simon yates has done more than anyone to challenge them in the final week but it was the man between stage 20. caruso in the red at the bahrain victorious team. blackjerseys of the pretty base race to clicking within reach of the leader. while the home fans roared caruso up the final climb. although pennell and his team could match the pace he couldn't catch them. at the back of that group yates after his win won yesterday could do neither. he's likely to settle for third overall. caruso put in a supreme effort to win his first stage delighting italian cycling fans. he's gained 30 seconds on bornauw but that man still has an advantage of nearly two minutes. looking pretty secure in pink. drew savage, bbc news. and finally, rafa nadal has followed in the footsteps of the likes of cristiano ronaldo and zlatan ibrahimovic as a current athlete to be honoured with a statue. it's three metres tall and was unveiled at roland garros ahead of the french open, which starts tomorrow. nadal has won a record 13 grand slam titles on the clay in paris. and the world number three says he's honoured

a resurgent simon yates left bernal trailing by almost a minute moving up from fifth to third.won by ireland's dan martin. a change in the weather in the italian alps and the first of three mountain stages to test them he looked pretty secure in pink with an overall lead in more than two minutes. but there may yet be a twist in the plot. stage 17 provided two separate spectacles. first, a breakaway, from riders who were no threat to bernal or the overall leaders. ireland's dan martin squeezed out the competition and rode away for an impressive stage win — he's now taken grand tour victories in france, spain and italy. behind him, britian�*s simon yates, who'd slipped to fifth place, forced the pace on the final climb. and we saw something that hadn't happened on the first 16 stages — egan bernal struggling to keep up and losing time. hugh carthy, too — the englishman dropped from third overall to fifth. yates was the big winner on the day, gaining almost a minute on bernal and third place with it. still three minutes 23 seconds behind the colombian, who's two minutes 21 ahead o

simon yates was left behind by the race favourites.osing over two and a half minutes, and second place with it, as the man he'd been hoping to beat just rode away from the field. egan bernal was on unbeatable form, although the weather was so bad there were no tv pictures for most of the closing stages. his fans could only wait at the finish line, and cheer him on when he appeared to take the stage and extend his race lead. a brilliant performance from the colombian climber, and a good day for hugh carthy, too. he's up to third overall. but not for yates, who's 4 minutes 20 adrift in fifth. and bernal is definitely the man to beat. five—time olympic medallist max whitlock will lead great britain's men's gymnastics team at tokyo 2020 after being selected today for his third games. the double rio 2016 champion heads a four—man team which includes debuts for world parallel bars championjoe fraser, british all—around winnerjames hall and european medallist giarnni regini—moran. i'm joined now by former british gymnast amy tinkler, a bronze

but no final—day drama for the leaders, simon yates confirmed his third place overall having challengedo claimed second, the italian crowd cheered their new hero as he gained 30 seconds on bernal. but the colombian had enough in hand to claim top spot on the podium by 1.29, and with it a very well earned drink. drew savage, bbc news. that's all the sport for now. just time to tell you that you can follow the announcement of the wales squad for the euros right now over on the bbc sport website. there's less than two weeks to go until the tournament starts on 11th june. have a lovely evening. bye for now. beautiful evening out there after a beautiful day. warmest day of the year for scotland, northern ireland and wales, and monday is going to be every bit as warm and sunny. here's a recent picture from devon, from one of our weather watchers, but not all coastal areas were quite as sunny. in fact, this is the scottish coast, on the north sea, we had haar and sea frets. this is low, grey cloud, sometimes mist and fog, stuck in an area of high pressure. you can see it affected the coast of

but no final day drama for the leaders, simon yates confirmed his third place overall having challengedaims second, the italian crowd cheered their new hero as he gained 30 seconds on bernal. but the colombian had enough in hand to claim top spot on the podium by 1.29, and with it very well and drink. drew savage, bbc news. that's all from me and the team at sportsday. next on the bbc news channel, it's the film review. goodbye for now. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing both in cinemas and in the home. back in 1961, disney scored an animated hit with 101 dalmatians adapted from the novel by dodie smith. a live—action remake starring glenn close as cruella deville followed in 1996 with a sequel 102 dalmatians a few years later. now, as disney's campaign to recycle and reboot its back catalogue continues apace, we have cruella, a live—action prequel that's been in the works for almost a decade and which glenn close gets an executive producer credit. do you have a light? they gasp. like the hit stage show, wick

the british contenders for the pinkjersey, simon yates and hugh carthy, stayed out of trouble and moved a breakaway group in the last two miles — the 25—year—old frenchman celebrated the biggest win of his career the hungarian, valter, keeps the pink jersey afterfinishing with the race favourites — who were saving their legs for tomorrow's hilly stage. home favourite fabio quartararo is on pole for the french motogp, just 11 days after having surgery on his right forearm. 22—year—old quartararo came through a rain—affected qualifying session at le mans — championship leader francesco bagnaia and world champion joan mir didn't make it past the first session and start well down the grid. quartararo will be joined on the front row by yamaha teammate maverick vinales and ducati's jack miller. jonny brownlee has already made the teamgb squad for the triathlon at this summer's 0lympics — but the race is on tojoin him. and alex yee, has improved his chances with fourth place at the world series race, injapan at yokohama — he's one of three britons chasing just one spot — among them tom bishop

britain's simon yates is third with three stages to go.ng championships in belarus. the five day competition was due to start on the 23rd ofjune in minsk. 0rgansiers have taken the decision due to ongoing political tension in belarus. and england's double commonwealth and european champions chris and gabby adcock have announced their retirement from badminton. the married couple last competed together in december. good luck to them and more time to spend with their lovely dog balser, who i once met. great britain has announced the women's football squad who'll be travelling to tokyo for the olympics in a few weeks' time. 15 of the 18 players are english, and 11 of those play for manchester city. will it make for a more cohesive team performance? or should other nations have been given a chance? jo currie reports: all smiles. the relief in knowing they've made the squad. these are

scotland's callum hill leads at the halfway stage britain's hugh carthy and simon yates have moved upverall after stage six of the giro d'italia. it was another chaotic day with the leader's pink jersey changing hands — as nick parrott reports. the race leader described yesterday's technical finish is a crazy circus. he survived it, but she couldn't cope with today's weather. rain is bad enough, but wind is worse. it's put them in buns, leaving him behind as the british team ineos grenadiers up the tempo. the italian's cops were the only one starts. peter siri was hit by another team's support car is a belgian struggled on to the finish. with less than a minute ago, one of the favourites, egan bernal, made to his move. but she couldn't catch the winner, and he finished second. the competitor from winner, and he finished second. the competitorfrom hungary winner, and he finished second. the competitor from hungary who finished 12th now leads the grand tour for the first time. this race has been shaken up with a top ten are now separated by less than one minute. the former wales coach r

british riders simon yates and hugh carthy remain in contention in the top ten.ance just missed out on a medal in the three metre springboard final of the european championships. their last dive wasn't enough as they were pipped to bronze by less than a point. novak djokovic and rafael nadal are currently on court in the final of the italian 0pen. it was nadal who took the first set 7—5 recovering from an early break defecit. but djokovic came back strong in the second to win 6—1. it's currently three games to two for nadal in the third set. this is the sixth time the pair have met in the final of this tournament. djokovic will be looking to retain his title, while nadal aims for a tenth italian 0pen victory. iga swiatek has beaten world number nine karolina pliskova to win the italian 0pen. the teenagerfrom poland came through in straight sets to secure victory after just 46 minutes. it finished 6—0, 6—0. the result bodes well for the defence of her french open title, which begins at roland garros in two weeks' time. in the men's doubles final, britain'sjoe sali

british riders simon yates and hugh carthy remain in contention in the top 10. his ten—metre synchro gold at the european championships. he recovered from an error on his second dive climb the leaderboard but finished well behind russia's aleksandr bondar. tyson fury seems to have confirmed his upcoming unification fight against antonyjoshua will be in saudi arabia on 14th august. the all—british bout has been billed as one of the biggest in heavyweight boxing for decades and the winner will become undisputed champion. fury posted this message on his social media accounts. this is tyson fury, got some massive news for you all. i have just got off the phone from prince khalid in saudi arabia. he told me this fight is 100% on, august ia, 2021, summertime, all is 100% on, august 1a, 2021, summertime, all eyes in the world will be on the kingdom of saudi arabia and i cannot wait, repeat, cannot wait to smash anthonyjoshua on the biggest stage of all times. this is going to be the biggest sporting event ever to grace the planet earth. do not miss it. peace out, god b

main rivals on the final ascent, extending his overall lead to a minute and a half over britain's simon yates the women's challenge cup — they were beaten by st helens in the semi—finals. saints ran in four tries to win the tie by 20 points to 12. carrie roberts crossed the line twice, as did amy hardcastle here. and they'll play york city knights in the final after they thrashed castleford tigers 32—4. savannah andrade scored a hat—trick of tries. the final will be live on bbc two on the 5th ofjune. and there are three matches in super league today. wigan warriors narrowly beat salford red devils. warrington thrashed castleford. and we're into the second half of catalans against st helens. the hosts are 20—6 up with ten minutes left there. britain's adam peaty has added another gold medal to his extensive collection. the latest one was in the 50 meters breaststroke at the european championships in budapest. peaty had already won gold in the 100 metre version in budapest and managed to make it double gold over the shorter distance. that was his 15th european title. so things are looking good

main rivals on the final ascent, extending his overall lead to a minute and a half over britain's simon yatess are out of the women's challenge cup — they were beaten by st helens in the semi—finals. saints ran in four tries to win the tie by 20 points to 12. carrie roberts crossed the line twice, as did amy hardcastle here. and they'll play york city knights in the final after they thrashed castleford tigers 32—4. savannah andrade scored a hat—trick of tries. the final will be live on bbc2 on the 5th ofjune. in the men's super league, wigan warriors are the new leaders after they narrowly beat salford 17—16 — that makes it 7 wins from 7. wigan replace st helens at the top — after their unbeaten start came to an end. they were beaten 20—16 by catalans dragons. james maloney scoring 12 points, including this try. warrington beat castleford 38—14 in the day's other game. switching codes to rugby union and toulouse have made history by becoming the first club to win the european cup for a record fifth time — after beating la rochelle 22-17. in a cagey first half, there was one big moment — levan

their day eventually, but now, the group gained a few seconds on another of the main contenders, simon yates of 3a, denmark he is going to enjoy his time in pain, however long it lasts. drew savage, bbc news. danny care says missing out on selection for the british and irish lions has been mentally tough and affected his performance for harlequins against wasps on sunday. the 34—year—old had been told he was under consideration for the 37—man squad. but he missed out as conor murray, ali price and gareth davies were selected by warren gatland. everyone talks about the lines, i'm a bit late, oh, no, i preferto play for england. i've got come about, for england. i've got come about, for me is way more importance, but then, the feeling i had on thursday, for me, because i don't know what it's like, i wanted it so badly, and i obviously, this is my last, this will be my last... you never know. when i'm 38. so that's why it was heartbreaking for me, but at the same time, i think i tweeted about it, i could finally sleep. i couldn't sleep two nights before, i couldn't sleep two nights before, i co

egan bernal retained his overall lead ahead of britain's simon yates.gal. he started the day 10 seconds clear of his nearest rival and went on to win by almost half a minute. he remains second in the standings behind reigning champion sebastien ogier. and with just a couple of months to go before the tokyo olympics, britain's emily craig and imogen grant won gold in the lightweight, double sculls at the latest world cup event in switzerland. there was also gold in the men's fours. now, it's been a memorable day for max verstappen. he's won his maiden monaco grand prix and, in the process, gone to the top of formula one's world championship for the first time. knocking off reigning champion lewis hamilton in the process. our correspondent andy swiss reports. so was this the day the title changed direction? max verstappen is delighted as lewis hamilton was dejected. starting seven needed something special and from the moment verstappen led them away the result seemed a formality. around the streets of monaco, overtaking is almost impossible. a spectacular

british riders hugh carthy and simon yates stay in fourth and fifth place.st golfers with some high—scoring and yo—yo style rounds kiawah island's ocean course in south carolina. let's go live to the course now where the bbc�*s golf correspondent ian carter is following the action. thank you forjoining us. what's the latest? thank you for “oining us. what's the latest? ~ , , . , latest? well, this is a very challenging _ latest? well, this is a very challenging day _ latest? well, this is a very challenging day for - latest? well, this is a very challenging day for the - players on this golf course. next of the atlantic open. —— ocean.

britain's simon yates broke clear to win his first stage of this year's giro d'italia, but he remainsnaged to take third to retain the leader's pinkjersey. yates is almost three minutes behind the colombian. the race finishes in milan on sunday. that's it from me here in salford — so it's back to olly foster in porto. sarah, many thanks indeed. ijust heard some chanting chelsea fans over there echoing down one of the side streets leading into this main square. they actually handed back 800 allocation matches from a manchester city taking their sob. we understand that many more are going to travel without tickets. i've certainly been speaking to a few of the fans today who haven't got a ticket and are looking for one for love or money. and there are a few totes around. much bigger than it was of the rubber league final couple of nights ago. we are not going to get that in which double because it didn't go manchester united's way against villareal in gdansk, but here we are going to have an english champion once again, and that's all english final. let's hear from some of those fans who

it was a bad day for simon yates.cked the field, on a stage shortened due to bad weather in the italian mountains, and rode away to win the stage. britain's hugh carthy finished fifth today, so he's now up to third place overall, three minutes a0 behind bernal. and max moseley, the man credited with improving driver safety in formula one has died at the age of 81. he ran the sport's governing body the fia for 16 years, serving as president and oversaw several safety reforms following the death of ayrton senna in 1994. he raced in his youth, and founded a car maunfacturing company before moving into formula one. former chief executive bernie eccelstone said it was like losing a brother. team gb have announced the men's gymnastics team for this summer's 0lympics, which will be led by max whitlock he heads to his third games after being confirmed in the four man team — he scopped double gold in rio, and is the most experienced member, with world championjoe fraser, giarnni regini—moran and james hall also included. and t

the giro d'italia starts on saturday — and great britain's simon yates is joint favourite.han take part in the tour de france. i think the course also suits me a lot. i mean, a lot of climbing. in recent years not so much kilometres. the last two years also coincided with the olympic games as well, which is also a main goalfor me. personally. and i just think that doing the giro is a better way to prepare for the games and doing everything, really. and it was the kit launch for team gb today as the start of the olympics in tokyo draws closer. there is still some trepidation injapan as another surge of coronavirus cases sweeps across the country... but gymnast max whitlock and cyclist laura kenny looked optimistic as they modelled their kits in london. kenny, who is a mum to three—year—old albie, said she and husband jason, would miss having him in the crowd to cheer them on. be the most strange, i suppose. just not to have any support in the crowd. we were going to take albie with us, he was going to come, so for him not to be able to travel at all kind of seems a little bi

britain's hugh carthy and simon yates have moved up to sixth and tenth overall after stage 6 of the giroerry was hit by another team's support car, but he managed to finish the stage. after more 4 four hours of battling rain, high winds and climbs. switzerland's gino mader stayed clear to win the stage. but it was hungary's attila valter who's moved into the overall lead. and that's all the sport for now. have a very good night. you may have been caught in the downpours today. a real wash—out for some of us. especially across south—western parts of the uk. friday will bring further showers, but they won't be as widespread and in fact for most of us, it is going to be mostly a dry day. the forecast then for this evening still shows some showers across the south and in fact, it has actually been prolonged rain across the south—west of england and parts of wales rather than showers. showers have occurred further north. i think by the end of the night, it is cloudy and damp more than anything, and frost free with temperatures between six degrees and nine degrees. an overcast start on friday

british riders hugh carthy and simon yates are up to fourth and fifth overall, more than a minute offe thunderclouds going across the skyline in cambridgeshire. further west, though, wales and western england, well, it was a largely fine afternoon with some long spells of sunshine at last. but it's not going to stay that way. 0n the satellite picture, we've already got our next weather system. it's been moving quite quickly across the atlantic, but it's going to put its brakes on and become really quite slow—moving as the low spins its way across the united kingdom. so, we've got rain and strong winds to come for the next couple of days. now, that rain is already beginning to arrive across westernmost areas, and that process will continue for the next few hours. whereas, across eastern areas, it stays drier. a dry start to thursday morning and not particularly cold. the winds picking up across the south west, though, quite quickly in the morning. bright start across eastern areas, and to be honest, there probably won't be that much in the way of rain across the south east. northern sc

he's no threat to the overall standings — but simon yates has moved up from 5th to 3rd, after attackings been ruled out of england's upcomming test series with new zeland, after tearing his hamstring. he was set to make his home test debut but now looks like he'll be out for three months. it means that gloucestershire wicketkeeperjames bracey is now set to make his england debut in his place. meanwhile nottinghamshire batsman haseeb hameed has been brought back into the squad, as cover, for the first time since 2016. and wicketkeeper batsman sam billings of kent, who's an established member of the white ball side, has also been called up. a penalty has just been missed, a penalty hasjust been missed, and i think villareal have actually won the europa league. we can go to olly foster now. there has been a winner. laughing would you believe it? it was 10—10. you know what that means? you go to the goalkeepers. for villareal, means? you go to the goalkeepers. forvillareal, he means? you go to the goalkeepers. for villareal, he spurred his first—ever, they swapped around, davitt a stutterin

british riders hugh carthy and simon yates stay in fourth and fifth place. stjohnstone are going for an historic cup double the course for this year's pga championship is continuing to test the best golfers with some high—scoring and yo—yo style rounds kiawah island's ocean course in south carolina. let's go live to the course now where the bbc�*s golf correspondent ian carter is following the action. thank you forjoining us. what's the latest? thank you for “oining us. what's the latest? ~ , , ., , latest? well, this is a very challenging _ latest? well, this is a very challenging day _ latest? well, this is a very challenging day for - latest? well, this is a very challenging day for the - players on this golf course. next of the atlantic open. —— ocean. phil mickelson going to the top of the leaderboard. 50 years of age, he seems to have most of the success on the tour, but as a former winner of this championship, he's shown those credentials. this will be battling the win in 69 today, and that's taking him to the top of the leaderboard. 5—under par and c

british riders hugh carthy and simon yates are still more than a minute behind in fourth and fifth placee low pressure is finally moving out into the north sea. it brought some really heavy rain to wales, for hello hello example. and ferocious gusts of wind. here's an example, 89 miles an hour in exposed faces and it exposed place in the isle of wight. more typically it was around 60 or more. so very windy for the time of year. and wet. you could see where low pressure is early in the morning on saturday. pretty stormy out to see they are. but for many of us it is calming down. in fact so much so across parts of scotland and northern ireland, clearing skies with a touch of frost. anyway, here's the important bit, saturday's headline — drier, brighter and less windy for all of us. this is what it looks like for the morning onwards. it will brighten up across many western areas right from the word go. they will be some showers around particularly in the east of the country, maybe in the cell. and it will still be a keen wind blowing out of the northwest was that it will be chilly, 11 in ne

britain's hugh carthy and simon yates remain in the top ten of the giro d'italia heading into the race'sretained the leader's pinkjersey in the british ineos grenadiers team by finishing alongside his main rivals. and england's summer series against india and pakistan will go ahead despite the two countries being on the covid red list. india's men and women are scheduled to play in england over the next few months, pakistan are due injuly. the players have been given permission to quarantine at the ageas bowl on—site hotel near southampton rather than government—designated accomodation. new zealand are already at that hotel after arriving yesterday ahead of their test series next month. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. the torrential downpours that we had on monday have been fading away gradually through the night, but there's more to come on tuesday, just topping up what has already been a very wet may. 200% of rainfall already in some areas. a lot of it has fallen in the form of showers in the past week, and the showers once again get going quite quickly. now, there may b

leader's pinkjersey, finishing alongside his main rivals including british riders hugh carthy and simon yatesround the world, specifically, how things could look in three decades from now. welcome to sports day 2050. these are your headlines this evening. there is football fixture chaos as torrential rain hits part of england, grounds are flooded and most of the games in the north—west are postponed. there are calls for governments to help smaller clubs pay for the clean—up. we have had breaking cricket news. let'sjoin adam for the latest. i breaking cricket news. let's 'oin adam for the latesti breaking cricket news. let's 'oin adam for the latest. i can tell you in the last— adam for the latest. i can tell you in the last few _ adam for the latest. i can tell you in the last few moments, - adam for the latest. i can tell you in the last few moments, players| in the last few moments, players have once again left the field, the second time in as many days, play has had to be abandoned after temperatures rose above those safe levels. fears the rest of the test series may have to be abandoned,

britain's hugh carthy and simon yates stay fourth and fifth respectively.act of climate change on sports events. particularly, how things could look three decades from now. golf is a sport that could be massively affected, with coastal links courses facing the threat of disappearing into the sea. sarah mulkerrins has this report now on the battle to save scottish golf courses. it's the fifth longest golf course in the world. it's been here for 159 years. but we have got issues. john adams is the _ years. but we have got issues. john adams is the former _ years. but we have got issues. john adams is the former chairman of this golf club. what we have lost is about 30 metres of fairway since 2007, it was fairway, it's now beach. this course is fallin: fairway, it's now beach. this course is falling into _ fairway, it's now beach. this course is falling into the _ fairway, it's now beach. this course is falling into the sea, _ fairway, it's now beach. this course is falling into the sea, and - fairway, it's now beach. this course is falling into the sea, and t

pinkjersey and finished amongst his rivals and is still a minute and a half ahead of britain's simon yatesom me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you soon. dogs are adorable and loyal, but they are also very clever, and find new ways to amaze us. we already know they can sniff out drugs, weapons, and even certain cancers. now they've been trained to detect coronavirus too — as our health correspondent dominic hughes explains. this is talla. in less than five seconds, he's correctly identified a small unwashed fragment of sock that's been donated by someone who had covid—19. and this is asher — who doesn't take that much longer. all these dogs have been specially trained to identify what researchers have found to be covid's distinctive odour. the dogs were able to be trained... you can hear one barking in the background there. the dogs were able to be trained really quickly on this order and were able to distinguish people who were infected from those who were uninfected. so the best dog was able to detect somebody correctly that had covid 94% of the time, which is r

team—mate 0gata won the final stage bob written simon yates secured a podium spot finishing third in remainder hunger. chelsea are heading back to london from porto after their one — zero victory and former defender of bears says to joel deserves all the credits of the owner abramovich appointed him to ta ke to take over from frank lampard four months ago. you to take over from frank lampard four months age-— to take over from frank lampard four months ago-— months ago. you look at the trail was trophies _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is _ months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is 1 - months ago. you look at the trail was trophies chelsea is 1 cent - was trophies chelsea is 1 cent abramovich is taking over so it kind of bucks the trend onto what it does with managers was up with thomas oogle go commend made sure that anyone who felt alienated before hand was really part of the group. he is gone with the senior pros but is also seen how good the younger ones are as well. he's been a perf

simon yates has won stage 19 of the giro d'italia, but remains third overall with just two days of racing win at this year's race. egan bernal battled to take third to retain the leader's pinkjersey. yates is almost three minutes behind the colombian. the race finishes in milan on sunday. great britain were unable to follow up wednesday's win over belarus at the ice hockey world championship, losing 4—1 to sweden. liam kirk opened the scoring for britain in latvia with his fifth goal of the tournament. it was given after a review showed brendan connolly was pushed in the build up. that was as good as it got though as the swedes came back to win, the defeat leaves britain seventh in group a. that's all the sport for now. you can stay up—to—date on all of the build—up to that champions league final on the bbc sports website. next up, it's the weather. some of us probably look at the sky wondering where this fantastic weather we are were promised is. just a little while longer. it was a temporary blip on friday. it is going to turn increasingly sunny and warmer as we go through the bank holi

britain's simon yates confirmed his place on the podium — he finished third overall, after challenging death of the swiss moto3 riderjason dupasquier. a minute's silence was held ahead of the main race. dupasquier was struck by another bike afterfalling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday and died of his injuries today. he was just 19 years old. pole—sitter fabio quartararo won the race to claim his third win of the year and afterwards he dedicated his victory to dupasquier. in rugby union, reigning champions exeter chiefs thrashed the newcastle falcons by 7a points to 3. they ran in a mammoth 12 tries with henry slade going over twice to book the champions a home semifinal play off. the win also sees them move back into second place and three points behind league leaders bristol. there was a disappointing end for great britain in theirfinal event of the european team championships in poland. the men's four by a00 metres relay team failed to pass on the baton for the final leg of the race. britain had been leading the standings going into the final day. but failing to fi

hugh carthy and simon yates are up to fourth and fifth, but they are up to fourth and fifth, but theyf some of the day's other sports stories. the british and irish lions are to playjapan in front of 16,500 fans at murrayfield, the first crowd there since last march. the game on 26thjune will be a warm—up ahead of the tour to south africa that will be played behind closed doors. the all england club say they are "confident" that capacity for this summer's wimbledon will be more than the minimum 25% they set out last month. the tournament gets under way in latejune, a week after the government is due to relax covid restrictions even more. lando norris has signed a contract extension with mclaren ahead of this weekend's monaco grand prix. the 21—year—old british driver is currently fourth in the formula one drivers' championship. after battling with his own mental health for years, the former world champion boxer frank bruno has decided to use his experience to help others. he's helped launch a new community centre which offers people a chance to build their self—confidence through spor

team ineos grenadiers�* rider bernal cracked for the first time — he lost nearly a minute to simon yatess behind bernal, with four stages to go. and in golf the world number one kojin—young was among the winners on the opening day of the lpga world match play event in las vegas. she beat natalie gulbis of the usa four and two in her opening match of the round robin stage, which features 16 groups of four. after three matches over three days, the 16 group winners go into the knockout stage of the tournament. wednesday's winners also included danielle kang. the number six from the usa enjoyed a comfortable seven and six victory over switzerland's albane valenzuela. and you can get all the latest sports news at our website — bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team — we'll see you next time. we will indeed. thanks to gavin and the team. it's the one we've all been waiting for! friends fans around the world are gearing up for the reunion episode of the hit us comedy which airs injust a few hours' time. the final episode in 2005 attracted an audience of more t

but bernal shook off his main rivals including britain's simon yates in the final few hundred metresd medal to his extensive medal collection... the latest was in the 50 metres breaststroke at the european championships in budapest. peaty had already won gold in the 100 metres there and managed to make it double gold over the shorter distance. yhat was his 15th european title, so things are looking good ahead of this summer's olympics in tokyo. an outstanding swim from myself. i don't want to be arrogant but i couldn't have executed that any more and that gives me in my own stroke. it is only going to get easy enough. we have got to dip back down again. we have got to dip back down again. we have got to dip back down again. we have tried to rest and is fast as little as we can but we are back into the trenches and we will come out all guns firing for the olympics. manny pacqiao is making a comeback. the multi—weight champion returns to the ring after two years out of boxing to fight the wbc and ibf welterweight champion errol spence in las vegas on the 21 august. pacquiao, who's a se

british riders hugh carthy and simon yates are still more than a minute behind in fourth and fifth placey — for this time of year, that is — with large waves around, and it's because we've got this deep area of low pressure. it's actually given about two thirds of the monthly rainfall in some areas in the space of 36 hours, and it's given some large gusts of wind. most of these are around coastlines over the hills, but even inland, we've had 50—mph gusts of wind, which is a land gale, and as i say, at this time of year, it's pretty unusual. through the night, more wet and windy weather to come. we're changing our wind direction gradually to the north, pushing this rain out of the way, so where it starts to clear in the northwest, it will be a chilly night. some frost potentially across scotland, but there'll still be for eastern scotland, for england and wales, a lot of cloud around first thing on saturday, but it'll be a gradually brightening picture. but there'll be some showers around as well, and then come sunday, we've got another weather front coming in off the atlantic to bring mo

britain�*s simon yates finished 6th today.at the stoop. despite scoring four first half tries, they had to come from behind to confirm their spot in the top four, with two games still to play. a losing bonus point takes bath into 8th, as they chase a champions cup spot. that�*s all the sport. you can find more on all those stories, including all the build—up to the champions league final, on the bbc sport website. bye for now. the duchess of cambridge has received her first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. the duchess, who�*s 39, had herfirst jab at london�*s science museum. she said she was �*hugely grateful to everyone who is playing a part in the rollout�*. with indoor pools closed for most of the last year, swimming in the uk�*s rivers has become increasingly popular — but brings with it concern about the state of the country�*s waterways. as we go into a bank holiday weekend, an ocean conservation charity is launching an app to provide the uk�*s only real—time water quality information for water sports enthusiasts. tom webb

british rider simon yates, who came close in 2018, will start as one of the favourites to claim the magliame a light, a lot of climbing and in the last four years not so much time trial kilometres and it also coincided with the olympic goals as well which is also an aim for me personally, and i think during this event is a better way to prepare for the games. you can get all the latest sports news at our website: bbc.com/sport but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that is your sports news for now. let's return now to our top story, that key uk by—election in hartlepool in north east england. with me is lewis goodall bbc newsnight�*s policy editor. talking through some of these with the guests, it seems to be that there is a strategic mismanagement on messaging here when it comes to the labour party. they went very hard down this sleaze line and allegations of corruption and it seems that it did not land with people when they were voting. in your view, why was that? it voting. in your view, why was that? ,, voting. in your view, why was that? , , ., that? it is possible that

simon yates is likely to finish on the podium — the englishman is third overall, well clear of his closest' european team championships after the first of two days. the quartet of beth dobbin, imani—lara lansiquot, bianca williams and desiree henry won the a—by—ioom relay at silesa in poland — one of four performances that earned full points for the team. and you can watch day two live on the red button, as well as the bbc sport website and app, from 11.55. now on bbc news, here's ben with the papers. hello and welcome to our look at what the the papers are bringing us today. with me are bloomberg economics reporter — lizzy burden and independent features writer, james rampton. good to see you both. we will chat in a moment. let good to see you both. we will chat in a moment-— in a moment. let us first look at the papers- _ the sunday telegraph leads with the news that the prime minister has married his fiancee carrie symonds at westminster cathedral. the independent leads with the news brentford football club has been promoted to the premier league — ending their 7a—year exile from the to

britain's hugh carthy and simon yates remain in the top ten of the giro d'italia heading into the race'sill go ahead despite the two countries being on the covid red list. india's men and women are scheduled to play in england over the next few months, pakistan are due injuly. the players have been given permission to quarantine at the ageas bowl on—site hotel near southampton rather than government—designated accomodation. new zealand are already at that hotel after arriving yesterday ahead of their test series next month. and that's all your sport for now. hello there. the torrential downpours, the thunderstorms were once again the talking point of the weather on monday. up to an inch of rain fell in some areas, and a covering of hail in others, as you can see. so, just adding to the rainfall totals that we've already seen this may. some areas such as bala in north wales having had twice as much rainfall as we'd normally see throughout the whole of may, and that's so far. and once again, for the day ahead, with low pressure sat to the west of the uk, it's going to throw showers our way

the giro d'italia starts on saturday — and great britain's simon yates is joint favourite.etres. the last two years also coincided with the olympic games as well, which is also a main goalfor me. personally. and i just think that doing the giro is a better way to prepare for the games. and it was the kit launch for team gb today as the start of the olympics in tokyo draws closer. there is still some trepidation injapan as another surge of coronavirus cases sweeps across the country... but gymnast max whitlock and cyclist laura kenny looked optimistic as they modelled their kits in london. kenny, who is a mum to three—year—old albie, said she and husband jason, would miss having him in the crowd to cheer them on. this one is going to be the most strange, i suppose. just not to have any support in the crowd. we were going to take albie with us, he was going to come, so for him not to be able to travel at all kind of seems a little bit strange. but, you know, if we can have the home support virtually, it will still be nice. it will still feel like the country is coming togethe

britain's hugh carthy and simon yates have moved up to sixth and tenth overall after stage 6 of the giroo win the stage. but it was hungary's attila valter who's moved into the overall lead. and that's all the sport for now. have a very good night. you may have been caught in the dawn bors today. a real wash—out for some of us. especially because southwestern part of the uk. friday will bring further showers but they won't be as widespread. in fact for most of us it is going to be a mostly dry day. so the forecast then for this evening still shows some showers across the south and in fact it's actually been prolonged rain across the southwest of england and parts of wales rather than showers. showers have occurred a little bit further north. i think by the end of the night is cloudy and damp more than anything. and frost free. temperatures between six and 9 degrees. so an overcast start to friday for many of us. particularly across the eastern half of the uk. through the afternoon we will have some sunshine but showers will break out across western and southern areas. some showers once a

british riders hugh carthy and simon yates are up to fourth and fifth overall, more than a minute offtern england, well, it was a largely fine afternoon with some long spells of sunshine at last. but it's not going to stay that way. 0n the satellite picture, we've already got our next weather system. it's been moving quite quickly across the atlantic, but it's going to put its brakes on and become really quite slow—moving as the low spins its way across the united kingdom. so, we've got rain and strong winds to come for the next couple of days. now, that rain is already beginning to arrive across westernmost areas, and that process will continue for the next few hours. whereas across eastern areas, it stays drier. a dry start to thursday morning and not particularly cold. the winds picking up across the south west, though, quite quickly in the morning. bright start across eastern areas, and to be honest, there probably won't be that much in the way of rain across the south east. northern scotland not faring too bad either. but, otherwise, a lot of rain to come across western areas, wi

it was a bad day for simon yates.g driver safety in formula one has died at the age of 81. he ran the sport's governing body the fia for 16 years, serving as president and oversaw several safety reforms following the death of ayrton senna in 1994. he raced in his youth, and founded a car maunfacturing company before moving into formula one. former chief executive bernie eccelstone said it was like losing a brother. team gb have announced the men's gymnastics team for this summer's 0lympics, which will be led by max whitlock he heads to his third games after being confirmed in the four man team — he scopped double gold in rio, and is the most experienced member, with world championjoe fraser, giarnni regini—moran and james hall also included. and that's all the sport for now. hello. we know may has been wet, and now with less than a week to go, the met office says provisional figures indicate that wales, despite all of the sunshine to end monday, has had its widest may on record — those records going back to 1862. wale

simon yates has won stage 19 of the giro d�*italia, but remains third overall with just two days of racing*ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. join 0lly foster if you can at 6:30pm from a sportsday which comes live, but for me and the team here, thatis live, but for me and the team here, that is all for now. back to you, jane. thank you very much indeed, thank you. let�*s take a few minutes to talk about the latest coronavirus figures. and the latest government figures on coronavirus show ten deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test, and jump 4,182 new cases in the latest 24—hour period — a rise of over 600 compared to yesterday. and, turning to the vaccination programme. in total, 38.8 million people have now had theirfirstjab, and 24.4 million people have had their second dose. despite the rise in cases, ministers say there is currently no reason to suggest england�*s end to lockdown on 21 june might be delayed, but that the situation remains under review. last night matt hancock announced that the variant first identified in india is now believed to be responsible

british riders hugh carthy and simon yates are still more than a minute behind in fourth and fifth place itv over the next four years. the bbc will broadcast all scotland and wales home matches, as well as the bbc will broadcast all scotland and wales' all scotland and wales' home matches, as well as all of the women's tournament. itv will show all england, ireland, italy and france home games in the men's competition. we'll have lots more for you on sportsday. the health secretary matt hancock has been giving evidence to the inquiry set up to investigate how thousands of patients were infected with hiv and hepatitis c through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. around 2,400 people subsequently died. many people felt, and i am sure many people still feel, that the government needs to make sure that the. ..exactly what happened and the consequences of it, are fully uncovered and that those of us in positions of responsibility ensure that all past actions and decisions in this area are scrutinised, and perhaps even more than that, that we acknowledge, even though i obviousl

britain's simon yates finished in third. that's it from me. that's it.tious about ending coronavirus measures on 21stjune. paul hunter, who's a professor of medicine at the university of east anglia, says more data is needed about the impact the indian variant is having. is needed about the impact the we can't be raising hopes that might not be achieved but, it must be said, the evidence at the moment is still very uncertain. case numbers are giving up, hospitalisations are going up but only slowly but, on the other hand, deaths are not yet rising and it seems to be the case that people who, even if they're admitted to hospital aren't staying in hospital as long as they would have been a few months ago so that the pressure on the nhs may not be as bad. and when you look to all about it's actually quite difficult to know for certain what the situation will be come 14thjune, and i think that's the appropriate time to actually assess all the data and make the, hopefully, correct decision. the pressure on the nhs isn't quite as bad from covid—19 but as we ar

he's no threat to the overall standings — but simon yates has moved up from fifth to third, after attackingal ascot will have 60 thousand spectators, over the five days of the festival in june. 12 thousand will be allowed in each day, after the meet was selected to be a dedicated test event. precise details of what will be trialled, and what the requirements from visitors to the racecourse are, is yet to be confirmed. ascot says 2020 bookings can now be accommodated — with some tickets on sale this friday. and there's much more on all of those stories, including plenty more build—up to manchester united's europa league final tonight, on the bbc sport website. but rita, that's all your sport for now. thank you, austin. back to our top story. let's return to our top story and dominic cummings' explosive appearance in front of mps. the prime minister's former top adviser has given a damning account of the way the government handled the early stages of the coronavirus crisis. let's speak now to the science writer tom chivers. good afternoon to you. what did you learn from it all? i good afterno

britain's hugh carthy and simon yates remain in the top ten of the giro d'italia heading into the race'shis first win in this year's race. colombia's egan bernal retained the leader's pinkjersey in the british ineos grenadiers team by finishing alongside his main rivals. and finally, just returning to horse racing, the legendary jockeyjoe mercer has died at the age of 86. mercer won an incredible 2,810 races in his career, including eight british classics. one of the greats of flat—racing, he was championjockey in 1979 and his riding career spanned 36 seasons. he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times. this is him winning the gold cup at ascot on le moss in 1980, the same year he was awarded an obe. and he went on to become a successful trainer. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. we bbc news channel later on. look forward to it. tha very we look forward to it. thank you very much. the ban on foreign holidays, for people living in england, scotland and wales, has been lifted, and replaced with a traffic light

britain's hugh carthy and simon yates remain in the top ten of the giro d'italia heading into the race's retained the leader's pinkjersey in the british ineos grenadiers team, by finishing alongside his main rivals. england's summer series against india and pakistan will go ahead despite the two countries being on the covid red list. india's men and women are scheduled to play in the country over the next few months — pakistan are due injuly. the players have been given permission to quarantine at the ageas bowl on—site hotel near southampton rather than government designated accomodation. new zealand are already at that hotel after arriving yesterday ahead of their test series next month. finally, just returning to horse racing, the legendary jockeyjoe mercer has died at the age of 86. mercer won an incredible 2,810 races in his career including eight british classics one of the greats of flat—racing, he was championjockey in 1979, and his riding career spanned 36 seasons. he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st leger four times, this is him winning the gold cup at ascot on