but from me tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your friday sport briefing.liams will be the canadian opponent in the final, it is going to bea opponent in the final, it is going to be a clash of the generations because a canadian was born nine months after williams won her first us open title, back in 1999 stop ——. 0ne impact is the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia. caring for those suffering from that illness can be difficult — but in the canadian province of british columbia they are trying a somewhat different approach — as the bbc‘s sylvia lennan—spence explains. they call it the village. there is a general store, as long, and even a local cafe. but this is not quite what it seems. the entire place as purpose—built as a home for those suffering with dementia. if you look at previous models of care, the focus much more on the hospital like setting and when you think about it, no—one wants to live out the rest of their life in a hospital setting so it's really bringing that homelike setting to the long—term—care sector. the seven acre si

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your thursday sport briefing.ith the duchess of sussex for her edition of british vogue. the mystery surrounding what actually lives in the depths of loch ness has baffled people for centuries. well, now, scientists who have completed a dna investigation in the water say a theory on the existence of the loch ness monster remains plausible. the team are due to unveil their findings later on this morning. our reporter iain macinnes has been down to the water's edge. it's a mystery which endures. just what exactly lies beneath the murky waters of loch ness? how big was it? two from here to the tail, oh, as big as a bus. the sightings of nessie stretch back hundreds of yea rs, nessie stretch back hundreds of years, but as yet, no definitive explanation has been found. a team of scientists led by new zealand's at tiger university has been testing water samples and can collecting environmental dna from all forms of life in the loch, including plants, fish and mammals. you basically take a litre or two of water and you f

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing.. he then spent seven months in hospital, and has returned to carry on working for the organisation, despite losing the use of his legs. as well as working again, frank has also rekindled his interest in skiing. but he has been unable to try another of his previous hobbies, waterskiing, until now. how do you waterski when you can't use your legs? i'm frank gardner, and i use a wheelchair because i got shot while on a bbc assignment in saudi arabia 15 years ago. i've done a lot of skiing, snow skiing. it's called adaptive skiing. i used to waterski before my injuries, but waterskiing has always just been that one challenge too far. i've avoided, i dodged it, i've ducked it all these years. there is a charity called access adventures that gets disabled people like myself into the water to give it a try. the first challenge is going to be struggling into the wetsuit, and that is a challenge in itself. i've just put my leg through the arm of the wetsuit. i feel like a kind of beached seal.

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing. temperatures. in the last year alone, it may have lost enough ice to raise the average sea level around the globe by more than a millimetre. our science editor, david shukman, returns to one of greenland's fastest—shrinking glaciers which he first visited 15 years ago. a barren and hostile landscape that is melting and breaking apart. the deep cracks are where future icebergs are born. soon, they will add to the level of the ocean. we try to get a closer look. the surface looks like something from the moon, a dirty grey and black, with dust and pollution and with microscopic algae. they all make the glacier darker, which means it melts faster, and i've seen that for myself. back in 2004, i came to this same spot. the glacier towered above me. archive: this massive wall of ice behind me... since we last filmed here, the region has been warming twice as fast as the global average, and the effect on the glacier is startling. back in 2004, it would have been 100 metres thicker than it is

i'm tulsen tollett. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.daniil medvedev battles back from two sets down as he looks to win the us open against rafael nadal australia retain the ashes with victory late on the final day of the fourth test against england at old trafford. and charles leclerc steers ferrari to a classy win — at the team's home grand prix in italy. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis and the news that rafael nadal is on course for a 19th grand slam title as he leads russian daniil medvedev in the us open final in new york. he is looking for a fourth title and a 19th grand slam title. the 20 three rd russian is in his first majorfinals of three rd russian is in his first major finals of the spaniard claimed the opening two sets before medvedev fought his way back into it with the match having been on call for about 4.5 hours. 4—2, nadal in the fifth said but he isjust one 4.5 hours. 4—2, nadal in the fifth said but he is just one the seven games are his 5—2 up in the deciding set. canadian teenager bianc

our reporter tulsen tollett says half a dozen teams are in with a chance of lifting the trophy this year cup is injapan, the first time ever it's been held in asia and the hosts are expected to put on quite some show. as always, what you'd expect with japan ‘s precision, accuracy and everything they do in offensive certainly loved it. they've been pouring into all cities in all four of the main islands injapan looking ahead to this, new zealand the favourites. they go into it looking for a third successive william webb ellis trophy and followed by their southern hemisphere counterparts in australia who performed well and made the final in 2015 in south africa, one of the standout teams in 2019 and then you look at ireland, number one ranked in the world for the first time ever coming into this tournament don't discount eddie jones in england. maybe not a great start to the air, looking good in the warmup games but eddiejones was in charge of the japanese side if you remember in the south of england in brighton back in 2015 who defeated south africa in that monumental performance. a lot t

hello, i‘m tulsen tollett and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.fter victory over donna vekic at the us open. as you were — steve smith returns to the australian side for the fourth ashes test against england and hits yet another half century. and primoz roglic retains the race leader‘s red jersey after stage 11 of the vuelta a espana. hello there and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis news that belinda bencic is through to her first ever grand slam semi—final after beating croatia‘s donna vekic at the us open in new york. the 13th seed, who knocked out defending champion naomi osaka in the previous round, won 7—6, 6—3 against her good friend and the 22—year—old swiss will face canadian 15th seed bianca andreescu or belgian 25th seed elise mertens next and the win over vekic will put her in the top 10 of the world rankings. first of all we were both after

tulsen tollett reports from kamaishi. you would expect fiji to come away with the win.not work or out that way, uruguay one. for the opposition, uruguay, the amount of the match had 15 points from the boot, which proved to be the difference in the end. the dignitaries, the emperor's brother was watching the match. we had dignitaries from world rugby as well. paul has been blown wide open. they take on georgia in four days time and have a monumental victory with the crowd of 40,000 really enjoyed it. iam i am really proud of my country. we are not the biggest, we are not the tallest, but we came here to win. we are preparing this for four years. they really proud of my country. and also thanks for this city, it is really amazing this story that it has. so it is really a privilege to play here. thanks forjapan. first and foremost, you know, compliment uruguay on the way they played. they showed a lot of passion and worked really hard as a team and got what was for them a great result. for us, obviously, with the short turnaround, it was tricky, although that is not an exc

hello there, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your wednesday sport briefing, where we start with the footballing3 international goals after he scored four for defending champions portugal in their 5—1 euro 2020 qualifier victory in lithuania. the 34—year—old's first goal was from the penalty spot while his last three came in a 14—minute spell in the second half as they made it successive wins in group b, in what was ronaldo's eighth international hat—trick. his team remain second and one point clear of serbia with a game in hand. elsewhere, there were wins for world champions france with a comfortable 3—0 victory over andorra in group h. while in group a, england let slip a 5—1 half—time lead over kosovo to win 5—3, staying top of their group while inflicting a first defeat in 16 matches for the kosovans. we don't need to get the video out and go back through it. poor individual mistakes. a poor start to the game. i liked the way we show the composure to recover from that initial mistake and our use of the ball throughout the first half was excellent, right the way through the team. argentina ha

but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing.st places in all five of earth's oceans. his final dive, conducted in a prototype submersible, was made to the bottom of the arctic ocean's molloy trench — a depth of 5.5km. he'd already reached the floor of the pacific, indian, southern and atlantic oceans. andy moore reports. he has already climbed the highest peaks on seven continents. now he has reached the deepest spot in five oceans. you put your mind to it and you get the right people working with you, almost anything is possible. the final leg of the five deeps expedition took him in his support ship to a location deep inside the arctic circle. his submarine limiting factor went down toa submarine limiting factor went down to a place no human has ever been to before. surface, this is the lf, the lf has landed, the lf has landed, at bottom. roger that, we will go for a release. earlier this year, he dived the deepest spot on the planet, the mariana trench, nearly 11 kilometres down. his 12 time sub— has a call especially built t

but the first game is in sapporo, where australia take on the unpredictable fiji. 0ur reporter tulsen tollettd england and tonga. sapporo is not unfamiliar with posting major events. in 2002, a few games in the football world cup, so australia up against fiji. what can we expect? the aussies lester did not have a great time. they lost nine of their 16 test match is played, which is not good enough for them. the fijians, they beat france in paris back in november, 13 of their four test match played this year. the australians, we are expecting a lot from them. being so close to asia, defence have taken advantage of it. this is my seventh or eighth trip to japan, and it is why i've come to japan, and it is why i've come to japan or the rugby. we come here is australians to ski and japan is the most awesome, most addictive country, and to combine japan and by country, and to combine japan and rugby is like the dream. she is talking about rugby. give us your prediction australia —— prediction. australia -- prediction. australia is going to make the final and going to win next make we don't care wh

opening pool match, but scored four second—half tries as they fought back to win. 0ur reporter tulsen tollett in the saporro dome for the first of the two contests here this weekend. in the end, it was australia who won against fiji by 39—21. but if you had watched the first 15 minutes or so you would have said, hey, what's going on here? tuisova and radradra, the two wingers for fiji, were really making inroads. fiji were ahead at halftime, they went further ahead just after the interval. but then will genia came into the pitch, around ten or 15 minutes into the second half, the wallabies veteran, the scrum half who came off the bench, change the complexion of the game. got the line—outs working, he got them moving forward, and latu, the hooker who picked up man of the match, scored two of those tries. in the end, it was a bonus—point for the wallabies. it maybe shouldn't have been. it was a little but harsh on fiji. now, in this pool d in this contest they got to the front in the second half. they stayed there. wales are also in this pool as well. so that's going to be fiji's final game. so

pool match, but ran in four second half tries as they fought back to win 39—21. 0ur reporter tulsen tollett the two contests here this weekend. in the end it was australia who won against fiji by 39—21. if you had watched the first 15 minutes or so you would have wonder what was going on. the two wingers for fiji were making inroads. fiji were ahead at halftime, they went further ahead just after the interval. an will genia came into the pits, ten or 15 minutes into the second half, the wallabies veteran, this scrum half a game of the best, change the complexion of the game. got the line—outs working, he got them moving forward, and the hooker who picked up man of the match scored two of those tribes. it was a bonus point for the wallabies —— tries. in this contest they got to the front in the second half. whales are also in this pool as well. that will be fiji's final game. it is all too playful still for them. they make it through to the water finals. they have only been to that stage twice in the past. for the wallabies, they just peek around world cup time and they peaked in the second

tulsen tollett reports this was more about the occasion rather than the match.for fiji against uruguay, you would expect fiji to come away with the wind meant it did not work out that way. the uruguayan is one. five tries for fiji but what let them down was their goal—kicking. for uruguay, the man of the match, 15 points for him from the boot, which proved to be the difference in the end. the brother of the emperor was here watching the match. dignitaries from world rugby as well. it is more about the occasion banned the result. it has been blown wide open as uruguay take on georgia in four days' time. this, ina on georgia in four days' time. this, in a town where the crowd of over 14,000 really enjoyed it. staying injapan, and england have named their side for their second match of the tournament. they play the usa tomorrow, and head coach eddiejones has made 10 changes to the team that beat tonga. not that the players are bothered though. the way we train, we chop and change formations and personnel quite often we get used to playing with different combination