that was the appeal of andrew symonds certain to cricket fans around the world. home from the world cup in england, in 2009, for disciplinary reasons. he also missed a series against bangladesh in the australian city of darwin, preferring instead to go fishing. cricket australia, the government linked body here, quite rightly describing andrew symonds as a cult figure, he was extremely talented, a powerful all—rounder. he didn't necessarily fit into the strict boundaries of the game's administration but when he was on peakform he administration but when he was on peak form he was a superb player and of course and member of those victorious australian one—day international teams at the world cups in 2003 and 2007. so in many ways, an extraordinary character who lived life to the full, tragically dying in that car accident which is under investigation, at the age of 46. ., ~ , ., investigation, at the age of 46. ., ~ _, y investigation, at the age of 46. ., y . ., 46. thank you very much for that. 46. thank you very much for that- the — 46. thank you very much for

andrew symonds, who's died aged 46. we will finish with some tennis.n the final against ons jabeur. the world number one came through 6—2, 6—2 to extend her winning streak to 28 matches. it also means she's won five tournaments in a row — victory in rome following wins in doha, indian wells, miami and stuttgart. and novak djokovic won the men's final — his first title of the year — he beat stefanos tsitsipas 6—love he beat stefanos tsitsipas 6—0 7—6 to wrap up his sixth italian open title, the last major tournament before the french open starts, later this month, as he chases a record—equalling 21st grand slam. that's all from sportsday. a record—equalling 21st grand slam. from all the team here, goodnight. a record—equalling 21st grand slam. the rain in western scotland easing way, but further south the rain developing here and continuing to push its way northwards, could be heavy, possibly thundery as well, working its way up into southern scotland. if you're hoping to see the super blood moon later, the best chance will be in northern scotland with

former australian cricketer player andrew symonds has died in a car crash aged 46.mes for his country — including 26 tests. police said they were investigating a single car incident about 50km from townsville in north queensland. denmark is suspending its general immunisation programme for coronavirus because of high vaccine coverage in the population and a waning pandemic. as of sunday, officials will stop sending out invitations for vaccinations, though another programme will be launched in the autumn. vaccination rates in adults stand at 90%, and as many as 70% of the population may have caught the omicron variant of covid — helping denmark achieve widespread immunity. ukraine have won the eurovision song contest with their song stefania, which was sung in ukrainian. president zelensky has praised the band's success — he said, "our music conquers europe." the uk ended their disappointing run of results with sam ryder coming second — the first time that the uk has placed in the top three at the contest in 20 years. mark lowen reports from turin. the colour, the ki

former australian cricket player andrew symonds has died in a car crash aged 46.made his mark in the one day game in particular. police said they were investigating a single car incident about 50km from townsville in north queensland. a reminder of our breaking story: ten people have been killed in a mass shooting in a supermarket in the us city of buffalo, in new york state. three others have been wounded. the fbi said they were investigating the incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. 11 of the 13 victims were african american. police who responded to the shooting described the scenes in the supermarket car park and inside the store as like walking onto a horror movie. the gunman — who was wearing body armour and was heavily armed — is now in custody and police are investigating if he livestreamed the attack. the mayor of buffalo said the suspect had travelled several hours to the city to perpetrate the crime. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc david eades hello there. hasn't it been a glorious start to the weekend?

andrew symonds, who's died aged 46. let's get the latest from wembley.minutes. the scoreline is now 2—2, which looks like a repeat of yesterday's men's fa cup final. we could be heading to extra time, it may be penalties. you can follow this on bbc one right now, see if there will be a winner in these last four minutes. that is all your spot for now. a bit of breaking news on our top story we have been covering for the last few hours. we have a confirmation from reuters news agency that sweden's ruling party have seed they now back the country joining nato. the significance of this is that they are in charge in sweden, it means they have abandoned decades of opposition to this move. but since russia's invasion of ukraine they have decided to change policy, they are in favour of joining nato, changing their position. this means that they should be handing in its application tojoin pretty soon. we have already heard earlier this morning finland have donejust heard earlier this morning finland have done just that. we expect in the book ahead both sweden and

andrew symonds, who's died aged 46.al against 0ns jabeur. the world number one came through 6—2 6—2 to extend her winning streak to 28 matches. it also means she's won five tournaments in a row — victory in rome following wins in doha, indian wells, miami and stuttgart. that's all the sport for now. you can the action on the bbc sport website. the uk government is preparing to introduce legislation to strip away parts of the protocol. the protocol agreed between the borisjohnson and the eu conference trade between northern ireland and at the eu after brexit. here is the business secretary. i don't think there's going to be a trade war, i don't think that's something that... they're talking about retaliation, they're talking about action they will take. there is a lot of talk, as we've seen over the last six years, the vote happened six years ago, and there's been a lot of talk and a lot of threats about what the eu will or won't do. that's up to them. as far as i'm concerned, our primary the duty as the british governme

steve valdez—symonds, who's refugee and migrants rights director at amnesty uk says he doesn't thinkhe rwanda migration policy will work in the long term. in terms of whether it is having any impact, i think it is far too early to say what the impact may be. i do think, in terms of crossings, it is far more likely that the immediate impact on crossings is to do with the weather, and i would expect there will be larger numbers of people trying to cross, given a number of days in which nobody has managed to cross. as for the deal itself, i think it is an extraordinarily reckless, foolish, and indeed undermining decision of the government. undermining of the whole international system on protecting refugees. it is essentially this country trying to wash its hands of responsibility is rather than addressing the needs of refugees. that ultimately isn't going to help crack down on smugglers, it isn't going to address the disproportionate situation of refugee needs elsewhere in the world compared to here, or even as compared to here with us and france. the government says its policy is abou

steve valdez—symonds, refugee and migrants rights director at amnesty uk. thank you.imiting access to key technology for rivals to its apple pay system. the move could result in a hefty fine for the tech giant and force it to open its mobile payment system to competitors. apple says the system is only one of many options. the bloc�*s commissioner for competition, margrethe vestager, said if the findings on apple's conduct were confirmed it would be illegal under competition rules. the preliminary conclusion that we reached today relates to mobile payments in shops. by excluding others from the game apple has unfairly shielded its apple pay wallets from competition. if proven, this behaviour would amount to abuse of a dominant position which is illegal under our rules. that is the eu's competition commissioner. our business reporter, jonathanjosephs joins us now. good to see you. what have apple said about all this?— said about all this? apple are sa in: said about all this? apple are saying this — said about all this? apple are saying this is _ said about all this? ap

former australian cricketer andrew symonds dies former australian cricket player andrew symonds has diedus start to the weekend? hardly a cloud in the sky for many. lots of warm, spring sunshine but it was london that recorded the highest temperature, just shy of the warmest day so far with 23.5 celsius. but i do need to draw your attention to this little feature running up through the south—west as we speak, and it's going to continue to bring some sharp, possibly thundery downpours during the early hours of sunday morning. so, becoming more heavy and widespread to central and southern england towards dawn, and yes, that means some welcome rain potentially for the gardens. but not all of us will see those showers, but some of them could be quite potent. they will be running up through east anglia by the middle part of the morning and all the showers drifting steadily northwards. that means we should see an improving picture across england and wales into the afternoon with sunshine and warmth returning and highs of 23 degrees. not a bad afternoon in western scotland if you dodge the show

steve valdez—symonds, who's refugee and migrants rights director at amnesty uk says he doesn't thinke long term. in terms of whether it is having any impact, i think it is far too early to say what the impact may be. i do think, in terms of crossings, it is far more likely that the immediate impact on crossings is to do with the weather, and i would expect there will be larger numbers of people trying to cross, given a number of days in which nobody has managed to cross.

former australia cricketer andrew symonds has died after being involved in a car crash.98 and 2009. he won two 50 over world cups and was part of australia's ashes winning side in 2006—07. he also played county cricket at gloucestershire, kent, lancashire and surrey. cricket australia said it was "shocked and saddened by the news". that's all the sport for now. you can catch—up on all the fa cup final action on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport more now on the shooting in new york state in which ten people were killed in what the authorities are describing as a racially motivated attack. professor greg barton is an expert in counter—terroism from deakin university in australia. he says elements of the shooting echo past terror attacks from around the world. there is the manifesto which was pretty clear. it echoes the manifesto the christchurch terrorist used in march 2019, and that in turn echoed a manifesto used by a norwegian terrorist in 2011. all of them speaking about a so—called great replacement thesis, saying that white christians are being replaced b

former australia cricketer andrew symonds has died after being involved in a car crash.is next. warming up for the french open. novak djokovic has reached another milestone in men's tennis. he has now won 1,000 matches in his professional career and got through to the final of the rome open in the process. the world number one beat norway's casper ruud 6—4, 6—3, and will face stefanos tsitsipas in the final. defending champion iga swiatek is through to the women's final. she is now unbeaten in 27 matches after a straight—sets win over aryna sabalenka. the world number one will play tunisia's 0ns jabeur in the final. she won in madrid, so a mouthwatering final in prospect there. leinster reached their first champions cup final since 2019 with a comfortable 40—17 win over holders toulouse in dublin. james lowe's two tries were the standout in a dominant performance by leinster, and they will face the winners of the other semi—final between french sides racing 92 and la rochelle in marseille in two weeks' time. but the european challenge cup will be an all—french affair. wa

example how we make, buy and sell more here in britain, we have heard about the work that nick thomas—symondsnd also, crucially, right now, when it is the cost of living crisis that is affecting people, our proposal is to have a windfall tax on the gas and oil companies that have seen record profits in the middle of this crisis, putting that into cutting energy bills right across the country. we are setting out practical solutions, getting neighbourhood police on the streets, who have been cut so heavily since 2015, stop these huge sliding prosecutions, criminals getting away with it. ithink prosecutions, criminals getting away with it. i think across the board, labour has been setting out different things that we would do according to labour values. you are right, we have got a lot more to do, and we will keep doing that, because we want to earn back every possible vote and get votes for people who have never voted for us before, we want them to have trust in labour for the future, rather than this totally shambolic and shameful conservative government that is letting people down in the midd