and still to come: we are live at the premiere of philip pullman's his dark materials, one of the mostcoming up on sportsday on bbc news, after a record—breaking medal haul at the world gymnastics championships, we'll be hearing from three of the four medal winners from the gb team. the duke and duchess of cambridge have met pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, on the first full day of their visit to the country. mr khan, who played cricket here, was a friend of princess diana and knew prince william as a child. our correspondent secunder kermani, has been following the royal couple, and his report does contain some flashing images. the royal visit kicked off with a visit to a school in islamabad. education, along with climate change, are understood to be the issues the duke and duchess of cambridge want to focus on in particular whilst in pakistan. the couple also met pakistan's prime minister, the cricketer turned politician imran khan. for both countries, this is a key relationship. british officials say this trip will focus on showing pakistan as a forward—looking country, and th

and coming up, week go behind—the—scenes on the latest adaptation of sir philip pullman's best—sellings dark materials. good evening. there is intense pressure on football's governing... after players were subjected to the sustained racial abuse. they head of bulgaria's football union resigned today after the trouble today during the european qualifying match led to criticism from the england captain. fans of the game and many political figures. there's been simmering resentment for years that the football's governing body has done too little repeatedly to tackle racism. here's ed thomas. in full view, unmasked. the nazi salutes, the monkey chants, unashamed hate for all to see. i mean, i heard it before i even got to the other side of the pitch in the warm up. everybody wanted to carry on and do their talking on the pitch, which i'm extremely proud of. it's not easy to play in circumstances like that. more than a0 minutes into the match, after two stoppages, this group finally left the stadium. according to uefa's own 3—step protocol, this is what should happen. firstly, a stadium ann

the two female leads in the tv adaptation of philip pullman's best selling trilogy his dark materials teach you to wield power. in this story, their relationship is complex. the beautiful and elegant mrs coulter, played by ruth wilson, enchants lyra the young heroine. but a dark side is soon revealed. oh, such a grand word. she is the antagonist. and she does ghastly things, yes. and i find it hard justifying why she does those things but i have tried to find the human part of her. she is an amazing character and forever mysterious and forever fascinating and we keep getting deeper and deeper and trying to work out and everyone has different answers. she has to make a journey. lyra embarks on a dangerous adventure. it is a huge part for the 14—year—old in a story that appeals to all ages. the most amazing thing about the show is that a seven—year—old can watch it and see the adventure but a 40—year—old can watch it and see the darkness and the messages inside it and all the layers and stuff. i am right here. filming on the second series is already well under way. an unusual move befor

philip pullman 's books have fa ns stuff.eek period so i have been waiting a long time for this. i am have been waiting a long time for this. iam ready have been waiting a long time for this. i am ready for it. i‘m have been waiting a long time for this. iam ready for it. i‘m hoping. i‘m hoping to see it. many of you have been getting in touch about this amazing image that has warm a wildlife photography competition, capturing the moment that a female fox tries to hunt down a himalayan marmot. this image was awarded the grand title from a8,000 entries and thank you so much, we are being inundated with captions and we will keep it up there while we read them. we have one here from lisa saying first i was afraid, i was petrified. obviously that is the marmot. this is not a foxtrot! a few political ones. don‘t talk to me about brexit! it reminds me of brenda from bristol. not another one! the marmot seems to be getting most of the lines here. wow, fox, you look fabulous. stop! in the name of love! that was a beautiful moment for

much of that comes down to the ambition to do justice to philip pullman's nobles.. all this is happening during what some people say is a golden age of drama production in wales which began when a doctor who was revived and began filming in cardiff over ten years ago. his dark materials is certainly the biggest drama to be made in wales in terms of its budget. also the scale of the project. you mentioned lin manuel miranda, and ...he he plays lee's closing in the series and we find out how much he loves wales. about a year ago when he posted but all his trips on social media. every weekend he was out and about to a lot of castles, places like a famous book town and then he popped up on a night out. he made a surprise appearance at a monthly musicals karaoke night that happens at a small bar in cardiff. it is fairto happens at a small bar in cardiff. it is fair to say he stole the show that night but what else would you expect from the guy behind malton. he knows how to belt out a big number. when we caught up with him he seems pretty blase about his karaoke night o