gareth evans wins for wales, at the commonwealth games.

meanwhile, gareth evans one wales's first gold medal of the games, he was working as a painter and decorator just a few years was working as a painter and decoratorjust a few years ago and has had funding problemsjust decoratorjust a few years ago and has had funding problems just to reach his third commonwealth games but he was top of the podium on the 69 kilos category. and england continued their good start the competition in the pool with sarah

cristiano ronaldo and gareth bale we re cristiano ronaldo and gareth bale were both arrested as realday to climb to in la liga. a third was scored. it was a much changed real madrid side. following the champi a sleep in the avengers. athletico madrid stay in second after a 3—1win over lavanchy. la batt lavanchy. labatt sier and roma had differing fortu nes labatt sier and roma had differing fortunes in midweek playing out a goalless draw. they suffered a 4—1 europa league defeat which saw them crash out to salzburg. roma produced a stunning comeback to knock barcelona out of the xavi and sleep. juventus company beat their opposition. it was a red bull out in front and a crazy event for the chinese grand prix. daniel ricciardo checking —— taking the chequered flag as lewis hamilton finished fourth. his season yet to get going, while sebastian vettel was caught up in a late accident. on occasions, even the most predictable of sports can be unpredictable. no one expected to seek daniel ricciardo windy chinese grand prix. the australian was lucky to qualify sixth after the engine on his

cross talking syria i'm joined by my guest gareth porter in washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the iran nuclear scare and london we have danny makki he is a syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group and in doha we cross the mohammed show how he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is an lightman continuity a rupture in the way. of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate dan dan let me go to you because i know you just came back from syria so you have a good feel for the lay of the land here you know i asked in my in my introduction just take zachary what do you think washington's goals are because i guess it depends on who you ask in washington these days go ahead dammit. absolutely i mean washington has really had nothing of a coherent strategic policy in syria for many years it's not just now and we've had four or five years of of wa

press conferences he said i will never tell you what i'm going to do and then he telegraphs it but gareth he did that on purpose because he knows he's painted himself into a corner and his advisors are making sure that he doesn't have any maneuver room so that's why you throw these these missiles at them when i've heard a dozen different versions about how many of them made their target how many were shot down how many them didn't work ok i don't know ok but the american version doesn't stand up to much scrutiny from what i can tell go ahead gareth it was just political theater it wasn't actually a military strike it was political theater garrett. i couldn't i couldn't agree more on that point and you know if you actually read the the the morning briefing that was given at the pentagon after the night that the strikes took place it was an amazing performance in the sense that you know the people doing the briefing absolutely would not answer a question that's you know that had to do with for example you know with you know did did you actually do any air sampling to find out if you know wh

gareth evans is a weightlifter with a fly half's turn of speed.r funding just to make his third games. but all he'd come for was the gold. he earned it in his own way. we done it! it's been 20 years in the making. and i knew i could do it. best day of your life? i can never take that away from my little girl, she's... i can't wait to show her this, i can't wait to see her with it around her neck. it's not often katie archibald takes the limelight on her own. she's olympic team pursuit champion — this was for solo gold. at one stage, she was half a second behind her australian opponent, but over 3000 metres it's who copes with pain the best. this means so much. you sometimes feel embarrassed about overegging the pride of the scotland jersey or individual versus team and those kind of things, i feel uncomfortable with it, but with this event, it really means so much. this was a busy night for the archibald family. katie's brotherjohn went for gold soon after, but he was beaten into silver by england's rising star charlie tanfield, a man who has a sm

know ok but the american version doesn't stand up to much scrutiny from what i can tell go ahead gareth it was just political theater it wasn't actually a military strike it was political theater garrett. i couldn't i couldn't agree more on that point and you know if you actually read the the the morning briefing that was given at the pentagon after the night that the strikes took place it was an amazing performance in the sense that you know the people doing the briefing absolutely would not answer questions you know that had to do with for example you know with you know did did you actually do any air sampling to find out if you know when you hit this supposedly place where they were making chemical weapons there was any pot problem of affecting the air or of the people surrounding it and it's clear that they hadn't done it and that they couldn't basically say what the consequences were of the target they hit and i think that what that means is that they really didn't have any information of course was always the case where the right producer and the semi jimmy here let me let me jump

wants to do in syria you know gareth you know maybe this is by design because there is no real reason for the united states to be in syria actually it is there illegally under international law i also said in my introduction is this just a means of policy wedge a tool just stick it to iran and the russians well at one level you could say that it's all of the above because there are people within the national security bureaucracy who holds those those goals but at the same time you know there has been. no coherent strategy there's been no agreement on what u.s. policy should be what u.s. strategy. should be for many years and you know beginning with the original decision to intervene on behalf of the armed opposition to to assad back in two thousand and eleven when the president himself when president obama knew very well that he didn't really want to do it he felt that this was getting into another sort of afghanistan type intervention which could not turn out well he made that argument we know repeatedly over the next couple of years and at the same time you had hillary clinton and d

half hour but let's start with england's hopes of the upcoming world cup as this day seven weeks, gareth's side will kick off theircampaign gareth southgate's side will kick off their campaign against tunisia in russia and today the fa technical director said england could win the world cup. in an interview with the bbc he spoke of the target for the upcoming tournament and the ones beyond. he also spoke of the possible sale of wembley and the sacking of mark sampson as england women's coach. it's not often we get the chance to hear from it's not often we get the chance to hearfrom dan it's not often we get the chance to hear from dan ashworth it's not often we get the chance to hearfrom dan ashworth but it's not often we get the chance to hear from dan ashworth but today he was good value, particularly on the subject of england's chances at the world cup was remarkably, they have not won a knockout game in major tournament since 2006. only six knockout victories since 1966 but in russia, ashworth sees no reason why england cannot go all the way. we got somebody good players, you talk to

gareth evans, the champion.erally can‘t see anything! great to swim outdoors. i literally can't see anything! scotland's ross murtagh will be chasing down —— ross murdoch. another new face to the games is beach volleyball and the gold coast is no better place to start. scotland getting their campaign off with a win. and that is a really important win for scotland in their quest for a quarterfinal. and the welsh fans were celebrating too. how about that! there are 11—year—old table tennis star lost their singles match but the team qualified for the quarterfinals. in the boxing ring though wales came up short. a great battle between two home nations, northern ireland‘s stephen connelly just home nations, northern ireland‘s stephen connellyjust edging out keirinjones. and stephen connellyjust edging out keirin jones. and a stephen connellyjust edging out keirinjones. and a great morning for the archibald family, both katie and john booked places in the individual pursuit medals races later today, setting new games

gareth evans was certainly giving it some. 299 kilograms, to get wales off the mark with their first gold of the games. now we got the prize, so i'm just a bit overwhelmed, to be honest. i came here with one thing in mind, and that was a medal. not just any medal, but it was this big shiny gold one. in the 50 metre butterfly final was a man swimming in seven events at these games. announcer: chad le clos! the south african burst onto the scene in 2012, when he beat michael phelps to olympic gold. he was aiming for a record equalling 18 commonwealth medals, and made a good start. that is the first gold of the games for le clos, and he's gotjust 2o minutes before he has to go in his next final. can he repeat the trick in the 200 metre freestyle? it looked like it came too soon. despite a good final turn, he faded to finish seventh. there were still stars to follow. so dominant is adam peaty in the 100 metres breaststroke, that the world and olympic champion hasn't been beaten for four years. that wasn't about to change in the se

gareth evans was certainly giving it some. 299 kilograms, to get wales off the mark with their first gold of the games. now we've got the prize, so i... i'm just a bit overwhelmed, to be honest! i came here with one thing in mind, and that was a medal. and notjust any medal. it was this big, shiny gold one. in the 50 metre butterfly final, there was a man swimming in seven events at these games. announcer: chad le clos! the south african burst onto the scene in 2012, when he beat michael phelps to olympic gold. he was aiming for a record—equalling 18 commonwealth medals, and made a good start. commentator: it's close. well, that's the first gold of the games for le clos, but he's gotjust 20 minutes before he has to go in his next final. can he repeat the trick in the 200 metre freestyle? but it looked like it came too soon. despite a good final turn, he faded to finish seventh. there were still stars to follow. so dominant is adam peaty in the 100 metre breaststroke, that the world and olympic champion has not been beaten for

gareth, exciting times. thank you for joining us.the ugly scenes of fans storming the pitch at the london stadium. nick parrott takes a look back at yesterday's action. before facing southampton there were more protests about the way that west ham is run. security was beefed up inside the london stadium to prevent a repeat of the pitch invasions last time out. one way to change an atmosphere is to win, and for once, the hammers had no problem doing that. with a point to prove against his former stoke boss, arnautovic scored twice. the saints remain in the relegation zone. it was great. i think they're helping, there was one or two, like happened in the last game, but overall the atmosphere in the stadium has been terrific. i do think the players gave them something to shout about today. i think the players showed how much they care. losing 2—1 to burnley was a record eighth successive premier league defeat for bottom side west bromwich albion. liverpool's mo salah equalled a record by scoring in 21 different premier league matches in

gareth evans won the first gold medalfor gareth evans won the first gold medal for wales gareth evans second off the pace in fifth place, immediately behind sebastian vettel who won the opening race of the season in australia a fortnight ago. that's all the sport for now. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. sally magnusson is in glasgow and can tell us about scotland's new system of income tax rates and bands that has come into force today. beccy barr is in salford and can tell us about an official survey that's revealed a 9% slump in visitor numbers to the isle of man last year — the lowest number for a decade. sally taylor is in southampton, where the city's airport have started using a robotic bird to mimic the actions of a bird of prey in order to reduce the possibility of bird strikes on aircrafts. but first to sally in glasgow. what are the main changes that have come into effect today — it's now very different to the rest of the uk, isn't it? it is very different now,

gareth roberts from the liverpool fanzine the anfield wrapjoins me now.so much for giving up your friday evening, i know you were there on tuesday, you didn't directly see the violence, but you have surely heard about sean cox, still in hospital with that injury after he got caught up in the violence. you are going to go to rome on wednesday, has it made you think twice, are you concerned about travelling? i am a little bit concerned, yeah, ithink travelling? i am a little bit concerned, yeah, i think it is only human that you would be after that. with the sean cox attack, the thing that shocked the most, really, was that shocked the most, really, was that it felt pretty indiscriminate, it could have been anyone, it could have been me or one of my friends, it simply happens to him, but i think it could happen to any of us. so you are of course worried going to rome, as mentioned on the report, have :;~;= 71 inmizxing rama stabbings in the past involving roma and their ultras. so there is a worry travelling over there, but you have just got to crack on wit

aprovecha el centro de gareth bale. griezmann sella el 2-0.aniobras para romper el hielo en un rÍo en china. arantxa: asÍ es, la cadena de detonaciones a lo largo de cinco kilÓmetros creó columnas blancas de hielo que volaban por el aire como formando una fuente que sÓlo le faltó un fondo musical para parecerse a un parque de diversiones. alejandra: . las filas, hoy es lunes, 9 de abril. soy alejandray bienvenidos a "despierta, Área de la bahÍa". b bÁrbara: buenos dÍas ofrecen casa, se va a marchar. toda la informaciÓn entretenimiento y consejostÚ vienes dar. alejandra: hoy es lunes de motivaciÓn, que platicaremos sobre las Últimas tendencias para ponerte. -- en forma. bÁrbara. el escándalo el facebook afectÓ a otras aplicaciones y te contamos cuÁles con el de tecnologÍa.

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that was gareth davies of the daily telegraph.chief marshall, sir stephen hillier, has spoken to huw edwards about the events taking place to mark the air forces centenary and the challenges and changes ahead. stephen, to be chief of the air staff is amazing at any stage, but to be in this position at the centenary year is a special privilege indeed. how does it strike you? exactly as you describe. it is an enormous privilege. i am really proud to be in command of the raf, but in this year in particular, our 100th anniversary year, and the 31st chief of the air staff, and i really feel that connection with our history, and our heritage and our tradition. what i've tried to say to be buddies here about this either the goods of the air force, and about its place in modern british society? we have got three things. we wa nt society? we have got three things. we want to commemorate that rich history, and our heritage and our traditions, and all that sacrifice and courage that has gone on in the last 100 years, but we also want to cele

he was at the training ground today from where he called gareth southgate personally to inform him ofs. now he will be focusing on getting fit for the new season. focusing on getting fit for the new season. they don't know exactly how long he will be about four and the full extent of the injury, but if he will miss the rest of the campaign for club and country, it is severe. especially for italy liverpool heading into the second leg of the champions league tie, and england for the world cup. you were at anfield last night. lots of the discussion about that match, an incredible night on the pitch, but off the pitch fan violence blighting the occasion. you saw what happened, you were industry where the roma fa ns you were industry where the roma fans wear. it was very unsavoury. it was on one of the many feeder roads that leads to anfield. at the intersection of the junction with walton breck wrote. i saw a round about 50 up to 80 roma fans dressed in black coats and balaclavas walking very calmly and quietly towards that road, past me, past the bbc broadcast vehicles, then they burst o

luck learn from nothing that gareth your more than they did their. money well know another millionaire and this is. my bedroom. with my brothers and my grandmother. also my grandmother here my brothers here you know ground. they are younger when he go we can sleep in there but i listen too much oh miss him when. mohammed has never left lebanon but he's about to embark on a life changing journey a fully funded six film scholarship to eton college in england this is a letter by the headmaster of each one girl loads. of the details of the horizon the scholarship given to him how much he says we were very happy it will come out to eat on last march and wear it and by the way in which he embraced all aspects of his visit by that they make buttons i was very proud. and embarrassed by this letter. almost all of. i mean no five hundred. when we are new. but i say i'm going to limit. the horizon foundation will fund my habit for two years of study this is an amazing opportunity the leaving home is a huge step for both him and his family. he said is one of the

gareth, congratulations. thank you. talk us through what it has been like?eep last night. the body was knackered but my head was wide awake. you may win the award for the best celebrations so far. what was going through your mind? you ran around the back of the crowd and picked up your coach. that is 16 years of hard work we are putting together to be here. 0ut is 16 years of hard work we are putting together to be here. out of 20 years i have worked with him 16. it was very special. so much hard work goes into this. you were a painter and decorator until 2011, and you still work full—time at bangor university. yeah. it is work five days a week. 38 hours. into the gym. spend time with my little girl and my partner. it is pretty action packed. what is the reaction been like from home and from friends and family? it has been crazy. my twitter broke yesterday. itjust froze. it wouldn‘t work. just trying to get through everything. white to be wales‘ first gold medallist in this is special? definitely. it has been the aim to pick up a commonwealth medalfor been t

worth his weight in gold — gareth evans wins for wales at the commonwealth games.

people a lot of material is out there for those who want to know the facts about the chemical attacks gareth porter has written extensively on this more recently sharon mean any wrote an article when she went to solve the chemical installations there that the western media people ignored those installations that were held by the extremists. we know we know cy the work of science hersh the mit report. the materials there are the only point is that the western media repeats these accusations until it's believed by them more than the simple minded and educated. parts of the population or those people who want to believe many people want to believe because they want to trust their government but the reality is on the ground is that this was a far far spying operation r.t. itself pointed out weeks earlier that your government was saying that there were there was a plan for spying operation but that was nothing that was not something that you would hear in the western media and the predictions that we all had have been fulfilled this fall spying operation was carried out and the western government

gareth evans winning. the former pension decorator was very quick to thank his coach there.table. the second round of the masters is just getting under at augusta. the 20 15th winnerjordan spieth leads the way after the first round. he's on six under after a row of five birdies ina six under after a row of five birdies in a row on the back nine at augusta. it is golf‘s first master of the year. tiger woods is won over in his first major in over two yea rs. in his first major in over two years. scotland's hopes of qualifying for next year's women's world cup have been hit after losing one nil to switzerland. england and wales play each other tonight at southampton‘s st mary's stadium. england recently finished second at the petition in the united states. his side are currently a point behind wales who top group one but they do have a game in hand. the games in america were great for me asa games in america were great for me as a learning curve in terms of getting to know my players understand that that they are rats. and learning about the standard of the other teams in the w

cristiano ronaldo scored for the 10th game in a row for the hosts with a superb volley off a cross from garethrd minute. their lead lasted just 4 minutes though. antoine griezmann equalising for the away side and the result means atletico lose ground on leaders barcelona, who are now 11 points clear at the top while real stay third. in formula 1, sebastian vettel held off the challenge of valteri bottas to win the bahrain grand prix. the ferrari driver struggled with his tyres, as bottas closed in on him, but the german managed to keep him at bay, and claim his second victory of the season maintaining his perfect record so far. the mercedes of bottas was 2nd, with his team—mate lewis hamilton getting onto the podium in 3rd despite starting from 9th place. the semifinals of the davis cup have been decided. spain's tie with germany went to the final rubber. rafael nadal put them level with victory over alexander zverev. winning in straight sets against the world number 4. in the decider david ferrer won a marathon of an encounter against philip kohlschreiber, to win in 5 sets, and clinch a drama

gareth davies is the boxing correspondent of the daily telegraph. comfortable win. but i think as he himself admits and his coach admits, he is still a work in progress, and because he won the world title in 2016, when there was an opportunity, he is probably still three fights ahead of where they would want him to be. in other words, are probably a yearand a to be. in other words, are probably a year and a half in advance of where he would like to be. so we do see frailty in him and weaknesses in him although he is this 17.5 stone adonis. the referee, i think, him although he is this 17.5 stone adonis. the referee, ithink, cast him although he is this 17.5 stone adonis. the referee, i think, cast a shadow over the fight. it was a very cagey chess match for the first half of the fight, joshua controlling it mainly behind his big ramrod jab, but the problem was, when the two men actually wanted to go into battle, the referee just would men actually wanted to go into battle, the refereejust would not let them fight. it was like watching an amateur bou

press conferences he said i will never tell you what i'm going to do and then he telegraphs it but gareth he did that on purpose because he knows he's painted himself into a corner and his advisors are making sure that he doesn't have any maneuver room so that's why you throw these these missiles out and we have heard a dozen different versions about how many of them made their target how many were shot down how many them didn't work ok i don't know ok but the american version doesn't stand up to much scrutiny from what i can tell go ahead garrett it was just political theater it wasn't actually a military strike it was political theater garrett. i couldn't i couldn't agree more on that point and you know if you actually read the the the morning briefing that was given at the pentagon after the night that the strikes took place it was an amazing performance in the sense that you know the people doing the briefing absolutely would not answer a question that's you know that had to do with for example you know with you know did did you actually do any air sampling to find out if you know whe

their first gold of the games in the main public sector nine kilometre weightlifting competition, garetht's take a look at the medal table. as you might expect from a home games, hostility well out in front. 36 in total, 1a of them gold. england just behind with 18 and canada third with 11. scotla nd 18 and canada third with 11. scotland in fourth with ten medals. ufc champion conor mcgregor has appeared in court charged with assault and kilometre after vandalising a basket any rival fighters. he was led out of the brooklyn precinct in handcuffs on friday morning, ufc president said he was disgusted with the incident. boni this is a fight game. mean things i said, people each other‘s faces, grab each other and stuff like that, it is normal. we always contain it and had worked as part of the business. what happened today was criminal. it was disgusting, despicable, it makes me sick. we as an organisation need to make sure i does not happen again. that is only sport for now. —— all the sport. let's end with some good news, for elephants. conservationists working in tanzania recently spotte

hargreaves played in germany in 2006, and says gareth southgate's side are developing well.r on expectation. my generation. we had players, i would not see our generation was probably more talented, but players we re probably more talented, but players were in their prime. ifeel like probably more talented, but players were in their prime. i feel like the only obstacle really, it is a learning one. it will be great if they could win it. this group of players will be together for a while, if they can cope with the expectation of it. we feel to deal with that for whatever reason. let's go live to the crucible theatre in sheffield and see what's happening at the world snooker championship. england's kyren wilson is seven frames to four up against the welshman jamie jones in the second round... on the other table former finalist barry hawkins is playing lyu haotian from china, and it's been tight. hawkins dragging himself back into the lead after dropping a couple of frames this morning. he currently leads by ten frames to nine. first to 13 wins remember. full coverage on bbc tw

the welsh way in sport is strength of mind and strength of body, gareth evans is a weightlifter withis country and family. you sat to fight for funding just to make his third game is that all he had come for was the gold medal and he earned it in his own way. it has been 20 years in the making. i knewi way. it has been 20 years in the making. i knew i could do it. way. it has been 20 years in the making. i knewl could do it. best day of your life? i can't take that away from my little girl. i can't wait to show that this, i can't wait to see her with it around her neck. it's not often that katie archibald ta kes it's not often that katie archibald takes the limelight on her own, this was a solo gold, at one stage she was a solo gold, at one stage she was half a second behind her australian opponent but over 3000 metres it is who can cope with pain and the best. this means so much. it's embarrassing sometimes, with the scottish jersey, i feel uncomfortable sometimes but with this event it means so much. a busy night for the family. her brother john got silver, beat into second place b

agents of great gravity here in the let me go to gareth here we can see you know both muhammad and danny bring up a really good point there i mean next month i guess we're all going in we're all in tis a painting and that it was going to withdraw from the iran deal ok in the at the same time maybe he wants to make a deal with the north koreans i mean and then the u.s. is stubber and it will end in actually it works as a negative force in syria that doesn't allow a peace process to move forward any time peace could possibly break out in syria well ash carter comes around and bombs ok or or just women a major city is of liberated from terrorist and supported by foreigners oh we have a chemical weapons attack here so i mean i on every single scale there's no reason to be optimistic here and one does influence the other these situations are interconnected go ahead karen well of course they are interconnected in the sense that the north koreans are constantly looking at what the united states is doing elsewhere in the world to assess you know how to how to deal with them in terms of trying to

across talking syria i'm joined by my guest gareth porter in washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the iran nucular scare and london we have danny makki he is a syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group and in doha we cross the mohammed show how he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is an lightman continuity a rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate dan dan let me go to you because i know you just came back from syria so you have a good feel for the lay of the land here you know i asked in my in my introduction just exactly what do you think washington's goals are because i guess it depends on who you ask in washington these days go ahead dammit. absolutely i mean washington has really had nothing of a coherent strategic policy in syria for many years it's not just now and we've had four or five years of of washington

across talking syria i'm joined by my guest gareth porter in washington he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the iran nucular scare in london we have danny makki he is a syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group and in doha we cross the mohammed show how he is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university and author of what is an lightman continuity a rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate dan dan let me go to you because i know you just came back from syria so you have a good feel for the lay of the land here you know i asked in my in my introduction just exactly what do you think washington's goals are because i guess it depends on who you ask in washington these days go ahead dammit. absolutely i mean washington has really had nothing of a coherent strategic policy in syria for many years it's not just now and we've had four or five years of of washington s

rhys mcclenahan with the pommelhorse, gareth evans weightlifting for wales, 20 years in the making, duncan the swimming pool for scotland and gracie reid. beating the established stars like max whitlock, a chance for the others to have their day is now birmingham takes the baton and the second uk commonwealth games, it in 2022. it was a red bow out in front at a crazy chinese grand prix. daniel riccardo taking the chequered flag behind lewis hamilton, and sebastian vettel was caught up in the late accident. on occasions, even the most predictable of sports can be unpredictable. no one expected to see daniel ricciardo when the chinese grand prix. the australian was lucky to qualify in six after the engine on his red bull blew out infinal the engine on his red bull blew out in final practice and had to be replaced. the moment that shook up the shanghai circuit came on the 30th lap. the two toro rosso cars tangled, the safety car came out and red bull came in forfresh tangled, the safety car came out and red bull came in for fresh tyres. mercedes and ferrari who had been fighting for victory

gareth brown, who spent some time with the delegation, said that the state media were reporting on thisth a kind of semi—official status and the syrian people are thinking we have friends outside and getting quite the wrong idea and you were doing that. in terms of the charge of useful idiot, i accept idiot but not useful. i really don't think the vicar of the elephant & castle is really going to be of any great propaganda value to the sort of hideous assad regime. aren't you being a bit modest? you have evening slots on radio 4 and used to write for the guardian. you have 43,000 twitter followers. you're not a nobody, you are a big quy- even to say that we took that risk, there were always risks of going and you could be misrepresented and used. but do you know why i would still go again and take the risk? i would be more circumspect about the people i met, i try to be, but it was right for us to go and talk to syrian christians and to hear from them and hear what the situation is and that was the shocking thing. me sitting down with some bad people, and absolutely i did, but that's th

cardiff‘s only try came from welsh international gareth anscombe in the sixth minute of the game. 11layer took the first set 6—2 and the second 6—3 to put the hosts one up. these are the play offs to get to world group two the next level of the competition. great britain haven‘t played at that level for 25 years. but, british number one johanna konta fought back for her side. she beat kurumi nara 6—4, 6—2 to make it one all. the reverse singles and doubles will take place early tomorrow morning from four o‘clock all the action will be live on the bbc sport website. acting throughout the whole batch you did an incrediblejob of rising to the occasion and she deftly use the energy of the crowd and being great for them. i think she did a really good job of using that and made it hard for me out there and they knew it was not going to be an easy match and i was going to have to earn my way to get an opportunity to earn my way to get an opportunity to come through as the winner today. rafael nadal once again showed why he‘s the ‘king of clay‘ after beating grigor dimitrov 6—4, 6—1 to reach

meanwhile, gareth evans one wales's first gold medal of the games, he was working as a painter and decorator reach his third commonwealth games but he was top of the podium on the 69 kilos category. and england continued their good start the competition in the pool with sarah vasey winning a surprise gold in the 50 metre breaststroke, world record holder alice tai also won gold for england in the as man backstroke. adam peaty will be racing tomorrow in the final of the 100 metres breaststroke. kimi raikkonen had mixed fortunes as he achieved the quickest time of the day in practice before this against bahrain grand prix, the former world champion was 100th of a second ahead of team mate vettel but red faces amongst his ferrari pit crew after they sent about securing a wheel. britain's lewis hamilton was off a second off the pace. the second time it's happened this season and we've only had a couple of races. keep up—to—date with all the latest scores and everything going on in the world of sport at the bbc sport website. we will have more for you at 630 in sportsday. thank you lizzie. we wil

gareth evans one wales spotlight first gold.s had to fight funding issues just reaches third commonwealth games. the sealed first place in the podium many 69 kilo category. england continued their good start to the competition in the pool with sarah basie picked up in the pool with sarah basie picked upa in the pool with sarah basie picked up a surprise gold in the 60 metre breastmilk. world record—holder also won gold for england in the f9 backstroke. tamara and pda will look to add to the tally when he races in the final of the watford metres breast stroke. jimmy wright and had mixed fortunes at the clock if our supine on the day ahead of this week's grand prix. the 2007 formula 1 world champion was just 100th of a second behind his team—mate. there we re second behind his team—mate. there were red faces of this pariah its crew toward the end of the second session after they sent him out without securing his wheel. lewis hamilton could only manage fifth fastest. more than a second half a second father of the pace. that is only

side had to settle for a draw against local rivals at logical madrid in their spanish league clash garethbale set up an all go for the opener shortly after half time but just four minutes later and one griezmann levelled for athletico the draw means at logical stay four points clear of reality and second place in the league standings there were two games in the english premier league on sunday chelsea were held to a one one draw by west ham an arsenal came from a goal down to beat southampton three two meaning they are now just three points behind chelsea in the race for a top five finish so we're leading one knew we came back to two two with every time i believe we have shown great spirit and one new game even if game goes be taken but i must say when you come to. a gold. watch what you want to give to all of. and tennis world number one rafa nadal made it two wins out of two in his return from injury to help spain reach the semifinals of the davis cup playing in his first event since a hip problem forced him out of january's australian open the del thrashed world number four alexanders

game well they've got almost a full strength sides in it in the done can pick from everybody you got gareth bale he's still one of the superstar folds back earlier this month but it just goes to show you the strength and depth that real madrid have got that he may not even play you know not not for injury reasons but purely for talent reasons he's got a forward line that is busting with talent and they just look for normal they're in great form they've got all the quality in the world it is going to be a great top two titans facing off tonight as mccambridge thanks very much for the us now we look at quite a feat paul robinson an irish runners on the fastest mile ever run at the north pole problems breaking temperatures of about thirty degrees minus celsius suffering all spied on his right here but he didn't let that stop him as he crossed the line four minutes and fifty seconds the twenty five year old is now the fastest mile runner at both poles having previously run in that arctic in november of last year . this is state of you know still to come on the show the albanian prime minister's

side had to settle for a draw against local rivals athletico madrid in their spanish league clash gareth bale set up or an all go for the opener shortly after half time but just four minutes later and one griezmann levelled for athletico a draw means that let it go stay four points clear of rail in second place in the league standings. there were two games in the english premier league on sunday chelsea were held to a one one draw by west ham and arsenal came from a goal down to beat southampton three two meaning they're now just three points behind chelsea and the race for a top five finish. time to leading one knew we came back to two two with every time i believe we have shown great spirit and won the game even if it. was a b. take two but i must say when you come to your money to see who would you see gold and. roach what you want to give to of. abilities to do the know all my players to go dormant is they think that. because it is where your t. the. we have a day. a little lazy for we accept. and. we. should keep. in tennis world number one rafa nadal made it to windsor two one his

madrid in the league it's all so right now those twenty six goal in total in his past fourteen games garethbale setting up ronaldo for the open a shortly after halftime and swung griezmann level for athletics rail next by eventis in the second leg of their champions league quarter final rajel three up from the first game. when i look overall we played pretty well we deserved better we had many chances but in the end we couldn't win that football so we created lots of chances in the first half if we weren't successful but then we scored in the beginning of the second half and we had ten to fifteen minutes where we struggled after that but overall i'm happy because we had very good intentions such a shame we couldn't get the three points they would see games in the english premier league on sunday chelsea held a one one draw by west ham their hopes for top four finish in champions league qualification next season taking another backward step they came from a goal down to beat southampton three two. now slaton abraham of each was unable to repeat his deputy heroics for the l.a. galaxy the swed

gareth evans lifted 299 kilos to win the weightlifting 60 manquillo category.s side have done half thejob arsene wenger said his side have done half the job after thrashing cs ka m oscow done half the job after thrashing cska moscow 4—1 in the first leg of their europa league quarterfinal. i will have more later. thank you very much. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. our personalfinance guru simon gompertz guru simon gompertz is here to explain. paying more? why? because it costs money, but who would not want to have to look forward to ten, 20, 30, 40 yea rs have to look forward to ten, 20, 30, 40 years ahead when you retire a little bit more extra on top of the state pension? moore has been taken out from salary pay packets? but in order to do that you have to start saving now. companies have been automatically enrolling people for some time now but for someone on the national living wage, for instance, it is around £5 or £6 a month at the moment, not too much. from this month it will go up to about £20, a 14p increase.

tanfield, england, world champion, and in an hour we will cheer on wales and celebrate their gold with garethppy! you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: 300 extra police officers are being deployed in parts of london after six people were killed in the city over the past seven days. thousands of holidaymakers are being defrauded with booking scams on the increase. police lost almost... people lost almost £7 million on fa ke people lost almost £7 million on fake airline tickets and accommodation last year. also coming up accommodation last year. also coming up in the programme this morning: we'll find out why the changing climate is good news for the return of one of sir winston churchill's favourite butterflies. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. it was lovely yesterday, will we see any more of that? yes, sort of, yesterday it was 17, the warmest day of the year so far. still some warmth to be had today but not quite that simple, some rain in the forecast as well but having said that, promising start for our weather watcher out and about early i