the new middlesbrough manager would bring exciting football back to the clu b bring exciting footballck to the club this season and it was not to disappoint. fletcher putting borough ahead. but after 12 years outside of the championship, they know this season will be tough. they need something special to draw level and step forward captain sonny bradley and the first goal for the blow. and they had six debutantes planning, one of them soon put them ahead. a first goalfor him one of them soon put them ahead. a first goal for him and the goalkeeper it was the record signing this summer and his impact was let —— less positive. they may have been at fault for the second but they could do nothing about their third, with him taking his spot. something that he failed to deal in the late penalty and was made to pay. , and snatching a point, six goals with points shared. michael redford, bbc news. history will be made in this month's uefa super cup when a female referee will take charge in what is the most significant men's match to be officiated by a woman. stephanie frappart, who refereed th

luton then led through martin craney middlesbrough level before halftime.ad but luton snatched a point and james collins equalise five minutes from time. on the golf and it has been a good day for england's charlie and monty law at that open, five shots behind the south african leader ashley buhai, who had a 67 today. defending champion georges hall is on six underpar. there were two games and regularly‘s super league tonight as st helens and extended their lead at the top of the table with a co mforta ble the top of the table with a comfortable win over wakefield. at the other end leads pulled clear of the other end leads pulled clear of the bottom sides after thrashing huddersfield in the west yorkshire derby, 20 tonight halftime. then finished 44 nil. —— leeds. and that is sport for now. good evening, it has been a dry day for many of us during the day today, however we still have one severe flood warning in force at whaley bridge dam. that is likely to stay in force despite the fact that we have not seen much rainfall. however we do have more rain to co

a great through ramage was book ended at middlesbrough, the hometown club thatis at middlesbrough, ther him his second tier is no step down. since i was about 30 yea rs no step down. since i was about 30 years old, i've always wanted to manage a football club. i am privileged to manage this club. we have prepared properly. we have organised, and we can't wait for the start of the year. he starts tonight at luton town. they are the championship's new boys promoted twice in a row. but the facilities here do not tell the full story. a new stadium is due in two years and in grahamjones new stadium is due in two years and in graham jones they have a man who coached belgium at the world cup. a new manager to match their ambition. the potential is the premier week. when i cannot tell you about but if you have got a brand—new stadium into— three years' time, and a fan base of 42,000 people, then you need to grow that. they start any division full of high energy and sleeping giants. last season leads lead the way that lost it all in the playoffs. beach in last by darby but then they lost in the

there were five games in the championship this evening, with middlesbrough getting their first win underager jonathan woodgate. they beat wigan 1—0, while it was the same scoreline for blackburn rovers as they won at hull city. but a missed penalty might well have cost hull this match. jarrod bowen had his spot kick saved but blackburn might have been helped by their dancing fan behind the goal. in the second half tony mowbray‘s side got the game's only goal through derrick williams. elsewhere, sheffield wednesday went top by beating luton 1—0. the final six places in the champions league group stages are also up for grabs in the final round of qualifying taking place over the next week. last season's semi—finalists iax are one of the teens in action tonight they were held to a goalless draw in nicko—seya in the first leg. in the night's other matches celtic‘s conquerers cluge suffered a 1—0 defeat at home to slavia prague. the night's other winners were bruges, who enjoyed a single goal win in austria against lask. twitter says it's suspended several accounts after paul pogba was target

the middlesbrough drew 3—3, a stunning first goal from luton.five minutes from time, to snatch a point for luton town. at the other end of the football spectrum, very‘s second game of the season has been suspended because the club still cannot show they can settle outstanding debts. their game today against mk dons was cancelled during the week. they got promotion last season, and will now not play accrington stanley next weekend. in by accrington stanley next weekend. in rugby league, saint helens extend their lead at the top, while leeds rhinos are now two points above the bottom of the super late. they have jumped a few places after crashing huddersfield giants. two tries in his 100th appearance for the club. the game finished 44—0. tyson fury is set to step back into the ring in las vegas after agreeing to fight a swedish opponent. if the bout goes ahead the former heavyweight champion will be a strong favourite as he seemingly bites is time for that rematch against deontay wilder. tyson fury is currently at a training camp in my bayer. that

when i was a young kid i dreamed about playing for middlesbrough, but since i was 30 playing for middlesbrought for now. july may have been the hottest month the world has ever had. provisional figures suggest global temperatures last month were 1.2 degrees above pre—industrial levels. the uk recently experienced it's highest ever recorded temperature — 38.7 degrees in cambridge — and this summer has seen weeks of sweltering weather across europe. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. it is not water they're walking through, but a heat haze injapan. it has been the same story across many parts of the world. record temperatures in finland and three week heat wave in china. now, it is official, july is one of the hottest if not the hottest on record. and july isn't alone. 2019 has been very warm globally. each month is among the four warmest for the year in question. this time has been very warm, but this is not the main point. last month was very warm. all months during 2019 were very warm in terms of compared with other years and that trend is not likely to stop u nless we and that t

you are from middlesbrough, my neck of woods —— neck of the woods. i am indeed.ets in our hands. but what is it that makes these devices so hard to put down? well, there are plans in america which could see things like ‘autoplaying' the next video on youtube and the ‘infinite scrolling' news feed on facebook banned. the authorities claim these features are designed to "encourage addictive behaviours". it's an issue that the uk parliament is investigating too. we've been finding out what you think ifind i find myself strolling ifind myself strolling quite i find myself strolling quite often in the day. anytime i am really doing anything i probably will be looking at my phone, schooling.” normally look at the same kind of stuff. addicted to strolling. once you get in there, there is so much more information at your fingertips, links to things going off everywhere and before you know that you could be ours. i feel like i am entitled to watch the video. three minutes m, to watch the video. three minutes in, iam to watch the video. three minutes in, i am watching ten

andy mcdonald, the shadow transport secretary in middlesbrough.ings for most of the uk today, with a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms likely to bring flash flooding and travel disruption. with winds forecast to reach 60 miles per hour, a number of festivals have been called off or scaled back, as keith doyle reports. it might be the height of summer, but what the met office is calling unseasonal weather is set to hit nearly all of the uk. west lothian and scotland already got a taste of it, with heavy rain causing localised flooding that halted almost all traffic in places. separate weather warnings for wind, then for rain, will cover most of the uk over the weekend. high winds will hit the south—west and south wales later today. heavy rain, along with strong winds, are forecast for almost everywhere on saturday. that forecast caused the cancellation of the boardmasters festival in newquay. police and organises felt the summer storm was too big a risk for the 50,000 people due to attend. most of them were expected to be camping. a hot air ball

litton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 last night in the season curtain raiser.tes from time through curtain raiser. wootton snatched a .5 minutes from time throuthames collins. bury have had their second game of the season cancelled due to financial problems. salford have risen to league 2 in just a few yea rs risen to league 2 in just a few years since former manchester united player bought shares in the club. hester is against them is only one of the last 11 sides to make their debut on the football league have gone on to win in their opening game. that was aldershot town in 2008. the argentina captain lionel messi has been banned for international football for three months seeing the corporate america was fixed, he will miss some friendlies but we back in time for the argentina qualifying campaign for the next world cup. four—time tour de france champion chris froome says next year it is only go sensi crashed hitting a wall and breaking his leg and neck two months ago. speaking in his first interview he said there is no stopping me after being told he could t

commission has forced the closure of a children's mental health unit at west lane hospital in middlesbroughn died this summer. an inspection report published this week rated the unit as inadequate, with patients at high risk of avoidable harm. the boss of the lorry company eddie stobart has been forced to step down and trading in the firm's shares has been suspended as it looks into accounting discrepancies. the business has also warned its results for the first six months of this year will be significantly lower than originally forecast. the company, known for its green and red lorries, revealed a £2 million error in its 2018 results last month. scientists and conservationists in kenya say they have successfully harvested ten eggs from the only two surviving northern white rhinos in an effort to save the species from extinction. the eggs from the female rhinos will be fertilised using frozen sperm collected from the last male of the species, which died last year. the sun is out, the sky is blue, so inevitably there are predictions of travel problems ahead on this bank holiday weekend. mill

there were five games in the championship this evening, with middlesbrough getting their first win under hull city.but a missed penalty might well have cost hull this match. jarrod bowen had his spot kick saved but blackburn might have been helped by their dancing fan behind the goal. in the second half, tony mowbray‘s side got the game's only goal through derrick williams. elsewhere, sheffield wednesday went top by beating luton1—0. the final six places in the champions league group stages are up for grabs in the final round of qualifying taking place over the next week. last season's semi—finalists ajax were one of the teams in action tonight they were held to a goalless draw at apoel nicosia in the first leg. in the night's other matches celtic‘s conquerers cluge suffered a one—nil defeat at home to slavia prague. the night's other winners were bruges, who enjoyed a single goal win in austria against lask. twitter says it's suspended several accounts after paul pogba was targeted with racist abuse. it's after he missed a penalty in last night's 1—all draw with wolves at molineux. manc

back to the championship, they kick off the new football league season with a drawer at home in middlesbroughstay in touch midway through the british 0pen. welcome to sportsday. we're starting with cricket where england have turned the tables on australia in the opening ashes test. they'll begin day three at edgbaston tomorrow trailing byjust 17 runs after opener rory burns ground out his maiden century and he was still in as they closed on 267 four. adam wild reports from birmingham. perhaps you will see drama or nerve gaining excitement that we saw on the first tape at the sell—out crowd has been treated to an exhilarating and enthralling day of test match cricket. the day that has been along for the most part to england and one glynn player in particular. rory burns with his maiden test match century, aided by his captainjoe rood who made 57, together they totalled more than 100. that is exactly the kind of endings that moved at the order to provide. he went on to make that century and he didn't get lucky a couple of times and could have been out much earlier on in his endings that he made

luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture — sonny bradley with a stunning first goalforcollins, five minutes from time, to snatch a point for luton. bury‘s second game of the season has been suspended by the english football league, because the club still can't show they can settle outstanding debts. their game today against mk dons was cancelled during the week — they will now not play accrington stanley next weekend. salford city are making their debut in the football this afternoon when they host stevenage at the peninsula stadium. salford have risen from division one north of the northern premier league to league two injust over five years, since former manchester united players gary and phil neville, paul scholes, nicky butt, ryan giggs and david beckham bought shares in the club. however, history is against them today as only one of the last 11 sides to make their debut in the football league have won their first game. that was aldershot town in 2008. argentina captain lionel messi has been banned from international football for three months for saying that the cop

bristol city got a late equaliser against middlesbrough.around equalising through an own own goal before britt assombalonga put them ahead. tommy rowe's neat header saw city claim a point though. they are fifth in the table. boro are still waiting for their first away win in the league this season. here are the other results, wins for birmingham, brentford and luton, draws at millwall and forest charlton are up to second winning 2—nil at reading. jordan hugill scored twice as qpr came from behind to beat sheffield wednesday. they are knocking on the playoff spots now, the rangers. west brom are fourth, they beat blackburn rovers 3—2, all the golas came in the first half. wigan drew 0—0 with barnsley. a big one tomorrow in scotland. it's the old derby rangers. it's rangers celtic in the old firm derby tomorrow but everyone else in the scottish premiership played today, with livingstone continuing their unbeaten start to the season. they beat st mirren 2—1, despite their manager gary holt not being in the dugout. he was in hospital after bein

commission has forced the closure of a children's mental health unit at west lane hospital in middlesbrough—old women died this summer. an inspection report published this week rated the unit as inadequate, with patients at high risk of avoidable harm. the prime minister has warned that people shouldn't get their hopes up too soon about the prospects of a brexit deal. speaking while visiting a hopsital in devon about this week's meetings in germany and france borisjohnson played down hopes of a breakthrough in the brexit talks. he said that whilst progress was being made, he would caution everyone "not to hold their breath" that a deal would be done. meanwhile the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier has said he is ready to examine any proposals from the uk that he considers realistic and compatible with eu principles. the headlines on bbc news... european countries threatened to block a huge eu trade deal with south america unless brazil does more to curb forest fires. the family ofa more to curb forest fires. the family of a police officer killed in the line of duty pay tribute to

when i was a young kid, i dream about playing for middlesbrough, but since i was about 30, miles wantedhe lead on six under on the second day of golf‘s british open. fellow brit charley hull is a shot behind her compatriot on —5, and tees off at her home course of woburn at 12.15 that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. global temperatures forjuly could be the hottest on record. that's the initial assessment of the eu's climate change service. their figures show that this month will be 1.2 degrees above pre—industrial levels. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh explains. it is not water they are walking through, but a heat haze on the streets injapan. and it has been the same story across many parts of the world. record temperatures in finland, and a three—week heatwave in china too. and now, it's official — july is one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record. and july isn't alone. 2019 has been very warm globally. each month so far is among the four warmest for the month in question, and june has been the highest ever. this particular month has be

luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture — sonny bradley with a stunning first goalforve minutes from time, to snatch a point for luton. after being relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee began life in the championship with a 2—2 draw at dunfermline. two penalties from dannyjohnson securing a point for dundee. argentina captain lionel messi has been banned from international football for three months for saying that the copa america was "fixed" after he was sent off in their match against chile. the ban means messi will miss upcoming friendlies but will be back in time for argentina's qualifying campaign for the 2022 world cup begins in march next year. catch me if you can — the message from south africa's ashley buhai at the british open golf at woburn, with plenty of brits leading the chase. the defending champion, georgia hall, shot a second round of 69, including four birdies to finish on six under par. bronte law, produced a strong round to put herself into contention, she's on seven under and so five strokes off the leader. and charley hull, who's playing

luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture. it all happened very early on.mes collins, five minutes from time, to snatch a point for luton. they missed a penalty. it all happened. now, this is really sad. bury‘s second game of the season has been suspended by the english footbal league because the club still can't show they can settle outstanding debts. their game today against mk dons was cancelled during the week. they will now not play accrington stanley next weekend. stephanie frappart will become the first woman to referee a major men's european match when she takes charge of the uefa super cup final between liverpool and chelsea later this month. frappart will also lead a team that also includes assistant referee michelle o'neill when the champions league winners face the europa league holders in istanbul. she refereed july's women's world cup final in lyon. catch me if you can — the message from south africa's ashley buhai at the british open golf at woburn with plenty of brits leading the chase. the defending champion georgia hall shot a second round

luton and middlesbrough drew 3—3 in their opening fixture, sonny bradley with a stunning first goalfor from time to snatch a point for luton. dashed your hopes of a win. at least it was entertaining. it was brilliant. i do love a challenge. not such good news here. bury‘s second game of the season has been suspended by the english footbal league because the club still can't show they can settle outstanding debts. their game today against mk dons was cancelled during the week. they will now not play accrington stanley next weekend. after being relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee began life in the championship with a 2—2 draw at dunfermline. two penalties from dannyjohnson securing a point for dundee. catch me if you can — the message from south africa's ashley buhai at the british open golf at woburn with plenty of brits leading the chase. the defending champion georgia hall shot a second round of 69, including four birdies to finish on 6—under par. bronte law produced a strong round to put herself into contention. she's on 7 under and so five strokes off the leader. and cha

in the championsip, promoted luton taking on middlesbrough. new manager, steph — jonathan woodgate. also through. now, we told you earlier this week, about 18—year—old khadija mellah, who was about to become the first jockey in history to ride professionally in a hijab. well, she won herfirst race at goodwood yesterday, meaning a fairytale ending. she was on the outsider haverland, and managed to beat the likes of olympic cycling champion victoria pendleton, despite only sitting on a racehorse for the first time just three months ago. it was really difficult initially. racehorses are very difficult. i had quite a few mishaps. but as soon as they got the hang of it, i started enjoying it loads. and i want to continue riding out, and i love it. she must be good, because the legend thatis she must be good, because the legend that is frankie dettori was watching and said that she is unbelievable, she is incredible. that is a great story, i love it. a few months ago she hadn't even been on a horse before. it was a charity in brixton that gets people onto horses. so many status to that, s