in rugby union, sca rlets young lions' grasp. in rugby union, scarlets are young lions' grasp.lions' grasp. in rugby union, scarlets are into the final of the pr012, despite having to play more than half of their semi—final, with 14 men. scarlets scored three tries to leinster‘s one in the first half, but then had steffan evans sent off. they still held out, though, to set up a match against ospreys or munster. they play their semi—final later. meanwhile, cardiff blues won't join scarlets in european rugby's elite club competition next season. they lost their champions cup qualification play—off semi—final to stade francais. the french side will play either connort or northampton for a spot in the competition. it's play—off time in the english premiership too. a week after retaining the champions cup, saracens face exeter, hoping to move a step closer to the double—double, while league leaders wasps host leicester tigers. they've got the home advantage. that's huge in a semifinal, with knockout rugby. they thoroughly deserve that across the 22 rounds, they were the best. they d

and who's coming up from the rugby union premiership? london irish have the advantage.'s the championshp play—off the championship play—off final at wembley. promotion to the premier league for the winner will also guarantee over £200 million. we know the finalists, reading booked their place last night. they will face huddersfiield who beat sheffield wednesday tonight on penalties at hillsbrough. adam wild reports. level on points at the end of the season, inseparable after the first leg. tonight was the night that sheffield wednesday and huddersfield would finally be divided. in the first half matthew wells was brought down in the box, the referee had a clear view, but there was no penalty. the second half brought with it a second wind for wednesday, steven fletcher with their first big chance. 17 years after relegation from the premier league, was this to be their way back in? if it was, they would have to wait a little longer. the ball went into extra time. no further goals and unsurprisingly deeside were still inseparable. it was down two penalties and huddersfield

and the feast for rugby union fans continues after that game at twickenham as dublin hosts the pro 12n top of the table munster at the aviva stadium at 6.15pm. andy murray heads the draw for the start of the french open tennis on sunday. the world number one and top seed has never won the title at roland garros... he'll start against russia's andrey kuznetsov, who's ranked 85th in the world. meanwhile british number 0nejohanna konta faces the unseeded su—wei hsieh of chinese taipei. heather watson didn't qualify. scott jamieson is the joint leader on day two of the pga championship at wentworth. the scott finished the first day one—shot behind and today hit four birdies in a row to top the leaderboard along with belgian's thomas pieters on seven—under—par. jamieson finished with a two—under round of 70. england's lee westwood is in also contention, he's two shots back after carding a three—under—par round of 69. there was a big surprise in super league this evening as hull were beaten at home by strugglers leigh centurions. that result means leeds are now up to third in the table afte

and there's more silverware at stake, with two european cup finals in rugby union.o retain the champion's cup in murrayfield this weekend. also coming up in the programme, can lewis hamilton kickstart his season in formula one at the spanish grand prix? good evening, there's plenty to come but of course we have to start with the game that could end the race for the premier league title. victory for chelsea away at west bromwich albion this evening will seal a second title in three years but nothing is certain. let's go straight to the ground, where we find our sports correspondent, andy swiss. andy, westbourne will do everything they can to spoil the party, where they? —— west from will do. they can to spoil the party, where they? -- west from will do. the west bromwich bands would love to spoil the party but they are arriving more in hope than expectation because they haven't won a match since march and they haven't got much left to play for in the premier league, currently in eighth place. as for chelsea, no sign of any finish line nerves, the way they swept past

wasps have finished top of rugby union's premiership table for the first time in 20 years.lace in the regular season just ahead of exeter, while leicester are also guranteed a play—off spot. tim hague reports. eight months, 126 matches, and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership, as well as a home tie in the play—offs. wasps and an understrength saracens had a chance of both. fitting that they played each other, then. even more fitting that christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th try of the season, equalling the league record. it helped the home side dominate the second half. their only lion, elliot daly, will hope to feast against the all blacks next month, and he got in some practice here before his team—mate, thomas young, son of the coach dai, rounded off the win with his hat—trick. 35—15 the score. wasps top, saracens third, and in between them are exeter. they beat gloucester to secure second for the second successive season, while the fourth and final play—off spot went the way of leicester. 23 points from departing fly—half freddie

but we'll start with rugby union.r chiefs are through to the final of rugby union's aviva premiership. they beat the two—time european champions cup winners saracens with a last—minute try. a breathtaking afternoon on the south coast, as hannah lupton reports. saracens have a swagger in their stride, back—to—back european champions and now moving in on the premiership title. at a stormy but welcoming sandy park. amongst their ranks the european player of the year. as usual, owen farrell accurate with his angles. 6—6, all square at the break, exeter had the momentum, the wind behind them and with the force of jack nowell, a try and a crucial lead against a side who had beaten them last year in the final. yet sarries are supreme hunters as they chased the game, and survival instincts kicked in. this imaginative improvisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham. minutes turned to seconds and exeter needed one final push. sam simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens‘ dream of t

rugby union's premiership final also had a exhilarating finish, which saw exeter crowned champions fortory. it was 20—20 at the end of full time against wasps. of full—time against wasps. but a late extra—time penalty from gareth steenson made history for exeter, who were promoted to the premiership seven years ago. and in the pro 12 final, welsh side scarlets defeated munster 16—22 in dublin to lift the trophy for the first time in 13 years. and england have beaten south africa by two runs to win the one—day international series. thanks, karthi. the biggest music event to take place in the uk since monday's terrorist attack is being held in manchester tonight. the courteeners — a local band with a huge following — have sold out the 50,000 capacity old trafford cricket ground. it was originally planned as a celebratory hometown gig but has now taken on a very different meaning. 0ur entertaiment correspondent, colin paterson, is there. this gig sold out six months ago. after monday's bomb attack, the band decided it would still go ahead. their singer told me why. if this hadn't happened

and wasps seal the top spot in rugby union's premiership, with victory over saracens.sa may says she's grateful for the support her party's received in the local elections, but insists she's taking nothing for granted ahead of next month's general election. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn has admitted labour faces a historic challenge. ukip‘s leader, paul nuttall, said his party has a bright future despite its drubbing in thursday's vote. our political correspondent ben wright reports. step by step, theresa may is closing in on polling day, now with hundreds of new conservative councillors in her ranks. at this aerospace factory she toured the floor with the new west midlands mayor. i am taking nothing for granted. i need support across the united kingdom to strengthen my hand and only a vote for me and my team will ensure britain has the strong and stable leadership we need. theresa may needs tory voters to turn out onjune 8th. that is why she claims this contest could be close. after winning the west midlands first metro mayor contest yesterday, the conservatives are confid

armed police or soldiers will patrol saturday's fa cup final at wembley along with english rugby union's gets under way across england and wales with 8 nations competing, and organisers have theirfans safety as a primary concern. that is paramount in terms of what we are doing and the way we are assisting and reviewing the safety security of the tournament without a shadow of doubt is absolutely paramount to deliver secure and an incredibly exciting tournament for fa ns incredibly exciting tournament for fans and clearly part and parcel of that will be the safety and security. we are reviewing that, discussing with all the relevant stakeholders what that looks like and we are in discussion around the safety a nd and we are in discussion around the safety and security of the tournament but absolutely paramount in terms of delivering a safe and secure tournament. a 3 match one day series gets underway between england and south africa on wednesday with the first game in leeds. the hosts also have injury worries over bowlerjimmy anderson ahead of the test series against south africa. anderso

to rugby union where the british and irish lions left for their tour of new zealand on monday.athrow airport and will play a three test series against the all blacks as well as seven tour matches in the five week tour. wales's sam warburton will captain the squad having also led them on the previous tour of australia four years ago, with the lions having not won a series in new zealand since 1971. but they are going for two series in a row having beaten australia four yea rs a row having beaten australia four years ago. that is all i have time for. tell next time, goodbye. the bank holiday is over and it did end on a wet note for northern and eastern parts of england. a lot of that has been moving way out into the north sea. the east of england lot of low cloud thing that a little rain to speak of. in the west of scotla nd rain to speak of. in the west of scotland they will see rain. this cold front is heading our way. head back, still quite a warm night. as we start tuesday, we have low cloud across the east. it is quite dry. further west, rain for a time in northern ireland.

we will also look ahead to tomorrow's fa and scottish cups as well as rugby union premiership and pros day at10:30pm. that's all on sports day at 10:30pm. now, it's film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? as i'm sure you must have noticed, there is a new pirates of the caribbean movie coming into cinemas. why? laughter. baywatch goes from small screen to big screen. and the other side of hope. let's kick off with the pirates of the caribbean, jack is searching for the trident of poseidon. every single one of these films, this is the fifth, has a search quest. this time it's for the trident of poseidon. the last time we were with pirates of the caribbean, it was one that everyone felt was like an afterthought. the reason we are back is because these movies make a huge amount of money. we have some of the old cast, some new faces. but generally the same old story. yes, there is a curse, a quest, some goings—on. here is a clip. i need to speak with you. hand me your

rugby union's premiership reaches the end of its regular season tomorrow.ay for — three teams can finish first. leaders wasps face third placed saracens . exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester and can leicester hang on to a top four spot at bath's expense? the tigers are at worcester. bath are at sale and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot, a chance for saints to make up for a frustrating season. it's been very disappointing. the squad we've got and the players have got, was not really done as well as we should have this year and i think if we can just scrape in top six, and rebuild for the boys who are staying here and the coaches rebuilding next year, hopefully picking up some pieces and learning from what the skier has brought us. novak djokovic has sacked his entire coaching team, including marian vie—da who had been with him for most of professional career. djokovic was knocked off the top of the world rankings by andy murray last year. explaining his decision, he said "i'm a hunter and my big

this week and's major sporting events as the city hosts the fa cup final at wembley as well as rugby union'smiership final at twickenham. the international cricket council have also addressed security concerns in the uk and head of this summer's champions trophy. south africa will ta ke champions trophy. south africa will take part in the tournaments and are due to play a test match against england in manchester later summer. i think we are all shocked, we do not to happen. it is quite sad, obviously. at the moment all we can do is rely on authorities and the people who are in control to do the necessary things to make sure that we are safe as possible. that is about as much as i can say. but it isa about as much as i can say. but it is a tragic event, like you said, that took place and we all feel really sorry for the people involved. sport is ingrained within the culture of manchester. it is home to one of the fiercest rivalries in world football. but the tragic events of monday night have certainly brought the city together as one. manchester united's executive vice—chairman ed woodward s

it's a packed weekend of rugby union and last night northampton staged a dramatic comeback to qualifytrailed 22—9 at half time and had a man sent off before a late try followed by that kick gave them the win. a sell out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event of rugby union's premiership season, the play—off final. and it's being called potentially the best ever, featuring wasps vs exeter, who finished first and second. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to this season by getting to the final, but that said, that is only a feeling, and feelings have to be backed up actual actions. the key for me is that we go out and perform at the level can asa go out and perform at the level can as a club. now, scotland's scott jamieson has a 1—stroke lead going into day three of the pga championship at wentworth, alongside elton's thomas pieters. jamieson's round of 2—under—par 70 left him top of the leaderboard on 7—under. england's lee westwood is also in contention two shots back after a round of 69. returning to rugby union,

a plenty of rugby union action, including cardiff blues beaten. stade francais came from behind.so have football and tennis news, all in sportsday, at 10:a5pm, now on bbc news it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, what do we have this week? it's the definition of a mixed bag. we have king arthur, guy ritchie's take on the legend. we have a drama set in tehran, called inversion. and colossal, anne hathaway meets godzilla. well, we start with king arthur. we saw in the brief clip there one david beckham. we better start and just say is he an eric cantona? he isn't. this is guy ritchie taking on the legend, if you are old enough to remember 1980s novelty records, king arthur is not all right. charlie is the young hero whose wicked uncle jude law has seized power, leaving him to grow up ducking and diving and he is keeping a low profile until david beckham no less tells him to and i quote, he says, "put ten fingers around the blunt end of that sword and give ita tug." he

says he still rues england's "horrendous" exit from their home world cup in 2015, but believes rugby unionelped appoint the australian eddiejones as head coach but doesn't think his successor has to be english... isaid at i said at the time when we were appointing eddie, and i think proved absolutely that you need the best coach that you can get. the most important thing is, and frankly whether he is australian, kiwi, martian with purple spots, you need the best coach that you can get. what happens is success on the pitch here with the england team has an undoubted ball impact on a —year—olds playing rugby on a sunday morning. you wanted to be a success. his impact has been hugely positive and whoever takes over from eddie needs to be, you know, the best in the world that we can get. just a week after the women's sport trust launched their ‘blue plaque rebellion' campaign to unearth and pay tribute to forgotten female sporting stars, women's football has today been awarded its very first blue plaque— a celebration of the dick kerr ladies who once drew a a crowd of 53,000 at goodison park b

england's rugby union head coach eddiejones thinks england's rugby union head coach eddie jones thinkss this summer. he was only drafted into the squad this week after billy vunipola withdrew but jones thinks the wasps for can bring a lot to the lions. he's quite a charismatic guy. to have him in the tea m charismatic guy. to have him in the team environment, he acts as a social leader, and having a social leading your team is very important because they help players relax off the field, they help players gel off the field, they help players gel off the field, they help players gel off the field and he does that well. i think it will have an absolute storm in one of the first three games and play himself into the test team. formula 1 championship leader sebastian vettel was fastest in second practice before this weekend ‘s monaco grand prix. lewis hamilton was quickest in the first session but it quickest in the last of the day. jenson button finished 12th, the 2009 world champion has returned for only this one race, taiwan. he is standing in for alonso, who is competing at the indiana

let's start with rugby union, and wasps will face exeter in the premiership final next saturday, afterin the day's early game, dashing saracen‘s hopes of doing the double—double. it is exeter‘s second final in a row. wasps left it late to beat leicester. josh bassett scored a try two minutes from time, as they ran out winners by 21—20. elsewhere, in the pro 12, munster have set up a final against welsh side scarlets, after they beat 0spreys by 23—3, simon zebo among the try scorers for the irish side. he has now scored 53 tries for his club. officials at wembley stadium say appropriate action will be taken if needed regarding the pitch invasion that followed millwall's victory over bradford city in the league one play—off final. steve morison‘s winner five minutes from the end was enough to send millwall back into the championship. but hundreds of lions fans then invaded the pitch after the final whistle, prompting morison to say their behaviour had ruined the day for him. a statement issued by wembley stadium tonight said they will be working with the authorities and millwall fc to id

some other rugby union news this evening, england‘s ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irishal cancer. scotland‘s greg laidlaw has been called up. churchill — the 6—4 favourite — has won the first classic of the season, the 2,000 guineas at newmarket. that‘s a record eighth win for trainer aidan 0‘brien in the classic. it was jockey ryan moore‘s second win in the race, having ridden 0‘brien‘s previous winner gleneagles in 2015. barney roy was second ahead of third —favourite al wu kair. the son of legendary classic winner frankel, eminent, was unplaced. germany‘s ingrid klimke leads the badminton horse trials after today‘s cross—country event. she goes into the final day‘s showjumping tomorrow with point 4 of an advantage over the reigning badminton and olympic champion michaeljung who‘s on a0 penalties in second. rosalind canter is the highest placed briton in 6th place. no woman has won the overall title in ten years. there‘s coverage throughout the weekend on the bbc red button and online. iamso i am so proud of being the cause it was a bold and calf. it was not an easy ri

the feast for rugby union fans continues after that game at twickenham as dublin hosts the pro 12 finale of the table munster at the aviva stadium at 6.15pm. ben ainslie's land rover bar team are aiming to become the first british crew to win the america's cup, but qualifying has been delayed today by 24 hours due to high winds in the north atlantic. ainslie is the most successful sailor in olympic history and was part of team oracle usa — who won the last competition four years ago. i guess you could say the americas cup becomes a life obsession. it's incredibly complex game. setting up a new team, you need to raise the funding, find the right skill set across—the—board funding, find the right skill set across—the—boa rd and bring funding, find the right skill set across—the—board and bring that altogether, and it does take time. it's very hard as a new team to come into the america's cup and get into a dominant position. certainly that's what we're aiming to achieve. i think we've come a long way in the last three years. whether or not we can achieve that in this particular cup remain

and it's been a busy day in rugby union.saracens' hopes of consecutive domestic and european titles were ended by exeter. and wasps pulled off a last—minute win over leicester tigers. ade adedoyin watched the action. saracens, a team on a mission. the target, a second successive european and domestic double. the first part was achieved last week. standing between them and a place in the premiership final, exeter chiefs. there was little to separate the two sides in the first half. 6—6 with all the points coming from the boot. but straight after the break, exeter hit their stride. jack nowell scrambling over the line. a crucial lead against a team who beat them in last year's final. exeter had the momentum and the support of the home crowd butjoy soon turned to despair. in the last five minutes, an acrobatic finish from mike ellery. had saracens pulled off a great escape? but there was to be one final twist in the dying moments. sam simmons hustled and bustled his way over the line. exeter winning in the most dramatic fashion

there was a thrilling climax to rugby union's premiership final.it's exeter who eventually came out on top. the score was tied at 20 all after 80 minutes. an extra time penalty eventually separated the sides, with exeter celebrating just seven years after being promoted to the top league. hannah lupton has the details. for this season's great entertainers the silverware they craved was within touching distance. exeter rugby were beater here 12 months ago and were keen to put the past behind them. jack nowell charged forward for the initial breakthrough. they had a healthy lead heading into half—time, but it was trimmed down to four points. the player of the season showed impeccable timing. wasps flew out after the break, breathing space. it was a final fit for a royal, but this was not to be confined to 80 minutes. in the final moments, exeter‘s penalty sent to extra time. nothing to separate them until the 98th minute. steenson kicked for premiership glory. heartbreak this time for the men in black and gold, but for exeter, who reached the summit,

sell—out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event of rugby union'sbattle between the sides who finished first and second after the regular season — wasps and exeter. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to by reaching the final. those feelings have to be backed by actions. the key for me as we go out there and perform at the level we can as a club. it's also the pro 12 final in dublin later today. welsh side scarlets, who finished third, will take on top—of—the—table munster at the aviva stadium. kick—off is at quarter past six this evening. that's all sport for now. now the weather. still some very warm sunshine this weekend but the heat and humidity has already given rise to a number of thunderstorms. this was first thing this morning in southampton. those storms have moved away and it looks like it will be fine and warm and sunny for the cricket, the second odi. this is the line of rain and storms that has been working north. ahead of it, warm sunshine for a while in cambridgeshire here and i don't think we'll get many showers

there are two domestic rugby union finals as well.welshmen of scarlets in the proi2 this evening, but before that, league leaders wasps face exeter in the final of the aviva premiership. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to the season by winning the semi and getting to the final but that is only a feeling and feelings have to be backed up by actions. it is key that we go out and perform at the level we can as a club. it would be lovely to get our hands on a trophy, it would be nice to be home and dry. a premiership final is beyond our dreams a couple of seasons ago but we are there and we want to do ourselves justice. that is all the sport. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at four o'clock. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. some breaking news regarding the british airways it failure. they say they have cancelled all flights from heathrow and gatwick before 6pm today because of what they call a major it system failure that is ca

them to write about it afterwards but you have to make history, it doesn'tjust happen and they in rugby unionership title. they needed extra—time to beat wasps 23 points to 20 in a thrilling final at twickenham it was all square after 80 minutes when gareth steenson's late penalty ensured the chiefs — who lost last year's final — were crowned champions. it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the premiership scarlets have won a thrilling pro 12 final in dublin. england's cricketers have taken an unassailable lead in their one—day series against the worlds number one side south africa. put in to bat, england set the tourists a victory target of 331, thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. south africa battled back and took the game to the very final ball but they couldn't get the four runs they needed. england are now 2—0 up in the three match series. lewis hamilton says he's devastated that he'll start the monaco grand prix from 12th the grid. a last chance qualifying run was thwarted when a mclaren crashed ahead, although hamilton felt it made little difference. kimi ra

wasps have finished top of rugby union's premiership for the first time in 20 years.against saracens secured first place in the regular season, just ahead of exeter. saracens finished third overall, while leicester got the last of the four play—off spots. tim hague has the details. eight months, 126 matches, and the search was still on to find first place in the english premiership, as well as a home tie in the play—offs. wasps and an understrength saracens had a chance of both, fitting that they played each other then. even more fitting that christian wade scored for wasps, his 17th try of the season, equalling the league record. it helped the home side dominate the second half. their only lion, elliot daly, will hope to feast against the all blacks next month. he got in some practice here, before his team—mate thomas young, son of the coach dai, rounded off the win with his hat—trick. 35—15 the score, wasps top, saracens third. in between them are exeter, they beat gloucester to secure second for the second successive season, while the fourth and final play—off spot

let's start with rugby union, and exeter put an end to saracens' hopes of a double double by beatingacens were hoping to retain both their european and domestic titles, but a late exeter try means they're through to the final with an 18—16 victory. hannah lupton reports. saracens have a swagger in their stride, back—to—back european champions and now moving in on the premiership title. at a stormy but welcoming sandy park. amongst their ranks the european player of the year. as usual, 0wen farrell accurate with his angles. 6—6, all square at the break, exeter had the momentum, the wind behind them, and with the force of jack nowell, a try and a crucial lead against a side who had beaten them last year in the final. yet sarries are supreme hunters, and as they chased the game, and survival instincts kicked in. this imaginative improvisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham. minutes turned to seconds, and exeter needed one final push. sam simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens dream of the double double had disappeared. but this day bel

we have the pro 12 rugby union final, the rugby premiership final as well.s, it‘s time for the film really. —— now on bbc news, it‘s time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? as i‘m sure you must have noticed, there is a new pirates of the caribbean movie coming into cinemas. why? laughter baywatch goes from small screen to big screen. and we are shown on the other side of hope. let's kick off with the paris of the caribbean, jacks are searching for the trident of poseidon. every single of these films, this is the fifth, has a search request. this time it‘s for the trident of poseidon. the last time we were with pirates of the caribbean, it was one that anyone felt like an afterthought. the reason we are back is because the movies make a huge amount of money. we have some of the old cast, some new faces. but generally the same old story. yes, there is a curse, a quest, some goings—on. here is a clip. i need to speak with you.

in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first ever premiership title.o the wire against wasps in the final. it was all square after 80 minutes, but an extra—time penalty was just enough for the chiefs, as they banished any bad memories from losing last year's final. it's been quite a rise for exeter, who only seven years ago won promotion to the top league, the premiership. scarlets are the new champions of the pro12 after an exciting a6—22 win over munster. a nice send—off for liam williams, who scored on his last appearance for scarlets, before he moves to saracens next season. the welsh side ran in six tries in all, to cap an impressive play—off campaign. england's cricketers have been playing well against the the world's number—one side, south africa, and have wrapped up the one—day series. put in to bat, england set a victory target of 331, thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. south africa battled back and took the game to the very final ball, but they couldn't get the four runs they needed. england are now 2—0 up in the three—match series

in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first ever premiership title. final. it was all square after 80 minutes but an extra—time penalty by gareth steenson was just enough for the chiefs, as they banished any bad memories from losing last year's final. it's been quite a rise for exeter, who only seven years ago won promotion to the top league — the premiership. scarlets are the new champions of the pro 12 after an exciting 116—22 win over munster. a nice send off for liam williams, who scored on his last appearance for scarletts, before he moves to saracens next season. the welsh side ran in six tries in all, to cap an impressive play—off campaign. boxing now, and britain's kell brook was beaten in his homecoming world title fight in sheffield. he lost his ibf welterweight title to the american errol spence junior after sustaining a heavy cut beneath his eye. he fought back, but the injury eventually forced brook to his knees in the 11th round and the referee called an end to the fight. success for george groves though — he's become a world champion, o

sell—out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon, for the showpiece event of rugby union'stle between the sides, who finished first and second after the regular season. wasps v exeter. ijust want i just want us to ijust want us to go and enjoy it. it would be lovely to get our hands on the trophy. it would be nice to think we can relax but that will not be the case. for us, this final would have been beyond our dreams a couple of seasons ago. but we are there. if we play like we can, there is no reason why be can't get our hands on silverware. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to bite reaching the final. those feelings have to be backed by actions. the key to me is to show the form we can. it's also the pro12 final in dublin later today. welsh side scarlets, who finished third, will take on top of the table munster at the aviva stadium. kick—off around quarter past six this evening. england's cricketers take on south africa in the second one—day international this morning in hampshire. england can win the three—day series today, and bowler liam plunke

in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first premiership title.al at twickenham. it was all square after 80 minutes. a penalty kicked by gareth steenson was the only score in extra—time, meaning that the chiefs, who lost last year's final, were crowned champions. it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the premiership. and scarlets have won the pro 12 final in dublin. the welsh side ran in six tries to beat munster 46—22. a historic day for the llanelli team who become the first welsh champions for five years. they've done it the hard way — by winning twice in ireland in the play—offs, first against leinster and now the table—toppers munster. cricket, and england have won the second one day international against south africa in southampton to take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. south africa looked to reach their target of 331, but a superb final of bowling by mark wood enabled england to cling on and when that two runs. england have a spring in their step, supposedly the best side in the world. and you don't get there wit

gloucester lost 25—17 to stand francais in the rugby union challenge cup final.cester the lead. racing towards the trophy for a third time. stade fed up with being runners—up and they finally won this one. today saracens will hope to retain their european champions cup title when they take on the french side clermont. in rugby league, salford red devils came from behind to beat hull kingston rovers. it was in the quarterfinals of the challenge cup. they won 2a—1a. final practice is under way for the spanish grand prix. live text commentary on the bbc sport website. i will have more shortly in the next hour. drayton manor theme park will reopen today, four days after an 11—year—girl died after falling from a ride. evha jannath, from leicester, fell from a boat on the splash canyon ride. the park's owners say the ride will remain shut, along with ones that overlook it, as a mark respect to her family. the captain of the costa contoured ear will begin his jail sentence. he will serve a 60 yearjail term after italy's highest court upheld the sentence. 32 people died

the rugby union premiership reaches the end of its regular season tomorrow.s can finish first. wasps face saracens. a chance for the saints to make up for what has been a very frustrating season. it's been very disappointing. the squad we've got and the players we've got we've not really done as well as we should have this year. if we can just scrape in top six and rebuild for the boys who are staying here and the boys who are staying here and the coaches to rebuild next year, and hopefully, pick up some pieces and hopefully, pick up some pieces and learn from what this year has brought us. the pr012's brought us. the pro12‘s regular season comes to a close. leinster or munster will finish top ahead of the play—offs. scarlets and ospreys should join them in that. it's going to be the final game for gregor townsend at glasgow as they face edinburgh. it hasn't been the greatest season for them. he's turned the warriors round in his five years in charge. they we re in his five years in charge. they were champions a couple of seasons ago. he's leaving to take on

now, it's notjust football where the hunt for silverware is reaching ‘crunch time.‘ rugby union's avivaace this weekend with two simply mouth—watering semi—finals as table toppers wasps host leicester and exeter take on the champions cup winners saracens. both matches are live across bbc radio 5 live and sports xtra tomorrow. let's speak now to our rugby reporter chrisjones. chris, so much to look forward to, but will wasp ‘s star—studded team be too much for leicester? good question and very likely. wasps have been setting the pace all season long in the premiership, cutting new scoring tries, it is as good as it gets. danny cipriani, elliot daly, christian wade, willie larue, the australian kurtley beale. if they get enough of the ball, it is hard to bet against wasps tomorrow. but, you cannot write off leicester, the tigers will relish their underdog status. they have not had a great season, turbulent season, but lost ‘s going on and they are one win away from twickenham. to add to that there will be an emotional angle. theircaptain, there will be an emotional angle. their captain, t

there's a quite incredible final day of the regular rugby union premiership season in store.. leaders wasps face third—placed saracens. exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester and can leicester hang on to a play—off spot at bath's expense? tigers are at worcester. bath at sale. and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot. he's one of the biggest names in horse—racing, taking home 11 champion jockey titles during nearly half a century in the saddle. now 81, lester piggott has been reflecting on his extraordinary career ahead of the 2,000 guineas at newmarket, a race he won exactly 60 years ago. our sports news correspondent richard conway reports. as legends of horse racing these two are used to photo finishes. frankie dettori may be a household name, but, back in the ‘80s, lester piggott was amongst those who mentored the then unknown italian when he first came to britain. a while ago, anyway, but we had some good times. but a great teacher, i would imagine? yes, yes. he comes from the best. you've got to listen to everythi

in rugby union, saracens are looking to retain their champions cup trophy this evening.uvergne in the final at murrayfield. not only that, they're hoping to complete a double double, as patrick gearey reports. hats off to saracens! they are champions of england! harrison ‘s eye the european champions and from start to finish they have produced a magnificent performance. saracens thrive on being different. the sound of the wolf pack, a spirit which echoes out on the pitch. it has helped make them rugby's most successful current trophy hunters. having gained experience over the years, you, to the semifinals and finals and you have that connection together that will get you through. ashton has experience of such moments. his england days i know over but he is one swan dive away from being the european cup's record try scorer. last year no one got over the line in the final but saracens still won the cup. the victory was viral‘s final. so many of sara ce ns victory was viral‘s final. so many of saracens points and prizes have been reliant on 0wen farrell. man of the match at

coming up in sportsday on bbc news: gloucester were hoping to win the first major trophy of the rugby unionlub season in the final of the european challenge cup against stade francais. good evening. the nhs has fallen victim to a major cyberattack. 39 hospital trusts and gps in scotland and across england have had to cancel routine operations, send patients home and divert ambulances. the nhs says its services have been targeted by a ransomware attack, which means nhs data is, in effect, being held hostage by hackers demanding money. dozens of other facilities have shut down their email and computer systems as a precaution. the scale of the cyberattack on the nhs is unprecedented. it's been declared a major national incident, disrupting hospitals and trusts from glasgow, dumfries and ca rlisle, blackpool and york, to some of the big teaching hospitals in london, and services in the south of england. the prime minister says the incident is part of a wider attack affecting organisations around the world. it's thought 7a countries have been affected. there was serious disruption in some parts

all the results and reaction to today's football in just a moment, but we're going to start with rugby unione final round of matches in the regular season in the english premiership and the pro 12. there was a lot at stake in the premiership, with three teams still able to finish top, and european qualification was also on the line elsewhere. here's how the table looked at the start of the day. wasps, exeter and saracens all in with a chance of a top two finish to guarantee an all—important a home semi final. a win for leicester or avoiding a big defeat would guarantee the final play—off place, whilst sixth and seventh placed harlequins and northampton faced each other for the final european champions cup place. so just a bit to be decided, and ben croucher followed all the twists. after 126 matches, it came down to a day were every match had something riding on it, a day were working out who finishes where would give you more of a headache than the rugby itself. saracens had a number of players arrested. they had ben spencer, who spotted a gap to give the defending champions a surprise lead

england's rugby union side have beaten the barbarians by 28 points to 1a at twickenham in their lastthey match before their then earl scoring the pick of the they then earl scoring the pick of the tries. —— nathan earl. that's it. the tries. —— nathan earl. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. but do stay with us on bbc one — now it's time for the news where you are. now it's time for the some of you might be wondering why i have this particular sphere behind me. it was a decent day, wasn't it? well, it was until we started thickening cloud across the channel, eventually into the southern counties of england and wales. we have already seen the odd moderate to heavy burst of rain and the odd rumble of thunder. we will continue that process to the rest of the evening and overnight, pushing rain towards northern ireland, southern parts of scotland, through the midlands. behind, as we get into the muqqy midlands. behind, as we get into the muggy air, we might see the return of thunderstorms across central and southern england, towards east anglia and the so

there's promotion to be decided elsewhere and the hunt for silverware in rugby union with the premiershipy at 6.30pm. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, what do we have this week? it's the definition of a mixed bag. we have king arthur, guy ritchie's ta ke we have king arthur, guy ritchie's take on the legend. we have a very drama set in tehran, called inversion. and colossal, anne hath away meets godzilla. well, we start with king arthur. we saw in the brief clip there one david beckham. we better start and just say is he an eric cantana? he isn't. this is guy ritchie taking on the legend, if you are old enough to remember 19805 novelty records, king arthur daly i5 not all right. charlie is the young hero whose wicked unclejude law has seized power, leaving him to grow up ducking and diving and he is keep ago low profile until david beckham no less tells him to and i quote, he 5ay5, no less tells him to and i quote, he says, put ten fingers around the blunt

out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event of rugby union'si want us to go and enjoyable stop i wa nt i want us to go and enjoyable stop i want us to get our hands on the trophy and it would be lovely to be home and dry in the last 20 minutes. but for us, a premiership final is beyond our dreams. that was a couple of seasons ago, but we want to go there, do ourselves justice, and if we get going then there's no reason we shouldn't get our hands on some silverware. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to this season, but that said, it's only a feeling, but the feelings need to be backed up by actual actions and if we can inform at a good level for this club them i think we will win. it's also the pro 12 final with dublin taking on month staff. —— munster. england's cricketers take on south africa in the second one—day international this morning in hampshire. england can win the three—day series today and bowler liam plunkett says a victory will set the side up well for the upcoming champions trophy. there is no true at all t

in rugby union, scarlets are into the final of the pro 12, despite having to play more than half of theirhalf but then had steffan evans sent off. they still held out though to set up a match against 0spreys or munster. they play their semi final later. meanwhile, cardiff blues won'tjoin scarlets in european rugby's elite club competition next season. they lost their champions cup qualification playoff semi final to stade francais. so the french side will play either connort or northampton for a spot in the competition. it's playoff time in the english premiership too. a week after retaining the champions cup, saracens face exeter hoping to move a step closer to the double double, while league leaders wasps host leicester tigers. they've got the home advantage and that's huge in the semi—final of knockout rugby. they were the best across the 22 rounds and they deserve that privilege. we will have to go and make sure we are accurate early in the game and we keep the creators as quiet as we can and we do the things that keep us good as a team. if leicester come out with a fantastic performa

ahead of club rugby union's main european showpiece tomorrow there is more silverware at states likeeing played at murrayfield tonight. very shipside gloucester are aiming to win this trophy for a third time. these are the last few moments of murray ‘s field. there are three times in the sixth round of rugby league's challenge cups night. five of the six teams playing from the super league. they all kicked off at 8pm. there was a dramatic finish to the day's racing at the giro d'italia. a three—way sprint for the finish line unfolded after five and half hours along the southern italian coastline. australian sprinter caleb ewan just claiming a first ever stage victory in this race... and just his second in a grand tour... in alberobello. .. finishing just clear of fernando gaviria and the irish rider sam bennett. britons geraint thomas and adam yates both lost no time on the overall leader — they remain second and third in the tour standings. barcelona defender gerard pique's plans for a new world cup of tennis event have been backed by leading players including andy murray, novak djo

in rugby union, exeter chiefs have won their first premiership title.red the chiefs, who lost last year's final, were crowned champions for the first time in their history. it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the top league, the premiership. 23—20 it finished. scarlets are the new champions of the pro 12 after an exciting 116—22 win over munster in the final in dublin. a nice send off for liam williams, who scored on his last appearance for scarletts before he moves to saracens next season. the welsh side ran in six tries in all to cap an impressive play—off campaign. england's cricketers have taken an unassailable lead in their one—day series against the world's number one side south africa. put in to bat, england set a victory target of 331 thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. south africa battled back and took the game to the very final ball but they couldn't get the four runs they needed. england are now 2—0 up in the three—match series and in good form ahead of next week's champions trophy it will be a big test, especia

england's rugby union side have beaten the barbarians in their final match before heading on tour toand i'll be back with the late news at ten. hello. this is bbc news. let's go back to the bank holiday weekend british airways chaos. in rome, ba passengers have been told by staff that it may be tuesday before they can be booked onto flights home. of course hundreds of passengers who were supposed to fly out of heathrow or gatwick have had their travel disrupted — earlier my colleague sean ley spoke to eddie leviten and his daughter esther about their experiences at heathrow yesterday. we were due to fly to marseille to spend a week in the south of france. it was clear there was some kind of problem when we got to the airport, but they took our bags and said it was ok. we spent the whole day in the terminal and trying to get our bags back with no information from ba staff at all. the best information i found was via twitter. there were no announcements in the airport, no information on staff, nobody going around telling us anything. there was complete chaos in the baggage hall. we sti

sell—out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event of rugby union'snished first and second. for us, a premiership final is beyond our dreams. that was a couple of seasons ago, but we want to go there, do ourselvesjustice, and if we get going then there's no reason we get going then there's no reason we shouldn't get our hands on some silverware. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to this season, but that said, it's only a feeling, but the feelings need to be backed up by actual actions and if we can inform at a good level for this club them i think we will win. scarletts play wales —— play dublin later today. manchester city centre held its first major sporting event since the terrorist attack on monday as the great city games took place. there was a minute's silence before the event started to remember the 22 people who lost their lives. in the pole vault, britain's holly bradshaw set a new national outdoor record of a.80 metres. she later posted on social media — what a day! manchester, that was for you! also taking part was th