partner alex hales was dropped twice as well.covered how self—destructive that could be. he passed 50 to the delight of most of the crowd. england were home injust 20 overs. next up a short hop down the m4 for a second match on sunday. on today's evidence, ireland still have a long, long way to go. ireland are a good, strong side. they've beaten us before. they're not a side we take lightly. going in and putting in a clinical performance is as good as we can ask for as a side. that within itself re—emphasising how ruthless we need to be going forward. in rugby league's super league salford red devils have moved up to second with a 31—16 win at wigan warriors. elsewhere if new st helens coach justin holbrook got up early in australia to watch their game against warrington, i'm not sure he would like what he saw, saints beaten 40—18 at warrington, ryan atkins running in a sixth try for the wolves. holbrook was appointed yesterday and is waiting for his visa to start the job. st helens are seventh, after 13 games. rugby union's prem

and hear what happened as the bbc commentary box was assaulted by a big alex hales six as the batsmancentury at the scene of his record—breaking england innings last year. manchester united have survived a late scare and a scrap to reach the europa league final. and champions league qualification is still on the cards too as they beat celta vigo 2—1 on aggregate after a dramatic 1—1 draw in the second leg at old trafford. our correspondent andy swiss is there for us now and can tell us the story of a match that got more and more intense as the night went on. it did, and i think it's fair to say the united fans are leaving briefing a hefty sigh of relief. that was some scare. they went into the night full of confidence because they led 1-0 full of confidence because they led 1—0 after the first leg and things seem to be going smoothly in the first leg. it was after 15 minutes when united took the lead on the night, a fantastic cross from marcus rashford headed home by marouane fellaini. that put them 2—0 up on aggregate. so it continued until five minutes from the end. celta vigo had b

and hear what happened as the bbc commentary box was assaulted by a big alex hales six as the batsman scores another century at the scene of his record—breaking england innings last year. hello again. with all their success, history, and trophies, manchester united have never played in the europa league final before. but they're just 90 minutes away and in a good position too. defending a 1—nil lead in the second leg of their semi final tonight at old trafford. but there's notjust a possible cup at the end of this particular rainbow. as our correspondent andy swiss can tell us as he joins us now from old trafford. andy... jose mourinho has made it pretty clear he has another prize in mind. it is this manager is the most important in the club's history. it iszisa bit ofan important in the club's history. it is z is a bit of an exaggeration but it is the most important of the season it is the most important of the season because winning the europe league is now their best chance of qualifying for next season's champions league. they could yet qualified by finishing in the top four of th

alex hales was dropped twice as well. ireland discovered how self—destructive that could be.vers. next up a short hop down the m 20 overs. next up a short hop down them4 20 overs. next up a short hop down the m 4 for 20 overs. next up a short hop down the m lifora 20 overs. next up a short hop down the m 4 for a second match on sunday. on today's evidence, ireland still have a long, long way to go. ireland are a good, strong side. they've beaten us before. they're not a side we take lightly. going in and putting in a clinical performance is as good as we can ask for as a side. that within itself re—emphasising how ruthless we need to be going forward. there's going to be going forward. there's going to be going forward. there's going to bea to be going forward. there's going to be a lot mentally more than anything that the lads would want to put right for sunday. that'sjust freshening up—and—coming into the game and putting this to bed. coming in fresh on sunday. they play at lord's on sunday. it's also going to be a busy summer in women's cricket. england are hosting the wor

then it was alex hales who conked out and left england on 15—4.os buttler sent packing. the very next bowl from rabada and adil rashid went for a duck and south africa had claimed four wickets in 7 deliveries. england were 20 for 6. they're now 65—6 from 16 overs britain's aliash bedene has won his first round match of the french open, beating american ryan harrison by three sets to one. bedene eased into a two set lead — winning the second by 6—0 injust 18 minutes — the american winning only seven points. harrison pulled a set back but the british number three, who's ranked 10 places below harrison in the world rankings at 52, had no problems with the fourth to progress to the second round. world number two novak djokovic has just got his tournament underway. the reigning champion is up against marcel granollers of spain. it's djokovic's first match since taking on new coach andre agassi. meanwhile, women's champion garbine muguruza got her defence off to a winning start. she eased past the 2010 winner francesca schiavone in straight sets. now, i

england's alex hales has been making hay in the nottinghamshire sunshine and managed to find the onlyhree times. he finally bowed out for 104. british riders geraint thomas and adam yates are still second and third at the giro d'italia, ten seconds behind bob jungels of luxembourg. it was stage 6 out of 21 today, the race has reached the italian mainland after passing through sardinia and sicily. no change in the battle for the overall race win because a small breakaway group managed to hold off the main bunch for the whole135—mile stage. a great day's work for swiss rider silvan dillier, who took his first stage win at a grand tour. they're under way at the players' championship. often described as golf‘s unofficial fifth major. and ahead of his tee time injust over two hours' time rory mcilroy is looking for a turnaround in fortunes after announcing he'll be using a new club manufacturer. i have been trying to shed a few pounds before here. ifeel like my game is in good shape and i needed to address a few issues in between augusta and here and that is where i was the first ten days

england's alex hales made hay in the nottinghamshire sunshine, and managed to find the only window openally was boosted by 66 from billy root as nottinghamshire set durham a total of 298 to win. british riders geraint thomas and adam yates are still second and third at the giro d'italia, ten seconds behind bob jungels of luxembourg. it was stage six out of 21 today, the race has reached the italian mainland after passing through sardinia and sicily — no change in the battle for the overall lead because a small breakaway group managed to hold off the main bunch for the whole135—mile stage. a great day's work for swiss rider silvan dillier, who took his first stage win at a grand tour. and that is all the sport for now. much more at half past six. we will be back with your little later on. thank you very much. four weeks from today, britain will go to the polls on thursday the 8th ofjune. as we heard earlier, labour's leadership has formally approved its manifesto. jeremy corbyn most telling us a bit about that earlier. —— was telling us. it's set to be launched next week, but as we menti

alex hales and joe root are at the crease. england 16—1. he might still be in charge at sunderland next season despite their relegation to the championship. moyse joined next season despite their relegation to the championship. moysejoined on a four—year contract last summer. last week he said it was too soon to commit his future to the club. the board want me to stay. i will meet at the end of the season. i wa nt to meet at the end of the season. i want to know what things look like going forward. we've only put the initial plans down at this present time. i know what needs to be done to get back into the premier league. i know the set of requirements that are an idea of that to get back. again, we've only just are an idea of that to get back. again, we've onlyjust had initial talks and we'll talk again at the end of the season. there's a rare friday night match in the premier league, and it's a big one. a win for spurs at west ham will see them move to just a point behind the leaders chelsea tottenham won 3—2 in the reverse fixture last n

alex hales and jason roy looked in no mood to extend the hospitality out in the middle, scampering towas equally at home here, though. tim murtagh has played county cricket at lord's for a decade, and took the first wicket. not long followed by the second — barry mccarthy tempted roy to drive straight into irish hands. which, in turn, brought england's captain to the crease. eoin morgan, born in dublin, soon making his native countrymen play fetch around the english capital. if england continue to score big and score fast, ireland could discover they still have a distance to travel on their cricketing journey. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:35pm — goodbye for now. this is bbc news. 82 nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted by islamist militants in 2014 have been freed. they have arrived in the capital, abuja. they are due to meet the country's president. they were among more than 270 girls seized from a boarding school in the town of chibok in a night time attack. they were released in a prisoner exchange deal. i sp

alex hales joe root scored most of the runs as they reached their target with 30 overs to spare.t have been as before. we do not ta ke that have been as before. we do not take them lightly. —— that have beaten us before. putting in a clinical performance is as good as we can ask for. that win the emphasises how you ruthlessly need to be. with many sports seemingly trying to downsize to make it more marketable and watchable, for example, the success and watchable, for example, the success of ten to 20 cricket, rugby sevens and golf, which is trying sixes, golf was looking to put a new ion sixes, golf was looking to put a new i on things. this is sport's espresso chela, where everything is made short and intense. why linger over 18 holes when you can speak through six? golf has to fall into line with everything else. we have to make it fun and more short. when they said, we're going to do something and we have done it, there has been a lot of talk but this time there is action. i6 action. 16 nations, teams of two play matches against each other over six holes. group stage, knockout

and hear what happened as the bbc commentary box was assaulted by a big alex hales six as the batsmaninnings last year. hello again. with all their success, history,

alex hales hits this towards me. it is coming towards me! it has come to me. i have got it!it. no swearing at all. very clea n. olympic gold medal winning decathlete, reality tv star, and over the last two years she's become the most famous transgender person in the world. caitlyn jenner changed her name and transitioned fully to living as a woman in her sixties. she's written a book about her own experience of being transgender and how it took her a lifetime to finally live as her true self. caitlyn is with me this morning. how exciting to be in town. how are you? great. it has been a long road to say the least. i have to admit that after all these years i am probably in the best place i have ever been in my life. i am happiest, most content, people are surprised, my life is so much simpler now. you wa ke my life is so much simpler now. you wake up in the morning and you can be yourself. it is nice. how important is it for you to tell your story? really important. every journey is different. if i have learned one thing over the past two yea rs, learned one thing over the pa

alex hales conked out and left england on 15—a. this was the third and fourth wickets.ey were 153 all out after just 15 overs. jones. but they were 153 all out afterjust 15 overs. south africa began their reply. 0n afterjust 15 overs. south africa began their reply. on his return, robinjones was presented by the first wicket. it was merely the name the inevitable. england slipped to a seventh wicket defeat. key players had been arrested but nevertheless, hardly ideal preparation for the champions trophy which begins on thursday. britain's aliash bedene has won his first round match of the french open, beating american ryan harrison by three sets to one. bedene eased into a two set lead — winning the second by 6 games to love injust 18 minutes — the american winning only seven points. harrison pulled a set back but the british number three, who's ranked 10 places below harrison in the world rankings at 52, had no problems with the fourth to progress to the second round. i was playing well. he gave me two games and made some silly errors. the people saw that and it is nev

england reached the target with 30 overs to spare, thanks to alex hales' 55, and an unbeaten 49 froming a stronger opposition. absolutely it's a big occasion. you know, playing the second opening game of the international summer at the home of cricket, they'll probably want to make the most of it, but likewise we will as well. we enjoy playing there and, you know, it's anotherfixture that we want to come out with a result from. in rugby league's super league, salford red devils have moved up to second thanks to a 31—16 win at wigan warriors. elsewhere, warrington came from 14—nil down to beat st helens 40—18, including two second—half tries from ryan atkins. the win moves the wolves above saints and catalans, into 7th. there's a quite huge final day, of the regular rugby union, premiership season in store — three teams can still finish first. leaders wasps face third placed saracens . exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester and can leicester hang on to a play—off spot at bath's expense? tigers are at worcester. bath at sale. and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final

england put into bat first, alex hales making 61 before a brilliant partnership between eoin morgan andone—day internationals in the world. despite an early wicket they look likely to chase down the total, they lost hashim gablac lbw on review. —— hashim gablac lbw on review. —— hashim amla lbw on review. could be a tight finish. the great manchester run is going to go ahead on sunday following talks over security following talks over security following the terror attack. europe's largest ten k run had more than 35,000 runners last year, and there will be a half marathon this time. great manchester police have already said that the great city games could go ahead on friday evening in the city, now they have given the green light for the great run as well with additional security measures expected to be in force. that's all the sport for now, more later on. the conservatives and labour have said that national campaigning in the general election will resume on friday after suspending efforts for three days due to monday's attack. both parties have also said that local campaigning will res

alex hales have been making hay in the nottinghamshire sunshine with this six on his way to a half—centuryour. thanks for that. a spot of news to you which has come to us that a high courtjudge in london has ordered a former oil and gas trader to pay his estranged wife almost half £1 billion for their divorce settlement. the man who worked in london, made his fortune investing in the russian energy sector. the names of the couples have not been made public but it is thought to be one of the biggest awards made by a divorce courtjudge in england, possibly the biggest ever. i think so. we will do a bit of research and check that out. correspondent chris morris. our expert on all things brexit is with us. four weeks we‘ll be asking your questions on issues in the general election. today, we‘re going to ask for your questions on brexit, so let‘s go through them. the first one is from andrew in brighton. i think we can actually hear his question. let‘s have a listen. think we can actually hear his question. let's have a listen.|j think we can actually hear his question. let's have a listen. i w

england reached the target, with 30 overs to spare thanks to alex hales‘ 55, and an unbeaten 49, fromat st helens 40—18, including two second half tries from ryan atkins. the win moves the wolves above saints and catalans, into 7th. there‘s a quite incredible final day of the regular rugby union premiership season in store — three teams can still finish first. leaders wasps face third—placed saracens. exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester, and can leicester hang on to a play—off spot at bath‘s expense? tigers are at worcester, bath at sale. and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot. the pro 12 regular season also comes to a close. leinster or munster will finish top ahead of the play—offs. scarlets and 0spreys should join them. it will be the final game for gregor townsend at glasgow as they face edinburgh. in rugby team work is everything, yet despite their best efforts the british and irish lions haven‘t won against new zealand‘s all blacks since 1971. this year‘s squad of english, irish, welsh and scottish players, gather on

durham beat nottinghamshire, by 4 wickets in their one day cup match, but one astonishing six from alex halesne, he found the only open window in a radio commentary box and the ball was picked up by one of the two gentlemen from the bbc covering the match. here's how it went for bbc radio nottingham's dave bracegirdle. commentator: the first ball he bowled round the wicket, hales hits this towards me — it's coming towards me, it's coming! it's coming to our commentary position! i've got it! wow, wow, wow! hang on, hang on. that is amazing! it is coming towards me, it is coming towards me! at least they didn't break the glass. that is the voice you want if there are sharks in the water.m glass. that is the voice you want if there are sharks in the water. it is coming towards me! that's it for fiow. coming towards me! that's it for now. we will be going through the papers ina now. we will be going through the papers in a moment. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. we have been on the back of a long dry spell full, looking at some of the records this morning and in parts of wester