no matter, a fourth match point duly arrived and cibulkova was beaten 7—5, 6—3.gan the eastbourne tournament and even if watson's progress is halted she has already received a huge boost of confidence to ta ke received a huge boost of confidence to take into wimbledon next week. paul geraghty, bbc news. i felt really good out there today, playing the long match yesterday in the wind and those conditions set me up the wind and those conditions set me up really well for today because as windy today and i saw the ball a lot bigger, my serve was coming together. a good win for watson. and defeat for the british women's number two naomi broady who lost in three sets to the czech republic's kristina pliskova. broady won the second set on a tie—break but lost the decider 6—1. british men's number two kyle edmund was beaten in the first round of the men's singles at eastbourne by american donald young, ranked 47 in the world. edmund lost the first set but fought back to take the second 6—3 before losing the decider by the same score. there was some success though for mar

no matter, the fourth match point duly arrived and cibulkova was beaten 7—56— four.and even if watson's progress is eastbourne and even if watson's progress is $0011 eastbourne and even if watson's progress is soon checked she has a ready received a huge boost of confidence to take to wimbledon.” felt really good out there today. playing that long match yesterday in the wind and those conditions set me up the wind and those conditions set me up really well for today and it wasn't as windy today i was seeing the ball a lot bigger than my service coming together. and defeat for the british women's number two naomi broady who lost in three sets to the czech republic's kristina pliskova. broady won the second set on a tie—break but lost the decider 6—1. the favourite to win the ladies singles at wimbledon is two—time champion petra kvitova who won the tournament in birmingham yesterday — her first title since returning to the game after being injured in a knife attack last year. but the czech‘s exertions last week have meant she has pulled out of eastbourne with an abdom

cibulkova struggled throughout the match and despite wasting three match points watson got there on the through the decider — 6—1. kyle edmund has been beaten in the first round of the men‘s draw by the american donald young. the british number two lost the first set 6—4 but won the second 6—3. but the world number 55 soon broke edmund and went on to take the deciding set by six games to three. wimbledon hopefuls have started qualifying at roehampton today. among them britain‘s marcus willis, who caused such a stir at last year‘s championships. he‘s passed the first hurdle, beating the world number 146 andrej martin of slovakia in the first round. 7-5, 7-5. he needs to win two more matches to play at wimbledon next week. crystal palace have officially named former ajax and inter milan coach frank de boer as their new manager. the dutchman won four titles with ajax but lasted just 85 days in milan, before his sacking in november. he succeeds sam allardyce who left after helping palace avoid relegation from the premier league last season. in the woman‘s cricket world cup they had an eight

cibulkova has struggled throughout the match and watson is one game away from a notable victory.er taking it 6—1. kyle edmund has been beaten in the first round of the men‘s draw by the american donald young. the british number two lost the first set 6—4 but won the second 6—3. the world number 55 soon broke edmund and went on to take the deciding set by 6—3. wimbledon hopefuls have started qualifying at roehampton today. among them britain‘s marcus willis, who caused such a stir at last year‘s championships. he has passed the first hurdle, beating the world number 146 andrej martin of slovakia in the first round. 7-5, 7-5. he needs to win two more matches to play at wimbledon next week. the first round is always tricky. a bit nervy at the start. nubbing a very good set. i played a couple of good games to break. i‘m happy with the win. get on the practise court and see how i can play in the next match. at the women‘s cricket world cup defending champions australia are well placed to beat west indies in their opening game in taunton. in reply to west indies 204 all out, australia,

heather watson wows at eastbourne as she beats the world number nine, dominika cibulkova, to reach rounde. good evening. the democratic unionist party has agreed the terms of a deal to support the minority conservative government. the deal involves more than a billion pounds of extra spending in northern ireland, on health, education and infrastructure. the first ministers of scotland and wales have condemned the deal in the strongest terms, calling it "cash for votes". theresa may has also been accused of undermining the search for stable government in northern ireland, as our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. 18 days since the election, nearly three weeks of waiting, a political lifetime for the prime minister. deal or no deal, mrs foster? but the dup, power on their side, have been taking their time. notjust friends but this a snap of a political family now. a deal agreed at the cabinet table no less. we also share the desire to ensure a strong government that is able to put through its programme. a strong government? well, less wobbly perhaps. the northern irish party prom

she beat the defending champion dominika cibulkova to reach the last 16 at eastbourne. we meet the couple on a journey to every single train station across britain. what is it? it's the cutest train i have ever seen! and carol has the weather. showers on the way, some of which will be heavy and boundary but i will be heavy and boundary but i will have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the government and the democratic unionists insist that the deal agreed at westminster yesterday, makes the restoration of power—sharing in northern ireland more likely. but other parties say the arrangement — under which northern ireland will receive more than one—billion pounds of extra funding — is nothing more than a bribe. we're joined now by our political correspondent john campbell at stormont, but first let's speak to leila nathoo who's at westminster for us. accusations on most of the front pages of the newspapers today, describing this deal as a £1 billion ride. well, that was the price agreed by theresa may for the support of those ten dup mps. it

makes an excellent start to the week at eastbourne — the british no 3 beat the fourth seed, dominika cibulkovaon eu nationals living in britain that they will not be forced to leave the country after brexit. the prime minister said eu citizens legally in the uk would have what she called "settled status" — enjoying all the rights of uk citizens except the right to vote in general elections. but as our political correspondent vicki young reports — the offer depends on british citizens living in the eu being given the same status. theresa may says she is giving reassurance and certainty. is your offer to eu nationals good enough? allaying the anxieties is a priority according to the prime minister and she told mps she had a serious and fair offer to make. under these plans, no eu citizen currently in the uk lawfully will be asked to leave at the point the uk leave the eu. eu citizens will be able to apply for something called settled status. the right to live in the uk permanently, accessing public services and other benefits. applicants will have to have lived in britain for at least five conti

donald young with british number two heather watson following later in her match against dominika cibulkovald number six won his 10th pga title in some style. it went down to a play—off at the travelers championship in connecticut. spieth, the 2015 masters and us open champion, chipping infrom the bunker to seal the title. at 23, he's now the second youngest player after tiger woods to reach 10 pga titles for 72 years. classy way to do it. that is all the sport for now. thank you. welcome to the programme. it is nearly 10:10am. surgeons have told this programme that nhs england is using mesh to repair hernias which leaves many patients in chronic pain. the concerns come after we exclusively revealed in april that more than 800 women are taking legal action against the nhs over the use of vaginal mesh implants. one woman told us she was left screaming on all fours from the agonising pain. nhs england say mesh implants had been successfully used to treat hernias for several decades. 0ur reporter anna collinson has been investigating. we brught you herfull report earlier and here's a short ext