ash gardner was one of only two trent rockets batters to reach double figures — they finished on 91 for their target — so they finish in the top—three and reach the knockout phase, trent rockets miss out. in the men's competition, southern brave need to beat welsh fire to reach the knockout stages — they were set a target of 182 to win thanks to 53 off 30 balls from luke wells. southern brave are 21 for 2 in reply — 161 needed to win off 84 balls but the match has been delayed by rain. 0val invicibles play trent rockets later, they will go straight through to the final if they win. defending champion demi vollering has extended her lead at the halfway stage in the tour de france femmes. stage four took the riders from netherlands into belgium — the race will finally reach france tomorrow — and the dutch rider in the yellow jersey was there to challenge for the stage win. she was beaten in a photo finsh by compatriot puck pieterse but vollering now leads the overall standings by 22 seconds, ahead of pieterse. gavin will be back at half past six with sportsday here on bbc news and i will

trent rockets' men beat london spirit by 22 runs in a hundred double header at trent bridge. he table. spirit remain one off the bottom. earlier, trent rockets women beat london spirit by 31 runs. grace scrivens top scored with 55 runs. rockets move up to sixth place. and that's all the sport for now. we'll have more later on, we'll see you then. hello there. the next 24 hours look fairly unsettled. we've got another weather system working in off the atlantic that's going to bring a stronger breeze, cloud, outbreaks of rain, so an unsettled day tomorrow. after we start off with some sunshine the cloud will tend to build in. and we've had a breezy day today, thanks to this area of low pressure that's brought windy weather to scotland and plenty of showers, but it's moving away. the showers fade away in this brief ridge of high pressure through the overnight period, so a drier, clearer night to come for northern, central and eastern areas, but the signs of this weather front starting to approach wales south—west england with increasing breeze. outbreaks of rain temperatures lift

so, brave — one place off the top, but trent rockets remain fourth.eam, the northern superchargers, currently sit in one of the top three places in the table. those are the ones that give you a chance to win the trophy. but he's also been spending some time at hawthorn primary school, in newcastle, to find out how charity chance to shine are delivering free cricket sessions in state schools. coming to hawthorn here this morning and seeing a group of kids just enjoying the sport, it is something i have been lucky enough to make a career out of but sometimes you actually forget that when you were at that age you did it for enjoyment. teachers have talked about some children that may be like focus children that maybe lack focus and can't always concentrate for a full lesson in class but have managed to do that in the cricket lessons, and that has been a real positive. it's about making sure the opportunity is given to everyone to be able to partake in cricket. sometimesjoining a club and all that stuff is very hard for families. bringing cricket and spor

where oval invicibles beat trent rockets — but not with a high enough run rate.vincibles reaching their target with six balls to spare after a misfield. so they will play london spirit in the eliminator on saturday for a place in the final. in the men's competition, southern brave have reached the knockout stages after rain meant there was no result in their game with welsh fire. in their game with welsh fire who had set them 182 to win. but with southern brave on 21 for 2 in reply, the match was abandoned. so brave will play in the eliminator on saturday. oval invicibles have just started their match against trent rockets, they will go straight through to the final if they win. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines. katie boulter has been knocked out in the first round of the cincinnati open. the british number one went a set up but lost nine games in a row, as she was beaten in three sets by magda linette, who is 13 places below boulter in the world rankings. british number three harriet dart argued with the umpire after she

earlier, trent rockets women kept themselves in top three contention beating pheonix by three wicketsghtning reports across the uk in the past 24 hours, a culmination of the heat and the humidity. it has been the hottest day of the year so far, following a tropical night — that's when temperatures don't fall below 20 celsius and make it really uncomfortable for sleeping. but gradually, through the day, the heat and the humidity has been pushed to become confined to southern and eastern areas. and we have seen at least 34 celsius — we may see the odd 35 popping up as the figures come in later. but at the moment, as those storms clear away — and they clear away from shetland, as well, through this evening, overnight — the humidity lowers a little, it looks more comfortable for sleeping. but there is more rain, accompanied by brisk winds coming into northern ireland and western fringes of scotland later in the night. but for many, temperatures of 4—5 degrees down on those of last night — so more comfortable for sleeping, and a bright, dry start under that ridge of high pressure. but this

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trent rockets are playing london spirit in a double header in the hundred at trent bridge.t won the toss and put the hosts into bat with 55 runs for grace scrivens as they finished on a hefty 158 for 5 in reply england captain heather knight reached 29 before departing. spirit need 51 runs to win from 13 balls with four wickets remaining. the men play at half past six. white back we will keep you updated with the rest of the sports news for the afternoon. at that is all for now. , ., ., " the afternoon. at that is all for now. ., ~ , ., the afternoon. at that is all for now. . ~' , ., , the afternoon. at that is all for now. ., ~ , . let's return to our top story and the first people charged after more than a week of riots across the country have been sentenced. prosecutors say it's the �*tip of the iceberg'. derek drummond received a sentence of three years for violent disorder and assaulting a police officer in southport. he was one of three men to be jailed at liverpool crown court. declan geiran, seen here, was sentenced to 30 months for violent disorder in liverpool. a

trent rockets women beat london spirit by 31 runs in the first game of a double header in the hundredgling in reply and with ash gardner claiming three wickets for 23 runs, they eventually finished well short of their target. the england under—21s manager lee carsley is likely to take interim charge of england�*s senior team when they play their nations league matches against the republic of ireland and finland next month. that�*s as the fa continues it�*s search for a long term replacement for gareth southgate who left his role last month. our football reporter alex howell is following the story for us: it's it�*s just over three weeks since gareth southgate resigns from being the england�*s team manager after defeat to spain in the euro final. and there�*s just the amount of time just over three weeks until england need to name their next squad for the nation�*s league games against there isn�*t actually much time logistically to get a new manager in place. and if we look at what the faa has done historically, they have actually looked internally before. you have stuart peers and ev

weekend in the hundred. 0val invincibles are the defending champions and needed to avoid defeat to trent rocketsthrough to the final unless birmingham phoenix get a big win against manchester originals tomorrow. hayley matthews was the star with bat and ball, as welsh fire reached the final of the women's competition the west indies international took 4—14 before scoring an unbeaten 35 from 26 balls as fire won by nine wickets. they top the table on net run—rate and will face either the oval invincibles or london spirit who play in saturday's eliminator. defending champion demi vollering has extended her lead at the halfway stage of the tour de france femmes. stage four took the riders from netherlands into belgium and the dutch rider in the yellow jersey was there to challenge for the stage win. she was beaten in a photo finsh by compatriot puck pieterse but vollering now leads the overall standings by 22 seconds, ahead of pieterse. the race heads into france tomorrow. lots more of course on the bbc sport website, oryour lots more of course on the bbc sport website, or your bbc sport up. they a

defending champions oval invincibles missed the chance to secure first spot when they lost at trent rocketsr league baseball history during the yankees win over the chicago white sox on wednesday. judge's moment came in the eighth inning, hammering the ball to left field to make history, reaching 300 home runs injust 955 games, more than 100 games quicker than the previous mark set by ralph kiner. you can keep up to date with all the latest sports news on the bbc sport webusite and app — there's plenty of transfer activity and we'll be hearing from more managers as they build up to the start of the premier league which kicks off tomorrow evening. but from all of us here, for now, goodbye! a woman whose mentally—ill son killed his grandfather says an nhs trust failed to learn lessons from her tragedy. kathleen barnard was speaking after a care quality commission report criticised failures in the case of nottingham killer valdo calocane. valdo calocane had been under the care of the same trust as william, the young man who stabbed his grandfather to death. john mcgrath was described as clever

trent rockets drop to fifth.n scored the last of 4 rhinos' tries to condemn wigan to a third super league defeat in five games. the warriors would have gone back to the top of table with a victory. that is all for now but plenty more olympics build up throughout the day. it is very sentimental in a sense, two weeks of absolute joy! it's been wonderful! because of the timing, it has been great to see in the evening and watch all of the sports. it's not an olympic eventjust yet but another major sporting took place this weekend that you may have missed. the wife—carrying championship was staged in central hungary. the bbc�*s tim allman followed the action. in many ways, a successful sporting double act is a bit like a marriage. there must be trust, partnership, commitmentand, in this case, a lot of mud. these days, competitors don't actually have to be husband and wife. women can carry men, men can carry women... ..as long as someone is carrying someone. "it was really good, exciting," said derina. "although it was

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at trent bridge, jonny bairstow 855 to guide the welsh fire to a win against the trend rockets, gettingthank you very much. remembrance services will take place across churches in southport to remember victims of the attack. the victims died after being stabbed at a tailored suit themed dance class. five other children were injured along with two adults we are joined by reverend marianne kent. thank you for being with us this morning. tell me a little about the importance of these memorial services that will take place in southport today. i thought the churches would be open to welcome everybody. those of faith and those with no faith to bs a safe space that we are feeling or we are feeling today, the anxiety, the numbness, the fear and the grief, and everybody is welcome, whatever you believe, we need to be together at times like this. it is you believe, we need to be together at times like this.— at times like this. it is nearly a week since _ at times like this. it is nearly a week since these _ at times like this. it is nearly a week since these awful - at times like this. it is nea