this warm—up match with sigma lions was this team's opportunity. ey play for their place. here, scotland's ali price got his platform. his first lions try was one of eight they scored, and wales�* josh adams got four of them. with speed like this he will get more through the weeks. this was the dominant start the british and irish lions expected. in a stadium at altitude in a locked down city. the first test with south africa is later this month, but this year, just playing through to the end would be a victory. defending champion tadej pogacar has taken the lead at the tour de france, while geraint thomas�* hopes of winning the yellowjersey are effectively over. the welshman finished stage eight in a group that was 35 minutes behind, and he�*s dropped to 45th place after struggling as the race hit the alps. but pogacar looks like the man to beat, he left his competitors behind in the mountains and now leads by almost two minutes. less than a day after signing a two year contract to continue racing for mercedes, lewis hamilton will be wondering whet

they beatjohannesburg's sigma lions in their opening warm up match by 56 points to 1a at an empty ellists in the silence. this lions tour of south africa is different. the players�* life in a bubble is the hotel and the pitch, but they are here. louis rees—zammit is the youngest lines since the 80s and now scored on his debut. this warm up match was this team has micro—opportunity. in the next three weeks, they played for their place. yet, scotland�*s ali price got his platform. his first lions tripe was one of eight they scored and wales�* josh adams got four of them. with speed like this, he will get more through the weeks. this is the start of the british and irish lions expected, at a stadium at altitude in a locked down city. the first test with south africa is later this month, but this year, just playing through to the end would be a victory. defending champion tadej pogacar has taken control of the tour de france. he�*s the new race leader after stage 8, almost two minutes ahead of his nearest rival. but geraint thomas�*s challenge is over after he lost 35 minutes today. drew sa

the lions comfortably won their first match in south africa, thumping the sigma lions 56—14 on saturdayf bowling for lancashire against kent in the county championship. anderson claimed his best figures at old trafford — 7—19 — as kent were bowled out for 7h. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello there, summer 2021 so far appears to have been feast or famine, whether it's sunshine or rain. when we have the rain, we really have had the rain. this was sunday in edinburgh. you can see almost two inches of rain fell in 2a hours. and that brought some disruption. we're still under an influence of low pressure. still producing some rain, but it does look as though things will quiet down a little later this week. for tuesday, we see wet weather moving into southeast scotland through the day, blustery as well. strong winds, gale force gusts along the kent coast, that will rattle through some showers at quite a pace. but it means and temperatures will feel a little bit disappointing, 18 or 19 degrees at best. as we move into wednesday, that low pressu

the lions comfortably won their first match, thumping the sigma lions 56—14 on saturday. for the second time in eight days. they suspended training after lood dejager, the sale sharks player, tested positive for covid—19, and that puts their game against georgia on friday in doubt. geraint thomas has decided to continue to ride in the tour de france when it resumes tomorrow after a rest day. he had been contemplating quitting after losing more than 35 minutes on saturday's mountainous stage. it's been a tough race for thomas, who dislocated his shoulder in a crash on stage three. it's been more enjoyable for mark cavendish, who was a late call—up for the race, won his first stage in five years on tuesday, and then another on thursday — although still a hard week of racing. thankfully, it's a rest day. the first rest day of the tour de france. everybody is completely spent. but obviously it's been an exciting week to watch on tv. if we stopped now, this would be one of the nicest tour de france i have been part of. now back to chetan and i have been watching them out with

they're up against sigma lions injohannesburg. price and four from josh adams. there's only a few minutes left to go in that one. there were no problems for wales as they eased past canada. they ran in ten tries in a 68—12 win — jonah holmes with the last of them. he scored twice, as did taine basham and tomos williams. ireland came out on top, after a thrilling nine—try encounter against japan. the lead changed hands eight times during the match but ireland's fifth and final try from jacob stockdale here, secured a 39—31win in dublin. india women are chasing 220 in their third one day international against england in worcester. india won the toss and put england into bat in a match reduced to 47 overs a side because of bad weather. england finished on 219 all out — nat sciver top scoring with 49. india need 55 runs from 42 balls to win. england lead the multi—format series 6—2 on points, with two points up for grabs today. defending champion tadej pogacar has taken control of the tour de france. he's the new race leader after sta

the lions recorded their first win on the tour when they thumped the sigma lions 56—14 on saturday.so make their debuts after being called up by warren gatland as replacements. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's return to our top story that borisjohnson will confirm this afternoon details of plans to ease most of the remaining covid restrictions in england. one key element will be the relaxation of the rules on masks. it will no longer be a legal requirement for people to wear mask on public transport. london mayor sadiq khan, who is responsible for the london underground and the capital's transport network, was asked what would happen in the city. i'll be watching and listening very carefully to what the prime minister and health secretary announce today. i think it's important when you are in a crisis, which is what this pandemic is, for clarity around communications. we also, in london, there are some trains that we are responsible for, so i wouldn't want to have confusion where tfl has one set of rules and the government has another, so let's wait and see what the go

the lions comfortably won their first match in south africa, thumping the sigma lions 56—14 on saturdayrfor a while across england and wales, but we certainly saw the weather going down hill from the south. this rain here is marching its way northwards across the uk up into northern england and scotland, where already in the past few days in edinburgh, we have had a months worth of rain. now that early rain is moving away, but this area of low pressure is taking a band of rain — heavy at times — northwards up towards scotland and northern england with blustery showers following to the south. for a while, we will have some unseasonably windy weather along the coast of england all the way from dorset across to suffolk, gusts of 50 mph in the morning. it won�*t be as windy in the afternoon, but there will be some heavy showers around, and we have still got this more persistent rain, never really clearing away from northern england, pushing into eastern scotland. elsewhere, some brightness and maybe some sunshine. the showers are never too far away, and they may well be heavy as well. gener

this warm—up match with sigma lions was this team's opportunity. 00th international. wales went on to run in ten tries in a 68—12 victory, jonah holmes with the last of them. defending champion tadej pogacar has taken the lead at the tour de france, while geraint thomas“ hopes of winning the yellowjer5ey are effectively over. the welshman finished stage 8 in a group that was 35 minutes behind and he's dropped to 45th place after struggling as the race hit the alps. but pogacar looks like the man to beat. he left his competitors behind in the mountains and now leads by almost two minutes. less than a day after signing a 2—year contract to continue racing for mercedes, lewis hamilton will be wondering whether he can stop max ver5tappen winning the formula 1 championship. for the second week in a row, the dutchman claimed pole position at the red bull ring in austria. he was almost beaten by britain's lando norris, just 500ths of a second slower. hamilton could only manage fourth on the grid. england women lost the third one day international against i

the lions comfortably won their first match, thumping the sigma lions 56—14 on saturday. lood dejager, the sale sharks player, tested positive for covid—19, and that puts their game against georgia on friday in doubt. now — to the latest milestone forjames anderson it came during a superb spell of bowling for lancashire against kent in the county championship. anderson claimed his best figures at old trafford — 7—19 — as kent were bowled out for 74. the buzz around the european championship semi—finals this week isjust beginning. england's huge match against denmark is on wednesday at wembley. gareth southgate's side have been training today, following the 4—0 win over ukraine on saturday. they're yet to concede a goal — and the players have really appreciated the support coming from the fans, as they look to make a first final in a major international tournament since 1966. of course we are aware of it. it is brilliant to see. that is what social media should be therefore. we see all the positive vibes and videos going around and like i say, it is a great atmosphere to b

the lions recorded their first win on the tour when they thumped the sigma lions 56—14 on saturday.ould benefit after a part—time piano teacher took on her majesty's revenue and customs and won in a fight over child benefit claims. sam wilkes had been claiming child benefit since 1997 after the birth of her first child when she gave up work to be a stay—at—home mum. after the rules around eligibility for the benefit changed in 2013, sam and her husband jason fell foul of the new criteria which restricted who could claim, but they did not realise. when they were presented with a bill for thousands of pounds in 2018, sam turned amateur laywer and beat the taxman. sam and jasonjoin me now, along with james austen, head of tax disputes at collyer bristow. hello, welcome, thanks forjoining us. tell us first of all, simon jason, how you felt when the taxman got in touch to say there may be an issue. ~ ~ issue. well,! i think we were shocked- _ issue. well,! i think we were shocked. it _ issue. well,! i think we were shocked. it came _ issue. well,! i think we were shocked. it came out - i