dina asher—smith, the world champion from doha. - dina asher—smith is used to living life in the fastajor championships. winning won't be easy, as she found out last night in rome, finishing third behind two jamaicans. she could face them at the world championships next month and then in birmingham at the commonwealth games where she has just committed to compete. it is very uniquely british challenge for the summer because obviously we are the only nation that falls into the categories of the worlds and the europeans and the commonwealth games but i see it as a fantastic opportunity. you've got three back—to—back and you've just got to go for it and enjoy it and, you know, life is so short and i just think that every race we have and every race you are healthy for you to just grab and really go for it. has she been eliminated? hampered by a hamstring injury, there were tears in tokyo but asher—smith is desperate to bounce back. given those setbacks, what would constitute a successful summer for you? just winning stuff, quite frankly. i had an unfortunately timed injury last year very

and the sprint star dina asher smith tells us of her plans to compete at the commonwealth games in birminghamp on the bbc news channel, england had a decent start but new zealand had taken the initiative by the end of day one of the second test at trent bridge. good evening. the government has seen off a legal challenge to stop its first flight deporting asylum—seekers to rwanda planned for next tuesday. campaigners and immigration charities went to the high court today to try to convince a judge that the home secretary priti patel�*s policy is unlawful and irrational as rwanda is unsafe. but the home office argued there was a significant public interest in the government being able to deport people deemed to have entered the uk illegally. here's our home editor mark easton. is it lawful to give people seeking asylum in the uk a one—way ticket to rwanda? telling them to pursue refugee status thousands of miles south in east africa? the first migrants are due to make that journey next tuesday, with campaigners today failing in their legal bid to stop the removals. the high court in london hear

dina asher—smith finished third.er a hard fought win over alexander bublik. there was a cheeky underarm serve from bublik — who actually tends to employ it on relatively regular basis. just about managed to win the point here. murray needed all his battling qualities, in the end coming through 6—3 7—6 and next up for the triple grand slam winner, stefanos tsitsipas in the last eight. that's all your support for now for me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. birgit is he a mixture of sunshine and showers over the next few days coupled with stronger winds. the reason for all that this large area of low pressure, it's actually an ex tropical storm and that's going to get steered to the northwest of scotland and bring the sc strongest winds into scotland in the next few days. during thursday we had carl push again across the uk, didn't bring an awful lot of rain, following in from the crowd was clear skies tending to move in from the west. those clear skies are pushing into many parts of the country overnight. if y

and then throw in the world champion, our very own dina asher smith, so elaine thompson has been speakingagainst dina asher smith. so really there could be an argument for each of them and i think probably looking towards elaine thompson here but shauna saying she wants to focus heavily on the 200 now and really wants to take the gold at the world championships which is only five weeks away. so i think they will have to start showing their cards and really excited about that race. laura mir has run faster than anyone else in that 1500 metre field this evening. but not this season. tia. evening. but not this season. no, she has not _ evening. but not this season. no, she has not had _ evening. but not this season. no, she has not had a _ evening. but not this season. tirr, she has not had a great start of the season but she will be the first to admit it did not go to plan. he was hoping to go to the world indoors and sadly had to withdraw earlier on this year with an injury. and it's taken her a long time to get back from that calf injury. really worked hard and she has actually only race

she shocked dina asher smith to win the 100 metres yesterday and added the 200 crown this afternoon. part of the british team that won relay bronze at the rio and tokyo 0lympics — clocked 22.34 seconds to beat beth dobbin and imani lansiquot to the title. nethaniel mitchell blake set a championship record to win the men's 200. max burgin underlined his status as one of the rising stars of british athletics. the 20—year—old is the fastest man in the world over 800 metres this year and took nearly half a second off the stadium record to win by over a second. let's take you through some of the day's other sports stories. and liam rosenior has been appointed as derby county's interim manager after wayne rooney resigned this week. meanwhile, local businessman david clowes has had his bid to buy the club accepted. diving, and great britain's jack laugher and anthony harding have come away with a silver medal in the men's 3—metre synchro at the world aquatics championships in budapest. china took the gold. three games in super league today. salford thrashed wakefield, castleford beat catala

neita won bronze with dina asher—smith in the 4x100 metre relay at the tokyo olympics, but beat her team—mated time of 10.8 seconds. imani—lara lansiquot took third spot. in the men's race, there was a surprise win forjeremiah azu who won also in a wind—assisted time of 9.9 seconds, beating reece prescod and zharnel hughes who were second and third respectively. let's have a quick look at some of other stories making the headlines today. gareth bale has agreed to join major league soccer side los angeles fc. the wales captain will move to la on an initial one—year deal after nine years with real madrid. bale won five champions leagues and three la liga titles while in spain. the head of referees in english football, mike riley, is to step down after 13 years in the role. the 57—year old has been responsible for the implementation of var in the premier league but will leave next season. great britain have won a bronze medal in the men's 4x100 metre 4x100 metre medley relay at the world championships in budapest. tom dean swam the final leg securing team gb a medal, with italy claiming gold. le

dina asher—smith finished third.n the end coming through 6—3 7—6 and next up for the triple grand slam winner, stefanos tsitsipas in the last eight. that's all your support for now for me and the rest of the team, bye— bye. it's good to be turning quite windy and the next couple days that will blow in a mixture of sunshine and showers, the bulk of showers across friday. some of them have become a possibly thundery. that's where we got the strongest of the wind, england and wales, few showers, most places will be dry with some decent spells of sunshine. probably reaching 20 degrees across eastern scotland where we are more sheltered in a bit drier. likely to make 23 degrees across eastern parts of england. heading the weekend and again, we got this big area of low pressure, it's an old tropical storm, what's left of it. that's good run between scotland and iceland and keep the windy weather going into salary probably a little more widely. strongest winds across northern scotland, gales in far north of the country, sho

dina asher—smith and katarina johnson—thompson are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent hosts englandres and the 4 by 100 relay, whilejohnson—thompson will defend the commonwealth heptathlon title that she won four years ago on the gold coast. olympic medallists keely hodgkinson and holly bradshaw are also in the squad. for more on everything else, you could head to the bbc sport website, but that is all the sport for now. here in aberdeenshire, 26 degrees was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland. the next few days will be cooler. we've got more rain in the forecast. we still have some cloud in the north and northwest of scotland, but it's the clouded france that we need to keep a close eye on. that's been producing some thundery downpours. that will trigger some more showers. we will see those showers developing, some of them will be heavy and thundery. scotland and northern ireland may have a dry day, not quite as warm as wednesday. the weather's changing because presser is falling, which means we're likely to find more cloud. ahead of that, there will be sunshine around,

great britain's dina asher—smith won the women's 200m in a photo finish at the diamond league seriesujinga kambundji. it was asher—smith's last race before next month's world championships in eugene the culture secretary nadine dorries has been described as "a little bit disrespectful", after her speech at a rugby league world cup event this afternoon. reminicing about her favourite league moment, she went on to describe the moment england won, the rugby union world cup in 2003. have a listen. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. thursday was a day of sunshine and showers, but the day's showers were a lot bigger than recent days. there were quite a few thunderstorms and, indeed, quite a number of those showers and storms have lasted into the first part of the night — travelling across the midlands, working towards northeast england. now, those showers will gradually calm down over the next few hours, but at the same time, we could see a bit of rain just grazing northeast scotland over the next few hours. here are your morning temperatures. now, friday is another unsettled d

the uk athletics championships are continuing in manchester with olympic bronze medallist dina asher—smithmetres. that final is live on the bbc sport website and red button in the next few minutes. leeds rhinos have won wheelchair rugby league's challenge cup for the third year in a row. a hat trick from player coach james simpson helped them to a a8—3a win over catalans dragons. today is the a0—year anniversary of one of the most infamous matches in the history of the world cup. west germany and austria's players engineered the result of their group match at spain �*82 so both would progress to the next stage. there was uproar, especially from algeria who missed out on qualification. fifa would change their rules at future tournaments, so that final group matches would have be played, at exactly the same time. 0lly foster looks back at the game that became known as the disgrace of gijon. and has spoken to the scottish referee who was in charge. the 1982 world cup was the biggest to date, 2a teams taking part, england, northern ireland and scotland were there. italy would become champions

she surprised dina asher—smith to take the british 100 title yesterday in a wind—assisted 10.8 seconds who won bronze at last year's tokyo olympics. and a new name to look out for in a busy summer of athletics, which will also include the commonwealths and europeans, will bejeremiah azu — he surprised the favourites in the men's 100 to beating reece prescod and zharnel hughes. these are live pictures from manchester, the heats of the women's 100 metre hurdlesjust about manchester, the heats of the women's 100 metre hurdles just about to get under way. you can follow this one right now on the bbc sport website and iplayer. there was a bronze medal for great britain on the final day of world swimming championships, and it came in the men's 4 by 100 metre individual medley relay. tom dean anchored the relay team home to clinch his third bronze of the week — and bring the the medal tally for gb to five for the championships. italy claimed gold, their first in a relay event. the final round of the women's pga championship gets underway in the next hour, with south korea's in gee chun still

dina asher—smith and katarina johnson—thompson are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent hosts englandnext month. asher—smith, the world 200 metre champion, will compete in the 100 metres and the a by 100 relay, whilejohnson—thompson will defend the commonwealth heptathlon title that she won four years ago on the gold coast. olympic medallists keely hodgkinson and holly bradshaw are also in the squad. that's all the sport for now. all your latest spot there. more to come in the next hour. you are watching bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making the news this lunchtime. the virus which causes polio has been detected in multiple sewage samples in london. health officials say, while the risk to the public is low, they are urging people to ensure they've been fully immunised against polio. our global health correspondent naomi grimley is here to explain. it is not often we talk about a polio. should we stress the post about that this isn't a case of people actually finding active cases of polio? we people actually finding active cases of olio? ~ ~' ., people actually findi

dina asher—smith will race in the women's 100m final later. the bbc sport website and app. wonderful, thank you very much, gavin, from the bbc�*s sports centre. the third day of strike action this week on the railways is taking place. thousands of rmt union members at network rail and 13 train operating companies have walked out in a dispute aboutjobs, pay, and conditions. our reporter, yunus mulla, told me what was happening at leeds railway station. the advice was only to travel if necessary and leeds station is much quieter than usual, no problem getting that space in the usually very busy car park. a number of platforms here are empty and far fewer people around. fewer ticket counters are also open. there are a few services running, mainly those long distance journeys. from here, for example, up to edinburgh, to manchester, the midlands, and london as well. unlike those previous two national strike days during the week, where perhaps people could work up from home, today was really about the impact on tourism, leisure, and thosejourneys pe

dina asher—smith and catriona thompson johnson will both defend their titles in oregon.t turn. when you last left at me, he was a breakdown in the fourth set, looking like we are going to battle into r5. he has turned the whole thing around the time and time again. at 36, he is still so good at doing this. this man, francisco cerundolo, now trying to stay in the match with nadal hoping he can get himself over the line in four sets. he doesn't want to test that foot too much in the opening round, he wants to win, kitty have the audacity at 36—year—old to win calendar slime? rafa nadal has never done that in his career, he is halfway there and if you could win wimbledon. were getting carried away, nothing djokovic would potentially await in the final,. dan evans, no such loud cheers from his match against jason kubler, evans was the first set and his three went on in the second, alistair gray just three his three went on in the second, alistair grayjust three here, he beat the taiwanese player china. emma raducanu... emma raducanu, her match against caroline garcia is seco

neita won bronze with dina asher—smith in the 4x100 metre relay at the tokyo olympics last year, butn beat reece prescod and zharnel hughes to the line, with a time of 9.9 that was also wind—assisted. great britain have won a bronze medal in the men's that's all the sport for now. russian forces are now said to be fully occupying the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war in the east of the country. ukraine's army has already pulled its troops out. weeks of heavy russian shelling have reduced the city mostly to ruins. our ukraine correspondent joe inwood has the latest from the capital kyiv. so, this has been a long—term aim of the russians to take this city, the city of severodonetsk. it's the biggest population centre that the ukrainians still held in the lysychansk oblast, the lysychansk region. and they have now taken it. in many ways, this was expected. the ukrainians have said, for the last day or so, that they were planning on pulling out their troops. and it turns out they've been doing it without telling people. they've been doing it in secret, withdrawin

and coming up on the bbc news channel, world champion dina asher—smith and katarina johnson—thompsonmillion refugees from ukraine are trying to settle into new homes across europe. for the 1000 now in wales, that settling in period begins at a so welcome centre. 0urwales period begins at a so welcome centre. 0ur wales correspondent has made some of the families staying there. —— meet. this small corner of welsh countryside has, for the last two months, become a haven for families fleeing war. the urdd centre normally hosts welsh schools, but it's ukrainian children who have been living, learning and laughing here. 0lena and kateryna arrived just a fortnight ago, escaping the life where their children had to hide in basements. it feels like home. completely happy, both of my kids, they're just playing, they are at school every day. we travel, like, every week. so they're extremely happy. they feel safe here. for the children, there are daily lessons in english and welsh, and a world of activities. so their parents can concentrate on finding work, accessing benefits, and figuring out w

great britain's dina asher—smith won the women's 200m in a photo finish at the diamond league series been described as "a little bit disrespectful", after her speech at a rugby league world cup event this afternoon. reminicing about her favourite league moment, she went on to describe the moment england won, the rugby union world cup in 2003. have a listen. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. thursday was a day of sunshine and showers, but the day's showers were a lot bigger than recent days. there were quite a few thunderstorms and, indeed, quite a number of those showers and storms have lasted into the first part of the night — travelling across the midlands, working towards northeast england. now, those showers will gradually calm down over the next few hours, but at the same time, we could see a bit of rain just grazing northeast scotland over the next few hours. here are your morning temperatures. now, friday is another unsettled day. threat of rain across northeast scotland, otherwise, many of you starting off on a bright note with some dry weather and sunshine. show

dina asher—smith and katarina johnson—thompson are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent hosts englandon—thompson will defend the commonwealth heptathlon title. it has been confirmed that four time major works thatjoin the saudi arabian tax series put up earlier today confirming players who take part in the events can play in the open at saint andrews next month. just day's after the men's us open, we've got the next major to look forward to in golf, with the women's pga championship getting underway tomorrow at the congressional country club in maryland. the defending champion is american nelly korda, who also won olympic gold last summer, but the world number two has battled health issues this year, with a blood clot in her arm ruling her out for two months. so let's look ahead to it by speaking to sophie walker, former ladies european tour player. firstly, nelly korda — where is her game? firstly, nelly korda — where is her game? her parents are involved in tennis but hopefully not too soon. date her parents are involved in tennis but hopefully not too soon. ate at the last week _ b

dina asher—smith and katarina johnson—thompson are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent hosts englandalso in the squad. for more on that and everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website, but that is all the sport for now. hello there. temperatures reached 28 degrees on wednesday. it's going to be another very warm day across england and wales on thursday. but there's more cloud moving up from the south and that's going to be bringing with it some showers. some of these could be heavy, possibly thundery as well. there may prove to be a bit hit and miss as they move northwards into england and wales, scotland and northern ireland still dry. some spells of sunshine. lighter winds here, not quite as warm as it was on wednesday across eastern scotland, but warm for england and wales. and ahead of those developing showers, temperatures reaching 27, maybe even 28 degrees. again, the weather is changing because pressure is falling. and when that happens, we see more cloud and more rain, particularly on these weather fronts coming in from the southwest. ahead of that will be some sun

dina asher—smith has confirmed that she'll race at the commonwealth games in birmingham this summer.n't resist the chance to compete on home soil, despite her busy summer ahead. it isa it is a very uniquely british challenge for the summer, because obviously we are the only nation that falls into the categories of the world and european and commonwealth games. i see it is a fantastic opportunity. we have had a pandemic where there was just a big vacuum in international opposition, and now we have three back—to—back. you have to go for it and enjoy it. i think every race we have we need to be healthy for and we should grab and go for it. that is what we are going to do. and go for it. that is what we are going to do— and go for it. that is what we are anointodo.~ , ., ., ., going to do. why did you want to go for the commonwealth _ going to do. why did you want to go for the commonwealth in _ going to do. why did you want to go| for the commonwealth in particular? what does it mean to you? weill. for the commonwealth in particular? what does it mean to you?— what does it mean to you?

ahead of the world athletics championships in oregon next month, there was a shock loss for dina asher at the british championships, as darryl neita took victory in the final of the women's 100 metres in manchester in a wind assisted time of 10.8 seconds. asher—smith finished second. the pair were part of the 4x100 metre relay team who won bronze at last year's tokyo olympics. and a new name to look out for in a busy summer of athletics, which will also include the commonwealths and europeans, will bejeremiah azu — he suprised the favourites in the men's 100m to win in 9.9 seconds, beating reece prescod and zharnel hughes. there were two gold medals for great britain in the latest round of the world triathlon championship series. georgia taylor—brown won the women's event in montreal, and now leads the overall standings, having come second in the previous round in leeds. she finished ahead of france's cassandre beaugrand. team—mate beth potter was third, to win her first medal in the series. and in the men's event, alex yee, the olympic gold and silver medallist, sprinted home ahead of

with just over a month to go before the world athletics championships, britain's dina asher—smith finishedamerica next month, was happy that she ran a season's best time of 22.27 seconds, but it wasn't enough to beat the olympic champion, elaine thompson—herah, who came second. her fellowjamaican shericka jackson won the race. olympic silver medalist laura muir continued her comeback from a back injury with a third place in another high—quality field in the 1500m. now tennis, and a great performance from britain's harriet dart. she saved three match points and then won a tie break to beat the third seed camila giorgi at the nottingham open and reach her first wta quarterfinal. dart is nearly 100 places lower in the rankings and is the only briton left in the women's draw. andy murray's continued with his strong start to the grass—court season by reaching the quarterfinals of the stuttgart open, beating alexander bublik. murray battled through two tough sets to seal his place in the last eight. he'll face top seed stefanos tsitsipas next, as his build—up to wimbledon continues. that's all t

dina asher—smith and katarina johnson—thompson are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent englandworld 200 metres champ, will compete in the 100 metres and the four by 100 relay while johnson—thompson will defend the commonwealth had tap and title that she won back four years ago on the gold coast. the olympic medallist kelly hudson and holly bradshaw are also in the squad. very much looking forward to that. that is all the sport for now. you can go to the bbc sport website and i will be back later. this prices are continuing to rise this at their fastest pace for 40 years — with food, energy and fuel costs all increasing. the figures come as workers and unions push for pay rises to help them cope with the cost of living. uk inflation, the rate at which prices rise, hit 9.1% in the 12 months to may, up from 9% in april — driven in particular by the cost of bread, cereal and meat. it's the highest inflation figure since march 1982, and the bank of england has warned that it could reach 11% this year. 0ur ecomonics editor faisal islam sums up what the numbers mean for households and

dina asher—smith and katarina johnson—thompson are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent hosts england, will compete in the 100 metres and the 4 by 100 relay, whilejohnson—thompson will defend the commonwealth heptathlon title that she won four years ago on the gold coast. olympic medallists keely hodgkinson and holly bradshaw are also in the squad. harriet dark has just won her third match round. harriet dark has just won her third match round. —— dark. that's all the sport for now. the health secretary, sajid javid, says a new government partnership with vaccine manufacturer moderna will bring over a billion pounds in medical research investment to the uk. the us pharmaceutical giant announced today plans to open a new research and manufacturing centre in the uk. moderna has of course been one of the companies behind the global rollout of the covid vaccination. but could it all mean, what could some of the benefits be? but could it all mean, what could some of the benefits be? let's cross to central london to moderna uk's general manager darius hughes. why is this centre coming to th

with just over a month to go before the world athletics championships, britain's dina asher—smith finishedested negative. as for england, they have named an unchanged team after winning the first test. spinnerjack leach keeps his place, despite suffering concussion in the first match at lords. and ben stokes says he's feeling at home in his new role as captain. the pressures of going out and delivering performances on a weekly basis. we delivering performances on a weekly basis. ~ ., delivering performances on a weekly basis. ~ . , ., . basis. we are playing for england. we are doing _ basis. we are playing for england. we are doing a — basis. we are playing for england. we are doing ajob, _ basis. we are playing for england. we are doing ajob, we _ basis. we are playing for england. we are doing ajob, we are - basis. we are playing for england. we are doing ajob, we are all- we are doing a job, we are all playing as a hobby. everyone has looked like they really have enjoyed themselves. at the end of the day first and foremost, have as much fun as you possibly can. blue sky and sunshine al

dina asher—smith and katarina johnson—thompson are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent hosts englandedundancies but i do know, if confirmed, network rail would be introducing desperately needed reforms for the industry after the union cho strike actions that are further talks, he said the rmt continues to deflect from the fact the only people responsible for the massive public disruption this week is damn. i want to urge their members to stop wasting time making false claims in the media and return to the negotiating table. prince charles has laid a wreath at a memorial to the 1994 genocide in rwanda, during the first visit to the country by a british royal. the prince of wales and his wife camilla paused in silent tribute at the kigali genocide memorial, the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the massacres almost three decades ago. the royal couple are in rwanda for the commonwealth heads of government meeting, which was postponed for two years because of the pandemic. charles will represent the queen, as head of the commonwealth, when prime ministers and president

neita won bronze with dina asher—smith in the 4x100 metre relay at the tokyo olympics, but beat her team—mateos angeles fc. the wales captain announced the move himself on his social media pages. he'll move to la on an initial one—year deal after nine years with real madrid, where he won five champions leagues and three la liga titles. it's 40 years since one of the most infamous matches in the history of the world cup. west germany and austria's players engineered the result of their group match at spain '82, so both would progress to the next stage. there was uproar, especially from algeria, who missed out on qualification. fifa would change their tournament rules, so that final group matches would have be played at exactly the same time. olly foster looks back at the match that became known as the disgrace of gijon, and has spoken to the scottish referee who was in charge. the 1982 world cup was the biggest to date. 2014 taking part, england, northern ireland, scotland them. italy would be champions for a third time. who can forget this goal celebration and a final against the west germans

dena asher smith ran a seasons best, but not enough to beat the olympic champion. —— dina.ovo, a country over 50 places below them in the world rankings. kosovo making home advantage count. 2-0 kosovo making home advantage count. 2—0 up early on. balard got the second of northern ireland's goals. chelsea have confirmed the signing of canadian defender cannon. —— buchanan. in tennis, great performance from harriet that, she saved match points to defeat the third seed in the nottingham open. —— harriet arch. andy murray has made a strong start, into the quarterfinals of the stuttgart open. andy murray battling through to cassettes. he will be the top seed this afternoon. we will keep you updated on that. that is all sport for now. three people who had been scheduled to go on a flight to luanda, it will not now go. —— rwanda. there is an injunction to dry to stop next tuesday's flights from taking off. this is being heard at the high court. at the start of that hearing it emerged that three individuals of around 100 who had been told that they may be put on that flight that is