it's labour's dan norris. >> is a key giving >> transport is a key to giving people opportunity. if you can't get where you need to be, get to where you need to be, whether it's a job or your dentist or whatever, you're stuffed. >> well, that's after your news headunes. >> well, that's after your news headlines . good evening to you. headlines. good evening to you. >> it is 6:00. i'm aaron armstrong in the newsroom. the government is hailing the uk joining an indo pacific trading bloc, although critics say the economic benefits will be minimal. business secretary kemi badenoch says the deal will bnng badenoch says the deal will bring british companies a step closer to a market of 500 million people with fewer barriers , which they claim could barriers, which they claim could create access to £12 trillion worth of global trade . however, worth of global trade. however, official estimates suggest it will add just 1.8 billion a year to the uk economy. after ten years representing less than 1% of uk gdp . years representing less than 1% of uk gdp. nigel years representing less than 1

in part of my area . >> dan norris, mayor of the west of england. you're a labour metro mayor. of all, what's the biggest priority for you as the mayor of west of england? >> it's transport without question. transport is a key to giving people opportunity. if you can't get to where you need to be, whether it's a job or your dentist or whatever, you're stuffed. so that's the key thing. and it's a huge challenge because transport isn't where it needs be at the moment. it's needs to be at the moment. it's frankly in a poor state. there's been a big investment, but the pandemic has undermined a lot of that. and so it's about rebuilding that confidence and trust that people know that trust so that people know that if they for a bus, it's if they wait for a bus, it's going to turn up they can going to turn up and they can plan life on it. plan their life on it. >> yeah, absolutely. so important outside london, sometimes in sometimes i think people in london lucky they are. >> very lucky. so you were a labour mp between in 1997 to 2010. >> he spent 13 years as a labour mp. before that

we have the likes of andy murray, dan evans, cameron norrie, the brits that do well in the singles but we have other brits down the line that have had success down the line like jamie murray. 0urstubble had success down the line like jamie murray. 0ur stubble guys, we tend to do well in big tournaments, hopefully —— us double guys. it is something that is not going to get us down, we are going to keep trying to improve and hopefully the media like us in the end. we to improve and hopefully the media like us in the end.— like us in the end. we love having ou here like us in the end. we love having you here in _ like us in the end. we love having you here in sportsday. _ like us in the end. we love having you here in sportsday. thank- like us in the end. we love having you here in sportsday. thank you | like us in the end. we love having i you here in sportsday. thank you so much. congratulations again. we are quickly going to mention the men's final, novak djokovic, carlos alcaraz. we have been hearing from both of those plays. —— players. judging by the performances that we have seen f

labour's dan norris. >> is a key to giving >> transport is a key to giving people opportunity.r it's a job or your dentist whatever, you're stuffed. >> well, that's after your news headunes. >> well, that's after your news headlines . good evening to you. headlines. good evening to you. >> it is 6:00. i'm aaron armstrong in the newsroom. the government is hailing the uk joining an indo pacific trading bloc, although critics say the economic benefits will be minimal. business secretary kemi badenoch says the deal will bnng badenoch says the deal will bring british companies a step closer to a market of 500 million people with fewer barriers , which they claim could gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey with your

we should see | cameron norrie later on court number one. when permitting. dans match, that match running over from yesterday. the wimbledon's defending champion, eleanor rebecca, also plays later today. to another huge sporting event taking place in the uk this summer — the ashes. there's been a major blow for england's men this morning as they prepare for the start of thursday's third test at headingley. vice—captain ollie pope has been ruled out of the rest of the series after dislocating his shoulder last week at lords. it isa it is a big blow. he has been phenomenalfor it is a big blow. he has been phenomenal for us it is a big blow. he has been phenomenalfor us for the it is a big blow. he has been phenomenal for us for the last 18 months. he has stepped up as vice captain of this team and the more responsibility that has been given to him the more you have got out of him as a player, as a leader in the group. he will be a big miss for us. he is a hell of a player. he is a great man to have in the group, as well. then gains a great amount through having hi

andy murray maintained his record of never losing in the wimbledon first round, cam norrie is also through, but danelena rybakina, the women's defending champion, in the end survive a scare against america's shelby rogers. she has been having a virus, rybakina, and needed to come back from a set down to beat the american. with the ban now lifted on russian and belarusian players, aryna sabalenka eased past panna udvardy in straight sets. there was also a straightforward win for tunisia's ons jabeur, last year's beaten finalist. in the men's draw, world number one carlos alcaraz looked supreme again, seeing off 36—year—old jeremy chardy in three. and andy murray, ten years on from his first wimbledon title, now 36 and playing with that metal hip, was understandably delighted to beat british player ryan penison in straight sets, with roger federer watching on, on the day his incredible eight wimbledon titles were celebrated at centre court. last year's beaten semifinalist cam norrie has not matched his form of last year lately but won in four sets. wednesday's weather forecast thankfully is better he

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dan ogunshakin reports. first pole since 2021 had raised hopes of lewis hamilton ending his 33 race drought. but things turned sour almost immediately. max verstappen, oscar piastri and lando norrisnto fourth. it will be a long, hot race. one corner in and the wheels had come off. not the way they had for pierre gasly. mclaren continued their upward trend with a consecutive podium for norris as a frustrated hamilton fell increasingly behind. how have they got nine seconds all of a sudden? that is a crazy amount. as they have all season, red bull had pace to burn. sergio perez taking the podium from ninth. max verstappen making a record 12 wins in a row for the austrian outfit as their utter domination showed no signs of stopping. for the team, 12 in a row is incredible. what we have been going through the last few years has been incredible and hopefully we can keep this momentum going for a long time and to work with the whole team is always very enjoyable. always good to look into, yesterday for example, to keep pushing, wanting to be better and a day like today is perfect. defending championjonas vingegaard has won the tour de france, after the final, largely processional, stag

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dan evans will be resuming two sets down. cameron norrielast up on court number one. and katie boulter, the women's number one, she begins her tournament as well. i wait wimbledon, plenty going on. that includes the tour de france. we have been following that in its early stages. adam yates is still in the leader's yellow jersey going into stage four of the tour de france, while mark cavendish is still one victory from breaking the all—time record for stage wins. that's after belgium's yasper phillipsen won the first sprint finish of the race so far. he had the perfect lead—out, and although cavendish reached the highest speed of anyone in the sprint — over 45mph — he'd started from further back, and finished sixth. there's another sprint finish expected today. meanwhile, at the women's giro d'italia, the italian national champion elisa longo borghini sprinted to win stage four. defending champion annameek van vleuten, in the leader's pinkjersey, finished third behind her. she leads by 49 seconds with five stages to go. steven gerrard is re

norrie, he's through as well. he came through in four didn't through in four sets. didn't look quite impressive as andy look quite as impressive as andy did. evans not good. he's did. dana horrible run of form and he got beaten yesterday, so he is out of he's going to take some time out now. >> you know, this is the time of the year i go through the back pages trying to squeeze out any football news at all. yes so mason mount has now done a deal with united. he's a united with man united. he's a united player and he took to social media yesterday to say goodbye to chelsea and his chelsea fans. and he made a little video and it went up on social media. >> and it's saying, well, i could just have a statement, but i thought you prefer something personal because he's been there since he was like six years old. so a long time. 24 years. he's been chelsea . and so said been at chelsea. and so he said it's been at chelsea. and so he said wsfime been at chelsea. and so he said it's time for me to move on to my next challenge, my career. and thank you this and thank you that. he's off to manchester that. so he's off to manchester united then for 55 million. but but how the chels