chris woakes put in a man—of the match performance taking four wickets at sri lanka were limited to 185joe root then excelled with the bat, his unbeaten 79 in just 87 balls steered england to a five—wicket win. the second 0di is on thursday at the 0val. we're approaching the final whistle of 90 minutes, at wembley... england against germany... they are winning and we can cross thejohn watson who is not that one before us. what is the atmosphere at the moment? it's unbelievable as you can imagine here at wembley with england taking the lead through the writing starting goal and it was the substitute that really made a difference providing that pass that provided the assist for raheem sterling to score his third goal of this training. he has been to me none so farfor this training. he has been to me none so far for england and as we know has been criticised in the past for failing to perform for england but he has done so in this tournament and then they needed that crucial goal. it looked as though at one stage germany would have equalised from his mother was put through and he had a gre

chris woakes put in a match winning performance taking four wickets as sri lanka were limited to 185vendish won his first tour de france stage in five years when he won the fourth stage earlier today. he thought his career might have been over last year, but was called up for his first tour since 2018 as a late replacement for an injured team mate. the emotion clear to see for the 36—year—old after securing his 31st stage victory at the race, while dutch rider mathieu van der poel kept the overall race leader's yellow jersey. rugby union's premiership is to expand to 1a clubs from the 2022—23 season with no relegation from the top tier until the following campaign. it's already growing to 13 teams for next season after saracens were promoted, but relegation will be suspended until 202a. the rfu says it's to help the financial stability and sustainability of professional rugby in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. for everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website. but that's all your support for now. hello. the north—south split in our weather becomes rather more east—west

chris woakes with four of those wickets. i'll have more for you in the next hour.our colleagues across the uk. current and former officers at greater manchester police have said problems which caused it to be put into special measures still persist and that they wouldn't feel confident reporting a crime to their own force. the bbc has also learned huge numbers of officers have requested to be transferred elsewhere. north west tonight's abbiejones reports. i am a police officer- and i won't feel comfortable in reporting a crime to my own force. i we have been told to do the bare minimum on crimes. people are literally walking the streets not being arrested. the reality is so bad that cops are leaving in their droves to join the armed forces. the views of serving police officers at greater manchester police speaking out to a newsnight investigation about what they say are serious failings in their own force. months after it was placed in special measures. last year, an inspection found the second largest force in england and wales had failed to record more than 80,00

chris woakes put in a match—winning performance taking four wickets as sri lanka were limited to 185d team mate. the emotion clear to see for the 36—year—old after securing his 31st stage victory at the race, while dutch rider mathieu van der poel kept the overall race leader's yellow jersey. rugby union's premiership is to expand to 1a clubs from the 2022—23 season with no relegation from the top tier until the following campaign. it's already growing to 13 teams for next season after saracens were promoted, but relegation will be suspended until 202a. the rfu says it's to help the financial stability and sustainability of professional rugby in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. for everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website. but that's all your sport for now. hello there. so far this week, its northern and western areas which have seen the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures. but towards the end of the week it looks like high pressure will but towards the end of the week it looks like high pressure— looks like high pressure will build, brinuain looks li

chris woakes claimed four wickets. sri lanka were bowled out for 185.he tour de france. mark cavendish won today's fourth stage, his first tour victory in five years. he thought his career might have been over last year. he was called up for his first tour for three years as a late replacement for an injured team mate. the emotion clear to see for the 36—year—old after securing the 31st tour victory of his career. these are the pictures from wembley. ten minutes to go until half—time. we will be feeding 50 year over the course of the next one as england and germany paper place in you by 2020. still no goal and for every minute that passes with it being gold as we will get more nervous. i should leave it to you over the next hour or so. should leave it to you over the next hour orso. sports should leave it to you over the next hour or so. sports day is coming up at half past six with a combination of that match. i don't think i can get a more nervous than i already am. focus on thejob get a more nervous than i already am. focus on the job and we will all

chris woakes put in a man—of—the —match performance taking four wickets as sri lanka were limited towatch the football, just like everybody else yesterday. most people, anyway. and they celebrated that dos— zero when of england over germany last night. —— 2—0. lots of people turning their attention to england's game against ukraine in rome on saturday, but there has been a warning from the health minister for the latium region, including rome, reminding football fans that those entering from the uk have to respect a five day quarantine upon entry into italy. so even if they went today there wouldn't be out of the quarantine until sunday, so after the game they would be watching the game in their hotel room. local health minister said that the quarantine period for arrivals from the uk has the aim of preventing the further expansion of the delta variant of covid—19 in italy and must be fully respected. we understand that there are plans to try and get tickets to british people who are already in italy and who might want to go to the match robe, but at the moment the health ministerfor

chris woakes put in a man of the match performance, taking four wickets as sri lanka were limited toas lovely to see — just like everybody else. it was lovely to see that. _ just like everybody else. it was lovely to see that. so - just like everybody else. it was lovely to see that. so much i just like everybody else. it was lovely to see that. so much to | just like everybody else. it was i lovely to see that. so much to watch yesterday. the tears from serena williams, it was really hard to see, actually. williams, it was really hard to see, actuall . ., williams, it was really hard to see, actuall . . , , , actually. yeah, because, we spoke about it on — actually. yeah, because, we spoke about it on the _ actually. yeah, because, we spoke about it on the programme - actually. yeah, because, we spoke i about it on the programme yesterday, she has got that 24 number in her mind. that is why she is back. that is why she works so hard. she is very careful about where she plays, how she looks after herself. so she will be absolutely devastated. we saw her yesterday before the match war

chris woakes claimed four wickets. sri lanka were bowled out for 185.author is mallory blackman. i like reading akala. i preferjoyce carol oates. at this school in south—east london, a discussion about books read inside and outside the classroom. more than one third of schoolchildren in england are from ethnic minority backgrounds. but only a small number of authors in the english literature curriculum from these groups, according to new research by the publisher penguin and runnymede trust think tank for race equality. i feel like you internalise a lot of the things you read, so from reading a book or a novel and people like me are depicted in a certain way, i start to believe that i am the same as that and the truth is, i am not. so we deserve representation. i feel that especially in younger years, the texts that are chosen, it is like they were not chosen with the students in mind. the research analysed gcse exam board data for more than half a million students in england in 2019. it found fewer than 1% answered a question on a book by a black, asia

chester le street and, after putting the tourists in, england took early wickets, including two for chris woakesstate school pupils did not attend class for covid—19 related reasons on the 24th ofjune, up from 3.3% on the 17th ofjune. on the 17th of june, the figure was 170,000 for england. it is going up dramatically, as you can see in those figures. 24,000 pupils had a suspected case of coronavirus, and 15,000 was a confirmed case of coronavirus. the number of absences caused by those, though, was 279,000 children self isolating. and that is in england, as a result of those cases, and that is state school pupils. so those figures just through. of course, those figures are leading to concerns about whether the current system is the right one going forward. it is being suggested by the government that from september, when kids go back, the system might change so that children do not have to isolate if they have been in contact with a positive case at school and can instead do daily tests. it is not confirmed and the government is looking at data on whether that would be a sensible policy going f