lewis hamilton and george russell will continue as mercedes�* driver line—up for at least the next two the team to 13 years and keep him in f1 well past his 40th birthday. russell, whojoined mercedes in 2022, has also signed a two—year deal. for hamilton, it allows him to continue that quest for a record eighth world drivers�* title. england cricket captain heather knight has challenged her side to use the t20 and one—day series�* against sri lanka as a chance to refine their skillsets. england won both white—ball series against australia last month and will expect to beat sri lanka, who are eighth in the world. the first t20 match is at hove at six o�*clock this evening. we talked about after the ashes as well wanted to keep moving forward as a team because with the world cup as a team because with the world cup a year away, australia will go back and other teams will be looking to get better and improve and it�*s important we keep moving forward and there�*s a lot of areas we still get better in and keep developing and come bangladesh in october, we want to be in a place where we are

lewis hamilton and george russell will continue as mercedes�* driver line—up for at least the next twolton's signed a new contract that will extend his spell with the team to 13 years and keep him in f1 well past his 40th birthday. russell, whojoined mercedes in 2022, has also signed a two—year deal. for hamilton, it allows him to continue that quest for that record eighth world drivers�* title caroline wozniacki picked up the biggest win since making her comeback by beating iith seed petra kvitova to reach the us open third round. the former world number one, who retired in 2020 and has since had two children, came through in straight sets in the night session in new york against her long time rival. wozniaki will face american jennifer brady in round 3. second seed novak djokovic cruised through in straight sets against spain's bernabe zapata miralles. djokovic, who's aiming to match margaret court with a record—equalling 24th major title, plays compatriot laslo dsjere next. and there was a world record attendance for a women's sporting event as the nebraska cornhuskers college volle

mercedes' george russell will start third, whilst his team—mate and seven—time world champion lewis hamilton close in budapest with six finals taking place. it's proven to be another dominant night for sweden's armand duplantis. the defending champion successfully defended his pole vault title — jumping 6.10 — he then tried to break his own world record of 6.22, but couldn't manage it this time. in the final races of the night — the us won both the men and the women's four by 100 metre relay event. and he'll need to pull off one of the biggest shocks in british boxing history — but heavyweight daniel dubois says he's ready to "prove to the world" he's the best as he prepares to fight the champion 0leksandr usyk. the wbo, wba and ibf titles are on the line in poland. dubois will go into the fight at his lightest for six years — at 16 stone nine pounds — weighing in almost a stone heavier than usyk, who is the overwhelming favourite. and that's all the sport for now. you can follow that fight on the bbc sport website. the ringback is probably about one hour and three quarters from now. —— ring

the premier league, lebronjames in the fenway sports group that owns liverpool football club, lewis hamilton scene. there is, yes, a growing trend, the pr late superstar names helping to not only increase the brand value of the team, but birmingham city will be known to a lot of people in the united states of america, and also to the financial value to some of the investors coming in and investing in what is a team that finished 17th in the championship last season. thank ou ve the championship last season. thank you very much- _ stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. 0ver hello again. over the next few days the weather is unsettled and it's not until the middle of next week that things will settle down as high pressure starts to build then. we have isobars throwing the direction of the wind from the north or north—west. it is filling and cloud across northern scotland with patchy rain on and off through the course of the day. the rain across the southwest and channel islands continuing to pull away, in between we will see further showers develop, they will be scattered. some heavy ones

mercedes driver george russell was third, while team—mate lewis hamilton could manage only 13th.n budapest with great britain hoping to win more medals on the penultimate night. our 0ur correspondence our correspondence is there. natalie, while trying to do sportsday i'm keeping an eye on the other screen here because ben pattinson has given us one of the moments of these championships. what a result for him in the 800 metres. absolutely incredible! he hasjust added world bronze to the commonwealth bronze he won last year and you know what? he really played down his chances. he got into the final and said to reporters, eighth in the world, that's not so bad, is it? well, he went a lot better than that. he really run the race to perfection, really. he stayed on the shoulders of the leaders all the way round and then that kick down the final straight, round and then that kick down the finalstraight, he round and then that kick down the final straight, he is 21 years old from basingstoke, this must be the night of his life. he is actually still, over our shoulders celebrating, with

period for the sport in terms of the top of the field of battle, we have seen it before with lewis hamiltontjust because it is boring but because they dominated so wholeheartedly, and max at the moment is able to do just that. jennie gow, speaking to me. ican i can tell you, she mentioned daniel ricciardo there. he has now been ruled out the rest of the dutch grand prix weekend. he might be the big underdog hoping to pull off one of the biggest shocks in british boxing history, but heavyweight daniel dubois says he is ready to "prove to the world" he's the best as he prepares to fight oleksandr usyk tomorrow night. the wbo, wba and ibf titles are on the line in poland and our reporter ade adedoyin is there. dubois, won 19 fights, lost once, but this is going to be a different test for him against a tactical mastermind? what did we learn from today's way in? the mastermind? what did we learn from today's way in?— today's way in? the thing with usyk is a wild professional... _ daniel dubois has a punchers chance. he has youth on his side. the challenge is landing that punch. if he does come a

george russell will start from third place with alex albon fourth, while lewis hamilton was eliminated13th spot. having already completed a sensational sprint double by winning the 100 and 200 metres titles, america's noah lyles will be hoping to end the world championships with three gold medals when the 4x100 metres relay finals take place later on saturday and the fastest man on the planet is feeling characteristically confident. this is the fun one. the way me and coach look at it is the individuals are the hard ones. these are the ones you how to put all your mental into. these are the ones you have to put all your mental into. axi is a fly. i do a fly in practice every day. as long as i get that baton, nobody is catching me. if there is somebody in front of me, they better pray, because i am coming for them. no shortage of confidence for him. novak djokovic says he has no hard feelings — after his vaccine status stopped him from competing at last year's us open. he's been speaking ahead of the start of this year's tournament at flushing meadows. he'll be hoping to end 2023 with t

moving onto the formula one, lewis hamilton will stay with mercedes for at least two years. the 38-year-old has signed a new contract that will see him extend his time with the team 13 years. the move will allow hamilton to continue his quest for a record eighth world drivers title which both he and mercedes believe was robbed from them at the controversial abu dhabi world pre-in 2021 where hamilton lost out to red bull's driver. hamilton's teammate, george russell, who joined in 2022, has also signed a two-year deal. finally, let us end with some remarkable images of a college volleyball match in the united states that has broken the world record for attendance figure for a women sporting event. a crowd of 92,003 fans watched the women beat omaha, beating the previous world record of 91,648 fans for a women's champions league match last year. organizers say they were aiming for the record when they announced back in february. the previous record in the u.s. for a women sporting event was the 1999 women's world cup where the u.s. beats china. really incredible images there.

lewis hamilton and george russell will continue as mercedes�* driver line—up for at least the next twoll remain on the grid until the end of the 2025 season and well past his 40th birthday, allowing him to continue that quest for that record eighth world drivers�* title. i could not be happier to be extending with this team. we have had such an incredible journey together. i think, had such an incredible journey together. ithink, mercedes had such an incredible journey together. i think, mercedes have supported me since i was 13, so that such a long trip. and we still have unfinished business, so we are in this together. we've got a lot of work to do to get ourselves back to the front, but there is no place i would rather be. cricket, and england's women are taking on sri lanka in the first of a t20 international series at hove. the game has been shortened to 17 overs each due to weather delays. sri lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. england made 186—4. alice capsey made 51 from just 27 bals, while danni wyatt made 48 from 30. sri lanka are about to begin their innings and that is

mercedes' george russell will start third, whilst his team—mate and seven—time world champion lewis hamiltonaround 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the british museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered. that's according to the museum's chairman. the organisation is one of the uk's most prestigious cultural institutions, but revealed earlier this month that a number of treasures were reported missing, stolen or damaged. a member of museum staff suspected of involvement has been sacked. and hartwig fischer, the museum director, is stepping down after saying a 2021 investigation was mishandled. there's disruption to rail services across much of england today, as members of the rmt union take part in their latest strike over pay and conditions. there's a reduced timetable in place for much of the country, with some journeys into scotland and wales also affected. it's the 24th strike since last summer. monday marks 60 years since 250,000 people gathered on the national mall in washington, dc and heard reverend doctor. dc and heard reverend doctor marti

lewis hamilton has signed an extension with formula one team mercedes, to stay for at least two moree russell also stays with the team for the same period. matt fitzpatrick has the chance to seal his spot on the automatic qualifiers list for europe's ryder cup team, at this week's european masters in switzerland. he finished his first round 7 under par. rory mcilroy, jon rahm, viktor hovland and tyrrell hatton have already secured automatic spots, with captain luke donald's picks to come on monday. and college volleyball in america attacted a world record attendance for a women's sporting event. 92,003 people packed into the memorial stadium in nebraska to see the �*huskers beat 0maha. 450 more than watched barcelona against real madrid at the camp nou last year. the belfast giants ice hockey team have named a new captain ahead of their champions league campaign. the giants won everything possible domestically last year, but went out of the champions league at the group stage. this year, however, with the new champions league format, they will play 6 group games rather than three and

lewis hamilton and george russell will continue as mercedes�* driver line up for at least the next two's signed a new two year contract, to remain on the grid until the end of the 2025 season. and well past his 40th birthday. allowing him to continue that quest for that record eighth world drivers�* title. and that�*s all the sport for now. thank you very much. let�*s return to the big political story of the day. grant shapps has been appointed defence secretary, replacing ben wallace. claire coutinho now replaces mr shapps as energy secretary. let�*s get some analysis from anne mcelvoy executive editor of politico europe. and the guardian�*s senior political correspondent aubrey allegretti. thank you both forjoining us here on the programme. the same question to you both in terms of reaction to the basic appointment there of grant shapps and to you first. grant sha -s shapps and to you first. grant shapps is _ shapps and to you first. grant shapps is the _ shapps and to you first. grant shapps is the go _ shapps and to you first. grant shapps is the go to _ shapps and to you first. gr

mercedes driver george russell was third, while team—mate lewis hamilton could manage only 13th.hoping to win more medals on the penultimate night. our correspondent natalie pirks is there. we were speaking last night, slightly noisy when we spoke then, in terms of these relays. two events we have our eyes on in particular, let's start with the four by 400 metres. ., . ., let's start with the four by 400 metres. ., .., .,. ., , let's start with the four by 400 metres. ., ., , ., metres. you can actually hear it behind me. _ metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this _ metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this is _ metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this is heat - metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this is heat two - metres. you can actually hear it behind me, this is heat two of l metres. you can actually hear it l behind me, this is heat two of the men's four by four. we just had heat one which was with great britain and they have qualified for the final, they have qualified for the final, they came third behind the usa, of course, in first, the re

face the 2021 champions, probably made us place in the final a 7 time form in one world champion lewis hamilton assigned a new contract with besides, it'll keep the british driver with the team until 2025. i will send a sports most successful drive and winning a 2 of his 103 races with mercedes. although he lost one erase in 2021. besides, the 8 year old will continue to partner george russell for the next 2 seasons. the us open now with this mountain has pulled off a massive show. could young jew went through gen from china, has knocks out last year is fund list casper read, who was the high profile exit in the minstrel. david stokes. as the action, casper rude was the finalist in new york last year. but despite the world number 5, showing some flashes of his talent, he came up shots against a play, a rank 62 places below and saying he should was involved with a 5 sets of to the 2nd much running, which showed no nodes. he recorded the biggest win of his career. he's the 1st chinese man to beat the top part of opponent. since the introduction of the atp rankings back in 1973. i really like, i d

well, champion lewis hamilton has signed a new contract with mercedes that will keep the british drive with the team until 2025. hamilton is the sports most successful drive when an ac to of is a 100. the 3 races with mercedes will though he lost one of rice in 2021 a to be a safe and now what this man i pulled off a massive shock of june g, janet from china and knox out last is fine list and casper read it wasn't the very high profile x in the menstrual david stakes. how's the action? casper rude was the finalist in new york last year. but despite the world number 5, showing some flashes of his talent, he came up short against the play a rank 62 places below and sanction was enveloped at a 5 sets of the 2nd much running, which showed no nodes. as you've been quoted, the biggest win of his career, he's the 1st chinese man to beat the top for the opponent. since the introduction of the a t p rankings back in 1973. i really like, i don't spend so much energy so i try to become full whole much so in the end of the match to the finish, the last point i don't, i don't really have raising li

dog , his a moment for lewis hamilton's dog, his vegan dog.don't be a bigot, dan, know. don't be a bigot, dan, don't . let's take time. let's don't. let's take time. let's take some time to think about the dog and his plant based. yeah >> oh, my goodness. so wrong . so >> oh, my goodness. so wrong. so wrong. so wrong. but but look, i'm all for freedom of choice, right? i'm all for freedom of choice. but just stop pumping out this ideology out there that it's actually healthier not to eat meat. that's what angers me now, laurence, i had to ask you about bbc long term world about this bbc long term world affairs editor john simpson about this bbc long term world affairs editorjohn simpson has affairs editor john simpson has become the latest climate catastrophist to not fully get his own message. so did you see the science? he posted a virtue signalling tweet about the world facing its hottest temperatures for 120,000 years, bashing the media outlets who weren't giving climate fair the attention he feels it deserves. and that was the very same w

dog , his a moment for lewis hamilton's dog, his vegan dog. a bigot, dan, know. don't be a bigot, dan, don't . let's take time. let's don't. let's take time. let's take some time to think about the dog and his plant based. yeah >> oh, my goodness. so wrong . so >> oh, my goodness. so wrong. so wrong. so wrong. but but look, i'm all for freedom of choice, right? i'm all for freedom of choice. but just stop pumping out this ideology out there that it's actually healthier not to eat meat. that's what angers me now, laurence, i had to ask you about bbc long term world about this bbc long term world affairs editor john simpson about this bbc long term world affairs editorjohn simpson has affairs editor john simpson has become the latest climate catastrophist to not fully get his own message. so did you see the science? he posted a virtue signalling tweet about the world facing its hottest temperatures for 120,000 years, bashing the media outlets who weren't giving climate fair the attention he feels it deserves. and that was the very same week, jus

mercedes george russell will start third, whilst his team—mate and seven—time world champion lewis hamiltonint thomas is 20 seconds off the lead after his ineos grenadiers team came eighth. the race will end in madrid three weeks today. it was a day of mixed results for two british tennis players as they tried to make it into the us open main draw. liam broady fell short — beaten by japan's sho shimabukuro in three sets. but lily miyazaki qualified for a grand slam main draw for the first time — recovering from a break down to win the deciding set 6—a against viktoria hruncakova. the first round of the us open starts on monday. frankie dettori's final season is continuing to add highlights to his legendary career. on what's likely to be his last day of rides at york, two more big wins. after taking the city of york stakes on the favourite kinross, he won the feature race of the day, claiming victory with absurde in the ebor handicap. dettori is 52 now and has been riding since 1987. but he's retiring at the end of the year. rory mcilroy�*s hopes of back—to—back fedex cup victories look over

lewis hamilton and george russell will continue as mercedes�* driver line—up for at least the next twod a new contract that will extend his spell with the team to 13 years and keep him in f1 well past his 40th birthday. russell, whojoined mercedes in 2022, has also signed a two—year deal. for hamilton, it allows him to continue that quest for that record eighth world drivers�* title caroline wozniacki picked up the biggest win since making her comeback by beating 11th seed petra kvitova to reach the us open third round. the former world number one, who retired in 2020 and has since had two children, came through in straight sets in the night session in new york against her long time rival. wozniaki will face american jennifer brady in round 3. not long to go in the transfer window, spain forward ansu fati is set to complete a surprise season—long loan move to brighton from barcelona and matheus nunes is getting closer to becoming a manchester city player. the wolves and portugal midfielder has now been cleared to have a medical with city after a formal agreement was reached. the fee £5

lewis hamilton will race for mercedes for 2024 and 2025.pit for £100 million. eases the pain a little. but of course, they are struggling in comparison to red bull at the moment. and indeed, aston martin is just behind alonso the is just behind alonso in the driver's championship aston driver's championship with aston martin, but continuing to take the race to them, it seems for 24 and 25 alongside george russell for £100 million. nice work if you can get it. talking of new jobs, number 10 has appointed grant shapps as the new defence secretary after ben wallace's resignation this morning. and it's mr shapps's fifth cabin post in 12 months. to remind you, back in september 2022, he was removed as transport secretary. but next month back appoint home secretary. but just for six days and in the same month he became the new business secretary. then fast forward ish to february 2023, made energy security secretary and then today. yes he's the new defence secretary. very well, the former head of the british army, lord dannatt. asserting that mr

. >> just to clarify, alexander hamilton treatment, not lewis hamilton treatment, not lewis hamiltonh. >> otherwise it be done in like 20 minutes, right? yeah. but, you just to, just stick you know, just to, just stick with you a second. you know, it's improv, right? and that's something that we don't really see and clubs around see in theatres and clubs around the uk. so give us, give us an idea of kind of how a segment of that show might progress. >> so, you know, we get the person right and we kind of like, you know, see their path and like their upbringing and we just it through rapping. so just do it through rapping. so instead telling it instead of like telling it through through through script or through just words, the story words, we might tell the story through a song that ends up in multiple on stage or multiple people on stage or not, or show. so yeah, we're or a solo show. so yeah, we're just telling the story this just telling the story of this person hip so it person through hip hop. so it could rhyme, it could not rhyme as long everyone's it as long as everyone's into

lewis hamilton and lando norris sixth and seventh respectively.oles still left to play. he birdied the final three holes though, to win by five strokes. his prize money — a cool £14.1 million. and the prize money wasn't quite the same here — but what a moment for england's todd clements, who has won his first dp world tour title at the czech masters. the 26—year—old, 394th in the world, hit nine birdies in his final round to finish on 22 under overall — one shot clear of fellow englishman matt wallace. the final tennis grand slam of the season — the us open — gets under way today with defending champion iga swiatek and three—time winner novak djokovic both playing later. there's only one british player to look out for on the opening day, but it'll one to remember for lily miyazaki as she makes her grand slam debut after making it through qualifying. she's up against russia's margarita betova in round one — a player ranked over 800 places below her. good luck to lily. six more british players in action tomorrow. the paralympics get under way in exa

actually striving on a plant based diet just think of words leading athletes like novak djokovic or lewis hamilton while being a vegan. and he is in a perfect health, perfect health condition. and what we know for sure, there have been so many researchers saying that eating meat, eating, dairy consuming animal products are unked consuming animal products are linked to so many diseases that can be prevented . and i'm can be prevented. and i'm speaking about cancer. i'm speaking about cancer. i'm speaking about cancer. i'm speaking about diabetes . speaking about cancer. i'm speaking about diabetes. i'm speaking about diabetes. i'm speaking about diabetes. i'm speaking about heart diseases. so the best thing you can do for your health is to ditch meat products. it's also great for the planet, as you know, you can reduce your footprint by reduce your carbon footprint by switching to a vegan diet and of course, it's better for the animals who are killed in slaughterhouses our for our slaughterhouses for our for our food and for anyone who is considering going vegan. of course, they need to do their re

incidentally, lewis rubiales ended his playing career hamilton career at hamilton academical., really? yeah. i wonder if that's up his that's where he picked up his bad habits. >> think there's anyone >> i don't think there's anyone there you'd want to kiss. it's all quite manky. >> going you're >> you're going to go. you're going to to go home and cry going to have to go home and cry in the car. bruce it in the car. bruce that's it for part one. coming up, we've got bankrupt councils, electronic ankles and trump getting bankrolled. we'll see you in radio. >> and welcome back to headliners . >> and welcome back to headliners. i'm simon evans joining me tonight. liam kearse and bruce devlin. so let us have and bruce devlin. so let us have a look at the daily mirror. leo to kick us off in this section suella is eyeing up some attractive uncle where? yes. so suella braverman is weighing up an electronic tagging for asylum seekers amid the huge backlog, there's a backlog of 175,000 asylum seekers . and yes, she's asylum seekers. and yes, she's considering a range of options becaus