mauro itoje will be the youngest member of that british and irish lions squad in new zealand.to look up the ugo monye and topsy 0jojoke he now wants to inspire to look up the ugo monye and topsy 0jo joke he now wants to inspire the next generation of black rugby players. you look around and most of the schools i went to new look around and there are not many black quys around and there are not many black guys playing rugby. not as many everyday when you watch premiership games. even general international games. even general international games. it is changing a little bit now. there is more of that that definitely these were the guys i looked up to as a kid. daniel evans says fellow player aljaz bedene should not be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to the dutchman robert haas at the madrid open. evansis robert haas at the madrid open. evans is fourth in the british rankings but he doesn't recognise the number three, the slovenian born bedene, who qualified for great britain on residency grounds three yea rs britain on residency grounds

and the british and irish lions have flown out for their series against the world champions new zealand. they'll play ten matches, including three tests, the first of them onjune 24th. that's all the sport, rita. now, it's a week to the day that the city of manchester suffered a major trauma, a bombing that claimed 22 lives and injured many more. our correspondent chris buckler is in manchesterfor us now. at this time exactly one week ago when ariana grande was finishing her concert, parents were gathering their children to go home and just outside a man was preparing to detonate the bomb that would claim 22 lives and change many others. there are people still being treated in hospital and so many others still reliving what happened at the 02 arena and grieving. tonight people gathered here to show their support and pay their respects. in st ann's square words mean something. each day over the last week many chalk mesages have washed away and each day and are replaced with more messages of hope, of love, of solidarity. many laying flowers here were there that night. at the manchester ar

british and irish lions' head coach warren gatland says he fully respects ben youngs's decision to pullr and team mate tom has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw has been called up to replace him in the squad. the interesting thing from my point of view is that we fully respect and understand that, and they are part of the values that our boys had. and i have been sent to the players were we meet this afternoon that as far asiam we meet this afternoon that as far as i am concerned, it is about family come first. he is made that decision, and we know how close they are, as well, so we completely respect that decision and just, like isaid, our respect that decision and just, like i said, our thoughts go out to them. we have quite an incredible "and finally" for you, an iranian student had to be taken to a police station at the weekend — because, well, he looks too much like lionel messi. nowjust look at this. now just look at this. the resemblance is uncanny! so many people in the city of hamaden wanted a picture with reza parastesh that police had to look after

to rugby union where the british and irish lions left for their tour of new zealand on monday.athrow airport and will play a three test series against the all blacks as well as seven tour matches in the five week tour. wales's sam warburton will captain the squad having also led them on the previous tour of australia four years ago, with the lions having not won a series in new zealand since 1971. but they are going for two series in a row having beaten australia four yea rs a row having beaten australia four years ago. that is all i have time for. tell next time, goodbye. the bank holiday is over and it did end on a wet note for northern and eastern parts of england. a lot of that has been moving way out into the north sea. the east of england lot of low cloud thing that a little rain to speak of. in the west of scotla nd rain to speak of. in the west of scotland they will see rain. this cold front is heading our way. head back, still quite a warm night. as we start tuesday, we have low cloud across the east. it is quite dry. further west, rain for a time in northern ireland.

sam warburton will captain the british and irish lions for the first warm—up match on their tour of newfor the first time since suffering a knee injury in april. the lions flew into auckland overnight, just three days before their first match, against the new zealand provisional barbarians. head coach warren gatland concedes the schedule will be ‘tough‘. england will open the icc champions trophy tomorrow, against bangladesh as the favourites to win the tournament. the top eight one day sides in the world take part, with england hopeful they can end their long wait for a first 50 over trophy. patrick gearey reports from the oval. this is england's window, which ever way you look at it, as hosts and favourites, this is their opening to do what they have tried to do over 18 attempts in 42 years. win a one—day trophy. we have been here before — well, not here, but up the road at lord's. 1975, the first cricket world cup, won on english soil by west indian skill. since then, kits, bats and hairstyles have changed. the outcome hasn't. until now, perhaps? if you are near an england net sessio

the british and irish lions have arrived in new zealand ahead of their 10 match tour.d coach warren gatland has admitted they have a tough schedule ahead. they landed in auckland overnight — just three days before their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland urges players not to listen to the negativity. i've mentioned how difficult the schedule was for 12 months. for people to talk about it now seems a little bit ironic, as we've all been well aware of it and how tough it is. you cannot well on it, we cannot change it. if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those sorts of things worry you, it is going to influence a team. it is what it is, and we are excited about it, looking forward to it. the schedule is tough, but some of those tough games are going to get a slice preparation for the test series. it's been a long couple of months since the squad announcement, it seems like a lifetime ago almost. since the start of the t

british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says he fully respects ben young's decision to pullnew zealand for family reasons. his sister—in—law tiffany, who is the wife of his brother and team—mate tom, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw has been called up to replace him in the squad the interesting thing from my point of view is we fully were ret respect and understand and the valleys we say to the players this afternoon, is, as faras say to the players this afternoon, is, as far as i say to the players this afternoon, is, as faras i is say to the players this afternoon, is, as far as i is concerned, it's about family coming first. andy has made that decision and we know how close they are as well. —— he has made that decision. we respect that and our thoughts go out to them. dan evans says fellow tennis player aljaz bedene shouldn't be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to dutchman robin haase at the madrid 0pen. which leaves him behind the slovenian—born bedene in the british rankings. evans made the commen

the british and irish lions head coach, warren gatland, says he's disappointed to lose star player billyut thinks he and his squad must "look forward". saracens and england number eight vunipola will miss the summer tour to new zealand for further treatment to a shoulder injury. you know, i did try and persuade him to come over and be assessed and... you know, look at managing him. but he was adamant that wasn't right. if someone he was adamant that wasn't right. if someone is not, you know, 100% right in terms of that commitment, he is a big loss to us, but i fully understand and respect the decision that's been made. england's cricketers face south africa in three warm—up one—day internationals, the first of which is on wednesday, before the start of the champions trophy next week. one of their star players, ben stokes, was voted the indian premier league's most valuable player today, and speaking to our reporter patrick gearey, says he'd like to see more of his international team—mates in the competition. it would be great in the future if, you know, maybe the whole england team could

itoje, the youngest tourist with the british and irish lions this summer, says, he used to look up tonye and topsy 0jo. you look around and most type of scores that i went to, you look around and there are not many black guys playing rugby, and not as many black guys every day, when you watch premiership games, even general and international games. it's changing bit now, but definitely, these are it's changing a bit now, but definitely, these are the guys i looked up to as a kid. dan da n eva ns dan evans was knocked out of the madrid open tennis, as he lost to the swiss player. he was comfortably beaten by the number a5. andy murray went into the second round. and just a fortnight after returning from a 15 month doping ban maria sharapova will book a spot in wimbledon qualifying if she wins her second round match at the madrid 0pen today. she beat mirjana lucic—baroni to set up what could be a prickly encounter against eugenie bouchard. the canadian has called for the russian to be banned for life. that's all sport for now. we will be back with more in the next hour. an investigation

scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand. to be with his family after his brother's wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw will replace him. great britain's rowers have won four gold medals in the first meet of the season, the world cup in serbia. it's the start of a new 0lympic cycle building towards toyko 2020 with three 0lympic champions competing in the british squad in belgrade. two of them — mo sbihi and will satch — won gold in the first big race of the day, the men's four. gb have also won gold in the men's pair and the lightweight men's double sculls. —— men's and women's pairs. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show... rajan is in jerusalem, the world's holiest city. this is, for christianity, the most important place in the world. quite an incredible experience to be here. we touch down in saint martin for a spot ofjet blasting, and check out a music festival aiming to entice a younge

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of new e their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. i mentioned about how difficult the schedule was for 12 months. for people to talk about this now it seems a bit ironic, because we have been well aware of it and how tough it is, and you can't dwell on it, you can't change it. so if you let negativity, in terms of thinking about those things worry you, it will influence the team. novak djokovic is into the third round of the french open. after a straight sets victory over portugal's joao sousa. the second seed raced through the first set and was tested a little more in the second and third to wrap up the win injust over two hours. djokovic will face the argentine diego schwartzman next. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitiva's comeback has been cut short. she's been knocked out of the french open by the amer

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of new rst tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. i mentioned about how difficult the schedule is, and i don't want people to talk about this now. it seems a bit ironic because we have been well aware of it and how tough it is, and you can't change it. so if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those things worry you, it will influence the team. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitiva's comeback has been cut short. she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sands. kvitiva had been out for five months after being stabbed in the hand by a burglar. the czech lost in straight sets with her ninth double fault of the second round match. and there's been a shock in the men's singles at the french open — with home favourite jo—wilfried tsonga knocked out in the first round by argentina's

billy vunipola has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand because of an ongoings take on exeter in the aviva premiership final next saturday. world number two novak djokovic has confirmed he will be coached by eight—time grand slam winner andre agassi at the french open next week. djokovic parted company with his entire coaching team earlier this month, to help improve his results. and djokovic is struggling with form at the moment, as he was comfortably beaten by alexander zverev in the italian open final today. the german got an early break in rome and held on, as he went on to take the first set 6—4 against an under—par djokovic. zverev continued his impressive display in the second set, winning it 6—3. at 20. he is the youngest player since djokovic himself won the miami open ten years ago. finally it was super league's magic weekend, with all 12 teams playing at newcastle united's st james's park ground. castleford tigers have been the stars of the season so far, and they continued their good form with a 29—18 win over leeds rhinos. that puts them two points

scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand.with his family after his brother's wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw will replace him. britain's number one johanna konta has lost in the first round of the madrid 0pen. she was beaten in three sets by the germany's world number 30 laura siegemund. konta, lost five games in a row to lose the deciding set. the match finished around quarter past two local time. olympic gold medallist bobsledder steven holcomb has died, aged 37. he competed in three winter olympics and piloted the us four—man bobsleigh team to gold at vancouver 2010 — the country's first 0lympic title in the event in 62 years. he won bronze in both the two—man and four—man bobsled in sochi in 2014. that's all the sport. now on bbc news, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are journalist yasmin alibhai brown and david wooding, the political editor of the sun on sunday. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the obse

jack nowell proving why he will play for the british and irish lions with the first try.ot give up their title without a fight. somehow touching down. there was a twist. 30 seconds to go, sam simmons somewhere under there, denied saracens the double. that ended 18—16. the second semi was even closer. wasps going for their first final in nine years. kirtley beale scoring prudently. leicester fighting leicesterfighting back. this club with so much pedigree, and a leading to the final few minutes. josh bassett sending wasps back to twickenham for a day out with exeter. the totti clubs in the regular season now the totti clubs in the regular season now the final two clubs. —— the top two. munster will play scarlets in the pro12 final in dublin next saturday. ospreys had hoped to make it an all—welsh final but munster came from behind to win by 23 points to 3, thanks to tries from francis saili, simon zebo and andrew conway. three more games in rugby league's magic weekend later. yesterday's action lived up to it's billing for the new st helens head coachjustin holbrook — his

some other rugby union news this evening, england‘s ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions team—mate tom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland‘s greg laidlaw has been called up. match of the day follows the news, but if you want today‘s premier league results now, here they come. swansea have moved out of the relegation zone after a 1—0 win at home to everton. they have two more games left to play. elsewhere, there were draws at bournemouth and burnley. hull have dropped into the relegation zone after losing to sunderland. champions leicester can‘t go down after beating watford 3—0, but crystal palace aren‘t safe yet. they lost 5—0 at manchester city. the bottom club in the scottish premiership, inverness caledonian thistle, could have been relegated today, but beat hamilton 2—1 to keep alive their hopes of staying up with three games left. there were also wins for champions celtic, dundee and ross county. the england rugby league team have won their final match before the world cup in the autumn. they were facing samoa in sydney and scored five tries. the final scor

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour gatlandt and tough. they flew into auckland overnightjust three days before the first match against new zealand provisional barbarians. head coach steve hansen says the lions should have arrived a week before the game but these are the views of the game but these are the views of the lions coach. for people to start talking about it now seems a bit ironic because we have been well aware of it and how tough it is and you have just got, aware of it and how tough it is and you havejust got, you cannot dwell on it, you cannot change it, so if you let negativity in terms of thinking about the sort of things worry you it's going to influence the team, it is what it is and we are excited about it, looking forward to it and the thing about the schedule, it is tough but some of those tough games are going to give us a nice preparation in terms of getting ready for the test series. that's all the sport burn—out. ian paterson, the surgeon convicted of carrying out unnecessary breast operations has been

and the british and irish lions have flown out for their series against the world champions new zealandt, rita. now, it's a week to the day that the city of manchester suffered a major trauma, a bombing that claimed 22 lives and injured many more. our correspondent chris buckler is in manchesterfor us now. at this time exactly one week ago when ariana grande was finishing her concert, parents were gathering their children to go home and just outside a man was preparing to detonate the bomb that would claim 22 lives and change many others. there are people still being treated in hospital and so many others still reliving what happened at the o2 arena and grieving. tonight people gathered here to show their support and pay their respects. in st ann's square words mean something.

scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand he's stayingr his brother's wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw will replace him. great britain's rowers have been in the world cup. the three 0lympic champions competing in belgrade, two of them won gold in the first big race of the day, the men's four. they finished strongly ahead of the netherlands and spain. britain's number 1 johanna konta has lost in the first round of the madrid 0pen. she was beaten in three sets by germany's world number 30 laura siegemund. konta, lost five games in a row to lose the deciding set. the match finished around quarter past two in the morning local time. olympic gold medallist bobsledder steven holcomb has died, aged 37. he competed in three winter olympics and piloted the us four—man bobsleigh team to gold at vancouver 2010 — the country's first 0lympic title in the event in 62 years. he won bronze in both the two—man and four—man bobsled in sochi in 2014. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. 82 nigerian schoo

they face a gruelling schedule over the next few weeks but british and irish lions coach warren gatlandsquad cannot afford to be negative. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a breast surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the west midlands has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. ian paterson was found guilty last month of wounding with intent, and unlawful wounding — in a case involving ten private patients. our health editor hugh pym sent this report from nottingham. ian paterson, once a higher earning and highly regarded surgeon, now a convicted criminal about to begin a 15 yearjail sentence. convicted criminal about to begin a 15 yearjailsentence. some convicted criminal about to begin a 15 yearjail sentence. some of the patients that he harmed arrived in court in nottingham this morning to hear the sentencing. the judge, court in nottingham this morning to hear the sentencing. thejudge, mr justicejeremy hear the sentencing. thejudge, mr justice jeremy baker, said hear the sentencing. thejudge, mr justicejeremy baker, said that mr

the british and irish lions have arrived in auckland, receiving a traditional maori welcome.under the influence on monday. it's been a good start for andy murray at the french open, he faces world number 50 martin klizan in the second round at roland garros tomorrow. i'll have all that and more in the next half an hour. this morning the joint leader of the green party tells this programme she'll cry if the greens only return one mp after next weeks general election. in a wide ranging interview caroline lucas also tells us why she believes some drugs should be legalised and prostitution decrininalised. shejoined me in an electric white van for part of our van share series — with different politicians from some of the main parties. in this interview — which was recorded before the manchester terror attacks — she also says talks should happen with so—called islamic state, but she's not naive enough to think is will send a representative to any talks. music let's start by talking about your manifesto. you want to scrap university tuition fees. yes. and you want to write off all e

the british and irish lions coach has admitted their schedule is both difficult and tough.ernight, just three days before their first tour match against the new zealand barbarians. steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game. he says they can't afford to be negative. for people to start talking about the schedule now, it just seems start talking about the schedule now, itjust seems a little bit ironic because we have all been well aware of it and how tough it is and you have just got to... you aware of it and how tough it is and you havejust got to... you can't dwell on it. we can't change it. so if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those sorts of things worry you, it is going to influence the team. two-time wimbledon champion has been cut short. she has been knocked out of the french open by an american player. she had been out for five months after being stabbed in the hand. the czech lost in straight sets with her nine double faults. former grand slam champion has escalated the row over her comments on homosexuality by accus

irish lines. dashmac —— lions as they prepare to head out on their tour or new zealand.he youngest player to win a masters title since djokovic himself won the miami 0pen... ten years ago. afterwards djokovic explained why he's joined forces with agassi. andre is someone i have tremendous respect for as a person and as a player, he has been through everything i am going through. you know, on the court, he understands the game amazingly well. i am enjoying every conversation that i have with him. he is a person that can contribute to my life on and off the court a lot so i'm very excited to see what is ahead of us. we've been trying to squeeze in all the football stories, but we definitely have time for this one. stoke striker peter crouch agreed a deal on social media with a fan — and he upheld his end of the bargain. tyrone sidley asked for crouch's shirt, if he turned up to their final game of the season wearing nothing but skimpy swimming trunks and a snorkel — which he did — and crouch handed it over. a hard one shirt, really. you would do that in the last game of th

itoje, the youngest tourist with the british and irish lions this summer, says, he used to look up tont to, you look around and there are not many black quys around and there are not many black guys playing rugby, and not as many black eyes every day, when you watch premiership games, even international games. it's changing bit now, but definitely, these are the guys i looked up to as a kid. and just a fortnight after returning from a 15 month doping ban maria sharapova will book a spot in wimbledon qualifying if she wins her second round match at the madrid open today. she beat mirjana lucic—baroni to set up what could be a prickly encounter against eugenie bouchard. the canadian has called for the russian to be banned for life. that's all sport for now. we will be back with more in the next hour. more now on the general election campaign and the conservatives are expected to recommit to the target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands in their election manifesto. speaking at the launch of his election policy, the ukip leader, paul nuttall, said his party would aim to br

yet, despite their best efforts, the british and irish lions haven't won a series in new zealand sincee on monday, and some of the team have bonding in the malvern hills. i went along to join them. in a field of sheep, three lions going offroad. right, straighten up now. with one of them blindfolded. laughter keep coming forward. you're good there, left hand down. unable to see where he's going, it's england's billy vunipola. keep coming. being guided by leigh halfpenny of wales just in front of the bonnet. and being thrown around in the back, ijoined england's kicking king, 0wen farrell. i'm tipping here. it does feel like it. it does feel a lot worse when you're in here than it does when you're watching on the outside. 0ne slip by billy here and leigh could get hurt. it's all about building up trust and friendship between players that are normally rivals. from wales and england, now united as lions team—mates. i've never met leigh before and it's nice to meet him. he's a very humble guy and i've heard they're all like that from wales, so... leigh, talk to me, mate. yeah, left more, l

jack now proving why he will play for the british and irish lions with the first try.. wasps going for their first semi was even closer. wasps going for theirfirst final in semi was even closer. wasps going for their first final in nine years. ki rtley beale for their first final in nine years. kirtley beale scoring prudently. this club with so much pedigree, and a leading to the final few minutes. josh bassett sending wasps back to twickenham for a day out with exeter. munster will play scarlets in the pro12 final in dublin next saturday. 0spreys had hoped to make it an all—welsh final but munster came from behind to win by 23 points to 3, thanks to tries from francis saili, simon zebo and andrew conway. three more games in rugby league‘s magic weekend later. yesterday‘s action lived up to it‘s billing for the new st helens head coachjustin holbrook — his side thrashed second placed hull by 45 points to nil. holbrook had only taken charge of one training session on friday ahead of the game — yet he clearly had an impact as saints turned in an impressive display, runni

scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand he's staying scotland's greg laidlaw will replace him. in theirfinal warm—up match before the rugby league world cup in october england beat samoa 30 points to ten in sydney. wayne bennett's side had travelled half way round the world in the middle of the super league season for this game but they ran in five tries including this from josh hodgson to seal a comfortable win. britain's number1yohanna konta has lost in the first round of the madrid 0pen. she was beaten in three sets by the germany's world number 30 laura siegemund. konta lost five games in a row to lose the deciding set. the match finished at 2.17am local time. there could be a first female winner of the badminton horse trials in ten years as germany's ingrid klimke leads going into the final day of competition today. after the cross country event she has point four of an advantage over the reigning badminton and olympic champion michaeljung. the gloucestershire event finishes with the final showjumping phase. and finally, motogp rid

england's rugby union head coach eddie jones thinks james haskell can force is way into the british and irish lionsr billy vunipola withdrew but jones thinks the wasps for can bring a lot to the lions. he's quite a charismatic guy. to have him in the tea m charismatic guy. to have him in the team environment, he acts as a social leader, and having a social leading your team is very important because they help players relax off the field, they help players gel off the field, they help players gel off the field, they help players gel off the field and he does that well. i think it will have an absolute storm in one of the first three games and play himself into the test team. formula 1 championship leader sebastian vettel was fastest in second practice before this weekend ‘s monaco grand prix. lewis hamilton was quickest in the first session but it quickest in the last of the day. jenson button finished 12th, the 2009 world champion has returned for only this one race, taiwan. he is standing in for alonso, who is competing at the indianapolis 500. it looks very nice in monaco. more about all those st

tries, but that would soon change, with nowell proving he has been selected for the british and irish lions about to give up their title without a fight. there were just five minutes remaining when ellery touchdown. before there was one final twist. 30 seconds to go, simmonds somewhere and they are denied sary ‘s the double—double. that one ending 18— 16, and the second semi—final was even closer. wasps were aiming for their first final in nine years, and it all began brilliantly. kurtley beale getting there first. yet leicester fought back. the underdogs maybe, but this was a club with so much pedigree and a led into the final few minutes. but they could not hang onjosh few minutes. but they could not hang on josh bassett sending wasps few minutes. but they could not hang onjosh bassett sending wasps back to twickenham for a date with the exeter chiefs. the top two clubs in the regular season now the final two clu bs. munster will play scarlets in the pro 12 final in dublin next saturday. 0spreys had hoped to make it an all—welsh final, but munster came from behind to win by 23—3 thanks to

saracens coach mark mccall says it was unbelievable to host the first british and irish lions squad meetingt. and mccall sez he hoped the traditional ‘admin‘ day would be "taken out of the calendar" for future tours. but lions coach warren gatland has defended the get together it's it‘s an important day for us, not just for the lines but every squad goes to the same thing when you get together. it is an admin and organisation data get through. for us organisation data get through. for us to be able to have this today, to get everything out of the way, given obviously some of the preparation time we have, it is a really important day for us. dan evans sez fellow tennis player aljaz bedene shouldn‘t be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to dutchman robin haase at the madrid 0pen. it‘s a result that sees evans remain fourth in the british rankings. but he doesn‘t recognise the number three, slovenian—born bedene, who qualified to represent great britain two years ago on residency grounds. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller reminded evans about the cu

scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand.tland'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 couldn't, maybe, but how did get his body? i don't know. they are crafty. they will work out how to do it. it isjust are crafty. they will work out how to do it. it is just painful. difficult to watch. we are here on the bbc news channel until nine a.m. this morning. coming up for you in the next tower, can you tell the difference between the song of a thrush and of pheasant? we will tell you what to listen ou

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says he fully respects and understands ben youngslaw has been called up to replace him in the squad. the interesting thing from my point of view, we completely understand that. part of the values i have always had, and we say to the players when we meet this afternoon, as far as i am concerned, it is about family come first. he has made that decision, and we know how close they are as well. so we fully respect that decision. our thoughts go out to them. lancashire have signed mahela jayawardene. see them see but they are sheffield united have re—signed striker ched evans five yea rs re—signed striker ched evans five years after he was released by the same club after being found guilty of rape. that conviction was quashed and ata of rape. that conviction was quashed and at a retrial last year evans was found not guilty. hejoins and at a retrial last year evans was found not guilty. he joins the club who have been promoted to the championship this season from chesterfield on a three—year deal. the fate of both teams involved in the nig

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of newir first tour match against the new zealand provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a full week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. that is all of the sport for now, more in sportsday at half past six. let's return to cambridge now, ahead of tonight's bbc election debate. my colleague huw edwards is there. indeed, thank you. we are at the university of cambridge. sojeremy corbyn has decided, at the last minute, that he'll take part in tonight's live bbc election here in cambridge with representatives of six other major parties. in a speech in reading earlier today, the labour leader challenged theresa may tojoin him, but the prime minister said she'd rather be meeting voters on the campiagn trail. rather than exchanging "sound bites" about the debate tonight. the debate takes place amid suggestions in some opinion polls that that the conservative lead over labour might be narrowing.

in rugby team work is everything, yet despite their best efforts the british and irish lions haven‘tten up now... with one of them blindfolded. laughter keep coming forward. you're good there, left hand down. unable to see where he‘s going, it‘s england‘s billy vunipola... keep coming. ..being guided by leigh halfpenny of wales just in front of the bonnet. and being thrown around in the back, ijoined england‘s kicking king, 0wen farrell. we‘re tipping out. we're tipping out, it does feel like it. it does feel a lot worse when you're in here than it does when you're watching on the outside. 0ne slip by billy here and leigh could get hurt. it‘s all about building up trust and friendship between players that are normally rivals. from wales and england, now united as lions teammates. i‘ve never met leigh before and it‘s nice to meet him. he‘s a very humble guy and i‘ve heard they‘re all like that from wales, so... leigh, talk to me, mate. yeah, left more, left more. it is pretty scary facing billy on the field. he takes some brining down but it‘s great to meet billy today and he‘s a grea

british and irish lions also spoken about putting in force some sort of electronic monitoring solution don't expect to hear much more detailed today, but we can expect to hear michel barnier say that the eu is committed to avoiding the return of a hard border in ireland, and that they understand how important that will be for relations between the uk and ireland and between northern ireland and dublin. we will be back for that speech in the next ten minutes or so. waiting times for key nhs services in england were the worst in four years, in the latest financial year, with key targets missed again, according to the latest figures. the health foundation think tank says that 2.5 million people had to wait longer than four hours to be seen in a and e in the year to april 2017, up from just over 900,000 four years ago. with me is our health editor hugh pym. with me is our health editor. the figures we're looking at, we have just had the figures from march fourth 2016 and 2017, so we can compare them. that is what the think tank has done. looking at the a&e figures, 2.5 million people had t

there's been a huge blow to the british and irish lions as they prepare to head out on their tour ofs all sport for now. i'll have more in the next half hour. thank you very much, holly. this programme has been told that a police inquiry into deaths at a mental health trust could investigate up to 20 cases. it follows fresh investigations into the death of matthew leahy, who was found hanged at linden centre in 2012. his mother, melanie leahy, said her talks with essex police suggested the cases had taken place in the last 17 years. our reporter simon cox has been investigating. we played you his full report earlier, here's a short extract. sweet, kind, mischievous. little rascal at times. my entire world. matthew leahy, a bright, sporty student. in his teens, he began smoking cannabis and having hallucinations. by 2012, his mental health had spiralled. matthew was a patient at the linden centre, run by the north essex partnership trust. a week after being admitted, the centre phoned his mum. and the doctor... just said, er... "matthew's been found hanging, it doesn't look good." i c

and finally, the british and irish lions squad have arrived in new zealand this morning for their toursquad, led by hooker ken 0wens responded with the welsh hymn calon lan. singing how about that. quite a few welsh lads in there. they have all had song sheets and they have had to learn the words to calon lan, the traditional hymn sung before all the welsh test matches. all in welsh as well, but they know scottish anthems, they know something from ireland and they have an english one somewhere they can whip out. i can imagine them practising on the aeroplane over. it is all about the team building. page two, everyone, page two. we've heard lots of policies from each of the political parties in the run up to the general election — but what about the personalities behind them? as part of a series aiming to get to know more about those wanting your vote, ‘the one show‘ is interviewing each of the party leaders. there'sjust one rule — no policy talk. last night it was the turn of labour'sjeremy corbyn. let's take a look. does the prospect of theresa may calling you up, conceding defeat and

the british and irish lions have set off for their tour of new zealand hoping for their first victoryven other tour matches. sam warburton will captain the squad having led them in the series win in australia four years ago. so there they go, off on the plane,. lions squad. it will be a tough series. thank you very much, kat. one week on and at the exact moment of last monday's bomb attack people gathered in manchester last night for a vigil to remember the 22 people who were killed and those injured shortly after a concert by the american singer ariane grande ended. earlier this morning, victoria train station which was damaged in the blast, reopened. 0ur reporter frankie mccamley is there for us. let's talk about st ann's square. i was there at the weekend. it is a focus of quiet and contemplation, isn't it? it is and that's it. thousands of people have been coming and going throughout the week and that's one of the things that really does strike you when you get there. it's very quiet. people are there to contemplate and last night a vigil was held and a minute's silence at 10.33 t

meanwhile the lions of rugby league are being resurrected. the first tour of the british and irishwill take place to new zealand in 2019. the team was disbanded back in 2008. since when england, scotland, wales and ireland have played under their own banners. nicola adams faces her first home fight in the city of leeds forward 20 years. she faces an opponentjust under half her own age. it will be the first time she's fought over for three—minute rounds. we'll finish the programme today with some breaking news. literally, news about breaking. there is to be an exhibition event at the 2018 youth olympics in argentina. and in attempting to find the best b—boy and b—girl... their uk championships labels itself the country's biggest hip—hop dance party. it is amazing dancing and tricks, it is the place to be. the best in the world. it gets better every year, the vibes, the positivity, the people. such a good impact on the younger generation. it was one of the toughest events that you can win. and add it as a strike on your shoulder. you just need to be entertaining. and if you'd like to