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mark cavendish has won his third stage in a row at the tour of turkey.d a pile—up in the final metres, sprinting to victory on stage four to kemer. after waiting for three years for his win on monday, he's making it look routine again. cavendish has an overall lead of 12 seconds, but that may well be lost in tomorrow's stage, which takes the riders into the mountains. that's all the sport for now, but there's more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from today's europa league news c0 nfe re nces . i'll be back with more later. good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. i amjane hill to try —— to take you through the coverage. there is lots of talk about but we are focusing on events at westminster today. an opposition day debate on lobbying is under way in the commons — ahead of a vote this afternoon on whether to establish a parliamentary inquiry into the lobbying activities of the former prime minister david cameron. labour says a government investigation into mr cameron's work for the collapsed firm greensill capital — and the responses of c

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mark cavendish couldn't claim a fourth stage win or hold on to the sprinter�*s green jersey on the penultimatee briton was pushed down to third in a photo finish. belgium's yasper philipsen won the stage. in the indian premier league, mumbai indians have beaten sunrisers hyderabad by 13 runs. sunrisers were all out for 137 — jonny bairstow top scoring for them with a3. next to italy and a thrilling qualifying session at the emiliano romagna grand prix. lewis hamilton will start on pole position at imola tomorrow after edging out the red bulls of sergio perez and max verstappen, as nick parrott reports. formula i is an american owned global sport, formula i is an american owned globalsport, but formula i is an american owned global sport, but its headquarters and most of the teams are based in the uk. so the pit lane paid tribute to the duke of edinburgh before the drama unfolded. less than five minutes in, the japanese rookie was out. fortunately for his team, their factories nearby. running right off the track is a hot topic in f1, added cost lando norris dear. a time quick enough for third w

meanwhile mark cavendish ended the tour of turkey in style by winning the final stage.ft to pip belgium's jasper philipsen to claim his fourth stage win of the race. spain'sjose manuel diaz was the overall winner. reigning masters champion yan bingtao is through to the second round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. resuming his match at 4—1; against martin gould, yan took control of the morning session to come through 10 frames to 6. elsewhere, the former semi finalist david gilbert is through after a 10—4 win against fellow englishman chris wakelin. the four times championjohn higgins trails tee—an pengfei by four frames to three after the first session of their first round match. they'll play to a finish tomorrow afternoon. that's all from sportsday. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. the revenge thriller promising young woman is one of the most hotly anticipated releases of the year, and it's finally streaming in the uk this weekend. you just forgot your birthday. yo

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great britain's mark cavendish came fourth in the revised first stage of the tour of turkey.ected snowstorm in the mountains and put on a short, flat race instead — won by dutch sprinter arvid de kline. after five years away from the sport, double olympic champion helen glover has marked her competitive return with a gold medal at the european rowing championships in italy. competing alongside team—mate polly swann in the women's pair, they held off a romanian charge in the final 200m to cross the line in first place. glover decided to make a comeback after spending time on a rowing machine during last year's first national lockdown. the mum of three says she's now setting her sights on becoming the first woman to make a british olympic rowing team after having children. one big gain is by doing this race, far, far more questions will have been asked just by doing one final stop next time i'm sat at the start line of a final, almost everything will be erased. i was thinking today, was literally thinking, am i going to make it on the track? and i do in training —— i can do in

mark cavendish has secured his first stage win in over three years.ds the overall race lead. he said it was 'an incredible feeling' to win again. british number one dan evans is in action at the monte carlo masters. he's taken the opening set in his first round match, but play has been stopped due to the rain in monaco. ben stokes' rajasthan royals side are struggling in their chase against the punjab kings. they were set a target of 222, but stokes was out for a duck in the very first over. onlyjust though, despite a mix—up in the field! they're they�* re currently they're currently 170 after 16 over. five live the place to go for commentary of that match. i'm sure most of us have been looking forward to today, the next step of lockdown easing. i'll be making the most of it straight after this shift. i've really missed the gym. indoor pools and leisure centres have also reopened, giving a huge boost for recreational sport. here's our correspondentjoe wilson. monday morning in birmingham, jeremy sharp is finally back where he belongs — a gym session a

in cycling it's a hat-trick for mark cavendish _ medal.e up in the final metre, sprinting to victory in stage four. after waiting for three years for his win on monday he is making it look routine again. he has an overall lead of 12 seconds but that may be lost in tomorrow's stage which takes the writers into the mountains. that is all your support for now. i will have more in the next hour. this morning, the transport committee took evidence from travel industry bosses over the government's plans for reopening travel. last week, the report announced foreign holidays would resume on 17 may at the earliest. the head of britain's biggest pilots' union summed up the plans as �*a bitter disapppointment for everynoe working in the travel industry'. the travel trade organisation abta, said testing requirements will be a "major barrier" to travelling abroad this summer. simon mcnamara is the uk & ireland country manager for the international air transport association. i think you gave evidence to the committee this morning. what were you saying?

after waiting three years for a stage win, mark cavendish has won his third in a row at the tour of turkey ahead. there were doubts over the game after it was announced that travellers from france would be added to the country's mandatory hotel quarantine list from tomorrow. dan evans will face novak djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters — after the british number one beat hubert hurkacz in straight sets, the pole seemed to be struggling with illness. now today is exactly 100 days until the start of the delayed tokyo olympics. the postponement of the games last summer has had a contrasting impact on athletes and competitors. the team gb women's 7s rugby team have onlyjust started training together and have had to raise money to fulfil their olympic dream after the squad was effectively disbanded. jo currie has been to meet the squad in loughborough. powering their way through to tokyo, 100 days out from the olympics in great britain rugby sevens women are hard at it. but the journey hasn't been easy. previously full—time professionals cutbacks met these players lost their

mark cavendish has lost the overall race lead after stage five of the tour of turkey.bs at the end of the stage. jose manuel diaz of spain now leads the race by four seconds. and we now know the draw for the first round of the world snooker championship, with ronnie o'sullivan bidding to win a record—equalling seventh world title. he'll begin the defence of the trophy against debutant markjoyce, who's ranked 46th in the world. there are europa league semifinal spots up for grabs for arsenal and manchester united this evening. ole gunnar solksjaer�*s side are at old trafford and have a two goal cushion for their second leg against granada. but for the gunners, things are more precarious. they conceded a late away goal in the first leg and so are in slavia prague with the sides at one goal a piece. and with the club ninth in the premier league — defeat tonight for mikel arteta's side would likely mean no european football for arsenal for the first time in 25 years. not that their boss is contemplating that. at the end, results is only thing externally, to have the percep

. _ and mark cavendish said he'd never get tired of winning, and he's done it again. at the end of last season, but his return to the deceuninck-quick—step team is really paying off. and that is all your sport for now. have a very good night. hello. another april morning, another widespread frost. one or two mist and fog patches clearing away, a lot of dry weather around, with high pressure in control. but there still will be one or two showers dotted about, particularly as we get into the afternoon, though they will be very hit—and—miss. more of an onshore breeze towards the east coast of scotland, particularly down the east coast of england. that will lower temperatures. it'll feel chillier here, but cardiff, plymouth and western parts of northern ireland up to 13 degrees celsius or so. and of course, it's a strong april sunshine. you feel the warmth if you're in it and there will be those sunny spells. another largely clear night to come going into thursday morning. and that means another widespread frost as the day begins. a chance of a few showers on thursday for

mark cavendish has won his first race in more than 3 years after taking the second stage of the tourn the right of the screen you can see the manx missile sprinting to his first victory since 2018 — he said it was an incredible feeling to be a winner again. a rajasthan royals team containing ben stokes and jos buttler fell just short of chasing down a mammoth 222 target in their opening indian premier league match against punjab kings. the kings smashing 221 for 6 from their 20 overs, with kl rahul hitting 91 from just 50 balls. the royals started slowly before samson took centre stage. 119 from just 63 balls. they needed five from the final ball to win with samson on strike — but fell agonisingly short. and that's all the sport for now. with the easing of the lock down, there's obviously a lot of interest in the weather forecast and i'm pleased to say that the weather is not looking too bad over the next few days. it is going to remain on the chilly side and certainly in for a start to tuesday. clear skies through the early hours across most of the uk. at a bit more cloud and onshor

there's much more on the bbc sport website, including details of another good day for mark cavendishh, but this small helicopter could make history tomorrow by attempting the first powered flight on another planet. these are images sent back from mars of the craft ingenuity, carrying out its final checks. rebecca morelle reports. the parachute has deployed and we are seeing... this mission has already revealed mars as never seen before, with the first ever footage of a thrilling descent, as the rover is lowered down to the martian surface. touchdown confirmed. now, nasa is ready to make history again. this time it will try to launch a helicopter. the first attempt at powered flight on another planet. this animation reveals how it might look, but with the extreme conditions on mars and the fact that there's barely any atmosphere, it won't be easy. it feels absolutely nuts! of course. we've been flying on earth forjust over 100 years and now, like, yeah, we're going to go to another planet and fly. it's crazy! but that's the beauty of exploration, that's the beauty of engineering. nasa

what a week it's been for mark cavendish.ding pack and avoided a pile—up in the final moments, sprinting to victory on stage four. after waiting for three years for his win on monday, he's back to his old ways again with three wins in a row. cavendish has an overall lead of 12 seconds, but that may well be lost in tomorrow's stage, which takes the riders into the mountains. it's 100 days to go until the olympic games liverpool zero, and manchester city are behind. we'll have more on the bbc news channel later on. marx does not like the mountains! —— mark. president biden has announced that american troops will leave afghanistan by 11 september. the new deadline will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on the world trade centre and the pentagon. it means that the us would miss a may deadline for a pull—out agreed with the taliban by the trump administration last year. in the last hour, joe biden has been explaining his decision. with the terror threat now in many places, keeping thousands of troops grounde

mark cavendish�*s run of three consecutive stage wins at the tour of turkey has come to an end as thehe manx missile, who led the race this morning, will get his next chance at a stage win on stage 7 on saturday. it wasn't going to be a day for the sprinters, with two category one climbs towards the end of the stage. jose manuel diaz of spain won to take the overall lead by four seconds. with fewer than 100 days to go until the tokyo olympics, adam peaty has given us a taste of what he's capable of. competing at the british olympic selection trials, he won the 100 metre breast stroke with ease. his time of 57.39 seconds was more than a second quicker than anybody else — and he's now recorded the 20 fastest times in the history of the event. scotland will be without captain rachel malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weekend. it's one of four changes made by scotland, with evie gallagher coming in to make herfirst start in place of malcolm. the winners on sunday will go on to meet either france or ireland in a third—fourth place play—off. and ben stokes has been named

mark cavendish has ended the tour of turkey in style by winning the final stage.r philipsen to claim his fourth stage win of the race. spain�*sjose manuel diaz was the overall winner. the reigninig olympic champion eliud kipchoge has won the nn mission marathon in the netherlands. it�*s his final race before he defends his title at the postponed tokyo games. the kenyan, who�*s 36, clocked two hours, four minutes and 30 seconds in his first outing since his shock defeat at last year�*s london marathon. the reigning masters champion yan bingtao is through to the second round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. resuming his match at 4—4 against martin gould, yan took control of the morning session to come through 10 frames to 6. this afternoon, four—times world championjohn higgins hasjust won the first frame against tian pengfei of china, while david gilbert is 7—3 up against fellow englishman chris wakelin. that�*s all the sport for now. you can follow what is happening at a really interesting grand prix at the moment, hamilton was spinning, the moment,

mark cavendish has ended the tour of turkey in style by winning the final stage.d enough energy left to pip belgium's jasper philipsen to claim his fourth stage win of the race. spain'sjose manuel diaz was the overall winner. the reigninig olympic champion eliud kipchoge has won the nn mission marathon in the netherlands. his final race before he defends his title at the postponed tokyo games. the kenyan, who's 36, clocked two hours, four minutes and 30 seconds in his first outing since his shock defeat at last year's london marathon. reigning masters champion yan bingtao is through to the second round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. resuming his match at 4—4 against martin gould, yan took control of the morning session to come through 10 frames to 6. on the other table, anthony mcgill and ricky walden are tied at four frames apiece. and just before we go, time to tell you that miami is to host its first grand prix in 2022 after formula 1 secured a 10—year dealfor a race in florida. the news comes ahead of this afternoon's emilia romagna grnad prix

mark cavendish said he'd never get tired of winning, and he's done it again.stage 2 of the tour of turkey yesterday, he took stage 3 in another bunch sprint to the line in alanya. after he contemplated retirement, his decision to return to the deceuninck-quick—step team is really paying off. to cricket now and england's women will play their first test match for nearly two years as part of a multi—format series against india injune. they will play a four—day game in bristol, followed by three one—dayers and three t20s around the country. they will then wrap up their home summer with a limited—overs series against new zealand in september. following his first victory in three years, on stage 2 of the tour that's all the sport for now, but there's more on the bbc sport website, including a proclamation from tyson fury that his fight with anthonyjoshua will go ahead, and the date and venue will be announced soon. the labour party want a full parliament—run inquiry into david cameron's attempts to lobby ministers on behalf of finance firm greensill capital. they w

mark cavendish has won his first race in more than 3 years after taking the second stage of the toure 2018 — he said it was an incredible feeling to be a winner again. a rajasthan royals team containing ben stokes and jos buttler fell just short of chasing down a mammoth 222 target in their opening indian premier league match against punjab kings. the kings smashing 221 for 6 from their 20 overs, with kl rahul hitting 91 from just 50 balls. the royals started slowly before samson took centre stage. 119 from just 63 balls. they needed five from the final ball to win with samson on strike — but fell agonisingly short. and that's all the sport for now. with the easing of the lock down, there's obviously a lot of interest in the weather forecast and i'm pleased to say that the weather is not looking too bad over the next few days. it is going to remain on the chilly side and certainly in for a frosty start to tuesday. you can see clear skies through the early hours across most of the uk. at a bit more cloud and onshore breeze and some showers around western areas will keep things general

and mark cavendish said he'd never get tired of winning, and he's done it again.er and drier than average, and the weather for now is in no mood to change that pattern. so, plenty of dry weather continuing for the next few days, but of course the thing which has got most of us talking is just how chilly it feels. there's more of that to come as well and more of those frosty nights. it is high pressure. whenever you see this, you think, "well, it's dry." however, as we saw on tuesday, there were showers around. and there will still be a few in the day ahead, though most will stay dry after what is another widespread frost to start the day, another hard frost in parts of scotland — down to —6, for example, in the northeast. one or two mist and fog patches. they will clear and we're left with quite bit of sunshine. just some areas of patchy cloud around and, you canjust see it here, one or two showers developing, more especially towards the western side of the uk. now, the winds for the most part are light, but look at the arrows here pushing in towards that north se

drama in the game between manchester city and borussia dortmund so he went ahead early on through cavendish and it remained one nil until marco raised equalized for dortmund with 6 minutes to go but in the 90th minute phil fought and scored a winner for city to give them a narrow 2 want to advantage going into the 2nd like a parasite as your men are getting ready to face bar in munich in the 1st leg of their quarter final on wednesday in germany barnby p.s.g. one mil in the final last year it is still a trouble. to chino says that p.s.g. are not out for revenge and despite byron missing their star striker robert lewandowski due to injury the german leaders believe they're still as strong as ever. seen as this court is effective and i think when you were on cuba unusual and the champions league on the. middle of the club i think it's because you have a squad that. is very very strong body billy. very good not only 11 players of them play and that is why they they achieved what they achieved chelsea's quarter final tie against porto will take place and seville spang dudek ovid 19 travel restr

mark cavendish said he'd never get tired of winning — and he's done it again.in another bunch sprint to the line in alanya. after he contemplated retirement, his decision to return to the dercoo—ink quick step team is really paying off. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. c0. uk/sport. there will be goals, i promise. there will be goals, i promise. there better be. now to the row over david cameron's lobbying on behalf of the finance firm greensill capital. borisjohnson has insisted the review he's ordered into the firm will be given "carte blanche" to talk to anybody it wants. but labour is unhappy with the scope of the investigation and it wants a parliamentary inquiry into what it calls the "rampant cronyism" in government. here's our political correspondent chris mason. the draw of power, the desire to influence those who govern us to lobby has always existed. but former prime ministers know how government works and know who works in government better than most. today, borisjohnson claim

mark cavendish has won the second stage of the tour of turkey. this year, and it�*s paid off. just on the right of the screen, you can see the manx missile sprinting to his first victory since 2018. he said it was an incredible feeling to be a winner again. and ben stokes and joss buttler are both in action in the indian premier league, as the rajasthan royals take on the punjab kings. the kings batted first and reached a massive 221/6 from their 20 overs, thanks to 91 from kl rahul. the rajasthan royals have just begun their innings but it�*s been a nightmare start for stokes, caught for a duck in the first over. 0nly just, though! a bit of a mix—up in the field. you can listen to ball—by—ball commentary right now on the bbc sport website. they just managed to theyjust managed to cling on. we�*ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. looking forward to that. the uk government is to go to court to challenge two laws passed by the scottish parliament last month. msps unanimously approved bills to incorporate the un convention on the rig

mark cavendish's run of three consecutive stage wins at the tour for their six nations match againsts in to make _ italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make her— italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make her first - italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make her first start i italy this weekend. edie gallagher comes in to make her first start in comes in to make herfirst start in place of malcolm. the winners on sunday will go on to meet either france or ireland in a third—fourth place play—off. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. the northern ireland protocol was designed to help the country's smooth post—break that translation. instead there is a disorder not seen since signing the good friday agreement which brought the troubles to an end more than 20 years ago. both the northern ireland secretary and the foreign secretary have been meeting with the irish foreign minister this afternoon. virgo keane has been looking at the reasons behind the recen

mark cavendish's run of three consecutive stage wins at the tour of turkey has come to an end — as theing to be a day for the sprinters, with two category 0ne climbs towards the end of the stage. jose manuel diaz of spain won to take the overall lead by four seconds. formula one returns to imola for the second season in a row this weekend. in a current survey on formula 0ne's official fan website 82% are pleased the italian circuit is back on the calendar. but red bull driver sergio perez doesn't think the race will excite them. the race is not so interesting for the fans if it is a normal race without the safety cars, it can end “p without the safety cars, it can end up being a one—stop race, boring for the fans. but, yeah, hopefully we are there in the mix from thereon, from day one, and it works, and hopefully we take another step in the right direction. scotland will be without captain rachel malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weekend. it's one of four changes made by scotland, with evie gallagher coming in to make herfirst start in place of malcolm. the winners

and mark cavendish has tasted victory for the first time in more than three years.t, i think, we went to detailed them knowing that, ithink, raising we went to detailed them knowing that, i think, raising accept that it needed a positive slant after what happened with gordon elliott and a really difficult year. were you aware of how much racing needed a positive period? i you aware of how much racing needed a positive period?— a positive period? i definitely became aware _ a positive period? i definitely became aware of— a positive period? i definitely became aware of it _ a positive period? i definitely became aware of it probablyl a positive period? i definitely. became aware of it probably in a positive period? i definitely i became aware of it probably in the aftermath. you know, there were so many well—wishers after cheltenham. even the situation with coronavirus that everybody is in at the moment, it did give everyone a massive lift at home watching on. when i came home after cheltenham that definitely hit home that it was a fantastic week for me personally, b

mark cavendish has won the second stage of the tour of turkey.? one thing we have observing as that is not merely an epicentre here. the situation is bad is not merely an epicentre here. the situation is had all over the country in brazil is a big country. we reach the record of 4000 deaths in a day and it is not impossible that this number goes all the way up to 5000 in the coming weeks. the health care system is beyond the brink of collapse and what we're seeing now at these really morbid i seeing now at these really morbid i see you lines, people that desperately may be see you lines, people that desperately may he need treatment but have to wait because there are simply not enough beds that everyone in the country, so health care basic units and running short on oxygen, an essential medication, what doctors call intubation kits, sedatives and... block is used to intubate patients, and that has been going on not only because of the violent surge of cases that we saw but also because patients are staying longer on the nicu. the weekend, statist

before this week's tour of turkey, britain's mark cavendish hadn't won a race stage in three years.at long ago when he was in tears, saying he was going to give up, so 35 years old, there is hope resort. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, carol. look where i am. isn't this gorgeous? i am look where i am. isn't this gorgeous? iam in look where i am. isn't this gorgeous? i am in langley wood which is part of hertfordshire and we are coming across the bluebells. earlier our cameraman took some footage of the bluebells and hopefully we can show you that close up and it's worth noting in recent years that over an acre of bluebells have been lost here, the equivalent to just over half of the size of a football pitch because people have wandered off the paths and wandered across them and trample them. did you know that one fifth of the world's bluebells actually grow in the uk and that the uk is internationally significant for its growth of bluebells. i didn't know that. you learn something new everyday. it a chilly start to the day in hertfordshire and the t