but from me, tulsen tollett and the rest of the team, that is your friday sport briefing.eing mimicked by a bunch of young students as part of a revived school competition from the 1950s. freya cole has the story. mimics bird sounds this is the bournda bird olympics. clarity is key, so is enthusiasm and accuracy. don't mind, it's going to be loud. 0k. mimics bird sounds that's the sound of an australian bellbird. it is one of the entries into a friendly competition which mimics the sounds of native birds. mimics bird sounds oh, wait, no. that's not it. mimics bird sounds these students live in the far south coast of new south wales, in the bega valley, where the noble art of bird calling is being revived. what can you do? a magpie. all right, well, let's hear a magpie. it is a local tradition which dates back to the 1950s and ‘60s, but it has only recently been brought back to life. these men are former bird—calling school champions, and now have the importantjob of mentoring the next generation. that was a familiar cackle of the kookaburra, followed by a fan—tailed cuckoo

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing.e first of its kind organised by the local government and aims to tackle loneliness and dementia in the country, which has a rapidly ageing population. we went to take a look. looks like a lot of fun, doesn‘t it? i‘m guessing those dancers in seoul will agree with our talking point today, and this is the fact researchers in the united states have found optimists live longer than pessimists. in fact up to 15% longer in some cases, so we are asking today, are you a glass half full person and do you think thinking positively will add years to your life? a picture here from monty python, always look on the bright side of life. lots of twitter responses to this. most of you agreeing, it has to be said, looking on the bright side means you live longer. that great scene from monty python. ian says being an optimist is always the way forward because in my opinion it helps to create a positive attitude for life, helps to goodin positive attitude for life, helps to good in people, they see good

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing.melting of the greenland ice sheet, which could lead to rising sea levels. but some are finding ways to make money out of this potential environmental catastrophe. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. edward kean is hunting icebergs. every day he and his crew set out at dawn, looking for white gold. these giant, haunting structures floating serenely towards their doom. they're going to die in a couple — three weeks, naturally, they're going back to nature anyway. so, we're not hurting the environment. so, why are these icebergs so popular and so profitable? well, they provide just about the purest water you can find. we're probably a lot bigger today than we ever were with iceberg water shipping. overseas, europe, singapore, dubai. we just picked up some accounts in the middle east with our glass bottles. last year, around 500,000 tourists visited the area, bringing in more than $430 million to the local economy. the fishing industry may be in decline, but iceberg tourism is booming. itjust

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that is your tuesday sport briefing.speculation has been fuelled by an image the president posted on social media. but the prime minister of greenland has stated firmly his country is not for sale. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. this is a barren, wild terrain. sparsely populated, truly a rugged country. but for the self—proclaimed king of the deal, it could be a golden real estate opportunity. donald trump has expressed an interest in america buying the world ‘s wea kest interest in america buying the world ‘s weakest island. but the us president wants to reassure any relu cta nt president wants to reassure any reluctant seller. in social media he treated an image of a possible trump tower built on a coastal village. i promise not to do this to greenland, he said. as it happens, the prime minister of denmark having to be visiting the country. greenland is an autonomous, dependent territory of denmark. the dancers say they couldn't sell the country even if they want to do. and the prime minister of greenland had this simp

but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team that is your thursday sport briefing.ing first edition. this is it. it's wonderful to handle something so rare, that in time will be an investment beyond any investment, i'm sure. from humble beginnings to a global phenomenon, it wasjk rowling's original novel, harry potter and the philosopher's stone, which captured the imagination of audiences all around the world, through literature, and later on a blockbuster film. i can start this book at £12,000. and so bidders from every continent competed this morning at hansons auctions in staffordshire, all hoping to snap up a rare copy. this first edition is more than 20 years old, and was stocked by one of the staffordshire libraries. it was then purchased in a tabletop sale forjust £1. this is the genesis of the entire harry potter phenomenon. long before harry potter world and all the movies, jk rowling famously couldn't get a publishing deal. when she finally did, only 500 were produced. and it's actually on the back of the title page, that magic number -10987654321-blast-o

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing.ked by a us television host for taking ballet lessons. lara spencer, who hosts good morning america, has since apologised for her comments about the young prince. george doing dance as well, loves it. my mother always used to dance, she loved dancing. don't let anyone else tell you not to do it. prince william says george absolutely loves ballet. i have news for you, prince william. we will see how long that lasts! laura, really?! some of us take ballet, some of us when tony awards because we took ballet. this thing... it's 2019. get a life. and i found these comments to be very upsetting. not only did you inspire your audience and colleagues to participate in the laughter, have now added fuel to the fire of a massive problem in this country, which is bullying. if there are any boys out there that want to dance and pick up a dance class, do it. boys dance as well. shut up that laughter and you can be successful if you work really hard. i... screwed up. i did. the comment i made about d

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing.do with your old tech devices? research by the royal society of chemistry has revealed there could be a0 million old and forgotten electronic gadgets languishing in drawers and cupboards around the uk. each device contains precious materials the earth is rapidly running out of. scientists say we need to start mining our devices rather than tap into ourdiminishing natural resources. our science correspondent victoria gill has this report. most of us upgrade and replace a smart phone about every two years, but as we embrace all that new technology, our old gadgets are piling up. oh, ok! wow! and like many of us, louise has a hidden stash of different devices. there could now be as many as a0 million pieces of old technology languishing in drawers and cupboards around the country. that is according to a new study that investigated how many of our old gadgets we all have just stored away. there is another one. recycling is part of our life now and if you are doing that with all the product

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing.d and belarus, they are now being reintroduced to romania. it‘s all part of a conservation project, which rehabilitates managed lands back into wilderness. nick thorpe travelled to transylvania and sent this report. hi in that mountains in south—west rumania, there is enough space even for europe‘s largest terrestrial animal. a lorry loaded with six bison negotiates a narrow forest road. read in nature parks in northern germany, european bison have been brought back from the brink of extinction and reintroduced into the wild one by one. the first, known as kurt, seems bewildered by the prospect of freedom. the others seem more the prospect of freedom. the others seem more enthusiastic. they will be keptin seem more enthusiastic. they will be kept in quarantine for three months ina large kept in quarantine for three months in a large enclosure and then released to join an existing herd. what here over the past six years. this is a pilot project in rumania and actually in all europe, bec

but from me tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, by for now. hello.ther forecast. certainly not while low pressure is in charge, and that is what we have in the heart of this swirl of cloud that you can see on our earlier satellite picture. this area of low pressure is going to drift its way eastwards across the british isles over the next couple of days. it will provide very heavy, thundery downpours. there will always be some spells of sunshine in between. so, many eastern parts of england and eastern scotland starting the day dry, but the showers already in the west will swing their way eastwards as the day wears on. some of them will be heavy, some of them will be thundery, there could even be some localised disruption. you can see in between the showers, though, some spells of sunshine. it will be quite breezy in the south, light winds in the north, so across scotland, the showers will be pretty slow—moving. some locations could get a real deluge and temperatures ranging from 17 degrees in stornoway to 23 in london. now, as we go through tuesday

hello, i‘m tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. on penalties in istanbul. top seed ashleigh barty is through to the third round of the cincinnati open after beating maria sharapova in straight sets. and a complete washout on day one of the second ashes test between england and australia as rain prevents any play at lord‘s. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that liverpool have won the first european trophy of the new season. in the annual meeting of champions league and europa league winners, they beat chelsea on penalties to claim the trophy for the fourth time. the match ended 2—all after extra—time, before the european champions won the shoot—out 5—4. from istanbul, jane dougall reports. after extra time and penalties, it was liverpool who were triumphant in the super cup final. the european champions lifting another european trophy. heartbreaking for chelsea who did push them all the way. after 90 minutes, it was 1—1,

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.some parts of the uk. some really vicious thunderstorms, especially across the midlands, northern england and scotland, and through the coming week, more of those heavy downpours. quite hit—and—miss, there will be some dry weather, but where the rain does show up, well, it could be pretty intense and could bring some further disruption. low pressure once again taking charge of the scene. you can see the clouds swirling around the centre of that low on our recent satellite picture. ahead of that main area of low pressure, a couple of bands of showery rain to start monday morning — one drifting across the north of scotland, the other moving across east anglia and the south—east. now, this one should tend to clear away as we get into the afternoon, so for much of england and wales we're looking at largely dry weather and some spells of sunshine. the odd light shower for wales and the south—west. there will be some heavy downpours for northern ireland and for scotland. quite a breezy day,

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: knocked on the head — australia's star batsman steve smith is ruled out of the third ashes test against england at headingley all to play for after ajax see new—sair maz—rowee sent off in their goalless draw in cyprus against apoel nicosia. and major league soccer is heading to saint louis. the city will have their first franchise in 2022. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the cricketing news that australian batsman steve smith has been ruled—out of the third ashes test. he was hit in the neck by a 150km an hour bouncer at lords — and has been left with concussion. after sitting out tuesday's training session it's now been confirmed he'll miss the headingley test which starts this thursday — a real blow for australia. it comes as the brain injury charity headway has called for a "cultural change" in the way the sport deals with head injuries. patrick gearey reports. the most of this series, steve smith has been in the middle of things.

there hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.misses a penalty as manchester united draw 1—1 at wolves in the premier league. philippe coutinho officially joins bayern munich on loan from barcelona with an option for the germans to make it permanent and controversy rages over whether or not steve smith should have been allowed to retun to the field after being hit in the neck during the second ashes test against england. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that wolves and manchester united played out a 1—1 draw in the premier league. one of the main talking points was the missed penalty by paul pogba in the second half and watching at molineux was arlo white. united have to designated panic to ta kers united have to designated panic to takers according to the coach while marcus rushford' it was pogba who took charge of molineux. it's the fourth time since the start of last season fourth time since the start of last season that

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ing for their first win of the season after playing out a 1—1 draw at home to leicester. england take australia close in the second ashes test at lord's, but it ends in a thrilling draw. and madison keys wins her fifth career title by claiming the cincinnati 0pen after beating russia's svetlana kuznetsova in straight sets. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that frank lampard is still looking for his first premier league win after chelsea were held to a 1—1 draw by leicester at stamford bridge on sunday. it was lampard's first match in the home dugout since taking over and they started well. 20—year—old mason mount with chelsea's opener capitalising on some sloppy defending by wilfred ndidi. but it was a different leicester in the second half though, as ndidi made up for that lapse by heading the equaliser from a corner, but both sides are still looking for their first win of the season. this is home for me. you know? and i'm here to do a

hello, i‘m tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. batsman steve smith is ruled out of the third ashes test against england at headingley all to play for after ajax see new—sair maz—rowee sent off in their goalless draw in cyprus against apoel nicosia. and major league soccer is heading to saint louis. the city will have their first franchise in 2022. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the cricketing news that australian batsman steve smith has

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.uides england to an historic victroy over australia at headingley to level the ashes series at 1—1. rory mciroy wins the tour championship, the fed ex cup and with it a cool $15 million after his four shot victory in atla nta. and antoine griezmann scores twice as barcelona win 5—2 at home to real betis. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with cricket — and the test series between england and australia is now level after the home side pulled off one of the biggest run chases in history to win the 3rd test at leeds — thanks to the exploits of ben stokes. chasing an improbable 359 to win, england were still 73 runs short of their target when the 9th wicket went down — but stokes hit an unbeaten 135, to steer his side to victory by 1 wicket. walking off that the end when i thought the whole of headingley was celebrating, it was a very special moment

hello, i‘m tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.asian champions league last i6 tie. wayne rooney agrees to join second tier derby county as player/coach at the end of the current mls season. and world number one ashleigh barty is knocked out of the rogers cup in toronto by unseeded sofia kenin. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that al—hilal look well—placed to reach the quarter—finals of the asian champions league. they twice came from behind to win 4—2 at saudi arabian rivals al—ahli in the first leg of their last 16 tie. the all-qatari clash between al—duhail and al—sadd finished i—all. colm harrison reports. ona on a champions league night, al—ahli we re on a champions league night, al—ahli were playing under their fourth on a champions league night, al—ahli were playing under theirfourth head coach of 2019 and it started so well. the game was

i'm tulsen tollett.defending men's champion novak djokovic breezes through his opening match at the us open. but in the women's draw a former champion is out, as angelique kerber loses to kristina mladenovic. saudi arabian's al nassr hold a 2—1 lead over qatar's al sadd after the first leg of their asian champions league quarterfinal. and romelu lukaku scores on debut for inter as they win their opening serie a match against lecce. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news from the opening day of this year's final grand slam, the us open, in new york. world number one and defending champion novak djokovic booked his place in the second round with victory over spaniard roberto carballes baena. the serb, a three—time champion, won 6—4, 6—1, 6—4 to kick—off the defence of his title at flushing meadows.

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here is tulsen tollett. good evening.es test. they will start the final day 13 without loss, chasing an unlikely target of 398, after australia's talisman steve smith hit yet another century. joe wilson reports from edgbaston. in sport, a precious few seem to live in a different world, to move at their own speed and dictate the pace, true vips. steve smith is one. he arrived at edgbaston at 9:45am, ready to bat all day. england had to try something. something? well, that's different. a surprise at least. 0ptions were limited with anderson injured. jofra archer was only a substitute fielder. he couldn't bowl — well, not until the next test. smith was still doing his thing. he bats like nobody else — great fun, unless of course you are the bowler. plenty more where that came from. how is your patience — wilting? a word from stokes. a reply from smith. even edgbaston‘s enthusiasts, at times, today struggled. with this shot, smith got to 100, his second of the match. with every beaming minute, he extended australia's lead. hi

hello, i'm tulsen tollett.ling game at lord's. the home side was 258—5 declared, jofra archer saw australian trouble, making an unlikely 267 from a8 overs to save the game. but with the light fading, travis head and patrick come and saw the tourists 15a—6. travis head and patrick come and saw the tourists 154-6. things change quickly in sport and, you know, is just nice for us to be in a good place going ahead. we've still got at least two games, but it was important we have got a really good response this week and it puts us in a really good place going into the game. now to tennis where daniil medvedev be daniel got them to win his first masters 1000 title. the russian had lost two finals recently became stop here. and in the women's final, with the us open fast approaching, the 2017 finalised keys won the title and soak herself back into the top ten players. justin thomas won the bmw championship by three shots, taking him top of the fedex carb points list with one tournament left to play —— fedex cup, the a

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your friday spot briefing. wearing jockey hurley took up australian three months ago. before that should never even sat on a horse but on thursday took part in a professional race. and we can show some pictures. this is it, there magnolia cup at the goodwood festival here in the uk. and despite being mounted on a rank outsider, she came first. i remember the three in front of me at the beginning and their kickback sort of smacking my face and then slowly creeping up behind them and hearing their, like, hooves clip and stuff and i was like, "oh, my god," and then i was aiming to find a gap so i pulled out a little bit and hejust went, but haverland just went. he did it all, he's just an amazing horse, ilove him. i hear that you are only riding fast work last week. i've only did two gallops and they were in the last two weeks. wow, that's amazing, to be able to win a race. that's the fastest i've ever been. congratulations to the winner. now first it was tennis, then football now it seems even the mediaeval sport

hello there, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your thursday sport briefing, where we start with the newsafter finishing 1—1 at the end of 90 minutes a second goal for sadio mane was cancelled out byjorginho's spot kick in extra time and then after mohammad salah had scored liverpool's fifth goal in the shootout, tammy abraham saw his shot saved by adrian as liverpool lifted the trophy for the fourth time, but the first since 2005. world number two and top seed ashleigh barty eased through to the last 16 of the cincinatti 0pen with a straight sets win over 2011 champion maria sharapova. the australian was a 6—4, 6—1 winner and will now play estonia's annett kontaveit in the last 16. in the men's event fourth seed kei nishikori was defeated in straight sets 7—6, 6—4 by compatriot and practice partner yoshihito nishioka in the second round. it was the first ever match between the two japanese players and the first top 10 win of nishioka's career and he'll now face the world number 77 alex de minaur of australia for a place in the quarter—finals. virat kohli made it successive one—day intern