it's a double header at headingley, these are live pictures with the men's teams are now in action. doing very well. he has just got a half century. they have got going with faf du plessis. you can keep on top of that on the bbc sport head site —— website. there's also a double header at the oval. the 0val invincibles taking on southern brave. forrester down to ten men, no, they are not. he stayed on. they have given away a penalty to west ham for a handball. declan rice is stepping up a handball. declan rice is stepping up to take it. if you want to stay with you you can weep and follow it on the bbc sport website. live commentary. declan wright is about to take a penalty against nottingham forest and it has been saved. nottingham forest maintained their 1-0 nottingham forest maintained their 1—0 lead, the first match in the premier league for 20 years. dean henderson has saved a penalty. you could be a commentator! no, i couldn't. i could be a very bad one. you could be a bad commentator. any predictions for the chelsea — spurs game? yes. spurs don't do very well there. you have g

bess heath hit a superb 57 from just 34 balls in headingley as the superchargers reached 127—4 from theirt. that was a double header at headingley and london spirit men have won their match against the superchargers by seven wickets. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and also the second half of that spurs match, which i will be doing. more than 20,000 people have been detected crossing the english channel in small boats so far this year, uk government figures show. that compares to a figure of around 28,000 throughout the whole of 2021. despite the growing numbers, the uk arrivals in small boats are a fraction of the number of people going to europe. a short time ago, liz truss's campaign spokesperson said... "these numbers show the need to ensure the rwanda policy begins and works to speed up enactment of measures in the nationality and borders act. to help take back control of our borders and stop the people smugglers." prosecutions for breaching covid restrictions have been dropped against six people who attended a vigil in london for sarah everard in mar

he reached his half—ton at headingley offjust 15 balls as london spirit beat the northern superchargers in the double header, though. also, a double header at the oval where southern brave's women beat the invincibles by 12 runs. smriti mandhana's 46 for the brave helped them reach 153 and invincibles fell short in their chase. the men are playing now. and stoffel vandoorne is formula e's new champion after the season went down to the final race in seoul. eduardo mortara took the chequered flag but the belgian vandoorne's second place was enough to give him the title. great britain's rowers finished top of their medal table after the final day's racing at the multi—sport european championships. there was also british success in the gymnastics. adam cottier has been watching the best of the day's action. this is erin kennedy leading great britain to a gold medal at the european championships today, only three months after being diagnosed with breast cancer. the 30—year—old had already had two rounds of chemotherapy before taking to the water in munich. in a alongside rowers, ed fuller an

bess heath hit a superb 57 from just 3a balls in headingley as the superchargers reached 127 for 4 fromuffered a second successive defeat. the men are in action right now. the northern superchargers won the toss and made 143—5. faf du plessis made a half—century. adam has made half a century as well. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will be back with an update on the match at stamford bridge later. all football fans are always pessimistic. ollie is a big tottenham fan. we'll to put that out. thank you so much. we will see him again soon. a delegation from the us congress arrived in taiwan today. they're visiting for two days and will meet president tsai ing—wen. their visit comes 12 days after one by the house speaker nancy pelosi, which led to an angry reaction from the island's neighbour china. there could be more disruption for train travellers from today as avanti west coast introduces a reduced timetable of services, adding to problems created by a summer of rail strikes. the company, which operates trains between lond

hundred today — it's currently northern superchargers against london spirit in the women's match at headingley women's matches at the oval later. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will use a speech tomorrow to call for the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales to be frozen. analysts believe the cap is on course to rise to about £3,500 in october. sir keir says it should stay at the current level, ofjust under £2,000 for the average household. earlier i spoke with the energy minister greg hands. he gave me his reaction to labour's plan. i think the government has to look at all the options that are available. that is what we are doing at the moment. rishi sunak has been clear that if he becomes prime minister after the 5th of september, he will be wanting to take direct, immediate action to help people this coming winter pay those bills. particularly the most vulnerable, particularly pensioners and so on. in terms of their specifics, a little too early to say. i think labour's idea of simply abolishing price rises in energy. energy price rises are set globally, driven by the invasi

today's hundred double—header is at headingley.required. you can find highlights of that match on the cricket pages of the bbc sport website. from me, that's all. thank you. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. you're watching the bbc news channel. record heat in the last few months hasn'tjust been confined to the uk and parts of europe. other parts of the world are also having to deal with soaring temperatures. in southeastern china, an ongoing drought has caused dozens of rivers to dry up, and the parched bed has led to some surprising discoveries, as tim allman explains. the yangtze river is the lifeblood of china, but now it seems to be disappearing before our eyes. the water levels drop away, and as they do so, they reveal a hidden past. on this small rocky island, three buddhist statues that date back hundreds of years. sightseers come to have a look, a chance to witness a history that has gone unseen for generat