today he officially left wigan, but was signed by rovers.l surprise after reports surfaced that he was heading out of wigan. he was barred by them after video emerged on social media of him abusing bar staff following a night out with his brother. neither joel tomkins nor anyone here has been available to be interviewed by the bbc today, but tomkins who has joined on an 18 month contract is quoted on the website as saying that the move is best for all parties, after having his resignation accepted after having his resignation a cce pted by after having his resignation accepted by the warriors and he adds it has been an embarrassing time and it has been an embarrassing time and it is sad to leave wigan in this way. he says after instructing his agent to find a new club, at few clu bs were agent to find a new club, at few clubs were interested in him, but that coach here at hull kr called him personally and he is grateful to the former australia coach and all here at craven park for helping him to get the deal done. following his move, tomkins

england international joel tomkins says leaving wigan is "embarrassing" and "sad", but he's gratefulor hull kr. tomkins was suspended by wigan, less than two weeks after a video appeared on line of him abusing staff in a bar. today he officially left the warriors, but was signed by his new club. matt dean has more. joel tomkins move to hear at hull is no real surprise after reports surfaced op friday he was heading out of wigan. he was fined and banned by them after video emerged of him abusing bar staff. known has been available to be interviewed by the bbc today but tomkins who has joined on an 18 month contract is quoteded on the website as saying that the move is best for all parties, after having his resignation accepted by the warrior, he as it has been an embarrassing time for him and sad to leave wig none this way. he says after instructing his agent to find a club there were a few other clubs interested but tim sheen called him personally and he is really grateful to the former australia coach and all here for helping him get the deal done. following his move today tom kin i

following abusing bar staff in wigan following a night out with his brother, sam.view but tomkins is quoted on the hull kr website saying the move is best for all parties after having his resignation accepted parties after having his resignation a cce pted by parties after having his resignation accepted by the warriors. he added has been an embarrassing time for him and it is sad to leave wigan in this way. however he says after instructing his agent to find a new clu b instructing his agent to find a new club for him there were —— there we re club for him there were —— there were other clubs interested in him. he's very grateful to the former australia coach at craven park for helping him get the deal done here. following his move, tomkins is in contention for his hull kr debut. they are in action against castleford on saturday and he hopes to draw a line under a period in his career he is desperate to put behind him. after losing in the quarter finals of the french open last week, novak djokovic suggested he might skip the grass court season, but it's been confi

that is what it came down to in last year's quarterfinal, with wigan prevailing by a single point. first breach, through the reach of kevin brown. the tackling game continued, but when you let the brute force of ben murdoch—masila run at you, tackling isn't really an option. josh charnley said he wouldn't celebrate a try against his former team, but in moments like this, it can be easy to forget previous loyalties. josh charnley goes into celebration mode! warriors had to come out fighting, but a forward pass failed to allow any green chutes of revival. those green chutes then turned yellow, as thomas leuluai was sent to the sin—bin, with wigan's chances looking all but over. and then they really were over when declan patton — remember him? — extinguished the ghosts of last year. patton, what a moment that is! warrington get their revenge, then, by a conclusive 23—0, and maybe they'll let themselves dream of a wembley final. craig templeton, bbc news. wales get their rugby union summer tour under way in a few hours' time against south africa in washington, dc. warren gatland has ma

has been facing passengers. —— the labour mp for wigan. tuesday on the 15 amendments suggested by the lords to the eu withdrawal bill. in a letter sent to conservative mps this afternoon, the party's chief whip, julian smith, urged them to make sure they would be in westminster on the day. let's get more on this we can speak to our chief political correspondent, vicki young, who is in westminster for us. it would be a crucial day for the prime minister and the government, that letter from the chief whip, the man who has to make sure that conservative mps are here in parliament at the right time, voting the right way. his letter is full of parliamentaryjargon, but the right way. his letter is full of parliamentary jargon, but it effectively says do not leave your desk, we will have all sorts of very crucial votes, and it will be a late one, we think a 12 hour session as they try to overturn probably most of those defeats that the lords inflicted on this withdrawal bill, when it went through the app house. now, some of those are pretty cruci

that is what it came down to a lesser‘s quarterfinal, with wigan preparing by a single point.s origin who managed the first breach, through the reach of kevin brown. the tackling game continued but when you let the brute force of him or not you, tackling is not really an option. he said he would not celebrate a try against his former tea m celebrate a try against his former team but in moments like this, it can be easy to forget previous loyalties. goes into celebration mode! warriors had to come out fighting. a forward pass allowed to... he was sent to the sin—bin with wigan‘s kansas looking all but over. and then they really were over when the ghosts of lester were extinguished. what a moment that is! boring to get their revenge by a conclusive 23 points— zero. and maybe they will let themselves dream ofa maybe they will let themselves dream of a wembley final. greg templeton, bbc news. wales get their summer tour under way in a few hours' time against south africa. warren gatland has made 13 changes from their six nations win over france in march, with just george north and

the first time warrington have beaten wigan at home in the competition since 1936.bbc two at three o'clock. now some golf. justin rose has the chance to become the golf world number one if he wins the memorial tournament in all hi all. justin rose won last week at the fort worth invitational and will be the world number one if he wins here. he made six birdies the scrappy finish which meant he finished with a three under 69. he's one ahead of tiger woods who got four birdies and an eagle in a four under who got four birdies and an eagle in afourunder par who got four birdies and an eagle in a four under par round of 68. but the round of the day was by rory mcilroy. look at this from the bunker. a bogey free round of eight under par including this eagle. in it goes, he's tied for 11th going into the final round. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc one it is time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look at the sunday papers. with me are the sunday times' sian griffiths and ben chu from the independent. welcome to you both, thank you for being with us. let's

tomkins left wigan after a video of him being drunk and abusive to bar staff appeared on social mediaayers to earn their respect on the field. i haven't got a point to prove anything to do with the incident happened. that was a one—off incident which i commented about in my statement. it was a huge mistake which i made. i'm not proud of it but i've held up my hands and said sorry and i'm going to move on from it now. british number one johanna konta says she feels fortunate to have beaten compatriot heather watson in straight sets at the nottingham open. konta was taken to a tie break in the second set and it took an hour and 39 minutes to get past watson, who's currently ranked 69 places lower. the fourth seed will face slovenia's dalila jakupovic in the quarter—final. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other sports headlines. coryn rivera edged out three—time world champion marianne vos in a thrilling sprint finish to win stage two and move into the overall lead of the women's tour. the american is now 15 seconds clear of britain's dani rowe who came fourth to retain the b

it's their first win over wigan in the competition since 1936. chance to become golf‘s world number one if he wins the memorial tournament. he w011 he wins the memorial tournament. he won last week's ft. worth invitational and will become world number one with victory here. he made six birdies and is one ahead of tiger woods. four birdies and an eagle in a ii—under par round of 68. he was the leader at one point, finished with a couple of bogeys. the round of the day belonged to rory mcilroy. this eagle, straight in it goes. he's tied 11th. that's all the sport, more later. the home secretary sajid javid says he will be arguing for more funding for the police. he's been speaking on the andrew marr show this morning. let's speak to our political correspondent mark lobel. i think it was his first appearance on the andrew marr show since he became home secretary, so under the spotlight. that's right and they covered a lot of areas. one of which is the number of police falling to historically low levels recently. we've had this trend of recorded offe

it's warrington's first home win over wigan in the competition since 1936. two at 3:00pm. justin rose has the chance to become golf‘s world number one if he wins the memorial tournament in ohio. rose, who won last week's fort worth invitational, made six birdies in his third round, but a scrappy finish including three bogeys meant he finished with a 3—under 69. rose in one ahead of tiger woods, who sunk four birdies and an eagle in a li—under par round of 68. the round of the day though belonged to rory mcilroy — a bogey—free round of 8—under par including this eagle on the par—5 fifth. he's11th going into the final round. great britian have won a gold medal this morning at the first rowing world cup of the season in belgrade. tom barras, jonny walton, graeme thomas and john collins were succesful in the men's quadruple sculls. they were trailing germany with 250 metres to go but came through to win by 0.27 of a second to open their season with a win. and with the queen in attendance, it was masar who came home in front to win the epsom derby. charlie appleb

wigan had tommy sin—binned after half time and declan patton's late try gave them the win.t epsom. charlie appleby‘s colt denied the odds—on favourite saxon warrior for a first classic winner for his trainer. masar, ridden by william buick, dominated the 239th running of the race to scoop the £920,000 in prize money. that's all the sport for now. thanks very much. a war of words has broken out between america and china after the us accused the chinese of using military build—up in the south china sea to intimidate its neighbours. china said the comments by us defence secretary james mattis were irresponsible and not worthy of rebuke. mr mattis was speaking at a security summit in singapore. from there, karishma vaswani has sent this report. singapore is playing host to the dialogue this week, and is taking no chances with security. after all, defence ministers and representatives from all over the world are attending the event — including from the united states and china. and whenever the two sides are in the same room, they usually argue about the same thing — china's powe

saints' lead at the top of the super league table is extended to six points ahead of second—placed wiganwakefield remain in sixth. elsehwere tonight there were wins for hull fc, hull kr and warrington. ahead of their tour of england next month, india completed a comphensive 2—0 t20 series win over ireland, with a 143 run victory in dublin. opener kl rahul smashed his way to 70, as india posted 213 from their 20 overs and they skittled ireland out ofjust 70, to complete the victory. india start their t20 series with england on july third at old trafford. and, ben stokes has been named in england's squad for the three—match one—day international series against india which starts on 12july stokes hasn't played since tearing his left hamstring at the start ofjune, but he's due to return as a specialist batsman for durham's t20 match against yorkshire on fifth july. fellow all—rounder chris woa kes misses out though — he's been struggling with knee and quad injuries. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend, thanks for watching. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers w

onto rugby league and joel tomkins has been speaking today about his controversial move from wigan toideo of him being drunk and abusive to bar staff appeared on social media. he admits he made a huge mistake. i have a point to prove. to all of oui’ i have a point to prove. to all of ourfans and i have a point to prove. to all of our fans and fellow players to earn the respect. i have inadequate to prove to do with the incident that happened. that was a article i—hopper incident i commented about. it was a huge mistake which i made. —— a one—off incident. i am not proud of that. i said sorry. i will move on from it now. rory mcilroy is one of many players to have fallen victim to the windy conditions at the us open. the northern irishman is ten over par after his first round at shinnecock hills. good news for england's ian poulter. he shares the clubhouse lead with the usa's scott piercy on one under. but it was the 201! champion mcilroy, along with his playing partners phil mickleson and jordan speith, who really struggled. mcilroy with seven bogeys and three double bogeys in his rou

stephen joash wigans and erica mimes charged with premeditated murder.aniel baker was killed wednesday responding to a call a suspicious car. wigans was arrested after a manhunt. castro miles caught wednesday efrmgts let us tainted with e. coli being blamed with the death of four more across the u.s. that brings the toll to five. one of the five people who died was from california. america's largest e. coli outbreak in a taekd steps from romaine let us in yuma arizona. they say it's unlikely more people will get sick. e. coli sickened nearly two hundred in 35 states. >>> the volcano on hawaii still erupting. officials say it's time for residents in mandatory evacuation areas to leave now. the civil defense agency says people in the areas have until 6:00 tonight to get out. people who stay put in those mandatory evacuation areas are putting their lives at risk because authorities say they will not enter those mandatory evacuation areas to search for anybody who decides they don't want to leave. >>> there are new developments in the story of the 30-year-ol

wigan had someone sin—binned after half—time.g the 239th running of the race to scoop the prize money. in the netball super league, manchester thunder work reckless and attack in a very physical accounts —— physical encounter. player of the match, 53 — 42 victory over the defending champions. the result means manchester thunder move onto a joint second in the table. that is all the support for now. up next is click. -- all support for now. up next is click. —— all the sport for now. a bit of rain, a bit of sun and a lot of books. that's the world—renowned hay festival. once a year, the small town of books, hay—on—wye on the england—wales border, hosts thousands of visitors, ready to fill their boots with fact, fiction, opinion and debate. screams. hay is a great place to hear from authors, and scientists and big thinkers. and, when you've done all that, you can come and see us too. for the third year in a row, we've been invited to show off some cool tech before a live audience. of course, we turn someone into communist revolutio

it's the first time warrington have beaten wigan at home in the competition since 1936.arlie appleby's colt denied the odds—on favourite saxon warrior for a first derby win for the godolphin stable. masar, ridden by william buick, finished strongly in the 239th running of the race to scoop the £920,000 in prize money. it is not surprising that the train and the owners looked pleased because he gets about 10% of that. he has been around for sometime, terrific to see an outsider winning. although not if you the favourite! he didn't. i backed masar. itjust shows that you have to listen to the interviews with the jockeys because they really know what the horse can do. i did listen to all the other jockeys and they also said that their horses had a good chance. i got 22—1 on him and he finished 16-1. an awful lot of sport to watch and write about. thank you for the sports news. now we are going to talk about washing, maybe on a day like today when it is sunny you might put the washing machine on. but putting your clothes on for a quick wash might not save you as much money, o

it's the first time warrington have beaten wigan at home in the competition since 1936.arrior for a first derby win for the godolphin stable. masar, ridden by william buick, finished strongly in the 239th running of the race to scoop the 920 thousand pounds in prize money. who needs that much money when you can get 25 quid? tell us about that. yes, i had a free bet and i thought, i don't know anything about this race particularly, but i heard william buick, who you just saw, smiling indeed blue of godolphin. so i thought i would just take a chance. he gave me a tip. 0ne i thought i would just take a chance. he gave me a tip. one of the richest races in the world. i thought i would have a go, and i won. so the coffee is on me. thought i would have a go, and i won. so the coffee is on melj thought i would have a go, and i won. so the coffee is on me. i want a posh one than that! congratulations. staying with equine matters. it is that time of year when thousands of ramblers step out to enjoy the stunning scenery of the lake district. that is what you were up to last weeken

it's the first time warrington have beaten wigan at home in the competition since 1936.saxon warrior for a first derby win for the godolphin stable. masar, ridden by william buick, finished strongly in the 239th running of the race to scoop the £920,000 in prize money. and the queen looking lovely. not a bad day's work. years ago, i remember! bad day's work. years ago, i remember i did some filming there, and it is like a bucking bronco type thing that they train with. it is obviously not a bucking bronco.|j was going to say, that would be fun training. but it is so phenomenally strong. you have to be really fit to bea strong. you have to be really fit to be a jockey. you do. i watched it yesterday and i saw william buick getting interviewed after he had a victory earlier in the day and they asked him about his chance, and he said, ithink asked him about his chance, and he said, i think it's got a great chance. i have a free bet, i don't know anything about racing, he said he had to chance and it was 22 to one. and then it came. what did you put on it? £2? something like

wigan infirmary alone is a0 short, they cannot get enough british and european doctors to apply and theree strict limits on hiring staff from the rest of the world, but now they will disappear. everybody in they will disappear. everybody in the nhs has been asking, pointing out the logic from one part of the government trying to increase the medical workforce and another part stopping it through the visa cap. it is wonderful this decision has been made but it is a matter of implementing it quickly. visas for doctors and nurses won't count any more towards the total of permits available for highly skilled workers. after a concerted push from the health secretary, the home secretary and others, the rules are being relaxed. it is important to say we are already giving a lot of visas to doctors, but what is frustrating, you find the right person, offer them thejob frustrating, you find the right person, offer them the job and they accept thejob, but person, offer them the job and they accept the job, but because of an arbitrary cap, you cannot bring them in. but it is welcome from other secto

warrington play wigan later. union heads across the atlantic once again tonight, with wales facing south africa in washington. but the head of the premiership rugby is not happy about it. warren gatland will be missing his english—based players for the game in the united states. premiership rugby boss mark mccafferty says the game places an "unnecessary burden" on the clubs and players involved. the five time paralympic champion ellie simmonds has criticised british swimming after she returned to elite action in sheffield last night. simmonds put in a european championship qualification standard performance at the british para—swimming international meet. she'd taken time away after the rio games saying she ‘hated' the sport, and says that the governing body hasn't been there to support her. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. next up, it's click. this week: it's hey from hay. a walkabout in washington. jiggly monsters. hands... that shouty game again. a

warrington are into rugby league's challenge cup semi—finals after beating wigan warrington lost at thisomorrow. lots more on those stories on the bbc sport website. that's it from me. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. goodnight. hello. sunny spells today, 26 celsius in scotland, but thundery downpours for some of us again, some for northern ireland, quite a few for northern ireland, quite a few for scotland, northern and eastern parts of scotland, some flash flooding in a few spots, the thunder and lightning aspect of this decreasing pastels and outbreaks of heavy rainfall parts of northern england and southern scotland overnight. elsewhere becoming dry, the cerys weather in the southern half of england into wales, could be a few mist and fog patches developing, some spots in single figures but most of us at 10—14dc as sunday begins. through this zone of northern england into southern scotland, not just cloudy northern england into southern scotland, notjust cloudy but further outbreaks of rain, only slowly easing as the day goes on. north of the centra

one other line of rugby league news, and joel tomkins has signed for hull kr after being released by wiganined and suspended for being abusive to staff in a bar. football, and gerard deulofeu has signed for watford on a permanent deal. the 2a—year—old played for them on loan from barcelona last year having previously been at everton. he moves to vicarage road for a fee of £11.5m. and cesc fabregas will be part of the bbc‘s coverage of the world cup. the chelsea midfielder won the tournament with spain in 2010, but missed out on the squad this time around. and finally, it's no secret that usain bolt wants to play football following his retirement from athletics, and he had the chance to showcase his talents in soccer aid last night. he did pretty well, too, turning in a man of the match performance and scoring a penalty in the shoot—out for the rest of the world team. his side lost the shoot—out, though. england the winners at old trafford. 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. thank you very much. and some bre

it's nearly halftime in the challenge cup quarter—final between warrington and wigan, wolves lead 8—0 against nigeria at wembley. the rail industry has pledged to get train services in the north of england back on track as quickly as possible, following days of disruption. northern has announced it will be running an emergency timetable until the end ofjuly, with 165 services scrapped. peter marshall has been speaking to passengers in the lake district. replacement buses have been doing brisk service at the start of the lakes line, 0xenholme station near kendall, because trains are few and far between. it's a bit hard for us, being a bit disabled. a long journey ahead of us, we can do without the extra hour that it's cost us. the majority of services between 0xenholme and windermere were cancelled yesterday. for passengers like nick hay, trying to get home to liverpool after a family break in windermere, it's frustrating. i think it's absolutely scandalous. you can see there people here with prams, dogs, we're not getting all the help. anybody here? nowhere. and this could go on for w

wigan infirmary alone is a0 short.doctors to apply, and there were strict limits on hiring staff from the rest of the world, but now they'll disappear. we've been asking for this, everybody in the nhs has been asking, has been pointing out the illogic between one part of the government trying to increase the medical workforce, and another part stopping it through the visa cap. so it's wonderful that this decision has been made. it's a matter of implementing it and implementing it quickly. visas for doctors and nurses won't count any more towards the total of permits available for highly skilled workers. after a concerted push from the health secretary, home secretary and others, the rules are being relaxed. it's important to say that we are already giving a lot of visas to doctors, but what is particularly frustrating is if you find the right person, you offer them a job, they accept the job but because of an arbitrary cap, you're not able to bring that person in. but i think it's also important to say it will be very

their challenge cup quarterfinal, they are 16-0 challenge cup quarterfinal, they are 16—0 up against wiganhour. in around an hour's time, england play nigeria at wembley as they continue their preparations for the world cup in russia. england's first game of the tournament is in 16 days' time when they play tunisia in volgograd. let's go to david 0rnstein who's at wembley for us. with the world cup just around the corner, how will gareth southgate line up his team today? with two weeks to go until the world cup kick—off, i think there will a lwa ys cup kick—off, i think there will always be a bit of scope, competition for places you could say. i feel gareth southgate competition for places you could say. ifeel gareth southgate has settled on his team privately and now is about getting minutes into the legs of his entire squad. that is surely what will see today, because he doesn't have the entire squad available. there are still a couple of players involved in the champions league final with liverpool still to join up with the squad. after today there is one more friendly before the world

warrington play wigan later.ad of the premiership rugby is not happy about it. and as a result, warren gatland will be missing his english—based players for the game in the united states. premiership rugby boss mark mccafferty says the game places an "unnecessary burden" on the clubs and players involved. the five time paralympic champion ellie simmonds has criticised british swimming after she returned to elite action in sheffield last night. simmonds put in a european championship qualification standard performance at the british pa ra—swimming international meet. she'd taken time away after the rio games saying she hated'the sport, and says that the governing body hasn't been there to support her. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather wit hmatt taylor. hello. we have seen clouds spilling off across the near continent today. that has bought cloud spreading northwards and westwards. a few storms dotted around. they will continue to develop, mainly across northern and eastern parts of the country. a f

wigan warriors have suspended forward joel tomkins for four weeks after a video showing him being abusiveappears drunk in the clip, has also been fined £10,000, while brother and team—mate sam, who was with him, has been fined £5,000. the super league club say they will investigate the incident and hold discussions over joel tomkins' future. england lost to south africa in the semi—finals of the rugby sevens series in london. south africa ran in five tries to england's three, including this one from stedman gans, to set up a final with fiji. fiji ran in six tries to beat ireland 38—12 in the other semi—final. that left ireland with the 3rd place place off against england which is just underway, followed by that final between fiji and south africa. wales began their summer tour of north and south america with a win over south africa in washington dc. ryan elias scoring this late try to give wales the win by 22 points to 20. they head to south america now to face argentina next weekend. novak djokovic is taking on fernando verdasco for a place in the french open quarterfinals. there was lit

meanwhile joel tomkins has signed for hull kr after being released by wigan.sez the squad are training at sea level in durban rather than at altitude — on expert advice. england lost the first test against south africa over the weekend. the second test takes place in bloemfontein on saturday. we've made choices before we came here about what was appropriate for ourselves to test at altitude and the advice we received and we received a lot of advice, there are a lot of experts out there, we spoke toa a lot of experts out there, we spoke to a lot of rugby coaches. but that all into our thinking. eight months ago, 12 months ago, this process started and most of the players, most of the coaches as well all agree about doing the training at altitude. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. world cup sports day from thursday. tonight at 6:30 p:m., catherine will be with you for sports day. within the last hour — theresa may has been updating mps on what she described as "very candid" discussions at a "difficult"

it looks try as we head towards the wigan but there is the potential for some showers, particularly downhelp the uk thrive after brexit. after almost two decades of delays, the transport secretary said the controversial £14 billion runway would be in the national interest. it's going to be a battle going forward, there is still strong opposition to this. there's still some difficult stages to overcome. but we are absolutely determined to deliver this project, which we think is crucial to all of our future's. mps will now vote on plans next month, we'll be asking how likely it is that the expansion will finally happen. also on the programme tonight: companies involved in refurbishing grenfell tower are accused of increasing the "pain and uncertainty" of victims' families at the public inquiry. it is inhumane to remain silent, when so many seek understanding and answers. joining forces, newspapers across the north of england call

the labour mp for weekend talking about the disruption she has witnessed. —— wigan.way through here trying to find out if the timetable is having its desired effect. we'll be speaking to the managing director of northern in his first tv interview since the crisis started in just over an hour's time. please get in touch if you have been affected and if you have questions for him. information about people suspected of being under the influence of extremists is to be shared more widely, and more quickly, under a new strategy launching today. in his first major speech as home secretary, sajid javid will announce a change in the government's counter—terrorism strategy to deal with what he calls a shift in the threat faced by the uk. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, has more. pausing to remember one year on. yesterday, an opportunity to reflect on the eight people killed and 48 people injured in the attack on london bridge and borough market lastjune. among the senior politicians, sajid javid, the new home secretary. today, in his first major speech on security si

hull kingston rovers — tomkins left wigan after a video of him being drunk and abusive to bar staffening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. amelia reynolds is in cambridge who can tell us more about a community organisation that is asking for the public‘s help to address the problem of knife crime in luton. rebecca wood's in birmingham where 50 years ago work started on one of the most complicated road junctions in the country — called spaghetti junction. first to amelia. so what's being done related to knife crime and stabbings in luton? it has got national attention. figures out today show that bedfordshire has the fourth highest rate of knife crime in the country, just behind the big urban areas of merseyside, cleveland and the west midlands. there was a stabbing in luton in broad daylight on monday and last month a 20—year—old was stabbed to death with a single knife wound. so the police and the cancer had a big public meeting and hundreds of people went along —— the council. there were questions about what the community has got and where

lisa nandy, your constituents have been affected by this, you are the mp for wigan.tuents have been telling me they are trying to get to work and are finding it impossible. i met with chris grayling yesterday to discuss this, we had the statement in the chamber and i met him directly afterwards, and the truth is he couldn't offer very little comfort to most of my constituents who are struggling to get to work today, unlike the message he gave to teresa vill years, he told me and other mps it would take some time to resolve this. he's commissioned an enquiry but that won't report until the end of the year and we need action sooner of the year and we need action sooner than that. we did try and speak to the boss of northern, and also this offer of compensation, how important is that? it is critical and it was right for the transport secretary to say that northern commuters are at as important as southern commuters. but that will be no comfort to those who have been travelling on dirty, old, overcrowded trains for a long time, who have seen their mps, like me, warning t

one or line of rugby league new, joel tomkins has signed for hull after being released from wigan.on from north africa. a few minutes ago italy's interior minister matteo salvini tweeted "victory" in response to the spanish offer. richard lister reports. marooned in the mediterranean, these are some of the 629 rescued migrants denied entry to the closest european ports, among them, more than 120 unaccompanied children. they were picked up in a series of dramatic rescues off the libyan coast at the weekend. the conditions were difficult. at least 50 were said to be at immediate risk of drowning. after being transferred to the asquares are they were allowed to leave the rescue zone and head north, but they were stuck between two countries both adamant they were not obliged to take them in. we will oblige and work around the legal obligationses that are expected of us, but for the moment it is not the situation. italy's new government backs tougher immigration rule, the interior minister has closed all italian ports to the aquarius, he said today malta takes in nobody, france pushes p

wigan's woes continue in rugby league's super league.wed the neatest footwork to score the pick of wakefield's tries in a 32—16 win. even steph is impressed by that! look at the speed! brilliant, and the footwork as well! just six seconds separate the top three riders at the criterium du dauphine, and they're all from team sky. britain's geraint thomas was edged out in a sprint finish on stage four but he moved into third place overall, with michal kwiatkowski now leading. the team is warming up nicely for next month's tour de france. elke brooks it was! sunshine after the rain. i want to see bluebirds flying, over dover again. a long time ago! a funny old childhood memory. nothing to say! not as long as that felt! someone who has a few songs on his playlist for russia... and finally, football fans from around the world are heading for russia, some taking longer than others. germany fan hubolt wirth and his dog are making the 2,000—milejourney to russia on a 19605 vintage tractor. unfortunately he can only reach a top speed of 20kph, and

tomkins is leaving wigan? him abusing bar staff at a venue in wigan.istory. coach grant bradburn says they need to be given the chance to play more. for watford on a permanent deal. 5 million. coverage of the world cup. but missed out on the squad this time around. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. to attend a mass in dublin led by pope francis in august. for a two—day visit to the irish republic. his first official meeting is with president michael d higgins. he'll then speak at dublin castle and visit a centre for the homeless. mass in phoenix park. as she tries to head off a possible rebellion. to the commons tomorrow. who want the uk economy to remain closely aligned to the eu. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. norman, how was looking? conservative rebels to inflict defeat on the prime minister? defeat on the prime minister? and think anybody knows. think anybody knows. i think is very finely balanced. finely balanced. it's very fluid at the moment. the rebels are still beating. be