they moved to second in the table ahead of stjohnstone in the table ahead of stjohnstone in the scottisht day of the labour party conference in brighton. earlier this afternoon, the shadow home secretary diane abbott told the conference that cuts to policing under the conservatives had been very damaging and pledged to recruit 10,000 new police officers. i have represented an inner—city community for over 30 years. i know it's the poor, women and minorities who suffer the most from crime. i have always taken fighting crime seriously, and i will continue to do so as labour home secretary. and the reality of the tory record on law and order is a long way from their rhetoric. since 2010, theresa may has been home secretary and now prime minister. but on her watch, the number of police officers has dropped by 20,000. £2.3 billion has been cut from police budgets. the truth is that austerity undermines policing and community safety in just the same way that it undermines our health service. we see the consequences of this around us with rising levels of homicide, knife and gun crime, and the

rangers go above stjohnstone on goal difference.erdam, manchester city striker sergio aguero insists he's fine. and we understand he may only miss two to four weeks. he's tweeted a picture from his home to say he's broken a rib and it hurts. but after seeing club doctors today aguero, who missed training this morning because of the incident involving a taxi, could be back sooner than expected. his manager pep guardiola held a press conference before having a chance to speak to aguero who was in the netherlands to watch a concert. birmingham has received official backing from the government to be the uk's candidate city for the 2022 commonwealth games. but their bid could face opposition from canada, australia and malaysia. our sports editor dan roan has more. local children are enjoying the alexandra stadium. this could play host to some of the world's best athletes. the bid to bring the commonwealth games here receiving government backing. we have never hosted a multisport event here before. we've hosted world championships of lots

there were also victories for hibernian, stjohnstone, while come on itand hibernian, stjohnstone, whileainst heart of midlothian. in cycling, there was an upset. hannah barnes was the highest placed british rider. many were settling for second place, for me to be up there with the best, yes, i stood up andi there with the best, yes, i stood up and i started to sprout but i had nothing left. i cannot really be too disappointed with that. i couldn't praise them enough, evelyn stepped up the game and that is so valuable moving forwards, going into a world championships next time. we have numbers, the dutch had the numbers today and the won the bike race. but we are catching them up. in the premiership, rugby union, leicester tigers have their second win of the season thanks to a chaotic 31—28 victory at harlequins. having lost both of their opening matches, they are building momentum. harlequins lost just twice are building momentum. harlequins lostjust twice in the entirety of last season, but one of those defeats was against leicester. inside the first ten minutes in the away side were i

there were three penalties awarded in seven minutes in the game between dundee and stjohnstone, dundee. motherwell drew with hibs. sebastian vettel will start today's singapore grand prix expecting to regain the lead of the formula one championship from britain's lewis hamilton. the ferrari driver claimed pole at the marina bay street circuit by three tenths of a second, from red bull's max verstappen. hamilton was more than half a second off the pace and will start from fifth. it wasn't a good day for england's cricketers — their batsmen collapsed as they lost to west indies in the one—off twenty20 international. england won the toss and chose to field first, but the windies got off to a flying start. their star man chris gayle hit a quick—fire a0 as the visitors set england 177 to win. despite alex hales top—scoring with 43, england fell short by 21 runs, all out for 155 with three balls remaining. the five—match one—day series starts on tuesday at old trafford. rugby union's premiership match between newcastle and saracens was played in an unusual setting last night — in philadelphi

level on points with leaders, celtic, in the scottish premiership, after a comfortable home win to stjohnstoneee beat hearts. ross county won at kilmarnock, and motherwell took all three points against partick. catalan dragons won rugby league‘s so—called "million pound game", securing their place in super league next season. but it came at the expense of leigh centurions, who they beat 26—10, and who‘ll now drop into the sport‘s second tier, losing their super league funding. it‘s been a busy day of rugby union action. in the aviva premiership, northampton are top of the table, after beating harlequins. jonny may scored this second half try for leicester in their win over defending champions, exeter. and in the guinness pro14, there were wins for munster, zebre, and newport gwent dragons. that‘s about it from me, the bbc sport website has the rest of the day‘s news, including how birmingham became the only city to bid for the 2022 commonwealth games. back to you, kate. lizzie, thank you very much indeed. you can see more on all of today‘s stories on the bbc news channel. that‘s all from me. g

aberdeen are at home to stjohnstone.n the women's superleague, man city have just kicked off against arsenal, still goalless. chelsea travel to sunderland and bristol city host yeovil town. finally, sunderland and bristol city host yeoviltown. finally, ospreys hooker scott baldwin should have been playing in his side's to 14 match against the cheaters yesterday but he was wounded by a lion. on a trip to south africa, he was wounded at a game park and needed a couple of stitches. according to his coach, he should the average couple of weeks, who, afterwards, called him rather stupid. he has had plenty of warning, pretty stupid, pretty lucky, nothing to do with where we were. we have been told how far back. i don't know what programmes he's been watching, you can park a lion and a head as if it's bickerton. it's probably one of the silliest things i've ever been involved in. if you'd seen the footage, all i can is ouch. that's all the sport. next, camera click. -- click. this week, explosions, big caps and good on the loos

third placed stjohnstone held on for a 1—all draw with hibernian.each at half—time but wednesday scored two goals in the second half and they moved above nottingham forest now in the table. earlier today, cardiff lost their 100% record after a draw at fulham — they do remain at the top of the table though. leeds have moved up into second place after thrashing burton albion 5—0. and just the one goal for wolves against 10—man millwall. you can find all today's results, as ever, on the bbc sport website. still to come, rafa nadal into the us open final, aiming for a 16th grand slam title. and johnny peacock sails through his final race before swapping spikes for sequins and the strictly dance floor. just have a bit of fun. you live your life to athletics for seven or eight years, i just want one year for me for a little bit. we've had two huge games in rugby union's premiership this afternoon — as bath beat double european champions saracens 31—21 at the rec. it was the perfect send off for departing head coach tabai matson, but there was less good ne

dundee recorded their first win of the season with stjohnstone suffering their first defeat — 3—2 theame from behind to earn a point at hibernian. ben stokes has been rested for this evenings twenty20 match between england and the west indies at his home ground chester—le—street. the all rounder will play in the five—match one—day series that follows. eoin morgan's side won the toss and decided to bowl with chris gayle racing to a0 runs off just 21 deliveries. but gayle's lack of pace was seriously exposed with a combination of jason roy and liam plunkett running him out. then evin lewis was caught byjoe root just after making his half—century. west indies are currently 142 for seven after 16 of their 20 allotted overs. sebastien vettel will start on pole ahead of tomorrow's singapore grand prix. lewis hamilton will begin from fifth. which means the ferrari driver will feel confident about surpassing his rival in the drivers standings come race day. tom clarkson is in singapore for us. with formula 1 being a mechanised sport, it's sometimes difficult to work out whether it's the car o

third placed stjohnstone held on for a 1—all draw with hibernian.king on nottingham forest at hillsborough. wednesday took the lead in the 22nd minute, when this through ball found gary hooper. but their lead didn't last long, forest equalised just six minutes later through ben 0sborn. earlier today, cardiff lost their 100% record after a draw at fulham — they do remain at the top of the table though. leeds have moved up into second place after thrashing burton albion 5—0. and just the one goal for wolves against 10—man millwall. you can find all today's results, as ever, on the bbc sport website. still to come, rafa nadal into the us open final, aiming for a 16th grand slam title. and johnny peacock sails through his final race before this —— swapping spikes for sequence and the strictly dance floor. ijust want and the strictly dance floor. i just want one year for and the strictly dance floor. ijust want one year for me, you give your life to athletics. we've had two huge games in rugby union's premiership this afternoon — as bath beat double euro

in the other game in the scottish premier league there were wins for hibs and stjohnston.he season thanks to a 31—28 victory at harlequins. in what was a chaotic game at the stoop, the lead changed hands frequently. but eventually it was the tigers that came out on top. they‘ve now got two wins in a row, and are building some momentum. newcastle pulled off a one point victory over bath at the rec and saracens ran out 41—13 winners at home to sale. and finally, dutch champion chantal blaak produced a remarkable performance to win the world cycling road race championships in norway. she wasn‘t expected to beat her more illustrious team mates, including olympic champion anna van de breggen, especially after she was caught up in this crash. but she fought back to win by 28 seconds. hannah barnes was britain‘s highest placed rider in 14th place, with dani king 20th. there‘s been another earthquake in mexico, four days after a major tremor killed nearly 300 people. it happened around 12 miles south of the town of matios romero, in the state of wahaca. so far, there have been no

dundee recorded their first win of the season with stjohnstone suffering their first defeat — 3—2 the at hibernian. sebastien vettel will start on pole ahead of tomorrow's singapore grand prix. lewis hamilton will begin from fifth. which means the ferrari driver will feel confident about surpassing his rival in the drivers standings come race day. tom clarkson is in singapore for us. with formula 1 being a mechanised sport, it's sometimes difficult to work out whether it's the car or the driver making the difference. during qualifying for the singapore grand prix we were left in no doubt about the talents of one man. wo0h00! no wonder sebastian vettel was happy. after losing his championship lead to lewis hamilton last time in italy, pole was vital. for much of qualifying, it looked as though max verstappen would take that. seven of the nine... his red bull team dominated practice and he clocked the quickest time in the first two sessions. but sebastian vettel had been keeping his powder dry. hamilton and bottas ended up fifth and sixth. it suited ferrari perfectly. verstappen couldn'

second place aberdeen are at home to stjohnstone will bayley will bid to become the first british tableriple crown later today. the 29—year—old already has the paralympic and world honours to his name and is looking to secure european gold in slovenia. nick hope has been to meet the man who will also become a father for the first time next week. he became one of the most iconic moments of the rio games. will —— will bayley claiming the first paralympic gold in 2a years. will bayley claiming the first paralympic gold in 24 years. loads of things going through my mind, yea rs of not of things going through my mind, years of not knowing if i was going to achieve my dream, losing in london 2012 in the final, a lot of frustration and then when i stood on the table, just in men's troy and i was very proud of myself. licence has been a whirlwind. he lived the high life on the flight leaving rio, stroked up crowd adulation in the uk and went on to sample the celebrity lifestyle. it was good to be on the programme, she lifestyle. it was good to be on the programme, she was a lifestyle. it was go

second place aberdeen are at home to stjohnstone. the pick of today's games. tottenham travel to huddersfield in the early kick—off, with both sides hoping to continue their bright start to the season. every game is tough. every game is difficult. it's true that i'm not concerned, because i feel that we will arise in a good condition. but you know, always premier league games are a challenge and for us, it has to be a challenge because the three points will be so important for us. their individual quality, what they have, and they've shown it, this is exactly the tasks you ask for. this is exactly the challenges you like to have. this is why we celebrate at the end of may in wembley, because we had these games in front of us. 0rwe we had these games in front of us. or we will have these games in front of us in the future. and now it's reality. there's also three games in the women's super league, with title contenders manchester city taking on arsenal in a 12.30 kick off. spring series champions chelsea travel up to sunderland. and b

there were also wins for hibs and stjohnstone. kilmarnock dundee ended 1—1.he aviva premiership match between harlequins and leicester. four of the game's five tries were scored in the second half. eventually it was leicester who prevailed, winning by 31 points to 28. james burford reports. here are the different results... a worrying sight for england fans, there was a leg injury in the match between saracens and shields arcs. —— sale sharks. vainikolo. rugby league — wigan warriors' unlikely hopes of reaching the super league semi finals were ended by wakefield this afternoon. wigan lost 32—nil in what will be their final game of the season. five tries for wakefield were shared amongst the players — keegan hirst grabbed the final one. elsewhere, warrington wolve beat hull kr while catalan dragons are drawing 4—4 with widnes vikings, that game is early in the 2nd half. it's a new version of the sport, and this weekend super league triathlon is on display injersey, with many of the best known names taking part. jonathan brownlee is among them, and our reporte

stjohnstone have moved to second place on goals scored, at least until lunchtime when aberdeen take onck and loudoun de drewi—i. huey furyk, the cousin of tyson fury, has failed in his bid to take the wbo heavyweight title from new zealand's josef parker. the wbo heavyweight title from new zealand'sjosef parker. a points decision saw parker come out on top at the manchester arena. the venue was hosting a sporting event for the first time since reopening after a terror attack in may. i felt i won the fight, i felt i did enough to win, i caught him with some big shots. he did well to move for 12 rounds but i felt i won the fight. i for 12 rounds but i felt i won the fight. i chased him for 12 rounds because i didn't feel he had the power to hit me. i wanted to put on the pressure, iwanted power to hit me. i wanted to put on the pressure, i wanted to chase him down but i was unable to catch improperly so maybe next time. harlequins backroad jack clifford has been called into an england training camp in oxford today to replace billy vunipola, who injured his knee in the saracens win over s

comfortable winners over dundee and there were draws between ross county and partick thistle, and stjohnstoneh run. coverage of mo farah in the men's raised is available right now on bbc one and that should finish in around 15 minutes. you cannot keep up—to—date on the bbc sport website where you can find details of the amateur runners as well. that is all the sport for now. more in the next hour. rohingya muslim rebels in myanmar have declared a unilateral one—month ceasefire, saying they want to ease the humanitarian crisis in the country. rebel attacks on security forces triggered a two—week military campaign, during which nearly 300,000 rohingyas fled to neighbouring bangladesh. soldiers have been accused of carrying out killings and burning villages. there's been a sharp increase in the number of people known to have been killed by thursday's major earthquake in mexico. the number now stands at about 90, more than 70 of them in the state of oaxaca alone. aaron safir reports. clearing the rubble injuchitan in southern mexico, the town worst hit by thursday's earthquake. rescuers have told

there were also wins for hibs and stjohnstone. kilmarnock dundee ended 1—1.. rugby union, and an exciting conclusion to the aviva premiership match between harlequins and leicester. four of the game's five tries were scored in the second half. eventually it was leicester who prevailed, winning by 31 points to 28. james burford reports. harlequins lost just twice harlequins lostjust twice year in the entire of last season but one of those babies was against leicester. inside the first ten minutes and the away side were inside enemy territory. after going to the tm all with an early score. as the dust settled to the defence were caught napping. danny care was awake to the opportunity and gave the tigers sleepless nights. whether that the school was turned, this man with time and space, harlequins firmly in control. but this game was far from over, johnny may rarely loses a few trees and on this occasion there was going to be only one winner. the crowd flared up and so too did the nerves of harlequins when hooker greg abatement went over. another twist, more def

it was a point apiece for ross county and partick and stjohnstone drew with hibernian.doubles titles, he and martina hingis won at wimbledon over the summerand hingis won at wimbledon over the summer and there are no us. open mixed doubles champions. they this evening, alfie hewett and gordon reid are in the wheelchair doubles final and reid are in the wheelchair doubles finaland in the reid are in the wheelchair doubles final and in the next few minutes, madison keys and sloane stephens face each other in the women's final. all the details on the bbc sport website. thank you. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. hurricane it has been a day of mixed weather forjune is in any one location. whilst the area of low pressure has been the dominant feet of our weather, we had quite a bit of shower activity post along by a north to north—westerly wind across the british isles lurking in the wings. a lot of showers, heavy thunderstorms drifting further towards the south and east but a little build of pressure just in

and a 2—1 win over hamilton saw stjohnstone move up to second place.e from new zealand'sjoseph parker. a points decision saw parker come out on top at manchester arena. the venue was hosting a sporting event for the first time since reopening after the terror attack in may. in rugby union's premiership, leicester tigers have their second win, thanks to a chaotic 31—28 victory at harlequins. it was a rollercoaster six—try game at the twickenham stoop. leicester had lost both of their opening matches, but the tigers are now building some momentum thanks to back—to—back victories. elsewhere, newcastle narrowly beat bath 33 points to 32. and billy vunipola will have an anxious wait to find out whether he'll be able make england's autumn internationals, after he injured his knee during saracens win over sale. it was only his second match back after shoulder surgery that saw him miss the british and irish lions tour to new zealand. there was drama in yesterday's pro14 — cardiff snatched their first win of the campaign, thanks to a last—minute try against con

and there were draws between ross county and partick thistle and stjohnstone and hibernian.us open for her first grand slam title. the world number 83 thrashed fellow american madison keys in straight sets at flushing meadows. the win is all the more impressive give that stephens only recently returned from nearly a year out injured earlier this summer. there was some british success as jamie murray and partner martina hingis claimed the mixed doubles title. it's their second grand slam of the year after also winning wimbledon. and alfie hewett and gordon reid won the wheelchair doubles titles — while andy lapthorne and his american partner david wagner took the wheelchair quad doubles title. bath beat double european champions saracens 31—21 in rugby union's premiership yesterday afternoon. the hosts followed up their win at leicester on the opening weekend with another impressive victory. sarries led going into the final four minutes, before two semesa rokoduguni tries gave bath the points — in head coach tabai matson's last game in charge. there were also wins for northam

there were three penalties awarded in seven minutes in the game between dundee and stjohnstone, dundeee had he been given time. he was sacked yesterday. the former tottenham and portsmouth boss kept birmingham up last season, after taking charge with three games remaining. but despite signing 14 players over the summer, the blues are currently second bottom of the championship, and were beaten 3—1 at home by preston yesterday. it wasn‘t a good day for england‘s cricketers. their batsmen collapsed as they lost to west indies in the one—off twenty20 international. england won the toss and chose to field first, but the windies got off to a flying start. their star man chris gayle hit a quick—fire 40 as the visitors set england 177 to win. alex hales top scored for england with 43 but they fell short by 21 runs, all out for 155 with three balls remaining. sebastian vettel will start today‘s singapore grand prix expecting to regain the lead of the formula one championship from britain‘s lewis hamilton. the ferrari driver claimed pole at the marina bay street circuit by three tenths of a sec

the other ten teams are all in action today, including second placed aberdeen at home to stjohnstone.when they host hibernian. qualifying for the malaysian grand prix gets under way this morning, championship leader lewis hamilton could only finish sixth in second practice, with rival sebastian vettel fastest. but look at why the session had to end early. hars driver romain grosjean got a puncture to his rear tyre, spun off the track and into the barriers. it was all down to a loose drain cover. he did hit the barriers at full speed but luckily he was unhurt. the session was stopped with 20 minutes still remaining. there was more super league semi—final drama last night. following the golden point drop goal that sent castleford through to the grand final on thursday, leeds just held off hull fc. they beat them 18—16 at headingley to reach old trafford for a west yorkshire derby next weekend. this second half liam sutcliffe try helped the hosts to that narrow two—point win. newcastle falcons are top of rugby union's premiership after a bonus point win over london irish. three tries in

and there were draws between ross county and partick thistle and stjohnstone and hibernian. stephens won the us open for her first grand slam title. the world number 83 thrashed fellow american madison keys in straight sets at flushing meadows. the win is all the more impressive give that stephens only recently returned from nearly a year out injured earlier this summer. test match special fans will be familiar with the name and unique voice and style of henry blow felt. —— of henry bloefeld. the commentator has called his final ball after 45 years with test match special. this is the moment he said goodbye for one last time. thank you all for listening. it's been wonderful to talk to you. you have all told me you will miss me, but i will miss you something dreadful. i must try not to fall over as i hand over to the next commentator, who is ed smith. how lovely. applause applause a fantastic day for him. england captainjoe root said it would be strange listening to the radio without him and after soaking up the adulation from his colleagues, he was given a standing ovation o

and there were draws between ross county and partick thistle and stjohnstone and hibernian.n the us open for her first grand slam title. the world number 83 thrashed fellow american madison keys in straight sets at flushing meadows. the win is all the more impressive give that stephens only recently returned from nearly a year out injured earlier this summer. there was some british success as jamie murray and partner martina hingis claimed the mixed doubles title. it's their second grand slam of the year after also winning wimbledon. and alfie hewett and gordon reid won the wheelchair doubles titles — while andy lapthorne and his american partner david wagner took the wheelchair quad doubles title. and finally we wish a happy retirement to henry blofeld. the commentator has called his final ball after a5 years with test match special. this is the moment he said goodbye for one last time. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of the. thank you all for listening. it's been wonderful talking to you will. you say you miss me, i will miss you something dreadful. i must not f