england's track record when it comes to injuries.ke that, but he is right. there is a good balance. let's look forward to it. no expectations, let's get behind england. stay with me, terry. as you can imagine, there has been a lot of reaction to this squad announcment all over social media, but azi farni has been monitoring some of the 23 twitter feeds of the players on the plane. i think it is there to say there are some excited players about to go out to russia. let's start with manchester united's ashley young. he said, maybe this picture said i would live my dream and go to the world cup. this is the picture he tweeted of himself in an england shirt, which i think is a 1986 shirt. you might know better than me. let's move on to kyle walker. he said, the one called you don't want to miss, with a screen shot of him missing a call from gareth southgate. why you would not have it next to you all throughout the day, i don't know. marcus rashford here, saying, after you standing on the touchline in the rain, for years, ma'am, we're off

pakistan in england for two test matches and england would like it spin bowler to cement his place fordoubt it will settle for a summer. studio: get that man a sofa. joe wilson reporting. onto some football news, and england captain harry kane says his team have "nothing to lose" at this summer's world cup, and they should "just enjoy" the tournament in russia. the tottenham striker was confirmed as captain by manager gareth southgate this morning. at 2a, he will be the youngest player ever to lead the national side at a world cup. he was picked ahead of spurs team—mate eric dier and liverpool'sjordan henderson who've both worn the armband for england recently. kane says he will try to change the mentality of the side going into the tournament. we area we are a bit afraid to say we want to wind because we are afraid of the reaction of maybe the media or the fa ns reaction of maybe the media or the fans will stop so maybe that has made the players go into a bit of a shell, whereas what i am try to say is look, we are not afraid to say we wa nt to is look, we are not afraid to say we wan

dry for the rest of england.d these temperatures across—the—board now are pretty close to the average for the time of year, so there's a particular warmth out there. heading out and about on thursday evening or coming back from wherever you've been, still a few showers in north—eastern area of scotland and into the northern isles, but they will continue to fade. elsewhere, what showers have built up are continuing to fade away, and the cloud that's developed is going as well, so a lot of dry and sunny weather to end the day. it does mean under clear skies thursday night into friday morning with a ridge of high pressure temperatures drop away even further, low single figures for some on friday morning. the ridge of high pressure not staying around too long as this weather front starts to push it out of the way on friday, and it means strengthening wind across the uk, particularly close to this rain band coming into northern ireland and feeding outbreaks of rain into west of scotland, parts of wales and south—west

for england into take a lot of runs for england into take a lot of wickets butjonathan trott will beomebody that scored those friends and help england in a lot of difficult circumstances and also some of their finest days. think back to the 2010 series. jonathan trott, a key member of that side and started thinking about a time for english cricket supporters during that period. —— and it's harder to think about a better time. we finish with some cricket.. as expected justin langer is australia's new cricket coach. the former opening batsman takes overfrom darren lehmann in the wake of the ball—tampering scandal. they have a one day series in england next month but top of his to—do list..getting the cricket world back on side .. 0ne one of the things that is really important is that we keep looking to respect worth more than all the gold in the world. in respect, on the cookeville, i think also another really important foundation over the last six years and cricket is willing to encourage great cricketers but also great people. and we can encourage more people over the next four years

a coup for quins — gusta rd leaves england, but where exactly does that leave england ahead of next yeas back in the fold — we'll have the latest from the england test squad ahead of the series against pakistan. evening, we've got some world cup squad news coming up, but what a week it's going to be for liverpool, they have returned from warm weather training in spain and later this week head to kiev for the champions league final on saturday. they held an open training session at anfield today and we also heard from jurgen klopp. he thinks that they can cancel out real madrid's vast european experience with their desire, attitude and work—rate. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was at anfield today. it has been a beautiful day at anfield as the team were put through a light session in front of media as they gear up for the biggest game in clu b they gear up for the biggest game in club football. facing real madrid will be no easy feat. but liverpool, well they have a dream. in a final you should face a really good football team. the good news — we are as well a really good team an

the main risk areas, saturday evening, stretch from central southern england, south—west england, thehave lots of london —— thunder and lightning and could ring around 30 millimetres of rain, which is a lot in the space ofjust one hour. there is the risk of localised flooding. from there, storms pushing northwards tomorrow night, while weakening, it will be another monkey night in the south would be fresher air syllabus across the north and it will be dry once again. sunday, if anything, those showers or the risk of showers shift a bit further north. east anglia, the midlands, wales, southern counties of england, thatis wales, southern counties of england, that is where you are most like to catch a country downpour during sunday. for the most part, most of northern ireland, northern alan and scotla nd northern ireland, northern alan and scotland will stay dry with some sunshine. another warm day, 23 in edinburgh, 2a in belfast. heading into the bank holiday, the risk of showers pushing further north. this weather front is flying from northern ireland across in two parts of northern en

not —— north—east of england. not —— north—east of england.ing dry and sunny. maybe some showers in essex and kent. a grey start for the north—east of england and eastern parts of scotland. not much rain by this stage. what rain there is will peter out and the cloud will thin out. more grey and misty in the north—east of england and eastern scotland. we could see some thundery down pours notjust in the south—east, but pushing into the west cou ntry the south—east, but pushing into the west country and into wales. but large parts of england and wales still dry and warm with sunshine. we should have some sunshine at chelsea nower show. till —— chelsea flower show. still the small chance of a down pour on wednesday and thursday. we have high pressure shaping our weather, particularly across the north. where we will miss the down pours. with the high pressure continuing to build, we are breaking up continuing to build, we are breaking up the cloud in scotland and northern ireland and it will be warmer. england and wales, more sunshine on the way o

england haven't been winning for a long time.just keep going with the same old, every single week? you know, this isjust a kind of, a think tank that i hope people actually within the team and within the actual management, could itjust make a little difference? you know, you never know. you know, are they winning with them at the minute? no. are they as good as they were three or four years ago? no. i want to see more in terms of mentality of how to play test match cricket. and you just never know, it might trigger the team into thinking, none of us are safe. the saracens director of rugby mark mccall has signed a contract extension with the premiership champions. our rugby union reporter chrisjones says this is a significant signing for sarries, with a knock—on effect for england. it has ramifications for the club and the international game. if we start with saracens, they won their fourth premiership title under mark mccall at the weekend. he's been phenomenal since taking charge around about 2010. this ties him into saracens u

moving westwards across england towards wales, up towards northern england.h—west and conditions should improve in the south east. but again, sunnier skies and the highest temperatures will be across scotland and northern ireland. make the most of the dry weather here because it's probably not going to last. pressure is lowering, which is why we are finding more downpours coming in from the near continent and they will start to move their way northwards as well. so we may have a few storms across northern ireland on thursday, perhaps into the south—west of scotland. more cloud around here, certainly and more storms pushing back from the south east across england and wales. these could be pretty nasty as well, some localised flooding from these too. but everything is moving its way northwards, so by friday the wettest of the weather moves towards northern ireland, northern england, up into central and southern scotland, allowing something, at long last, a little bit drier across more southern parts of england and wales and temperatures typically into the low,

in eastern england later.nd england. in between something drier and brighter, but it will not be as warm as was last weekend. the rain should clear away from east of england for sunday, but linger across the north—east of scotland. more showers for northern ireland and wales, and the showers will be heavy with hail and thunder. awe a we have the mark your calendars — the president of the united states will meet the supreme leader of north korea onjune 12th. singapore is the chosen venue for the historic meeting — neutral, safe ground for a high stakes summit on a nuclear crisis. tui the announcement came just hours after three american tui ican detainees released by north korea arrived back in the united states to a presidential welcome. israel and iran trade rockets over syria. not yet a war — but certainly a fight that's locking in world powers at a volatile moment. also on the programme... from cold war to hot peace — the former us ambassador to russia says now is not the time to reset relations.

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testing times for england.day of the first test with pakistan. and later in the programme — find out what left this football fan so surprised — and no he wasn‘t watching the cricket. hello and welcome to sportsday. the focus falls on kiev. jurgen klopp‘s side departed for ukraine today. but as many liverpool fans landed in ukraine, others weren‘t so lucky with up to 1,000 fans stranded following cancelled flights, we‘ll hearfrom one in a moment. but let‘s get the latest from kiev, natalie pirks is there. 48 hours out from the final. one or two problems for the liverpool fans there as well? yes. it was liverpool players leaving today two o‘clock from john lennon airport, all smiles, looking relaxed, one fan even tried to get a cheeky kiss withjurgen klopp he was having none of it. but they looked relaxed. it‘s been a different story for fans relaxed. it‘s been a different story forfans here, relaxed. it‘s been a different story for fans here, for those relaxed. it‘s been a different story forfans here, for those

a yellow weather warning for east anglia, parts of england and southern england.orrential rain in a short amount of time. slow—moving and could lead to disruption. 0utside and could lead to disruption. outside of those, it will be warm and sunny as it will be as we move north through northern england into northern ireland and much of scotland. it is the east coast where we have a low cloud that the temperatures will be that bit lower. temperatures up to 27 in the highlands and 28 in london. yesterday, parts of northern ireland and into scotland and wales had the warmest day of the year so far, 26.8 celsius in places. so little bit higher today. this evening and overnight, the cloud in the east coast will come back in mind covering much of the uk. the exception is across northern ireland and northern and western scotland where we hang on to clear skies. again, showers, mostly dying away, but at risk of morse and —— thunderstorms from the near continent into the south east through the night. temperatures falling to about ten, 15 celsius. tomorrow, we start with this

dry for the rest of england.unshine to come through and these temperatures across—the—board now are pretty close to the average for the time of year, so there's a particular warmth out there. heading out and about on thursday evening or coming back from wherever you've been, still a few showers in north—eastern area of scotland and into the northern isles, but they will continue to fade. elsewhere, what showers have built up are continuing to fade away, and the cloud that's developed is going as well, so a lot of dry and sunny weather to end the day. it does mean under clear skies thursday night into friday morning with a ridge of high pressure temperatures drop away even further, low single figures for some on friday morning. the ridge of high pressure not staying around too long as this weather front starts to push it out of the way on friday, and it means strengthening wind across the uk, particularly close to this rain band coming into northern ireland and feeding outbreaks of rain into west of scotland, part

warming up in the sunshine across england and wales. the threat ofa across england and wales.corner early in the morning. much more cloud across the north—east of england. quite low cloud. western fringes of scotland together with northern ireland seeing the crowd filling and breaking and we should get some sunshine. plenty of sunshine for england and wales but a lwa ys sunshine for england and wales but always the threat of catching a few thundery downpours. some good sunshine around as well. another warm day. temperatures not far off those from today. another warm day to come at the chelsea flower show. not without the risk of a storm at one point or another. but generally dry. we have high pressure in charge. staying fine and dry. as the high pressure continues to build, it will tend to thin and break the cloud more and more across northern ireland and scotland. warmer on wednesday. lots of sunshine for england and wales. a reduced risk of a shower in the south. the temperatures will climb nicely. it is on thursday that we could see more downpours heading northwards across

england manager gareth southgate has picked his team for russia 2018, and it's the third youngest england to line up at a world cup. at two o'clock this afternoon, the fa revealed the 23 man squad across all social media platforms with this video. it shows groups of teenagers up and down the country calling out the name of each player that has made the cut. only the 1958 and 2006 squads were younger than this one, which has an average age of 26 years and 18 days. here it is, a defensive looking team, which includes liverpool teenager trent alexander arnold, as well as manchester city's fabian delph and gary cahill of chelsea at the back. the midfield sees chelsea's ruben loftus cheek named after a season on loan at crystal palace and harry kane leads the line in the forwards with arsenal's danny welbeck also named in a team characterised by youth. the third youngest squad in england's history, so there's plenty of legs and plenty of energy. the first thing you know about the squad is it's very versatile, players complained about different positions and gareth southgate like that very much

england and will seeing plenty of warm sunny england and will seeing plenty of warm sunny spells but with some thai building in southern england threatening a shower, maybe a thunderstorm. those places will avoid those in stay dry. temperatures starting to get knocked back a little bit on the north sea coast, that is as the breeze picks up coast, that is as the breeze picks up during the week. it is an easterly winds coming off the cold season easterly winds coming off the cold season damages will come down here. elsewhere, warm sunny spells, high tea m elsewhere, warm sunny spells, high team to the 20s. there will be the chance for a shower or thunderstorm in parts of england and we are. —— wales. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the royal family has thanked the public after thousands of people lined the streets of windsor to celebrate the marriage of prince harry and meghan markle. a major overhaul of rail timetables begins today, affecting half a million passengers — some commuters have complained it means fewer trains at rush hour. survivors of terror attacks and relative

it'll be wept in central and northern parts of england and in towe rds and northern parts of england thundery downpours. —— it'll be wept -- it'll be —— it'll be wet in central and northern parts of england and in towe rds northern parts of england and in towards wales with thundery downpours. heavy showers in the south—west of england and in towards wales. the start of the bank holiday weekend, a nice afternoon, lots of sunshine, and warmer, 2a, 20 five celsius. on sunday, something severe across the south, some pretty intense showers and thunderstorms across southern and south—western pe rts of across southern and south—western parts of england and wales. it'll feel warm and muggy, temperatures up to the upper 20s celsius. further north and east, a drier story with lots of sunshine. plenty of sunshine around, but warm and muggy with storms in the south. you're watching beyond 100 days. donald trump celled kim jong—un "rocketmen", he called him honourable, and now, he's calling it all off. the american president cancels next month's summit with the north korean leader, as the diplom

it's difficult to get used to the weather in england, isn't it!etained his lead at the giro d'italia — after a wet sprint finish to stage 17, in iseo. italy's elia viviani took his fourth stage of the 2018 tour... in a chaotic final push for the line, as rain soaked the italian streets. yates had begun the day with a 56—second lead over reigning champion tom dumoulin, and managed to maintain that gap, after safely finishing in the main pack. now, last week we showed you what happened — when real madrid's marcelo let his son hang out with some of his teamates. enzo became an overnight internet sensation... as this did the rounds on social media. he completed the bin—challenge, with the 12 time european champions. sergio ramos playing a key role... in it goes. they loved that, didn't they? well, unsurprisingly the 8—year—old plays for one of real‘s youth teams... and his dad went along to see them in their changing room....well... to try another challenge! not quite as clean this... but... in it goes. another fine example of top skills! you can get

his england test career. england chose to bat first. quickly looked a bad choice, as the captain lost shortly after,. yet pakistan, would hold up really well, and no mood to let up, took his second of the morning. in the winter of discontent continued to the summer, alastair remained defiant. and here is another as he, and later ben stokes looked to put england on the front foot. yet every time the host rallied, pakistan stopped them in their tracks. a big blow at a good day for pakistan which would become a great one after that. as the final five, to 16 which would become a great one after that. as the finalfive, to 16 runs, off the tee. and all that really only 184, england had to respond. a combination, did just that. only 184, england had to respond. a combination, didjust that. it only 184, england had to respond. a combination, did just that. it even with that breakthrough there, there was little which these two sites would be feeling. simon yates is still on course to become the first british man to win the giro d'italia but his

a little cooler for east england. clearer skies. seven and nine. a little cooler for east england.and rain in the north—west of scotland. a lot of dry weather otherwise. some patches of cloud coming and going through the day with some sunny spells in between. temperatures with highs of 18 in aberdeen, 19 in london and that is the start of the warming trend. for the start of the warming trend. for the bank holiday weekend some decent weather. things will be warming up particularly across parts of england and wales. that is because we have the area of high pressure dominating the area of high pressure dominating the weather picture throughout the bank holiday weekend. increasingly we should start to get winds coming in from the near continent moving across germany, northern france, belgium. some pollution but also some sunshine and high temperatures. saturday quite cloudy across the north—west. showers and went deeper north—west. showers and went deeper north—west scotland. away from that we should have dry weather. temperatures beginning to climb. highs of 23 towards the south—east.

it's quite a unique situation for us as an england squad.there's an excitement about the route we're going. i think we are starting to make a connection back with the fans. we are we building confidence back in the team, but that is a bit of a process , the team, but that is a bit of a process, and we've got to make sure that we continue to improve and focus on our performances over the next, you know, six to eight weeks. something else that southgate said today really stood out. he's got four manchester city players in the 23, and he was quick to highlight the impact that pep guardiola has made on the english game, and notjust since he's been coaching in the premier league. who coaches our youngest players? it's dads, it's parents who run juniorfootball teams. it's dads, it's parents who run junior football teams. so the it's dads, it's parents who run juniorfootball teams. so the impact of seeing that team, five, seven yea rs of seeing that team, five, seven years ago, was enormous on dads, on football people. so when i watch kids football

how many people over 60 can see, i play for england. england shirt.r englandm isjust out of this world. i'm not an emotional man but when you get past 35, 40, your football career is over, it is gone. but i am a's with all these posh blokes, and they can all these posh blokes, and they can all play football, and i'm not really outclassed, so how good is that? everyone here wants a place in the team. butjust getting this far has a victory. phil mackie, bbc news, solihull. there is hope for us all yet! now before we leave you tonight, have a look at this. not content with breaking records all over the place in the premier league, manchester city have gone after world records. bailey goalkeeper ederson has been renouned for his exceptionally long kicks this season, so the club got the guinness world records down to the etihad campus to see if he could get his own personal record — the target to beat was 75 metres. did he do it?? of course he did! 75 metres 35 centimetres, to be precise. that's all from sportsday. don't forget you can follow all of this e

for england. england. on that liverpool fa ns play for england. on that liverpool fans then, lots of fans are booked tickets and hotels and when liverpool reached the final they we re liverpool reached the final they were told that the hotel booking no longer exists, you will have to pay double. it is really difficult. quite a few people but i know are going on a coach across europe, the most complicated route. it would ta ke most complicated route. it would take three days to get there, you watch the game, then three days to get home. that is a long old journey if they don't win. it would be worth it. we have more about that, about kids that have been returned by real madrid fans and liverpool fans are not able to get hold of them. we have a special programme today to mark the one—year anniversary of the manchester arena attack. louise is going to be in manchester town centre throughout the morning. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. this morning we have a lot of cloud in the for

increasing amounts of sunshine for england and wales.heading up towards the north channel. temperatures continuing to rise, getting into the low, perhaps even mid 20s at best. and more sunshine to come on monday, too. again, some stronger winds in the far north—west. a few spots of rain not far away. but generally, a lovely day. not quite as warm in the north—east of scotland and in the north—east of england on monday but inland elsewhere, temperatures at least around 20—23 degrees or so. and we could get 27 to the north—west of london on bank holiday monday — that would make it the hottest early bank holiday monday on record. now, things will start to change after monday. high pressure that has been drawing in this atlantic influence retreats to scandinavia. things start to turn in from the atlantic with pressure falling. we get weaker weather fronts approaching into western parts of the uk. but further east, it will still be dry on tuesday. there will be sunshine and still very warm across the midlands and eastern parts of england. tho

he'll be replaced over the summer by ex—england coach andy flower.ite of unia emery — has shown an image of the manager, with the slogan ‘proud to be part of the arsenal family'. .. the former paris st german manager is set to be unveiled as arsene wenger‘s successor this week. the london club has yet to confirm emery as the new head coach. but on tuesday an image of emery alongside an arsenal crest and carrying the slogan appeared on his official website — before being removed. argentina and manchester united goalkeeper sergio romero, has been ruled out of the world cup — due to a knee injury. the 31—year—old has 9a caps for his country, and played every match during their world cup qualifying campaign... as argentina finished third behind brazil and uruguay. romero was named in argentina's 23—man squad on monday, along with fellow keepers willy caballero and franco armani. toni kroos has warned his real madrid team—mates to expect a rough ride — from jurgen klopp‘s liverpool... as they prepare for the champions league final on saturday. kroos and k

nhs england says an extra £11! reviewed.or the many bereaved families, they wa nt to the many bereaved families, they want to see immediate acts —— michael action so that more people do not die prematurely, just because they have a learning disability. nicky fox, bbc news. nearly 2,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in hawaii, following a volcanic eruption. mount kilauea, erupted near a residential area on hawaii's largest island. a local state of emergency has been declared. kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanoes. kensington palace has released more details of prince harry's wedding to meghan markle, including the roles the couple's parents will play at the ceremony. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is at buckingham palace. tell us more. two weeks to go and a few more details, focusing as you say on the role is to be played by megan mark's parents. they divorced when she was about six years old. they will be coming to this country a few days before the wedding, meeting the royal family,

england for north wales.ible remain tried getting to see further sunny spells even though some pie will build. temperatures that mid—to low teens from any and a few degrees cooler for southeast england. as we just take a look at things going into the evening one or two showers peppering the northeastern parts of scotla nd peppering the northeastern parts of scotland and as you can see from us places scotland and as you can see from us pla ces eve n scotland and as you can see from us places even some of the cloud that has built up will be disappearing to leave a fine and sunning and for the day. 90s and even chillier night going into friday morning with the figures in some spots. this bridge will not last too long. another weather system coming in from the atla ntic weather system coming in from the atlantic on friday. it's going to drag its heels. in no hurry to push on right across the uk. across eastern areas the wind will freshen and will remain dry the rain a strengthening wind heads in the ireland and p

england fa ns match against iceland which england fans will remember too well for that since then hed against italy and the netherlands, he was picked for the squad but had to pull out the cause of injury. we live the story of his career as far as many people are concerned. he started just 12 premier league games this season. just 12 premier league games this season. it seems gareth southgate has decided that that fragility and ten they did come injured has counted against him and jack wilshire also will not be part of the england squad this summer in russia. many thanks for that update. more news i'm sure in the next 2a hours before we have the official announcement. the former aston villa and bolton player jlloyd samuel has died at the age of 37. he was involved in a car crash near manchesterjust before 8 o'clock this morning and died at the scene. he played over 200 games in the premier league but also had spells at cardiff city and gillingham. he spent the majority of his playing career at villa, the former aston villa and bolton player jlloyd samuel has he spent the majority of

but this is a new way of doing things for a new—look england.named one of the least experienced groups in the national team's history, saying he believed it was a selection the country could be excited about. the 23 men set to board the plane next month have an average of just 19 caps each. there are three young goalkeepers, with everton'sjordan pickford the favourite to start as the team's number one. in defence, 32—year—old gary cahill is recalled — with 58 caps, by far the squad's most experienced player. in midfield, 22—year—old ruben loftus—cheek is rewarded for a fine season on loan at crystal palace. the most settled area of the squad is up front, where principal striker and favourite for the captaincy harry kane is one of five tottenham hotspur players in the squad. it's a team that'll go far, not the individuals in the team. and we've been there before — 2004, and in the euros, 2006 — where, if you look at some of the players on view, great players, really, really good players, but it didn't gel as a team, the squad. and i think gareth‘

not quite as warm for southern england today.ose show should be off, but a cluster of rain and thunderstorms pushing back into the south—east in east anglia early wednesday morning. to the north of that, you guessed it, more mist, fog, and low for coming back in. they will retreat back to coastal areas. but this rain will be on the move. a spell of a few hours of heavy rain, potentially thundery, to, moving westwards. it looks triad now to the south—west, but impressions should improve the south—east. this the nice guys and best averages will be in scotland and northern ireland. make the most of the dry weather there because it will probably not last. pressure is lowering, which is why we are finding more downpours coming from the near continent, and there was such to move their way northwards as well. so we may have a few storms across northern ireland on thursday, fa ns across northern ireland on thursday, fans and the south—west of scotland. more cloud around here. more storms pushing back from the south—east are crossed engla

if it is any other reason again there is a plain straight back to england.age what it believes is the untapped potential of british asians in the game. a lack of effective talent spotting and access to equipment are seen as problems that need to be overcome. our sport correspondent joe wilson is in east london. cricket is part of the heritage in this area of east london, there is a grade ii listed cricket pavilion behind me. the issue is how it affects the modern situation. this area is ethnically diverse and a lot of people would and see being part of a south asian community. we have girls from those communities playing in this session today, which has been arranged to coincide with the launch of this scheme. the issue that the ecb has is quite simple. when it looks at participation numbers, it sees huge numbers, reflecting these kind of communities. but what happens to that enthusiasm? whether players or supporters, it doesn't really translate through to the england team or the professional team in this country. how to address that? one barrier that the ec

i don't think moving abroad would be a negative for any potential england recall.eep scoring goals and playing well and getting my name out there then it is up to phil neville. it is up to him what leaders. england's cricket summer starts this thursday at lord's with the first of two tests against pakistan. back in the test squad for the first time in 18 months isjos buttler, who's cut short his stint in the indian premier league. hers‘s our sports correspondent, joe wilson. how do you bat in test match cricket? as lords prepares for the first test of the summer, there are of the way things used to be done. jos buttler not playing many forward defences in the indian premier league but it was his boundary hitting that impress the selectors. jos buttler a key selection in the squad at a time when english cricket in general is trying to engage people and excite people. it struck me thatjos buttler ‘s role in the tea m me thatjos buttler ‘s role in the team is very much to do that and that was a point i put to him when we spoke earlier today. try and be positive and sc

the clear skies here, but the rain is with us across england and wales. this was fort augusta at about half an hourago, this was fort augusta at about half an hour ago, beautiful. this was fort augusta at about half an hourago, beautiful. contrast that with staffordshire, what a difference. our rain band has moved northwards. whilst it is clearing southern and eastern areas and we will seize on showing which could brew upa will seize on showing which could brew up a storm, we have the rain in northern england, across wales towards the south—west. cooler yet, quite a keen breeze near the north sea coast and low cloud, lovely and warm inland, 20 223 celsius and muqqy warm inland, 20 223 celsius and muggy in out. showery rain easing down this evening and overnight, we will keep a lot of moisture so it could turn out quite murky with fog around and quite close, we have the high humidity in the south. any showers further north is and we will see the low cloud returning. we keep these silly through the weekend, but for the most part it will be very warm. it cou

the polls closed an hour ago for this year's local elections in england.re are nearly 4,400 seats up for grabs across 100 and 50 local authorities and six mayoral elections. it is the first test for the political parties since last year's general election. and chris mason, our political correspondent, is here. he'll be up all night — chris. how significant are these election, do you think? evening to you, ben it sat festival of democracy a fight like this in a smatter of places england. it is real votes in real ballot boxes and people here at westminster obsess about opinion polls, with all of the caveats we have to insert about those methods of testing public opinion, these are real votes, and so offer political parties a snapshot, yes, but a snapshot of genuine public opinion expressed in a polling station, so, yes, all of the boroughs of london, all 32 had election today, also elections in major cities in newcastle, leeds, manchester and brurm and a good number of plays in urban england, these are seats that predominantly are held by labour, given the g

northern ireland and northern england, the rest of england and for much of wales, it is looking dry,0n the breezy side, if anything it's a little bit cooler still and some of us for the rest of the week towards in the north—west of the uk in particular will find temperatures below average for the time of year. another fine start for much of the uk on friday, but then we see another weather system gathering out to the west. the winds picking up ahead of that. while many on friday will stay dry, some will start to the outbreaks of rain. some uncertainty about the timing of this and the progression north—eastwards, so we will keep you updated, and temperatures still none too special. that's it for now. goodbye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump is pulling the us out of the iran nuclear deal, and says he will reimpose the highest—level sanctions on tehran. the fact is, this was a horrible, one—sided deal, that should have never, ever been made. it didn't bring calm, it didn't bring

all the rest of england.onservatives would do badly and labour would do well, that means that this morning labour look rather disappointed. they a chilly don‘t have any gains so far but they can lord, they have got a couple disappointing result in derby and nuneaton. but the conservatives can say, opposition should do well in local elections and you have not done that well. reading through what you are saying about the almost status quo situation, then we dropped back as you were explaining to what the expectations were and whether the parties can feel satisfied with almost staying where they were? i think the answer is the conservative party will feel relatively satisfied in having done this well in the local elections four years ago and the labour party will not because of those by virgin expectations. that still means that the labour party is in a better position —— by virgin the labour party is in a better position than it was in the general elections. you can see why there is a sense of disappointment, t

near 20 in northeast scotland, 23 for some in southeast england. night into sunday, notice this front close to northwest scotland. we are going to keep more breeze here. some outbreaks of rain elsewhere. high pressure in control. it could well be we see increasing amounts of sunshine on sunday. though still eunice as an irish seacoast, west wells be pulling away here but may be affecting more than eastern side of northern ireland. some spots. wherever you see the sunshine, it is going to be pleasant. getting warmer still with such an especially in england and wales. then again on monday for the bank holiday, plenty of sunshine around. patrick laffer scotland, northern ireland and northwest england. still threat of some outbreaks of rain in northwest scotland. should not matter too much but more here. the best of the sunshine, two pitchers edging toward the mid—20s in some spots. we could will see something around 27 celsius. it is likely we are going to have the highest to richard ek is ever recorded on early may bank holiday. this is bbc news. lab

northern ireland and northern england, the rest of england and for much of wales, it is looking dry,if anything it's a little bit cooler still and some of us for the rest of the week towards in the north—west of the uk in particular will find temperatures below average for the time of year. another fine start for much of the uk on friday, but then we see another weather system gathering out to the west. the winds picking up ahead of that. while many on friday will stay dry, some will start to the outbreaks of rain. some uncertainty about the timing of this and the progression north—eastwards, so we will keep you updated, and temperatures still none too special. that's it for now. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and steph mcgovern. international leaders fight to save the iran nuclear deal. president rouhani threatens to restart his country's uranium enrichment programme after donald trump pulls america out of the agreement. we cannot prevent an iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. good morning, it is wednesday 9 may.

retreating into western parts of wales and the south west of england.ot feeling that bad, 11, 12 degrees. 1a, 15 degrees, cute difference. cold and grey yesterday. into the overnight period, dry start to the east, rain strengthening wind will spill into eastern scotland, england and wales, drying up behind it for northern ireland, scotland, temperatures falling, elsewhere, much milder night, cloud cover, much milder than it was last night. frost free start to wednesday, cloudy, great, some of it quite heavy for a time, as we move east. eventually clearing the eastern side of england. sky is brightening up. one or two showers, scotland, northern ireland, into north—west england. cool on wednesday afternoon, cooler air mass behind the weather front. ten, 13 at best. there is the cooler air, moving east, as we head through thursday and towards the end of the week we see milder error making inroads. thursday, cool, dry start across central and eastern areas, some sunshine, louts tending to build, and a little bit across eastern parts, still sunny spells, sl

dry for the rest of england.cross—the—board now are pretty close to the average for the time of year, so there's a particular warmth out there. heading out and about on thursday evening or coming back from wherever you've been, still a few showers in north—eastern area of scotland and into the northern isles, but they will continue to fade. elsewhere, what showers have built up are continuing to fade away, and the cloud that's developed is going as well, so a lot of dry and sunny weather to end the day. it does mean under clear skies thursday night into friday morning with a ridge of high pressure temperatures drop away even further, low single figures for some on friday morning. the ridge of high pressure not staying around too long as this weather front starts to push it out of the way on friday, and it means strengthening wind across the uk, particularly close to this rain band coming into northern ireland and feeding outbreaks of rain into west of scotland, parts of wales and south—west england. very slow—mov

a clump of thunderstorms working into central and southern england, south—west england, probably walese storms are capable of bringing 30 millimetres of rain in the space ofjust one hour, so that could bring localised flooding issues. then the storms will gradually push further north overnight. they will probably weaken at the same time. through the night time it will be another mild and muggy night. temperatures falling no lower than 15 or 16 in the capital. cooler and fresher further north. 0n into sunday's forecast. another day of sunshine and showers. if anything the showers will work a bit further north across wales, the midlands, some heavy downpours across southern england, largely speaking both saturday and sunday will be dry across most of northern england and scotland. for the most part, northern ireland as well. things will begin to change more on monday as we start to see those showers going further north. we have got a little weather front enhancing the rain as it works into northern england and across the midlands as well. some wetter weather across northern areas of the

more clap for northern england and across the far south and southern parts of the england into wales,sures and now it appears the takeaway sector could be facing similar pressures. sean can tell us more. have you have a great guest to chat with. format dragon of the dense so i'll be given a tough time. we'll have a chat about the restaurant sector. we will get into a few of those stats. it's been a tough year. we have high rents, staff costs, we've had a series of headlines, the likes of jamie's, byron over the last year or so making various announcements about restructuring, closing some stores. 0ur appetite for is growing although they have some of the same pressures on rents and the like. 4000 take aways have p°pped and the like. 4000 take aways have normed up and the like. 4000 take aways have popped up in the last three years. 4000 more takeaways. more than a quarter of all food outlet in the uk now our takeaway is according to recent research. if you are trying out the minute to make a trade of flooding your food somehow, what should you do? this is why sarah willingham is here.

england haven't been winning for a long time.ithin the actual management, could itjust make a little difference? you know, you never know. you know, are they winning with them at the minute? no. are they as good as they were three or four years ago? no. i want to see more in terms of mentality of harder play test match cricket. and you just never know, it just might trigger the team into thinking, none of us are safe. afterjohanna konta's first—round exit on sunday, it was a much better day for british players on day two of the french open. heather watson's now the last brit left in the women's draw, after making it through to round two. she put in one of her most confident performances at a grand slam, beating home favourite 0ceane dodin in straight sets. it's only watson's second win this year. cameron norrie is also into the second round of the men's draw. you might remember him from his davis cup heroics earlier in the year. well, he's broken into the world's top 100 players since then, and overpowered germany's peter gojowcz

rain in northumberland, but it should be a little bit brighter in southeast england.ook for the course of next week, high pressure building, things are set to stay mainly dry. there will be some sunny spells and it should feel pleasa ntly sunny spells and it should feel pleasantly warm. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. voting has closed in iraq, it's the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the group that calls itself islamic state. tens of thousands of people have marched through central london, demanding better pay and improved job security. the foreign office says its supporting the families of two british nationals, who were kidnapped in a national park in the democratic republic of congo. mps are calling for better mobile signals in rural areas, a letter to the department for culture, media and sport criticises what they call an "appalling lack of progress" on connectivity. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with ben mundy and me lizzie greenwood hughes. the headlines this evening....leinster do it

screening in england.ing to become clear last year, if they found out at national level in january this year, why was nothing announced publicly until yesterday? equally, this screening exercises carried out locally by nhs trusts. whilst that the variation in how they carried out their screening policies, which resulted in errors and letters not being sent out? a lot of unanswered questions and fingers being pointed in different directions this evening. thank you. if you want to contact the helpline that has been set up for women affected by this, the number is 0800169 2692, or you can find more information on the nhs choices website. president trump has admitted today for the first time that his lawyer paid the porn star stormy daniels not to tell her story during the election campaign of 2016, and that he was reimbursed. his legal aide rudy giuliani said the money was mr trump's personal cash. president trump denies an affair with ms daniels, and also denies the money came from election campaign funds, w

their group opponents in russia are england, belgium and tunisia.and, scotland are playing friendlies far afield, against peru and mexico. the first of those matches ended in a 2—nil defeat in peru for alex mcleish‘s experimental line—up. 0ur scottish football reporter chris mclaughlin has more. it was a night of noise, colour and passion here, a very typical south american football experience but ultimately a night of disappointment for scotland. to have nil defeat in the end, first goal coming after the goalkeeper mixed up, jordan goalkeeper. mixedup. lardan archer. goalkeeper. mixedup? ierdan archer. fl mckenna ! ere“; e! fizz-£9 ee-eeee éhieé'weef— .,. —— —— ., —— — .. farfan ere“; e! fizz-£9 ee-eeee éhieé'weef— .,. —— —— ., —— — .. fa rfan with ere“; e! fizz-£9 ee-eeee éhieé'weef— w— —— w w w — .. fa rfan with the ere“; e! fizz-£9 ee-eeee éhieé'weef— w— —— w w w — .. farfan with the finish ere“; e! fizz-£9 ee-eeee éhieé'weew— w— w w w w — .. farfan with the finish and struggling to create chances for much of the game, scotland. but seven new caps int

isa guha was a world cup winning player with england. and one of the most exciting cricketers in england today. i think it's something that really spurred me on, because it gave me believe that my image will never be a deterrent, and i will never let it bea a deterrent, and i will never let it be a deterrent because someone else has done it. there are so many sports to choose from. if cricket doesn't grab the attention of children, all children, another sport will. joe wilson, bbc news, east london. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. a lovely evening for cricket actually. you can see on the satellite picture there is not that much cloud around. the weather front has passed through, but behind me we have the next weather front brewing. some fine weather to end the day then overnight, starry skies. yes, chilly, in fact quite chilly for this time of year, talking about a touch of frost in scotland and temperatures following the two or three degrees of freezing, but northern ireland could escape the chill with more cloud

south of england.rs for work, leisure, will be easier without a great deal of transition. it is going to be straight through. we have more trains for commuter journeys because there is a higher demand and, for the first time, we are answering that demand for commuter service. so that was earlier this week. today, however, govia thameslink railway, which operate great northern, southern and thameslink services, has told the bbc that: "as part of the huge logistical challenge of introducing this new timetable, some services are not initially running". they say that they are "working hard to minimise the impact this will have on our busiest trains." they finish by saying the situation "will improve." let's talk to our correspondent angus grawford. this is supposed to be about improvements, extra train services, new improvements for example at blackfriars station, but there is a downside. it is embarrassing as well when you have a brand—new timetable on the first aid you have to amend it. this goes back to

northern ireland and northern england, the rest of england and for much of wales, it is looking dry,ttle bit cooler still and some of us for the rest of the week towards in the north—west of the uk in particular will find temperatures below average for the time of year. another fine start for much of the uk on friday, but then we see another weather system gathering out to the west. the winds picking up ahead of that. while many on friday will stay dry, some will start to the outbreaks of rain. some uncertainty about the timing of this and the progression north—eastwards, so we will keep you updated, and temperatures still none too special. that's it for now. goodbye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump is pulling the us out of the iran nuclear deal and says he'll reimpose the highest—level sanctions on tehran. the fact is this was a horrible one—sided deal that should never, ever be made. it did not bring calm. it did not bring peace. and it never will. iran's president reacts wi