danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge.the team here on social media. this is bbc news. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm chetan pathak, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: despite the heat and humidity in new york, novak djokivic battles through to the second round of the us open. kashima antlers score a stunner in the asian champions league as their opponents pay the price for a missed flight. and the president of the united states is shown a red card by the fifa president. thanks forjoining us. let's start with the tennis. aiming for his 14th grand slam title, novak djokovic eventually dealth with the extreme heat and humidity in new york to see off hungary's marton fuchovic in four sets. the two—time champion looked needed the trainer to give him tablets for sickness at one stage, but after losing the second set he won the next two 6—4, 6—0 to make it through in four sets. elsewhere, former champion marin cilic also reached the next

danny savage, bbc news, cambridgeshire.ntirely by the wind. they‘ re called strandbeests and they've been created by the dutch artist theo jansen — who's been working on them for almost three decades. and now his eerie contrapations have caught the attention of nasa — they want to use his ideas to create a windpowered rover on venus — one of the most inhospitable places in the solar system. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito went to meet him. scheveningen. 0n the dutch coast. and a summer spectacle, the strandbeests. wind blown mechanical artworks. you don't get used to it, not really, so it is always something special when you see them. i think they are amazing. my name is theojansen and i try to make new forms of life on the beach where i was born, 70 years ago. it moves pretty easily, doesn't it? theo jansen is an engineer and artist and wejoined him as he brought out his latest beests for his summer experiments. these animals, they gave me sleepless nights, because i am thinking is this really workable? the puzzle, ho

danny savage reports.side in huddersfield this afternoon, this over—60s walking club set out for a stroll. their aim, to live well for longer. i've got a hip replacement and i have to keep walking to make certain it doesn't seize up. as you get older, you can stay at home. you can get to be an old person before you should be an old person. but i think this keeps you a bit younger as well. the number of over—85s requiring help throughout the day with basic tasks is estimated to almost double to aa6,000 by 2035. what we have to do is try and slow down the progression of dependency at the earliest stages, when we are more likely to be able to do that, because once people need care daily, it's much harder to reverse that. it's something denise, pat and margaret have thought about. they meet every day to walk their dogs. all aged in their 70s, they hope never to have to go into a care home, but that hasn't stopped them thinking about it. they have familiar concerns. you don't go out, you don't smoke and you don

danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge.ont equalled the record today for having the world's longest peacetime period without a properly functioning government. there has been no assembly in place for more than 18 months after the power—sharing arrangement between the dup and sinn fein collapsed in january last year. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. two years ago, northern ireland won the bid to stage the 2021 commonwealth youth games. but the devolved government collapsed before ministers could agree the funding. now northern ireland has been stripped of the chance to host the event. i was annoyed because it would have been a good opportunity for people here. i was quite shocked. how come we're not sticking together, not helping each other? as well as losing the games, £1—2 billion worth of infrastructure projects have now been put on hold. a new transport hub for belfast, a cruise ship terminal for the harbour, just a couple of the developments being left in limbo. the corridors of power remain empty at stormo

danny savage, bbc news, cambridgeshire.e have died. more later. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, you're live at the bbc sport centre with me chris mitchell. coming up for you on sport today: a different kind of test awaits england's cricketer ben stokes. canada is open for venus williams, who breezes through her opening tie in montreal. do you know who this man is? only one of the greatest of all time. the little master gives his thoughts on india's captain virat kohli. the england cricketer ben stokes played a key part in england's dramatic win over india last week, but this week he's in court accused of affray. on monday, the first day of his trial, a court here in england heard how stokes is accused of mocking two gay men, before brawling with two others. stokes denies affray. but while his teammates prepare for the second test match against india that begins on thursday, he'll still be in court. here's our sports editor, dan roan. having had to swap cricket field for courtroom, ben stokes arrived here this morning f

danny savage reports.y hillside in huddersfield this afternoon, this over—60s walking club set out for a stroll. their aim, to live well for longer. i've got a hip replacement and i have to keep walking to make certain it doesn't seize up. as you get older, you can stay at home. you can get to be an old person before you should be an old person. but i think this keeps you a bit younger as well. the number of over—85s requiring help throughout the day with basic tasks is estimated to almost double to 416,000 by 2035. what we have to do is try and slow down the progression of dependency at the earliest stages, when we are more likely to be able to do that, because once people need care daily, it's much harder to reverse that. it's something denise, pat and margaret have thought about. they meet every day to walk their dogs. all aged in their 70s, they hope never to have to go into a care home, but that hasn't stopped them thinking about it. they have familiar concerns. you don't go out, you don't smoke and y

danny savage, bbc news, cambridgeshire.their lives to drugs in 2017. that works out as more than ten people dying every day. as our home editor mark easton reports, it has provoked a row over funding for drug treatment. i never dreamt i'd have one son die from a heroin overdose, never mind two. rose and her husband saw two of the children die from heroin overdoses and since then they have campaigned for reform to the drug laws, including posting this emotional video. ten miles from here is a natural burial ground. two of my sons are lying there. today, with new figures showing record drug deaths in england and wales, rose is demanding more help be made available for people addicted to drugs. we have to make the government in charge of the drugs trade so that they can make drugs safer, so that since people are going to be using them anyway, at least they can do it safely, they can buy it or have it prescribed from safe places, instead of having to get involved with criminals. the official statistics show the number of people

danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge.w. quite a lot of clout around? over the next few days in southern areas that will be warming up but a lot of clout around today. it has not been reducing much rain but we will see some rain over the course of tonight and tomorrow but also a bit more sunshine as well. at the moment we have a cold front moving into the west of scotland and northern ireland and also a strengthening breeze. ahead hope that a few showers in parts of south—east england. quite a warm night towards the south—east. then tomorrow with the summer showers in parts of kent and coastal parts of east anglia. at the same time the weather front moves south—east but not much more than a few showers. and at worst a little more sunshine, a fairly fresh feel for many but something on the human side across the south—east. then across southern areas, warming up as we the south—east. then across southern areas, warming up as we head to the weekend. further north not as warm but for just about everyone staying mostly dry. thi

danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge. the headlines on bbc news... describes jeremy corbyn as an anti—semite who has given support to "racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". and theresa may announces plans to boost britain's investment in africa post brexit, promising £4 billion to support the continent. an update on the market numbers for you. here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. celebrity chef gordon ramsey has said he'd offer work to a teenager, who has dwarfism, and has been told by his local college that he'd get under the feet of other students. 18—year—old louis makepeace, who is three feet ten inches tall, applied for a place on a catering course at heart of worcestershire college. he says he's being discriminated against, because of his height. the college denies that. ben sidwell has the story. when louis makepeace applied for a cookery course at his local college, he was stunned by the reaction he got when he went for an interview. the first thin