they are set to play birmingham city in front ofa set to play birmingham city in front of a record crowd that match will be taking place. jessica, i have picked up taking place. jessica, i have picked up on all the excitement on twitter, tell us more about the teams. manchester city are certainly the favourites going into this one, chasing the domestic travel, having already tied up the league title and the league cup title. —— the domestic treble. this would be the third trophy and just eight months if they were to win today. it is a tea m if they were to win today. it is a team with so much quality throughout, with a whole host of england internationals, and also the world's best player, carli lloyd. but in birmingham city, they face tough opposition. birmingham city might not be doing as well in the league as they want to, but they have had an impressive cup run, beating last year's winners, arsenal, in the quarterfinals, and then in the semifinals, they beat last yea r‘s then in the semifinals, they beat last year's finalists, chelsea. birmingham city are certainly considered the und

birmingham city ladies say they will not fear manchester city in tomorrow's women's fa cup final. ut holders arsenal and 2015 winners chelsea to make the final, but manchester city are looking to seal a domestic treble and a first fa cup win as well. they are hatched a plan. birmingham city ladies have created two cup u psets city ladies have created two cup upsets and now they are hoping for a third against the best team in the land, manchester city. they played arsenal and chelsea, two good teams, and a real pleasure to play against them and put ourselves against them. now we have another fantastic challenge at manchester city. we know it will be tough, but we are really looking forward to it because there is no other way to do it. we are not going to take part, we are going to win and come back to birmingham. they drew 1-1 win they met in the league last week. tomorrow will be on another scale. birmingham city ladies won the fa cup in 2012 but that was before the finals played at wembley. a record crowd is expected. that makes it extra special for the blues's german goalkeeper.

of birmingham city, nottingham forest and blackburn rovers is going tojoin them in league one. all matches are at 12 tomorrow, check the website for those fixtures. the league two season finishes tomorrow, hartlepool or newport will drop out of the league, and it's very tight for the play—off places. seven teams looking to make the final two spots...again go to the bbc sport website for all the in and outs the title was wwrapped up in sdcotland a long time ago. the champions celtic face st. johnstone tomorrow. bottom club inverness could get relegated if they lose to hamilton and motrherwell and dundee win their matches. couple of matches on sunday — partick v rangers and hearts face aberdeen england's cricketers have started their busy summer with a big win. seven wickets the margin of victory against ireland in bristol. adil rashid claimed his first wicket

they beat birmingham city 4-1 to cup final.ble 12 months. jessica is at wembley for us. months. jessica is at wembley for us. the stars willie delivered or four city today. yes, i think manchester city women really outclassed birmingham today. i think birmingham relatively inexperienced in comparison to the might of manchester city winning and you just wonder whether they might have been slightly overawed by the sense of occasion. a record number of fans in the stadium, over 35,000, occasion. a record number of fans in the stadium, over35,000, but occasion. a record number of fans in the stadium, over 35,000, but city just too strong and far too clinical in front of goal. this is football's showpiece season and the women's game has earned its place at the home of the sport. at wembley more people other than their way here to witness the fa cup final. almost 40,000 mark of progress. manchester city fast becoming this nation's superpower, choosing more silverware they turned to bronze. in towards lucy bronze, that is in, manchest

birmingham city's ladies say they will not fear manchester city in tomorrow's women's fa cup final.er city and we a re really challenger manchester city and we are really looking forward to it because we're not just are really looking forward to it because we're notjust going there to ta ke because we're notjust going there to take part, we are looking to go there and try to win the game and bring the cup back to birmingham. well, england captain steph houghton will be leading the stars of manchester city as they try and win the trophy for the first time. you always dream of playing at wembley and captaining your side and ever since ijoined this club, it's about trying to win the fa cup and we are one step closer to doing that, so this is the one we have been trying to get ever since i've been trying to get ever since i've been here. we've come so close to reaching the final. we've been knocked out in the semifinal the last three years, and it's disappointing because you get so close to being at wembley. but that was one of the focuses, along with the spring series, was to try to ge

manchester city play birmingham city meet in the women's spring series tonight in what's a dress rehearsalen days' time. also tonight, yeovil take on bristol city, and reading face chelsea. and you can see that manchester city versus birmingham match live on the red button and bbc sport website. goldie sayers says she will leave athletics with "a deep sense of injustice". the sa—year—old, who won 11 british javelin titles, confirmed her retirement from the sport today, after 20 years, which saw her compete at three olympic games. she is still waiting to receive her bronze medal from the 2008 olympics, where she came fourth behind the russian doping cheat, mariya abakumova, who had won silver. the best moment of my career was stolen, which is incredibly frustrate, and you know, i've been angry about it, but also happy that ican angry about it, but also happy that i can say that potentially i'm an 0lympic medallist. i dread to think how much i have lost financially in responsibilitier ship, how much i have lost financially in responsibilitiership, especially leading into a home 0lympic respo

birmingham's most famous mayor, liberaljoseph chamberlain, ran the city at the height of its municipalntrolled the supply of water, electricity, gas. he controlled the police service and the fire service and, for some, the new metro mayor is a welcome return of power to the west midlands. as well as birmingham, the mayor's constituency includes coventry and walsall, dudley and sandwell, solihull and wolverhampton. so what do the passengers on the wolverhampton tram think? the worry is that the smaller conurbations around the west midlands won't get as much as everywhere else. as long as it's a fair crack for everybody, then, yeah, go for it. i think it's yet another layer of very expensive bureaucracy, when, in essence, the country is controlled by central government. they hold the main purse strings. i don't know anything about it, to be honest. have you not been hearing anything about it? no. i watch a lot of reality programmes, so i've not listened to the normal news. watched over by chamberlain's ghost, the regeneration of birmingham's city centre symbolises what a metro mayor shou

birmingham's most famous mayor, liberaljoseph chamberlain, ran the city at the height of its municipaleatness. he controlled the supply of water, electricity, gas. he controlled the police service and the fire service, and for some, the new metro—mayor is a welcome return of power to the west midlands. as well as birmingham, the mayor's constituency includes coventry and walsall, dudley and sandwell, solihull and wolverhampton. so what do the passengers on the wolverhampton tram think? the worry is that the smaller conurbations around the west midlands won't get as much as everywhere else. as long as it's a fair crack for everybody then, yeah, go for it. i think it's yet another layer of very expensive bureaucracy, when in essence the country is controlled by central government. they hold the main purse strings. i don't know anything about it, to be honest. have you not been hearing anything about it? no. i watch a lot of reality programmes. i've not listened to the normal news! watched over by chamberlain's ghost, the regeneration of birmingham's city centre symbolises what a metro—ma

manchester city have another trophy in the cabinet — thanks to the women's team, who beat birmingham cityurday. among the scorers in that 4—1 victory was england defender lucy bronze, who spoke to me earlier. she said that with more experience they will be able to match the european elite. it isa it is a question of experience. we played a team that have been in for five finals. it was our first champions league experience as a team. asa champions league experience as a team. as a club, as a team, it was the first champions league experience and we ended up playing who i see as going to win the tournament. we learnt a lot from lyon. it is a club we want to emulate. it is fine margins and i'm sure we'll get there in the near future. the fa chairman greg clarke says football has a responsibility to take the lead on fighting homophobia and make sure players feel comfortable about coming out as gay. he says there's still a big problem in the men's game and he hasn't found any gay players willing to speak to him. at stonewall‘s rainbow laces summit at old trafford, professional footballers' as

she was surprised by her sister andrine, a midfielderfor birmingham city in front of her lyon teammatesen‘s champions league final in cardiff on thursday. 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 ben chu economics and business editor at the independent and dave wooding, political editor of the sun on sunday. tomorrow‘s front pages, starting with. the metro leads with what it calls a car crash interview — wherejeremy corbyn stumbled over the cost of labour‘s free childcare plans in an interview with the bbc. the daily telegraph says it has seen leaked documents showing a labour plan to allow thousands of unskilled migrants to enter the uk after brexit. the same story is in the mail adding that proposals also include axing rules which limit foreign spouses living here unless they can show they will not be a ‘burden‘ on the taxpayer. the guardian focuses on theresa may saying jeremy corbyn‘s policies would leave him "alone and naked“ in the negotiating chamber of the eu

huddersfield to "request their observations regarding team selection" for saturday's 2—0 defeat at birmingham citynges for the trip to st andrew's having already secured a championship play—off place. birmingham are battling it out with nottingham forest and blackburn for survival, and tony mowbray the blackburn boss has questioned wagner's decision. england women's goalkeeper carly telford hasjoined chelsea ladies, following the liquidation of notts county. telford made her international debut for england 10 years ago and has been part of two world cup squads. she signed for notts county back in 2014 from chelsea. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova returned to the tennis court today. more than four months after she was badly injured having fought off an intruder at her home who was armed with a knife. kivitova posted this photo of herself hitting a ball on a practice court in monaco on her facebook account. with the words "hello guys, i hope this picture makes you as happy as it makes me!" rajiv 0useph became the first englishman in 27 years to win the men's singles title at the european b

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they're the overwhelming favourites against birmingham city ladies. this header. despite their recent successes manchester city have never won this tournament, while birmingham won the trophy back in 2012. you can watch the match on bbc two or on the bbc sport website and app. away from football, saracens are looking to make history in the rugby champions cup by winning back—to—back titles. they're playing french side clermont auvergne in the final at murrayfield and made the perfect start with chris ashton opening the scoring in the 13th minute. he now has the record for the most tries scored in the competition with 37. you can follow the action on bbc radio 5live and the bbc sport website. the french side havejust the french side have just pulled a score back, it is currently 12—7 in favour of saracens. castleford have cruised into the quarter finals of rugby league's challenge cup. they thrashed st helens 53—4 at thejungle (00v) the game they thrashed st helens 53—4 at the jungle. the game was delicately poised at 10—4 mid—way through the first half

birmingham city have confirmed that harry redknapp has signed a one year deal to stay on as manager atedknapp took over from gianfranco zola last month, and helped birmingham avoid relegation from the championship, with two wins from theirfinal two games. despite fan boycotts last season, league one and two clubs have voted to keep invited premier league and championship under—21 teams in the efl trophy for two more seasons 16 under—21 sides were added to the tournament in a one season trial. clubs were given the chance to vote on three options earlier this week: keeping academy teams, reverting to the old 48—team format or ending the competition. two—thirds of clubs supported the existing format, which also includes a £1m pound increase in prize money. the city of birmingham has confirmed this afternoon that it will bid to host the 2022 commonwealth games. the city has brought forward plans from a 2026 bid, after durban pulled out of hosting the event in five years' time. birmingham and liverpool councils both announced in march they intended to put their names forward to host the gam

they are blackburn rovers, birmingham city and nottingham forest and they are fighting it out to avoid drop from the championship. blackburn have a 2—0 lead against brentford. -- 2-1. nottingham forest 3—0 ipswich town. birmingham are currently i—o nottingham forest 3—0 ipswich town. birmingham are currently 1—0 in front of bristol city. so this is how the bottom of the championship table looks, and if it all stays the same it'll be forest who go down to league i — -- it —— it will be black burn. there are two matches today in the scottish premiership. second placed aberdeen are at hearts later on but they're into the second half at firhill park in the early kick off. partick thistle took the lead midway through the first half through a great headerfrom kris doolan. the jags have won four of their last five league games. rangers, who are third in the table, are trying to close the gap on aberdeen. it's the second one day international between england and ireland. it's the first time ireland have ever played at lord's. they could have to chase a big total. ireland restricted the home si

birmingham saving themselves with victory at bristol city.ewcastle are champions, taking the title by a point after they beat ba rnsley title by a point after they beat barnsley and brighton drew with aston villa. the play—off semifinalss sees huddersfield by sheffield wednesday and reading playing fulham. liverpool had a goalless draw with southampton, the fourth time this season they have failed to score against the saints. milner had a penalty saved by fraser forster. and forster was again at his best in injury time, denying marko grujic. liverpool are just a point ahead of manchester city, but third is the best they can hope for 110w. third is the best they can hope for now. they have kicked off at arsenal, and manchester united have made eight changes to the side which beat celta vigo on thursday. david de gea has had to make a very good save already. in the scottish premiership, aberdeen are a goal up at hearts. earlier, rangers secured at hearts. earlier, rangers secured a top three finish and a place in next season's europa league qua

birmingham's most famous mayor, liberaljoseph chamberlain, ran the city at the height of its municipal and the fire service, and for some, the new metro—mayor is a welcome return of power to the west midlands. as well as birmingham, the mayor's constituency includes coventry and walsall, dudley and sandwell, solihull and wolverhampton. so what do the passengers on the wolverhampton tram think? the worry is that the smaller conurbations around the west midlands won't get as much as everywhere else. as long as it's a fair crack for everybody then, yeah, go for it. i think it's yet another layer of very expensive bureaucracy, when in essence the country is controlled by central government. they hold the main purse strings. i don't know anything about it to be honest. have you not been hearing anything about it? no. i watch a lot of reality programmes, i've not listened to the normal news! watched over by chamberlain's ghost, the regeneration of birmingham's city centre symbolises what a metro—mayor should do for the region. get it right, and more control may be granted. get it wrong, and

birmingham city saved themselves with a 1—0 win at bristol city. villa scored in the closing minutes to hold brighton to a draw. the play—off semi finals will see reading face fulham and huddersfield will play sheffield wednesday. jose mourinho has pretty much conceded defeat in the race for a champions league place by making eight changes to manchester united's starting line—up against arsenal. united were beaten 2—0 at the emirates and will now focus on this week's europa league semifinal second leg. arsenal were kept at bay in the first half, united keeper david de gea quick to react to aaron ramsey's effort. it was goalless at half—time but arsenal took the lead soon after through granit xhaka's deflected shot. just a couple of minutes later it was 2—0, with danny welbeck scoring against his former club and ending united's 25 game unbeaten run in the premier league. liverpool are back up to third in the premier league after a goalless d raw at home to southampton. it's the fourth time this season they've failed to score against saints. liverpoo

that is because birmingham city and —— they stay up on goal difference.winner. england wrapped up a comfortable win over ireland. they all made scores as england set a daunting 329 to win. the kids kept on falling and ireland slipped to an 85 run defeat. the kids kept on falling and ireland slipped to an 85 run defeatm the kids kept on falling and ireland slipped to an 85 run defeat. it is just nice to be having options and with a few players missing this series, it has been nice to get an opportunity and chip in as well. it's been nice on that front and hopefully in the future if need be i can contribute when required. there's going to be an intriguing match at the madrid 0pen, with maria sharapova and eugenie bouchard set to go head to head. sharapova beat mirjana lucic—baroni in the first round today. last week bouchard said that the russian, who's just coming back from a 15 month ban for testing positive for a banned substance, is a cheat and should have been banned for life. great britain's rowers have won four gold medals in the first world cup it's

an update from wembley, birmingham have got a goal back, but they still trail manchester city 4—1.'s bbc women's footballer of the year award, so if you haven't voted yet, take a look at these goals and saves from our five nominees and then make your choice on the bbc sport make your choice on the bbc sport great talent in there but that is almost dead from others. saracens leading claremont 28—17 in the champions cup with just a few seconds left to play. actually they have just kicked the ball out so saracens win back—to—back titles. congratulations to them. in the premier league arsenal leading 2—1 up premier league arsenal leading 2—1 up on stoke with peter crouch having just pulled one back for the home side. we will be back with more at 7:30pm. it's been a fine day across many parts of the country, we have had some warm late spring sunshine. this was the view in broadstairs earlier. bit of cumulus fairweather cloud around. more clout further north—west across the country and some outbreaks of rain as well. add picture taken by one of our weather watchers. vision into parts of

birmingham city ‘s ladies say they will not fear manchester city in the fa cup final today. live at five o'clock. birmingham will have to ove rco m e five o'clock. birmingham will have to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic triple—macro. to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic triple-macro. this is the third year that the women's fa cup final has been at wembley and they wa nt to final has been at wembley and they want to put on a great performance, we are not just want to put on a great performance, we are notjust going there to be another team that has been in the fa cup final, we want to go one better, showcase what we are about, we are footballing team, we show well and we cannot wait to go and play at wembley. you always dream of playing at wembley and being the captain of your side. ever since i havejoined the side, it is all about trying to win the fa cup. definitely up there with the stuff that i have achieved so with the stuff that i have achieved so far. qualifying for the spanish grand prix begins at the next half an hourand grand prix begins at the nex

birmingham city ‘s ladies say they will not fear manchester city in the fa cup final today. to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic triple—macro. to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic triple-macro. this is the third year that the women's fa cup final has been at wembley and they wa nt to final has been at wembley and they want to put on a great performance, we are not just want to put on a great performance, we are notjust going there to be another team that has been in the fa cup final, we want to go one better, showcase what we are about, we are footballing team, we

birmingham city ladies say they will not fear manchester city, in today's women's fa cup final at wembley's exciting for us. this is the third year that the women's fa cup final as been at wembley. we want to put on a great performance, we are not going there to be another team that has been an fa cup final. we wa nt to that has been an fa cup final. we want to do better, we want to win, showcase what we are about as a team. we are a good bowling team. we show grit and determination as well we cannot wait to go and play at wembley. you always dream of playing at wembley. ever since i have tried this club it is about trying to win the fa cup and we are closer to doing that. up there with the stuff i have achieved so far. lewis hamilton was third quickest while the fourth—place managed eight minutes. jonny brownlee made a dramatic return to the world triathlon series. in treacherous conditions in yokohama,japan, he was caught up in a crash, on the last lap of the bike leg and sent flying over the railings but he carried his damaged bike, to the transition point, to get his running shoes on

they beat birmingham city 4—1, with american world cup winner carli lloyd among the goalscorers. g the continental cup, this was the one trophy they hadn't won before today. lewis hamilton has taken pole position in the spanish grand prix after edging out sebastian vettel by the smallest of margins. hamilton couldn't improve on his first lap in his final attempt but it proved enough, beating ferrari's vettel byjust 0.051 seconds after the german made a mistake in the final chicane. hamilton's mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas took third ahead of ferrari's kimi raikkonen. the third round of the player championship at sawgrass is underway — it's considered by some as the unofficial 5th major. louis 0osthuisen — who shot a round of 6 under yetserday remains at the top of the leaderboard. he's joined on 7 under by amercians jb holmes and kyle stanley. england's ian poulter is one shots behind on 6 under. master winner sergio garcia is already in the clubhouse on 5 under. that's all sport for now, i'll have more in the next hour. more than 800 children and teenagers, who've lost a par

women's super league one spring series, arsenal move up to second, after beating fa cup runners—up birmingham citylead in the first minute. arsenal equalised, before danielle van de donk‘s cool finish gave them a 2—1 lead. two goals from louise quinn then secured the win. in the day's other game, bristol and liverpool drew 1—1. despite playing twice in a day, novak djokovic was on top form, as he brushed aside dominic thiem to reach the final at the rome masters. having finished off his rain—delayed quarter—final againstjuan martin del potro, djokovic beat thiem 6—1, 6—0. he will play germany's alexander zverev tomorrow, who at the age of 20 is the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempt to win his first world title, with his bout stopped inside three rounds by american gervonta davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round, and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock—down. england fast bowlerjames anderson is likely to mi

women's super league one spring series, arsenal move up to second after beating fa cup runners—up birmingham cityr conceding in the first minute, danielle van de donk‘s cool finish gave them a 2—1 lead. just moments later, birmingham were level, england's rachel williams with her second of the match. but two goals from substitute louise quinn secured the win for arsenal who remain unbeaten in the spring series. bristol city and liverpool are playing now, currently goalless. ten minutes left to play. it's super league's annual magic weekend in newcastle where all 12 teams are playing at st james park either today or tomorrow. the first match of the day saw wakefield ease to a 34—12 win over bottom side widnes. scott grix and benjones bishop here scored two tries between them. hull fc missed the chance to the top as they were thrashed 41—0 by st helens, and it opens the door for castleford to extend their lead when the tigers played leeds tomorrow. wigan warriors play in the final game of the day. warrington levelled. within currently lead 12—6 approaching half—time. on to cricket. and lancashire b

women's super league one spring series, arsenal move up to second after beating fa cup runners—up birmingham citynceding in the first minute, danielle van de donk‘s cool finish gave them a 2—1 lead. just moments later, birmingham were level, england's rachel williams with her second of the match. but two goals from substitute louise quinn secured the win for arsenal who remain unbeaten in the spring series bristol city and liverpool are playing now, currently goalless. england's under—20s have beaten argentina 3—0 in their opening group game at the world cup but it will be remembered for a sending off thanks to the video assistant which is being trialled at this tournament. everton‘s dominic calvert—lewin got the opening goal seven minutes before half—time in south korea. and seven minutes after the break, newcastle's adam armstrong doubled the lead. and it finished 3—0 thanks to a penalty. but here was the moment thatjudged by the video assistant, argentina's lautaro martinez elbowed fikayo tomori and, after a short review, the argentinian saw red. their younger compatriots the under—17s lost th

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they beat birmingham city 4—1.l cup. this was the one trophy they had not won before today. lewis hamilton has taken pole position in the spanish grand prix after edging out sebastian vettel by the smallest of margins. hamilton couldn't improve on his first lap in his final attempt, but it proved enough, beating ferrari's vettel byjust 0.051 seconds, after the german locked up in the final chicane. hamilton's mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas took third, ahead of ferrari's kimi raikkonen. that's all sport for now. england ‘s ian poulter is two shots off the lead in the third round of the players championship. two illiterate shepherd children have been declared saints by the pope at a mass in portugal. hundreds of thousands of people attended the service in fatima where francisco and jacinta marto were canonised. the pair are believed to have seen an apparition of the virgin mary there a hundred years ago. allison roberts has more. it was 100 years ago today that three children tending sheep near the village of fat

they're up against birmingham city ladies — and its live on bbc two from five o'clock. a domestic treble. you always dream of playing at wembley and dream of capping on your side and ever since ijoined this clu b side and ever since ijoined this club it is about trying to win the fa cup and we are closer to doing that. definitely up there with the stuff i have achieved so far. it is exciting for us. this is the third year the fa cup final has been at wembley. we want to put on a great performance. we want to be another team in the fa cup and who want to do one better, we want to win, showcase what we are about. we show grit and determination as well. we cannot wait to go and play at wembley. jonny brownlee's return to the world triathlon series was almost as dramatic as his collapse at the end of last season. in treacherous conditions in yokohama,japan, he was caught up in a crash, on the last lap of the bike leg and sent flying over the railings — but he carried his damaged bike, to the transition point, to get his running shoes on before eventually finishing down in 42

birmingham city lady say they will not fear manchester city in today's women's fa cup final at wembleyng for us. we are not just going there to beat another tea m just going there to beat another team in the fa cup final, we want to showcase what we are about as a team. we showed grit and determination. we cannot wait to play at wembley. you dream of playing at wembley and dream of being captain of your side and since i have joined the club it is about winning the fa cup and we are one step closer. definitely up there with the stuff i have achieved so far. jonny brownlee made a dramatic return to the world triathlon series injapan, being caught up in a crash oi'i injapan, being caught up in a crash on the last lap of the bike leg and sent flying over the railings. he carried the damaged bicycle to the transition point and finished in a0 second place. you can see highlights tomorrow on bbc two. gloucester lost 25-17 to tomorrow on bbc two. gloucester lost 25—17 to stand francais in the rugby union challenge cup final. an interception from johnny may gave gloucester the lead. racing towa

she was surprised by her sister andrine, a midfielder for birmingham city in front of her lyon team—matesn thy face paris st—germain the uefa champions league final in cardiff on thursday. world number one andy murray is seeking to build some good form after a poor season so far on clay. lasty year's runner—up beat unseeded russian andrey kuznetsov in 4 sets to ease through the first round at the french open as hannah lupton reports can't put injury, injury and bad form behind him, andrew murray arrived in paris still as the world number one. he attempted to master the famous red clay for the first time. he seemed to wait for an forced errors from the russian who seem happy to oblige, despite losing his serve he took the first set 6—4. his opponent had a good clay season, he made the geneva open semifinals last week. here, he was showing what he was capable of. murray was not helped by a misfiring south, broken three times as the russian won the second set, 6—4, levering the match. murray changed is that the first and 110w murray changed is that the first and now his opponent made the mis

and in the women's fa cup final, a record crowd is expected for the game between birmingham city andester city. it is eurovision night! will britain face a brexit backlash? we will look ahead to tonight's event. and hardtalk takes us back to 20 yea rs and hardtalk takes us back to 20 years ago when donald trump appeared on the programme as a new york institution. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the government's emergency committee, cobra, is meeting this afternoon in response to the global cyber attack which has disabled nhs computers in england and scotland. the home secretary, amber rudd, said 45 different parts of the nhs had been affected. it's not yet clear whether patient safety has been compromised. the prime minister has insisted the government is giving the issue "its full attention". europol, the eu—wide law enforcement agency, described the cyber attack, which has struck in about 100 countries, as unprecedented in its scale. here's simonjones. a major incident declared at this hospital to ensure patient safety. saint bartholomew's in east london is part of the lar

they beat brentford on the final day of the season but wins for nottingham forest and birmingham citycastle won the tie ) slipknot. it is most other at anfield, where james milner of liverpool has had a penalty saved by fraser forster. a point would be good enough for liverpool to move to third. arsenalface good enough for liverpool to move to third. arsenal face manchester united in the next hour. england has set a target of 329 to win the second one—day international at lord's. eoin morgan with 76. jonny ba i rstow lord's. eoin morgan with 76. jonny bairstow made 72. ireland are 2—0 in reply. i will have a full update in the next hour. more sport later. 82 nigerian schoolgirls have arrived in the capital, abuja, where they're due to meet the country's president after being freed by the islamist group, boko haram. these are the latest pictures. the girls — who boarded an aircraft on their way back — were among 276 taken captive in the north—eastern town of chibok in 2014. they are the second group of chibok girls to be freed. they were released in a prisoner exchange deal. we can go

they are blackburn rovers, birmingham city and nottingham forest and they are fighting it out to avoiders and forest are in most danger of being relegated — they play brentford and ipswich town repectively, while blues could also fill the one remaining spot in the bottom three, depending on how their match against bristol city goes. kick off is at midday. it isa it is a difficult one when you asked dad trying to get a result. there are other results that can affect two. the key is for us to win, we have to win. a draw is no good. you might as well lose as drawer. it makes no difference. if the other two tea ms makes no difference. if the other two teams win and we draw, we are gone. we need three points. scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand he's staying in england to be with his family after his brother's wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw will replace him. great britain's rowers have been in the world cup. the three 0lympic champions competing in belgrade, two of them won gold in the first big race of th

reading against birmingham city and yeovil versus sunderland kick off at tpm.d an operation to fix the broken left eye socket he sustained in his ibf welterweight loss to errol spence junior last night. coach dominic ingle says he will discuss brook's boxing future, including any changes in weight division. brook took a knee in the 11th round when he was under no real pressure, before the referee stopped the fight. it's the identical injury brook suffered in his fight against golovkin eight months ago, but in the opposite eye. that's over now. security has dominated the issue of the election campaign since the attack in manchester. leanne wood has argued whether her party would back further security measures to combat extremism. we are in favour of more targeted surveillance, we are against mass surveillance. if people are under suspicion the police need to keep a close eye on them. we support resources for that. the idea of watching everyone and being able to access everyone's e—mails communications, that's where we have a problem. that's where our mps have vo

manchester city against birmingham. manchester city against birmingham. h him earlier in the season and i could see the difference it was making. can you do the face? laughter we have huddersfield against sheffield wednesday in the play—off semifinal. we have martin keown on the programme. and we have predictions from sir andy murray. and tottenham's last game this weekend at white hart lane and we are with garth crooks, who takes a trip down memory lane. that will be some of his goals? no doubt. we are on at midday. celtic are two matches away, from completing an unbeaten season, in the scottish premiership, after winning 3—1 at aberdeen. all the goals came in a frantic first 12 minutes — lee griffiths with celtic‘s third — and that took their league tally to 100 points. celtic will be going for the league and cup double — and a domestic treble — in two weeks' time, when they take on aberdeen, again, in the scottish cup final. have you seen these pictures? carrying the bike? yes. what a dramatic day it's been forjonny brownlee, in the world triathlon seri

birmingham city have confirmed that harry redknapp has signed a one year deal to stay on as manager atrmingham avoid relegation from the championship, with two wins from theirfinal two games. the city of birmingham has confirmed this afternoon that it will bid to host the 2022 commonwealth games. the city has brought forward plans from a 2026 bid, after durban pulled out of hosting the event in five years. birmingham and liverpool councils both announced in march they intended to put their names forward to host the games. second practice is over in barcelona ahead of this weekend's spanish grand prix. lewis hamilton was fastest in the first session. the briton was more than a second quicker in barcelona than the current leader in the drivers‘ standings, sebastian vettel. hamilton's mercedes team mate valtteri bottas was second fastest. but mclaren‘s fernando alonso's session was cut short by an oil leak from his car. he posted on social media that it enabled him to spend the morning playing tennis instead. jonny brownlee says he's hungry to put the hurt of last year's world series behi

. >> in birmingham, england several bombs blew up in the center of the city tonight. dead. at least 70 more are injured. >> the first bomb went off in a crowded pub near the birmingham city center. minutes later and less than a hundred yards away, a second bomb exploded in another pub. there had been 200 people inside. police said they were still searching for bodies in the rubble. >> terrorism only works when it shocks people. the mid-1970s, the i.r.a. attempts an entirely new tactic, to bring the conflict to the british mainland. >> the british homefront has itself become a battlefield in the raging guerilla war over northern ireland. >> there have been many bombings in england in recent months as the terrorism of northern ireland has spread, but tonight was the worst. >> for sheer audacity it was unrivaled. arab terrorists attacking opec, the headquarters of oil power. three men were killed and three wounded. >> there is no certainty, but there is plenty of speculation that one of those terrorists who raided the opec meeting in vienna be europe's most wanted fugiti

then it was the turn of manchester city's star player to shine. birmingham in a few months. these are big players who play on big occasions and our performance today was unbelievable. for so long, this is the competition that manchester he said he wanted to win. and now they can add the fa cup to their super league and league cup titles. they have proven here today that they are now the dominant force in english women's football. joy then for manchester city's women at wembley, and don't forget voting for the annual bbc women's footballer of the year award closes on monday morning at 9am. five superb players from around the world are waiting for your vote so go to bbc.co.uk/womensfootball and choose your favourite chelsea clinched the premier league title on friday, of course, so the scramble at the top is for those champions league spots. manchester city moved a step closer to securing one, they're back up to third after a narrow 2—1win over leicester — the goals came from david silva and a gabrieljesus penalty in the first half. leicester got one back and

birmingham city ladies say they will not fear manchester city in today‘s women‘s fa cup final at wembley‘s fa cup final has been at wembley. we want to put on a great performance. we‘re notjust going there to be another team that has been in the fa cup final. we want to do better, we want to win, we want to showcase what we‘re about. we‘re a footballing team and we show grit and determination. we can‘t wait to go and play at wembley. you always dream of playing at wembley, and you always dream of capping your side. ever since i have joined this club it's about trying to win the fa cup and we're one step closer to doing that. definitely up there with the stuff i have achieved so far. jonny brownlee‘s return to the world triathlon series was almost as dramatic as his collapse at the end of last season. in treacherous conditions in yokohama, he was caught up in a crash, on the last lap of the bike leg and was sent flying over the railings — but he refused to give up, carrying his damaged bike, to the transition point, to get his running shoes on before eventually finishing down in 42nd plac

it has been the equivalent of a city the size of birmingham overthe equivalent of a city the size of will be interesting when note that the conservative manifesto next week will be to look at the details of this pledge. is there any time frame on it at all or is itjust an aspiration, an ambition for some unidentified time in the future? also, if you listen carefully to what theresa may was saying today, she was talking about ending freedom of movement as it has operated. as it has operated. that suggests to me there is room for a little leeway with freedom of movement and perhaps it could continue for a while after we have left the european union, but those sort of detail, i think, are going to have to wait for the ma nifesto. labour is promising a ban on television adverts for unhealthy food and sweets before the nine o'clock watershed, as part of a strategy to tackle childhood obesity. the conservatives say britain's advertising rules are already the strictest in the world. our political correspondent, leila nathoo, has the details. labour also promising free parking at all nhs hos

they beat birmingham city 4—1, with american world cup winner manchester city kept up their dominances the one trophy they hadn't won before. joy then for manchester city's women at wembley, and don't forget voting for the annual bbc women's footballer of the year award closes on monday morning at 9am. five superb players from around the world are waiting for your vote — so go to bbc.co.uk/womensfootball and choose your favourite. with chelsea having clinched the premier league title the battle at the top is now all about those champions league spots. manchester city moved a step closer to securing one. they're back up to third after a narrow 2—1win over leicester, the goals came from david silva and a gabriel jesus‘s penalty in the first half. leicester got one back and looked to have rescued a point with this riyad mahrez penalty... but the referee spotted that he had kicked the ball twice and disallowed the goal. arsenal closed the gap on the top four, they're nowjust one point behind fourth—placed liverpool after a comfortable 4—1win at stoke. 0livier giroud scored twice. all the

birmingham city ladies say they will not fear manchester city, in today's women's fa cup final at wembleyar that the women's fa cup final has been at wembley. we want to put on a great performance. we are not just to put on a great performance. we are notjust going there to be another team that has been in the fa cup final. we want to do better, we wa nt to cup final. we want to do better, we want to win, we want to showcase what we are about. we are a football tea m what we are about. we are a football team and we show grit and determination. we can't wait to go and play at wembley. you always dream at playing at wembley, and you always dream of capping your side. ever since i have joined this club it is about try to win the fa cup and we are one step closer to doing that. definitely up there with the stuff i have achieved so there with the stuff i have achieved so far. and while we're on the subject, voting for the annual, bbc women's footballer of the year award closes on monday morning at 9:00. five players from around the world are in contention. you can vote, at bbc.co.uk. jonny bro