the tournament director of the french open says andy murray andy murray is playing doubles at the italianand he is hoping to earn a wildcard at the french open. let's talk to russell fuller. what are the chances for mary in getting that wild card? he are the chances for mary in getting that wild card?— are the chances for mary in getting that wild card? he sure deserves one accordin: that wild card? he sure deserves one according to — that wild card? he sure deserves one according to the _ that wild card? he sure deserves one according to the man _ that wild card? he sure deserves one according to the man ultimately - that wild card? he sure deserves one| according to the man ultimately made the decision as a tournament director of the french open. he spoke at a press conference at rulon garros earlier today and was saying how he had been watching andy murray practice with novak djokovic in rome earlier in the week. i got the sense that it will ultimately come down to mary. if he feels he is fit enough and has enough matches on clay under his belt and thinks he can play, than there will b

and joanna — thanjust jamie bhatti, andy murray and joanna konta.e for the monaco grand prix. it was a pretty lively session, with the lead constantly changing hands. perez used the fastest �*soft�* tyres for his best lap. he wasjust quicker than carlos sainz in the ferrari, followed by max verstappen in the other red bull. lewis hamilton's mercedes was down in fifth. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thank you very much, jane. the boss of easyjet has defended people who want to travel to amber list countries — such as spain and italy — saying it is "absolutely legal". it comes after the government advised people not to go to those countries on holiday. ceo johan lundgren told my colleague ramzan karmali that the uk risks falling behind other european countries, if it fails to operate a "data—based " approach to opening up travel: we have been very supportive of this risk—based approach, of having different countries being in different buckets depending on the risk they represent and the r

andy murray's expected return to singles action has been delayed.tp tournament in geneva. no explanation has yet been provided, but murray made the decision after playing doubles with liam broady at this week's italian 0pen. it means he will not have a further chance to prove his fitness before the french open main draw wildcards are announced this week. attila valter has retained the overall lead at the giro d'italia after stage 8, won by victor lafay of france. the british contenders for the pinkjersey, simon yates and hugh carthy, stayed out of trouble and moved up one place to 9th and 5th respectively. victor lafay raced clear of a breakaway group in the last two miles — the 25—year—old frenchman celebrated the biggest win of his career the hungarian, valter, keeps the pink jersey afterfinishing with the race favourites — who were saving their legs for tomorrow's hilly stage. home favourite fabio quartararo is on pole for the french motogp, just 11 days after having surgery on his right forearm. 22—year—old quartararo came through a rain—affecte

andy murray has been beaten in the doubles. he is at the top left of your screen here. second match since march. he was hoping to prove to the french organisers the merits of a wild card entertainment next month. novak djokovic is into the quarter finals of the italian open — the world number one came through in straight sets against alejandro davidovich fokina in rome to maintain his perfect record of reaching the last eight in the competition. up next though is the in—form stefanos tsitsipas. boxing promoter eddie hearn says the heavyweight title fight between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury will take place on august the mth, in a specially built stadium. the long awaited bout, set to happen in saudi arabia, is yet to be officially confirmed by both sides. jofra archer took two early wickets for sussex this morning on his return from injury. archer underwent surgery after accidentally hurting his right hand in january. he was already undergoing treatment for a long—term elbow problem, but he looked a lively prospect for the kent batsmen today. scotland's callum hill lead

penalty gave cardiff blues a narrow win over scarlets in the pro14 rainbow cup and details on andy murray's much. good night to you, and you can see more of all today's stories on the bbc news channel. good night. hello, this is bbc news. i'm lu kwesa i'm lukwesa burak. misinformation about the coronavirus has dramatically impacted minority communities, making some groups more hesitant to accept the vaccine. a new film to educate transient populations, including travellers and showmen, has been created by a man who saw how the virus swept through his community with devastating consequences. our reporter zoie o'brien has been to meet the menjoining the fight back against fake news. gypsies, travellers, showmen — three of the uk's most transient communities, divided by culture, united by their love of boxing. but when coronavirus struck, they each found themselves in the fight of their lives. les stevens was a giant in the gypsy world, and amateur boxing coach respected across the sport. in april last year, he became one of the first romany men to die from covid—19. i lost my dad, my hero, my

. _ andy murray could be handed a wildcard to this yea r�*s french open.est a groin problem picked up in march — but he made a return to the court at the italian 0pen today. murray and fellow briton liam brody won their first round match against australian pair luke saville and max purcell on a championship tiebreak. and should murray get there, there'll be more crowds at roland garros this year. 5,000 fans will be allowed onto centre court for the final five days. before that, spectators will be limited to no more than a thousand on any court. britain's jack laugher has won the silver medal in the one meter springboard at the european aquatics championships in budapest. it's the second medal that great britain have won at the championships. he'll also be competing in the synchronised 3m springboard tomorrow along with dan goodfellow on thursday. as they prepare for the olympics this summer. mo farah will look to qualify for the olympics at the british athletics 10,000m championships next month. the four—time olympic champion has been focusing on road even

as andy murray returns to clay, we'll tell you what the tournament director of the french open believeses of getting a wild card are. and also on the programme before 7pm — and the reason why former world champion tony bellew is calling for social media companies to do more to tackle online abuse. i put on iput ona i put on a picture and the hate and the things it received, i would not be able to say the things on it camber that i was getting written to me on social media. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm chetan pathak. welcome along, thanks forjoining us on a day where football's biggest names have been praising pep guardiola and manchester city following their fifth league title in nine years. they finished 18 points behind liverpool last year and didn't start this season well either. but as paddy geary reports, guardiola was able to fix the problem and the biggest prize of all for them may still be to come. so often these days city end up here but rarely has the client to the top of the mountain taken such a interesting route. this time there is a story behind it. november by bri

tournament director has said andy murray deserves a wild card.the tournament. meanwhile, britain's mens number two cameron norrie is out of the italian open after defeat to spain's alejandro davidovich. he misses out on playing top seed novak djokovic in the next round, after a 6—2, 6—3 defeat in rome. and after 16 years with harlequins, mike brown's played his last game for the club after being banned following his red card against wasps last weekend. the former england full—back, who leaves for newcastle at the end of the season, has been handed a six weeks ——six—week suspension for stamping. with just four rounds of matches remaining, he'll miss the premiership final were quins to qualify. nobody�*s played more games for the london club than the 35—year—old. that's just about all the sport for now. don't forget, it's the first round of golf�*s british masters today. you can keep up to date with all the latest from the belfry on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and on the bbc sport app and i will be back with another update in the

coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel, as andy murray returns to clay, the tournament directorvirus restrictions saw the economy shrink at the start of 2021 but the hit was smaller than first feared as growth rebounded in march. the office for national statistics says that gross domestic product — a measure of the size of the economy — fell by 1.5% betweenjanuary and march — during lockdown. but improved performance in march eased the blow, with gdp rising by 2.1% month—on—month, helped by schools reopening and retail spending. figures indicate the economy in march was nearly 6% lower than before the pandemic. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, reports. in milton keynes, as around the country, the curtain is about to rise again on our big screens, preparing for their grand reopening, testing the projectors, prepping the ticket machines, a symbol of normality and of economic recovery. we know there is pent up demand. people have really been on their couches for too long and they want to come out and experience films on the big screen with the big sound and comfy seats, with cin

andy murray's return to competition will come sooner than expected — he and liam broady have gained amurray has been practicing in rome, but he's only been able to play three tournaments this year due to injury. he's hoping to be fit for the french open, which starts at the end of this month, and as preparation he's likely to be back in singles action next week, in geneva or lyon. that's all the sport for now. for now, back to the newsroom in london. thank you john, we will see you later in the afternoon. let's talk about the easing of coronavirus restrictions in scotland because first minister nicola sturgeon has confirmed that restrictions on most of scotland will be relaxed from next monday. people will be able to meet on each other�*s homes in limited numbers, to hug loved ones, and pubs will reopen indoors to serve alcohol, as the majority of scotland moved to level 2. there is an exception and that is moray where infection rates are much higher than elsewhere in scotland, so let's have a listen to a bit more of what scotland was my first minister had to announce. scotland was my

andy murray could be handed a wildcard to this yea r�*s french open. a championship tiebreak. and should murray get there, there'll be more crowds at roland garros this year. 5,000 fans will be allowed onto centre court for the final five days. before that, spectators will be limited to no more than a thousand on any court. britain's jack laugher has won the silver medal in the one meter springboard at the european aquatics championships in budapest. it's the second medal that great britain have won at the championships. he'll also be competing in the synchronised 3m springboard tomorrow along with dan goodfellow on thursday. as they prepare for the olympics this summer. mo farah will look to qualify for the olympics at the british athletics 10,000m championships next month. the four—time olympic champion has been focusing on road events since retiring from track racing in 2017, but he's looking to go to his fourth games in tokyo. he's twice won gold in the 10,000 meters. he'll form part of a 12—strong team set to compete at the university of birmingha

different backgrounds, the uk and gb will provide a higher calibre of tennis player and have more than andy murrayacted in "serious breach" of the corporation's guidelines in the way he secured an interview with princess diana in 1995. it found he used deceitful behaviour to obtain the interview, in which the princess shared details of her marriage to prince charles. chris blackhurst is former editor of the independent, and was the firstjournalist to question how the interview had been agreed. he gave evidence to lord dyson's investigation, and i've been speaking to him about the significance of the interview and today's report. at the time the interview, and still is, it was an absolute sensation. it was ground—breaking, historic, and it was an incredible insight into this woman baring her soul in front of the camera and in front of the world, and it was an amazing piece of television. why then did you originally have suspicions about how it came about? in the days running up to the programme, the bbc had done the whole thing in secrecy and we only knew that it was appearing, literally, a few day

andy murray could be handed a wildcard to this year�*s french open, after tournament director guy forget round. norrie a little late arriving on court, and took time to settle, before slipping to a 6—2; 6—3 defeat. mike brown�*s harlequins career will come to a premature end. after 17 years with the club, he�*ll miss their remaining four matches after being banned for six weeks for stamping. the former england full back, leaves for newcastle at the end of the season, after failing to agree a new contract with the london club. he�*ll also miss the premiership final, should quins qualify, they�*re currently fourth. and regular season nfl games will return to london this year with two to be staged at tottenham�*s north london stadium. its the first time the nfl has played a match in the uk since 2019. the atalanta falcons will host the new yorkjets on october 10th. the jacksonville jaguars and the miami dolphins are in town to face each other at the same venue seven days later. the pandemic forced all of last year�*s games to be played in the united states. and finally, over in the netherla

andy murray could be handed a wild card to this year's french open. problem picked up in march. he accepted a wild card to the french last year, losing in the opening round. there will be more crowds at roland garros this year than last. 5000 fans will be allowed onto centre court for the final five days. before that, spectators will be limited to no more than 1000 on any court. cameron norrie's italian 0pen is over after losing to spain's alejandro davidovich fokina. he would've faced the top seed novak djokovic in the third round. but having arrived late on court, slipped to a sraight sets defeat. mo farah will look to book his place for tokyo at the british athletics 10,000—metre championships next month. the four—time olympic champion has been focusing on road events since retiring from track racing back in 2017, but is looking to go to his fourth games in tokyo. he's twice won the 10,000 olympic gold and will form part of a 12—strong team set to compete at the university of birmingham on the 5th ofjune. regular season nfl games will return to lon

last month and then came from to rounds where he beat the spanish player in straight sets and andy murray'sactising in rome, but they have only been able to play three tournaments this year due to injury, he is hoping to be able to play soon. that'sjust he is hoping to be able to play soon. that's just remind you about our top story once again. manchester city have been crowned premier league champions in the first time in four seasons. plenty more on that story on the bbc sport website. all the sports an hour. thank you so much. two other news. and israel there've been more israeli air strikes against gaza, where the government health ministry says at least 26 people have been killed. palestinian militant groups have fired more rockets into tel aviv, which caused the closure of the airport. that's got —— let's get more now. what is the latest? things took a turn for the worst after the 12—storey building was totally destroyed. they had report them —— warned them that they would attack it. the militant wing had said not to target that building. it understood that it contain some of the mass

andy murray, the definition of never giving up. absolutely, thank you very much.ls. it will feel quite warm in the sunshine. not as cold as last week. low pressure dominating the weather. you can see the circulation around that in an anticlockwise direction, that is where we see all the showers. we have rain pushing north, showers coming around it and getting to the south—west of england, wales, central and southern england, pushing steadily northwards. in between sunny skies to look forward to, some of us will miss the showers altogether and stay dry but if you catch one, there will be gusty winds. but generally it will not be as windy as yesterday. you can also hear some thunder and you could see some hailstones. 9—17 so feeling pleasant in the sunshine. the showers push north tonight, still rotating around the area of low pressure. coming back in across wales, getting into the midlands and northern england, and with all this cloud around, not going to be a cold night. we should remain frost free. tomorrow, low pressure still driving the weather. here is the cen

andy murray will miss this month's french open after deciding to focus on getting fit for the grass court in hungary, which will give him a real boost as he prepares to defend his olympic title injuly. he's already the world champion in the same event. also warming up nicely for tokyo are tom daley and matty lee, who've won gold at the european diving championships in budapest. the pair were impressive in the ten—metre synchronised event, with a personal best score. daley and lee also won world cup gold at the olympic test event in japan earlier this month, and daley says they can get even better. it's the first—ever time i've won a synchronised gold medal at the european i think we were five points higher than our previous personal best, so really happy. our last dive wasn't the best we have done, but at the end of the day there's room for improvement and we've got eight weeks, nine weeks until we compete at the olympics. so some room for improvement but very happy white now. it improvement but very happy white now. ., , �* improvement but very happy white now. . , �* , , improvement but

we could get to see andy murray playing at the french open at the end of this month.e italian 0pen. he and fellow briton liam brody, beat australian pair luke saville and max purcell. and finally in the netherlands, ajax have decided to share their championship trophy with theirfans. it's been melted down to create these small stars, which will be sent to each of their 42,000 season—ticket holders. ajax won their 35th title this season and, like most teams across europe, have played without fans — this is their way of sharing the win with them. there will be two schools of thought on that. some will think that is a really, lovely thing to do. i think it's almost sacrilegious, melting down the trophy. ida. it's almost sacrilegious, melting down the trophy.— it's almost sacrilegious, melting down the tro-h . ., ., , . down the trophy. no, the royal dutch football association _ down the trophy. no, the royal dutch football association has _ down the trophy. no, the royal dutch football association has given - down the trophy. no, the royal dutch football association has

andy, thanks for being on the programme. gordon murrayngineering business — the gordon murray group and it's in the final stages of developing a lightweight supercar, but it's not cheap — this car will set you back by more than $4 million. theo leggett spoke to professor murray — and asked him where he sees his priorities now — building supercars or electric ru nabouts? we are actually covering both ends of the scale, rather dramatically. one end we have got a high revving, noisy b12 motorcar, supercar, and at the other end, the gordon murray design, we are working on almost exclusively lightweight architect shall, low energy running in factory and also ed, exclusively eds. we are covering the two extremes. find covering the two extremes. and it comes to _ covering the two extremes. and it comes to eds, _ covering the two extremes. and it comes to eds, this _ covering the two extremes. and it comes to eds, this is - it comes to eds, this is obviously a very big growth area. especially in the uk when there is a 2030 deadline for phasing out