the latest on that explosion in sunderland. now, two entirely different matters.st the reverend richard coles has been confirmed as the fifth contestant to sign up for this year's strictly come dancing. the latest announcement comes after actress gemma atkinson, tv presenter ruth langsford, eastenders star davood ghadami, and singer mollie king — were also confirmed to be taking part in the bbc one series. the reverend richard coles is the latest added to the list and he has been speaking to my colleague, ben brown. i have been desperately trying not to let slip the news for six months. people keep saying, ooh, would you like to do strictly? and you say, i would love to and not give anything away. and how excited are you? tremendously, you can see that there is a major paradigms shifting and dance talent ready to emerge. but you are a great musician, starring with the commune art for years, you must have music in your bones? someone rather unkindly dug out a video of me dancing from 1987 and all you see is a musician struggling to get out! that ed balls was taken

park on wednesday and will become the club's record signing, beating the $38.6 million they paid sunderlandnth. the premier league celebrates its 25th birthday today. more than 25,000 goals have been scored in england's top division since 1992. fans england's top division since 1992. fa ns were england's top division since 1992. fans were asked to pick their favourites in a bbc poll, and the winner was this one, scored by dennis bergkamp in 2002. now it is dennis bergkamp in 2002. now it is dennis bergkamp, and he has turned. what a goal a smack he has come from inside out. did he mean that? i think he did. what! he has. now we go to cricket. in the first ever day and night game for england and edgbaston, why do people? when it comes to playing underfloodlights are not visibility is important. you can see the red colour of the ball, here, and the prominent seam. that will deteriorate as the day goes on, and that is part of test match cricket. but under lights, it is too dark, no good. so you go for the pink under the lights. it is visible under the lights, but also durable, so under the lig

goodison park on wednesday and become everton's record signing, beating the £30 million they paid sunderlandonth. one player who's leaving goodison park, though, is gareth barry. he's joined west bromwich albion on a one—year contract, for an undisclosed fee. 36—year—old barry is just five games short of breaking ryan giggs‘ record of 632 premier league appearances. the premier league celebrates its 25th birthday today. more than 25,000 goals have been scored in england's top division since 1992 and fans were asked to pick their favourite in a bbc poll. and the winner was this one scored by arsenal's dennis bergkamp, against newcastle in 2002. now here is bergkamp. he's turned him! whata now here is bergkamp. he's turned him! what a goal by dennis bergkamp. he turned the defender inside out. did he mean that? i think he did. he slips the ball past shay given. let's turn our attention to cricket now, and later this week, it's all about the power of the pink ball, as england play their first ever day/night test match against the west indies at edgbaston. why pink? well, it's believed to be eas

after their relegation sunderland drew 1—all at home to derby.head early on before summer signing lewis grabban equalised from the penalty spot just before half—time. english golfer georgia hall is two shots off the pace at the half—way stage of the women's british open at kingsbarns in scotland. she sank seven birdies in a round of 67, which took her to nine under par. hall is bidding to become the first english winner of the open since 2004. out in front is in—kyung kim of south korea, who made this eagle putt in her round of 68. in rugby league's super league a hat—trick for stevie ward helped leeds rhinos to a 32—16 victory over wigan warriors in the super eights. there were also wins for hull fc and huddersfield in the super eights and warrington in the qualifiers. he said he won't be contending in the end of. he said it was the only solution to make sure he can continue to compete at the top level of tennis. let's go back to the world athletics championships and 0lly foster at the london stadium. after a ll after all that flurry of exciteme

park on wednesday and will become the club's record signing, beating the $38.6 million they paid sunderlandjordan pickford last month. maria sharapova is set to play in herfirst grand slam since her is—month drugs ban expired in april. the 30 year old russian has been handed a place at this month's us open in new york. the 5—time grand slam champion was denied a wildcard for the french open and pulled out of qualifying for wimbledon. currently ranked 148th in the world she won the 2006 us open and reached the semi finals in 2005 and 2012. sharapova's won 35 singles titles in her career and first became world number i in august 2005. nick kyrgios is through to the second round of the cincinnati masters after a comfortable 6—2, 6—3 victory over the ninth seed david goffin. after nearly losing the first game of the match, the australian secured three breaks of serve against the belgian who took a medical time out for a knee injury during the match. kyrgios plays alexander dolgopolov in the second round. argentina'sjuan martin del potro made a winning return to the tournament after a four year

the change is meant to increase the graduation rate jason sunderland cross the csu system. >>> rightt's 5:40, still ahead, california law takes guns away from people with restraining orders. its purpose is to protect families, but coming up at 6:00 well will tell you how effective that law might be. >>> keeping your power bill down, some tips for reducing costs as the heat of the summer continues to hit many bay area communities. >>> if you are getting on the roads soon, you will see that traffic is going to be okay. this is a look at the san mateo bridge, not a bad commute heading out to the highrise. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. time is ac 43. happening today -- 5:43. the gates open this aftern

football talk over the past few days, much like what happened in 1905 when alf common, moved from sunderlandhe exorbitant fee. the transfer record rose way above six figures until this man, trevor francis became football‘s first million—pound man in 1979 when he moved from birmingham to nottingham forest, who were league champions under brian clough. within a few months francis had paid back a large chunk of his fee when he scored the winner as forest won the european cup. so let‘s have a quick look at some other more recent transfer record breakers. alan shea rer‘s move back home to newcastle from blackburn in 1996 was for a record £15 million — newcastle fans would say that was money well spent. the likes of figo and zidane were the world‘s most expensive until this man, cristiano ronaldo, moved from manchester united to real madrid for £80 million in 2009. real then paid tottenham £85 million for gareth bale four years later. that record was broken with paul pogba‘s £89 million transfer from juventus to united last summer. astronomical at the time — not so maybe now. we can now confirm fo

there's been an explosion at a house in sunderland.ere is nothing at this time to suggest the explosion is connected to terrorism. the north east ambulance service have said that one person is in a "serious condition". a short time ago we caught up with our correspondent megan paterson who brought us up to date with the latest from the scene. as you can see the police cordon is still in place. emergency services were called this morning just before nine o'clock after people living nearby reported hearing a loud explosion, that explosion has destroyed completely one part of a semidetached property and its damaged badly the neighbouring property. there were no the talent is but one woman was seriously injured, she was rescued by the fire service this morning, pulled her out from the rubble and she is receiving treatment. we understand that although the injuries are serious she is in a stable condition. at the moment the cause is not clear, investigations will continue this afternoon and possibly on into the weekend to establish that but

a woman was inside the semi—detached house in sunderland when the blast took place on friday morning,or injuries. it is understood that she was protected from the blast by a fridge which fell on top of her. learner drivers are to be allowed on to motorways in england, scotland and wales for the first time from next year. the department for transport said lessons must be in a dual—control car with an approved driving instructor. more details now from our correspondent tom burridge. learning to drive — something many of us remember doing, mainly in quiet, suburban areas. but, from next year, learners will be allowed onto our motorways. the government says it will make us safer, because when people pass their test, they will already have experience of our biggest and fastest roads. it's a good idea, because normally, as they're getting towards the end of their lessons, towards their driving test, i think it is a good idea. if they're well supervised, obviously. we're looking for people who already know how to drive. mainly new drivers, they still cause problems. but when we talk about pe

appeared in court charged with murder, after the body of a woman was found in a burning car in sunderlandll, who's 50 and from blackpool, appeared at newcastle crown court this morning. they were remanded in custody. a think—tank which aims to improve living standards for low and middle—income families says the number of people in the uk who own a second property rose by 30% between 2002 and 2014, to more than five million. analysis by the resolution foundation found the number of people without property also increased during the same period. the government says it's making £60 million a year available to communities most affected by second home ownership. vehicles have been left dangling from the edge of a multi—storey car park in nottingham after part of a wall collapsed. it fell away during the night, and surrounding roads have been closed. no—one was injured. structural engineers have been checking the rest of the building, while those with cars inside were told they couldn't remove them until the exits were cleared of rubble and the building deemed safe. they're banned in scotland. l

their first points of the season. 0nto the championship, and there was a good win for leeds over sunderlandson, but is close to £50 million move to burnley. leeds managed without him, though. stuart dallas make sure of the victory. it is their first make sure of the victory. it is theirfirst win at make sure of the victory. it is their first win at the stadium of light since 2004. ipswich and cardiff each have four straight wins so far this season. ipswich beat brentford while cardiff won impressively at wolves. derby beat bolton, while there were first wins of the season for sheffield wednesday at fulham, and aston villa over norwich. nottingham forests good start to the season continued with victory over middlesbrough, preston beat reading while qpr came from behind to beat hull. it might be august but we have already had one round of fa cup qualifying games and today he bbc cameras were at south shields in the prelimary qualifyoing roudn as they beat bridlington town 3—1. former south african international midfielder matty pattinson scored the pick of the goals in the second half. the fa

sunderland take on derby in the championship.eads the second round of the women's british open at kingsbarns in scotland. kim is on 10 under par and one shot clear, thanks to this eagle putt on the 11th. england's georgia hall, who was tied 10th overnight, is one shot behind on 9 under par afterfiring an impressive round of 67, which included 7 birdies. us open champion stan wawrinka won't be defending his title at the end of the month. he needs an operation on his knee and that will keep him out for the rest of the season. wawrinka says it was the only solution to make sure he can continue to compete at the top level. it's nearly time for usain bolt at the world athletics championships. let's go back to the opening ceremony at the london stadium and olly foster. yes, it is building up now. the games makers' choir just yes, it is building up now. the games makers' choirjust had a rousing rendition of that elbasan we heard so many times in london 2012. you just feel those memories coming back. —— the elbow song. i was talking abou

a woman was inside the semi—detached property in sunderland when the blast happened on friday morningjuries. it‘s understood that she was protected by a fridge which fell on top of her. it‘s the last day of the world athletics championships following on from a night of drama in the stadium. mo farah missed out on gold in his final championship race and usain bolt pulled up injured in his final race. but it was glory for britain‘s men‘s 100 metres relay team. here‘s our sports correspondent andy swiss. the agony. and the ecstasy. one night, so many emotions. and for british athletics is a glorious finale. the men‘s really was supposed to be usain bolt‘s golden goodbye. at these championships have rarely followed the script. it's going to be tight, it old! as britain‘s azlan gold sangin, usain bolt sank to the track, cramped ending his career in the coolest fashion. the greatest ever athlete faltering in his last moments. for the hosts it was a picture of perfection and this morning they reflected on a breathtaking win. crossing the line i wasn‘t sure, i waited for the time to come up o

have appeared in court charged with murder after the body of a woman was found in a burning car in sunderlandephen unwin, from houghton, and william mcfall, who's 50 and from blackpool, appeared before newcastle crown court this morning and were remanded in custody. donald trump's former chief strategist, steve bannon, has vowed to fight the president's opponents, despite being fired from his job at the white house. mr bannon was seen as the architect of mr trump's right wing agenda, he'll return to a role at the ultra—conservative website breitbart news. david willis reports. steve bannon, widely credited for helping steer donald trump to victory, he was one of the most powerful men in the white house. if you think they will give your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. every day — every day, it is going to be a fight. steve bannon has now returned to right—wing website breitbart news, which he ran before leaving tojoin the trump campaign a year ago. he has said that he intends to keep fighting on the president's behalf, but in an interview with the conservative magazine th

she was pulled from the rubble in sunderland and suffered minor burns.s it‘s not going to be a bad weekend over all. that‘s not a safe there is not going to be a couple of flies in the ointment. 0ne not going to be a couple of flies in the ointment. one or two weather fronts bringing some cloud. chance of rain in some parts. the afternoon will see the clouds coming out of scotla nd will see the clouds coming out of scotland and going to the eastern side of the pennines. improving across the south—east, the vale of clwyd parts. elsewhere, passing showers. keeping them going across the north of scotland. skies are clear and, the north of scotland. skies are clearand, —— are the north of scotland. skies are clear and, —— are clearing and that‘ll be good news for those trying to spot the mutual showers. it will lead to eight. for sunday. it will lead to eight. for sunday. it will lead to eight. for sunday. it will be priced from any. high of 22-23. you are watching bbc news. the headlines at 28 minutes past 12. president trump issues a fresh warning to warni

appeared in court charged with murder, after the body of a woman was found in a burning car in sunderlando's 50 and from blackpool, appeared at newcastle crown court this morning. they were remanded in custody. the president of nigera, muhammadu buhari, is returning to his country today, after spending three months in london for medical treatment. the 74—year—old says he feels healthy enough to return home now, but his absence has prompted numerous protests in nigeria, including demands that he should resign. the president is expected to address the nation on monday at 7am. then we will know whether he's going to take up will know whether he's going to take up his duties or like the last time he came back, he said he was going to rest for a few days. we will know on monday whether he's going to take up on monday whether he's going to take up his duties immediately or going to rest for some days before returning to office. remind us, our viewers, who's been in charge, who has held the reins of power while he's been away? when the president was leaving on may 7, he handed over power to his

an explosion has taken place at a house in sunderland.d there is nothing at this time to suggest the explosion was connected to terrorism. the house was destroyed in the explosion with reports on social media suggesting that its roof was blown off. the north—east ambulance service has said that one person is in a serious condition. the gas supplied to hundreds of homes importer or blocks in london has been cut due to safety fears. the issue with the gas supply was discovered during an investigation into fire safety prompted by the grenfell fire. 0ur correspondent simonjones is in southwark and can tell us more. in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy, extra checks were ordered on high—rise buildings like these ones. residents were initially concerned about cracks that had appeared in the building, so structural engineers were sent in by southwark council, but then they discovered potentially another big problem. gas was supplied to these buildings when they were constructed in 1968. buildings when they were constructed in1968. in buildi

in the championship, striker chris wood withdrew from the leeds united side that faced sunderland inrnley. but leeds managed without him. samuel saiz gave them the lead in the first half. and stuart dallas made sure of the victory for the visitors, with a header 14 minutes from time. it's leeds' first win at the stadium of light since 2004. cardiff and ipswich remain at the top of the table, as both sides continued their winning starts to the season, with wins over wolves and brentford respectively. elsewhere, sheffield united beat barnsley in a south yorkshire derby where both teams finished with 10 men. aston villa picked up their first win of the season, beating norwich. newly—promoted bolton's home woes continued, as they lost to derby. it ended goalless between bristol and millwall. there were wins for wednesday, forest, preston north end and qpr. in the scottish premiership, celtic are top on goal difference, after their 2—0 win over kilmarnock. stjohnstone and aberdeen both also have nine points, after victories over partick thistle and dundee respectively. hamilton are fourth

the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country — including the footballerjermain defoes been telling juliet ferrington how he was inspired by the litte boy who he called his ‘best mate'. it was in september last year when jermain first walked out with bradley and, from that moment on, a friendship was made. that story of brad's is just special. i've got a nice picture in the house of me and brads at the england game. i walked him out and we sang the national anthem. but, yeah, it's a special story, you know? my best friend. he was genuine. i mean, he was a kid, all he knew is... i don't know, hejust loved his football. he loved me. i loved him. but i could see in his eyes it was genuine, because as a child, there was nothing i could give him apart from just being a friend. they were best friends and it was a friendship that captured the hearts of everyone. it was an instant connection and one that continues with bradley's mum and dad. even towards the end when he was really struggling and he was in bed, he couldn't really move, i would walk into the room and he'd jump u

sunderland began life back in the championship with a 1—1 draw with derby county.abban equalised from the penalty spot. elsewhere, nottingham forest beat millwall1—0. the scottish premiership season starts today. champions celtic play hearts in the lunchtime kickoff. english golfer georgia hall is two shots off the pace at the halfway stage of the women's british open at kingsbarns in scotland. hall led for most of the day, thanks to four consecutive birdies and a solitary bogey on the front nine. she added three more birdies to put herself in a great position for the final two days. out in front is ik kim of south korea, who made an eagle putt in her round of 68. she's 11 under par. that's all the sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website, and i'll have more in the next hour. it is all going on, isn't it? busy weekend, thank you very much. let's turn our attention is to north korea, because the united nations will vote and have economic sanctions later today. this is a security council vote will happen this evening in n

a medical at today and would become everton‘s record signing, beating the £30 million they paid sunderlandickford last month. the england midfielder fara williams has left arsenal to sign a two year deal with reading women. williams won the fa women's cup with arsenal last year and has also played for everton and liverpool, as well as picking up a record 165 caps for her country. england captainjoe root has confirmed that toby roland—jones will keep his place in the england side for the first test against west indies which begins tomorrow. chris woakes is sidelined with a side strain and mason crane also misses out. the opening batsmen will make his england debut replacing the historic... he is not worried about the uncertainty around the england line—up. the uncertainty around the england line-up. an opportunity for the skies now. —— the guys. i think it is an exciting place to be for us as a team. if the lads can take the chances now, that will stand us in good stead moving forward. jo pavey says is looking to defend her 10,000 metre title at the european championships in germany next ye

the isis militants are just shows patrolling sunderland turn and rodimus is coming. enemy troop movements have been spotted on to other side of the river. here in the early to troops of militants have joined forces with. those groups elusive to clear their determination to fight for an independent islamic state in the philippines are severely. limited after two months of fun to the army keeps finding hidden weapons and explosives. not being rationed in areas where civilians are used to live on a daily occurrence. you're not alone in. but the one. i know only to get him i didn't. see the. scene. walking didn't. believe. me yet if there's a species that says he doesn't. know this i notice let me bring in one million people and i'm. killed. even. now no one's income to pay for that he's running and that's. the back to politics you know i'm talking with william cohen the former secretary of defense under president bill clinton former republican senator of maine presently chairman and c.e.o. of the cohen group of global business consulting firm in your first term in congr

the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including footballerjermain defoe.th, jermain told the bbc how he's been inspired by his "best mate". it was in september last year when jermain first walked out with bradley and from, that moment on, a friendship was made. that story of brad's is just special. i've got a nice picture in the house of me and brads at the england game. i walked him out and we sang the national anthem. but, yeah, it's a special story, you know? my best friend. it was genuine. i mean, he was a kid, all he knew is... i don't know, hejust loved his football. he loved me. i loved him. but i could see his eyes it was genuine because as a child, there was nothing i could give him, apart from just being a friend. they were best friends and it was a friendship that captured the hearts of everyone. it was an instant connection and one that continues with bradley's mum and dad. even towards the end when he was really struggling and he was in bed, he couldn't really move, i would walk into the room and he'd jump up and his mum is, like, "he hasn't m

for sunderland, look for a combination of sun and clouds. you see a lot of white here, these are high, thin wispy clouds. it will be nice arena comfortable once again. this is just about gone, morning shower and thunderstorms. it's clouds breaking for sunshine. breezy, less humid, 83 degrees is the forecasted high. the idea is for the clouds to hold on through late morning. we expect the sun to peek through. 83. 7:00 p.m. we're in the 70s. poconos looking good, breezy and nice, 72. sunday, partly sunny, 72. jersey shore, cloud cover holds on to 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., this afternoon, then you see the sun, 83. sunday sunny and pleasant, 80. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, no 90s on this board. 83 today and tomorrow. heavy drenching thunderstorms they move in again monday, that's the only day we have to watch closely, temperatures in the 80s. >> i can't believe my eyes no 90s. looks good. >>> a montgomery county man has turned a high school hobby of taking things a part of putting them back together in a life long love of helping o

sunderland the graham also welcoming the president's decision. >> i'm proud. i'm relieved.ud of the fact president trump bedded national security decision, not a political decision. i'm proud of the fact he listened to the general said most of all the will to stand up to radical islam. lauren: to find the strategy going forward this. when president trump says there's no ceiling on the number of troops in no time and withdraw, he is declared an open-ended commitment of american mice is no accountability to the american people. taliban time to continue jihads fan instead of continuing war in afghanistan, american should've thought about withdrawing soldiers from afghanistan. >> frightening words from the taliban there. president trump having today to arizona. trying to move past his controversial comments by following the violence in charlottesville, virginia. trump is going to visit the u.s.-mexico border, seeking support from congress to build the proposed border wall with a campaign promise from the president. he will be in phoenix tonight for another campaign style rally

a woman has been taken to hospital after her house was destroyed in sunderland.on as a matter of urgency. four people have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire on a tube train at oxford circus in central london. the station was evacuated this morning and trains did not stop there for nearly two hours. transport for london said the fire was caused by an electrical fault. lawyers for eric bellquist have issued a statement strongly denying that their client was involved in the putney bridge jogging assault. mr bellquist was arrested yesterday and released without charge. his lawyers state that they have "irrefutable proof" that he was not in the country when the woman was assaulted on may 5th. time now to take a look at the weather forecast. outside at the moment, little cloudy, a bit of rain, but the weekends looking pretty good. some good news on the weather forecast. at the moment, wejust have good news on the weather forecast. at the moment, we just have to deal with a bit of dampness, but i do not think it is good to be much rain at all. over the next

two men have been charged with murder after a woman's body was found in a burning car near sunderlandare due to appear at newcastle crown court today. officials say more than 16 million people have been affected by severe flooding in parts of nepal, india and bangladesh. 500 people are thought to have been killed, with conditions expected to deteriorate further over the weekend. the red cross and red crescent say it is becoming one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years. the team this morning have forced me to look at these pictures, because i don't like snakes. if you are squeamish, look away now. i am not able to, but you can see it. one mum in australia found this in her living room among her child's toys. utterly terrifying. the eastern brown snake measured around two metres long and was found hiding among a lego set. it's the second most venomous snake in the world, and is responsible for two thirds of all snakebite deaths in australia. but you will be pleased to know that this particular one was safely caught and removed. it's not happy, though. it puts up a fight. o

. >> good morning 10:00 a.m., sunderland, august 20.n the news a clerk at a center city convenience store is stabbed and police believe the violence erupted over cigarettes. >> two dozen people are hurt when a limousine bus crashes in the lehigh valley overnight. >>> plus a chance of becoming an instant multimillionaire. the powerball drawing is growing yet again. >>> what a gorgeous start to your sunday. >> sky6 live hd taking a look at the center city skyline. not a single cloud in the sky. it's a beautiful, clear sunday. lots of sunshine to enjoy for now, listen to this, hot and humid weather is returning this week and so is the possibility of stormy weather, outside we go to meteorologist david murphy in for chris sowers. humid, steamy, weather on the way. >> reporter: you don't have to mention that. we have a couple of decent days before you have to worry about that. we're in good shape i've lost the jacket. we have nice bright sunshine building, temperatures warming up a little bit. it's a morning for shades, generally speaking it

here's jamie apody with all your sunderland morning sports. >> reporter: good morning, ron jaworski letbe known it's a half industry since a national football team clinch a title at home. jaws and dick vermeal hugging it out. darious money reynolds cashed in to give the soul the lead. look this, a hit back in the endzone. the soul beat tampa 44-40. backback-to-back championships r third title overall. >> we wanted this confetti to come down in philadelphia. our quarterback played with a torn acl. i tip my a hat to the team and the city of philadelphia, we love you. >> carson wentz challenged reese hoskins to a home run darby after he cools off the it maybe a while. hoskins does it again last night. his 10th homer in 17 games. he homered in 4 straight. but then the phillies give up 17 straight runs thanks to 6 cub homers. lively lit up, phils lose 17-2. >>> looks like union playoff hopes are still alive. they blow a two goal lead at home. in the 91st minute, mears tieing it up with flying heather. 2-2 the final. >>> former sixer it is nerlens noel signed a 1 year $4.1 million offer to re

two men have been charged with murder after a woman's body was found in a burning car near sunderlandin and 50—year—old william mcfall are due to appear at newcastle crown court today. officials say more than 16 million people have been affected by severe flooding in parts of nepal, india and bangladesh. 500 people are thought to have been killed, with conditions are expected to deteriorate further over the weekend. the red cross and red crescent say it is becoming one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years. jessis jess is here with the sport. it's all about one man this morning. he has been fantastic. he gave up the captaincy at the beginning of the year and you just wonder whether now, the pressure that has come off him as unable to play. it is all psychological. and he is doing a ca ke psychological. and he is doing a cake with that pink ball. there was so much talk in the build—up, but it hasn't bothered alastair cook. he hasn't bothered alastair cook. he has shown everyone that it hasn't made much of a difference so far. the batsmen have done their bit at edgbaston, a

sunderland began life back in the championship with a 1—1 draw with derby county.millwall1—0. the scottish premiership season starts today, champions celtic play hearts in the lunchtime kick off. english golfer georgia hall is two shots off the pace at the half—way stage of the women's british open at kingsbarns in scotland. she sank 7 birdies in a round of 67. out in front is ik kim of south korea, who made an eagle putt in her round of 68. she's 11 under—par. leeds rhinos' hopes of a top four finish in super league were boosted with a 32—16 victory over wigan warriors in the super 8's. elsewhere there were wins for hull, huddersfield and warrington wolves. yes, we're saying goodbye to mo on the track and a final goodbye to bolt. but how can their careers help inspire the next generation? i went to meet up with some children on an estate in london giving athletics a go for the very first time. sprinting for the summer. this is not your typical athletics venue, but that these young people it is the stage and it is right on the doorstep. i'm in west london with thes

sunderland against leeds has just kicked off, it is still 0—0.tish premiership on goal difference. tim hague watched the action. celtic have beaten all before them for well over a year. neither side seemed package in a quiet opening half—hour. as is so often the case, despite looking out of sorts at making six changes, celtic found the way. jamie forrest found the net. 0n the plastic pitch, he was almost in there again, but could they get their second? they almost did. a promising performers from the 19—year—old. while kilmarnock kept coming, they ever really threatened. this was about as good as it got. another assist, and callum mcgregor did the deed. 52 matches unbeaten for celtic. their dominance enough to put any opponent of their food. elsewhere, stjohnstone to put any opponent of their food. elsewhere, st johnstone beat aberdeen. hamilton are fourth they beat... south shields have booked their place in the first qualifying round of the fa cup after beating bridlington town 3—1. former south african international midfielder matty pattinson

sunderland began life back in the championship with a 1—1 draw with derby county.eat millwall1—0. the scottish premiership season also starts today, champions celtic play hearts in the lunchtime kick off. you can see behind the day are setting up the highjump. people earlier were mowing the grass, people in the stands were making sure the seats were clean and the idols were well swept. it all gets under way about 10am on the bbc. i can't wait. have you got any indication... you were talking about it being wet. have you any indications about how the athletes perhaps view that? if there will be any perhaps view that? if there will be a ny extra perhaps view that? if there will be any extra special preparations to try things off? iam no try things off? i am no weather lady but i can tell you now it isn't raining. the sun is starting to pick outjust beneath the clouds. but in terms of the rain coming down while the athletes are competing, it isn't ideal, especially when you consider that katarina johnson—thompson will be running in the hurdles at about 10am and it make

two men have been charged with murder after a woman's body was found in a burning car near sunderlandn and 50—year—old william mcfall are due to appear at newcastle crown court later. officials say more than 16 million people have been affected by severe flooding in parts of nepal, india and bangladesh. 500 people are thought to have been killed, with conditions are expected to deteriorate further over the weekend. the red cross and red crescent say it is becoming one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years. those are the main stories this morning. this man has had a busy day? a busy couple of days. ten hours in total he was batting for his double century against the west indies. a fantastic performance from him. when he was finally caught out, the crowd was on his feet. how do you do that? i can't how do you do that? ican't imagine how do you do that? i can't imagine doing anything for ten hours! may be sleeping. fantastic innings. it has really put england in control of this first day— night test. the batsmen have done their bit at edgbaston and now it's the bowlers turn

thank you, sunderland. time to check on the weather forecast. —— thank you, simon.isk of hail. but some fairly warm sunny spells and some fairly warm sunny spells and some places may miss the showers. a warm feeling day certainly the east anglia and south east england compared with yesterday. some showers in the evening but after dark they die away. the most the night it is dry, clear and quite chilly again. like last night temperatures will be lower away from town and city centres. so, chilly but sunny start to friday. some clouds building but more will avoid thing get the showers tomorrow but there will be some tomorrow particularly in the pennines, north—east england, the east midlands and east anglia. and again some slow meeting thundery downpours. away from the showers and pleasant, sunny spells. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: europe's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier says "no decisive progress" has been made on key issues in talks with the uk. the prime minister has repeated her statement that she's "not a quitter" after backbench mps and some f

the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including footballerjermain defoe.it was in september last year when jermain first walked out with bradley and from, that moment on, a friendship was made. that story of brad's is just special. i've got a nice picture in the house of me and brads at the england game. i walked him out and we sang the national anthem. but, yeah, it's a special story, you know? my best friend. it was genuine. i mean, he was a kid, all he knew is... i don't know, hejust loved his football. he loved me. i loved him. but i could see his eyes it was genuine because as a child, there was nothing i could give him, apart from just being a friend. they were best friends and it was a friendship that captured the hearts of everyone. it was an instant connection and one that continues with bradley's mum and dad. even towards the end when he was really struggling and he was in bed, he couldn't really move, i would walk into the room and he'd jump up and his mum is, like, "he hasn't moved all day!" so, yeah, for me every time i saw him it was a specia

sunderland began life back in the championship with a i—all draw with derby county.premiership season starts today, champions celtic play hearts in the lunchtime kick off. english golfer georgia hall is two shots off the pace at the half—way it is actually raining here, and action gets under way from sandercock. you wonder how much this might affect katarina johnson—thompson indeed heptathlon. she goes from ten o'clock in the 100 metre hurdles. i hope this doesn't affect her. we will hope so, for sure. thank you, jess. lots of action to look forward to today. well, as we've been hearing it's a busy saturday at the world athletics championships with 18 events at the london stadium. here's a quick look ahead to some of the moments you won't want to miss. katarina johnson—thompson has long been tipped as the successor to jessica ennis—hill. she is now living and training in france, but can she win her first senior heptathlon medal on home soil? sophie hitchon became the first female british olympic hammer medallist in brazil last summer, with a last round throw of 74.54

sunderland began life back in the championship with a 1—1 draw with derby county.0. the scottish premiership season starts today, champions celtic play hearts in the lunchtime kick off. english golfer georgia hall is two shots off the pace at the half—way stage of the women's british open at kingsbarns in scotland. she sank 7 birdies in a round of 67. out in front is ik kim of south korea, who made an eagle putt in her round of 68. she's 11 under—par. leeds rhinos' hopes of a top four finish in super league were boosted with a 32—16 victory over wigan warriors in the super 8s. elsewhere there were wins for hull, huddersfield and warrington wolves. we're saying goodbye to mo on the track and a final goodbye to bolt. but how can their careers help inspire the next generation? i went to meet up with some children on an estate in london giving athletics a go for the very first time. sprinting for the summer. this is not your typical athletics venue, but for these young people it is the stage and it is right on the doorstep. i'm in west london with these young people wh

goodison park today and would become everton's record signing, beating the 30 million pounds they paid sunderlandw wildcard for the forthcoming us 0pen. the 30—year—old russian, who returned from a 15—month doping ban earlier this year, was denied a wildcard at the french open before missing wimbledon with a thigh injury. britain's johanna konta's into the third round of the cincinatti 0pen after beating kiki bertens of the netherlands. konta, who's the world number seven, broke the dutch woman early in the first set, then came back from a break down in the second. she'll play alize cornet of france or slovakian dominika cibulkova next. tiger woods had five different drugs in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in may. a urine test revealed a mixture of strong painkillers, sleep and anxiety drugs and thc, which is a chemical component of marijuana. the 14—time major winner pleaded not guilty to the dui charge last week. and finally a lot of cricketers fancy themselves as decent footballers — well, we've found one who can back it up. this is derbyshire's har

the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including footballerjermain defoe.at the england game. i walked out and we sang the anthem. it's a special story. my best friend, he was genuine. he was a kid who knew... he just loved his football. he loved me, i loved him and after seeing his eyes, it was genuine because he was a child. there was nothing i could give him apart from just being a friend. it was an instant connection. even towards the end, when he was really struggling and he couldn't really move, i would walk into the room and he would just jump up and his mum said, "he hasn't moved all day," so yeah, it was a special feeling. the emotion is still raw but the impact the little boy has had on defoe has been profound. the bournemouth striker says it is a gift and he will be forever grateful. i always wake up thinking, you know, if you don't feel well, you feel tired, snap out of it. because i can see little kids suffer like that and still fight, to me, there is no bigger motivation. i could go through anything. if he could go through that and fight. you

medical today and would become everton's record signing, beating the 30 million pounds they paid sunderlandays the ball becomes as soft as plastic after a few overs. one man hoping to get to grips with it is chris woakes, available for selection again after being injured. i have not experienced it yet, apart from a training last night was that it could move around a bit after the twilight period. i suppose that is the time to bowl. you might have to bat in those conditions as well stop the more you can get used to using it in the practice sessions, the better for us. it is a it in the practice sessions, the betterfor us. it is a bit it in the practice sessions, the better for us. it is a bit of an unknown how it will react. former world number one maria sharapova has been handed a wildcard to compete at the us 0pen she returned from a 15—month doping ban earlier this year, but was denied a wildcard at the french open, before missing wimbledon through injury. that is the sport for now. in 2013, joy watson was diagnosed with early—onset dementia. in the wake of the devastating diagnosis she w

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you can pan it around your computer and look up to the sky as the moon transits the sunderland eclipse will feel like you are right here with us in charleston, absent the heat. finally, share your images with the eclipse with us on our flickr page. share your images, and we will share them on social media during the broadcast. remember to ask your questions with the hashtag eclipse 2017. duane: social media will be breaking records. you got to know that one of the most important things here, or today, is the weather. so, sean, you know, i am looking at charleston skies. what is going on around the nation? sean: the weather is the key factor for viewing today's total solar eclipse. is 86st income it degrees, but with the humidity, it feels i-99. -- it is 86how you degrees, but with the humidity, it feels like 99. we want to show you this. you detailede imagery. things are looking really good for the early parts of totality like in oregon and idaho and wyoming. as you get into the middle section of the country, places like nebraska and kansas city, jefferson city, there is cloud cover th

sunderland got more money for relegation and finishing bottom of the premier league last year than bayernirline tracking website crash when liverpool fans were trying to follow van dyche to liverpool. and riyadh mahrez was spotted in an airport in paris. in the last few hours, that was tweeted. mahrez in an airport in paris. it is not like we can keep movements secret any more. we never could. years ago i was transferring a player who could go to either arsenal or everton. we used to do these deals in motorway stations. i don't know why. i sat in a service station with tony doing a deal with everton with 10—20 football fans around us peering over the table say, "is that what you're getting, that's good." we used to meet in pubs and windy corners at the top of the m1. we have social media today. people try to track players and agents and where they are going. but essentially, these deals are done these days largely behind closed doors using private jets. these days largely behind closed doors using privatejets. it these days largely behind closed doors using private jets. it is these days