lisa nandy, shadow foreign secretary and mp for wigan, thank l secretary and mp for wigan, thank youigures on coronavirus showjust over 1,979 new infections recorded in the past 2a hours and five deaths. people who tested positive for coronavirus within the 28 days before their death. on vaccinations — the number of people who have had a firstjab has risen above 36 and a half million, that's nearly 70% of the uk's adult population. over 20 million people have had both doses and that is getting close to a0% of all adults fully vaccinated. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are broadcaster henry bonsu and digbyjones, former trade minister. bonsu and digbyjones, stay with us for that on bbc news. a couple of important matches tonight — just over 2,000 fans were at bournemouth's championship playoff semifinal first leg against brentford. they won 1—0, the home side. brentford should have taken a to west london. somehow missing the target. the second leg is

haifa everybody says where is wigan, so it's now wigan are.— it's now wigan are.ng about seeing plenty of. feeling about seeing plenty of british tourists?— feeling about seeing plenty of british tourists? really looking forward to it. _ british tourists? really looking forward to it. i'm _ british tourists? really looking forward to it. i'm presuming i british tourists? really looking j forward to it. i'm presuming as british tourists? really looking - forward to it. i'm presuming as they forward to it. i�*m presuming as they get on the flights, they have to have already had the vaccine, presumably the second jab, and even though they don�*t have to take a test to get over here i think that in itself should be sufficient protection for the people over here. brits don�*t have to have been jabbed to get on the flight to spain, you don�*t have to have had bothjobs. that�*s probably false information, just from what i�*ve been reading. again, we are not overly concerned because we are still doing all the distancing, mask wearing, sanitising. everybody is really clued

wigan replace st helens at the top — after their unbeaten start came to an end.aloney scoring 12 points, including this try. warrington beat castleford 38—14 in the day's other game. switching codes to rugby union and toulouse have made history by becoming the first club to win the european cup for a record fifth time — after beating la rochelle 22-17. in a cagey first half, there was one big moment — levani botia becoming the first player to be sent off in a european final for this high tackle. despite the red card, la rochelle led 12—9 — but toulouse scored the first try — juan cruz mallia going over. la rochelle did score a try of their own late on — but it was too late to affect the result. toulouse winning the trophy for the first time since 2010. now, the monaco grand prix returns this weekend after it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. and the fans have already had plenty to cheer about in the principality. monaco—born charles leclerc taking pole at his home race for the first time. but a dramatic ending saw lewis hamilton end up 7th as nick parr

in rugby league, wigan forward tony clubb has been banned for eight matches and fined £500 after beingull forward andre savelio and it was then reported to the referee during the match. an independent tribunalfound clubb guilty of using "unacceptable language based on national or ethnic origin" but went on to say they didn't believe he is a racist. tom daley has won a second gold medal at the diving world cup in tokyo a competition which serves as a test event for the olympics this summer. he added the individual 10m platform title with a stunning back three—and—a—half somersault. he also won the 10m synchronised event alongside matty lee on saturday. daley is expected to challenge for more medals at this summer's delayed games which he's already qualified for. and that's all the sport for now. hello. it's a return to frost in some rural areas as wednesday begins particularly in parts of scotland and northern england. showers in northern scotland, wintry on health and for northern ireland, wales and parts of the midlands and east anglia and southern england start with hail and thunder

wigan warriors narrowly beat salford red devils. warrington thrashed castleford.ens. the hosts are 20—6 up with ten minutes left there. britain's adam peaty has added another gold medal to his extensive collection. the latest one was in the 50 meters breaststroke at the european championships in budapest. peaty had already won gold in the 100 metre version in budapest and managed to make it double gold over the shorter distance. that was his 15th european title. so things are looking good ahead of this summer's olympics in tokyo. an outstanding swim from myself. i don't like to be arrogant, but i could not have executed that any more. that gives me immense confidence in my own strength where the speed is at. it will only get easier knowing these next few months after we have to get back down again, recharge and as fast as little as we can come back into the hole, back into the trenches as we like to call it. we will come out all guns firing for the olympics. now, the monaco grand prix returns this weekend after it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. and t

wigan warriors prop tony clubb has been charged with using racist language by the rfl.aces a minimum eight—game ban if found guilty. netball�*s superleague leaders team bath have pulled further ahead in the table, after beating third—placed manchester thunder 44—41 in an incredibly close game. and new zealand have knocked world champions england off the top of the one—day international rankings. eoin morgan�*s side have slipped to fourth overall, but remain top of the twenty20 rankings. eoin morgan is currently playing in the indian premier league, captaining the kolkata knight riders, but two of his team—mates, varun chakaravarthy and sandeep warrier, have tested positive for covid. today�*s match against royal challengers bangalore has been postponed. the ipl has pledged to carry on, despite the covid crisis in the country with the death toll over 200,000. the cricket broadcaster prakash wankakar spoke to me from pune. even though the hotel and everybody else is taking all kinds of precautions, it is very tenuous, isn�*t it? it�*s going to take one individual somewher

meanwhile, in rugby league, st helens went level on points with super league leaders wigan after beating that's all the sport for now. remember, you can stay right up to date on all the latest sports news via the bbc sport website. we will see you again soon. bye—bye. hello there. friday was a bit of a disappointing day. we saw a lot more cloud around and some patchy rain thanks to a weak weather front. however, as we move through the bank holiday weekend, high pressure builds in. it's going to bring increasingly sunny and warmer weather from the south. now, this highway of high pressure will push these weather fronts away, but we still have the legacy of yesterday's weather fronts across central and western areas. a little bit of early drizzle here and there, but gradually conditions will improve. the sunshine will get going on that cloud break. we could see just a few heavy showers dotted around here and there through the afternoon. but most places will be dry, and they'll be a little bit warmer because of more sunshine. highs of 20, maybe 21 degrees. any showers will fade away through

wigan were given a slight scare by leigh before coming from behind to win and keep up their 100% recordt redcar lined the home straight to see miss houdini win one of this afternoon's races. spectators have also been allowed in at leicester and windsor. and the first race was at carlisle, where the excitement of having spectators back got a bit much for this runner, stanley snugfit, who got loose in the parade ring and had little desire to be told what to do. staying with horse racing, and the legendaryjockeyjoe mercer has died at the age of 86. mercer won an incredible 2810 races in his career, including eight british classics. one of the greats of flat—racing, he was championjockey in 1979, and his riding career spanned 36 seasons. he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times. this is him winning the gold cup at ascot on le moss in 1980, the same year he was awarded an 0be. and he went on to become a successful trainer. what a night for britain's ax100m relay team as they took gold at the european championships for the first time in 9a years. lucy hope, anna ho

bolton constituencies in the wigan — one of the bolton constituencies in the wigan borough or, i haveou could go— suggest you could go on holiday, you could go to _ suggest you could go on holiday, you could go to the airport but you probably— could go to the airport but you probably should not move in and out of the _ probably should not move in and out of the area — probably should not move in and out of the area. that is confusing. should — of the area. that is confusing. should people be moving in and out for work _ should people be moving in and out for work "7 — should people be moving in and out forwork. ——? we need should people be moving in and out for work. ——? we need clarity. people — for work. ——? we need clarity. people will— for work. ——? we need clarity. people will follow the rules but they need to know what they are. your _ they need to know what they are. your constituents will be travelling in and out of that area. what is your advice? pall in and out of that area. what is your advice?— in and out of that area. what is your advice? all the way through this i your a

you know, particularly at wigan and at liverpool, i couldn�*t wait to get into training, just to go into have to do your own thing. for 18 years, you're getting schedules, you know the time of training, the nutrition that you have to do every day, the work that you have to do off the field as well, mentally, with being competitive in that environment. but i think you've just got to focus that energy somewhere else. i had to stop for my mental health — and that�*s never going to go away. i still have bad days now. i think we all have, particularly over this past year. i mean, the last year�*s just been horrendous for everybody. i don�*t know anybody who�*s not struggled through this pandemic. yeah, i still wake up some days and it�*s tough sometimes to get up and get out of your bed, but it�*s the best thing you can do. i remember when we played against argentina in melbourne, and i was actually on the bench, and ijust, you know... ijust looked at messi the whole time. enjoy the tough times, enjoy the awesome times, because you�*ll look back and those are some of the best moments of my li

wigan warriors have already beaten salford red devils.s face st helens later, that one starts at 5pm. that's all the sport for now. there's plenty more though on the bbc sport website, including the latest from the third round of golf�*s us pga championship in south carolina. but that's all your sport for now. animal rights protesters have been blockading four mcdonald's distribution centres in the uk to stop deliveries to the fast—food chain's 1,300 uk outlets. animal rebellion said about 50 activists were using trucks and bamboo structures to stop lorries leaving depots in hemel hempstead, basingstoke, coventry and heywood in greater manchester. with more on animal rebellion and why they're carrying out this action, here's our correspondent sima kotecha they believe in protecting the environment. that's what they campaign for and today, they have been protesting, as you rightly say, outside four mcdonald's depots across england, calling on mcdonald's to adopt a plant—based menu. what is their underlying aim? they say that they are a non

we've had the last of the quarter finals in rugby league's challenge cup, hull fc beat wigan 20—10.point drop goal saw them make it through to the semis 19—18. finlaly, british fighter billyjoe saunders has a world title fight in the early hours tomorrow morning, you can follow that on the bbc sport website with commentary on 5 live. that's it from us. tomorrow morning, nicola sturgeon and michael gove will be on the andrew marr show — that's at 9am on bbc one. goodnight. brighter skies tomorrow. clearing the but we are _ brighter skies tomorrow. clearing the but we are left _ brighter skies tomorrow. clearing the but we are left with _ brighter skies tomorrow. clearing the but we are left with this - brighter skies tomorrow. clearing the but we are left with this area | the but we are left with this area of rain overnight and into tomorrow. along with this weather front here. the rain will tend to fizzle out. i decided that, some sunny spells. although milder air has moved in, really only taking temperatures closer to average for the time of year. that said, bit of warmth towards t

to succeed in this but it's been 11 years that they've had to actually level up areas like mine in wigan about it but very little action. it's great to hear they want people to be able to retrain but where are the jobs that people need, the good qualityjobs, not just the jobs but the good qualityjobs that allow people to earn decent money, look after their families and to be able to spend on the local communities and on the high streets that sustain all of the things we really care about, that's what we need to hear from the government today. i hope that they come forward with a plan, so far we've had very, very little in detail about whether they have a plan or not. 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake is at westminster. when borisjohnson when boris johnson became when borisjohnson became prime minister he said we will fix the crisis and social care with a clear plan. 15 crisis and social care with a clear ian. , crisis and social care with a clear ian, , ., crisis and social care with a clear lan. , . ., , , , plan. is it that the treasury is blockin: plan. is it that the treasury

we've had the last of the quarterfinals in rugby league's challenge cup — hull fc beat wigan 20—10 butsporting event since the start of the pandemic. 70,000 fans will pack the at&t stadium in arlington, texas, for the super—middleweight unification fight between saul "canelo" alvarez and british fighter billyjoe saunders. it will also be a record for an indoor boxing event in the us. mexico's alvarez is putting two belts on the line against the unbeaten saunders, who holds the wbo title. you're going to see an absolutely boxing masterclass from billyjoe saunders and he will win a unanimous decision over 12 rounds. a lot of gypsy decision over 12 rounds. a lot of gypsy magic in the air, billiejo is on form and is looking in better shape, best i have ever seen him, a real good fight on tomorrow night, cannot wait, so happy to be here in texas with all these great boxing fans, it's going to be really good fight, really looking forward to it. you can follow that on the bbc sport website and of course you can keep up—to—date with all today's football scores and that as well. that's all the

in rugby league, wigan forward tony clubb has been banned for eight matches and fined £500 after beingwent on to say they didn't believe he is a racist. tom daley has won a second gold medal at the diving world cup in tokyo a competition which serves as a test event for the olympics this summer. he added the individual 10m platform title with a stunning back three—and—a—half somersault. he also won the 10m synchronised event alongside matty lee on saturday. daley is expected to challenge for more medals at this summer's delayed games which he's already qualified for. and that's all the sport for now. hello. it's a return to frost in some rural areas as wednesday begins particularly in parts of scotland and northern england. showers in northern scotland, wintry on health and for northern ireland, wales and parts of the midlands and east anglia and southern england start with hail and thunder during the day. gusty winds around the showers the winds are lighter than they have some sunshine to be had. showers are wintry on hills and widespread as into northeast england. going to be a chill

wigan were given a slight scare by leigh before coming from behind to win and keep up their 100% record race was at carlisle, where the excitement of having spectators back got a bit much for this runner, stanley snugfit, who got loose in the parade ring and had little desire to be told what to do. staying with horse racing, and the legendaryjockeyjoe mercer has died at the age of 86. mercer won an incredible 2810 races in his career, including eight british classics. one of the greats of flat—racing, he was championjockey in 1979, and his riding career spanned 36 seasons. he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times. this is him winning the gold cup at ascot on le moss in 1980, the same year he was awarded an 0be. and he went on to become a successful trainer. what a night for britain's 4x100m relay team as they took gold at the european championships for the first time in 94 years. lucy hope, anna hopkin, abbie wood and freya anderson were able to hold off the team from the netherlands to set a new british record of three minutes 34.17 seconds in the opening ni

when i look in my community, my town in wigan is one of the best places in wigan is one of the best places the people who step up when the government fails, and step in to support our community, whether it is set to get food banks, feeding children during the school holidays, but think what we could do if we had the government that valued our talent and wanted to invest in our talent and wanted to invest in our local area. we are starved of funding and denied the funding and infrastructure that we deserved. we don't have the transport, the high—tech jobs, don't have the transport, the high—techjobs, all of don't have the transport, the high—tech jobs, all of that funding is being diverted elsewhere. and imagine what we could do if we had a government that was on our side? can i ask as well, as shadow foreign secretary, i want to get your thoughts on what is going on between the israelis and palestinians at the moment. what should happen much of the government be doing? —— and what should the uk government be doing? one of the things i have learned in the last year in this post is how much

now, the leader of hamas, his political wigan, garza says, a much larger conflict could break out in the future if the underlying issues are resolved. high false reports from garza here on the street. you get an idea of the long term nature of the fall out of this war 44 people died in this massive building collapse and now 2 other buildings on the street. one of them right here behind us had been declared structurally unsound. their inhabitants had been told to leave. now this was the 1st day that we've heard from hamas is top leader. inside garza ya soon was in a news conference that was on the record. but frustratingly for the most part off camera, he was interesting on the issue of reconstruction saying suggestion by the secretary of state of united states as need lincoln, that any reconstruction efforts coming through the u. s. or its allies should evade hamas and be done through the palestinian authority in the occupied west bank soon was said that was a trick to try to divide the palestinian people further. however, he also said that any reconstruction would be welcome, that h

they went into the last four with a confident win over wigan this afternoon.tland and rain across the northern isles. turning chilly in scotland but these are temperatures going into the morning so some will have lifted from the lowest points overnight and for many of us it's a blustery start to the day. northern ireland at times blustery, rumbles of thunder into western scotland. northeast england had much of wales, dry, sunny spells bar the odd shower around. mostly cloudy from southwest england into yorkshire. gusty winds towards the west, up to 40 miles an hour and some sunny spells in east anglia and southeast england. much of the day here dry and warm. this is bbc news. the headlines... deputy labour leader angela rayner is sacked as party chair after labour's poor performance in the local election results. despite falling short of an overall majority, the snp closes in on a fourth consecutive victory in the scottish parliamentary election. nicola sturgeon says the win is a mandate for another independence referendum. there is simply no democratic justif

you get on the train and then they will cancel it at wigan without telling you. a quarter of a century after privatising the railways, this conservative government has a new plan. they are going to make a government—owned company responsible for all timetable, prices and ticket sales called great british railways. bring in a new flexiseason ticket that doesn't have to be used five days a week as millions of people are facing a hybrid return to the office in the coming months. and scrap the franchise system — only pay companies if trains are on time and clean. the former boss of british airways, keith williams, came up with the ideas. there is an enormous opportunity here, not only to simplify the way that people buy tickets, but also to benefit from a retail environment that gives greater flexibility in the way that fares are operated in the future. this is the government acknowledging the real problems that have existed on the railways for decades that any passenger could have told you about. problems with pricing, ticketing and problems with timetabling. and no

to succeed in this but it's been 11 years that they've had to actually level up areas like mine in wiganbout it but very little action. it's great to hear they want people to be able to retrain but where are the jobs that people need, the good qualityjobs, not just the jobs but the good qualityjobs that allow people to earn decent money, look after their families and to be able to spend on the local communities and on the high streets that sustain all of the things we really care about, that's what we need to hear from the government today. i hope that they come forward with a plan, so far we've had very, very little in detail about whether they have a plan or not. our political correspondentjonathan blake is at westminster. so why is there no social care plan? it's such a difficult issue that the government hasn't yet managed to come forward with a plan to deal with and the main reason for that, frankly, the amount of money it's going to cost. we've heard, as you heard there, the health secretary talking about the cost involved with meeting the demand for social care and reforming that

in rugby league, wigan forward tony clubb has been banned for eight matches and fined £500 after beinge world held their breath as the formula 1 car driven by romain grosjean burst into flames, after he crashed during the bahrian grand prix. remarkably, grosjean was pulled to safety and escaped with only burns to his hands. but, it did end his formula 1 career. now, for one day only, he's been given the keys to lewis hamilton's world championship winning car, to ensure his final memory on an f1 track is a positive one. i spoke to him earlier this morning and asked him what triggered his survival instinct. it was my kids. i couldn't imagine them growing up without a doubt. that's what gave me that last thought to jump out of the car when i thought it was all over. obviously, i tried to escape many times and i was stuck there. then i thought it was going to be the end, but thinking about my three kids and thinking they wouldn't have a dad growing up, it gave me that extra piece of power and energy to jump out. i was aware my hands were burning and that i was in pain, and the situation, i

and tameside, a very smatt— rochdale and wigan and tameside, a very small increase in the 16 to 44 a-ees have tended to _ age group. that is where cases have tended to be reflecting vaccination. it is tended to be reflecting vaccination. it is not _ tended to be reflecting vaccination. it is not the case that we are not getting _ it is not the case that we are not getting any illness. but it is the case _ getting any illness. but it is the case that— getting any illness. but it is the case that the level of illness is nothing — case that the level of illness is nothing like what we saw in the second — nothing like what we saw in the second and third waves in greater manchester. the next slide. which is around _ manchester. the next slide. which is around care — manchester. the next slide. which is around care homes. this number has been _ around care homes. this number has been stabie — around care homes. this number has been stable for a while now. you are now in— been stable for a while now. you are now in this _ been stable for a while now. you are now in this sort of area where eve

you get on the train and then they will cancel it at wigan without telling you.s in recent years have seen train companies folding at a rate of knots. but, a quarter of a century after privatising the railways, this conservative government has a new plan. they are going to make a government—owned company responsible for all timetable, prices and ticket sales. sales called great british railways. bringing a new flexiseason ticket that doesn't have to be used five days a week as millions of people are facing a hybrid return to the office in the coming months. and scrap the franchise system — only pay companies if trains are on time and clean. the former boss of british airways, keith williams, came up with the ideas. there is an enormous opportunity here, not only to simplify the way that people buy tickets, but also to benefit from a retail environment that gives greater flexibility in the way that fares are operated in the future. this is the government acknowledging the real problems that have existed on the railways for decades that any passenger could have tol

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at castleford while defending super league champions st helens are now level on points with leaders wiganmon yates today, if he's to stand a chance of winning the giro d'italia. the british cyclist broke clear with around four miles to go on the final climb to win yesterday's 19th stage. but with race leader egan bernal finishing third. it wasn't enough to move yates up the standings — he's stilljust under three minutes behind with two stages to go. a last day of pain climbing the alps today, before a time trial in milan tomorrow. great britain's liam kirk has become the top scorer at the ice hockey world championship, but they're stilljoint bottom of their group. he opened the scoring against sweden in latvia with his fifth goal of the tournament, but that was as good as it got, as the swedes came back to win 4—1. britain have won only one game so far. and we'll finish where we started — with the champions league final, and peek at chelsea's training. and something to give their fans hope they can beat manchester city later — a cheeky finish from kai havertz in training. swivel and back

wigan warriors have suspended their player tony clubb while they carry out an investigation into allegationsrueman helped castleford beat salford. and there were also wins for catalans, and st helens, who stay top. tonight sees one of the most eagerly—anticipated fights ireland's katie taylor, the undisputed world champion at lightweight, defends herfour belts against england's natasha jonas at manchester arena. the pair have history — they fought nine years ago as amateurs. at the london olympics, taylor beatjonas on her way to winning gold. jonas quit boxing in 2015 but, after having a baby, she returned to the ring two years later. england's women have kept their place at the top of the world rugby rankings — but in bizarre style. england were leading 17—15 in their test match, against france, knowing victory would keep them as the number one team, but with 18 minutes remaining the floodlights failed in villeneuve—d'ascq, and play was suspended, and then later abandoned — meaning england were awarded the win. how many minutes in was that? well, a few minutes — how many minutes in was that

looking at wigan, the seat of lisa labour has managed to do 0k there.trol but bolton as well. labour's performance across the north - control but bolton as well. labour's performance across the north of. performance across the north of england. 0ur labour holding up more strongly in the north—west and why do you think that is? share strongly in the north-west and why do you think that is?— do you think that is? are you still with us? sorry. — do you think that is? are you still with us? sorry, i— do you think that is? are you still with us? sorry, i thought- do you think that is? are you still with us? sorry, i thought that - do you think that is? are you still| with us? sorry, i thought that was it from me- _ with us? sorry, i thought that was it from me- i— with us? sorry, i thought that was it from me. i think _ with us? sorry, i thought that was it from me. i think we _ with us? sorry, i thought that was it from me. i think we are - with us? sorry, i thought that was it from me. i think we are trying i with us? sorry, i thought that was| it from me.

you know, the meanwhile, in rugby league, st helens went level on points with super league leaders wigans. in tonight's other game, leeds thrashed castleford 60—6. and that's all the sport for now. remember, you can stay right up to date on all the latest sports news via the bbc sport website. we will see you again soon. bye— bye. hello there. friday was a bit of a disappointing day. we saw a lot more cloud around and some patchy rain thanks to a weak weather front. however, as we move through the bank holiday weekend, high pressure builds in. it's going to bring increasingly sunny and warmer weather from the south. now, this highway of high pressure will push these weather fronts away, but we still have the legacy of yesterday's weather fronts across central and western areas. a little bit of early drizzle here and there, but gradually conditions will improve. the sunshine will get going on that cloud break. we could see just a few heavy showers dotted around here and there through the afternoon. but most places will be dry, and they'll be a little bit warmer because of more sunshine. h