could he britain‘s adam yates in the famous yellowjersey. could he hold on?ng but. the toughest stage of the race so far, not everybody would make it put this with european champion jacques nizzolo, his race over. this post on despite the pain. the descents were no more straightforward and for a time yates looks to be struggling with his lead under threat as challengers squeezed through, tightening the gap. france‘s nans peters emerging victorious at the end of the stage, at the moment for him but behind the race was unfolding. yates summoning just enough strength, his rivals on his back but for now, so too is that yellow jersey. the british athletics championships have continued in manchester this afternoon but the finish of the day had to be in the men‘s 800 metres where there was a huge run from dan rowden who simply found an extra gear to glide past jake wightman with 50 metres to go. a big result for rowden who underwent surgery in april last year. meanwhile 18—year—old keely hodgkinson won the women‘s title. in the field, morgan lake claimed her fifth s

britain's adam yates will wear the leader's yellow jersey for a fourth day, after the first high mountainge of the tour de france. he came under attack several times on stage eight in the pyrenees, but he finished in a group containing many of the overall

adam yates‘ twin brother simon has moved into the lead of the tirreno—adriatico race in italy. important warm up for the giro d'italia, which gets under way next month. yates won the toughest stage of the race to move into a 16—second lead. fellow briton geraint thomas finshed second to move up to third overall with three stages to go. now, just a week after breaking the one—hour world record on his return to the track at the diamond league meeting in brussels, mo farah is competing in the antrim coast half marathon tomorrow. and the four—time olympic champion is on the hunt for more records — he's looking to lower his own british record at the event. he's been speaking to our reporter nigel ringland. for me personally, it's a big advantage to me to be able to come offa advantage to me to be able to come off a marathon into go to straight olympics within a year. it is difficult and the reason why is you have not had as many races, you have been away a little bit longer, so in a way it gives me a chance to more races. last week, the one our world record, that was amazing, to brea

britain's adam yates, the only man who launched a challenge on the colombian, but he was soon at ratesheir strength in the front. tadej pogacar went to when the stage. —— win the stage. meanwhile britain's simon yates holds the leader's blue jersey with one stage to go at the tirreno—adriatico in italy. yates leads poland's rafael majka by 16 seconds, with 2018 tour de france winner geraint thomas 23 seconds further back. the final stage is a 10 kilometre time trial. italy's franco morbidelli won the san marino grand prix to claim the first moto gp win of his career. his yamaha team—mate fabio ouartararo lost his championship lead after crashing twice forced him to retire from the race at misano. morbidelli got a brilliant start from second on the grid to overtake pole sitter maverick vinales and then lead the race to the chequered flag. that's all from sportsday. ican i can tell you that australia are 82 for two in their reply at. 232 the target. you can follow it all online. that is it from us. now its time for click.

adam yates says it is not the way he imagine himself taking the podium at the tour de france.writer to wear the yellow jersey. this was supposed to be a quiet day for everybody except the sprinters. not even so much as a breakaway as the race cruised down the valley. only highlight, sam bennett winning the intermediate sprint to take the provisional lead in the green jersey competition. julian looked comfortable in the leaders yellow like most of the peleton, saving his legs for tomorrow. the first sign of excitement came at the sprint team line—up for the big finish with the former cyclo—cross champion van arce took the stage one, third—place gave sam bennett the green jersey. that looked like it — until the commission era saw this. julian on that right hand of the road, the yellowjersey, taking a water bottle inside of the last 20 km. that cost the frenchman 120 seconds and with it the race lead. drew savage, bbc news. manchester united have signed netherlands midfielder donny van de beek from ajax for 35 million pounds, plus five million in add—ons, on a five—year contract.

britain's adam yates has retained the leaders yellow jersey at the tour de france, after comfortably parrott has the story of the day. wearing the yellow jersey at the tour de france changes the attitude notjust the right of wearing about those around him. yates usually sets towards the back of the main group. watches and then reacts. he started stage sex like that while his mitchell ten scott team was setting up the pace for the pilot on. —— stage six. reigning champion moved to the fourth yates now had to follow. i had of them was this brutal climb. lukashenko the wasn't a threat and an overall lead allowed to break clear. dropping rivals one by one until he was unassailable. yates started the tour looking for a stage victories and had earmarked this as one he could win. finishing tenth keeps it on his shoulders for another day. how long it stays there is up to him. there's been a big upset in super league with leaders wigan beaten 3a—i8 by bottom of the table hull kingston rovers. rovers hadn't won a league match since their opening round of the season, but a hat—trick from greg m

adam yates is up to fifth overall, the british rider is just over two minutes behind roglic.as told sportsday that his main aim hasn't changed from what it was when the race first began. i still want to try and win a stage. it wasn't to be, but there are plenty of stages coming up, and there's going to be a stage when it goes ballistic and hopefully we can be in goes ballistic and hopefully we can beina goes ballistic and hopefully we can be in a position to take advantage of that. but you are still —— you've still got to have the legs. we will see, i guess. we've got a couple tricky stages, especially the mobile stages are tricky stages, especially the mobile stages a re really tricky stages, especially the mobile stages are really hard to climb, especially the final 6—7 ks, whatever it is. even after that, they've got over 4000 metres climbing, stage 18, even more. you have to back—up your performances and, again, like i keep saying to my son like a broken record, but i did good today, so hopefully that train continues. a great day for the yates family actually — adam's twi

adam yates, still hunting for a stage win, was up there but couldn't quite match the leaders.e's still fifth overall. everyone expected pogacar to fight it out with roglic for the yellowjersey on the steepest climb of the whole race, but there was an unexpected extra dimension. the colombian, miguel angel lopez, fourth this morning, got away from them. a brilliant stage win to move up to third place. but he ran out of road to catch them in the overall standings. roglic in yellow, disappearing out of pogacar‘s sight as he rode to the line. that may be as close as anyone gets. and the giro vosa came down to the final seconds. marianne voss took her 18th stage win at this race and her 18th stage win at this race and her third this year. she leads by nearly two minutes with three stages to go. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. take care, see you soon. the home secretary, priti patel, has insisted the police are engaging with the local community and focusing on non—compliance over the rule of six. priti patel was speaking during a visit to kensingto

while britain's adam yates is now fifth overall. drew savage reports.r bernal was left behind. a change in the balance of sport. the yellow and black colours of the jumbo—vista team dominating at the front of the race to climb the mountains. they set a punishing pace. they pipped bernal to win the eighth tour de france in nine years, but the winner was losing second and minutes. yates stayed with the group to move up yates stayed with the group to move up to face, but two slovenians showed their strength at the front. his possibly the only rider who can knock primoz roglic off his perch. meanwhile britain's simon yates holds the leader's blue jersey with one stage to go at the tirreno—adriatico in italy. yates finished safely in the main group to lead poland's rafael majka by 16 seconds, with 2018 tour de france winner geraint thomas 23 seconds further back. the final stage is a 10 kilometre time trial. italy's franco morbidelli won the san marino grand prix to claim the first moto gp win of his career. his yamaha team mate fabio quartararo lost his cha

slovenia's primoz roglic retained the overall lead, while adam yates from britain remains eight.avirus ones until the next rest day on monday. nick parrott, bbc news. and the us open tennis continues in new york tonight. you can follow it all live via the bbc sport website and app. that's all from us for now. good night. hello. paul is not quite safely gathered in just yet with regard to the cereals. wednesday shaping up to be a decent day if you're out and about whatever you're up to. a cloudy start for the art of in then things to the re m na nts art of in then things to the rem na nts rem na nts of art of in then things to the remnants remnants of this waterfront gradually trundling its way further south. from the word go, it's a brighter prospect. rector of showers they're getting into the north of scotland. it takes a time before the last of the clouds and the odd dribs and drabs of rain goes to the far south, where it is still pretty humid. a bit fresher for the south, where it is still pretty humid. a bit fresherfor the north. a really fresh start to thursday thanks to an

slovenia's writer maintain the overall lead while adam yates from britain remains eight.nty more tests are to come but no more coronavirus want until the next rest day on monday. england's cricketers are back in action right now. they're playing their third and final t20 against australia in southampton. england already have an unassailble 2—0 lead, and if they win this evening, they will be the number one ranked side in the world, ahead of australia. moeen ali is captaining the side with eoin morgan out with a finger injury. sent out tom hanson forjust two. davitt malan madejust injury. sent out tom hanson forjust two. davitt malan made just do before departing himself and now england are 60—2 from just nine overs. follow dye... follow the rest on follow dye... test match special on five live sports extra and the bbc sport website, where there's also in—play video clips. and there's highlights on bbc two at 11:30pm tonight. let's take a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. essex are into the final of cricket's bob willis trophy. they're guarant

british rider adam yates has retained the yellow jersey after stage seven of the the tour de france.out van aert further strengthened his claim as rider of the season, with a stunning burst to win the stage — his second of the race so far. yates kept up with the leading pack and has hello. it will feel relatively cool this weekend - some shows; most this weekend with some showers. most in the north and the west and there will be some sunshine. the best of that will be further south and east. the winds may net be quite as strong as the last few days —— may not. low pressure to the north, high pressure to the south. in the afternoon, we could see an area of more cloud and longer spells of rain pushing into northern ireland, southwest scotland and across england in north wales. showers running to the midlands. best of the sunshine into the southeast, 18 degrees here. mid teens in the north and west. this feature will spread across the irish sea, bringing patchy rain. isobars on the chart for sunday, so lighter winds but it looks like most of the showers on sunday will be across england

britains' adam yates stays in second place, england's newest striker, mason greenwood, says it's a dreame's squad for the first time. the 18—year—old's been included for the nations league matches against iceland and denmark after impressing for manchester united, where — having started the season as a youth player — he finished as a first team regular. you can be called in at any time. and i was called into some europa league games early in the season. and i took my chance, really. i've just been playing, i just took every game as it came and i've just been out there playing my football. it's a dream come true, really. playing for england is every young boy's dream. so i'm privileged and i'm honoured to be selected because i'm just happy to be here. there's been some transfer activity in the women's game, with chelsea confirming the signing of denmark captain and wolfsburg striker pernille harder. the bbc understands the fee is in excess of £250,000. harder won the domestic double in each of herfour campaigns for wolfsburg, twice finishing as the top scorer in the german top flight. she

and britain's adam yates remains eighth overall at the tour de france after stage 12, on a day when ahi, who turned 22 last month, had twice come close to winning a stage on his debut appearance in the race. he made it third time lucky after breaking clear with seventeen miles to go on the longest stage this year and held on to win by 47 seconds. slovenia's primoz roglic retained the overall lead. and that's all the sport for now. hello, some wet and the windy weather will move south across scotland and northern ireland during friday morning. some of the rain looks quite heavy but by the end of the morning a lot of that will be clearing southwards and through the afternoon, brighter sunnier skies but with a few blustery showers. through the afternoon, the rain reaching into northern england. the rain most substantial to the west of the pennines and eventually towards north wales to end the day. south of that, a few hazy sunny spells under higher temperatures. and for northern england, northern ireland, and scotland, some wind gusts around 45 mph or so. a very narrow area of rain pushi

britain's adam yates slipped back to seventh overall. stage win at long last for team ineos, but it's been a struggle for them during lockdown. we can talk now to cycling journalist michael hutchinson. ifi if i can find him somewhere. there he is. thank you so much forjoining me this evening. finally a tour win bya me this evening. finally a tour win by a team has won seven out of eight so by a team has won seven out of eight so what has gone wrong for them. they have dominated this to work for the last two years and this year it is all gone wrong. essentially it has such a odd year for all sports including cycling, being up in the airfor most of including cycling, being up in the air for most of the year and the tea m air for most of the year and the team has dealt with that very badly. they just don't team has dealt with that very badly. theyjust don't have the writers in the condition that they need to be. it has come to a head and they already in this year's tour have been struggling. is that because of a lock down? because the rider

kateryna kozlova in straight sets, while the 2016 champion and seventeenth seed great britain's adam yatesat the tour de france in controversial circumstances. this morning's leader julian alaphilippe was penalised 20 seconds for illegally taking a water bottle in the last 20 kilometres of stage five, and slips to 16th overall. drew savage reports. adam gase says it is not the way he imagine himself taking the podium at the tour de france. but nevertheless, he will stop tomorrow morning as the ninth british writer to wear the yellow jersey. morning as the ninth british writer to wear the yellowjersey. this was supposed to be a quiet day for everybody except the sprinters. not even so much of the breakaway st race cruise down the your own valley. only highlight, sam bennett winning the intermediate sprint to ta ke winning the intermediate sprint to take the provisional lead in the greenjersey take the provisional lead in the green jersey competition. julian looked comfortable in the leaders yellow like most of the part—time, saving his legs for tomorrow. the first sign of excitement came at

britain's adam yates slipped back to seventh overall. so, a stage win at long last for team ineos,

britain's adam yates slipped back to seventh overall.crashing towards the end of today's seventh stage. the dutch rider broke her wrist and will also miss defending her world title next weekend. belgium's lotte kopecky beat britain's lizzie deignan to win the stage. lizzy banks is the highest placed briton in tenth overall. tennis's fed cup is to be re—named the billie—jean king cup after the tennis great and founder of the wta. the 76—year—old is one of the greatest players of all time and won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. it is the first time a major global team competition has been named after a woman. i don't know what it feels like. i have such different emotions all day and just coming have such different emotions all day andjust coming up have such different emotions all day and just coming up to this day and of course we finally announced it. i am trying to wrap my head around it and pinch myself and all that but i think about a lot what we can do with this opportunity, what i can do for the future gen

britain's adam yates lost a0 seconds, but has moved up to seventh overall.eno—adriatico in italy after winning the toughest stage of the race. fellow briton geraint thomas finished second to move up to third overall with three stages to go. and britain's lizzie deignan's trek—segafredo team won the opening team time trial of the giro rosa, as elisa longo borghini took the leader's jersey on the first stage. the io—stage giro rosa in italy is the only women's grand tour. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. we've got some warm sunshine on the way for this weekend. today we've had a band of cloud and rain heading its way southwards. that rain continuing southwards overnight becoming lighter and more patchy. further north, we'll have some clearer skies but quite a rash of showers blown into scotland and northern ireland. for the northern half of the country, may well be a little bit chillier than it was last night. further south, those temperatures remain in double figures and we've still got that band of cloud producing a few drizzly showers in the m

great britain‘s adam yates has kept hold of the yellow jersey in the tour de france but stage 8 belongedain stage. nans peters claimed his first tour stage win — he was part of an early breakaway and held on. his compatriot, and one of the pre—race favourites, thibaut pinot is effectively out of contention. he was dropped on the second climb of the day. no frenchman has won the race since 1985. britain‘s georgia taylor—brown has become world triathlon champion for the first time. taylor—brown broke clear from compatriotjess learmonth and bermuda‘s flora duffy early in the run section. she gradually extended her advantage to win by nine seconds from duffy with germany‘s laura lindemann third in hamburg. in the men‘s race, france‘s vincent luis defended the title he won for the first time last year. the champion is usually crowned after a series of races across the year, but because of the pandemic it was decided that the 2020 men‘s and women‘s titles would be decided at a one—off event. five—time ashes winner ian bell is going to retire from cricket. he won 118 test caps for england, scor

great britain‘s adam yates is still in the lead at the tour de france.entually won by the frenchman nans peters. there is simply no stopping lewis hamilton at the moment. the world champion will be on pole for tomorrow‘s italian grand prix. he broke the lap record at monza as mercedes secured another 1—2 on the grid. both ferraris finished outside the top ten at their home circuit. that hasn‘t happened for 36 years. the five—time ashes winner ian bell will retire from cricket at the end of the domestic season with warwickshire. he won 118 test caps with england, scoring almost 8,000 runs in an 11—year international career. the 38—year—old says his body can‘t keep up with the demands of the game and he will look to move into coaching. there‘s more on the bbc sport website, including details of a dramatic win for ulster that saw them reach the pro 1a final to face leinster. you can see more on all of today‘s stories on the bbc news channel. that‘s all from me. goodnight. hello, there. it‘s been a day of sunny spells and showers. although the showers were c

adam yates is still hunting for a stage win was up there but quite match the leaders, he is still overallht it out on the steepest climb of the whole race. but an unexpected extra dimension. the colombian, lopez, fought away this morning. the brilliant win but ran out of roads to catch the overall standings. the final climb it could be a decisive blow. the yellow jersey final climb it could be a decisive blow. the yellowjersey literally disappearing. may be as close as anyone gets. meanwhile stage six ten 28 brush finished. hannah burns settled for second place. mariana of the netherlands is hard to be on the top form. she leads by nearly two. that's all the support for now goodbye. hello there. it will be a notably fresher start to the day, particularly across the southern half of the uk because the transition was taking place further north yesterday. but there will still be plenty of dry weather on offer, some good spells of sunshine will break for the cloud and make it feel pleasantly warm. we have seen the transition as we come behind this cold front through yesterday and overnight to

britain's adam yates slipped back to seventh overall.h writer broke her wrist and will miss tiffa ny writer broke her wrist and will miss tiffany corrode title next weekend. beating britain to win the stage. lizzie banks is the highest place britain intent overall. tennis's fed cup is to be re—named the billie—jean king cup after the tennis great and founder of the wta. the 76—year—old is one of the greatest players of all time and won 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles competitions. it is the first time a major global team competition has been i don't know what it feels like. i have such different emotions all day and just coming up to this day and of course we finally announced it. i am trying to wrap my head around it and pinch myself and all that but i think about a lot what we can do with this opportunity, what i can do for the future generations and how we can help make great girls and women on and off the court in whatever they decide to do for on the bbc sports website and that is that bbc news. that is it for me. the cu

britain's adam yates of course the overall leader. update later on. to you, jane. john, thank you. you are watching bbc news. i am jane hill, taking you through the next few hours of coronavirus coverage and all besides. the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said there's more evidence that coronavirus is spreading again in scotland. she told her daily briefing that the r figure — the average number of people estimated to be infected by someone with the disease — was believed to have risen above one last week, to as high as 1.11. i've got two issues that i want to briefly update on. the first is that the scottish government will today publish a weekly report on the r number. you'll recall that the r number is the average number of people who we estimate would be infected by one other infectious person. that report will confirm what recent figures have probably already suggested to many of you. we think that the r number in scotland increased last week and that it is probably now above one, perhaps as high as 1.11. now, i've

britain's adam yates will wear the leader's yellow jersey for a fourth day, after the first high mountaintour de france. he came under attack several times on stage eight in the pyrenees, but he finished in a group containing many of the overall race favourites to stay three seconds ahead. it was the frenchman nans peters who took the honours. lewis hamilton is still looking unstoppable in his bid for a seventh formula one world title, breaking even more records. he posted the fastest qualifying lap in formula one history as he claimed pole position for the italian grand prix, averaging just over 164 miles an hour. his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas will start alongside him. honestly, it's every weekend, it's very humbling to see what we do asa team. you know, wejust keep going from strength to strength to strength. it's really, really — i'm so grateful and happy with my guys, theyjust do an incredible job every weekend. the england captain owen farrell could miss saracens' champions cup quarter—final, after being sent off in their defeat to wasps in rugby union's premiership. he was

british rider adam yates has retained the yellow jersey after stage seven of the the tour de france.er of the season, with a stunning burst to win the stage — his second of the race so far. yates kept up with the leading pack and has an overall lead of three seconds with the race heading into the pyrenees tomorrow. that's all the sport from us for now. hello there. it's going to feel rather cool this weekend, certainly for the time of year, and that's because of where our air is coming from — from the northwest on a brisk breeze. that's going to feed in some showers into northern and western parts of uk, but there will be some sunshine around too. the winds maybe not quite as strong as what we had over the last few days. low pressure to the north east of the uk, high—pressure to the southwest, that's why we see these northwesterly winds, which will feed in showers from the word go across northern and western areas. some good spells of sunshine further east, mind you, but then we could see some longer spells of rain and more cloud pushing into northern ireland and then southwest scotl

british rider adam yates has retained the yellow jersey after stage seven of the the tour de france.der wout van aert further strengthened his claim as rider of the season so far with a stunning burst to win the stage — his second of the race so far. yates kept up with the leading pack and has an overall lead of three seconds with the race heading into the pyrenees tomorrow lewis hamilton was fastest in second practice at the italian grand prix as mercedes dominated yet again. hamilton was a quarter of a second quicker than team—mate valtteri bottas. hamilton heads into the weekend some a8 points clear of max verstappen in the championship and just two wins away from equalling michael schumacher‘s all—time record of 91 victories. england's cricketers are back in the bio bubble in southampton, they‘ re in southampton, they're all in the bubble and the action gets under way. around 20 minutes' time. expect fireworks with jofra archer back in england's squad for what would be his first white ball international since last years triumphant world cup final when you have someone looking bot

britain's adam yates of course the overall leader. having to travel more than 100 miles to be swabbed. we have had a lot of questions about the testing strategy. with me is our health correspondent nick triggle. also i'm joined by professor paul hunter, professor of medicine at the university of east anglia. let's start with this question from lorraine. she says, i have symptoms and have been offered a test nearly 50 miles away, a two hour drive from me. why can't theyjust 50 miles away, a two hour drive from me. why can't they just send 50 miles away, a two hour drive from me. why can't theyjust send a testing kit to me? nick, i'll come to you first. there are home testing kits available, but the problem here is that tests that are done in the community, in local walk in centres or sent to peoples homes are sent to one of a network of large laboratories. and they have reached capacity. mid—june, they were processing around 100,000 tests per day, now it's around 180,000 tests per day. but the government say they have simply maxed out,

he inherited the leaders yellow jersey in unliekly fashion — britain's adam yates has retained it inle ride to cross the finish line fifty five seconds clear of his nearest rival. it was though who finished tenth, among the main contenders to maintain his three second lead over slovenia's primoz roglic. he earned the jersey yesterday after rivaljulian allaphillipe took an illegal drinks stop and was handed a penalty toward the end of the stage. there's been an alarming rise in reports of discrimation over the past year, up by 42% according to a new report from the equality and inclusion charity kick it out. they've found racial and homophobic abuse has also increased as has abuse across social platforms. there were a total of 446 reports of discrimination in the professional game — compared to 313 last year. racial abuse is up by 53 per cent from 184 incidents to 282. and there's been a 95 per cent rise in reports of abuse based on sexual orientation. at grassroots level while overall figures fell from 113 to 94. however, there were no matches from march due to the pandemic, so compa

riders however are not allowed to take on food or drink in the final 20 kilometers it means britain adam yates and now has the overall lead. members of the new all key bugs i have hit back at comments made by u.s. president donald trump trump said the n.b.a. had become highly political the bucs led a 3 day players a boycott of the league to protest against racial injustice trump also claim that people are tired of watching a basketball and ratings are down as the moment are we all have a different role and how you'll be a part of us we all have to say yes some of us have a lot of pythons and other right so much is given much is required you know all 'd the time we're trying to navigate right now. right life is not about ratings life is not about. life is about status what's right. well reigning champion his toronto raptors won 2 games down in the eastern conference semifinals they lost to the boston celtics marcus smart 53 pointers in the final quarter helped the celtics 102299 when. she. and the denver nuggets filled their spot in the 2nd round of the pale face as far as the year such as in g

britain's adam yates remains eighth. that is all for now.oman jailed in iran, has been told she's to face another trial. she was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of espionage. she has always denied the charges. the uk has also insisted she is innocent. it's not clear what new charge she is facing. lets speak now nazanin's local mp, labour's tulip saddiq, who spoke to mrs zaghari—ratcliffe earlier today. can you tell us what she had to say? that is right. i spoke to nazanin's family at great length and was told she was taken to court this morning and will face another trial on sunday this week. it is an extremely worrying development and one that we really were not expecting. the last four years have been excruciating for nazanin, for her husband richard, for their small daughter gabriella who is been growing up without her mother and the un have recognised nazanin's imprisonment as arbitrary and unlawful and another further court case is clearly un—excitable on charges possibly relating to espionage. so the fear is that sh

which means adam yates inherited the overall lead, moving him to the top of the podium., this is the group extension rebellion, who have staged —— extension rebellion, who have staged a sit in protest by the main vehicle engines at westminster. reported 25 protesters sitting on the pavement. unclear whether they have been managed to move on or not. also reports that section —— group of extinction rebellion protesters could have glued themselves to the ground at the piers entrance. more now on fears that new spikes of coronavirus could be missed because the government has prioritised testing in certain areas. public health experts say they are worried about a shortage of drive—through tests in some areas and that people are being asked to drive more than 100 miles for a swab. the health secretary, matt hancock, has announced details of a £500 million fund to trial a 20—minute saliva test for the virus, which he says will boost capacity. dr bharat pankhania is a senior clinical lecturer at university of exeter medical school, with over 20 years experience in communicable d

britain's adam yates will spend a third successive day in the leader's yellowjersey at the tour de francelosest rivals, to maintain his three—second lead over slovenia's primoz roglic. he should stay in yellow a while longer, with today being one for the sprinters, before two tough stages in the pyrenees. we heard the very rare sound of a crowd at a cricket ground yesterday evening, as some fans were allowed back for the first time this season. it was for the t20 blast game between surrey and hampshire at the 0val. there was a crowd of two and a half thousand, that's about a tenth of the capacity, and they were reminded of what cricket can be like in september as the start was delayed by rain, but at least they could add some oohs and ahhs when play did start. england play the first of three t20 internationals against australia later. and first practice is under way for the italian grand prix — you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. ministers are being warned that gaps in their brexit preparations risk causing severe disruption to supply lines at the u

britain's adam yates was in the leading pack approaching the stage finish, that means he stays secondthe race favourites. he's up to third place overall. england's newest striker, mason greenwood, says it's a dream come true to be called into gareth southgate's squad for the first time. the 18—year—old's been included for the nations league matches against iceland and denmark having impressed for manchester united — where having started the season as a youth player, he finished as a first team regular. you can be called any time and i was called to some year of league games earlier this season. i took my chance really, i'd just been playing and just took everything as a game. i've just been out there playing my football it's a dream come true. i've been playing for england it's on privileged and honoured to as well. i'm just happy to be... i'm just happy arsenal have announced the signing of centre back gabriel from french side lille, the player features in a quirky social media video released by the club alongside fellow brazilians david luiz and willian. the 22—year—old's signed a l

the british cyclist adam yates is eighth.. the health secretary, matt hancock, has said new coronavirus restrictions in england will be "super simple" to follow and be in force "for the forseeable future". social gatherings of more than six people will be banned from one day, with some exemptions. local lockdowns are already in force in areas across the uk, including bolton, which has seen a recent spike. bolton has the highest number of infections in the country. people cannot meet with those outside their own household in any setting. restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs have been restricted to takeaway only and will have to close at ten pm. our correspondentjohn maguire has spent the day in bolton. the inflation level here in bolton has increased over the past two weeks from the low 20s, something like 15 - weeks from the low 20s, something like 15 — 18 per 100,000 to now, we find, more than 120 cases, per 100,000. that is what has caused the change in the restrictions. primarily, the difference it will make is to the hospita

while britain's adam yates was enjoying a rest day in the tour de france, his twin brother simon wasro d'italia. and it has to have one of the best prizes in sport — a gilded trident named the sea masters trophy. i was fantastic. it's the second year in a row another a row briton, lizzy banks, won stage four of the giro rosa — the longest stage, of the biggest race, on the women's cycling calendar. she broke away to win on the final, cobbled climb into tivoli. dutch rider anne—miek van vleuten still leads the race overall, but it's the second year in a row that banks has taken a stage win. this one, i'd already tasted victory andi this one, i'd already tasted victory and i knew i would win, i couldn't let the team down and come second so i really get everything on the final bit so yes, it's a different feeling but it's also just the same and i'm really delighted. now, i'm sure you'll have seen a dog on the pitch but what about a cat on a track? that's what happened to the competitors in a 100—metre race in istanbul over the weekend in the balkan under 20 championships just as the ath

great britain's adam yates is still four seconds behind leader julien alaphilippe after stage 3 of thebennett to take it. defending champion egan bernal has moved up to sixth place overall. wasps beat bath in a thrilling win to leapfrog them into the final play—off place in rugby union's premiership. they fought back from 13—0 down, dan robson producing a superb dummy that wrong—footed bath's defence and sent jacob umaga through to score the try of the game. it finished 27—23, and wasps are now two points clear of bath in fourth with five games to go. really enjoying this story this morning. the draw for the the europa league qualifying round threw up one stand—out tie — shamrock rovers will face the italian giants ac milan. the 7—time european champions with their superstars, including the likes of zlatan ibrahimovic, will travel to dublin for the single—legged tie later this month. there were three teams they could have been drawn against, and they got the toughest. i think the other teams give you a chance to go through, a real chance. i think we would have founded a chance against

britain's adam yates will wear the leader's yellow jersey for a fourth day after the first high mountaino stay three seconds ahead. what a great picture that is. it was the frenchman nans peters who took the honours. lewis hamilton, still looking unstoppable in his bid for a seventh formula 1 world title, breaking even more records. he posted the fastest qualifying lap in formula 1 history as he claimed pole position for the italian grand prix, averaging just over 164 miles per hour. his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas will start alongside him. honestly, it's every weekend, it's very humbling to see what we do as a team. you know, wejust keep going from strength to strength to strength. i'm so grateful and happy with my guys, theyjust do an incredible job every weekend. an average of 164 miles an hour, it really brings home quite how fast they are going, whizzing around those tracks. i just take they are going, whizzing around those tracks. ijust take it they are going, whizzing around those tracks. i just take it for granted. so fast! we are bringing you up—to—date with breaking news

so the frenchman got a 20—second penalty which means adam yates inherited the overall lead, moving himeky this morning!” tough at the top as you know. you are cheeky this morning! i am being nice! that was me being nice. i saw you being cheeky to carolyn now you are cheeky to me. carolwill have the weather for us shortly. it is blustery out there. three years ago connie yates and chris gard were left heartbroken when their baby boy charlie died. the legal row over his treatment for a rare genetic condition had made headlines around the world. but last month the family were given some hope again when charlie‘s little brother, 0lly, was born. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been to meet the family. as soon as i found out i was pregnant i felt happier. like i could smile again. and once he was here it was even better, really. i think, before, you just cluster a smile on and say i am 0k, think, before, you just cluster a smile on and say i am ok, i am 0k all the time. but now i feel like i can smile and mean it. after we lost charlie ijust could not ever imagine loving another boy like i d

british rider adam yates is still wearing the leader's yellow jersey after stage seven of the the tourp with the leading pack and he's still three seconds ahead overall, with the race heading into the pyrenees today. lewis hamilton has warned that qualifying —— now squash is often seen as a sport that you can't play beyond your 40s and 50s. there is such an impact on your knees and ankles and otherjoints. and indeed, when world champion lance kinder suffered a heart attack in his 60s, he was told he'd never be able to play again. but two decades later, he's still going strong and is said to be the oldest competitive player on the planet. and since lockdown restrictions have eased, he's been able to get back on the court. i went to meet him. you make me feel so young. this is how we may expect to find lance kenda passing the time as he approaches his 85th birthday next week. —— kinder. but hold the front page! i am such a happy individual! he has a well title to defend, squash balls to be hit again, and think to the easing of lockdown restrictions the man said to be the old est restrict

keep an eye for britain's adam yates, who's 5th overall. that's all the sport for now.y down past his shoulders. look at it on google. i'm a bit busy at the moment! apologies to christian bale. and now let's get our experts to answer your questions on coronavirus testing — it's bbc your questions answered. to answer your questions, i'm joined by dr elisabetta groppelli, a virologist and lecturer in global health at st george's university of london and doctor ellie cannon, a gp and mail on sunday columnist. straight into the questions. andrea harris: she says, only a small percentage of people being tested actually have the virus so my question is what is causing symptoms in the majority being tested? the symptoms associated like a fever and a continuous cough quite general symptoms and they can be caused by many viruses, and some viruses are older coronaviruses and others are rhona viruses, but what is important is that all of these are now respiratory viruses which like to spread and transmit as we start mixing with each other —— rhinovirus. the only way that we have t

britain's adam yates is still fifth overall, he'll be trying again for a stage win today. this picture next time? we don't have time now. i will have to look at the newspaper, i saw you holding it up. the cycling in the tour de france, the cycles are getting a lift in these — under these pods. france, the cycles are getting a lift in these - under these pods. we we re lift in these - under these pods. we were saying it can't be. it cannot be them. too dangerous. one of the tea m be them. too dangerous. one of the team taking the bikes up? i'll check it out. we will dragged charlie along, hey? upfor it out. we will dragged charlie along, hey? up for it? it out. we will dragged charlie along, hey? upfor it? no. let's get the weather. matt is in cairns, on the weather. matt is in cairns, on the look at for endangered species. so, tell us what you are seeing or not seeing? a very good morning, charlie, iam indeed. now, come on, how many of you have ever seen a red squirrel? grey squirrels are common in the uk but they are not native. red squirrels are, but they have become inc

slovenia's primoz roglich retained the overall lead, adam yates remains eighth.oing to talk about lockdown restrictions. wales is expected to announce its own "rule of six" today as it sees an increase in cases of the coronavirus. it means people will only be able to meet in groups of six or under indoors, and follows similar rules being introduced in england and scotland earlier this week. we can speak now to the first minister for wales mark drakeford. thank you forjoining us. the changes, what prompted that? it's prompted by growing numbers of cases in parts of wales, not all of wales is affected by growing numbers. in many parts of wales, the bar —— viruses effectively suppressed but we are seeing numbers growing in the south—east of wales. we know that transmission is coming from people meeting people they know, it's not passing strangers, it's not in the doors, its people getting into one another‘s households. we continue to have an extended household arrangement where an extended household is created. 0nly arrangement where an extended household is created

britain's adam yates will spend a third successive day in the leader's yellowjersey at the tour de francene for the sprinters, before facing two tough days in the pyrenees. we heard the very rare sound of a crowd at a cricket ground yesterday evening, as some fans were allowed back for the first time this season. it was for the t—20 blast game between surrey and hampshire at the 0val. a total of 2,500 fans were allowed inside the south london ground — about a tenth of the capacity — and they were reminded of what cricket can be like in september as the start was delayed by rain, but at least they could cheer and add some oohs and ahhs when play did start. now, how far do you think you could run in an hour? 12 kilometres maybe? 10? 8? the legendary ethiopian runner haile gebrselassie set the bar, atjust over 21 and it's a record that's stood since 2007! later this evening at a diamond league meeting in brussels, britain's mo farah will try to run even further. the four—times 0lympic gold medallist says he thinks it's "possible". it's a return to the track for farah, three years after optin

britain's adam yates lost the yellow jersey and slipped from first to eighth at the tour de france, withs, and it is like dog years! four years to lead forfour days, and it is incredible. it is, and so painful! i have a story i spotted over the weekend which i think you may like. a man has blown up out of his house in france when he was trying to swat a fly. no! he is in his 80s and was about to tuck into his dinner and became irritated by a fly buzzing around and picked up an electric racket designed to kill bugs and started swatting it. a battery—operated thing? started swatting it. a battery-operated thing? yes, he kitted gas canister and the reaction between the two caused an explosion does make he is all right, do not fear does mike destroying his entire kitchen and part of the roof of his home. he had a lucky escape, he only sustained a bird to his hand is living on a local campsite on his family repair the house. no sign of what is happening to the fly.” family repair the house. no sign of what is happening to the fly. i knew those were dangerous, those things! be careful out ther

adam yates had a good performance but primoz roglic remains the man to beat and he leads by a0 secondsburrow last week. you may have seen it, we ran it friday morning because i know there was a flurry of activity on the website that has been used to raise money for him and raising money into research into mnd. one generous donation that i know was anonymous, i know that borrow family would like to say a big thank you to. —— burrow. the furlough scheme in which the government pays most of the wages of those who can't work because of the pandemic is due to end next month. but with covid cases rising again, there is a call for it to continue. we are joined rising again, there is a call for it to continue. we arejoined by frances o'grady. nice to speak to you on the programme this morning. i think it is a5 days before thejob retention scheme ends. why is it a significant date? that date can trigger mass redundancies if the employers think that blood will be pulled on any further support and what we're saying is that unemployment isn't just miserable for families, it will hold the economy b

written's adam yates has moved up to seven overall after stage 13 of the tour de france but he lost 14cking the course over the last few days. running along the coast was beautiful, and it's really, really nice, as we were running along, so many people, it's nice to have so many people, it's a beautiful country. it's very peaceful. i quite enjoyed, and you never know, you can bring the family gets along here, a week or so over the holidays. it really is a gem, the holidays. it really is a gem, the coastline. they're it always helps, having a good view. the time is 727. headlines coming up in a few minutes. we are doing a little quiz. we are acknowledging, look at your face. we are acknowledging that millionaire... i love that millionaire, i'm nota millionaire... i love that millionaire, i'm not a fan of quizzes. mike is quiz master. i like the questions, i'm not so good at answering. do i get £1 million? will ibe answering. do i get £1 million? will i be running out of the studio at the end of this? you want sport? let's go away from home, that might be too much pressure. the significa

britain's adam gates last a0 seconds but hasn't moved up to seventh overall. meanwhile yatest stage of the race. thomas finished second to move up to third overall with three stages to go. and britain's secco frito team won the opening team trial of the juror rosa as lamborghini took the leaders jersey on the first stage. the tenth stage in italy is the only women's grantor. that stage in italy is the only women's gra ntor. that is stage in italy is the only women's grantor. that is all your support for now. good night. hello. the weekend is upon us and the weather is looking a bit mixed. something of a north, south split. across much of england and wales we've got a fairly decent weekend ahead. it's looking largely dry, pretty warm as well with some sunshine on offer. but for scotland and from northern ireland, a different story. here things will be turning increasingly windy particulate through saturday and there'll be some rain at times. heaviest northwest of scotland on sunday. but for here and we've got this week weather front that's been slipping its way slowly south of

yates. anever saw any direct empirical evidence that the trump campaign would spying with the russian meddling with the election. here's what's going on right now, remember how house intelligence democrat chair adam thef time was criticized for going on cnn, msnbc and other networks during the trump russia probe early in 2017 and for the next two years to say that trump was w a russin asset and colluding with russia at a time when fbi did not close the case, they had no conclusive evidence. newly released fbi e-mails by judicial watch shows the nsa was also offering to help adam schiff to secretly read trump russia documents before the probe was concluded. this after we showed you yesterday fbi e-mails released by judicial watch revealed that they help democrats reach documents two. look who is here, he is fired up and ready to go. jim jordan house judiciary ranking republican. i want to ask you this, whether you like him or agree with him, should politicians read secret probe documents before case is closed, before the probe is closed in order to go after political opponent? >> no, only if it's consistent with how we are supposed to brief devin nunes and adam schiff, only if it's part of what su