stokes scored 176 at old trafford. andy swiss watched the action. he makes the extraordinary scene almost commonplace. for ben stokes, just another day of batting brilliance. he began it in watchful mode. his customary attack mingled with caution. but gradually, he and partner dom sibley wore the west indies down and, soon, sibley had his reward. dom sibley‘s got there. cricket‘s first biosecure centurion, after nearly eight hours of painstaking patience. and then it was his partner's turn — a more audacious way to reach 100. but this is ben stokes. and after some brief celebrations, it was time for some fun. lovely shot. the sight of stokes cutting loose is perhaps the most thrilling in cricket. indeed, there was one particular flourish which wouldn't have looked out of place on a golf course. sibley‘s attempts to follow suit were not quite as successful. gone for 120, but what character and concentration he'd showed. stokes, it seemed, was heading for a double century but, finally, the west indies got their man. his 176 deserved a thunderous ovati

the wickets have been falling this afternoon at old trafford, with the welcome return of stuart broadin nine—overs to give england hope of forcing a result in the second test against the west indies. the windies have managed to avoid the follow on, but as the fourth day draws to a close, a draw is looking more and more likely. joe wilson reports. you cannot see time hovering above old trafford but you can sense it in england's desperation to take wickets. and their disappointment when they didn't. just one west indies bad —— batsmen fell before lunch on wednesday. a brave bitter feuding to stand so close and to catch. all eyes on the hole, now more than ever. here the english —— that a 30 stand at after one of the fielders admitted he hedges the live on the bowl. here comes sam curran. accurate polling will never go out of fashion whatever happens to lock the ear. in the absence ofjofra archer, england needed a bowling star. england did not have time for bad luck, their only choice was hard work. stokes. mistake, that we'd gone for 75. england needed more. late afternoon archer was se

henry moeran is inside the bio—bubble for us at old trafford.land need to do in the morning? they have to score runs quickly, build that lead quickly and get bowling again, they need ten west indies wickets to force a victory. we are in this situation because of the weather yesterday when a whole day was washed away. so this matches been contracted and the pressure for england has been increased. we saw jos buttler and ben stokes marching out to start the batting, really going for it, trying to score runs quickly but in the end butler fell without scoring, zach railey fell $0011 without scoring, zach railey fell soon after. but they will fancy they can get the sort of lead that they could defend. if it all looks likely, how much will england have an eye on the third and final test? absolutely. they will be looking to draw the series. they will also be keeping an ion the weather forecast because it may be sunny in manchester but next weekend looks farfrom ideal, they will be thinking that they need to get the job done in this test match and what

rain prevented any play at old trafford today in the second test between england and west indies.y have tomorrow and monday to try to force a win. henry moeran is there for us. glad to see europe somewhere dry! this is certainly not what england wa nted this is certainly not what england wanted today. —— you are somewhere dry. they've got to bowl west indies out before they reached 270 in the first innings. that would give them the opportunity to enforce the seldom seen a follow—on and then that would give them the chance of levelling the series. a few questions as to whether england may be batted a little too long yesterday as they hit 469—9, the partnership of ben stokes was productive but slow. and some were saying that with the forecast today, maybe england could have accelerated a little earlier to give them a little bit longer to build the west indies out. we've had news today aboutjofra indies out. we've had news today about jofra archer's indies out. we've had news today aboutjofra archer's punishment, just an official warning and a fine. how are fans receiving this inform

nerves arejingling against the west indy at old trafford.are jingling ahead of the premier league season. who will say up? hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. today should have been the opening ceremony of the 2020 olympics in tokyo, but with the coronavirus pandemic forcing their postponement for a year, enthusiasm for hosting the event in tokyo has since plummeted. many are wondering whether they will ever take place at all. a poll this week found only 23% of japanese people support holding the games next year. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has this report. by by now, the buildings around me here should have been bustling with thousands of athletes from all over the world getting ready to compete against each other. of course because of covid—i9, they're not here. this place remains a ghost town. but will it be any different a year from now? is town. but will it be any different a yearfrom now? is covid—i9 is still circulating widely, if there isn't a vaccine, then how will it be possible to host an olympics

play got under way at old trafford today with england looking to level the series, after they lost theickets in southampton. jofra archer's electric fast bowling was one of the highlights there — but he's playing no part in manchester after being dropped this morning for breaking the rules around being in a bio secure bubble. 0ur cricket reporter henry moran was watching the opening day. we'll talk about jofra archer in a minute — but let's start with dom sibley because it's not everyday he gets a half century and he's steadied england on day one along with ben stokes 7 yes, though he has been dropped ice, he has been excellent for england, saw it at the top of the line up in jess's eighth tests match up. saw it at the top of the line up in jess's eighth tests match up. they lost early wickets with two batman falling before the lunch break leaving england in a precarious 9—2. joe rouche showed some resilience... stokes and sibley put on close to 100 runs and they... they could've perhaps made more breakthroughs that they have not made so far today, just look out at the scoreboard which

andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.t. hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the deputy editor of the daily express, michael booker, and i'm alsojoined by the director of uk, in a changing europe, anand menon. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the daily mail hails the possibility of a vaccine for christmas after promising findings from a team of scientists at oxford university. the same story makes the front page of the metro. the newspaper says that the oxford vaccine could train the body to fight off the virus. the i also leads on the vaccine progress. but it adds that further large—scale testing is still needed before it can be rolled out. the guardian says that the uk prime minister has called the results from the oxford team "very positive", and "a step in the right direction". the telegr

the match at old trafford saw stuart broad take his 500th test wicket, as our correspondent andy swiss reports. victory for england and history for one of its stars. after beginning the day on 499 test wickets, stuart broad promptly charged into the record books. must be! it is! 500 for stuart broad. he had done it. kraigg brathwaite the victim as broad joined one of cricket's most exclusive clubs. just the second england player to take 500 test wickets, after his team—matejimmy anderson, who was there to congratulate him. so was his dad chris, the match referee no less. not a bad game to be watching. it is some 13 years since broad made his test match debut and took his first wicket so, how does 500 of them feel? really special moment and i think, as players, you want milestone moments to happen in test match wins and test series wins so for it to have contributed to us winning here and winning the series is awesome. you know, it still looks a bit strange when i look at 500 on the screen or a bit of paper. it's like, wow, that seems so many. after that bowling milestone, broad promptl

it looks like the weather will begin play at old trafford and here comes the rain for us into this eveningrn ireland first, the western side of britain with a breeze picking up the first part of the night. it spreads a overnight. most of us will see some rain at some stage of what will be quite a warm and muggy night. o nto be quite a warm and muggy night. onto the weekend. july, summer, flow pressure, lots of weather fronts, the breeze will have picked up tomorrow and again there will be some showers around. it's not going to bea some showers around. it's not going to be a wash—out. there will be a lot of cloud to start the day, particularly in the parts of scotla nd particularly in the parts of scotland and northern england, some heavier bursts of rain but many others will be brightening up. there will be some sunny spells coming through but we are expecting some heavy and possibly thundery showers to break out, especially through the east and south—east of england. they may merge to give longer spells of heavy rain at times. temperatures down compared with today. the breeze is as well.

and vital early wickets as england press for victory in the second test at old trafford.n bbc news... nigel pearson says he's been overwhelmed by support following his shock sacking as watford manager, but admits he's disappointed he can't finish the job he started. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. beijing has accused the uk government of "brutally meddling" in china's internal affairs, as diplomatic tensions continue to rise. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, is expected to suspend its extradition treaty with hong kong this afternoon, after beijing's imposition of a controversial security law in the territory. prime minister borisjohnson says the uk cannot ignore human rights abuses in china. our political correspondent iain watson reports. demonstrators iain watson reports. in hong kong, just hours demonstrators in hong kong, just hours after beijing introduced a sweeping new national security law at the end of last month. 200 people we re at the end of last month. 200 people were arrested within 2a hours. the government has said that up to 3 millio

we could see some showers today at old trafford for the cricket. some clear skies, so it's going to be a fresh night, particularly so in rural areas, where temperatures will be lower than this. these temperatures really indicate towns and cities. so with this transient ridge of high pressure across us, tomorrow, it means things will be fairly settled, but we do have a clutch of weather fronts coming in from the west. and look at the distinct lack of isobars. the winds will fall light tomorrow, so it will feel better tomorrow. so we still have some showers across the north—west of scotland, where it will be a cloudy start, but brightening up in scotland through the course of the day. for england and for wales, you start off with some sunshine, but the cloud building through the day and we'll see some rain getting into northern ireland and also parts of wales later on. as we move from wednesday into thursday, though, our weather fronts continue to push northwards through northern ireland, northern england and scotland, taking the rain with them. high

and while the match at old trafford has been taking place behind closed doors, today will see the firstds crowds coming back to watching sport. the oval will host 1,000 fans in a friendly between surrey and middlesex. let's find out more from katie shanahan, who's there for us this morning. katie, how is it going to work and how is it going to look? yes, this isa how is it going to look? yes, this is a massive day for sport, i'm down here at the oval. as we are expecting to see 1000 fans coming back, welcoming fans back into grounds for the first time in england, since march. as you can see, the covers are coming off, in a couple of hours, 1000 fans will take their seats to watch this county cricket match between surrey and middlesex. the first of a number of trials the government is putting on to try and get fans back into stadiums, but, it's going to look different. it's going to be 1000 fa ns different. it's going to be 1000 fans compared to 25,000 capacity, only using this one stand and fans are going to have to make sure they are going to have to make sure they are socially distant

hello. wet weather with the test match day too at old trafford.r day as well, but if you're venturing out on saturday evening, still some these downpours to the southeast and also a few more arriving on western parts as well and going into the morning, still a chance of a few showers on sunday begins but some early bursts of sunshine around as well and they will be a bit cooler for the start of part two of the weekend and we will still have low pressure close by scotland, rain to its northwest and quite windy, blustery as well as showers into the northwest, some will track a bit further east as you go to the day, but not many of them falling into the southeast of england. these average wind speeds, gusts a bit higher it's 30 and a0 mph in some spots and temperatures, if anything, some days looking bit cooler for many of us. i will leave you with this thought that a year ago tomorrow, temperatures reached the highest on record in the uk, near 39 celsius. no one's saying that is an aspiration, just pointing out it is so very different from what we a

as for the cricket at old trafford, looking like a not particularly warm monday for the final day, ae with the chance of picking upa sunshine with the chance of picking up a brief passing shower. monday evening, any showers that forms will tend to die away. they will continue on and off in northern scotland overnight. for most of us it will be another dry, clear and chilly night going into tuesday morning and again on tuesday there will be a lot of sunshine to start the day. there is a chance of catching a shower again more especially across parts of scotla nd more especially across parts of scotland with the odd one may be found elsewhere, northern ireland and northern england, with cloud ticketing and a chance of patchy rain to the further north and west you are through the day. temperatures, a few spots getting into the low 20s in some sunny spells but most will not get that high. there is a weather system coming on tuesday night into wednesday and as these weather fronts moving it will bring rain into northern ireland and scotland and on wednesday reaching for a time into norther

here at old trafford the players are once again cocooned behind closed doors.ement jofra archer said he'd let both teams down, but he's left england with a particular problem. the hosts were put into bat but before they did so the players all took a knee. cricketing rivals, united against racism. after winning the first test the west indies weren't short of confidence and they soon had plenty more. three early wickets, including the big one. captain joe root missed the last game to be at the birth of his baby, isabella. welcome back. on this greatest of days, though, at last some fireworks. who else but ben stokes? if only there had been someone in the crowd to catch it. at the other end dom sibley got stuck in, not pretty, but hugely effective with an unbeaten 86. stokes also reached his half—century by the close as the pair turned an unpromising day into an excellent one. after all that pre—match travel drama, it's england in the driving seat. andy swiss, bbc news. now on bbc news, coronavirus: your stories. philippa thomas hears from people around the world

let's go to old trafford, where england have made a really good start, as they try to win the secondlevel the series with the west indies. henry moeran‘s there for us. after the perfect morning, england have continued to ram home their advantage. they have. it's been everything england could have dreams of coming into the fifth and final day as they looked to level the series ahead of the third and final match which sta rts the third and final match which starts here at old trafford on friday. it all began with ben stokes doing what ben stokes does. in the first over of the game, an enormous six and continued in that vein, to fit the quickest 50 ever by an england opener, promoted up the order to open alongsidejos buttler. england eventually declaring 129—3. that left the west indies with the unlikely target of 312 and england with 85 overs to take a ten wicket they needed to level the series. stuart broad got things moving in the first over with the wicket of john campbell on review. two wickets in the morning session for stuart broad. one for christmas and the west indies will be h

england's cricketers are in complete control of the third test at old trafford with only the weatheries. joe lysnkey was watching the third day's play. england's captain can see a way to victory. the biggest obstacle may come from up above. rain is coming to manchester tomorrow. that means less time. but in this new bio—secure world, england still have the old faces. stuart broad missed the old faces. stuart broad missed the first test, but since then he has turned the series round. he finished off the west indies' first innings all by himself. england were 172 in front. now they have the afternoon to get ahead of the weather. the openers drove to a century partnership. the first time england have done that in four yea rs. england have done that in four years. next, the captain came in and clubbed it round. joe root got 250 in 49 balls. at nearly 400 ahead, england called time on plotting. they would make a half—hour push for windies wickets. broad got too much of them. at 34, he is now one away from 500 in tests. with two days left, there could still be rain, but england have bowler

andy swiss, bbc news, old trafford.he pandemic. west indies beat england in the final in 2016 and had been expecting to defend their title from october this year in australia. it's now scheduled to be held in october and november 2021, with another tournament the following year. brighton ensured they'll be playing premier league football next season in a goalless draw with newcastle united. it was a game of few chances for either side, but the point earned confirms brighton can't be relegated. wolves boosted their european chances with a 2—0 victory over crystal palace. jonny scoring the second that takes wolves up a place to sixth, while elsewhere everton beat sheffield united 1—0. organisers of the ballon d'or say it wouldn't be fair to award the prize this year and have cancelled it for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. it's the first time since it began in 1956 that football's most coveted individual award won't be handed out. football france said all possible winners wouldn't be in the same boat, with some havi

england are looking to bowl out the visitors on the final day at old trafford to win the series.tuart broad began the day with 499 test wickets. could he make it 500? well, not at first. the west indies needed to bat out the day to avoid defeat, and they began confidently. but broad wasn't kept waiting for long, as he delivered a moment of cricketing history. commentator: must be! it is 500 for stuart broad. and you could see just what it meant. kraigg brathwaite the victim, as broad sealed his place in one of cricket's elite clubs. just the second player to take 500 wickets, after team—mate jimmy anderson, who was there to congratulate him. among the first to pay tribute, the man stuart broad called his hero, david steele, who coached him as a schoolboy. nobody could have had a better start with his career. he stayed in there, the right things, and that's the key of it. eh? why has he done it? because of what the game means to him. broad resume centre stage again. the bowler this time turned catcher... commentator: broad wants it, broad calls it, broad takes it. ..as shai hope g

the hosts need 18 wickets to force a victory. 0ur correspondent, henry moeran, is at old trafford foro—date. lunch hasjust been taken. it's not exactly been the morning england were after, just one wicket. england need 80 more wickets to get the victory that would level the series. because we lost a day's play yesterday because of the weather, the pressure is on england to make a breakthrough. don best has looked the most likely. chances have gone down. itjust hasn't gone their way this morning. and somewhere in the bowels of this pavilion, they will no doubt be coming up with plans to try and make more breakthroughs. the west indies‘ morning. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at a:05pm. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. we are going to get more the latest sports news now, more on the cricket and more on the football, because it is fa cup action again this weekend. let's get more. the west indies have had a good morning at old trafford on day four of the second test against england, following yesterday's wash—out. they started the day on 32 for1 and have lost just one

and a tight contest at old trafford, as england take on west indies in the decisive final test. and coming up on bbc news in around 15 minutes time. the 2020 tokyo olympic were due to start today, but doubts now surround the delayed games. will they take place at all? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. three teeangers have been convicted of the manslaughter of pc andrew harper, who died in berkshire last year, after being dragged along a country road by a car. the officer, who'd been been investigating a burglary at the time, had married his childhood sweetheart just four weeks earlier, and today she spoke of her disappointment that the three accused were not found guilty of murder. our correspondent, helena wilkinson, is at the old bailey for us this evening. clive, as the verdicts were read out pc andrew harper's widow lissie broke down in tear, she and the officer's family have had to listen to the most harrowing details in the last four week, he was killed while protecting the public just last four week, he was killed while protecting the publicjust doing his j

stokes scored 176 at old trafford. andy swiss watched the action.g brilliance. he began it in watchful mode. his customary attack mingled with caution. but gradually, he and partner dom sibley wore the west indies down and, soon, sibley had his reward. dom sibley‘s got there. cricket‘s first biosecure centurion, after nearly eight hours of painstaking patience. and then it was his partner's turn — a more audacious way to reach 100. but this is ben stokes. and after some brief celebrations, it was time for some fun. lovely shot. the sight of stokes cutting loose is perhaps the most thrilling in cricket.

and at old trafford, england have beaten the west indies in the third test and, in doing so, they've the series. and coming up in sport on bbc news: it doesn't quite go to plan for andy murray at the battle of the brits, but it's all smiles — despite the defeats — at roehampton. good evening. there are signs of a second wave of the pandemic in parts of europe, according to boris johnson, who's been defending his government's handling of the crisis and the sudden imposition of quarantine on travellers from every part of spain. the spanish prime minister is among those criticising the decision. he said tourists in most regions of spain would be safer from coronavirus, than in the uk. the foreign office is advising against all non—essential travel to spain, including to the balearic islands and the canary islands. spain has seen a recent rise in the number of covid—i9 infections in some areas, with 47 cases per 100,000 people across the last two weeks. the uk, by comparison, has 15 cases per 100,000. france has a similar rate, with 16 cases per 100,000. and germany, despite official war

the second test between england and the west indies has just got under way at old trafford — but withoutalth and safety rules put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. a short time ago england, who were put into bat by the west indies, were 27 without loss. grey skies and drizzle at old trafford, but that was the least of england's problems in an extraordinary early morning twist. after playing in the first test in southampton, jofra archer, it emerged, had stopped off at his home in brighton. the players were supposed to drive straight to manchester to preserve the bio—security that's been the key to this series taking place. when his detour came to light last night, archer was excluded from the team and told to isolate for five days. he said in a statement he was extremely sorry for what he'd done. "i have put not only myself but the whole team and management "in danger", he added. "i fully accept the consequences of my actions and i want "to sincerely apologise to everyone in the bio—secure bubble." it's a selfish decision that he made. you look at what the west indies have s

another overcast morning at old trafford but england's outlook seemed much brighter.his way into the 90s, a century in sight. the west indies desperately needed a breakthrough but instead, more frustration. ben stokes surviving but how close was this? england's progress was hardly spectacular. the first hour producing just 22 runs. beautifully timed. but stokes and sibley were still stubbornly there. attacking shots were almost an endangered species but on and on they went, sibley painstakingly ever closer to the magic three figures. although stokes was catching him up thanks to the shot of the morning. both players were now in the 90s — who would be first to a hundred? well, this was the answer. dom sibley has got there! after more than seven and a half hours, finally dom sibley was there, and you could see what it meant. a triumph of character and concentration and his second test match century, just when his team needed it. stokes did his best to follow him but the lunch break came too soon. stokes tantalisingly on 99 at the interval. not the prettiest morning's cr

henry moeran is at old trafford for us.and, who now face a race against time to try to level the series. they do. batting conditions for the west indies are pretty good, the sun is shining here, england probably could have done with overhead cloud to help the ball move around encourage west indies batsmen to play loose shots and get the early breakthroughs that could see england on way. just a reminder, england need 19 west indies wickets over the next two days. the forecast is good so next two days. the forecast is good so there will be time, it is whether they have the time in the game. 0n they have the time in the game. 0n the situation requiring those wickets in pretty quick time is a difficult one and you look back to england's batting performance, it seems harsh to criticise a side that hits 461 but whether they could have batted quicker and got the west indies batting sooner and giving themselves longer to get this victory. 19 wickets in just two days, do you think england might be regretting that they should have be

particularly around some showers and there will be some wet weather with the test match day too at old traffordzier day as well, but if you're venturing out on saturday evening, still some these downpours to the southeast and also a few more arriving on western parts as well and going into the morning, still a chance of a few showers on sunday begins but some early bursts of sunshine around as well and they will be a bit cooler for the start of part two of the weekend and we will still have low pressure close by scotland, rain to its northwest and quite windy, blustery as well as showers

to old trafford for three t20‘s.eland executive in northern ireland, obviously we work out of two jurisdictions. they both allowed elite training to get back up allowed elite training to get back up and running so we managed to get our guys out to the high performance centre down in dublin and two venues up centre down in dublin and two venues up in the north and north—west of ireland. mainly one—to—one coaching, a lot of small groups to. obviously we can‘t yet play matches. so we haven‘t had any middle practice yet but hopefully that will come in the next week or two and then we will get to southampton early. we will have effectively a ten or 11 day camp before the series starts. we have been in touch with ecb throughout the whole of this pandemic and they worked incredibly ha rd to pandemic and they worked incredibly hard to get these games are on. they did a tremendousjob in the hard to get these games are on. they did a tremendous job in the ags bowl and an old trafford and we are very confident that our players

a much better forecast for cricket fans at old trafford today.d it under campus. some spots in the countryside down to 5—6d. after that cool start, monday is a bright looking day. plenty of sunshine in most areas. there will still be some showers though, particularly in scotland, a few for northern ireland and northern england as well full up temperatures will still be just a touch below the average for the time of year. we're looking at highs of around 15 in aberdeen, may a 222 in london. as we head deeper into the week, high pressure tries to hold on —— maybe up to 22 in london. the frontal system putting in from the north—west will introduce some outbreaks of rain across north—western parts of the uk through the middle part of the week, warming up with highs of 23—24. back to you. did the hunt come crashing down in the middle of the night?m wasn't that dramatic. itjust got tangled up and tried to roll me out. they went for the floor instead. that is a lot less dramatic. not a suggested. the moral of this story is, if you're going to go camping

we were looking forward to bringing you all the action from day four of the deciding test at old traffordthe series againt the west indies after stuart broad's brilliance yesterday. but even a bio—secure bubble can't do anything to combat the rain. it's been a total wash—out in manchester today. not a ball bowled, play was abandoned, which means england will now have just tomorrow to bowl the windies out. the tourists chasing an unlikely 399 to win, they're already a couple of wickets down — they'll resume on 10—2. the weather forecast is better tomorrow but still some rain expected, so england's task made tougher. but they will still hope to get the eight wickets they need to win the series. one more and stuart broad will have his 500th in test cricket. earlier, i spoke to test match special‘s alison mitchell about what the west indies need to do to survive. their passing laws have been a feature for the west indies. it has been tremendous, the bowling, at times. the likes of gabriel and kemar roach and jason holder. the batching, it does not feel as if this is a test match the west indi

and england turn the screw at old trafford, only the weather can save the windies now.n is over, the title was settled weeks ago, but there was still a lot at stake today, especially at norwich had already been relegated and bournemouth and watford will go down with them. aston villa doing just enough to stay in the top division. here's our sports correspondent, joe wilson. 4pm. aston villa, 17th. by a hair's's breath. watford only one goal of difference behind. bournemouth three points further back. that is how it began. ready? a penalty for arsenal against watford. four minutes gone, watford's troubled deeper. bournemouth suddenly glimpsed and escaped. here's their penalty against everton. 24th minute at arsenal, a wave goodbye in watford's direction. goodness, already, they'd let in another, 2—0. make that three. goals conceded equalling the number of managers watford sacked this season. well, hang on! they pulled it back to 3—2 in their game! in the final minutes of the season, bournemouth were flying. a third goal against everton all they could do. remember aston v

particularly around some showers and there will be some wet weather with the test match day two at old traffordbreezier day as well, but if you're venturing out on saturday evening, still some these downpours to the southeast and also a few more arriving on western parts as well and going into the morning, still a chance of a few showers on sunday begins but some early bursts of sunshine around as well and they will be a bit cooler for the start of part two of the weekend and we will still have low pressure close by scotland, rain to its northwest and quite windy, blustery as well as showers into the northwest, some will track a bit further east as you go to the day, but not many of them falling into the southeast of england. these average wind speeds, just a bit higher it's 30 and a0 mph in some spots and temperatures, if anything, some days looking bit cooler for many of us. i will leave you with this thought that a year ago tomorrow, temperatures reached the highest on record in the uk, near 39 celsius. no one's saying that is an aspiration, just pointing out it is so very different from wha

the match at emirates old trafford is a bio—secure venue with hotel on site, meaning the players liveroken the rules. the west indies team say they're satisfied the right safety measures have been followed. well, archer has apologied, saying how extremely sorry he is. we'll more on this story in sport at half past. the headlines on bbc news... the economic impact of coronavirus — the number of uk workers on payrolls falls by nearly two thirds of a million since before the lockdown. nearly a third of uk businesses expect to cutjobs in the next three months — the highest figure ever recorded by the british chambers of commerce. hackers target twitter, breaking into the accounts of some of the biggest names on the platform, including elon musk, barack obama and joe biden. let's stay with that headline story. the names on the list could hardly be bigger. joe biden, jeff bezos, the owner of amazon, barack obama, elon musk of tesla fame, bill gates. all victims of a hack on their twitter accounts, with bogus offers of big bitcoin pay—outs to their followers. the head of twitter, jack dorsey

the series is there for the taking, england are on top against the west indies at old trafford. [000:

evening, england's final test against the west indies starts tomorrow morning at old trafford. a really engaging series, the windies taking the first test in southampton, england squaring it up, withoutjofra archer after he broke the covid—safe bio—bubble, but he's back in the squad. a lot of decisisons for the selectors and possibly some bad news too with ben stokes a doubt. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. on correspondentjoe wilson. the eve of a decisive tes any on the eve of a decisive test batch, any england test match would be concerned about ben stokes, he is the one player they cannot rotate and they would've seen those aches and they would've seen those aches and pains he picked up or stand in the second test. but if suit suggests, participating as a bowler, any team in the road right now would pick ben stokesjust any team in the road right now would pick ben stokes just as a batsman but in any case, they have james anderson back in the squad under some ground and they havejoffra. what about his state of mind though? to face scrutiny about his performances, e

here at old trafford the players are once again cocooned behind closed doors.a statementjofra archer said he'd let both teams down, but he's left england with a particular problem. the hosts were put into bat but before they did so the players all took a knee. cricketing rivals, united against racism. after winning the first test the west indies weren't short of confidence and they soon had plenty more. three early wickets, including the big one. captainjoe root missed the last game to be at the birth of his baby, isabella. welcome back. on this greatest of days, though, at last some fireworks. who else but ben stokes? if only there had been someone in the crowd to catch it. at the other end dom sibley got stuck in, not pretty, but hugely effective with an unbeaten 86. stokes also reached his half—century by the close as the pair turned an unpromising day into an excellent one. after all that pre—match travel drama, it's england in the driving seat. andy swiss, bbc news. now, it's a mission to unlock more secrets of the sun. the british—built solar orbiter spac

the match at old trafford saw stuart broad take his 500th test wicket, as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. victory for england and history for one of its stars. after beginning the day on 499 test wickets, stuart broad promptly charged into the record books. must be! it is! 500 for stuart broad. he'd done it. kraigg brathwaite the victim, as broad joined one of cricket's most exclusive clubs. just the second england player to take 500 test wickets, after his team—matejimmy anderson, who was there to congratulate him. so was his dad, chris — the match referee, no less. not a bad game to be watching! it's some 13 years since broad made his test debut and took his first wicket, so how does 500 of them feel? really special moment. i think, as players, you want milestone moments to happen in test match wins and test series wins, so for it to have contributed to us winning here — and winning the series — is awesome. you know, it still looked a bit strange when i look at 500 on the screen or a bit of paper. it's like, wow, that seems so many. after that bowling milestone, broad pro

they're having a better run of form now then when we played them at old trafford. moment and the players know that we have 19 days, 18 days, i think it is, left and each one is as big as the next. let's take a look at some other headlines today. leeds can return to the top of the championship with a win over they're 4—0 up with a few minutes to go. goals from matuesz klick and helder costa here. england midfielder lucy staniforth has joined manchester united women on a two—year deal. she's spent the last two seasons at birmingham city, where her contract has expired. she's been capped 16 times for her country and says she's made the move to "win trophies and make history" with united. and tiger woods will make his first pga tour tournament start since february at next week's at next week's memorial tournament. the 15—time major winner pulled out of the players championship in march with a back injury before the coronavirus shutdown. big news from the world of cycling today. chris froome is set to leave team ineos. the four time tour de france winner was the star of

second day of the second test at old trafford there. a huge game at the bottom of the premier league tonight. 16th place west ham take on 17th place watford. they're both only three points clear of the relegation zone. watford have won their last two matches, while west ham go into the game having picked up seven points from their last 12. we have our noses slightly in front and we have to try and stay in front and we have to try and stay in front and we have to try and stay in front and we have to do everything to try and we have to do everything to try and stay in that position. i would rather be in our position than a couple of other teams' position, that's for sure. but we have not done thejob, farfrom it, the players are aware of that, had we have to at least play another game. they are doing what we are doing, and that is fighting for our lives. it is what i would expect, they have got good players, i think they have found some decent form of late and i'm sure david will be expecting a tough game in the same way that we are expect

for now, sport continues behind closed doors and at the bio bubble at emirates old trafford, it's lunchond test against the west indies. england resumed this morning on 207/3 and they're now at 264 without the loss of any wickets at lunch. opener dom sibley has reached his century, with ben stokes closing in on his, he's on 99, as england look to post a big first—innings score. west indies lead i—o in the three—test series. there's a huge game at the bottom of the premier league tonight, i6th—placed west ham take on i7th—placed watford. they're both only three points clear of the relegation zone. watford have won their last two matches, while west ham go into the game having picked up seven points from their last 12. we have to try and stay in front, work to do everything to be in that position. we hoped we would get there. i would position. we hoped we would get there. iwould rather position. we hoped we would get there. i would rather be in our position in a couple of other teams‘, that is for sure, but we haven‘t done thejob teams‘, that is for sure, but we haven‘t done the job yet,

our reporter henry moeran is inside the bio—bubble at old trafford. be surprised by any of the changes england have announced ? should we be surprised by these changes made by england? we knew one changes made by england? we knew one change was meant to be made withjoe root being captain returning to the side as you heard he missed the first test match because the birth ofa first test match because the birth of a second child. the question would be when he replaced zach crawley orjoe denly. with perhaps a look to the future, they went with sacra in the place of the 34—year—old joe macklin. perhaps the more surprising involvement is the change in bone department with james anderson and mark wood, i lancaster player, one end of this ground is named after him and will be disappointed not to point this test match. yet after memory this summer is so condensed with a six test matches and there will be some squad rotation. with the wendy's consider changing a winning team? we don't know that yet. jason holder spoke to us know that yet. jason holder spoke to

we're in a for a thrilling day's cricket at old trafford. which are being developed overseas. the agreements, one with a german—us partnership and one with a french firm, are in addition to a pledge for 100 million doses of a vaccine created at the university of oxford, which is undergoing clinical trials. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. there are now an astonishing 23 coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials around the world, including two in the uk developed by oxford university and imperial college london. today, the government announced deals with two overseas vaccine producers. biontech, pfizer, is one of the frontrunners — a german—us partnership. its coronavirus vaccine produced a strong immune response in early trials. if its successful, the first of 30 million doses could arrive by the end of the year. the other deal is with the french firm valneva who won't begin trials of theirjab till the autumn. that agreement is for 60 million doses. its vaccine will contain an inactivated virus. this is a more tried and tested m

visitors haven't won a series here in over 30 years but take a 1—0 lead into the second test at old traffordrts correspondent, joe wilson. on the fifth day southampton waited for a matchwinner. how about jofra archer? whoa, jofra! his first blows were with the bat, increasing england's lead. the west indies would need 200 to win when england and archer bowled. next blow — tojohn campbell's toe. too painfulfor him to continue — and then for the stumps. kraigg brathwaite, the first man out. sharmarh brooks, the next. lbw, west indies, seven for two. the target, 200, seemed like 2000. wood got rid of hope... but here'sjermaine blackwood, batting like he was the man to change the game. he may well have been given out if buttler had caught this. he didn't. what now, captain? anderson... ..to blackwood, to the boundary. they would have been on the edge of these empty seats, had stokes got dowrich out. four runs closer. it took so much to get cricket restarted and this match deserved this finish — thrilling. to the day's premier league football and there was derby delight for tottenham hotspur and

not much warmth at the test match at old trafford.of us, 17-22d. they've performed across the world — and even for royalty — but, for two classically—trained guitarists, the pandemic forced them to refocus their musical talents. with gigs cancelled and venues closed for the foreseeable, will cashel and ben bruant took to performing in the garden of a different key worker every friday throughout lockdown. last night, they played for eamonn sullivan — who has been the chief nurse at london's nightingale hospital. let's take a look. they play "despacito" we can speak to will and ben now, who bothjoin us us from farnborough, and eamonn, who's in reading. thank you so much. i was bad for you? was that a complete surprise? it was a complete surprise. we were nominated by some of our friends and we got a call saying they were coming to our garden so it was really special. who else was in the garden? my wife who is a speech therapist and my little boy. had that come out of the blue? how do you planned your friday night?m was a special day yes

what about jofra archer's in does my time in that hotel room in isolation at old trafford.en banned from the team and now faces a disciplinary investigation. this could have been a disaster. a small act, the ripple effect this could have had on the whole summer could have cost us tens of millions of pounds. so, you know, it — hopefully we can look back on it and jofra archer can learn from it. and he will learn from it, i'm sure. but, you know, the potential knock—on effect from all of this, i don't think he could have totally understood. as for the match itself, england head into the second day, in a strong position, thanks to half—centuries from ben stokes and dom sibley. that was, after some early struggles, when the west indies, reduced england, to 81 for three as captain joe root fell for 23. but dom sibley steadied things with an unbeaten 86. he'll resume alongside stokes, later who's on 59 — in a partnership worth 126, england on 207 for three. stokes is looking like his old self. now, in football, stokes is looking like his old self. now, infootball, how stokes is l

that's what we're expecting in manchester, old trafford, for the first day of the second test match.nd, though, later on thursday. and that weather front will take that rain very slowly southwards. it's going to stagger its way southwards. it may get stuck throughout friday across southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england and perhaps north wales. to the north and south of that, there will be sunshine coming through, but differing temperatures. across much of scotland, it's cooler, fresher air, so temperatures will be a bit lower on friday. but towards england and wales, especially in the southeast, it's the peak of the heat. 25 or 26 around the london area. that weather front still on the scene, then, on friday and still moving very slowly southwards on saturday. it's slowing down quite a bit, actually. eventually, we'll find this cooler and fresher air following in its wake. but we've got some cloud and rain moving a little further south across england and wales. unlikely to reach the southeast of england until the evening. to the north, across northernmost parts of engl

now, as for the cricket, at old trafford, it is looking like not particularly warm monday to come, forking up a brief passing shower. now, as we go into monday evening, any of those showers that have formed, will tend to die away. they still will continue on and off through northern parts of scotland overnight, but for most of us it is going to be another dry, clear and chilly night going into tuesday morning. but again on tuesday, there will be a lot of sunshine to start the day. now, there's a chance of catching a shower again, more especially across parts of scotland, but the odd one may be found elsewhere in northern ireland and northern england. and the cloud may well thicken in northern ireland to bring 00:27:58,991 --> 2147483051:50:44,211 the chance of seeing 2147483051:50:44,211 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 some patchy rain, this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. no deal yet, as eu leaders are taking a break before resuming talks try to hammer out a huge post—coronavirus economic recovery plan in brussels. the uk's biggest aerospace

there will be some wet weather on test match day two at old trafford. sunday billions, but there will be sometime around —— sunday begins. still low—pressure for scotland with drains toward the northwest. some will track a bit further east as you go on to the day, but not many of them falling into the east and southeast of england. these are average when speeds. somejust a bit higher. as for the temperatures, sunday is looking a little bit cooler for many of us. i'll leave you with this thought that a year ago tomorrow, temperatures reach the highest on record in the uk, near 39 celsius. i'm not saying that's an apt separation, just pointing out it's very different than what we have at the moment. —— an aspiration. initially some wet weather, but it will turn drier and warmer for a time later in the this is bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. huge crowds attend friday prayers at hagia sophia in istanbul — the first time the site has been used as a mosque in over than eighty years — but many

now for the test match, it's the third test match, england against the west indies at old trafford againve to dodge some rain. the weather is turning much more unsettled, particularly for saturday. there'll be some strong winds over weekend, warmer when the sun comes out but there may well be some heavy, perhaps thundery downpours. and we'll see some rain pushing its way eastwards on friday night into saturday to clear away. then as it brightens and we get some sunshine, we introduce some more of those heavy, perhaps thundery showers with the chance of rain coming back into some southern and southeastern parts of england. now the detail may change, but you can't really rely on any lengthy spells of dry weather on saturday, and temperatures will be 18—21 celsius and quite breezy, as well, staying that way into sunday. perhaps some stronger winds arriving in the northwest of the uk closer to that area of low pressure. that's where we will see most of the rain. there'll be some sunshine on sunday with some showers around too, more likely across northern and western areas, perhaps merging at