british and irish lions' head coach warren gatland says he fully respects ben youngs's decision to pullr and team mate tom has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw has been called up to replace him in the squad. the interesting thing from my point of view is that we fully respect and understand that, and they are part of the values that our boys had. and i have been sent to the players were we meet this afternoon that as far asiam we meet this afternoon that as far as i am concerned, it is about family come first. he is made that decision, and we know how close they are, as well, so we completely respect that decision and just, like isaid, our respect that decision and just, like i said, our thoughts go out to them. we have quite an incredible "and finally" for you, an iranian student had to be taken to a police station at the weekend — because, well, he looks too much like lionel messi. nowjust look at this. now just look at this. the resemblance is uncanny! so many people in the city of hamaden wanted a picture with reza parastesh that police had to look after

warren gatland's side departed from london's heathrow airport and will play a three test series against the five week tour. wales's sam warburton will captain the squad having also led them on the previous tour of australia four years ago, with the lions having not won a series in new zealand since 1971. but they are going for two series in a row having beaten australia four yea rs a row having beaten australia four years ago. that is all i have time for. tell next time, goodbye. the bank holiday is over and it did end on a wet note for northern and eastern parts of england. a lot of that has been moving way out into the north sea. the east of england lot of low cloud thing that a little rain to speak of. in the west of scotla nd rain to speak of. in the west of scotland they will see rain. this cold front is heading our way. head back, still quite a warm night. as we start tuesday, we have low cloud across the east. it is quite dry. further west, rain for a time in northern ireland. it will take awhile to cross scotland. there will be some rain stretching down across england and wales.

head coach warren gatland has admitted they have a tough schedule ahead.y landed in auckland overnight — just three days before their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland urges players not to listen to the negativity. i've mentioned how difficult the schedule was for 12 months. for people to talk about it now seems a little bit ironic, as we've all been well aware of it and how tough it is. you cannot well on it, we cannot change it. if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those sorts of things worry you, it is going to influence a team. it is what it is, and we are excited about it, looking forward to it. the schedule is tough, but some of those tough games are going to get a slice preparation for the test series. it's been a long couple of months since the squad announcement, it seems like a lifetime ago almost. since the start of the tour we have landed in new zealand, now it is reality and one that we are

head coach warren gatland concedes the schedule will be ‘tough‘. tomorrow, against bangladesh as the favourites to win the tournament. the top eight one day sides in the world take part, with england hopeful they can end their long wait for a first 50 over trophy. patrick gearey reports from the oval. this is england's window, which ever way you look at it, as hosts and favourites, this is their opening to do what they have tried to do over 18 attempts in 42 years. win a one—day trophy. we have been here before — well, not here, but up the road at lord's. 1975, the first cricket world cup, won on english soil by west indian skill. since then, kits, bats and hairstyles have changed. the outcome hasn't. until now, perhaps? if you are near an england net session today, you are best off keeping an eye out. these guys are specialists in big hits, and big scores. what's bad news for visiting bowlers and local pigeons is good news for expectant england fans! coming into the tournament as one of the favourites is pretty flattering. this trophy, and the wor

british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says he fully respects ben young's decision to pullnew zealand for family reasons. his sister—in—law tiffany, who is the wife of his brother and team—mate tom, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw has been called up to replace him in the squad the interesting thing from my point of view is we fully were ret respect and understand and the valleys we say to the players this afternoon, is, as faras say to the players this afternoon, is, as far as i say to the players this afternoon, is, as faras i is say to the players this afternoon, is, as far as i is concerned, it's about family coming first. andy has made that decision and we know how close they are as well. —— he has made that decision. we respect that and our thoughts go out to them. dan evans says fellow tennis player aljaz bedene shouldn't be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to dutchman robin haase at the madrid 0pen. which leaves him behind the slovenian—born bedene in the british rankings. evans made the commen

the british and irish lions head coach, warren gatland, says he's disappointed to lose star player billyut thinks he and his squad must "look forward". saracens and england number eight vunipola will miss the summer tour to new zealand for further treatment to a shoulder injury. you know, i did try and persuade him to come over and be assessed and... you know, look at managing him. but he was adamant that wasn't right. if someone he was adamant that wasn't right. if someone is not, you know, 100% right in terms of that commitment, he is a big loss to us, but i fully understand and respect the decision that's been made. england's cricketers face south africa in three warm—up one—day internationals, the first of which is on wednesday, before the start of the champions trophy next week. one of their star players, ben stokes, was voted the indian premier league's most valuable player today, and speaking to our reporter patrick gearey, says he'd like to see more of his international team—mates in the competition. it would be great in the future if, you know, maybe the whole england team could

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of newre their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. i mentioned about how difficult the schedule was for 12 months. for people to talk about this now it seems a bit ironic, because we have been well aware of it and how tough it is, and you can't dwell on it, you can't change it. so if you let negativity, in terms of thinking about those things worry you, it will influence the team. novak djokovic is into the third round of the french open. after a straight sets victory over portugal's joao sousa. the second seed raced through the first set and was tested a little more in the second and third to wrap up the win injust over two hours. djokovic will face the argentine diego schwartzman next. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitiva's comeback has been cut short. she's been knocked out of the french open by the ame

in sport, the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says he completely understand and respectnew zealand because of family reasons. his sister—in—law has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. chelsea will be one win away from the title if they beat middlesbrough tonight. the midfielder n'golo kante has received the football writers player of the year award to go with his pfa award. and dan evans has been knocked out of the madrid open, losing in the first round to robin haase. he slipped to fourth in the british rankings but says he doesn't recognise the number three as british. a two year old girl is seriously ill in hospital — after several dogs got into the garden where she was playing and attacked her. she suffered injuries to her head and body — but they are described as ‘not life—threatening'. police have seized eleven dogs from a nearby house in the toxteth area of liverpool — and a 35 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of having a dangerous dog or dogs out of control. 0ur correspondent yunus mulla sent this update from merseyside police headquarters merseyside

in the british and irish head coach warren gatland says he understands ben youngs's decision to withdrawr—in—law has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. cheslea will be one win away from the titile if they beat middlesbrough tonight. their midfielder n'golo kante has received the football writers player of the year award to go with his pfa award and dan evans has been kncoked out of the madrid 0pen, losing in the first round to robin haase. evans who is ranked fourth says he doesn't recognise aljaz bedene as british, who is slovenian born. elsewhere labour have been setting out plans to tackle childhood obesity — by cracking down on tv junk food adverts. they're proposing a new child health bill, to be outlined in its election manifesto. sophie hutchinson reports. this is going to be a very green smoothie. it's healthy, though, isn't it? shadow health secretaryjon ashworth being taught how to make a smoothie by pupils at a london school, part of labour's bid to prove it has the solution for cutting childhood obesity. we want to have the healthiest children in the world. now, yes, that's

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of newirst tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. i mentioned about how difficult the schedule is, and i don't want people to talk about this now. it seems a bit ironic because we have been well aware of it and how tough it is, and you can't change it. so if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those things worry you, it will influence the team. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitiva's comeback has been cut short. she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sands. kvitiva had been out for five months after being stabbed in the hand by a burglar. the czech lost in straight sets with her ninth double fault of the second round match. and there's been a shock in the men's singles at the french open — with home favourite jo—wilfried tsonga knocked out in the first round by argentina'

and who evans doesn't recognise as british lions head coach warren gatland sez he completely understands to new zealand because of family reasons. his sister—in—law has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. and chelsea will be one win away from the title if they beat middlesbrough tonight. their midfielder n'golo kante has received the football writers player of the year award to go with his pfa award theresa may has said that leaving the european union will help the uk achieve a target of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. the target, set by david cameron in 2010, has never been met — and recent figures put annual net migration at 273,000 — but the bbc understands the pledge will be included in the conservative election manifesto. mrs may told supporters migration levels were having an impact on public services and low—paid workers. our political correspondent chris mason reports. prime minister. immigration, the issue that for many was crucial in last year's eu referendum and 12 months on it's back in this year's general election. we will continue to say that we do

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour gatlandt and tough. they flew into auckland overnightjust three days before the first match against new zealand provisional barbarians. head coach steve hansen says the lions should have arrived a week before the game but these are the views of the game but these are the views of the lions coach. for people to start talking about it now seems a bit ironic because we have been well aware of it and how tough it is and you have just got, aware of it and how tough it is and you havejust got, you cannot dwell on it, you cannot change it, so if you let negativity in terms of thinking about the sort of things worry you it's going to influence the team, it is what it is and we are excited about it, looking forward to it and the thing about the schedule, it is tough but some of those tough games are going to give us a nice preparation in terms of getting ready for the test series. that's all the sport burn—out. ian paterson, the surgeon convicted of carrying out unnecessary breast operations has been

they face a gruelling schedule over the next few weeks but british and irish lions coach warren gatlandsquad cannot afford to be negative. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a breast surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the west midlands has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. ian paterson was found guilty last month of wounding with intent, and unlawful wounding — in a case involving ten private patients. our health editor hugh pym sent this report from nottingham. ian paterson, once a higher earning and highly regarded surgeon, now a convicted criminal about to begin a 15 yearjail sentence. convicted criminal about to begin a 15 yearjailsentence. some convicted criminal about to begin a 15 yearjail sentence. some of the patients that he harmed arrived in court in nottingham this morning to hear the sentencing. the judge, court in nottingham this morning to hear the sentencing. thejudge, mr justicejeremy hear the sentencing. thejudge, mr justice jeremy baker, said hear the sentencing. thejudge, mr justicejeremy baker, said that mr

but lions coach warren gatland has defended the get together it's it‘s an important day for us, not justta get through. for us organisation data get through. for us to be able to have this today, to get everything out of the way, given obviously some of the preparation time we have, it is a really important day for us. dan evans sez fellow tennis player aljaz bedene shouldn‘t be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to dutchman robin haase at the madrid 0pen. it‘s a result that sees evans remain fourth in the british rankings. but he doesn‘t recognise the number three, slovenian—born bedene, who qualified to represent great britain two years ago on residency grounds. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller reminded evans about the current rankings. four at the moment. who is the fourth? bedene thing before. it is nothing to do with him. he is not confrontational in any way, but to me it does not sit well if you have played for another country. i don't feel bad about him or anything like that. for me, it is baffling as to why. now he lives in savini as

the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of newir first tour match against the new zealand provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a full week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. that is all of the sport for now, more in sportsday at half past six. let's return to cambridge now, ahead of tonight's bbc election debate. my colleague huw edwards is there. indeed, thank you. we are at the university of cambridge. sojeremy corbyn has decided, at the last minute, that he'll take part in tonight's live bbc election here in cambridge with representatives of six other major parties. in a speech in reading earlier today, the labour leader challenged theresa may tojoin him, but the prime minister said she'd rather be meeting voters on the campiagn trail. rather than exchanging "sound bites" about the debate tonight. the debate takes place amid suggestions in some opinion polls that that the conservative lead over labour might be narrowing.

the british and irish land head coach warren gatland says he is disappointed to lose his star playere saracen and pagan number eight will miss the tour to new zealand for treatment to a shoulder injury. i tried to persuade him to come over and be an assessed that he was adamant that he wasn't right and if someone is not 100% right, he is a big loss to us but i understand and respect the decision that has been made. that's all sport for now. i will be back with more at 9:30pm. let's have a look at some of the other stories making the news today. rolf harris has appeared for the first time at his trial at southwark crown court. the former television presenter faces four allegations of indecent assault against three teenage girls between 1971 and 1983. he denies all the charges. facebook‘s internal rules for regulating what its nearly two billion users can and can't post on the site have been leaked. the documents appear to show that the company tolerates certain violent threats, forms of bullying, and live videos of self—harm. facebook insists that the safety of its users is a priority

as for wales, head coach warren gatland says he's relieved to have avoided the pool of death like theyhe moment as well as georgia and if wales and england are both to get out of their pools there could be a quarterfinal meeting between the two sides. wouldn't that be something? wow, wouldn't that be tasty indeed. what can rugby fans expect from the host country, japan? does it enjoy rugby? the viewing figures beat south africa in the world cup. they we re south africa in the world cup. they were enormous and rugby enthusiasm and everything around the game is only going to pick up as we build up to the world cup in 2019 and it was very sort of heartening to hear the prime minister of japan talk very sort of heartening to hear the prime minister ofjapan talk about how much he is looking forward to the event. how much of a rugby fan he is and with this being the first rugby world cup in asia, what a wonderful opportunity for the sport to grow in a new part of the world. fifa are investigating the transfer of paul pogba to manchester united. he was the world's most expensive player when h