mark cavendish sprints to his 16th career giro stage win. hello there.ea are champions of england once again. on what was a thrilling final day, emma hayes�*s side lifted the women's super league trophy after beating manchester united 4—2. jo currie was watching at kingsmeadow. it's cited and inspected, these fans know how it feels to win titles. anything less would leave the door open to arsenal potentially clipping them. perhaps it was nerves, but chelsea looked out of sorts. thomas finding the space. giving united a lead. response was needed, and it came in the form of aaron cuthbert. united needed a win to keep any hopes alive, and they kept up the fight. deflected effort, 2—1 down. the change brought about a change of mentality for chelsea. what a strike this is from sam kerr. chelsea fans finally able to relax. if he thought the earlier goal is good, this one was simply spectacular. champions of en . land was simply spectacular. champions of england once — was simply spectacular. champions of england once again. _ was simply spectacular. champions

and mark cavendish sprints to his 16th career giro stage win. hello there.gain. it was a wild final day in the women's super league. the blues were champions... the blues were champions, then they weren't. but in the end, their championship credentials shone through as they beat manchester united 4—2 at kingsmeadow. jo currie was there. excited and expectant, these fans know how it feels to win league titles. those turning up today were hoping to see chelsea claim their third in a row. a win would seal it. anything less would leave the door open to arsenal potentially pipping them. perhaps it was nerves, but from the first whistle, chelsea looked, well, out of sorts. martha thomas finding the space and the net to give united a lead. a response was needed, and it came in the form of erin cuthbert. smashing it into the corner to ease nerves. however, united needed a win to keep any european hopes alive, and they kept up the fight. before the break, ella toone�*s deflected effort ensured chelsea went in 2—1 down. across london, arsenal's heats were fluttering.

mark cavendish has made it two british victories in two days at the giro d'italia. as the manx missile managed to outsprint the peleton to claim his 16th career giro stage win. the 36—year—old was riding the race for the first time since 2013. it follows simon yates' win in the time trial on saturday. mathieu van der poel finished 17th to retain the overall lead by 11 seconds over yates. there was a one—two—three for britain at the badminton horse trials. it was back for the first time since the pandemic. laura collett won the prestigious title with a record low score riding her olympic gold medal—winning horse, london 52. lizzie greenwood—hughes was there. it's been the most extraordinary end to the most extraordinary battle. we waited three years, but a wonderful ending. huge congratulations. i record score, did you know that? but i tried to put that out i'd heard that if ijumped clear it would be, but i tried to put that out of my mind and focus on trying tojump the fences. you had to hold your nerve. you had a few time falls because this was such a difficult tra

mark cavendish was distanced by the rest of the field on the hardest climb of the stage, in sicily.an mainland tomorrow. and that's all the sport for now. hello. thursday gets off to a largely fine start. a little on the cool side for early risers. there will be a lot of early sunshine. cloud's going to increase everywhere. not everywhere will get some rain. there will be some showers around in northern ireland, with the outbreaks of rain pushing into north—west scotland, more widely across the western side of scotland later in the day, with some patchy rain pushing further east across scotland through the day. wales, south—west england, sunny spells and seeing some showers in the afternoon. elsewhere, through england and wales, staying mainly dry on what will be a warmer feeling day with a sunny spells. northern areas, further patchy rain through thursday night. on friday, it is really across the northern half of scotland we will see cloud and outbreaks of rain. the day gets off to a milder start. the rain continues on and off in western scotland. in northern scotland. there will b

french sprinter arnaud demarr beat mark cavendish to win stage six of the giro d'italia.t caleb ewan and demarr both outpaced him to the line. the finest of margins between those two, but demarr, in the leading sprinter�*s purple jersey, just edged it. spain'sjuan pedro lopez keeps the overall race lead. for more on that and everything else, you can head over to the bbc sports website. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. we're looking at a fairly windy day today across northern areas of the country, and there's a bit of rain around as well. this is where the rain's been over recent hours, it's been quite wet in northern ireland. a few splashes from northern england, north wales, but the majority of the rain has been working its way across scotland. it will continue to move its way eastwards over the next few hours, the rain ending to become confined, really, to northwestern areas of scotland, where it will be quite heavy at times, quite windy as well. these are kind of temperatures as we head into the first part of friday morning. so it is a mild start to the d

mark cavendish's hopes of a second stage win at this year's giro d'italia were dashed by a four—man breakaway the chasing pack. dries de bont beat eduardo affini in a photo finish to win the stage. the peloton, including cavendish and overall race leader richard carapaz, finished ia seconds behind. he still leads by three seconds with three stages to go. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. looks like high pressure is building in the cross of areas for friday so a lot more sunshine for much of england and wales. further north though, closer to low—pressure, it will stay pretty unsettled, blustery with further heavy showers a times. you could see the low pressure they are across scandinavia, high pressure pushing up across the south and the west of the uk. plenty of sunshine compared to thursday across england and wales. one or two light showers developing for the far north of england, northern ireland into the afternoon. most of the showers will be across scotland, some heavy and they will continue to be blustery as the wind is quite a feature here. low to mid teens in the north, we

mark cavendish will compete at the the giro d'italia for the first time since 2013. on friday.(00v) back in late 2020 he was considering retirement after injury, illness and depression hampered his form. cavendish, who turns 37 this month, made a stunning return to the podium with four stage wins at last year's tour de france, but he was only included after a team—mate withdrew. he's won 15 stages during his five previous appearances at the giro. and to tennis, andy murray says he's "not supportive" of players from russia and belarus being banned from wimbledon. 0rganisers ruled last week that players from the two countries can't play at this year's grand slam due to russia's invasion of ukraine. murray said there's no right answer on the issue and says he "feels really bad for the players who aren't allowed to play." murray isn't alone in criticising the decision, with world number one novak djokovic calling the ban "crazy". while russian world number eight andrey rublev said it was "complete discrimination" and "illogical. " a quick reminder, in less than hour — ro

mark cavendish will compete at the the giro d'italia for the first time since 2013.tep alpha vinyl team at last year's tour de france, having considered retirement after injury, illness and depression hampered his form. fellow briton simon yates, who finished third overall last year, will be aiming to win the pinkjersey, as the leader of the bikeexchange—jayco team. that's all the sport for now. now let's get the weather with louise lear. good evening. bank holiday weekend is coming to a close. it has been a cloudy affair for many. still stunning at times. take a look at this amazing weather watcher picture sent in from edinburgh. but you can see the cloud at times was fairly threatening. there were a few isolated showers in eastern scotland. best of the sunshine through lincolnshire and cambridgeshire throughout monday afternoon, and in fact, temperatures here around 16 or 17, but you can see it was the exception, rather than the rule. the emphasis with the cloud and a few scattered showers from time to time. now, through this evening and overnight, we keep the clou

and mark cavendish has won the third stage of the giro d'iitalia launching, a long sprint for the linetaken part in this race for nine years. mathieu van der poel retains the overall leader's pinkjersey. monday is a rest day before the race resumes on tuesday in italy with a tough climb up mount etna. the miami grand prix, max verstappen has the lead, head of chancellor kirk. you can follow it on the bbc sport website. incredible achievement for carlos, there. thank you. a sherpa from nepal has set a new world record by scaling mount everest for the 26th time. kami rita sherpa broke his own record set last year. he was among 11 other sherpas on an expedition to fix ropes at the start of the new climbing season that will see about 600 people scale the world's highest peak. i've been reflecting on this with rebecca stephens. she's the first british woman to have scaled the heights of everest, in 1993. i recall wanting to lie on a beach for a very long time after i climbed it, and actually i've been back to the mountain a couple of times trekking around it and looked up and never quite fo

the chasing pack, including mark cavendish and race leader richard carapaz, finished 1a seconds back.e has been arrested in brazil for illegally carrying a gun while boarding a private plane. the 91 year—old said he didn't realise it was in his luggage at the time and was released after paying bail manchester united goalkeeper lee grant has announced his retirement. the 39 —year—old joined in 2018 and made two appearences at old trafford against former side derby in the league cup and third round at old trafford. whilst most of society has long been �*back to normal�* on the isle of man, that recovery is still ongoing. for the last two years — its biggest event has been cancelled. the famous isle of man tt returns this weekend though and ben croucher�*s been to the island to see how they're gearing up for the race's return. the isle of man scenic and for the last two years, largely silent. but on sunday, is about to get a lot louder. after covid—19 complications cancelled the event in 2020 and 2021, the event is back.- cancelled the event in 2020 and 2021, the event is back. there is

mark cavendish will compete at the the giro d'italia for the first time since 2013 — it starts in budapeste quick—step alpha vinyl team at last year's tour de france, having considered retirement after injury, illness and depression hampered his form. fellow briton simon yates, who finished third overall last year, will be aiming to win the pink jersey, as the leader of the bikeexchange—jayco team. andy murray says he's "not supportive" of players from russia and belarus being banned from wimbledon. organisers ruled last week that players from the two countries can't play at this year's grand slam due to russia's invasion of ukraine. murray said there's no "right answer" on the issue and says he "feels really bad for the players who aren't allowed to play." murray isn't alone in criticising the decision, with world no one novak djokovic calling the ban "crazy". while russian world number eight andrey rublev said it was "complete discrimination" and "illogical". a quick reminder you can keep up to date with all of the biggest sports news stories including the latest from the world snooker c

mark cavendish lost touch with the leaders after a hard climb on stage 5 of the giro d'italia, so missedn pedro lopez still leads the race overall. adam peaty will miss next month's world championships in budapest. the triple 0lympic champion and 8 time world champion broke a bone in his foot in the gym and will be out for six weeks. the pga tour has refused to release it's players to compete in the saudi—backed invitational golf series that starts next month. they say it violates their regulations, phil mickelson and lee westwood have both asked for permission. greg norman who fronts the new tour says the pga has an �*illegal monopoly�* brendon mccullum looks set to become the head coach of the england test team. the former new zealand captain, who is currently coaching in the indian premier league, could be handed the role by the end of the week. the bbc cricket reporter stephan shemilt. stephan, this something of a surprise? i thought he'd been linked to the white ball coaching job with england, not the test set up. it's natural to think that, given what you imagine when you think of

mark cavendish was distanced by the rest of the field on the hardest climb of the stage, in sicily.the driest southern areas of the uk on wednesday. it wasn't very much, but it was more than has fallen for quite some time. that system now out of the way, and southern areas are having a mainly dry thursday to come — whereas across northern areas close to a weather front, there'll be some more rain, particularly across parts of scotland, and especially in the west. there will be a lot of dry weather to begin the day and a cooler start, with temperatures quite widely into single figures, a little bit lower than this in some rural spots. there will be a lot of sunshine first thing. all parts will see cloud increasing — not everywhere will get rain from that cloud. there will be a few showers popping up in northern ireland during the morning lasting into the afternoon. northwest scotland turning wetter more widely across western parts of scotland — later in the day, you'll see some rain, some of that pushing a bit further east during the afternoon. the odd shower for wales and southwest

mark cavendish finished third on stage 13 of the giro d'italia, beaten out in the sprint finish by arnaudpinkjersey after finishing safely in the pack. evans lives after eight stages in the rally to portugal. toyota taken the rally to portugal. toyota taken the lead from sebastian lllooo crashed earlier in the day. evans currently ninth in the world rally championship standings. the women's champions league final is tomorrow and it could be a classic as the holders barcelona take on the seven time european champions lyon. both sides are packed with some of the biggest stars in the women's game. maz farookhi reports from turin. italy's capital of the alps is witness some of sports biggest occasion, the winter olympics, the tour de france but the pinnacle of the women's game here this weekend still feels like a special moment. to ballin door winners will contest the biggest prize in winners, the inaugural winner and leon stryker against the barcelona captain awarded the trophy last year so is viewed by many as the best player in the world right now. back to her best after nearly two years o

. _ mark cavendish will compete at the the giro d'italia for the first time since 2013.last year, will be aiming to win the pinkjersey, as the leader of the bikeexchange—jayco team. a quick reminder you can keep up to date with all of the biggest sports news stories, including the latest from the world snooker championship. full him against a luton town. its goal is —— goalless at the moment. looks like a sell—out. eight minutes on. all the updates on the bbc website. gavin, we will let you go and concentrate on that. more from gavin a little later. a record 2.7 million people have been referred to cancer tasks. by nhs england in the last year, following a dramatic fall in numbers during the pandemic. at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start their treatment. charities have welcomed the increase in referrals, but warned of the "devastating" impact that the covid backlog has had on cancer care. more than 350 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats in the past two days, following 11 days without any crossings. with me now is enver solomon, chief ex

2000 have won 25 consecutive matches, including the williams french sprinter arnaud demarr beat mark cavendish it. spain'sjuan pedro lopez keeps the overall race lead. for more on that and everything else, you can head over to the bbc sports website. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. we're looking at a fairly windy day today across northern areas of the country, and there's a bit of rain around as well. this is where the rain's been over recent hours, it's been quite wet in northern ireland. a few splashes from northern england, north wales, but the majority of the rain has been working its way across scotland. it will continue to move its way eastwards over the next few hours, the rain ending to become confined, really, to northwestern areas of scotland, where it will be quite heavy at times, quite windy as well. these are kind of temperatures as we head into the first part of friday morning. so it is a mild start to the day, 9—11 celsius. then for many of us, it's a bright enough start as well. some sunshine to come for england and wales, but a different story for scotland, wher

mark cavendish�*s hopes of a second stage win at this year�*s giro d�*italia were dashed by a four—man a north—south split across the country into friday but that�*s because we got high pressure building in across southern areas that will bring in quite a long sunshine, far more sunshine that we had on thursday but we maintain the windy, blustery theme across the north with further showers. that�*s because closer to this area of low pressure. nit this area of high pressure will continue to push its way northwards dominating the weather seen across much of the midlands, southwards and in towards wales. there will be some sunshine for northern ireland, southern scotland, will be windier times could see a few light showers. but most of the showers will be across the north and west of scotland, some will be quite heavy and they will be blustery as the winds will be quite a feature here once again. the winds will be lighter further south with more sunshine, could see 21 degrees again. otherwise, it�*s the low to mid teens across the north. through friday night, the showers continue for a wh

a french sprinter beat mark cavendish at stage six of the jiras italia.tween those two. just edging it there. spain is number one pedro lopez keeps the overall race lead. it's been announced that bt sport and eurosport will merge, as part of a new venture between bt and warner bros discovery. the companies have struck a joint deal which could bring big changes to the uk tv sports market. events such as the olympics, premier league football, and cycling grand tours could all come together on one platform. the deal is subject to regulatory review and is expected to go through by the end of the year. i told you earlier on i would give you more sports news. if that isn't enough, sportsday later on. you can't have too much, isaac. i love the tie, by the way. the chancellor has been talking about a windfall tax. energy firms have been posting huge profits this year amid soaring prices for gas and oil as economies restart after covid lock dance. i'm not naturally attracted to windfall taxes in general, i find there are two camps of people, there are some who thi

mark cavendish was distanced by the rest of the field on the hardest climb of the stage, in sicily. cavendish will try again on the italian mainland tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. done the united is goalless, and it has reached the house side point. i'll have more sport later on. it’s i'll have more sport later on. it's auoin to i'll have more sport later on. it's going to be a — i'll have more sport later on. it�*s going to be a very long have time for a lot of people.— there's been new warnings today about the scale of the cost of living crisis. an independent think—tank — the national institute of economic and social research — says one—and—a—half million households in the uk will soon face food and energy bills that are greater than their disposable income, while a quarter of a million will be pushed into into destitution — meaning they will not be able to afford essential needs. and the energy regulator ofgem warned that another rise in energy bills this autumn is "almost inevitable". our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, reports. no one here needs to be

french sprinter arnaud demare beat mark cavendish to win stage 6 of the giro d'italia, his second successiveed out the sprint. but caleb ewan and demare both outpaced him to the line. demare has now won more stages at the giro, seven, than any other french rider. spain'sjuan pedro lopez keeps the overall race lead. it's been announced that bt sport and eurosport will merge as part of a new venture between bt and warner bros discovery. the companies have struck a joint deal which could in the longer—term bring big changes to the uk tv sports market. events such as the olympics, premier league football and cycling grand tours could all come together on one platform. the deal is subject to regulatory review, but could go through by the end of the year. and just to let you know, it is 1—0 to tottenham, afterjust and just to let you know, it is 1—0 to tottenham, after just over and just to let you know, it is 1—0 to tottenham, afterjust over half an hour played. arsenal, they had a player sent off. i will let you know a little bit later who that was! all the latest on the bbc sport website. thank

mark cavendish's hopes of a second stage win at this year's giro d'italia were dashed by a four—man breakawayo go. players and coaches are calling for a limit to the number of 'back—to—back�* games to protect them from burn—out. almost nine in ten players who took part in a survey for globalfootballers' union fifpro believe that limit should be six matches or fewer. they say players should be involved in no more than 55 matches in a season. liverpool's mohamed salah and sadio mane could both play their 70th game of the season — including pre—season — at the champions league final on saturday against real madrid. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. welcome to your questions answered. you've been sending in your questions on the cost of living crisis joining me to answer all of the questions you've been sending in is our personalfinance correspondent, kevin peachey. talking about the universal benefits. laura is interested on the £400 grant because as we understand it, it's for everyone who has energy bills and she says millionaires don

nine years since his last appearance in the race, mark cavendish made it two british victories in twoyear—old was riding the race for the first time since 2013. it follows simon yates' win in the time trial on saturday. max verstappen closed the gap to formula one championship leader charles leclerc to 19 points by winning the first miami grand prix. the world champion started from third on the grid, but overtook the ferraris of carlos sainz and leclerc to lead the race from the start of the ninth lap. verstappen was heading towards a comfortable victory until britain's lando norris crashed and the safety car took away his advantage. he held off his rival over the remaining laps to take the chequered flag to become the first driver to win back to back races this season. george russell finished fifth — a place ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. that's all the sport for now. cheers, thank you. president putin has sought to justify the invasion of ukraine in a speech at the victory day parade in moscow. mr putin said the attack had been the right decision, saying ukraine and

mark cavendish's hopes of a second stage win at the giro d'italia were dashed by a four—man breakawayeport into the case of star hobson and arthur labinjo—hughes. a child safeguarding review also says the cases reflect wider problems with the child protection system in england. alison holt has the details. arthur, are you going to play for england? no?! why not? arthur labinjo—hughes was six when he was murdered by his father's girlfriend after weeks of spiteful, horrific abuse. today's report says, whilst responsibility for the children's deaths lies solely with their abusers, both children were also failed by child—protection professionals who too often disregarded the concerns of their wider families. his cousin finds it hard to hear. arthur was a gorgeous child. it could have had such a wonderful future. he would have been encouraged to achieve all his goals and ijust think encouraged to achieve all his goals and i just think to say that a mistake is the reason we don't have him is not enough. bind mistake is the reason we don't have him is not enough.— mistake is the reason we do

mark on the hardest stage of the climb. disappointed to miss out on the sprint finish in messi contested by a reduced field. cavendishhe bbc - retirement ahead of him. you can find out more on the bbc sport i find out more on the bbc sport website. bbc don't quote uk faults sport. to an adult reported a younger female cousin being repeatedly groped and humiliated by a group of males at her school. i humiliated by a group of males at her school-— her school. i spoke to the nspcc hel-line her school. i spoke to the nspcc helpline manager _ her school. i spoke to the nspcc helpline manager who _ her school. i spoke to the nspcc helpline manager who told i her school. i spoke to the nspcc helpline manager who told us i her school. i spoke to the nspcc i helpline manager who told us what is worrying is how the behaviour has become almost normalised. so teachers can deal with it effectively. we want schools to be helpful and healthy places for children to learn about what is good and consensual relationships. people living with chronic pain aren't always receiving effective treatment — according to specialists who think mo