ferrari's charles leclerc will start in third.hamilton is looking to make history today? absolutely, when five world titles, lewis hamilton is already written's most decorated formula 1 driver. now he is looking to become the most successful here at the british grand prix. he has got five wins here already, tied with the late great jim clark and france's alain prost. —— says alan frost. he could take that record. he had a chance to do it last year, formula 1 fans may remember he started on pole but was taken out early by kimi raikkonen. had to claw his way back from last, eventually finishing second to sebastian vettel. this is a second match point, he will be hoping that it isa match point, he will be hoping that it is a bit less eventful than last year. than last year. hamilton actually finished in a sa de second to valtteri bottas on friday, but that does not tell the story because he actually struggled and made errors on friday. he said that he needed to dig deep overnight either look like they did because he came out all guns

to mercedes but while charles leclerc came in 700ths off pace, vettel could only manage sixth.ve everything he could on his final lap but felljust 6000th of a second short. valterri bottas taking it. not good enough. we worked really hard but it got away from us a little bit. a sacrifice lap happened in q2 which would have helped get a reading of how the car was but we didn't do that. the second lap just wasn't that great so fair play to valterri, he did the job. it has been close all weekend today with lewis. i am happy to get a good lap. these grand slams will be in full voice tomorrow as fans hope to see a moment in history. a sell—out crowd of more than 140 , 000 is expected. the majority of them no doubt urging lewis hamilton on to what would be a record sixth british grand prix win. let's have a quick look at some of the other headlines today. there was another crash for geraint thomas at the tour de france, the defending champion finished in the pack on stage 8 but lost time on the leaders. he remains fifth, over a minute behind frenchman julian alaphilippe who reclaimed

also coming up in the programme: fastest in practice, but will charles leclerc do as well in qualifyingri one—two in germany, with hamilton in third. plus with hamilton in third. another medalfor great bri at plus another medal for great britain at the swimming championships in south korea and, from a swimmer with the same coaches adam peaty. hello and welcome to sportsday. it was all set to be an historic day. with a target of 182, ireland could realistically win a test match for the first time ever, and against england at lords. but it wasn't to be. ireland collapsed, with three wickets falling for no runs. eventually, they were all out in their second innings forjust 38. joe wilson was watching. what england managed to bring to this day of this remarkable match was the intensity, the sense of purpose which they themselves admitted they lacked in the first few days. it is difficult to raise your game to be mentally fresh after so your game to be mentally fresh after so much cricket that has already happened this summer. but the ashes are next week, and this match will have served as s

ferrari's charles leclerc will start third.most successful driver at the british grand prix. before that was the chance to extend his record of six pole positions at silverstone and he started strongly with a new track record in the first qualifying session, breaking it in the third despite a mistake on his opening lap. but as so often this season, his team—mate, valterri bottas was hot on his wheels. hamilton bears the weight of british hopes but there is plenty of support for his compatriot. the rookie hasjust had his contract extended for next year and finished eighth while fellow british rookie george russell was 19th. having dominated in final practice, charles leclerc and sebastian vettel threatened to take the fight for a mercedes but while charles leclerc came in, the vessel could only manage sixth. for mercedes it cannot become closer. hamilton gave everything he could on his final lap but fell just hamilton gave everything he could on his final lap but felljust 6000 of a second short. valterri bottas taking it. not go

ferrari driver charles leclerc has told the bbc that he was determined to pursue a career in formulas godfather and close friend jules bianchi. he died in 2015 from injuries he suffered in an accident at the previous year's japanese grand prix. but leclerc said he never considered quitting the sport: there was definitely no thoughts any time in my career to stop my career for that. from the beginning, when you going to the sport, you know how dangerous it is. it will never be a safe sport, it is not getting safer. and we are going at 340 kph, it cannot be safe. i knew it from the start and yeah, i do not know, i just want him to do good for him because he has learned many things and he has learned a lot of ways to push me forward and get better and yeah, the only thought they had when this happened was to do it for him to make him proud. we have had some very good moments and get matter that, it was good times and we had a good fight two weeks ago and i can't wait to have 12 more with them. and training together, it is good to find ourselves. we would take it on very soon find oursel

to mercedes but while charles leclerc came in 700ths off pace, vettel could only manage sixth.ould on his final lap but fell just 6000th of a second short. valterri bottas taking it. not good enough. we worked really hard but it got away from us a little bit. a sacrifice lap happened in q2 which would have helped get a reading of how the car was but we didn't do that. the second lap just wasn't that great so fair play to valterri, he did the job. it has been close all weekend today with lewis. i am happy to get a good lap. these grand slams will be in full voice tomorrow as fans hope to see a moment in history. a sell—out crowd of more than 140,000 is expected. the majority of them no doubt urging lewis hamilton on to what would be a record sixth british grand prix win. stage eight of the tour de france was another eventful one for defending champion geraint thomas. he managed to recoverfrom a crash with 15 kilometres of the race remaining to finish alongside most of his main rivals on the tour. you can just about see it happening here in the aerial pictures. belgium's thomas d

charles leclerc was fastest, coming in a tenth of second faster than his ferrari team—mate sebastiansecond quickest. championship leader hamilton was third fastest in his mercedes. hamilton leads the driver standings by 39 points. i think the feeling is good because the high feel runs were good which was quite difficult from beginning of the season on our side and it is very positive and we get to keep working and it will be very strong tomorrow, potentially red bull, it is bad or it is raining, we know it is bad or it is raining, we know it is quick but it will be challenging and we look forward to it tomorrow. if it will lean the migraine on the weekend it is kind of a waste of a day but i did not feel like there is that much anyway because it is so hot and just cooler on the weekend and is dry, i think the tires will come back towards us and it will be more comfortable on the track so we will see. i love the rain so many days are always a good thing. let's take you through some of the other stories catching our eye on friday... at day two of the evian golf championship, lee mi hya

this was charles leclerc, just as he was about to take the lead... no!t wing. he arrived at the pits without an appointment. they'd have it ready as soon as they could. but in the meantime, max verstappen, third in the drivers‘ standings, went first in the race. these weren't conditions to chase in. hamilton's shocking time in hockenheim got worse still. his team—mate valtteri bottas didn't even finish. all the while, steadily gaining in the rain was sebastian vettel, the german driver going from 20th to second, behind verstappen, dutch conqueror of the chaos and the winner of a race that was never clockwork, but definitely orange. patrick gearey, bbc news. it was amazing, of course, to win at the end but it was really tricky out there to make the right calls and you really had to remain focused. we peered onto the slick tyre at a little moment but made a nice 360 so it was nice. we enjoyed that. of course, to come out on top here, it was all about not trying to make too many mistakes and really tricky conditions but it was amazing to win. the world aqua

this was charles leclerc, just as it was about to take the lead. no!amilton echoed him, going from winning, to spinning and damaging his front wing. he arrived at the pits without an appointment and they would have it ready as soon as they could. in the meantime, max verstappen, third in the driver standings went first in the race and these were not conditions to chase in. hamilton's shocking time in hockenheim got worse still. his team—mate valtteri bottas did not even finish. all the while steadily gaining in the rain was sebastian vettel. the german driver going from 20th up to second, behind verstappen, the dutch conqueror of the chaos on the winner of a race that was never clockwork but definitely orange. as soon as i was ahead of the mercedes, you could see the pace i had, because i was pulling away, doubly and saving the tyres. yes, today was very good and we stayed mostly out of trouble, so i'm very happy to win it. it was a terrible, disastrous day. it had the potential for that when it started to rain. i thought i had it under control and it

it was this possible manoeuvre that caused the three hour delay while stewards examined it —— charles leclerc have to stay home. that is not in his diary to stop it is on to silverton in a few weeks for the british grand prix. maverick vinales won the dutch moto gp at assen on sunday for yamaha's first win of the year while honda's world champion marc marquez finished second to extend his championship lead to 44 points. french rookie fabio quartararo, who started on pole position for the second race in a row, finished third but it was spaniard vinales who got the win — while his compatriot marquez now has 160 points keeping him well ahead of italian andrea dovizioso, who finished fourth for ducati in the 8th of 19 races. at the diamond league meeting in stanford, california — reigning 0lympic and world champion caster semenya claimed victory over 800m. the south african, who's appealing an iaaf ruling in order to have her take medication to reduce testosterone levels, never looked under pressure winning by around 20m — in a meeting record of1 minute 55.70 seconds making it three wins in a row

ferrari driver charles leclerc has told the bbc that he was determined to carve a career in formula oneher and close friend jules bianchi. bianchi died in 2015 from injuries received in an accident in the previous year's japanese grand prix but leclerc said he never contemplated leaving the sport. there was definitely no thought in my career to stop for that. i think from the beginning when you go into the sport you know how dangerous it is and it will never be a safe sport. are getting safer but when you are going at 340 kilometres per it can never be safe, i knew from the start. i don't know, i wanted to do good for him because he learned me many things, always and helped me to get better. the only thought i had when this happened was to do good for him and make him proud. we have had very good fights that did not end and a good man up but it was fun and good times and we had a good fight to weeks ago and i cannot wait to have more. it is fun to find herself again together. hopefully a first win soon and many more after but at the end the target as a first win and trying to for the fu

this was charles leclerc, just as he was about to take the lead... no!m winning to spinning and damaging his front wing. he arrived at the pits without an appointment. they'd have it ready as soon as they could. but in the meantime, max verstappen, third in the drivers' standings, went first in the race. these weren't conditions to chase in. hamilton's shocking time in hockenheim got worse still. his team—mate valtteri bottas didn't even finish. all the while, steadily gaining in the rain was sebastian vettel, the german driver going from 20th to second, behind verstappen, dutch conqueror of the chaos and the winner of a race that was never clockwork, but definitely orange. patrick gearey, bbc news. adam peaty claimed his third gold of the world aquatics championships as great britain won the men's 4 by 100 metre medley relay. it's peaty‘s third medal overall in south korea but duncan scott took the plaudits for his amazing final leg. they were in a team with james guy and luke greenbank and the four set a new european record. the usa top the medal table

mercedes locked out the front row for sunday's race with ferrari's charles leclerc third.one for defending champion geraint thomas. he managed to recover from a crash with 15 kilometres of the race remaining to finish alongside most of his main rivals on the tour. you can just about see it happening here in these pictures. belgium's thomas de gendt won after a stage—long breakaway, thomas is fifth overall, one minute and 12 seconds behind the leaderjulian alaphilippe. england captain eoin morgan says it would mean everything to win sunday's cricket world cup final against new zealand at lords. it's the first time the hosts have made it to the final since 1992, whilst their opponents were runners up four years ago. at one stage it looked like england wouldn't make it out of the group. but momentum is with them and their captain after brilliant wins over india, new zealand and australia in the semis. it's that far removed, that i never evenin it's that far removed, that i never even in my wildest dreams dreamt of it. it is awesome, i dreamt of hitting the runs in the world c

ferrari's charles leclerc had started on pole position, and after a bad start, the 21—year—old made his. but it was dismissed, handing verstappen a sixth career victory at this level. madagascar produced the shock of the africa cup of nations so far as they beat 3—time winners nigeria 2—0. the indian ocean islanders have been the surprise package on their afcon debut, claiming four points from their first two games in egypt. madagascar are ranked 63 places below nigeria, who go through as runners—up having won their first two group games. at the diamond league meeting in stanford, california, reigning olympic and world champion caster semenya claimed victory over 800m. the south african, who's appealing an iaaf ruling in order to have her take medication to reduce testosterone levels, never looked under pressure, winning by around 20m in a mee record of 1:55:70 seconds, making it three wins in a row at this event. iamjust i am just here to entertain people, iam here i am just here to entertain people, i am here to inspire the world, to make sure that the youths understand the language t

charles leclerc had been fastest in practice and looked on course to pip the mercedes, but a fuel systemhad a powerfailure. that left lewis hamilton clear to finish the third session with the fastest time. red bull's max verstappen will start from second, and hamilton's team mate valteri bottas from third. it's been, particularly on my side, a really difficult weekend in the car. we struggled with our pace. we've been there or thereabouts. i think the upgrade is working. i don't know what happened to the ferraris. they're always quick here. i was happy with my lap. leeds rhinos have won the women's challenge cup for a second year in a row. and they beat the same team — castleford — in the process. it was pretty close for a while — 10—10 — before courtney hill went over for the rhinos with 20 minutes to go, 16—10 the final score at the university of bolton stadium. it's been an incredible week leading up it's been an incredible week leading up to this. we knew we had it in us. it was just whether we could bring it today. ben whishaw did. i think does the beauty and finals, brings out the

charles leclerc had been fastest in practice and looked on course to pip the mercedes, but a fuel systeme sebastian vettel also had a powerfailure. that left lewis hamilton clear to finish the third session with the fastest time. red bull‘s max verstappen will start from second, and hamilton‘s team—mate valteri bottas from third. it's it‘s been, particularly on my side, a really difficult weekend in the car. we struggled with our pace. we‘ve been there or thereabouts. i think the upgrade is working. i don‘t know what happened to the ferraris. they‘re always quick here. i was happy with my lap. arsenal have reached an agreement to sign ivory coast winger nicolas pepe from lille, in a deal worth around $86 million. the details are still to be finalised, but the move is expected to be completed over the course of the weekend. arsenal will pay for the 24—year—old winger in a series of installments. pepe scored 22 goals for lille last season. american swimmer caeleb dressel has won a hat—trick of gold medals at the world championships in south korea. dressel added the 50 metres freestyle and

charles leclerc was fastest in the final practice for tomorrow's german grand prix.of red bull's max verstappen at hockenheim. championship leader lewis hamilton ended the session in sixth. the world champion had his best time deleted for exceeding track limits. leeds rhinos have won the women's challenge cup for a second year in a row. and they beat the same team — castleford — in the process. it was pretty close for a while, 10—10 before courtney hill went over for the rhinos with 20 minutes to go. 16—10 the final score at the university of bolton stadium. and both men's challenge cup semi—finals are live on the bbc today. warrington vs hull follows the news on bbc one, then it's st helen's vs halifax on bbc two at apm. that's all the sport for now. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:35pm. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel. in the past hour, borisjohnson has set out plans for a new high—speed rail route between manchester and leeds, which is expected to cut journey times between the two cit

in tricky conditions, a number of drivers found the barriers, including ferrari‘s charles leclerc whostakes from his pit crew saw him finish down in 11th. his teammate valtteri bottas was fighting for a podium late on, but he too ended up spinning out whilst in fourth place. out front a combination of excellent driving and strategy saw verstappen takes his second win of the season, ahead of sebastian vettel — who started last — and toro rosso‘s danill kvyat. hamilton still leads the championship by 39 points. adam peaty claimed his third gold of the world aquatics championships as great britain won the men‘s axioom medley relay. it‘s peaty‘s fourth medal overall in south korea but duncan scott took the plaudits for his amazing final leg. they were in a team with james guy and luke greenbank and the four set a new european record. the usa top the medal table. great britain finished in seventh place with three golds, all from peaty, and seven medals overall. are completely unexpected gold. we a lwa ys are completely unexpected gold. we always hope. but america have been strong or week.

ferrari's charles leclerc will start in third.ow to silverstone and join our reporter azi farni. hamilton looking to make history today? yes, he's already written 's most decorated formula 1 driver, now lewis hamilton is looking to become the most successful driver here at the most successful driver here at the british grand prix. he's had five wins here at silverstone, tied with the late greatjim clark and alain prost. a win today would see him take that record outright, he had the chance to do it last year, formula 1 fans remind —— remember him starting on pole position, taken out by kimmy ragan, had to claw his way back from last place, eventually finishing second to sebastian bedell. this is his second match point as it were and i'm sure lewis hamilton will be looking for a less eventful hamilton will be looking for a less eve ntful ra ce hamilton will be looking for a less eventful race this time round. what kind of race do you expect this afternoon? it's interesting, hamilton finished behind vell terry bought us in a mercede

this was charles leclerc, just as he was about to take the lead... no! from winning to spinning and damaging his front wing. he arrived at the pits without an appointment. they'd have it ready as soon as they could. but in the meantime, max verstappen, third in the drivers' standings, went first in the race. these weren't conditions to chase in. hamilton's shocking time in hockenheim got worse still. his team—mate valtteri bottas didn't even finish. all the while, steadily gaining in the rain was sebastian vettel, the german driver going from 20th to second, behind verstappen, this was the dutchman's only win of the year on a day of racing chaos. patrick gearey, bbc news. champagne and sightseeing were on the tour de france itinerary this afternoon. after 23 days, the final kilometres to paris are traditionally processional, allowing colombia's egan bernal a chance to bask in his status as the first south american to win the tour de france and the youngest rider to take the title for over a century. the 22—year—old, and last year's champion, geraint thom

his team—mate charles leclerc came second and lewis hamilton third.re big business, and some of the world's best players are competing this weekend for prize money higher than that earned by the wimbledon champions. they're playing the popular game fortnite, which is holding its first ever world cup in new york. among the contestants are british teenage hopefuls, asjoe tidy reports. for two years, fortnite's unique brand of dancing, shooting and looting has brought gamers together online. avast ye, land lubbers. now it's time for the cream of the crop to meet in person, for the first ever world cup. the prize pool is a record $30 million — or £24 million. the winner takes home $3 million and this trophy. some of the favourites are british, including 14—year—old carljackson from london. he's known online as mongrel. it's a lot more serious than people think. it's notjust playing the game forfun or whatever, you have to play, like, consecutive months, a lot, every day. you don'tjust get here from chance. another contender is 15—year—old benjy fish from

vettel‘s team—mate, charles leclerc, who had been fastest in practice, skidded off the track.see the place i had because i was pulling away quite comfortably on the second tires, so, yeah, today was very good and we stayed mostly out of trouble, so of course very happy to win it. this is how the standings look after that race. lewis hamilton finished 11th but was later promoted to 9th, picking up two points after alfa romeo drivers‘ after alfa romeo drivers kimi raikkonen and antonio giovinazzi were hit with 30—second penalties for torque irregularities. it means his lead in the world championships is now 41 points. gareth bale's move to china is off after real madrid cancelled the deal, with the wales winger now set to stay at the spanish club. he had been expected to finalise a three—year deal with super league club jiangsu suning worth £1 million a week. but real called the deal off — that's despite manager zinedine zidane saying last week that bale leaving was best for everyone. liverpool have won the race to sign fulham youngster harvey elliott. the teenage winger became

charles leclerc was fastest, coming in a tenth of a second quicker than his ferrari team—mate sebastianetballers have a new coach. she'sjess thirlby and she replaces tracey neville who stepped down after leading the roses to a bronze medal at this month's world cup. thirlby is a former england international herself, and left her role as head coach of team bath in january after 20 years as a player and coach. a huge day of rugby league coming up today. i think it is going to rain the some of us. a perfect day for it. as long as it will not terrain of the sport. it will be great for the rugby. 11:15am, the women's cup final. a repeat of last year, leeds rhinos against castleford. you can watch that on the bbc iplayer and the sport website. at 1:15pm, warrington against hull, that is on bbc one. and a0 m, st helens, run —— for pm, runaway leaders, st helens, thatis for pm, runaway leaders, st helens, that is on bbc two. then it is time to walk the dog. providing it is not raining. that doesn't stop the dog walk. we know what you're doing this afternoon! the use of electric scooters has bec

mercedes locked out the front row for today's race at siverstone with ferrari's charles leclerc thirdge 8 but lost time on the leaders. he remains fifth, over a minute behind frenchman julian alaphilippe, who reclaimed the yellowjersey. it doesn't all go to plan for the favourites and the defending champion, like the great man geraint thomas. willet for england? they are favourites and if they play as they did in the semifinals against australia, it will. all those years of waiting will and and england will lift a world cup, but they are certainly not counting any chickens yet. tropical storm barry is bringing torrential rain and 60mph winds to louisiana in the southern united states. although the weather system has lost some of its strength, millions of people are braced for potentially life—threatening flooding. meteorologist daniel phillips joins us from the city lafayette, near the area expected to be hit the worst. thank you forjoining us. it has been downgraded now to a storm but those warnings lives are under threat, how do things feel? they are picking up a little now. it was

mercedes locked out the front row for today's race at siverstone with ferrari's charles leclerc thirdhave got a reading in q2, from us, and we would have got a reading in 02, but we didn't end up doing that. the second one wasn't really that great. there was another crash for geraint thomas at the tour de france, the defending champion finished in the pack on stage 8 but lost time on the leaders. he remains fifth , over a minute behind frenchman julian alaphilippe who reclaimed the yellowjersey. england's victory over scotland at the netball world cup in liverpool was soured by the news that layla guscoth will miss the rest of the tournament with a ruptured achilles. in the game itself 36—year—old rachel dunn scored an impressive a9 points in a dominant 70—3a victory. they'll play samoa later today as they try to top the group while scotland face uganda. northern ireland picked up their first win of the tournament. after losing to the reigning champions australia, they got off the mark with a 67—50 victory over sri lanka. back here at lord's, you can probably see that it is notjust a

this was charles leclerc, just as he was about to take the lead... no!ts without an appointment. they'd have it ready as soon as they could. but in the meantime, max verstappen, third in the drivers‘ standings, went first in the race. these weren't conditions to chase in. hamilton's shocking time in hockenheim got worse still. his team—mate valtteri bottas didn't even finish. all the while, steadily gaining in the rain was sebastian vettel, the german driver going from 20th to second, behind verstappen, dutch conqueror of the chaos and the winner of a race that was never clockwork, but definitely orange. patrick gearey, bbc news. a combination of a lot of things, but ultimately, a really terrible, disastrous day. we had the potential for that when it started to rain. i thought i had it under control and then... it was really risky putting us out on slicks and then, after that, just went to pot. egan bernal has become the youngest rider in more than a century to win the tour de france. with the race leader traditionally not challenged on the final stage,

charles leclerc was fastest, coming in a tenth of a second quicker than his ferrari teammate sebastian mercedes. england's netballers have a new coach. she's called jess thirlby and she replaces tracey neville who stepped down after leading the roses to a bronze medal at this month's world cup. thirlby is a former england international herself, and left her role as head coach of team bath in january after 20 years as a player and coach. i love netball, um, and it's quite surreal to think, you know, aged 13, i had a phone call the eve of my first england trial to say there had been an administration error and i was too young to trial, and 26 years later, i'm finding myself in the role of roses head coach. i mean, what a journey that is, so, yeah, i'm really privileged and i absolutely adore this sport and i will give it my all. there was a big new world record set at the world swimming championships in south korea. this is the american caeleb dressel knocking 0.3 of a second off michael phelps record in the 100m butterfly. that might not sound very much, but in swimming over such a shor

this was charles leclerc, just as it was about to take the lead. no!uld. in the meantime, max verstappen, third in the driver standings went first in the driver standings went first in the race and these were not conditions to chase in. hamilton's shocking time in hockenheim got worse still. his team—mate valtteri bottas did not even finish. all the while steadily gaining in the rain was sebastian vettel. the german driver going from 20th up to second, behind verstappen, the dutch conqueror of the chaos on the winner ofa conqueror of the chaos on the winner of a race that was never clockwork but definitely orange. gareth bale's proposed move to china is off. he had been expected to finalise a a three—year deal with chinese super league club jiangsu suning, worth £1 million a week. but it now looks like he's staying at real madrid. the deal was called off by the spanish giants. that's despite manager zinedine zidane saying last week that bale leaving was best for everyone. liverpool have won the race to sign fulham youngster harvey elliot. the teenage w

mercedes locked out the front row for today's race at siverstone with ferrari's charles leclerc thirdbehind frenchman julian alaphilippe who reclaimed the yellowjersey. england's victory over scotland at the netball world cup in liverpool was soured by the news that layla guscoth will miss the rest of the tournament with a ruptured achilles. in the game itself 36—year—old rachel dunn scored an impressive 49 points in a dominant 70—34 victory. they'll play samoa later today as they try to top the group while scotland face uganda northern ireland picked up their first win of the tournament. after losing to the reigning champions australia, they got off the mark with a 67—50 victory over sri lanka there we are, back at lord's, very much coming to life in the last few minutes, gates are open, the music is pumping, the restaurants and bars filling up, the activity on the pitch. they are rolling off some of the covers, the blue sky is coming up, the pavilion, beginning to fill up up, the pavilion, beginning to fill up here. hopefully we'll get under way on time, 10:30am start, the all—impor

in austria, red bull's max verstappen took the lead from ferrari's charles leclerc with a couple of lapse podium for the first time this season, finishing fifth. caster semenya won the 800 metres at a diamond league meeting in california. it's the first time the south african has raced over the distance for almost 2 months. a ruling by world athletics forcing her to take hormone—suppressants has been temporarily overturned by a swiss court allowing her to compete in her favoured event. so, i don't know if you are paying attention, everyone, when we were talking to serena williams. we talked about sally being her karaoke alias and when she goes into a karaoke bar, she puts her name is sally, not serena. i love that. she said she thinks anything 90s so i thought i would share with you my favourite karaoke song and it would have to be islands in the stream. the dolly version. i wonder if carol will sing with me. my favourite is a summer of 69. you have got to do it with the air guitar as well. anything by brian! you know me so well! we are here in the sunshine next to cot one which has a ne

this was charles leclerc, just as he was about to take the lead... no!an appointment. they'd have it ready as soon as they could. but in the meantime, max verstappen, third in the drivers' standings, went first in the race. these weren't conditions to chase in. hamilton's shocking time in hockenheim got worse still. his team—mate valtteri bottas didn't even finish. all the while, steadily gaining in the rain was sebastian vettel, the german driver going from 20th to second, behind verstappen, dutch conqueror of the chaos and the winner of a race that was never clockwork, but definitely orange. patrick gearey, bbc news. a combination of a lot of things. ultimately, a really terrible, disastrous day. it had the potential for that when it started to rain. i thought i had it under control and then... it was really risky putting us then... it was really risky putting us out on slicks and then after that, just went to pot. egan bernal has become the youngest rider in 110 years to win the tour de france. with the race leader traditionally not challenged on the

and sebastian vettel led charles leclerc in a ferrari one—two in first practice at the german grand prix with more on those stores after half past. let's get more now on one of our main stories, that prime minister borisjohnson plans to recruit 20,000 more police officers in england and wales over three years. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is her. it's an ambitious target, can it be delivered? i think there is scepticism about whether it can be done. they would like it to be done and they will try very ha rd to like it to be done and they will try very hard to get it done because they have been 21,000 officers down on 2010 levels and we know the strain that has caused on policing when you have increased demand of serious violence on the street. but doing so within three years, it has never been done before, that level of recruitment in modern times. there is a lack of training infrastructure in terms of classrooms, instructors. there are not enough police stations for new recruits because 600 have been closed. you have the additional complexity that new rules are coming in re

his team mate charl leclerc come second and lewis hamilton third.of a birmingham school, which has been criticised by some parents for teaching about lgbt relationships, has told bbc news that the government pressurised her into suspending its equality programme. hazel pulley said she had felt totally compromised. the government denies applying pressure, and says it has worked to encourage dialogue. our correspondent sima kotecha reports. parkfield community school. for weeks, there were protests outside with parents calling on the school to stop teaching children about different relationships. if they tell you when and how they should be taught... it's an equality programme called no outsiders and it involves storybooks of pictures of same—sex couples, in march the school suspended the programme after protest escalated. now the woman in charge of parkfield says it has been a tough experience. i think there's only one word and from inside school looking out it has been horrendous. i have felt sadly rather isolated. she accuses the department for edu

charles leclerc was fastest, coming in a tenth of a second quicker than his ferrari team—mate sebastianon't feel like we learned much today anyway. it is so hot. if it is cooler on the weekend and it is dry, nothing today really applies. i think all of the tyres will come back towards us and we will be quicker and more comfortable. on the track. so, but we will wait and see. i love the rain so rainy days are a lwa ys i love the rain so rainy days are always a good thing. england's netball has a new coach. she's called jess thirlby, and she replaces tracey neville, who stepped down after leading the roses to a bronze medal at this month's world cup. thirlby is a former england international herself, and left her role as head coach of team bath in january after 20 years as a player and coach. i love netball and it's quite surreal to think, you know, aged 13 i had surreal to think, you know, aged 13 ihada surreal to think, you know, aged 13 i had a phone call on the eve of my first england trial to say they had been an administration error and i was too young to trial and 26 years later, i