are up to 35 metres in length and have crews of around 100 paddlers each — as they race through punnamada lakela. 80 teams took part on sunday with a nearby boat club taking first place — followed by a crew of local police officers. the nehru trophy race started in 1952 but the snake boat races can be dated back as far as the 13th century. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. the pressure facing the minister on the cabinet to back—up brexit proposals. they are joined to hammer out a deal by wednesday, in order to get eu leaders to agreed by the end of november. in the last half hour theresa may has arrived at guildhall in central london. for this evening lord mayor's banquet. this is the traditional follow—up in the wake of the annual speech on foreign policy, mrs may suspected,... to comment on the skripal case. there she is, with her husband, philip me. our correspondent, vicki young, is also at guildhall. correspondent, vicki young, is also at guild hall. inevitably, correspondent, vicki young, is also at guildhall. inevitably, given the attention on brexit, pe