emily in hartlepool. guy was first and the labour guy was after him, i think that was obvious from some of the content. is this a momentous moment, the daily mail thinks so if you look at the headline, the tories, 84 page manifesto unveiling mayism, a word she hates, politics entered a new era. that's all we've got time for this evening. kirsty will be here tomorrow. have a very good night. music: black hole sun by soundgarden # in my eyes, indisposed # in disguises no one knows # hides the face, lies the snake # the sun in my disgrace # boiling heat, summer stench # neath the black the sky looks dead # call my name through the cream and i hear you scream again # black hole sun, won't you come and wash away the rain # black hole sun, won't you come # won't you come #. good evening. the rain this afternoon arrived for— five hours earlier than scheduled. a wet afternoon and evening in south—east england. a bit of a breeze. have it. elsewhere, glorious sunshine. overnight, chilly further north and west under

hartlepool when but they will be a non—league club next season.inal round of matches in the english premiership and pro 12 regular seasons. there was a lot at stake in the premiership, with three teams still able to finish top and european qualification was also on the line elsewhere here's how the table looked at the start of the day. wasps, exeter and saracens all in with a chance of a top two finish to guarantee an all—important a home semi final. awin for leicester or avoiding a big defeat would guarantee the final play—off place, whilst 6th and 7th placed harlequins and northampton faced each other for the final european champions cup place. so a lot to be decided and ben croucher followed all the twists and turns. after 126 matches it came down to one day with every match having something riding on it. working out who was where to give you more of a headache than the rugby itself. they had spent spencer, and he spotted a gap to get the defending champions a surprise lead, but it didn't last. well saracens‘ focus surprise lead, but it didn‘t

the league two season finishes tomorrow, hartlepool or newport will drop out of the league, and it's very tight for the play—off places. seven teams looking to make the final two spots...again go to the bbc sport website for all the in and outs the title was wwrapped up in sdcotland a long time ago. the champions celtic face st. johnstone tomorrow. bottom club inverness could get relegated if they lose to hamilton and motrherwell and dundee win their matches. couple of matches on sunday — partick v rangers and hearts face aberdeen england's cricketers have started their busy summer with a big win. seven wickets the margin of victory against ireland in bristol. adil rashid claimed his first wicket

john maguire, bbc news, hartlepool.s reported a profit of £1.1 billion for the first quarter of the year. it comes after two yea rs of heavy losses. the improved financial performance was because of cost—saving measures and the higher oil price. if the former chancellor george 0sborne has begun his newjob as editor of the london evening standard. he has promised that under his editorship, the paper will inform and entertain. 0ur media editor reports. george 0sborne's new working hours mean he will probably wake up at 5am each day, but this morning, he looked eager to get his feet under the table. it is very exciting to be starting in the newjob and it is a really important time in our country where people are going to want the straight facts, the informed analysis, so they can make the really big decisions about this country's future. the evening standard is going to provide that and it's going to entertain along the way. now i've got to get in there. we've got a paper to get off stone. keen to show familiarity with new

newport are also winnings would look like hartlepool will be dropping out of the football league.ootball league after a two—year exile, thanks to their national league play—off semifinal win against aldershot town. having won the first leg 3—0, tranmere were always in control of the tie and a late strike from james norwood gave them a 2—2 draw on the day — a 5—2 win on aggregate. the play—off final is at wembley next sunday. tranmere will face either forest green or dagenham, who are tied at 1—1 going into tomorrow's second leg. in theirfinal warm—up match before the rugby league world cup in october england beat samao 30 points to ten in sydney. -- 30-10. samoa had their moments in the second half but overall it was an encouraging performance from england as joe lynskey reports. they have come half way around the world, in the middle of the season, but little sentiment is geared for england on these shores. in sydney, this was also samoa's chance in the spotlight and the working to make an impact. but the visitors arrived with their own agenda, with just one test before the world

but this is hartlepool, wherejohn maguire carol soon.icture is great. aberdeen. cloud. more cloud across eastern areas today. 40 in nottinghamshire. that should lift. -- in nottinghamshire. that should lift. —— foggy. blue skies. thank you to the weather watcher is for sending this in. keep it coming. cloud and fog. blue skies first thing in some areas. look at these clouds. they will start the pulling more cloud from the cold north sea. some showers. like yesterday, the north and west will hang on to the lion's share of the best weather. yesterday, northern ireland had the warmest weather this year so far. you can see how we have ploughed in eastern england coming in from the north sea. —— cloud. temperatures going up in eastern areas. some going up in eastern areas. some going into the pennines. we will hang the sunshine. the midlands and east anglia, essex, kent, down towards hampshire, again, showers. hitand miss. not towards hampshire, again, showers. hit and miss. not all of us look at one. sunny intervals. south—west england, a dr

also tonight we are in blazing sunshine in hartlepool which binds itself on the tory target list for

john maguire, bbc news, hartlepool. time for a look at the weather.western scotland today. but just 10 wales. and it is warm in western scotland today. butjust 10 celsius around the humber today. this evening, there are showers around parts of yorkshire and the midlands and drifting a bit further west. very few and far between. then they die away. a bit of patchy rain in south—east england for some of us late in the night. lira skies to the north. some of us will see a touch of frost, especially across parts of the glens of scotland tomorrow morning. wednesday begins with fine weather in scotland and northern ireland. there may be fog patches in northern scotland and a bit of low cloud in the central belt that will clear for some cloud in the central belt that will clearfor some sunshine. cloud in the central belt that will clear for some sunshine. blue sky across northern england and much of wales. more cloud for parts of the midlands, south east england into east anglia and for some of us, a bit of patchy rain to start the day. it is never amounted

the league two season finishes tomorrow, hartlepool or newport will drop out of the league, and it'sces. seven teams looking to make the final two spots...again go to the bbc sport website for all the in and outs the title was wwrapped up in sdcotland a long time ago. the champions celtic face st. johnstone tomorrow. bottom club inverness could get relegated if they lose to hamilton and motrherwell and dundee win their matches. couple of matches on sunday — partick v rangers and hearts face aberdeen england's cricketers have started their busy summer with a big win. seven wickets the margin of victory against ireland in bristol. adil rashid claimed his first wicket haul, as they bowled irish out for 126, and and alex hales and joe root scored most of the runs, as they reached their target with 30 overs to spare. ben croucher reports england's longest summer started against the team who had to make the shortest trip. ireland are trying to prove they can mix it with the test playing nations. they looked at home early on. they'd soon be blown away. from 90—3 to 126 all out. getting used

john maguire reports from the able seaton port in hartlepool.etres wide across two hulls, it's the size of an olympics' worth of sports pitches and double—decker buses. speaking to the bbc before the world—record lift, the captain of the ship says his is a dream job. it is one of the dreams to be the captain of a ship like this. this is as big as you can get in the world at the moment. the brent field, more than 100 miles north—east of the shetlands, has been producing oil since the 1970s. during its peak, half a million barrels a day. now, the oilfield is coming to the end of its economic life, and these monoliths are being decommissioned, itself a massive job. the north sea in particular is a very harsh environment. the platforms are very big and large integrated platforms. they are much bigger typically than what you would find in the southern north sea and shallow basins around the world. they are heavier and more difficult to decommission. it is a process that will be worth at least £40 billion in the years ahead, but it is not without chal

there was a damp dog in hartlepool. —— the rain are sitting on eastern parts of england and will linger everywhere will get showers but there are heavy ones already. we will get rumbles of thunder in northern ireland, highlands and grampians. for the northern ireland is, the rain still around grampians. for the northern ireland is, the rain stillaround in grampians. for the northern ireland is, the rain still around in the afternoon. sunshine as well across england and wales, just the odd shower scattered. gusty winds to, but they should move quickly. we will have some warm sunshine returning with 17 to 19 highs, tempered if you catch a shower, it will feel pressure. strong sunshine at this time of year, about like late july at this time of year, about like latejuly or early at this time of year, about like late july or early august. the sunshine should go through this evening as the showers peter out ahead of what is heading in from the atlantic. if you watch this morning, you will know we are in front wet and windy weather in the new week. it comes on the western side of the uk and st

i see brexit in the town i live in, hartlepool, 70% leave, i see the town and whole country becominggrandchildren. they go to a school where there are 13 nationalities, asylum seekers, refugees, and their education has been greatly enriched and it is a wonderful school. and if that was to stop then this country would be poorer for it. that gentleman is saying that having these different nationalities in a classroom is an enriching experience. the young woman behind people who voted brexit have stolen her future as a kind of of international person. absolutely not, we're still going to be friends with european countries, we will still have links and friendships with people all around the world. people will still be able to visit and we will still give out student visas. what we have seen since brexit i think, all of the fear, all the things that people said were going to happen that were bad have not happened. we have not had brexit yet. since the referendum. i think the gentleman says we have not seen anything but people have become more scared of different people. i never experience

doncaster were beaten by hartlepool united.ed ending their 96—year stay in the football league. wasps have finished top of rugby union's premiership for the first time in 20 years. victory against saracens secured first place in the regular season, just ahead of exeter. saracens finished third overall, while leicester got the last of the four play—off spots. tim hague has the details. eight months, 126 matches, and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership, as well as a home tie in the play—offs. wasps and an understrength saracens had a chance of both, fitting that they played each other then. even more fitting that christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th try of the season, equalling the league record. it helped the home side dominate the second half. their only lion, elliot daly, will hope to feast against the all blacks next month. he got in some practice here, before his team—mate thomas young, son of the coach dai, rounded off the win with his hat—trick. 35—15 the score, wasps top, saracens t

doncaster were beaten by hartlepool united.ed top of rugby union's premiership for the first time in 20 years. victory against saracens secured first place in the regular season, just ahead of exeter. saracens finished third overall, while leicester got the last of the four play—off spots. tim hague has the details. eight months, 126 matches and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership as well as a home time to play—offs. wasps in the saracens had a chance of both. even more fitting the christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th drive the season equalling the record. there only line, elliot bailey, will hope to feast against your blacks next month. —— against the all blacks. 35— 15 to score. wasps top, saracens third. in between them, exeter, they defeated gloucester to secure second is the second successive season while the final play—off spot went to leicester. they got over the line at worcester but the celebrations can not last long. the play—offs come next and the surge to the top team in engla

doncaster were beaten by hartlepool united.all league. wasps have finished top of rugby union's premiership for the first time in 20 years. exeter also secured a home semifinal. wasps ran in five tries against saracens. patrick was scored in the wind. scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand. he's staying in england to be with his family after his brother's wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw will replace him. and finally, motogp riders are often some of the toughest sportspeople around, racing with broken bones and all sorts of injuries. turns out they have an achilles heel. wasps. cal crutchlow qualified third for today's spanish grand prix but on his cool down lap — something gets into his leathers and he doesn't like it one bit. he even pulls over and tries to get the insect out. crutchlow said he'd been stung about five or six times. that does look nasty. i could not understand how the wasp got in there? could it get in through the helmet? it coul