konta will face french open champion jelena 0stapenko in the next round. rider simon yates has stretched his lead at the giro d'italia after winning stage ii. he's got a a7—second lead over the defending champion, tom domoulin, with ten stages left as chris froome dropped out of the top ten. tim hague reports. to get yourself into the leader's pinkjersey, it to get yourself into the leader's pink jersey, it takes to get yourself into the leader's pinkjersey, it takes some bobbing and weaving. simon yates has done more than dodge the favourites so far. he has destroyed them at times with up—to—date was a particularly tough task. it was a suggestion there would be no stage win for the britain, but he continues to defy the odds and raised his performance even further on stage ii. the odds and raised his performance even further on stage 11. not only did he catch those in front, but with 1500 metres to go he did this. here he goes! a brutal yet brilliant kick late on leading ever else chasing a lost cause. the man once again pot it will take someone special to

couple of big shocks on the opening day of the french open with defending champion jelena 0stapenko the world number 66 kateryna kozlova. this time last year, a then unseeded 19—year—old 0stapenko beat current world number one simona halep to take the title in paris. but her roland garros 2018 adventure lasted just 95 minutes as ukraine's kozlova came through 7—5, 6—3. meanwhile, ninth—seeded venus williams is also out, beaten in straight sets by world number 91 wang qiang of china. to formula 1, and red bull's daniel ricciardo was the master of monaco as he took the chequered flag in the principality. the australian picking up his second win of the season after holding off sebastian vettel and championship leader lewis hamilton, who had to settle for third. 0ur formula 1 reporter, jennie gow, was there. daniel ricciardo is a monte carlo grand prix winner, and that is something really special. it was not the greatest of races, it was not a showpiece overdramatic. he just did what he needed to do to make sure he could cross the line in first place ahead of sebastian vettel and lewis hami

british number one johanna konta isjust getting under way against the french open champion jelena 0stapenkople about the review into the grenfell towerfire which killed 71 people in west london last year. this review has been published in the last half an hourand it has been published in the last half an hour and it said that cost was prioritised over safety when it came to the building. damejudith hackitt‘s report concluded that indifference and ignorance led to a race to the bottom in building safety practices. she calls for a wholesale change in culture when it comes to fire safety. but co ntroversially comes to fire safety. but controversially stopped short of a ban on flammable cladding. she says she wants to see a radical rethink of the safety system after the fire lastjune. it of the safety system after the fire last june. it was of the safety system after the fire lastjune. it was found that the building had cladding on the outside that was not fire resistant. the cladding on almost 230 buildings has failed safety tests since then. let's talk to our correspondent caroline davies in

after beating taiwanese hsieh—su—wei in straight sets, and will face the french open champion jelena 0stapenkon clay. the times. talking about frontline police officers carrying handguns for the threat in rural areas. that isa for the threat in rural areas. that is a picture of meghan markle's friends. we found out who will be the page boys and bridesmaids in the wedding yesterday. the sun. so much in the papers this week about the wedding. that is meghan markle's father. we are hearing information from the us website tmz. he has had some form of operation. you can see the headline. these are some of the quotes from meghan markle's sister, samantha, suggesting he has been left in a bad way and there has not been much advice. are lots of comment from various members of her family as loss. —— a lot of. comment from various members of her family as loss. -- a lot of. they are doing rehearsals today. military rehearsals. a different kind of rehearsals. a different kind of rehearsal here. local children re—enacting a royal wedding procession on the long walk. there will be more people watching on t

british number one johanna konta is out of the italian 0pen after losing to french open champion jelena 0stapenko6—a to progress to the quarter finals. meanwhile, britain's men's number one kyle edmund is currently on court against alexander zverev. edmund lost the first set and is currently a break down in the second set against the german, who's rated third in the world rankings. venus williams is also out of the italian 0pen. the world number nine was beaten by annett kontaveit in straight sets in the third round. 0lympic high jump bronze medallist robbie grabartz has retired from the sport. the 30—year—old who won bronze at the london games in 2012 says he isn't "enjoying competing" anymore. grabartz missed out on a medal at the commonwealth games on the gold coast last month. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30pm. welcome back to windsor — where final preparations are underway for saturday's royal wedding. the main development today has been confirmation that meghan markle's father will not be attending — thomas markle had been due to walk his daughter down the aisle. we don't yet k