it was a dominant display from lightning, who beat league newcomers leeds rhinos in the semi—final onish lions are due to fly to south africa this evening, however the whole springbok team have been forced into isolation. three squad members tested positive for covid—19, forcing training to be cancelled injohannesburg. in a statement, they said that cancellation was a "precautionary measure". no decision has yet been made on the first of their warm up tests against georgia on friday. and fabio quartararo has won the dutch motogp to extend his lead at the top of rider standings. the frenchman dominated on his yamaha to claim his fourth victory of the season. the series now has a mid—season break, no prizes for guessing how quartararo will be spending it — probably working on his golf game. that's all from me and the team at sportsday. have a lovely evening, bye for now. many parts of northern england, scotland and northern ireland on sunday saw some blue sky and sunshine, but that was in short supply at further south. this was the picture in devon during sunday afternoon, heavy rain an

former leeds rhinos player kevin sinfield has been made an obe for services to rugby league and charityng and jordan henderson — have been awarded mbes for their campaigning work. a full list can be found on the bbc website. and that's all the sport for now. this event will see the highest temperatures of the so far and it's sunday that the hotter of the two days with highs peaking at 30 celsius. sunday will be very humid. those humidity levels are dropping across parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia. it's across the far south where it will stay quite soupy as we start saturday morning. some fog patches and low cloud here. these are your morning temperatures, about 10—14 degrees. we see some patchy cloud across the northern half, but some sunshine for a scotland. best of the sunshine for a scotland. best of the sunshine further south what. most errors will brighten, but it will start to turn humid in northern ireland and much cloudier through the afternoon, and the good cloud will move into what they're and —— scotland. this is bbc news, i'm christian fraser in cornwall, where quee

more one sided in the other semi at the copperbox with table toppers loughborough easing past leeds rhinoswales 102—22 in a wheelchair rugby league international in sheffield. with the half—time score 42—10, england continued to dominate with man of the match nathan collins scoring a try and 12 conversions in an emphatic victory. just a reminder that italy against austria is just getting underway on bbc one right now in the last 16 of the euros. from me, the team and those working at home, thanks for watching. we'll see you next time. hello there. decent dry weather for many and spells of sunshine. this is how it looked this afternoon on the south coast of england. i suspect here tomorrow it will look a little cloudier and it will look a little cloudier and it will be wetter. rain in the south with dioxide further north. this is the earlier satellite picture and you can see this cloud, slow—moving area of low pressure that will start to throw ray northwards across the channel islands and into southern counties of england. the further north, the drier. the lowest temperatures across far nor

and leeds rhinos have been forced to postpone friday's super league match with st helens, after two positiveionship and concerns are starting to grow amongst organisers, after four players in the last 2a hours have tested positive for covid—i9. two sweden players and two from the spain squad, including captain sergio busquets, have returned positive tests and have been forced to isolate. the fear now is what happens if players test positive when the tournament's under way — as patrick gearey reports. for managers and medics and for players themselves, these are nervous moments. the tournament looms in every move of the muscle in every twinge in every tackle is watched. no one wants an injury now. but this is another thread, one that has thrown their preparations into disarray and today, they begin the second spanish player to test positive for covid—i9 following the diagnosis on sunday. meanwhile, the first opponents have their own to deal with including event is. fit deal with including event is. of course, it is a pity. it creates a certain anxiety but the same time, we are dealing with it

loughborough saw off leeds rhinos. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, the papers.at the the papers will be bringing us on sunday. with me are the sun 0n sunday's political editor david wooding and the journalist and author shyama perera. thank you forjoining us this morning. tomorrow's front pages, starting with — the observer leads on the main story of the day — the health secretary resigning — with the headline "hancock quits after a day of humiliation." the sun on sunday carries a photo of matt hancock and his aide gina coladangelo. mr hancock had been under increasing pressure to quit, after the sun published pictures of the two kissing and breaking social distancing rules. the telegraph focuses on a quote from mr hancock's resignation statement. "those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them." the express says that the former health secretary was "forced to quit" after a revolt by tory mps demanding his resignation and donors threatening to pull funding. the sunday times writes that mr hancock told his wife he was leaving her on thursday night, im

former leeds rhinos player kevin sinfield has been made an obe for services to rugby league and charitybe the hottest day of the two, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees in the very hottest areas. it's pretty humid across parts of england and wales on friday, but that humidity will be easing somewhat as we head into the first part of saturday morning. fresher air moving in for most. that said, it will stay pretty humid around the channel islands, still with some low cloud and some fog patches here to start saturday morning. otherwise, we've got broken cloud, and these are the kind of temperatures we'll have to start the day — around about 10—14 degrees for most, so a mild start to the day already. now, for saturday morning, really, across the northern half of the uk, you'll see patches of cloud. eastern scotland probably having some decent sunshine. wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england as well having a largely fine and settled start to the day with plenty of sunshine, too. for most areas, the weather will brighten up, but it will turn cloudier and more humid in northern

over the last year, on breakfast we have closely followed rob burrow, the former leeds rhinos playero rugby league, and charity fundraising — and he's been telling me what that means to him. to say it is unbelievable is a bit of an understatement.- to say it is unbelievable is a bit of an understatement. driven on by the love for— of an understatement. driven on by the love for his _ of an understatement. driven on by the love for his friend, _ of an understatement. driven on by the love for his friend, back - of an understatement. driven on by the love for his friend, back in i the love for his friend, back in december, kevin sinfield ran seven marathons in seven days to help rob burrow, his leeds rhinos teammate for 13 years, with his battle against motor neuron disease. j for 13 years, with his battle against motor neuron disease. i know he had to do — against motor neuron disease. i know he had to do it _ against motor neuron disease. i know he had to do it for _ against motor neuron disease. i know he had to do it for me. _ against motor neuron disease. i know he had to do it fo

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