and system in place with uk sport and the lottery funding and all the support team, i think going for gold is the only option really. the father of great britain snowboarder ellie soutter, who died injuly on her 18th birthday, says he's campaigning to break a vicious circle of sports funding and mental health issues. she'd been hotly tipped for a medal in the next winter olympics. now her father tony says a foundation in her name is almost ready to begin funding other young athletes, to help them achieve their goals. juliette parkin reports. applause she had a massive drive to win and to compete, according to herfather, she was a very determined young athlete. ellie soutter won britain's only medal at the youth olympics last year. now her father is trying to help other athlete achieve their dreams. one of the things ellie was acutely aware of was how much it was costing me, and until these athletes are on the world stage, there is very little sponsorship funding for them. back in the uk from his home in the french alps, tony soutter focus has become the ellie soutter foundation after

the chill of uk sport has had it. the chill of uk sport has had it.n is expected to end tomorrow. that would lead to a lifting of a blanket ban on russians taking part in world athletics. the potential move has been criticised by athletes and anti—doping bodies around the world, will feel that the russian agency is nowhere near meeting original criteria for readmission following evidence of state—sponsored doping. katherine grainger says the integrity of sport and competition has to be protected to maintain public trust and support. michael phelps has called for more support for acid when they retire. the american who retired after winning his 23rd gold medal at the 2016 games said that he contemplated taking his own life during the worst periods of his own depression. england's netball is have just lost their latest series match beaten by australia. it was a rematch of the commonwealth games final which england won earlier this year. they played in newcastle, new south wales, and in the last couple of minutes australia has won 52 points to a7. after

the chair of uk sport, dame katherine grainger, has added her voice to calls for russia's anti—dopinged — and therefore keep russia banned from international athletics. our sports correspondent is alex capstick, and the world anti—doping agency's executive committee is expected to end rusada's suspension when they meet tomorrow — and that's not a popular move? narrow, and the number of protest as have gathered since it was narrow leg announced on friday by wada that the compliance review committee that has been looking at rusada in russia has been looking at rusada in russia has been looking at rusada in russia has been trying to improve its anti—doping setup scissors was banned in 2015 and they have been getting on. there have been 13 points for russia to satisfy wada it has its house in order but it was a real problem. one is that it actually just willie technologies a report that found state—sponsored doping has been taking place and that it involved the ministry of sport, involved more than 1000 athletes in more than 30 different sports. the other sticking point was that rusada sh

since we have now got uk sport funding it's become a lot more secure and it's made things a lot mored at tokyo 2020 paralympics european success and a first ever european title is high on his list list. the last european championship i got silver and bronze. i cannot let that same mistake happen again. i think it's an incredibly dynamic, varied sport and no two matches are ever the same and i would love to convert a silver and bronze into two golds as well. we think we might have seen a record today for the oldest mascots in premier league history. she's 102 premier league history. she's102 and her sister 0lga is 97, they been going to manchester city games for 85 years and today with her sister they got to walk out with the team. she even managed to have a quick chat with pep guardiola before kick—off. chat with pep guardiola before kick-off. i said so, david silva, you are one of my favourite players, which was true and he gave me a kiss. so i said well, will you please or a goalfor me kiss. so i said well, will you please or a goal for me today? and he did. so, that was lovely. an

the british team have less than £200,000 from uk sport leading into rio 2016 but when i received nearly. claiming two gold medals at the world championships last year was one of his lifetime ambitions and while his major aim is to win gold at tokyo 2020 paralympics the european success in the first ever european success in the first ever european title is high on his list list. the last european championship i got silver and bronze. i cannot let that same mistake happen again. i think it's an incredibly dynamic varied sport and no two matches are ever the same and i would love to convert a silver and bronze into two golds as well. let's update you on the evening's premier league kick—off, manchester united now have a 2—1 lead against watford who are third in that table at the moment, 29 minutes remaining in that match. a reminder of our top story. britain's simon yates will win a first grand tour after finishing third on the vuelta a espana's penultimate stage. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more at half past seven. hello there. fairly turbulent weather in the forecast over the n

the chair of uk sport dame katherine grainger wants to see russia's anti doping agency continue to be world anti—doping agency meeting, where the three—year suspension is expected to be lifted. rafael nadal has pulled out of the next month's tournaments in beijing and shanghai. the spaniard has a knee injury that saw him retire midway through his semi—final againstjuan martin del potro at the us open earlier this month. he has taken the decision to skip the asian leg of the atp tour to give him more time to recover from the problem. he is currently number one in the world rankings, but missing those major tournaments will give novak djokovic the chance to finish the year top of the rankings. he is third in the rankings, with second placed roger federer only expected to have a limited schedule. michael phelps has called for more support to be given to athletes when their careers come to an end. the most decorated olympian says that he contemplated taking his own life during the worst periods of his own depression. and he has called for support. england's netballers have been beaten by

unprecedented outcry by athletes in the west and also senior figures within the anti—doping community, uk sport very least to postpone this decision. the reason for that is twofold. one, the scale of the crime that russia was originally accused of. remember, they were found to have subverted they were found to have subverted the entire under the open system. this is a remarkable doping conspiracy. state—sponsored allegedly, went to the very top, across 30 sports, a thousand athletes involved, sabotaging events as big as the 2012 games and such he 2014 winter olympics as well and get your they are as a result of the decision back in the fold, as effectively representative of a reinvention of russia to international sport. it could be for major sporting events like track and field team news and be back to full strength and competing under the nationalflag. strength and competing under the national flag. the second strength and competing under the nationalflag. the second reason is how this was done. we revealed the last few days not once but twice, attem pts last few days not once but twice, atte

defiance of an unprecedented outcry of athletes in the west and senior figures in anti—doping and uk sportsking at the very least for a postponement of this decision. the reason for that is twofold. one is the scale of the crime that russia was originally accused of. they were found to have subverted the entire anti—doping system. this was a remarkable doping conspiracy, allegedly state sponsored. it went to the top across many sports. sabotaging events as big as the london 2012 games and the winter olympics in saatchi as well. here they are as a result of that decision back in the fold. they can 110w decision back in the fold. they can now test athletes again and apply for tuvs game. they track and field tea m for tuvs game. they track and field team and paralympic team will soon be back to full strength and competing under the national flag. the second is how this was done. we revealed over the last few days attem pts revealed over the last few days atte m pts to revealed over the last few days attempts to compromise by senior leaders at wada over key criteria, and that is what has spark

the chair of uk sport dame katherine grainger wants to see russia's anti doping agency continue to be tomorrow's world anti—doping agency meeting where the three year suspension is expected to be lifted. michael phelps, has called for more support to be given to athletes when their careers come to an end. the most decorated 0lympian says that he contemplated taking his own life during the worst periods of his own depression. two years ago, elliot stewart, a fit and healthy 28—year—old, started to lose his sight, he had a cornea condition that needed urgent surgery to stop him going completely blind. coming from a judo family, his father is an olympic medallist, elliot is now hoping to compete at the visually—impaired world championships later this year, and his brother max will compete at the able—bodied world championships in baku next week. tom brown went to meet them both. growing up, the brothers would dream of reaching judo's pinnacle. their father dennis already had an olympic bronze and they wanted to follow in his footsteps. until two years ago, older brother elliott's life ch

that won't be decided until much nearer the time, but we have such a great system in place with uk sportam, i think going for gold is the only option really. the father of great britain snowboarder ellie soutter, who died injuly on her 18th birthday, says he's campaigning to break a vicious circle of sports funding and mental health issues. she'd been hotly tipped for a medal in the next winter olympics. now her father tony says a foundation in her name is almost ready to begin funding other young athletes, to help them achieve their goals. juliette parkin reports. applause she had a massive drive to win and to compete, according to herfather, she was a very determined young athlete. ellie soutter won britain's only medal at the youth olympics last year. now her father is trying to help other athlete achieve their dreams. one of the things ellie was acutely aware of was how much it was costing me, and until these athletes

uk/sport. it is still goalless between manchester and young boys.nd them on the website. theresa may has announced plans to make an extra £2 billion available to build more affordable housing, and social housing, in england. councils, housing associations and other bodies can bid for the money for new projects from 2022. the prime minister says she wants to remove what she called the "stigma" surrounding social housing, as our correspondent richard lister reports. at this site in south london, they're building a mix of private and social housing, homes that are badly needed, notjust in the capital, but across the country, where demand for affordable housing far outstrips supply. today the prime minister announced an additional £2 billion for housing associations to build more homes. under the scheme, associations will be able to apply for funding stretching as far ahead as 2028—29, the first time any government has offered housing associations such long—term certainty. mrs may said it was time to end the stigma that many people still attached to soc

that talent has been eased somewhat by uk sport's decision to continue investing over £6 million in britishtop potential and european metals for kate french and european metals for kate french and joe choong in july and european metals for kate french and joe choong injuly showed and european metals for kate french and joe choong in july showed why. there are five participants and five times as much kid and it would be so difficult doing this part without the funding. it is difficult for us that we did not medal in the olympics but we had a really strong past and especially with the women's side having won medals in all previous olympics. i hope we are showing them that we have the attentional to level up. having claimed european honours earlier this year, kate french and joe choong are starting success in mexico city next week but aside from the challenge of taking on the beth bell best athletes it is the problem of competing at altitude. it is metres higher than where we have competed before. harder going into shooting range making the target much harder. we will have to see. everyone is

uk/sport. we will be back a little bit later on bbc news.rump's nominee for supreme court, brett kavanaugh. we have now heard that markjudge, who was a friend of brett kavanaugh's has said that he will answer any and all questions posed to him. that is according to his lawyer. markjudge isa according to his lawyer. markjudge is a potential witness to the alleged cycle —— sexual with the micro abuse. his lawyer has said he will answer any and all questions posed to him. there is an attempt to get a week's delay before the senate considers that nomination, pending an investigation by the fbi, no final decisions on whether the fbi investigation is going to go ahead. we will bring you more on that as we get it. in his first interview since resigning as foreign secretary, borisjohnson has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging the prime ministerfor the leadership of the conservative party. he demanded that the theresa may ditch her so called chequers compromise plan, and argued for a looser free trade deal like the one with canada. but a gove

uk. sports is probably the crown jewel of sky broadcasting. they also have a news division as well. opportunity for disney and comcast to increase their international footprint which is something they want to do, especially comcast, which has such a domestic focused business. ashley: by saturday night we should know what the bids are. >> then the sky shareholders vote. ashley: good job. complicated story but you made it clear. thank you so much. >>> as we head towards the end of this hour we can say the dow up another 60 points. what a week it's been for the markets. money continuing to come into wall street. the dow at 26,717. not bad. can we hang on for the next hour to finish in the green? i don't think it's any surprise the cleveland browns win their first game in nearly 639 days. they have gone 19 games without a win. they win and guess what? liz claman isn't in today. maybe celebrating a bit too much last night. >> dilly dilly. have a good weekend. >>> breaking news right now. president trump set to depart from mccarron international airport at any minute. he is heading to spr

sport website. that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport prosecutors say they have sufficient evidence to charge two russianagent attack in salisbury. former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in march. the suspects have been named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov — although it's believed these were aliases. the police have video footage showing the two men arriving at gatwick airport. within the past hour the prime minister gave a statement on the suspects, in the house of commons during prime ministers questions. she confirmed the investigation is in relation to both sergei and yulia skripal and charlie rowley and dawn stu rgess. just as the police investigation has enabled the cps to bring charges against the two suspects so security and intelligence agencies have carried out their own investigations into the organisation behind this attack. based on this work i can today tell the house that based on a body of intelligence the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military int

very first time.” don‘t think superstar is the correct word, cycling is still a small sport, particularly in the uke many successes now when you

cycling is still a small sport, especially in the uk, but you compare it to foot all or any other sporter be a superstar but that is fine for me because it is not my character, i am a laid—back die, i like to relax on my own and that is ok. i will continue to work hard and will go from there. where is next? what does the future hold? what are your aim is? you want to become one of the best of all time? you want to win the tour de france? what are your ambitions? we will see. i really wa nt ambitions? we will see. i really want is sell britain's victory first because this is the first grand tour for the team, we have never won a grand tour before, it is really a historic moment. i think we will celebrate this first and then will, we will start talking about the future. before we go, afghanistan continued their rise in international cricket after knocking sri lanka out of the asia cup in abu dabhi. the five time former champions had to win to stay in the tournament. but chasing 250 to win sri lanka got no where near their target. upal tharanga's 36 the top score, as they were bowled out f

the chair of uk sport, dame katherine grainger, has added her voice to calls for russia to remain bannedo end a three—year suspension of russia's anti—doping agency when they meet on thursday. the move has been criticised by athletes, anti—doping bodies and now the most powerful figure in british olympic and paralympic sport. grainger says: "the integrity of sport and competition has to be protected to maintain public trust and support. this responsibility rests with leaders at every level." england's netballers have been beaten by australia 52—47 in the quad series. it was the first time the two sides sides have met since england's historic win in the final of the commonwealth games earlier this year. england centre serena guthrie spoke to the bbc after the game. we made a few errors and we can't be that callous with the ball. it is throughout the whole game, and how the momentum shifts. we didn't win enough clean bowls. halfway through the third, we were showing them a clea n the third, we were showing them a clean ball and they were pretty clinical. we'll have more for you in sportsda

cycling is still a small sports, especially in the uk. is still small. i don‘t think i will ever be a superstar. but that‘s fine for me because that‘s not my character. i like to relax on my own, quite laid back full of that‘s ok, i will continue to work hard. really go from there. where is next? what does the future hold? do you want to become one of the best of all time? do you went to —— do you want to win the tour in france? we will have to see. i want to celebrate this victory first because it is the first grand tour of the team. it is a really historic, happy moments. celebrate this first and then start talking about future plans. british cycling‘s journey looks like a stage on the tour de france... plenty of ups and some significant downs but overall this has been a momentous climb to the top. at the turn of the century british cycling was charged with making the nation great on two wheels. .. £2.5 million of lottery money aimed to kick start the sport.... on the track there was immediate success with medals won at worlds and olymp

the chair of uk sport, dame katherine grainger, has added her voice to calls for russia to remain bannedi—doping bodies and now the most powerful figure in british olympic and paralympic sport. grainger says... "the integrity of sport and competition has to be protected to maintain public trust and support. this responsibility rests with leaders at every level. ben stokes and alex hales will find out today if they've been selected for england's one day squad for the tour of sri lanka. yesterday both men were charged with bringing the game into disrepute after an incident outside a nightclub in bristol. they'll face a disciplinary hearing in december. and remember the england netball squad's incredible victory in the final against australia at the commonwealth games? well, today, the two sides will face each other in a rematch of that nailbiter on the gold coast — this time in the quad series with tracey neville's squad chasing their first ever title at this event. that match starting in newcastle, australia, ataround 10:30am. we'll be bringing you the latest throughout the morning. the m

uk as a whole. in a moment it will be time for sports day but let's look at what else is coming up. but 7pm we will be discussing the novel methods that governments around the world are adopting to raise their birth rates. at 815 we will be talking about chris eva ns' rates. at 815 we will be talking about chris evans' decision to quit radio two and who might take over the breakfast show and coming up at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm we will be discussing the headlines with dawn foster and stephen swinford. that is all ahead on bbc news, but now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up:

now stand up paddle boarding has been one of the biggest growing sports in the uk over the last decadethe new sport that s now taking off, landpaddling. our very own mike bushell has been to southport to try a club session. it's the sport that enables us to gracefully walk on water. now asked —— stand paddle boarding has, sure and dry land. and wins give it fresh momentum. no longer are they restricted to getting a large inflata ble restricted to getting a large inflatable boards out and finding some pond water, they can out keep paddle boarding through the winter, even when the sea off southport is rough and dangerous. when it is too windy on the lake, you can to land -- still windy on the lake, you can to land —— still land paddle. just got off one board onto another, and still have fun with friends, and get active and fit. it originally had that originated from the states. when paddling followed behind, just like skateboarders did, they took to the streets and are training for the sport. is much more sensible than skateboarding, mainly down to the longer and with wider wheelbase on

cycling is still a small sport, especially in the uk. uccesses we have many successes 110w. compare it to football or any other sport, it is still a small sport. i don't think i will ever be a superstar. that's fine for me because that's not my character. i'm laid back. i like to relax on my own. that's ok. i will continue to work hard. i will go from there. england women's rugby union players will be given full—time professional contracts from next year. there will be 28 contracts available. the sport's govering body said it demontrated their commitment to growing the women's game and their ambition to be the world's number one team. contracts for the england women's squad were controversially scrapped after the 2017 world cup as the rfu focused on sevens rugby. two english players dominated major league soccer on sunday, as dc united and new york red bulls drew 3—3. wayne rooney scored dc‘s second, which put them in front midway through the second half, but he was outshone by bradley wright—phillips, whose hat—trick was even more impres

uk sport were among those unhappy with the decision, tweeting that wada should explain the compromiseion: "how to lose respect of all clean athletes real quick. " not long now until anthonyjoshua steps in the ring again, and the world heavyweight champion says he's in for a tough night tomorrow at wembley. joshua's putting his three world title belts on the line against russian alexander povetkin and says he'll be under pressure. i still feel like i have got everything to game. you know? there are stages were you think i have come this far and it has been great and you enjoy it. at the same time you think and on a minute, imagine and other phobias of this, to stay on top of your game. pressure, 100%. but then again, you get used to it so it becomes the norm. the name danny cipriani's been in the headlines recently but it isn't in the latest england squad list. the gloucester fly—half was fined for resisting arrest and common assault last month. since then he's hit form for his club but england coach eddiejones says there are better options in his position. carl ikeme might have been p

graduates from top universities are about to leave the lecture hall behind and enter the uk's toughest prisons as officers. sport, but for now alistair cook, has taken a back seat in the pavillion at the oval, while the england tailenders, try to bolster a weak first innings score against india. the hosts started the day seven wickets down, the one of adil rashid, but joss butler has stood firm and is unbeaten on 39 and he has taken the total onto 270 for 8. a much better situation. world number one rafael nadal, says he "will keep fighting", after he was forced to retire from his us open semi—final, against huan martin del potro, because of a knee injury. he's now 32, and won the french open earlier this summer but couldn't continue playing after the end of the second set, unclear how long he will be out for. to keep playing, at the same time having too much pain. it was not a tennis match. at the end it was one player playing and one standing on the other side of the court. i hate to retire, but stay one more set out there playing like this... it will be too much for me. in football, scotland suffered their he

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. full uks going on on the other side of the atlantic. you might have heard, we have a major hurricane on our hands. this is hurricane florence, which is a very powerful category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140mph. but it's forecast to strengthen, up to 155 mph with 190 mph gusts, and that is heading to the east coast of the united states. landfall probably thursday night around north carolina. it's going to cause big, big problems. just to the north of florence, we've got an area of cloud that extends of miles across the atlantic, right over to the united kingdom. yes, it's a massive weather front, or a couple really. it's going to be pushing southwards, bringing some heavy rain. the rain always heaviest across the hills and coasts of north—west england and wales. to the east of higher ground, it's one of those fronts where the rain's probably not going to amount to too much. but nevertheless there will be some damp weather getting into the east of the pennines, for example. given it

cycling is still a small sport, especially in the uk. ll a small sport. i don't think i will ever be a superstar. that's fine for me because that's not my character. i laid back. i like to relax on my own. that's ok. i will continue to work hard. i will continue to work hard. i will go from there. lewis hamilton says he still feels as if he needs to win every race despite extending his lead in the formula 1 world championship to a0 points. he'll the singapore grand prix ahead of max verstappen and sebastian vettel. there are six races to go but hamilton is taking a break with a few days on the beach doing yoga and training hard. england rugby union players will be given full time professional contracts from next year. there will be 28 contracts available. they will also award seven elite players squad agreements under the same deal they currently have, with those players getting paid a match fee. the governing body says it demonstrate the commitment to growing the game. west ham have their first league to growing the game. west ham have t

stand up paddle boarding has been one of the biggest growing sports in the uk over the last decade, butl ages. it's the sport that enable us to gracefully walk on water. now, stand—up paddle boarding has reached dry land and wales have given it fresh momentum. —— wheels. no longer are they restricted to getting inflata ble are they restricted to getting inflatable boards out and finding calm water, they can keep paddle boarding through the winter even when the sea of southport is rough and dangerous. when it is windy, you can still land paddle. you can get off one board onto another and still have friends and fun and get fit. land paddling followed soon behind just like skateboards and the surfboards. it's much more accessible because of the longer and wider wheelbase. you have extra contact with the floor. with the paddle, you no longer have to take your foot off, you are pushing with your foot off, you are pushing with your arms your foot off, you are pushing with yourarms and your foot off, you are pushing with your arms and steering with your feet. if you are one of the many who hav

it sounds less says her coalition is getting back to uk but lately crisis mode has become business as usual. our sports news now the one is link is a night wrapped up its midweek slate of matches with dortmund looking to jump from fourth to second place in the standings one hosted nuremberg and made a statement by winning easily. dortmund was in a festive mood and even coach lucianne farve was all smiles and was expecting to extend its perfect home record against newly promoted nuremberg. and accordingly it took dortmund just nine minutes to open the scoring through the broom larsson. to meet flicks the first from provider christian politike the second to finish off the move and give dortmund an early lead. which marco royce should have doubled a minute later only to be denied by norm berg's fabienne brave low. but shortly after the half hour mark dortmund's captain made up for his wasted chance i. too neil the well deserved lead coming through royce whose shot took a slight deflection to the onrushing georg mark reiter. in the second half the already one sided affair became even more humiliating for t

stand—up paddle boarding has been one of the biggest growing sports in the uk over the last decade, butthat enables us to gracefully walk on water. now stand—up paddle boarding has also come ashore, and reached dry land, and wheels have given it fresh momentum. no longer are john and wheels have given it fresh momentum. no longer arejohn and his mates restricted to getting their large inflatable boards out and finding some calm water. they can now keep under boarding through the winter, even when the sea off south what is rough and dangerous. when it is too windy on the lake you can still land battle. you canjust get off on board and onto another and still have fun with your friends and get active and fit. land paddling originated from the united states, where it sort of, i guess, as stand—up paddle boarding came about, land paddling came behind. just like surfing and skateboarding, we took to the streets and we are training for the sport. it is much more accessible and skateboarding. that is mainly down to the longer and wider wheelbase on the boards. also, you have extra contact with

uk. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — with azi farni. good afternoon. england

sport. hello. well, before we go to the weather for the uk, an update on hurricane florence battering the east coast worst of the weather is technically still out to sea. the storm's eye isn't expected to cross land, that is, make landfall, until around about lunchtime on friday uk time. but it has already been battering north carolina, south carolina, areas towards the north as well as further inland, and it is a slow—moving storm, that means it is dumping a lot of rainfall in the same place for a considerable amount of time, and those destructive winds, the storm surge, likely to be some destructive flooding from this or the system. meanwhile, in the asia—pacific, we have a very powerful storm, even stronger, typhoon mankhut, a super typhoon heading for northern parts of luzon in the philippines, and the effects of the storm could be catastrophic, so two very powerful storms both sides of the globe. meanwhile, here in the uk, obviously it is a lot quieter, thank goodness. showers in the north, much more dry in the south, and this is a satellite image from the last 12 hours, clouds into the norther

sport. i'm dancing out of here. bye bye. hello there. a full uk of all the latest on that massive hurricane that's heading towards the eastern side of the united states. it is of course hurricane florence. it is a category four hurricane, sustained winds of 140 mph but is forecast to strengthen, with wind gusts getting up to 185mph over the next 24 hours or so. it will make landfall friday morning in north carolina, but the effects will be felt up and down the mid—atlantic coast with the risk of flooding and those damaging winds as well. here in the uk, a cold front sinking its way slowly southwards today and that will have an effect on the temperatures. yesterday we saw highs of 25 degrees in both london and exeter as well, but today we are looking at highs of around 18 degrees. a 7—degree celsius drop in temperature, not that it will feel cold, but feel a good deal cooler. this is how we have the weather over the next few hours for the early risers. a lot of cloud around and outbreaks of rain. always heaviest across north—east england to the nor

uk as a whole. in a moment it will be time for sports day but let's look at what else is coming up.ut 7pm we will be discussing the novel methods that governments around the world are adopting to raise their birth rates. at 815 we will be talking about chris eva ns' rates. at 815 we will be talking about chris evans' decision to quit radio two and who might take over the breakfast show and coming up at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm we will be discussing the headlines with dawn foster and stephen swinford. that is all ahead on bbc news, but now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up: "nothing left in the tank" — england's highest test run—scorer alastair cook is retiring from international cricket. you could say there is more exciting players to watch, more entertainers, but he would have to be ranked in the top two or three, i would say. lando norris will become the youngest formula one driver in british history after landing a drive with mclaren. and liverpool's mo salah has made the shortlist for the fifa's men's player of the year award. b

sport today team, goodbye. hello. tuesday was a day of contrasts across the uk. of rain. across much of england and wales we saw a good deal of sunshine, and it's a similar day on wednesday. we keep this piece of cloud over the atlantic, extending into northern ireland and scotland. the heaviest of the rain through wednesday looks likely to be across the western isles and the scottish highlands. the odd spot of rain, some patchy drizzle at times for northern ireland, under cloudy skies, and we'll see a bit more cloud sinking its way across northern england, maybe with the odd spot of rain. but there'll be some sunshine across eastern scotland, north—east england, and that extends all the way down across much of england and wales. now, these are the average wind strength through wednesday afternoon. gusts once again will be higher, but not as strong as we saw on tuesday — a0 mph at times across scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine, temperatures quite widely up to 20 or 21 celsius, including aberdeenshire and murray, which should see some sunshine through

the former governor of the bank of england, lord king, has condemned the uk's preparations for brexit as "incompetent" and in sports for the ryder cup. sergio garcia and henrik stenson have made the cut. rafa nadal is through to the us open semifinals. he beat dominic thiem in five sets in just under five hours. he will playjuan martin del potro nextin he will playjuan martin del potro next in a repeat of last europe's semifinals. and serena williams is closer to a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title. she won her quarterfinal against karolina pliskova and will now face the latvian anastasia is a vast the next. i will have an update in 15 minutes. the bbc 5 live newsreader, rachael bland, who was widely praised for her podcast describing her treatment for breast cancer, has died. she was a0. her family said that her death had left a huge hole that they would never be able to fill, and that her work had helped to reduce the stigma around the disease. rachael's podcast — you, me and the big c — reached number one on the itunes chart yesterday — an ambition of hers, which her husband tweeted had made her "v

they have a lot of entities including sports and news in the uk.opportunity for comcast, yes to take away a prized possession fox has been eyeing for a long time but also to broaden out the international footprint as well. you're right. sky, it has been heavily sought-after by fox, rupert murdoch. they have wanted this for a long, long time t will be interesting to see how high that bidding goes this weekend. cheryl: we have to run, susan, what exactly do we get -- >> saturday is it. cheryl: we will know on saturday, wow. >> the reason they went into the auction process just quickly because they anticipated if they were to bid and counterbid this process would take too long. cheryl: how about if this happens with the markets closing and this could create volatility in the stocks if there is leaks. you hope not. susan li, great story. >>> talk about stocks and the market. you will see these numbers. dow and s&p 500 hitting all time intraday high today. can we take it home? we have one hour, nine minutes to go until that bell rings. we're going back

sport today team, goodbye. hello there. storm ali brought damaging winds across parts of the uk on wednesday.satellite picture, that‘s the storm pushing off towards scandinavia, but that doesn‘t mean things will be quiet over the next couple of days, far from it. and that means what we have on thursday is this wriggling frontal system bringing pulses of moisture from the atlantic, so through the day ahead we are going to see heavy rain at times and still the potential for some strong winds. a windy start certainly across northern scotland, some heavy showers here, and some rain across wales, the midlands, parts of eastern england, which will fizzle for a time before returning with a vengeance from the west as we get on into the afternoon. now, as the day wears on, the winds will ease a little bit across northern scotland, but still hefty showers blowing in on the breeze. some sunshine as well, 15 degrees for aberdeen. for northern ireland, calmer than it was on wednesday, but still breezy with a fair amount of cloud, but look at the afternoon in north—west england, the midlands and into wales

sport for now. now millions of viewers here in the uk are watching the final instalment of the hit bbc drama "the bodyguardtional home secretary — has prompted a big increase in people interested in similar work. the metropolitan police‘s website has seen a spike in visitor numbers with more than 1000 hits a week. danny shaw reports. he‘s talked down a suicide bomber, been shot at in a car, and duffed up a government advisor. argh! all in day‘s work for a close protection officer? here‘s one man who should know. i have protected theresa may when she was home secretary, you‘re right, and it is nothing and was nothing like what david budd did. argh! the way we operate is not quite like david budd, who seems to be operating independently! so independently, he even has an affair with the home secretary. that‘s not realistic at all! anybody who crosses that line would not last very long within the department and might not last very long within the police service. but the met police wants to capitalise on the popularity of bodyguard. there‘s been a surge of interest injoining the force. it needs to recruit detec

sport. also in the programme — taking days off. here in the uker of the tuc will say we should work a 4—day week for more pay thanks to advances in technology. but doctors recommend drink free days for those in their middle age. so we are asking what will improve your work—life balance? tell us what you think, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing we start in sweden where a far—right, anti—immigration, anti—eu party has made significant gains in the country's general election. the leader of the sweden democrats says he's ready to cooperate with other political groups to form a government, but neither the ruling centre—left, nor the oppoistion centre—right wants to work with him. according to sweden's public broadcaster, the centre—left social democrats, led by the prime minister, stefan lofven, are in first place with 28.4% of the vote. the moderates, led by ulf kristersson, have 19.8%. and the sweden democrats, whose leader isjimmie aukesson, are in third place, with 17.6%, giving them cause to celebrate, asjenny hill reports from stockholm. the

uk as a whole. in a moment it will be time for sports day but let's look at what else is coming up. at 815 we will be talking about chris

uk, there will be no deal. still to come: campaigners for clean sport react angrily after the world anti—doping agency lifts itssday on bbc news: trying times for danny cipriani — in good form, but he can't find a place in the england rugby squad. libraries, youth clubs, transport, public health — unless the government intervenes, the worst is yet to come for such services as councils are forced to make more cuts. that's the warning from the county councils network, which represents 36 larger authorities in england. it says councils have already identified £1 billion worth of cuts which will have to be made by february 2020. they'll include spending less on highways and transport, public health services and children's services. the government insists the cuts will strike a balance between relieving pressure on local government and ensuring taxpayers don't face excessive bills. our social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. choose which one we want. it's families like the finches who know all too well how difficult it is to get help from many local authorities when you face a crisis. aged eight, adam was

way to overcome battles with mental health, ill bejoined by one of the uk's brightest young artists, louisj walker. now for the sportt, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. it's back, matchday 0ne in the champions league, how far they're back, we have a special report from belgrade as the former european champions red star return to the top table. there is full coverage on the bbc sport website and we will cope typical keep you up—to—date here too. barcelona was the other early kick—off. lots of changes for tv purposes. liverpool are in action later against paris st germain. andy swiss is at anfield for us. a big game forjurgen klopp, in fact as an opener they don't come much tougher. liverpool should be brimming with confidence, particularly after what they achieved in the champions league last season. 0k, they achieved in the champions league last season. ok, the final didn't go the way they wanted, but the way they got there, that swashbuckling, free flowing brand of football to blow away sides like manchester city and rome was really something to behold. add to that the way they had begun

whitehall departments to make cuts in the event of the uk not reaching a deal with the european union over brexit. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sportfrance's third string goalkeeper puts on a show as he helps the world champions to a goalless draw against germany in the uefa nations league. surreally serena williams goes towards a record 24th grand slam title with a victory over sevastova in the us open semi—final. and tiger woods along with rory mcilroy equals the course record at the bmw championship in pensylvannia. hello and welcome and in tennis, in the past few minutes serena williams is into the us open final with a straight sets 6—3, 6—0 win over latvian sevastova, which tookjust over an hour. the 36—year—old, a six time winner at flushing meadows, when the 2—0 down before she exploded into action and made a real

uk, in the west, the cloud, did not feel cold but the cloud did deliver patchy rain. the best of the sunshine was in north—east scotland and the east of england, some sports got into theof the uk, patchy rain and drizzle as there will be tonight. some holes in the cloud through the east of scotland, more in the east of england, allowing temperatures in some places to get down into single figures, whereas from most, notjust low double figures but into the mid and places, quite humid as well, but quite a wind picking up, especially into scotland. into tomorrow and still plenty of cloud north and west. plenty of cloud in the midlands compared with today, some sunny spells, north—east scotland and especially east anglia, where the sun will be unbroken. for the cloud is thick, you might encounter patchy rain and drizzle, not too much. here is a shot of the weather in the afternoon. a breezy day, especially the further north you are, particularly into northern england, northern ireland and scotland. outbreaks of rain heading towards northern ireland from the west, head of that, sunny spells, running into the west of scotland, from the north—east, we could see temperatures u

uk leaves the european union. and we're answering your questions on brexit. today the impact it could have on immigration. coming up on sportsngland's women's rugby union. the players will be given full—time professional contracts from next year. nearly a quarter of the uk population is living in poverty — that means people who simply don't have enough money to meet day to day costs after paying out the essentials. at the moment poverty is measured by levels of household income. but now an independent commission is calling for a new way to assess it which includes factors such as childcare, or the impact of living with a disability. more than 1a million people are living in poverty in the uk. of those, almost 8 million people are stuck in persistent poverty. the new calculation shows almost 7 million people living in poverty are families with a disabled person. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports now from scarborough. the fatigue is there all the time. even the simple job of clearing up after her four children leave jenny smith exhausted. she has multiple sclerosis, and with each task feels her energy draini

professional and administrative roles across its uk, ireland, france and the netherlands operations "as part of the company's ongoing transformation". sportsn the back by its shareholders. at the company's annual shareholders' meeting mr ashley's re—election as chief executive weas opposed by 9.75% of votes cast, and chairman keith hellawell stepped down just ahead of the meeting. mr ashley, who still owns 61% of the company's shares, said in a statement: "the company's shareholders appear to be affected by the pressure of the media and certain other organisations, and they have failed to support sports direct, keith and myself, on this journey." joining us now is george macdonald, executive editor of retail week. has he been stabbed in the back? i do not think so. it is completely legitimate for shareholders in a public company to question management. what i think has happened in this case is that people knew what they were buying into with sports director mike ashley is an entrepreneur, unconventional and sometimes he has done things for which he has been rightly criticised —— sports direct. he is the sort of person who would be impatien

uk economy is not working. the archbishop of canterbury says a fundamental rethink is needed to make it fair for all. in sportscotland. they've qualified for the women's world cup for the first time ever, after beating albania. after a record breaking summer for renewable energy, we'll ask what the future holds for solar power in the uk.

uk. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — with azi farni. good afternoon. are very much in control of the fifth and final test against india. the visitors 195—5, chasing an improbable 464. james anderson needs just one more wickets to become the most successful fast bowler in test cricket history. thanks, azi. and nick miller has all the weather. a bit of cloud and patchy rain for the uk. a dangerous harry kane this heading for the eastern side of the usa. a whole world of variety in weather and we will cover it this afternoon. —— a dangerous temper map. thanks nick. also coming up — what can worms teach us about staying fit? thousands of them will be sent into space later this year to help a study into muscle loss in older people. hello everyone — this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. a car britain's most senior police officer has warned the government about the danger of making further cuts to policing. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, says she doesn't want the police to struggle with chronic underfunding like the prison service. it