scotland's callum hawkins was taken away in an ambulance after collapsing just over one mile from thend of the marathon. jubilation in the netball as england beat australia to secure the greatest result in their history and win their first commonwealth games gold medal. and at 10.30am newsbeat speaks to people who lose their hair at a young age. good morning and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has warned the syrian government the us is "locked and loaded" and prepared to strike again if there are any further chemical weapons attacks in the country. britain, france and the united states have called on the un to hold an independent investigation into last week's suspected chemical attack in douma. but that would need the support of russia, which has condemned saturday's air strikes as an ‘aggression‘. here, the foreign secretary boris johnson has told the bbc the action was "essential". the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, meanwhile, has called for a commons vote tomorrow. more on the uk political reaction in a moment, but first our correspondent chris buckler reports from washington. th

agony and ecstasy at the commonwealth games — scotland's callum hawkins collapses on the verge of winningathon. collapses on the verge screaming and cheering. collapses on the verge while england's netball team win gold in the last second of their final against australia. gold in the last second good evening. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has questioned the government's decision jeremy corbyn, has questioned to launch air strikes on syria, saying he would only consider taking military action with the backing of the united nations. the strikes by britain, the united states and france targeted suspected chemical weapons sites — today the foreign secretary borisjohnson said no further action was planned. but he said if the assad regime used chemical weapons again, the government would "study the options". here's our political correspondent ben wright. before the missile strike and after. correspondent ben wright. a military facility near damascus destroyed, a storage building and a bunker were also hit by us, uk and french forces. the government says the purpose of the air strikes was cl

callum hawkins was almost two minutes ahead when he fell, hitting his head on a barrier.e — a scottish team spokesman said there were no major concerns about his condition at this stage. the marathon was won by the defending champion, mike shelley of australia. let us speak to the former world marathon champion paula radcliffe whojoins us from marathon champion paula radcliffe who joins us from the gold coast. this is quite distressing to watch, wasn't it? it was really hard to watch, especially knowing callum and having seen how well he had run up until that point and how well he had prepared for this race in general, to see him go down and struggle to carry on, and in particular to cb medical assistants take so long to get to him and to help him, i think all of our concerns were primarily for callum's well—being and we just wa nted for callum's well—being and we just wanted people to get to him as soon as possible and help him. it's really upsetting to watch. why do think the medical teams took so long. he isjust their stranded, alone by himself for a long time. long. h

callum hawkins was almost two minutes ahead when he fell — hitting his head on a barrier.tish team spokesman said there were no major concerns about his condition at this stage. there was some criticism that the medical response to him took quite a while, about one minute and a0 seconds before he got any medical help. the marathon was won by the defending champion, mike shelley of australia. i've been talking about this to the former world marathon champion paula radcliffe, who gave me her thoughts on itand radcliffe, who gave me her thoughts on it and explain some of the challenges marathon runners face. it was really hard to watch. especially knowing callum and knowing how well he had run up to that point, how well he had prepared for the race in general. to see him go down, to see him struggle to carry on, and in particular to see the medical assistants take so long to get to him and to help him, i think all of our concerns were primarily for his well—being and we just wanted people to get to him as soon as possible and help him. it really is quite upsetting to watch. w

scotland's callum hawkins leading with only a mile to go, cruelly collapsing with exhaustion.ff making a much—needed intervention in the near 30—degree temperatures. countryman ross hawkins was able to medal. robbie simpson battled to bronze in the gruelling temperatures. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away, but it has been a commonwealth games brimming with british success. james burford, bbc news. apart from the ending in the netball which has created silence all around, the australians are happy. the diamonds had finally lost the gold medal match. but the aussies are happy, they have done what they said, they said they would top the medals table. not only that, we will beat the gold medal tally of the home teams put together, and they have done that by a country mile with 80 gold medals, england's second with 45 including a fantastic way to end it. but the best of away games for scotland and wales and northern ireland will feel they have a new start with rhys mcclenahan so they go happy. and the isle of man got a silver with the shooting. australia said they w

scotland's callum hawkins, leading with only a mile to go, cruelly collapsing with exhaustion.ountryman robbie simpson was able to medal. he battled through to bronze in the searing heat. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away but it has been a commonwealth games brimming with british success. james burford, bbc news. tea m scotla nd team scotland to update you have tweeted after the marathon race that callu m tweeted after the marathon race that callum hawkins ‘s 0k, tweeted after the marathon race that callum hawkins ‘s ok, no major concerns they are saying at this stage but he is in hospitalfor tests a nd stage but he is in hospitalfor tests and just as a precaution. back home, there was a dramatic end to the grand national at aintree, as tiger roll won courtesy of a photo finish after holding off a late surge by plesant company. he was 10:1 at the start of the race, and it's a first grand national win for the experienced jockey davy russell and a second for trainer gordon elliott. pep guardiola will be playing golf this afternoon, even though his manchester city

callum hawkins. that is all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. see you later.bringing us tomorrow. with me are pippa crerar, deputy political editor at the guardian, and dia chakravarty, brexit editor at the telegraph. good to see you both. the financial times looks at the future of sky, and a 22—billion pound bid from a us cable tv giant, that could threaten rupert murdoch's attempts to take full control of the pay—tv group. the daily telegraph looks at the labour anti—semitism row. it has a warning from union leader len mccluskey, that five so called ‘corbyn—hater‘ labour mps would be ‘held to account‘ for what he calls whipping up the row to smear the party leader. the daily express leads with the ordeal of the family of the seriously ill toddler alfie evans, whose father hailed his son as a "warrior"... the ‘i‘ features president trump's up coming visit to the uk onjuly 13th. unlucky for some say those who plan major protests. the guardian reports that the home secretary amber rudd is taking the heat for the windrush controversy in order to protect downing

commonwealth games organisers were criticised recently after scotland's callum hawkins collapsed neararathon and had to wait several minutes for medical assistance. hugh brasher insists that sunday's race, the 38th london marathon, will be prepared for anything. i have no idea at this stage what went on in the gold coast and i know that it was disturbing to watch. what i also know is we have an amazing team of doctors and medics who, as you say, have been doing this for a long period of time and i have absolute confidence in them that they will do an amazing job on sunday. england bowler craig 0verton says he can't be sure that australia weren't ball tampering during their series defeat in the winter's ashes. aussie captain steve smith, vice captain david warner and cameron bancroft have now been banned by cricket australia for their part in ball tampering against south africa. 0verton says there were some signs the aussie bowlers were getting more out of the ball over the winter. 0bviously obviously it was interesting that they were getting the reverse swing in conditions that were n

commonwealth games organisers were criticised recently after scotland's callum hawkins collapsed nearthe gold coast marathon and had to wait several minutes for medical assistance. hugh brasher insists that sunday's race, the 38th london marathon, will be prepared for anything. i have no idea at this what went stage on on the gold coast, i do know it was disturbing to watch what i also know is we have an amazing tea m i also know is we have an amazing team of doctors, of medics, who, as you say, have been doing this for a long period of time and i have absolute confidence in them that they will do an amazing job on sunday. we could see a rafa nadal/ novak djokovic quarterfinal at the monte carlo masters after both men won today... djokovic is still finding his feet, this is only his fourth tournament since wimbledon lastjuly. . . he's had an elbow injury. he beat croatia's borna coric in straight sets but wasted nine points . he'll play dominic thiem next, win that and it will be the ten time monte carlo champion nadal. andy murray hasn't played on tour since wimbldeon and he is still

scotland's callum hawkins, leading with only a mile to go, cruelly collapsing with exhaustion.emperatures. countryman ross hawkins was able to medal. he battled through to bronze in the searing heat. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away, but it has been a commonwealth games brimming with british success. james burford, bbc news. that's reflect, tracey neville, you have been building up for this for years, the semifinal was close enough, what was it like? i think they like to put the coach on the bench to test. we have been practising a one goal lead in the dying seconds and we never nailed it until yesterday and today. we picked out the right time! they complained about everything in training when we did that. but for me, being the player, i could only have deemed to have got what they have done and to live it through the eyes, to go out and get the medal, the australians and get the medal, the australians and new zealanders have been in conquering the world for a long time, since my reign as a player and a coach. it is really pleasing to break that seal and leadin

studio: scotland's callum hawkins was leading the marathon but with one mile to go the heat tickets tollthis wildlife century has been a big hit during the games for the quintessential australian experience. another thing we have seen typically is australia dominating everything. when it comes to the medal table they are top of the tree. it's been australia's games! 198 medals represent australia's best games since 2006. for wales and scotland, their athletes also stepped up. two medals now for scotland. gold coast is their best away games in history. northern ireland beating the pommel horse olympic champion was part of a trend for england with some big names who did not quite deliver. but the games have produced new 5.1.7; ;:;q._.;;q :;.. 0:1; 73:35: for 5.1.7; 1:;;;;;; 1;.. 1.111; 1;;;1g;1: for “‘,"‘“"‘=“ who ' ~ any before, affirming the won any before, affirming the organisers' claims that they are more relevant than ever. the largest para sports programme we've ever had. these games have taken it to another level. as the baton was passed to the next city it seemed down to touch to

scotland's callum hawkins is recovering after collapsing on the verge of winning the marathon. they've done it! england have done it! history in the netball as england beat australia in the final second of the match, securing their first commonwealth gold medal. we'll be speaking to netball england about the victory. and in half an hour, rosamund urwin from sunday times and owen bennett from huffpostuk willjoin me for a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. in the last hour, the bbc has learned that the theresa may will tomorrow take the unusual step for a prime minister of calling for an emergency debate on syria. however that doesn't mean that a binding vote will take place on military action. during the day the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, continued to press for mps to have a say, while the foreign secretary boris johnson says that if the assad regime uses chemical weapons again, the government will "study its options." here's our political correspondent, ben wright. before the missile strike and after. a military facility near

callum hawkins was almost two minutes ahead when he fell, hitting his head on a barrier.mbulance. a scottish team spokesman said there were no major concerns about his condition at this stage. the map on was eventually won by the defending champion, mike shelley of australia. —— marathon. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm at nkem ifejika. the weather now with ben rich. hello there. if scenes like these have left you wanting more spring warmth and sunshine, well, i have to say, the second half of the weekend probably won't live up to the promise of the first. that is how saturday ended across north yorkshire. orkney shrouded in a bit of low cloud but some blue skies overhead as well. sunday does look a little bit different because of this area of low pressure, which is now pushing its way in from the west. it will strengthen up the winds. this frontal system will also bring some outbreaks of rain northward and eastward across the uk. so, sunday, a cloudy day. quite a breezy day as well. there will be some rain at times but not all the t

scotland's callum hawkins collapses on the verge of winning the marathon. england have done it! in the netball as england beat australia in the final second of the match — securing their first commonwealth gold medal. manchester city win the premier league title as their rivals united fall to a shock defeat at home to bottom of the league west brom — reaction to that and all the rest of the day's sport in sportsday in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn has questioned the government's decision to launch air strikes on syria — saying he would only consider taking military action with the backing of the united nations. the strikes by britain, the united states and france targeted suspected chemical weapons sites — today the foreign secretary borisjohnson said no further action was planned. but he said if the assad regime used chemical weapons again, the government would "study the options". here's our political correspondent ben wright. british jets have already fired their missiles at syrian targets. but the political argument cont

commonwealth games organisers were criticised recently after scotland's callum hawkins collapsed near of the gold coast marathon and waited several minutes for medical assistance. hugh brasher insists that sunday's race, the 38th london marathon, will be prepared for anything. i have no idea at this stage what went on the gold coast and i know it was disturbing to watch. we have an amazing team of doctors and medics who, as you say, have been doing this for a long period of time and i have absolute confidence in them that they will do an amazing job on sunday. england bowler craig overton says he can't be sure australia weren't ball tampering during the winter's ashes series. overton got australia batsman steve smith out for his first test wicket in a series england went on to lose 4—0. three players have now been banned by cricket australia for cheating in their next series against south africa and overton says there were some signs the aussie bowlers were getting more out of the ball over the winter. obviously it was interesting that they were getting it to reverse swing in the cond

scotland‘s callum hawkins leading the marathon, with only a mile to go, only for exhaustion to cruellynisers. another scotsman, robbie simpson, was able to make the podium, though. he battled through to bronze in the searing temperatures. and that‘s it, the final day of the commonwealth games over. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away, but it‘s been a home from home for the home nations. tim hague, bbc news. time foran time for an update on the weather now. chris fawkes. it will be easily the warmest weather we have seen this year. how warm? temperatures towards wednesday and thursday picking up with highs of 25 degrees around london. the rain will continue north working into scotland. so pulse is afraid on and off through the night. further south, the rain eases off and we should get clear spells by the end of the night. temperatures between five and 9 degrees. monday should be reasonable across england and wales, the cloud and rain clearing away from northern ireland and scotland for a from northern ireland and scotland fora time, from northern ireland and scotland for a

scotland's callum hawkins leading the marathon, with only a mile to go, only for exhaustion to cruellyive has led to criticism of the organisers. another scotsman, robbie simpson, was able to make the podium, though. he battled through to bronze in the searing temperatures. and that's it, the final day of the commonwealth games over. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away, but it's been a home from home for the home nations. tim hague, bbc news. lots of smiles on the gold coast, is that any sunshine over here? it will be easily the warmest weather we have seen this year. how one? temperatures towards wednesday and thursday picking up with highs of 25 degrees around london. not far behind that, birmingham and norwich. across the board, high teens, low 20s, so pleasant spring warm sunshine around the corner. we have seen some sunshine today. this was early in the highlands of scotland, a bit of snow still on the mountains, but further south and west, we have rain. rain coming along across england, wales and northern ireland. so one of those days where you will get a downpour,

contrast those emotions to callum hawkins.the scottish athlete collapsed whilst lead just a mile from the end in searing sunday sunshine. he is sitting up and recovering in hospital. his compatriot robbie simpson won bronze. there were two english golds on the badminton court. chris and gabby adcock retained the mixed doubles title, beating marcus ellis and lauren smith in the final. so this is how the final medal table looks, australia way out in front at their home games. 45 golds for england in their haul of 136. wales' 36 is a record. scotland are just behind them with their best at an overseas games. 12 medals for northern ireland too. so it's over to birmingham now. these are live pictures from the closing ceremony on the gold coast. australia said they'd deliver the friendly games. think they've achieved that. a colourful one as well. birmingham with an some act to follow in four years. if we could just get some of that sunshine and sand. a little cooler in shanghai today. the coolest head of the lot belonged to daniell

scotland's callum hawkins leading the marathon, with only a mile to go, only for exhaustion to cruellytook several minutes for medical help to arrive has led to criticism of the organisers. another scotsman, robbie simpson, was able to make the podium, though. he battled through to bronze in the searing temperatures. and that's it, the final day of the commonwealth games over. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away, but it's been a home from home for the home nations. tim hague, bbc news. it looks like celtic will reach the final of the scottish cup. with a couple minutes to go at hampden park, they are leading old firm rivals rangers by 4—0. a little over 20 minutes had passed before the holders were in front thanks to tom rock pitch. celtic continued to dominate and carroll mcgregor added toa dominate and carroll mcgregor added to a deserved and impressive second before half—time. latching onto a loose ball to fire into the back of the net. rangers‘s afternoon was made worse when ross mccrory was dismissed for bringing down mousa dembele inside the penalty area. a spot kic

we saw callum hawkins abba commonwealth games in the marathon collapsing in those distressing scenes commonwealth games. it was hotter at the gold coast than it will be a london but it's that acclimatisation, people running on sunday won't be used to those conditions. it is really tough. it is. not only contesting with the distance, the fitness and the aches and pains in your body but the dehydration and the disorientation in your brain. plenty of sun cream needed i would imagine. let's look at some of the papers. let's look at the front page of the times, the main story is about one of britain's biggest housebuilders misleading buyers and deliberately delaying essential repairs according to their report. meghan there arriving to one of the events to do with the commonwealth and she and prince harry focusing on a number of issues yesterday. a few of the papers this morning have a picture of dale winton, the television presenter, who has died at 62. lots of the papers talking about his career. that's on the front page of the daily star. also on the front page of the sun. he was much w

callum hawkins is fit to fly home with his team—mates but scotla nd fly home with his team—mates bute had to wait several minutes for treatment the former director of the fbi has accused donald trump of being "morally unfit" to be president because of what he called his constant lies, views on race, and his treatment of women. james comey‘s comments came in an interview with the american abc network ahead of the release of a tell—all book. it comes a year after he was fired by the administration over his handling of the bureau's investigation into alleged election meddling by russia. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler reports. oh, and there's james. he's become more famous than me. president trump has made no secret of his anger at the huge amount of attention being given to james comey and his tell—all book. instead of handshakes, they're now exchanging insults. ahead of mr comey‘s prime—time television interview, donald trump called him on twitter "a liar, a leaker and an untruthful slimeball," among other things. the interview, james... this was a chance for the man he

scotland's callum hawkins leading that only one mile to go crawly collapsing with exhaustion.. country and ross hawkins was able to medal, he battled through to bronze in the searing heat. the gold coast may be more than 10,000 miles away but it has been a commonwealth games brimming with british success. there was a lot of concern earlier on the road about callum in the marathon, the scottish athlete leading but then collapsing into heat. 10 scotla nd then collapsing into heat. 10 scotland have tweeted that he has been taken to hospital for a medical review. it is standard procedure though. it has been sitting up and talking to his dad, and supported by tea m talking to his dad, and supported by team medical staff and the quote is no major concerns at this stage but more information in due course. back home, there was a dramatic end to the grand national at aintree as tiger roll won courtesy of a photo finish after holding off a late surge by pleasant company. he was 10—1 at the start of the race, and it's a first grand national win for the experienced jockey davy russell and

this is scottish marathon runner callum hawkins collapsing just a mile from the finish line.n by australia's mike shelley. 0h oh dear. it's uncomfortable to watch, isn't it? it took people too long to get to him. people were shouting for help. he is fine. since released. in the run—up, he had baseball caps with freezing cold water on his head. he saw it coming. heat exhaustion, which is very, very dangerous and serious. it is almost impossible to regulate your body temperature at that heat. awful to watch, but he is fine. and now for a slightly more positive note. there was a massive win for england's netballers. england coach, tracey neville, says it feels like her team have broken the seal of southern hemisphere domination after that dramatic late win over australia to take netball gold. either australia or new zealand had won the title in each of the previous five games, and it's the first time england have beaten australia at a major tournament. it was in the final second that they won! oh my goodness, she could be in the gymnastics team as well! it was the gymnastics tea

. —— callum hawkins.oner. he makes no mention of that in his tweets and thanks eve ryo ne that in his tweets and thanks everyone for their support. he is dotted and will use it as a big learning experience. that is the sport. more in the next hour. a former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, has called for an investigation into the destruction of thousands of documents, which could have helped commonwealth citizens prove their right to remain in the uk. it's thought dozens of people from the caribbean who've lived here for decades have been threatened with deportation. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. what is the status to find out what happened to the landing cards? the controversy is not going away. downing street dismissing the idea that there should be some sort of enquiry to establish who ordered the destruction of these landing cards. at the same time, however, there has been new documents obtained which indicate that ministers were warned in 2014 about the impa

scottish marathon runner callum hawkins who had a two minute lead at the commonwealth games before collapsingheir support. that is all for now. thank you. the commonwealth games on australia's gold coast is over, but its political equivalent starts today. it's the commonwealth heads of government meeting and it opens in london this morning. it's where prime ministers and presidents of commonwealth nations get together to thrash out matters of importance to all of their countries. one thing on the agenda is plastic waste and the damage it's doing to the environment. every year in the uk, more than 8 billion plastic straws are thrown away, along with 44 billion plastic stirrers and 13 billion cotton buds. now those things could be banned in england as part of government plans to tackle the problem. we'll bring you speeches by the prime minister and the queen live from the meeting a little later. but now let's talk to ben brown, who's at buckingham palace. is mrs may really going to urge the other leaders when it comes to reducing plastic waste? yes, she really is. there will be lots of ceremoni

and the scottish marathon run callum hawkins has been discharged from hospital after collapsing a mile, lord john morris. this is what he said about what happened in syria at the weekend. "as happened in syria at the weekend. "as the attorney general that gave the go—ahead to bombing in kosovo in 1999 on the grounds it was a humanitarian disaster, i was developing the law based on what was done by my predecessors in the first gulf war and for the kurds and marsh arabs. the actions of the government today are broadly on the same legal basis. at the time of kosovo, i said there cannot be a legal certainty about our actions, but was satisfied there was an argument for our forces to act safely. nine other nato countries back then did the same, and we were sued by yugoslavia in the international court at the hague, where i was leading counsel for the uk. to my deep regret, the court did not make a ruling on the legal position." from nail bars, car—washes and construction sites — slavery and human trafficking is a problem in this country. now, the uk's helpline for modern slavery has told th