with just six miles to go, tadej pogacar slipped up again because of a puncture.o the main group. the slovenian has been billed as the start of this show and he went on to put on a magnificent performance. with 2.5 miles to go, he took the lead. by the time he reached the summit finish, his rivals were nowhere to be seen. britten's geraint thomas was third across the line to move up to second overall. but the gap to tadej pogacar is a5 seconds and likely to increase between now and the finish in rome in three weeks' time. nick parrott, bbc news. britain have won team silver in the women's european gymnastics championships, losing out to italy who won in front of their home crowd in rimini. impressive performances from beckie downie and alice kinsella helped great britain to second place, which bodes welljust a few months out from the olympics in paris.

and at the giro d'italia, the race favourite tadej pogacar takes a tumble in yet another dramatic stagelcome to the programme. this wasjurgen klopp�*s second last game at anfield and — despite the title looking out of liverpool's reach — his side rose to the occasion, turning on the style, and putting four goals past tottenham. meanwhile, the decline of spurs continues as their hopes of reaching the premier league's top four faded even further. dan ogunshakin reports. with hopes of a 20th league title long turned to dust, the liverpool faithful dutifully filled and failed to pay tribute to jurgen faithful dutifully filled and failed to pay tribute tojurgen klopp for the penultimate time. despite being no longer any hunt for silverware, there was nothing to suggest liverpool was lacking in motivation. mo salah's last appearance had been marred by a spat with his manager. after hitting the bar earlier, he took his tally to 25 for the season. now and forever liverpool's egyptian king. liverpool's title hopes have been sunk by poor defending and missed chances. andy robertson was on hand to

at the foot of the final climb, with just six miles to go, tadej pogacar slipped up again, thanks toae team—mates had guided him back to the main group. the slovenian has been billed as the star of the show, and he went on to put on a magnificent performance. with two—and—a—half miles to go, he took the lead. by the time he reached the summit finish, his rivals were nowhere to be seen. britain's geraint thomas was there to cross the line, to move up to second overall. but the gap to tadej pogacar is 45 seconds, and likely to increase between now and the finish in rome in three weeks' time. nick parrott, bbc news. the cleveland cavaliers won their first playoff series since lebronjames was on their roster back in 2018, as they edged past the orlando magic in game seven. donovan mitchell led the way for the cavaliers with 39 points, as they rallied from an 18—point first half deficit to eliminate the magic, for whom paulo banchero scored 38 and had 16 rebounds. the cavaliers will now face the number—one seeds, the boston celtics, in the eastern conference semi—finals. kyren wilson has

wild weather in italy at the giro, but it doesn't stop tadej pogacar from extending his lead.to paralympic superstar hannah cockroft as she wins a 15th world championship medal and looks forward to being the one to beat at this summer's games. people think it's really comfortable being at the front but it's actually quite lonely. no one to tell you what you could do you have to figure it out for yourself. welcome to the programme on the day of the provisional england squad announcement. gareth southgate has provided us with some surprises, in his 33 man squad, but has also made some decisions you may have anticipated. arguably the biggest talking point is the omition of manchester united's marcus rashford. raheem sterling has not been named and for the first time since the 2012 euros, jordan henderson has been left out of the england squad. the manager has called up five uncapped players including crystal palace�*s adam wharton, who started the season playing in the championship with blackburn rovers. so, let's look at the squad in full, starting with the keepers — jordan pick

tadej pogacar has won the tour de france tries, but this was his debut at the giro.e expected contenders, frenchman romain bardet, saw his french hopes dented on the opening day. last year, britain's geraint thomas lost on the penultimate day. wearing red and number one, he kept pogacar in his sights. the slovenian took the lead on the final climb with two miles to go, but he was not alone. on his shoulder was his team—mate from ineos grenadierthonatan narvaez, he timed his finish to perfection and will swap his ecuadorian championjersey for the race leader's pink one. much to the delight of thomas, who finished tenth, proving he and ineos will be in this fight. nfl franchise the chicago bears, alongside britain's first female coach in the nfl phoebe schecter, have launched the first ever girls only flag football league in manchester. it's only the second of its kind backed by an nfl team outside of london. alice scarff reports. some of these girls have their sights set on representing great britain in flag football. the sport was recently announced to be part of the

with just six miles to go, tadej pogacar slipped up again because of a puncture. fortunately, it was only a brief setback. within minutes, his team—mate had guided him back to the main group. the slovenian has been billed as the start of this show and he went on to put on a magnificent performance. with 2.5 miles to go, he took the lead. by the time he reached the summit finish, his rivals were nowhere to be seen. britten�*s geraint thomas was third across the line to move up to second overall. but the gap to tadej pogacar is 45 seconds and likely to increase between now and the finish in rome in three weeks�* time. nick parrott, bbc news. britain have won team silver in the women's european gymnastics championships, losing out to italy who won in front of their home crowd in rimini. impressive performances from beckie downie and alice kinsella helped great britain to second place, which bodes welljust a few months out from the olympics in paris. earlier, i spoke to olympic bronze medalist beth tweddle. and began by asking how positive the silver was in the lead u

tadej pogacar won the tour de france in 2020 and 2021 was runner up the past two years, and although strongest, but as we all know in any sport, a lot can happen, a lot can go right or wrong, and you've got to believe you've got a chance. otherwise there's no point even turning up really is there, you kind of be a waste of time. so yeah, we're, we're confident that we've got a strong team and we can we can do something in this race. thomas will celebrate his 38th birthday when the giro reaches its penultimate stage in just over three weeks, with only one year left on his contract after this season is done, the end of his illustrious career will soon be coming into view. but before he contemplates retirement, thomas has some unfinished business to see too, with the giro d'italia. dafydd prichard, bbc news. manchester city duo phil foden and khadija shaw have been named footballers of the year by the football writers�* association. foden finished ahead of declan rice and rodri while laurenjames and alex greenwood finished behind shaw. rico lewis, who could make his 50th appearance for

and it was a frantic finish to a brutal opening day at the giro d'italia, with favourite tadej pogacar the line. hello. welcome to the programme. it went right down to the final day of the championship to find out who would join leicester in being promoted to the premier league. ipswich�*s 2—0 win over huddersfield means they will play in the top tier next season for the first time in 22 years, sparking incredible scenes at portman road. ben croucher reports. blue army! blue army! out of the blue — ipswich�*sjourney this far has confounded expectation and perceived footballing wisdom. now, after one long season, the final hurdle. nervous? you wouldn't know it. all they had to do was avoid defeat against relegated huddersfield. over to you, wes burns. that is the moment that portland road craved! they were playing in the third tier only last season, but under young manager kieran mckenna — on a budget dwarfed by many of their nearest rivals — back—to—back promotions beckoned. time to finish with a flourish. hutchison able to skip away... ..and score! now the party could spring into life

yesterday's opening stage produce add surprise result with ecuador�*s rider beating tadej pogacar.most entertaining road races. it was enhanced with yet more highs and lows. at the foot of the final climb with just six miles to go, pogacar slipped up again thanks to a puncture. fortunately for him, it was only a brief setback. within minutes his uae teammates had guided him back to the main group. the slovenian has been billed as the star of this show and he went on to put on a magnificent performance. with 2.5 miles to go, he took the lead. by the time he reached the summit finish, his rivals were nowhere to be seen. britain's geraint thomas was third across the line to move up to second overall. but the gap to pogacar is 45 seconds and likely to increase within now and the finish in rome in three weeks�* time. some basketball news. the cleveland cavaliers won their first playoff series since lebronjames was on their roster back in 2018 as they edged past the orlando magic in game seven and donovan mitchell led the way for the cavaliers with 39 points as they rallied from an 18—po

to cycling, and favourite tadej pogacar has retained his overall lead after stage four of the giro d'italiabritain's geraint thomas in the standings. it was a day to forget, though, for eritrean biniam girmay, who was forced to abandon the race after crashing twice in quick succession on slippery roads. the race leaders in the peloton caught a small breakaway group before the final five kilometres to set up the expected sprint finish, which was won by italy's jonathan milan. meanwhile, two—time tour de france winnerjonas vingegaard says that he is hoping to be back in time to defend his title when the race gets under way injune. vingegaard is back riding on the road for the first time since a crash last month which left him with a broken collarbone and several broken ribs. he says he's improving day by day. the dane has won the last two editions of the tour de france, which starts again from florence at the end of next month. this is the first time back on the bike for me, riding outside, and it's really nice to finally be able to ride. yeah, i still have some things to recover from, but i'

tadej pogacar has been crowned champion of cycling's first grand tour of the year, the giro d'italia.nopposed with his team mates but was at the front of the field as they built up to a sprint finish. belgium's tim merlier beatjonathan milan to the stage victory. colombia's dani martinez was second overall with britain's geraint thomas completing the podium. just enough time to recp our top story. the most expensive, riches, lucrative game in a football. it's can win you at least £140 million, that is heading towards southhampton. southampton have been promoted to the premier league after winning the championship playoff final at wembley. they beat leeds 1—0 in a match between two teams hoping to return to the top flight at the first attempt in what's called the richest game of football — it was a captain who were heading back to the premier league at the first time of asking. thank you for watching. hello. thanks forjoining me. the weather, this bank holiday weekend has been a little hit and miss. this is what we had earlier on during the course of saturday. storms breaking out quite

tadej pogacar finished safely in the peloton to retain the race leader's pinkjersey.rom the bbc sport app, orfrom our website, that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. our settled week of weather is set to continue. in fact, thursday, it was warmest day of the year so far. we reached a high of 24.6 celsius in st james�*s park, london. when you round that up to 25, that is 77 fahrenheit. we could see similar values over the next couple of days with high pressure staying with us, but this weak weather front will continue to bring some showery outbreaks of rain and a cooler feel across the northern isles. it'll be a relatively mild start to our friday morning. double digits, some early morning mist and fog quickly melting away, a lot of sunshine coming through. we'll get a little bit of fair weather cloud developing into the afternoon, but on the whole, a promising day. more sunshine as well for scotland in comparison to thursday. top temperatures here of 20 to 22 degrees. we could see 2a further south. into th

italian heartland between turin and genoa gave race favourite tadej pogacar hope for a more relaxed afternooncture and crash on sunday. flatter terrain provided the slovenian opportunity to rest behind team—mates while sprinters took centre stage. and they did — with around 50 km to go, forming their own breakaway. however, that lead soon fell away as the finish drew closer. with two km left, pogacar — in pink — fancied a breakaway of his own, alongside geraint thomas. the overall leaders could not keep their position at the front, though, with the sprinters ultimately showing their muscle to surge to the finish line. a nearfour—hour race had become a bit of a lottery, and the man with the lucky ticket was belgian tim merlier on the left, who stole the stage by the narrowest of margins. thomas still trails pogacar in the overall classification, but while the favourite was today beaten, he is 46 seconds clear of the competition. nick ransom, bbc news. now, this is bad news, or could be bad news for tennis fans in this man's breakthrough year. world number two jannik sinner says he'll only play

tadej pogacar retains the race leader's pinkjersey.y, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. thursday brought us a real mixture of weather across the uk. it was scotland and, to a degree, the far north of england that had the best of the day's weather, with plenty of sunshine. and very warm in the highlands, temperatures reached 25 celsius in altnaharra — that was the warmest place in the whole of the uk, confirmation of the rather beautiful weather we had here. wasn't like that everywhere, though — for northern ireland, england, and wales, we had rain or some thundery showers around, and across berkshire and also pembrokeshire, we had photographs sent to us of some funnel clouds there — tornadoes that don't quite make it all the way down to the ground. it was very wet for some — in nantwich, in cheshire, we had 25 millimetres of rain. now on into friday's forecast, the tail end of the weather front will continue to feed in quite a lot of cloud across northern england, and we start off certainly with so

tadej pogacar remains 46 seconds ahead of britain's geraint thomas in the overall standings after stage the giro d'italia. it ended in a sprint finish in luca in tuscany, with frenchman benjamin tomma claiming the first grand tour stage win of his career. it was also the first victory of the year for his cofidis team. both pogacar and tomma finished in the main group. rory mcilroy will not return to the pga tour policy board as it tries to find a way forward with liv golf. he had stepped down at the end of last year to concentrate on his game, but suggested recently he would return to help talks. ahead of this week's pga tour event in north carolina, he called for the sport to follow the example of the northern ireland peace process and seek "a compromise" that brings the divided parties together. so i sort of liken it to when northern ireland went through the peace process in the �*90s and the good friday agreement. you know, neitherside was happy — catholics weren't happy, protestants weren't happy, but it brought peace, and if that's... and then you sort of learn to live with whateve

tadej pogacar continued his one—man march to his first giro d'italia title with another stage win, andce standings. the slovenian two—time tour de france champion, spent most of the 15th stage sitting comfortably in the peloton before making his move with around iakm to go, leaving his rivals for the pinkjersey in his wake. it's pogacar�*s fourth stage win of the tour so far and he now leads britain's geraint thomas by nearly seven minutes with the event finishing in rome next sunday. america's xander schauffele has won the uspga, golf�*s second major of the year. schauffele led every round of the tournament, including equalling the record for the lowest score in major history on his first round at the valhalla course in kentucky. he managed to birdie the last. a shot clear of bryson de chambeu and victor hovland for the biggest win of his career. there's more on an enthralling final day of the uspga on our website. as i said, it has been an extraordinary day in premier league, where manchester city have won their fourth title in the row, the first team ever to do that in english footb

tadej pogacar has been crowned champion of cycling's first grand tour of the year this year d'italia.ian rode into rome unopposed with his team—mates. it was at the front of the field as they built up to a sprint finish on that final stage. belgium's tim murphy beatjonathan milan to the stage victory. colombia's danny martinez was second overall. britain's geraint thomas completed the podium in third. just enough time then to tell you about our top story. and it is called the most expensive, richest, most lucrative game in football. it can stand to win you at least £140 million. that is heading towards southampton. they beat leeds 1—0 at wembley in the championship play off final. it's been a long season, 46 regular season games, a third playoff game that they met at wembley. but it is southampton and their captainjack stephens who are heading back to the premier league at the first time of asking. that's it. thanks for watching. sports say bye bye for now. hello. thanks forjoining me. the weather, this bank holiday weekend has been a little hit and miss. this is what we had earlier o

now, tadej pogacar continued his one man march to his first giro d'italia title with another stage winoverall race standings. the slovenian two—time tour de france champion spent most of the 15th stage sitting comfortably in the peloton, before making his move with around 1a kilometres to go, leaving his rivals for the pinkjersey in his wake is pogacar�*s fourth stage win of the tour so far. and he now leads britain's geraint thomas by nearly seven minutes, with the event finishing in rome next sunday. and last but not least, america's xander schauffele has won the us pga golf's second major of the year. schauffele led every round of the tournament, including equalling the record for the lowest score in major history on his first round at the valhalla course in kentucky, he managed to birdie the last to take the tournament from bryson dechambeau, who was sitting in the clubhouse and thought maybe he would get it. but it's gone to xander schauffele. there's much more on an enthralling final day of the us pga on the bbc sport website. and as i say, it's been an extraordinary day in the e

runaway giro d'italia overall leader tadej pogacar couldn't make it a hat trick of stage wins, but stillreal urgency in pursuing germany's georg steinhauser, who powered on to take the stage win. pogacar then accelerated away from the main group to finish second and put a huge seven minutes and 42 seconds between himself and the rest of the field in the overall standings. novak djokovic celebrated his 37th birthday with a win at the geneva open, beating germany's yannick hanfmann in straight sets. in a match affected by rain, djokovic had too much for the world number 85, who knocked out andy murray in the previous round. the 24—time grand slam winner overcame the german 6—3, 6—3 to become just the third player afterjimmy connors and roger federer to win 1,100 matches on the atp tour. djokovic then, into the last eight. my birthday probably wouldn't be the — my birthday probably wouldn't be the same _ my birthday probably wouldn't be the same if— my birthday probably wouldn't be the same if i _ my birthday probably wouldn't be the same if i didn't- my birthday probably wouldn't be the sa

the italian heartland between the ring and jen noah gave the race favourite tadej pogacar hope for aslovenian opportunity to rest behind team—mates while sprinters took centre stage. and they did with around 50 km to go, forming their own breakaway. however, that lead soon fell away as the finished drew closer. withtwo columbus left, plug a car in pink and fancied a breakaway of his own alongside geraint thomas. the overall leaders could not keep their position at the front, though, with the sprint ultimately showing their muscle surge to the finish line. a near for our race had become a bit of a lottery and the man with the lucky ticket was belgian tim merlier on the left, who stole the stage by the narrowest of margins. thomas still trails pogacar in the overall classification, the wall be favoured was today beaten, he is 46 seconds clear of the competition. —— of all be favoured was today beaten. nick ransom, bbc news. this could be bad news for tennis fans. world number two jannik sinner says he'll only play at this month's french open if he's 100%. the australian open champion h

but recovered to finish among the peloton and remains in third place overall behind race leader tadej pogacaron bbc news. that is that russia's defence minister has been proposed to be removed from his post by president vladimir putin and will be moved to become the new secretary of russia's security council, replacing someone who is been in the post since 2008. a list of published by the upper house of the russian parliament says that the new defence minister taken over will be andrew russia. to go through all of this and understand the significance of this reshuffle. joining us now on the line is marina miron. welcome to bbc news. is this being seen as a promotion or any demotion for the man was been holding the defence brief for quite some time? good evening, we have to understand that he has an impeccable resume when it comes to his performance, used to lead the americom, so putin has a positive view of him and there is a lots of trust, so what i think is a lots of trust, so what i think is happening here is there is a need to take care of that military industrial complex on the one hand,

tadej pogacar claimed his sixth win at the giro d'italia to extend his overall lead to almost ten minuteso minutes ahead of his rivals. britain's geraint thomas was seventh on his 38th birthday and will claim third overall behind dani martinez. lorena viebers came out on top for the second day running at the ridelondon classique in essex. the dutch rider now has a 20—second lead over belgium's lotte kopecky going into tomorrow's final stage in london. lizzie deignan is the highest—placed briton in eighteenth overall, half a minute off the lead. and a day after winning the women's ten metre platform event at the british diving championships, andrea spendolini—sirieix has claimed another gold medal. victory alongside lois toulson in the ten metro synchro menas they've qualified for the paris olympics in that event. rafael nadal says he now can't be certain that this year's french open will be his last. he's been drawn against one of the favourites, alexander zverev, in the first round. it was widely expected that this year would be his last on tour, but he now says this appearance at roland

he's 46 seconds behind race leader tadej pogacar of slovenia.t and the former chairman of world snooker tour, has said sheffield city council will "move heaven and earth" to keep the world snooker championship in the city. the crucible, which only holds 980 spectators, has hosted snooker�*s biggest event every year since 1977 with kyren wilson becoming the latest champion. he beatjakjones in last night's final. however, the crucible's contract expires in 2027 and moving away from the iconic venue would be popular with some of the players, who have criticised conditions at the theatre. more details on the website and at but that's all for now. thank you very much, jane. john swinney will become scotland's seventh first minister after being nominated by parliament. the snp leader is to succeed humza yousaf, who resigned from office earlier on tuesday. his appointment will be rubber—stamped by the king before he is officially sworn in at the court of session on wednesday. addressing politicians at holyrood, he called for unity and pledged to govern

tadej pogacar moved into the overall lead of the giro d'italia after winning stage two on sunday, despiteclawed his way back to the front of the field, before making his move with likm to go to take his first stage win in his maiden giro. he now tops the general classification by 45 seconds from geraint thomas. dutch cycling star demi vollering has won la vuelta femenina, with a solo effort in the eighth and final stage on sunday. vollering won the tour de france last year, but this was her first win of the season and her first vuelta. she came second in spain last year, but topped the general classification from the fifth stage and never let her advantage slip. kyren wilson made a blistering start to final of the world snooker championship. he stormed into a 7—1 lead againstjakjones after the first session at the crucible in sheffield. it's the first to 18 frames and played over two days. jones is the first qualifier to reach the final in eight years. these are live pictures from the crucible. jones might have seemed overawed in that opening session, but he's started the evening session

the overall standings at the giro d'italia after stage seven�*s 40 kilometre time trial, with tadej pogacarpogacar finished 17 overall lead, pogacar finished 17 seconds ahead of italian time—trial specialist filippo ganna and two minutes in front of welsh rider thomas. the slovenian is now 2 minutes 36 seconds clear of colombian rider daniel felipe martinez in the overall standings. at the italian 0pen — world number one novak djokovic cruised into the third round — with beating france's corentin moutet 6—3, 6—1 third seed alex zverev is also through. he eased past australian aleksandar vukic 6—0, 6—4 injust over an hour. germany's zverev, who won the rome masters back in 2017, will face italian luciano darderi next. in the women's singles, 0ns jabeur�*s tough 2024 continues, as the eighth seed suffered another early exit. she lost to unseeded sofia kenin 7—5, 2—6, 6—4 in the second round. the tunisian is yet to go past the quarterfinals on tour this year. and that's all the sport for now. a school board in the us state of virginia has voted to restore the names of historical figures from t

the slovenian tadej pogacar wearing the race leaders pinkjersey attacked the rest of the field in thelaced geraint thomas also at the front of the race. they were eventually swallowed up by the sprinters teams with merlier taking the victory in fossano. pogacar retains the race lead. and that's all the sport for now. we'll be back with more later on. it's very much, gavin. it's been a difficult few days for prime minister rishi sunak — after a series of losses in local elections across england and wales — and a defeat with a huge swing to labour at the blackpool south by—election. but he is refusing to accept that defeat at a general election — is a "foregone conclusion". among his reasons is research which suggests that labour's share of the vote would not create an overall majority at westminster. with more on this, our political correspondent alex forsyth. what's even saying? as you say, it was a pretty _ what's even saying? as you say, it was a pretty bruising _ what's even saying? as you say, it was a pretty bruising few- what's even saying? as you say, it was a pretty bruising f

tadej pogacar finished safely in the peleton to retain the race leader's pinkjersey.w. we'll be back with more later on, see you then. the bank of england has announced that its base interest rate is being kept on hold for the sixth consecutive time. the bank's monetary policy committee decided to leave it at 5.25%, with a hint though that cuts may be on the way soon — as our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. while some of these households are seeing the cost of living crunch ease as incomes rise, it's still getting harder for the 1.6 million across the country who are remortgaging this year. it's been a scary three months. paul day is in felixstowe. his rate will more than double, a £200 rise in monthly repayments. i'm still going to have to make cutbacks. we are going to have to stop going out, we are going to have to stop spending money. we do, we like to travel around and go to different cities, and go shopping. that is part of our life. but we are going to have to cut that back. it gives you an idea of the rates. this mortgage broker says tho

tadej pogacar maintained his healthy overall lead over colombia's daniel martinez and britain's geraintgoing in college basketball, but her indiana fever team were beaten 91—71 by the connecticut sun. she did top score for the team with 20 points, but gave away ten turnovers. alex albon has signed a "multi—year contract extension" with the williams formula one team. the british—born thai driver has been with the oxfordshire—based team since 2022. let's stay with motorsport. over the weekend, british driver jamie chadwick became the first woman to finish on the podium in indy nxt for 14 years — that's a developmental racing series sanctioned by indycar. chadwick is also on the books at williams fi, and a mentor in the all—female fi academy, i spoke to her earlier about her career ambitions and that breakthrough third—placed finish in indianapolis. we've been in positions to get test results and things up until this point. probably would have pulled it off the podium, but i think we actually have been competitive all year and i think what we've done in the off—season — just happy. xyour t

the overall standings at the giro d'italia after stage seven�*s a0 kilometre time trial, with tadej pogacar lead pogacar finished 17 seconds ahead of italian time—trial specialist filippo ganna and two minutes in front of welsh rider thomas. the slovenian is now 2 minutes 36 seconds clear of colombian rider daniel felipe martinez in the overall standings. andy murray has decided to bring forward his return from an ankle injury in the run—up to the french open. the three time grand slam champion has been out of action since late march. he confirmed he'll play at the challenger event in bordeaux next week, before taking up a wildcard at the geneva open. he plans to play at the french open for what is likely to be the final time — that starts on 26th may. murray turns 37 next week, and he's expected to retire at the end of the season. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. confirmation today that the uk economy is no longer in recession in the economy grew by .6% betweenjanuary and march, the fastest rate for two years according to official figures. stronger consumer spending a

alaphilippe has now won a stage on the three major tours tadej pogacar retains the race leader's pinkjerseyn off the lead. and that's all the sport for now. more for you later. thanks very much, we will see you then. the labour leader sir keir starmer has set out the first steps he would take if his party wins the next general election. he outlined six pledges, saying they're all fully costed, and ready to be delivered in the first term of a labour government. the conservatives called his speech �*yet another relaunch'. our political editor chris mason has been questioning the labour leader about those pledges. you want 40,000 more opponents a week —— appointments. can you be specific by when? i think we can start straightaway and they're desperately needed. start, though. we and they're desperately needed. start, though-— and they're desperately needed. start, thouh. ~ . , , start, though. we have the best part of 8 million appointments _ start, though. we have the best part of 8 million appointments in - of 8 million appointments in operations that are needed. there's 40,000 each and ever

tadej pogacar retains the race leader's pinkjersey, with geraint thomas in third.to be physically active. sport england has carried out the research as part of its first environmental and sustainability strategy. the agency that funds community sport is announcing a £45 million investment package to help sports deal with climate change. here's our sports editor dan roan. under 11 finally playing again after a late start to the season. one of the what is uk winters on record that meant cricket matches up and down the country have had to be cancelled. the club's ground in manchester has become waterlogged. we've just not been able to get on the ground. it's been so wet. it's been unrelenting.— been unrelenting. when it gets rained off. _ been unrelenting. when it gets rained off, it's _ been unrelenting. when it gets rained off, it's really _ been unrelenting. when it gets rained off, it's really annoying. j rained off, it's really annoying. last _ rained off, it's really annoying. last year. _ rained off, it's really annoying. last year, nearly every game was called

grenadiers ecuadorean riderjhonatan narvaez beating maximillian schachmann and the race favourite tadej pogacaromas, was tenth. and that's all the sport for now. i will be back with another update in the next hour. thank you, 0lly. as we have been reporting, the results in the west midlands are on a knife edge, and we are expecting them any time now. labour sources have already claimed victory. let's go to our newsroom at some point, nick eardley... apologies. i'm hearing that rajini vaidyanathan is there for us now in birmingham. good to have you, rajini what are you hearing there in birmingham? azadeh, it is also what we are seeing. behind me is the stage where we will soon hear the result of this west midlands a mayoral contest. we were down on the floor earlier and the labour candidate, richard parker, looked fairly chipper, and we could see him being hugged by other members of the party. i saw another labour party member cheering as she took a video call, someone else was in tears. the party believes they have won this vote here, and that they now hold the mayoral seat here in the west mid

he's a6 seconds behind race leader tadej pogacar of slovenia.up with an impressive 221 for eight. up with an impressive 221—8. buttler made 19 before he was dismissed and rajasthan were always going to struggle with the run rate. they finally ended on 201—8. they're still second though and well placed to make the top four and the qualifiers. barry hearn — the president of matchroom sport and the former chairman of world snooker tour — has said sheffield city council will "move heaven and earth" to keep the world snooker championship in the city. the crucible, which only holds 980 spectators, has hosted snooker�*s biggest event every year since 1977 with kyren wilson becoming the latest champion — he beatjakjones in last nights final. however, the crucible's contract expires in 2027 and moving away from the iconic venue would be popular with some of the players, who have criticised conditions at the theatre. it is full—time in france and it is borussia dortmund to have beaten psg. they will be through to the final at wembley on the 1st ofjune, an

slovenia's tadej pogacar maintained his overall lead.ittle crash at the end was not ideal but the rest of it was kind of as we thought really. so a big day tomorrow. . as we thought really. so a big day tomorrow. w _, ., , , ., tomorrow. tricky conditions, is that what led to — tomorrow. tricky conditions, is that what led to the _ tomorrow. tricky conditions, is that what led to the crash? _ tomorrow. tricky conditions, is that what led to the crash? i _ tomorrow. tricky conditions, is that what led to the crash? i was - what led to the crash? i was looking behind and they _ what led to the crash? i was looking behind and they swing to _ what led to the crash? i was looking behind and they swing to be - what led to the crash? i was looking behind and they swing to be in - what led to the crash? i was looking behind and they swing to be in the l behind and they swing to be in the front and overlap the wheel. cereal crash mentally but all good. one less day tomorrow and it's two times of a big less day tomorrow and it's two times ofa big

the slovenian tadej pogacar wearing the race leaders pinkjersey attacked the rest of the field in thehat snooker which is getting very exciting. can both think it over the line? for me and the rest of the team, that is all for now. bank holiday monday came within an interruption pretty unsettled with lengthy spells of rain across the south east of england but plenty of showers elsewhere. 0thers others may do some sunshine in lincolnshire, 11 hours so not so bad there. where as others have the damp and across parts of northern england had a couple of clouds one and the derbyshire area. the weather will be improving over the next few days as a ridge of high pressure starts to move its way in. that will tend to settle the weather down. slow process so a bit of rain left over across south east england. 0ne process so a bit of rain left over across south east england. one or two showers elsewhere. but these will tend to fizzle over the coming hours. temperatures as a start up tuesday morning generally around 8-10. the tuesday morning generally around 8—10. the coldest box down to around fi

race leader tadej pogacar finished safely in the peloton to retain the leader's pinkjersey ahead of tomorrow'sg his arrest in majorca last month. the bbc understands that vunipola was tasered by spanish police and later charged with "resisting the law". the warning will now sit on vunipola's record for five years. bbc rugby union reporter sara orchard has more on this story for us. you'll make we should start off by saying billy you'll make we should start off by sa in: bill ,., ., .,, saying billy vunipola. .. last time we saw him _ saying billy vunipola. .. last time we saw him in — saying billy vunipola. .. last time we saw him in an _ saying billy vunipola. .. last time we saw him in an english - saying billy vunipola. .. last time we saw him in an english shirt i saying billy vunipola. .. last time l we saw him in an english shirt was at the world cup year, in the semifinal defeat to south africa. so he hasn't actually played for england for a while, but of course he is still a saracens player and this incident happen for them on a preseason trip. they had gone away to majorca and ended w

he's second overall, 46 seconds behind race leader tadej pogacar of slovenia.pion, eliud kipchoge, has been telling bbc sport africa that he feared for the lives of his family — after a campaign of online abuse that wrongly linked him to the death of world record holder kelvin kiptum. an emotional kipchoge, who became just the third person to win successive olympic marathons, in defending his title at tokyo in 2021, decided not to take precautions over his own safety. he's been speaking exclusively to celestine karoney. what happened has taught me not to trust anybody. abs, what happened has taught me not to trust anybody-— trust anybody. a two time olympic cham - ion, trust anybody. a two time olympic champion. one _ trust anybody. a two time olympic champion, one of _ trust anybody. a two time olympic champion, one of the _ trust anybody. a two time olympic champion, one of the most - trust anybody. a two time olympic i champion, one of the most decorated stars. , , , champion, one of the most decorated stars. ,, i, champion, one of the most decorated stars.