by half—time, wigan had wriggled their way back ahead.ngton. in scorching temperatures, were bringing the heat. but they dragged back to 20—20. what a big moment in the game. twice having scrambled back to parity, the warrington defence got tomkins dropped goal put them ahead, curt gidley grabbed one of them to set up the most frantic of finales. stefan ratchford then had the chance. had drifted off course. game over? not quite. here it comes. last play. last play of the game. he has done it. it has gone wide. right on the buzzer. that was the point that could have kept their season alive, instead it goes wide. this season may not be hitting the heights for wigan and warrington, but both can still produce a game that delivers everything. credit to warrington. that was a real performance. i have wanted our players to come back in a game like this. we gave ourselves a lot to do. we have improved in areas but there is a lot of work to do. the last of the quarterfinals is on bbc two tomorrow afternoon, as castleford tigerstake on hull fc. tig

the teams might have fallen but wigan still have mighty in theirlikes, fallen but wigan still have mighty, wigan had wriggled their way back ahead. marshall with his eighth try in three games against warrington. in scorching temperatures, were bringing the heat. but they dragged back to 20 all. what a big moment in the game. twice having scrambled back to parity, the warrington defence got ina tangle parity, the warrington defence got in a tangle to allowjohn bateman to put wigan back in front, a sam tomkins dropped goal put them ahead, cu rt tomkins dropped goal put them ahead, curt gidley grabbed one of them to set up the most fanatic of finales. stefa n set up the most fanatic of finales. stefan ratchford then have the chance of the other. two points that would have salvage something from a season would have salvage something from a season that had drifted off course. game not season that had drifted off course. game - not quite. here it comes. game over? not quite. here it comes. last last game over? not quite. here it comes. last - last play of the game. last play. last play of the g

tierney, wigan back in it.wigan, perhaps a few bridges too far. with a few minutes remaining, hull leading 39—22. back to football now. chelsea ladies have won the first women's spring series after beating birmingham 2—0 on the final day of the season. emma hayes‘ side clinched the title after an impressive campaign in which they scored 32 goals in just eight games. manchester city missed out on goal difference despite a victory against liverpool. arsenal finished third and unbeaten after beating bristol city 5—0. reading's 1—1 draw with sunderland moved them above birmingham into sixth. chelsea's triumph stopped manchester city's run of three consecutive domestic club trophies. melissa lawley‘s stunning strike was the pick of the goals in their 3—1 win over liverpool. before we return to cardiff, let's bring you up to date with some of the other stories today. and former wba lightweight world champion anthony crolla has told the bbc he wants to fight again at manchester arena, which remains closed following la

wigan warriors are into the semi finals of the challenge cup — surviving a late warrington fightbackin the closing stages but warrington fought back. declan patton's late attempt to force extra time missed — keeping wigan on course for a 20th challenge cup win. johanna konta could become the first british woman since virginia wade a0 years ago at wimbledon to win a tour event on home soil. she's reached the final of the nottingham open after coming through in straight sets against magdalena rybarikova of slovakia. 6—2, 7—5 the score. has reached a grasscourt final. she'll face donna vekic. that's all the sport for now. ajudge in the united states has declared a mis—trial in the sexual assault case against entertainer bill cosby. the jury failed to reach a consensus on all three counts, after more than 50 hours of deliberations. the 79—year—old had denied drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 13 years ago. our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, reports. after so many accused him of being a calculated sexual predator, bill cosby is free now to go home from court

by half—time, wigan had wriggled their way back ahead.ack to parity, the warrington defence got into a tangle to allowjohn bateman to put wigan back in front. a dropped goal put them to goals ahead. he set up the most frenetic of finales. stefan ratchford then had the chance at the other. two points that would have salvage something from a season that had drifted of course. game over? not quite. here it comes. last play of the game. he has put it away. it has gone wide. right on the guta, that was the point that could have kept their season alive, instead it goes wide. the seasons may not be hitting the heights but wigan and warrington can still produce a game that delivers everything. that is all the sport for now. i will be back with damienjohnson sport for now. i will be back with damien johnson at half sport for now. i will be back with damienjohnson at half six. look at the website between now it is time for the weather. the hot sunny weather that has been with many of us weather that has been with many of us during today is going to

has begun after the body of an 18—year—old woman, ellen higginbottom, was found in a country park in wigany was made in orrell water park. ellen had been reported missing by her family on friday. police say she suffered a brutal attack, and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. attack, and are appealing for anyone in portugal, more than 60 people have died in a huge forest fire. the blaze was in a mountainous area in the middle of an intense heat wave. area in the middle it's thought the fire was sparked by lightning hitting a tree. here's paul adams. by lightning hitting a tree. is by lightning hitting a tree. a desperate, sometime! battle is a desperate, sometimes hopeless, battle against nature. seafaring heat, strong winds and low humidity — the worst possible conditions. large areas of central portugal now ablaze. this mountainous area is no stranger to forest fires, but these are some of the deadliest ever. the speed and ferocity of the flames catching people in their cars and homes. a woman's screams for her house. as the fire rages on several fronts, entire vil

the former bradford, wigan and great britain rugby league head coack brian noble is made mbe as well,rea from northern ireland. 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 the playwright and novelist bonnie greer and anne ashworth from the times. warm welcome. you too. we just want to bring you news on those honours. first of all... the police officer tragically murdered in westminster, awarded a medal by the queen, recognising actions that save lives. and awards going into the pensioner bernard kenny, went to the pensioner bernard kenny, went to the aid of murdered mpjo cox and the aid of murdered mpjo cox and the main who killed after the —— helped after the tunisian attack. billy connolly, knighted, jury walters becomes a dame. sir billy, cbe in 2003. said he is pleased and a little bit embarrassed to be, a knight! no need to be embarrassed. so, the front pages... we start with the i, which carries a large picture of the protests earlier today at kensington town ha

has begun after the body of an 18—year—old woman, ellen higginbottom, was found in a country park in wiganark. ellen had been reported missing by her family on friday. police say she suffered a brutal attack, and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. attack, and are appealing for anyone in portugal, more than 60 people have died in a huge forest fire. the blaze was in a mountainous area in the middle of an intense heat wave. area in the middle it's thought the fire was sparked by lightning hitting a tree. here's paul adams. by lightning hitting a tree. is by lightning hitting a tree. a desperate, sometime! battle is a desperate, sometimes hopeless, battle against nature. seafaring heat, strong winds and low humidity — the worst possible conditions. large areas of central portugal now ablaze. this mountainous area

elsewhere, wigan drew 19—19 at huddersfield. that's all from sportsday with me, will perry.n a moment, the papers. you're watching bbc news. stand by for the papers. the breaking news this evening, 800 households in north london are being told to leave their homes because of safety fears. five residential blocks on the chalcot estate in camden are being evacuated after tests showed that cladding were similar to that used on the grenfell tower. sonia jessup is on the estate now. what has been happening there tonight? this is ashley the taplow block. behind me, it looks quiet, but we have seen a steady stream of people through those doors, carrying a few belongings that they could take with them. we've had some people in yellow security jackets directing them, and fire safety warding stalking to them. we have seen young children carrying pillows. —— fire safety wardens, talking to them. and we have seen one lady trailing a small baby. many people i've spoken to said that they were frustrating —— they were frustrated with the way this had been carried out, that there had been a

and wigan warriors will host salford red devils.played in the last weekend ofjuly. the final round of the us open is under way in wisconsin. england's tommy fleetwood is one off the lead. he goes out in the penultimate pairing at around 8:45 tonight. a lot of players are well within reach of the leader brian harman, who's on 12 under. 26—year—old fleetwoood, who's from southport, has only played one us open before but the course at erin hills appears well suited to his game. this is my first time in contention in a major, so whatever happens, i'll be doing my best and seeing how well i can finish and that's that really. that's all you can do. but it will be a pleasure to go out on a sunday trying to win a major. cristiano ronaldo captained portugal in their confederations cup draw with mexico in russia this afternoon. it's his first match since those rumours emerged that he wants to leave real madrid. the world player of the year had a hand in the opening goal of the game, setting up ricardo quaresma to score. but with the score 2—1

and wigan warriors will host salford red devils.way in wisconsin. england's tommy fleetwood is one off the lead. he goes out in the penultimate pairing at around 8:a5 tonight. a lot of players are well within reach of the leader brian harman who's on 12 under. 26—year—old fleetwoood, who's from southport, has only played one us open before but the course at erin hills appears well suited to his game. this is my first time in contention in a major, so whatever happens, i'll be doing my best and seeing how well i can finish and that's that really. that's all you can do. but it will be a pleasure to go out on a sunday trying to win a major. proud of the way i hung in there today, after a really good start. that was nice. i struck it well. i had a couple of putts that could have gone a bit, but i hit a bunch of greens. you have to play well round here. cristiano ronaldo is in russia captaining portugal in their confederations cup match against mexico this afternoon. it's his first match since those rumours emerged that he wants to leave

four converted tries, including this from john bateman, and a drop goal had put wigan clear going intoonly for it to drift wide. castleford play hull fc this afternoon in the final quarterfinal. england strengthened their position at the top of their pool in the hockey world league semi—finals with a 7—3 thrashing of malaysia. samuel ward and mark gleghorne scored twice, as did captain barry middleton. as well as reaching the world league finals later in the year, the top five teams qualify for the world cup in india next year. scotland's men are in the other pool. a 3—0 defeat to the netherlands means they've lost both of their games so far. lots of hockey news on the website as well. the plan today is go home, have a snooze, it will be a late—night tonight seeing if tommy fleetwood can bring the us open title home. fingers crossed. he looks like quite a character. naga knows him from playing with him at we ntworth. knows him from playing with him at wentworth. i don't know him but i had the honour of playing with him at wentworth, very relaxed and he meditates as well. that's what it

one area of the country that's been plagued is this area near wigan.er warning should be fading away as the wetter weather works its way northwards into the north—west corner of scotland. some showers running across other parts of the uk, some clearer skies around as well. not too cold despite the temperatures being disappointing for many of us today. let us move things on to many of us today. let us move things onto8 many of us today. let us move things on to 8 o'clock in the morning heading off to work perhaps into the rush hour. a few showers in south wales up to the bristol channel towards bristol and gloucester. the odd shower further east and in towards bristol and gloucester. the odd showerfurther east and in n towards bristol and gloucester. the odd shower further east and in n the midlands. moving north, much drier weather by the morning across northern ireland. bright sunny starts after the downpours of earlier on. some rain for scotland north of the central belt. that rain not as heavy and it will continue to peter out a bit through the day.

four converted tries, including this from john bateman, and a drop goal had put wigan clear going intothe game, only for it to drift wide. castleford play hull fc this afternoon in the final quarterfinal england strengthened their position at the top of their pool in the hockey world league semifinals with a 7—3 thrashing of malaysia. samuel ward and mark gleghorne scored twice, as did captain barry middleton. as well as reaching the world league finals later in the year, the top five teams qualify for the world cup in india next year. scotland's men are in the other pool. if a 3—0 defeat to the netherlands means they've lost both a busy afternoon of sport.|j a busy afternoon of sport. i know it is sunny and people will be outside, but why not watch the cricket? nottingham open. and then the golf this evening until the early hours of the morning. i have a better plan. play golf, record everything off and watch it later and then watch the golf throughout the night. you are lucky you are not working tomorrow! what is interesting about the sports written is? all of it! -- the sports bulle

four converted tries, including this from john bateman, and a drop goal had put wigan clear going intoll fc this afternoon in the final quarterfinal. england strengthened their position at the top of their pool in the hockey world league semi—finals with a 7—3 thrashing of malaysia. samuel ward and mark gleghorne scored twice, as did captain barry middleton. as well as reaching the world league finals later in the year, the top five teams qualify for the world cup in india next year. scotland's men are in the other pool. a 3—0 defeat to the netherlands means they've lost both of their games so far. nice to see some hockey on the tv, don't thing we do it often enough. indeed, such a success in the olympics. exactly. brilliant, kat, thanks very much. see you in the next hour. how about a bit of sunday morning trivia. where do you think the running shoe was invented? you'd be forgiven if you thought america orjamaica. but the first trainer, designed in 1895, was the brainchild of joe foster from bolton. i kept quiet because i knew the a nswer i kept quiet because i knew the answer but the

continued to see some areas of rain, and one part of the country has been plagued by some showers near wigang northwards across scotland, showers coming in behind, but the wettest weather has been across northern ireland. that weather warning should be fading away as the wetter weather works northwards, up into the north—west corner of scotland. still some showers running across other parts of the uk, clearer skies around as well. not cold overnight, especially the temperatures being disappointing today, 11 or 12 degrees in the morning. this is a dick lock in a morning, heading to work perhaps, into the rush—hour, a few showers into south wales. —— this is eight o'clock in the morning. for many places, across england and wales, it will start dry with some sunshine. dry across northern ireland, a bright and sunny start after the downpours of earlier on. still some rain for scotland north of the central belt, but not as heavy, and it will peter out a bit through the day. a mixture of sunshine and showers across the uk, we will see the main shower risk transferring from the west into the east b

murder investigation is under way after an 18—year—old woman's body was found in a country park in wiganbeen named by police as ellen higginbottom. the discovery was made in orrell water park yesterday, after ellen had been reported missing by family members on friday. police say she had suffered a brutal attack and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. france is voting in the second and final round of the country's parliamentary elections today. president emmanuel macron's party, la republique en marche, which was formed just over a year ago, is predicted to win up to three—quarters of the seats in the national assembly. the bodies of a number of sailors missing after a us naval destroyer collided with a container vessel have been found. an investigation is under way to establish how the collision occurred with the philippine vessel in the middle of the night. a forest fire in central portugal is believed to have killed 57 people. the blaze is spreading though the centre of the country during an intense heatwave. nearly 600 firefighters and 160 vehicles have been di

a 47—year—old man from the wigan area has been arrested on suspicion of murder and he is in custody for in connection with the murder of 18—year—old ellen higginbottom. the chancellor philip hammond, says brexit talks must safeguard the british economy, and that reaching no deal, would be bad for britain. he was speaking ahead of the start of negotiations, with the european commission, due to begin tomorrow. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. voiceover: it was a key reason for calling the election. every vote for the conservatives will make me stronger when i negotiate for britain with the prime ministers, presidents and chancellors in the eu. instead, by losing her majority, negotiations look tougher. on brexit, the prime ministerfaces pressure from all sides. many think the chancellor, who backed remain, is one of those pushing for a moderate approach. today he upped the stakes debate on the need to get a good deal with the eu. no deal would be a very bad outcome for britain, but there is a possible worse outcome, and that is a deal that is deliberately structured to pun

we've also seen areas of rain and one part of the country that has had some heavy showers is near wiganern ireland. the weather warning should be fading away as the wet weather moves north, to the north—west of scotland. still some showers across other parts of the uk and some clear skies as well. not too cold overnight despite the temperatures being disappointing for many of us today, 11 or 12 degrees in the morning. 8am, going to work perhaps into the rush hour, some showers in south wales, running up through the bristol channel towards bristol, perhaps, and showers further east but for many places in england and wales they will start dry with some sunshine. dry weather over northern ireland, a sunny start after the downpours, still some rain in scotland, north of the central belt, but not as heavy and it will continue to beat out through the day. sunshine and showers across the uk. the main showers from the west to the east by the afternoon with more sunshine following on and for a good part of the day it should be dry with some sunny spells and higher temperatures than today, at aro

murder investigation is under way after an 18—year—old woman's body was found in a country park in wiganom. her body was found in oral water park yesterday, after she had been reported missing by family members on friday. a fall in the number of people who own their own home is fuelling inequality in britain, according to a new report. research from the resolution foundation think—tank suggests that 10% of adults own around half of the nation's wealth. our business correspondent, joe lynam, has more. the awful fire at grenfell tower has highlighted for many the issue of inequality in britain. dozens dead in the wealthiest borough in the uk. now an independent think tank has said inequality has worsened since the great recession because fewer people own their own homes. the resolution foundation says property ownership is now spread less evenly than salaries and incomes are. it says the richest 10% of the population own £5 trillion, or half the uk's wealth, while the top 1% own 14% of britain's wealth. by contrast, 15% of adults have no or negative wealth. wealth is arguably the biggest d

and become the new king — the king of wigan! yes! hello? oh, newsnight, you say?r, this is not about me. it's about the policies that you're taking to the people of the united kingdom for this election? can you get us on dragon's den? speak to me! i'm off to hit the big—time. la la la, la la la... he isa he is a shoo—in, isn't he? especially with that jacket. he is a shoo—in, isn't he? especially with thatjacket. would you vote for him? i think he's one of those terrifying tv animals. he looks a bit like basil brush. and he does actually have some little political tropes going on, slightly worrying! i think people can run far less competent election campaigns than that! laughter he certainly had evan on his toes. both of you, thank you very much. it's time for a look at the weather forecast. hello. good evening. a bit of a mixed bag through the day—to—day. the weather fronts working eastwards, a few showers and thunderstorms, spells of rain in wales, but some places managed to see some sunshine. a good afternoon in oxfordshire. into the weekend it looks like there

the other game finished in a draw between wigan and huddersfield.st is the one you want. you lay down a marker and then who knows what will happen. it will bea who knows what will happen. it will be a wonderful occasion. looking forward to it. since it started in finland, it's proved to be hugely successful at getting girls involved in sport. now hobby—horse show—jumping has arrived in the uk. ahead of this weekend's inaugural national championships we sent mike along for a canter round the course. it's the stuff of dreams for seven—year—old 0livia. her imagination running free in a real showjumping ring as she races against the clock, hoping for a clear round ahead of the inaugural national championships. i like jumping because you can go as high as you want and i find that really cool. here we have mike riding breakfast charlie. this horse is a great steed for him. for those of us who cannot afford a horse or have been challenged by lack of riding ability, this is an ideal way of experiencing a showjumping competition. it is my first one ever, and

making sure the longer people don't have access to websites that encourage radicalisation and wigan toagister in the last few weeks about trying to clamp down on websites that mac since manchester. realistically, how much can be done? what have you made of what is being talked about? what is being talked about is in many ways, you have so many countries with so many regimes and laws. on top of that, you have the fact that technology is supranational. the fact that technology is supra national. you say the fact that technology is supranational. you say you are going to crackdown on encryption, but you can't, because somebody will go off and build another app that gets around a law or ignores the law. it isa around a law or ignores the law. it is a big issue and a problem, but a lot of the discourse we are hearing is confrontational. we need to move it forward to say, what are we doing? what our technology companies already doing? and what are they doing? that is besides the one of theresa may's key points. she says, and other politicians have said, these are big companies making a lot o

wigan, borre north, the north—west of england.sure of the vote. david nuttal is pushed out, the rebellious conservative mp is now out, and james frith takes his place. you can see what the change looks like here. labour only needed a 0.4% swing. and they have done that and more. 13% increase in the share of the vote. you can see how handsome that is, from the conservative to labour. one more has just come in. labour are having a very good night in scotland, as are the conservatives, to be fair. a labourgain the conservatives, to be fair. a labour gain from the snp in midlothian on 36% to 34% share of the vote. owen thompson is out. daniel frawley is in. you can see that drop in the snp sharav the vote. both of those parties are up. the lib dems are not making much movement here. so all the share of the vote. the swing is also 11%. we sortjoin enormous swings of up to 40% was the snp last time around. it looks as though labour and the conservatives are starting to make some waves of their own north of the border in scotland with th

notjust in wigan, but in huge parts of the country.ductivity — how much we get out for an hour of work we put in. britain's performance is pretty lamentable. france, germany and the us are way ahead, each producing about 30% more per hour than us. lucky we work long hours, or we'd be way behind them. part of the problem here may be equipment, as well as the skills to use it. in our case, in our small pocket of wigan, i try as much as possible, as the owner of belmont packaging, to ensure the staff have as good a shot as possible to learn more and to skill up, in order to combat the automisation that undoubtedly will happen in years to come. the productivity challenge is huge, but the key point is that challenge is not uniform across the country. so, a big part of this problem is post—industrialisation. it doesn't so much affect the huge cities, it's the secondary cities and the large towns that have struggled to get the investment and struggled to upgrade their skills. it's these places, by the way, that have tended to express disconte