scott parker there, the newly promoted fulham manager. evening — manchester united in action later. they play the second leg of their last 16 tie against austrian side lask. they're already 5—0 up from the first leg. 0ur football reporter simon stone is here with me now. they are expected to ease through, to the quarterfinals, but we have only just finished the premier league season and here they are in europa league action? it's a pretty congested calendar. it is, yes, 11 days since manchester united ended their premier league campaign, and given the amount of matches that have to be played in a very short space of time, and they were in the fa cup rate the semifinals, they have played a lot of football and they also know that the new season is not good to be too far away should they get to the europa league final on the 21st of august. yes, there is a lot of football to be played, i think the clubs in the premier league have been assured that the 12th of september, the start date, will be pushed back for clu bs start date, will be pushe

in miles, and in standings, there is little between fulham and brentford.ds a little bit more to it, even. as big as this game is, it's a london derby now, as well. so, two teams that have done fantastically well this year, separated by goal difference in the league. the fact is now, that we are even and it will be two teams the winning club will make at least £135 million. fulham have seen such riches before. they were only relegated at the end of last season. early stumbles have finally given way to solid strides, and they arrive at wembley on form. oh, what a goal! as for brentford, they have never played in the premier league and, in the last few weeks, they have blown several great chances to take the golden elevator upwards, before finally coming good. that was their last game at griffin park, their home of more than 100 years. they are moving to a new—build. so, what a time to be promoted. so much, on one match. what's interesting is, we have all bought tickets in the new stadium, and the price goes up if we get into the premier league, and they were

coming up on bbc news, we will have the latest bre ntford brentford will face fulham in the championshiplay—off final for a place in the premier league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. scientists are warning that the uk's contact tracing programmes aren't good enough to prevent a second, even bigger, wave of coronavirus, once all schools re—open for the new term. a study published in medicaljournal the lancet says transmission would increase as parents return to work — at the same time their children

fulham and brentford. a big game i had tonight.for the winner, £100 million and the promise of premier league football next season. and also, these two sites sitjust four miles apart in west london. use rivals. no fans there at wembley, so you can imagine there is a huge amount at stake tonight as patrick gea rey amount at stake tonight as patrick gearey reports. looking forward to what is billed as the richest game in football. of course at stake is a place in the premier league. beyond wembley, it is sunny. the golden light of the premier league is only a game away, a land of the rich and famous. playing for the star prize later, two neighbours who have been staring at each other over the thames for 130 years. in miles, and in standings, there is little between fulham and brentford. it probably adds a little bit more to it, even. as big as this game is, it's a london derby now, as well. so, two teams that have done fantastically well this year, separated by goal difference in the league. the fact is now, that we are even and it w

they play fulham tonight.n september. in a study published today in the medicaljournal the lancet, they say their findings should be a wake—up call to the government, and not an excuse to keep classrooms shut. in the last half hour, local government minister simon clarke told us... this is a system which is still, undoubtedly, still maturing. we are also confident it is taking people who may have been exposed to coronavirus and making sure they are self isolating. and every person that this system reaches, and every person who follows the guidance is helping to protect wider society. we obviously want that to continue to increase. but it is a system which, lest we forget, didn't exist until a few weeks ago. let's get more on this with out political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning. it is such an important time, we are talking about life more generally coming back to normal, more people back at work and in september schools across the uk will be back, that is a commitment. so the question about whether

fulham manager scott parker says they'll learn their lessons and do better in the premier league this night. they were relegated last year, but bounced back at the first time of asking after winning the championship play—off final against brentford. austin halewood reports. they say getting promoted through the play—offs is the best way to do it, and just two years on from the last time, fulham have done it again. but this one was different, with an empty wembley the setting. these two neighbours separated byjust four miles, and only by goal difference in the league this season couldn't be picked apart. brentford keeper david raya keeping his team level in a nervy first half. brentford scored more goals than anyone else this season, but this was as close as they got inside 90 minutes. on to extra time, and still, these two couldn't be separated. but in the play—offs, it only takes one moment to define a season. joe bryan with a free kick from miles out that brought fulham within inches of the premier league. and with only minutes left, bryan took them all the way there — a second goal

he scored both fulham goals in a 2—1 win.etter fist of the premier league this time around. some clear errors made last time. yeah, and we will learn from that. we need to learn from that. we are going into the best league in the world. no arguments about it, the best players, the best teams. it is a brutal league. and i realise the challenge ahead. i don't think about it at the moment, because i want to try and enjoy...enjoy what we've done so far. it could be the big transfer saga of the summer — england starjadon sancho‘s potential move to manchester united from borussia dortmund it's been reported that the 20—year—old was close to agreeing a deal to move to manchester, but the german club want a transfer fee of around £100 million. that would be a record for a british player, but united think that's too much. . .and say they'll walk away if the price isn't dropped. well, manchester united are in action tonight as european football returns for the first time since the start of lockdown. they play the austrian side lask in

it's football's richest match, and fulham won it at wembley.ondon club are back in the premier league after beating local rivals brentford in the championship playoff final. good morning. afair good morning. a fair bit of cloud around today. rain from the west and some rain in the north. driest and brightest conditions will be in the south and east. i have the details later in the programme. good morning. it's wednesday july 5. our top story: lebanon is in mourning this morning after an explosion ripped through the capital beirut. at least 78 people are now known to have died and thousands have been wounded as rescue workers continue to search through the rubble. officials say a confiscated haul of explosives was to blame. this report from sean dilley contains some distressing scenes. it was a catastrophic explosion. what?! the blast was heard 150 miles away. another view from moments earlier shows a fire in beirut report. authorities say the flashes we re report. authorities say the flashes were caused by fireworks. but then... as the sound of

still to come: fulham to the premier league after winning the championship play—off final.anese, as well and win the war, or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at two o'clock this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigour, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: almost 80 people have been killed and thousands injured in a huge explosion in the lebanese capital, beirut. the lebanese prime minister says a confiscated haul of ammonium nitrate caused the devastating blasts. he promises tho

a couple minutes from time, he sealed fulham's return back to the top flight.ce. now, premier league clubs involved in the latter stages of european cup competitions are said to be given a delayed start to the new season. those affected include manchester united who face austrian side lask in the europa league on wednesday. wolves are also in the last 16 whilst manchester city and chelsea remain in the champions league. a 30—day period has been agreed in principle which means any club involved in the quarterfinals of either competition will not start their season on the 12th of september when the new premier league campaign begins. and it was a thrilling finish to the final one—day international in southampton as ireland beat the world champions england by seven wickets for just a ball to spare having already lost a three match series, ireland was set a target of 329 to win. owen morgan top scored for england at the century but paul hit 142 and andrew burned 113, what a partnership that was before kevin o'brien here got the winning run to seal a famous win for

there's also a london derby between newly promoted fulham and arsenal, and the other team coming up,home to leicester. here's the other opening games. the two matches involving manchester clubs will be rearranged, giving their players a decent break because they were involved in european competitions. the matches will still be behind closed doors to begin with, but i spoke to two fans earlier about the season, lauren black from liverpool and leeds supporter heidi haigh. i suppose it was probably best to be that way, to be honest. it feels like we've never been away, but in reality i know it's been such a long time. it's good to see us back. we got nothing to lose. we've been the underdog more than often, but at the end of the day, we can go out with no pressure on us. end of the day, we can go out with no pressure on us. play fantastic football, play to our strengths and let everybody else worry about us when we enter the top regardless. before leeds, you have arsenal in the community shield obviously. after the leeds game, you have arsenal again, you've got chelsea. it's a tough old

and fulham and brentford battle it out into extra time for a place in the premier league — in what'srichest game in football. and coming up in sport on bbc news, rafa nadal won't be defending his title at the us open later this month after pulling out because of concerns over coronavirus. good evening. a massive explosion has torn through the lebanese capital beirut, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than three thousand seven hundred. it's not yet known what caused the explosion but lebanon's prime minister says his country is facing a catastrophe and beirut is in mourning. he vowed to hold to account whoever was responsible. the huge blast at the port sent shockwaves across the city, destroying many nearby buildings and blowing out windows several miles away. hospitals across the city were quickly overwhelmed — officials fear the death toll will rise sharply. here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. just to warn you — his report contains distressing images. explosion. it was a massive explosion. shouting. another view from the bay. and from the streets. what happened

the other promoted sides are both at home on the opening day — fulham take on arsenal and west brom playist of fixtures on the bbc sport website. ahead of their return to the premier league and that opening game against liverpool, leeds chief executive angus kinnear says head coach marcelo bielsa is "very close" to signing a new contract. his current deal expired at the end of the championship title winning season, but kinnear is confident bielsa will sign a new deal shortly. bayern munich‘s alphonso davies says it's a dream come true to reach the champions league final. their 3—0 win over lyon last night will see them face paris st—germain for the trophy in lisbon on sunday. former arsenal midfielder, serge gnabry starred againfor the german champions. he scored twice to take his tally to nine goals in this season's competition. and robert lewandowski has 15, and his 55th goal of the season in all competitions sealed what should be a mouthwatering final against a psg side with neymar and kylian mbappe. the first round is well under way at the women's open at royal troon — the biggest go

"we'll learn from our mistakes" — that's the promise from the fulham boss scott parker as his side areread faster in the uk as the government made ‘critical errors‘ — including the inexplicable decision to lift all border restrictions in mid—march ? that‘s the finding of a report from the home affairs select committee of mps. it says the mistakes accelerated the scale and pace of the pandemic in the country and led to many more people contracting covid—19 . the government has dismissed the findings, saying they were "guided by the science". here‘s our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. a pandemic gripping the world, infection spreading as travellers globetrotted across continents. a huge challenge for governments and scientists with almost every nation in the world attempting to stop or slow the virus at the border. but, say mps today, not in the uk. buses leaving an raf base in 0xfordshire carrying 83 britons flown back from wuhan in china, the source of the coronavirus outbreak. these people were quarantined for 14 days in hospital but travellers arriving from europe where

coming up on bbc news, we will have the latest bre ntford brentford will face fulham in the championship place in the premier league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. scientists are warning that the uk's contact tracing programmes aren't good enough to prevent a second, even bigger, wave of coronavirus, once all schools re—open for the new term. a study published in medicaljournal the lancet says transmission would increase as parents return to work — at the same time their children are back in the classroom. the government says plans are in place to ensure schools in england re—open safely. our correspondent laura foster has this report. to control coronavirus, testing and tracing must become a new way of life. test and trace systems have beenin life. test and trace systems have been in place in the uk for around two months. do not leave home for any other reason. it is a way of identifying cases, tracking close contacts and asking them to self—isolate, to stop coronavirus spreading. i have just put up the workings here. some groups have been going to school over the p

brentford will play their london rivals fulham in the english championship playoff final on tuesday fornished third in the championship and beat swansea to reach the final. thomas franks' side are looking to return to the top flight for the first time in over 70 years. if you don't have those butterflies in your stomach, you don't have that feeling, then you're not in the right place and they will be the same for both teams. everybody will be nervous going to accommodate lateral and we look forward to that. we can't wait to play that. we can't wait to play that. and the cherry on the top of the cake would have been with the fans of course, we'll know that. that is one of the biggest games in the world. england's cricketers will be looking for a clean sweep in the third and final match of their one day series against ireland which takes place in southampton on tuesday. england say they won't be changing their style of play, despite a couple of less than convincing perfomances with the bat in their last two wins. ireland will need to improve in that department too if they're to avoid a se

fulham are a patient team but they didn't have to wait long for a chance.lert in the brentford goal. brentford have been one of the most entertaining sides to watch this season, but this was all they could muster before the break. the tension grew. so far, fulham manager scott parker was winning the tactical battle, but with 20 minutes to save their season, brentford gave it all they had, but it was tight. separated by goal difference in the league, there was nothing to separate these two after 90 minutes. in extra time, one swing of the boot could change everything. joe bryan delivered. he would score again at the death to break brentford hearts. for all the talk of money, the play—off final is about so much more than that. katie gornall, bbc news. back to our main story tonight and the massive explosion in beirut. at least 70 people are dead and 3,700 have been injured. it was not known what caused the blast. since we have been on air, the lebanese president has said that more than two and a half thousand tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six

little between fulham and brentwood.and it will be two teams who try to take the advantage of each other. the winning club will make at least £135 million. fulham have seen such riches before. there are only relegated at the end of last season. early stumbles are finally given way to solid strides, they arrive at wembley on form. what a goal! as the brentford, they have never played in the premier league, and of missed chances at going up before finally coming good. they are moving to a new built after 100 yea rs, moving to a new built after 100 years, so what a time to be promoted. what is interesting as we have all bought tickets on the new stadium, and the price goes up as we go into the premier league. we would happily pay the extra money. it will be massive for brentford. it has added significance because it is bre ntford and they added significance because it is brentford and they are our local rivals. they are quite often been the little sibling to fulham while we we re the little sibling to fulham while we were i

fulham take on arsenal and west brom play leicester. of their return to the premier league and that opening game against liverpool, leeds chief executive angus kinnear says coach marcelo bielsa is "very close" to signing a new contract. his current deal expired at the end of the championship—winning season, but kinnear is confident bielsa will sign a new deal shortly. wigan athletic owner au yeung wai kay has waived the £36 million owed to him by the club. that removes the threat of a further points penalty next season as administrators try to find a new buyer. a i2—point penalty applied at the end of the championship season for going into administration saw the club relegated to league one with a new owner being sought. scotland's catriona matthew shares the lead at the women's open at royal troon, the biggest golf tournament to be staged in britain this year. the solheim cup winning captain didn't start too well, but shots like these and a run of three successive birdies have helped her to one under par. she's one ofjust two players i