she was just too good for konta. in fa ct she was just too good for konta.int. 6—1 to williams. she, the player in blue today. former world number one maria sharapova has agreed a deal with the lawn tennis association to play at birmingham's aegon classic for the next two years. the former wimbledon champion recent return to tennis following a 15—month drugs ban. she'll play at the wta event for the first time in seven years after she received a wild card invitation, she's yet to find out though. she won't appear at the french open in ten days' time and is yet to find out if she'll get a wild card for this year's wimbledon. the outgoing chief executive of the rfu, ian ritchie, says he still rues england's "horrendous" exit from their home world cup in 2015, but believes rugby union in england is in a "very strong place". ritchie helped appoint the australian eddiejones as head coach but doesn't think his successor has to be english... isaid at i said at the time when we were appointing eddie, and i think proved absolutely that you need the best coach that yo

in the third, breaking konta twice to win that set 6—1. birmingham's aegon classic for the next two years. the former wimbledon champion recently returned to tennis following a 15—month drugs ban. while officials at roland garros decided not to grant her a wildcard at the french open, sharapova has earned a place in the qualifying rounds at wimbledon and could yet receive a wildcard for the main draw at the all—england club. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are pippa crerar, political correspondent at the london evening standard, and michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the financial times, which leads on what it says is theresa may's break with the tories's thatcherite past to woo labour voters. the telegraph calls it theresa may's "manifesto for the mainstream" as she promises to make britain fairer. tomorrow's express ramps up the fighting talk over the uk'

and the british number 0nejohanna konta is out of the french open — stunned by the world number 109, sit in the ‘wenger in‘ or the ‘wenger 0ut‘ camp the news remains the same. the arsenal manager won't be leaving. arsene wenger has signed a new two year deal to extend his 21 year stay at the club. an official announcement will be made tomorrow. however, it has been a season of ups and downs in north london as our sports editor dan roan reports. he's already the longest serving manager in british football and now we know, arsene wenger‘s ten year at arsenal will extend the 22nd year. this season ‘s longest—running saga finally concluded after a meeting of the board amidst fierce debate amongst the fans. there will be an element to so angry —— who will be so angry. element to so angry —— who will be so angry. they already showing their feelings. and then there will be as many if not more who will save you know what, you might get a better manager than arsene wenger. the pressure on arsene wenger has intensified in recent months, whilst he mulled over the idea of a new contract, many fa

konta is the fifth seed and breezed through the first set 6—3.the second 6—0. next up for her is the winner of tomorrow's match between venus williams and the ukranian lesia tsurenko. in the men's draw, andy murray plays fabio fognini of italy later for a place in the third round. already out is aljaz bedene. the british number three lost in straight sets to novak djokovic, although he did push the serb all the way in the opener, breaking his serve in the first game of the match. bedene eventually lost the first set on a tie break though and faded somewhat in the second, winning only two games — 7—6, 6—2 the final score. we have breaking tennis news in the last half an hour or so. maria sharapova has not been given a wild ca rd to sharapova has not been given a wild card to play at the french open later this month. the 30—year—old russian is currently in rome fulfilling some promotional events, not playing there. she has just returned from a 15 month doping ban and has not been able to gain enough ranking points to get into the main draw or even

konta, she won the tie—break 7—2.decider. hsieh continued to chip away at the british player. she found herself serving to stay in the match. but survived another game. but the revival was short lived. hsieh won the third set. bitter disappointment forjohanna konta, still to win in the main draw at roland—garros. jim lumsden, bbc news. andy murray is currently in action. currently leading 5—2 in his match. we will bring you the latest in the next hour. we will see you later, sorry about that, hugh! simon has an issue with his microphone. meaning it is kept private. while i sort that out... shares have fallen for british airways owner iag after a computer failure that affected passengers from around the world. the fall wiped about 400 million pounds off the company's market value. ba says it is operating a full flight schedule today, but warned that it "may take some time" to reunite passengers with their bags. emma simpson reports: no queues, no chaos. this was heathrow terminal five this morning. an airline getting b

johanna konta is without a winner in this open.n cricket, india humiliated bangladesh in theirfinal warm up match in the champions trophy which begins on thursday with a 240 run win at the oval. bangladesh won the task and india compiled a mammoth 324, with a top score of 94 before they retired for the day. in response, the tigers could only muster 84. the match between new zealand and sri lanka in birmingham was closer... the black caps got a six wicket win. just under four overs remaining. ben ainslie's land rover bar team secured a crucial win over swedish team artemis in the america's cup qualifiers in bermuda. the most successful 0lympic sailor ever had struggled for speed and stability in previous races losing their last four in a row but the british crew found both on tuesday winning by 30 seconds to leave them third behind emirates team new zealand and holders 0racle team usa. winner of the indy 500 takuma sato was basking in sunday's victory and even got to ring the bell nasdaq marketsite in new york's times square on tues

but the british number one johanna konta is out — stunned by the world number 109, su—wei hsieh.oin me with news of one of the biggest awards in women's football. plenty to come, but we start with football and what a bank holiday it was for the fans of huddersfield town. for the first time, they were promoted to the premier league thanks to a nail—biting, penalty shoot—out victory over reading in the championship play—off final. in a moment, we'll go live to the town where thousands of fans have been lining the streets to pay tribute to their team as they parade with their play—off trophy. but first, patrick gearey looks at how the terriers have hit the big time. one click, £170 million. no pressure. no problem. christopher schindler had sent huddersfield town into the elite into the premier ‘s league. they were led there by a young german manager, david wagner, who had been fairly unknown here. this is a fairy tale and normally it is not usual to do this. i am one of the happiest men on the planet. i am proud of what the players have done and everyone who has supported huddersfi

but konta was hitting her shots at her opponent. away at the british player and found herself serving to stay in the match. see she survived one more game but survival was short—lived. bitter disappointment for konta, who is still to win a match at roland garros. meanwhile, on the main show court, andy murray starts his campaign against russia's andrey kuznetsov with murray hoping to improve his run on clay this season — he's lost as many matches as he's w011. that's all sport for now. just a reminder, arsene wenger will stay at arsenal for two more years at least. it will officially be announced tomorrow. find out more reaction to that on our website. i'll have more in the next hour. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is campaigning today on the party's promise of free childcare for two to four year olds. however, mr corbyn was left red—faced during an interview on radio 4's woman's hour when he appeared not know how much the policy would cost to put in place. he was pressed on the issue by presenter emma barnett. we know from appalling th

konta was beaten in three sets by chinese taipei's hsieh su—ewi.paterson will find out tomorrow how long he'll spend injail, that's following his conviction last month for carrying out unnecessary operations on 17 women. lawyers say hundreds of paterson's patients could have undergone surgery quite needlessly. asjeremy cook reports, some victims are calling for the maximum punishment of life. a broken bond of trust between a doctor and his patients. you are evil, pure evil. he told them he'd cut them free of life—threatening cancer — he lied. i had no need to be there and he had no reason to cut bits off me. ian paterson removed lumps, performed entire mastectomies, deliberate mutilation for no medical reason. judy conduit suffered a catastrophic infection following paterson's phoney diagnosis that both her breasts must be removed. he just duped everybody. i hate him now. i hate him with a vengeance. john ingram was among ten former patients chosen to testify against paterson at his nine week trial. as a man, his case was not typical, but in every

back to her form in the first, she was too good forjohanna konta.ore in sportsday at 6.30. more now on the election campaign. ina week in a week of manifesto launches, we are asking you to send in questions for special guests. it‘s called ask this. today it‘s the turn of the conservatives on the day they launched their manifesto. i‘m joined by the former cabinet minister and party leader iain duncan smith. you will be pleased to know that the questions have flooded in! the challenge today is to answer as many as we can. there is so much talk about social care and this policy, in forcing quite a radical departure in many ways but it is fair to say, given the comments that have come m, given the comments that have come in, a lot of people are puzzled or angry about it, because they feel it is not addressing an issue of fairness. let me take alistair gordon, thank you for your question. he says, what happened to be social ca re cap he says, what happened to be social care cap as promised in 2015? how cani care cap as promised in 2015? how can i pay a c

bitter disappointment forjohanna konta, still to win in the main draw at roland—garros.ched the final last year but is on a run of poorform. he has won the first set against the unseeded russian 6—4. andy murray took the lead in the second and the score is currently 2—1. that's all sport for now. hugh has more in the next hour. studio: ollie, thank you. throughout the general election campaign we're going to be taking an in—depth look at some of the topics most important to you , and hearing from our specialist editors. today, we're focusing on education. our education editor branwen jeffreys has been assessing what the big issues in schools are. many things make a difference to your child's education but it is what happens in the classroom that matters the most. is the teacher and expert in their subject? are they really good at passing their knowledge on? england has a teacher shortage, and secondary schools are feeling that impact. for several yea rs, feeling that impact. for several years, not enough people have been starting teacher training, and a growing number of

british number one joanna konta is through to the third round of the italian 0pen, after knocking outrst set with some ease by six games to three. if that was straightforward, the second set was all but effortless, as she took that 6—0. next up for konta is the winner of the second round match between venus williams and the ukranian lesia tsurenko. french open bosses have shed further light on their decision not to allow romanian davis cup captain ilie nastase to roland garros this year. during a highly controversial april, the 70 year—old made racist comments about serena williams' pregnancy, allegedly inappropriate advances towards his british counterpart anne keothavong, and he's believed to have verbally abused both the davis cup captain, as well as playerjohanna konta during a match. 0rganisers of the madrid 0pen were criticised for inviting nastase to last saturday's award ceremony. and speaking ahead of the next grand slam in paris, french open tournament director guy forget says the romanian has let himself down. a lot of us are sad about him because i think it is not good pub

konta had won their previous meetings, but williams, the number nine seed, came through 6—1,3—6, 6—1.ere have been legal battles with animal rights groups. a bbc team went to see the closing moments with those who‘ve called the circus home. music plays. ringling brothers circus is older than coca—cola, older than baseball. for us to be coming to a close, it‘s really sad. riding a cannon out onto arena floor, you know, it's powerful. smiling right before i get into the canon. as soon as i slide down and focus 100%, i think the word i think of the most is "attack." go! in between cities, we travel and live on a train. we‘re sort of like professional gypsies. you know, it is such a unique lifestyle. i think that‘s one of the most nostalgic elements of this show coming to a close, is that this lifestyle is coming to an end as well. there‘s a culture that we are losing. that is 146 years deep. we're just devastated. the performers, they're pretty much all out of work. and, hopefully, something else will happen, something else will come up. where it's something similar. you know? but if not

the number five seed, konta was rarely challenged, and won the first set with some ease 6—3.r is the winner of the second round match between venus williams and the ukranian lesia tsurenko. and due soon at the same venue, aljaz bedene against novak djokovic. fernando alonso said he was satisfied with an "amazing" first day of official practice for the indianapolis 500. the mclaren driver is racing at the event later this month instead of the monaco grand prix. alonso is racing against time to learn a different driving discipline and racing on a 2.5—mile super—speedway track. marco andretti, alonso's team—mate, was fastest at first practice before qualifying this weekend. alonso was 19th. that is all your sport fanatic. olly foster, thank you very much. just to show you the scene in washington. we are awaiting a news conference from the national security adviser. this follows the row over president trump who has been defending his right to share information with russia after classified material it is claimed was handed over to the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. a p pa

konta recovered from a set down against the american, but eventually lost 6—1, 3—6, 6—1.ay. that's all the sport now. we will be back with more in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. donald trump says he's being subjected to the "greatest witch—hunt against a politician in american history" after a special investigator was appointed to examine russia's alleged interference in last year's election and allegations of collusion between members of the trump team and russian officials. the former head of the fbi robert mueller has been appointed to look into all the allegations, as our correspondent richard galpin explains. these are the darkest days so far for donald trump, whose brief, chaotic tenure at the white house is steadily being engulfed by allegations of inappropriate links with russia. director, if you would rise. so much so a former fbi director, robert mueller, has been called in to lead the growing investigation into the allegations. he's seen as an independent outsider and has been welcomed by democrat and republican politicians. it is a very positive de

konta, lost five games in a row to lose the deciding set.ter 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 observer headlines on labour's plans to increase income tax for people earning more than eighty—thousand—pounds, ifjeremy corbyn becomes the next prime minister. the sunday telegraph has that same story and also reports that the european commission's own lawyers say a suggested 100 billion euro brexit divorce bill could not be legally enforced. the sunday times — says th

konta, lost five games in a row to lose the deciding set.t 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 schoolgirls who were abducted by islamist militants in 2014 have been freed. they were among more than 270 girls seized from a boarding school in the town of chibok in a night time attack. stephanie hegarty reports: they were taken over three years ago as schoolgirls, but they will be coming back soon as young women. after lengthy negotiations between the government and militants, 82 of the kidnapped chibok girls have been released. it was essentially a prisoner swap. the presidency said in a statement that some boko haram suspects were freed in exchange for the girls. the young w

in the women's draw, british number one johanna konta suffered a shock defeat by world number 109 hsiehet 6—1 with her power too much for her opponent, but the match swung around with konta eventually on the losing side and is still yet to win in the main draw at roland garros after three successive first—round losses. the entertainer rolf harris will not face a further retrial on indecent assault allegations — after a jury failed to reach a verdict. rolf harris left court today without comment but said through his solicitor he felt no sense of victory — just relief. he'd been accused of groping three teenage girls in the 1970s and 80s. investigations are continuing into the death of a zookeeper in cambridge yesterday after she was attacked by a tiger. rosa king had worked at hamerton zoo for 1h years. in a tribute, her mother said she loved herjob and wouldn't have done anything else. ben ando reports. we do a lot of work for conservation, a lot of breeding to try and save... conservation and compassion, words rosa king lived by. today, flowers were laid at hamerton zoo by friends and

but there was a shock forjohanna konta.et 6—1 but the tide turned in the final two sets. defeat yesterday means konta still has never won a match in the main draw at roland garros. golf legend jack nicklaus says that everyone involved in the game needs to help tiger woods who was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence on monday. according to a police report, woods, winner of 14 majors, was asleep at the wheel of his mercedes on a florida road and didn't know where he was. it's the latest in a series of incidents involving the former world number one, who has only played sporadically due to injury over the past few years. ifeel bad for tiger. tiger is a friend. he's been great for the game of golf and i think he needs all our help and we wish him well. he's struggling. and i wish him well, i hope he gets out of it, i hope he plays golf again. he needs a lot of support from a lot of people and i'll be one of them. and the bbc women's footballer of the year 2017 has been awarded to 0lympique lyonnais and norway st

konta, lost five games in a row to lose the deciding set.st 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 olympic 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. more now on the conservative pledge today of making reforming mental health legislation a priority in england and wales if they win the general election. theresa may said the new law would end discrimination of vulnerable people and a boost to the number of mental health professionals by 2020. with me now is simon wesserly, president of the royal college of psychiatrists. i think most of us, mental health has been the privation of the nhs. we don't hear much about it, we didn't until and now suddenly people are talking about it all over, even members of the royal family and no politicians. first of all, that is great. i wish to tap into 30 year

ejected after a foul—mouthed rant at his counterpart anne keothavong and british number one yohanna kontahe international tennis federation and has issued an apology for his conduct. we condemn his behaviour in the fed cup against the british team and the itf are investigating at the moment, subject to temporary suspension, and we await the outcome of the itf investigation and meanwhile we will honour that suspension for as long as it is in place. and staying with tennis news : spain's pablo carreno busta beat tommy robredo to move into the quarter—finals of the estoril 0pen. carreno busta is looking to go one better after finishing runner—up in portugal last year. he saw off his fellow spaniard in straight sets in the second round on wednesday, winning 7—6, 7—5. and carreno busta will face defending champion nicolas almagro next in a repeat of the 2016 final. almagro beat gastao elias of portugal in straight sets, 6—1, 6—2, to set—up a rematch at the estadio millennium. france's richard gasquet is also through to the third round after a comfortable win over carlos berloq. the 6—1, 6—4 vi

he was ejected after swearing at the british captain anne keothavong and british number one johanna kontahe international tennis federation as they investigate a number of comments he made. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. welcomed our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are joan papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoan bakewell. good evening. let's have a look at the front pages. theresa may accusing european politicians of making threats against britain in the i, she claims they are doing it to affect the general election result. same story in the ft. she said that some in brussels to not want brexit talks to succeed. and the headline in the daily telegraph, mae unleashes fire at europe. it also makes the front page of the daily express. —— theresa may unleashes fire at europe. the metro's main story is the student damon smith, who's been found guilty of trying to set off a home—made bomb on a tube train in london. police are urging more schools in the capital to install metal scanners to protect children from risi

venus williams, muguruza's next opponent, defeated fifth seeded yohanna konta.n the pair but ninth seeded american overcame a second set blip to prevail 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. pakistan's most prolific test run—scorer younis khan says cricket will die out in the country if the test match version of the sport isn't played there. khan, who recently retired from all forms of the international game, became the first pakistan player to score 10,000 test runs. we have to promote test cricket back in pakistan, the way, you know, every youngster in pakistan, the way, you know, every you ngster follows in pakistan, the way, you know, every youngster follows the t20. a long time ago, when i was very young, the first time i had been to the national stadium in karachi, imran khan was there, so, at that timei imran khan was there, so, at that time i was, you know, sitting in the stand and i was making my mind, one date —— day i will play for my country. this happens when you have cricket back in your home. so, i think we should do something about that and we have to convince other co

johanna konta won her second match in rome.ild card to play at the french open later this month the two—time champion at roland garros is playing in rome, but she pulled out with a thigh injury while leading her second—round tie against mirjana lucic—baroni. defeat in rome means she misses the chance to qualify for the main draw at wimbledon, which she could have achieved by reaching the finals in the italian capital. the french open organisers say it would send out the wrong message to give her a wild card in paris. i'm very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for herfans, very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for her fans, they very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for herfans, they might be very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for her fans, they might be very disappointed, she might be very disappointed. but it is my mission to protect the game and to protect the high standards of a game played without any doping in the results. the ioc has finished its inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether they s

british women's number one johanna konta has a dismal record on the french clay — she's never won a match garros and sadly for her that record continued today with a first round defeat to the world number 109 as jim lumsden reports. konte‘s improvement does not yet extend to clay. she was looking to get past the first round for the first time. the first set was a formality. the second set was the opposite. the chinese player picked up opposite. the chinese player picked up by opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance and opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance and despite being below third by —— being below konte, she won the set. dernbach was hitting the shots straight at her opponent. the chinese player continue to chip away. she survived another game but her arrival was short lived. better disappointment for konte, who is still to win this kind of match. former us open champion sam stosur has suggested that some players may decide to boycott playing on the arena named after margaret cou

meanwhile british number 0nejohanna konta faces the unseeded su—wei hsieh of chinese taipei. joint leader on day two of the pga championship at wentworth. the scott finished the first day one—shot behind and today hit four birdies in a row to top the leaderboard along with belgian's thomas pieters on seven—under—par. jamieson finished with a two—under round of 70. england's lee westwood is in also contention, he's two shots back after carding a three—under—par round of 69. there was a big surprise in super league this evening as hull were beaten at home by strugglers leigh centurions. that result means leeds are now up to third in the table after they thrashed warrington a0 points to nil. rob burrow going over for their final try. elsewhere there were wins for leaders castleford as well as salford and wakefield trinity. thousands of people turned—out in the centre of manchester to watch some of britain's best athletes compete in the great city games... katherine downes was following the action for us. albert square might hear in the heart of manchester, the scene of that emot

was ejected after swearing at the british captain anne keothavong and british number one, johanna kontad by the international tennis federation as they investigate a number of comments he made. we condemn his behaviour, in the fed cup against the british team, the itf will conducting an investigation at the moment. he is subject to a temporary suspension and we will await the outcome of the itf investigation and we will honour that suspension for at long as it is in place. that suspension for at long as it is in place. staying with wimbledon, maria sharapova will find out onjune 20th if she will get a wild card to compete at wimbledon either in qualifying or the main draw (tx the 2004 champion has onlyjust returned to the sport after a 15—month doping ban. the all—england club will wait to see if the russian can qualify by right before making a decision — sharapova needs to be inside the world's top 200 to go into qualifying or the top 100 to go straight into the main draw. is still has an opportunity in the two tournament to get the results needed to get into qualifying or main draw on

williams eased through, and johanna konta fought back. williams leads three games to one. could miss out. scotland, wales and northern ireland have one cup challenge in the season. the top seven in the pro—12 will qualify, the top six from the premiership and the top six from the premiership and the top six from the french league will qualify automatically. the 20th place going to the challenge cup winner. and mcgregor and floyd mayweather junior, their contest has been set to be staged as a boxing fight. and the three—time gymnastic world champion and blains medallist winner, beth tweddle has become a pa rt winner, beth tweddle has become a part of a panel to help sports men and women adjust to life outside of sports. i think that there is support. it is raising the awareness to the athletes that the support network is there. go out and start finding out about it. start talking about it. it is not something to start thinking about when they retire, if they start to worry, they are pre—empting retirement and can lose focus in the sport. it is saying it is not too early to

britain's number1yohanna konta has lost in the first round of the madrid 0pen.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 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. it's 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. pain.! did you notice as well for a while he seemed to be scratching with both hands and riding his bike without any han

britain's number one johanna konta has lost in the first round of the madrid 0pen.reer. 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 show—jumping phase. britain's geraint thomas is up to eleventh overall at the giro d'italia after finishing eighth on yesterday's second stage in sardinia. germany's andre greipel was first across the finish line after the 137 mile ride. that saw him take a four second lead over austria's lukas postlberger, who won the opening stage on friday. 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

ejected after a foul—mouthed rant at his counterpart anne keothavong and british number one johanna kontaing his investigation into hillary clinton's email. james coney said he felt mildly nauseous that he might have influenced the result. history is likely to judge that this law enforcement officer played a decisive role in determining the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. just days before polling, james comey revealed the fbi had reopened its inquiry into hillary clinton's e—mails from when she was secretary of state. he said he had no good options. so i stared at speak and conceal. speak would be really bad, there's an election in 11 days. lordy, that would be really bad. concealing, in my view, would be catastrophic, notjust to the fbi, but well beyond. and honestly, as between really bad and catastrophic, i said to my team — we've got to walk into the world of really bad. so how does he feel now about the impact his intervention has had? look, this was terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think that we might have had some impact on the election. but, honestly, it wouldn'

britain's johanna konta is the seventh seed in the women's draw, despite never having won a match ath su—wei. actually i really enjoy this part of the season. especially this year it has presented me with new challenges, and new opportunities to grow, to look to improve as a player and a competitor. i think i am trying to take advantage of that as much as possible, and otherwise what specifically i will be looking to stay here for as long as possible. that's all from sportsday. arsenal have lifted the fa cup for the 13th time in their history. it is billed as the greatest cup competition in the world, and that it has not disappointed. we will review of some memories of another unforgettable review of some memories of another u nforg etta ble fa review of some memories of another unforgettable fa cup. this year, this cup, this beautiful game... what this year, this cup, this beautiful game. .. what is this year, this cup, this beautiful game... what is it all for? for those who have never seen it before, for those who have seen it all before, for those who can't bear to see it at all,

british number one johanna konta men's and women's tours are in rome. won the first set 6—3. she stepped up the first set 6—3. she stepped up the gears in the second, 6—0. next up the gears in the second, 6—0. next up is the winner of tomorrow's match between venus williams and the ukrainian tsurenko. the men's tournament is the rome masters. aljaz bedene has been knocked out by novak djokovic, although he did push the serb to a tie—break. broke in the serb to a tie—break. broke in the first game of the first set. bedene lost that tie—break, faded in the second. 0nly won a couple of games in that one. djokovic is a four—time winner in rome and he's through to the third round. after crashing on the previous stage of the giro d‘ italia geraint thomas made a remarkable come bass to finish second in today's time trial. the team sky rider was strong over the lumpy terrain in the wine growing region. he's up to 11th in the overall standings. the olympic silver medallist was 49 seconds quicker, stormed to the top of the general classification. he now leads the

konta, who's beaten williams in their last three encounters, struggled to make an impact in the first book her place in the quarterfinals. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. the conservative party has launched its general election manifesto. addressing a crowd in halifax in west yorkshire, the prime minister, theresa may, said her party's aim is to build a ‘stronger, fairer and more prosperous‘ britain and create ‘a great meritocracy‘ her commitments include a strong economy with a pledge to balance the budget by the middle of the next decade. she talked about brexit saying there would be ‘no half in, half out of europe' the manifesto also stipulates that a second scottish referendum cannot take place until after the brexit process is complete. and there's a fresh commitment to bring down net migration, she said leaving the eu would allow more control. she talks of the rising cost of social care in england due to an ageing society, new plans say no—one will have to sell their property in their lifetime to fund residential or home care, but there will be a new f

an open women's draw and will face akaterina makarova of russia, while british number one johanna kontaood run, she faces unseeded soo way shay of chinese taipei. this year's tournament at roland garros starts on sunday. it bea it be a summer of transfers in the premier league. zabaleta has been snapped right up. he becomes village's first signing at west ham. he signed a two—year deal that sta rts he signed a two—year deal that starts on the 1st ofjuly after his nine years with manchester city. he said it has been a pleasure to move to london. valencia will be staying put in manchester. he signed a contract extension with manchester united for another two years. he arrived as a winger but has been utilised by the manager as an attacking right back who said he had long admired valencia long before he joined the club as manager. wayne rooney says he has "more or less" decided about his manchester united future but won't say what that is for another two weeks. as for the 31—year—old's international career, well that looks to be coming to a close. england's record scorer has been been left

british number one johanna konta faces unseeded soo way shay of chinese taipei. day international against south africa tomorrow. england will wrap up the three match series with victory in southampton. it really is a busy weekend, when you consider that in london there are the play—offs here. 80,000 at twickenham over the weekend watching the premiership play—off final. a big game at hamden too. before we get more on this cup final, let's touch on the scottish cup final a last chance to stop the invicibales — celtic unbeaten in every domestic match are on for the treble. aberdeen are their opponents in the final i think the level of play they have in the performances they've produced, i think anything other than a travel would be very disappointing for them. when i put ourselves under pressure to deliver for ourselves. we've had a very good season, and we can have, and also have a very good season if we lose tomorrow. but we can have a brilliant season, special season, by winning this tomorrow. they have, you know, certainly exceeded what i thought they could ach

coming up in sport at half past, british number one johanna konta has secured a place in the third rounda of kazakhstan in straight sets 6—3, 6—0. greater manchester police have said they will never close the moors murders case after the death of ian brady. he was 79 and had been receiving palliative care at ashworth hospital, a high security psychiatric unit in merseyside. brady and his partner myra hindley tortured and murdered five children in the 1960s, burying their bodies on saddleworth moor in the pennines. hindley died in prison in 2002. public outrage at the crimes was compounded by the couple's refusal to co—operate with detectives or relatives — as our correspondent, judith moritz, reports. his name will always be notorious, his face the image of evil. ian brady, the moors murderer. his crimes are among the most reviled of the 20th century. he took children and tortured them, murdering and dumping their bodies on the moors above manchester. police searched for their remains. 0ne above manchester. police searched for their remains. one child was never found. brady's accomplice

almost the perfect game from johanna konta in rome.

andy murray and johanna konta are due to play their first round matches tomorrow.and. 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 o2 arena and grieving. tonight people gathered here to show their support and pay their respects. in st ann's square words mean something.

was ejected after a foul—mouthed rant at gb captain anne keothavong and british number one johanna konta been provisionally suspended by the international tennis federation. the winners of this year's wimbledon singles titles will earn £2.2 million each in prize money. that's an increase of £200,000 on the sums won last year by andy murray and serena williams, and even those losing in the first round will walk away with £35,000. garth crooks, an independent trustee of the anti—discrimination organisation kick it out, has called for black players in italy to boycott this weekend's matches, unless the ban on sulley muntari is lifted. pescara midfielder muntari was banned for one game after he protested against racist abuse in a serie a match at cagliari on sunday. the former sunderland and portsmouth player was booked for dissent after asking the referee to stop the game, and walked off in protest. kick it out described the italian football authorities as "gutless". that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll h

johanna konta faces unseeded soo way shei of chinese taipei.afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has given a speech this morning, linking british military action abroad to terrorist attacks here at home. mr corbyn said the ‘war on terror‘ is not working — and that a different approach is needed. he was speaking as election campaigning resumed after monday's attack in manchester. the conservatives have condemned his remarks as crass and ‘appallingly timed'. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the political truce after manchester, ended this morning. but first, there was a further moment of remembrance. can i ask that we all stand for a moment's silence. and thenjeremy corbyn re—drew the political dividing lines. austerity has to stop at the aide wards and at the police station door. we cannot be protected and cared for on the cheap. in an attempt to nuetralise the attacks, the labour leader insisted he was patriotic and with manchester. then he made a link between uk terror at home and foreign

britain's johanna konta is the seventh seed in the women's draw, despite never having won a match athsieh su—wei. actually i really enjoy this part of the season. especially this year it has presented me with new challenges, and new opportunities to grow, to look to improve as a player and a competitor. i think i am trying to take advantage of that as much as possible, and otherwise what specifically i will be looking to stay here for as long as possible. it's notjust the fa cup and scottish cup final today — there are domestic cup finals across europe. luis enrique will take charge of barcelona for the last time when they play alaves in the final of the copa del rey. his side were pipped to the spanish league title by real madrid, but it still provides him with the chance to end his reign with some silverware by winning the kings cup. and they've been boosted by the news that gerard pique, javier mascherano and alex vidal are all available. it's also the german cup final today. borussia dortmund will start as favourites against eintracht frankfurt, despite having lost in their last

konta is seeded fifth and won in straight sets.from the italian open in the final set of her second round match through injury. the russian can still play at wimbledon through the qualifiers or a wildcard but after her ban for doping, she‘ll not play at roland garros next week. iam very i am very sorry for maria, very sorry for her fans. it is my mission to protect their game, and to protect the high standards of the game played without any doping on the result. geraint thomas has moved up to eleventh in the giro d‘italia after an impressive second place in yesterday‘s time trial. his chances of winning the race were effectively ruined by a crash on sunday but he gathered back some time on his rivals yesterday. holland‘s tom dumoulin now leads the race by over two minutes. so, poor old geraint thomas and adam yates, caught up in the spectacular crash. amazing. they were second and third going into the state on sunday. the police motorbike on the side of the road, the peleton piled into it and they lost five minutes. there is no mak

konta has won their last three meetings.he will be at wimbledon but after that... number one... well, he will be at wimbledon but after that. .. what is that sporting phrase? form is temperate, class is permanent. that sporting phrase? form is temperate, class is permanentm that sporting phrase? form is temperate, class is permanent. it is the phrase, isn't it? iwill remember that. it is notjust for sport, however, charlie. yes. it could apply to many things such as girl guiding. i was a brownlie. could apply to many things such as girl guiding. iwas a brownlie. -- brownlie. craft, first aid, cooking. just some of the badges that have been a staple of the brownie sash over the years. but now, girl—guiding is planning a major overhaul of its activities, to give its members skills to help them become leaders in the modern world. so far, 15,000 girls have put forward ideas, including app design, vlogging and upcycling. we've been to a brownie troop in dagenham, to see what they would like to learn. ifi if i were allowed to inve

johanna konta and andy murray are in action tomorrow.ves are keen to focus again on brexit, while labour hope to build on progress in the polls. one key battleground will be the city of wolverhampton in the west midlands, where nearly one in five is from an asian or african caribbean background. its three seats are held by labour — and a majority in the city voted to leave the eu at the referendum. here's our midlands political editor patrick burns on how the city might vote now. wolverhampton has a particularly diverse mix of ethnic minorities, the asian community is by far the biggest. 0ne clear majority though, the 63% for leave in the referendum. harry, good to see you. to find out how the core labour vote is faring in all of this, i have come to the local sikh temple, or gurdwara. do you talk to friends and family around here about how they are going to vote in the election? what do they say about maybe having a change of heart this time? my other half is changing his heart, he would like to vote conservative now. and then, i have v

johanna konta is playing jeh su—wei of taiwan in their first round tie.s many matches as he's won. although it's very frustrating, you have to try to enjoy this part of what we do as well. the struggles are part of what make the good times so enjoyable. i need to enjoy my struggle a little bitjust now. that will help me get through it quicker, i believe. it's set to be an uphill struggle for ben ainslie and his crew — after great britain suffered a fourth consecutive defeat in their america cup qualifiers. the team made an error around the third turn yesterday and couldn't recover against france. it means they're now third in the standings. they'll now take on the other five teams again over the next few days — starting against sweden today. they ground us down and got the win. we're they ground us down and got the win. we' re clearly they ground us down and got the win. we're clearly disappointed with that. we have to go away. look at our development programme, our configuration for the coming days. and make improvements. that's the sport. i'll have the

after swearing at the british captain anne keothavong and the umpire and the british number one hannah kontaen provisionally suspended by the international fed is —— tennis federation as they investigate a number of comments he made the week. so good news for you, there is space for you in the royal box. it is ten years to the day since three—year—old madeleine mccann went missing from a holiday apartment in the portuguese village of praia da luz. her disappearance sparked a huge police search and worldwide attention which cast a shadow on the resort. but a decade later — despite extensive international inquiries — the investigation remains open. jon kay reports. ten years. ten years since everything changed here. a little girl vanished on a holiday with her parents. it's unbelievable that there's been nothing. you know, nobody‘s found anything. this comes into my mind every single day. jenny murat is still haunted by what happened. she only lives a few yards from the block where madeleine disappeared. back then she set up a stall, appealing for information. but it was something she saw hers

for the third year in a row british number onejohanna konta has been knocked out in the first round ofh to the second round of the french open after beating andre kuznetzov by three sets to one. the world number one reached the final last year but has been on a run of poorform — he did though, take the first set against the unseeded russian 6—4. but murray's attention seemed to wander in the next set. his serve was broken three times and kuznetsov won the set six games to 4. the scot pulled himself together to gallop through the third set 6—2, and breezed through the fourth 6—0 to move into the second round where he'll face martin klizan of slovakia. kyle edmund is also true to the next round. now, it is time for ask this on bbc news... there's just over a week to go to polling day, and throughout the election campaign we've been asking you to get in touch and put your questions to politicians from the main parties. over the last couple of week's we've heard from the conservatives and liberal democrats. well, today, on the day that they launch their manifesto, i'm joined by the snp's e