they beat warrington 20—14 in a tense wembley final, watched by adam wild. allez, allez, allez!e south of france, the catalans dragons, officially in sang—et—or, blood and gold, perhaps no more fitting colours for a rugby league final. not in great numbers, but in great hope, becoming the first french side to conquer this english cup. warrington wolves stood in their way but failed to block the channel out wide, with catala ns breaching defences early. the french side's determination to make their mark on history, all too clear, starting the second half as they did the first, this time, wilianier extending their lead. then warrington got the luck they needed when george king gathered this fumble, setting up an agonising finish.

one of four first—half tries for warrington as they pushed ahead.d would change as the match was well and truly back into warrington‘s favour. four more tries for warrington, concluded in spectacular fashion here. and now there'll be quite a celebration. a huge celebration. happy to get back to winning more than losing. after the disappointment of last year in both competitions, we have worked really hard in the off—season. you can only win two major trophies, so we have a crack at one of them. and that stands for both dragons and warrington, a fiery encounter ahead. alex gulrajani, bbc news. that's all from sportsday. now on bbc news, it's click. planet earth is changing — daily. we humans are affecting its surface, its climate, its inhabitants. watching from ground level makes it difficult to make sense of it all, but these days, we do have the data and we can crunch the numbers. and when it comes to understanding the really big issues, those that have effects on a truly global scale, visualising that data can turn millions of figures into somethi

for more trays —— strives for warrington in spectacularfashion —— strives for warrington in spectacularelebration. happy to get back to winning more than losing. after disappointment of la st than losing. after disappointment of last year in competitions, we have worked really hard in the off—season. you can only win two major trophies, so we have to have a crack at one of them. and that stands for both dragons and warrington, a fiery encounter ahead. england have made two changes to their squad for the second test against india. 0llie pope is called up in place of dawid malan. the 20—year—old surrey batsman has the second best average in the county championship so far this season. the other change is enforced as ben stokes will miss the match that starts on friday at lord's while he faces his trial in bristol on charges of affray. chris woakes comes in for him. england lead the five match series 1—0. sawing wood and chopping logs may not strike you as the most obvious basis for a thrilling sporting contest, but the elite athletes who have been competing at this weekend's british timber

but warrington finally got the luck they needed when george king gathered this fumble, setting up anan extraordinary victory. and so after 122 years, the catalans dragons have done what was once unthinkable. they'll now head back to the south of france with british rugby league's most famous prize. adam wild, bbc news, at wembley. 0nto today's premier league football results — if you're waiting to watch match of the day after the news, then now‘s the time to look away. liverpool are top of the premier league after a 1—0 win over brighton — they're the only side to have won all three of their opening league games. mo salah with the goal. champions manchester city were held to a 1—1 draw by newly—promoted wolves. and arsenal got their first win of the season, beating west ham. bournemouth and everton and huddersfield and cardiff drew while leicester beat southampton. hearts are still top of the scottish premiership — they beat kilmarnock1—0. hibs and aberdeen drew 1—1. elsewhere, there were wins for st johnstone and livingstone. lewis hamilton is on pole position for tomorrow's belgian

they beat warrington wolves by 20— 1a at wembley. adam wilde was there. catalan dragons officially in blood and gold, perhaps no more fitting colours for a rugby league final. not in great numbers, but in great hope of becoming the first french side to conquer this english cup. warrington wolves did in their way, but failed to block the channel out wide. cattle are in breaching defences early. the french side's determination to mark —— make their mark on history all too clear, starting the second half as they did the first, raiding willie armey extending their lead. warrington finally got the luck they needed when george king gathered to stumble, setting up an agonising finish. catalans dragons just clinging on foran finish. catalans dragons just clinging on for an extraordinary victory. and so after 122 years the cata la n victory. and so after 122 years the catalan dragons have done what was once on think of all. they will now had acted south of france —— head back to the south of france with british rugby league's most famous prize. lewis hamilton star

warrington reduced the deficit. cata la ns warrington reduced the deficit.allenge cup. nearly blew it. it is incredible. they made such a huge effort to get the cross in. i am pleased for him. we had plenty of chancesin pleased for him. we had plenty of chances in the second half. detailed throughout the game is not where it needed to be. it was frustrating but a credit to catalans full stop they defended really well. a credit to catalans. lewis hamilton beat sebastian vettel to a sensational pole position in a chaotic and wet belgian grand prix qualifying with hamilton saying it is one of the toughest qualifying sessions he could remember. at spa the weather can be unpredictable making the action on miscible. the green knight came before heavy rain in the final session. too soon for the drivers who had to come back in and swap slick tyres for something more appropriate. lewis hamilton normally excels in the wet but even the world champion was finding it hard to get to grips with the conditions. sebastian vettel set the time to beat. as rain eased off, hamil

then back came at warrington wolves. they really turned it on in the second half of.st few years. george king of benefiting from this fumble to go over, that ballscrews back to 2012 and a guy penalty. just one try it towards the end but the dragons holding on desperately in the final moments to left that famous old trophy. it really was a quite extraordinary win for the dragons. extraordinary for french rugby league and extraordinary for the whole game of rugby league. for the first time a fragile side has won british rugby leagues most famous trophy. there was an extraordinary afternoon. thank you. also coming up for you on sports day today. archery, but with a difference, our man mike bushell will explain more. coming up later i am nick hope you're in portugal at the world championships where you have been three models for the british team on the penultimate day of competition. great britain won three gold medals on the penultimate day of competition at the european para—athletics championships in berlin hannah cockcroft got her revenge for having her major champion

warrington ran in 1a tries on the night — with bryson goodwin grabbing five on his own.at wakefield 80—nil that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are helen brand, who's chief executive of the association of certified chartered accountants and pauljohnson, the deputy editor of the guardian. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads with mp frank field s decision to resign the labour whip, accusing the party's leadership of becoming a force for anti—semitism in british politics . the same story makes the front page of the telegraph, which says mr field quit in protest over — what he called — a culture of nastiness and intolerance . the online independent carries a picture of theresa may, showing off her dance moves on a trade visit to kenya. argentina's central bank has raised interest rates to 60 per cent, as the value of the peso continues to plummet, that's in the ft. the mirror has the story of a council worker has admitted defrau

waiting for them at wembley will be the eight times winners warrington wolves.e, scoring eight tries in a 48—12 win. let's hear from the new women's british open champion laura hall.|j cannot believe the last few days, they have been amazing. i want to give them credit as well because they kept cheering sell—out. it is amazing to have all that support. they kept cheering sell—out. it is amazing to have all that supportm isa amazing to have all that supportm is a huge springboard to her to greater things and it just the is a huge springboard to her to greater things and itjust the right time. this isjust a nice little platform for you to build on to achieve great things and i think that your potential is really something significant within the game. that's all from sportsday. now on bbc news, it's click. planet earth is changing — daily. we humans are affecting its surface, its climate, its inhabitants. watching from ground level makes it difficult to make sense of it all, but these days, we do have the data and we can crunch the numbers. and when it comes to und

but warrington finally got the luck they needed when george king gathered this fumble, setting up anans just clinging on for an extraordinary victory. and so after 122 years, the catalans dragons have done what was once unthinkable. they'll now head back to the south of france with british rugby league's most famous prize. adam wild, bbc news, at wembley. i'll be back with the team for the late news at 10:10. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and very good evening to you, welcome back to dublin, i am at dublin castle where pope francis was earlier in the day at the beginning of this two—day visit to ireland. the first visit by a pope to ireland in almost four decades. let's take a quick look at the scene over and croke park, one of the biggest stadiums in europe where there is a concert going on at the moment. a festival of families and we should remind you that this is the official reason for pope francis of being here this weekend, a meeting of families that has happened every three years, which has happened by the catholic church. at the moment a

catalans dragons are the rank outsiders to win tomorrow's challenge cup final against warrington.in the final for only the second time, while warrington will be aiming to win rugby league stop prize for a ninth time. but the french club — who are only 18 years old — are aiming to upset the odds and write another chapter in their short history. dave woods has been to the club to find out more about them. the catalan dragons, formed of two historic clubs, founding members of the french championship. the merged initially under the name utc and got a cce pta nce initially under the name utc and got acceptance into super league which changed their name to the club we know today. you were the man who brought the teams together. how difficult was it to merge the two clu bs 7 difficult was it to merge the two clubs? i thought it would have been harder but actually it went very well. it was a great necessity for the two clubs to join together for the two clubs to join together for the start of the rugby union and i think it is what saved the rugby league years and more importantly it was t

catalans became the first non—english side to win the trophy after beating warrington in yesterday‘sof france, the catalan dragons, officially in sang—et—or, blood and gold, perhaps no more fitting colours for a rugby league final. not in great numbers, but in great hope, becoming but in great hope, of becoming the first french side to conquer this english cup. warrington wolves stood in their way, but failed to block the channel out wide, with catalan breaching defences early. the french side‘s determination to make their mark on history, all too clear, starting the second half as they did the first, this time, wilianier extending their lead. warrington finally got the luck they needed when george king gathered this fumble, setting up an agonising finish. catalan just clinging on for an extraordinary victory. and so, after 122 years, the catalan dragons have done what was once unthinkable. they will now head back to the south of france with british rugby league‘s most famous prize. a big win over newcastle could put chelsea top of the premier league later. newcastle fans might not b

they beat warrington 20—14 in a tense wembley final, watched by adam wild. allez, allez, allez! perhaps no more fitting colours for a rugby league final. not in great numbers, but in great hope, becoming the first french side to conquer this english cup. warrington wolves stood in their way but failed to block the channel out wide, with catala ns breaching defences early. the french side's determination to make their mark on history, all too clear, starting the second half as they did the first, this time, wilianier extending their lead. then warrington got the luck they needed when george king gathered this fumble, setting up an agonising finish. catalans just clinging on for an extraordinary victory. and so after 122 years, the catalans dragons have done what was once unthinkable. they will now head back to the south of france with british rugby league's most famous prize. lewis hamilton will start today's belgian grand prix from pole after coming out on top of a wet end to qualifying at spa. during a chaotic final session hamilton struggled at first, but pulled it together to

waiting for them at wembley will be the eight time winners warrington wolves.—12 win. andrea dovizioso won the czech moto gp ending a five month personal drought. it was an 11 year one for his ducati team. a crash on the opening lap brought briton bradley smith's race to a premature end in brno with two other riders also involved. while dovizioso won the race from pole and britain's cal crutchlow slipped to fifth on the final straight before the chequered flag. now if you'd like to know about today's football including manchester city's win over chelsea to win the community shield at wembley then head to the bbc sport website but that's all the sport for now. thank you very a much indeed. —— very much. the number of drug related deaths in england and wales has been rising steadily in recent years — the latest official data will be released tomorrow and may show fatalities at a new record high. in some areas the battle against drug use has been a long one. in the 1990s, widnes in cheshire pioneered a new approach that saw a reduction in deaths and a fall in crim

catalans dragons are the rank outsiders to win saturday 5 challenge cup final against warrington.arrington will be aiming to win rugby league stop prize for a ninth time. but the french club — who are only 18 years old — are aiming to upset the odds and write another chapter in their short history. dave woods has been to the club to find out more about them. the catalan dragons, formed of two historic clubs from prepping young. —— perpignan. an acceptance into super league, they changed their name to the club we know today. you we re name to the club we know today. you were the man who brought the teams together. how difficult was it to merge those two clubs? translation: i thought it would have been harder, but actually it went very well. that was because there was a great necessity for the two clubs to join together to face the start of rugby union, andi together to face the start of rugby union, and i think it is what saved the rugby league here in perpignan, and it was the birth of a new great club, catalan dragons. it was impossible, but it was because it was impossible that

waiting for them at wembley will be the eight times winners warrington wolves.to gp ending a five month personal drought and an 11 year one for his ducati team. a crash on the opening lap brought briton bradley smith's race to a premature end in brno with two other riders also involved. while dovizioso won the race from pole. and britain's cal crutchlow slipped to fifth on the final straight before the chequered flag. that's all the sport for now. it was a fairytale run while it lasted — as ireland's women hockey players surmounted all the odds to reach the world cup final. the unfancied side had won the hearts of many on their progress through the tournament — but their fans didn't get the ending they were hoping for, as a dominant netherlands team beat them 6—0. we can now get the reaction of ronan mcgreevey, a reporter from the irish times who has just finished watching the match — hejoin us from dublin. you have been waiting quite some time, thank you for your patient, you were in the pub, what was the atmosphere like? yes, i was in the local pub for the clu

because inmates are fed up warrington because inmates are fed up with the portions of food being servedo a television. i can't believe this. how are they getting it in there? how are they getting it in there? how could you possibly smuggle phil at stake is mac vegetables, issued, are they going down the trousers? what is the fish smuggling technique? food is being thrown over the outside by friends of the inmates, who the inmates then go and collect the bags before they are are discovered. a fairly arbitrary approach. totally doesn't end up on the roof of their prison. culinary standards have improved, over the last 20 years people like to eat better, why should it be any difference? buries an element of that in the papers coverage but it goes back to this question about as an security —— prison security. now food, i mean... the idea of everyone wondering whether it is quite cooked through and checking whether they like it rareror through and checking whether they like it rarer or medium rare. also you would probably suspect that given the state of our present at the moment, you imagine

they beat warrington 201a in a tense wembley final, watched by adam wild. allez, allez, allez!ing colours for a rugby league final. not in great numbers, but in great hope, becoming the first french side to conquer this english cup. warrington wolves stood in their way but failed to block the channel out wide, with catala ns breaching defences early. the french side's determination to make their mark on history, all too clear, starting the second half as they did the first, this time, wilianier extending their lead. then warrington got the luck they needed when george king gathered this fumble, setting up an agonising finish. catalans just clinging on for an extraordinary victory. and so after 122 years, the catalans dragons have done what was once unthinkable. they will now head back to the south of france with british rugby league's most famous prize. lewis hamilton will start today's belgian grand prix from pole after coming out on top of a wet end to qualifying at spa. during a chaotic final session hamilton struggled at first, but pulled it together to claim the top spot o

that made safe the interim wbo crown and he'll take onjosh warrington for that ibf belt some time thiss last week but dina asher—smith says she just wants to sleep after coming second in the 200 metres at the birmingham grand prix. she won triple gold in berlin but was beaten by shaunae miller—uibo of the bahamas last night. asher—smith has a week or so to rest now before her next race in zurich. obviously i want to come out and put on a good race in front of a home crowd. i love competing in front of home. i'm sorry, i'm so tired! but the race was such high—calibre, it was like being in an olympic finals. i'm really happy ifinished the race. i was like, "good, go back and sleep!" but obviously i was going to come out and do my best in birmingham today. britain's reece prescod ran a personal best in the 100 metres but the american christian coleman also clocked 9.94 seconds and won it on a photo finish. and laura muir says she was happy with her season after winning the 1000 metres last night, a week after becoming european champion over 1500 metres. great britain won ten more medals o

they beat warrington 20—1a in a tense wembley final, watched by adam wild.y league grand final. not in great numbers but in great hope of being the first french eye to conquer this. warrington wolves stood in their way, but failed to lock the channel out wide. catalan breaching defence as early. the french side's determination to make their mark on history all too clear out in the second half as they did the first. this time braden mill yanni extending nearly. warrington got their luck when george keane gathered fumble setting up an agonising finish. catalan just clinging on foran agonising finish. catalan just clinging on for an extraordinary victory. so, after 122 years, the cata la n victory. so, after 122 years, the catalan dragons have done what was once on thinkable, they will no head back to the south of france with british rugby league's most anus prize. —— —— most famous. lewis hamilton will start today's belgian grand prix from pole after coming out on top of a wet end to qualifying at spa. during a chaotic final session hamilton struggled at first

warrington thrashed challenge cup finalists catalansd dragons 56—6, steve price's side are up to 3rd.12 at home by huddersfield with wakefield comfortable 31—13 winners at hull fc. meanwhile, in the qualifiers, a big win for salford 28—10 they won at hull kr. so, the new premier league season is underway. it was a pretty frantic final day of the transfer window on thursday, but the prize for the most imaginative presentation of a new player has to go to villareal. a magician took to the centre of the pitch at the estadio de la ceramica, look at the theatrical gestures and the glass tube filled with smoke. former arsenal midfeilder santi cazorla appeared through the mist. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport for you throughout the weekend. hello welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing tomorrow morning. welcome to both of you. they have had a sneak preview. let's bring you up to date with what is on the front pages to my foot up the financial times leads with the plunging value of the turkish lira. there is an escalating row. philip hammond is reported

these were the scenes at the airport as steve mcnamara's players touched down in france — they beat warringtone cup yesterday. no team from outside england had ever won the trophy. serena williams has responded to french open organisers whose new rules would see her unable to wear the ‘catsuit‘ she wore at roland garros earlier this year. the suit was designed to help reduce the chances of blood clots, after complications during childbirth last year... obviously, the grand slams have a right to do what they want to do, but i feel like... if and when or if they know that some things are for health reasons, then there's no way that they wouldn't be ok with it. i've since found other methods. when it comes to fashion, you don't want to be a repeat offender! it will be a while before this even has to come up again. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening, but coming up next it's click. florida, america's sunshine state, and home to the us‘s

holly hamilton is at a farm near warrington this morning. what is going on? your staples, carrots and so on. this is todd. you have seen all types of weather conditions over the past few months. he has been for you? it has been very difficult. as you? it has been very difficult. as you say, from our point of view it was a wet late summer, autumn, winter, spring, that has cost the most of the damage and then that was exacerbated by the lovely spell of weather we have had this spring and summer. weather we have had this spring and summer. these should have been planted, this field of oats we are stood and, if you look here, they barely come up to my knees and they should come up to my waist. this crop was planted in april and it should have been planted the previous september and if it had been planned in the previous septemberand been planned in the previous september and drawn nicely through la st september and drawn nicely through last winter it would have produced us last winter it would have produced us three times to the acre of oats, perhaps three times

at's headed towards opel and warrington and into prince william counties. nothing more than an occasional shower aroundht lue. the yellow blobs are an opportunity for thunderstorms. not huge coverage. but a individual storm could pack a punch. that little tail end, not indicating when it could. that's a listen for stronger storms to arrive on the i-95 corridor later in theevening. there's good news on the forest. after o weather alert today. a passing rain shower this afternoon. way less humid air blows in here. thursday, friday, saturday, temperatures below average. averaghigh is 86. the subur way down into the 50s. i wouldn't rul out, friday t rning, there could be 40s on the map before we the s next week. >>> the beltway, inner loop is the problem. the closest camera is here. inner loop after 450 is where the problem is. this is a work zone. there was a crash in the work zone. aggsville road. parkway to thebe way, you're on time. >> thank you. >>> 4:53 right no we turn to a hair-pulling, neck-wrangling battle over baby formula. vsurveillanceeo shows two

rain drops moving in towards culpepper and warrington.hose are heading up towards leesburg and frederick.i- , rain-free for now. that won't be the case for long. there's the little chance of rain coming up in northern virginia here and theha ple of virginia. it doesn't look all that impressive on our future weather here. anywhere you see the yellows,an you get half an inch to an inch of rain. even thought may not be raining all day, when it rains, it will come down in buckets. the rain will gradually ease at about lunchtime tomorrow. a couple more waves of rain tonight andly e tomorrow, before things start to dry out atele will bit. check out theten-day forecast. there's no rain chance on six out of the next ten days. and your options in washingto in the summer, it's raining or 90 degrees. we turn the spigot off, we go into the 90s for the morning. >>> after georgiar, af our work zone is cleared. it caused an accident. out. were backing we've got the crash on the outer loopfter georgia avenue, blocking the left lane. we had a crash on 70

it's 56 degrees in rsgaitrg. 59 in warrington. and the district, at 66 one of the warmer spots but it feels incredibly comfortable outside. the kids going to the bus stop, they could get away with long sleeves. they won't be hot. we'll see itki l perfect and back in the 80s this afternoon. we'll look at what we can expect forewhe weekend in a minutes. >>> melissa, how is the commute lookeg? >> a cou of problems. want to show you video. this is suit lalandkw p at stanton road. the trafficights are dar because of a signal repair. hoping that clears up shortly for the morning

a few drops down the road in fredericksburg and rain drops near warrington virginia, as well. these are lifting off to the north, and there will be more of uose during the day. we ended with a break from the humidity for a couple of hoursdayest you probably notices, that probably doesn't feel that bad. ou due point's dropped ten degrees. it allowed for a blue sky. the humidity hasom back. we are starting off in the steamy 70s this morning. afternoon temperatures will be in the mid 80s. we're carrying a 60% chance for rain on your plans, particularly later in the afternoon. a closer look at the long holiday weekend in a few minutes. >>> it's 4: road closures are around the u.s. capitol as hundreds plan to say good-bye to john mccain. if you plan to say your, respecuch of the area will be shut down to cars. his casket is going to arrive mid-morning. >>> the late senatorecved a hero's welcome. a military honor guard escorted his casket to a nearby he >> the welcome followed an emotional dayce and ser in the state he represented for six temples. >> mccain planned that arizona serv

and sporting events like the rugby league challenge cup next saturday, warrington wolves.etting to london would be to hop on a train. it is going to be quite funfinding on a train. it is going to be quite fun finding other workarounds. you would think we could go via derby, and head down to st pancras, but derby is largely cut off from the rest of the world by rail and will be very good few. it is worth explaining what the reasoning is behind the closure. why does a station have to close for two days the three weekends in a row? well, you could do all sorts of things. you could close it for an entire week, but that would upset the commute is quite a lot, and there are far more people who use the trains from monday to friday that they are at weekends. —— and at weekends. network rail, the operators know who will be using the trains and on sunday in the middle ofa bank trains and on sunday in the middle of a bank holiday, that is really quite day. partly because a lot of people think i am not travelling over a bank holiday. most of the network will be running normally, but i

touchline on saturday — on sunday, he'll lined out for the men in their challenge cup semifinal against warringtonesty it has been great. it has been brilliant. this is more or less my first gig as a coach and i didn't really know what to expect when i came here will stop ijust really wa nted when i came here will stop ijust really wanted to take it week by week if i'm honest. and just try to have a positive influence and teach as much as i can with my experience and knowledge of the game. what the sea like as a coach? he inspires the girls and having someone that has that knowledge and experience, you put your trust in him and whatever he is saying. you know that he has been there and done it. secondly he has taught everyone that they can be what ever player they want to be if they put ha rd—working. what ever player they want to be if they put hard—working. that has been great for us and a woman's game. they put hard—working. that has been great for us and a woman's gamem has been a big week for you. you become a father a few days ago. your coaching the woman's team and in the semifinal for you

he is now mandatory challenger to the full champion, 0scar valdez, though he will take on josh warringtonfter coming second in the 200 metres at the birmingham grand prix. she won triple gold in berlin, but was beaten by shaunae miller—uibo of the bahamas last night. asher—smith has a week or so to rest now before her next race in zurich. britain's reece prescod ran a personal best in the 100 metres, but the american christian coleman also clocked 9.94 seconds, and won it on a photo finish. and laura muir says she was happy with the season, after winning the 1,000 metres last night, a week after becoming european champion over 1,500 metres. great britain won ten more medals on the penultimate day of the european para swimming championships in dublin, six of them gold. and one of those went to the paralympic champion, jessica —jane applegate, who broke her own world record to lead home a british clean sweep in the 514100 metres butterfly. rugby league, and wigan warriors are still on course for a home semi—final in the super league play—offs, after they inflicted a heavy defeat on catalans

just know if you're driving in from warrington or winchter or martinsburg there could be locally windy spots.he an perfect day to get out to the pool. don't forget to put your spf on you go out in the sun. that's now yours truly has avoided sunbourne this summer. 89 at 3:00. tomorrow, even rmer, mid-70s in the morning. low to mid-90s fhs h tomorrow. but the difference between today and tomorrow, there's no chance for rain day. there's a 50% chance of storms rolling in here after 5:00 o 6:00 tomorrow afternoon. have your custom-tailored storm team 4 forecast in the palm of your hand with your nbc washington app. a you cano find and follow me on social media platforms. noain if you're traveling. if you're flying through you could, clevelan have an isolated chance there. but not much around here until tomorrow afternoon. here's your travelst fore 93, a hot one today. 94 tomorrow before the rain moves in. most of the stormness could be early. could have a hit or miss chance anytime in the afternoon. sunday, mostly cloudy and cooler. sunday's high 83 degrees. not a bad one to head out to th

catalan dragons beat warrington wolves in the challenge cup final — and become the first french sidethe trophy: they deserve it, they've never won a cupi they deserve it, they've never won a cup i don't know what's going to be happening back there tonight but i'm just so happy and so proud. hello there. hello there, plenty to come but let's start with the premier league because, defending champions manchester city have dropped their first points of the new season . they were held one all at newly promoted wolverhampton wanderers . patrick gearey reports wolves fans were perhaps approaching manchester city like a fire work with all, excitement in a quiet fear of getting scorched. when they put on display standing backs not safe things to get quickly out of control. barely a minute separated the misfortune and the ball bouncing loose to raheem sterling. a stunning strike at the korea plate to recognise the save was equally good. he's one of the portuguese posse, the old gold but with new money. his cross was the glory. 0n like in the world cup of the referee could not see this replay a

the french side go head to head with favourites warrington wolves.d morning. you must know as a four—time winner and the amount of times you competed in the finals, just after 7:30 a.m., how are these players feeling on the morning of this final?|j how are these players feeling on the morning of this final? i think they will be pretty excited about what's coming. both clubs have been resurrected from last year. they went through a lot of adversity in 2017 and now they've got a chance to wina 2017 and now they've got a chance to win a magnificent trophy playing in a great stadium, wembley. they'll be excited and looking forward to what could be a great day for them. we use a prized these were the two teams that reached this final —— we re teams that reached this final —— were you surprised. they managed to turn things round. in 2017 catalan dragons were only 80 minutes away from relegation, they've brought a new coaching and new players, it shows in sport you can have that transition from an unsuccessful season to being on the brink of success and win

leeds and warrington will play later.et. you can read plenty more on our website. england are playing in the lords against india. ben stokes has been replaced. that is all from bbc sport. let's go back to venezuela and that reported attempted assassination of president nicolas maduro , joining me now is the bbc mundo correspondent arturo wallace what else do we know about this alleged attack? it was drawn is with -- it alleged attack? it was drawn is with —— it was drawn with explosives on board. we know several soldiers were injured. there was blood on their faces. a nearby building shows the remains ofan faces. a nearby building shows the remains of an explosion. we do not know who was behind it or why. there isa claim know who was behind it or why. there is a claim from a very little—known opposition group called soldiers and t—shirts. apparently they were trying to detonate two drones containing explosives. there are other reports. the government have made many claims about assassination attem pts made many claims abo

warrington wolves will be back at wembley for the fifth time in ten years later as they face french side. wolves will be favourites, but dragons have impressed many in their run to this, their second cup final. they're coached by former england boss steve mcnamara and he told us what he changed when he arrived in the south of france. the french culture is, you know, they drink wine and they eat bread at every meal. it's not conducive to an elite performance if you're doing that every meal. it's small little changes implemented to our group, some bigger changes also to make sure that we come in line with... we're playing in an english competition against the elite players in england and we have to match those standards. every time we come up against them, we show a huge amount of respect for the opposition. we have done that all this year. taking that aside, so are we, we are good football team and we have lots of senior players who have played in challenge cup finals, played for their country and understand what it looks like. hopefully they can play a part in terms of the nerves, and ta

catalans became the first non—english side to win the trophy after beating warrington in yesterday'sulent time over a number of years for the sport in france. this generally will grab national headlines in france that not only in france, that in spain, the catalan region and barcelona region in spain. they are proud we have represented catalan at wembley in the challenge cup final. that in england, being the first foreign tea m england, being the first foreign team to win in english domestic competition raises the profile in england or so. a big win over newcastle could put chelsea top of the premier league later. newcastle fans might not be too optimistic of victory though with the club still without a win this season and with protests planned at st james's park later, over a perceived lack of investment in the playing squad. i have a lot of sympathy for our fans, because they are really good. they know the city, they know the club, they know the north east and how well you can stay here and you can live here. so, they know all these things. and they know they would like to see the

catalans became the first non—english side to win the trophy, after beating warrington in yesterday'sa turbulent time, over a number of years for the sport in france. this genuinely will grab national headlines in france but not only in france, but in spain, the catalan region in barcelona region in spain. they are proud we have represented catalan at wembley in the challenge cup final. in england, being the first foreign team to win in english domestic competition raises the profile in england, also. serena williams has responded to french open organisers whose new rules would see her unable to wear the catsuit she wore at roland garros earlier this year. the suit was designed to help reduce the chances of blood clots, after complications during childbirth last year. obviously, the grand slams have a right to do what they want to do, but i feel like... if and when or if they know that some things are for health reasons, then there's no way that they wouldn't be ok with it. i've since found other methods. when it comes to fashion, you don't want to be a repeat offender! it will be a w

carl frampton has set up a ibf world featherweight title fight againstjosh warrington after stoppinghis interim wbo crown. promoter frank warren says the fight will definitely happen this year we're into the final day of the european para swimming championships in dublin, with 15 british competitors through to tonight's finals. northern ireland's bethany firth will be chasing her third gold, after qualifying third quickest in the 200 metres individual medley sm14 class, behind her team—mates jessica—jane applegate and louise fiddes. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. ten british ships, sunk during the second world war and designated as war graves, have been plundered for scrap metal by chinese pirates, according to the mail on sunday. it says vessels providing the final resting place for more than 1,00 sailors have been smashed to pieces and looted by salvagers off the malaysian and indonesian coasts. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu told me more about the claims. according to the mail on sunday, this investigation leads to some expert divers who go into t

expected to line up for the men's side this afternoon in their challenge cup semifinal against warringtonens and catalans dragons. georgia hall has given herself a great chance of winning a first major title. she's one shot off the pace going into the final round of the women's british open. and after some erratic long shots, hall's putter helped her to 12 under par, just behind leader pornanong patlum. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. many thanks indeed, john. the international trade secretary, liam fox, has said he now thinks it's more likely than not that britain will leave the eu without a deal next march. in an interview with the sunday times, mr fox accused the european commission of being so intransigent that the odds of there being no brexit deal were now 60—40. 0ur political correspondent tom barton in westminster gave us his analysis of the comments. colourful language from liam fox in the sunday times this morning. saying, he thinks, we are heading towards an ordeal scenario. he puts the blame

got it, i'm still here and everyone to be fearful of may, all the top featherweights, russell, warringtonion on radio five live tonight. deontay wilder will be ringside in belfast to watch tyson fury on the undercard against his italian opponent, and the pair could meet later in the year in new york and las vegas if tyson fury comes through unscathed. some flash photography coming up. during the way in yesterday deontay wilder was engaging in some apparently friendly exchanges of tyson fury‘s father but in the end and got a bit heated. deontay wilder says the deal has been done with a fight expected to ta ke been done with a fight expected to take place in the united states towards the end of the year. not much time off for dina asher—smith, one week after winning three gold medals from the european athletics championships she runs again at the diamond league event in birmingham this weekend. 0ne diamond league event in birmingham this weekend. one of those gold medals came at the 200 metres in berlin which she is going to run in birmingham. she may be exhausted but she is always ready to

these are headed toward marshal and warrington. a high chance you'l light rain this morning.king at future weather. once you pass noontime, hit and miss showers after lunch. any of the storms could pack quite a punch. the light line of storms, between 7:00 and 10:0 tonigh could be severe in spots. teerature-wise, sosticky and humid outside, you wonder when we're going to get a break. tomorrow, the humidity will start to dro away. there's the planner today. warm and humid.n lowest r chances right around lunchtime. and rain chances go back t 80% by 5:00. stormy weather for yourng eve plans. have your app downloaded and ready to go. follow me on social media, as well. tomorrow planner, a cloudy stt. it's not about the rain by the falling humidity level low humidity. the you likesu ertime, i know they love the flitp-flop weathe. >> before 4:40. anothe crash. o problems in this area here this morning. it's on the left shoulder. showing some slowdowns. also, another problem, inner loop near georgetow t reported crare. the rest of the beltway pretty good. use that city.et over to th

warrington and leeds rhinos are playing now.inal daily—macro perfect start in the british open. birdie on the first poll, she's still a shot off the leader. and a quick update on the community shield. manchester city ah wong lob against chelsea after 50 minutes at wembley. detectives investigating the disappearance of a midwife in staffordshire have re—arrested a 32—year—old man on suspicion of murder. police searching for 28—year—old samantha eastwood found a woman's body near stoke yesterday. her family have thanked the public for their support and asked for privacy. two other men are in custody, and are being questioned on suspicion of assisting an offender. police in london have launched a murder investigation after a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in kingston—upon—thames last night. the man was found in cambridge gardens and was pronounced dead at the scene. officers are in the process of informing the man's family. no arrests have been made. portuguese firefighters in the algarve are struggling to bring wildfires unde

that made safe the interim wbo crown and he'll take onjosh warrington for that ibf belt some time thisust wants to sleep after coming second in the 200—metres at the birmingham grand prix. she won triple gold in berlin but was beaten by shaunae miller—0ibo of the bahamas last night. asha—smith has a week or so to rest now, before her next race in zurich. and laura muir said she was "happy with the season", after winning the 1000—metres last night, a week after becoming european champion over 1500 metres. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the boss of the company responsible for the motorway bridge which collapsed in genoa on tuesday, says he won't apologise ahead of an investigation into what happened. autostrade's chief executive also said he's committed to finding the cause of the tragedy which claimed 42 lives. andrew plant reports. safety workers securing parts of the structure still standing after the devastating collapse last tuesday. the company which operated this bridge has expressed its sympathy for the victims, but

carl frampton has set up an ibf world featherweight title fight againstjosh warrington after stoppinghis interim wbo crown. promoter frank warren says the fight will definitely happen this year. that's all the sport for now but head over the the bbc sport website for more on all today's stories and text commentary from trent bridge on the third test. i'll be back with more in the next hour. thank you. will perry. ten british ships, sunk during the second world war and designated as war graves, have been plundered for scrap metal by chinese pirates, according to the mail on sunday. it says vessels providing the final resting place for more than 1,000 sailors have been smashed to pieces and looted by salvagers off the malaysian and indonesian coasts. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu told me more about the claims. according to the mail on sunday, this investigation leads to some expert divers who go into that part of the world to look at the wreckages at the bottom of the sea. a lot of these ships were sunk around 1941 and 1942. and what they're alleging is that some barges, with 50—tonn

and it looks like it'll be warrington wolves awaiting them in the final.econd half in bolton. england have made two changes to their squad for the second test against india. 0llie pope is called up in place of dawid malan. the 20—year—old surrey batsman has the second best average in the county chgampionship so far this season. the other change is enforced as ben stokes will miss the match that starts on friday at lord's while he faces his trial in bristol on charges of affray. chris woakes comes in for him. england lead the five match series 1—0. and in around 15 minutes' time it's a david and goliath battle in the women's hockey world cup final as ireland take on defending champions the netherlands. it's a first world cup final of any description for a team field sport for ireland — and a massive achievement for the second lowest ranked team in the tournament. they take on the world number ones who are looking for their seventh world cup title. manchester city have doubled their lead and sergio aguero has doubled his tally at wembley. manchester city lea

expected to line up for the men's side this afternoon in their challenge cup semifinal against warrington bbc one, after the first semi between st helens and catalans dragons. georgia hall has given herself a great chance of winning a first major title. she's one shot off the pace going into the final round of the women's british open. and after some erratic long shots, hall's putter helped her to 12 under par, just behind leader pornanong patlum. over on the us men's tour, rory mcilroy put himself into contention at the world golf championship in ohio. he said he was feeling good heading into the final day, after a round of 67 left him tied for second place with ian poulter, three shots behind the leaderjustin thomas. britain's cal crutchlow will start the czech moto gp from fifth on the grid, after qualifying in brno was dominated by andrea dovizioso. in the final seconds, he outpaced his fellow—italian valentino rossi to secure his first pole of the season. world champion and runaway championship leader spain's marc marquez, completes the front row in third. that's all the sport. now o

the showers moving into culpepper county could bring a shot of rain to places like warrington.here's the early morning chance rain. we get a break in the action. there will be sunshine late morning to the afternoon. as a result, we'll have a chance forn thunderstorms the afternoon. um umbrella-ready. it's a low to mid 70s to get the day going. showers and dry at recess time.h derstorms at 3:00 or 4:00. a chance for severetorms this evening. the humidity tomorrow is blown out of here. thursday, friday, surday will be flawless days. hardly a cloud. temperatures in the low 60s in town. there will be 50s in the suburbs. >> i believe you. >>> stafford, route 1 after telegraph road. all lanes blockhere. 66 and 95, looking good beltway here, that camera showing you the delays. here's the problem, inner loop after 450,ad the work zone and a crash within the work zone. headed north now, new market, westbound 70 after 75. l the lefe is getting by that work zone. no other major problems at this point. >>> 5:21. animal crackers are changing the look of its packaging. >>> also ahead -- >>ba

our correspondent, holly hamilton, spoke to a grower at a farm near warrington this morning to find outeir crops are affected. we have been speaking to farmers here this morning over the last couple of days, telling us how much impact physically you can actually see here in the field. let's get more on this now from todd bulmer, whose field i am standing in at the minute. this is an oat field just now. wheat and oats, that is two of the items that will probably be affected. it will have a knock—on effect for consumers. in the last few months anyway, how have you found things? farming has been very difficult. we grow a lot of soft fruit. those have not yielded nearly as well as we would have expected them to have done. we are now halfway through our cereal harvest and that is yielding about half what we would normally expect. here, with these oats, they should be up to my waist — they are barely up to my knees. they are going to produce less than half the crop that we would expect and also less than half the straw and that will have a knock—on effect into the livestock sector. in terms o

warrington thrashed challenge cup finalists catalansd dragons 56—6, steve price's side are up to thirdners at hull fc. meanwhile, in the qualifiers a big win for salford 28—10 they won at hull kr. so the new premier league season is under way. it was a pretty frantic final day of the transfer window for english teams on thursday, but the prize for the most imaginative presentation of a new player has to go to villareal. a magician took to the centre of the pitch at the estadio de la ceramica, look at the theatrical gestures and the glass tube filled with smoke and, as if by magic, former arsenal midfielder sa nti cazorla appeared through the mist. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport for you throughout the weekend. good morning. the best chance of seeing the dry sunny weather this weekend is likely to be today. not a bad start. actually won with clear skies around. plenty of sunshine from the word go. cloud and rain will gather from the south—west. it will gather from the south—west. it will move into wales as we go into the day. the clouds further east, turning the sunshin

it's 56 degrees in rsgaitrg. 59 in warrington. and the district, at 66 one of the warmer spots but it feels incredibly comfortable outside. the kids going to the bus stop, they could get away with long sleeves. they won't be hot. we'll see itki l perfect and back in the 80s this afternoon. we'll look at what we can expect forewhe weekend in a minutes. >>> melissa, how is the commute lookeg? >> a cou of problems. want to show you video. this is suit lalandkw p at stanton road. the trafficights are dar because of a signal repair. hoping that clears up shortly for the morning rush.le s look elsewhere. a livey look at the ba bridge, a crash there. eastbound and westbound was shut wn. looks like they're letting the westbound traffic through. e eastbound is sitting still. >> georgia avenue, in silver springs, still shut down on georgia. greenbelt, southbound parkway. debris on the right side. as far as the beltway goes, l innep after the toll road, right b lane that work zone. an annapolis road on the left lane. >>> an elementary school