at twickenham it's exeter against wasps in what's being billed as the best premiership final yet. city games in manchester, as sport as a part to bring people together at the end of a tragic week. good evening, wembley is going through the very well rehearsed routine of getting ready for a cup final, in fact over a quarter of a million fans are expected over the bank holiday weekend with two play—off finals taking place here as well but we also see, a minute's silence in all those matches, black armbands being worn and the duke of cambridge will lay a commemorative wreath before kick off. manchester is still very much on everyone‘s minds. former chelsea and everton winger pat nevin is with me. those fans will be mindful. it should be a joyous occasion this weekend, the highlight of the sporting calendar in so many ways. but should we expect a slightly different atmosphere? first of all, you have to get him much earlier. we have even come in the night before. there are a lot of checks on the way m, there are a lot of checks on the way in, so fans have to get here early. show the re

this imaginative improvisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham.to seconds and exeter needed one final push. sam simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens‘ dream of the double—double had disappeared. but this day belonged to exeter. well, late drama at exeter there, and the same in coventry in the other semifinal this evening. it's been a brilliant day in the aviva premiership. wasps were the best side in the regular season, but they needed a 78th minute try to edge past leicester, as alex gulrajani reports. the flags had been flying all season thanks to a site thatjust loves scoring tries, the most in the premiership. an excited but expensive backline has served it up, willie larue and curtly be all combined to live up to their price tags. in defence there have been cracks. and despite freddie burns found one and the tigers were punished. just out of reach. a ten point lead disappeared as quickly as the smile. and the director of rugby found his work didn't get easier after the break. leicester taking a lead for the first ti

well tomorrow 82,000 people will pack into twickenham for what's being billed as potentially the bester — who finished first and second in the table — only divided by their numberof wins patrick geary looks ahead to the match. ina in a long, brutal season, there is one more thing. in the semifinals, exeter achieves victory over mighty saracens and wasps lit win over leicester tigers, matches decided in the closing minutes. these teams know the value of the last drop. wasps were london wasps last time they reached a final. since then they reached a final. since then they have diced with relegation and ba n kru ptcy they have diced with relegation and ba nkru ptcy before they have diced with relegation and bankruptcy before replanting themselves and what they believe to be more fertile midlands soil, in coventry. now to harvest the first fruit bats. when you see 28,000, 30,000, you feel a bit emotional about it considering where we have come from. a premiership final for us come from. a premiership final for us is beyond our dreams a couple of seasons ago. but we are there and we wa nt

josh bassett sending wasps back to twickenham for a day out with exeter.ason now the totti clubs in the regular season now the final two clubs. —— the top two. munster will play scarlets in the pro12 final in dublin next saturday. ospreys had hoped to make it an all—welsh final but munster came from behind to win by 23 points to 3, thanks to tries from francis saili, simon zebo and andrew conway. three more games in rugby league's magic weekend later. yesterday's action lived up to it's billing for the new st helens head coachjustin holbrook — his side thrashed second placed hull by 45 points to nil. holbrook had only taken charge of one training session on friday ahead of the game — yet he clearly had an impact as saints turned in an impressive display, running in eight tries. in the day's other games wakefield beat widnes while wigan and warrington drew 24—24. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempts to win his first world title, being stopped inside three rounds by american gervanter davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion who is promoted

this imaginative improvisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham. simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens dream of the double double had disappeared. but this day belonged to exeter. there was drama in the other semifinal in coventry this evening between wasps and leicester. wasps were the best side in the regular season, but they needed a 78th minute try to edge past leicester, as alex gulrajani reports. the flags had been flying at wasps all season thanks to a side thatjust loves scoring tries, the most in the premiership. an exciting but expensive backline has served it up, willie larue and kurtley beale combined to live up to their price tags. in defence, though, there have been cracks. an inspired freddie burns found one, and the tigers were punished. just out of wasps‘ reach. a ten—point lead disappeared as quickly as the smile. and the director of rugby found his work didn't get easier after the break. leicester taking a lead for the first time. the tigers locked up. wasps struggled to get through, and when they did m

police or soldiers will patrol the fa cup final at wembley, along with the premiership final at twickenhamcricket, the icc treaty gets under way in england and wales, with eight nations competing. security is a prime concern. i think that is paramount in terms of what we are doing. the way we are assessing and reviewing the safety and security the tournament, without a shadow a doubt, it is actually paramount in oui’ doubt, it is actually paramount in our minds, to deliver a safe, secure, and incredibly exciting tournament for fans. and secure, and incredibly exciting tournament forfans. and clearly pa rt tournament forfans. and clearly part and parcel with that will be the security and safety. so we are reviewing that. we are discussing with all the relevant stakeholders what that looks like, and we are having a discussion around safety and security at the tournament. but paramount in terms of ensuring that we deliver a safe and secure tournament. before that, a three match run starts on wednesday. there are injury worries overjimmy anderson. he has been ruled out of action for 4—6 weeks

england have beaten the barbarians 28—14 at twickenham in their last match before next month's tour to the starting line up featured seven debutants including nathan earle who was first across over the line... england scored three tries in all, the second from another new face, that of nick isiekwe. danny care claimed the third as they won 28—14. ben ainslie's great britain team are back in action in the america's cup qualifiers in bermuda. they had to work through the night to repair damage to the boat's hull that was sustained in a high speed collision yesterday. things did not go according to plan on the water. they lost oracle, team usa. they do have one more race this evening. great britain have won four medals at the european rowing championships in the czech republic. vicky thornley at the top of the screen added gold in the women's single sculls to the olympic silver she won

events as the city hosts the fa cup final at wembley as well as rugby union's premiership final at twickenhame international cricket council have also addressed security concerns in the uk and head of this summer's champions trophy. south africa will ta ke champions trophy. south africa will take part in the tournaments and are due to play a test match against england in manchester later summer. i think we are all shocked, we do not to happen. it is quite sad, obviously. at the moment all we can do is rely on authorities and the people who are in control to do the necessary things to make sure that we are safe as possible. that is about as much as i can say. but it isa about as much as i can say. but it is a tragic event, like you said, that took place and we all feel really sorry for the people involved. sport is ingrained within the culture of manchester. it is home to one of the fiercest rivalries in world football. but the tragic events of monday night have certainly brought the city together as one. manchester united's executive vice—chairman ed woodward said the club was "numb" after th

they will meet at twickenham next weekend. both teams scored late tries in dramatic semi—finals.e a team on a mission, and their target was a second successive european and domestic double. and, while the first part was achieved in edinburgh last weekend, could exeter chiefs stop them from achieving the second? and, with a place in the premiership finalupforgrabs, there was nothing in this during the first half, 6—6 and no tries. but that would soon change, with jack nowell proving why he has been selected for the british and irish lions tour to new zealand this summer. yet the reigning champions were not about to give up their title without a fight. mike ellery touched down with just five minutes remaining, before there was one final twist. 30 seconds to go, sam simmonds somewhere, and they denied sarries the double—double. that one ending 18—16, and the second semi—final was even closer. wasps were aiming for their first final in nine years, and it all began brilliantly, kurtley beale getting their first. yet leicester fought back. the underdogs, maybe, but this was a club with

josh bassett sending wasps back to twickenham for a day out with exeter.ee more games in rugby league‘s magic weekend later. yesterday‘s action lived up to it‘s billing for the new st helens head coachjustin holbrook — his side thrashed second placed hull by 45 points to nil. holbrook had only taken charge of one training session on friday ahead of the game — yet he clearly had an impact as saints turned in an impressive display, running in eight tries. in the day‘s other games wakefield beat widnes while wigan and warrington drew 24—24. dutch rider tom dumoulin goes into the 15th stage of the giro d‘italia with a lead extended to nearly three minutes after outperforming his main rivals in the mountains yesterday. britain‘s adam yates made up some of the time lost in last sunday‘s crash, to go second in the competition for best young rider. while dumoulin was outstanding as he won a mountainous stage 14. he‘s now 2 minutes and 47 seconds ahead of his main challenger nairo quintana, with seven stages to go. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempts to win

twickenham is playing host to the final round of the rugby sevens world series this weekend..ten spain in their opening match. australia and samoa stand between them and a place in the quarterfinals. scotland won their maiden gold medal here last year and have already made a winning start to their pool, running in three tries to beat russia 21—7. they'll face argentina and france later on today in pool a, wales have safely negotiated a tricky opening fixture against the united states. tom glyn williams ran in the third of four tries. it's playoff time in the english premiership. a week after retaining the champions cup, saracens face exeter, hoping to move a step closer, to the, ‘double double", while league leaders wasps host leicester tigers. they have the home game and that's hugein they have the home game and that's huge ina they have the home game and that's huge in a semifinal in knockout by. huge in a semifinal in knockout rugby. they are really deserve that. they were the best and they deserve that. we will have to make sure we are accurate early in the game and keep t

england have beaten the barbarians 28—14 at twickenham in their last match before next month's tour toluding some on lions duty, the starting line up featured seven debutants including nathan earle, who was first across over the line. england scored three tries in all, the second from another new face, that of nick isiekwe. danny care claimed the third as they won 28—14. the 100th giro d'italia went right down to the last kilometre, and it was tom dumoulin, who started the day in fourth place, who claimed the winner's pinkjersey. the final stage was a time trial from the monza grand prix circuit to milan, which played to the dutch rider's strengths — he set the fastest time of all the main contenders nairo quintana, who'd taken took the race lead on friday, needed to finish within 53 seconds of dumoulin‘s time. but couldn't manage it. dumoulin becomes the first dutchman to win the giro. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour the german chancellor has said that the us and britain are no longer reliable partners — and that europe ‘must take its fate into its own hands‘

a sell—out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event offinal. it's a battle between the sides who finished first and second after the regular season — wasps and exeter. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to by reaching the final. those feelings have to be backed by actions. the key for me as we go out there and perform at the level we can as a club. it's also the pro 12 final in dublin later today. welsh side scarlets, who finished third, will take on top—of—the—table munster at the aviva stadium. kick—off is at quarter past six this evening. that's all sport for now. now the weather. still some very warm sunshine this weekend but the heat and humidity has already given rise to a number of thunderstorms. this was first thing this morning in southampton. those storms have moved away and it looks like it will be fine and warm and sunny for the cricket, the second odi. this is the line of rain and storms that has been working north. ahead of it, warm sunshine for a while in cambridgeshire here and i don't think we'll get

they needed extra—time to beat wasps 23 points to 20 in a thrilling final at twickenham it was all squaree penalty ensured the chiefs — who lost last year's final — were crowned champions. it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the premiership scarlets have won a thrilling pro 12 final in dublin. england's cricketers have taken an unassailable lead in their one—day series against the worlds number one side south africa. put in to bat, england set the tourists a victory target of 331, thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. south africa battled back and took the game to the very final ball but they couldn't get the four runs they needed. england are now 2—0 up in the three match series. lewis hamilton says he's devastated that he'll start the monaco grand prix from 12th the grid. a last chance qualifying run was thwarted when a mclaren crashed ahead, although hamilton felt it made little difference. kimi raikkonen will start from pole for the first time in nine years, with championship leader and ferrari team mate sebastian vettel alongside him. that's all sport for

wasps back kurtley beale has been ruled out of tomorrow's premiership final against exeter at twickenhamamstring injury picked up in the semi—final victory over leicester. willie le roux switches to full—back, withjosh bassett, who scored the winning try against the tigers, starting on the wing. exeter have made one change to the starting xv which overcame saracens, with wing 0lly woodburn replacing james short. former olympic champion greg rutherford says today's great city games can show the world a united manchester in the face of monday's attack. the event which sees international stars such as rutherford and great britain's paralympic champion jonnie peacock run on a raised track right through the heart of the city. you can watch that from 6pm on bbc two. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next hour. some breaking news coming into this in the last few minutes from the high court. sir cliff richard and south yorkshire police have settled a legal fight which started when the singer

patrol saturday's fa cup final at wembley along with english rugby union's premiership final at twickenhamnd wales with 8 nations competing, and organisers have theirfans safety as a primary concern. that is paramount in terms of what we are doing and the way we are assisting and reviewing the safety security of the tournament without a shadow of doubt is absolutely paramount to deliver secure and an incredibly exciting tournament for fa ns incredibly exciting tournament for fans and clearly part and parcel of that will be the safety and security. we are reviewing that, discussing with all the relevant stakeholders what that looks like and we are in discussion around the safety a nd and we are in discussion around the safety and security of the tournament but absolutely paramount in terms of delivering a safe and secure tournament. a 3 match one day series gets underway between england and south africa on wednesday with the first game in leeds. the hosts also have injury worries over bowlerjimmy anderson ahead of the test series against south africa. anderson been ruled out of action for 4

twickenham is playing host to the final round of the rugby sevens world series this weekend. beaten spain in their opening pool match. oliver lindsay hague scored the pick of the tries in a 28—nil win. australia and samoa stand between them and a place in the cup quarter—finals tomorrow. scotland won their maiden gold medal here last year and have already made a winning start to their pool, running in three tries to beat russia 21—7. they'll face argentina and france later on today. in pool a, wales have safely negotiated a tricky opening fixture against the united states. tom glyn williams ran in the third of four tries. now surfing conjures up, images of sunshine, palm trees and exotic locations. but, for british number one, luke dillon, it's not all glamour, as he tries to make it on the world circuit. the sport is on the rise, following its inclusion in the olympics, and next week's world championships, marks the first step towards tokyo 2020. our olympic sports reporter david mcdaid's been to meet dillon in the wet and windy south—west. a leap into the cornish swell. a f

england beat the barbarians 28—14 at twickenham in their last match before next month's tour to argentinaiekwe who scored a try each . and nick isiekwe who scored a try each. danny care got england's third. i thought all the players in the lead up to the game have prepared themselves well. i thought they all played with a lot of effort, a lot of application. they have been learning how to play a different game which is different from their clubs and yeah, we're really pleased with them. it was a disappointing day for sir ben ainslie and his great britain crew at the america's cup as they were beaten in both of their races yesterday. they made almost identical errors on each run, as they lost to the usa and new zealand in the qualifiers. despitejust one win from four races in bermuda, they are still second in the standings. ferrari's sebastian vettel says team orders were not used in order for him to overtake his teammate kimi raikkonen to win the monaco grand prix. vettel extended his world championship lead over lewis hamilton — who finished seventh — to 25 points with the win. while jen

this imaginative improvisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham.econds and exeter needed one final push. sam simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens‘ dream of the double—double had disappeared. but this day belonged to exeter. so, who will meet exeter in next weekend's premiership final? wasps and leicester are currently in action right now. wasps were ahead but leicester have 110w wasps were ahead but leicester have now taken the lead. they were leading 10—0 at one point but leicester levelled 13—13. and in the last seconds they have just taken the lead, 20—16. we have 53 minutes on the clock. munster are taking on ospreys in the second pro12 semifinal this weekend. the winners will play scarlets in dublin next saturday. ospreys are missing their scrum half rhys webb although wales captain alun wynjones is back after injury. it is the welsh side with the earlier advantage, dan biggar putting them 3—0 ahead after eight minutes. millwall will be back in the championship next season, after they beat bradford 1—0 in the league

have not had a great season, turbulent season, but lost ‘s going on and they are one win away from twickenhamangle. theircaptain, there will be an emotional angle. their captain, tom youngs has been going through a tragedy in his personal life, so no doubt his players will be desperate to perform for their skipper. he is a highly respected figure across the game. let's hear from the two bosses, first the leicester head coach who knows how tough it will be. they will have home advantage of thatis be. they will have home advantage of that is a huge advantage in knockout by. that is a huge advantage in knockout rugby. they deserve that over 22 rounds and they deserve the privilege. we will have to go and make sure we are accurate early in the game and keep as wide as we can and do the things that make us a good team. if leicester come up with a good performance, you have to put your hand up sometimes. but if we play to our potential unlike we have done for most of the season, the result should be ours. we have worked hard to be top of the table, work hard to get the home draw. so we are determin

england have beaten the barbarians 28—14 at twickenham in their last match before next month's tour tong some on lions duty, the starting line up featured 7 debutants including nathan earle who was first across over the line. england scored three tries in all, the second from another new face, that of nick isiekwe. danny care claimed the third. you can see highlights of the match on bbc 2 at midnight. the 100th giro d'italia went right down to the last kilometre — and it was tom dumoulin, who started the day in fourth place, who claimed the winner's pinkjersey. the final stage was a time trial from the monza grand prix circuit to milan, which played to the dutch rider's strengths — he set the fastest time of all the main contenders nairo quintana, who'd taken took the race lead on friday, needed to finish within 53 seconds of dumoulin‘s time. but he couldn't manage it. dumoulin becomes the first dutchman to win the giro. sweden's alexander noren won golf‘s pga championship at wentworth, after shooting a 10—under par 62 on the final day. the world number 13 had what he described as the

they needed extra—time to beat wasps 23 points to 20 in a thrilling final at twickenham.as the only score in extra—time, meaning that the chiefs, who lost last year's final, were crowned champions. it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the premiership. and scarlets have won the pro 12 final in dublin. the welsh side ran in six tries to beat munster 46—22. a historic day for the llanelli team who become the first welsh champions for five years. they've done it the hard way — by winning twice in ireland in the play—offs, first against leinster and now the table—toppers munster. cricket, and england have won the second one day international against south africa in southampton to take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. south africa looked to reach their target of 331, but a superb final of bowling by mark wood enabled england to cling on and when that two runs. england have a spring in their step, supposedly the best side in the world. and you don't get there without a little bit of luck. joe roofs without a little bit of luck. joe root‘s bright start

scotland are into the semi final of the sevens world series at twickenham after their first ever wina in the semi—finals. south africa have one half of the world series events this year but dan norton‘s late try saw england progress on home turf to play canada in their semifinal. fernando alonso will compete for pole position at the indianapolis 500 later. the mclaren formula 1 driver made it through the first qualifying day seventh fastest and goes into sunday‘s ‘fast nine‘ to fight it out for pole position for next sunday‘s race. however — the dangers of racing on high—speed american oval tracks were highlighted when former f1 driver sebastien bourdais crashed into the wall. he was conscious as he was rescued from the car but has suffered multiple fractures. the frenchman is in hospital following surgery to his pelvis and hip. the moto gp circuit is in le mans this weekend for the french grand prix. the main race is due to begin in the next hour. but in thejunior category — moto3 — there was an extraordinary pile—up on the second lap of their race this morning. a crash on the first

a sell—out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon, for the showpiece event ofal. it's a battle between the sides, who finished first and second after the regular season. wasps v exeter. ijust want i just want us to ijust want us to go and enjoy it. it would be lovely to get our hands on the trophy. it would be nice to think we can relax but that will not be the case. for us, this final would have been beyond our dreams a couple of seasons ago. but we are there. if we play like we can, there is no reason why be can't get our hands on silverware. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to bite reaching the final. those feelings have to be backed by actions. the key to me is to show the form we can. it's also the pro12 final in dublin later today. welsh side scarlets, who finished third, will take on top of the table munster at the aviva stadium. kick—off around quarter past six this evening. england's cricketers take on south africa in the second one—day international this morning in hampshire. england can win the three—day series today, and bowl

england's rugby union side have beaten the barbarians by 28 points to 1a at twickenham in their lastthey match before their then earl scoring the pick of the they then earl scoring the pick of the tries. —— nathan earl. that's it. the tries. —— nathan earl. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. but do stay with us on bbc one — now it's time for the news where you are. now it's time for the some of you might be wondering why i have this particular sphere behind me. it was a decent day, wasn't it? well, it was until we started thickening cloud across the channel, eventually into the southern counties of england and wales. we have already seen the odd moderate to heavy burst of rain and the odd rumble of thunder. we will continue that process to the rest of the evening and overnight, pushing rain towards northern ireland, southern parts of scotland, through the midlands. behind, as we get into the muqqy midlands. behind, as we get into the muggy air, we might see the return of thunderstorms across central and southern england, towards east anglia and the so

hold onto richmond park, which they recently took in a by—election, and perhaps take places like twickenhamran for lib dem leader, is vulnerable in north norfolk. they might lose carshalton and wallington, and southport as well. and that might be this election in a nutshell, a high conservative tide that doesn't spare any of the other parties. chris cook. well, today, as ukip vowed to reduce net migration to zero, theresa may returned to the immigration policy of her predecessors. she repeated the conservative pledge of 2015 which promised, and failed, to reduce net migration to below 100,000. i think it is important that we continue, and we will continue to say that we do want to bring net migration down to sustainable levels. we believe that is the tens of thousands. and of course, once we leave the european union, we will have the opportunity to ensure that we have control of our borders here in the uk, because we will be able to establish our rules for people coming from the european union into the uk. that's a part of the picture we haven't been able to control before, and we will be a

there would be armed officers and soldiers at wembley for the fa cup final this weekend and also twickenhamin northern london. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. well, there's lots of sunshine around for the week ahead. and lots of dry weather as well until we get to the weekend. more on that in a moment. a sunny morning this morning. largely dry as well. much of the cloud in the night should move away early on and leave us with decent sunshine this morning. a bit more cloud building through the afternoon. but still, sunny spells through the evening. watch out for the high uv levels. definitely a day for sunscreen. reaching 25 degrees celcius. cloud sticks through the night. there will still be some clear spells. quite mild again. lows of 15—16 celcius. tomorrow, even more sunshine around. there will be cloudier spots. for some of us, wall—to—wall sunshine. feeling very warm indeed. getting up to 25 degrees, maybe even more than that tomorrow. we hold onto that hot weather. it looks like it was stay dry for much of the week until we get to saturday when it sparks off some

a sell out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event oft and second. i want us to go and enjoyable stop i wa nt i want us to go and enjoyable stop i want us to get our hands on the trophy and it would be lovely to be home and dry in the last 20 minutes. but for us, a premiership final is beyond our dreams. that was a couple of seasons ago, but we want to go there, do ourselves justice, and if we get going then there's no reason we shouldn't get our hands on some silverware. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to this season, but that said, it's only a feeling, but the feelings need to be backed up by actual actions and if we can inform at a good level for this club them i think we will win. it's also the pro 12 final with dublin taking on month staff. —— munster. england's cricketers take on south africa in the second one—day international this morning in hampshire. england can win the three—day series today and bowler liam plunkett says a victory will set the side up well for the upcoming champions trophy. there is no

this imaginative embolisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham.he double—double had disappeared but this day belonged to exeter. the other semifinal between wasps and leicester kicked off around 15 minutes ago at the ricoh arena. the latest score is 10—3. hull against st helen's kicked off around 45 minutes ago. the latest score is 19—0. while wigan against warrington is a 7pm kick off. england fast bowlerjames anderson is likely to miss the rest of lancashire's county championship rose's game against yorkshire due to a groin injury. the 34—year—old will have a scan on monday. england's first test this summer is against south africa at lord's on the sixthjuly. world number two novak djokovic is through to the semi—finals of the rome masters after beating del potro in straight sets. last year's finalist made light work of his argentinian opponent, taking the first set 6—1. it was a much tighter second set but the serbian showed his skills to advance to the semi—finals, winning the second 6—4. djokovic will play his semifinal against dominic thiem l

they needed extra—time to beat wasps in the final at twickenham.for the first time in their history. it was only seven years ago that exeter won promotion to the top league, the premiership. 23—20 it finished. scarlets are the new champions of the pro 12 after an exciting 116—22 win over munster in the final in dublin. a nice send off for liam williams, who scored on his last appearance for scarletts before he moves to saracens next season. the welsh side ran in six tries in all to cap an impressive play—off campaign. england's cricketers have taken an unassailable lead in their one—day series against the world's number one side south africa. put in to bat, england set a victory target of 331 thanks largely to a century from ben stokes. south africa battled back and took the game to the very final ball but they couldn't get the four runs they needed. england are now 2—0 up in the three—match series and in good form ahead of next week's champions trophy it will be a big test, especially when the real pressure's on but as i said we wanted to win this

a sell—out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event of exeter who finished first and second. for us, a premiership final is beyond our dreams. that was a couple of seasons ago, but we want to go there, do ourselvesjustice, and if we get going then there's no reason we get going then there's no reason we shouldn't get our hands on some silverware. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to this season, but that said, it's only a feeling, but the feelings need to be backed up by actual actions and if we can inform at a good level for this club them i think we will win. scarletts play wales —— play dublin later today. manchester city centre held its first major sporting event since the terrorist attack on monday as the great city games took place. there was a minute's silence before the event started to remember the 22 people who lost their lives. in the pole vault, britain's holly bradshaw set a new national outdoor record of a.80 metres. she later posted on social media — what a day! manchester, that was for you! also taki

kurtley beale has been ruled out of tomorrow's rugby union premiership final against exeter at twickenham withjosh bassett, who scored the winning try against the tigers, starting on the wing. exeter have made one change to the starting xv which overcame saracens, with wing olly woodburn replacing james short. scotland's scott jamieson is thejoint leader on day two of the pga championship at wentworth. he finished the first day one—shot behind and today hit four birdies in a row to top the leaderboard along with belgian's thomas pieters. jamieson is currently seven—under—par through 17 holes. england's lee westwood is in also contention, he's two shots back after carding a three—under—par round of 69. england say ben stokes is fit to play in the second one—day international against south africa tomorrow. the all—rounder injured his knee on wednesday during england's 72—run win in the first one—dayer but has been passed fit by medical staff to play at southampton. england are looking to wrap up the three—match series with a win. and that is all the sport for you now, more in the next hour,

a sell—out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event of ijust want i just want us to ijust want us to go in and enjoy it. it would be lovely for us to get our hands on the trophy, it would be nice if we are home and clear with 20 minutes ago, i can relax, but we know that won‘t be the case. for us, a premiership final was beyond our dreams a couple of seasons ago, but we are there. we want to go there and do ourselves justice, we are there. we want to go there and do ourselvesjustice, and if we play well this week and there is no reason we can‘t get our hands on some silverware. and we will hear from the exeter camp shortly. it is also the pro 12 final today in dublin with scallops of wales taking on the irish side monster. —— scarlets of wales taking on the irish side munster. scotland‘s scott jamieson has a one—shot lead going into day three of the pga championship at wentworth, alongside belgium‘s thomas pieters. jamieson‘s round of 2—under—par 70 left him top of the leaderboard on 7—under. england‘s lee westwood is also in contention t

a sell out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event ofnd second. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to this season by getting to the final, but that said, that is only a feeling, and feelings have to be backed up actual actions. the key for me is that we go out and perform at the level can asa go out and perform at the level can as a club. now, scotland's scott jamieson has a 1—stroke lead going into day three of the pga championship at wentworth, alongside elton's thomas pieters. jamieson's round of 2—under—par 70 left him top of the leaderboard on 7—under. england's lee westwood is also in contention two shots back after a round of 69. returning to rugby union, iforgot to mention that in dublin, the pro12 final sees wales' team scarlets up against munster. manchester city centre held its first major sporting event since the terrorist attack on monday as the great city games took place. there was a minute's silence before the event started to remember the 22 people who lost their lives. in the pole vault, britain's

applause the prime minister theresa may, in twickenham.returns to the campaign after inevitably the tragic events in manchester last week meant the political campaigning was postponed for a few days. and prior to is cutting two that she did say brexit negotiations, were she to win, would start 11 day after the uk'sjunior eighth election. more election to come throughout the afternoon here on bbc news. emergency services have been called to what they have described to a zoo in cambridgeshire. visitors have been evacuated, and an air ambulance is at the scene of the 25—acre wildlife park near huntingdon. the zoo is home to 500 animals, including a collection of malaysian and white tigers. with me our correspondent andy moore. as you say, from cambridgeshire police we have a posting, we were called around 11:15am to a serious incident at hamerton park. the ambulance attended and ambulances. i have seen pictures of the ambulance. i have seen pictures on social media of police vehicles turning up, police officers with dogs at the scene. there a

this one from our weather watcher in london, twickenham. a lot of cloud around in london.the breeze will be picking up, the showers breaking up as we go through the course of the day. mckelvey cloud advances over in the direction of wales south—east england. as we get to the middle of the afternoon there will still be some sunshine across north west wales but the cloud will help out across the rest of wales. for northern ireland after a chilly start, the sun comes out, and it will remain with us through the course of the day, as it will yesterday. —— as it will through the rest of the day. —— as it will to scotland. for northern england, a beautiful afternoon and morning for you as well. as we slipped down into the midlands, east anglia, essex and kent, back under this cloud, some patchy rain and a few showers. he cloud building as we head towards the south—west. you can see the odd shower but equally there will be some brightness. through the evening and overnight we hang into the keen breeze, all of the cloud. some showers dotted around the stock clear skies across scotl

england beat the barbarians 28—14 at twickenham in their last match before next month's tour to argentinadren or caring for a parent, can mean time out from a career, especially for women. but getting back into work after a long break can be particularly challenging. a small number of uk firms are now offering paid work placements, known as returnships, to help people make that transition. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. so, what would you like for breakfast? i was working for a prestigious bank in the city. it was very long hours and when i had my first child i went back to work, but after my second child i decided i needed a career break. hayley brockway didn't bank on taking nine years off, but she needed more time to care, not just for her kids, but elderly parents as well. getting back into the workplace wasn't easy. i'd lost that professional identity and i was feeling very nervous, unsure of myself. i'd lost my confidence a bit. it would take a long time to fill in all these applications for roles and then i'd never hear back from them. i spoke to a couple of recr

in london where vince cable is standing in twickenham, there is hardly a ukip vote to squeeze, so conservativesday's english elections were preponderantly in areas that voted leave. twit that is the latest tally in scotland. we've had some social media messaging from jeremy corbyn. barry will be pleased to see this. jeremy corbyn says congratulations to welsh labour a specifically welsh from jeremy corbyn. for defying the pundits, he says, winning outright in cardiffand pundits, he says, winning outright in cardiff and swansea and newport... that is the latest message from jeremy corbyn. i suppose there will be people in welsh politics who will come back to you on that and say, bragging about hanging on to some of these areas which should and always have been labour is not a big thing to brag about. i don't think it's bragging, i think what he is doing is congratulating the candidates have worked very hard. you will know some of those areas were very, very heavily targeted by the conservatives. the overall picture in wales is one we can take heart from, given that it was a key target area. the