both sides know what it is like to be in the premier league, fulham we re be in the premier league, fulhame years ago and reading have been there in recent times as well. they know the financial prize is massive if they can get across the line but first and foremost a night they have got to reach that final. kick—off here is 7:45pm and it is anyone‘s game. the other player is huddersfield against sheffield wednesday tomorrow night. there are two matches in the scottish premiership tonight. two teams looking to avoid the relegation play—off spot. motherwell can save themselves if they do better against kilmarnock than hamilton do against ross county. dundee united and falkirk are playing in the championship proimotion playoff tonight. plenty to keep across in scotland —— promotion play—off. clubs from the women's super league 2, have been invited to submit applications to join the wsl1 to replace the now defunct notts county ladies. clubs have until the end of the month to demonstrate how they would meet additional licence criteria and financial demands. notts folded just two days before th

fulham are playing reading in the first play—off semifinal first leg.hey kicked off at 5.30 at craven cottage. no goals yet. the second leg is at

they've beaten fulham to reach the championship play—0ff final. and murray struggles on clay again.test from rome. he has lost. hello there. with the title wrapped up and the relegation issues settled, the focus in the premier league is all about which teams grab the last couple of places in the top four. the prize of course champions league football next season. that will be decided on sunday, the last day of the season. arsenal and manchester city both won tonight. city's 3—1 win at home to west bromwich albion has all but assured a top four finish. arsenal's 2—0 victory at home to sunderland still gives them a chance. adam wild reports. at arsenal, they came more in hope than expectation. failure to qualify for the champions league for the first time in 20 seasons now more probable than possible, particularly if they fail to beat already relegated sunderland. an early goal would have boosted faint hopes. alexis sanchez for a moment thought he had won, only for it to be disallowed for handball. still, they did have plenty more first half chances, but none that were any more than j

in that first leg semifinal stop reading leading against fulham in that one.ars level for just pars level forjust 90 seconds after half—time before baron mckay scored what turned out to be the winner for rangers. manchester city are hoping to complete a domestic treble this afternoon at wembley, they're taking on birmingham city in the women's fa cup final. they are comfortably ahead by 3—0. lucy they are comfortably ahead by 3—0. lu cy bro nze they are comfortably ahead by 3—0. lucy bronze heading them in front after 17 minutes. before losses are's player of the year izzy christiansen mediate 2—0. she arrived late to finish that cross from bronze. and they have underlined the college of the squad when fever women's player of the year ca rli lloyd when fever women's player of the year carli lloyd headed in their third. birmingham now have a mountain to climb. big deal football, really enjoying that at the moment. saracens hoping to win their biggest prize in european by their biggest prize in european rugby for seconds consecutive year. saracens are hoping to

la mandÉ, y ahÍ un fulham no --fulano la robÓ. reportero: esta es la nueva arma que estÁn usándolos grupos opositores para defenderse la guardia nacional . en una nueva jornada de protestas... momentos antes de los enfrentamientos jÓvenes opositores preparaban su nuevo armamento. >> es muy efectivo. el olor hace que retrocedan y paren de reprimir. reportero esto surgiÓ como respuesta a los ataques masivos que hacen los militares. la violencia estÁ escalando un nuevo nivel. un joven de 37 aÑos, muriÓ por el impacto de una bomba lacrimÓgena en el pecho. la estrategia de los militares, utiliza chorros de agua para derribar manifestantes. en medio de estos combates, hay imÁgenes simbÓlicas y hasta poÉticas. este violinista, utiliza su mÚsica para animar a los que luchan. decenas de heridos y asfixiados, querÍa llegar al ministerio de justicia. el presidente nicolÁs maduro, quiere cambiar la asamblea. fue una protesta masiva que fue contrarrestada por el gobierno a base de sangre y fuego. en las calles estÁn surgiendo nuevas formas de

waiting for the winner are reading, who edged past fulham at the madekski stadium last night.embley final 2—1 on aggregate. and there's full commentary of tonight's match on bbc radio 5live this evening — that's from 19115. there are more fixtures in the scottish premiership tonight. an important one for inverness caledonian thistle, they are four points adrift at the bottom and could face automatic relegation tonight, they are at dundee. stjohnstone face hearts. it's third versus second at ibrox. rangers have next to no chance of finishing above aberdeen. rangers manager pedro caixinha has been talking about that as a target but there was a withering response from the don's boss. if he thinks that doing brilliant at rangers and being on the up by finishing ahead of aberdeen, use kular mistaken. his job finishing ahead of aberdeen, use kular mistaken. hisjob as rangers manager is to finish about celtic. —— he is clearly mistaken. he should be more concerned about that challenge. any team that finishes above rangers in the league, with a budget that they have, is doing very wel

fulham road and inniskilling road.ar the tube station. after a worm night, let us get a check on the weather. —— a warm night. you possibly had an uncomfortable night's sleep because it's been so mild. starting with temperatures in mid teens. cloud any in london at the moment as well. as the day wares on, we'll see some brea ks the day wares on, we'll see some breaks come on. it's a cloudy day and most le dry. we have the warm start. 16 degrees at the moment. we need to see that cloud thinning and breaking as the day twos through. we'll breaking as the day twos through. we' ll start breaking as the day twos through. we'll start to see that happen. there could be a few light showers here and there from the thicker cloud, nothing more than that expected. another mild start tomorrow, again a bit of cloud around. towards the north we get some nice breaks coming through and they filt tore most of us through and they filt tore most of us by the afternoon. temperatures do a bit better too. pretty settled week of weather. nice

but fulham fought back and tom kairney levelled. rangers have secured third place in the scottish premiership. they beat hearts 2—1 at ibrox. barrie mckay with the winner in the second half. hearts played most of the match with ten men after prince buaben was sent off. elsewhere dundee helped their survival chances with a point against ross county. motherwell are out of the relegation play off spot after they won at hamilton. kilmarnock will stay up, after beating inverness. and a win for stjohnstone confirmed european football for them next season. mercedes‘ lewis hamilton edged out title rival sebastian vettel to take pole position ahead of the ferrari for today's spanish grand prix. hamilton clocked his quickest lap early on in q3, and despite a last second attempt by vettel to surpass him, the german could only manage second — 0.051 seconds slower. valterri bottas was third. that was very good. the first two we re that was very good. the first two were 0k in the last one was so so. i can see my supporters here, thank you, guys.

in the championship, newcastle winning the title yesterday, brighton go up in 2nd place, reading, fulhamplay—offs. by malaysian tennis, some needle between two players in the madrid open. maria sharapova former grand slam champion, back on tour for a fewer week after a 15 month drug ban, a lot of players don't like the fa ct ban, a lot of players don't like the fact she is then handed wild cards to get back into tournament is to get ranking points. she's playing in madrid, won yesterday in 3 sets against a player, setting up a 2nd—round against eugenie bouchard, who has called maria sharapova a cheater, says she should be banned for life, maria sharapova says she's heard an awful lot worse and she is a win away from getting away into wimbledon qualifying, breaking into the top 200 if she wins today. thank you. an investigation by this programme has discovered at least 1,000 mistakes are made in england's nhs maternity units every week. the most serious incidents include the avoidable deaths of mothers and babies as a result of errors by midwives and doctors. the royal college of midwives

the play—off semifinalss sees huddersfield by sheffield wednesday and reading playing fulham.the fourth time this season they have failed to score against the saints. milner had a penalty saved by fraser forster. and forster was again at his best in injury time, denying marko grujic. liverpool are just a point ahead of manchester city, but third is the best they can hope for 110w. third is the best they can hope for now. they have kicked off at arsenal, and manchester united have made eight changes to the side which beat celta vigo on thursday. david de gea has had to make a very good save already. in the scottish premiership, aberdeen are a goal up at hearts. earlier, rangers secured at hearts. earlier, rangers secured a top three finish and a place in next season's europa league qualifiers. they came from behind to beat partick thistle 2—1. in their first international cricket match at lord's, against england, ireland are chasing 329. they won the toss and chose to bowl. they got wi—fi early england wickets but eoin morgan, joe root and jonny bairstow all got big innings. ir

fulham fought back and it finished 1—1, with reading having paul mcshane sent off towards the end.ownership after beating hearts at ibrox. the hosts opened the scoring in sixth minute thanks tojoe garner. rangers had a man advantage as well after prince boisvert was sent off for this foul on george winn does. gonsalves squirted up but hearts were level for just winn does. gonsalves squirted up but hearts were level forjust 92 seconds before barry mckay scored what turned out to be the winner for rangers. elsewhere in this motherwell out of the relegation play—off spots after they beat hamilton academicals. dalmarnock secure their future in the top—flight. and stjohnstone confirm european football next season. huge day in women's football because manchester city have sealed a domestic treble with victory in fa cup final. they beat birmingham city 4-1 to cup final. they beat birmingham city 4—1 to round off an incredible 12 months. jessica is at wembley for us. months. jessica is at wembley for us. the stars willie delivered or four city today. yes, i think manchester city women real

barring something extraordinary, fulham should hold onto the final play—off spot in sixth, that's becauseiffernce. we'll find out the semi—final line up with reading, sheffield wednesday and huddersfield all guarenteed spots. wigan and rotherham have gone already but one of birmingham city, nottingham forest and blackburn rovers is going tojoin them in league one. all matches are at 12 tomorrow, check the website for those fixtures. the league two season finishes tomorrow, hartlepool or newport will drop out of the league, and it's very tight for the play—off places. seven teams looking to make the final two spots...again go to the bbc sport website for all the in and outs the title was wwrapped up in sdcotland a long time ago. the champions celtic face st. johnstone tomorrow. bottom club inverness could get relegated if they lose to hamilton and motrherwell and dundee win their matches. couple of matches on sunday — partick v rangers and hearts face aberdeen england's cricketers have started their busy summer with a big win. seven wickets the margin of victory against ireland in bristol.

in—form fulham host reading, who ended the season in third and there's a yorkshire derby between sheffield the first time in 45 years. we are totally aware about sheffield wednesday, about their ideas and they are aware about us and our ideas. at the end, i think there will be the details that will make the difference, the concentration will be very important, the focus, especially the focus on ourselves. and this is what we have to make sure 100% or more to be successful. fans will get a preview of the scottish cup final tonight as second—placed aberdeen host champions celtic in the scottish premiership. brendan rodger‘s side are of course unbeaten in domestic football this season — many feel like aberdeen will represent the best chance for them to be stopped. celtic can reach the 100—point mark with victory. i think ithink in i think in terms of performance, both from our players and as a team, i think it's important. we've got to let celtic know that where there and will be there again in fortnight‘s time at camden. i think it will be two separate games, played in two separate pictures,

finally to west london, and in chelsea, there are temporary traffic lights on fulham road, near chelseaorning and a bright one as well. plenty of sunshine throughout the day, and we are going to feel the day, and we are going to feel the benefit of that sunshine. it is going to feel really rather warm as we had through the afternoon. now, the wind is nice and light today. they may get a little bit of cloud around here and there but in the most pa rt around here and there but in the most part plenty of sunshine. and temperatures upto 24, 20 five celsius by the end of the afternoon. a pleasant evening in the sunshine, and an overnight it stays clear. the us still quite warm overnight, the wind very light. minimum temperatures between 12 and 15 celsius. so another mild one. a bright start as we head into tuesday. sunshine around at first, but gradually we will see a little bit more cloud feeding in from the west. we a re bit more cloud feeding in from the west. we are still going to get some sunny spells, some fear whether cloud here and there. the temperature because of that cloud, though

so the primary outcome of this work is keen fulham point we also seek to improve outcomes along the way with retention rates six years is too long. five years is too long and too expensive and that is the least expensive we could make that some are even and even to stop about before completion to have a credential and to have a return if necessary to go in and out of higher education. that is not determined by the outcome of the 55,000 students so for success that means that we document so they can learn from the innovative model by this cohort institutions to do this so the partners sold to approve the institutions capacity and by documenting what we are learning that lead to the outcome is that we see. so what they endeavor to do now is critical to the success of the future of leclair to discussing the details more fully with you investment in their education at a time and costs are significant but that doesn't always warrant investment unemployment not just historically black and unemployed is the staggering 50 percent. not just that transformational element but it's a real and pract

tom cairney at fulham. we have huddersfield against sheffield wednesday in the play—off semifinal. we have martin keown on the programme. and we have predictions from sir andy murray. and tottenham's last game this weekend at white hart lane and we are with garth crooks, who takes a trip down memory lane. that will be some of his goals? no doubt. we are on at midday. celtic are two matches away, from completing an unbeaten season, in the scottish premiership, after winning 3—1 at aberdeen. all the goals came in a frantic first 12 minutes — lee griffiths with celtic‘s third — and that took their league tally to 100 points. celtic will be going for the league and cup double — and a domestic treble — in two weeks' time, when they take on aberdeen, again, in the scottish cup final. have you seen these pictures? carrying the bike? yes. what a dramatic day it's been forjonny brownlee, in the world triathlon series race in japan. in treacherous conditions in yokohama, he was caught up in a crash, on the last lap o

fulham are playing reading in the first play—off semifinal first leg.. hudderfield play sheffied wednesday in the first leg of the other semi final tomorrow. rangers have secured third place in the scottish premiership after beating hearts 2—1 at ibrox. the hosts opened the scoring in just the sixth minute thanks tojoe garner. rangers had a man advantage as well after prince buaben was sent off for this foul on josh windass when he was through on goal. goncalves squared it after the break but hearts were level forjust 92 seconds before barrie mckay scored what turned out to be the winnner for rangers. those are the scores. hamilton losing at home to motherwell. manchester city are aiming for a domestic treble in the women's fa cup final at wembley. they're the overwhelming favourites against birmingham city ladies. in the last few minutes manchester city have gone in front, the pfa player of the year lucy bronze scoring with this header. despite their recent successes manchester city have never won this tournament, while birmingham won the trophy back i

it's1—1 on aggregate between reading and fulham. they kicked off half an hour ago. tomorrow evening with that tie balanced goalless on aggregate. maria sharapova has not been given a wildcard to play at the french open later this month. she has relied on tournament wild cards since her return from a doping ban last movement she had asked for one at roland garros later this month, where she w011 garros later this month, where she won two grand slam titles. but organisers felt it would send out the wrong message to give her a place in the draw. i'm very sorry for maria, very sorry for herfans, i'm very sorry for maria, very sorry for her fans, they i'm very sorry for maria, very sorry for herfans, they might be i'm very sorry for maria, very sorry for her fans, they might be very disappointed. she might be sow zpoipt d. —— might be very disappointed. it's my mission to protect the game and protect the high standards of a game played without any dope on the results. the men's and women's tours are in rome. british number one johanna konta men's and women's tours are in

redding struck after 53 minutes but fulham fought back and levelled.is the other semifinal. rangers have secured third place in the scottish premiership. they won 2-1 at the scottish premiership. they won 2—1 at ibrox. elsewhere, dundee hell their survival chances with a point again ross county. motherwell out of the relegation play—off spot after they won at hamilton. kilmarnock will stay up and windsor saint johnstone confirmed european football for them next season. lewis hamilton edged out his title rival to ta ke hamilton edged out his title rival to take pole position ahead of the ferrari for today's spanish grand prix. hamilton clocked his quickest lap early on in q3 and despite a last second attempt by the settle to surpass him, the german could only manage second, less than a second slower. that lap was very good. the last lap was so—so. i could hear my team cheering and i could see the flags that we have so god bless you, thank you, lads. how much of a boost as this given you? it is always a boost to morale. when you come here inducing suppor

the play—off semi finals will see reading face fulham and huddersfield will play sheffield wednesday.hester united's starting line—up against arsenal. united were beaten 2—0 at the emirates and will now focus on this week's europa league semifinal second leg. arsenal were kept at bay in the first half, united keeper david de gea quick to react to aaron ramsey's effort. it was goalless at half—time but arsenal took the lead soon after through granit xhaka's deflected shot. just a couple of minutes later it was 2—0, with danny welbeck scoring against his former club and ending united's 25 game unbeaten run in the premier league. liverpool are back up to third in the premier league after a goalless d raw at home to southampton. it's the fourth time this season they've failed to score against saints. liverpool captainjames milner had a second half penalty saved. goalkeeper fraser forster‘s gamesmanship seemed to work. forster was again at his best in injury time. it means liverpool are just a point ahead of manchester city — third is the best they can hope for with just two games left to

, fulham road closed westbound.lated showers around as well. many of us will get away with a dry day, the showers fairly light on what though they may be worth watching out for. not too much of a breeze today, temperatures reaching 23 celsius with high ultraviolet ray levels. tonight most of those showers this all away, ciaran spells overnight, temperatures reaching 12—13d, some mist coming through. not for everyone. tomorrow, a bit more sunshine around tomorrow, a warm day in deed for thursday and friday, temperatures rising, highs of 25 degrees for tomorrow. friday has a bright and perhaps sunny start, feeling quite humid, some heavy and thundery showers later coming through as well. for saturday, looking like the better day for the weekend, some sunny spells looking largely dry, moving into sunday, that's when we are likely to see more thundery outbreaks. that's all from me for now, i'll be back with the latest in half an hour. until then, good morning. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin.

reading are through to the championship play—off final after a narrow victory over fulham.uddersfield or sheffield wednesday in the final — they play their second leg tonight and it‘s goalless as it stands. motherwell secured their place in the scottish premiership next season with a 3—1 win over kilmarnock. hamilton could still finish bottom meanwhile after losing at ross county. in the championship playoff first leg, falkirk twice came from behind to draw 2—2 at dundee united. the winner of the second leg on friday will play off for a place in the premiership next season. andy murray‘s reign as the italian open champion is over after just one match, beaten last night by fabio fognini. his straight sets defeat isn‘t the ideal preparation for the french open, and his next competitive match will be in the first round at roland garros next week. coach ivan lendlflies to europe this weekend to join murray‘s team, and he‘s got a lot of work to do. a lot of people will think i‘ve got no chance of doing anything at the french after the last couple of weeks, but, you know, i do th

reading, sheffield wednesday, huddersfield and fulham will contest the final prmier league place throughide chapecoense are celebrating a title. the team had won the state championship last season and with a team made up of youngsters and loan players they have successfully defended it. we did a greatjob. we are very happy for our work and we are very happy for our work and we are very happy we can honour the warriors. they are not here any more but we can honour them with this title. it's for them. saracens and england forward maro itoje says he wants to inspire the next generation of black rugby players. itoje, the youngest tourist with the british and irish lions this summer, says, he used to look up to former england players ugo monye and topsy ojo. you look around and most type of scores that i went to, you look around and there are not many black quys around and there are not many black guys playing rugby, and not as many black eyes every day, when you watch premiership games, even international games. it's changing bit now, but definitely, these are the guys i looked up to as a ki

past was not so much their policies but my local mp, who is very well respected in hammersmith and fulhamnot a lot of substance behind it, lots of things have been said that we cannot guarantee will happen, especially in such uncertain times. if it is in the manifesto, they are meant to implement it, aren't they? they are meant to! let's look at social care, some big announcements this week. there was a suggestion that it would be capped at 76,000 per person, i know social care and welfare is a bit of a concern to you, particularly sam. what do you make of the idea of expecting people to fund their own care until they only have 100,000 in assets left? as somebody who will probably never have 100,000 in assets, i think if somebody has got that much money, and that is a lot of money... even including their property these days? probably not, with the way the property market is going, but people who have more should pay more. i don't think welfare should be there to help people who already have money in the bank. lanre, what about the idea of making people pay rather than increasing tax, whic

many people are getting on to the ladder in their 30s and 40s and fulham some a lot lower of the connectione think needs to be addressed by the next government. we think that needs to be a real priority to help relieve the pressure. and if you are trying to get a mortgage later in life, how difficult is it? is it much harder with credit checks and tougher regulations? regardless of age, you need to go through income and outgoings and make sure you assess your affordability which is what a lender will look at regardless of age. i think post— credit crisis the rules were tightened up so did become a little more difficult for older borrowers but that... i think the works were doing, certainly, is raising awareness about the need to fill that gap and ensuring that people are not locked out of the housing market and that we are addressing the needs. because the demographics are involving and needs are changing, we do need to keep up with it. we are making a good start. at the moment, what is the common age that people will get a mortgage and how do you see that changing? traditionally you look t

huddersfield will now play fulham in the final at wembley. sorry, that was reading babel play.tic season is petering out in rather unexciting fashion after their 15th draw of the premier league campaign — this time 0—0 at southampton. the saints had the best chance but manolo gabbiadini saw his early penalty saved by sergio romero. anthony martial went closest for united but he hit the post. united can finish no higher than sixth with their focus firmly on next week's europa league final against ajax. we managed to play these results now, todd mirman southhampton, all of them away from home, all of them difficult, all of them in a final. we played professionally and well and gave proper football matches to oui’ and gave proper football matches to our opponents. watford are on the hunt for a new manager with walter mazzarri to step down at the end of the season the italian took over last summer and although he guided the club to premier league safety, five straight defeats have left them 16th in the table. his last game in charge will be at home to manchester city on sunday. aut