cross counter, ridden by kerrin mcevoy, leads home a british—trained1—2—3 at the melbourne cup.ssion past the cenotaph in central london, to pay tribute to those that served during the first world war. 100 years on from the end of the first world war people around the country are also being asked to ring bells to replicate the national outpouring of relief that took place at the end of the conflict. all this week, in the run up to armistice day, we'll be travelling along the western front, uncovering the personal stories behind the great war. robert hall is at the thiepval war memorial in northern france — robert. you come across the somme battlefield to this, one of the most moving spots in this part of france. the focus for all the pilgrims is above me here, the huge thiepval memorial. that is there to mark the missing. 0ver memorial. that is there to mark the missing. over 72,000 names memorial. that is there to mark the missing. 0ver72,000 names of british and commonwealth soldiers are inscribed on it. i've come here to look at one name. it's down here ona to look at one nam

jockey kerrin mcevoy might be an aussie, but this was a victory made in suffolk, with a trainer who had already won this year's derby, now a double celebration. it's huge for everybody. you know, for me, of course, it's the biggest thing. along with the derby. this year has been one of those amazing years. i don't want it to end, really, but there we are. with british trained horses taking the top three places, this was the year that decades of frustration finally ended in glory. andy swiss, bbc news. time for a look at the weather — here's matt taylor. a quick canter through what's happening over the next few days. an incredibly mild day weather you've got sunshine or rain. air coming up from the south, temperatures well above where they should be. notjust in the uk but across much of central and eastern europe. 7—8d above where they normally are. we've got a southerly airflow driven by this area of low pressure out of the west. we a re area of low pressure out of the west. we are on the eastern flank and so close enough for the weather front to push its way in. turning wet across many

the four—year—old gelding gave jockey kerrin mcevoy his third victory in the famous 3,200 metre raceond and third place, making it a clean sweep for the brits. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett. coming up in your tuesday sport briefing: we look ahead to a busy night in the european champions league. india play the second match of their t20 series against west indies. and the draw for the season—ending atp finals is made, but rafael nadal won't be there after he withdaws through injury. lionel messi has been included in barcelona's squad for their trip to milan to play inter in the champions league on tuesday. the barcelona captain returned to training last weekjust 11 days after fracturing his arm against sevilla following a nasty fall in a 11—2 la liga win at camp nou. the catalans have won all three of their opening champions league games in group b and would secure their place in the knockout phase of the competition with a win at the san siro. translation: there are three or four possibilities. one is that he plays from the

and history has been made in the melbourne cup, with cross counter, ridden by kerrin mcevoy, becoming. trainer charlie appleby said it was "everybody‘s dream". that, everybody at home, is a little bit of history happening in the many yea rs of bit of history happening in the many years of the history of the melbourne cup that is the first time a british horse has won. amazing. thank you very much. time to get the papers now. we look at the front pages first, the daily mail claims a grieving family could be hit with bills of up to £6,000 under a new death tax. it is coming. wait for it. garages. it is the cost of securing probate, that is coming up in april. they also have two of the spice girls there. four of them are involved in the spice girls reunion. the front page of the times, president trump and former president obama. women who are early rises are 40% less likely to develop breast cancer. the papers is that researchers looked at more than 400,000 women. that is the first timei 400,000 women. that is the first time i have had any good news about getting up early in the morning.

this is known as the race that stops a nation — and it was actually a british 1—2—3, kerrin mcevoy ridingow. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. thank you, see later. let‘s return to our top story this morning — and polls have opened on the us east coast for the midterm elections. for the past few weeks president trump has been crisscrossing the country in an attempt to boost his party‘s candidates. but what can we learn from the states he chose to campaign in? do they reveal any vulnerabilities in the republicans hold on congress? ros atkins has been looking at this in our virtual senate. donald trump isn‘t on the ballot, but his presidency looms large over this year‘s mid—term elections. voters will be choosing 35 senators, and all 435 members of the house of representatives. there are also thousands of other officials on the ballot, too. now, currently the republicans control both chambers of congress, but can they hold onto them? well, this is the current make—up of the house of representatives. the democrats need to take these 25 seats to seize the majority, and they‘re confiden

this is known as the race that stops a nation — and it was actually a british 1—2—3, kerrin mcevoy ridingis morning's back pages, but let's have a look at what they did go with the times picked up on the controversy over wayne rooney's comeback appearance for england — the fa say they won't be gving any of the gate receipts from the match against the united states to rooney's foundation. the daily express are quoting manchester city's claims that they are the victims of an "organised attempt" to damaged the club, in response to more allegations that they broke financial fair play rules. and the independent have more on liverpool's decision to drop shaquiri for tonight's champions league game in serbia — jurgen klopp says there were no security reasons, it was merely to avoid any distraction in what will already be a tense atmosphere. iamjoined by i am joined by somebody who knows about making back page headlines! in his own words it was the "stuff of dreams". geraint thomas raced into the history books injuly when he became the first welsh winner of the tour de france. hejoins us today. h