obviously i think southport is england was capital and i have broke —— i have grown up in that town, starved of competitive golf, it has the open once every nine years. and the town deserves more than that, it craves it craves it a little bit, so when i got the opportunity, i wanted to be home, to be here, and that was it. it wasn't about to play the event, it was more about who could be there, and the guys enjoying it. you said it was important to bring it to the north—west. how important is it in generalfor the the north—west. how important is it in general for the british tournaments to get hyped up here? some people who are not around the golf life like we would be, we play in the tour, week in, week out, in different places across the road, and in britain, we get the best crowds, the best fan interaction and eve ryo ne crowds, the best fan interaction and everyone loves playing over here. it is so important to keep those events. the british masters has been a huge event on the tour. it had some years off then came back and did a greatjob of attracting new audiences, like, new ki

the englishman hasn't made a single bogey in his two rounds in southport and leads on 12 under par.ot ross fisher, and sweden's niklas lemke who came close to equalling the european record for consecutive birdies, but came—up just short with eight in a row. roger federer has been knocked out of the madrid open in the quarterfinal, beaten by dominic thiem who had to come from a set down and save match points to end federer‘s clay—court return. the austrian won it 3—6, 7—6, 6—4 to set—up a meeting with world number one novak djokovic in the semi—finals. rafa nadal will be stefanos tsitsipas in the other semi. it's after the five time champion in the spanish capital beat stan wawrinka in straight sets. meanwhile in the women's event, simona halep is still no course to re—take the world number one spot. -- still —— still on course. she's through to the final in madrid after beating belinda bencic. she'll play kiki bertens in the final and if she wins, halep will be the new world number one. well, this weekend is also the culmination of european rugby's elite competition — the champions

england's matt wallace has a share of the lead at the british masters at southport going into the finalound. wallace, who is chasing a fifth european tour title, had raced to a three shot lead early on the third round, but dropped his first shots of the tournament on the back nine to finish on 14—under par overall, tied with sweden's marcus kinult going into the final round. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more at 7:30. good evening. the united nations says houthi rebels trying to topple the government in yemen are honouring a pledge to withdraw troops from key ports in the country. the unilateral pull out from hodeidah and a number of smaller harbours is scheduled for the next four days, and marks the first significant step in a ceasefire agreement, brokered by the un last december. the ports are crucial for the distribution of international aid, in a country where millions are on the verge of starvation. forfour years the houthi rebels, supported by iran, have been fighting the yemeni government, which is backed by a coalition of countries, led by saudi arabia. this report from

englishman, who's playing in only his 12th event as a professional, battled through the wet weather in southport jordan made nine birdies in total with no bogeys in a 9—under par round of 63. he's two shots ahead of compatriot matt wallace and marcus kinhult of sweden. never quite expected it. i know i have been playing quite well but just from the get—go, it kind of started perfectly and from then on i just kept it going. and just ride issue as low as i could because i thought the guys out there, they are good as well. just keep going. a couple of minutes left in the moment the match adding chelsea is at home and they have gone to penalties. they're having to work out who will take which penalty for that let's go live to stamford bridge werejoe wilson is trying to keep up with what going on. one all after the first leg and it won all after the first leg and it won all after full—time and extra time. for after full—time and extra time. for a team to their manager said deserved to win this, they are making quite hard work of it? poor old sarri, he is tense in a touchline anyway. he has that sprai

clubhouse leader on the first day of the british masters after breaking the course record at hillside in southporties and no bogeys in a round of 63 in what only is his ninth start on the european tour. the one—day international between hosts ireland and bangladesh at malahide was washed out with no play possible on thursday. the tri—nations game was abandoned shortly after 2'o clock at the village ground. and danny cipriani says he is ‘honoured' to be been named player of the year by the rugby players' association after guiding gloucester into the premiership play—offs. he's now targeting the title and a place in england's world cup training squad. now it's time to talk about the women's world cup coming up in france this summer. yesterday phil neville named his 23 player england squad and it included our guest alex greenwood from manchester united. thank you for coming in to join us. it was a pretty novel way of announcing the squad, as well, i think you had olly murs naming you. what was it like to have it announce like that? it was unbelievable. we had no idea how it would be announced. betwee

the swedish golfer marcus kinhult produced nerves of steel to win the british masters in southport.oming, he needed a birdie at the last for victory — and he made it, to win by a single shot from a group including england's matt wallace. this is kinhult‘s first european tour title. great britain's men have won a bronze medal at the world relay championships in the ax100m in yokohama, japan. nethaneel mitchell—bla ke anchored the team, and caught china to secure third place. the british quartet ran a world leading time yesterday, but it was beaten today by the gold medal winners, brazil. gb will be looking to retain their world championship relay title in doha later this year. mumbai indians have won the indian premier league — clinching the competition by a single run against the chennai super kings. it's their fourth ipl title — lasith malinga took the wicket of shardul thakur with final ball. chennai scored 20 runs in 18th over to give them chance of victory.. but it wasn't to be. and somerset will play hampshire in the final of cricket's one day cup. the holders beat lancashire b

conditions to shoot 63, for a two—shot lead on nine—under after the first round of the british masters in southportned out to be a chilly opening day in north—west england. but it was the 23—year—old jordan, in only his 12th event as a professional, who sunk nine birdies to sit on nine under par, with fellow englishman matt wallace and sweden's marcus kinhult both on seven under. just from the get go, it kind of just started perfectly, and from then on ijust kept going, really, and just tried to shoot as low as i could, because i thought the guys up there, they are good as well, so just to keep going. i got the feeling of, you know, i had to shoot low, and that was just to keep going as well. i had shot low previous to this, but obviously on this stage, to go and do it in this kind of course is... well, impressive to me, anyway. two it was nice to get down to the gulf, and i enjoyed playing, andi to the gulf, and i enjoyed playing, and i felt like i to the gulf, and i enjoyed playing, and ifelt like i played really well. i felt like i and ifelt like i played really well. ifelt like i controlled mos

field going into day 2, of the british masters, after breaking the course record at hillside in southportuntil this afternoon but he's still a shot clear, with play already underway. it's spanish grand prix weekend, and you can follow first practice on radio 5 live sports extra — that's from ten. and later on, it's the friday sports panel with eleanor 0ldroyd and guests — that's at one o'clock on 5 live. and don't forget sportsday, tonight at 6.30 on bbc news. that's all your sport for now. another dramatic morning! breathtaking, thank you, mike. brunei's human rights record is being examined by a un panel. the country faced criticism from the international community after it introduced sharia punishments such as stoning to death for adultery and gay sex. jonathan head reports. it is wealthy, orderly and sleepy. a peaceful corner of southeast asia. brunei is also deeply religious. by custom and by order of its sultan, absolute ruler of this tiny country for more than 50 years. this is the capital during friday prayers. the sultan now wants brunei to be even more islamic. he's imposed hars

performance at the british masters gives matt wallace a one—shot lead giong into the third round in southportod evening. the trade war between the world's two biggest economies, the us and china, has intensfied, with president trump imposing a swathe of new tariffs on thousands of chinese products. he's insisting that doubling import taxes will make america "much stronger". the tariffs affect more than $200 billion worth of chinese imports, including consumer goods like furniture, car parts and handbags shipped to america. the us had already levied a 10% tariff on chinese goods last september. but today that rose to 25%, and beijing has vowed to retaliate. tonight, mr trump maintained his relationship with china's president xi is very strong, but a trade deal seems far off. well we'll be live in beijing but first to our north america editor, jon sopel, who's in washington for us tonight. clive, these crucial talks started this morning. they were over by lunchtime, there was no agreement and it is unclear when or if they will resume. there is brinkmanship on both sides. the us calculation is t

the englishman hasn't made a single bogey in his two rounds in southport and leads on 12 under par ahead the european record for consecutive birdies but came—up just short with 8 in a row. rugby union's european challenge cup final was an all french affair as clermont auvergne comfortably beat la rochelle to win a record—equalling third title. young french international damian penaud opened the scoring for clermont. his father alain captained brive to become the 1997 european champions. greg laidlaw came on as a replacement and scored a second before wesley fofana made it three tries helping them to a 36—16 victory, to take them alongside harlequins as three time winners. meanwhile it's the last 16 of rugby league's challenge cup this weekend. three teams are already into the quarterfinals. halifax and wakefield will bejoined by hull fc — who overcame castleford tigers 28-12. they remain on course of a third wembley appearance in four years. roger federer has been knocked—out of the madrid open in the quarter—finals, beaten by dominic thiem, who had to come from a set down and save match

it's being hosted by tommy fleetwood at his local course in southport on the north—west coast of englanduggled to attract a sponsor. it's so important to keep those events. the british masters has been a huge event on the toua for a long time. it had a few years off and then came back. it's done an amazing job. it's really, really important to keep these events going. in the nba, the toronto raptors can advance to the eastern conference finals for the second time in four seasons, with a victory in game six at philadelphia on thursday night. kawhi leonard led the raptors to victory in game five on tuesday, with 21 points and 13 rebounds as his side beat the 76ers125—89 to take a 3—2 lead. and we may have a social media first — a squad announcement via celebrity twitter. some big names revealed the players selected for the england squad for the women's world cup. prince william, david beckham, and emma watson were among those who used their twitter feed to reveal a name at a time for the tournament that kicks off in france next month. you can get all the latest sports news at our website —

englishman matt wallace is the clubs at the halfway stage of the british masters at hillside golf club in southporte shot clear of ross fisher. fulham have appointed scott parker as their permanent manager. the former england midfielder stepped in as caretaker following the sacking of claudio ranieri in february... mercedes‘ domincance of the formula one season looks set to continue this weekend as their drivers set the pace in first and second practice ahead of this weekend's spanish grand prix in formula one... our f1 reporterjennie gow wasjoined by engineer sam collins and sends this report from barcelona... you join us here in spain and the fa ns you join us here in spain and the fans are leaving the track after a good first day of practice. it seems that mercedes are dominating once again. they have brought some updates to the car and those two silva arrows do look extremely strong but ferrari have some new stuff on the car including the new engine. you work for race car engineering so all of the updates and technical details are up your street. it goes over a lot of peoples heads because they

football and news from the british masters golf, where matthew jordan breaks the course record in southportevening. eight years after syria was consumed by a bloody civil war, president assad's army is advancing in a major offensive backed by russian air power on the last big area of the still held by rebel forces. the fighting has forced around 200,000 civilians from their homes leading to warnings of a new humanitarian crisis. government forces are attacking the provinces of idlib, northern hama, and western aleppo, the rebels‘ last remaining strongholds. a takeover of some areas by extreme islamist fighters has led to the collapse of a recent ceasefire, as our middle east correspondent quentin somerville reports. with barrel bombs and strikes, president bashar al—assad is clawing at the edges of cerro‘s last rebel province. this most indiscriminate of weapons has killed dozens in the last week alone, a deadly force has brought the war back to life. the tactics and terror are horribly familiar. but the options for the 3 million people in idlib have never been narrower. 0riente hospital wa

the swedish golfer marcus kinhult produced nerves of steel to win the british masters in southport.ospect of a four—way play—off looming, he needed a birdie at the last for victory — and he made it, to win by a single shot from a group including england's matt wallace. this is kinhult‘s first european tour title. great britain's men have won a bronze medal at the world relay championships in the 4x100m in yokohama, japan. nethaneel mitchell—bla ke anchored the team, and caught china to secure third place. the british quartet ran a world leading time yesterday, but it was beaten today by the gold medal winners, brazil. britain will be looking to retain their world championship relay title in doha later this year. that's all the sport for now but we'll be back with at 1715. by by then we will know the premier league champions. manchester city have just scored, they are 3—1 up against brighton, heading for their second premier league title in consecutive years. it looks like it, lizzie. thanks. they will have to rely on compensation of maybe beating totte n ha m compensation of maybe b

england's matt wallace has a share of the lead of the british masters at southport going into the finalrly on the third round, but dropped his first shots of the tournament on the back nine to finish on 1a—under par overall, to leave him tied with sweden's marcus kinult. wasps are through to the netball superleague final, after a 20—point victory over loughborough lightning. the defending champions, who topped the table after the regular season, won 74—54 in front of a sell—out crowd of nearly a thousand to progress to the final, keeping their hopes fo a third successive title alive. they'll be up against manchester thunder who beat bath. and valteri bottas will start on pole for the 3rd time in a row, ahead mercedes teammate lewis hamilton, for the spanish grand prix. more on that, on the bbc sport website. but that's all from us for now. the united states says it's ready to defend its forces and interests in the gulf as tensions with iran escalate. the pentagon is sending an extra navy ship and a patriot air defence missile system to the region but said it was not seeking conflict wit

england's matt wallace has a share of the lead at the british masters in southport going into the finaltle and was three shots ahead in the third round, but he dropped shots on the back nine to finish 1a under par. one of tennis's most exciting young players takes on world number one novak djokovic in the final of the madrid open this afternoon. he beat g raf madrid open this afternoon. he beat graf and adele for the first time and on clay, hispania's favourite surface. he had already defeated roger federer at the australian open. this was another huge win in his fledgling career. simona halep missed the chance to go back to the top of the world rankings when he she lost to kiki bertens in straight sets. it is her biggest win and it ta kes sets. it is her biggest win and it takes her up to fourth in the world, making her the highest ranking —— women in history. three major football clubs have moved to distance themselves from the use of their club crest by supporters who belong to a street protest organisation called the democratic football lads alliance. earlier, adrian goldberg from 5

england's matt wallace has a share of the lead at the british masters at southport going into the finalain's simon yates just missed out on winning the opening stage of cycling's first grand tour of the year, the giro d'italia. yates, who is the reigning vuelta a espana champion, finished the five mile time trial in bologna in second place, just nineteen seconds behind slovenia's primroz roglitz. wasps are through to the netball superleague final after a 20—point victory over loughborough lightening. they won 74—54 to progress to keep their hopes of winning a third successive title alive. great britain were beaten 3—1 by olympic silver medalists germany in their opening game at the ice hockey world championship in slovakia. but two late goals saw the germans to a hard fought victory. we can go live to our ice hockey reporter seth bennett who's in slovakia. seth a brave effort from gb but all to no avail. absolutely, 25 years in the making, they last played at this level in 1994. they always knew it would be hard, germany or the olympic silver medallists, ranked eighth in the world, gb r

england's matt wallace has a share of the lead at the british masters at southport going into the finalree shots ahead early in the third round, but he dropped his first shots of the tournament on the back nine to finish on 1li—under par, alongside sweden's marcus kinult. rafael nadal‘s chances of winning a sixth madrid open are over, after he was knocked out in the semi—finals by stefanos tsitsipas. the young greek is one of the most exciting young players in the game — he beat roger federer at this year's australian open but this is the first time he's defeated nadal. his reward is a final against novak djokovic, who beat dominic thiem. and simona halep missed the chance to go back to the top of the world rankings, when she lost the final to kiki bertens in straight sets. it's the biggest win of bertens' career and it'll take her up to fourth in the world, making her the highest—ranking dutchwoman in history. wasps are through to the netball superleague final after a 20—point victory over loughborough lightning. the defending champions won 7a points to sa keeping them on course to win

who is playing in only his 12th event as a professional, broke the course record at hillside in southport, but, i don't know, just from the get go, it kind of just don't know, just from the get go, it kind ofjust started perfectly, and from then on ijust kept it going, really. just tried to shoot as low asi really. just tried to shoot as low as i could, because i thought the quys as i could, because i thought the guys out there are good, as well. so just to keep going. that series is a warm—up for the cricket world cup, which gets under way in three week's time in england and wales. former england captain and bbc commentator michael vaughan believes newly qualified all—rounder jofra archer should feature in both england's world cup campaign and the ashes series this summer. archer has only played two one—day internationals and one twenty20 match for the hosts so far, but vaughan has been impressed. i'll personally drive to the selector‘s house and ask him some strong questions if he isn't involved. he just has a gift to be able to play the game. he's got a natural ability to release the b

the englishman hasn't made a single bogey in his two rounds in southport and leads on 12 under par...e close to equalling the european record for consecutive birdies, but came—up just short with eight in a row. roger federer has been knocked out of the madrid open in the quarterfinals — beaten by dominic thiem who had to come from a set down and save match points to end federer‘s clay—court return. the austrian won it 3—6, 7—6, 6—4 to set—up a meeting with world number one novak djokovic in the semi—finals. meanwhile in the women's event — simona halep is still no course to re—take the world number one spot. she's through to the final in madrid after beating belinda bencic. she'll play either kiki bertens or sloane stephens in the final and if she wins, halep will be the new world number one. olympic sailing champion giles scott says the decision to remove the finn class after next year's games will effectively end his olympic career. it's part of a major shake—up by world sailing who are seeking to improve gender equality and boost the sport's youth appeal. it's a great shame for the

we have to keep an eye on those drifting southport into this afternoon and evening coming from mendocino county and lake county. the diablo range could be in the mix as well. i would think it would be more saturday and friday. they don't look very strong but they don't need to be because you have a high sun angle and have longer days as well. that can generate thunderstorm activity. most of this is north of mendocino county. you are seeing some impressive totals coming in. some of the cells could bring some brief heavy rain. 50s, 60s and 70s today. it is down considerably from yesterday. the city was 67 yesterday. we will see much cooler conditions and look for thunderstorms to develop. they die down and night and will pick up over the next couple of days, mainly on saturday. think that will be in the santa clara valley. we have warmer weather for sunday and monday. >>> still to come at noon, it is the most anticipated attraction of the summer. dizzily lands star wars galaxy edge. we give you a sneak peek report opens to the public tomorrow. >>> stocks were higher but have turned negativ

the englishman hasn‘t dropped a single shot in his two rounds in southport, and leads on 12 under paremi—final match—up in madrid, between novak djokovic and roger federer because the 20—time grand slam champion, was knocked out by dominic thiem. federer had match points, before losing in three sets. rafa nadal will play stefanos tsitsipas in the other semi—final. and simona halep, remains on course, to reclaim the world number one spot, after beating belinda bencic, to reach the final, where she‘ll play kiki bertens. victory would take her back above naomi 0saka, in the rankings. time now is 739. nearly 900 children, many of whom who were recruited as child soldiers have been released by a vigilante group in nigeria. the civilianjoint task force has been working with the country‘s military to fight the terrorist organisation boko haram. more than 20,000 people have been killed and millions of others have lost their homes during the decade long conflict in the country. around 3,500 children were recruited by vigilante groups between 2013 and 2017. in 2017 they signed a commitment with

the swedish golfer marcus kinhult produced nerves of steel to win the british masters in southport.ean tour title. great britain's men have won a bronze medal at the world relay championships in the 4x100m in yokohama, japan. nethaneel mitchell—bla ke anchored the team, and caught china to secure third place. the british quartet ran a world leading time yesterday, but it was beaten today by the gold medal winners, brazil. gb will be looking to retain their world championship relay title in doha later this year. great britain will face off in their second game at the ice hockey world championship in slovakia in just under half an hour. they lost their first game 3—1 to germany at the same venue yesterday. this time britain are taking on the 26 times winners canada. we can go live now to kosice and join our ice hockey reporter seth bennett, seth — this is a real tall orderfor gb. it is amazing. when you say it six time champion, it sends a shudder up the spine. canada is probably the biggest ice hockey nation in the world and they have had so much success world and they have had so mu

the englishman hasn‘t dropped a single shot in his two rounds in southport, and leads on 12 under paring semi—final match—up in madrid, between novak djokovic and roger federer because the 20—time grand slam champion, was knocked out by dominic team. federer had match points, before losing in three sets. rafa nadal will play stefanos sitsipas in the other semifinal. and simona halep remains on course to reclaim the world number one spot, after beating belinda bencic, to reach the final, where she‘ll play kiki bertens. victory would take her back above naomi 0saka, in the rankings. after a wash—out on wednesday, england will be hoping for sun in southampton today, for the second one—dayer against pakistan. james vince could press his case, for a world cup spot on his home ground, ifjason roy fails to recover from a stomach injury. first and foremost try and win the series and, say, if i do get another opportunity try to stake my claim and do as well as i can. if i can end up in the world cup squad, that would be great. afghanistan won their world cup warm—up match against scotland, edg

ryder cup favourite tommy fleetwood is hosting the british masters next week in southport where he grew after an incredible year. again, it's been really nice for me. they've had four previous hosts which have been ian poulter, luke westwood, they've achieved a lot more. i'm proud to be doing that. i put my face to it, you get to have inputin put my face to it, you get to have input in the venue and doing things like this, which is really cool. i might go over and above when i'm there. you've had an amazing year, you've had great fun. if i can ask a bit about the masters, because you we re bit about the masters, because you were there, what an extraordinary performance by tiger. what was it like? i would have preferred it to be me. it was great. last year it was his return, he hadn't played for three years and i played him for the first two rounds that year. it was a special atmosphere in a sense that he had just come back and everyone was so he had just come back and everyone was so happy to see him and he was getting his game back. he was always, being around the tour and being around

marcus kinhult birdied the final hole to secure a one—shot win in southport.0am. people leaving education to get a job between 2008 and 2011 suffered a decade—long hit to their earning power from the financial crisis, according to a new report from the resolution foundation. many graduates "traded down" for low paid jobs, affecting their future pay packets. our business correspondent katy austin reports. i was mainly applying for retail or hospitality roles, and in one interview i was interviewed against people who had at the time had a business degree, and i was like, wow. looking for her firstjob in 2008, during the recession, carol found herself up against stiff competition for fewer jobs. since then, she's done a string of different roles — not earning as much as she'd hoped. i didn't expect it to be as tough, really. but on a positive note, i think the whole experience has taught me a lot about just persevering. we already knew that people starting out on their careers in the aftermath of the financial crash were at a disadvantage, but new research highli

england's matt wallace has a share of the lead at the british masters at southport going into the finalbut he dropped his first shots of the tournament on the back nine to finish on 1a—under par, alongside sweden's marcus kinult. ahead of the world athletics championships later this year, the world relay championships are underway in yokohama. great britain's men qualified for today's 4 by 100m final, running the fastest time in the world this year in their heat. gb‘s men and women both qualified for the 4 by 400 metre relay finals. and finally, i would imagine there are many ways to get yourself disqualified from a judo contest. this next one is probably a first. this is anri egutidze, he's in the white, competing at the baku grand slam in azerbaijan when his phone falls out of his pocket. he might have had to use it soon afterwards for an awkward phone call home. that is your sport. that is great! i love that the guy in blue, thinking, what is that? our friend, love that the guy in blue, thinking, what is that? 0urfriend, louise minchin, got caught out with her phone. going off the ot

the englishman hasn't dropped a single shot in his two rounds in southport, and leads on 12 under parit's the last 16, of rugby league's challenge cup this weekend. three teams already into the quarterfinals. halifax and wakefield are joined by hull, who eased past castleford tigers 28—12 in the all—superleague game. three more matches today. the pick of them sees bradford bulls aiming to upset leeds rhinos. there'll be no mouthwatering semi—final match—up in madrid, between novak djokovic and roger federer because the 20—time grand slam champion, was knocked out by dominic team. —— thiem. federer had match points, before losing in three sets. rafa nadal will play stefanos tsitsipas in the other semi—final. and simona halep, remains on course, to reclaim the world number one spot, after beating belinda bencic, to reach the final, where she'll play kiki bertens. victory would take her back above naomi 0saka, in the rankings. after a washout on wednesday, england will be hoping for sun in southampton today, for the second one—dayer against pakistan. james vince could press his case, for

england's matt wallace remains in the lead of the british masters at southport going into the final roundon the back nine to finish on 14—under par overall, tied for the lead with sweden's marcus kinult going into the final round. in rugby league, championship side bradford shocked super league leeds rhinos to reach the quarterfinals of the challenge cup. bradford led 22 points to 14 at half—time, mikey wood with this tryjust before the break. the rhinos almost forced extra—time when tom briscoe crossed late on, but liam sutcliffe's conversion hit the post and the bulls held on to record a 24—22 victory. so a real shock there at bradford, what a win for the bulls. also through to the quarterfinals are challenge cup holders, the catalans dragons, after they thrashed doncaster, and hull kingston rovers, who won at salford red devils. the iaaf world relays are being held in tokyo this weekend. it's the fourth edition of the event, which takes place every world championship year. and it was a great start for team gb. the women's 4 x 400 team qualified for the final, bagging the second qualify

englishmen who's playing in only his 12th event as a professional, broke the course record at hillside in southportte the persistent rain that put paid to the one—day international between ireland and bangladesh the game at malahide in dublin was a complete wash—out. the tri—nations game was abandoned shortly after 2'o clock. ireland's next game is against west indies on saturday by whom they were heavily beaten in their opening match. that series is a warm up for the cricket world cup which gets under way in three week's time — in england and wales. former england captain and bbc commentator michael vaughan believes newly qualified all rounder jofra archer should feature in both england's world cup campaign and the ashes series this summer. archer has only played two ‘one day internationals' and one twenty20 match for the hosts so far, but vaughan has been impressed. i personally will drop to the selected house and ask him some strong questions if he is not a bar. hejust had a gift. he has that natural ability to release the ball at 90 miles an hour. —— if he is not involved. he can cope with the

england's matt wallace has a share of the lead at the british masters at southport going into the finalith sweden's marcus kinult going into the final round. rafael nadal‘s chances of winning a sixth madrid 0pen are over, after he was knocked out in the semi—finals by stefanos tsitsipas. tsitsipas is one of the most exciting young players in the game — he beat roger federer at this year's australian open but this is the first time he's defeated nadal. his reward is a final against novak djokovic, who beat dominic thiem. and simona halep missed the chance to go back to the top of the world rankings, when she lost the final to kiki bertens in straight sets. it's the biggest win of bertens' career and it'll take her up to fourth in the world, making her the highest—ranking dutchwoman in history. the iaaf world relays are currently taking place in tokyo. the event acts as a qualifying for the world athletics championships this year in doha. gb's men qualified for the four by 100m final, which takes place later today — running the fastest time in the world this year in their heat. gb's men a

i am going to go play in the british masters in hillside and southport.you've got a window there, carol. don't make it worse with your weather control. please, get rid of carol. never on again. please, get rid of her. thanks, everybody. . carol, we will see you later. a campaign on school meals, led by pupils in darlington, is going uk—wide today. its aim is to make sure that children entitled to free lunches are able to use their full allowance. they spoke out because many who don't use the full amount in a single day aren't allowed to carry the money over. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports from darlington. across the uk over three quarters of a million children are eligible for free school meals. a policy that was cou ntless twea ks a nd free school meals. a policy that was countless tweaks and updates has beenin countless tweaks and updates has been in place for over one century. the principle that every child in every class roo m the principle that every child in every classroom should have a nutritious meal inside them is the easy part. coming up w

it's taking place in hillside and southport.golf. you get a lot of holidays in the summer playing golf. like i say, it should be great for fans. you are hosting this event, aren't you? again, you are hosting this event, aren't you ? again, that's you are hosting this event, aren't you? again, that's been really nice for me. all previous hosts, ian poulter, luke westwood, a different pa rt poulter, luke westwood, a different part of the career to me. they've achieved a lot more. i put my face to it, you get input in the venue. and doing things like this which is really cool. i might go over and above when i'm there. at one point, this british masters was facing the axe. what happened? the contract was up axe. what happened? the contract was up in the event didn't have a place on the schedule when we finished, so the event finished in september last year. we spoke about it before. you see these british buyers coming in. ididn't see these british buyers coming in. i didn't think i'd be doing at this soon. thingsjust kind of i didn'

at the british masters, kinhult putted this birdie on the final hole to secure a one—shot win in southport bit later. i am looking at all our bbc menopause tweets. starting that conversation here. we talked about it before on bbc brick list. this week, as part of bbc brea kfast‘s "wa ke up to the menopause" series, we're looking at ways of breaking the taboos around something that affects all women. it's an experience that transcends race, colour and creed, i have been talking to carol, naga and sally and we will see that in a few moments but more importantly, same importance, the weather. bless you, that was a really interesting chat. i found bless you, that was a really interesting chat. ifound out things ididn't interesting chat. ifound out things i didn't know either. this morning, we have a beautiful start of the day for many parts, lovely weather watches pictures sent in from eastbourne and it's going to be mainly dry and settled. it's also going to warm up. the highest temperatures are likely to be in the north and west. a bit cooler in parts of the south—east. this is because high—

record with a round of 63 to lead after the first day of the british masters golf at hillside in southportore football drama for you. we were trying to look through the papers. they managed to lose all my papers this morning. we can free style than. it is coming together, gradually. do you like optical illusions? matt has a good one. look at that. don't do it! mike has had experience of falling intervals. it has never gone well. what is going on there. this is remarkable. very good morning. we arejust on there. this is remarkable. very good morning. we are just outside broadcasting house in london. a stunning piece of 3—d street art. let mejust leap stunning piece of 3—d street art. let me just leap over to the other side. it is to launch bbc get creative festival which will start tomorrow. this amazing piece of street art has been done byjamie lawrence, the artist. they will bring him into have a quick chat. good morning, jamie. thanks for joining us this morning. first of all, how long did this take to do mozela took two artists two days to do. fantastic. how difficult is it for someone

. >> i would invite you and be happy to take you down to southport, it's a trip to remember . >> we try to take the committee while we were out there . >> >> there are lots of places to see across the continental united dates, alaska, hawaii and the wonderful territories. >> thank you very much and thank you for your persistence in answering our questions. i'm sure if you could go right now, you would go. so, i'm sure we all would also. so. >> what's that? >> it might be pretty cold . >> that's true . >> i would like to go to the offshore drilling question, and every member of the delegation and both parties , the governor and most people in the state are very concerned about these ideas because we have the constraints of being very much of a tourism state, a lot of people work in the marine industry and things we've already talked about. so, i'm interested in pinning you down a little bit about this because i think it's a big concern a third of the population of the united dates live in coastal areas that would be impacted by this proposal and i know representative kilmer is not here t