alex forsyth, bbc news in somerset. 160 test match appearances. but today alistair cook announced he will retire from international cricket after this week's final test against india. he said he had given everything and had nothing left in the tank. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson has this report. ina in a walled off precious few certainties, there is alastair cook. whatever else came to pass, he had opened the batting for england. it is how it seemed and how it has been for a dozen years, but no more. he said ina for a dozen years, but no more. he said in a statement today he had "nothing left in the tank." he retires declaring he has achieved "more than he could have ever imagined." it all began because cook wa nted imagined." it all began because cook wanted to be like graham gooch, and they have shared an obsession with batting. if you are trying to design a cricketer to play for your country, alastair cook would be that role model. you know, he has been a great person, he is someone for the youngsters to follow

alex forsyth, bbc news in somerset.m which is expected to be used at several nhs hospitals from next year. the robotic arms, which carry out operations, are controlled by a surgeon using a console. it's one of a new generation of surgical robots being developed, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. imagine this operating on you. it's the latest in surgical robot technology. all controlled by a human hand at a console, with the aid of a 3d monitor. the aim is to make laparoscopic — or keyhole — surgery technically easier for surgeons, allowing greater precision, and so giving better outcomes for patients. it's considerably easier. all you can do with a conventional la pa roscopic instrument is you can move it in and out, and you can rotate it. and so what the robot enables you to do is to play with this in a much more wide range of movement. the versius robot has been designed and built in cambridge. these robot arms have joints like a human's, at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. they're smaller and more flex

so there must be some shattocks in somerset. yeah, there is.ack to the uk. i knew i have a right to be here, as much right to be here as the shattocks who are in somerset, basically. yeah. the windrush is notjust about politics, it's not just about immigration. jamaica and the uk are bound together by blood. we are two branches of the same family tree. my kids generally feel british, and comfortable about saying that. absolutely. it's not a thing for them. yeah. and part of me thinks, well, that's great, even though i think i need to explain the history, so they understand. they need to be aware because the system, the government, needs to change the rules, just like what we've seen with the windrush. we still have to be on our guard. and why have you come to england? to seek a job. you're ex—air force, aren't you? yes. are you going back into the air force again? yes. i'm trying to help myself and also help my mum. # london is the place for me! # london, this lovely city!# i wasn't part of the slave trade, i didn't come over in the windrush ge

alex forsyth, bbc news in somerset. been re—elected to the party's ruling body. peter willsman was criticised when a recording of his remarks emerged injuly, but he is one of nine people elected to labour's national executive committee. in his recorded remarks, made during a labour nec meeting, mr willsman also said he had never seen anti—semitism in the party. joining me in the studio is stephen bush from the new statesman. what you make of his re—election? what you make of his re—election7m is maybe being over analysed, the tape came out a few days after ballots dropped and all internal elections are taken by post and e—mail. the first lump occurs and the second they get their post, that holds for the labour party and other national ballots, and when you look at how close he came to being defeated by the next candidate, eddie izzard, it looks like he had a chunk of rates when he was still on the slate of momentum, and by eddie izza rd to the slate of momentum, and by eddie izzard to get as close as he did, i actually

around somerset.se my friends were a year older. and then, working simulator gameplay came along, games like papers please, and they were a big inspiration. and then, on top of that, brexit happened. and the juxtaposition of trying to get into a nightclub venue or party or house party, compared to letting someone into the country, it really hit a note with me. do you think games should tackle more weighty subject matters? absolutely, yeah, 100%. we have seen some elements of it in larger games, for example wolfenstein. .. wolfenstein character: you still got some nazi—killing skills in you? ..with their re—imagination of america. but as an independent developer, we really have an opportunity to publish something different and something political, and i think that's a good thing, there should be more politics in games. to be honest, i would love to see some big negative responses to it, because we want to get both sides talking, right? if it is just people who voted remain sharing this thing around, th

around somerset. because my friends were a year older. and then, working simulator gameplay came along, games like papers please, and they were a big inspiration. and then, on top of that, brexit happened. and the juxtaposition of trying to get into a nightclub venue or party or house party, compared to letting someone into the country, it really hit a note with me. do you think games should tackle more weighty subject matters? absolutely, yeah, 100%. we have seen some elements of it in larger games, for example wolfenstein. .. wolfenstein character: you still got some nazi—killing skills in you? ..with their re—imagination of america. but as an independent developer, we really have an opportunity to publish something different and something political, and i think that's a good thing, there should be more politics in games. to be honest, i would love to see some big negative responses to it, because we want to get both sides talking, right? if it is just people who voted remain sharing this thing arou

house is still 91. -- history museum or somerset house is still 91. —— plenty of fun. turkey for a little taste of ice cream. but it is not the flavours we have gone therefore. 0rdering one in some parts of the country has become something of a test of your sense of humour. we went to istanbul to check it out. it is very fun, even when you know what is going to happen, you fall for it every time. it is really good, it is really fresh and finance taste is really good. this week we are talking about mobile wi—fi hotspots, and today i'll be putting three of them through their paces, except i am not a broad right now. so will be switching my fat —— my plane to aeroplane mode, using only the data from each device to essentially replicate what happens when you are away. 0ur challenge is to use three different roaming devices to find out what they've got. first up is the skyroam solis. the company promises for g coverage in more than 130 countries and uses a virtual sins so you don't need a physical saint card. it offers is —— offers unlimited data and the option to connect u

around somerset.d then, the working simulator gameplay came along, games like papers please, and they were a big inspiration. and on top of that, brexit happened. and the juxtaposition of trying to get into a nightclub venue or party or house party, compared to getting into a country, it really hit a note with me. do you think games should tackle more weighty subject matters? absolutely, yeah, 100%. we have seen some elements of it in larger games, for example wolfenstein. .. wolfenstein character: you still got some nazi—killing skills in you? ..their re—imagination of america. but as an independent developer, we really have an opportunity to publish something different and something political, and i think that's a good thing, there should be more politics in games. to be honest, i would love to see some big negative responses to it, because we want to get both sides talking, right? if it's just people who voted remain sharing this thing around, that seems quite pointless. that is it for the short ve

i would like to recognize captain stewart and his entire crew at the uss somerset and all members of our military. those who have served and those who are currently serving this great nation, both here at home and around the world. [applause] >> also, a special thank you to all of our law enforcement personnel, firefighters and first responders for putting their neighbors before themselves each and every day. ofr since the events september 11, 2001 -- thank you very much. thank you. [applause] ever since the events of of1, 2001, our look -- september 11, 2001 -- to the development of this memorial. for that, we are eternally grateful. and of course, we welcome and 93nk the families of flight for being with us today as we honor the memories of your loved ones. [applause] >> i am honored to have on stage with me the president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. [cheering and applause] >> first lady melania trump. [cheering and applause] >> the secretary of the department of the interior, mr. ryan zinke. [applause] >> the governor of this great commonwealth of pennsylvania

just sliding and walking and feeling with the sand felt like because we really wanted to build the somerset world where the sound is a unique feature. journey was the first video game ever to be nominated for a grammy it soundtrack was a contender in twenty thirteen. i think one of the biggest things that you can do is you can really reach for something we were in different go into the blue ocean and try to find a different unique feeling or a unique style or unique way of interacting that really captures hearts. the exhibition also make space for games that dive into topical social issues like the game how do you do it with its playful take on gender issues from. the graveyard tackles issues of aging players take on the role of an elderly woman a big contrast to brutal first person shooters. harvey and marcos i mean developed the game a lot of video games deal with death but they deal with them in very artificial ways and confronting a gamer with the idea of death was sort of in a way we were playing with their expectations of what david gest is and then also making them think about well t

they haven't seen a water vole in the rivers of west somerset for 30 yea rs. rivers of west somersetf the uk's endangered mammals to the rivers that the once their home. although the first did take a little time before deciding to take a dip. the national trust says 94% of the water vole population has disappeared. changes in farming practices, the loss of wetlands and the american mink, which has been a ferocious predator. the vole had no defence against the american mink, and it cut a swathe through the vole population and it was almost the sole prey of a particular animal for as long as there were voles around. they will be releasing more water vole is over the next four weeks in six, carefully chosen sites, where they have checked there are no mink to be seen. let's catch up with the latest business news. wages grew faster than expected in the three months tojuly, as they continued to outstrip rising prices. earnings have now risen faster than inflation for several months. more on this in a moment. debenhams' chairman has said the firm was forced to rush out an early trading stat

we are high-speed internet down to somerset county. we working with their economic development folks. moderator: time. mr. jealous. mr. jealous: the governor has had four years and we are dead last in the region in job growth. 49 states have a positive outlook for their economy and we are not one of them. part of what is dragging down the eastern shore is the fact that our state under his leadership has been held back. on the eastern shore, we need to make sure that every kid who wants to go to a community college can go for free and every worker who wants to retrain can retrain. governors work with democrats for some. when he to make sure that young people when they find a job can get to the job. bring on-demand technology to public transportation so that bans can go from point to point. we have to make sure that workers are also paid fair wage for a fair days work. we got to raise the minimum wage. oftentimes in coastal communities, rents are high because you have to compete with tourists. we know that in our state, we are the most e

captain and crew of the uss somerset, distinguished guests, those that serve our nation through theirk with the national park service, the national park foundation, flight 93 national memorial ambassadors, friends of flight 93, visitors and dearest to my heart, families. families of flight 93. i welcome you to our annual service to honor the 40 extraordinary heroes of united flight 93. 17 years ago, i and scores of other family members experienced the tragic loss of a loved one on september 11, 2001. we were loaded onto buses and escorted along country roads lined with first responders, saluting at attention. and families with children, waving flags, hands over hearts as a gesture of respect for those who we family members lost in what has been referred to as the first battle fought against this current brand of terrorism on american soil. our destination was a site just behind us on the western overlook. at that moment, when we first looked out over a field torn asunder, smelling of jet fuel burned and gravely wounded, we , and our country were previously injured, hurting, angry, dev

this is the controversial new power station being built in somerset.ill stay active for many thousands of years. these old, rusting tanks hold old radioactive sludge. 30 years since the old station closed, no one has managed to get rid of it. currently, the uk gets around one quarter of its energy from 15 nuclear reactors but the question of what to do with the waste is still unresolved. the only permanent solution is seen as deep geological burial. the government select committee has said that the safest side should be chosen, no matter where it is. this could include national parks. in the day's open letter, a coalition of charities that this is unacceptable. national parks are places that are protected for their beauty, for nature, and for recreation and really major development puts all those things at risk. we cannot have a case for the government is trying to justify major development in these places which are the most important and beautiful landscapes in the uk. the government says that sufficient legal safeguards already in place to protect na

it's come from a nuclear plant that's being built on the coast of somerset england and campaigners say the mud it's dumping at sea could contain dangerous radioactive materials they also say it's dropping its load outside a designated dumping area which lies less than two kilometers off shore the campaign is legal bottle in the courts is still going on but they failed to get an injunction imposed on that means the ships like this can carry on the dredging and dumping off the wells coast on an almost daily basis. french energy giant e.t.f. along with a chinese partner is building a nuclear power plant known as hinchliffe point c next to two existing facilities the new plant should begin generating electricity in twenty twenty five and the company says the dredging will allow six huge vertical shelfs to be drilled for the cooling water system an a.d.f. spokesperson told our jazeera all the permissions needed for dredging the hinkley point c. are in place and the money is no different to sediment found anywhere else up and down the coast they think the point c. project team welcomes publi

the city we live to visitors are greeted by a seventeen metre long sculpture in the courtyard of somerset house made of steel rods and recycled plastic to be an olive runs until the twenty third of september. now we turn to the topic of film currently the seventy fifth venice international film festival is underway and the german film is in the running for its highest accolade the golden lion never look away was written and directed by florian hank smock he won the oscar for best foreign language film with his debut film the lives of others in two thousand and seven it was a spy drama set in former east berlin is new is picture also deals with a german history and is the director's first german production since his initial success. in never look away our young east german painter confronts his dramatic papist. covers three hours of german history and was inspired by real events director florian handkerchief and on his mark spent more than four years working on the screenplay for his latest film. here what fascinated me about. this story was having the opportunity to show the entanglement

and can be expensive, but an hour spent skating in the splendour of the natural history museum or somersetfun. next this week, we're off to turkey for a little taste of ice cream. but it's not the flavours we have gone there for. ordering one in some parts of the country has become something of a test of your sense of humour. we went to istanbul to check it out. it is very fun, even when you know what is going to happen, you fall for it every time. it is really good, it is really fresh and the taste is really good. stay with us. coming up on the travel show, lucy is back with the best tech for your travels. this time it's pain—free roaming. how to stay connected without paying the price. and cat is putting her horse whispering skills to the test, with the native marwari horses rarely seen outside india. this week we are talking about mobile wi—fi hotspots, and today i'll be putting three of them through their paces, except i'm not abroad right now. so i'll be switching my phone to aeroplane mode, using only the data from each device to essentially replicate what happens when you're away. o

around somerset.rexit happened. and the juxtaposition of trying to get into a nightclub venue or party or house party, compared to letting someone into the country, it really hit a note with me. do you think games should tackle more weighty subject matters? absolutely, yeah, 100%. we have seen some elements of it in larger games, for example wolfenstein. .. wolfenstein character: you still got some nazi—killing skills in you? ..with their re—imagination of america. but as an independent developer, we really have an opportunity to publish something different and something political, and i think that's a good thing, there should be more politics in games. to be honest, i would love to see some big negative responses to it, because we want to get both sides talking, right? if it is just people who voted remain sharing this thing around, that seems quite pointless. that is it for the short version of click‘s broader tech special. but to keep up with us at click, we are on facebook and twitter. and of cour

that the eu negotiators are waltzing right around the uk while the honourable member for north east somerset barely muster a cha—cha—cha. well, thank you mr speaker, and i have to take issue with the honourable gentleman, i think the prime ministercan dance. and i would just like to draw his attention to the all—party parliamentary group for scottish country dancing, he might like to write to the prime minister and invite her along with him to that. he claims to be able to sing, i can see some new bonding going on there, it would be fantastic. and that is it from me for now. but don't forget to join keith macdougall on monday night at 11 o'clock on bbc parliament for a full round—up of the day here at westminster. and i will be back with you on tuesday night. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. good morning. the weekend is upon us. many of us will see a little bit of rain at some stage in the weekend. that is by no means the whole story. there will be a lot of dry weather around as well and some spells of sunshine. quite a complex pressure pattern. high pressure to the south. one

lancashire, worcestershire, somerset and sussex are all in action.in the news with the plans for a new hundred ball competition due to be announced soon. but the 20 over version's still going strong in its fifteenth year. 2020 has changed so much over the yea rs 2020 has changed so much over the years from just being this gimmicky game when it first came in and people were slogging it with nicknames on their backs and funny shirts, to what it is now, which is successful and really good for cou nty successful and really good for county cricket. the premier league is back this afternoon, with liverpool and tottenham kicking off the weekend's action in the early match at wembley. the players from both sides have returned to their clubs this week, after the international break, and the liverpool manager says adjusting back to domestic action can be a challenge. it's a big challenge but it is for all of us, so playing someone like totte n ha m , all of us, so playing someone like tottenham, denmark is playing com pletely tottenham, denmark is playing comp

under the roofs of these sheds on a somerset farm live 110,000 chickens.away the location, it's already been targeted by activists. these chicks are being bred for meat, not for eggs. 18 days old, and they've already lived almost half of their lives. this is the fastest, cheapest method of farming chicken. this farm has higher welfare standards than the eu requires. it's not subsidised, but brexit makes this farmer feel vulnerable. i don't know where the trade partners are going to come from, and, potentially, that could flood the market with very cheap meat. particularly america. their welfare standards are very, very different to ours and my fear is if chicken comes in from america, then our markets are going to change dramatically. these are going to end up on the supermarket shelves and the price per chicken is about £3.20, and it's what the vast majority of people want to buy. it's unlikely that this is going to change too much in the future. but it could be argued that a more open trade deal is positive, that cheaper chicken is good news for consumer

his release at least eight people have been killed in an explosion in south africa it happened in somerset west in near cape town investigators are trying to determine the cause of the blast the. local reports suggest that several people are missing. police in brazil have fired tear gas at protesters outside the national museum the demonstrators were demanding to see that that image caused by a massive fire which destroyed hundreds of years of history to the two hundred year old building in addition it all held twenty million items including some of the region's best preserved human fossils as president has promised to rebuild the newseum at the sugar name has more. flames shot through the french windows and ornate iron balconies of this former nineteenth century palace. museum employees and art lovers watched in frustration. as firefighters fought to say who rio de janeiro's national museum and in doing so preserved centuries of cultural and artistic history in the below. them i just saw a piece of my history the house of the emperor where the emperor of the second of brazil used to live

it's come from a nuclear plant that's being built on the coast of somerset england and campaigners say the mud it's dumping at sea could contain dangerous radioactive materials they also say it's dropping its load outside a designated dumping area which lies less than two kilometers offshore the campaign is a legal battle in the courts is still going on but they failed to get an injunction imposed and that means that ships like this can carry on dredging and dumping off the wells coast on an almost daily basis. french energy giant e.t.f. along with a chinese partner is building a nuclear power plant known as point c next to two existing facilities the new plant should begin generating electricity in twenty twenty five and the company says the dredging will allow six huge vertical shafts to be drilled for the cooling water system an e.t.f. spokesperson told our jazeera all the permissions needed for dredging in hinkley point c. are in place and the money is no different to sediment found anywhere else up and down the coast the hinkley point sea project team welcomes public discussion an

that the eu negotiators are waltzing right around the uk while the honourable member for north east somerset—cha—cha. well, thank you mr speaker, and i have to take issue with the honourable gentleman — i think the prime minister can dance. and i would just like to draw his attention to the all—party parliamentary group for scottish country dancing, he might like to write to the prime minister and invite her along with him to that. he claims to be able to sing. i can see some new bonding going on there, it would be fantastic. and that is it from me for now. but don't forget to join keith macdougall on monday night at 11 o'clock on bbc parliament for a full round—up of the day here at westminster. and i will be back with you on tuesday night. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello. the first half of the weekend has brought some fairly mixed weather and i can't see the second half being particularly different. sunday will bring rain at times. breezy weather, even windy weather across the north. but amidst all of that, there will still be some spells of sunshine. the pressure pat

£800 million shortfall and we heard earlier on this year how local councils, northamptonshire and somersetth cash flow and on the back of the study, lots more pressing issues or costs of looking after children, you're going to get issues like this and it is not really being talked about and i am glad we are talking about it now. the independent is where we will end this edition of the papers. the three—day release was a cruel game. the suggestion is that she would rather have not been let out at all. this is a dreadful situation. she was jailed in 2016. she said you was visiting relatives with her daughter. she has been let out for three days and then she has been brought back in and now her husband is understandably is flagging up this issue. i don't know, we were asking how this would play, he wants to keep the case in the spotlight, but how will this play with iran? there will not like it. there is another way ofjune, quietly and diplomatically. a foreign office minister is that there at the moment and it seems, this three—day release, although you can understand, why mr radcliffe and n

people have been killed in an explosion at a munitions depo in south africa the explosion happened in somerset west in the cape town it's not known what caused the blast in the depo local media reports several people are missing. of course school attendance to plummet in eastern democratic republic of congo the health ministry says the death toll from a by a lot has risen to seventy five since the epidemic was declared in august they toured the reports. in man gaynor including key the classrooms were empty on the first day of school the area is considered the epicenter of the latest ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. the kids here today parents have told us that they are afraid of above i think school can be a great place to contaminate each other worried parents say they're not taking any chances so. we want our children to get the vaccine first before they start school about that. only a fraction of the more than eighty two thousand school age children in the two affected areas have attended lessons so far this week that's despite teaches receiving training on ebola preventi

that the eu negotiators are waltzing right around the uk while the honourable member for north east somerset, thank you, mr speaker. and i have to take issue with the honourable gentleman, i think the prime minister can dance. and i would just like to draw his attention to the all—party parliamentary group for scottish country dancing, he might like to write to the prime minister and invite her along with him to that. he claims to be able to sing. i can see some new bonding going on there. it would be fantastic. and that is it from me for now. but don't forget to join keith macdougall on monday night at 11 o'clock on bbc parliament for a full round—up of the day here at westminster. and i will be back with you on tuesday night. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. we're starting the new week in the midst of a battle between warm air and cool air. we got to feel the effects of both over the weekend. the warmest weather towards the south—east, where we also had the best of the sunshine. temperatures close to 25 degrees. further north, big shower clouds and temperatures

killed in an explosion at a munitions depo in south africa it happened in a suburb of cape town somerset west it's not known exactly what caused the blast but local media is suggesting that several people are still missing. germany and norway have pledged two billion dollars in aid to drought stricken countries in the lake chad region lake chad borders four countries nigerian asia chad and cameroon drought poverty and conflict forced more than two million people out of their homes the insecurity is also created a space for owned groups like the herat i would address reports now from the nigerian city of my degree. ok you mohammed has brought two children to this hospital. she says it's hard lost hope to see them. go yachting or that i brought my four year old daughter here for treatment and my son was also diagnosed with severe and acute malnutrition he's been like this for a long time as freely as muhammad looks she says he's in a better shape than his sister who are not a lot from. a few kilometers from the clinic is a big hospital dealing with cases like mohamed. this is one of the tw

let's go to karen in somerset, new jersey on our independent line. what did you think about today's judiciary committee hearing? >> it was just a continuation of the three-ring circus that the democrats have started. i'm an independent. but i basically think that, well, i felt that both judge kavanaugh and miss ford wherever both credible to some degree. our hole judicial system is based on whether or not you have evidence. and mrs. ford brought forth witnesses and they all attested that it either wasn't true or they had no knowledge of it. and i think go ahead with the fbi investigation because unless another fly by night accuser comes like this ramirez who already dropped out because her accusations were so flimsy it begs stupidity to even pursue them. you also have avenatti's accuser who her witnesses are also saying that it didn't happen. now, i was sexually abused when i was a child and i was date raped as a young woman. i'm going to tell you, you do remember things. yes, you do. the difference between an individual being sexually abused and the

sussex captain luke wright made 92 in their semifinal a little earlier on today with that win over somersetsaid they would investigate claims that an australian player called him 0sama during the 2015 ashes. britain s dimitri coutya made history last year by becoming the nation s first—ever double wheelchair fencing world champion and will be looking to secure his first european title in italy next week. its been quite a journey for the 20—year—old from london who lost the use of his legs after being hit by a car as a child. nick hope has been to meet him. i have a spinal cord injury at ta level and i came around after a car accident when i was about to and half years old and it means i'm completely paralysed from the chest down. sport was used to kind of, as kind of a rehabilitation thing to help me get fit and help with being in a wheelchair so in a way disability has been the gateway for all of this, because it starts out as something you need to do and through that you find something you absolutely love doing. and dmitry certainly loves winning, which he did twice at the 2017 world cham

the teenager from somerset has had an incredibly rapid rise through the junior motorsport ranks. corrrespondent, andy swiss met him. he's britain's ultimate boy racer. at 18, lando norris is ready for life in the fast lane. this is him testing a mclaren formula 1 car, but next year he will be racing it, the culmination of a lifelong dream. even as a seven—year—old, norris was running circles around the rest. he was the youngest ever karting world champion, and right from the start, he told me thrill—seeking was second nature. hi, lando, nice to see you. congratulations. horse racing, quad biking, motorbiking, and then i did karting. but as soon as i did karting, everything else was rubbish. so winning the world championships, that is the dream. so, yeah, i need to work hard to get to that point. so world champion one day? that's my aim. well, lando norris knows he is following in some famous tyremarks at mclaren, because just over a decade ago this is where another young british driver took formula 1 by storm. lewis hamilton was also a karting prodigy, and of course, progressed t

eight people have been killed in an explosion at a nation's that though the explosion happened in somerset west near cape town it's not known what caused the blast still to come in this half hour pleas for help for eleven million people in urgent need of aid in the lake chad region and that's campaigning for the u.s. midterms and moves into high gear we look at the so-called pink way sweeping the nation. i'll have the rain is just about stopped falling in china now as you can see from the satellite picture it hasn't stopped in vietnam that white top has given about one hundred dog millimeters in northern vietnam but china there is flooding on the grounds this shouldn't be much more chopped up now shower too is possible through boxer who non particularly i think on wednesday hong kong might just be out of it was to say much of this most this part of china for it to be dry more showers or more rains come back to sichuan now it's been dry for a month or so and of course the monsoon rains are still going fairly strong but rather haphazardly in india maharashtra's come out of the wet his place

while in the other semi final sussex beat somerset by a comfortable 35 runs, with captain luke wright steph curry is regarded as one of nba's best point guards — the highest paid player in the league, and considered by many as an all—time great. well on friday, he was shooting hoops in east london — so our sports editor dan roan went to meet him. we all have reactions to things that happen. i have thorough mouthpieces before, i've had outburst where you might want to take back, but the weight that you handle it post match with how eloquently she put her sentiment around gender equality in her sport, and created that conversation i think that we all can kind of assess for ourselves. and whether you agree with her or not, i think the way that she did not take away from naomi post round about that, i thought that was her moment in time to shine as a champion but there are issues that serena williams wanted to deal with and those conversations will keep going because of how she took a stand. we have an opportunity and platform to speakfor have an opportunity and platform to speak for thos