she'll play freya christie, her best friends she says, for a place in the final — burrage still qualifies when premiership rugby confirmed earlier this year that the champions saracen‘s were going to be relegated for persistently breaking the salary cap — it raised huge questions about whether their top players would stay. today arguably their biggest — the england captain 0wen farrell — has committed his long—term future to the club. i'm joined now by our rugby correspondent chris jones. farrell grew up at saracen‘s, he was a teenager in their academy — is this a heart over head decision? i don't think it is a surprise because farrell never gave any indications he was looking away from saracens even though as you say it is such a big bunch show new say have european intimacy champions relegated especially in the fashion they wear. but for a long time it is clear that pharaoh would stick it out at saracens and be part of this rebuilding job. —— pharaoh out at saracens and be part of this rebuildingjob. —— pharaoh would be hejoins a host rebuildingjob. —— pharaoh would be he joins a host o

and my mind is model burrage my lawyer in oklahoma. said. carol hunter hired my law firm burrage to represent the state of oklahoma and. try to recoup all of the costs that the state has incurred because of the opioid epidemic we need this person. and. i think we're going to be able to prove that 80 percent of all the crime in the state of oklahoma is directly caused by this opioid epidemic in our prisons are over feel because of the loss of productivity of taxpaying citizens costs the state money but i'm anxious to get this 1st this 1st battle started what they did to this country. it's pretty amazing. their estimates bring the cost of the epidemic to $7000000000.00 in oklahoma. city this is storm cool hearing will take place in a few days. today reggie which will explain his motivations to a group of students that this struggle is a personal one. partner a gene has been involved in the opioid addiction in the opioid crosses ever since the death of his son brandon i had a nice that also related to drugs and so when the attorney general talk

this is the british number one johanna konta againstjodie burrage, burrage winning the first set 6—4.ow via the bbc sport website and app. that's all your sport for now, next it's your questions answered. now, i'm going to introduce our three guests. with us, the share of the travel trade association, alistair roland. the group editor of... paperjacks. alistair roland. the group editor of... paper jacks. and alistair roland. the group editor of... paperjacks. and kevin poulter. welcome all three of you. just before you get started with the conversation, let's get some more on the quarantine restrictions the passengers arriving in the uk from spain. 0ur news correspondent andy moore has been at gatwick this morning and explains the latest rules. a lot of people thought that the door on foreign travel had opened a little. a lot of people now, especially in the travel industry, think that door has been slammed shut again. a lot of the airlines here, like individual travellers, trying to figure out what this guidance means. some of them will continue to fly to mainland spain, others won't

suprise defeat for british number onejo konta, who was beaten in her opener in straight sets byjodie burragelayed since march and she's pulled out of next week's palermo ladies open so she can focus on this event. there was also defeat for the men's british number one, as cameron norrie came from a set down to beat dan evans in spectacularfashion. and kyle edmund got his first win of the tournament as well. he beat anton matusevich in straight sets — 7—5, 6—3. next, to the us. just days after the new major league baseball season started, two games scheduled for today have been postponed after the miami marlins team suffered a coronavirus outbreak. baseball is unlike the nba and the nhl — it's not operating in a bubble and teams are travelling across america for games as normal. i'm joined now from the us by espn baseball reporter pedro gomez. pedro, everyone was watching baseball, keeping an eye on seeing how this return works out. this is a nightmare for the mlb, is it not, so soon after the season started?m really is. this is a worst—case scenario, almost, where you have the large brick wi

the british number one, jo konta, who lost tojodie burrage yesterday, is taking on katie boulter.n straight sets. andy murray is in mixed doubles action later. you can watch it all live now on the bbc sport website and app. that's all the sport for now, more in the next hour. the changes to quarantine rules for those returning to the uk from spain and its islands have disrupted the travel plans of thousands of people. my colleague carrie gracie has this morning been answering some of your queries about that, with the help of travel experts — in your questions answered. so, questions from viewers confused about the new quarantine rules for travellers returning to the uk from spain. with us to help answer those questions, independent travel expert wendy haynes and consumer expert jane hawkes. this one from matthew in camberley says, "i booked a flight, separate hotel, to barcelona leaving on the 15th of august. both were booked prior to the pandemic. the hotel has cancelled my booking, but easyjet say they are still flying. my travel insurance is invalid. does easyjet have to give m

teenager emma raducanu in a final set tie break, and unfortunately managed to hit his partnerjodie burragelo. it looks like july is planning to leave us with something to remember it by. although if you are a fan of summer heat, this all may be to little too late. but friday, the last day ofjuly, it is going to be a hot one for many of us. it is quite a transformation this week from what we had at the start of the week with low pressure and strong winds and rain and high pressure building, and although low pressure will bring a bit more rain back to some of us before the week is done, it is the position of these pressure systems which will allow the wind to turn around to a south, southeasterly for friday, drawing up that heat, lifting those temperatures, it's not out of the question the uk could record its highest temperature of the year so far on friday. we will get to all of that as we go through the forecast. clearly we are not there yet. and for wednesday, it will be a little bit warmer out there. the winds are lighter and many places will be dry and these are the starting temperature

this is jodie burrage versus harriet dart, and there's more to come, with andy murray, kyle edmund andng those in action. there'll also be text commentary from 2pm on the first one—day international between england and ireland in southampton. i'll be back with more later. thank you. more now on new figures that show england has the highest level of excess deaths in europe between the end of february and mid—june. the number of excess deaths in england has been higher than in recent years and it's seen by many experts as the most reliable measure of the impact of the pandemic. in the last hour, the prime minister has been given his reaction to the numbers. we mourn every loss of life that we've had throughout the coronavirus epidemic, and what i would say, and oui’ epidemic, and what i would say, and our sympathies are with the families of the bereaved, what i would say to them is that we really owe it to them is that we really owe it to them to continue our work in driving them to continue our work in driving the virus down, and clearly this country has had a massive success now in red

murray lost his opening match at the national tennis centre in the mixed doubles alongsidejodie burrageng an eye on the us open which starts at the end of august. and the live sport continues today at the glorious goodwood racing festival. yesterday's highlight was a record fourth goodwood cup victory for the favourite, stradivarius, ridden by frankie dettori. it was a joint record sixth career win in the race for the jockey, who of course celebrated with his trademark leap from the saddle. that's all the sport for now. more from us on the bbc news channel at 12:15. the criticism keeps coming; from british and spanish politicians, travel companies, and of course thousands of confused holiday makers about the government's decision to impose a quarantine for people returning from spain and its islands. let's begin by recapping the current rules. anyone coming back to the uk from spain and its islands will have to provide an address and self—isolate there for 1h days. the foreign office is also advising against "all but essential travel" to the whole of spain. if you're already there, you

the british number one was beaten by british number sevenjodie burrage.xt month's behind—closed—doors us open. that's all the sport for now, more from us on the bbc news channel at 12:15pm. now on bbc news it's time for your questions answered. we've been receiving hundreds of questions from viewers who are confused about the new quarantine rules for travellers returning to the uk from spain. with me to help answer your questions is independent travel expert wendy haines, who is in rolleston—on—dove, and consumer expert jane hawkes. thank you both very much. just before i put the question to you, a couple of relevant lines of breaking coming in from germany. germany is saying it is warning potentially against travel to some parts of spain over the virus, germany is warning against travel to parts of spain over the virus, that is just a one line at the moment, and also the ki health institute saying we do not know if we are seeing the beginning ofa know if we are seeing the beginning of a second coronavirus weighs in germany, it is possible, so obviously c

earlier today, jodie burrage beat harriet dart, while later on this afternoon, andy murray will be insnooker tour chairman barry hearn says anthony hamilton has withdrawn from the world championship, which begins tomorrow, citing fears over coronavirus. hamilton, who was scheduled to begin his first—round match against kyren wilson tomorrow afternoon, suffers from severe asthma, and has called the move of allowing a small number of fans into the crucible theatre "ridiculous". a swiss special prosecutor has commenced criminal proceedings against fifa president gianni infantino. swiss attorney general michael lauber last week offered to resign, after a court concluded he covered up a meeting with infantino and lied to supervisors, while his office investigated corruption surrounding football's governing body. lauber and infantino have both previously denied any wrongdoing. manchester city have agreed a fee of £40 million for the bournemouth defender nathan ake. he's been on manager pep guardiola's wish list for quite some time, and it's understood he would have left bournemouth this sum

she‘s playing herfinal group game againstjodie—anna burrage right now at the national tennis centre inmistakes had been made in response to the crisis. sir patrick has been giving evidence to the commons science and technology committee. clearly there are things that we do as go along to keep learning from what is going on, and we are in regular contact with many international partners. as chris whitty has said before, it is very difficult to know exactly where we stand at the moment. it is clear that the outcome has not been good in the uk, i think we can be absolutely clear about that. it's also clear that you can see a band of countries that have done have done less well, in the temperate zone, countries that are very well connected internationally, countries that have got population structures which are of a certain type. i think there are many factors that will play in as we look and say, "what is it that makes some countries having down down worse than others?" there will be decisions made that will turn out not to have been the right decisions, i'm sure about that as well. a num

murray lost his opening match at the national tennis centre in the mixed doubles alongsidejodie burrageor the jockey, who of course celebrated with his trademark leap from the saddle. not bad for a a9—year—old, eh? not bad for a 49-year-old, eh? they go through the ringer, those jockeys. not bad for near 50. back to our top story now, and the fallout from that 1a—day quarantine for returning travellers from spain, including the balearics and canary islands, continues. we'll discuss how much of an impact that will have on gran canaria in particular. we can speak to pablo llinares, who's managing director of the island's tourism board. hejoins us now from las palmas. good morning to you. it looks like a lovely day there. what you make of the fact that, you know, your island is included in this quarantine? good morning everyone from gran canaria, the sunny grand canaria where it is really nice today. yes, this news we have had in the last days, that the ca nary islands and have had in the last days, that the canary islands and balearics have been included in this decision by the uk governm