katie gornall, bbc news, leeds. so congratulations to leeds.pretty comfortable night for west ham. three goals before half time including this terrific strike from declan rice. watford did pull one back in the second half but 3—1 it finished. that leaves west ham all but safe, they're up to 15th. a century apiece from ben stokes and dom sibley have put england in control of the second test at old trafford. their partnership of 260 helped the hosts to 469 for nine declared. west indies ended the day on 32 for one. our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching. he makes the extraordinary scene almost commonplace. seem almost commonplace. for ben stokes, just another day of batting brilliance. he began it in watchful mode. his customary attack mingled with caution. but gradually, he and partner dom sibley wore the west indies down and, soon, sibley had his reward. dom sibley‘s got there. cricket‘s first biosecure centurion, after nearly eight hours of painstaking patience. and then it was his partner's turn — a more audacious way to reach 100.

defeat for championship rivals west brom at huddersfield tonight secured leeds‘ promotion, as katie gornallts. so close, they could almost touch it. last night, leeds put themselves on the brink of promotion. tonight, west brom's failure to beat huddersfield made it official. after 16 years, leeds united are back in the premier league. the history of leeds united is peppered with soaring highs and crushing lows. one of the biggest clubs in britain in the 1970s, in 1992 they became the last champions of the old first division and at the turn of the century were one of the most exciting teams in the top flight. full—back danny mills had a front row seat. nobody deserves to be there, you have to earn the right. that's what they've done. i think the energy that they play with, the style of football that they have, the passion that they bring, the history, i think the premier will be a richer place for it. in the late 1990s, leeds were a force both at home and abroad. in 2001, they reached the semifinals of the champions league, but under chairman peter ridsdale, they were spending well beyond t

our sports correspondent katie gornall is outside st james' park for us. e the fans, and they are going to be hugely frustrated once again this evening? you are right holly it is a hammer blow for the fans dreaming not just of the end of mike ashley's 3o 13 year reign but also the opportunity to be one of the richest clubs in the world, they allow themselves to think about some of the world's best players and competed with the top clu bs players and competed with the top clubs in europe. if you live around here as i do it is all newcastle fa ns here as i do it is all newcastle fans have spoken about for the past four months. they have had the champagne on ice, beers in the fridge ready to celebrate and i think the longer that this dragged on, the more the premier league scrutinise that deal, the more fears grew that this potential could happen but it has certainly been an emotionally draining p for newcastle fa ns emotionally draining p for newcastle fans and we spoke to a few of them. been expecting it but it is been dragging on for so long. nothing is a g

that lowering testosterone is not enough to create a safe playing environment. 0ur correspondent katie gornallmajor change to the current rule — what exactly‘s been said? it is really significant. it would make waldrop read the first wording federation to go down this path. it also stems from a major review they conducted into the transgender policy earlier in the year. —— rugby federation. they brought together a number of leading experts from different fields and from the fields of science, medicine, they brought together different transcripts as well. a whole host of different people and would emerge from this was this a draft document that was first reported in the guardian which is attempted to try and build a consensus around what is a very emotive and sensitive subject of course and it is proposed that trans women should be banned from women's by women should be banned from women's rugby because of safety reasons. what currently happens is that world roughly follows the ioc guidelines, which state that trans women have to lower their testosterone level. the actual world rugby. that's fo

our correspondent katie gornall is at st james‘ park and has more details.a deal for which newcastle fans have set the heart on it is all now over and this will be a devastating fans learning the news today. it is the closest mike ashley has come to selling the club, he agreed a deal to sell the clu b club, he agreed a deal to sell the club back in april, a £300 million deal which included the saudi arabia arabia public investment fund, and the rubin brothers but today they said that after 16 weeks in which the premier league had scrutinise the premier league had scrutinise the deal under the owners and directors test they were pulling out we understand because they ran out of patience. they released a lengthy statement that i can summarise a few of the key points, they said that the focus was on building long—term value for the club, its fans and the community as "we remained committed to collaboration through difficult period of uncertainty." they went on to say that ultimately during the unferth cp prolonged process the commercial agreement between the in

pulled out of the 390 million dollar deal to buy the club from mike ashley. 0ur correspondent katie gornall invest in the we thought that would be with them but we can say that they put them but we can say that they put the money back into the club and so, the money back into the club and so, the team can actually push on again and probably not. so, for me, it is and probably not. so, for me, it is a difficult time. criminal proceedings have been started against the fifa president which has everything to do with the secret meeting that he had with swiss attorney general in last week, they offered to resign after a court said he covered up the meeting and lighted during investigation by his office into corruption surrounding fifa. but they denied any wrongdoing. fulham will face bra nford wrongdoing. fulham will face branford in the premier league next season despite losing the second leg of their championship playoff semifinals to cardiff, with them going through 3—2 on aggregate facing 2—0 and got up to the perfect start. there in front early on and thejury did not last long start. there i

defeat for championship rivals west brom at huddersfield tonight secured leeds' promotion, as katie gornallmselves on the brink of promotion. tonight, west brom's failure to beat huddersfield made it official. after 16 years, leeds united are back in the premier league. the history of leeds united is peppered with soaring highs and crushing lows. one of the biggest clubs in britain in the 19705, in 1992 they became the last champions of the old first division and at the turn of the century were one of the most exciting teams

katie gornall, bbc news.ed bands outnumber men on the shortlist for the mercury prize — which recognises the best album of the year by british and irish artists. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has all the details. # if you don't wanna see me, dancing with somebody... it's females to the fore at the mercury prize. this album of the year award started way back in 1992, but, for the very first time, women make up the majority of the 12—strong shortlist. # don't show up. # don't come out. with brit winner dua lipa... # i like, i like, i like... ..charli xcx for an album she made at home during lockdown... # i like everything about you. # i don't have material gifts for you... ..and drummer—turned—singer georgia all on there. # stay a while. # you've picked up some tricks that you've learned on the way. laura marling is shortlisted for the fourth time in her career with song for our daughter, and says the recognition for females is well deserved. it's always been a strong time for women in music. i

our correspondent katie gornall has more details from stjames park.closest mike ashley has come to selling the club, he'd agreed a deal to sell the club back in april, a £300 million deal which included the saudi arabia arabia public investment fund, and the rubin brothers but today they said that after 16 weeks in which the premier league had scrutinise the deal under the owners and directors test they were pulling out we understand because they ran out of patience. they released a lengthy statement that i can summarise a few of the key points, they said that the focus was on building long—term value for the club, its fans and the community as "we remained committed to collaboration through a difficult period of uncertainty. " they went on to say that ultimately during the unferth cp prolonged process the commercial agreement between the investment group and the club owners expired and our investment thesis could not be the same facet the deal would now be off, the premier league were facing questions about saudi arabia as a human rights record, abou