stuart manley, the world number 520 on his open debut, in a share of the lead. enter the birkdale boy, an ovation for tommy fleetwood, the home town hero. the golf star of 2017 was soon being blown off course. fleetwood more wayward — no amount of local knowledge can help you in there. other radars, though, were in better working order. america'sjustin thomas a talent in a tie, showing his golf is as snappy as his dress sense. his compatriotjordan spieth was soon also on a charge, but birkdale is proving a test for the best. and the latest i can tell you is thatjordan spieth and brooks koepka now lead, on four under par, one shot clear of ian poulter. plenty of big names still to start their rounds this afternoon, including lee westwood and rory mcilroy. andy swiss. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. we had flooding yesterday evening, across lancashire and north wales. you can see the flood waters in the town. partly these thunderstorms we re town. partly these thunderstorms were driven by the very humid air we had over as, all the moisture hel

and coming up in the sport on bbc news: welshman stuart manley is one of the british pace—setters onst morning of the open, played out in very british conditions at royal birkdale. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after four days of brexit talks, the eu's chief negotiator has said there are still fundamental disagreements between the eu and the uk about citizens‘ rights, and that clarification is needed from britain on a number of important issues, including the exit bill. however, michel barnier said there had been some areas of agreement about how britons living abroad, and eu nationals living in this country, should be treated once britain has left the eu. with the latest on the negotiations, here's andy moore. brexit secretary david davis looked happy enough this morning as he came back to brussels to lead the british side one day four of these negotiations. behind the scenes, 98 british officials have been going through the detail in talks that we re through the detail in talks that were supposed to be about the substance of brexit. there were three main topics

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stuart manley from wales finished eagle birdie for a manley from wales finished eagle birdie fora 68,ond place currently. is ian poulter. let's hearfrom both of those two. first—rate, to go out there and post that number on the board, on a good strong golf course, is always great. it feels even better, that you had to go through qualifying to get here as well. links golf is great fun, this course is testing in the wind, and we're going to have even more of the test tomorrow when we got the wind and the rain. i played 17, great. i got unlucky, as long as the light was ok, it was quite a makeable shot. to birdie on the 18th wasjust awesome. you can follow the open on the bbc sport website, where there's in—play video clips of the best of the action. coverage is also on radio five live. highlights on bbc two at 8pm tonight. plenty of big—name star to go out this afternoon including, in just eight few minutes time, rory mcilroy. the potentially crucial 18th stage of the tour de france is taking place — live commentary has just started on the bbc sport website. it's the last big test for c