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for these fans, silverstone means the whole weekend.h formula 1. just amazing. missed it so much last year. i was in agony marketing on tv. to be here again, just can't beat it. tv. to be here again, 'ust can't beat it. ., ., ., , ., , ., beat it. you have any anxiety about bein: with beat it. you have any anxiety about being with so _ beat it. you have any anxiety about being with so many _ beat it. you have any anxiety about being with so many people - beat it. you have any anxiety about being with so many people again? | beat it. you have any anxiety aboutj being with so many people again? i personally don't. i think _ being with so many people again? i personally don't. i think it - being with so many people again? i personally don't. i think it should . personally don't. i think it should be safe, should _ personally don't. i think it should be safe, should be _ personally don't. i think it should be safe, should be fun. - personally don't. i think it should be safe, should be fun. it's - personally don't. i think it should be safe

i said silverstone. are you last? i i said silverstone. are you last? . ., ., ., last?vitation i could not _ last? i had an invitation i could not refuse - last? i had an invitation i could not refuse from . last? i had an invitation i- could not refuse from another race circuit at goodwood. they have the full circuit to myself today so i will be on this later putting some bran new assistive tech to the test. at racing speeds!— racing speeds! just don't go breakin: racing speeds! just don't go breaking anything. - racing speeds! just don't go breaking anything. you'll. racing speeds! just don't go i breaking anything. you'll make i will try not to. here at silverstone things are busier and noisier and that is because everyone here is amazing for real and we have been invited into a teen�*s garages are powerless over their having nose about and hopefully he can tell us more. == nose about and hopefully he can tell us more.— tell us more. -- paul is over their having _ tell us more. -- paul is over their having a _ tell us more. -- paul is over their having a nose - tell

i'm also here at silverstone.s into electric cars. it's incredible in here. there are so many beautiful cars. lunaz is making the world's first fully electric rolls—royces and bentleys. there are about 18 classic cars in the building, most dating from the 1960s. john hilton is the technical lead here. he was an aeronautical engineer at rolls—royce before moving into formula 1. among a long list of accomplishments, he was a technical lead for michael schumacher�*s 1994 world championship win. what do you actually do? you're converting this car into an electric vehicle? this car has a petrol engine in today. we'll be removing the engine, the gear box, the fuel system, the exhaust system and all the things that make the engine work, and replacing theirs with a brand—new electric powertrain. the full renovation of the car takes about 26 weeks, and for rolls—royces and bentleys the cost of the work starts at about £350,000. it would be very much more expensive if you want to start with a car like this. how much would t

i said silverstone. are you lost? had an invitation i could not refuse from another race circuit at goodwood. we have the full circuit to myself today so i will be on this later putting some brand new assistive tech to the test. at racing speeds! just don't go breaking anything. i will try not to. here at silverstone things are busier and noisier and that is because everyone here is racing for real and we have been invited into a garage and paul's over there having nose about and hopefully he can tell us more. nosing about is what i do best and here at the home of british motor racing in silverstone there is certainly lots to see but specifically i am here to meet team brit. a competitive motorsport team with a difference. they are made up of six disabled drivers are using bespoke specially adapted cars to compete in races against non—disabled drivers on a level playing field. they are testing ahead of the latest round of the championship. aaron is one of team brit's two drivers in the endurance event driving an aston

silverstone, on the day of the season's most i exciting grand prix — the british grand prix. but for the moment, f1�*s focus remains on engineering even more efficient hybrid engines and developing biofuels and synthetic e—fuels that will reduce the sport's impact on the environment. in its effort to go net zero by 2030, formula 1 is also reducing the volumes of personnel and freight that travel between races, ensuring all offices, facilities and factories are powered by renewable energy, and using offsets and co2 sequestration to cover all remaining emissions. there has been criticism from environmentalists who say formula 1 is relying too much on offsetting. the recognition that environment is a key issue for the sport runs deep, including with the people on the front line of formula one — its drivers. british driver lando norris is a rising star of f1. it's definitely something that over the coming years, i will pay more and more attention to, realising the opportunity you can create for the world and the impact you can have on the world as well, not just certain people. s

it all about silverstone. it is a busy da of all about silverstone.art with the british grand prix. 140,000 fans that the stone today, plenty chairing this man on, lewis hamilton. looking for another grand prix win. desperate to keep his world title hopes alive this afternoon. yes, good morning, everyone. he's 33 points behind red bull's max verstappen in the world championship standings. verstappen's won four out of the last five races, but today hamilton will have the roar of a home crowd behind once again —140,000 of them, as lydia campbell reports. away from the fans, and soon there will be a lot more of them, as silverstone welcomes the biggest crowd at a sporting event in the uk since the start of the pandemic. just happy to be out and about and at a sport event, i've missed it. yeah, feels great. it's the first time i've been here as well, so i don't know what it was like, but it's nice at the moment, yeah. the uk has been building up to this. there were 15,000 people on centre court to watch the wimbledon finals, 60,000 at wembley to witness t

this was really a crunch moment for silverstone.that would be a desperate time for the track. and what about the racing? that's what the crowds are here for after all. max verstappen was literally on fire at the start of the new sprint qualifying on saturday. that must have helped him as he overtook lewis hamilton before the first turn, and that's how they finished. verstappen pipping hamilton at the pole ahead of the main race today. but while hamilton couldn't quite deliver for his fans on saturday, they were still happy to see him. with today's crowd set to take the number of spectators over the three days to more than 300,000, many more people across the country will be hoping that scenes like these will soon be a normality again. lydia campbell, bbc news. a man has been arrested for attempted kidnapping after a five—year—old boy was dragged into a car in broad daylight in new york city. he snatched the boy right in front of his mother and siblings as they were walking down the street in the queens district. a street camera film

this was really a crunch moment for silverstone.ouldn't get fans in, it could have been they didn't have any more money, they'd be broke, and that would be a desperate time for the track. and what about the racing? that's what the crowds are here for after all. max verstappen was literally on fire at the start of the new sprint qualifying on saturday. that must have helped him as he overtook lewis hamilton before the first turn, and that's how they finished. verstappen pipping hamilton at the pole ahead of the main race today. but while hamilton couldn't quite deliver for his fans on saturday, they were still happy to see him. with today's crowd set to take the number of spectators over the three days to more than 300,000, many more people across the country will be hoping that scenes like these will soon be a normality again. lydia campbell, bbc news. there could be a few sore heads in st helens this morning, because for the first time in more than a decade, saints have won rugby league's challenge cup. they beat castleford at a se

but with an expectant crowd of around 100,000 packed into silverstone, all eyes were on lewis hamilton friday, hamilton was at the front of the grid, but as has been the case for much of the season, the red bull of max verstappen has been that little bit quicker. the dutchman stormed out of the blocks as he seized the early advantage. how crucial would that prove to be? 17 fast and furious lapsley ahead, with sergio perez first to feel the frantic nature. after spinning out of control, he somehow stayed in contention. hamilton has enjoyed a difficult campaign so far, but the 17 times world champion couldn�*t catches nearest rival. the new experiment to bring more excitement to race weekends ends in familiar fashion, with max verstappen taking his consecutive podium and. (tx vt) next to a fantastic challenge cup final — which was exactly what rugby league needed after all it�*s covid challenges. the reigning super league champions, st helen�*s, have ended their 13—year wait for the trophy after beating castleford 26—12 at wembley. joe lynskey reports: 45,000 115,000 brought the noise fr

the man everyone will be expecting to beat at silverstone is championship leader — max verstappen. lewis hamilton in the drivers�* standings but isn't taking anything for granted. we of course tried to beat each other_ we of course tried to beat each other on— we of course tried to beat each other on track but we can also appreciate when someone does well. yeah, _ appreciate when someone does well. yeah, we _ appreciate when someone does well. yeah, we are having a good time. i think_ yeah, we are having a good time. i think the _ yeah, we are having a good time. i think the seven—time world champion, he's achieved already a lot. it's 'ust he's achieved already a lot. it's just great— he's achieved already a lot. it's just great to see. he still pushing very hard — just great to see. he still pushing very hard he wants of course that eight _ very hard he wants of course that eight titles with them i want to go for my— eight titles with them i want to go for my first one. we will see a course — for my first one. we will see a course at _ for my first one. we will see a course at the

joe wilson, bbc news, silverstone. red bull obviously unhappy with what happened.r, max verstappen has tweeted this... after the race, lewis hamilton gave his take on what happened. ican i can see he was not going to concede. and so anyways he cut across me and we collided. and i was quite frustrated that we have to give space for one another. but anyways... so i knew i had the penalty and i was like i am going to give it everything for the team and for the fans here and we will see where we get and just never gave up. a day to remember for lewis hamilton. the same can be said for collin morikawa. he is the open champion after a bogey—free final round 66 saw him finish two shots ahead of fellow american jordan spieth. disappointment in the end for south africa's louis 0osthuizen, who started the day with a one—shot lead but faltered in his final round. ben croucher has been following the action forfour days for us. what a moment ultimately for who is doing on debut again.— doing on debut again. astonishing sto from doing on debut again. astonishing story from colli

i said silverstone! are you lost?ust don't go breaking anything. i'll try not to. here at silverstone, things are busier and noisier and that's because everyone here is racing for real, and we've been invited into team brit's garage. so paul is over there having a nose about and hopefully can tell us more. paul: nosing about is what i do best. and here at the home of british motor racing in silverstone, there's certainly lots to see. but specifically, i'm here to meet team brit — a competitive motorsport team with a difference. they're made up of six disabled drivers using bespoke, specially—adapted cars to compete in races against nondisabled drivers on a level playing field. my visit came during testing ahead of the latest round of the britcar championship. aaron morgan is one of team brit's two drivers in the endurance event, driving an aston martin gt4. aaron became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motocross accident. the disabled drivers on the team use control systems developed by engineers in—house. these

and how can i do the bestjob at silverstone.next day and so on. it's our best chance for many many years we will give it our all. if we end up being in third place or or whatever at the end of the race and it's just a bonus whatever at the end of the race and it'sjust a bonus it whatever at the end of the race and it's just a bonus it makes whatever at the end of the race and it'sjust a bonus it makes it whatever at the end of the race and it's just a bonus it makes it even cooler and more special. but i'm not quy cooler and more special. but i'm not guy who thinks into the future. because it's grand prix and things like, high level of excitement because you look forward to it more but you're also a bit more selective. it'sjust but you're also a bit more selective. it's just around the corner and just a little drive away. it's a good feeling. just corner and just a little drive away. it's a good feeling.— corner and just a little drive away. it's a good feeling. just a reminder of our top story- — it's a good feeling. just a rem

but with an expectant crowd of around 100,000 packed into silverstone, all eyes were on lewis hamiltonecide pole position made its bow. after topping qualifying on friday, hamilton was at the front of the grid, but as has been the case for much of the season, the red bull of max verstappen has been just that little bit quicker. the dutchman storming out of the blocks as he seized the early advantage. how crucial would that prove to be? 17 fast and furious laps lay ahead, with sergio perez first to feel the frantic nature. hamilton has endured a tough campaign so far, but the seven—time world champion couldn't catch his nearest rival. the new experiment to bring more excitement to race weekends ends in familiarfashion, with max verstappen taking his consecutive podium. lewis hamilton chased max verstappen all the way today and crossed the line 1.4 seconds back. that means he'll start tomorrow's british grand prix from second on the grid. identity if i over delivered power or what, identity if i over delivered power orwhat, but identity if i over delivered power or what, but it is frustr

and 140,000 fans are expected at silverstone for the british grand prix, the nation's biggest sportinghe start of the pandemic. hello, and welcome to bbc news. downing street has confirmed that the prime minister and the chancellor will not be self—isolating after coming into contact with the health secretary, sajid javid — who has tested positive for coronavirus. both borisjohnson and rishi sunak are to take part in a pilot programme in which daily testing replaces self—isolation. mrjavid tested positive yesterday after a meeting at downing street on friday. the news comes a day ahead of most covid restrictions being lifted in england. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardly has this report. downing street on friday. the health secretary outside number 10, where he held talks with the prime minister. last night, though, sajid javid confirmed he had coronavirus, after a second test. i was feeling a bit groggy last night, so i took a lateralflow test this morning and it's come out positive. so i'm now self—isolating at home with my family until i get the result of a pcr test. i'm grate

as a government test event, 86,000 fans were at silverstone with 140,000 expected on sunday.val max verstappen. i'm so grateful to see everyone here. we've missed you for a whole year, so to come to the silverstone grand prix and have a full crowd like this, to see the energy... when i was coming into it, i was hopeful that with the great work that we've done together in the team, plus the energy of the fans would get us there. so, this is down to the fans, i think. england have been beaten by pakistan in the first of three t20 internationals. it was a highly entertaining game with 27 6's at trent bridge. pakistan bowled first and hit their biggest t20 tally, reaching 232 — captain babarazam top scoring with 85. it would also have been england's highest run chase, and after a shaky start, liam livingstone gave them hope scoring england's fastest t20 century — a spectacular 103 off 43 balls. but once he was out, the task was too great and pakistan went on to win by 31 runs. the t20 world cup is later this year in the middle east. tottenham's new manager, nuno espirito santo, i

joe wilson, bbc news, silverstone. royal st george�*s in kent. our correspondent andy swiss reports. debuts just don�*t get any better. most golfers spend their entire career trying to win the open, but collin morakawa proved he is not most golfers. he began the day behind low use stays on. this is spectacular- _ behind low use stays on. this is spectacular. this _ behind low use stays on. this is spectacular. this is _ behind low use stays on. this isj spectacular. this is spectacular. behind low use stays on. this is i spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular _ spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular run — spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular run of _ spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular run of birdies - spectacular. this is spectacular. a spectacular run of birdies and - spectacular. this is spectacular. a| spectacular run of birdies and then he was four shots clear. a victory procession? not quite asjordan spieth made a charge and close the gap tojust one. spieth made a charge a

joe wilson, bbc news, silverstone. the american golfer has won the open in cans.he was a staple of light entertainment in the 1970s and 80s. his family said he had been living with parkinson�*s for over a decade. the mother in law, the dog, the captain of the budget, the goldfish, attempts... a brilliant comic and truejanja can adjust attempts... a brilliant comic and true janja can adjust some of the comments made today about tom o�*connor. burn in boodle, he started as a maths teacher but broke into the comedy wild after a stint in working men�*s clubs. he rose to fame on the tv show opportunity knocks, which he won three times and went on to present a host of other programmes, such as name that tune. northwest comic ted robbins worked closely with an on pinto. irate northwest comic ted robbins worked closely with an on pinto.— closely with an on pinto. we did a few shi -s together to me now, cabarets and everything. and i used to dread it, because if i had to go on after tom o�*connor, he was very hard to follow. and he was a very good act. tom — great scouser,

here at silverstone, _ i'll try not to... here at silverstone, things - i'll try not to...one, things are busier i'll try not to... here at _ silverstone, things are busier and noisier and that's because everyone here is racing for real. and we've been invited into team brit's garage. so paul is over there having a nose about and hopefully can tell us more. nosing about is what i do best. and here at the home of british motor racing in silverstone, there is certainly lots to see. but specifically, i'm here to meet team brit. a competitive motorsport team with a difference. they're made up of six disabled drivers using bespoke specially adapted cars. to compete in races against nondisabled drivers on a level playing field. my visit came during testing ahead of the latest round of the brit car championship. aaron morgan is one of team brit's to drivers in, driving an aston martin ga. aaron became disabled after a motocross accident. the drivers on the team use control systems developed by engineers in—house. it systems developed by engineers in-house. , ., , , in-house. it is

joe wilson, bbc news, silverstone.or colin morikawa. in the last few minutes, he has clinched victory on the 18th green in front of thousands of fans, a terrific moment for the 24—year—old american who was making his debut here at the open, but has played like a seasoned campaigner, and you could see just what it meant to him. remember, we began the day with louis oosthuiizen leading, but he was soon overtaken by morikawa, who produced a stunning run of birdies. in fact, who produced a stunning run of birdies. infact, at who produced a stunning run of birdies. in fact, at the halfway point, he led by four shots, and we thought we were looking at a victory procession. but then jordan thought we were looking at a victory procession. but thenjordan spieth produced a stunning run of birdies to close the gap to just one shot, but morikawa has been so calm, so composed, and he held his nerve to hold offjordan spieth by two shots and round off what has been an extraordinary open debut. britain�*s mark cavendish will have to w

it's the british grand prix at silverstone this weekend.ld behind closed doors, but this time fans will be returning with a capacity crowd of 140,000 expected, as it's one of the government's test events. hoping to impress his home fans, on their return will be williams driver george russell, whom i spoke to earlier. i think we all took it for granted prior to the pandemic and as soon as we didn't have any, the atmosphere wasn't there, it wasn't as exciting and you just didn't get that buzz and fans have slowly started to come back during the season of formula 1 but 140,000 people at silverstone, home race is going to be electric and so exciting for us and driving around seeing everybody, cheering and supporting. got to bring a bit of lap time as well, so overalljust so excited to go back to a bit of normality. and there's plenty more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, including lots more on that breaking news that alun wyn jones will fly out to meet up with the rest of the lions squad tomorrow in south africa. thank you very

at silverstone, for the british grand prix, it looks hot through saturday and more especially for race of sunshine. strong sunshine, very high uv levels for many, especially in the south and west of the uk. make sure you protect yourself if you are out and about for any length of time. heading through saturday night, we see long clear spells, especially down towards england and wales, northern ireland and scotland have more cloud, some of that filtering across the irish sea towards north wales and north—west england, pretty mild and warm night in places, 14, 15 or 16 degrees. sunday, the further south you are, expect sunshine again, further north, generally more cloud in the mix, and some patchy rain across the north of scotland. temperatures a little bit lower across the northern half of the uk, further south, another very warm or hot day, one or two places in the london area could get up to 30 or even 31 degrees. into the start of next week, our area of high pressure will still be with us but tending to slide further west, that will allow something of a northerly wind, knocking the e

of mercedes team mate valterri bottas and max verstappen, who he crashed into last time out at silverstoneon loudly afterwards. i have never booed any team before in any other sport because it's just not in my character, but of course i want one team to win more than others, but i have seen that it, we have grown up around it, we know what it is, but... we do have to be so careful with our words, particularly as there are young kids watching. and before we go... a special part of any olympic journey, is when you finally arrive home to be greeted by your loved ones. and if there were gold medals for hugs, they'd surely go to helen glover's 3 little ones. the two—time olympic champion was rowing at her final olympics and although she narrowly missed out on a medal, her remarkable comeback to get to tokyo, has been inspirational and at the end of it all, there's no place like home. they will be delighted to have her back. that's all we have time for, have a very good night, goodbye. hello there. lighter wind today but quite a lot of cloud around and some nuisance showers as well. some of the

hot weekend for the grand prix at silverstone, very high track temperatures as well.pen golf in kent, that stiff northerly breeze will ease a touch. a few words of caution about what's coming this weekend. uv levels widely high to very high, burn quickly without protection, and no let—up for hay fever sufferers — high to very high pollen levels away from those cloudy parts of northern scotland. in fact, in scotland, cloud becomes more extensive as we go through saturday night and into sunday morning. so, there will be more cloud around here, some heavier bursts of rain possible in northern scotland for a time. cloudier in northern ireland, a bit more cloud in northern england, perhaps north wales. there will be some sunny spells here, too, but temperatures will be a touchdown on sunday compared with saturday here. the highest temperatures here on sunday will be across central and southern parts of england, south wales. again, a few spots are likely to reach that 30 celsius mark. those highest temperatures will begin to ease a little next week. it stays very warm, mind

the first practice at silverstone is just getting under way now.roar of the crowd here is unlike anywhere else. considering we've had a drought in terms of fans not being at the races in the past year, the energy has definitely been very much missed. and, yeah. you arrive with this kind of excitement but also this kind of nervousness also because you want to deliver for everyone and you want everyone to have the best weekend. elswhere, england's lewis ludlow has been banned for four matches for kneeing an opponent in the head during the side's win over canada at the weekend. gloucester�*s ludlow had been captaining england on what was just his second appearance, but he'll now miss club games against ealing, hartpury and northampton. the ban was reduced to four games from six because of his admission of guilt. england's cricketers are back in action tonight at trent bridge, with the first of three t20 internationals against pakistan. nine of the players who were recently forced to self—isolate have been named in the squad. eoin morgan will return as

at silverstone, for the british grand prix, it looks hot through saturday and more especially for racenight, we see long clear spells, especially down towards england and wales, northern ireland and scotland have more cloud, some of that filtering across the irish sea towards north wales and north—west england, pretty mild and warm night in places, 14, 15 or 16 degrees. sunday, the further south you are, expect sunshine again, further north, generally more cloud in the mix, and some patchy rain across the north of scotland. temperatures a little bit lower across the northern half of the uk, further south, another very warm or hot day, one or two places in the london area could get up to 30 or even 31 degrees. into the start of next week, our area of high pressure will still be with us but tending to slide further west, that will allow something of a northerly wind, knocking the edge off the temperatures, turning less hot, the odd shower in the south on monday and some rain later in the week. this is bbc news. our top stories: europe's flooding disaster continues. the deathtoll passes 1

as a government test event, 86,000 fans were at silverstone with 140,000 expected on sunday. hopeful that with the great work that we've done together in the team, plus the energy of the fans would get us there. so, this is down to the fans, i think. england have been beaten by pakistan in the first of three t20 internationals. it was a highly entertaining game with 27 sixes at trent bridge. pakistan bowled first and hit their biggest t20 tally, reaching 232 — captain babarazam top scoring with 85. it would also have been england's highest run chase, and after a shaky start, liam livingstone gave them hope scoring england's fastest t20 century — a spectacular 103 off 43 balls. but once he was out, the task was too great and pakistan went on to win by 31 runs. the t20 world cup is later this year in the middle east. tottenham's new manager, nuno espirito santo, insists harry kane is, in his words, "our player". the england captain's future has been the subject of much speculation over the last few months. the bbc understands kane has an "agreement" that would allow him to leav

, who'll will start the british grand prix from pole after winning the new trial sprint race at silverstoneforjoining us. it's been a dramatic hour at the open golf since we were last with you. withjordan spieth and collin morikawa fighting hard. but louis oosthuizen, who began the third round with a two—shot lead, is trying to keep his nose in front. ben croucher is at royal st george's for us and has been following the action. it has come alive in the last hour or so. we had a three—way tie for the lead about 15 units ago and now it has all changed on what we call moving day at the majors. but no change for louis oosthuizen at the top of the leaderboard. the 2010 open champion had a little bit of a wobble in the middle of the round and madejust one bogey in his first two rounds, but then it made a couple of bogeys in three holes. on the 14th it did not help, but then showed his mettle and made a birdie on the 16th, making all the difference to him. collin morikawa, that means he is a shot behind leader, louis oosthuizen. collin morikawa isjust leader, louis oosthuizen. collin morikawa is

you tweeted that silverstone, _ onwards. you tweeted that silverstone, we _ onwards.t silverstone, home race, it will be electric and exciting, driving around seeing people cheering and supporting. it has to bring a better lap time. overall excited to go back to a bit of normality. for overall excited to go back to a bit of normality-— of normality. for the first time almost two — of normality. for the first time almost two races _ of normality. for the first time almost two races because - of normality. for the first time almost two races because you | of normality. for the first time - almost two races because you have the sprint qualifying race. that is on the saturday afternoon, to decide grid positions on sunday. more action. i grid positions on sunday. more action- i do _ grid positions on sunday. more action. i do not _ grid positions on sunday. more action. i do not know— grid positions on sunday. more action. i do not know how - grid positions on sunday. more action. i do not know how it. grid positions on sunday. more | action. i do not know how it will pan

hot weekend for the grand prix at silverstone, very high track temperatures as well.ly breeze will ease a touch. a few words of caution about what's coming this weekend. uv levels widely high to very high, burn quickly without protection, and no let—up for hay fever sufferers — high to very high pollen levels away from those cloudy parts of northern scotland. in fact, in scotland, cloud becomes more extensive as we go through saturday night and into sunday morning. so, there will be more cloud around here, some heavier bursts of rain possible in northern scotland for a time. cloudier in northern ireland, a bit more cloud in northern england, perhaps north wales. there will be some sunny spells here, too, but temperatures will be a touchdown on sunday compared with saturday here. the highest temperatures here on sunday will be across central and southern parts of england, south wales. again, a few spots are likely to reach that 30 celsius mark. those highest temperatures will begin to ease a little next week. it stays very warm, mind you, largely dry until later in the

disrespectful" and "unsportsmanlike" by max verstappen, following their collision in the race at silverstoneerjenny gow. jenny, we'll come on to the incident in a moment — but first of all weve seen the racist abuse of sports stars recently in other sports — and f1 must be disappointed that they're no exception. as he said, they have issued a joint statement between the fia, f1 and mercedes, and the other teams have also issued statements today saying that they condemn all of the actions that they condemn all of the actions that have taken place. they also say that have taken place. they also say that such unacceptable instances of online abuse must be highlighted and eliminated. i sat down with lewis hamilton on thursday and spoke about his feelings after that england match, and he said he wasn't really surprised. i mean, iwould love match, and he said he wasn't really surprised. i mean, i would love to sit down with him again now and find out his feelings, but i think the whole of the f1 community is just frustrated. the whole of the sporting community is frustrated that we find ourselves

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. >> 145,000 people are expected to watch the grand prix at silverstone. ping seem inevitable, but today downing street insisted the nhs app is doing what it was designed to do and remains one of the best tools available to help tackle coronavirus. >> in spite of the u.k.'s high vaccination rate, the spike in cases has led to calls for the government to reverse some easing on restrictions, particularly on the move to drop the mask mandate for public transport. the u.k. wouldn't be's the first to reverse such a decision. israel reinstated its own mask mandate in june, days after dropping it, after it recorded 100 cases on two consecutive days. , in the united states los angeles followed suit. yesterday it reintroduced its mask mandate for indoor public spaces after only a month amid a significant rise in delta very cases in the city and water u.s. the cdc has warned of high infection rates in states with low vaccination levels. it identified four states, nevada, arkansas, missouri, and florida as those with the highest transmission rates. florida itself now

and with a capacity crowd back at silverstone lando norris's is determined to impress at his home track how much cooler it feels and how special it is. alun wynjones has been named amongst the replacements for the british & irish lions' final warm up game in south africa, against stormers on saturday. ireland centre robbie henshaw returns from injury while fly—half marcus smith also starts after only being called up at the weekend. it's the return of tour captainjones though that's quite remarkable. he's only flying out to south africa today, after recovering from a dislocated shoulder 18 days ago, in their warm—up game againstjapan. and head coach warren gatland's confirmed he's in contentinent for the first test a week on saturday. we feel if he is going to put himself in potentially needs 20 minutes so we had that conversation with him about, he travelled in a ride today. but you know, if he's in contention for next week you need to have around. we need to head out for him. that is why we wanted him to have everything open for other players that have been doubling up a bit so they ge

it's the british grand prix at silverstone this weekend.their return will be williams driver george russell, whom i spoke to earlier... i think we took it for granted, the price of a pandemic. as soon as we didn't have any, the atmosphere wasn't there, not as exciting, and you just didn't get that buzz. fans have slowly started to come back during the season on formula 1, but 140,000 people at silverstone home race, it'sjust going 140,000 people at silverstone home race, it's just going to 140,000 people at silverstone home race, it'sjust going to be electric, and so exciting for us, driving around and seeing everybody cheering and supporting. a bit of that time as well. overall, so excited to go back to that of normality. excited to go back to that of normality-— excited to go back to that of normali . . .,, , ., ,, normality. that was george russell s-ueakin to normality. that was george russell speaking to me _ normality. that was george russell speaking to me earlier— normality. that was george russell speaking to me earlier ahead - nor

joe wilson, bbc news, silverstone.actions." britain's mark cavendish says he will take a break before deciding on his future, after a successful tour de france. i spoke to him a short time ago cavendish won the green jersey for the first time in a decade and equalled the record for most stage wins at the tour, with 3a, although he was unsuccessful in beating the record on the champs—elysees yesterday. when we started in brittany three weeks ago i was just happy to be here, you know? it is the race i've dedicated my life too, it has given me the life that i have and i have so much respect for it and its history. just to be here one more time was big itself. and to win a stage after everything that has happened in the last few years and everything i've been through, that was enough. that was more than enough. that was a bonus to win anything, then to win four and then when the greenjersey. anything, then to win four and then when the green jersey. it has been a journey. it has not been an easy one but it has been a beaut

and we look ahead to the british grand prix at silverstone where1a0,000 people are expected at the trackow what a weekend of sport we have ahead, let's look at the open golf first then. we've had to wait 2 years because of covid but it's back, with fans and tomorrow morning at 6.35 the first player will tee off at royal st george's in kent. ben croucher reports. teeing it up at last on the kent coast. better late than never. the open championship real st. george's is one of goals most fearsome challenges whether it's the devil is roughly swirling sea breeze or the fairways and greens the players are in for a bumpy ride. it’s fairways and greens the players are in for a bumpy ride.— in for a bumpy ride. it's “ust not as exciting * in for a bumpy ride. it's “ust not as exciting i i in for a bumpy ride. it's 'ust not as exciting i don't h in for a bumpy ride. it's 'ust not as exciting i don't know_ in for a bumpy ride. it'sjust not as exciting i don't know why - in for a bumpy ride. it'sjust not - as exciting i don't know why whether it be a couple of shots to nothing. you know, a couple of

at silverstone, for the british grand prix, it looks hot through saturday and more especially for racelly in the south and west of the uk. make sure you protect yourself if you are out and about for any length of time. heading through saturday night, we see long clear spells, especially down towards england and wales, northern ireland and scotland have more cloud, some of that filtering across the irish sea towards north wales and north—west england, pretty mild and warm night in places, 1a, 15 or 16 degrees. sunday, the further south you are, expect sunshine again, further north, generally more cloud in the mix, and some patchy rain across the north of scotland. temperatures a little bit lower across the northern half of the uk, further south, another very warm or hot day, one or two places in the london area could get up to 30 or even 31 degrees. into the start of next week, our area of high pressure will still be with us but tending to slide further west, that will allow something of a northerly wind, knocking the edge off the temperatures, turning less hot, the odd shower in the so

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bull driver managed to stay in front of him for all 17 laps of this trial qualifying format at silverstones so the idea really delivered the entertainment to the 100,000 fans watching. valtteri bottas took third place in the second mercedes. but with the points on offer, it means verstappen will start sunday's race — now 33 points ahead of hamilton in the drivers�* championship. real close again between louis and me. he pushed each other hard in the beginning of the race. i expected it to be the same tomorrow. tomorrow, we ran on a fall and, and the car will feel a little bit different, but nevertheless can i expect it to be tough because i have two mercedes cars behind me now, and they can do different strategies if they want to make it difficult. wejust different strategies if they want to make it difficult. we just have to keep on pushing and try to did the best. i don't know if i over—delivered power or what, but it is frustrating. but after that, i couldn't get close after that and he was too fast. but we live to fight another day and it is exciting and we did a greatjob trying someth