standing between them and a place in the premiership final, exeter chiefs.des in the first half. 6—6 with all the points coming from the boot. but straight after the break, exeter hit their stride. jack nowell scrambling over the line. a crucial lead against a team who beat them in last year's final. exeter had the momentum and the support of the home crowd butjoy soon turned to despair. in the last five minutes, an acrobatic finish from mike ellery. had saracens pulled off a great escape? but there was to be one final twist in the dying moments. sam simmons hustled and bustled his way over the line. exeter winning in the most dramatic fashion to deny saracens another double. the second semifinal was equally dramatic. wasps were hoping to make their first premiership final in nine years and it all started well enough. a well worked move with kurtley beale running in the first try. leicester fought back and took the lead early in the second half. and they hung on until the final moments and looked set to cause what would have been a huge upset. until this. jo

but this day belonged to exeter. so, who will meet exeter in next weekend's premiership final? currently in action right now. wasps were ahead but leicester have 110w wasps were ahead but leicester have now taken the lead. they were leading 10—0 at one point but leicester levelled 13—13. and in the last seconds they have just taken the lead, 20—16. we have 53 minutes on the clock. munster are taking on ospreys in the second pro12 semifinal this weekend. the winners will play scarlets in dublin next saturday. ospreys are missing their scrum half rhys webb although wales captain alun wynjones is back after injury. it is the welsh side with the earlier advantage, dan biggar putting them 3—0 ahead after eight minutes. millwall will be back in the championship next season, after they beat bradford 1—0 in the league one play—off final. millwall finished sixth in the league, only qualifying for the playoffs with five minutes left of the season. it was a remarkable finish to this match with fan favourite steve morison after the game said his fans who invaded the pitch at the end of the

the match between exeter and wasps went to extra—time, but it's exeter who eventually came out on top penalty eventually separated the sides, with exeter celebrating just seven years after being promoted to the top league. hannah lupton has the details. for this season's great entertainers the silverware they craved was within touching distance. exeter rugby were beater here 12 months ago and were keen to put the past behind them. jack nowell charged forward for the initial breakthrough. they had a healthy lead heading into half—time, but it was trimmed down to four points. the player of the season showed impeccable timing. wasps flew out after the break, breathing space. it was a final fit for a royal, but this was not to be confined to 80 minutes. in the final moments, exeter‘s penalty sent to extra time. nothing to separate them until the 98th minute. steenson kicked for premiership glory. heartbreak this time for the men in black and gold, but for exeter, who reached the summit, their story has a silver lining. scarlets are taking on munster in the final of the proi2 in dublin thi

i have got my own exeter manifesto. do you supported ? i support my exeter manifesto? del rey manifesto. what about the national manifesto? lets get real, the tories at 20 points out in the polls. it is their ma nifesto points out in the polls. it is their manifesto people need to be focusing on, seeing what they need to do in government. me and labour mps are trying to save as many good labour mps as possible so we have a semblance of the opposition after june eight. that is what matters to the west country. why will you support the labour ma nifesto why will you support the labour manifesto in public? why won't you support the policy? a lot of questions will be asked of labour mps around the country, such as whether they are putting the face and a picture ofjeremy corbyn elephants, whether they can sign up to this sort of programme. there will be things in it they do agree with, but as you heard there, many labourmps, as one with, but as you heard there, many labour mps, as one put it to me, are trying to create their own lifeboat to save them, because they say that

but this day belonged to exeter. exeter there, and the same in coventry in the other semifinal this evening. it's been a brilliant day in the aviva premiership. wasps were the best side in the regular season, but they needed a 78th minute try to edge past leicester, as alex gulrajani reports. the flags had been flying all season thanks to a site thatjust loves scoring tries, the most in the premiership. an excited but expensive backline has served it up, willie larue and curtly be all combined to live up to their price tags. in defence there have been cracks. and despite freddie burns found one and the tigers were punished. just out of reach. a ten point lead disappeared as quickly as the smile. and the director of rugby found his work didn't get easier after the break. leicester taking a lead for the first time. the tigers locked up. bost struggles to get through and when they did mistakes crept in. when it looked like the chance had slipped away they made one count, josh bassett sending wasps to twickenham by a nar

for exeter, there was to be no answer.for blackpool fans to celebrate. there was an extraordinary result in the wls spring series, where leaders liverpool were thrashed 7—0 by chelsea, with all the goals scored by a different player. chelsea went ahead afterjust four minutes through gilly flaherty and by half—time the blues were 3—0 up... chelsea's domination continued after the break with four more goals, drew spence completing the seven nil humbling of the reds. liverpool have one match left and lead the table, but they have played a game more than second—placed chelsea who have a vastly superior goal difference. manchester city lost a league game for the first time in over two years. they lost 1—0 to arsenal, jordan nobbs with one of the goals of the season. the 100th giro d'italia went right down to the last kilometre — and it was tom dumoulin, who started the day in fourth place, who claimed the winner's pinkjersey. the final stage was a time trial from the monza grand prix circuit to milan, which played to the dutch

but this day belonged to exeter.between wasps and leicester. wasps were the best side in the regular season, but they needed a 78th minute try to edge past leicester, as alex gulrajani reports. the flags had been flying at wasps all season thanks to a side thatjust loves scoring tries, the most in the premiership. an exciting but expensive backline has served it up, willie larue and kurtley beale combined to live up to their price tags. in defence, though, there have been cracks. an inspired freddie burns found one, and the tigers were punished. just out of wasps‘ reach. a ten—point lead disappeared as quickly as the smile. and the director of rugby found his work didn't get easier after the break. leicester taking a lead for the first time. the tigers locked up. wasps struggled to get through, and when they did mistakes crept in. when it looked like the chance had slipped away, they made one count, josh bassett sending wasps to twickenham by a narrow margin. and munster have beaten ospreys 23—3 in the second pro12 s

exeter have been champions before, only since 2010 have they been part of english rugby ‘s elite. for that first premiership trophy. saracens stop them last year but now the chief sub even beaten them. there is no time to linger on revenge. it did not feel like we had achieved with a wa nted feel like we had achieved with a wanted the season by winning that and getting to the final. that said, that's only a feeling and feelings have to be backed up by actions. the key for me is that we go out and perform. at the level we can as a club. 23 games played, even the bookies are struggling to separate these two. it may come down to that very last team. and the feast for rugby union fans continues after that game at twickenham as dublin hosts the pro 12 final... scarlets, who finished third, will take on top of the table munster at the aviva stadium at 6.15pm. andy murray heads the draw for the start of the french open tennis on sunday. the world number one and top seed has never won the title at roland garros... he'll start against russia's andrey kuznetsov, who's ranked 85th in the wor

but a late extra—time penalty from gareth steenson made history for exeter, who were promoted to thein the pro 12 final, welsh side scarlets defeated munster 16—22 in dublin to lift the trophy for the first time in 13 years. and england have beaten south africa by two runs to win the one—day international series. thanks, karthi. the biggest music event to take place in the uk since monday's terrorist attack is being held in manchester tonight. the courteeners — a local band with a huge following — have sold out the 50,000 capacity old trafford cricket ground. it was originally planned as a celebratory hometown gig but has now taken on a very different meaning. 0ur entertaiment correspondent, colin paterson, is there. this gig sold out six months ago. after monday's bomb attack, the band decided it would still go ahead. their singer told me why. if this hadn't happened it would have sent out a bad message, ithink. people shouldn't be allowed to go — people shouldn't be allowed to go — people should be allowed to go and enjoy themselves without being scared. we we re themselves without

wasps clinching top spot ahead of exeter chiefs after winning 2 more games. are at home to leicester tigers while exeter chiefs welcome saracens to sandy park on the 20th of may. harlequins‘ losing bonus point ensured that they finished ahead of northampton saints to finish in the final european place. london irish finished top of the championship — and eased their way into the playoff final with a 39—22 victory over doncaster — 711—25 on aggregate. they‘ll play yorkshire carnegie for the right to replace bristol in the premiership. on the final day of the regular season in the pro12, munster took top spot in the table as leinster slipped up to ulster in belfast ulster, who finished just outside the play—off spots in fifth place, went ahead early on. the opening try scored by roger wilson. ulster‘s most capped player in his last game before retiring. scrum—half ruan pienaar is also leaving the province. he set up winger andrew trimble, added another try after the break to help ulster seal a 17—13 victory. a day of goodbyes at glasgow too. but not a winning se

wasps and exeter only divided by the number of wins.the semifinals, both exeter chiefs victory over mighty saracens and wasps win over leicester tigers were matches decided in the closing minutes. the teams know the value of the last drop. wasps were london wasps last time they reach the final. since then, they have dosed with relegation and bankruptcy, and have no planted themselves what they believe to be more fertile midland soil in coventry. when you see 20,000, 30,000 you can't help but feel a bit emotional about it, considering where we have come from. the permission of final is beyond dreams a couple of seasons ago, but won't do ourselves justice. dreams a couple of seasons ago, but won't do ourselvesjustice. wasps finished top of the table, but they will be without their australian star and face side unbeaten in 16 premiership and play—off matches. exeter have been champions before, of the second tier. only since 2010 have they been part of shrubby‘s elite. since then they have survived, thrived and strive for the first premiers

could exeter stop them achieving the second?on finalwas upforgrabs, it was a tight first half, 6—6, no tries. jack nowell proving why he will play for the british and irish lions with the first try. the defending champions would not give up their title without a fight. somehow touching down. there was a twist. 30 seconds to go, sam simmons somewhere under there, denied saracens the double. that ended 18—16. the second semi was even closer. wasps going for their first final in nine years. kirtley beale scoring prudently. leicester fighting leicesterfighting back. this club with so much pedigree, and a leading to the final few minutes. josh bassett sending wasps back to twickenham for a day out with exeter. the totti clubs in the regular season now the totti clubs in the regular season now the final two clubs. —— the top two. munster will play scarlets in the pro12 final in dublin next saturday. ospreys had hoped to make it an all—welsh final but munster came from behind to win by 23 points to 3, thanks to tries from francis saili

and for the game of the day yesterday, exeter saracens, which was phenomenal.h to the premiership play-off finals. and you saw the fa ns play-off finals. and you saw the fans celebrating, you know how much it meant. fairplay to both teams, but what a game. i thought you were ata but what a game. i thought you were at a barbecue yesterday. when you have $5 extra on the game, you keep up have $5 extra on the game, you keep up with it. it is one of the world's most popular flower shows, and as the blooms of colour and creativity go on display at the royal chelsea flower show, one garden will be a place of tranquillity and reflection. david domoney‘s design for the commonwealth war graves commission celebrates the 850 gardeners who maintain 1.7 million war graves for visitors. daniela relph has been to see the garden being built. it is not an obvious place to start, the war cemeteries of france and belgium. this will be a chelsea garden inspired by remembrance. designer david domoney is creating the garden for the commonwealth war graves commission. for david, this

wasps top, saracens third, and in between them are exeter.nd successive season, while the fourth and final play—off spot went the way of leicester. 23 points from departing fly—half freddie burns got them over the line at worcester, but the celebrations can't last long. it is the play—offs next, and the search for england's top team continues. tim hague, bbc news. that's how the regular season finished. wasps will face leicester in their play—off in a fortnight. saracens will play exeter. the pro 12 regular season has also come to a close. scarlets‘ biggest win against 0spreys, 40—17, sees them finish third, and they‘ll face leinster in the play—offs. 0spreys still finished fourth and will play table—topping munster. some other rugby union news this evening, england‘s ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions squad tour to new zealand next month after the wife of his brother and team—mate tom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland‘s greg laidlaw has been called up. match of the day follows the news, but if you want today

exeter put an end to saracens' hopes of a double double.heir european and domestic titles but a late exeter try means they're through to the final with an 18—16 victory. hannah lupton reports. saracens have a swagger in their stride, back—to—back european champions and now moving in on the premiership title. at a stormy but welcoming sandy park. amongst their ra nks welcoming sandy park. amongst their ranks the european player of the year. as usual owen farrell accurate. 6-6, accurate. 6—6, all square at the break, exeter had the momentum, the wind behind them and with the force of jack nowell, a try at a crucial lead against a side who had beaten them last year in the final. yet salaries are supreme hunters as they chased the game and survival instincts kicked in. this imaginative embolisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham. minutes turned two seconds and externally did one final push. sam simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens dream of the double—double had disappeared but this day belon

exeter currently lead 13—11.rson will miss the remaining of lancashire's county championship match against yorkshire. he limped off with a groin injury and will have a scan on monday. england's first test against south africa is at lord's onjuly six. more from you at around 5:30pm. —— more for you. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has insisted his party is committed to trident. it comes after shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry suggested the party could abandon its support for the nuclear deterrent after a review. but shadow defence secretary nia griffith said ms thornberry was wrong and that labour's position on trident was settled. speaking in birmingham, mr corbyn said the party's manifesto was decisive on the issue. the manifesto makes it clear — that our decision is committed to trident. we will look at the real security needs of this country in other areas such as cyber security, which i think the attack last week on the nhs proved that there needs to be serious re—examination of our defences of those sort

when not too far away from exeter.ually eased towards the south through the evening. we are dry everywhere pretty much, but through the early hours we might seen rain creeping its way into the north of scotland. by its way into the north of scotland. by dawn on sunday, most town cities will be around 8 degrees, and will hang on to double figures in the far south—west. 0n the second part of the weekend, high pressure but a breeze down the eastern coast, further west the winds will be lighter. the breeze will bring low cloud, and light rain, a few pockets of drizzle. away from there, myspace will be fine and dry. a variable amount of cloud, and 15 or 16 degrees. a few degrees higher in northern ireland but ten or 11 or 12 degrees on the north—east coast. at the start of the new week, the isobars got a squeeze, with a breeze blowing down the north and north east on monday. it brings low cloud and pockets of light rain and drizzle. away from the east coast, it is dry and bright. and a good deal warmer, the further south—we

exeter fans we re the special occasion. exeter fans were rewarded before half—time.ckpool who dominated. the ball eventually finding its way to mark allen to pokein finding its way to mark allen to poke in this final goal. for exeter, there was to be no answer. some troubled years, is finally something for blackpool fans to celebrate. there was an extraordinary result in the wls spring series, where leaders liverpool were thrashed 7—0 by chelsea, with all the goals scored by a different player. chelsea went ahead afterjust four minutes through gilly flaherty and by half—time the blues were 3—0 up... chelsea's domination continued after the break with four more goals, drew spence completing the seven nil humbling of the reds. liverpool have one match left and lead the table, but they have played a game more than second—placed chelsea who have a vastly superior goal difference. manchester city lost a league game for the first time in over two years. they lost 1—0 to arsenal, jordan nobbs with one of the goals of the season. a big upset on the first day of the french op

exeter chiefs welcome saracens.nsuring that they finished ahead of saints, to finish in the final european place. london irish finished top of the championship — and eased their way into the playoff final with a 39—22 victory over doncaster — 711—25 on aggregate. they'll play yorkshire carnegie for the right to replace bristol in the premiership. it's also the final day of the regular season in the pro12, and leinster can seal top spot with a win at ulster. but it's not going their way in belfast. ulster, who will finish just outside the play—off spots in fifth, are ahead. number eight, roger wilson, ulster‘s most capped player in his last game before retiring, has scored the only try of the game so far, to help ulster towards a 10—6 lead. andrew trimble has since added another, with a 17—6 lead. another saying farewell to his club is glasgow warriors coach gregor townsend. he's taking charge of the scottish national team after this game with edinburgh — and glasgow look on course to be sending him off with a win. j

could exeter stop them achieving the second?ithout a fight. somehow touching down. there was a twist. 30 seconds to go, sam simmons somewhere under the, denied saracens the double. that ended 18—16. the second semi was even closer. wasps going for their first semi was even closer. wasps going for theirfirst final in semi was even closer. wasps going for their first final in nine years. ki rtley beale for their first final in nine years. kirtley beale scoring prudently. this club with so much pedigree, and a leading to the final few minutes. josh bassett sending wasps back to twickenham for a day out with exeter. munster will play scarlets in the pro12 final in dublin next saturday. 0spreys had hoped to make it an all—welsh final but munster came from behind to win by 23 points to 3, thanks to tries from francis saili, simon zebo and andrew conway. three more games in rugby league‘s magic weekend later. yesterday‘s action lived up to it‘s billing for the new st helens head coachjustin holbrook — his side thrashed second placed hu

on exeter winner, he spent time at ca rlisle on loan exeter winner, he spent time at carlisle on loan he is two goals clear romalu lukaku with just one game to play. it is his fourth hat—trick of the season, the first time he has scored four in the first time he has scored four in the league, though. it equals the club's biggest away win in the top division in the club's history. 0bviously delighted to get four goals for the first time in my professional career doing that, so a good moment to do it as well because there has been a bit of build—up in there has been a bit of build—up in the week with the golden boot race, soi the week with the golden boot race, so i thought, get one or two tonight to put the pressure on so to get four is an amazing feeling. celtic are still unbeaten in the scottish premiership with one game to play, 1898 was the last time they went through our whole league season without defeat. they only matches back then. last night they won 5—0 at partick thistle. their 33rd win in 37, it thought them equal their record points tally for a season, 103, 30 points tally

a good day, i should say, for rugby in exeter and coventry. showers. some fine weather between.he night. sunday, a dry day. lots of shows going on. there will be more in the way of rain in northern ireland and parts of western scotland. no great intensity. it could rain on your parade. not for the greater part of the finale fixtures for the english premier league. some of those are quite crucialfor premier league. some of those are quite crucial for qualification into europe. monday sees low pressure to the west. more unsettled weather they are. high pressure over towards they are. high pressure over towards the continent. some warmth. it will be warm and quiet humid as well. watch out for hefty showers. a band of weather comes in through scotland and northern ireland. further east, watch out for the strength of the sun. it is quite punchy this time of year. a mix of weather on offer to start the new week. back to you guys. thank you. if you suffer from hay fever, these maps could forecast when the issue is at its highest. we will look at how it works. this is the third most com

let's start with rugby union, and wasps will face exeter in the premiership final next saturday, afterin the day's early game, dashing saracen‘s hopes of doing the double—double. it is exeter‘s second final in a row. wasps left it late to beat leicester. josh bassett scored a try two minutes from time, as they ran out winners by 21—20. elsewhere, in the pro 12, munster have set up a final against welsh side scarlets, after they beat 0spreys by 23—3, simon zebo among the try scorers for the irish side. he has now scored 53 tries for his club. officials at wembley stadium say appropriate action will be taken if needed regarding the pitch invasion that followed millwall's victory over bradford city in the league one play—off final. steve morison‘s winner five minutes from the end was enough to send millwall back into the championship. but hundreds of lions fans then invaded the pitch after the final whistle, prompting morison to say their behaviour had ruined the day for him. a statement issued by wembley stadium tonight said they will be working with the authorities and millwall fc to id

victory against saracens secured first place in the regular season, just ahead of exeter. finished third overall, while leicester got the last of the four play—off spots. tim hague has the details. eight months, 126 matches, and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership, as well as a home tie in the play—offs. wasps and an understrength saracens had a chance of both, fitting that they played each other then. even more fitting that christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th try of the season, equalling the league record. it helped the home side dominate the second half. their only lion, elliot daly, will hope to feast against the all blacks next month. he got in some practice here, before his team—mate thomas young, son of the coach dai, rounded off the win with his hat—trick. 35—15 the score, wasps top, saracens third. in between them are exeter, they beat gloucester to secure second for the second successive season, while the fourth and final play—off spot went the way of leicester. 23 points from departing fly—half freddie burns got them over

it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the premiership scarlets have won a thrillingve taken an unassailable lead in their one—day series against the worlds number one side south africa. put in to bat, england set the tourists a victory target of 331, thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. south africa battled back and took the game to the very final ball but they couldn't get the four runs they needed. england are now 2—0 up in the three match series. lewis hamilton says he's devastated that he'll start the monaco grand prix from 12th the grid. a last chance qualifying run was thwarted when a mclaren crashed ahead, although hamilton felt it made little difference. kimi raikkonen will start from pole for the first time in nine years, with championship leader and ferrari team mate sebastian vettel alongside him. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour police in the american city of portland say two men were killed when they tried to stop a man racially abusing two women who appeared to be muslim. the incident happened on a commuter train on frid

exeter found an equaliser shortly before half—time. a welljudged finish.boxer will need an operation to fix the broken left eye socket he sustained in his ibf welterweight loss to errol spence junior last night. his coach dominic ingle, says he will discuss brook's boxing future, including any changes in weight division. brook was knocked down by spence in the tenth round. the fight was stopped in the 11th with his eye heavily swollen. it's the same injury that brook suffered in his fight against golovkin eight months ago, but in the opposite eye. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much. let's take a look at the weather prospects. a mixed picture at the start of the week. many places have enjoyed a fine afternoon. variable clouds, hazy sunshine. quite warm. it is going to stay dry across northern areas as we head into this evening, but rain already in the southern areas will continue to move northwards. some of it will be heavy. the satellite pic

wasps back kurtley beale has been ruled out of tomorrow's premiership final against exeter at twickenhamamstring injury picked up in the semi—final victory over leicester. willie le roux switches to full—back, withjosh bassett, who scored the winning try against the tigers, starting on the wing. exeter have made one change to the starting xv which overcame saracens, with wing 0lly woodburn replacing james short. former olympic champion greg rutherford says today's great city games can show the world a united manchester in the face of monday's attack. the event which sees international stars such as rutherford and great britain's paralympic champion jonnie peacock run on a raised track right through the heart of the city. you can watch that from 6pm on bbc two. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next hour. some breaking news coming into this in the last few minutes from the high court. sir cliff richard and south yorkshire police have settled a legal fight which started when the singer

wasps have clinched top spot in rugby union's premiership ahead of exeter chiefs. more games throughout the season. here's a look at the final table. wasps will be at home to leicester tigers in the premiership semifinals, while exeter chiefs will welcome saracens to sandy park on the 20th of may. harlequin's losing bonus point ensured that they finished ahead of northampton saints to finish in the final european place. 0n the final day of the regular season in the pro12, munster took top spot in the table as leinster slipped up to ulster in belfast ulster, who finished just outside the play—off spots in fifth place, went ahead early on. the opening try scored by roger wilson. ulster‘s most capped player in his last game before retiring. scrum—half ruan pienaar is also leaving the province. he set up winger andrew trimble added another try after the break to help ulster seal a 17—13 victory. a day of goodbyes at glasgow too. but not a winning send off for warriors coach gregor townsend. he's taking charge of the scottish national team. stuart hogg, a player he'll u

in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first premiership title.al at twickenham. it was all square after 80 minutes. a penalty kicked by gareth steenson was the only score in extra—time, meaning that the chiefs, who lost last year's final, were crowned champions. it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the premiership. and scarlets have won the pro 12 final in dublin. the welsh side ran in six tries to beat munster 46—22. a historic day for the llanelli team who become the first welsh champions for five years. they've done it the hard way — by winning twice in ireland in the play—offs, first against leinster and now the table—toppers munster. cricket, and england have won the second one day international against south africa in southampton to take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. south africa looked to reach their target of 331, but a superb final of bowling by mark wood enabled england to cling on and when that two runs. england have a spring in their step, supposedly the best side in the world. and you don't get there wit

in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first ever premiership title.o the wire against wasps in the final. it was all square after 80 minutes, but an extra—time penalty was just enough for the chiefs, as they banished any bad memories from losing last year's final. it's been quite a rise for exeter, who only seven years ago won promotion to the top league, the premiership. scarlets are the new champions of the pro12 after an exciting a6—22 win over munster. a nice send—off for liam williams, who scored on his last appearance for scarlets, before he moves to saracens next season. the welsh side ran in six tries in all, to cap an impressive play—off campaign. england's cricketers have been playing well against the the world's number—one side, south africa, and have wrapped up the one—day series. put in to bat, england set a victory target of 331, thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. south africa battled back and took the game to the very final ball, but they couldn't get the four runs they needed. england are now 2—0 up in the three—match series

in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first ever premiership title. final. it was all square after 80 minutes but an extra—time penalty by gareth steenson was just enough for the chiefs, as they banished any bad memories from losing last year's final. it's been quite a rise for exeter, who only seven years ago won promotion to the top league — the premiership. scarlets are the new champions of the pro 12 after an exciting 116—22 win over munster. a nice send off for liam williams, who scored on his last appearance for scarletts, before he moves to saracens next season. the welsh side ran in six tries in all, to cap an impressive play—off campaign. boxing now, and britain's kell brook was beaten in his homecoming world title fight in sheffield. he lost his ibf welterweight title to the american errol spence junior after sustaining a heavy cut beneath his eye. he fought back, but the injury eventually forced brook to his knees in the 11th round and the referee called an end to the fight. success for george groves though — he's become a world champion, o

in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first premiership title.red the chiefs, who lost last year's final, were crowned champions for the first time in their history. it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the top league, the premiership. 23—20 it finished. scarlets are the new champions of the pro 12 after an exciting 116—22 win over munster in the final in dublin. a nice send off for liam williams, who scored on his last appearance for scarletts before he moves to saracens next season. the welsh side ran in six tries in all to cap an impressive play—off campaign. england's cricketers have taken an unassailable lead in their one—day series against the world's number one side south africa. put in to bat, england set a victory target of 331 thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. south africa battled back and took the game to the very final ball but they couldn't get the four runs they needed. england are now 2—0 up in the three—match series and in good form ahead of next week's champions trophy it will be a big test, especia

victory against saracens secured first place in the ‘regular‘ season, just ahead of exeter.the last of the four play—off spots. tim hague has the details. eight months, 126 matches, and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership, as well as a home tie in the play—offs. wasps and an understrength saracens had a chance of both, fitting that they played each other then. even more fitting that christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th try of the season, equalling the league record. it helped the home side dominate the second half. their only lion, elliot daly, will hope to feast against the all blacks next month. he got in some practice here, before his team—mate thomas young, son of the coach dai, rounded off the win with his hat—trick. 35—15 the score, wasps top, saracens third. in between them are exeter, they beat gloucester to secure second for the second successive season, while the fourth and final play—off spot went the way of leicester. 23 points from departing fly—half freddie burns got them over the line at worcester, but the celebrations c

if any team is going to beat saracens it will be be exeter chiefs.orm, eight straight bonus point victories. so in front of a passionate crowd, the chiefs have a shot. it's also the semi—finals of the pro 12. with both matches seeing welsh sides travel to ireland. tonight, leinster host the scarlets, while munster, who ended the season top, welcome ospreys tomorrow. we're going to talk to the former wales and lions flanker martyn williams now. it will be a tough challenge for the two welsh sides, the scarlet will have to containjohnny sexton. he is back in, how do you deal with a player of that much talent?m back in, how do you deal with a player of that much talent? it is a difficult as, no side in pro12 history have won an away semifinal. lei nster history have won an away semifinal. leinster themselves, being the six semifinals and will everyone. big ask for the scarlets but plenty of british lions on show. you have got to stopjohnny sexton, but 1a other very good players for leinster as well. scarlets finished the season well, it the ospreys away

exeter will play wasps in the premiership final. they will meet at twickenham next weekend. hopes of another double, as tim hague reports. saracens were a team on a mission, and their target was a second successive european and domestic double. and while the first part was achieved in edinburgh last weekend, could exit chiefs stop them from achieving the second? and whether place in the premiership final up forgrabs, place in the premiership final up for grabs, there was nothing in this during the first half. 6—6 and no tries, but that would soon change, with nowell proving he has been selected for the british and irish lions tour to new zealand this summer. yet the reigning champions we re summer. yet the reigning champions were not about to give up their title without a fight. there were just five minutes remaining when ellery touchdown. before there was one final twist. 30 seconds to go, simmonds somewhere and they are denied sary ‘s the double—double. that one ending 18— 16, and the second semi—final was even closer. wasps were aiming for their first final in nine years,

exeter rugby can hear 12 months ago and were keen to put the past behind them.ut it was trimmed down to four points. the player of the season showed impeccable timing. wasps flew out after the break, breathing space. it was a final fit for a while, but this was not to be confined to 80 minutes. in the final moments, exeter‘s penalty sent to extra time. nothing to separate them until the 98th minute. garrett steenson kicked for premiership glory. heartbreak this time for the men in black and gold, but for exeter, who has a silver lining. england have a chance of sealing their one—day cricket series against south africa with victory at southampton today. but, the hosts are beginning to struggle a little. england were put into bat and set a victory target of 331 thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. he then took the opening wicket of south africas reply, hasheem amla caught by captain eoin morgan. but since then the tourists have made steady progress, quinten de kock is closing in on his century. he's joined at the wicket by ab de villiers. south africa now

exeter weighed one change to the starting 15 which overcame saracens. has led the race since stage ten lost just over a minute who has led the race since stage ten lostjust over a minute to his main rivals in the final climb of stage 19. james guy's rider claimed his first stage win this year. —— team sky's rider. but all the sport for now. as always, you can keep up—to—date on the bbc sport website. more for you at 6:30pm, join us then. thank you very much. let's return now to manchester, and until monday's attack, the london bombings of 2005 were the worst atrocity by british—born islamist terrorists. 12 years ago, the bombers were led by a gang who grew up in the beeston area of leeds. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashir, has been there to gauge the response to what's happened in manchester. what have you been doing since 7/7? why do we have another terrorist attack in the uk after 12 years? this man, ahmed patel, was related to mohammad sidique khan, one of the ringleaders who left the city of leeds to plant death and destruction in lo

exeter city beat carlisle 65 on aggregate.unday, the 28th of may. championship side nottingham forest has been sold to shipping magnate evangelos marinakis. his 100% takeover has been confirmed by the efl after he passed their owners' and directors' test, and brings to an end fawaz al—hasawi's tumultuous five—year stint in charge. marinakis has faced allegations of match—fixing and criminal involvement. however, he denies all of the claims. we have already been cleared by the football league, by the authorities. they asked us questions and, at the end of the day, or this has taken place in the last two months, and we are all clear, we have passed the tests, not only from the local authorities in the uk but uefa, organisations, who have nothing to be concerned about. british number onejohanna konta has been knocked out of the italian 0pen after a three—set defeat to venus williams. fifth seed konta lost the first set 6—1, rallied to take the second 6—3, but williams upped her game in the third, breaking konta twice to win that

the exeter city defender is one of seven uncapped players.er gareth bale and aston villa defender neil taylor both miss the game through suspension. but questions about coleman's future dominated today's news conference. i cannot control what is said about me or anyone else outside of wales. i do not care about it if i'm honest. i only care about wales. i care about preparing properly. i am looking forward to this game for more than one reason. that is where my thinking and my mind is. formula one championship leader sebastian vettel was fastest in second practice ahead of this weekend's monaco grand prix. lewis hamilton was quickest in the first session but slkipped down to eighth. fellow britjenson button finished 12th. the 2009 world champion has returned for just one race for mclaren — he's standing in for fernando alonso, who is competing at the indianapolis 500 this weekend. in super league, st helens claimed a dramatic late win against local rivals wigan warriors. behind for much of the game, saints fought back, with this try from mark

there is a chance for the 16—year—old exeter city defensive midfielder ethan.his professional debut last august, he was wales ‘s young player of the year in november. he's played at under—19s level although he's also eligible for england, chris coleman believes it is time to look towards young players. with any national football team, some of the older guys can't go on forever so we could see changing faces. these young ones, it's good experience for them to come in and see what it is all about. i think they have earned it as well. this is the wales squad in full, ethan ampadu one of seven uncapped players, would burn and gethinjones will also be hoping for a first cap. no gareth bale or neil taylor because they are suspended the serbia game. that takes place in belgrade on june 11 while the serbia game. that takes place in belgrade onjune 11 while england travel to hampden park onjune ten for their qualifier against scotland. let's take a quick look at a couple of other football stories. there's an important game in scotland. the premiership play—off final fir

exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester and can leicester hang on to a top four spot at bath's expense?cester. bath are at sale and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot, a chance for saints to make up for a frustrating season. it's been very disappointing. the squad we've got and the players have got, was not really done as well as we should have this year and i think if we can just scrape in top six, and rebuild for the boys who are staying here and the coaches rebuilding next year, hopefully picking up some pieces and learning from what the skier has brought us. novak djokovic has sacked his entire coaching team, including marian vie—da who had been with him for most of professional career. djokovic was knocked off the top of the world rankings by andy murray last year. explaining his decision, he said "i'm a hunter and my biggest goal is to find the winning spark on the court again". djokovic will tour alone until he finds a new head coach. sport it seems, is increasingly trying to downsize to make itself more marketable and w

theresa may wants to take this out of the eu with what looks like a hard exeter, putin is quite intohat isn't actually a foreign policy concern for the kremlin. vladimir putin does have the sense of humour, but i don't think even he thinks he would stand a chance of making jeremy corbyn prime minister. it is an indication of how desperate the conservatives are to hype up this idea of corbyn asa are to hype up this idea of corbyn as a threat, because that is the biggest threat, the idea of people thinking the election is already settled, that the tories have a large majority test and. the concern is some people might not vote. boris talking about the risk of the russians subverting british democracy, which sounds rather unlikely. there are figures here from a survey of 40,000 voters by lord ashcroft which suggests an enormous landslide victory, if that poll is correct. it suggested a majority of 162 to 180 seats for the tories. bigger than tony blair's re cord tories. bigger than tony blair's record majority in 1997, slightly bigger than the polls. record majority in 1997, slightly bi

this is a very deliberate act, they've come to bristol, only three labour seats here, one more in exeterse the south west is a sea of blue. and theresa may indicated clearly she would like to take at least some of those labour seats from then onjune the 8th. thank you very much. the prime minister has been speaking in the last few minutes. applause. thank you very much. thank you very much. for that wonderful thank you very much. thank you very much. forthat wonderfulwelcome. great to be with you here in bristol this evening. this great city and communities across the uk face a crucial choice. who will lead the uk through brexit and beyond. will it be me and my team, showing the strong and stable leadership our country needs, or will it bejeremy corbyn at the head of a coalition of chaos as we've just heard, made up of labour, the liberal democrats and snp. so much depends on getting the next five years right. our future prosperity, our place in the world, oui’ prosperity, our place in the world, our standard of living. and i'm determined to end every vote i can. because that will streng

exeter and carlisle drew three all in theirfirst leg.ntage in their tie against luton. 3—2 was the score at bloomfield road last weekend. championship side nottingham forest has been sold to greek shipping magnate and 0lympiakos owner evangelos marinakis. his takeover has been confirmed by the english football league after he passed their owners' and directors' test. let's speak now to sports news correspondent richard conway. and under the current ownership it has been a period of turmoil, will it bea has been a period of turmoil, will it be a period of change? reaction on social media has been positive towards this news, that evangelos marinakis has been successful in leading champions league appearances and now he is the owner of nottingham forest. he will bring with him several key personnel from the club, and wants to establish stability, he says. i've been speaking to him, his only interview after completing the takeover. but i did have to ask him about his controversial past. there are allegations based about match fixing, being p

victory against saracens secured first place in the regular season, just ahead of exeter.e four play—off spots. tim hague has the details. eight months, 126 matches, and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership, as well as a home tie in the play—offs. wasps and an understrength saracens had a chance of both, fitting that they played each other then. even more fitting that christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th try of the season, equalling the league record. it helped the home side dominate the second half. their only lion, elliot daly, will hope to feast against the all blacks next month. he got in some practice here, before his team—mate thomas young, son of the coach dai, rounded off the win with his hat—trick. 35—15 the score, wasps top, saracens third. in between them are exeter, they beat gloucester to secure second for the second successive season, while the fourth and final play—off spot went the way of leicester. 23 points from departing fly—half freddie burns got them over the line at worcester, but the celebrations can't last long

a week after retaining the champions cup, saracens face exeter, hoping to move a step closer, to the,, while league leaders wasps host leicester tigers. they have the home game and that's hugein they have the home game and that's huge ina they have the home game and that's huge in a semifinal in knockout by. huge in a semifinal in knockout rugby. they are really deserve that. they were the best and they deserve that. we will have to make sure we are accurate early in the game and keep the creative squad do the things that make us a good team.“ leicester come out with a fantastic performance, you have to put your hand up sometimes. if we took us play to a potential and play like we have the most of the season, it should be ours. anything can happen on the day. we have worked hard to finish top of the table and worked ha rd finish top of the table and worked hard to get a home draw and are determined to put a performance in which we believe will be good enough to get results. newcastle's st james' park has seen its goal posts replaced by rugby ones because it's rugby league's magic week

and we will hear from the exeter camp shortly.jamieson has a one—shot lead going into day three of the pga championship at wentworth, alongside belgium‘s thomas pieters. jamieson‘s round of 2—under—par 70 left him top of the leaderboard on 7—under. england‘s lee westwood is also in contention two shots back after around of 69. now, manchester city centre held its first major sporting event since the terrorist attack on monday as the great city games took place. there was a minute‘s silence before the event started to remember the 22 people who lost their lives. in the pole vault, britain‘s holly bradshaw set a new national outdoor record of 4.8 metres. she later posted on social media, "what a day! manchester, that was for you!" also taking part was the london 2012 0lympic long jump champion greg rutherford. he won his event in front of a large crowd at albert square, with a season‘s best 8.18 metres in his finaljump. asi as i was mentioning earlier, at all the sporting events today they will be paying their respects to the victim

the rugby getting to a climax as well in exeter and coventry. showers there.e parts of northern ireland in the western side of scotla nd northern ireland in the western side of scotland but even here that may not particularly intense. it turns increasingly warm. that's going to be warm work for the final round premier league matches. lots of showers going on as well. that's exactly the sort of weather that you want. if you're plan extends as far ahead as monday low—pressure out towards the west, some things that require out towards the east and increasingly warm as well. that could be one of the themes of the week. those temperatures climbing away as we try things out towards the middle of the week. that's all for now. thousands of customers of lloyds bank are being paid compensation after they were sold complex investments which promised big returns and no risk of loss. in fact, many of them made nothing on their investment at all and the money would have been better left in a savings account. moneybox presenter paul lewis has been looking into this. good mor