while opponents wigan had 19 times the winner.ould give everything in this couch. but they couldn't cope with the start wigan made. 12—0 ahead after 16 minutes. watch the red devils, in black, have had their best season in years and here was the result. i think they got their! i think they got their! they got there all right for a second try in quick succession. when sam tomkins was sin binned together with a penalty from skipper michael dobson, it was beginning to look like the history books to be ignored. but not so. in the warrington weather, the warriors we re warrington weather, the warriors were wonderful in the second 40. scoring a try fitting of their performance. off his boot laces! in the most difficult of conditions! with a dropped goal they led by seven with the matter of minutes remaining. you could be no mistake from salford. like that one. and wigan would punish them. oliver gildart who opened the scoring finished it, too. a brilliant semifinal but the weight of history the and wigan's way. the 31st challenge cup fi

it is a tough task on sunday against wigan.en great but we will be taking on a strong wigan team. tricky season for wigan, just getting into the super eight, why do you think that has been? we have not played as well as we can all expect as the club. we talk about the injuries we have had but when we put 13 players on the pitch, we expect more than what we have given, standards have slipped. i think we have hit a bit of form in the last few weeks and hopefully we will build on that. what would it mean to both of you to reach wembley and the challenge cup final? it is going to be massive. notjust personally but asa club, be massive. notjust personally but as a club, the buyers in itself is really good. —— the buyers. the fans of been reading for this for a long time. to go to wembley as a kid you dream, you set yourself goals and this is one of those calls to get to wembley. to win would be even better. it is obviously massive. massive for the players and like you said, it is obviously a goal when you start your career. the 80 m

leeds rhinos: to close on castleford when they were thumped 311—0 at wigan, but leeds were without 15atch and fielded debutante, harry newman, who at 17, became the first player born this century to compete in the super league. the rhinos' lack of experience showed as they conceded seven tries to wigan — this one from sam tomkins. it was one—way traffic and george williams scored two tries of his own as wigan moved up to seventh. wins too for leigh and hull fc tonight. britain's tom daley is through to the individual 10 metre platform final at the world diving championships in budapest, the event in which he failed to win a medal at the rio olympics. daley qualified for the final with the second highest score as he attempts to claim his first individual world championship gold medal since 2009. fellow brit matty lee is also through. meanwhile, grace reid has finished an impressive fourth in her world championship debut in budapest, in the three metre springboard. reid was the first gb woman to reach the olympic final in this event in rio last year, amd scored a personal best total of

it was one—way traffic and george williams scored two tries of his own as wigan moved up to seventh.ght. britain's tom daley is through to the individual ten metre platform final at the world diving championships in budapest... the event in which he failed to win a medal at the rio olympics. daley qualified for the final with the second highest score... as he attempts to claim his first individual world championship gold medal since 2009. fellow brit matty lee is also through... british diver grace reid has finished an impressive fourth in her world championship debut in budapest... in the three metre springboard. reid was the first gb woman to reach the olympic final in this event in rio last year... and scored a personal best total of 336.70 from her five routines. china's tingmao shi took gold. 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 laura hughes of the daily telegraph and jessica elgot of the guardian. thank you both for coming, we are paying you as much as i

warrington kept alive their hopes of a place in super league's top eight with victory at rivals wigann crossed over for the home side in the first half, with benjaminjullien and ryan atkins replying for warrington. wigan‘s two—point half—time lead was wiped out when ben currie scored in his first game since september 2016 after recovering from a serious knee injury. two successive stefan ratchford penalty goals secured warrington a vital away win. wigan remain four points behind super league's top four, warrington‘s slim hopes of a top—eight finish are alive with one match to play until the super 8s split. steven finn gave middlesex a victory by one wicket over surrey at lord's, they were nine down when he hit the winning runs to take his side past the target they had been set. so we made 158—9. elsewhere victories for essex against somerset and gloucestershire against kent. england have named an unchanged side for the second test against south africa, which starts tomorrow at trent bridge. they won the opening match by 211 runs inside four days, a fantastic start forjoe root in his f

scoring the first and final tries for wigan, in a thrilling semi final.nal day of the world swimming championships in budapest to take their total medal tally to seven. today's silver came in the men's 4x100m medley relay final. the relay team included adam peaty, who had already won two individual gold medals. great britain finish the competition in second place overall, behind the usa. ferrari's sebastian vettel has won the hungarian grand prix, while lewis hamilton finished in fourth place. hamilton honoured a promise made earlier in the race to his team—mate valtteri bottas and allowed the finn to overtake him and finish in third place. that result means vettel has extended his formula one world championship lead over the british driver to 14 points. details of the day's other sports stories are on the bbc sport website, including the draw for the second round of the scottish league cup. that's all for now from the bbc sport centre. now back to sophie in belgium. the battle of passchendaele — one of the bloodiest of world war i — began 100 years ago t

it would be wigan 31st challenge cup final appearance while hull are the current holders.ck. we gave them too much ball. the second half we were in control for most of it. great britain picked up the seventh and final medal of the swimming championship with silver in the four by 100m medley relay. the team beating the usa was tough. two—time breaststroke champion adam peaty dragged britain back into contention with a stunning second leg but ultimately the americans proved too strong as scott held off russia to finish second. i put everything into that and it hurt like something else but having these boys on the backend iam but having these boys on the backend i am grateful and lucky to be part of this team some glad i made it to the end of the week. james, within one second of the americans, it is one second of the americans, it is on for a gold medal in a few years' time? yes, three years' time, it is such a small team coming through, we are getting faster and faster each year, a great end to the week. the worlds richest one day cycle race was decided by a sprint. that's

yet they couldn't cope with the start wigan made. 12—0 ahead after 16 minutes.cession. when sam tomkins was sin binned together with a penalty from cobra michael dobson, it was beginning to look like the history books could be ignored. not so. in the wet weather, the warriors were wonderful in the second 40, scoring a try fitting of their performance. with a dropped goal, they led by seven. a matter of minutes remaining. could be no from salford. like that one. and wigan would punish them. oliver gildart, who opened the scoring, finished it, too. a brilliant semifinal but the weight of history... the 31st challenge cup final. we dominated the first 20 minutes and then went a bit slack. we gave them too much... me going off ten minutes didn't help. later this afternoon great britain's adam peaty will attempt to win his third gold, medal in the 4 by 100 medley relay final at the world championship in budapest. the british women also qualified in this event max litchfield qualified second fastest for the final of the 400 metres individual medley but narrowly missed

rugby league's challenge cup final will see wigan warriors take on hull f.c.cored the first and final tries for wigan in a fascinating match that saw salford fight back but ultimately lose 27 points to 1a. salford fight back but ultimately in just over an hour's time england will face france in the quarterfinals of the women's euros, a side that's beaten england in the past three major tournaments. 0ur correspondent katie gornall is in deventer. how likely is it england can reach the semi finals? think after germany, the ho we re i think after germany, the holders, were knocked out by denmark early in the day, a shock result, anybody will believe anything is possible. history is against germany. —— history is against england, they have not beaten france in a long time. but there is now a belief that hasn't existed before. the coach said yesterday that even if he thinks his team are not at their best they can still beat france. he can understand his confidence. his tea m can understand his confidence. his team have sailed through the group. three out of three v

despite dominating early on, wigan were behind at half time, before finishing strongly.gan‘s 31st challenge cup final appearance, while hull are the current holders. great britain picked up silver in the men's a by 100 metres relay today at the world swimming championships — their seventh and final medal. the team of chris walker—hebborn, adam peaty, james guy and duncan scott knew beating the usa would be tough and it was. but two—time breaststroke world champion adam peaty dragged britain back into contention with a stunning second leg but ultimately the americans proved too strong, as scott held off russia to finish second. norway's alexander kristoff has won the ride london—surrey classic. after 116 miles of racing, the world's richest one day cycle race was decided by a bunch sprint on the mall. kristoff held off a late charge from denmark's magnus cort nielsen in second. that's all the sport for now. i will be discussing the newspapers inafew i will be discussing the newspapers in a few minutes. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages: the lead in the ti

they will meet the winner of sunday's semifinal between wigan and sa lfo rd.s all the sport for 110w. salford. that is all the sport for now. more in the next hour. two men have been arrested by police investigating two separate rape attacks on a schoolgirl. the 14—year—old was assaulted in a secluded part of birmingham's witton railway station on tuesday night. when she flagged down a passing carfor help, she was attacked a second time. detectives say the arrests relate to the first assault. they are still hunting another man, who is described as thick—set, with large biceps. the family of rashan charles, who died in hackney in east london after police apprehended him last weekend, have appealed for calm after a night of violence there. bottles and fireworks were thrown at police following a demonstration. the independent police complaints commission is investigating the death of mr charles, who was 20 years old. richard lister reports. chanting: what do we want? justice. when do we want it? now! the tension had been building all week, but yesterday afternoon

one other rugby league line for you — wigan will face hull fc in australia in 2018 in the first superutside europe. the two sides will face each other in wollongong next february. adam peaty was left stunned by his own performances as he continues to set the standard for great britain at the world aquatics championships. the olympic champion beat his own world record in the 50 metre breaststroke twice in one day, becoming the first person to swim the event in less than 26 seconds. he goes in the final after 5pm, looking to set an even faster time. some breaking news. you can follow but on the bbc sport website. novak djokovic who retired injured from wimbledon with a shoulder problem says he won't be playing again in 2017. we will have more on that later on this afternoon on our website. back to the main news of the day and one of our main stories... the uk economy grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of this year, official figures show. it's thought the growth was due to a booming film industry and support from the services sector. earlier the economist patrick minford spoke to the bbc

the scores were level on the hour mark, but wigan dominated the final 20 minutes. games to go before the super 8s. now, both of you may enjoy this. every footballer dreams of scoring a wonder goal. so remember the name noah williams. he scored this stunning goal this afternoon in the final of an under nine's tournament in bristol. it was the second goal in a 2—0 win for his pg ten academy team from cardiff. do you think you intended that? should we give it to him? look at all of the parents and everyone on the sidelines there. this is his tea m the sidelines there. this is his team ‘s parents on the near side and the opposition on the far side because they are stonefaced. they did not even react. if that fantastic? !. did not even react. if that fantastic?!. and did not even react. if that fantastic? ! . and that did not even react. if that fantastic?!. and that is a fair hit foran fantastic?!. and that is a fair hit for an under nine. he needs to be snapped up by the premier league. thank you. we have seen on the programme for the last week the wimbledon mug, the

the scores were level on the hour mark, but wigan dominated the final 20 minutes.gton in ninth spot with two games to go before the super 8s. interestingly, when you spoke their you were talking about the unbelievable amounts of that soccer player. we spotted this earlier, that messi has netted a deal worth £1 million a week. annual ranges of £50.8 million and a four—year contract. it will make him a millionaire. but, you earn1 million euros, what do you do with it? how do you spend it? i would certainly try. thank you very much indeed, jess. mobile phone detectors, sniffer dogs and drug testing — just some of the ways the government is trying to combat criminal activity behind bars. it says that the seizure of over 200 kilograms of drugs and 13,000 phones from prisons in england and wales point to better detection rates, but acknowledges more still needs to be done to tackle the problem. peter dawson is the director of the charity, the prison reform trust and joins us now. good morning to you. the government says that this is unacceptable. why is so much contraban

the scores were level on the hour mark, but wigan dominated the final 20 minutes.gton in ninth spot with two games to go before the super 8's. now, every footballer dreams of scoring a wonder goal in their career. for some it happens on the big stage, for others maybe it's in the local park or during a 5—a—side game. so this one will be replaying a few times in a certain little boy's head this morning. this stunning goal was scored by noah in the final of an under nine's tournament in bristol. his side won 2—0. not sure if he actually intended it, but who knows? va nessa! vanessa! to me, no offence, noah, it looks like you are clearing your lines, rather than aiming for the goal. do we care? that was fantastic! that means, if it is well under nines, he was probably eight? lovely to see that. you mentioned bonkers money, lionel messi, front page of the sunday times. how would you spend that? brea kfast times. how would you spend that? breakfast mug? breakfast mug challenge has been a real hit. andy murray is top of the lead. he got as many tennis balls into the mug

and champions wigan, who by their usual standards, have been having a poor season, beat widnes 28—12,an eight—game run without a win in super league. an australian former schoolteacher, jeff horn, has stand the boxing world by defeating former world champion manny pacquiao. after an incredible 12 rounds which included eight cuts to both fighters, jeff horn won on points to secure the wbo title. they were celebrating in front of 50,000 fans in brisbane. but the future of pacquiao looks a lot less certain. that's the sport for now. more on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. it is now time for meteor vergne. —— it is now time for meteor vergne. —— it is now time for meteor vergne. —— it is now time for meet the author. the irish writer paula mcgrath‘s novel, a history of running away, is about three women separated by time and place, who are all trying to escape the circumstances of their lives. they're all connected although we don't know how at the start of the book and their stories are about a society that seems to thwart them at every turn, but then perhaps begins to offer

wigan completed their regular super league season with a crushing 34—0 victory over leeds wigan had already leigh and hull fc, who move up to third. after a half century, in his first game back for surrey, kevin pietersen was brought back down to earth last night. struggling with a calf injury, he madejust nine, in their latest t20, blast game against middlesex. in his nine ball innings, he also found time to run out one of his teammates. surrey did manage to win though by 15 runs. but, yes, a bit embarrassing. last weekend, we had the british grand prix at silverstone. this weekend, it is the british speedway grand prix in cardiff. tai woffinden is in fifth place going into it. it should be fantastic. his press briefings gave birth to the phrase "alternative facts" and led to much mocking on social media, but sean spicer‘s brief but turbulent time as the face of president trump's administration is over. mr spicer quit his role as the white house press secretary, reportedly in response to an organisational shake—up. so where does that leave the trump administration? we'll look at the implic

wigan completed their regular super league season with a crushing 34—0 victory over leeds wigan had alreadyewhere for leigh and hull fc, who move up to third. now on a weekend, when england and scotland's women play their second matches at euro 2017, are the stars of tomorrow, completely in the dark about their potential ? if you're too embarrassed or self conscious to take up football, would you be more encouraged to, if no—one could see you. that's the thinking behind a new league, which has taken off around the uk. i've been to join stoke city's women to find out more. we are all dressed up with facepaint on. some more than others, admittedly. we are ready for kick off. it seems like an ordinary game at the moment. all of that changes with the flick of a switch. it all started with glow badminton and squash, then football a few years ago in stoke. it has spread to the north and other parts of the country as well it is three factors, playing with your friend, the as well it is three factors, playing with yourfriend, the music is playing. it is great. no one cares about how you look, every

their opponents will come from tomorrow's other semi final between wigan warriors and salford.in 2016 takes on the team that won it in the two years before, you sense this was a challenge cup semifinal that could not really live up to expectations and so it proved —— afinal -- a final -- —— a final —— a semifinal that could really live up to expectations. as leeds got off to the best possible start. behold the allders showed their owners star quality. look at that! bale fell for it. there is no sense of misdirection when it comes to that man hall though, more magnificence from him. 220th rhino stride. —— rhino‘s try. that was as good as it got for leeds. hull hit back twice. six points their lead at the break which they extended significantly in the second a0. it is the way hull do things. kallum watkins does his thing is the only way to come he kept the match alive with a terrific try bidder would make little difference in the end. hull had much. jamie shaul, the flaw is yours. he is on his way. jamie shaul, it is a beautiful try. a beautiful moment. wembley, here they come. t

wigan completed their regular super league season, with a crushing 34—0 victory over leeds.d hull fc who move up to third. after a half century, in his first game back for surrey, kevin pietersen was brought back down to earth last night. going into their t—20 blast game against middlesex he was struggling with a calf injury and that may have been on his mind when he set off for a run but changed his mind, leaving his australian team—mate aaron finch stranded halfway down the pitch and unable to get back before being run out. pietersen then only made four. surrey did manage to win though by 15 runs. now in football and on a weekend when england and scotland's women play their second matches at euro 2017, i've been to stoke to join some young women who are playing a new form of the game which is played in the dark. well, we're all dressed up with our face paints on. some more than others admittedly. it seems like an ordinary six aside indoor game. all that changes with the flick of a switch! it all started with badminton glow squash two years ago. glow football started up in

wigan completed their regular super league season with a crushing 34—0 victory over leed5.ter a half century in his first game back for surrey, kevin pietersen was brought back down to earth last night. going into their t20 bla5t game against middlesex he was struggling with a calf injury and that may have been on his mind when he set off fora run, but changed his mind, leaving his australian team—mate aaron finch stranded halfway down the pitch and unable to get back before being run out. pietersen was then out for four. surrey did manage to win though by 15 runs. in cardiff it is the british 5peedway grand prix. that's it cardiff. now, in football and on a weekend when england and scotland's women play their second matches at euro 2017, i've been to stoke to join some young women who are playing a new form of the game which is played in the dark. well, we're all dressed up with our face paint5 on. some more than others admittedly! wr ready for kick off. it seems like an ordinary 5ix a5ide indoor game. all that changes with the flick of a switch! it all started with glow b

wigan warriors securing their place in super league's super eights after beating catalan dragons.k in up the visitors out of reach. week in up to seventh, the catalan dragons are ten. let's head tojohannesburg where in the world cup qualifiers where ireland drew 1—1 with japan in their opening match of the world league semi—finals in johannesburg. roisin upton opened up the scoring for the irish with ninety seconds left in the third quarter converting a well worked short corner. japan struck back with ten minutes left in the game.shihori 0ikawa scored a drag flick to draw the match level 1—1.

hull will meet the winner of today‘s semifinal between wigan and salford.as we can and we did that today. you got married and now you are in the final. ijust told my mrs and i don‘t know which saturday was best, this one or last! it is a fantastic achievement with fantastic players. jonny brownlee‘s hopes of becoming world triathlon champion looking in doubt after coming fourth last night. spain‘s defending champion w011 night. spain‘s defending champion won the race and he is on course to successfully defend his title again. that is all the sport. more in the next hour. a record number of criminals have had their sentences increased under a scheme which allows members of the public to ask for them to be reviewed. last year, 141 criminals in england and wales had their sentences increased. the government says it wants to extend the scheme to include a number of terror—related charges. with me now from our studio in birmingham is philip ingram, security expert and former senior intelligence officer. can we concentrate on the government intention to introduce

sofitel comeback from 12—0 down to leave wigan by four points to 12.n hour. it claimed the lives of around 2115 thousand allied troops , over approximately 100 days of heavy fighting , to achieve an advance of less than five miles. the battle of passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud that filled the trenches. this weekend events are being held in belgium to mark the battle‘s centenary. 0ur correspondent ben brown is in ypres to watch those commemorations and joins us now... the events get under way this evening started with the last post. let's talk a bit about the battle which raged for three months, the british and allied troops making gains in terms of territory of some five miles. it was a battle where the troops who marched through here at the front line had to face not only machine guns, shells, mustard gas and emerging mentioned as well and some of them just to stay alive burrowed underground and now there is one dugout that has been opened to the public and anita church not farfrom here to the p

salford take on wigan tomorrow last year's winners, hull fc, face leeds rhinos, at doncaster‘s keepmoats jab they were almost on playable at times. a really physical team and with a strong. if things go well for them on game day, they become a really difficult in to beat. but then, i would say the same about us. we sampled success last season and i think, you know, if we can back that up think, you know, if we can back that up second time around, that will be a real segment for the club and a visit, the direction that would want to be heading towards, constantly pushing for silverware. if we can come together as a collector, this cup is what we'll be striving for. one of britain's wimbledon champions jordanne whiley has announced she's pregnant. what's more she's announced that she knew she was expecting throughout wimbledon when she and her playing partner, won the wheelchair doubles title for the fourth year running. she has tweeted a picture of her latest scan saying "had a little help at wimbledon this year." her baby is due injanuary. ahead of the world athletics championships, whi

to build a healthy lead before bowling the tourists out and take a two one lead in the series play wiganexcellent game to decide who will reach the challenge cup final at wembley. a big night ahead for england at the women's european championships. they're in quarter final action against france at quarter to eight. the winners will meet the hosts, netherlands in the semi finals. england haven't won against france since mark sampson took over in 2013, and have been beaten by them in their last three major tournaments, but that's a record they're confident they can change. what the england team are really building asi what the england team are really building as i mentioned, they beat germany two years ago for the first time ever, in friendlies are major tournaments regardless so it is just another kind of same mindset, it is nothing different for this one game, it is part of that momentum and building process that he and the tea m building process that he and the team have been a part of for the last six months i have seen the mentality and real sort of internal drive step up again. germa

despite dominating early on, wigan were behind at half—time.earance, while hull are the current holders. great britain have ended the world swimming championships in hungary with seven medals, after the men's ax100 metre relay team won silver yesterday. double world champion adam peaty dragged the british team back into contention with a stunning breaststroke leg, and they were able to hold off a strong russian team to finish second to the usa. it is a third medal of the week for peaty, who believes he can go even faster still. everyone has got some areas to work on. obviously i get a lot of criticism for my start, and it is a good job i am good at the other 90% of the swim but that 10% is now what iam going of the swim but that 10% is now what i am going to pick up that amazing time that i need. i will be even more ruthless than i have been last year. i have picked up 0.3 from rio enters the 100, and the progression is very good for me —— into the 100. a three—day festival of cycling on the streets of surrey and london ended with an elite even

they will face either wigan warriors or salford in the final.ungarian grand prix from fourth place on the grid as he tries to overtake his rival for the world title, sebastian vettel. and it is vettel who will start on pole tomorrow with his ferrari team—mate, kimi raikkonen in second. hamilton isjust one point behind vettel in the world championship standings but he has won the hungarian grand prix five times. ben proud and james guy have both won bronze medals at the world swimming championships in budapest today to take great britain's medal tally to six. proud, who had already won gold in the 50metre butterfly finished in third place today in the freestyle final of the same distance. while james guy added bronze in the 100 metre butterfly to his relay gold medal. the favourite enable, ridden by frankie dettori won the prestigious king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot. dettori went on a strict diet to get down to the required weight of eight stone seven pounds to ride the three—year—old filly but it paid off with this win adding

hull will meet the winner of tomorrow's semi—final between wigan and salford. sure we defend that trophy as hard as we possibly can and we did that today. quite a week for you, you got married a few days ago and now in the challenge cup final?” married a few days ago and now in the challenge cup final? i told my mrs, i don't know what's better, last saturday or this, fantastic achievement with some fantastic players. that's all the sport for now. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages of the sunday papers. the observer leads with president trump's decision to sack his chief of staff causing nervousness among republicans. the sunday telegraph headlines an ally of borisjohnson attacking the chancellor philip hammond's approach to brexit. the sunday times has a report on the lives of teenage british girls who run away to join so—called islamic state. the mail on sunday says that princess diana's brother has called on channel 4 not to broadcast her video diaries, which are due to air next week. the sunday express also focuses on princess diana, claiming

salford take on wigan tomorrow but this afternoon, last year's winners, hull fc, face leeds rhinos, athull have lost the last eight meetings between the sides. they are unplayable at times. if they decide and if things go well for them on game day, they become a difficult team to beat. but then i will say the same about us. one of britain's wimbledon champions jordanne whiley has announced she's pregnant. what's more she's announced that she knew she was expecting throughout wimbledon when she and her playing partner, won the wheelchair doubles title for the fourth year running. she has tweeted a picture of her latest scan saying "had a little help at wimbledon this year." her baby is due injanuary. final practice is underway ahead of qualifying for the hungarian grand prix. red bull look rejuvenated this weekend with daniel ricardo topping the timesheets in both of friday's practice sessions. qualifying gets underway at one o'clock with lewis hamilton hoping to equal michael schumacher‘s record of 68 career pole positions. ahead of the world athletics championships which start next fr

hull will meet the winner of today's semifinal between wigan and salford.n about all season, making sure we defend the trophy as hard as we can, and we did that today. it's been quite a week for you, you got married a few days ago, now you are in the challenge cup final? i told my missus i can't decide which saturday was best, this one or the last. i am over the moon, a fantastic achievement by some fantastic players. after going on a crash diet of water and white fish to get down to the necessary weight to ride the horse ‘enable', frankie dettori won the prestigious king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot. he'd already ridden the three—year—old filly to win the oaks and the irish 0aks, and the effort of getting down to eight stone seven was all worth it... the 5—4 shot, trained byjohn gosden, cruised to victory. today is the final day of the ladies‘ scottish 0pen at dundonald links. australia's karrie webb isjoint top of the leaderboard, on six under par alongside sie young kim. georgia hall is the leading british contender injoint sixth place,

he joins me on webcam from wigan. what will this mean to your area and the people you represent?contracts for business to go for. it is the unlocking of the shoot constraints we have at the present moment in time ona we have at the present moment in time on a laugh of the major transport routes between manchester and london and birmingham. and east and london and birmingham. and east and west across the north of england. projects like this are needed. years of underspend from the yea rs of needed. years of underspend from the years of underinvestment. about time there has been some positive news on this. we welcome the announcement today. it will not kick in until 2026. quite a way off until the first trains are running. does that disappoint you? the time does disappoint, but only in line with major infrastructure projects in the uk. nearly £7 billion worth of contracts awarded to date, which actually start next year. not the case that you only see economic benefit from this until 2026 onwards. the economic benefits will start to come through, certainly in the next 12 months. yes

salford take on wigan tomorrow, but this afternoon, last year's winners, hull fc, face leeds rhinos,des. they are capable of being almost unplayable at times. they have a really physical team. if they want to do it, and if they decide to do it, and things go well for them, they can beat the best. but i would say the same about us. england's suffered an agonising defeat, in the wheelchair rugby league world cup final. leading by a couple of points, with just over two minutes remaining, hosts, france, scored to repeat their victory over england in the final four years ago. it looks set to be an intriguing battle for pole position this afternoon when qualifying gets under way for the hungarian grand prix after red bull's, daniel ricciardo was fastest in practice yesterday. three—time world champion, lewis hamilton, wasn't far off the pace, but his mercedes car didn't look as dominant as it has in recent weeks. fellow briton, jolyon palmer, had a day to forget, though, crashing twice with his f1 future becoming increasingly uncertain. american, christie kerr, leads the women's scottish o

hull will meet the winner of today's semifinal between wigan and salford.id that today. it's been quite a week for you, you got married a few days now you are in the challenge cup final. married a few days now you are in the challenge cup finallj married a few days now you are in the challenge cup final. i can't decide which saturday was best, this one last. i am over the moon, a fantastic achievement by some fantastic achievement by some fantastic players. after going on a crash diet of water and white fish to get down to the necessary weight to ride the horse ‘enable', frankie dettori won the prestigious king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot. he'd already ridden the three—year—old filly to win the oaks and the irish oaks, and the effort of getting down to eight stone seven was all worth it... the 5—4 shot, trained by john gosden, cruised to victory... and finally let's go back to the womens euros where they'll be one extra quarterfinal today after germany's clash with denmark was postponed after torrential rain in rotterdamn. shall we have on

one other match to tell you about, champions, wigan, who by their usual standards, have endured a terribleol teacher, jeff horn, has stunned the boxing world by defeating the filipino world champion manny pacquiao. after an incredible 12 rounds, that included a number of deep he is happy. the future for 38—year—old pacquiao now looks unclear... controlling that gap, that distance, it really made it a lot easier to see his punches coming and i could just easily step back and dodge a few of them and then counter with my own. so that aspect, which isjust the size difference of both of us, was a big advantage. i believed in myself before, but now i have done something like this, i have climbed pacquiao mountain, as i like to call it. now i have to look at the other quys it. now i have to look at the other guys that are of there as well, which is cute sermon, earl spence, they are two targets on the list as well, i guess. that is a man who looks like he has been in a fight. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. and we'll have much mor

hull will meet the winner of today's semi—final between wigan and salford.it has been quite a week for you, married a few days ago and now you are in a challenge cup final. i have told my missus i don't know which is best, last saturday or this one. after going on a crash diet of water and white fish to get down to the necessary weight to ride the horse ‘enable', frankie dettori won the prestigious king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot. he'd already ridden the three—year—old filly to win the oaks and the irish 0aks, and the effort of getting down to eight stone seven was all worth it. the 5—4 shot, trained byjohn gosden, cruised to victory. isaid we i said we had a wet weather seemed for you, let's return to the women's euros. the match was delayed and have a look of the ground staff here... how e! he is on his back!l very wet condition that. i know we should not laugh but this has cheered me up no end this morning. was at about ten o'clock last night when the decision was made to cancel the match which is, you know, for this and is that is a lo

salford take on wigan tomorrow, but this afternoon last year's winners, hull fc, face the leeds rhinosast eight meetings between the sides. it looks set to be an intriguing battle for pole position this afternoon, when qualifying gets under way for the hungarian grand prix, after red bull's daniel ricciardo was fastest in practice yesterday. three—time world champion lewis hamilton wasn't far off the pace, but his mercedes car didn't look as dominant as it has in recent weeks. fellow britonjolyon palmer had a day to forget, though, crashing twice, with his f1 future becoming increasingly uncertain. one of britain's wimbledon champions, jordanne whiley, has announced she's pregnant. what's more, she's announced that she knew she was expecting throughout wimbledon when she and her playing partner won the wheelchair doubles title for the fourth year running. she has tweeted a picture of her latest scan, saying, "had a little help at wimbledon this year." her baby is due injanuary. we wish her well, a lovely story. show the match so she did our mug challenge as well! it is the world athlet

salford take on wigan tomorrow, but this afternoon last year's winners, hull fc, face the leeds rhinosull have lost the last eight meetings between the sides. we sampled success, obviously, last season, and if we can bring it back second time round, it will be a real statement for the club, and obviously the direction that we want to be heading towards, you know, continuing to push for silverware. at the beginning of the year, as you come together as a collector, this cup is what you are striving for. england's suffered an agonising defeat in the wheelchair rugby league world cup final. leading by a couple of points with just over two minutes remaining, hosts france scored to repeat their victory over england in the final four years ago. it's one of the most daring and spectacular sports of all, and this weekend the top acrobats in the country are in liverpool for the british rhythmic and acrobatic gymanstic championships. the team are fresh from picking up a gold medal at the world games last week, and i went to the new spelthorne gym in middlesex to find out how what they do is human

hull will meet the winner of today‘s semi—final between wigan and salford. it has been quite a week for you, married a few days ago and now you, married a few days ago and now you are in a challenge cup final. you, married a few days ago and now you are in a challenge cup finallj have told my lady i don‘t know which is best, last saturday or this one. after going on a crash diet of water and white fish to get down to the necessary weight to ride the horse ‘enable‘, frankie dettori won the prestigious king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes at ascot. he‘d already ridden the three—year—old filly to win the oaks and the irish 0aks, and the effort of getting down to eight stone seven was all worth it. the 5—4 shot, trained byjohn gosden, cruised to victory. is that an official diet? no, it was specifically in preparation for this particular race, wasn‘t it? specifically in preparation for this particular race, wasn't it? yes. he had to get down to eight stone seven. so it is one of those things that you do not try at home? yes. like those people who drink wate

salford take on wigan tomorrow, but this afternoon, last year's winners, hull fc, face leeds rhinos,f being almost unplayable at times. they have a really physical team. if they want to do it, and if they decide to do it, and things go well for them, they can do the best. but i would say the same about us. england's suffered an agonising defeat, in the wheelchair rugby league world cup final. leading by a couple of points, with just over two minutes remaining, hosts, france, scored to repeat their victory over england in the final four years ago. american, christie kerr, leads the women's scottish open after round two by one shot. the world number 14, who has two major championship wins to her name, hit three birdies and almost one eagle here on the 14th. england's georgia hall is the best place briton. she's level par with a share of seventh on the leaderboard. it's one of the most daring and spectacular sports of all, and this weekend, the top acrobats in the country are in liverpool, for the british rhythmic and acrobatic gymnastic championships. the team are fresh from picking up

their opponents will come from tomorrow's other semi final between wigan warriors and salford.mifinal that could not really live up to expectations and so it proved as leeds got off to the best possible start. every is dry and much always cordon was more the here. behold the allders showed their owners star quality. look at that! bale fell for it. there is no sense of misdirection when it comes to that man hall though, more magnificence from him. 220th rhino stride. that was as good as it got for leeds. hull hit back twice. six points their lead at the break which they extended significantly in the second 40. a kick. it is the way hull do things. kallum watkins does his things. kallum watkins does his thing is the only way to come he kept the match alive with a terrific try bidder would make little difference in the end. hull had much. jamie shaul, the flaw is yours. he is on his way. jamie shaul, it is a beautiful try. a beautiful moment. wembley, here they come. they had not beaten leeds in eight attempts, today was a very different story far hull. 43—20 42 the 2016 winners.

other first round games see wakefield travel to huddersfield, hull fc host salford and leeds take on wiganfrica in the third test at the oval which starts tomorrow. they'll have debutant tom westley in the side, who comes in to replace the injured gary ballance. the essex batsman will be making his england debut at the age of 28. it's probably started to sink in now, it's been quite a surreal few days. i suppose it's just the build—up really. come thursday i'm going to be nervous, as expected, but i think the challenge for me is to replicate what i've been doing for essex and hopefully do that for england. that is all the sport for now. back with more in the next hour. let's talk a little more about the government's plans to ban at the end of next month it will be 20 years since the death of diana princess of wales — an anniversary marked by her sons this week when they spoke in an itv documentary. at her funeral — watched by millions all over the world — the eulogy was delivered by her brother earl spencer, words that were more direct than anyone had expected, and which are even been taug

salford take on wigan tomorrow.oon, last year's winners, hull fc, face leeds rhinos, at doncaster‘s keepmoat stadium. rhinos w011 doncaster‘s keepmoat stadium. rhinos won the competition in 2014 and 2015, while hull have lost the last eight meetings between the sides. we sampled success last season and i think looking back that will be a real statement for the club for the second time round. obviously the direction we want to be heading towards, continuously pushing for silverware. when you come together asa silverware. when you come together as a collective, this cup is what we are looking for. one of britain's wimbledon champions jordanne whiley has announced she's pregnant. what's more she's announced that she knew she was expecting throughout wimbledon when she and her playing partner, won the wheelchair doubles title for the fourth year running. she has tweeted a picture of her latest sca n she has tweeted a picture of her latest scan saying "had a little help at wimbledon this year." her babyis help at wimbled