and in terrible conditions pascal ackermann wins stage 5 of the giro d'italia — his second stage winf the year's first grand tour. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that ajax have won the dutch eredivisie for the 34th time. confirmation came on the last day of the season and helps wipe away the disappointment of losing out in the champions league semi—final last week. colm harrison has more. ajax went into the final round knowing that only a freak set of results would deny them the title and while it took a while to get going, the outcome was never in doubt after lasse schone scored after 37 minutes. the first of three goals in 30 minutes spell. de graafschap‘s battle to avoid relegation goes by the player. nicolas tagliafico restored the lead. tadic needing to goals for a share of the golden bird, scored twice. he has 28 for the season. ajax the feed other teams craved never eventuated. both clubs will be in the champions league again next season in the champions league again next season but it is ajax who qualify as eredivisie champions, j

and valerio conti still leads the giro d'italia, but stage 10 saw germany's pascal ackermann take a tumble that meant he missed out on a third stage win. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that arsenal midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan will not play in the europa league final against chelsea next week. it's understood the 30—year—old armenian feared for his safety on the pitch in the azerbaijan capital of baku. as a result of political tensions between azerbaijan and armenia, mkhitaryan has missed club matches played in azerbaijan in the past. it is bad news. but i cannot do anything for this issue. it is very, very personal, the decision, a personal decision. and we need to respect him. and they don't understand now the political problems, but i must respect —— i don't understand. it is big news for us because he is a very important player. but we understand his decision, because it's dangerous for him. so for us it isa it's dangerous for him. so for us it is a big mess. yeah, he has contributed a lot for us to get where we are so far into the vinyl.

the second stage was won by german rider pascal ackermann.e run from bologna to fucecchio to claim the victory. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. that is your monday sport briefing. icelandic punk? polish folk? it can only be the eurovision song contest. the launch of this year's competition took place on sunday night in tel aviv with representatives from more than 40 countries making an appearance. andy beatt has more. sarah mcternan is walking the carpet... glitz and glamour on an almost global scale, kickstarting what some call a festival of kitsch, the eurovision song contest, on the orange carpet of tel aviv. no other live music event comes close — 41 countries, tens of thousands of visiting fans, and a tv audience of nearly 200 million. i am here for eurovision, i am here for the whole week. i love eurovision. i went to lisbon last year, and it'sjust a great big party. especially here, in this weather, by the beach, it's brilliant. behind the scenes, though, coastguardsjoining 8,000 police off

and pascal ackermann has claimed his second stage win at this year‘s giro d‘italia. is 35 seconds off the overall lead. great britain are likely to have to beat france on monday to avoid relegation from the ice hockey world championship. that‘s after they lost their fourth match in a row in slovakia, this time a 6—3 defeat to the usa. cardiff devils‘ goalie ben bowns made 59 saves for great britain earning him the man of the match award and a standing ovation. they‘ll play finland tomorrow and slovakia on saturday, but are unlikely to beat either. they want to show him something better than last time in the work great was there, they should buy it they are here. they are battling, hanging in and blocking shots and taking more chances and they got and that was like the team of last year the year before and i think maybe they have settled down a little bit. they still got some top games but there are a lot of positives in that performance. deontay wilder has again said that he wants to kill an opponent in the ring, saying he wants "a body on his record." the american d

pascal ackermann has won stage two at the giro d'italia.kilometre run — from bologna to fucecchio to claim the victory. the top end of the general classication remains unchanged, with primoz roglic keeping the pink jersey and britain's simon yates following close behind in second. the swedish golfer marcus kinhult produced nerves of steel to win the british masters in southport. kinhult had the lead, then lost it, and with the prospect of a four—way play—off looming, he needed a birdie at the last for victory — and he made it, to win by a single shot from a group including england's matt wallace. this is kinhult‘s first european tour title. great britain's men have won a bronze medal at the world relay championships in the ax100m in yokohama, japan. nethaneel mitchell—bla ke anchored the team, and caught china to secure third place. the british quartet ran a world leading time yesterday, but it was beaten today by the gold medal winners, brazil. gb will be looking to retain their world championship relay title in doha later this year. mumba

and valerio conti still leads the giro d'italia, but stage 10 saw germany's pascal ackermann take a tumblegramme, where we start with the footballing news that arsenal midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan will not play in the europa league final against chelsea next week. it's understood the 30—year—old armenian feared for his safety on the pitch in the azerbaijan capital of baku. as a result of political tensions between azerbaijan and armenia, mkhitaryan has missed club matches played in azerbaijan in the past. it is bad

and in terrible conditions pascal ackermann wins stage 5 of the giro d'italia — his second stage winthe programme, where we start with the footballing news that ajax have won the dutch eredivisie for the 34th time. confirmation came on the last day of the season and helps wipe away the disappointment of losing out in the champions league semi—final last week. colm harrison has more. ajax went into the final round knowing that only a freak set of results would deny them the title and while it took a while to get going, the outcome was never in doubt after lasse schone scored after 37 minutes. the first of three goals in 30 minutes

cima just held on to take victory ahead of germany's pascal ackermann and fellow italian simone consonnifinished safely in the peloton to retain the race leader's pinkjersey. and the first round is over at the women's us open golf in charleston. japan's mamiko higa has a one—shot lead over the rest of the field. and just about to get underway is the opening match in the nba finals, toronto raptors against the golden state warriors. the first time an nba finals match is being played outside the us. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. well, you may have heard by now that it's turning a lot warmer, but the forecast isn't quite so straightforward. in fact, it's not going to be turning hot everywhere, and in fact, some areas are still in for some rain. but i think the main message is that yes, broadly speaking, we are all at least for some warmth. but a lot of cloud out there right now. it's very muggy, a very muggy night, with temperatures in the mid—teens across some southern areas of the u

german pascal ackermann won a sprint at the end of the second stage of the giro d'italia in fucecchios primoz roglic still in the pinkjersey after the 205 km stage from bologna. lewis hamilton moved back to the top of the formula one world championship standings after claiming victory in the spanish grand prix. mercedes claimed a fifth successive one—two of the season, as valtteri bottas finished second, with red bull's max verstappen third. sweden's marcus kinhult won his maiden european tour title by beating england's matt wallace on the final hole of the british masters. the pair were tied with two others on 15—under, but wallace missed a 15—foot putt on the last, before kinhult sunk a ten—foot birdie to claim the win. in the nhl, the boston bruins defeated the carolina hurricanes 6—2 in game two of the eastern conference finals, to take a 2—0 lead in their best—of—seven series. matt grzelcyk scored two for the bruins, and despite the hurricanes scoring tweice in the third period, they couldn't do enough, with game three in carolina on tuesday. our start was good. they were physica

the australian rider finished ahead of arnaud demare and third—placed pascal ackermann in a hotly contestedo his victory in stage eight. because i think he's proven that he is one of the quickest here, and to be honest, he was the first sprinter that came past me, with a good train, soi that came past me, with a good train, so i decided tojump on him and my guys got me in a good position where i didn't have to fight for the wheel so much, and that just made my fight for the wheel so much, and thatjust made my run a whole lot easier, and he went quite early, so i could really sit there and just timei i could really sit there and just time i spent to perfection. —— time my sprint. the formula one calendar moves to monaco this weekend, with the death of former three—time world champion niki lauda still fresh in the minds of the drivers. he won at this track in 1975 and 1976 prior to his horriffic crash in germany, and the former mercedes non—executive director was a regular in the pit lane on race weekends, something valterri bottas will miss. he was a massive motivation for everyone, for myse

pascal ackermann went on to cross the line first for his second—stage win of this year's race.ad. england captain eoin morgan will miss the fourth one—day international against pakistan in nottingham on friday. he's been suspended because of his side's slow over rate during yesterday's six—wicket win in bristol. ireland have lost their final match of their tri—5erie5, being beaten by six wickets by bangladesh in dublin. a century from paul stirling and 94 from william porterfield saw them finish 292 for eight. but bangladesh reached their target with 42 balla remaining. great britain have scored theirfirst goals of the ice hockey world championship, but they are still looking for a first win after four matches. the lost 6—3 to the usa and are likely to need a final day win against france on monday to avoid relegation. —— they lost. now, trash talk in boxing is nothing new, but questions are being asked about where to draw the line after heavyweight deontay wilder again said he wants to kill an opponent in the ring. speaking ahead of the his wbc title defence against fellow amer

in terrible conditions pascal ackermann celebrated stage five — winning in a sprint finish on wednesdayn of the tour. primoz roglic keeps the leader's pinkjersey — maintaining his 35 second lead over britain's simon yates. tiger woods says he feels ready to compete — with the us pga championship set to get underway in the coming hours. woods hasn't played since winning the masters last month — but doesn't see that as a hindrance. as i was saying earlier, i wanted to play a couple of weeks ago, just wasn't quite mentally ready to do it. but physically i have been feeling really good. the training sessions have been good. i have been doing a lot of practising of late. not in sweaters so this was a little bit different. game two of the nba playoff western conference play—off finals takes place later on thursday. and it's golden state warriors with the advantage. they beat the portland trail blazers in the first match — with steph curry scoring 36 points which included nine 3 pointers in a 116—91; victory in oakland. i know what i am capable of on the floor and the situation calls for me to

holding the race leaders pinkjersey, but it was a harsh dayon tuesday for two time stage winner pascal ackermannouldn't contest the sprint and he finished the stage with a few cuts and bruises to show for his efforts...he later said on instagram: ‘what a bad day — luckily i'm fine and will continue my race" you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team that is your wednesday sport briefing. alexa, are you perpetuating gender bias? she can't answer that question now but female voice ai reinforces bias, says a un report. otherfemale voices to subservient and we've been asking for your views on this. may i help you should not the subject of bias, says one viewer. others have said, in today's world, this is dinky. women should be looked on as equal. it's not all about strength anymore. gender neutral voices? equal. it's not all about strength anymore. gender neutralvoices? give us anymore. gender neutralvoices? give us your views. see you soon for all the top business stories. in this predominantly fine weather with the gardens get

the australian sprinter followed pascal ackermann into the final corner before launching his sprint aroundaces at the world cup in italy. and at the world triathlon series in yokohama, britain's alex yee finished fifth in the men's race. it was 21—year—old yee's first standard—distance race on the world series circuit and a medal would have sealed the first step towards olympic qualification for next year's tokyo games. georgia taylor—brown also finished fifth in the women's race. athletes often talk about their journey to get to the olympics and it's usually a tale of great sacrifice and dedication but weightlifter cyrille tchatchet the second has a story that stands out from the rest. just a few years ago, cyrille was living on the streets of brighton and was suffering from depression. now, he's hoping to compete as part of the refugee team in japan next summer. david mcdaid has been to meet him. a record—breaking weightlifter and national champion, serial the second isa national champion, serial the second is a strong as they come. on the surface you would never know he's a man who came

pascal ackermann went on to cross the line first, for his second stage win of this year's race.ore on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. c0. uk/sport. the inquest into the london bridge terror attack in 2017 has heard that the only british victim was helping a woman who had fallen over in the panic when he — and sara zelenak — were stabbed to death. james mcmullan's last heroic actions were captured on cctv. from the old bailey, here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. james mcmullan, the young entrepreneur who, extraordinarily, was the only british person killed in the attack on london bridge. he'd been in the barrowboy and banker pub with friends, watching the champions league final. after the match, he went out for a cigarette and the bouncers wouldn't let him back in, so he got out his mobile to arrange the next stage of the evening. the last cctv image of james mcmullan shows him standing here, apparently on the phone to his friends just before the attack started. soon after the van crashed, a witness saw him helping a young woman who'd fa

pascal ackermann, went on to cross the line first, for his second stage win of this year‘s race.lder problem. the 32—year—old is not played since january and had an operation the next month. great britain have to be france on monday to avoid relegation in the world ice hockey championship. this time it was a 6—3 defeat to the usa. the goalkeeper made 59 saves for great britain, earning him the man of the match award and a standing ovation. they will play finland tomorrow and slovakia on saturday but are unlikely to beat either. that's the type of performance that got us here, battling, hanging on, blocking shots and taking the chances when we got them. that was more like the gb tea m got them. that was more like the gb team of last year on the year before and maybe they have settled down a bit. they have some tough games but there is a lot of positives in the performance. golf‘s second major of the year, the us—pga championship gets underway at, bethpage in new york state later with tiger woods, is going for back to back major wins, following his masters victory last month. that

pascal ackermann went on to cross the line first, for his second stage win of this year's race. more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. injust over a week, the uk will go to the polls. now that of course wasn't supposed to happen due to brexit, but the delay in leaving the european union means we now have to take part and in the run—up to the vote on may 23rd. we're talking to all the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel, and we're putting your questions to them. today, taking your questions is ian blackford from the scottish national party. it is good to see you. thank you for coming in. we will start but some questions. simon asked... how can you justify your support for a second referendum to fishing and farming communities in scotland where constituencies mainly voted to leave in 2016? 5296 52% of voters voted to remain in scotland, that has probably increased over the course of the last three years. i was in the fishing communities in the north—east of scotland last week, fraser brown and peterhead, at what is important is arguing that our fishermen get

pascal ackermann, went on to cross the line first, for his second stage win of this year's race.n't played since january, and had an operation, the next month. golf's second majpr of the year, the us—pga championship gets underway at, bethpage in new york state later. tiger woods, is going for back to back major wins, following his masters victory last month. that was his first major win in 11 years. he's not played since, after pulling out of the pga tour event at quail hollow, a couple of weeks ago. that will give us something to keep busy with later on today. we'll have news on that later tomorrow on breakfast. brilliant. back to our main story now. ministers are bringing the supervision of all offenders in england and wales back into the public sector — after a series of failings with the part—privatisation system introduced five years ago. transforming rehabilitation was the flagship policy of the then justice secretary chris grayling. it allowed private companies to supervise former prisoners who posed a low or medium threat. here's what he has to say about it in 2014. viol