and the latest sporting venture from the hollywood stars — ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney look to formulane, after success with wrexham. they thought i was canadian. hello, welcome to the programme. we start with cricket and the women's ashes, where australia have taken the first victory and a li—point lead in the multi—format series over england. the series started with a test match at trent bridge, before three odis and three t20s to come. australia won the test by 89 runs, as england were bowled out before lunch on day five. jo currie was watching. having lost five wickets before close of play on day four, england always had a big task ahead, resuming on 116—5, they need another one 152 for a memorable victory. fans were resting hopes on a partnership of amyjones and danni wyatt, but those hopes did not last long, jones stumped on four. danni wyatt brought up her maiden test 50 to take england with in double figures of their target but the tail end collapsed around her and england were all out for 178 before lunch, a defeat by 89 runs, australia proving again why they are the best team

hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are turning their sporting attention to formula onend got promoted back into the football league the duo are now part of a group investing in the british based alpine f1 racing team, renault, who are alpine's parent company announced the sale of a 24 % stake earlier on monday. 0ur sports reporterjane dougall explains the details behind the investment. the two actors are part of a group that paid more than $200 million forjust a 24% stake in my current one. it is led by capital partners and they have cash and bought ac milan for and they own deliverables that is where the money is coming from. a big part of ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney competent —— contribution is raising profile and alpine profile because their contribution and impact on wrexham was phenomenal. the documentary was credited with doubling the crowds in sales and merchandise socially excluded as well. as one does have the platform series on netflix but the us is the biggest growth area so alpine will be looking to capitalise two hollywood stars at their home. tributes

hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney have already attracted worldwide attention for their they're expanding their sports portfolio to include a stake in a formula 1 team. sarah mulkerrins from the bbc sports centre has more. the hollywood duo who transformed the welsh football club wrexham after the takeover in 2020 are expanding their sporting portfolio, they have now turned attention to formula 1, ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney part of an investor group that had taken a 24% equity stake in the alpine team. they are currently fifth in the constructors championship this season. reynolds to other parent company of the team announcing the news today the actors are investing alongside opto capital and red bull capital partners and a collective deal thatis partners and a collective deal that is worth around 200 million euros. we know the pair were widely praised for the approach at wrexham, they attended a lot of the games, promoted the town and the club, all around the world at that time and money paid off on the pitch because the team were promoted back into the football l

hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are expanding their sport portfolio with an investmentone. the pair of course famously bought welsh football club wrexham and got them promoted back to the english football league last season. now, they're part of a group investing in british based alpeen racing. the team's parent company, renault, announced the sale of a 24% stake on monday morning. china's ruoning yin won the women's pga championship — with a incredible birdie winner on the last hole of her final round. the 20—year—old was level with japan's yuka saso on seven under, heading to the par—five 18th on sunday and managed to sink her fourth birdie of her last round to win in newjersey and claim herfirst major title. ireland's leona maguire started the day with a one—shot lead but dropped down the leaderboard to finish in a share of 11th, four shots behind yin, who was overjoyed by her victory. it means a lot, but i still feel —— it still feels unreal right now. for today, i didn't even think about it. and after nine holes, we had a clubhouse, and i started to think about may

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ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney, the american actors who bought wrexham football club four years agoormula 0ne's alpine. whose parent company renault confirmed the sale of a 24% stake earlier, to a group that the hollywood pair are involved with. jane dougall here to tell us more. diversification, as they like to call it in the business world, what can this investment mean? the actors are onl a can this investment mean? the actors are only a small— can this investment mean? the actors are only a small part _ can this investment mean? the actors are only a small part of _ can this investment mean? the actors are only a small part of this _ are only a small part of this investment —— investing group, which has paid millions of pounds for the 24% stake. the other investors are read both capital and otto. read about a us investment firm who bought ac milan last year for 1.2 billion euros. they also have a huge controlling stake in the french league to lose, so they are not short of a bob or two. they are also an investor in fenway sports group. —— toulouse. fenway owns the boston red soc

the hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are expanding their sports portfolio to includeine racing at about $900 million. the two stars attracted global attention when they bought the welsh football club, wrexham, in 2020. john good enough whom played a part in the development of lithium batteries has died in the us, he won the nobel prize in 2019, the oldest ever recipient. the invention sparked the invention of electronic vehicles. in other news for you — actor harrison ford has graced the red carpet in london for the final time in his role as indiana jones, at the uk premiere of the franchise's fifth and final instalment. indiana jones and the dial of destiny is in british cinemas later this week. lizo ma—zimba was in lester square, in central london, for the bbc. the indiana jones series, of course, has a long association with the uk. raiders of the lost ark was made partly at elstree studios just outside london, and this british premiere is where indiana jones himself, harrison ford, is bringing the character to a final conclusion in the five film series. and i spoke

and after the hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney turned rex in football club around, theytball club around. they bought the welsh side for £2 million back in 2020 and saw them promoted from non—league last season. the duo are part of a group investing in british based alpine racing. the team's parent company renault announced the sale of a 24% stake earlier on monday. that is all the sport from me for the moment, lewis. great stuff, thanks, sarah. new evidence of china's spy balloon programme, including flights overjapan and taiwan, has been uncovered by the bbc. japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it's prepared to shoot them down in future. it follows a bbc panorama investigation that discovered evidence of one suspected surveillance balloon travelling overjapan in 2021. china has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the bbc. our security correspondent gordon corera has more details. i am sitting in my driveway and this thing is up in the sky. it was february when residents of the us state of montana saw something strange in the

just a few months ago, the hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney were celebrating wrexham'site a departure from what was in the non—league team putting a lot of money into that going to the very top of motorsport. yes, they bought wrexham for two million and also invested a great deal in the club — but this is another league. the two actors are part of an investor group which has paid $200 million forjust a 24% stake in alpine. one of the members of the group is redbird capital partners who bought ac milan last year for 1.2 billion euros and they are investors in fenway sports group who own liverpool and the boston red sox. so redbird is where the majority of the money is coming from. a big part of reynolds and mcelhenney�*s input will undoubtedly be their profile and growing alpines' profile. the documentary "welcome to wrexham", starring the two actors of course, has been credited with helping double the crowds and bringing overseas fans to the club. wrexham's leading social media platform is tik tok. with alpine, formula one already has "drive to survive" the popular netf

and after the hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney turned the fortunes of wrexham around a fresher story to take us through the week ahead. many areas did see some heavy thunderstorms overnight sunday, but to the south of the uk many spots are still staying stubbornly dry. the cracked ground here in hampshire. in terms of any meaningful rain for southernmost counties of england, perhaps later on this week there is something to come. i'll show you that in a moment. here we are, though, this monday with high pressure to the south of the uk, low pressure pulling away to the northeast. a few showers to come through the remainder of the day hazy sunshine across much of england and wales. patchy rain in some spots, perhaps something for northern ireland in the day. tuesday into wednesday the centre of our area of low pressure sits to the north of the uk. to the south was hard to pull in some higher humidity air and for wednesday it is good if you're very close across and when and wales, the sun comes out, we could spark off some big thunder showers across eastern england. the w

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