lorna gordon, bbc news, at the queensferry crossing.n was on monday when the news broke to the media that kate, the duchess of cambridge, is expecting her third child. time now for all the sports news, in sport today. hello. i'm nick marshall—mccormack, and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the show: world number one, rafael nadal, shows brute force to overpower alexandr dolgopolov. joachim loew‘s loving it. world champions, germany, are set to win their world cup qualification group. and the american wins his fifth tour title! hi there. wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. world number one, rafael nadal, made it through to the us open quarter—finals for the seventh time on monday. he defeated ukrainian alexandr dolgopolov. and it was fast too. just one hour and 41 minutes from first serve to match point. the spaniard won 6—2, 6—4, 6—1. the 15—time grand slam champion hasn't made the us open last eight since capturing the 2013 title. he returned to the top world ranking last month for

lorna gordon, bbc news, at the queensferry crossing. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show, we're on colombia's unspoilt island of providencia. but where are all the tourists? henry heads to turkey to try his hand at painting on water instead of canvas. it's going everywhere. great. is it ok? yes. plus — we're in a medieval city in belgium for our whacky race, where bathtubs rule. one that looks like a shed on a bathtub. it is unbelievable. and i'm having a cracking time in northern japan. that really doesn't look appetising. we start off this week on the remote caribbean island of providencia, with its breathtaking scenery and golden sand beaches. it's a slice of paradise you won't have to share with the package holiday crowd, because up until now, there's no major tourism development here. it's mostly untouched. but all that could be about to change, as james clayton discovered. basking in the south of the caribbean sea lies providencia, known throughout its history as an island that's harboured pirates like captain morgan. a place where traditions l

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports.g. alongside her was the duke of edinburgh making his first official appearance since retiring from solo engagements. hundreds of local schoolchildren, who have grown up watching as the bridge has stretched across the forth, were there to welcome them to scotland‘s £1 billion bridge. this is a bridge that celebrates the skills of hand, heartand mind. many thousands of people were involved in the bridge‘s construction. a small group of those workers on hand as the queen cut her commemorative ribbon. then, for the royal visitors, a short drive over to fife — one a little quicker than the journey made by many when the crossing briefly opened to traffic last week, when so many came to see it there were long delays. this was perhaps a reminder of an earlier visit by the queen, exactly 53 years ago to the day when, in front of large crowds, she officially opened its older neighbour, the forth road bridge. the new structure was, she said, just like the two other bridges alongside. all feats o

half a century since the queen opened the neighbouring forth road bridge, as our correspondent lorna gordonday, it was the turn of the queen to see for herself the finish crossing and to meet some of the workers who built it. to greet her hand the duke of edinburgh, hundreds of local schoolchildren. this is a bridge that celebrates the skills of heart and hand and mind. a small group was on hand as the queen officially opened the new crossing. then, for the royal visitors, a short drive over the bridge, reminiscent of an earlier visit by the queen more than half a century ago, when in front of large crowds, she officially opened the forth road bridge, which sitsjust she officially opened the forth road bridge, which sits just to the east. concerns over the cables on that one leg to the decision to build the new one, which the queen today describe asa one, which the queen today describe as a feat of engineering. it joins its iconic neighbours to create a breathtaking sight over the firth of forth and to provide an important link for sir many in this community and the surrounding areas. those

lorna gordon has been crossing the nation to see how much people's lives have changed — 20 years on. downing street. harry potter hit the shelves for the first time. by the autumn, scotland was looking towards autumn, scotland was looking towards a new era. it was raining, snowing... these people were part of what was known as the vigil for democracy. it became a focal point for the campaign for a scottish parliament. theirfive—year for the campaign for a scottish parliament. their five—year long vigil ended on the day the result came in. we were a small part of a bigger movement. a small part of the bigger movement. a small part of the bigger movement. a small part of the bigger movement. i was proud to be pa rt of bigger movement. i was proud to be part of it. there was no kind of triumphalism, even on the night when the whiskey was flowing freely and the whiskey was flowing freely and the pipes were playing and the people were dancing and singing. not eve ryo ne people were dancing and singing. not everyone was pleased with the results. i will be honest, everyone was pleased with

lorna gordon is there.was a spectacular light show. this past weekend, 50,000 people got to walk across it in what was described as a once ina across it in what was described as a once in a lifetime opportunity. then today, it received a royal seal of approval. this newest of bridges across the forth has had plenty of attention since it was completed. today it was the turn of the queen to meet some of the workers who built it and see for herself the finished crossing. cheering there to greet her and the duke of edinburgh, hundreds of local school children, who've grown up watching the new structure stretch out over the new structure stretch out over the water. this is a bridge that celebrates the skills of hand and heart and celebrates the skills of hand and heartand mind. celebrates the skills of hand and heart and mind. a small group, chosen from the many thousands involved in this construction, on hand as the queen officially opened the new crossing. then for the royal visitors, a short drive over the br

our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is outside holyrood. accusation that they have neglected the dayjob to focus on the constitutional agenda. before the recess, nicola sturgeon said she would use the summer to take stock and refresh. she said that the snp after a decade in power needed to set out some bold and radical policies. so the mood music around this legislative programme is, to quote a spokesperson for the first minister, that it will be very all and very borough. it has been described as the most ambitious programme for government ever set out here in the scottish parliament. what can we expect? policy announcements likely to touch on every area of life in scotland and legislation in areas like health, justice and, yes, education. an area where the snp opposition and critics say the snp are failing to deliver. it is likely to have a green theme as well and we might see announcements on renewable energy projects, perhaps electric cars and, yes, a deposit scheme for plastic waste recycling as well. so in total, we are expecting 16 b

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is there.etch of water. today there was at times torrential rain, but the weather was better earlier when the queen opened the new crossing, just as she did more than 50 years ago. todayit as she did more than 50 years ago. today it was turn of the queen as she arrived to open the new queensferry crossing. alongside her the duke of edinburgh. hundreds of local children who have grown up watching as the bridge has stretched across the forth were there to welcome them to scotland's billion pound bridge. this is a bridge that celebrates the skills of hand and heart and celebrates the skills of hand and heartand mind. celebrates the skills of hand and heart and mind. many thousands of people were involved in the bridge's construction. a small group of the workers on hand as the queen cut the ribbon. then a short drive over to fife, one a little quicker than the journey made by many when the crossing briefly opened to traffic last week and so many came to see it there were long delays. this was perh

lorna gordon reports.ssing. cheering there to greet her and the duke of edinburgh, hundreds of local school children, who've grown up watching the new structure stretch out over the water. this is a bridge that celebrates the skills of hand and heartand mind. a small group, chosen from the many thousands involved in this construction, on hand as the queen officially opened the new crossing. then for the royal visitors, a short drive over the bridge. this reminiscent of an earlier visit by the queen more than half a century ago. in front of large crowds, she officially opened the forth road bridge, which sits just to the east. concerns over corroding cables on that older bridge led to the decision to build this new one, which the queen today described as a feat of engineering. the queensferry crossing joins its historic neighbours to create not only a breath taking sight over the firth of forth but to provide an important link for so many in this community and the surrounding areas. those who live nearby ex

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon was there.dren who have grown up watching as the new bridge has stretched across the forth were there to welcome them to scotland‘s billion pound bridge. this is a bridge that celebrates the skills of hand and heart and mind. many thousands of people were involved in the bridge‘s construction. a small group of those workers on hand as the queen cut a commemorative ribband. then for the royal visitors a short drive over to fivment one quicker than the journey made by many when the crossing opened to traffic last week when so many came to see t there were long delays. this was perhaps a reminder ofan delays. this was perhaps a reminder of an earlier visit by the queen exactly 53 years ago to the day when in front of large crowds, she officially opened its older neighbour, the forth road bridge. the new structure was, she said, just like the two other bridges alongside, all feats of engineering. the queens ferry crossing joins its historic neighbours to create not only a breathtaking sight over the

let's go to lorna gordon who is listening to that.bbits pulled out tfl the hat -- out of the hat? felt to me like a pick ‘n' mix programme, the snp attempting to have something for eve ryo ne snp attempting to have something for everyone in what nicola sturgeon announced today in the chamber of the scottish parliament. behind me there is an awful lot of detail to pick. i thought the announcement on electric cars was interesting. she was saying how there was a hope to phase out all the petrol and diesel ca rs phase out all the petrol and diesel cars eight years ahead of the uk government, an ambition to make scotland's longest road the a 9 close to 300 miles long running up the spine of scotland an electric highway. headline—grabbing interesting policies but the nitty—gritty stuff is to do with education, the proposals to hand more powers to head teachers, their proposals and criminaljustice, a presumption against short—term sentencing and of course, as you say, frank's law, personal care for those who need it who're under 65 yea rs of