the men's team had to work harder than their 30. harder than their 30—10 scoreline suggested in perpignanthe women's side. they thrashed france by a0 points to 4. austin halewood rounds up the action. this should have been the day that england got their world cup campaign under way in newcastle. the stakes may not quite have been as high in perpignan, but the weather was certainly better, and england made the best of the warm conditions with some brilliant running rugby, and with two tries in the opening ten minutes, the pick of them from tom davis, the catalans winger one of eight debutants for england, scoring at his home ground. not a bad finish in your first international. england continued to cut the french open with four tries in the first 20 minutes. john bateman with another comfortable score for the visitors. but france are enjoying something of a revolution in the domestic game right now. with two teams in super league for the first time, they are riding the crest of a wave, and finally found their rhythm. they continued to disrupt england, but later the second half, but late in

the women started things off with a 40—4 victory in perpignan, then afterwards, at the same ground, themilder slowly with this air flow coming up from the south—west. for part two of the weekend, we should see some more sunshine around, making it even milder, but there will be some showery bursts of rain around, too. these weather fronts push into northern ireland and scotland, bringing heavier, persistent rain. here we will see the strongest winds. this weather front will slowly push eastwards during tonight and into tomorrow. but it will be a weakening feature. we continue to drag up this mild air from the south. so, much of england and wales will be dry, cloudy and breezy tonight, very mild, too. for northern ireland, much of scotland and then later in the night, western england and wales will see heavy rain slowly pushing its way eastwards. a much milder night to come, particularly across the eastern side of the country than what we had last night. we start rather breezy, pretty cloudy for sunday. some sunshine around. this weather front out west begins to move eastwards and weakens

they won by 40—4, in the sun in perpignan.s game is on bbc one right now. we kept turning up for each other and that is one of the key things we talk about, turning up for each other no matter what the opposition throw at you. we changed a couple of things and we thought we had them in the middle, but france are a good, tough side, an intimidating atmosphere, but this strengthens us as far as i'm concerned. england have just started their opening match of the t20 world cup against the west indies. earlier australia beat south africa by five wickets in the opening match of the super 12 round of the tournament. neither of the sides has won this competition and south africa didn't get off to the best of starts when quinton de kock dismissed himself in bizarre fashion forjust seven runs. aiden markram top scored with a0 as south africa set australia a target of 119. it ended up being a tight contest with marcus stoinis clinching the victory with just two balls to spare. world no 1 ashleigh barty won't defend her wta finals title n

they won 40—4, in the sun in perpignan.hat's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the actor alec baldwin was told a gun was safe moments before he fatally shot a crew member on the set of his new film. that's according to new documents filed as part of the on—going police investigation into the killing in new mexico. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. emergency phone call: accidentally i shot on a movie set by a prop gun. i we need help immediately. that call to the emergency services, the first public indication of the tragic events that had unfolded in the foothills of northern new mexico. police arrived to find halyna hutchins — an up—and—coming cinematographer — dead, and the film's director, joel souza, badly hurt. their injuries inflicted by the film's star, alec baldwin who — according to court documents — was handed a gun he was told was safe to use, but which was in fact loaded with a live round. in a statement, alec baldwin said he was cooperati

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they were partying in perpignan last night, as catalan dragons, the rugby league club from that southern that he would stand down. our political correspondent, ione wells, is in central london. we are here in central london where they nearly dig of the green party have just been announced. this election was triggered whenjonathan bartley announced he would no longer be standing for leader and also sian berry also said she would not be seeking the election as co—leader of the green party. we do have the results in today. we can speak to the leaders as well now, we have carla denyer here, a bristol city councillor, as well as adrian ramsay, who is the former deputy leader but also somebody who has co—written the party's strategy going into those elections. as part of your campaign, both of you had an emphasis on building this party to be a really serious electoral force. how do you plan on doing that? the green how do you plan on doing that? tte: green party is consistently polling third in the opinion polls, we have a fantastic opportunity to take the party to the next level. i think what

stand—in captain john bateman scoring twice in perpignan. it was much easier for england's women. of the four—race contest. it's his first individual world title. always a great event, when you have to keep up with four different events across it all. your brain is a bit scrambled with the mathematics involved. ., , ., ., involved. two wheel heptathlon, . reat involved. two wheel heptathlon, ureat fun! involved. two wheel heptathlon, great fun! they— involved. two wheel heptathlon, great fun! they are _ involved. two wheel heptathlon, great fun! they are doing - involved. two wheel heptathlon, great fun! they are doing so - involved. two wheel heptathlon, j great fun! they are doing so well given expectations were solo. laura and jason kenney relaxed post olympics, elinor barker is pregnant with her first olympics, elinor barker is pregnant with herfirst child, so olympics, elinor barker is pregnant with her first child, so she olympics, elinor barker is pregnant with herfirst child, so she isn't there. missing some big names but not doing badly. bind there. missing some big names

the dragons were always in control in perpignan, and when fouad yaha went over in the second half theerican team regained the ryder cup by a record margin, at whistling straights at wisconsin, but the big—hitting bryson dechambeau is already back booming drives — but not on the course. he's been competiting in the professional long drivers of america world championships in nevada. he's been competing in the professional long drivers and bryson managed to win three of his five sets to make his way through to the round of 32. he hit 420 yards, but here was into a headwind. 328 one of his longer efforts. not a spectacular competition to watch, but it is starting her for — and how far they can hit the ball. lovely weather! although with a headwind, you can't really see the wind. but he still managed. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. look at that picture, none of us will experience that! some well. lots of very disrupted — my disruptive weather potentially at the weekend and into next week, some heavy rain at times. winds could be the biggest features for some, not for al