen a rise in the number of footballers — current and former — accessing its counselling services for mental health. and they fear with the financial instability in the sport at the moment, things could get worse. in 2016, they had 160 members get in touch for mental health support. by 2019 that number was up to 653. and for 2020 — that number was already at 46a in september, and could surpass last year's total by the end of this year. as part of mental health awareness week i've been speaking to former brentford player michael bennett who's director of player welfare at the pfa. i think initially it was the financial aspect of things which we re financial aspect of things which were causing anxiety and low moods that define our situation where you had players who had been caught up in the panic of buying food spending made they did not have. you had financial concerns coming to an end with their contracts particularl

leclerc was a good friend of the huberts — as patrick gearey reports.for the driver killed in the formula 2 race here yesterday, he was only 22. a tragic reminder of the risks drivers face as an occupational hazard. it's lights out and away we go! at these speeds anything can happen. many of the crowd had come to watch max verstappen, born in belgium and yet his race was over within a lap. most importantly, he was unharmed. meanwhile, lewis hamilton was chasing the ferraris. hamilton took longer in the pits than he might have but in his mercedes he knows he can make up time. he passed sebastian vettel into second and went after charles leclerc but the man from monaco had extra motivation to win his first grand prix. he'd race with his friend for many years. difficult to enjoy the weekend like this. some achievement but one of the moments of his life had been put in a sober context. some things are more important. patrick gearey, bbc news. on the one hand, i have got a dream that has been realised. on the other hand it has been a really difficult weekend

patrick gearey, bbc news at its best and.wicket and to get 260, that was good. we never let them get to six per over. from that point of view it was clinical by the bowlers, especially looking at how flat the wicket was, i think they adapted really well. at the stuttgart open second seed grigor dimitrov has been knocked out by poland's world number 155 jerzy janowicz. the bulgarian goes the same way as top seed roger federer who was beaten on wednesday with janowicz winning 7—6, 6—3 and he'll now play france's benoit paire for a place in the semi—finals. no problems for third seed thomas berdych who is now the highest remaining seed when he was a straight sets winner over australia's bernard tomic. the czech progressing 7—6, 6—2 and he'll now face spain's feliciano lopez in the quarter—finals. ajax captain davey klaassen has signed for english premier league club everton for a fee of around $30 million. the netherlands midfielder has made 163 appearances for ajax, scoring 49 goals, winning three eredivisie titles. in what has

it's been a brilliant tournament for both, as patrick gearey reports.rhaps nothing is more unlikely than the story of nadia podoroska. behind these steps is a meandering journey of thousands of miles from rosario, argentina through battles with body and money. two or three years ago, i had too many injuries. i drop my ranking and eight months i was out of the tour. and then, i did not have money to start playing the tournament and it was a very tough moment for me. all but one of her grand slams had ended in the anonymity of qualifying, but she broke through, stunning in the quarterfinal. no qualifier has ever made it this far this event, but that is where it got complicated. opponent iga swiatek is ranked 54th in the world but clearly hurtling higher. nadia podoroska said she didn't want to wake from her french open dream, but the iga swiatek forehand was a brutal grooming alarm call. the polish woman isjust i9 and has a teenager's disregard for the speed limit. those rockets clocked 80 mph. she had already left her opponent in the dust. nadia podorosk

patrick gearey, bbc news. djokovic under contorversial circumstances. he was disquaified after hitting a lines judge with a ball. he's spoken about what happened and says he'll learn from his mistakes. of course, it's a bit of a shock to finish in that way, but it is what it is. you know, life goes on. hopefully i can, you know, learn a big lesson from that and move on. you know, i did talk with the lady, laura, and checked on her after the match to see if she was fine, she said she was fine. so, thank god no one was really hurt badly. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now. former fifa secretary generaljerome valcke and the chairman of qatar—based media group bein sports, nasser al—khelaifi, have gone on trial over the award of television rights for the world cup and confederations cup. both men deny wrongdoing. formula one bosses are looking into whether lewes hamilton broke rules at the tuscan grand prix yesterday by wearing a t—shirt highlighting police brutality. a spokesman said the ma

patrick gearey reports. sam billings had been busy.t behind the wheel, this morning behind the stumps. he had driven from canterbury to headingley to be a covid replacement. in front of him, new zealand's roadblock. tom blundell and daryl mitchell have spent three testifying england. now they build a lead. and slowly tucked in. england's scribbling for crumbs, both kiwis made 50s, always staying just out of reach, always surviving. such was there escape all that you that even being given out was no guarantee. mitchell wanted this checked, but he was in line this time. relief, belief. now, jack leach assigned opening. this one bold tim southee and bruised sam billings. the next trick she was kinder for billings. the next trick she was kinderfor him. neil wagner caught kinder for him. neil wagner caught by kinderfor him. neil wagner caught by billings, leg behind wicket. it is in here somewhere! there. leach would end up with five the innings, ten in the match, and when would be to 96 to win. when they chase, they chase hard. this englan

patrick gearey, bbc news.ew 2024 tennis season is already under way with the united cup mixed team competition in australia and great britain beat the hosts to get the tournament off to a winning start. katie boulter secured the vital victory in the three rubber tie with a straight sets win over ajla tomljanovic. the british number one winning 6—2, 6—4just after her team—mate had beaten her boyfriend. cameron norrie is the former, australia's alex de minaur the latter. the british number one claiming a three set victory and after the tie was won, boulter said it was �*super awkward�* but she �*hopes de minaur will still have me�*. britain can reach the united cup quarterfinals if they beat the usa on sunday. meanwhile over in brisbane... rafa nadal is preparing to return to the court after a year out, ahead of a year that may well be his last in the sport. nadal�*s most recent competitive match was injanuary at the australian open, which he�*s also preparing for next week. after missing the other three slams i

patrick gearey reports. you cannot escape cricket in india.rist before the series even started. to win in india, body and mind must be aligned. we are to be mentally resilient in these conditions. that will be a real challenge for us, as it always is. you have to be prepared to play the long game and to outpace the other side. that will be a really important factor in the four games. england tend to be subordinate on the subcontinent. over the six series in the past 30 years, they've won only once in india. four years ago, they lost 4—0. and this time, of course, there will be a bubble. on arrival, england were swabbed up and then locked. to try and release the pressure, england in the likes of ben stokes and john for archer timeout before the tour and others will be rested during the series but not entirely noncontroversially. anyone who is criticising it has never been in a bubble for months. i think we need to get in and out because, at the end of the day, humans are social people, and if you're not having a great game or are not feeling go

patrick gearey, bbc news.stretched his lead over lewis hamilton in the formula one championship after an incident—packed azerbaijan grand prix. the german was fourth but was given a time penalty for bumping into hamilton's mercedes behind the saftey car, and the british world champion had a separate fault with his car that feliciano lopez is the new champion at queens. the spaniard came from a set down to beat marin cilic in the aegon championships, and there was a very popular winner in birmingham. with wimbledon starting a week tomorrow, the two—time champion petra kvitova beat the australian ashleigh barty in three sets in the aegon classic final. it was only her second tournament after recovering from a hand injury sustained during a knife attack last year. all this week on bbc news we have been highlighting some of the issues faced by women in sport. sailing is dominated by men. only 3% of professionals sailors are female, dominated by men. only 3% of professionals be ors are female, skill, endurance, str

patrick gearey, bbc news.en begin their summer tomorrow in a one—off test against south africa. it'll be the first time since 2003 the two have met in a red ball game, and captain heather knight feels the women have a big responsibility in the longest form. it honestly feels like every time we play a test match, we're fighting for the format a little bit. and it's quite hard not to think of that as a player, because, ultimately, you're trying to do the best with the situation in front of you, you're not trying to think too far ahead about the format, but i do think we are always judged on that. and there's a slightly more attritional section of players than there is in men's test cricket. i think we're judged slightly differently sometimes, and then the debate starts to go, "should women be playing test cricket?" so, yeah, we certainly feel that pressure. test match special has live online commentary of that match, which starts tomorrow at 11am. you can also watch in—play video clips via the bbc sport website

patrick gearey, bbc news.d the cricketing world — so let's get a feel for things in india — with cricket commentator, prakash wakankar. it is probably diwali and christmas, and all other festivals coming together. it's that kind of celebration. i can only think back to 1971 when india first one at the oval, one a series against england 0val, one a series against england where this kind of fervor — and i'd dare say it matches the 1983 world cup when too — you had chairman of large companies and a young man on the corner store, everybody glued to whatever was going on. as the new started filtering and that india actually one, there was a sense of disbelief that turned into absolute iby -- disbelief that turned into absolute joy —— as the news started filtering in. joy -- as the news started filtering in. ~ ~' ., joy -- as the news started filtering in. we know the special relationship the indians have _ in. we know the special relationship the indians have with _ in. we know the special relationship the indians

patrick gearey has this report. that searing pace, it is two!he moments that make football what it is, the explosion of uncontrolled toy that comes with scoring a goal breaks among sport's great highs, and experience to be shared, but this is not an age of hogging. affable has been told to tighten up and spaced out, to isolate and celebrate at the same time. —— now football has been. that might mean this is the final chorus for non—league chorley even if they get another unlikely win in the cup. and... i don't even celebrate goals, because of the var, i adapt, with certain direction of controlling emotions, that i believe players can also can do a little bit of the same. premier league players are tested far more regularly than those at the levels below, and if you play football, by keeping two metres apart from everyone else, you're probably not doing it right. so is there much point in relegating celebrating? to control the emotions when you're going to hundred miles an houragain, it when you're going to hundred miles an hour again, it is... w

patrick gearey, bbc news.inals of the vienna open, as world number one novak djokovic suffered the heaviest defeat of his career. the serb was beaten in straight sets by italy's lorenzo sonego, who is ranked 42nd in the world and only came into the tournament as a lucky loser. afterwards, sonego described the win as the best of his life. it's the first time djokovic has ever been beaten by such a margin, winning just three games. waiting for sonego in the last four will be britain's dan evans, who overcame grigor dimitrov in three sets to reach his second atp 500 semifinal of the year. chris gayle has become the first batsman to hit 1,000 sixes in t20 cricket. the west indies batsman achieved the feat in the ipl for his kings 11 punjab side with some trademark huge hitting. how h ow ofte n how often have we seen that? it didn't end too well, though, as he was remarkably bowled out on 99 — you can see how frustrated he was — just one short of his century! he's hit over 300 more sixes than anybody else. and i'm

patrick gearey, bbc news at the oval.— flat racing's premier event. this is eminent, and his father is the great, undefeated frankel. but unlike other frankel foals, which have sold for millions of dollars, eminent failed to sell at auction. but trainer martin meede saw something in him, and persuaded owner sir peter vella to invest. so far theirfaith has been rewarded and tim hague's been to the home of british horse racing — newmarket — to find out more. iam here i am here at sefton lodge, one of newmarket‘s most historic stables, named after the 1878 derby winner, sefton. they hope here that they had the 2017 derby winner in their midst, eminent, the sun of the great frankel. i rode in the derby last year. i finished frankel. i rode in the derby last year. ifinished insects. this horse would be a lot better. —— ifinished in sixth. it is a wide—open race but hopefully he can come out in front. he seems playful, how is he to manage? he has a lovely temperament, frankel can be a little hot, but he seems to have a really g

patrick gearey reports .ered for the kandy crunch — anticipating a short, sweet finish. they needed just three sri lankan wickets to win the series. moeen ali took the first and most significant of them. when niroshan dickwella departed, so did his team's chances of an unlikely victory. the end came quickly. two balls later moeen baffled suranga lakmal, then pushpakumara pushed back a sitter to jack leach. his fifth wicket in the innings, and england's first win in sri lanka for 17 years. to come here and perform as we have done, and manage to soak up the pressure and played back on the opposition for long periods of time as well, to hold our nerve, shows a lot of maturity for what is quite an inexperienced side in this part of the world. it's a victory that is in sharp contrast to england's recent away form. it is highly significant. sri lanka have a reputation of ambushing visitors here on pitches that suit them. the fact that they have won not just these first two test matches but also the twenty20 series

patrick gearey has more.ulder and the latest blow to england's world cup hopes. this was the tackle which would rule him out of his nation's tricky opening match against argentina. add to that that captain owen farrell who will miss two games in the tournament due to his own yet more challenges for a team that has struggled for form for some time now. england have been desperate for form. we don't know how they are supposed to be planned, they don't score tries, as pushover try against wales. there is no pattern. i don't think teams are particularly worried, they have lost their aura. this was not where england or they would be. eddiejones who led them to the last world cup final was supposed to take them into this one but he was sacked the end of last year, replaced by steve borthwick who couldn't lift the team beyond fourth in the six nations. england, it seems, were being bypassed. the world cup warm—ups have left many calls, so do the players really believe they can win the tournament? i wouldn't be here

patrick gearey, bbc news.action to that historic point forjamaica with that goalless draw against france. massive for us. the past few weeks, past year, we faced quite a lot of stuff. together as a team we knew that we stuck together behind the scenes and we knew we wanted to come here and cause upsets and get what we deserve out of the game because we are a good team ourselves and a lot of people put us down and say we have not got a chance of getting out of the group, don't have this, don't have that. what i do know is that group of players have a lot of togetherness and are passionate about this tournament. translation: it was a frustrating match i because we had more than one chance to score. in the first half we missed too many chances. we lacked the technical accuracy to be able to put their team in more difficulty. there were a very compact, very aggressive. but we got a point. we will have to win the other two matches. three more games on monday, italy take on argentina and brazilface panama, but all e

patrick gearey, bbc news.s business at westminster and the government s failure once again to get its key brexit policy through parliament. events have once again highlighted how polarising and paralysing brexit has been to the political process. my colleague reeta chakrabarti looks now at the effect the brexit vote has had on the westminster political system and its future. the british people have spoken and the answer is we're out. the message from voters seemed clear. brexit means brexit, and we are going to make a success of it. but, after numerous trips to brussels and showdowns with the cabinet, nearly 1,000 days on, there's deadlock and division. has brexit proved too much for our political system? i sat down with three experts to get their take. it's the most difficult issue for parliament to resolve because, for the first time ever in our constitutional history, mps are being asked to enact something they do not believe in. the vast majority of mps were for remain, the majority in the cabinet voted re

patrick gearey reports. once upon a time you could find wolves all over europe. in wolverhampton, they were frequent travellers, one of england's best taking on the continent. in 1972, they reach their europa cup fi

patrick gearey, bbc news.t the only surprise on day nine, with the second seed, and australian open champion, caroline wozniacki, knocked out. she was beaten by russian daria kasatkina a former french open junior champion. rafael nadal‘s progress to the quarter finals has been as serene as you might expect. that iith french open title a step closer after a straight sets win over germany's maximilian marterer. england bowler chris woakes has been ruled out of sunday's one—day international against scotland. he took four wickets in the test win over pakistan but he also picked up a thigh strain and joins ben stokes on the injury list. surrey‘s tom curran comes in. meanwhile englnad's women have recalled pace bowler katherine brunt and wicketkeeper sarah taylor for the first two matches of their one—day series against south africa. the three—match series starts at new road on saturday so just before we go, if being told you're not in your country's world cup squad is bad enough, imagine having to see your rejecti

patrick gearey reports. day one of the paralympic games, and the story begins.arah storey will chase her first gold of the games which could see her make british paralympic history. the long miles on road and track led to this — when the three titles she won in rio, and shall become britain's most successful paralympian with 17 gold medals. janik it would be amazing to defend all medals. janik it would be amazing to defend al �* ., ., defend all three. i'm going to get close and get _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i think- defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i think it - close and get two. i think it would just be something that i don't know whether i would see that's believe it when i saw it. both physically and mentally, it's good, and obviously it can be a personal best time that further cements that you've been doing the right work. march 2019, and her preparations for these games were all going to play o

patrick gearey, bbc news. yeah, lots to look forward to.ng from a car crash, which this evening, the los angeles county sheriff has said was caused by "driving at a speed that was unsafe". they said he was travelling at up to 87 mph in february, when the speed limit was 45. there's lots more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, but that's all the sport for now. have a good night. hello there. it was a cold, frosty start on wednesday with sunshine, but the cloud arrived and we closed out wednesday with quite a lot of clout around, acting like a blanket through the night, so temperature is not falling quite as far. in actual fact the wind direction changing for thursday to more of the westerly, and that's going to drive something in the tool less cold across the country, with the darker blues the quarterjust being pushed out of the way for one day at least. also got some rain arriving with this area of low pressure, the wettest and the windiest of the weather always going to be into the far north—west for thursday. so, quite a lo

patrick gearey, bbc news, silverstone.ow and park sung—hyun of south korea has won the us women's open at trump national to pick up her first lpga title in her debut season. the 23—year—old carded a final—round five—under—par 67 to finish on 11 under in newjersey. she beat her compatriot, 17—year—old amateur choi hye—jin by two shots. a south korean has won the us open seven times in the past 10 years. spaniard rafa cabrera—bello birdied the first play—off hole to deny callum shinkwin and capture the scottish open. carded an eight—under course record 64 to finish the regulation 72 holes in 13 under. cabrera—bello needed a brilliant final round to put himself in contention — he duly obliged with eight birdies including this one on the 12th as well as no bogeys. but for most of the day it seemed england's callum shinkwin was on course for victory. in fact, the world number 405 needed only a par 5 at the final hole to take the trophy and double his career earnings. he missed the putt to send the competition to a play off. cab

patrick gearey has the story.ger bannister, - third from the left, gets away at the iffley ground, oxford, for the race of his life. and so began 3:59.11 seconds of british sporting history. archive: chris brasher. setting the pace in front. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event and something of a landmark for the country. but it had to be me attempting it, so it was entangled with my own effort. bannister, training to be a doctor, was trying to prove something, perhaps to himself, having slipped to fourth at the olympics two years earlier. but he was also engaged in an experiment. at the time, some scientists believed you would kill yourself trying to run a mile in four minutes. bannister disagreed. his friend chris brasher was tasked with setting the correct pace and tempering bannister�*s enthusiasm. we seemed to be going so slowly. impatiently, i shouted, "faster." but brasher kept his head and didn't change the pace. bannister was an amateur, running was secondary to his studies, and he'd

patrick gearey, bbc news. british and irish lions have arrived in new zealand ahead of their 10 match tour. head coach warren gatland has admitted they have a tough schedule ahead. they landed in auckland overnight — just three days before their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland urges players not to listen to the negativity. i've mentioned how difficult the schedule was for 12 months. for people to talk about it now seems a little bit ironic, as we've all been well aware of it and how tough it is. you cannot well on it, we cannot change it. if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those sorts of things worry you, it is going to influence a team. it is what it is, and we are excited about it, looking forward to it. the schedule is tough, but some of those tough games are going to get a slice preparation for the test series. it's been a long couple of months since

patrick gearey, bbc news.is evening — lets take a look at some of the other football headlines. wales women are leading the faroe islands 4—0 in their latest qualifier for the european championships next year. they lost to norway last month so a win here would keep their hopes alive. glasgow city will host ireland's peamount united in the first qualifying round of the women's champions league. the single—leg match is on november the 3rd or 4th. and fifa's boss gianni infantino says he's not interested in a proposed european super league. fifa were said to support plans for a 18—team tournament worth £4.6 billion. liverpool and manchester united were among five premier league clubs set to be included. now to some shocking statistics which show 43% of premier league footballers have experienced targeted racist abuse. raheem sterling, wilfred zaha and adebayo akinfenwa were three of the 44 players whose social media accounts were analysed in the study by the professional footballers association over the final six

patrick gearey, bbc news.nd you really had to remain focused. we peered onto the slick tyre at a little moment but made a nice 360 so it was nice. we enjoyed that. of course, to come out on top here, it was all about not trying to make too many mistakes and really tricky conditions but it was amazing to win. the world aquatics championship ended in gwangju, south korea, on sunday with caeleb dressel of the usa becoming the first man to win eight medals at a single world championships. dressel helped his country to silver in the 4—by—100 metres medley relay, adding to his record breaking collection. the race was won by great britain in a thrilling finish, with adam peaty claiming his third gold of the championships in the process. peaty retained both his 50 metres and 100 metres breaststroke titles earlier in the week. meanwhile, the usa won the women's 4—by—100 metres medley relay final, setting a new world record in the process. the quartet of regan smith, lilly king, kelsi dahlia and simone manuel beat their

patrick gearey, bbc news. and the british horse racing authority is to bar inexperienced apprentice jockey gina mangan from riding rank outsider dee—ore lear in saturday's epsom derby. the authority says its made the decision to put responsibility first. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy editor of the political news website, reaction. and 0wen bennett, deputy political editor of huff post uk. welcome to you both. tomorrow's front pages. the guardian sasteremy corbyn challenged amber rudd over the impact of the government's spending cuts following his last minute decision to take part in the bbc election debate. the daily telegraph notes that the home secretary represented theresa may in the debate, just 48 hours after the death of amber rudd's father. the times reports that the prime minister is concentrating on brexit after her refusal to take part in tonight

patrick gearey was watching.n park is one of the few places on merseyside that you are allowed to meet your neighbours. in the league, everton started this derby ahead. in the match, the opposite. sadio mane scored for liverpool after just two minutes, and after five, they threatened again. if the play had been offside, it would have been a penalty. as it was, it only ended the van dijk‘s match. with great defenders, you notice the most when they're not there. michael keane was there and it was 1—1. liverpool conceded seven in the last match, and for all the tactical manoeuvring, sometimes it's about pure instinct of players like mohamed salah. once everton might have folded, but in dominic calvert—lewin, they have a player reaching more improbable heights. his tenth of the season already. it seemed like henderson had won it. now there's always a cheque. sadio mane offside by an inch. this was a derby that really was that close. patrick gearey, bbc news, liverpool. liverpool managerjurgen klopp said it was the be

patrick gearey, bbc news.s caretaker coach graham thorpe admits england are suffering with a number of injuries — but will fight on to try and salvage a draw on the final day. we've obviously got some blows to some fingers, but i'm sure the lads will take whatever they need to take to get themselves into a position where they are capable of performing tomorrow. so, they'll all bat and they will do their very best. i know that. so work to do for england who could still be helped by the weather, with rain predicted on sunday. former england bowler alex hartley is alongside our reporter henry moeran. this was another entertaining, if difficult day for england here at the scg, with australia piling on the bronze after gaining the wickets, giving some hope at one stage. —— piling on the runs. the headline news was it was back on the side, becoming the first australian in two years to score two 100s in a test match. what a performance from him. it's left england with a mighty target, 388 realistically, their hope ha

patrick gearey reports. kick—off, new year's day — tired arsenal and manchester city fans must hope their luck improves in 2022. referees, of course, can't afford to be bleary eyed, for soon, stuart attwell had a decision to make. no arsenal penalty, he said. and on reflection, var confirmed. not without question. arsenal didn't dwell on that, though. no time to, no need to. bukayo saka extended the new year's celebrations. only the manager missed out — he's in covid isolation. but in the second half came the hitch. a handful of bernardo silva's shirt, enough for a manchester city penalty and thanks to riyad mahrez, an equaliser, too. now the game hurtled into a chaotic fast forward. a mistake, somehow city's nathan ake saved a goal, somehow arsenal's gabriel martinelli missed one. and just seconds later, the gunners' other gabriel, already booked, got himself sent off. arsenal's party was now a lock—out. could they stop city? stoppage time, the league leaders advanced and rodri won it. for those who came fr

patrick gearey, bbc news.me of the days other sports stories: lee westwood survived a nervy finish at golf‘s abu dhabi championship, to win his first title for 11! months. he needed a par at the last to win — and he birdied it to make sure, finishing two shots clear. the ufc‘s conor mcgregor made his return to the octagon in style — beating his opponent donald cowboy cerrone in — just forty seconds flat. scottish championship leaders dundee united came from behind twice to earn replay at hibernian in the scottish cup — louis appere with the eqauliser. manchester city are top of the women's super league after a 2—0 win at birmingham city. as arsenal slipped to second after being thrashed 4—1 at home to chelsea. sam kerr finally got her first goal in a chelsea shirt. with the win taking them to within a point of top spot. jess softley reports. plenty at stake for these two sides, a win for chelsea would put them one point behind arsenal. with their stars ready to shine, chelsea did not take long to assert their

patrick gearey, bbc news at edgbaston. plenty to look forward to there, for sure.ember at the us open in los angeles, for frenchman, matthieu pavon. he became the first player from france to card a hole—in—one, with a 124—yard effort on the 15th. pavon finished the day at 1—over. rickie fowler shot an 8—under 62, the lowest round in us open history, with ten birdies and two bogeys. but, just moments later, his round was matched by fellow american, xander shauffele, who also finished his opening round on 8—under. full details of the first round on the bbc sport website, at the ususal address. at the usual address. now onto tennis, and andy murray reached the nottingham 0pen quarterfinals with a 6—3, 7—5 victory over france's hugo grenier, to cap a record—breaking day for british tennis. murray claimed his first title on home soil since wimbledon in 2016, with his win at surbiton last week. he is ranked 44th in the world, and trying to secure a top—32 seeding for wimbledon. the victory came after katie boulter, harriet dart and jodie burragejoined heather watson in t

patrick gearey, bbc news.ol managerjurgen klopp said it was the best game they'd played at everton since he took over, but he was utterly baffled by that late var decision. somebody showed me the situation with the henderson goal and i don't know where the line is and where you can do offside. ijust don't understand it. so, yes, obviously we should have won this game, but we didn't. so we accept that obviously. so everton stay top, with liverpool second, but chelsea missed the chance to move into the top four this afternon, surrendering a 2—0 lead to draw 3—3 with southampton. chelsea were flying thanks to two strikes from timo werner, his first premier league goals since joining in the summer. but southampton weren't about to lay down, and theo walcott‘s shot was turned in by danish defender jannik vestergaard in injury time. and their manager was pleased with the team's resilience. arsenal also lost ground today. they were beaten by manchester city at the etihad. raheem sterling with the only goal of the gam

patrick gearey reports.rough shaded eyes, football is back, if it ever went away! european qualifiers began weeks ago, for a start, and both of these teams already had pre—season tours. manchester city's featured 18—year—old phil foden, a young englishman who they see as the future, and he set up a star of the recent past. aguero! aguero's 200th goal for the club. if he represents city's continuity, at chelsea, it is all change. meet maurizio sarri, their new manager, a former banker with a gambler‘s instinct for attack. easier in theory than practice against a side like this. aguero again. time for a break, temperatures at wembley meant water and instructions were taken. it took until the final minutes for anything to filter through for chelsea. tammy abra ham thwarted by claudio bravo, 2—0 it finished. pep guardiola's champions seem in no mood to settle. this shield is a statement. patrick gearey, bbc news. steven gerrard had a lot to deal with in his first scottish premiership game in charge of rangers. a