tell us a little bit about richard bland, he is a player that sent —— so many will not know?d in the open was way back in 1998. the best part of 20 years of, of course in 1998, it was here as well at royal birkdale. he has been off the open scene for a long time. he is back this year and making the most of it, joint leader as we come towards the end of the second day. most of it, joint leader as we come towards the end of the second daylj do very much. that is all the time we have for the sport. we will have more in sports day coming up at half past six. sorry to cut too short, we will have more sport later. the environment secretary michael gove has said that brexit offers a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to reform britain's agriculture and fisheries. he announced farming subsidies will in future be paid only to farmers who use their land responsibly, by managing natural resources and habitats. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. the racehorse frankel, owned by a saudi billionaire. he gets £400,000 of eu money for his stud farm near newmarket. the royals get more

richard bland of england on one under.t a story that would be, he's not played in an open championship for 19 years, he shows that the waiting is worth it. plenty of names chasing jordan spieth and asi of names chasing jordan spieth and as i say we could see some very low scores this afternoon. a lot of stories developing there, we will be back with you later on bbc news. don't forget you can follow everything for the open on the bbc sport website, bbc radio five live, and highlights will pop up on the website as well. highlights on bbc two from eight o'clock. chris froome can all but secure his fourth tour de france title today. the british rider has a 23 second lead going into today's penultimate but decisive stage — a time trial in marseille. the bbc‘s rob hayles has been following the race for the past three weeks. he has never been able to relax, none of the top four or five guys have been able to relax in the tour this year. so, i think this one, if he can pull the jersey on this year. so, i think this one, if he can

richard bland, playing his first open for 19 years. turned soggy, though, jordan spieth‘s golf at least was as crisp as ever. the american in ominous form. but the day's most magical moment belonged to chris wood. just when he needed it, this on the very last hole. surely the definition of a grandstand finish. and the latest is thatjordan spieth leads the way. as for rory mcilroy, he is now five off the pace, but his hopes are still very much alive. thank you very much. royal visits can be tiring for even experienced members of the family, but for princess charlotte it all proved a bit too much. as they prepare to leave hamburg this afternoon, there we re leave hamburg this afternoon, there were a few tears on the tarmac and some finger wagging, but her mother offered some comforting words to bring the tantrum to a happy end. time for a look at the weather. here's thomaz schafernaker. best behaviour, please. the weather is not behaving itself, though. this is not behaving itself, though. this isa is not behaving itself, though. this is

so too are some englishman, richard bland, 21 speed's senior, he had two birdies in his opening foures and ian poulter, a liberal part second round to set on three under par. he will reign supreme on sunday could still contain an element of surprise. yes, still wide open, as ben was saying there. i am delighted to say i am joined by dave smith, eight times a winner on the european tour. how difficult ids conditions? very difficult, the wind this morning, even though it didn't rain, very, very difficult. this golf course zigzags, you very, very difficult. this golf course zigzags, you never very, very difficult. this golf course zigzags, you never have the same shot on any other holder, you are playing into the wind, across the wind, downwind, a lot of variation. that keeps the players on their toes, but the wind was so strong it made life very hard. one players who missed the rain was rory mcilroy, he finished early and finished early, two under piper has read, here is what had to say. any even par in those conditions is going to be a really good score today, i got off to the best po

who are still on the course but they are doing particularly well, ian poulter, four under, and richard bland story, 19 years since he played his last 0pen tournament, it was here at royal birkdale so that's a story. he is enjoying himself, despite the weather. if you want to see the conditions, highlights are on the bbc sport website. of course the highlights on bbc two at 8pm this evening. find some shelter, adam, thank you very much. liverpool have completed the signing of hull city and scotland defender andrew robertson. the full—back spent three years at hull since his switch from dundee united. and has now moved to anfield for a fee believed to be around £8 million. former world number one tennis player ilie nastase has been banned by the international tennis federation from their events until 2021 for a number of offences. nastase was romania's fed cup captain when he made racially insensitive remarks about serena williams. that was ahead of a tie earlier this year against great britain. he also made abusive and threatening comments to players, match officials and journalists. nastase