st helens ladies. there has been a campaign for their blue plaquem hasn't hit home.nally and officially recognised in their hometown. i cannot put a price on it, i'm so happy for them. everybody should be proud of where women's football is and now the fa really want to double participation in the next four yea rs, participation in the next four years, giving all of those goals the chance to play is brilliant. they wa nt to chance to play is brilliant. they want to double the fan base and see the england lionesses succeed on the pitch. the dick kerr centenary celebrations continue with the first women's walking tournament injuly. and an exhibition will ensure the story of this remarkable team from preston inspires the next generation of female footballers. fantastic to see that recognition. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. including use of premier league and scottish premiership football as well. we will see you later on. you are watching bbc news. we will go straight to new york and take you straight to new yo

st helens are seventh, after 13 games.ership reaches the end of its regular season tomorrow. still so much to play for — three teams can finish first. leaders wasps face third placed saracens . exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester and can leicester hang on to a top four spot at bath's expense? the tigers are at worcester. bath are at sale and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot, a chance for saints to make up for a frustrating season. it's been very disappointing. the squad we've got and the players have got, was not really done as well as we should have this year and i think if we can just scrape in top six, and rebuild for the boys who are staying here and the coaches rebuilding next year, hopefully picking up some pieces and learning from what the skier has brought us. novak djokovic has sacked his entire coaching team, including marian vie—da who had been with him for most of professional career. djokovic was knocked off the top of the world rankings by andy m

there has been in operation in merseyside, in st helens.because the police, we believe, are still looking for the people who may have helped the bomber procure, arm and deploy his bomb which he set off on monday night with such devastating impact. and until they find those people, until this ring of people is ca ptu red people, until this ring of people is captured and is stopped, then there isa captured and is stopped, then there is a real threat of another attack. the armed police, the soldiers we see on our city streets, will still be there. people are waking up this morning and going to work and seeing armed police on trains for the first time in living memory, so there is still a very dangerous and tends situation in the city and in the country more generally. on a wider note, greater manchester police have this morning resumed their cooperation with american intelligence agencies. the passing on of critical intelligence gathered during this case for interpretation by allies, including the americans. that had been stopped yesterday bec

they thrashed st helens 53—4 at the jungle.through the first half but from there tigers took control — starting with jake webster's try. they went on to score ten tries in all to keep up their impressive form, they're already top of the super league. and there was a hat—trick of scores for greg eden, including this touch down early in the second half. castleford rounded off a memorable day for them with greg minikin‘s run and score. they're nowjust two games away from wembley and looking like the team to beat, but it's worrying times for st helens, who appointed a new head coach earlier this month. rafa nadal is rolling back the years — back where he's happiest on clay, he's beaten novak djokovic for the first time in eight matches and he's through to the final of the madrid open. the two hadn't met in nearly a year, in which time djokovic has suffered a dramatic dip in form, and the spaniard won the first set of their semifinal 6—2. the second set was almost as straightforward as the first for nadal and he took it 6—4. he's un

they thrashed st helens 53—4 at the jungle.e tigers took control — starting with jake webster's try. they went on to score ten tries in all to keep up their impressive form, they're already top of the super league. and there was a hat—trick of scores for greg eden, including this touch down early in the second half. castleford rounded off a memorable day for them with greg minikin's run and score. they're nowjust two games away from wembley and looking like the team to beat, but it's worrying times for st helens, who appointed a new head coach earlier this month. rugby league is one of the most physical sports of all, but now there's a way of playing into your 70s or even 80s.. and it's all down to your shorts, apparently. mike bushell has been to castleford to see why masters rugby league is breaking down all age barriers. playing rugby league again at the age of 82. and jimmy is taking on players nearly 50 years younger, and it's been life changing. it is rolling back the years, it is good fun. i don't get knocked about. plen

they thrashed st helens 53—4 at thejungle (00v) the game they thrashed st helens 53—4 at the jungle.jake webster's try. they went on to score ten tries in all to keep up their impressive form, they're already top of the super league. and there was a hat—trick of scores for greg eden, including this touch down early in the second half. castleford rounded off a memorable day for them with greg minikin's run and score. they're nowjust two games away from wembley and looking like the team to beat, but it's worrying times for st helens, who appointed a new head coach earlier this month. mercedes' lewis hamilton looks like he's kick—starting his season in formula one this weekend, by taking pole position ahead of tomorrow's spanish grand prix. the current championship leader, ferrari's sebastian vettel, had looked the man to beat this season but the mercedes car has shown real improvement, as tim hague reports... the top two in formula 1 walking onto the battlefield once again. given 13 of the last 16 spanish grand prixs have been won from pole position this was not gajdosova championship

in the investigation overnight, police make another arrest, and carry out searches in the st helens areatical, we will be talking to the security minister about extra measures being put in place at events across the bank holiday weekend. good morning, it is friday 26 may. also this morning: theresa may tells leaders of the g7 countries

, barber shopin a pizza shops in st helens, barber shop in mosside, manchester. man was arrested overnight. that brings the numberto ten. two was arrested overnight. that brings the number to ten. two people have been released, 16—year—old boy and a woman. eight men in custody. one of them, the brother of salman abedi, ismail. the men have been aged between 18 and 38, held on suspicion of terrorism offences. none of them have been charged, but immense progress seems to have been made so far. the terror threat remains critical. and security sources have been speaking to the bbc, they said as much concern about the risk of an attack linked to the manchester bomber, as there was about other individuals trying to copy this, seeing this as a trigger. we have had seeing this as a trigger. we have ha d co pycat seeing this as a trigger. we have had copycat attempts in the past, five foiled attacks following the westminster attack in march. and of course, we're going to get more about the policing challenges that greater manchester police are going to be facing over the

in super league, st helens claimed a dramatic late win against local rivals wigan warriors.f the game, saints fought back, with this try from mark percival, his second of the match just two minutes from the end giving them a 22—19 victory. it's a second consecutive win for new saints coachjustin holbrook. geraint thomas says that having to pull out of the giro d'italia still "eats away" at him. the welshman withdrew from the race a few days after injuring his shoulder and knee in a crash with a stationary police motorbike on the ninth stage...he had been second overall at the time. the giro was thomas‘s first experience of leading team sky at a grand tour, one of cycling's most prestigious road races alongside the tour de france. it is still quite depressing to think about how it ended. all of that hard work and to be going so well and feeling good and through no fault of my own or the team or another brighter on anything for it to end like that was really frustrating but the way i have tried to treat it is to look forward and target the tour and have that in my mind and tha

aidan mcateer lost control of the stolen car at st helens on merseyside. grandmother who was carrying her at the time suffered serious injuries. greater manchester police say moors murderer ian brady's body shouldn't be cremated in the city or surrounding area where he carried out his crimes out of respect to his victims' families. brady died in prison on monday. voting has finally ended tonight in iran's presidential elections after polling stations had to be kept open much longer than they were meant to be because of an unexpectedly high turnout. long queues formed across the country where the relatively moderate president hassan rouhani is facing a strong challenge from a hardline conservative rival. our middle east editor jeremy bowen's report contains flash photography. people are encouraged to vote in iran because it gives the system legitimacy, but the election, as ever, isn't free, because the candidates have to be approved by the unelected guardian council. it's looking like a close race between the main candidates. at this polling station they we

former super league champions st helens have appointed australian justin holbrook as their new coach.rrently lying seventh in the super league after last week's win over leigh. england's men start their busy summer tomorrow in bristol, with a one day match against ireland. the two will also play at lord's, on sunday. the england captain, says his side are in good shape, as they prepare to host the eight team, champions trophy next month. the strength and depth we've had for this side has been extremely strong over the last 18 months. i think the squad we've selected in the champions trophy reflects that. the guys that have missed out, we could have picked a squad of 18 or 19 guys that could all take the field. that bodes well for us in the competition. i hope it continues over the next two years as we build toward the world cup. so yeah that's a huge positive. last week's european badminton championships saw britain's best results for 17 years. there were four medals — two of them gold. but uk sport's complete funding axe came into full effect last month and it saw half of the players

the former super league champions st helens have appointed justin holbrook as the new coach.as the new coach. he joins from have appointed justin holbrook as the new coach. hejoins from sydney roosters with saints lying seventh after their win over lee. the european patent can challenge sop is the best results from britain in 17 yea rs. the best results from britain in 17 years. the four medals, two of them we re years. the four medals, two of them were killed. a complete funding extra uk sport came into full effect last month and it saw half the players and coaches lose theirjobs. those who remained have launched a crowdfunding campaign to try to safeguard the future. after months of struggles which have seen athletes and coaches lose their jobs, british badminton players finally have something to celebrate. it has been a very tough time that everybody back at home has been resilient. we have stuck together and we have set plans and goals that we still want to achieve and we will push on, despite what has happened. historic european gold medals are a timely reminderfor histo

south, and it is the challenge cup weekend for the rugby league fans amongst you, castleford versus st helensixture. saturday evening on into sunday, if you're out and about you'll have to put up with a couple of hours at least of pretty weather as the front moves west to east. it'll be away from most eastern coastal areas, say for the north—east of scotland, as you wake up on sunday. another day of sunny spells and showers, some of them sharp, especially in the north—western quarter of scotland, but i hope you have some time on the weekend to enjoy at least some of this dry weather. and i urge you to do it if you can, because this is what monday looks like — rather wet, rather windy to say the least. hello, i'm tom donkin. welcome to bbc news. our top stories: a global cyber attack blocks computers and demands a ransom from governments, companies, individuals and even hospitals. i think it's a heinous crime, this hacking, because they are putting people's lives at risk. a veiled threat to the former fbi boss — the white house won't say whether or not there are tapes of his conversations with

south, and it is the challenge cup weekend for the rugby league fans amongst you, castleford versus st helensure. saturday evening on into sunday, if you're out and about you'll have to put up with a couple of hours at least of pretty weather as the front moves west to east. it'll be away from most eastern coastal areas, say for the north—east of scotland, as you wake up on sunday. another day of sunny spells and showers, some of them sharp, especially in the north—western quarter of scotland, but i hope you have some time on the weekend to enjoy at least some of this dry weather. and i urge you to do it if you can, because this is what monday looks like — rather wet, rather windy to say the least. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. the nhs faces a weekend of disruption following a large—scale cyber attack which has caused hospitals to delay treatments and cancel appointments. around a0 nhs trusts and some gp surgeries were hit, but there's no sign that patient data has been compromised. 0rganisations around the world have been affected by the malicious iamat i am

overnight there was another arrest and more police searches, including at an address in the st helensbegun patrolling national rail services following monday's terror attack. it is the first time firearms officers have been deployed on british railways although there have been controlled on london underground since december. the terror threat remains at critical meaning security services believe another attack could be imminent. theresa may is to urge the leaders of the world's most developed nations to do more to tackle extremism online. she's to make a speech at the g7 summit of leading industrial nations in sicily. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. theresa may is to purge the leaders of the world's leading nations to do more to tackle extremism online. herfirst g—7 summit is a rare chance for her and six other leaders to discuss the worlds problems face—to—face around the table. and, as they gather in the ancient coastal town of taormina, they will be hoping for few dramas. above all from donald trump, who has made his doubts about multilateral groups like this we

super league teams play over the same weekend, so today, widnes face wakefield, hull in second play st helensnst warrington. three more matches on sunday. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour, now on the news channel it's time for click. guards! welcome to the south coast of england, and the country's biggest fortification, dover castle. they say an englishman's house is his castle. this week, this castle is mine. like every other home in the land, it needs to be well defended, because these days, it is constantly under attack. the walls make it out burglars, but today's digital invader is wily, and can worm its way in through the smallest gaps. last week's global cyber attack on companies in around 150 countries shows just how vulnerable systems can be, even if you are not called into clicking dodgy links. so this week, we're looking at cybersecurity. it's me versus the bad guys out there. and they might be small, but there's a lot of them. so what can i do to shore up my defences? one thing is through biometrics. gadgets already recognise our fingerprint, and now banks

south, and it is the challenge cup weekend for the rugby league fans amongst you, castleford versus st helensly a dry fixture. saturday evening on into sunday, if you're out and about you'll have to put up with a couple of hours at least of pretty weather as the front moves west to east. it'll be away from most eastern coastal areas, say for the north—east of scotland, as you wake up on sunday. another day of sunny spells and showers, some of them sharp, especially in the north—western quarter of scotland, but i hope you have some time on the weekend to enjoy at least some of this dry weather. and i urge you to do it if you can, because this is what monday looks like — rather wet, rather windy to say the least. hello, i'm tom donkin. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. here's our top stories: a global cyber attack blocks computers and demands a ransom from governments, companies, individuals and even hospitals. a veiled threat to the former fbi boss — the white house won't say whether or not there are tapes of his conversations with president tr

hull fc missed the chance to the top as they thrashed 41—0 by st helens, and it opens the door for castleford. and england bowlerjames anderson will have a scan on monday to assess the damage form a groin injury he suffered during the rose's county championship match yesterday. our reporter kevin howells joins me now via skype. kevin, we're still a long way off the first england test on 6thjuly against south africa at lord's. how worried should we be? judging on the pain he looked in when he went down on the deck, he looked in an awful lot of pain. i thought he would go straight to a scan yesterday. i thought today, it has been put back to monday, the important thing from an england perspective is that test isn't until july. they will take a cautious approach. i expect it to be a few weeks before we see him bowling again. they would like to see him play in the floodlit games a little later on in the summer. keen on getting him back a week before that test match. the scan is on monday, put back by a couple of days, he looked in a lot of pain. what about the rest of the championship, how much d

i'm looking forward to working with the leaders of hall ton, knowsley, liverpool, st helens, sefton andering prosperity throughout our whole areas. as your metro mayor i'll work to address the north—south divide by raising aspiration for all, north—south divide by raising aspiration forall, nurturing north—south divide by raising aspiration for all, nurturing the creativity and drive of all of our people and wrestling further devolution and resources from westminster. i'll work with our businesses, trade unions and the third sector so that merseyside and halton can become the north of england's creative cap fall for culture, digital connectivity, housing, skills, transport and renewable energy. we'll be truly lead ght the way. we can become —— leading the way. this result means we can give our city region a louder political voice on a national stage. this result means we can demonstrate what happens when labour values are put into practice and this result means we can build a platform for oui’ means we can build a platform for our party in ourarea means we can build a platform for our p

south, and it is the challenge cup weekend for the rugby league fans amongst you, castleford versus st helensple of hours at least of pretty weather as the front moves west to east. it will be away from most eastern coastal areas, say for the north—east of scotland, as you wake up on sunday. another day of sunny spells and showers, some of them sharp, especially in the north—western quarter of scotland, but i hope you have some time on the weekend to enjoy at least some of this dry weather. and i urge you to do it if you can, because this is what monday looks like — rather wet, rather windy to say the least. hello. i'm tom donkin. welcome to bbc news. here are our top stories: a global cyber attack blocks computers and demands a ransom from governments, companies, individuals and even hospitals. i think it is a heinous crime, this hacking, because they're putting people's lives at risk. a veiled threat to the former fbi boss — the white house won't say whether or not there are tapes of his conversations with president trump. venezuelan pensioners take to the streets to protest against the gov

yesterday's action lived up to it's billing for the new st helens head coachjustin holbrook — his sideto nil. holbrook had only taken charge of one training session on friday ahead of the game — yet he clearly had an impact as saints turned in an impressive display, running in eight tries. in the day's other games wakefield beat widnes while wigan and warrington drew 24—24. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempts to win his first world title, being stopped inside three rounds by american gervanter davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round. and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock down. fernando alonso will compete for pole position the indianapolis 500 later. he made it through the first qualifying day seven fasters. moves on to sunday's fast nine to fighters it out for pole position. the dangers of racing on high—speed american oval tracks as this driver crashed into the wall. he was conscious as he was rescued, but suffered multiple fractures. the french

south, and it is the challenge cup weekend for the rugby league fans amongst you, castleford versus st helensf you're out and about you'll have to put up with a couple of hours at least of pretty weather as the front moves west to east. it'll be away from most eastern coastal areas, say for the north—east of scotland, as you wake up on sunday. another day of sunny spells and showers, some of them sharp, especially in the north—western quarter of scotland, but i hope you have some time on the weekend to enjoy at least some of this dry weather. and i urge you to do it if you can, because this is what monday looks like — rather wet, rather windy to say the least. this is bbc news, the headlines: cyber attacks have been reported on organisations in more than 70 countries. computers in thousands of locations have been locked by a programme that demands a $300 payment to restore users' access. companies, individuals and public services including hospitals have been affected. the white house has refused to confirm or deny whether president trump recorded conversations with james comey, the man he sa

south, and it is the challenge cup weekend for the rugby league fans amongst you, castleford versus st helenseather as the front moves west to east. it‘ll be away from most eastern coastal areas, say for the north—east of scotland, as you wake up on sunday. another day of sunny spells and showers, some of them sharp, especially in the north—western quarter of scotland, but i hope you have some time on the weekend to enjoy at least some of this dry weather. and i urge you to do it if you can, because this is what monday looks like — rather wet, rather windy to say the least. this is bbc world news, the headlines:

are coming further south, it is the challenge cup weekend for the rugby league, castleford versus st helensd about you will have to put up out and about you will have to put up with a couple of hours of weak weather as the front moves and west to east. it will be away from most eastern coastal areas, for the north—east of scotland, as you wake up north—east of scotland, as you wake up on sunday. another day or sunny spells and showers, some of them sharp in the north—western quarter of scotland, but i have you have some time on the weekend to enjoy some time on the weekend to enjoy some of the dry weather. and i urge you to do it if you can because this is what monday looks like, rather windy. this is bbc world news, the headlines: hospitals around england are being affected by what's believed to be a major cyber attack. some have been forced to divert emergencies. it appears organisations in other countries have been affected by cyber attacks as well. president trump has warned sacked fbi directorjames comey not to talk to the press about their conversations. in a string of twitter message

—— st helens in merseyside.ide. but is not in relation to any specific threat. police have resumed sharing intelligence, we had a continuing row yesterday after the leaking of various elements of the investigation from sources in the united states. a huge amount of political anger around all of that. the security minister ben wallace has been speaking on radio and television this morning. he says that an extra protective shield of resources is now in place. let's hear a bit more about his explanation and his assessment of this continuing investigation. this is not about failure. this is about the challenges, the scale of the challenge we face at the moment. m15 have now clearly said that the number of people they are investigating everyday, huge number of people, we have anywhere between 400 to 500 large cases of investigation. ——live cases of investigation. there are 3000 people within that group, and another 12,000 people that are often flagged as of interest that we have to make the judgment. and 500 active p

aidan mcateer lost control of the stolen car at st helens on merseyside.fered serious injuries. greater manchester police say moors murderer ian brady's body shouldn't be cremated in the city or surrounding area where he carried out his crimes out of respect to his victims' families. brady died in prison on monday. it's been a year since the ban on so—called "legal highs" came into effect — but they are still available in many british cities. known as new psycho—active substances, or "spice" — the legal highs were made class b drugs which meant they had to be taken off the shelves on the high street. they may not be visible now — but there are warnings that the sale of spice has been driven underground asjeremy cooke reports. there are new psychoactive substances, nps. not so much a problem, more so an epidemic. known as legal highs, or spice. it's got the kind of psychological addiction you might associate with crack cocaine and the physical addiction and withdrawals that you'd associate with heroin. a year ago they were banned. just because they say it's

hull, in second, play st helens. and it's wigan against warrington. that's all sport for now.c sport website. i'll have more in the next hour. prince george and princess charlotte will act as page boy and bridesmaid, when their aunt pippa middleton marries james matthews this morning. the event is being dubbed the society wedding of the year. there's been speculation over whether prince harry will bring his girlfriend, the american actress meghan markle. let's cross now to our correspondent who's in englefield in berkshire. good morning to you. morning. it all looks very quiet behind you. i guess it's all happening just very close by. yes, it does look quiet at the moment. but it's busierjust to the side of me, because what we're seeing at the moment is there's a lot of security around to make sure that everything goes smoothly and there's an awful lot of media here. there's a lot of media interest from around the world on this wedding of pippa middleton and james matthews, which is due to take place injust over an hour's time now. we haven't seen any guests arrive yet. they a

larry: opinion years ago on -- 37 years ago on this day mount st. helen erupted.major forest fires and mounted the snow cap and that caused floods. the eruption killed 57 people and caused more than $1 billion in damage. alison: wow! graduation season is upon us. for a pennsylvania woman it is a feat that took more than a century to accomplish. teresa dropped out of high school in her teens to take care of her family because her mother got sick. after decades of waiting the 105-year-old put on her cap and gown to receive her high schooldy loma. in the -- high school diploma. she shared a secret for a long and happy life. >> lots of football games. alison: watching football games. a lot of fun well family and friends were on hand for the moment and they threw a graduation party complete with cake and a lot of ice cream. larry: absolutely! alison: what inspiration. larry: i wonder if she is a steelers fan or eagles fan? maybe both? 105, anything you want to root for. alison: ice cream helps, too. larry: always. no doubt about that. former vice president joe biden is

st. helens exploded at midnight tonight, you would get, within an hour, 18 democrats demanding a special prosecutor to look into the issue. everything leads them to demanding a special prosecutor. i wouldn't take them seriously. again, what they are talking about is smoke. after six months, eight months, a year? no hard evidence whatsoever of collusion. i think the reason comey is gone is because generally speaking we say if you make enemies on both sides, you must be doing something right. with him, he made enemies on both sides and he was doing a lot wrong. he had no one to stand up for him. in the end, he had so angered the two sides so many times switching back and forth that he was left without any allies. you can interpret this as rosenstein coming in and thus that is the timing, or as suggested by a.b., trump doing it. you would get the deputy attorney general to draw up the document which would be the execution documentary that's how you would do it. we still don't know. >> bret: the reason the deputy attorney general will be doing it is because the attorney general recused himse

st. helens exploded at midnight tonight, you would get, within an hour, 18 democrats demanding a special look into the issue. everything leads them to demanding a special prosecutor. i wouldn't take them seriously. again, what they are talking about is smoke. after six months, eight months, a year? no hard evidence whatsoever of collusion. i think the reason comey is gone is because generally speaking we say if you make enemies on both sides, you must be doing something right. with him, he made enemies on both sides and he was doing a lot wrong. he had no one to stand up for him. in the end, he had so angered the two sides so many times switching back and forth that he was left without any allies. you can interpret this as rosenstein coming in and thus that is the timing, or as suggested by a.b., trump doing it. you would get the deputy attorney general to draw up the document which would be the execution documentary that's how you would do it. we still don't know. >> bret: the reason the deputy attorney general will be doing it is because the attorney general recused himself from the ru

rugby league's magic weekend lived up to its billing for the new st helens head coach, justin holbrooke game. yet he clearly had an impact, as saints turned in an impressive display, running in eight tries. in the day's other games, wakefield beat widnes, while wigan and warrington drew 2a—2a. dutch rider tom dumoulin has extended his lead at the giro d'italia to just under three minutes. britain's adam yates made up some of the time lost in last sunday's crash, to go second in the competition for best young rider, while dumoulin was outstanding, as he won a mountainous stage 1a. he is now two minutes and a7 seconds ahead of his main challenger, nairo quintana, with seven stages to go. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempts to win his first world title, being stopped inside three rounds by american gervonta davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion, who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round, and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock—down. despite playing twice in a day, novak djokovic brushed asid

super league teams play over the same weekend, so today widnes face wakefield, hull in second play st helense rome masters. austria's dominic thiem was the first this year to beat the spaniard on his favourite surface. nadal had won 17 straight matches and had been going for an eight title in the italian capital. thiem will play either novak djokovic orjuan martin del potro in the semi—finals after their match was delayed by rain. maria sharapova won't ask for a wildcard to play at wimbledon and will attempt to earn her place via qualifying. the former champion has relied on invitations to tournaments since she returned to competition last month, after a 15 month doping ban. the french open turned her down for a wildcard this week, but her world ranking is now high enough to get into the wimbledon qualifying draw at least. it's fast, furious and if the ref doesn't see it it's allowed. i'm talking about water polo, where two teams face off in a swimming pool to score the most goals. ahead of the british championships, which is like the fa cup of waterpolo, i've been to the home of the defendi

four—year—old and causing serious injury by dangerous driver to her grandmother after a hit crash in st helensday and tomorrow with showers. things slowly improving by sunday. this is north somerset earlier in the day. some sunshine. further to the north—east, we have more cloud, outbreaks of rain. the second picture from nottinghamshire, where we have had cloud at apache rain, pushing to the north now and a slowly improving picture here. —— patchy rain. the showers in the north and west should ease away this evening and overnight. further east, rain pushing in across much of central and eastern scotland overnight tonight. saturday morning, if you have plans, 9am, some showers lingering in parts of northern ireland and for scotland, rain, persistent towards the north—east, brighter skies to the southern and south—western parts. heading south across england and wales, a mix of sunshine and showers. most of the showers across wales and the south of england in the morning. central and eastern parts largely dry to start the day but we will start to see showers bubbling up. there will be sunshine b

former super league champions st helens have appointed australian justin holbrook as their new coach.g seventh in the super league after last week's win over leigh. former saints scrum—half sean long will be one of holbrook‘s assistants. he had been holding the reins. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. as we've been hearing, buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. prince philip, who is 95 years—old, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision. she will continue with all her duties. the duke is the longest—serving consort in british history. let's return to buckingham palace and my colleague sophie long. it is business as usual at buckingham palace, a constant run of tourists behind me. it has been business as usual for the queen and the duke of edinburgh carrying out an engagement at the james palace. there is more media here than on our usual thursday afternoon. they began to assemble this morning when speculation was rife on social media after

hull against st helen's kicked off around 45 minutes ago. the latest score is 19—0.rose's game against yorkshire due to a groin injury. the 34—year—old will have a scan on monday. england's first test this summer is against south africa at lord's on the sixthjuly. world number two novak djokovic is through to the semi—finals of the rome masters after beating del potro in straight sets. last year's finalist made light work of his argentinian opponent, taking the first set 6—1. it was a much tighter second set but the serbian showed his skills to advance to the semi—finals, winning the second 6—4. djokovic will play his semifinal against dominic thiem later this evening. number 16 seed alexander zverev is also through to the semifinals after he beatjohn isner in three sets. the german claimed the first set 6—4 but the american fought back to take the second 7—6 but it was zverev who held his nerve to take the decider 6—1. meanwhile in the women's tournament, simona halep is through to herfirst rome final after a straight sets win over kiki bertens. halep will face garb

yesterday‘s action lived up to it‘s billing for the new st helens head coachjustin holbrook — his sides wakefield beat widnes while wigan and warrington drew 24—24. dutch rider tom dumoulin goes into the 15th stage of the giro d‘italia with a lead extended to nearly three minutes after outperforming his main rivals in the mountains yesterday. britain‘s adam yates made up some of the time lost in last sunday‘s crash, to go second in the competition for best young rider. while dumoulin was outstanding as he won a mountainous stage 14. he‘s now 2 minutes and 47 seconds ahead of his main challenger nairo quintana, with seven stages to go. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempts to win his first world title, being stopped inside three rounds by american gervanter davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round. and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock down. novak djokovic plays in the final of the rome masters later after two wins on saturday. the world number two pl

rugby league's magic weekend lived up to its billing for the new st helens head coach, justin holbrookthe game, yet he clearly had an impact, as saints turned in an impressive display, running in eight tries. in the day's other games, wakefield beat widnes while wigan and warrington drew 2a—2a. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempts to win his first world title, being stopped inside three rounds by american gervanter davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round. and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock down. despite playing twice in a day, novak djokovic brushed aside dominic thiem to reach the final at the rome masters. having earlier finished off his rain—delayed quarter—final againstjuan martin del potro, djokovic beat thiem 6—1, 6—0. he will play germany's alexander zverev, who at the age of 20 is the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final. it's one of the world's most popular flower shows — and as the blooms of colour and creativity go on

some rugby league news, the australianjustin holbrook is st helens' new head coach.lbrookjoins from sydney roosters with saints currently lying seventh in the super league. former saints scrum—half sean long will be one of holbrook‘s assistants. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more in the next hour. we are waiting for the next correspondent to turn up! as we've been hearing, buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. prince philip, who is 95 years—old, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision. she will continue with all her duties. the duke is the longest—serving consort in british history. let's return to buckingham palace and my colleague sophie long. to give you an indication of prince philip's contribution to public life over six decades, he has made over 600 overseas trips alongside the queen, more than 5000 speeches, and he was at lords only yesterday joking that he was the world's most experienced plaque unveiled. that will stop, but we wer

elsewhere, warrington came from 14—nil down to beat st helens 40—18, including two second—half trieshuge final day, of the regular rugby union, premiership season in store — three teams can still finish first. leaders wasps face third placed saracens . exeter chiefs need to beat gloucester and can leicester hang on to a play—off spot at bath's expense? tigers are at worcester. bath at sale. and northampton and harlequins face each other for the final automatic european champions cup spot. the pro 12 regular season also comes to a close. leinster or munster will finish top ahead of the play—offs. scarlets and 0spreys should join them. it will be the final game for gregor townsend at glasgow as they face edinburgh. in rugby, team work is everything. yet, despite their best efforts, the british and irish lions haven't won a series in new zealand since 1971. this year's squad of english, irish, welsh and scottish players gather on mass for the first time on monday, and some of the team have bonding in the malvern hills. i went along to join them. in a field of sheep, three lions going of

there was another raid in st helens in merseyside, but nobody arrested there.ght people in custody. they're men aged between 18 and 38, all are being held on suspicion of terrorism, and most appear to be of libyan origin. the flat that salman abedi seems to have rented for the final days before the attack is being searched. it's thought this is where he did the final assembly of the bomb, but police are worried that there are components for one more bomb that are missing, so the threat level remains at critical, meaning another attack may be imminent. that's why armed police officers are patrolling on trains outside london for the first time, and the army are still very much involved. over this weekend, normal events will take place. the police are engaging with the organisers of the events to ensure that we can get all of the support at the events that people want to have, and we may see additional military presence there. but i hope that they can take comfort from it, be able to feel more secure, because we mustn't let this terrible terrorist incident impact

some rugby league news, the australianjustin holbrook is st helens‘ new head coach.okjoins from sydney roosters with saints currently lying seventh in the super league. former saints scrum—half sean long will be one of holbrook‘s assistants. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more in the next hour. and now we have more on the news that prince philip has two sided to step down from public duties. —— has decided. as we've been hearing buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. prince philip, who is 95 years—old, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision. earlier my colleague sophie long spoke tojohn parker, a former carriage driver for prince philip. he said prince philip's retirement won't be an idle one. he was very, very good. he was very accurate, very brave, and he was hard to beat. he meant everything to driving. he carried on doing it until he was 65, which sounds pretty good and remarkable to think that was 30 years ago. are you surprised he con