she's six shots behind the leader minjee lee from australia, as shabnam younusjewell reports. behind arita can guard in last week's scottish 0pen, but it's the australian who set the pace on the opening day of the live links in lancashire lancashire. her newest challenger is japan's monique oligarch, who fired in seven birdies on her way to a 66. on a congested leaderboard, there's a clutch of players a further shot back on five under parand players a further shot back on five under par and they include local favourite george hall, who will be keen to improve on her third—place finish at last year's british open. former world number one lybia ko hasn't won a major for 2.5 years, when she was still a teenager, but the new zealander is well placed after opening up with a four under par 69. the reigning champion, ik kim, had a mixed start to her title defence with four birdies and two bogeys. she's signed for a 70 and the south korean is five shots off the south korean is five shots off the lead overnight. shabnam younus jewell, bbc news. staying with golf, ian poulter leads afte

australia's minjee lee set the pace, she's the clubhouse leader after a 7 under par round of 65.ut what challenge from the home contenders our golf correspondent iain carter — at the course.... a good day for the australian. very good day. there is no doubt about that. it was 65 for seven under par. it would have taken her into play—offs if she had made this putts. she came up a shot short there but picks up where she left off on the overall form the highlight was an eagle three on the 15th in that round of 65. she is a shot clear of the field. a good day for british players as well. georgia hall was round in 67. bogey free today. she did well to keep her card clea n. today. she did well to keep her card clean. she did an excellent performance. there was a hole in one for florentino parker in her rounds of 69 as well. the brits are showing up of 69 as well. the brits are showing up quite well. lydia hall with a round of 69, 3—under par as well. all eyes for gold fans may well be an the us open champion from thailand. she gets on today? she was a winner in scotland in last week. a

minjee lee of australia leads at royal lytham and st anne's. the best placed brit. she had a bogey—free round and shot five birdies in her 67. finding her range very neatly. ian poulter leads at the bridgstone international in the united states. the englishman is 8—under par. tiger woods showed good form in the competition he's won eight times. he's li—under par, his lowest opening round at a pga tour event in three years. but poulter was the man who had the range juust right. before the tournament, he'd admitted he'd never played that well at this tournament. right now, he leads it by one shot. from the likes of rickie fowler, rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead. laura kenny's bid for three golds got off to a good start on day one of the european championships in glasgow. the british quartet of kenny, ellie dickinson, elinor barker and katie archibald set the fastest time in qualifying. they'll face the french team on friday afternoon for a place in the final. you can watch coverage of the inaugral multi—sport european championships being

australia's minjee lee leads the women's british open by a stroke heading into the second round at royal netherlands join unfancied ireland in making the semi—finals of the women's hockey world cup in london. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with cricket news and england will take a slender 22—run advantage into the third day of the opening test against india at edgbaston on friday. it could have been a much larger lead had the home side been able to dismiss indian captain virat kohli who scored more than half his side's total, and watching was patrick gearey. what a day of test cricket that was, the momentum went one way and then the momentum went one way and then the other and then back again. india started on top, they managed to take the final wicket of england's first—innings within the first five minutes. 287 all out, sam curran the last man to go and we will see more of him.

the world numberfinished herfirst round tied 28th on one over, six shots behind leader minjee lee ofhis birdie on the 10th was one of six in her opening round. japan's mamiko higa is just one shot behind her on six—under. while home—favourite georgia hall of england signed for a bogey—free 67 on thursday to sit tied—third on five—under. more than 100 caps for england, over 400 appearances for chelsea, three premier league titles and one champions league crown, frank lampard had quite the career as a player. and later on friday, he'll be in the dugout as a manager for the first time. lampard will take charge of derby county when they face reading in the english second tier. iam i am excited. definitely. iam excited. definitely. im focused. it certainly has brought another intensity to my life this week, there had been an intense pre—season before that. i am very excited and of course there will be nerves coming back today. a brilliant 149 from india captain virat kohli rescued his side against england on day two of the first test match at edgbaston. after setting a target of 287, engl

minjee lee of australia leads at royal lytham and st anne's.states. the englishman is 8—under par. a fantastic round to him. tiger woods showed good form in the competition he's won eight times, he's 4—under par, his lowest opening round at a pga tour event in three years, poulter was the man who had the range juust right. before the tournament, he'd admitted he'd never played that well at this tournament. well, he has found something right now and has been playing shots like this all afternoon and he leads by one shot. laura kenny's bid for three golds got off to a good start on day one of the european championships in glasgow. the british quartet of kenny, ellie dickinson, elinor barker and katie archibald set the fastest time in qualifying. they'll face the french team on friday afternoon for a place in the final. you can watch coverage of the inaugral multi—sport european championships being co—hosted between glasgow and berlin across the bbc. that's all the sport for now. it has been another scorching day across southern part of the countr

minjee lee of australia leads.round and shot five birdies in her 67 highlights are on bbc two later tonight. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10:30pm. we look forward to that, thank you. a 20—year—old man from north london has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. detectives from the metropolitan police counterterrorism command assisted by the metropolitan police firearms command, carried out it preplanned operation to arrest this man in the northwest london area at around 6:30pm this evening. he has been held under the police and criminal evidence act, and is in custody at a police station in south london. butjust to repeat that, a 20—year—old man from northwest london has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. apple has become the first publicly—listed us company to be valued at $1 trillion. back in october 2001, when apple launched its first ipod, the company had a market value of $6 billion. six years later came the revolutionary i

hall is two shots behind minjee lee of australia. france this afternoon for a place in the final. there's coverage of the championships in glasgow and berlin across the bbc. will bejoined by will be joined by former olympic champion rebecca adlington to discuss the swimming, the likes of adam peaty, at 7:30am and laura and jason kenney competing in the velodrome —— we'll be. jason kenney competing in the velodrome -- we'll be. how is because go and berlin split going to work? it's a new idea, all of the organisers of rowing, swimming, cycling, and the like, said let's hold our european championships at the same time in the same location. not the same location? no, they will continue to rotate at different venues and different cities. separate, same time but also going on as well as all the events in bars goes. great, really looking forward to it. -- in glasgow. we'll talk more at 7:30am. matt will have the weather at around 6:45am. holidaymakers have been revelling in balmy temperatures across europe this week, but now authorities ar