and 30 grand injust six days: the british bobsleigh pilot who says she's ‘powered by the people‘ afternding target. hello again, thanks forjoining us on sportsday. a record—breaking night it may well have been for gareth barry but for the man who's now played more premier league matches than anyone else there was a harsh reality for him to face at the emirates tonight. his west brom team had their chances but were beaten 2—0 by arsenal. ben croucher reports. for a 633rd time, gareth barry took to the pitch in the premier league, a man who has seen it all before. he had not seen west brom win too often at the emirates though, and tried to have improve that. jay rodriguez regained his balance only to find petr cech. jake livermore could not find it. petr cech was rivalled in the sales, alexandre lacazette rebounder. at 1-0, the alexandre lacazette rebounder. at 1—0, the game was not out of west bombardment the route but it was the ball for nacho monreal to deny the equaliser. aaron ramsey was pushed for a penalty, lacazette was composed from 12 yards as six. in a game that started celebr

and why the british bobsleigh chief executive leaving his role means there is extra funding for the women's we begin with the news that ben stokes and alex hales will not be considered for selection for international cricket until further notice after the pair were involved in an incident near a bristol nightclub. all—rounder stokes is said to be "fragile and devastated" after his arrest on suspicion of assault. the pictures you are about to see contain violent images. video footage allegedly shows him in a brawl in the early hours of monday. the bbc has not been able to verify the footage. on wednesday, the test vice—captain was named in england squad for the ashes tour of australia this winter. michael vaughan speaking to the bbc before the ecb decision was announced, says he doesn't hold out much hope for england's ashes chances without stokes. if ben stokes misses the ashes, because of a hand injury or the criminal investigation is ongoing and he cannot go to australia, i do not give england any chance of doing anything in the ashes series. he is that important to the team. they make a

the british bobsleigh and skeleton association will continue to support three men's teams but it is nown the women's bobsleigh competition in pyeochang. british para athlete bethany woodward says she'll be handing back one of her relay medals because a member of the team was giving them an ‘unfair advantage'. the classification system in para—sport has been criticised for sometimes allowing less impaired athletes to compete against those with a much greater disability. woodward says "handing back this medal will mean all the medals i won are to do with me, my cerebral palsy and my strength". britain's hannah barnes has finished ninth in the women's individual time trial at the world championships in norway. barnes — who missed out on selection for the rio olympic games last year — finished just one minute twenty—three seconds off the lead. olympic gold medallist elinor barker finished behind her in nineteenth after suffering a mechanical problem. dutch rider annemiek van vleuten took the world title ahead of her compatriot anna van der breggen. a bit annoyed, i had a mechanical problem

meanwhile, british bobsleigh head coach dominik scherrer has resigned. discrimination". there‘s no suggestion of any wrong—doing by scherrer. british time trial champion steve cummings has withdrawn from the squad for next week‘s world championships. he says he was only told eight days ago he was in the squad, and that didn‘t give him enough time to prepare. the fa has sent a video to football‘s world governing body fifa, hoping to prove that dele alli‘s middle—finger gesture was towards england team—mate kyle walker and not an official or opponent. tv pictures showed the incident during england‘s 2—i world cup qualifying win over slovakia last week. and there were birdies, but the wrong sort, on what was supposed to be day one of the final women‘s golf major of the year. play was abandoned for the day at the evian championship in france because of the heavy rain. the first group had completed just eight holes at the time, so the event is now a 54—hole tournament starting tomorrow. the cars are yet to come out for first practice, but the singapore grand

british bobsleigh pilot mica mcneill is closing on her £30,000 target to pay for next season's world online campaign in the wake of the decision by the british bobsleigh and skeleton federation to cut her funding. i caught up with her a little earlier. words cannot describe how much it means, and how many times can you say thank you to someone. it's just absolutely incredible, to say thank you to that many people. all those generous people, it's overwhelming. £30,000, we should make clear, is an initial amount of money that you need for the next stage of a qualification process for the winter 0lympics. so how significant a chunk would it be should you reach that target? yeah, we asked for 30,000 originally, that is the minimum that we need to get out there on ice, and get ra ces we need to get out there on ice, and get races down, and get us into that world ranking that we need to get to the winter olympics. that's what we need to get by. anything extra from that lets us focus on performance and doing the whole tour, getting the extra training runs in. being that close to 30,000 is j

british bobsleigh have announced dominick sherrer‘s replacement as their head coach.layers in the pdc play over two days in a knockout tournament. in the opening match, world number three peter snakebite wright fired in six 180s to beat world number six dave chisnall and see out the match on double five. you can see full coverage from cardiff on the bbc sport website. thousands of boxing fans are in las vegas this weekend, for the middleweight title clash between two of the best fighters on the planet, gennady golovkin and canelo alvarez. 0ur reporter adie is also there. and it's a match—up that fight fans have wanted for years. it is. the atmosphere has built throughout the week. it's notjust a matchup between two of the best pound—for—pound. .. sorry to interrupt. let's go straight to scotla nd interrupt. let's go straight to scotland yard, we are hearing from the deputy commissioner. i'm happy to ta ke the deputy commissioner. i'm happy to take two a few questions afterwards. the metropolitan police and its partners across the car to terrorism pleasing that we can

the crisis at british bobsleigh has worsened today, with the news of the departure of its governing body'sthis follows revelations of athletes' allegations of racism and bullying against coaches, the departure of both the performance director and the head coach, and a row over the axing of women's funding last week. parker will be replaced and with the resources that has freed up, as well as of the restructuring, british bobsleigh say they can now partially fund and women's team in their bid to qualify for the games, in february. you can find more intimation on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll be back after 2pm. olly foster there. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier says a ‘new dynamic‘ has been created in the brexit negotiations, following theresa may's speech in florence last week. mr barnier said progress had been made on the financial settlement and citizen's rights, but more work was needed. the brexit secretary david davis said they'd made ‘decisive steps forward', but admitted that there remains disagreement over the uk's final liabilities, along with the bor

in march in the hope of being fast tracked into the gb team, but after british bobsleighhdrew funding for the women's programme, creighton started a crowdfunding campaign. she was inspired by team mate misha mcneill, who reached her £30,000 target on monday. and it was the fight that everyone was talking about when mixed martial artist conor mcgregor took on former boxing world champion floyd mayweather in las vegas and it seems mayweather wants a way to remember it himself, every day. and he's done it in some style, installing two eight—foot portraits of him and conor mcgregor made out of broken glass in his new £19 million beverly hills mansion. given that the fight earned mayweather a few hundred million dollars it seems only right that you pay homage to that in some way. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. president trump's is due to hold a news conference with the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy. let's ta ke let's take you over there, i think thatis let's take you over there, i think that is the rose garden

meanwhile, british bobsleigh head coach dominik scher—rer has resigned. british bobsleigh to complain of "bullying, racism, sexism and discrimination". there's no suggestion of any wrong—doing by scherrer. paris has been confirmed as the host city for the olympic games in 202a. it will be 100 years after the event was last held in the french capital. they'd lost out in their bids for the 2008 and 2012 games. they were up against los angeles, where the olympics will now be held in 2028. british time trial champion steve cummings has withdrawn from the squad for next week's world championships. he was initially a reserve for the team time trial event, and switched his attention to road racing. he says he was only told eight days ago he was in the squad and that didn't give him enough time to prepare. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport and i'll have more in the next hour thank you, jessica. you are watching bbc news. let's take a look at the main stories. the pub

the british bobsleigh and skeleton association intends to continue supporting three men's teams on its the women's bobsleigh competition in pyeochang. the british para athlete bethany woodward says she'll be handing back one of her relay medals because a member of the team was giving them an unfair advantage. the classification system in para—sport has been criticised for sometimes allowing less impaired athletes to compete against those with a much greater disability. woodward won sprinting silver in london 2012 and also long jump silver at the 2014 commonwealth games. with reference to her relay medal, won in the last four years, she says "i feel like we won a medal i don't believe was true. handing back this medal will mean all the medals i won are to do with me, my cerebral palsy and my strength". british cyclist elinor barker competes in the individual time trial at the world road championships in norway later. she's an olympic champion on the track and thinks that will hold her in good stead in bergen. it's something i've always thought about and it's always clashed with my track

british bobsleigh can now afford to partially support sending a women's team to february's winter olympicsrt's chief executive richard parker left his role. earlier this month the bbsa said it was withdrawing funding from the women but continuing to fund three men's teams. bobsled drivers misha mcneill and donna creighton had launched ‘crowdfunding pages‘ in an effort to raise money so they could continue competing. mcneill has already reached her target of £30,000 and says the extra support will be vital. it will help logistically and with planning, it is a lot of strain on three gilles to sort it all went out in sucha three gilles to sort it all went out in such a short space of time so it little help is massively. coaching and medical, a massive help, and if they can aid with costs, that will be obviously fantastic. it is everything we have been pushing for. i still feel it is everything we have worked for over this last week is still vital in this journey. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers welcome to our look ahead at what will be in the papers tomorrow. with

less than six months before the games in pyeongchang, the british bobsleigh and skeleton association fund the women's team, but would be sending three men's teams to the olympics. let's talk to mica now. £10,000 is a remarkable show of support in less than 24 hours?m is, considering the page when live at1:30pm is, considering the page when live at 1:30pm yesterday and before 1:30pm today we had hit £10,000, so it is amazing. lizzie lee arnold has talked about mismanagement, do you agree with what she says? there has been an overspend, that has to be accountable to someone somewhere. somebody has made a mistake down the line andi somebody has made a mistake down the line and i agree, it is mismanagement. we had a great season, we met the british olympic association qualifying standards and due to someone else's mistake we are suffering. three men's team look like they will be going to pyongyang, but the women probably not more so unless you meet your crowdfunding target, why do you think it is the women's team being targeted like this. we were told the women are suffering due to the o

meanwhile, british bobsleigh head coach dominik scherrer has resigned.on of any wrong—doing by scherrer. british time trial champion steve cummings has withdrawn from the squad for next week's world championships. he was initially a reserve for the team time trial event, and switched his attention to road racing. he says he was only told eight days ago he was in the squad and that didn't give him enough time to prepare. he was due to partner chris froome in the time trial in bergen. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. the public inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower, which killed at least 80 people injune, has begun its work today. opening the investigation, the retired court of appealjudge sir martin moore—bick, acknowledged there was a "great sense of anger and betrayal" felt by survivors of the tragedy. the inquiry, which is expected to publish its interim findings by easter, will look at the cause and spread of the fire. the design, construction and refurbishment of grenfell tower. how far regulations go in terms of high—

the british bobsleigh and skeleton association will continue to support three men's teams, but it is s all the sport for now. the cricket is 139— for now for the we st the cricket is 139— for now for the west indies. police now say that the death toll in the grenfell tower fire injune may not be quite as high as previously thought. it was believed that around 80 people had died in the fire. detectives have also revealed that 240 people managed to escape the blaze between midnight and eight o'clock the following morning. it's now over three months since the g re nfell tower it's now over three months since the grenfell tower disaster, but still, the final death toll remains uncertain. today, police said they had reason to believe that the number of dead may be fewer than the officialfigure of 80. number of dead may be fewer than the official figure of 80. they are investigating eight cases of alleged fraud in which survivors may have falsely claimed they had lost relatives or property in the fire. progress in retrieving remains has also been better than expected, police said, and cctv

meanwhile, british bobsleigh head coach dominik scherrer has resigned.ation". there's no suggestion of any wrong—doing by scher—rer. wrong—doing by scherrer. play has been called off for the day at the fifth and final women's golf major of the year — the evian championship in france. constant rain meant that the french ducks were the only winners, at least providing a few birdies today. the first group had completed eight holes when play was called off meaning that the event is now a 5a—hole tournament starting tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. all media editor is at the world television society convention in cambridge today and sent us this update. the culture secretary, karen bradley, has confirmed that rupert murdoch's bid to take full control of sky through 21st century fox will be referred to the competition authorities. she said the competition and markets authority would investigate the impact of the proposed merger on broadcasting standards and media plurality. this is the second time the murdoch family has

five months before the winter olympics, british bobsleigh chief executive richard parker has stood downhave been allegations of racism and bullying within the organisation and in the past few weeks, after what was described as an overspend, all funding withdrawn from the women's team. parker won't be replaced and with the resources that has freed up, as well as other restructuring, british bobsleigh say they can now partially fund a women's team in their bid to qualify for the pyeongchang games in february. tiger woods is a humane and never play competitive golf again. —— says he may never play competitive golf again. he underwent back surgery for again. he underwent back surgery for a fourth time in april. the 41—year—old hasn't played a major for the past two years. i've been out of the game for a while. first things first, get my health organised, make sure the pain goes away. could you see a scenario where you would not come back to competitive golf? yeah, definitely. i don't know what my future holds for me. i'm hitting 60 yard shots. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the

british bobsleigh have appointed lee johnston — a three—time olympian — as their new head coach.nd is a 12—time british champion. it's the return of the champions league of darts this weekend at the motorpoint arena in cardiff, where the top eight players in the pdc play over two days in a knockout tournament. in the opening match, world number three peter snakebite wright fired in six 1805 to beat world number six dave chisnall and see out the match on double five. you can see full coverage from cardiff on the bbc sport website. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening and i'll be doing it all again in sportsday at 7:30pm. see you then. manchester city beat watford 6—0 today. sergio querrey got a hat—trick. —— sergio aguero. no time for the weather. it's been a day of sunshine and showers. this is set to continue over the next few days. this was earlier on. we've had some big shower clouds. equally, blue sky in between. in some of the happier showers, thunderstorms spotted. this one was taken by one of our viewers in sussex. we st

but after british bobsleigh pulled theirfunding, and misha mcneill reached her £30,000 target, creightont is all the sports an hour but as always, you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will have more feel in the the actress liz dawn, who played vera duckworth in coronation street for more than 30 years, has died. she was 77. her family says she died peacefully at home in her sleep and they are heartbroken. itv have paid tribute — in a statement, the executive producer of coronation street said: mervyn watson is a former coronation street producer. you worked with her for seven years, also, and even people who don't watch coronation street, everybody knows vera duckworth. what was it about liz dawn that inspired such affection? in both cases, the character and the real person, liz, they were big. they were theatrical, they were big. they were theatrical, they were big. they were theatrical, they were full of heart, full of life and energy and the character that she created on screen was unsurpassed, i think, that she created on screen was unsurpassed, ithink,

she launched the appeal after the british bobsleigh & skeleton federation cut her funding.ts, had to raise £30,000 of their own money, and money from crowd funding, to even get to qualification. there is a film in this. cool runnings! they have to qualify first, but if they get there, they might win a medal. and already our hearts are behind them, because they are so passionate and determined to compete. at the weekend, during the opening ceremony of the invictus games in toronto, much was made of the fact that its founder, prince harry, was sat a few rows away from his girlfriend, the actress meghan markle. yesterday, royal watchers were treated to a public display of affection, as they strode hand—in—hand for their first official public appearance together to watch a wheelchair tennis match. so is this a significant milestone in their relationship? let‘s speak to the royal writer charlie jacoby, who is in our bristol newsroom. charlie, thank you very much for being with us this morning in your bristol studio. give us an idea, first of all, how much careful planning has go

but after british bobsleigh pulled theirfunding, and misha mcneill reached her £30,000 target, creighton all the sport for now. hugh will be here later. news from the metropolitan police in london. they are saying that this morning they arrested a 19—year—old man atan morning they arrested a 19—year—old man at an address in north london with terrorism offences. he was arrested on suspicion of disseminating terrorist publications and has been detained and taken to a south london police station where he remains in police custody. 0fficers are carrying out a search of the address in north london. they say their inquiries continue and they say the arrest is not connected to the parsons green investigation. a man of19 the parsons green investigation. a man of 19 arrested in north london. tensions between the us and north korea are continuing to escalate with recriminations and accusations on both sides. the americans have warned pyongyang to stop its provocations after it said it had the right to shoot down us bombers. south korea called for a level—headed response. from seoul, danny savage r

and the british bobsleigh chief executive, richard parkes has stood down. mea ns down. the restructuring and extra resources means a women's team will be partially funded for the winter 0lympics next february. a full update on the stories in the next 15 minutes. theresa may, has responded to the labour leaderjeremy corbyn's claim that capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy, by setting out the benefits of a free market economy. in a speech marking 20 years since the bank of england was given the right to set interest rates, the prime minister said capitalism's faults had to be addressed., but that simply abandoning the system, would be a backward step. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has more. it is nicknamed the old lady of threadneedle street, the bank of england foundered over 300 years ago. england founded over 300 years ago. this is where 40 years ago theresa may started her career. she returned here this morning with a big picture message about her instincts on managing the economy. a free—market economy is the greatest agent of collective

british bobsleigh's women's team will now get a bit of support, ahead of the winter olympics next yearthe b.b.s.a said it was withdrawing funding from the women while continuing to fund three men's teams. what is the collective noun for former presidents? they are still called president. no, the collective noun... here they are, three of them. they are watching the golf at them. they are watching the golf at the president's cup. the americans are on top. who has the best handicap of them?” think george bush must. whoever that youngster was to got that selfie must be very happy. should we explain this? we are talking about washing hands. apparently we do not washing hands. apparently we do not wash them for long enough to prevent stomach bugs and colds, et cetera. how long do you think you have to watch them ? how long do you think you have to watch them? usually i am in a rush. five seconds. less than that. you should do it for 20. professor ash soni is president of the royal pharmaceutical society. hejoins us now. 20 seconds is the recommended time. it is funny. that is quite a long t

athletes had written to british bobsleigh to complain about discrimination.l seal their first title since 1992. play is under way at edgbaston and warwickshire have already lost early wickets — you can follow live updates on the cricket pages of the bbc sport website. more sport in the next hour. the bank of england has voted to keep interest rates at a record low ofa keep interest rates at a record low of a quarter of 1%. policymakers voted 7—2 to hold rates at that level. a concerted effort to force so—called islamic state out of their stronghold city of raqqa in syria has been going on for four months now. a combination of coalition air strikes and us backed ground forces are trying to drive the militants out of the city. tens of thousands of civilians have fled. but it's unclear how many are still there. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville has more. the one thing you really notice here in raqqa city, apart from the destruction, which is pretty much everywhere all around us, is the absence of people. when we've been into other cities, in mosu

now, there's a great story in bobsleigh with the british women's team taking to crowd—funding in a bide very determined to get there. this is interesting. bobsleigher is one of the best funded winter sports by the uk. —— bobsledding is one of the best funded winter sports by the uk. they have cut the funding to the women's tea m have cut the funding to the women's team five months before the winter olympics in south korea. there have been allegations of responding by the management. that means that the tea m the management. that means that the team have had to rely on donations from the public. they have exceeded their target of £30,000. they were on about £32,000 about an hour ago. mcneill, one of the drivers, says she has been overwhelmed by the support from the public. she has been overwhelmed by the support from the publiclj she has been overwhelmed by the support from the public. i think we can handle the pressure. we are powered by the people now. for people to believe in us, support are scum and all of the nice messages we've had, and all of those donations, people believe enoug

british bobsleigh withdrew financial support but this team will now be able to compete at the world cupstories in the next hour. more now on that new study coronation street actress liz dawn, who played vera duckworth in the soap for 34 years, has died, at the age of 77. on the line is mervyn watson, a former coronation street producer. we are grateful for you joining us on this sad day. what are your thoughts? well, when i heard just now, literally just your thoughts? well, when i heard just now, literallyjust now, it was shocked and upset because even though it is a long time since i worked with liz, on coronation street, 15 years ago now, she was somebody who really held a special place in my heart and in the hearts of all people who worked with her. and with her audience. she was legendary, she was wonderful. why? what would she like to work with? well, she was real. she wasn't a pain to work with, she was a delight to work with, a real person, and eventually end her life, she got involved with a fantastic amount of charity work. so, to meet her, you we re charity work. so, to meet

the last couple of minutes regarding the british oxalate tea m minutes regarding the british oxalate team —— bobsleighhas been an overspend and funding for the men's teams will continue but they are withdrawing funding from the women's teams which is a massive blow, and they may not be able to compete at the winter olympics. more details on that in the next hour but you can follow that on our website. i will be back with more in the next hour. myanmar‘s de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, has said her government does not fear "international scrutiny" of its handling of the growing rohingya crisis. it was her first address to the country about the violence in northern rakhine state that has seen more than 400,000 rohingya muslims cross into bangladesh. hours after her speech, the un human rights council in geneva called for full access to the region so it can investigate the situation "with its own eyes". watching her speech in the myanmar capital, naypyidaw, was our correspondentjonah fisher. in the three weeks since this crisis started, aung san suu kyi has said very little so there was considerable a