at the start of the day, but they now trail the stage winner and new overall leader, colombia's nairo quitanae minutes. the race finishes in milan in a fortnight. olympic showjumping champion nick skelton says he's proud of what he's achieved in showjumping after formally bowing out from the sport at the royal windsor horse show. skelton appeared with olympic gold medal winning partner big star at a public ceremony in the show‘s castle arena, in the presence of her majesty the queen. the 59—year—old has won a host of medals, including two olympic golds, a world championship silver, and three european golds. i have had some wonderful horses. and without the great owners, that i have had, and the sponsors and the staff, everybody has really contributed towards my career. even the lads but i compete against, they've kept me on my toes through my life and i'm very grateful to them. i'm very proud of what i've done. that's all from sportsday. i'll be back with more sport through the evening here on the bbc news channel. from celebrated novelist to poet. michel faber‘s success has come with some lo

the stage was won by colombia‘s nairo quitana. disaster to the british riders.nt macron accompanied by the mayor of paris, the socialist mayor, and hidalgo, meeting the crowds outside to welcome him. this is a traditional visit. it pretty splendid town hall it has to be said. dan purvis is a pretty splendid city. we can see the guard of honour in place as the new president of the fifth republic ascend the stairs. he‘s going to the bertrand room where he will meet not only the police prefect and other officials from paris, he‘s also going to meet the mayors from each arrondissement. after a speech which is due to slither in five or ten minutes time, president macron will also be speaking to foreign ambassadors and religious leaders. he‘s only hanging around until 5pm when he gets to head back to the lycee palace, and with great relief at his feet up for five minutes before he starts the serious business of forming a government. we expect him to announce his prime minister tomorrow before he heads to berlin to meet angela merkel. 0ne minister tomorrow before he he

at the start of the day, but they now trail the stage winner and new overall leader colombia's nairo quitana. that's over and bbc radio five live. time now for the film review, with mark kermode and jane hill. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. mark kermode is with us as ever to take us through all this week's releases. so we have a political thriller starring jessica chastain called miss sloane. alien: covenant, the latest in the ongoing alien franchise. and jawbone, written by and starring johnny harris. and miss sloane, even looking at the poster i so wanted to like this. it's washington, it's the west wing, already you're in with the intrigue! and it'sjessica chastain and a very fine director, so all the omens look good. so the story isjessica chastain is a lobbyist who gets embroiled in a battle between the people who want controls on gun sales and those who want to sell more guns. early on she is enlisted by a group of people who say, we're trying to make guns seem more popular. we want to get guns to appeal to women. she literally laughs them out of the room. the next t