better news for labour in trafford. in a minority administration there and they are now in overall control of trafford. greeter, thanks very much. to my dearfriends trafford. greeter, thanks very much. to my dear friends on the panel, with thanks for being with us, you get a sentence each to tell us where you think you are. of course there is much more to come and maybe we will be in a rather different place at the end of friday, we don't know. there is a trend already. we can kind of see which way we are travelling. sian, festival, concluding thought. we've made a lot of gains and we've hardly reached in terms of accounting any of our existing seats. the gains we have been making here, the councils we have broken through into, i think is really significant. at the last count, 33 games out of 39 seats that we won. if you compare that proportion to the other parties, we really are just surging ahead. when we start to get through to places where we already have councillors, we will be able to see whether there is any to t

, celebrating the news that it has ta ken trafford, and celebrating the news that it has taken traffordtory so far, here's our political correspondent, chris mason. results have trundled in throughout the night. there have been smiles and cheers, hold in the battle ground of swindon for the conservatives. and a gain in north—east lincolnshire, but elsewhere, not good news for them. the tories losing control in places like st albans, southend, broxtowe and peterborough. we can hazard a guess how this couple voted. but what the results mean for the prime minister? i think she needs to take a look at how many councillors we have lost overnight, wake up in the morning and think about how she thinks the conservative party needs to put its best foot forward. these ballot boxes brought good news for labour whether to control of trafford in greater manchester. but the party lost control of councils in hartlepool and bolsover, a sense in some areas that it was not the night they hoped for. it's not looking good, this is going to be very difficult night for labour. we've been out and about across

we have taken trafford. trafford isa us. we have taken trafford. trafford is a difficult area.abour, but trafford has always been highly contested and other areas like thurrock and plymouth where we would actually ta ke plymouth where we would actually take parliamentary seats on the sorts of results we've seen this evening. there are important things to note on that side. overall, dawn who was sat there before i was perfectly honest about the fact she thought this was a pretty disappointing performance so far for labour. let's see where it ends up. absolutely. but so far pretty disappointing. you go along with that? clearly there have been some difficulties for us and we would have liked to have made stronger gains. but it is a very mixed bag of results and i think a lot of local factors have come into play and also i think it is quite interesting to note, as in sunderland, for example, a strong leaf area, that we lost a seat to remain parties. it's much more complex than what's happening nationally. sian, we talked earlier that the greens were up by, i think we we re that the

you mentioned trafford. why don't i go back to talk to nina, who's in trafford for us?irral earlier. they've lost two seats there to the greens, one to the liberal democrats. there's a sort of civil war happening within the labour party over on wirral — that could be at play there. four labour councillors there have already left to go independent. in bolton in greater manchester, they've lost three seats to the conservatives and one to a local party. kirsley has been labourfor 100 years, and has now switched to becoming independent. if we look at south manchester, in stockport, this was a key liberal democrat target. they voted remain. they were one of the three parts of greater manchester where they voted remain. the liberal democrats so far tonight have made one gain from labour. that means they only need to make two more to be neck—and—neck with them on that council in part of greater manchester. ironically, here we are in trafford and the part of greater manchester, the borough that was under conservative control from 2004 until last year, but both of the main parti

we gain at trafford. .. we also making losses. we gain at trafford... i also think, to be honest, like with the general election, when people get to see and hear what labour's policies are like is that of the biased media projection of labour i think we will do even better. you are losing seeds. you are falling back. but it is really early in the cycle. we have 24 hours left to go and i do not think we should make the mistake of trying to say this is a trend. we really have to wait until the end. it would be a matrix of thing. it will be national, local, all feeding into the result. portsmouth, look at the results there. i think it will be very mixed. some will be local, some national... but overall, how do you think about your prospect of getting out of this cycle of elections. by this afternoon, what are the overall gains? what are your chances? laura's point is clear which is that at this point in the cycle, you should be confident of making those games if you are going to form a government in an election which would take place within months. —— coul

trafford is the exception of the night, though. you lost control of hartlepool, wirral, walsall. these are labour heartlands. i'm very sorry we lost them. we'll fight back and we'll win them back. that's the whole point behind it. what we are doing here is putting forward an agenda of anti—austerity and also putting out that local authorities have born the brunt of the austerity agenda, which has been foisted upon them by the conservatives and the lib dems, when they were in coalition together. that was jeremy corbyn reacting that wasjeremy corbyn reacting to the results. this is what liberal democrat leader sir vince cable had to say to supporters in chelmsford this morning. well, i'm just celebrating a really great result here in chelmsford, essex. but this story across the country... you know, the lib dems were written off at one point, but we're coming back very, very strongly. we are the big winners of the night throughout the country. you know, rural, urban, cities, suburban... vote brexit! a large number of gains. brexit! i

we have won trafford.have swings to labour in a number of boroughs and councils across the country. that gives us the basis. notjust thurrock and other places. beyond these glum faces, there is a row over whether labour should shift on brexit. some say towards another referendum, others towards getting a deal with the eu sorted. 0verall referendum, others towards getting a deal with the eu sorted. overall the conservatives have not got much to smile about either. yes, they held swindon and gained north east lincolnshire. but they lost control in st albans, broxburn and peterborough. it is a verdict on brexit and parliament. so my view is we have just got to get this done. that is what people want. independents have done well so far, as has the green party. 16 new councils, cementing our place as the fourth party in england in local government. we are the biggest representation of the remain party in the european parliament going into the european elections. there are plenty more results to come with the pa

jeremy corbyn was in trafford this morning because they gained trafford from the tories. they have lost bolsover and in the past hour, darlington. they are down more than 90 seats. reeta chakra barti will they are down more than 90 seats. reeta chakrabarti will be at the screen with the latest results and analysis. we will also talk to our chief political correspondent, vicki young, who is ready with her take on what is going on in the broader political picture, not least with brexit. stay with us throughout the afternoon. 148 councils already declared. 100 to go. plenty of results to come. we have had more than 4000 councillors elected. we are still waiting for the individual results of more than 4000 council seats. plenty to talk about. what i would like to do now, given that the counting is still going on, lots of counting overnight, but lots decided to count today, and they include thanet. this was ukip's on the council until the ukip group fell was ukip's on the council until the ukip groupfellapart was ukip's on the council until the ukip group fell apart in a shamb

but even here in trafford finding an alternative won't be easy.e, but it will be a problem if it ever gets onto the allotment. this is strong enough to crack through concrete and it spreads fast. it really is unstoppable apart from using glyphosate. but there are countries like france and belgium that want to ban it and there have been studies that do say it's carcinogenic. politicians have to make political decisions. the study which was quoted very widely was a hazard assessment, so potentially everything is a hazard. glyphosate was in the same category as hot drinks and red meat. it is how you use them. monsanto say the critics are wrong, they remain confident in the science and regulatory record of their products, confidence is not shared by all. time now to get the news where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks it's been a tough night for the conservatives in parts of our area which have been voting in local elections. they lost overall control of st albans and basildon. although the party did hold on to a number

not all bad for labour — they took tory trafford, won in places including high peak, but labour's lost lost seats that they were expected to win. why? because brexit‘s delayed or because voters want another referendum ? labour's split. the feeling is they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians, and this is the first chance to make this protest, and unfortunately there's a lot of good labour councillors going to lose their seats because of it. whatever deal it is that the conservatives, in the end, are able to get through parliament, if they are able to, it should go to a confirmatory ballot so that we can find out from the people, is this really what you want? as for the smaller parties, ukip‘s taken a battering, but the greens are upbeat. there is an element, undeniably, about disenchantment with the two big parties. people are fed up with the way they've handled brexit, there is a cry for clarity, which i think the greens are offering. so plenty more evidence of the disintegration of traditional loyalties to the two big parties. these were local elect

we have one micro trafford to an open mole —— overall majority, we have swings to labour in a numberole of the country, and that gives us a basis on which we can unite and seats such as swindon, thurrock and other places, and i'm looking forward to an election when we do that. cheering it's not exactly been a laugh a minute for the liberal democrats in recent yea rs. minute for the liberal democrats in recent years. but they are upbeat today. i've just celebrated a really great result here, chelmsford, essex, but this story across the country, you know, the lib dems were written off at one point but we've come back very strongly. we other big winners of the night. cheering dems won control of councils in bath, winchester, north norfolk and the cotswolds. independents have done well so far, as has the green party. we have broken through 116 new councils, cementing our place as the fourth party in england in local government, and a real momentum going into the european elections. we are the biggest representation of any remaining party in the european parliament at the moment. it's bee

not all bad for labour — they took tory trafford, won in places including high peak, but labour's lostnd lost seats that they were expected to win. why? because brexit‘s delayed or because voters want another referendum ? labour's split. the feeling is they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians, and this is the first chance to make this protest, and unfortunately there's a lot of good labour councillors going to lose their seats because of it. whatever deal it is that the conservatives in the end, are able to get through parliament, if they are able to, it should go to a confirmatory ballot so that we can find out from the people, is this really what you want? as for the smaller parties, ukip's taken a battering, but the greens are upbeat. there is an element, undeniably, about disenchantment with the two big parties. people are fed up with the way they've handled brexit, there is a cry for clarity, which i think the greens are offering. so plenty more evidence of the disintegration of traditional loyalties to the two big parties. these were local elec

not all bad for labour, they took tory trafford, but labour has lost control and lost seats that theytrol and lost seats that they were expected to win. why? because brexit is delayed or because voters wa nt brexit is delayed or because voters want another referendum ? brexit is delayed or because voters want another referendum? labour is split. the feeling is they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians and this is the first chance to make this protest, and unfortunately a lot of good labour councillors will lose their seats because of it. whatever deal the conservatives can get through parliament, if they are able to, it should go to a confirmatory ballad so that we can find out from the people, is this really what you want? about as for the smaller parties, ukip has taken a battering, but the greens are upbeat. there is an element, undeniably, a disenchantment with the two big parties, people are fed up the two big parties, people are fed up with the weight they have handled brexit, there is a cry for clarity which the greens are offering. plenty mor

and manchester united end the season on a sour note — they lost 2—0 to cardiff at old trafford. league since 1960. and this is how the top of the table looks. manchester city clinching the title by a single point. 98 points for them — after their record 14th successive win. liverpool's win over wolves sees them with 97 points. an astonishingly high total for the team finishing second. chelsea's goalless draw with leicester means they end up 3rd. confirmation of man united in 6th. and the relegation spots decided before today. but it's huddersfield, fulham and cardiff who'll be in the championship next season. brighton finishing two points above cardiff. newcastle's win moved them about bournemouth. well, of course, it's also play—off time in the other leagues, and in league one — charlton have the advantage over doncaster rovers, after the first leg of their semi—final. charlton won 2—1 today, scoring twice in the space of two first—half minutes, through lyle taylor and joe aribo. doncaster did pull a goal back just before full time, but charlton are at home for the second leg o

every sickle time when we went to old trafford, we played spurs at home.e, we won. we lost in the champions league in a way i am so proud as well. i don't ca re way i am so proud as well. i don't care that we lost. i am so happy for these guys. you are fighting against human nature, you are being successful and the hardest thing when you are being successful is to not tap yourself on the back for too long and go again and go again, so it is the hardest thing in the world, you know. and we did it. we did it as well go is one of the best teams in the premier league has ever known so i am proud, proud to be a pa rt of known so i am proud, proud to be a part of this team, proud to have led this team to success and i want more so this team to success and i want more so on this team to success and i want more so on saturday against watford, we celebrate tonight, we are too far in anyway. then after that, i promise you, we will give everything in the final. everything we have. when you try it once, you want to try to repeat it and i think first i congratulate the

not all bad for labour, they took trafford, places like high peak but labour less control and less seatsre they we re control and less seats where they were expected to win. why? because brexit was delayed or voters want another referendum. they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians and this is the first time they have had the chance to make that protest, a lot of people are going to lose their seats because of it. you whatever deal that the conservatives in the end are able to get through parliament if able to, it should go to the balance that we can ask people is this really what you want. the greens are upbeat. there is an element of disenchantment with the parties, fed up with the way they handled brexit and it is a cry for clarity which i think the green party is offering. the disintegration of traditional loyalties of the two big parties, these were local elections and many people may simply have shown that they are fed up after years of cuts and austerity, but across the country, we have also seen people are as deadlocked as the parties here in we

have had disappointments on the weekend and the challenge cup, but it is all eyes on getting to old traffordnd. we have come off three wins on the bounce in super league. hopefully we can get a good win in barcelona and kick on the week after. double olympic gold medallist jadejones will look to complete her set of major titles at the world taekwondo championships in manchester this week. it's the first time the event has taken place in the uk and amongst the other fiighters hoping to benefit from home advantage will be bianca walkden — who's looking for her third—successive world crown — and olympic silver medallist lutalo muhammad. bbc sport's nick hope caught up with them ahead of the event, which begins tomorrow? silver in 2011, bronze last time out — are you desperate for this title? how do you feel? i want to say i am world champion, not just how do you feel? i want to say i am world champion, notjust double olympic champion. before i retire, i wa nt to olympic champion. before i retire, i want to have one like all three. i need to get this one, otherwise i can't retire. it is the one

that left mauricio pochettino in pole position, seemingly, to go to old trafford in the summer.ason. real madrid were also having a shaky start to their season and there were rumours he might take over at the burner bow at the early start of the season —— early part of the season, as well. but he managed to focus his side to get that miraculous comeback in the champions league. —— the bernabeu. at the nou camp they scored in the 85th minute through that man, lucas moura, again, to get that last place in the last 16. but that was only because of the thinnest of margins to get them at that spot. they were locked on goal difference and points with inter—milan. it was because of their head—to—head record and their single away goal at the san siro in the group game that spurs got through. it really was complicated. theyjust managed to scrape through in the end. as well as all of that and all of the speculation with morrissey pochettino, they were just about building a premier league title challenge in february. but that fell away with this 2—1 defeat at burnley. you might remember th

that will not go down well at old trafford.h better. liverpool lost one game this season, this, for manchester city today, is their 14th in a row. they have been supreme. city spent more money than liverpool, that mix what they have done more impressive. but those two clubs have been brilliant. as you say, it's been a wonderful yearfor english as you say, it's been a wonderful year for english football, to have the champions elite competitions, to have them all held by english clubs in -- is have them all held by english clubs in —— is incredible. have them all held by english clubs in -- is incredible. and kevin keegan said he thought in many ways, it says a lot about the quality of the teams, he thought the reserve tea m the teams, he thought the reserve team was as good, if not better, than the liverpool first 11. in terms of the quality, it is quite a golden team, isn't it? and there it is, and when you see people like sergio aguero who scored the first goal down in brighton, he isn't yet 30 but he has been extraordinary. a

taking samples and measuring the thickness of the ice on the frozen mackenzie river a local hunter in trafford has come out with them to provide protection should anyone animals pose a threat to life here has changed in recent is a lot of a circle to. support the grizzly bears are working up and getting out of the day and it's only the 19th of march. that's a month early now it's warm up with all these other insects coming up before. it's the girls and the kids. before. the ice is just 60 centimeters thick miles says that's nowhere near enough for this time of year. 7 to 8 feet my dad used to. go down shaving hole. a pail and the spheres toss a. chisel some more and i go down he holds me down and most filled up the pail like this and. most of the day before we get water but 8 feet or nearly 2 and a half meters compared with just 60 centimeters today that's a huge change that's occurred in just a few decades one thing is clear disaster is looming on the process has long been underway even though the dazzling beauty of the canadian arctic could easily lol you into a false sense of security. now

the drill was conducted for staff at the penn-trafford school district in january.o began circulating, showing the gunman wearing a keffiyeh, (keh-fee-uh)... a blonde wig and a paintball mask. the drill was criticized by civil rights and advocacy groups. that includes the director of the american-arab anti- discrimination committee who says the video sends the message that quote 'people wearing arab headdresses or muslims are suspicious.' the district says there was no intent by the district, the police department or the consulting group they used to represent any particular culture or religion. the sharks were looking to take a 3-2 lead in their western confernce finals series against the st. louis blues... hopes were high as san jose was on home ice... but those hopes came crashing down quickly... jonathan cheechoo... remember him... get on the "cheechoo train"... he opened the door for the team 10 seconds into the game... evander kane... golden opportunity for an early goal... but his shot bounces off the post... could have been a huge momentum-builder for the sh

have shown about it a change in the way they think about issues trafford and stuff ansari is a senior political analyst he says the modi run a strong campaign but has much more work to do to win the confidence of india's minorities mr more than on his part says all the right things but. the fact is that right when it comes to reinforcing all or inning in some of the fringe elements within his party and his government mr modi has not been able to match his words with action so while mr modi says one thing the lankan fi does quite another and if you take the sisters doing his past 5 years of fizzy bread with targeted lynchings it happen where people have been you have lost their lives on suspicion that they've been carrying that they've been euro eating me for beef or transporting beef so all that doesn't lend itself to a great amount of confidence amongst the minorities u.s. president on the trump says that he's meeting pentagon officials to discuss tensions with iran the u.s. has already sent extra warships and find the jets to the region over the past few weeks saying it's facing uns

trafford has more details now on the military's investigations. they in fact saying that they found a katyusha rocket launch pad on a road close by to the green zone and it's incidents like this that of course are making iraq iraqis and iraqi politicians very nervous because of course iraq has incredible economic political and military ties and religious ties with neighboring iran and of course is a major u.s. ally as well we saw mike pompei as visit this month's pompei are warning the iraqi government about what he described as specific and increasing threat spike what the americans describe as iran's proxies in this country these are these iraqi iran backed armed groups that were so very effective in the fight against eisel that were integrated into the iraqi military in 2016 and who certainly the u.s. oppose a major threat here to u.s. interests those 5200 or so american servicemen and women still in iraq so despite the fact that the iraqi prime minister has come out and said that he's seen no increased threat from these groups certainly incide

move is angered many gamers who say the virtual world offers the miscarry from real life charles trafford reports now from baghdad. glued to the screen no virtual reality battle to survive online gaming is big and iraq. the most popular game is play on no new battleground. developed in south korea three years ago it's become a global sensation with players around the world being parachuted on to an island and fighting for survival by any means. but iraq's parliament has voted to ban it saying it's harmful to the health culture and security of a rocky society. student plays for a couple of hours at least four times a week. led to a lot i it is an exceptional game and very realistic it gives you the opportunity to compete with and build new friendships with other players around the world it's ok if they ban it for children but not for adults we're old enough to know how to manage our time. players are known battleground is one of the most popular computer games of all time in two thousand and eighteen that will hold four hundred million players around the world now the effects of art of com

it would be lovely to go to old trafford and to win the game there, give us something to do rather thanave nothing to lose. i don't want us to be tepid. i wa nt lose. i don't want us to be tepid. i want to a go, really. i will be disappointed if we don't have a go tomorrow. bus to be decided this weekend. -- lots to be decided. everton play burley tonight. austin cummings very much. —— austin hale would, thanks very much. it's always been a key date in the diary for women's football but tomorrow's fa cup final is set to break records. more than 50,000 tickets have been sold for the fixture between west ham and manchester city — as the defending champions look to do the double. our reporterjo currie has more. just 12 months ago, west ham were playing the third tier of women's football. but after heavy investment from the club, they recruited a new squad of professional players and we re squad of professional players and were awarded a spot in the super league, i nowjust 90 minutes away from a first major trophy. the main aim was to survive in the league. and to stay in it. we did that by

not all bad for labour — they took tory trafford, won in places including high peak, but labour's lostt seats that they were expected to win. why? because brexit‘s delayed or because voters want another referendum ? labour's split. the feeling is they have been badly let down by national politicians and labour politicians, and this is the first chance to make this protest, and unfortunately there's a lot of good labour councillors going to lose their seats because of it. whatever deal it is that the conservatives in the end, are able to get through parliament, if they are able to, it should go to a confirmatory ballot so that we can find out from the people, is this really what you want? as for the smaller parties, ukip's taken a battering, but the greens are upbeat. there is an element, undeniably, about disenchantment with the two big parties. people are fed up with the way they've handled brexit, there is a cry for clarity, which i think the greens are offering. so plenty more evidence of the disintegration of traditional loyalties to the two big parties. these were local elections,

the trafford centre scheme was halted, after the uk‘s cctv commissioner raised multiple legal concernsation is to build up one of the uk‘s largest databases of facial images of alleged criminals. the company started in a london bar. gordon‘s claims to be london‘s oldest wine bar — it‘s more than 100 years old — but inside here is some cutting—edge facial recognition technology and the company that supplying it has some big ideas for where this stuff is going to go next. this is the main camera to the bar so everybody who comes into the bar comes through this entrance and that‘s where you‘re hoping to catch them? yeah, yeah. here we go. he comes in, he looks around the bar, sees where he wants to go. right. he clicks the monitor. it says it‘s seen his face — it triggers an alert. right. and that‘s the guy. the other thing about this is you are a private company and this is a private business. the businesses you are working with, they‘re all private businesses. correct. isn‘t the proper way to do this through the police — shouldn‘t the police be getting these indications and why doesn‘t

and manchester united end the season on a sour note — they lost 2—0 to cardiff at old trafford.them. they now go for a domestic treble, with the fa cup final on saturday. liverpool‘s win over wolves sees them with 97 points. an astonishingly high total for the team finishing second. chelsea‘s goalless draw with leicester means they end up 3rd. confirmation of man united in 6th. rangers have secured back—to—back home wins over celtic for the first time in seven years. they got the ideal start, with james tavernier scoring from a free kick within two minutes. and midway through the second half, scott arfield made it 2—0. that was rangers‘ sixth win in a row and takes them to within six points of their city rivals. but with the title already returning to celtic park, this was a real signal of intent ahead of next season. it was also a first defeat in 16 games for celtic in the league. lewis hamilton has won the spanish grand prix to re—take the lead in the drivers‘ championship. starting from second on the grid again, behind his mercedes team—mate, valteri bottas, hamilton managed

important strategic partners for iraq it's finding itself in an increasingly tough position as charles trafford reports from baghdad iraq's foreign minister mohammad al hakim met u.s. diplomats in baghdad on wednesday night for what the foreign ministry said which talks about promoting bilateral ties resolving regional crises and tackling terrorism but no one in iraq is on the any illusion about what that means the increasing pressure by the u.s. on iraq's neighbor and big east regional ally iran iraq's politics economy military a majority shia population share deep geo political and religious ties with iran. the more pressure that mounts on the iranian government the more difficult it becomes for u.s. ally in iraq. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei a came to iraq on an on schedule visit on choose day because of what he said was specifics threats to americans in iraq the statement was directed towards what the u.s. calls iran's proxy forces officially there are around sixty thousand iraqi fighters with pro iran armed groups in iraq known as a popular mobilization forces ohashi the xabi they w

six matches will be played here at old trafford, including the eagerly anticipated match between archrivalsough lancashire have built this 8,000—seater temporary stand, this place could have been sold out for that game 32 times over. next summer, the ecb launches a controversial 100—ball competition. for the first time in 15 years, some live cricket will be on free—to—air tv. it's a major gamble, but with the game at a crossroads and struggling to retain relevance, the man in charge hopes the world cup could help win over the sceptics. it's a once—in—a—generation opportunity for the game. this is a great platform for us to build all the plans going beyond 2019 into next year and beyond, to make sure we're opening cricket up as widely as possible for people to get involved in this great sport. two years ago, england won the women's world cup. now the men are favourites to emulate them, their bold style of play making them the world's top ranked one—day team. but here at an inner—city grassroots project, one of the hosts' biggest stars says england must also now appeal to a younger and more d

and after a brilliant start to his reign at old trafford, they've only won two of their last eleven matchesrd with a win, ruben loftus cheek giving them the lead in the second half against watford, before david luiz added a second. another win on the final day of the season will guarantee them champions league football next season, should they not qualify by winning the europa league. arsenal are about to get under way against brighton, knowing a win is a must if they're to keep their hopes of a top four finish alive. they too have a possible route into european football's elite club competition via the europa league, they lead after their semifinal first leg against valencia. norwich have been crowned champions, while derby have secured the final play—off spot on the last day of the champinoship season. frank lampard's side just pipping middlesbrough, amid plenty of drama. as james burford reports. if ever there was an afternoon for looking over your shoulder, this was it. frank lampard's players started on the front foot. the crisp it of crosses , on the front foot. the crisp it of crosse

six matches will be played here at old trafford, including the eagerly anticipated match between archrivalsve built this 8,000—seater temporary stand, this place could have been sold out for that game 32 times over. next summer, the ecb launches a controversial 100—ball competition. for the first time in 15 years, some live cricket will be on free—to—air tv. it's a major gamble, but with the game at a crossroads and struggling to retain relevance, the man in charge hopes the world cup could help win over the sceptics. it's a once—in—a—generation opportunity for the game. this is a great platform for us to build all the plans going beyond 2019 into next year and beyond, to make sure we're opening cricket up as widely as possible for people to get involved in this great sport. two years ago, england won the women's world cup. now the men are favourites to emulate them, their bold style of play making them the world's top ranked one—day team. but here at an inner—city grassroots project, one of the hosts' biggest stars says england must also now appeal to a younger and more diverse fan base. i

that will not go down well at old trafford. lost one game this season, this went from four, for manchester city today, this was their 14th in a row in the league. they have both been supreme. city have spent more money than liverpool, liverpool have been even more impressive then. but those two clubs have been brilliant. it's been a wonderful year for english football, to have all the elite european competitions to be held by english clubs. and kevin keegan, an icon, and at one point the city manager, he was echoing what you were saying about the quality of the teams. in many ways, they had a better reserve team better than liverpool. in terms of the quality assembled there, it is quite a golden team. it is, and when you see people like aguero who scored manchester city's first goal down in brighton, how good has he been? he's not even 30 and has been extraordinary. all of their players have stuck together, they have knuckled down and got the job done for the second year in a row and when you compare that with manchester united

i have been a trafford councillor for 19 years, i've been active in the liberal democrats for most ofrth west, like most of the country, it is the traditional parties who suffered — labour and the conservatives. the conservatives were completely wiped out here. it's the brexit party who have taken three of the seats, but the liberal democrats have done better than ever before, winning two seats. with some parties suggesting a general election is the only way to solve the problem of brexit, the two big parties will have to work hard to clean up. two candidates with the same name — but opposing parties — were elected for the same region. alexandra phillips is now a brexit party mp for the south east region while alexandra philips for is a green party mep also for the south east region. there was a time when there were two john smiths who were labour mps. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. a chill in the air today. it's warm enough when the sun is out but every now and again you could see clouds looking a bit like this as the showers come rolling in. i

i was booed coming on in one of my first games at old trafford. you do? i could easily have gone under, it was horrible, and i thought my mum will be crying her eyes out. you can watch a royal team talk: tackling mental health on bbc one at 10:30 on sunday night. israel folau has been officially sacked, by rugby australia. he's one of the the sport's biggest stars but was suspended last month over a social media post which said that "hell awaits" gay people. folau was found, to have committed a "high level breach of the players‘ code of conduct." folau himself has released a statement. he says that australians are "born with certain rights, including the right to freedom of religion and the right to freedom of expression." folau says the "christian faith has always been a part of my life, and i believe it is my duty as a christian to share god‘s word." he adds that upholding his religious beliefs should not stop him from working or playing for his club and country. let‘s have a look at some of this morning‘s back pages. the guardian has a line fro

the old trafford ground could have sold out 20 times over.ond most watched cricket match of all time with half a billion viewers. today however, the focus is on england and joining us now from the oval is our correspondent andy swiss. excitement building i assume? that is right. they have been playing for about ten minutes or so, slightly sticky start for they lost the toss, south africa put them building into bat and they are currently 12—1 after three overs. they lost a wicket, just the second ball of their innings, jonny bairstow out for a duck, caught behind off the spin bowler imran tahir, a brave ploy by the south africans to start with their spin bowler. normally they go with their pace bowlers. england slowly feeling their way back into the innings, but they have made a slightly sticky start. glorious conditions, 25,000 fans packed into the stands behind me. it is the start of what england fans hope will be a very successful world cup on home soil. thank you very much, andy. thank you very much, andy. we are nowjoined by some guests t

backlash of the local elections, less than three weeks ago, we managed to win councils in areas like traffordard for this country that doesn't just cast forward for this country that doesn'tjust cast half the country to one side, which is what all the other parties are trying to do. as far as these elections go in the end, about four labour is more than a vote about brexit, it is a vote for british mps, labour mps in the european parliament, whilst we still send them there, arguing for things like strong action on climate change. proper workplace rights for people, decent consumer standards and clamp—down on tax dodging by multinational companies. all this has been led in parliament. if we have these elections, we are campaigning to get people to vote as many euro labour mps while we still do that. sultan says, have you discounted are no brexit scenario? parliament has said no brexit, sorry i must read that. have you discounted and no brexit scenario? 0ur consistent view after the referendum result was, we are a democratic country, we gave this decision to the people to leave or remain and it

the danger is how long does and chester united have to go before the allure of old trafford and all the the good times will return imminently for manchester united. it can only be a good thing that we have for english sides and it is a big championships. it is good for the premier league. they were the ebay of sports broadcasting, they went all over the world and they said we will give our product away for free and now they have started to charge for it and the next round of tv rights, if we have an english clu b of tv rights, if we have an english club with champions league and europa league trophies under their belt as well, the home games will increase their appeal. it is not just about the global tv rights appeal but all the other industries, tourism, employment, 100,000 people is employed by the premier league. people only see the people on the pitch but manchester united is one of the biggest employers in the north—west. these companies are bringing in acute export revenues as well to the uk. people talk about players wages but 40% is going in tax so it is bringing in money. while

i have been a trafford councillor for 19 years and supported the liberal democrats for most of my lifean ever before winning two seats. with some parties suggesting a general election is the only way to solve a problem of brexit, the two big parties will have to work hard to clean up. shall we go to a car—boot sale? what could be better on the bank holiday monday? picking around stuff and chatting about politics. people looking mystified, people thinking they would pick up an old dvd and they would pick up an old dvd and they find you asking questions about they find you asking questions about the eu elections. a lot of bargain hunters, getting reaction to the european elections. what did you make of it? i wish we would hurry up and move on and get out of brexit, let us be our own country again. so many things need looking at. homelessness. we do not need to be paying for other countries. good result for the brexit party and you support that. what did you think?” used to be into politics and voting and think it was really important, because you cannot moan about what is going on if you