mcilroy has just teed off against peter uihlein in texas. he hasjust played the ist hole, all square between those two. justin thomas, the us pga champion, is one in his match, as is the world number one dustinjohnson. a couple of all english affairs as well. ian poulter is one up on tommy fleetwood. that's all from sportsday, we will have more throughout the evening. on the team here, it's bye for now. —— from the team. more now on our top story: over i million nhs workers in england are set to receive a pay rise worth at least 6.5% over the next three years. the agreement includes nurses, midwives and paramedics, as well as the lowest—paid staff, such as porters and cleaners, who are in line to get an increase of 15%. joining me now from westminster is the conservative mp maria caulfield, a former nurse who has been campaigning for the nhs pay rise. good evening. is this the offer that he wanted to see on the table? actually it is more than i was expecting, to be honest. it's a big pay rise and it's more than just a pay rise and it's more

he is three down from eight to the american peter uihlein.wales, the five—time world champion is painting generally. he has levelled the match at two frames all. in the most recent frame he finished off, and the first to six makes the last four. that is all the sport, much more in the next hour many thanks. the tv presenter ant mcpartlin, who was charged with drink—driving, will appear at wimbledon magistrates‘ court next month. he was arrested after an accident involving three vehicles in london on sunday. itv had already announced that his co—presenter, declan donnelly — seen here on the right — will host saturday night takeaway without him when the show returns in ten days. i don‘t think he was seen there, but anyway. leila nathoo explains. this comes after this collision on sunday, ant mcpartlin was driving his mini, there was a collision involving two other cars and he was arrested after he failed a breathalyser test. he has been interviewed by police and charged with drink—driving. if found guilty he could face up to six months in priso

just two weeks away but rory mcilroy lost his opening match at the world matchplay in texas with peter uihleiner today. it is a bit ofa it is a bit of a round robin format, the world match play, to begin with, so the world match play, to begin with, so not done and dusted for you, he still gets the chance to go through to the later stages but after winning the arnold palmer, which was an incredible performance, the masters is the only major he has an w011. masters is the only major he has an won. i'm so excited about it with tiger woods and stenson bag and rose in the next. are you excited, charlie? i don't know that much about golf but the tiger woods story isa about golf but the tiger woods story is a compelling tale, the notion you could step back into the fray. that's the hope, everyone in the back of their minds is thinking may be the magic will come back. he pushes everyone back. if he is playing well, everyone else plays well. the number of people who have said they want a bet each way on tiger woods at the masters. he is the favourite, rory is favourite and tiger is third favourite. ka