jonny bairstow was crucial in that. another outstanding innings from him.rt of the series he wasn't even guaranteed a place. jason roy equally making the most of alex hales's absence. as the players play here, police in bristol were again renewing their appeal for two witnesses in particular to come forward as a criminal investigation goes on into the events of 2:30am or thereabouts monday evening in bristol. i think everybody out of the ground tonight including england's failures are beginning to think seriously about how england will take on the ashes this winter without ben stokes. there was more super league semi final drama tonight, following the golden point drop goal that sent castleford through to the grand final. leeds held off hull fc, beating them 18—16 at headingley to reach old trafford for a west yorkshire derby next weekend. 80 minutes from the grand final and would it be the final 84 danny mcguire and rob burrow, leading and retiring from the game respectfully? hull haven't won at headingley in decades with was little surprise when leeds wen

jonny bairstow opened the batting alongside alex hales. 40 a0 after one as you can see the current score 7 o'clock kick off tonight for england's lionesses as they begin their world cup qualifying campaign. they take on russia in their first match since reaching the semi—finals of the euros in the summer, and so it's also their first since allegations of racism against their coach mark sampson were made public. he was cleared of any wrongdoing by an initial investigation but that could be re—opened amid further accusations. our sports correspondent katie gornall is at the game at tranmere‘s prenton park. katie, how big a distraction has this been for england's lionesses? it certainly has dominated the build—up to the match. and something mark sands and even mentioned in his programme notes. he said that since the heroes they have been through an incredibly tough time but everyone connected with the allegations would have suffered. he's been under intense scrutiny since the allegations first emerged from eni aluko at the start of august. claims of bullying and discrimination, claims which

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lionel messi scores four as barcelona move five points clear at the top of the spanish league jonny bairstowngland to a seven wicket victory over west indies in the first one day international at old trafford with an unbeaten century. and find out why one of english football's most successful players hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that four goals from lionel messi giving him his 43rd career hat—trick, saw barcelona move five points clear at the top of the spanish primera division after they scored a convincing 6—1 win over eibar. a first half penalty was added to with three second half goals paulinho and denis suarez also found the net at camp nou, while valencia scored five moving them up to third, italian international simone zaza scoring a second half hat—trick at the mestalla in their win over malaga. cristiano ronaldo returns to the real madrid side for wednesday's match against real betis, having served a five game suspension for pushing the referee during their spanish super cup win over barcelona last month. despite featuring and scoring twice in last week

jonny bairstow is given another chance to get england off to a flyer in the one day series against thedies which starts tomorrow. hello again. wayne rooney has apologised for what he's called an "unforgivable lack ofjudgement" after admitting a charge of drink driving. the former england captain has been banned from driving for two years and sentenced to 100 hours of community service. 0lly foster was at stockport magistrates court. this story has generated a lot of press interest over the last fortnight since the former england captain's arrested for drink—driving. wayne rooney arrived about half an hour before he was due to appear before the districtjudge. their word dozens of broadcasters and journalists here. he pleaded guilty to the drink—drive charge and was found to be three times the legal limit when he was pulled over in the early hours of the 1st of september, at 2am by cheshire police. he was driving a black vw beetle that belonged to the 29—year—old woman, laura simpson, who was also in the vehicle. really‘s wife and three sons were away on holiday at the time. the judge re

lionel messi scores four as barcelona move five points clear at the top of the spanish league jonny bairstownternational at old trafford with an unbeaten century. and find out why one of english football's most successful players hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that four goals from lionel messi giving him his 43rd career hat—trick, saw barcelona move five points clear at the top of the spanish primera division after they scored a convincing 6—1 win over eibar. a first half penalty was added to with three second half goals paulinho and denis suarez also found the net at camp nou, while valencia scored five moving them up to third,

one—day cricket, talent i’u ns chance in one—day cricket, talent runs throughout this england team, jonny bairstow a cricket field, for a while, the match itself was in doubt, soggy outfield, less time for runs. when the west indies did get to bat, england wished they had stayed in the cold, chris gayle's hitting as compelling as it is casual. breakthrough came with one slog to many, white ball, cloudy skies, no deceiving joe root‘s eyes. with chris gayle's wicket, the tourists had lost momentum. england were left chasing 205, but lights were fading fast on the west indies. the question was if their stoke could make his hundred before the close, he had the answer, a century built on perseverance and the platform for ben stokes to finish with a flourish. with a series advantage, england know this talented team will ta ke england know this talented team will take some stopping. it has obviously been a long time coming, my debut one—day international was a long time ago, india, cardiff. roller coasters in one—day internationals, to be honest with you, it has been nice to play a little more recently,

an unbeaten century from jonny bairstow helped them to a comprehensive nine wicket victory in southamptonored 288 for 6 in their 50 overs... with liam plunkett taking two wickets. but it was quickly clear that wasn't enough runs as an opening stand of 156... including 96 from jason roy... and jonny bairstow‘s second ton of the series — he eventually finished on 141 not out — helped england reached their target with 12 overs to spare... birmingham's bid to host the 2022 commonwealth games has officially been backed by the government. at a cost of at least 750 million pounds, the city council is expected to fund 25 per cent of the bill. the deadline for official bids is tomorrow, but there are no other cities currently in the race, so barring a last minute shock, one of the world's biggest sporting events will be heading it isa it is a real opportunity to regenerate part of the city and using the games village to provide regeneration. it is an opportunity proves that the image of birmingham and the region to the wall of the world and if you look at what the commonwealth games that the might

jonny bairstow, who has been knocking on the door for such a long time, scored 100 in the first game today. there are a number of bowlers who have had a good summer. we talked about liam plunkett before. obviously adil rashid and moeen ali we re obviously adil rashid and moeen ali were brilliant today, stopping the windies from scoring runs in the middle period. and you have your normal, consistent players, the likes ofjoe root. we have so much firepower coming likes ofjoe root. we have so much firepowercoming in in likes ofjoe root. we have so much firepower coming in in the middle and lower order. a positive note to end on. thanks, isa. england are looking good. they need 289 to win their final looking good. they need 289 to win theirfinal game of looking good. they need 289 to win their final game of this long summer. their final game of this long summer. my word, we need a positive note after the week that cricket has had. many thanks. the government has given its backing to birmingham to host the 2022 commonwealth games. the city's bid had already been approved by the department

alex hales and jonny bairstow helped themselves to early boundaries.e battling the rain today. the covers are on. we're waiting for a break in the bad weather before play can resume. brian cookson says he departs with his head held high after he lost the election for the uci presidency to frenchman david lappartient. we can speak to alex capstick. it was a crushing defeat in the end for cookson? yes, a landslide victory for his opponent. brian cookson swept into power four yea rs brian cookson swept into power four years ago promising to transform a sport traumatised by a long history of high—profile doping scandals. he says he has transformed cycling during his period in charge, but it would seem from today's election a whopping margin of defeat, 37 votes to eight. delegates have been unimpressed by his efforts. he may have been affected by the negative headlines concerning english cycling, allegations there was a culture of bullying in the organisation. that might have swayed some people against him during that. we have a new president. the first fre

an unbeaten century from jonny bairstow helped them to a comprehensive nine wicket victory in southamptonncluding 96 from jason roy. and jonny bairstow‘s second tonne of the series — he eventually finished on 1a! not out and helped england reach their target with 12 overs to spare joe root rounding off the series and summer with a six. this group of players have been together for a period of this group of players have been togetherfor a period of time. it ta kes a togetherfor a period of time. it takes a period of time is the people to bed into an environment, a team and learn the role and take a step up and learn the role and take a step up from county cricket to international cricket. it takes a period of time and it is a period of time that we need to learn quickly. we have a huge series on the horizon and it will be tough but we are ready for the challenges that our heads. so the win comprehensive and achieved in the context of a week in the spotlight for two of their players, ben stokes and alex hales who are not being considered for selection by england until further notice after an

coming up in sportsday on bbc news, jonny bairstow keeps his place and position at the top of the ordernd's cricketers prepare for their final series of the summer. good evening. today it's been the turn of the prime minister to adopt the metaphor of the government as a car heading towards brexit — though she claims she is the one in the driving seat. it follows a weekend of headlines about the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, who was accused of backseat driving, after setting out his vision for leaving the european union. speaking on a visit to canada, the prime minister has tried to reassert her authority, insisting the government is being "driven from the front". 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports from ottawa. well, it's good to be shown some proper respect from time to time. if only theresa may's fellow ministers at home were this drilled and disciplined, as it is, the prime minister had to cross another ocean to find a political colleague willing to say the right things about brexit on cue. very good to be here, as i said to you when i came m, here, as i said to you

jonny bairstow reaching 100 as england chased down 205, set by west indies.o date. it's been nice to play a little bit more recently and yeah i hope it's a stepping block for things to come. chris froome will race in the time trial at the world championships this afternoon, but admits he hasn't been able to train specifically for the event. he's had a busy summer, becoming just the third rider to win the tour de france—vuelta double in the same year. it was horrendous and brutal this year. i mean, i have to admit, all of the grand tour is i've done, the tour de france, this was by far the ha rd est tour de france, this was by far the hardest one of the done. extremely grateful to have been able to back it up from the tour de france. finally, if you've ever been given a present you really didn't want, you could probably understand this. this italian boy is a huge fan ofjuventus, but for a trick his family decided to give him an inter milan shirt for his birthday. look at his reaction. but all was well when he was finally given the shirt of his favourite team.

an unbeaten century from jonny bairstow helped them to a comprehensive nine wicket victory in southamptonored 288 for 6 in their 50 overs... with liam plunkett taking two wickets. but it was quickly clear that wasn‘t enough runs... as an opening stand of 156... including 96 from jason roy... and jonny bairstow‘s second ton of the series — he eventually finished 0111111 not out — helped england reached their target with 12 overs to spare... joe root rounding off the series... and summer... with a six. leeds are playing hull fc for a place in the super league grand final... with hull going for a league and cup double... but having lost on each of their last 12 visits to headingley... they‘re trailing again tonight. the 0spreys poor start to the season has continued after falling to a fourth successive defeat in the pr014 to the cheetahs in bloemfontein. despite leading at half—time the welsh side were beaten 44 points to 25. torsten vanjaarsveld and wing makazole mapimpi each scored two tries to send the south africans to second in the conference a table. elsewhere in the pr014 tonight... t

ben stokes and jonny bairstow are trying to eat into the west indies' lead.ach — south african graham ford as the country prepares for test cricket. ford recently ended his second stint as head coach of sri lanka and also had a spell with his native south africa. he also had stints in english county cricket with surrey and kent. ford takes over from new zealanderjohn bracewell when his contract ends in december. midfielder philippe coutinho has been left out of liverpool's squad to face manchester city tomorrow. he scored as brazil beat ecuador 2—0 in a world cup qualifier last week. coutinho has missed the start of liverpools' campaign with a back injury amid interest from barcelona. fifa say they'll investigate tottenham midfielder dele alli after tv pictures showed he gestured with his middle finger during england's match against slovakia on monday. it happened during the 2—1 world cup qualifying victory at wembley. the 21—year—old said it was a "joke with good friend" kyle walker. andrew parsons has been elected the new president of the international para

england's response was brisk — jonny bairstow, opening the batting in an 0di, going to a brilliant centuryalls later england sealed it with more than ten overs to spare. ben stokes finishing off the match in some style — england take a 1—0 lead in the series. britain's hannah barnes has finished ninth in the women's individual time trial at the world championships in norway. barnes — who missed out on selection for the rio olympic games last year — finished just one minute 23 seconds off the lead. olympic gold medallist elinor barker finished behind her in nineteenth after suffering a mechanical problem. dutch rider annemiek van vleuten took the world title ahead of her compatriot anna van der breggen. a little bit annoyed, i had a panic going up the hill so it was not ideal, it messed with my head a bit after that, i could go back down couldn't go out, that made the hill even more difficult than it should have been. more sport later this evening, see you then. an update now on that situation in mexico with that earthquake. a strong tremor felt in mexico city, the quake was in the south of

jonny bairstow will keep his place at the top of the batting order in the first one—day international wright. and back to where it all started, rory mcilroy will star at the british masters, the tournament where he made his professional debut ten years ago. i will have more later on. the prime minister and canadian leaderjustin trudeau are expected to discuss a trade dispute that could threaten jobs at bombardier in belfast. the canadian aerospace firm, is northern ireland's largest manufacturing employer and has faced complaints about alleged anti—competitive practices in the sale of their cseries jet from rival american firm boeing. bombardier could face significant financial penalties if the us trade authorities find against it. our correspondent chris page is in belfast. just explain how important bombardier is to the area. the importance of bombardier to belfast is that the canadian firm is a huge pa rt is that the canadian firm is a huge part of northern ireland's economy. it is northern ireland's biggest manufacturing employer, several thousand people across several sites, the

jonny bairstow has been selected to open the batting with alex hales.ndies this summer. the former all—rounder is also full of praise for captainjoe root, ahead of the winter's ashes series. he's got the perfect team to do it about. i think that team he's looking after are probably the best england team. we have got to find that consistency, they win games, they lose teams, but the team is england. he is the most successful england. he is the most successful england captain than i ever was and it will be a tough winter for him with the ashes. the three—time squash world champion nick matthew has announced that he'll retire at the end of the forthcoming season. the former world number one could play his last event at the british open in the spring. before that matthew will bid to win a fourth world title in manchester at the end of the year and another commonwealth games gold next april. that's all sport for now. hugh ferris will have more in the next hour. thank you very much for that, tim. some breaking news. we'rejust hearing, this is from theresa may

ben stokes and jonny bairstow are trying to eat into the west indies' lead.uad to face manchester city tomorrow. he scored as brazil beat ecuador 2—0 in a world cup qualifier last week. coutinho has missed the start of liverpools' campaign with a back injury amid interest from barcelona. fifa say they'll investigate tottenham midfielder dele alli after tv pictures showed he gestured with his middle finger during england's match against slovakia on monday. it happened during the 2—1 world cup qualifying victory at wembley. the 21—year—old said it was a "joke with good friend" kyle walker. andrew parsons has been elected the new president of the international paralympic committee. the brazilian beat three other candidates in a vote at the ipc general assembly. he succeeds philip craven, who ran the organisation since 2001. now all eyes will be on what's expected from him in this role and his priorities. here's our sports correspondent alex capstick with more. it would appear andy parsons has lots of backing from the ipcc, co mforta ble lots of backing from the

england and the west indies begin their five match one—day series at old trafford tomorrow, jonny bairstow following their series wins over south africa and the windies this summer. the former all—rounder is also full of praise for captainjoe root, ahead of the winter's ashes series. be has got the perfect team to do it with. i think that team that he is looking after is the best england tea m looking after is the best england team we have ever had. people have a go at me when i say that, we just have to find consistency. he is brilliant, the team is great, way more successful than i ever was, and it will be a tough winter for him with the ashes. heather watson's disappointing season has continued at the seoul 0pen. the british number two was knocked out in the first round by sara sorribes tormo, who won in three sets. watson, who had moved back into the top 100 this year, has now failed to get past the first round in korea in four attempts. the three—time squash world champion nick matthew has announced that he'll retire at the end of the forthcoming season. the former world number one co

jonny bairstow will keep his place at the top of the batting orderfor england.ning. i will be back on bbc news after 11am. studio: thank you, olly. the national housing federation is calling for the government to spend more on social housing to urgently increase the availability of what it calls "genuinely affordable homes". they claim that the government is spending less on building social housing than in the 1990s, although demand for homes shows no signs of slowing down. meanwhile, more than a million families are currently on the waiting list for social housing, and the government spends vast sums of money providing housing benefit for individuals to rent property in the private rental market. it added that since 2011 no government money has been made available in england form of paid people to rent. the government said building homes is its absolute priority. with me in the studio is david smith from the residential landlords association, and andrew spooner, who is a resident of a housing assosciation property. and joining us from birmingham is ruth davidso

england ea5ed to victory on tuesday — jonny bairstow making a century in the seven wicket win at olde 2017 was nearly rounded off in the most stylish way possible — but he's had to settle for a bronze medal at the world road championships in norway. froome who has won both the tour de france and tour of spain this yearfinished third. one minute 215econd5 behind the winner, tom dumoulin of the netherlands. froome is only the third man to do the tour and vuelta double in the same year. i have got no regrets. i gave it absolutely everything that i had, and it is an amazing way to finish the season, with two bronze medals. it has been a long and amazing 5ea5on, it has been a long and amazing season, one i will be forever grateful for. glad to season, one i will be forever gratefulfor. glad to be season, one i will be forever grateful for. glad to be at the end of it now. even though it was a time trial, you could change bikes. you could change from a time trial bike to a roadracing bike. the first rider out decided to change it, but it didn't work out well as he could not get his feet in

jonny bairstow has been selected to open the batting with alex hales.in northumberland by several of his 2016 ryder cup teammates, including masters champion sergio garcia and tournament host lee westwood. the northern irishman failed to qualify for the pga tour's season ending tour championship yesterday in his attempt to defend the fedexcup title he won last year. the three—time squash world champion nick matthew has announced that he'll retire at the end of the forthcoming season. the former world number one could play his last event at the british open in the spring. before that matthew will bid to win a fourth world title in manchester at the end of the year and another commonwealth games gold next april. retirement is sometimes a dirty word, i think, retirement is sometimes a dirty word, ithink, in retirement is sometimes a dirty word, i think, in sport. retirement is sometimes a dirty word, ithink, in sport. you retirement is sometimes a dirty word, i think, in sport. you get it askedit word, i think, in sport. you get it asked it all the time wh

england have stuck with jonny bairstow at the top of the batting order for the first one—day internationaldeserves a chance. he'll open alongside alex hales. and rory mcilroy has given himself one more chance to end the year on a high — he's made a late decision to play at next week's british masters in northumberland. it's been a pretty dismal season for mcilroy — by his standards — and he plans to take a few months off to recover from a lingering rib problem. it hasn't been the best run for rory mcilroy of late. perhaps a bit of time off. we know it is helping the professionals in tennis. time off. we know it is helping the professionals in tennislj time off. we know it is helping the professionals in tennis. i fully recommend it to! i had a bit of a rest after the triathlon yesterday andi rest after the triathlon yesterday and i feel much rest after the triathlon yesterday and ifeel much better and ready to run again. it works for us all. now it's time for the weather with carol who has a 360 degree of london this morning. good morning. iam in canary wharf this morning with a stunning v

jonny bairstow took advantage of his chance as an opener to help england win the first one day internationalold trafford by seven wickets. ben stokes hitting the winning runs with more than ten overs to spare to take a 1—0 lead in the five match series — the second game is tomorrow at trent bridge. that is it for now. more a little bit later. thank you. the latest in a line of devastating caribbean storms — hurricane maria — has developed overnight into one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes of all time. after battering the islands of martinique and dominica yesterday, the storm is due to hit the us virgin islands and puerto rico today. it's also set to wreak havoc on the british virgin islands, not with a direct hit, but with dangerous storm surges. in puerto rico, residents are bracing themselves for maria to arrive in the next few hours. hundreds of shelters have been set up for those who couldn't leave in time. the governor is asking people to pray for the island and warned the storm was likely to be the worst in living memory. asi as i speak to you, puerto rico is hours have being

and jonny bairstow admits it has been a long time coming that he scored his maiden one—day hundred indies at old trafford, the next five match series is tomorrow. more stories on half an hour. theresa may will use a speech at the united nations later today to urge internet companies to take action against online extremism. meanwhile, brexit continues to be a key issue for world leaders gathering in new york this week, from where our deputy political correspondent, john pienaar, sent this report. theresa may will use her turn here at the end to literature theme of tackling online extremism. she will call for more coordination between nations, she will offer british help the countries seeking to tackle identify and take down dangerous content. she will meet the leaders of italy and france as part of an effort to bring about more coordination. it is all part of theresa may's effort to make sure britain continues to be a global player up to and after brexit and brexit is still an issue that hangs in the airover brexit is still an issue that hangs in the air over this week. she will be goi

jonny bairstow hit a century.places in the batting line—up. huge question marks remaining over places in the batting line—upm huge question marks remaining over places in the batting line-up. it is not ideal. you would want to go straight in knowing your best 11. i don't think we are quite there at the moment. although the guys who played this summer showed glimpses of what they are capable of. we went there in 2013—2014 with a settled batting line—up and got beaten 5—0. wright the tantalising prospect of roger federer and rafa nadal teeming up roger federer and rafa nadal teeming up as doubles partners may happen in prague this weekend. the labour couple see six of europe's best players take on six of their cou nterpa rts players take on six of their counterparts from the rest of the world. the teams will play singles and doubles matches in the exhibition event. i'm very happy he is on my side. i played a lot against rafa on so many occasions in big matches. finally to have him on my side, it's a joy. we talked a

england start at old trafford today, jonny bairstow keeping his place at the top of the order.n the next 15 minutes. ryanair has published a full list of the 2,000 flights that it's cancelling over the next 6 weeks. the budget airline has admitted it "messed up" the planning of holidays for its pilots. a00,000 passengers are likely to be affected by the error. the operator faces a compensation bill of more than £17—million. we will take an in—depth look at what you can do if you want compensation from ryanair but first this report. ryanair has rya nair has been ryanair has been anything but satisfying flying for the huge number of people whose lives have been cancelled. the budget airline has now published a full list on its website, more than 2000 flights cancelled over the next six weeks. ryanair have cancelled over the next six weeks. rya nair have cancelled cancelled over the next six weeks. ryanair have cancelled two of our flights home now which means we are stuck in madrid, we have had to pay hundreds extra to put another hotel and flight back and the communication from