he started as a team—mate for geraint thomas. hart's reward for three weeks of hard riding. but what finished in milan today, started on the mall in london in 2010. when dave brailsford launched a british road cycling team built around olympic track stars like bradley wiggins, a 14—year—old geoghegan hart bunked off school to ride with them. ten years later, what was team sky is now the ineos grenadiers... and geoghegan hart was starting the 21st and final stage of italy's grand tour in second place. he just needed to beat australia's jai hindley, the man in the leader's pinkjersey, in the final ten—mile time trial.the 25—year—old from east london had stepped up after his team leader geraint thomas crashed out on stage 3. racing his way into contetion, picking up two stage wins and here he was, outpacing the man in the maglia rosa tojoin wiggins, thomas, chris froome and simon yates in the history books, the five british riders who've won cycling's grand tours. so how does it feel? bizarre, to be honest. yeah. not in my wildest d

the start of the giro as a leader and competing for the overall with a great team behind him —— geraint thomases for thomas, a serious crash during his only previous attempt offers added incentive. i think a busy 2017 was the first grand tour targeting really and i felt i was in good shape but i had that crash and dislocated my shoulder and banged my knee. it does feel a bit like unfinished business, i guess. thomas comes to the straight from the one championship finishing fourth in the time trial behind champion italian filippo ganna. he nowjoins thomas asa filippo ganna. he nowjoins thomas as a team—mate, helping fend off the challenge of the likes of fellow brit simon yates. three weeks, more than 3500 kilometres ahead. italy's grand tour awaits its grandmaster. wild, bbc news. there's more details on the bbc sport website, including the latest on the third day of golf‘s scottish open. but that's it from me. thanks very much indeed. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. president trump has spent his first night in a military hospital, where he's being treated for a coronavirus infect

and a huge blow for giro d'italia favourite, geraint thomas.out of the race with a broken hip. also, coming up in the programme. a qualifier makes history at the french open, as nadia podoroska reaches the semi finals at roland garos. and escaping a global pandemic and racism: us soccer star kayia mccullough tells us why she's left her home country behind. go to practice crying and then after not cry during practice in the net come home and cried for the rest of the day and it was just an endless cycle. good evening, and welcome to tonight's programme. "a unique moment in time" — the words of england and everton forward dominic calvert lewin when asked about the three players who look set to miss thursday's friendly with wales for breaching coronavirus rules. tammy abraham, ben chilwell, and jadon sancho attended a party for abraham on saturday evening, prompting boss gareth southgate to remind players about what it means to play for their country. today, police said they don't intend to investigate the matter further. calvert—lewin, who was ca

he was originally a support riderfor geraint thomas before he crashed out — has he been fortunate tont mental. circumstances of this year are unusual. his team leader went out on stage three very destructive nature of the year... he navigated his way through that very very competently. he certainly took his luck where he could find it. i wouldn't say he was lucky because that to me diminishes the opportunity somewhat but he certainly... family. family. team ineos grenadiers were facing quite a bit of criticism before the tour de france because of a lack of british riders — will this win silence those critics? i'm sure the team are absolutely delighted to have another british winner because it was quite clear earlier this year, last year, it was quite clear that their focus was beginning to shift may be a little bit more towards the south american riders, they have got quite a lot of colombians and ecuadorians and those seem colombians and ecuadorians and those seem to be dividers that were in the foreground of the team. tao geoghegan hart has been a very talented rider and we all kno

tao geoghegan hart came to the gerard italia to help geraint thomas win. welshman blocked out early on due to injury, the 24—year—old took charge. he won the stage but it wasn't until his team looks back... for britain starting the day third overall, 15 seconds behind and promising to get stuck in. withjust behind and promising to get stuck in. with just under six behind and promising to get stuck in. withjust under six miles behind and promising to get stuck in. with just under six miles to behind and promising to get stuck in. withjust under six miles to go, they took the lead. but there was a problem. australian jay they took the lead. but there was a problem. australianjay hindley is also a contenderfor problem. australianjay hindley is also a contender for overall victory and stuck to them like glue. tao geoghegan hart said he expected to have to go full gas and after 118 miles, he still had enough left in the tank to win the stage. now, with nothing to separate him with hindley at the top of the standings, tomorrow's time trial stage could see the cl

britain's geraint thomas has been forced to pull out of the giro d'italia, after suffering a fracturefore the start of yesterday's third stage. a sprint at the end of today's fourth stage required a photo finish to decide who won. eventually arnaud demare on the right of the picture was given the victory ahead of peter sagan and davide ballerini. portugal'sjoao almeida retains the overall lead. italy's luca wackermann was taken to hospital after a helicopter "flying too low" caused a crash near the end of the stage when barriers were moved by the wind. wackermann and etienne van empel were both injured in the incident. the dutch rider tweeted that he was able to get up but there was bad news for his team—mate. his vini zabu ktm team later confirmed that wackermann had abandoned the race with a broken nose and has a suspected broken back, along with multiple cuts and bruises. yesterday we told you about the fate of gunnarsaurus, arsenal's much loved team mascot who was sadly one of 55 redundancies announced at the club after 27 years of service. well, today arsenal midfielder mesut 0zi

tao geoghegan hart came to the giro d'italia to help geraint thomas when.fter he dropped out early on due to injury, the 25—year—olds took charge. he won the 15th stage but it wasn't until today that his tea m but it wasn't until today that his team looked back to their best, dictating the paste that that pace. 15 seconds behind and promising to get stuck in. with just under six miles to go, they took the lead but there was a problem. australianj hindley is also a contender for overall victory and stuck to them like glue. tao geoghegan hart said he expected to have to go full gas and after a miles, he expected to have to go full gas and aftera miles, he he expected to have to go full gas and after a miles, he still had enough left in the tank to win the stage. now with nothing to separate him from hindley at the top of the standings, tomorrow's final time trial stage could see the closest finish to a giro d'italia in history. nick parrott, bbc news. it was stage five of the vuelta a espana today, won by belgium's tim wellens in a gruelling climb to the line

geraint thomas is up to third place at the giro d'italia, which ended in a sprint finish on stage twomoved up the standings. he's now eighth. thomas remains 26 seconds ahead of him after getting through today's stage safely, his team—mate filippo ganna keeps the pinkjersey for now, after winning yesterday's time trial. and there was a second italian stage winner in two days. home favourite diego ullisi was the fastest man on a slightly uphill finish. britain's lizzie deignan has won the women's liege—bastogne—liege cycle race — her second victory at one of the major one—day races known as ‘monuments‘. and how about this for a comeback? primoz roglic, who missed out on winning the tour de france after leading for two weeks, won the mens race — but onlyjust! julian alaphilippe — wearing the rainbow stripes after winning the world championship — thought he'd won and put his arms in the air. however, he didn't see the yellow and blackjersey coming past him. roglic the winner by millimetres. a reminder of our top story. tottenham have battered manchester united 6—1 at old trafford. a favou

the 25 year old's role in the ineos grenadiers team was initially to help the leader geraint thomas,f this new generation of young guys that are coming through, and they are racing more aggressively, they are racing more openly, and a bit of flair and a bit of panache. and so that has held him in really good stead. and the way he has managed himself through the entire race, it sort of became, "i might be able to do this. " and i think hejust kept going day by day and he did not get ahead of himself, put pressure on himself. he rode beautifully, he really did. sheffield fighter kell brook will challenge for the wbo welterweight title against the unbeaten terence crawford in just under 3 weeks. brook couldn't persuade his regular trainer, dominic ingle to travel to his base in spain because of coronavirus, so he's found a local trainer on instagram. brook has been working with carlos formento ahead of his fight with crawford, who's won all 36 of his fights. i've never worked with him previous like i said i've done my trainer number one. basically when i knew that dominic couldn't be ou

adam yates joins ineos next year, geraint thomas hopes to have one big last race in him, egan bernal will be around too — where does tao geoghegan hart fit into things or will he now be taking a back seat? it's an embarrassment of riches. i honestly don't know. it is going to depend what he and the team negotiate of the winter because it isa negotiate of the winter because it is a little bit like this room, his first big race was the wealth of the spaniard in 2011 which is run entirely unexpectedly and suddenly everything on the team changed for him so it really depends what the results of that is. he could be a giros d'italia winner who is still fourth or fifth in the pecking giros d'italia winner who is still fourth orfifth in the pecking order of nas grenadiers. his post race interview suggested if he didn't think he was about to be sort of cut the bulleted straight into the leadership of the 18, but it certainly really pushes him forward into a position in the next two or three years to look for leadership in the lentils. michael hutchinson, thank you very much for your time. now

cycling and britain's geraint thomas is in fourth place after stage one of the giro d'italia.who claims the leader's pinkjersey. thomas, who won the tour de france in 2018, was 26 seconds ahead of british rival simon yates. the giro is one of cycling's three biggest european stage races. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from golf‘s scottish open plus news of fixture delays and forfeits due to self isolating players and positive coronavirus tests in rugby union's premiership. just before we go — the duke and duchess of cambridge have released a video of their children prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis asking questions to sir david attenborough about the natural world. sir david attenborough answering questions with prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis. that's all from me. tomorrow the prime minister will be appearing on the andrew marr show, which starts at 9am here on bbc one. goodnight. good evening. a thoroughly wet evening out there, pouring down pretty much across the country, and it will last into tomorrow morning,

really unlucky for geraint thomas before the racing had even started. that's all the sport for now.d in england and wales. 16—and—17—year—olds are allowed to marry with parental consent — but campaigners argue the law leaves children vulnerable to exploitation and coercion in some communities. it comes as charities warn that coronavirus lockdowns are exacerbating the hidden problem of child marriage in the uk, after new data revealed that referrals from professionals plummeted during lockdown. payzee mahmod was married at the age of 16 to a man almost twice her age — she now campaigns for the iranian & kurdish womens rights 0rganisation, which supports girls and women affected by underage marriage. and i'm alsojoined by pauline latham, the conservative mp for mid derbyshire who will be presenting the 10—minute rule bill calling for the removal of a loophole that allows 16/17—year—olds to marry in england & wales with parental consent how did you come to be married at 16? it was something that my father spoke to me about and before i knew it, i was coerced into a marriage with someon

for 25-year-old started this years gyro as a support writer for geraint thomas before the welshman crashed but two stage wins helped catapult him into contention and a gruelling three—week test came down to a race against the clock for him and the overall leader, hindley of australia, a ten club at a time trial through the streets of milan. when dave brailsford launched a british team and then team sky ten yea rs british team and then team sky ten years ago, tao geoghegan hart bunked off school to ride with them and now he is the face of the sport. match of the day and sportscene are on after the news, so if you don't want to know the scores, you know what to do. top of the table everton lost 2—0 to southampton at st mary's. elsewhere, newcastle drew 1—1 with wolves and arsenal lost 1—0 to leicester. in scotland celtic could only manage a 3—3 draw with aberdeen. while rivals rangers extended their lead at the top of the premiership to six points after beating livingston 2—0. there's more on the bbc sport website, including england women winning rugby's six nations, plus the cancellation of

britain's geraint thomas has been forced to pull out of the giro d'italia after suffering a fracturen said it was very frustrating, especially as he was feeling in better shape than when he won the tour de france two years ago. he tweeted "2020 you can just do one now." i would assume at the end of his 2020 season, which hasn't been a great season for everybody, next year he's got the tour de france and i know he's aiming at the olympics. he's got plenty of things, one of the things we've seen this year is that a lot of very good young riders, anyone in his position who doesn't get a good result when the year starts. it could be difficult for the next 12 or 34 months. and in today's fourth stage officials needed to examine the photo finish to decide who won. eventually, arnaud demare on the right of the picture was given the victory ahead of peter sagan and davide ballerini. portugal'sjoao almeida retains the overall lead. that's all the sport for now. back to you, tim. mark, thank you very much. president trump is back in the white house after three nights in hospital and says he is

and finally to one of cycling's grand tours, the giro d'italia, where britain's geraint thomas finishednkjersey. thomas, who won the tour de france in 2018, was 26 seconds ahead of british rival simon yates. that's all the sport for now. the authorities in egypt have unveiled dozens of ancient coffins recently discovered at a burial ground near cairo. it's thought they contain the remains of priests and other senior figures who lived around 2,500 years ago. it's the first such discovery to take place since the coronavirus pandemic. tim allman reports. archaeologically speaking, the sands of saqqara are the gift that keeps on giving. for around 3000 years, the dead were buried here. and now, once more, it gives up its secrets. dozens of ornately decorated coffins, found buried deep below the surface. not just an important historical find, but the source of some national satisfaction, too. i'm very proud that this discovery of today, with 59 wooden coffins in perfect condition of preservation, was done by egyptian mission and egyptian hands. the coffins are believed to date back to the 6t

finally, to one of cycling's grand tours the giro d'italia, where britain's geraint thomas finished fourthis team—mate, who claimed the leader's pinkjersey. thomas, who won the tour de france in 2018 was 26 seconds ahead of british rival, simon yates. and that is all from the bbc sports centre for now. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. this is over the walter reed medical centre where, president trump, if he stays there will be spending his second night as a patient. plenty more coming up second night as a patient. plenty more coming up on second night as a patient. plenty more coming up on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. it has been a thoroughly wet night up it has been a thoroughly wet night up and down the country. we continue with more heavy rain through this morning, mainly across western and southern areas and it is here we will see some transport disruptions and flooding in places. it is here where the winds will be strongest as well. tied in with this area of low pressure, you can see well. tied in with this area of low pressure, you ca

no, originally he was in the team to play a supporting role to geraint thomas, actually. stages and then tao won the whole thing. the most successful grand tour we have ever had. it shows you the strength in depth in the side. did you see that promise in him from a young age, even though he was not front and centre when the event started? well, he has always been verytalented since he was very young. he's very dedicated, he works very hard. he has got his feet on the ground and he isa has got his feet on the ground and he is a brilliant racer. that is what i like about a tail. in the end cycling, like motorsport, you can have the engine, the physical engine, but you have to be able to race. and he is a great racer, he really is. he is part of this new generation of young guys coming through and they are racing more aggressively, raising more openly, with a bit of flair and a bit of brache. that has held him in really good stead, the way he has handled himself through the races. the way he thought, 0k, might be able to do this. he didn't get ahead of himself and question h

finally, to one of cycling's grand tours, the giro d'italia, whether uk's geraint thomas finished fourthrsey. thomas, he won the tour de france in 2018, was 26 seconds ahead of british rival simon yates. and that is all from the bbc sport centre for now. the duke and duchess of cambridge have released a video of their children, george, charlotte and louis, asking questions to sir david attenborough about the natural world. they filmed their children at kensington palace before meeting him in person. hello, david attenborough. what animal do you think will become extinct next? hello, david attenborough. i like spiders, do you like spiders too? what animal do you like? i think i like monkeys best. because they are such fun. that's a good answer! watch the whole video, he answered all of their questions, listen to everyone. answer the question, if you can. more on all our stories on our website. that includes updates on presidentjohn's health as he now starts a second night in walter reed hospital north of washington, dc. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. do stay with us. hell

britain's geraint thomas has been forced to pull out of the giro d'italia, after suffering a fracture stage. as the peleton headed for the start, thomas hit a water bottle that had come loose from one of the other rider's bikes. he continued on the stage to mount etna but the damage was visible and he lost more than 12 minutes. a scan yesterday night was inconclusive but a second this morning revealed the fracture. thomas said it was very frustrating, especially as he was feeling in better shape than when he won the tour de france two years ago. britain's jamie murray and neal skupski have been knocked out in the quarterfinals of the french open — there's more on that and all the latest from roland garros on the bbc sport website. i'll be back with more later. you are watching bbc news. borisjohnson, has announced what he called a green industrial revolution to transform the economy and create thousands of jobs. the prime minister told the online conservative party confence that in ten years' time, all british homes would be powered with offshore wind. mrjohnson said the country could

coming up on bbc news, race favourite geraint thomas pulls out of the giro d'italia after crashing aheadbroken his pelvis and will no longer be able to continue. president trump has made a dramatic return to the white house to continue his treatment for coronavirus after spending three nights in hospital. shortly after arriving, mr trump took to the balcony to pose for pictures and removed his mask, defying warnings that he would still be contagious. the president later released a video message to americans, telling them not to fear the virus. but questions remain over the seriousness of his illness and the wisdom of his actions. james landale reports. mr president, how many staff... donald trump is a sick man. he has coronavirus, he has been treated with steroids, antiviral drugs and experimental therapies and yet, after just three days at the walter reed medical center, he left, to continue his treatment at home. do you think you might be a super spreader, mr president? usa! he had been reluctant to go to hospital in the first place and was clearly keen to leave, much to the joy of his

the 25—year—old was in the ineos grenadiers team to help leader geraint thomas, but he crashed earlythe race in a time trial on the final day. he is part of this new generation of young guys that are coming through, and they are racing more aggressively, they are racing more openly, and a bit of flair and a bit of panache. and so that has held him in really good stead. and the way he has managed himself through the entire race, it sort of became, "i might be able to do this." and i think hejust kept going day by day and he did not get ahead of himself, put pressure on himself. he rode beautifully, he really did. the england all—rounder ben stokes hit his highest t20 score yesterday. he brought up his century with a 6 as his rajasthan royals team beat the mumbai indians. he finished unbeaten on 107. he arrived late to the tournament having been in new zealand since august to be with his father who is seriously ill. he's been speaking to the tms does the ipl podcast about the 14—day quarantine that he had to go into on arrival. it's not the most enjoyable thing that you will ever have

coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, geraint thomas's hope of winning the girotouch with the leaders on the third stage in sicily. no time to die — it's the eagerly awaited bond film that has been delayed once again, this time until april next year. and that's proved to be the final straw for cineworld, which says a lack of new films means it will temporarily close all its cinemas in the uk and the us from thursday. the move, which also affects the company's picturehouse brand, puts around 45,000 workers at risk, including more than 5,500 in the uk. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. wolverhampton's main cinema, 14 screens, about to be mothballed like the rest of the cineworld chain, a move which will mean more than 5000 job losses across the uk. move which will mean more than 5000 job losses across the uki move which will mean more than 5000 job losses across the uk. i speak for a lot of the staff when i say we feel like we have been treated poorly and deserve more notice. a lot of us do not know what to do from here on in and three days' notice b

finally, to one of cycling's grand tours the giro d'italia, where britain's geraint thomas finished fourthm—mate, who claimed the leader's pinkjersey. thomas, who won the tour de france in 2018 was 26 seconds ahead of british rival, simon yates. and that is all from the bbc sports centre for now. the cruise ship industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. those giant vessels acted almost like incubators for covid—i9 earlier this year. and now few people want to travel while the virus is still circulating. but for one company in turkey, it's not all bad news, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. this is where cruise ships go to die. lined up in a row, five huge vessels, victims in their own way of the coronavirus pandemic. this huge wrecking yard in turkey a hive of activity, proof that for every cloud there is, in some way, a silver lining. translation: before the pandemic cruise ships hadn't been coming to our ship breaking yards. usually we had been dismantling cargo ships and container ships but now a serious amount of cruise ships have changed their course. the scale of the

what now for geraint thomas? giro d'italia favourite has been dealt a huge blow as he's forced to withdraw from the race with a broken hip. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the number of people being admitted to hospital in england with coronavirus has jumped by a quarter in just one day — the largest daily figure since the beginning ofjune. it comes as council leaders and mayors in leeds, liverpool, newcastle and manchester — where cases are soaring — have written to the health secretary saying the current restrictions are not working, they're confusing the public, and some — like the 10pm rule — are counter—productive. now they're demanding more local powers for local police and councils to try to stop the soaring infection rates. over the last few weeks, cases in the north of england have continued to rise, despite local lockdown restrictions being imposed on millions. cases in the south of england are relatively low by comparison. danjohnson is in salford, in greater manchester, for us tonigh

he stepped up for his team when geraint thomas broke his pelvis in a crash early in the race.ow—pea ked mountains, after three weeks which strained every sense and sinew, tao geoghegan hart was the champion. now, that wasn't scheduled. commentator: tao geoghegan hart is going to win the giro d'italia! the giro d'italia is only ever won by stars of cycling, which means, surely, he now is one. so many fans love the sport all across the world. it's incredibly unpredictable. i don't know if this will ever sink in but it certainly hasn't now. he was the boy who bunked off school to be at the launch of team sky. that's already part of the tao geoghegan hart folklore, but his introduction to cycling came before then, here in hackney, in east london. this club will provide the bikes for local children. tao now provides the inspiration for the likes of this 13—year—old. tao is very inspiring for me. when i watched him yesterday, i was so shocked he won the giro. so for me to stand here where he grew up is so amazing. it's just so amazing. i would like to do what he done, what he done h

britain's geraint thomas has been forced to pull out of the giro d'italia, after suffering a fracturend of today's fourth stage required a photo finish to decide who won. eventually, arnaud demare — on the right of the picture — was given the victory ahead of peter sagan and davide ballerini. portugal'sjoao almeida retains the overall lead. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. many of us saw some rain at some point during the day on tuesday. there was some big puddles out and about on the roads. for example, in the highlands of scotland with the wet weather here, and it wasn'tjust in scotland, the rain was pretty extensive and at its heaviest across northwest england, where in rochdale, in the greater manchester area, we picked up 42 mm of rain. that was the wettest place in the country. it did bring one or two localised issues. still a few showers at the moment, then a clearer slice of weather, but further out in the atlantic, the next lump of cloud is developing, and this will bring rain late in the day on wednesday across many areas. right now, we've got some rain across

the 25 year old's role in the ineos grenadiers team was initially to help the leader geraint thomas,vely, they are racing more openly, and a bit of flair and a bit of panache. and so that has held him in really good stead. and the way he has managed himself through the entire race, it sort of became, "i might be able to do this. "and i think he just kept going day by day and he did not get ahead of himself, put pressure on himself. he rode beautifully, he really did. sheffield fighter kell brook will challenge for the wbo welterweight title against the unbeaten terence crawford in just under three weeks. brook couldn't persuade his regular trainer, dominic ingle to travel to his base in spain because of coronavirus, so he's found a local trainer on instagram. brook has been working with carlos formento ahead of his fight with crawford, who's won all 36 of his fights. i've never worked with him previous, like i said, dominic is my trainer number one. basically when i knew that dominic couldn't be out and be working with me i message him on instagram and i basically say, let's work tog

hejoins bradley wiggins, chris froome, geraint thomas and simon yates in british cycling's history books giro after chris froome. league leaders everton suffered their first defeat of the premier league season at southampton. their early season form deserted them as saints took the lead through this effort from james ward—prowse. che adams added a second shortly after. and the day got worse for everton, as they finished the game with ten men after lucas digne was sent off. southampton move up to fifth. it's one of three games today in the top flight, wolves and newcastle kick off shortly. arsenal and leicester are the late game. that are the late game. kicks off at 7:15pm. a dramatic late penalty earned aberdeen a point against celtic in the scottish premiership. to level things at 3—3. celtic left frustrated as they hoped to end a run of two straight defeats with a win. the two sides meet again next week in the scottish cup. celtic now trail the league leaders rangers by three points. rangers will extend their lead at the top to six points if they beat livingston this afternoon. livings

geraint thomas is up to third place at the giro d‘italia, which ended in a sprint finish on stage twow, after winning yesterday‘s time trial. and there was a second italian stage winner in two days. home favourite diego ullisi was the fastest man on a slightly uphill finish. britain‘s lizzie deignan has won the women‘s liege—bastogne—liege cycle race — her second victory at one of the major one—day races known as ‘monuments‘. she broke away to beat australia‘s grace brown by nine seconds. it‘s her third race win since the cycling season resumed, having also won la course, the women‘s one—day race organised by the tour de france. and how about this for a comeback? primoz roglic, who missed out on winning the tour de france after leading for two weeks, won the mens liege—bastogne—liege race — but onlyjust!. julian alaphilippe — wearing the rainbow stripes after winning the world championship — thought he‘d won and put his arms in the air. however, he didn‘t see the yellow and blackjersey coming past him. roglic the winner by millimetres. a reminder of our top story. tottenham have batte

britain‘s geraint thomas was happy with his opening stage at the giro d‘italia. , and nottinghamshire‘s match against lancashire couldn‘t take place. fingers crossed for better weather later today. the elite men, eliud kipchoge, the world record holder, he goes out a 1015 and 1:10 p.m., the elite wheelchair races, david weir, you will remember him from multiple paralympic gold medals, and his won this race eight times. we look forward to seeing him and hoping better conditions. we‘ve been talking to you since six o‘clock this morning and an hour or so, it was torrential. let‘s find its improving a bit. chris has an eye over the united kingdom. better or less bad, i‘m not sure which is the right way round. the latest rainfall totals, gloucestershire, 109 millimetres of rain. in the whole of october, we‘d expect 81. well over a month with the brain. it‘s starting to have impactand the brain. it‘s starting to have impact and cause problems. rain bearing cloud, pouring down through much of saturday. it‘s still raining for a good part of the uk the moment. there will b

britain's geraint thomas has been forced to pull out of the giro d'italia, after suffering a fracturee won the tour de france two years ago. he tweeted: "2020 you can just do one now." that's all the sport for now. so president trump is out of hospital and back in the white house to continue his treatment for coronavirus. it was a theatrical return — he took off his mask and posed for pictures on the balcony — before releasing a video message telling them not to fear the virus. so, with the election just under a month away — how has all this been received by the american public? let's speak now to greg swenson, from republicans 0verseas, which is a political organisation for us citizens living abroad. i'm alsojoined byjohn scardino from democrats abroad. john was also media director for the commission on presidential debates in 1996 and 2000. good afternoon and thanks for joining us. can i start with greg. just watching that return to the white house of president trump, it felt very triumphalist and, look at me, ican felt very triumphalist and, look at me, i can do this, is there some

britain's geraint thomas is their hope for overall victory and compatriot simon yates will be one of challenge cup semifinals day, with both games taking place back to back this afternoon. just coming up to half—time and leeds are in front. 16-0. you can watch live coverage on bbc one now. and just some breaking news before we go. sale sharks' final match of the regular premiership season tomorrow has been postponed until wednesday. it's after 16 of their players tested positive for coronavirus. players will be re—tested on tuesday. sale are currently in the fourth and final spot to reach the semis, but only on points difference. meanwhile the opening weekend of the pro 14 season continues and one match hasjust got under way. it's scarlets against munster. currently 0—0 after 16 minutes. everton now lead 1—0. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including the latest from the french open where jamie murray and his partner neal skupski are through to the quarterfinals. new coronavirus restrictions have come into force across par

the 25—year—old's role in the ineos grenadiers team was initially to help the leader geraint thomas,of flair and a bit of panache. so that's held them in really good stead and the way he's managed himself through the entire race, he sort of became, "0k, i might be able to do this." and putting pressure on himself. he rode beautifully, he really did. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport still goalless between brighton and west bromwich albion. jed dougal is going to be back with sports day at half past six. ali, many thanks indeed, thank you for that. while we were listening to 0llie they're the latest coronavirus figures were just coming to it was for the uk. in terms of the number of cases, 20,890 new cases reported of covid—19 in the uk. that is up slightly from 19,790 on sunday, and in terms of the number of deaths, 102 deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test. that is, again, down slightly from 151 deaths on sunday, although there is often a lag in reporting of deaths on the monday, so 102 deat

hejoins bradley wiggins, chris froome, geraint thomas and simon yates in british cycling's history booksrks a new era in cyclng. he's part of this new generation of young guys coming through and they are racing more aggressively, they are racing more openly and a bit of flair and a bit of panache. that's held them in really good stead and the way he's managed himself through the entire race, he sort of became, "ok, i might be able to do this. and i think he kept going day by day and he didn't get ahead of himself and putting pressure on himself. he rode beautifully, he really did. leicester city continued their great start to the premier league season with victory over arsenal. jamie vardy came off the bench to score the only goal of the game. it's the first time leicester have won at arsenal in 47 years. rangers are now six points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a comfortable 2—nil win against livingstone. jermain defoe scored his 300th goal of his club career, and what a goal it was, brilliantly finished by the former england international. celtic were held to a 3—al

he nowjoins the likes of sir bradley wiggins, geraint thomas and chris froome as one ofjust five winners cycling and to use a bike as a mode of transport, that has rung true. i think the team inspired me to get into the sport, not only with its su ccesses into the sport, not only with its successes but the fact it had british riders, the fact it had people i could really look up to, knowing they had come from fairly similar places to myself and now, to find myself here in this situation, is incredible. the team has evolved over the years, faces come and go but yes, what an incredible journey it's been since those days! great speaking to them earlier on this morning. that's all the sport for now. victoria, back to you. holly, thank you. scottish parliament will vote on nicola sturgeon‘s five—tier system of coronavirus restrictions this afternoon. last week the scottish first minister announced the new system, which would come into force on monday. 0ur scotland correpsondent lorna gordon explains what curbs apply to each tier. the lowest tier of the new restrictions would be closer to norm

—— you weren't even the leading contender within your team, you will need took the role after geraint thomasin the years since i started cycling and even in other sports before that, tojust i started cycling and even in other sports before that, to just focus on what i was doing and not get too caught up by the occasion and the grandeur of it all. we have seen a lot of images of the past couple of days of you as a 14 year boy in 2010. you actually skipped school to go and ride with some of the team sky cyclists when that first —— team first started. how do you feel no looking back at those days? yeah, i think it shows the team's goal from the outset to inspire people not only to race bikes, butjust to participate in cycling and use a bike asa participate in cycling and use a bike as a mode of transport, i think the team really inspired me to get into the sport, not only with its su ccesses , into the sport, not only with its successes, but the fact it had british riders, the fact that help people like can really look up to, knowing that it has come from fairly similar places to myself. now i

britain's geraint thomas is out of contention for the giro d'italia, afterjust three of its 21 stagesd crashed. you can see the damage to hisjersey here. he was in third place but he lost more than 12 minutes on the way to mount etna. portugal'sjoao almeida leads. and finally, there's was one departure from arsenal on transfer deadline day that has cause uproar. club mascot gunnersaurus has been let go after 27 years. arsenal say there's no use for him without fans at matches. a go fund me page has been set up to try to get the decision overturned — and there's been quite a storm on social media. arsenal legend ian wright said it was terrible news. lifelong fan jack whitehall posted a picture of himself meeting gunnersaurus as a youngster. let's hope it is not extinction for him. i see what you have done there. lee dickson said there were three huge influences, the dad, and his manager and the mascot. i wonder what the secret is! if you were watching breakfast yesterday you might have seen our conversation with a man called brendan, who appeared on the programme along with his daughte

geraint thomas, who had been third in the standings, crashed before the third stage had properly gotplaying karen kachanov right now. serving for the first set. greek fifth seed stefanos tsitsipas has reached the last eight at the french open for the first time. he beat the bulgarian former world number three gregor dimitrov in straight sets at roland garros and will play the the russian andrey rublev. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the chancellor rishi sunak has promised to create opportunity for people facing an uncertain future because of the coronavirus pandemic. in his speech to the virtual conservative party conference, he said he would use the "overwhelming might of the british state" to help people find new work. but he also pledged to balance the books after months of unprecendented spending. here's our political correspondent chris mason. elbow bumps and jaunty—looking creatures from the deep. the chancellor was at an energy company in central london this morning. behind the smiles he is tackling an economic crisis unprecedented in mo

hejoins bradley wiggins, chris froome, geraint thomas and simon yates as british grand tour winners. really good stead. and the way he has managed himself through the entire race, it sort of became, "i might be able to do this." and i think hejust kept going day by day and he did not get ahead of himself, put pressure on himself. he rode beautifully, he really did. leicester city are back up into the top four in the premier league after their first victory at arsenal in 47 years. leicester had lost their previous two matches in the league, butjamie vardy, who was returning after a calf injury, came off the bench to head the only goal of the game. he has a knack of scoring against the gunners, that his 11th goal in 12 appearances. i always like my strikers to be able to stretch the game and get in behind. he does that so well. like you say, he is up there for the ball to be squared and finish, so he is an incredible talent. obviously we would have loved to have started with him, but having been out with his calf, we needed to make sure we nurse him back in. the plan was a lwa ys nurse

britain's geraint thomas has been forced to pull out of the giro d'italia, afterfracturing his hip inas very frustrating, especially as he was feeling in better shape than when he won the tour de france two years ago. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. some breaking news to bring you. we are getting details of the independent enquiry into child sexual abuse that has just reported the first round of its report, into the first round of its report, into the anglican church and child sex abuse. the report is quite damning, the church is accused of being in direct conflict with its moral purpose of providing care and love for the innocent and vulnerable by failing to take abuse allegations seriously. neglecting the physical emotional and spiritual well—being of the young and of creating a culture where the users were able to hide. the enquiry heard that from the 19405 until 2018 390 people who are either members of the clergy or in positions of trust associated with the church had been convicted of sexual offences against children. with me now is mark ea